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Chess Forum / General Topics / May 2005This Second in Chess on the Final Round of Bosnia
Going into this final round are the leaders of the pack with Bologan at 6, Sokolov at 5.5, and Shirov and Timofeev at 5. Divine intervention lets the leaders play among themselves for first place. Bologan vs Timofeev is a Sicilian Sveshnikov in which both players manoever at the Queen's wing, with White having minor souls hanging at b3, c3 and Black having a loner of a soul at a5. White interestingly sacrificed the poor soul at b3 with Bc4-d3?! Sokolov sacrificed a Knight at b5 against Shirov in a delayed accepted Queen's Gambit with White playing e4, e5 and Black playing h6, g5. It is thus Sokolov who is putting the board on fire, not Shirov. On the contrary, the Firemeister is now offering to return the material for simplification! Oy, Black responded to the interesting soul sacrifice with a mass exchange of ghouls for simplifying the position so that White has no compensation for his lost soul, and has to consider himself lucky that there is a pretty repetition available with Nc7! Bologan thus at 6.5, and Sokolov could share first place if he wins his exciting game against Shirov. Watch Sokolov offering a whole Rook with Qb7?! at http://www.skbosna.ba/online2005/ > Going into this final round are the leaders of the pack with Bologan at 6, > Sokolov at 5.5, and Shirov and Timofeev at 5. Divine intervention lets the [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > contrary, the Firemeister is now offering to return the material for > simplification! Yaay! Shirov's Queen took Sokolov's Rh1! Now that Shirov's Queen is out of play, Sokolov attacks Shirov's King with all of his remaining evil ghouls, i.e. Q+B+N. Will it be sufficient? Shirov defends his King with B+N, his Rh8 is also out of play. 100% tactics like in a Nezhmedinov's game! > Oy, Black responded to the interesting soul sacrifice with a mass exchange > of ghouls for simplifying the position so that White has no compensation [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> contrary, the Firemeister is now offering to return the material for >> simplification! Shirov bringing his Queen back into the action forcing Sokolov to spend time taking the Rh8 with a Knight fork and displacing the Knight in that corner. It looks like Shirov has a perpetual chasing Sokolov's King with his Queen on the open board, but perhaps Shirov wants more out of the game? > Yaay! Shirov's Queen took Sokolov's Rh1! Now that Shirov's Queen is out of > play, Sokolov attacks Shirov's King with all of his remaining evil ghouls, [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >>> contrary, the Firemeister is now offering to return the material for >>> simplification! Shirov does not want more out of the game, he played a Leko-like or Kramnik-like move Qb6 for a Queen exchange which would suck the good spirits out of the game (Boooo!), but Sokolov avoided the Queen exchange with Qc8! Wow, what a fighter this Sokolov is! Go, Sokolov, go! You could share first place! > Shirov bringing his Queen back into the action forcing Sokolov to spend > time taking the Rh8 with a Knight fork and displacing the Knight in that [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >>>> contrary, the Firemeister is now offering to return the material for >>>> simplification! Fighter Sokolov succeeded in consolidating into a Q+N+3P vs Q+N+2P ending where his 3 pawns are connected (f3, g2, h2) whereas Shirov's 2 pawns are isolated (e5, h6). Sokolov has thus winning chances! An upset in the making! > Shirov does not want more out of the game, he played a Leko-like or > Kramnik-like move Qb6 for a Queen exchange which would suck the good [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >>>>> contrary, the Firemeister is now offering to return the material for >>>>> simplification! Shirov blundered on the last move before time control, but there may have been no salvation anyway. Excellent game by Sokolov! Congratulations on sharing the first place too! > Fighter Sokolov succeeded in consolidating into a Q+N+3P vs Q+N+2P ending > where his 3 pawns are connected (f3, g2, h2) whereas Shirov's 2 pawns are [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] >>>>>> Shirov. On the contrary, the Firemeister is now offering to return >>>>>> the material for simplification! > Shirov blundered on the last move before time control, but there may have > been no salvation anyway. > > Excellent game by Sokolov! Congratulations on sharing the first place too! Yes, fantastic game! Congratulation to both for excellent game! I like very much 20th Sokolov's "quite" move Qb7 with rook sacrifice. It seems that idea connected with 27...Qb6 was not good and maybe that was decisive Shirov's mistake. Great tournament! There were several brilliant games. Goran Tomic >> Shirov blundered on the last move before time control, but there may have >> been no salvation anyway. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Goran Tomic Which games, Pete and Goran, would you consider worth brilliancy prize? Can you say why? Cordially, Phil >>> Shirov blundered on the last move before time control, but there may >>> have been no salvation anyway. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Which games, Pete and Goran, would you consider worth brilliancy prize? > Can you say why? Cordially, Phil We are talking about tournament: XXXV International GM Supertournament "Bosna 2005" Official site: http://www.skbosna.ba It would be brilliancy prize for the game Sokolov-Shirov from the last round. (42) Sokolov,I (2662) - Shirov,A (2714) [D44] XXXV Bosnia GM Sarajevo BIH (9), 28.05.2005 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.exf6 gxh4 10.Ne5 Qxf6 11.a4 Bb7 12.axb5 cxb5 13.Bxc4 a6 14.Nxb5 axb5 15.Bxb5+ Kd8 16.Rxa8 Bxa8 17.Qa4 Bd6 18.Nc4 Bc7 19.Qxa8 Qg5 20.Qb7 Qc1+ 21.Ke2 Qxh1 22.Ne5 Qc1 23.Nxf7+ Ke7 24.Nxh8 Qxb2+ 25.Kf3 Qc3+ 26.Kg4 Qxd4+ 27.Kh3 Qb6 28.Qc8 Qxb5 29.Qxc7+ Nd7 30.Ng6+ Kf6 31.Nxh4 Qd3+ 32.f3 Ne5 33.Qc1 Nf7 34.Qb2+ e5 35.Qb6+ Kg7 36.Kg3 Qc4 37.Qg6+ Kf8 38.Qf6 Kg8 39.Ng6 e4 40.Nf4 exf3 41.Ne6 1-0 Or Shirov vs Movsesian from the first round: (3) Shirov,A (2714) - Movsesian,S (2628) [B48] XXXV Bosnia GM Sarajevo BIH (1), 19.05.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qc7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.0-0-0 b5 9.Bf4 Qb6 10.Nxc6 dxc6 11.e5 Nd5 12.Ne4 Ra7 13.h4 Rd7 14.Bg3 c5 15.h5 h6 16.Rh4 c4 17.Nd6+ Bxd6 18.exd6 0-0 19.Rg4 f5 20.Qxh6 fxg4 21.Qxe6+ Rdf7 22.Qxd5 Qd8 23.b3 Qf6 24.bxc4 Qa1+ 25.Kd2 Qxa2 26.Bd3 Qa5+ 27.Ke2 Bb7 28.Qe6 Bxg2 29.h6 Bf3+ 30.Kf1 bxc4 31.Bg6 Bxd1 32.hxg7 Kxg7 33.Bxf7 Bxc2 34.Be5+ Kh7 35.Qe7 Qd8 36.Bg8+ Kg6 37.Bh7+ Kh5 38.Bxc2 Qxe7 39.dxe7 Re8 40.Bd6 1-0 GOran wrote : > We are talking about tournament: > XXXV International GM Supertournament "Bosna 2005" [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > 34.Be5+ Kh7 35.Qe7 Qd8 36.Bg8+ Kg6 37.Bh7+ Kh5 38.Bxc2 Qxe7 39.dxe7 Re8 > 40.Bd6 1-0 GOran you changed your mind !!! According to your claimings before these two games were fixed (prearranged) so neither of them can receive brilliancy prize ! I expect that you will reveal your analyses proving your claimings. :-) > GOran wrote : > [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > :-) Oh good, GOran will talk about the secret world government again! > We are talking about tournament: > XXXV International GM Supertournament "Bosna 2005" [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > 34.Be5+ Kh7 35.Qe7 Qd8 36.Bg8+ Kg6 37.Bh7+ Kh5 38.Bxc2 Qxe7 39.dxe7 Re8 > 40.Bd6 1-0 It is perhaps not the best game but I liked Kozul Timofeev, and its highly unusual finish with the unusual Knight promotion, and then a series of checks with Queen and Knight that forks the White Queen, but forces the Black King to a square where mate can be delivered next move! 38. Qe2+ is no good either. Phil |
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