Two Games From Corus Chess 2010, Round 11

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Two games from 11th round, Corus Chess 2010 at Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. The first was between Carlsen and Dominguez where the Grunfeld Defence transpired. This game gave Carlsen a 500 Euros bonus prize as it was selected as the best play of the day award for an interesting game. While the second game is between Kramnik and Shirov where the Petroff Defence transpired and the game ended in hard earned draw for Kramnik playing as black.

[Event "Corus Chess 2010"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen"]
[Black "Dominguez"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Ng5 Nb6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. Be2 Na5 14. Qb4 Nac4 15. O-O f6 16. Nf3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 fxe5 18. dxe5 Qe8 19. Qc5 Rc8 20. a4 Nxa4 21. Nxa4 bxa4 22. Nd4 Rb8 23. g4 Be4 24. Ne6 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 c6 26. Ng5 Bd5 27. e4 Bb3 28. Bc4+ e6 29. Nxe6 Bxc4 30. Qxc4 Kh8 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. e6 Rb7 33. Qc3+ Kg8 34. Rd6 Re7 35. Rxc6 Qf8 36. Rc8 Re8 37. Rxe8 Qxe8 38. Qf6 Qc8 39. Kg2 Qc2+ 40. Kh3 Qc5 41. Kh4 Qb4 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. e7 Qe1+ 44. Kg5 Qe3+ 45. Qf4 1-0



[Event "Corus Chess 2010"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov"]
[Black "Kramnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2010.01.29"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Bg4 Bh1 19. f3 Bh4 20. Re4 f5 21. Kxh1 fxg4 22. hxg4 Qf7 23. Qb3 Ne7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. c4 Ng6 26. Bh2 Bf6 27. Rb1 b6 28. d5 Be5 29. f4 Bd6 30. a4 h6 31. Rbe1 Nf8 32. f5 Nd7 33. Bxd6 cxd6 34. Re6 Ne5 35. c5 Nd3 36. cxd6 Nxe1 37. d7 Rcd8 38. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 39. Nc4 Rxe6 40. fxe6+ Ke7 41. Ne5 Kd6 42. Nc4+ Ke7 43. Ne5 Kd6 44. Kh2 Nc2 45. Nc4+ Ke7 46. Kg3 Nb4 47. Ne3 Nxd5 48. Nxd5+ Kxe6 49. Nc3 a6 50. Kf4 b5 51. axb5 1/2-1/2

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Carlsen beats Kramnik In Round 1 In London Chess Classic 2009

Some news from the London Chess Classic 2009 tournament, currently going-on in England courtesy of Susan Polgar’s blog on chess.

Picture 1. Kramnik – Carlsen in London Chess Classic 2009 (courtesy: Susan Polgar)

Carlsen dominated Nanjing. Kramnik dominated Tal Memorial. They faced each other in the first round of the London Chess Classic. Carlsen surprised Kramnik with 1. c4. His play was steady through out the game and scored a full point to lead this prestigious event.
Carlsen, M (2801) - Kramnik, V (2772) [A29]
London Chess Classic (1), 08.12.2009
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.0–0 Be7 8.a3 0–0 9.b4 Be6 10.Rb1 f6 11.d3 a5 12.b5 Nd4 13.Nd2 Qc8 14.e3 Nf5 15.Qc2 Rd8 16.Bb2 a4 17.Rfc1 Nd6 18.Nde4 Ne8 19.Qe2 Bf8 20.f4 exf4 21.gxf4 Qd7 22.d4 c6 23.Nc5 Bxc5 24.dxc5 Nc4 25.Rd1 Qc7 26.Bc1 Na5 27.bxc6 bxc6 28.Nxa4 Rxd1+ 29.Qxd1 Rd8 30.Qc2 Qf7 31.Nc3 Qh5 32.Ne2 Bf5 33.e4 Bg4 34.Ng3 Qf7 35.Bf1 Be6 36.Qc3 Ra8 37.Rb4 Qd7 38.f5 Bf7 39.Bf4 Qd1 40.Kf2 Nb3 41.Be2 Qb1 42.Bc4 Rxa3 43.Ne2 White wins 1–0

(source: Susan Polgar’s blog on chess : http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2009/12/carlsen-1-0-kramnik-in-london.html)