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Bled Olympiad 2002 Report 4 by Mark Crowther
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The 35th Chess Olympiad Bled took place 25th October - 11th November 2002. As expected the men's team title in the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled was taken by the favourites Russia. The team of Garry Kasparov, Alexander Khalifman, Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Alexander Morozevich and Sergei Rublevsky always looked like having the power to overwhelm opponents if heavy scoring was needed. The powerhouse team was the same team that won the title two years ago with one change, World Number 1 Garry Kasparov in the team instead of Konstantin Sakaev. Kasparov had an excellent event scoring 7.5/9 and the highest ELO performance of the event at 2933 extending his lead at the top of the FIDE rating list. After Kasparov's poor performance for Russia in the Russia vs. The Rest of the World rapid match he underlined his dominance again. Russia cruised to the title with 2-2 draws in the final two rounds which looked clearly pre-agreed. I don't like the practice of agreeing draws before matches (or during the early stages of matches) as it is in my view against the values of sport. Such things have occurred in football matches (Germany - Austria in the Soccer World Cup a few years back for instance) and have been roundly condemned. This practice has always been part of the FIDE Olympiad but it shouldn't be allowed. Russia did lose one match, to second placed Hungary. There players also lost four games during the Olympiad including Robert Ruck's victory against Peter Svidler in the above mentioned loss. A point behind them was Hungary whose squad looks set to be challengers for the next few Olympiads. The core of their squad with Peter Leko, Judit Polgar and Zoltan Almasi is as good as any. They lost just one game in the whole Olympiad but unlike the Russians they didn't manage to get the crushing victories to keep pace. The battle for the Bronze medal was far more open. Armenia's 3-1 victory against Georgia eventually settled it for them. Armenia have an unglamorous but strong team and they have been consistent high finishers in team events in recent years. Final Men's Standings
The women's event was far more interesting with a battle amongst three teams for Gold going to the final round. Top seeds China emerged as winners of the event. Number three seeds Russia finished second and number 9 seeds Poland were shock bronze medalists. Poland earned their medal as they started a meltdown that must be practically unprecidented in Olympiad history. Number 2 seeds Georgia after 10 rounds led with 24 points, China were 3.5 points behind them on 21.5 and Poland at this stage were in 6th place 5 points behind the leaders on 19. Poland then beat Georgia in round 11 2.5-0.5 and the Georgian team seemed to lose all composure losing all their remaining matches and at the last even managed to finished outside the medals completely. Final Women's Standings
There are prizes in the Olympiad for the best percentage performers on each board. I'm not sure of the precise regulations but it looks like a minimum of 9 games were required to win a board prize except for the reserve boards where 7 were needed. Board Medals Board 1 1 IM Gwaze Robert ZIM 2280 100.0 9.0/9 2 GM David Alberto LUX 2511 84.6 11.0/13 3 GM Al-Modiahki Mohamad QAT 2550 83.3 10.0/12 Board 2 1 Gentilleau Jean-Philippe MCO 2224 77.8 7.0/9 2 GM Seirawan Yasser USA 2629 72.2 6.5/9 3 GM Polgar Judit HUN 2685 70.8 8.5/12 Board 3 1 IM Barus Cerdas IND 2479 85.0 8.5/10 2 GM Khalifman Alexander RUS 2690 77.8 7.0/ 9 3 GM Romero Holmes Alfonso ESP 2524 75.0 7.5/10 Board 4 1 Ayyad Maher BAH 0 80.0 8.0/10 2 FM Soylu Suat TUR 2365 77.8 7.0/9 3 IM Sammalvuo Tapani FIN 2437 72.2 6.5/9 Board 5 1 FM Jasim Saleh USA 2240 92.9 6.5/7 2 Singh Ravishen TRI 0 87.5 7.0/8 3 Elarbi Abobker LIB 0 87.5 7.0/8 Board 6 1 Collins Sam IRE 2372 93.8 7.5/8 2 Byambaa Zulzaga MON 2279 92.9 6.5/7 3 Hailu Wossenyelew ETH 2200 92.9 6.5/7 Women Board 1 1 WGM Hoang Thanh Trang VIE 2420 77.3 8.5/11 2 WGM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman IND 2394 73.1 9.5/13 3 GM Chiburdanidze Maia GEO 2497 72.7 8.0/11 Board 2 1 WGM Prudnikova Svetlana YUG 2407 73.1 9.5/13 2 WIM Piarnpuu Leili EST 2230 73.1 9.5/13 3 WGM Matveeva Svetlana RUS 2465 72.7 8.0/11 Board 3 1 WGM Socko Monika POL 2354 80.8 10.5/13 2 WIM Mamedjarova Zeinab AZE 2259 76.9 10.0/13 3 WFM Llaneza Vega Patricia ESP 2312 75.0 9.0/12 Board 4 1 WGM Zhao Xue CHN 2367 91.7 11.0/12 2 WGM Kosintseva Tatiana RUS 2427 91.7 11.0/12 3 WFM Mudongo Boikhutso BOT 2038 87.5 7.0/ 8 Winning board prizes when playing for the leading teams is very hard although not impossible. Garry Kasparov narrowly missed out on a bronze board prize on top board on the number of games played (Al-Modiahki had the same percentage but played 3 more games) this included a draw against Gelfand in a non-match against Israel. Kasparov did however top the ELO performance list with a 2933 performance 100 points better than Vladimir Akopian in second place. This in contrast to his prospective match opponent in the reunification next year ,Ruslan Ponomariov. Ponomariov only scored 6/11 for a performance of 2684. This seems to confirm the impression that he has slipped back since his win in the FIDE World Championships and Linares performances at the start of the year. This is not necessarily a big surprise but does mark the end of continuous improvement over the last few years. I still expect him to be world number one at some point in the future but maybe not as fast as might have been thought possible after Linares. 1 GM Kasparov Garry 1 RUS 2838 2933 7.5 9 83.3 2 GM Akopian Vladimir 1 ARM 2689 2827 8.0 11 72.7 3 GM Khalifman Alexander 2 RUS 2690 2797 7.0 9 77.8 4 GM Ye Jiangchuan 1 CHN 2667 2786 8.0 12 66.7 5 IM Gagunashvili Merab 4 GEO 2538 2786 6.5 8 81.3 6 GM Markowski Tomasz 3 POL 2549 2770 8.5 10 85.0 7 GM David Alberto 1 LUX 2511 2755 11.0 13 84.6 8 GM Gelfand Boris 1 ISR 2704 2753 5.0 8 62.5 9 GM Lputian Smbat 1 ARM 2627 2747 7.5 11 68.2 10 GM Korchnoi Viktor 1 SUI 2634 2743 8.5 12 70.8 11 GM Polgar Judit 1 HUN 2685 2741 8.5 12 70.8 12 GM Acs Peter 4 HUN 2591 2725 7.0 9 77.8 13 GM Bologan Viktor 1 MOL 2627 2724 7.0 10 70.0 14 GM Sokolov Ivan 1 NED 2684 2723 8.0 12 66.7 15 GM Nikolic Predrag 1 BIH 2661 2719 7.0 11 63.6 16 GM Adams Michael 1 ENG 2745 2715 8.5 13 65.4 17 GM Bacrot Etienne 1 FRA 2653 2714 8.0 12 66.7 18 GM Grischuk Alexander 1 RUS 2702 2711 7.0 11 63.6 19 GM Georgiev Kiril 1 MKD 2658 2709 7.5 12 62.5 20 GM Azmaiparashvili Zurab 1 GEO 2666 2703 7.0 11 63.6 21 GM Leko Peter 1 HUN 2743 2700 6.0 11 54.5 22 GM Almasi Zoltan 2 HUN 2672 2698 9.0 13 69.2 23 GM Kasimdzhanov Rustam 1 UZB 2653 2696 7.0 11 63.6 24 GM Rozentalis Eduardas 1 LIT 2563 2694 6.5 11 59.1 25 GM Short Nigel 1 ENG 2684 2693 8.5 13 65.4 26 IM Gwaze Robert 1 ZIM 2280 2690 9.0 9 100.0 27 GM Miladinovic Igor 2 GRE 2518 2690 4.5 6 75.0 28 GM Luther Thomas 4 GER 2538 2689 7.0 9 77.8 29 GM Seirawan Yasser 1 USA 2629 2687 6.5 9 72.2 30 GM Romero Holmes Alfonso 2 ESP 2524 2684 7.5 10 75.0 31 GM Ponomariov Ruslan 1 UKR 2743 2684 6.0 11 54.5 32 GM Brynell Stellan 3 SWE 2524 2683 4.0 5 80.0 33 GM Ftacnik Lubomir 2 SVK 2603 2682 9.0 13 69.2 34 GM Moiseenko Alexander 4 UKR 2570 2682 7.0 9 77.8 35 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 1 UKR 2709 2678 9.0 14 64.3 36 GM Svidler Peter 3 RUS 2690 2678 6.0 9 66.7 37 GM Zhang Zhong 2 CHN 2620 2675 9.0 13 69.2 38 GM Zapata Alonso 1 COL 2556 2671 8.5 12 70.8 39 GM Macieja Bartlomiej 1 POL 2615 2667 6.0 11 54.5 40 GM Morozevich Alexander 2 RUS 2707 2663 7.0 11 63.6 News of the politics from the Olympiad has been disappointingly light. Of course FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was re-elected along with his team. The one piece of news I do have is that Kasparov's company Worldchessratings.com will shortly take over the production of the FIDE rating list. They will have a couple of years to prove they can do it. One of FIDE's ideas for some time has been to extend the rating list to lower and lower rated players to increase their player base and use that to generate income. I have been against that, the international rating list is just that, a list of international players not of local players and I don't want FIDE anywhere near the chess I play. I understand the idea is to offer rating services to all the Federations for their local rating lists and eventually to extend it to other organisations including those that run online playing sites. Kasparov's company has surely only earned this opportunity as a quid pro quo for him returning to FIDE as a player. I believe this is a pretty scandalous state of affairs. For one thing Kasparov has only one proven ability, as a chess player, his record with pet projects and organisations such as this is very poor. They generally last as long as his enthusiasm for them. Krasenkow,M (2651) - Ljubojevic,L (2557) [E12] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.g3 Be7 8.Qa4+ c6 9.Ne5 Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Bg2 b5 12.Qc2 f6 13.Ng4 f5 14.Ne3 g6 15.0-0 Qxd4 16.Bd2 Rf8 17.Rfd1 Qe5 18.a4 Nd7 19.f3 Nc5 20.axb5 cxb5 21.b4 Na4 22.fxe4 Rc8 23.Qa2 Bxe4 24.Bxe4 Qxe4 25.Qd5 Qxd5 26.Nxd5 Bd8 27.Bh6 Rf7 28.e4 Nc3 29.Nxc3 Bb6+ 30.Kh1 Rxc3 31.exf5 Rxf5 32.Re1+ Kd7 33.Rad1+ Kc6 34.Re7 Rc4 35.Bf4 Rxb4 36.Re6+ Kb7 37.Re7+ Ka6 38.Rxh7 Ra4 39.Rg7 Rf6 40.Rd6 Raxf4 41.Rxb6+ Kxb6
0-1 Georgiev,K (2658) - Ponomariov,R (2743) [E04] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.0-0 Nc6 7.e3 Bd7 8.Qe2 b5 9.a4 Rb8 10.axb5 axb5 11.b3 cxb3 12.Nbd2 Bb4 13.Nxb3 0-0 14.Bb2 Ne4 15.Ne1 Nc3 16.Qc2 Na4 17.Nd3 Nxb2 18.Qxb2 Bd6 19.Rfc1 Rb6 20.h4 Qe7 21.Nd2 Rfb8 22.Ne4 Be8 23.h5 h6 24.Nf4 Bxf4 25.gxf4 Nb4 26.Nc5 Nd5 27.Ra7 Qh4 28.Na6 Rd8 29.Nxc7 Nxc7 30.Raxc7 Qxh5 31.Qb4 Qh4 32.Qc5 Rbb8 33.Qb4 Qf6 34.Be4 g6 35.Kg2 h5 36.R1c5 Rd7 37.Rxd7 Bxd7 38.Rg5 Rc8 39.Qd6 Be8 40.d5 Rc4 41.Bd3 Rc8 42.dxe6 fxe6 43.Bxb5 Bxb5 44.Rxb5 Rd8 45.Qc6 Qf7 46.Rb6 Re8 47.Rb5 Re7 48.Qc3 Kh7 49.Kg3 Qg7 50.Qc5 Qf6 51.Qd6 Kg7 52.Kg2 Kh7 53.Qd8 Qg7 54.Qd6 Qf6 55.Kg3 Kg7 56.Rb8 e5 57.Rg8+ Kxg8 58.Qxf6 exf4+ 59.exf4 Rf7 60.Qxg6+ Rg7 61.Qg5
1-0 Sasikiran,K (2670) - Korchnoi,V (2634) [E32] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.f3 c5 8.dxc5 dxc5 9.Bg5 Nc6 10.e3 e5 11.Bd3 Qa5 [ 11...Be6 12.Ne2 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Ng3 Rac8 15.0-0 Qe7 16.Be4 Bd7 17.Rad1 f5 18.Bc2 g6 19.Rd2 Rfd8 20.Ba4 Be8 21.Rfd1 Rxd2 22.Rxd2 b6 23.Rd5 Bf7 24.Bxc6 Rxc6 25.Rxe5 Qd8 26.h3 Rd6 27.Nf1 Rd1 28.Qc2 Qd6 29.f4 Qd3 30.Qxd3 Rxd3 31.Kf2 Rb3 32.Nd2 Rxb2 33.Ke1 Ra2 34.g4 fxg4 35.hxg4 Kf8 36.f5 Rxa3 37.f6 1-0 Ragozin,E-Aseev,K/St Petersburg RUS 2000 (37). ] 12.Ne2 e4 13.fxe4 Ng4 14.Bf4 Be6 15.Rd1 f6 16.h3 Nge5 17.Bxe5 fxe5 18.Qxa5 Nxa5 19.Rc1 Rfd8 20.Rc3 Rab8 21.b3 b5 22.cxb5 Nxb3 23.a4 Rd6 24.Kf2 Rbd8 25.Bc2 c4 26.Re1 Rd2 Black now has a nasty initiative. 27.Kg3 Rf8 28.Bd1 Nc5 29.Bc2 Nd3 30.Bxd3 cxd3 31.Nc1 Rff2 32.Nxd3 Rxg2+ 33.Kh4 Bd7!
Opening the way for Rd6+ on the final move of the game. 34.Nxe5 g5+ 35.Kh5 Be8+ 36.Kh6 Rd6+ 0-1 Seirawan,Y (2629) - Kasimdzhanov,R (2653) [E70] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 0-0 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.0-0 Nh5 8.Be3 e5 9.d5 Nd4 10.Qd2 c5 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.b4 Be6 13.b5 f5 14.Bg5 Qd7 15.bxc6 Nxc6 16.Nd5 f4 17.f3 Kh8 18.Kh1 h6 19.Bh4 g5 20.Bf2 g4 21.Bh4 Nf6 22.Rab1 Qf7 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.fxg4 Bg5 25.Ng1 Bxg4 26.Nf3 Rg8 27.Be2 Bxf3 28.Bxf3 Nd4 29.Qd3 Bh4 30.Bd1 Rac8 31.Rb4 Qg6 32.Qh3 a5 33.Rb2 Bg5 34.Qd3 Rcf8 35.Bg4 Bh4 36.Bd7 f3 37.Ne3 fxg2+ 38.Rxg2 Rxf1+ 39.Qxf1 Qxe4 40.Nd1 Rxg2 41.Qxg2 Qe1+ 42.Qg1 Qe2 43.Bg4 Qxc4 44.Ne3 Qxa2 45.Qf1 Qg8 46.Qa6 Qf8 47.Qxa5 Bg5 48.Qe1 Bxe3 49.Qxe3 Qf1+ 50.Qg1 Qxg1+ 51.Kxg1 Kg7 52.Kf2 Kf6 53.Bc8 e4
0-1 Mecking,H (2548) - Gonzalez,J (2019) [E16] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.0-0 Bxd2 8.Qxd2 0-0 9.Nc3 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Ne5 Na6 12.Rad1 c5 13.e3 Ne4 14.Qc2 Nb4 15.Qb1 Rad8 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.a3 cxd4 18.exd4 Nc6 19.Bxe4 Nxd4 20.Bxh7+ Kh8 21.Rfe1 Qxe5 22.Rxe5 Nf3+
23.Kf1 Nxh2+ 24.Ke1 Nf3+ 25.Ke2 Rxd1 26.Kxd1 Rd8+ 27.Ke2 Nxe5 28.Be4 Ba6+ 29.Ke3 Nc4+ 30.Kf4 Rd6 31.g4 Kg8 32.g5 g6 33.Qc1 Nd2 34.Qc7 Nxe4 35.Kxe4 Re6+ 36.Kd4 Bb5 37.Qxa7 Be8 38.a4 Kg7 39.b4 Rd6+ 40.Kc3 Rc6+ 41.Kb3 Re6 42.b5 Rd6 43.Qc7 Re6 44.Kc4 Re4+ 45.Kd5 Re6 46.Qc3+ Kg8 47.Qc8 Kg7 48.Qc7 Kg8 49.a5 Bxb5 50.axb6 Ba6 51.Qa7 Be2 52.Qa8+ Kg7 53.Kc5 Re5+ 54.Kd4 Rxg5 55.Ke3 Re5+ 56.Kd2 Bb5 57.Qa1 f6 58.Qxe5 1-0 Zhang Zhong (2620) - Almasi,Z (2672) [C66] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.0-0 Bd7 6.c3 g6 7.Re1 Bg7 8.Nbd2 0-0 9.Nf1 Nh5 10.Ba4 Qe8 11.Bc2 Kh8 12.h3 f5 13.d4 f4 [ 13...fxe4 14.Bxe4 Nf4 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.Qb3 Bc6 18.Bxf4 Rxf4 19.Ng3 Bf8 20.Re2 Bb5 21.c4 Ba6 22.Qc3 Bc5 23.Rd1 Qe7 24.b3 Raf8 25.Bf3 Bd4 26.Qd3 b6 27.Re4 R4f7 28.Re2 Bc8 29.Rdd2 c5 30.Bd5 Rf4 31.Ne4 g5 32.Qg3 R4f5 33.Nc3 h5 34.Be4 h4 35.Qd3 R5f7 36.Nd5 Qd6 37.Bg6 Rg7 38.Bh5 Bf5 39.Re4 Bxe4 40.Qxe4 Qh6 41.Bg4 Rgf7 42.Ne3 Rf4 43.Qd5 Qf6 44.Bf3 e4 45.Ng4 Rxg4 0-1 Zhang Zhong-Krasenkow,M/Shanghai CHN 2001/The Week in Chess 351 (45). ] 14.b4 exd4 15.cxd4 Nxb4 16.Bb3 Bb5 17.a4 Ba6 18.Ng5 Nd3 19.Ne6 f3 20.Re3 Nhf4 21.Nxg7 Kxg7 22.Ng3 [ 22.Qxf3 c5 is good for black.] 22...fxg2 23.Rxd3 Nxd3 24.Be3 Qd7 25.Bc2 Nf4 26.Qd2 Nxh3+ 27.Kxg2 Qg4 28.Rh1 Nf4+ 29.Bxf4 Qxf4 30.Qxf4 Rxf4 Black is simply winning. 31.f3 Raf8 32.Bd1 d5 33.Re1 h5 34.Re3 h4 0-1 Van den Doel,E (2594) - Psakhis,L (2588) [C18] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 0-0 8.Bd3 Nbc6 9.Qh5 Ng6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.Be3 c4 12.Bxg6 fxg6 13.Qg4 Qf7 14.Ng5 Qe8 15.h4 h6 16.Nh3 b5 17.Qe2 [ 17.h5 gxh5 18.Qe2 Bd7 ( 18...a5 19.Nf4 g6 20.g4 Ne7 21.Ng2 Kh7 22.Qd2 Ng8 23.Nf4 hxg4 24.Ke2 g5 25.Nh5 Qf7 26.f4 gxf4 27.Bxf4 Qg6 28.Raf1 g3 29.Nxg3 Qg4+ 30.Ke1 Ra7 31.Ne2 Raf7 32.Qe3 Qg6 33.Rfg1 1-0 Svidler,P-Bareev,E/Elista RUS 1997 (33)) 19.Nf4 Rxf4 20.Bxf4 Qf7 21.Be3 Be8 22.g4 hxg4 23.Qxg4 Qg6 24.Qe2 Qf5 25.0-0-0 Bg6 26.Rdg1 Ne7 27.Rg4 Qf7 28.Rhg1 Kh7 29.Qd2 Rf8 30.Kb2 a5 31.Ka2 Rb8 32.R4g2 Qf5 33.Kb2 Rc8 34.Rh2 Qf8 35.Bxh6 gxh6 36.Qg5 Rc7 37.Rg4 b4 38.axb4 axb4 39.cxb4 c3+ 40.Kb3 Rb7 41.Rxh6+ Qxh6 42.Rh4 Qxh4 43.Qxh4+ Kg8 44.Qf6 Bf5 45.Kxc3 Nc6 46.Qg5+ Kf7 47.Qf6+ Kg8 48.Qg5+ Kf7 49.Qf6+ 1/2-1/2 L'Ami,E-Dgebuadze,A/Dieren NED 2002/The Week in Chess 403 (49). ] 17...Bd7 18.g4 a5 19.h5 gxh5 20.g5 hxg5 21.Nxg5 g6 22.Kd2 b4 23.Rag1 bxc3+ 24.Kd1 Rf5 25.Rxh5 gxh5 26.Ne4+ Kh8 27.Nd6 Qg8 [ 27...Nxd4 28.Bxd4 Qb8 was interesting.] 28.Bg5? [ 28.Rxg8+ Rxg8 29.f4 still looks like a game.] 28...Rb8 29.Qxh5+ Qh7 30.Qg4 Rxg5
31.Nf7+ Qxf7 32.Rh1+ Kg7 33.Qxg5+ Qg6 There is no escape for white. 0-1 Miton,K (2564) - Speelman,J (2583) [A15] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 g6 5.0-0 Bg7 6.Nc3 0-0 7.d3 d5 8.Bg5 d4 9.Nb5 h6 10.Bf4 Ne8 11.b4 a6 12.Na3 a5 13.bxa5 Rxa5 14.Qc1 Na6 15.Nb5 g5 16.Bd2 Ra4 17.h4 g4 18.Ne1 Bxg2 19.Nxg2 c6 20.Na3 Qd6 21.Nc2 Nc5 22.Rb1 Nd7 23.a3 Ra8 24.Bb4 c5 25.Bd2 Nc7 26.Rb3 f5 27.e3 dxe3 28.Ncxe3 e5 29.Nc2 h5 30.Bg5 Rf7 31.f3 gxf3 32.Rxf3 Raf8 33.Qf1 Ne6 34.Nge3 Nxg5 35.hxg5 Qg6 36.Nd5 Qxg5 37.Nxb6 e4 38.dxe4 fxe4 39.Rxf7 Rxf7 40.Qg2 Qc1+ 41.Kh2 Ne5 42.Ne3 Ng4+ 43.Nxg4 hxg4 44.Qe2 Qh6+
0-1 Korchnoi,V (2634) - Bruzon,L (2613) [D46] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 c5 12.Rd1 Nf6 13.Qh4 cxd4 [ 13...b5 14.Be2 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Bb7 16.f3 Nd5 17.Qxd8 Rfxd8 18.e4 Nf4 19.Bf1 e5 20.Nf5 Bf8 21.Be3 g6 22.Ng3 Ne6 23.Kf2 Nc5 24.b3 Ne6 25.Ne2 Ba3 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Rb1 Rc8 28.Rd1 Kf8 29.Bc1 Bb4 30.Bb2 f6 31.Rc1 Rd8 32.Rc2 Rd1 33.Bc1 Be1+ 34.Kg1 Ba5 35.Be3 Nd4 36.Nxd4 exd4 37.Bh6+ Ke7 38.Rc1 Rxc1 39.Bxc1 Kd6 40.Ba3+ Ke5 41.Bd3 Bd2 42.Kf2 b4 43.Bb2 a5 44.Bb5 Bc8 45.Ke2 Be3 46.Kd3 f5 47.exf5 Bxf5+ 48.Ke2 Bg1 49.Bd3 Bd7 50.h3 Be3 51.Kf1 Kf4 52.Ba1 Kg3 53.Bb2 Bf5 54.Bc4 Bc2 55.a3 Bb1 56.axb4 axb4 57.Ba1 Bc2 58.Bb2 d3 59.Be5+ Bf4 0-1 Bratanov,Z-Gurevich,M/Kocaeli TUR 2002/The Week in Chess 407 (59). ] 14.exd4 b5 15.Bd3 Bb7 16.Ne5 Ne4 17.Qg4 f5 18.Qe2 Bd5 19.Bf4 Qe7 20.Rdc1 Qb7 21.f3 Nf6 22.Ng6 Rfd8 23.Bxd6 Rxd6 24.Qe5 Rad8 25.Nf4 Qb6 26.Kh1 Bb7 27.Bc2 Nd5 28.Nh5 R6d7 29.Bb3 Qd6 30.Rc5 Qe7 31.Re1 Kf8 32.Kg1 Qf7 33.Qxe6 Qxe6 34.Rxe6 Ne7 35.Rb6 Bc8 36.Be6 Rxd4 37.Bxc8 Rxc8 38.Rxc8+ Nxc8 39.Rxa6 Nd6 40.b3 g6 41.Nf4 Ke7 42.Ne2 Rd2 43.Kf2 h6 44.h4 g5 45.Ke3 Rd1 46.hxg5 hxg5 47.g3 Kd7 48.Nc3 Rg1 49.Kf2 Rc1 50.Nd5 Rc2+ 51.Ke3 Rg2 52.g4 f4+ 53.Kd4 Rd2+ 54.Ke5 Re2+ 55.Kd4 Rd2+ 56.Kc5 Nb7+ 57.Kb6 Nd6 58.Nf6+ Ke6 59.Nh7 Rd5 60.Kc7 Finally Korchnoi with his fantastic technique has made good progress. 60...Ke7 61.Kc6 Ke6 62.Ra7 Nc8 63.Rc7 Rd6+ 64.Kb7
1-0 Kostenko,P (2501) - Mecking,H (2548) [B33] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 Ne7 14.Nxe7 Kxe7 15.a4 Qb6 16.Nb4 Be6 17.Nd5+ Bxd5 18.Qxd5 Ra7 19.Bd3 bxa4 20.Bc4 Rf8 21.0-0 Qc5 22.Qd3 Rb8 23.Rxa4 Rxb2 24.Qxh7 Kf8 25.Qh4 Rb8 26.Ba2 Qxc3 27.Rg4 e4 28.Rxe4 Qd2 29.Bc4 d5 30.Rg4 dxc4 31.Rxg7 Kxg7 32.Qg3+ Kh7 33.Qxb8 Rd7 34.Qb1+ Kg7 35.g3 c3 36.Rc1 Qb2 37.Qc2 f6 38.Kg2 Rd2 39.Qf5 Qxc1 40.Qg4+ Kf7 41.Qc4+ Ke7 42.Qe4+ Kd6 43.Qf4+ Kc5 44.Qc7+ Kb4 45.Qb6+ Ka3 46.Qxa6+ Kb2 47.Qb6+ Ka1 48.Qxf6 Qb2 49.Qa6+ Qa2 50.Qf1+ Kb2 51.Qb5+ Qb3
0-1 Granda Zuniga,J (2605) - Beliavsky,A (2650) [A03] 1.f4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 Bg4 4.e3 e6 5.Bb2 a5 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 c6 9.g4 a4 10.g5 a3 11.Bc1 Ng8 12.Ne2 g6 13.d3 Bg7 14.Rb1 e5 15.h4 exf4 16.exf4 Ne7 17.Bh3 0-0 18.h5 d4 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.Bd2 Nd5 21.Kf2 Re8 22.Ng3 Nc5 23.f5 Re3 24.Qg4 Be5 25.Rbg1 Qd6 26.Bxe3 dxe3+ 27.Kf3 Nf4 28.Re1 Qd5+ 29.Ne4 e2 30.Rxe2 Nxe2 31.Kxe2 Nxe4 32.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 33.dxe4 Rd8 34.fxg6 fxg6 35.Be6+ Kg7 36.Rf1 b5 37.Rf7+ Kh8 38.Rd7 Rxd7 39.Bxd7 b4 40.Bxc6 Bf4 41.Kd3 Bxg5 42.c3 bxc3 43.b4 Kg7 44.Kxc3 Kf6 45.b5 Be3 46.Kb4 Ke5 47.Kxa3 g5 48.Kb4 g4 49.Bd7 g3 50.Bh3 Kd6 51.Ka5 Bd4 52.Ka6 Kc5 53.a4 Be5 54.b6 Kc6
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