Tie In Bermuda

Sydney Morning Herald

Monday February 14, 2005

Peter Parr

Boris Gelfand (undefeated) and Pentala Harikrishna tied for first place in the category 17 Grandmaster tournament in Bermuda last week.

The following game between the joint winners was played in round eight.

Gelfand, B (2696) - Harikrishna, P (2632) [E06] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4

d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.Ba5 Ra7 12.Rc1 Be4 13.Qb3 Qb8 14.Qe3 b4 15.Nbd2 Ba8 16.Nb3 Rc8 17.Rc2 Be4 18.Ne5 Bxg2 19.Nxd7 Nxd7 20.Kxg2 Qb5 21.Rac1 c6 22.Qf3 Nb8 23.Rc4 Rd7 24.e3 h6

25.Qe2 Re8 26.Qe1 Qa4 27.Bxb4 Qxa2 28.Qc3 Bxb4 29.Rxb4 c5 30.dxc5 a5 31.Nxa5 Qd5+ 32.e4 Qa8 33.c6 Rc7 34.Rc4 Na6 35.b4 Qb8 36.Nb7 Rxc6 37.Rxc6 Qxb7 38.Rc8 1-0.

Final scores (six players, average rating 2656, 10 rounds) Boris Gelfand (ISR 2696) and Pentala Harikrishna (IND 2632) 6, Lenier Dominguez (CUB 2661) and Andrei Volokitin (UKR 2685) 5, Giovanni Vescovi (BRA 2645) 4.5, Bartlomiej Macieja (POL 2618) 3.5.

The best game prize in the Gibraltar Masters earlier this month was won by GM Emil Sutovsky who lived in the next street to the young Garry Kasparov as a child in Baku,

Azerbaijan. Sutovsky won the European Championship in 2001 above 140 Grandmasters.

Gormally, D (ENG 2472) - Sutovsky, E (ISR 2669) [B87] Gibraltar Masters 2005 Best Game Prize 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.0-0 Be7 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.Re1 Bb7 13.a3 Rd8 14.a4 0-0 15.axb5 xb5 16.Bh6 Ne8 17.Ra7 (17 Rad1 is S. Kerr- M.Hornung AUS corr 2000 1-0 in 24

moves) Ra8 18.Rxa8 Bxa8 19.Bf4 Nf6 20.Bh6 Ne8 21.Bf4 b4 22.Na2 Nf6 23. Bh6 Nh5 24.Qg4 Qb5 25.f3 Bf6 26. Rb1 Bd4+ 27.Kh1 Bxb2 28.Bd2 Nf6 29.Qg3 d5 30.Bxb4 dxe4 31.c4 Qf5 32.Bxf8 Nh5 33.Qg4 exf3 34.Qxf5 fxg2+ 35.Kg1 Bd4+ 36.Qf2 Nf4 0-1.

The Capelle La Grande Open in France (12-19 Feb) has 578 players including 374 rated below 2200, 204 rated above 2200 including 99 above 2400 and 27 above 2550. The annual Aeroflot Chess Festival in Moscow starts tonight with 515 players in four ratings divisions including 162 rated below 2200, 353 rated above 2200,

215 rated above 2400. The main event has an amazing 81 players rated above 2550. Leading final scores in the Newcastle Open weekend tournament

(36 players, seven rounds). 43 year old US master Pedro Paylado Tidoy JR (PHI) 2226 6.5, R. Scott (2264) and M. Illingworth (1839 aged 12) 5.5, S. Jurd (1731), E. Bautista (1870) and M. Yu (1859) 5. Tidoy won the first six rounds and drew a

hard fought game against Andrew Bird in the final round. Illingworth lost to the winner in round two but beat Justin Tan (2257)and drew with Ronald Scott (2264) in his last two games.

A weekend tournament for players rated below 2000 ACF will be held at Toukley RSL Club on 19-20th February. The North Sydney Leagues Club Championships in six divisions has attracted 74 players. Top seeds in the World Rated Title event are R. Goris (2192), G. Charles (2118), C. Ghenzer (2058) and P. Viner (2049).

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