Nalchik R10: Only two games were drawn!

Posted by 365Chess.com on April 27, 2009 in Chess news

What a round! Only two games of seven ended in a draw. That’s very strange in a tournament of this level these days. Aronian, Leko, Akopian, Mamedyarov and Grischuk scored in this round.

Aronian is the leader with 6.5 followed by Peter Leko only half point behind him. Then with 5.5 come Grischuk, Alekseev and Akopian.

Aronian,L (2754) - Eljanov,P (2693) [D37]
4th FIDE GP Nalchik RUS (10), 2009-04-26
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 Bb4 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qb3 c5 8.dxc5 Qa5 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qxc5 11.Qb4 Ne4 12.Nd4 b6 13.f3 a5 14.Qxc5 Nexc5 15.Nf5 Ne6 16.Bg3 g6 17.Nd6+ Ke7 18.e3 Rd8 19.Rb1 Ba6 20.Kf2 f5 21.Nb5 Rdc8 22.Be2 Bxb5 23.Rxb5 Rxc3 24.Rxd5 Nf6 25.Rd2 Nc5 26.Rb1 Nfe4+ 27.fxe4 Nxe4+ 28.Ke1 Nxd2 29.Kxd2 Rxa3 30.Bh4+ Kf7 31.Bc4+ Kg7 32.Rxb6 Ra4 33.Bf6+ Kh6 34.Rc6 Ra7 35.h4 Kh5 36.Ke1 Rb7 37.Kf2 Rab4 38.Bg5 Rb2+ 39.Be2+ Rxe2+ 40.Kxe2 Kg4 41.Kf2 Rb2+ 42.Kg1 Kg3 43.Bf4+ Kxh4 44.Rc7 h5 45.Rc4 Rb4 46.Rd4 g5 47.Bd6+ Rxd4 48.exd4 Kg4 49.d5 f4 50.Bxf4 1 - 0 (view game)

Leko,P (2751) - Gelfand,B (2733) [C42]
4th FIDE GP Nalchik RUS (10), 2009-04-26
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Re1 Bg4 9.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxd4 12.Qd1 Ne6 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Bb5+ c6 15.Nxd5 cxb5 16.Qb3 0-0 17.Be3 Bc5 18.Rad1 Bxe3 19.Rxe3 Qa5 20.Qc2 Rfe8 21.f4 b4 22.f5 Nf8 23.Red3 Nd7 24.Qc7 Qc5+ 25.Kf1 Qb5 26.Qg3 Ne5 27.f6 g6 28.Qg5 Kh8 29.Qh6 Rg8 30.Nc7 Qc4 31.b3 Qg4 32.Rd4 Qf5+ 33.Rf4 Ng4 34.Qg7+ Rxg7 35.fxg7+ Kxg7 36.Rxf5 gxf5 37.Nxa8 Ne3+ 38.Ke2 Nxd1 39.Kxd1 Kf6 40.Kd2 Ke5 41.Nc7 f4 42.Kd3 a6 43.Na8 1 - 0 (view game)