Position after the devastating 44.Bxa6!
After performing over 3000 after 8 rounds, Bu overlooked a brilliant tactic and lost to Efimenko. They are now tied for first with 7.5 points with Victor Bologan, GN Gopal, Hikaru Nakamura, and Ni Hua 1/2 point behind going into the final round tomorrow.
GM Efimenko (2638) – GM Bu Xiangzhi (2691) [B92]
30.01.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0–0 0–0 9.Re1 Be6 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.a4 Rc8 12.a5 Qc7 13.Be3 Rfd8 14.Nd2 h6 15.Nf1 Bf8 16.h3 g6 17.Nh2 h5 18.Nf1 Bg7 19.Bg5 Rb8 20.Ne3 Rdc8 21.Be2 Qc6 22.Bd3 Re8 23.Bh4 Nh7 24.Ncd5 Bxd5 25.Nxd5 Nhf6 26.c4 Nxd5 27.cxd5 Qc7 28.Bg5 Bf6 29.Be3 Rec8 30.Qd2 Qd8 31.b4 Kh7 32.Rac1 Bg7 33.Rxc8 Rxc8 34.Rc1 Rc7 35.g3 Nf6 36.Kg2 Rxc1 37.Qxc1 Qd7 38.Qc2 Bh6 39.Bb6 h4 40.g4 Nxg4?? 41.Qc7 Nf6 42.Qxd7 Nxd7 43.Bc7 Kg8 44.Bxa6 Bd2 45.Bxb7 Bxb4 46.a6 Bc5 47.Bc6 White wins 1–0
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After 8 rounds the poor guy’s brain must be like blended fruit.
Bu’s performance is commendable!
Go Bu Go!
Not sure how to contact admins to report a story from Gibraltar.
If we in Australia have our calculations correct, we believe that IM Zong Yuan Zhao has just scored his third and final GM norm and has already passed the 2500 rating mark.
So this makes him a GM elect.
Ms. Polgar:
What is your reasoning for giving a double query to 40…Ng4?
Thank you in advance.
One “?” is when she do a mistake (usually never, she just plays kids around 5 years old), but for others peoples it is two “?” after a mistake.
polgar@kibitz.fritz
So what was the brilliant tactic that Bu overlooked? What move was it on? I see no other comments suggesting what it was.