GM Anand – GM Shirov [C43]
26.01.2007
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.0-0 Bd6 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 0-0 12.Qh5 g6 13.Qxd5 Qc7 14.c4 Be6 15.Qf3 Bxc4 16.Bh6 Rfd8 17.Rfc1 b5 18.a4 Qe7 19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.Rxc4 Qh4 21.Qh3 Qxh3 22.gxh3 Rac8 23.Rac1 Rxc4 24.Rxc4 f5 25.Bd2 Kf7 26.Rc6 Rd7 27.Kg2 Be7 28.Bc3 Bd8 29.Ra6 Bf6 30.Kf3 Bxd4 Game drawn 1/2-1/2
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GM Kramnik – GM Radjabov [E92]
26.01.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.d5 Nd7 12.Nd2 f5 13.exf5 Nf6 14.Bd3 Nxf5 15.Nde4 Bh6 16.0-0 Kh8 17.c5 g4 18.Nxf6 Qxf6 19.Nb5 Qe7 20.Qe2 Bg7 21.cxd6 cxd6 22.Qxg4 Nxg3 23.Qxg3 Bd7 24.Nc7 Rac8 25.Ne6 Bxe6 26.dxe6 Qxe6 27.Rad1 d5 28.Bb1 Rcd8 Game drawn 1/2-1/2
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GM Ponomariov – GM Tiviakov [B35]
26.01.2007
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Bb3 a5 9.f3 d5 10.Bxd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Nb4 12.Nde2 e6 13.a3 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Bd4 Bh6 16.0-0 Re8 17.Kh1 Qh4 18.Bf2 Qc4 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.Re1 Rac8 21.c3 Rxe1+ 22.Qxe1 Re8 23.Qd1 b5 24.Bg1 Bf4 25.Qc2 h5 26.h3 Bh6 27.Qd1 Game drawn 1/2-1/2
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I’m glad Radjabov is reviving the KID among the elite. Kramnik has been killing the KID for the past few years, so I’m impressed that Radjabov decided to play it against one of the strongest players on the white side of the opening.
Did any of you follow the Hou Yifan-Spoelman game? Is there some deep strategy going on that I didn’t see, or did Spoelman simply drop his queen?!
Too bad Anand couldn’t win with White against Shirov. He’d have been back in contention if he had.
One big gun didn’t draw. Svidler-Topalov, 1-0.
Two big guns better said 🙂