Krush,Irina [2449] – Akopian,Vladimir [2700]
Gibtelecom Masters Gibraltar (1.2), 24.01.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Nge2 Ba6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3 d5 8.Be2 dxc4 9.e4 Nc6 10.Be3 Na5 11.Qc2 0-0 12.Rd1 Nd7 13.h4 Bb7 14.h5 h6 15.Rh3 f5 16.d5 f4 17.Bxf4 exd5 18.Be3 c6 19.exd5 Qe8 20.Rg3 Kh8 21.Ne4 cxd5 22.Qc3 Ne5 23.Nd6 Qe7 24.Nxb7 Nxb7 25.Rxd5 Rae8 26.f4 Qh4 27.Kf2 Rf5 28.b4 cxb3 29.Bf3 Nc5? [29…Ng4+ 30.Bxg4 Rxd5-+] 30.Bxc5 bxc5 31.Rxe5 Rexe5 32.fxe5 Rg5? [32…b2 33.Qxb2 Rg5 34.Qb8+ Kh7 35.Be4+ Qxe4 36.Rxg5 Qf4+ 37.Ke1=] 33.Bd1 Rxg3 34.Qxg3 Qd4+ 35.Ke1 Qe4+ 36.Kd2 b2 37.Bc2 b1Q 38.Bxb1 Qxb1 39.Qf4 Qa2+ 40.Ke1 Kg8 41.Qe4 Qxa3 [41…Qa1+ 42.Kf2 Qb2+ 43.Kf1 Qc1+ 44.Kf2 Qb2+=] 42.Qd5+ Kh8? [42…Kf8 43.Qd8+ Kf7 44.Qd7+ Kf8 45.e6 Qe3+ 46.Kf1 Qf4+ 47.Ke2 Qe4+ 48.Kf1 Qf4+=] 43.e6 Qe3+ 44.Kd1 c4+- 45.Qd8+ Kh7 46.e7 Qg1+ 47.Kc2 Qxg2+ 48.Kc3 Qf3+ 49.Kb4 a5+ 50.Kc5 Qxh5+ 51.Kc6 Qg6+ 52.Kc7 Qg3+ 53.Kc8 1-0
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Nakamura,Hikaru [2651] – Arakhamia,Ketevan [2437]
Gibtelecom Masters Gibraltar (1.5), 24.01.2007
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.d3 Nf6 6.0-0 0-0 7.Ng5 h6 8.f4 exf4 9.Nh3 Ne5 10.Nxf4 Nxc4 11.dxc4 d6 12.b3 Ng4 13.Nfd5 Bg5 14.Qe1 Bxc1 15.Rxc1 Be6 16.Qg3 Qg5 17.Rcd1 Rad8 18.h3 Ne5 19.Qxg5 hxg5 20.Nb5 Nc6 21.Ndc7 Bc8 22.c3 g4 23.hxg4 Bxg4 24.Rxd6 a6 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Na3 Rd2 27.Rc1 Rxa2 28.Nc2 Ne5 29.Ne3 Be2 30.Ncd5 Bd3 31.Rd1 Bxe4 32.Ne7+ Kh7 33.Kh2 g6 34.Kg3 Nd3 35.N7d5 Kg7 36.Nf4 Nxf4 37.Kxf4 Bxg2 38.Nxg2 Rxg2 39.Rd6 Rf2+ 40.Ke4 Rf6 41.Rd1 Rb6 42.Rb1 Rd6 43.Ke5 Rd3 44.b4 cxb4 45.cxb4 f6+ 46.Ke6 Re3+ 47.Kd6 Kf7 48.Rh1 Re6+ 49.Kc7 Rc6+ 50.Kxb7 Rxc4 51.Rb1 f5 52.Kxa6 f4 53.b5 Ra4+ 54.Kb7 Ke6 55.b6 g5 56.Kb8 f3 57.b7 Rf4 58.Re1+ Kf5 59.Rb1 Rc4 60.Ka8 Ra4+ 61.Kb8 Rc4 62.Ka8 Ra4+ 63.Kb8 Re4 64.Kc7 Re8 65.Rd1 g4 66.Rd8 Rxd8 67.Kxd8 f2 68.b8Q f1Q 69.Qc8+ Kf4 70.Qc7+ Kf3 71.Qf7+ Kg2 72.Qd5+ Qf3 73.Qd2+ Kf1 74.Qc1+ Ke2 75.Qc2+ Ke1 76.Kc7 g3 77.Qc1+ Kf2 78.Qd2+ Qe2 79.Qf4+ Kg2 80.Kd6 Qa6+ 81.Kc5 Qa5+ 82.Kc6 Qc3+ 83.Kd6 Kg1 84.Ke6 g2 85.Kf5 Qh3+ 86.Kg5 Kh1 87.Qe4 Qg3+ 88.Kf5 Kg1 89.Qb1+ Kh2 90.Qb2 Qh3+ 91.Kf4 Qg3+ 92.Kf5 Qd3+ 93.Kf4 Qd6+ 94.Kg4 Qd7+ 95.Kf4 Qc7+ 96.Kg4 Qc8+ 97.Kf3 Qa8+ 98.Kf4 Kh1 99.Qb5 g1Q 100.Qd5+ Qg2 0-1
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A painful loss for Nakamura, who could have won the queen on move 18 by playing 18. Rf5 instead of 18. h3.
Congratulations to Irina! Beating the former FIDE WC finalist is quite an accomplishment.
Cutie Irina Krush crushed Akopian!!
Well well well…That must be really shock for Akopian.
As concerns Nakamura loss,that’s not so odd.I have never considered him 2600+ player.