Tata Steel Tournament 2012 / Round 6
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| Hikaru Nakamura played another Dutch and his victim was the World Champion Challenger Boris Gelfand. Gelfand appeared OK around move 30, but quickly fell apart. You can bet that Anand is watching. | |
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Boris Gelfand |
Hikaru Nakamura |
Aronian made minced meat (Baloney) out of Gashimov’s Benoni. Dynamic Pawn sacrifices are part and parcel of the Benoni. Black looked fine, but executed a ‘dud’ Pawn sacrifice on move 21 and it looked as though he just handed over the game. When you sacrifice you try to get something in return;
I just don’t see it. (See Comments)
A beautiful piece of interference at the tail end of Radjabov’s victory over Karjakin. (See Comments)3 Responses to Tata Steel Tournament 2012 / Round 6
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[Event "74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee/The Netherlands"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 b5 10. Bxd6 Qb6 11. Be5 O-O 12. e3 c4 13. Qd1 b4 14. Ne2 Bb5 15. Ned4 Nbd7 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. Bd4 Qxd5 18. Be2 Nb6 19. O-O Rac8 20. Rc1 Rfd8 21. Qe1 c3 22. bxc3 bxc3 23. Ba6 Rc7 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Ne4 26. Qa3 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Qc5 28. Qxc5 Nxc5 29. Bb5 Ne6 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Rc1 Rd2 32. a4 Ra2 33. g3 a6 34. Bxa6 Rxa4 35. Bb5 Ra5 36. Be2 Nd7 37. Rc7 Nf8 38. Bc4 Ra4 39. Kg2 Rb4 40. h4 h6 41. f4 h5 42. Kf3 Ra4 43. Ke4 Kh8 44. Ke5 Kg8 45. Kf6 Ra5 46. e4 Ra4 47. e5 Ra3 48. Rc8 1-0
[Event "74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee/The Netherlands"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. e3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bb2 Bf6 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qf5 g6 21. Qf4 Kg7 22. h4 a5 23. e4 dxe4 24. Nc4 Qe6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qc7 Qd5 27. Ne3 Qd2 28. Rc2 Rd7 29. Qxc5 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 h5 31. Qe5 Qb4 32. Rc5 Qd2 33. Rc2 Qb4 34. Qg5 Nh7 35. Qf4 Qd4 36. Bh3 Re7 37. Rc7 Qf6 38. Rc5 Qb6 39. Rc2 Qa6 40. Rd2 Qf6 41. Qb8 Nf8 42. Qd8 Ne6 43. Bxe6 Rxe6 44. Qxa5 Ba6 45. Nd5 Qe5 46. Qc7 Bd3 47. Qxe5+ Rxe5 48. Nf4 Ba6 49. Nd5 Bd3 50. Nb4 Bf1 51. Nc2 Rb5 52. Ne3 Bd3 53. Rb2 Kf6 54. a4 Ra5 55. Ra2 Ke5 56. b4 Ra7 57. Ra3 Kd4 58. b5 Kc5 59. Rc3+ Kd4 60. b6 Rxa4 61. b7 Rb4 62. Rc4+ 1-0
[Event "74th Tata Steel Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee/The Netherlands"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nc2 Rc8 10. Bd2 h5 11. h3 Be6 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. Kh2 Nd4 14. Ncd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Qb5 16. Re1 Qxb2 17. Qa4+ b5 18. Qa5 Ng4+ 19. hxg4 hxg4+ 20. Kg1 Nxe2+ 21. Kf1 Nc3 22. Bxc3 Qxc3 23. Qxb5+ Kf8 24. Rad1 f5 25. Qb1 Qb2 26. Qxb2 Bxb2 27. Rd3 Kf7 28. Rb1 Bf6 29. Ke2 Rc5 30. Ra3 Rh2 31. Rh1 Rxh1 32. Bxh1 Rc1 33. Bg2 Bd4 34. Rd3 Bc5 35. Rd1 Rc3 36. Rd3 Rc1 37. Rd1 Rc3 38. Rd2 Rc1 39. f3 gxf3+ 40. Bxf3 Kf6 41. g4 Kg5 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. Bg2 Kf4 44. Nf1 a5 45. Kd3 a4 46. Rc2 Rd1+ 47. Ke2 Rb1 48. Rc4+ Kg5 49. Kd3 Rb2 50. Rc2 Rb4 51. Nd2 Rg4 52. Bh1 Rd4+ 53. Ke2 Rb4 54. Bf3 a3 55. Nb3 Bb6 56. Rc3 Rh4 57. Bg2 Rg4 58. Kf1 Rb4 59. Bf3 Kf6 60. Ke2 Rh4 61. Bg2 Rg4 62. Kf1 Rb4 63. Rc2 Rg4 64. Nd2 Rb4 65. Ke2 Bc5 66. Nf3 Re4+ 67. Kd3 Re3+ 68. Kd2 Re4 69. Bf1 e6 70. dxe6 Rxe6 71. Rc4 Re8 72. Rh4 Be3+ 73. Kc2 Bc5 74. Bc4 Re3 75. Bd5 Re2+ 76. Kd3 Rf2 77. Rh6+ Kg7 78. Re6 Rf1 79. Kc4 Rd1 80. Re1 Rxe1 81. Nxe1 Kg6 82. Nd3 Ba7 83. Kb3 Kg5 84. Kxa3 f4 85. Kb3 Kg4 86. Ne1 1-0