Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 22:43:20 01/18/03
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On January 18, 2003 at 22:35:46, John Merlino wrote: >Amazing finish. EIGHT people tied going into the final round, and only one of >them gets a win, with Alexander Shabalov getting the theoretically easiest >pairing, and beating IM Varuzhan Akobian for the win (although Akobian was also >tied for the lead). In the other matches with tied GMs, Alexander Ivanov drew >Gregory Kaidanov, Alexander Stripunsky drew Borix Gulko, and John Fedorowicz >drew Joel Benjamin. > >Here's the winning game: > >[Event "United States Championship 2003"] >[Site "SEATTLE USA"] >[Date "2003.01.18"] >[Round "9"] >[White "Shabalov,A"] >[Black "Akobian,V"] >[Result "1-0"] >[WhiteTitle "GM"] >[WhiteElo "2613"] >[WhiteCountry "USA"] >[BlackTitle "IM"] >[BlackElo "2531"] >[BlackCountry "USA"] > >1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 >Nf5 9. Bb2 Be7 10. h4 h5 11. Bd3 g6 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. Nc3 Rg8 14. g3 Bd7 15. >Bc1 Rc8 16. Ne2 a5 17. b5 Qxb5 18. Bg5 a4 19. Rb1 Qa5+ 20. Kf1 Bxa3 21. Ra1 >Qb4 22. Nf4 Rh8 23. Kg2 b5 24. Bf6 Rh6 25. Re1 Qf8 26. Qe2 Be7 27. Bg5 Rh8 >28. Rec1 Rb8 29. Rab1 Bxg5 30. hxg5 Qa3 31. g6 fxg6 32. Nxe6 Bxe6 33. Rxc6 >Qe7 34. Rxb5 Kf7 35. Ng5+ Qxg5 36. Rc7+ Qe7 37. Rxe7+ Kxe7 38. Rc5 Rhc8 39. >Qa6 Rxc5 40. Qa7+ Ke8 41. dxc5 Rc8 42. Qxa4+ Bd7 43. Qd4 Be6 44. f4 Ke7 45. >Qb4 Rc6 46. Kh3 Bd7 47. Kh4 Kf7 48. Kg5 Ke7 49. Qb3 Re6 50. Qxd5 Bc6 51. Qa2 >Bd7 52. Kh6 Be8 53. Kg7 Bd7 54. Qh2 Rc6 55. Qh4+ Ke8 56. Qf6 Rxf6 57. exf6 >Be6 58. c6 g5 59. fxg5 f4 60. g6 fxg3 61. f7+ 1-0 > >[D]4k3/3b2K1/2r3p1/2P1Pp1p/5P1Q/6P1/8/8 w > >And Shabalov played Qf6!! It may not be the best move, but it certainly is the >prettiest! > >jm It's definitely the best, Black has no good answers to 56.Qf6!++ Terry
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