Bazna: King’s Tournament new edition
Posted by 365Chess.com on June 17, 2009 in Chess news
ROMGAZ and the Chess Club Society “Elisabeta Polihroniade” of Bucharest are organizing a new edition of King’s Tournament in Bazna, Romania.
In this third edition the tournament reached the 20th category with an average ELO of 2729. The participants are: Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaidjan, Elo 2756, ranking 5-th in the World), Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine, Elo 2746, 12-th in the World), Alexei Shirov (Spain, Elo 2745, 13-th in the World), Boris Gelfand (Israel, Elo 2733, 15-th in the World), Gata Kamsky (SUA, Elo 2720, 24 in the World) and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, ex European Champion 2005 (Elo 2675, 55-th in the World).
Alexei Shirov played a Rossolimo against Vassily Ivanchuk. He sacrificed a knight but then Ivanchuk sacrificed back and at the end the game was drawn.
Shirov,A (2745) - Ivanchuk,V (2746) [B30]
III Kings Tournament Bazna ROM (2), 2009-06-14
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 Bg4 9. c4 Nb4 10. d4 O-O-O 11. Nxc5 e6 12. Nxb7 Qxb7 13. a3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Rxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc2 16. Qd3 Nxa1 17. b4 Be7 18. Bb2 Rd8 19. Qc3 Qd7 20. Rxa1 Qd2 21. Qxd2 Rxd2 22. Bc1 Rd1+ 23. Kg2 c5 24. b5 axb5 25. cxb5 c4 26. a4 c3 27. a5 Bg5 28. f4 Bxf4 29. a6 Rxc1 30. Ra4 Kb8 31. Rxf4 Rb1 32. Rxf7 c2 33. b6 Rxb6 34. a7+ Ka8 35. Rc7 Rb2 36. Kg3 g6 37. h4 h6 38. f3 Ra2 39. Kg4 Rb2 40. f4 Ra2 41. h5 g5 42. fxg5 Ra4+ 43. Kf3 Ra3+ 44. Ke4 Ra4+ 45. Kd3 hxg5 46. Rxc2 Rh4 47. Rc8+ Kxa7 48. Rh8 Kb6 49. h6 Kc6 50. h7 Kb7 51. Ke3 Ka7 52. Kf3 Rf4+ 53. Kg3 Rh4 54. Re8 Rxh7 55. Kg4 Kb7 56. Rxe6 Kc7 57. Ra6 Rh1 58. Rd6 Re1 59. Kf5 g4 60. Rd3 g3 61. Rxg3 Kd7 62. Rg7+ Ke8 63. Ke6 1/2 - 1/2 (view game)
Boris Gelfand played against Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu. The Romanian GM also produced another knight sacrifice but went in time trouble and suffered a second defeat.
Gelfand,B (2733) - Nisipeanu,LD (2675) [E97]
III Kings Tournament Bazna ROM (2), 2009-06-15
1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. bxa5 f5 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. c5 Rxa5 14. Nb3 Ra8 15. f3 f4 16. a4 g5 17. Ba3 h5 18. a5 Ng6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Na4 g4 21. Nb6 Nxe4 22. fxe4 f3 23. Rf1 Nf4 24. Bxf3 gxf3 25. Rxf3 Bg4 26. Nxa8 Qxa8 27. Bxd6 Rf7 28. Qf1 Qd8 29. Bc5 Bf8 30. Rf2 Qh4 31. Kh1 Ne2 32. Rxf7 Ng3+ 33. Kg1 Bxc5+ 34. Nxc5 Ne2+ 35. Qxe2 Bxe2 36. Rf2 1 - 0 (view game)
