Saturday, January 29, 2011

Games Of Hikaru Nakamura, Le, Vocatura – Rd 11, Tata Steel Chess

Aronian walking past Carlsen vs Kramnik 

Pix 1. Levon Aronian walking past Carlsen vs Kramnik’s table. ( A photo by Fred Lucas, Tata Steel Chess)

29 January 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Here are one game each of Groups A, B and C of the ongoing Tata Steel Chess Tournament during round 11 yesterday. For Group A is the winning game of Hikaru Nakamura against Ian Nepomiachtchi, while for Group B is the winning game of Le Quang Liem of Vietnam against Jon Ludvig Hammer and for Group C is the winning game of Daniel Vocatura against the strong woman GM Kateryna Lahno from Ukraine.

image Nepomniachtchi vs Nakamura, Rd 11, Group A, Tata Steel Chess 2011

[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMA"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2011.01.28"] [Round "11"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2733"] [BlackElo "2751"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2011.01.14"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nge2 Bg4 8. f3 Bf5 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. a3 f6 13. Be3 Qb3 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Rc1 Nb6 17. Ne2 fxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bd4 Qc7 20. Qg5 Bf5 21. g4 hxg4 22. fxg4 Be4 23. Rh3 Be7 24. Qxg7 Rh7 25. Qe5 Qxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxh4+ 27. Ng3 Nd7 28. Bd4 Bf3 29. g5 Bg4 30. g6 Rh6 31. Rxh4 Rxh4 32. Rc3 Bf3 33. Rxf3 Rxd4 34. Bh3 Ne5 35. Rf6 Nd3+ 36. Ke2 Nf4+ 37. Ke3 e5 38. Rf7 Rd3+ 39. Ke4 Rxg3 40. Bd7+ Kd8 41. Bf5 Nxg6 42. Rg7 Rb8 43. b4 b5 44. Bxg6 Rg5 0-1

image Le Quang Liem-Vietnam

 


[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMB"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2011.01.28"] [Round "11"] [White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"] [Black "Le, Quang Liem"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "2647"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2011.01.14"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nc2 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O a6 10. Be3 Rb8 11. f3 Be6 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Rab1 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Rbc1 Qa5 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Nd4 Nc6 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Rfd1 f4 21. Bf2 Nc5 22. b3 Ne6 23. Bd3 Bd4 24. Be4 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Nc5 26. Bd5 Nb4 27. Ke2 Rf5 28. Rd2 Rh5 29. Kf1 Rxh2 30. Kg1 Rh6 31. Re1 e5 32. Red1 Rd8 33. Ne4 Nxd5 34. Nxc5 Ne3 35. Re1 b5 36. cxb5 axb5 37. Nd3 Rg8 38. Nb4 Nf5 39. Rc1 Nd4 0-1

Lahno vs Vocatura, Rd 11, Group C image
 


[Event "73rd Tata Steel GMC"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"] [Date "2011.01.28"] [Round "11"] [White "Vocaturo, Daniele"] [Black "Lahno, Kateryna"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2518"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "2011.01.14"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. h4 h5 7. f3 Nbd7 8. Qd2 b5 9. Nh3 Bb7 10. Ng5 e6 11. a4 b4 12. Nd1 a5 13. Nf2 Qe7 14. O-O-O Nb6 15. b3 Nfd7 16. Kb1 c5 17. Bb5 O-O-O 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 e5 21. Rd2 f6 22. Ngh3 d5 23. Ba6 d4 24. Qb5 Qc5 25. Nd3 Qxb5 26. Bxb5 Rdg8 27. Nhf2 Kc7 28. f4 Kd6 29. Re1 Nf8 30. Nh3 Ne6 31. Rf2 Rf8 32. g3 Nc7 33. Ref1 exf4 34. Rxf4 Ke7 35. e5 Nbd5 36. exf6+ Rxf6 37. Rxf6 Nxf6 38. Ndf4 Be4 39. Bd3 Bxd3 40. cxd3 Rg8 41. Rc1 Ncd5 42. Rc5 Kd6 43. Rxa5 Re8 44. Ng5 Re1+ 45. Kc2 Nxf4 46. gxf4 Nd5 47. Kd2 Rh1 48. Ra6+ Kd7 49. Nf3 Nxf4 50. Rf6 Ne6 51. Rxg6 Rf1 52. Ne5+ Kd6 53. Nc6 Kxc6 54. Rxe6+ Kd5 55. Rb6 Rh1 56. Rxb4 Rh2+ 57. Kc1 Rxh4 58. a5 Rh1+ 59. Kb2 Kc5 60. Rb8 Rh2+ 61. Ka3 Rh1 62. b4+ Kc6 63. Kb2 Kc7 64. Rb5 h4 65. a6 Rh2+ 66. Kb3 Rd2 67. Kc4 Ra2 68. Rb7+ Kd6 69. Rh7 1-0

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Here is the winning game that won the 100-euro award in Group C was given to Holland’s Jan-Willem de Jong, a debutant in the group, for his win with white in 30 moves from a Slav game against Germany’s Sebastian Siebrecht (picture above).

 


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