Ehlvest, J (2600) – Kamsky, G (2693) [B06]
Aeroflot (2), 10.02.2010
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.h3 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Bf5 7.Ng3 Be6 8.c3 Nf6 9.Bd3 Bd5 10.0–0 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 0–0 12.Re1 Nbd7 13.Nf1 Re8 14.Bf4 Nd5 15.Bg3 a5 16.Nd2 e5 17.Nc4 exd4 18.Nd6 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Qf6 20.Qg4 Nc5 21.Ne8 Nxd3 22.Nxf6+ Nxf6 23.Qxd4 Nxe1 24.Bh4 Nd5 25.Qe4 a4 26.c4 Nc7 27.Qxe1 a3 28.bxa3 Ne6 29.Qb4 Bd4 30.Be7 c5 31.Qb3 Kg7 32.a4 Rc8 33.Bd6 Rc6 34.Bg3 Ra6 35.Kh2 h5 36.h4 b6 37.f3 Bf6 38.Qb5 Ra7 39.Qe8 Bd4 40.Bd6 Bf6 41.Kh3 Ra6 42.Qc6 Ra7 43.g4 hxg4+ 44.fxg4 Bd4 45.g5 Kh7 46.Bb8 Ra5 47.Kg4 Kg7 48.Bd6 Ra7 49.h5 gxh5+ 50.Kxh5 Nf8 51.Bxf8+ Kxf8 52.Kg4 Kg7 53.Kf5 Bc3 54.Qxb6 Ra8 55.Qb3 Bd4 56.Qb7 White wins 1–0
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Why did Kamsky lose?
Because Ehlvest played better.
Hardly an upset when a former Top 5 in the world GM has White against anyone.
Botvinnik first played Bf5 line back in 1960 and drew. Most modern elite players play Nd7. Kamsky either did not have an improvement or got his lines mixed up because he played into a line only played once before and that player got smashed too!
Nice technique by Ehlvest.
Crappy opening by Kamsky.