Which was the best game of 2009? Please feel free to post your nomination.
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Which was the best game of 2009? Please feel free to post your nomination.
Kramnik – Ponomariov Tal Memorial
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1563866
[Event “Tal Memorial”]
[Site “0:10:33-0:08:33”]
[Date “2009.11.11”]
[EventDate “?”]
[Round “6”]
[Result “1-0”]
[White “Vladimir Kramnik”]
[Black “Ruslan Ponomariov”]
[ECO “D38”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[PlyCount “161”]
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5
7.e3 c5 8.dxc5 Qa5 9.Rc1 Ne4 10.Qxd5 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bxc3+ 12.Kd1
O-O 13.Bc4 Nf6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Ke2 b5 16.c6 Ba6 17.Qf5 Qa3
18.Bd3 Rfd8 19.c7 Qxa2+ 20.Nd2 Rxd3 21.Qxd3 b4 22.Kf3 Bb7+
23.Kg3 h5 24.h3 Qa5 25.f4 Rc8 26.Nc4 Qa6 27.Ne5 Qxd3 28.Nxd3
Bc3 29.Rhd1 a5 30.Nc5 Rxc7 31.Na4 Be4 32.Rd6 Kh7 33.Ra6 h4+
34.Kh2 Rd7 35.Nc5 Re7 36.Rxa5 Bd2 37.Rc4 f5 38.Nxe4 fxe4
39.Rh5+ Kg6 40.Rg5+ Kf6 41.Rc6+ Kf7 42.Rf5+ Kg8 43.g4 Re8
44.Re5 Rb8 45.g5 Kh7 46.Re7 Bxe3 47.Rh6+ Kg8 48.Rg6 Bd4
49.Rge6 Kh7 50.f5 Bc5 51.Re8 Rxe8 52.Rxe8 b3 53.Kg2 Be3
54.Rxe4 Bxg5 55.Rb4 g6 56.Rb7+ Kh6 57.fxg6 Kxg6 58.Kf3 Bd2
59.Kg4 Be1 60.Rxb3 Bg3 61.Rf3 Be1 62.Re3 Bf2 63.Re6+ Kf7
64.Kf5 Bg3 65.Re4 Bf2 66.Kg5 Bg3 67.Re2 Kg7 68.Re7+ Kf8 69.Kf6
Bf2 70.Re6 Bg3 71.Kg6 Bh2 72.Re4 Bg3 73.Kf6 Bf2 74.Kg6 Bg3
75.Re2 Bd6 76.Kg5 Bg3 77.Kf6 Bf4 78.Re4 Bd6 79.Rd4 Bc7 80.Kg6
Bg3 81.Re4 1-0
Carlsen – Kramnik at the London Chess Classic.
Morozevich-Vachier-Lagrave of course!
[Event “Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2009”]
[Site “Dortmund”]
[Date “2009/7/10”]
[Round “8”]
[White “Kramnik, W”]
[Black “Carlsen, M”]
[Result “1-0”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nh5 13. O-O Nxf4 14.
exf4 g6 15. g3 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Rd1 Bd7 18. f5 gxf5 19. Qd2 Qb6 20.
Qh6 Be8 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kf8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25. Rd6 Qc7
26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Qh4+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Nb5 Qa5 30. b4 Nxb4 31. Rxe6+
fxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kd8 33. Qf6+ Kc8 34. Qxf5+ Kd8 35. Qf6+ Kc8 36. axb4
1-0
I agree with #3
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1551140
its very funny but if I have to admit that this one is hard to understand without good chessexperts comments.
Definately a game played in a style of 19th century masters
[Event “4th Kolkata Open”]
[Site “Kolkata, India”]
[Date “2009.09.10”]
[Round “10”]
[White “Short, Nigel D”]
[Black “Mchedlishvili, Mikheil”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “B10”]
[WhiteElo “2706”]
[BlackElo “2613”]
[PlyCount “51”]
[EventDate “2009.09.01”]
[EventType “tourn”]
[EventRounds “10”]
[EventCountry “IND”]
1. e4 c6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Nbc3 e6 8. Be3 Nge7 9. f3 Bf5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nf4 a6 12. Rc1 h5 13. Bg2 hxg4 14. fxg4 Bh7 15. O-O Ng6 16. Nfxd5 Nh4 17. Bh1 exd5 18. Nxd5 Bg6 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Bxc6+ Ke7 22. exf6+ Kd6 23. Qa4 Kc7 24. Rc1 Qd6 25. Bxa8+ Kb8 26. Qe8+ 1-0
Definately
Lars Hansen – Petter Siggerud 1-0
This one from London Classic :
[Event “London Classic FIDE Op”]
[Site “London Olympia”]
[Date “2009.12.12”]
[Round “6”]
[White “Hennigan, Michael T”]
[Black “Berzinsh, Roland”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “A07”]
[WhiteElo “2385”]
[BlackElo “2424”]
[Annotator “John Saunders”]
[PlyCount “66”]
[EventDate “2009.12.08”]
[EventType “swiss”]
[EventRounds “9”]
[EventCountry “ENG”]
{Former British Champion Michael Hennigan succumbed to some original play by
the Polish IM Roland Berzinsh.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3
d5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c4 d4 8. a3 a5 9. b3 Nd7 10. Rb1 Nc5 11. Ne1 e5 12. Nc2 f5
13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Na4 15. Bb2 e4 16. Nb3 Nxb2 17. Rxb2 Kh8 18. Rb1 exd3 19.
exd3 f4 20. Nc5 Ra7 21. Ra1 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 f3 23. Bh1 {#} Nxb4 $1 {A bolt from
the blue and the beginning of an extraordinary concept.} 24. Nxb4 Qe7 $1 25.
Qa7 {The only good way to defend the c5 knight. But now the queen finds itself
out of play on the wrong side of the board.} b6 26. Nca6 Bh3 $1 {Having lured
the queen and knights to the queenside, Black strikes at the kingside.} 27. Rb1
(27. Qxc7 Qe2 28. Ra1 Re8 {would force White to give the piece back with} 29.
Nc2 Qxc2 {and his position would then be hopeless.}) 27… Re8 28. Nc2 Qe2 29.
Nab4 {#Now Black finds a very precise move.} h5 $1 30. Qa1 {White thinks his
queen has arrived back in time to join the defence but it is already too late.#
} Qxf2+ $3 31. Kxf2 Re2+ 32. Kxf3 (32. Kg1 f2#) 32… Bg4+ {Revealing the
point of 29…h5, which was to support this check.} 33. Kf4 Bh6# {An exquisite
finish.} 0-1
NO WAY… THE BEST OF THE YEAR WITHOUT A DOUBT WAS MOROZEVICH VS VACHIER-LAGRAVE….IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN IT DON’T MISS THIS ONE..BRILLIANCY, INSANE MOVES, BLUNDERS, CREATIVENESS, A TRULY REMARKABLE GAME.
Event “Biel International Chess Festival”]
[Site “Biel SUI”]
[Date “2009.07.28”]
[Round “8”]
[White “Alexander Morozevich”]
[Black “Maxime Vachier Lagrave”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2751”]
[BlackElo “2703”]
[ECO “B80”]
[EventDate “2009.07.19”]
[PlyCount “152”]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.g4 h6 10.0-0-0 b4
11.Nce2 Qc7 12.h4 d5 13.Nf4 e5 14.Nfe6 fxe6 15.Nxe6 Qa5 16.exd5 Qxa2 17.Qd3 Kf7 18.g5 Nxd5 19.Bh3
Nxe3 20.Nd8+ Ke7 21.Nc6+ Kf7 22.g6+ Kg8 23.Qxe3 Bc5 24.Qe4 Nf8 25.Rd8 Bb7 26.Rxa8 Bxa8 27.h5 Rh7
28.Re1 Bxc6 29.Qxc6 Bd4 30.Kd2 Qxb2 31.Qc4+ Kh8 32.Kd3 a5 33.Qc8 Qa3+ 34.Ke4 b3 35.cxb3 a4 36.Rb1
Qb4 37.Qc4 Qb7+ 38.Qd5 Qb4 39.Qc4 Qd2 40.Bg4 a3 41.Qf7 Qc2+ 42.Kd5 Qc5+ 43.Ke4 a2 44.Rc1 a1=Q
45.Rxc5 Bxc5 46.Qd5 Qe1+ 47.Kd3 Qd1+ 48.Kc4 Qxd5+ 49.Kxd5 Ba3 50.Bf5 Kg8 51.Kxe5 Rh8 52.Kd5 Nh7
53.gxh7+ Kf7 54.Bg6+ Kf6 55.f4 Bc1 56.f5 Bd2 57.Kd6 Be1 58.Kd7 Bb4 59.Kc7 Ke5 60.Kd7 Ba3 61.Kc6 Kd4
62.Kc7 Kc3 63.Kd7 Kb4 64.Kd6 Kxb3+ 65.Kd5 Bb2 66.Kd6 Bf6 67.Kc5 Kc3 68.Kd6 Kd4 69.Kc6 Rd8 70.Kb6 Kd5
71.Kc7 Kc5 72.Bf7 g5 73.fxg6 Rd6 74.Be8 Be5 75.Kb7 Rb6+ 76.Kc8 Kd6
0-1
Kramnik – Ponomariov was absolutely amazing! My vote goes for that one but I have to admit that Morozevich – Lagrave is very close to the title…
Polgar – USCF
Morozevich-Vachier-Lagrave
Obvious, and probably best game of ten years !
Susan i dont know , Anon suggest your match with the U.S.C.F. is interesting i dont know about that ,however i find the game between Vishy and Garry quite !? Not the help Magnus is receiving, but the Chess-within-Chess game that they are having. Did you see it? If not look for it in their recent games and you will see it there!
The best game at the most critical time was Kamsky’s wild win against Shirov(???) to win the World cup.
Who knew who was winning until the end. The game was huge, the winner goes on to play in the semi finals of the World Championship v T.
With all the tension it was perhaps the biggest game of the year. This game was life or death.
T v K in the final was a wipeout. and no one game was that critical.
There maybe better “fun” games that meant little to chess history, but for really important games this was the nuts.
“but for really important games this was the nuts.”
There is a cream available for that condition…
“The best game at the most critical time was Kamsky’s wild win against Shirov(???) to win the World cup.”
Game of the year 2009 was a game played in 2007?
You are a real 100% _______________
(add every possible insult you know on that line)
The problem with all of these games is that Gazza could have played them better.
[Event “FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix”]
[Site “Jermuk ARM”]
[Date “2009.08.23”]
[EventDate “?”]
[Round “13”]
[Result “1-0”]
[White “Boris Gelfand”]
[Black “Peter Leko”]
[ECO “E15”]
[WhiteElo “2755”]
[BlackElo “2756”]
[PlyCount “155”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5
7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Qf5 Nf6
12. e4 g6 13. Qf4 O-O 14. e5 Nh5 15. Qc4 d5 16. exd6 Bxd6
17. Nc3 Na5 18. Qd3 Bc7 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Bg5 f6
22. Bh6 Rfd8 23. Rad1 Qf7 24. b4 cxb4 25. Nb5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1
Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Nd6 Qd7 29. Nxb7 Nxb7 30. Qc4+ Kh8
31. Bh3 Qe7 32. Qd5 Nd6 33. Nd4 Qe1+ 34. Bf1 Qe5 35. Qa8 Qe8
36. Qxa7 Nf7 37. Be3 Ne5 38. Qa8 Qg8 39. Nc6 Nxc6 40. Qxc6 Ng7
41. Bh6 Be7 42. Bc4 Qd8 43. Be3 Nf5 44. Bxb6 Qf8 45. Be6 Ng7
46. Bd7 h5 47. Qc8 Kg8 48. Kf1 Qxc8 49. Bxc8 Kf7 50. Ke2 Ne6
51. Kd3 Nc5+ 52. Kc4 Ne4 53. Ba6 Ke6 54. Be3 Nc3 55. Kb3 Nd5
56. Bc4 Ke5 57. Bxd5 Kxd5 58. Bd2 Bc5 59. f3 f5 60. Bxb4 Bg1
61. h3 Bf2 62. g4 fxg4 63. fxg4 hxg4 64. hxg4 g5 65. a4 Bb6
66. Be7 Ke4 67. Bxg5 Kf3 68. Kc4 Kxg4 69. Kb5 Bf2 70. Bd2 Kf5
71. a5 Ke4 72. Kc6 Kd3 73. Bg5 Kc4 74. Be7 Be3 75. a6 Ba7
76. Bd8 Bb8 77. Bc7 Ba7 78. Kb7 1-0
It will be great to watch World Cup 2010 – B3, i have bought tickets from
http://ticketfront.com/event/World_Cup_2010_B3-tickets looking forward to it.