Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Two Games From Corus 2010, Round 8

Here are two games from round 8 of Corus Chess 2010 in Netherlands played on the 24th January 2010.
The first game is between A Shirov and Magnus Carlsen which ended in a draw. The Sicilian Sveshnikov opening transpired.
[Event "Corus Chess 2010"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov"]
[Black "Carlsen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14. O-O O-O 15. Qh5 Rb8 16. exf5 e4 17. Rae1 Bb7 18. Qg4 Rfe8 19. cxb5 d5 20. bxa6 Bc6 21.b3 Kh8 22. Nc2 Bc3 23. Qh3 Qf6 24. Be2 d4 25. Bc4 Rg8 26. g3 Rbe8 27. Rd1 e3 28. fxe3 dxe3 29. Be2 Re4 30. Qg2 Re7 31. Qh3 Re4 32. Qg2 Re7 33. Qh3 1/2-1/2
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White played 33. Qh3 repeating it for a draw.
This second game is between Kramnik and Nakamura. The Dutch transpired and Kramnik playing White won this game convincingly against Nakamura.
[Event "Corus Chess 2010"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik"]
[Black "Nakamura"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O c6 8. Rb1
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Rd1 e4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 g5 14. f3 d5 15. Nf2 Kh8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. c4 e3 18. Nd3 Nc6 19. Bxe3 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 f4 22. Rb5 Qf6 23. Rxd5 Be6 24. Nxf4 gxf4 25. R5xd4 fxg3 26. hxg3 Rg8 27. Rf4 Qg5 28. Rh4 Rg6 29. Qc3+ Kh7 30. f4 Qxg3 31. Qxg3 Rxg3 32. Bxb7 Rb8 33. Be4+ Kg7 34. Kh2 Re3 35. Rg1+ Kf7 36. Bg6+ Ke7 37. Bd3 Rb2 38. Rg2 Rxa2 39. Rxh6 Bf7 40.Rh7 Kf6 41. c5 Ra4 42. c6 Rxf4 43. c7 Re8 44. Rxf7+ 1-0
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White wil play 44.Rxf7+ winning the bishop while the threat of c7 pawn to Queen and white bishop will win another rook if White King takes rook with 44….Kxf7, then white would play 45.Bg6+. Black resigned.

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