Shirov, Alexei (2745) – Kamsky, Gata (2720) [B12]
Bazna Kings’ Tournament, (6), 20.06.2009
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.0–0 Rc8 7.b3 h6 8.c4 Bb4 9.Ba3 Qa5 10.Bb2 Qd8 11.Na3 Ne7 12.Nc2 Bxc2 13.Qxc2 0–0 14.Bd3 f6 15.a3 Ba5 16.Qe2 fxe5 17.dxe5 Bb6 18.Nd4 Bxd4 19.Bxd4 Nf5 20.Bc3 a5 21.Rac1 Nc5 22.Bc2 a4 23.b4 Nb3 24.Rcd1 Qh4 25.f4 Qe7 26.g4 Nh4 27.Be1 Rc7 28.Qd3 g5 29.Bxh4 gxh4 30.Qg6+ Qg7 31.Qxe6+ Kh8 32.g5 Re7 33.Qg4 hxg5 34.fxg5 1–0
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Here are the full results of round 6:
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | – Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | 1-0 | |||
| Gelfand, Boris | – Radjabov, Teimour | ½-½ | |||
| Shirov, Alexei | – Kamsky, Gata | 1-0 |
Standings after 6 rounds:
| 1. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2746 | 4½ | |||||||||||||
| 2. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2733 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 3. | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2745 | 3½ | |||||||||||||
| 4. | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2756 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 5-6. | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2720 | 1½ | |||||||||||||
| 5-6. | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROU | 2675 | 1½ |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Ivanchuk was sandbagging. He wanted to win the under 2750 prize 🙂
This is news?
I’m pretty sure he’s live rating will be far under 2700 after the last few tourneys. There is no U2700 prize, but pity to everyone who has to play him now and get drained of their elo points. Maybe that’s what he wanted 😀
Who cares about ELO-points that swift every tournament anyway?
ELO doens’t make the player, his play does.