Nalchik R4: Grischuk still the leader
Posted by 365Chess.com on April 19, 2009 in Chess news
In a very exciting game Kamsky won his game against Svidler. Kamsky needed 74 moves to knock down his very strong opponent. All the other games were drawn and Alexander Grischuk, the leader achieved a draw with black pieces against Aronian, is still the leader with 3 pts over 4.
Aronian,L (2754) - Grischuk,A (2748) [A30]
4th FIDE GP Nakchik RUS (4), 2009-04-08
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.0-0 Be7 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.d4 cxd4 11.Qxd4 0-0 12.Bg5 Bxg5 13.Qxd5 Bxd5 14.Nxg5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Na6 16.Rac1 Rfd8 17.Rc4 Rd2 18.Rec1 g6 19.R1c2 Rxc2 20.Rxc2 Rd8 21.Rc4 Rd7 22.a3 Kg7 23.Nf3 Rc7 24.Rd4 Nc5 25.g4 h6 26.h4 Nd7 27.g5 hxg5 28.hxg5 Kf8 29.Nd2 Ke7 30.Rc4 Rxc4 31.Nxc4 e5 32.Kf3 Ke6 33.e4 Nc5 34.Ke3 Nb3 35.Nd2 Nxd2 ½ - ½ (view game)
Kamsky,G (2720) - Svidler,P (2726) [C91]
4th FIDE GP Nakchik RUS (4), 2009-04-18
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 Qc8 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 c6 14.dxc6 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Nc4 16.Ng3 Rfe8 17.a4 h6 18.b3 Na5 19.Bd2 Qc7 20.axb5 axb5 21.Nh4 Nc6 22.Nhf5 Rxa1 23.Qxa1 Bf8 24.Bd3 Nd8 25.c4 Ne6 26.cxb5 Nc5 27.Bc4 Bxf5 28.Nxf5 Ncxe4 29.Bb4 Qb6 30.Ne3 d5 31.Ba5 Qc5 32.b4 Qa7 33.b6 Qb7 34.Bb5 Re6 35.Rc1 Rxb6 36.Bxb6 Qxb6 37.Qa5 Qb8 38.Bd3 Qxb4 39.Qxb4 Bxb4 40.Rc8+ Bf8 41.Nxd5 Nxd5 42.Bxe4 Ne7 43.Rc5 f6 44.Bc2 g6 45.Kf1 h5 46.Rc7 f5 47.Ke2 Kf7 48.Rb7 Bh6 49.Bb3+ Kf8 50.Kd3 h4 51.f3 Bf4 52.Kc4 e4 53.fxe4 fxe4 54.Kc3 Be5+ 55.Kd2 Bf4+ 56.Ke2 Nf5 57.Bd5 Ng3+ 58.Kd1 g5 59.Rb6 Ke7 60.Rb4 e3 61.Bf3 Kd6 62.Rb5 Ke6 63.Ra5 Kf6 64.Bg4 Ne4 65.Ke2 Nd6 66.Kd3 Ke7 67.Kd4 Kf6 68.Kd5 Ke7 69.Ra7+ Kf6 70.Ra6 Ke7 71.Ra7+ Kf6 72.Bh5 Be5 73.Ra6 Kf5 74.Bg4+ 1 - 0 (view game)
