31 August 2010
Gata Kamsky: This endgame, no big deal.
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Hello Everyone,
Grandmaster Gata Kamsky survived fluctuating fortunes to win the 2010 Baku Open Chess Tournament with a last round victory over Grandmaster Savchenko. Kamsky managed a sole first place with 7.5/9.0 just half point ahead of Grandmasters Emil Sutovsky, GM Alexej Alexandrov, FM Asghar Golizadeh and IM Nijat Abasov.
The tournament included a strong field of 157 players with 16 grandmasters and over 50 titled players.
Here is the nice Savchenko-Kamsky game. You can enjoy the precision of the endgame and run the moves through the pgnplayer. Or, watch the game in the flashplayer below.
PGN: 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. e3 g6 4. b4 a5 5. b5 cxb5 6. cxb5 Bg7 7. d4 O-O 8. Bd3 d5 9. O-O Bg4 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nb6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rac1 e6 15. Rc2 Rc8 16. Rfc1 Nfd7 17. Bf1 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Qd1 Qe7 20. Na4 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 Nxa4 22. Qxa4 Qd8 23. b6 Nxb6 24. Qxa5 Nc8 25. Qc3 Nd6 26. a4 Qe7 27. Qb2 Ra8 28. Qb4 Rc8 29. Rc5 Rxc5 30. Qxc5 Ne4 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Bd3 Nd6 33. Qc5 Qd8 34. Kf1 b6 35. Qc6 Kf8 36. f3 Ke7 37. e4 dxe4 38. fxe4 f6 39. Ke2 e5 40. dxe5 fxe5 41. h4 Qd7 42. Qxb6 Qxa4 43. Qc5 Qa2+ 44. Ke3 Qe6 45. g4 h6 46. g5 hxg5 47. hxg5 Qh3+ 48. Kd2 Qg2+ 49. Kc3 Qxg5 50. Qc7+ Ke6 51. Bc4+ Nxc4 52. Qxc4+ Kf6 53. Qa6+ Kg7 54. Qa7+ Kh6 55. Kc4 Qd2 56. Qa1 Qd6 57. Qe1 Kh5 58. Qf2 Kg4 59. Kc3 0-1
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