GM Karjakin (2721) – GM Kamsky (2720) [C18]
Nalchik Grand Prix (7), 22.04.2009
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 cxd4 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 Qc7 10.Ne2 Nbc6 11.f4 dxc3 12.Qd3 d4 13.Ng3 Bd7 14.Be2 0–0–0 15.0–0 Qb6 16.Ne4 Nd5 17.Nd6+ Kb8 18.Nxf7 Rdf8 19.Nd6 Nce7 20.Bf3 Bc6 21.a4 Nb4 22.a5 Qc5 23.Qh7 d3+ 24.Kh1 d2 25.Bxd2 cxd2 26.Qxe7 Rxf4 27.Rab1 Rgf8 28.c4 a6 29.h3 Ka8 30.Qg7 Qe3 31.Kh2 d1Q 32.Rbxd1 White wins 1–0
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Round 7 report:
| Karjakin, Sergey | – Kamsky, Gata | 1-0 | |||
| Alekseev, Evgeny | – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | ½-½ | |||
| Grischuk, Alexander | – Akopian, Vladimir | ½-½ | |||
| Svidler, Peter | – Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | ½-½ | |||
| Bacrot, Etienne | – Aronian, Levon | ½-½ | |||
| Gelfand, Boris | – Eljanov, Pavel | 0-1 | |||
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | – Leko, Peter | ½-½ |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Considering that Kamsky must have prepared the French extensively for his match against Topalov I am stunned he keeps getting clobbered. Maybe e5 suits his style better as a response to e4…
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Kamsky may have won if this if his nerves is steady as karajakin blundered at move 27.
I read that Kamsky was winning for several moves. It’s too early to say that the French doesn’t suit him!
I do remember an interesting comment by Georgi Orlov some years back. He said he didn’t play the French because he wasn’t good enough to play it.
kamsky always gets a good position out of the opening but finds a way to falter, be it time trouble or just bad play. if he could straighten that up he would have had a final game with topalov after having a won game and blundering away. he gets good positions from the french!