World Cup R3: So beats Kamsky with black
Posted by 365Chess.com on November 28, 2009 in Chess news
The current FIDE World Chess Cup is taking place in Khanty-Mansiysk from November 20th to December 15th 2009.
In this opportunity, this event is a seven-round knockout tournamet with six rounds of matches and two games per round. The winner qualifies to the next round. The final round, the seventh, consists of four games.
In round two, Wesley So knocked out Vassily Ivancuk. In the first game of the third round he beated Kamsky with the black pieces. Gelfand beat Polgar and Navara beat Karjakin.
Wesley So just turned 16 and is a grandmaster with a superb international projection.
Kamsky, G. (2695) - So, W. (2640) [C11]
World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (3.1), 2009-11-27
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. a3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. c3 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b6 14. Be2 Ba6 15. Bd1 Qb5 16. b4 Rc8 17. Nb2 Qc6 18. Rc1 O-O 19. a4 Bc4 20. Bg4 Bb3 21. O-O Bxa4 22. f5 Bb5 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Re3 f6 25. fxe6 Nxe5 26. Bf5 g6 27. Bh3 Qd6 28. Rd1 Rcd8 29. Rd2 Qe7 30. Rf2 Nc6 31. Qd2 d4 32. Re4 dxc3 33. Qxc3 Rf8 34. g4 Rd6 35. Bg2 Ne5 36. g5 Rxe6 37. gxf6 Rfxf6 38. Rxf6 Qxf6 39. Re3 Bc6 40. Nd1 Qg5 41. Rg3 Qf4 42. Nf2 Bxg2 43. Kxg2 Nc4 44. Qd3 Ne3+ 45. Kg1 Nf5 46. Qd5 Qc1+ 47. Nd1 Kf7 48. Rc3 Qg5+ 49. Kf2 Qf4+ 50. Kg2 Qg4+ 51. Kf2 Qe2+ 52. Kg1 Qe1+ 53. Kg2 Kg7 0 - 1 (view game)
Gelfand, B. (2758) - Polgar, Ju (2680) [E15]
World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (3.1), 2009-11-27
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Rac1 Rd8 14. Bd6 Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Qc5 16. Qd1 Bd5 17. Rxd5 exd5 18. Ng5 Rf8 19. Bxd5 Nc6 20. Qd3 g6 21. Ne4 Qd4 22. Qxd4 Nxd4 23. Rd1 Nc6 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Nxd7 Rfc8 26. Rb1 Rc7 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. Bxa8 Rxc4 29. Bd5 Rc2 30. Kf1 g5 31. Bb3 Rd2 32. Ke1 Rd7 33. h3 h6 34. f4 Ng6 35. e3 Nf8 36. Rd1 Re7 37. Kf2 Nd7 38. Kf3 Nc5 39. Bc2 Rc7 40. Rd2 Nd7 41. e4 Nf8 42. e5 Nd7 43. Kg4 b5 44. h4 gxf4 45. gxf4 a5 46. Kh5 a4 47. Rg2+ Kf8 48. Kxh6 Rc4 49. Kg5 Nc5 50. Bf5 Rc1 51. h5 Ke7 52. h6 Rh1 53. h7 Ne6+ 54. Kg4 Nf8 55. Rc2 Nxh7 56. Rc7+ Ke8 57. Rb7 Nf8 58. Rb8+ Ke7 59. Rb7+ Ke8 60. Rxb5 Rg1+ 61. Kf3 Rf1+ 62. Ke4 1 - 0 (view game)
Navara, D. (2707) - Karjakin, Sergey (2723) [C88]
World Cup Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (3.1), 2009-11-27
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3 Kh8 9. h3 d6 10. c3 Be6 11. d4 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 Nd7 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. b3 Qd7 15. Be3 exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. Nbd2 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nd5 19. Rac1 Nd8 20. Ne5 Qf5 21. Nc3 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Bd6 24. Bd2 Ne6 25. Nc6 Nf4 26. Rf3 Nd5 27. Rf5 Nf6 28. Bg5 Rae8 29. Ne5 Kg8 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Rxf6 Kg7 32. Rf4 f5 33. Re3 c5 34. Rg3+ Kh8 35. Re3 Kg7 36. Rh4 f4 37. Rg4+ Kf6 38. Rxf4+ Kg5 39. Rg4+ Kf5 40. Nd7 Rxe3 41. fxe3 Rc8 42. dxc5 Bxc5 43. Rf4+ Ke6 44. Nxc5+ Rxc5 45. Rh4 h5 46. Kf2 Kd7 47. a4 a5 48. axb5 Rxb5 49. Kf3 Ke6 50. Re4+ Kf6 51. Rc4 Ke6 52. Rc6+ Kd7 53. Rh6 Kc7 54. h4 Rf5+ 55. Ke4 Rb5 56. Kf4 Rxb3 57. Rxh5 a4 58. e4 Kb6 59. Rd5 Rb1 60. g4 a3 61. Rd2 Kc5 62. h5 Rb2 63. Rd8 a2 64. Ra8 Kd4 65. h6 Rf2+ 66. Kg5 Kxe4 67. h7 Rh2 68. Kg6 Kf4 69. Ra4+ Kg3 70. g5 1 - 0 (view game)
