By Chess Coach William Stewart (FIDE 2234, USCF 2256)
Original article on Bazna 2011 – 5th Kings Chess Tournament – Round 9
Round 9 of the 5th Kings Chess Tournament was quite exciting with many interesting wins. Round 8 wasn’t too exciting as every game was drawn. Round 9 was a different story.
Karjakin destroys Ivanchuk
- Karjakin Destroys Black’s Pawn Cover With 19.Bxg6!
Karjakin destroyed Ivanchuk’s Pirc Defense to catch up to Carlsen at 6/9 points. I appreciate Ivanchuk’s creativity, especially in the opening, but he simply played too slowly in this game. He has been having a tough tournament, uncharacteristically displaying many inconsistencies in his play that have been persistently exploited by the competition. Karjakin played aggressively and finished with the solid 19. Bxg6! to demolish the pawn cover around Ivanchuk’s king.
Carlsen draws Nisipeanu after tough battle
- Carlsen Presses With 22. …c5!?
- Nakamura – Radjabov: Final Position
Standings – Round 9
1-2 6.0 GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2815, GM Sergey Karjakin RUS 2776
3 4.5 GM Hikaru Nakamura USA 2774
4 4.0 GM Teimour Radjabov AZE 2744
5 3.5 GM Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu ROU 2662
6 3.0 GM Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2776
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Poor Chuky. If you play the Pirc you can’t start trying stuff or you’ll get blown off the board.
What the hell? “Round 9 of the 5th Kings Chess Tournament was quite exciting with many interesting wins” So “many” means “one”???
What a game by Karjakin!
I followed the game on FICS and it was just weird. Ivanchuk spent 7 minutes on 13…dxe5 and two or three other moves were honored by thinking one minute about them. All other moves were blitzed down by him in a few seconds.
“This is the self-destruction button. Please press it now!”