30 September 2010
Alexandra Kosteniuk’s Chess News & Trivia (c) 2010
Hello Everyone,
The ninth round has left top teams all still with a chance for the medals in the open section at the 39th Chess Olympiad. Ukraine leads for now with a very small margin. Ukraine leads with Russia 1 and France following.
On the other hand, in the women’s section, Russia is almost home with the gold. We will put up all the super Russian games right after the chess festival ends.
For now, here are some cool games from Round 9 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Enjoy.
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Rd1 Bc4 13. Qc2 a4 14. e4 Nb4 15. Qb1 c5 16. Be3 Bd3 17. Rxd3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 e5 20. Nd5 exd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Nxd5 23. exd5 Qd6 24. a3 Rac8 25. Qxa4 Re2 26. Qd4 Rcc2 27. Rd1 Rxb2 28. Bf3 Rxf2 29. Qxf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Kf8 31. a4 Qc5+ 32. Ke2 Qc2+ 33. Rd2 Qxa4 34. d6 Ke8 35. d7+ Kd8 36. h3 b5 37. Bb7 Qc4+ 38. Rd3 f5 39. Bd5 Qc2+ 40. Rd2 Qc3 41. Bf3 b4 42. Rd3 Qc2+ 43. Rd2 Qc7 44. g4 Qh2+ 45. Ke3 Qxh3 46. gxf5 Qxf5 47. Rd3 b3 48. Kd4 0-1
PGN: 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qxc4 c5 6. Ne5 Nc6 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qa4 Nd4 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. Nc3 Rab8 13. Rd1 Rhd8 14. b3 Ke8 15. Bb2 Nd5 16. Rab1 Nxc3 17. dxc3 Nc6 18. f4 Rdc8 19. e4 c4 20. Kf2 cxb3 21. axb3 b5 22. e5 a5 23. Ra1 a4 24. bxa4 bxa4 25. Ba3 Rb3 26. Bxc6+ 1/2-1/2
PGN: 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Nf4 Qd6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ne2 Nf6 11. Bb5+ c6 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. Bc4 Be7 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Qh3 Rad8 16. Rad1 c5 17. c3 Be4 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Be5 Qc6 20. Be2 Nd7 21. Bf3 Qb5 22. Bc7 Rc8 23. Bf4 Nf6 24. Rfe1 cxd4 25. cxd4 Nd5 26. Be5 Rfd8 27. Nh5 Bf8 28. Qg4 Qxb2 29. h4 Qc2 30. Ng3 Bf5 31. Nxf5 Qxf5 32. Qg3 Qg6 33. Qh3 h5 34. Be4 Qg4 35. Qh2 Be7 36. g3 f5 37. Bd3 Bb4 38. Rf1 Bd6 39. Rfe1 Bxe5 40. Be2 Bxg3 41. fxg3 Qg6 42. Ba6 Rc3 43. Rd3 Rxd3 44. Bxd3 Nf4 45. Bf1 Rxd4 46. Qf2 Nd3 47. Rxe6 Nxf2 48. Rxg6 Ne4 49. Bh3 Nd6 50. Rg5 Rd1+ 51. Kg2 Rd2+ 52. Kg1 Rxa2 53. Rxh5 g6 54. Rg5 Kf7 55. g4 Ne4 56. gxf5 Nxg5 57. fxg6+ Kxg6 58. hxg5 Kxg5 0-1
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. e3 Qa8 14. Qd1 b4 15. Qf1 Bd5 16. Be1 h6 17. Nbd2 a5 18. a4 bxa3 19. bxa3 a4 20. Nc4 Nb8 21. Nfe5 Nbd7 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Na5 Bd6 24. Nec6 Ra6 25. Qb5 Nb8 26. Bb4 Nxc6 27. Rxc6 Ra7 28. Rac1 Rb8 29. Qxa4 Nd7 30. R1c3 Nb6 31. Qc2 Nc4 32. Nxc4 Bxb4 33. Ne5 Bxc3 34. Rxc3 Rxa3 35. Rxa3 Qxa3 36. Qxc7 Rf8 37. Qd7 Qa8 38. Nc6 Kh8 39. Kg2 Re8 40. h4 Qc8 41. Qxd5 Qb7 42. Qc4 Ra8 43. d5 Qb1 44. Qb4 Qd3 45. Qd4 Qb1 46. d6 Qb7 47. Qd5 Ra5 48. Qxa5 Qxc6+ 49. Kh2 Qxd6 50. Qa8+ Kh7 51. Qe4+ g6 52. h5 f5 53. Qc4 Qd7 54. hxg6+ Kxg6 55. Qg8+ Kf6 56. Qa8 h5 57. Kg2 Qd6 58. Qh8+ Kg6 59. Qg8+ Kf6 60. Qc4 Kg6 61. Kh2 Qd2 62. Qe6+ Kg5 63. Kg2 Qc2 64. Qd6 Qe4+ 65. f3 Qa8 66. Qe6 Qb7 67. e4 f4 68. Qd5+ Qxd5 69. exd5 fxg3 70. Kxg3 1-0
PGN: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4 h6 9. Be2 Be6 10. O-O Be7 11. a5 Qc6 12. Ne1 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qxe4 14. Bf3 Qb4 15. c4 Nd7 16. b3 Rb8 17. Nd3 Qc3 18. Nf4 exf4 19. Bd4 Qb4 20. Ra4 Qxa4 21. bxa4 O-O 22. Re1 Ne5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Rxe5 Bf6 25. Re4 Rbd8 26. Qc1 Bd7 27. c5 Bc6 28. Rb4 Rfe8 29. Kf1 Rd3 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Qb1 Rd5 32. Rb8 Bd8 33. g3 Rxc5 34. gxf4 Rxa5 35. Qb3 Rf8 36. Qc4 Be7 37. Rb6 Rc5 38. Qxa6 Rc2 39. Qb7 Bc5 40. Rb2 Rc1+ 41. Kg2 Bd6 42. Ra2 Bxf4 43. a5 Rc5 44. a6 Bb8 45. h3 g6 46. Rd2 Rg5+ 47. Kf1 Rf5 48. Rc2 Kh7 49. Rxc6 Kg7 50. Qd7 Bg3 51. Qxf5 gxf5 52. fxg3 Rb8 53. Rc1 f4 54. gxf4 Kg6 55. a7 Ra8 56. Ra1 Kh5 57. Kf2 Kh4 58. Kf3 h5 59. Ra5 f6 60. Ra1 f5 61. Ra5 Kxh3 62. Rxf5 h4 63. Ra5 1-0
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 Nd7 13. Kh1 b6 14. Ra3 Qe7 15. a5 Bb7 16. Nb5 Nf6 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. Bb5 Reb8 19. Nc4 bxa5 20. Bf4 Bf8 21. e5 Nxd5 22. exd6 Qd8 23. Bg3 Nb4 24. d7 Bd5 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26. Ne3 Be6 27. Ba4 Bg7 28. f4 Bxb2 29. f5 Bxd7 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Qb3 Bxa3 32. Qxf7+ Kh8 33. Bxd7 Qg8 34. Qf6+ Qg7 35. Qh4+ Qh7 36. Qf4 Ra8 37. Qf3 Rb8 38. Qf4 Ra8 39. Be6 Bb2 40. Nc4 Bd4 41. Nd6 a4 42. Nf7+ Kg7 43. Ng5 Qh5 44. g4 Qh4 45. Qc7+ Kh8 46. Nf7+ Kh7 47. Ne5+ Kh6 48. g5+ 1-0
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