White: Le, Quang Liem
Black: Kamsky, Gata
Event: Aeroflot Open
Date: Fri Feb 11 2011
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bf4 a5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 Nb6 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. O-O a4 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Be7 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Qxc6+ Nd7 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Rfe1 O-O 20. Bc7 Nb8 21. Bxd8 Nxc6 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Rxe7 Rfd8 24. Rd1 a3 25. b3 Rac8 26. Kf1 Rd5 27. Rd2 1-0
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Can he go 9-0?
Rather a sorry game of chess. One wouldn’t have guessed Black’s rating within 500 points.
Umm, no, he can’t go 9-0. He’s not Bobby Fischer.
Brutal exploitation of Kamsky’s inexplicable decision not to develop his king bishop until move 15 – about 10 moves later than most players rated above, say, 1800 would have.
White’s 16th move is brilliant.
Mark