Round 9
August 05, 2007
[Section – Board 1] Shabalov, Alexander vs Kudrin, Sergey 1/2-1/2
[Section – Board 2] Gulko, Boris vs Finegold, Benjamin 1/2-1/2
[Section – Board 3] Nakamura, Hikaru vs Rohde, Michael A 1/2-1/2
[Section – Board 4] Simutowe, Amon vs Enkhbat, Tegshsuren 1/2-1/2
[Section – Board 5] Barnett, Alexander vs Ippolito, Dean J 1/2-1/2
[Section – Board 6] Mulyar, Michael A vs Calton, Bill J 1-0
Shabalov, Kudrin, Gulko, Rohde, Mulyar, Finegold and Del Mundo tied for 1st with 7.5 points.
More details to come.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Amazing! Nakamura ties with Abby Marshall!
Well, it’s not like they played each other! And to be fair to Nakamura, he earned his 7 points going up against a lot stronger chessplayers than Abby did.
Five draws in the top five boards, but all except Board 2 were long fighting games—kudos for that!
I haven’t played them thru yet, with Fritz & Co. kibitzing to see what if any chances were missed. Who could have had the trophy and prize and title all to emself? In advance of annotations that would explain the games but take time to write, this is at least one point of sporting interest that computers give back to chess. The day I came by Cherry Hill to visit, I heard the feeling expressed that computers are killjoys by finding flaws in seemingly brilliant games, and that this is really felt even by top players. Indeed this takes away from Chess as Art and Science, but we’ll have to realize and promote that chess is human sport with human spills as well as thrills, no less than ice skating…