GM Ivanchuk, V (2703) – GM Kamsky, G (2717) [A05]
Jermuk Grand Prix (6), 15.08.2009
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qb3 Nb6 6.d4 Bg7 7.Bf4 Be6 8.Qa3 Nc6 9.e3 a5 10.Be2 Nb4 11.0–0 c6 12.Ng5 Bd5 13.Rfc1 h6 14.Nge4 Nc4 15.Nxd5 Nxa3 16.Nc7+ Kf8 17.bxa3 Nd5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Nc5 b6 20.Bc7 Qe8 21.Bxb6 Kg8 22.Rab1 e5 23.dxe5 Qxe5 24.Bf3 Kh7 25.Rd1 Qe7 26.Bxd5 Rab8 27.Na4 Qxa3 28.Bb3 Rhc8 29.Bxa5 Ra8 30.Nb6 Qxa5 31.Nxa8 Rxa8 32.Bxf7 Qf5 33.Bb3 Rf8 34.Rf1 h5 35.Rbd1 Be5 36.Rd5 Qe4 37.h3 Kh6 38.Rfd1 g5 39.R5d2 Bb8 40.Rc2 g4 41.hxg4 hxg4 42.g3 Qf3 43.Rd5 Rf6 44.Kh2 Bd6 45.Rcd2 Bb4 46.Bd1 Qe4 47.R5d4 Qb1 48.Rc2 Ba5 49.Kg2 Bb6 50.Rd3 Qb5 51.Rcd2 Qb4 52.Kg1 Ba5 53.Rc2 Qb5 54.Rd4 Bb6 55.Rdc4 Qb1 56.Rc1 Qxa2 57.R1c2 Qa5 58.Rc6 Rxc6 59.Rxc6+ Kg5 60.Re6 Bc7 61.Be2 Qa2 62.Re7 Bxg3 63.Rg7+ Kf6 64.Rxg4 Be5 65.Bf3 Qb1+ 66.Kg2 Qh7 67.Kf1 Qh3+ 68.Ke2 Ke7 69.Re4 Qf5 70.Kf1 Kd6 71.Kg2 Qh7 72.Rc4 Qh2+ 73.Kf1 Qh3+ 74.Ke2 Qh7 75.Rc6+ Kd7 76.Rc5 Qb1 77.Rd5+ Ke6 78.Rd3 Kf5 79.Rd5 Ke6 80.Rc5 Bd6 81.Rd5 Qa1 82.Be4 Qa6+ 83.Rd3 Bb4 84.Kf3 Qa1 85.Kg2 Be1 86.Kf1 Bc3+ 87.Kg2 Qb2 88.Rd1 Ke5 89.Kf3 Bd2 90.Rb1 Qa2 91.Rb5+ Kd6 92.Rb6+ Kc5 93.Rc6+ Kb5 94.Rc2 Qf7+ 95.Kg2 Bc3 96.Rc1 Qg7+ 97.Kf3 Qf6+ 98.Kg2 Qg5+ 99.Kf1 Kc4 100.Bf3 Qf5 101.Kg2 Qg5+ 102.Kf1 Kd3 103.Be2+ Kd2 104.Rd1+ Kc2 105.Rd7 Qh6 106.Bd3+ Kc1 107.Rh7 Qe6 108.Be2 Kd2 109.Rh4 Qf5 110.Bc4 Bf6 111.Rf4 Qh3+ 112.Kg1 Be5 113.Bf1 Qh7 114.Rd4+ ½–½
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draw by the 50 move rule.
But black made only 49 moves since the last capture!!!
And the rules are clear: BOTH player need to make 50 moves before the draw can be claimed.
In fact 114…Bxd4 was relayed and then several minutes passed (probably discussions between the players and arbiters) before the game was declared drawn.
The decission is WRONG! While Ivanchuk did make 50 moves without capture, Kamsky did not – he made only 49 moves and his 50th is a capture, hence it resets the move counter to zero!
Kamsky should have won!
Heh, it turns out I can’t count properly
113…Qh7 was Kamsky’s 50th move. So everything is right with the move count.
But I still have the feeling something weird happened at the end. Maybe Ivanchuk executed 114.Rd4 and then claimed the draw, which is not according to the rules. Correct way of claiming the draw is to write your next move on the scoresheet and then call the arbiter. Perhaps this is what happened. It sure was strange that 114…Bxd4 was transmited and only after several minutes the game was declared drawn, and 114…Bxd4 retracted.
If they had invited Kramnik this would have never happened.
This guy (Chucky) is really creepy.
ALL-MIGHTY BIG CHUCK!!!
Impressive fighting feat by Ivanchuk!
When I heard that he drew the game I literally ate my hat!
Chucky is a superman!
He can drink and play chess at 2700 level!
‘I literally ate my hat!’
Are you a sicko?
No I did not really eat my hat. But I was so amazed! When Ivanchuk sacrificed his queen early in the game, I was dissapointed and I was sure that Kamsky is going to win the game. Then I kind of vowed that if this is not going to end in a win I will eat my hat. So symbolically I just gave my hat a bite. It was an act of expressing the degree of how Ivanchuk did what seemed to me impossible: To play against Kamsky with 2 pieces for a queen and draw.
‘I literally ate my hat!’
“Are you a sicko?”
Better than saying: “I literally tossed my salad!”
*chortle*
“Chucky is a superman!
He can drink and play chess at 2700 level!”
Contrary to popular belief, he really doesn’t drink that much.