Kosteniuk, A (2525) – Chiburdanidze, M (2489) [B61]
Dresden Olympiad GER (5), 17.11.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2 Rc8 8.f4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Qa5 10.0–0–0 Rxc3 11.Qxc3 Qxc3 12.bxc3 Nxe4 13.Bh4 Nxc3 14.Rd3 Ne4 15.Be2 g6 16.Re1 Bc6 17.Rb3 a6 18.Bf3 f5 19.Bxe4 fxe4 20.Rh3 h5 21.Rc3 d5 22.Bf2 Bh6 23.Be3 Rf8 24.g3 Bg7 25.Ra3 d4 26.Bd2 Rf5 27.Ra5 Kd7 28.Bb4 e5 29.Kb1 Ke6 30.fxe5 Bxe5 31.Rd1 e3 32.Re1 Rf2 33.c3 Be4+ 34.Kc1 Rxh2 35.cxd4 Bxd4 36.Rg1 Rc2+ 0–1
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I must go over the game.
Best wishes, and thanks for the great coverage.
A. Weiler
Interestly, Kosteniuk has never won a slow game against Chiburdanidze.
Who is the guy in the black hat?
Kudos to Chiburdanidze and Kosteniuk – they have both turned out and represented their countries.
Ouch. That was a harsh post.
‘She is so pretty , the other one is not.’
You’re probably hating yourself when looking in the mirror, right am I? Jerk.
corti
Maia is a legendary Chess champion, fact that she is still playing and successfully proves that she is a genious
I love Maia Chiburdanidze, she outplayed Kosteniuk like a PRO