[Event “World Cup”]
[Date “2009.11.28”]
[Round “3.2”]
[White “Polgar, J.”]
[Black “Gelfand, B.”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C24”]
[WhiteElo “2680”]
[BlackElo “2758”]
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Qe2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c3 a5 9. a4 b5 10. Bc2 Ba6 11. axb5 cxb5 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. d4 a4 14. Bd3 Rfb8 15. Nh4 g6 16. f4 exf4 17. Ndf3 Nh5 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. g4 fxg3 20. Ng5 Nc4 21. Nf5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 f6 23. Bh4 gxh2+ 24. Qxh2 Rf8 25. Be2 gxf5 26. Bxh5 fxe4 27. Qf4 f5 28. Kh1 Kh8 29. Rg1 Rf7 30. Bxf7 Qxf7 31. Qh6 Rf8 32. Rg6 {White wins} 1-0
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[Event “World Cup”]
[Date “2009.11.28”]
[Round “3.2”]
[White “Karjakin, S.”]
[Black “Navara, D.”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C10”]
[WhiteElo “2723”]
[BlackElo “2707”]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Nd5 8. Bd2 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. c4 Nb6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. b4 Be7 15. c5 Nd5 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. Nd3 a6 19. O-O Rd8 20. Qb3 h5 21. a4 h4 22. h3 Rh5 23. b5 Bg5 24. b6 Qb8 25. Bxg5 Rxg5 26. c6 bxc6 27. Rc5 e5 28. a5 Qd6 29. Rfc1 Ne7 30. Ne1 Rf5 31. Qc4 Rf4 32. Qxa6 Rxf2 33. Qd3 Qxd3 34. Nxd3 Ra2 35. Nxe5 Rdd2 36. R5c2 Rdxc2 37. Rxc2 Rxc2 38. b7 Rb2 39. Nd7+ Ke8 40. Nb6 {White wins} 1-0
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Cute graphics to your sisters spectacular victory 🙂
Susan Hi,
How do you explain Gelfand’s 29…Rf7?? ?
nice all or nothing attacking game by Judith.The only woman who can ‘best’ the best!! I’m sure Judith has the edge in the rapids. Good comeback by Karjakin too. All the best to both.
Gelfand’s 29…Rf7?? He was woefully short on time!
Amar
Very nice gamble by Judith !
Congratulations to Judith Polgar for this very entertaining game , she took serious risks then played perfectly once Gelfand missed the best continuations .
It is impressive because Boris Gelfand is a remarkable positional player , his game yesterday was impressive as well and he’s done well in the Tal memorial recently
Good luck Judith for the tie-breaks , cheers from France 😉
29.. Rf7 wasn’t important, because white was winning by deadly embracement of black’s king. Qh6 was coming and doubling the rooks on the g-file if needed, no defence possible.
Well done Judith and Kariakin !!
Big chance here in the rapids for both..
some years ago i dreamed of judit becoming world champion, of course this is almost impossible now. it was because of games of her like the one played today. you have to love her chess! it would be wonderful if she won this cup!! good luck!!
That’s bizarre. A completely different score–after move 17 or so– with Gelfand getting the win was up earlier today, somewhere.
Excellent choice from Judit, playing the bishops opening to avoid Gelfand’s Petroff.