Krush shares early lead, ahead of Carlsen in Gausdal

Gausdal Classics International Chess Tournament
Norway, 18 – 26 April 2007

Here are the players in group A:

No Name Federation ELO Born

GM Magnus CARLSEN NOR 2693 1990
GM Michal KRASENKOW POL 2661 1963
GM Alexei DREEV RUS 2633 1969
GM Eduardas ROZENTALIS LIT 2578 1963
GM Kjetil A LIE NOR 2529 1980
GM Kaido KULAOTS EST 2525 1976
IM Gawain JONES ENG 2524 1987
GM Lajos PORTISCH HUN 2512 1937
IM Irina KRUSH USA 2478 1983
NM Eric MOSKOW USA 2260 1958

Round 1

Kulaots, Kaido (2525) – Carlsen, Magnus (2693) [C54]
Gausdal Classics – GM A Gausdal (1), 18.04.2007
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Nbd2 0-0 7.h3 d6 8.Bb3 Ba7 9.Nf1 Be6 10.Ng3 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 Qc8 12.0-0 Ne7 13.d4 Ng6 14.Bg5 Nd7 15.Nf5 Kh8 16.Ne7 Qe8 17.Nxg6+ fxg6 18.Qxb7 exd4 19.cxd4 Bb6 20.Qc6 h6 21.Be3 Nf6 22.Qxe8 Rfxe8 23.e5 Nd5 24.Bd2 dxe5 25.dxe5 Rad8 26.Rfd1 Kg8 27.Kf1 g5 28.Rac1 Kf7 29.Ke2 Ke6 30.Rc6+ Kf7 31.Rc4 Ne7 32.Be3 Rxd1 33.Kxd1 Ng6 34.Bxb6 cxb6 35.Rc6 Re6 36.Rc7+ Re7 37.Rc6 Re6 38.Rc7+ Re7 39.Rc6 1/2-1/2

Krasenkow, Michal (2661) – Moskow, Eric (2260) [A61]
Gausdal Classics – GM A Gausdal (1), 18.04.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nc3 d6 7.h3 a6 8.a4 Qe7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Nbd7 11.e3 Bg7 12.Be2 0-0 13.0-0 g5 14.Bg3 Ne8 15.e4 Ne5 16.a5 f5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 Qxe5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Qb3 Qg7 21.Qb6 Rc8 22.Rae1 Rc7 23.Bc4 Re7 24.Ne2 Bc2 25.Rc1 Bg6 26.b4 Rc7 27.Rfe1 Qf6 28.f3 Qg7 29.Bb3 Bd3 30.bxc5 Bxe2 31.Rxe2 Re7 32.Rxe7 Qxe7 33.c6 Rf7 34.Kf1 Kf8 35.Ba4 Qe4 36.Re1 Qd3+ 37.Kf2 bxc6 38.Qb2 Nf6 39.dxc6 Qc4 40.Rc1 Qe6 41.c7 1-0

Rozentalis, Eduardas (2578) – Lie, Kjetil A (2529) [B27]
Gausdal Classics – GM A Gausdal (1), 18.04.2007
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.exd5 Nf6 7.Bb5+ Nbd7 8.d6 exd6 9.Qe2+ Qe7 10.Bf4 Qxe2+ 11.Bxe2 Ke7 12.Nc3 Nb6 13.0-0 h6 14.Nb5 Rd8 15.Nc7 Rb8 16.Rfe1 Be6 17.Bd3 Nbd5 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Bd2 Kf7 20.Re2 g5 21.Rae1 Re8 22.h4 g4 23.Nh2 h5 24.Nf1 Re7 25.Bc4 Rbe8 26.Ng3 Nb6 27.Bb5 Nbd7 28.Bb4 a6 29.Ba4 1-0

Portisch, Lajos (2512) – Dreev, Alexey (2633) [D23]
Gausdal Classics – GM A Gausdal (1), 18.04.2007
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.0-0 Be7 9.e3 0-0 10.Qe2 Ne4 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Rad8 13.Nh4 1/2-1/2

Krush, Irina (2478) – Jones, Gawain (2524) [A57]
Gausdal Classics – GM A Gausdal (1), 18.04.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Nc3 Qxb6 7.e4 g6 8.a4 Bg7 9.a5 Qb4 10.Ra4 Qb7 11.Nf3 Bg4 12.Be2 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nbd7 14.0-0 0-0 15.Be2 Ne8 16.f4 Bd4+ 17.Kh1 Nc7 18.Bc4 Nb5 19.Qd3 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Bg7 21.Bd2 f5 22.Rb1 Qc8 23.Ra2 Nf6 24.exf5 Qxf5 25.Qxf5 gxf5 26.Be1 Ne4 27.Ra3 Rfb8 28.Rab3 Rd8 29.Kg1 Bf6 30.Kf1 e5 31.dxe6 d5 32.Be2 c4 33.Rb7 Bxc3 34.Bh5 Bf6 35.e7 Re8 36.Bxe8 Rxe8 37.R1b6 d4 38.Rxa6 d3 39.Rxf6 Nxf6 40.a6 Kf7 41.a7 Nd5 42.Rb8 Nc7 43.Bb4 Na8 44.Ke1 c3 45.Rxe8 Kxe8 46.Bxc3 Kxe7 47.Kd2 Ke6 48.Kxd3 Kd5 49.Ba5 Kc5 50.Bd8 Kd5 51.h3 h5 52.Ke3 1-0

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