Monday, July 17, 2006

Igor Khenkin Wins Andorra Open

GM Igor Khenkin was the only one to win his last round game from the large group of players tied with 6 points each. He took clear first place with 7.0/9. Serbian GM Branko Damljanovic tied 2nd with 6.5. After shaky start, GM Kevin Spraggett managed to catch the leaders and finish with 6.5. His games were by far most interesting, two are posted bellow.


Final standings:
1. GM Igor Khenkin (GER 2586) 7.0
2-9. GM Branko Damljanovic (SCG 2625), GM Luis Galego (POR 2528), GM Fernando Peralta (ARG 2546), GM Aleksander Delchev (BUL 2637), IM Abhijeet Gupta (IND 2424), GM Kevin Spraggett (CAN 2577), GM Lluis Comas Fabrego (ESP 2495) and IM Maxim Rodstein (ISR 2494) 6.5 etc


GM Kevin Spraggett - IM Maxim Rodstein
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Nb3 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 h5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. Nd1 Qa4 15. c4 Qb4 16. Qb2 Be7 17. Ne3 Na5 18. Nc2 Qb6 19. Qc3 Nxb3 20. axb3 h4 21. h3 Rg8 22. Nd4 e5 23. Nc2 Rg3 24. Bf3 exf4 25. Nd4 Qc5 26. Ra5 b5 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28. exf5 Qxf5 29. cxb5 Rc8 30. bxa6 d5 31. Qd2 Rxf3 32. Rxf3 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Bc5 34. Qe2+ Be3 35. Rxe3+ fxe3 36. a7 d4 37. a8=Q Rxa8 38. Rxa8+ Ke7 39. Qb5 Qe1 40. Qc5+ 1-0

GM Kevin Spraggett- GM Ruslan Pogorelov
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 c5 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. O-O-O Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. f4 b6 15. g4 Bb7 16. Rhf1 Rad8 17. g5 Nd7 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. g6 fxg6 21. Nxg6 Qf6 22. f5 exf5 23. Rxf5 Rfe8 24. Rxf6 Nxf6 25. Rxd8 Nxh5 26. Rxe8+ Kh7 27. Re7 Bd5 28. Re5 Nf6 29. Nf8+ Kh6 30. Nd7 Bg2 31. Nxf6 gxf6 32. Re7 1-0


Previous post


No comments: