This is David Navara before his game against Svidler (courtesy of FIDE)
Here are the first games of the day:
GM Navara (2672) – GM Svidler (2746) [E94]
28.04.2008 – Baku Grand Prix (round 7)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Na6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 c6 11.h3 Nh6 12.c5 exd4 13.Bxa6 dxc5 14.Na4 Qe7 15.Qc2 bxa6 16.Bxh6 Bxh6 17.Nxc5 Rd8 18.Rad1 Bf8 19.b4 d3 20.Nxd3 a5 21.bxa5 Qxe4 22.Rfe1 Qf5 23.Qxc6 Bd7 24.Qc4+ Kh8 25.Nd4 Qxa5 26.Ne6 Bxe6 27.Qxe6 Rd6 28.Qe2 Rad8 29.Nf4 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31.Qxd1 Qxa2 32.Qd8 Kg7 33.Qd7+ Qf7 34.Ne6+ Kg8 35.Qc8 a5 36.g4 a4 37.Nxf8 Qxf8 38.Qc4+ Qf7 39.Qxa4 Game drawn ½–½
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GM Radjabov (2751) – GM Carlsen (2765) [B77]
28.04.2008 – Baku Grand Prix (round 7)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0–0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.Bb3 Rc8 11.h4 h5 12.0–0–0 Ne5 13.Bg5 Rc5 14.Kb1 Re8 15.g4 hxg4 16.h5 Nxh5 17.Rxh5 gxh5 18.Qh2 Ng6 19.Qxh5 Qa5 20.f4 Rxg5 21.fxg5 e6 22.Nf5 exf5 23.Qxg6 Be6 24.Qh5 fxe4 25.Rf1 Qe5 26.Rxf7 Bxb3 27.axb3 g3 28.Ka2 Rf8 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.Qg4 e3 31.g6 e2 32.Qf3+ Ke8 33.Qf7+ Kd8 34.Qg8+ Kd7 35.Qf7+ Qe7 36.Qf5+ Kd8 37.Qa5+ b6 38.Qd5 e1Q 39.Qa8+ Kd7 40.Qb7+ Ke8 Black wins 0–1
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GM Cheparinov (2695) – GM Mamedyarov (2752) [D43]
28.04.2008 – Baku Grand Prix (round 7)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 0–0 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.a3 h6 9.Bh4 a6 10.Rd1 b6 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.0–0 Rc8 13.Bg3 dxc4 14.Bxc4 b5 15.Ba2 c5 16.d5 exd5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Qe8 20.Bd6 c4 21.Rfd1 Bxd6 22.Rxd6 Nc5 23.Nd4 g6 24.h4 h5 25.Nf3 Qe7 26.Ng5 Rcd8 27.Nxf7 Rxd6 28.Nxd6 Kh7 29.Rd4 Nd3 30.Ne4 Kh6 31.Qd2 Qxh4 32.f4 Rd8 33.Rxd8 Qxd8 34.Qc3 Qe7 35.Qh8+ Qh7 36.Qd8 Qa7 37.Kh2 h4 38.Qxh4+ Kg7 39.Qf6+ Kh6 40.Nd6 Kh7 White wins 1–0
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Radjabov’s attack was aweful.
WOOOOO! Go Magnus! I thought he was in trouble when Radjabov started to attack… glad he could hold his position and go for the win!!
Wow, Magnus wins from the black side of a Yugoslav attack.
Must be about the first time a top player has played the Dragon proper since Kasparov against Anand 1995 match.
That’s better than the Alekhine!
Bet that’s a cert for the next issue of ChessPublishing.com.