E. Sutovsky (2629) - S. Dyachkov (2554) [C18]

Aeroflot Open/Moscow RUS (1) 2007


1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f6 8. Bb5+ Kf8 9. Nf3 Already burning some bridges but "Big Emil" is never afraid to pour some extra wood on the fire! 9... c4 10. a4 a6 11. Ba3+ Ne7 12. Be8 has all been played before but here previously Black took, The improvement over the stem game is not hard to find and alomsot certainly was in Emils home preparation. 12... Qd8 RR 12... Kxe8 13. Qxg7 Rf8 14. exf6 Rf7 15. Qh8+ Rf8 16. Qg7 (16. f7+ This seems like the improvement. 16... Kxf7 17. Ng5+ Ke8 18. Qg7) 16... Rf7 1/2-1/2 Hayward,K (2106)-Carter,D (2072)/Portland 1978/EXT 2005 13. Bh5 Nbc6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Ng5 Qa5 15... fxg5 16. Qf3+ Kg7 17. Qf7+ Kh6 18. h4 and mate is near 16. O-O f5 17. Qh4 How we all wish to be able to defeat a grandmaster like this! 1-0

 








 

 

And Volokitin (2645) - S. Ganguly (2571) [C18]

Aeroflot Open/Moscow RUS (1) 2007


1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O-O 14. Rb1 Nf5 15. Rg1 d4 16. Qd3 Na5 17. g4 Ba4 18. c3 Bc2 19. Qxc2 d3 20. Qa2 Qc5 21. Rg2 Ne3 22. Ng3 Rxg4 RR 22... Nc2+ 23. Rxc2 dxc2 24. Qxc2 Rxg4 25. Ne4 Qg1 26. Qf2 Qh1 27. Ng3 Rxg3 28. Qc5+ Nc6 29. Qb5 Qe4+ 30. Be2 Rg1+ 31. Kf2 Rg2+ 32. Kf1 Rd7 33. Qc4 Qxb1 34. Kxg2 Qxc1 0-1 Adhami,V (2335)-Rahman,T (2325)/Thessaloniki 1988/TD (34) 23. Rf2 Nac4 24. Qb3 b6 25. Qa4 Nc2+ 26. Rxc2 dxc2 27. Qxc2 Ne3 28. Qe4 Rd1+ 29. Ke2 Nd5 who knows whether blacks play was completely sound but its very enjoayble to watch although I am sure Ukrainian GM Andrei Volokitin was not sohappy! 30. Bd2 Rxb1 31. Qxb1 Rxf4 32. Qd3 Rf2+ 33. Kd1 Qxa3 34. Qa6+ Qxa6 35. Bxa6+ Kb8 36. h4 Rh2 37. h5 Rh3 38. Be1 Nf4 39. Be2 Nxe2 40. Kxe2 a5 This ype of ending has recently become very popular, the rook is able to fight the two minor pieces succesfully as long as there are pawns on both sides of the board 41. Kf3 a4 42. Kg4 Rh2 43. c4 a3 44. Kg5 a2 45. Bc3 Rg2 46. Kg4 Rc2 47. Ba1 Rxc4+ 48. Kg5 Rc1 49. Bb2 Rg1 50. Kf4 Kc7 51. h6 a1=Q 52. Bxa1 Rxa1 53. h7 Ra8 54. Kg5 Kc6 55. Ne4 Rh8 56. Kh6 Kd5 57. Nd6 Rxh7+ 58. Kxh7 Kxe5 59. Nxf7+ Kd5 60. Kg6 b5 61. Ng5 b4 62. Nf3 e5 63. Kf5 e4 64. Ng5 e3 65. Kf4 e2 66. Nf3 b3 0-1

 








 

 

Z. Almasi (2669) - E. Berg (2586) [C10]

Aeroflot Open/Moscow RUS (1) 2007


1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 h6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nb4 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Be2 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nd5 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Ng3 Bd6 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. f4 c5 13. c4 Ne7 14. b4 Creativity been shown by the Hungarian grandmaster! 14... cxd4 15. c5 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Bf4 Qd5 18. Bd6 Nc6 19. Bf3 Qg5 20. Qa4 Nd5 21. Rae1 Bd7 22. h4 Nc3 23. Qxc6 Bxc6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Nf5 d3 26. Bxc6+ bxc6 27. Nxg7+ Kd8 28. Rxf7 d2 29. Nxe6+ Kc8 30. Rc7+ Kb8 31. Rh7+ Kc8 32. Rxh8+ Kb7 33. Rh7+ A pretty game! 1-0

 








 

 

F. Vallejo Pons (2679) - B. Predojevic (2587) [B51]

Aeroflot Open/Moscow RUS (1) 2007


1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O e5 6. c3 f5 7. exf5 Nf6 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 e4 10. Ng5 d5 11. f3 h6 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. fxe6 Bd6 14. Nc3 O-O 15. f4 Qc7 16. h3 g6 17. f5 Nh5 18. Qg4 maybe Ne2 to cover the g3 square was safer 18... Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Ng3+ 20. Kxh2 Nxf1+ 21. Kg1 Qh2+ 22. Kxf1 Rxf5+ 23. Ke2 Kh7 24. Bd2 h5 25. Qh4 Qxg2+ 26. Kd1 Qf1+ 27. Be1 Qd3+ 28. Kc1 Re8 29. b3 Qxd4 30. Kb2 Rxe6 31. Rd1 Qf6 32. Qg3 Rf3 33. Qb8 Re7 34. h4 Rf1 35. Rc1 d4 36. Na4 Rxe1 the first big upset of the Aeroflot Open 0-1