Round 2 – May 16, 2007
[Section GM – Board 1] Nakamura, Hikaru vs Kudrin, Sergey 1/2-1/2
[Section GM – Board 2] Perelshteyn, Eugene vs Onischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2
[Section GM – Board 3] Yermolinsky, Alex vs Ehlvest, Jaan 1/2-1/2
[Section GM – Board 4] Ibragimov, Ildar vs Becerra, Julio 1-0
[Section GM – Board 5] Gurevich, Dmitry vs Shabalov, Alexander 0-1
[Section GM – Board 6] Sevillano, Enrico vs Stripunsky, Alexander 0-1
[Section GM – Board 7] Khachiyan, Melikset vs Akobian, Varuzhan 1/2-1/2
[Section GM – Board 8] Kaidanov, Gregory vs Bradford, Joseph Mark 1-0
[Section GM – Board 9] Shulman, Yury vs Krush, Irina 1-0
[Section GM – Board 10] Gulko, Boris vs Bonin, Jay 1/2-1/2
[Section GM – Board 11] Ivanov, Alexander vs Mulyar, Michael 1-0
[Section GM – Board 12] Robson, Ray vs Friedel, Joshua 1/2-1/2
[Section GM – Board 13] Browne, Walter vs Langer, Michael 1-0
[Section GM – Board 14] Pruess, David vs Movsisyan, Movses 1-0
[Section GM – Board 15] Aigner, Michael vs Hess, Robert 1/2-1/2
[Section GM – Board 16] Sarkar, Justin vs Zenyuk, Iryna 1-0
[Section GM – Board 17] Smith, Bryan vs Airapetian, Chouchanik 1-0
[Section GM – Board 18] Burnett, Ronald vs Braunlich, Tom 1-0
The top 3 board ended in draws. Ibragimov defeated Becerra in an incredibly wild game. Jay Bonin drew 2 GMs in 2 games. One of our favorites Michael Aigner drew IM Robert Hess. You can click on any of the game above to replay it via the www.MonRoi.com official site.
I am sad Krush lost, but this is great to be able to replay the games, thanx Susan!
Nice endgame play by fpawn. I can see why most of his students excel at endgame.