Here are the standings at the Bazna King’s Tournament in Romania after 5 rounds:
1-2. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2733 | 3½ | |||||||||||||
1-2. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2746 | 3½ | |||||||||||||
3-4. | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2756 | 2½ | |||||||||||||
3-4. | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2745 | 2½ | |||||||||||||
5-6. | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2720 | 1½ | |||||||||||||
5-6. | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROU | 2675 | 1½ |
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[White “Kamsky, Gata”]
[Black “Ivanchuk, Vassily”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “B90”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Rad1 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc6 15. Bc4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 d5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. c3 Rad8 19. Ng3 Qc6 20. Nh5 Bf8 21. Bg1 g6 22. Rd3 f6 23. c4 gxh5 24. Rg3+ Bg7 25. cxd5 exd5 26. Qd1 h4 27. Rh3 d4 28. Rff3 Qe4 29. f5 Re5 30. Bf2 Qe2 31. Qb3+ Kh8 32. Rxh4 Qe1+ 0-1
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[White “Shirov, Alexei”]
[Black “Gelfand, Boris”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “E15”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5 7. Qc3 c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O Rb8 14. Re1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd4 16. Bd1 Be7 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Rb1 Qxe5 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Qd2 Qc5 21. Be2 O-O 22. Red1 e5 23. Qd3 f5 24. g4 g6 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. b4 Qc6 27. b5 Qb6 28. Qg3+ Qg6 29. Bh5 Qxg3+ 30. hxg3 Bc5 31. Kg2 e4 32. Rh1 d3 33. Bd1 f4 34. Rh5 f3+ 35. Kf1 d6 36. Bb3 Rbe8 37. Re1 d2 38. Rd1 Bxf2 39. Rxd2 Bc5 40. Bc2 Re7 0-1
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[White “Radjabov, Teimour”]
[Black “Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[ECO “B01”]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. a4 g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 Nb6 11. Nxb6 Qxb6 12. a5 Qa6 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Nxe2 a6 15. O-O Bf5 16. c3 O-O-O 17. Re1 Rhe8 18. Nf4 e6 19. h3 h5 20. Be3 Nd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Bd2 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Kd7 24. b4 Re8 25. Rxe8 Kxe8 26. Bf1 1/2-1/2
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Gelfand is once again rock solid.
Kamsky needs to quit playing…it’s just embarrassing any more to watch everyone wipe the floor with him.
Caption:
Chucky says,”I have cast a spell on you all! Now give me your Queen, your pawns, and your Vodka!
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