Author: Darren Rushton
Date: 03:44:03 11/16/03
Check out these games.
[Event "Battle of the Giants"]
[Site "Walsall"]
[Date "2003.11.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "SOS_Arena"]
[Black "Ruffian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "B07/42"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Time "09:26:41"]
[Variation "150 Attack"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[TimeControl "900+0"]
[Termination "adjudication"]
[PlyCount "222"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
{C:\Arena\gm-book_deville\GM2001.pgn 6123/10147 (Zhang Pengxiang-Gagunashvili,
M., Bled SLO, 2002.10.31, 0-1)} 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.h3 Bg7
6.Qd2
O-O 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 e5 9.O-O Re8 10.Rfe1 Qc7 11.Rad1 b5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5
dxe5
14.f3 Be6 15.Qf2 Red8 16.Qh4 Nh5 17.a4 b4 18.Ne2 Rd7 19.Rd2 c5 20.b3 Bf6 21.Qf2
Nf4
22.Bxc5 Nxd3 23.Rxd3 Rxd3 24.cxd3 Bxb3 25.Bxb4 a5 26.Bd2 Bxa4 27.f4 Qd8 28.Rf1
Qxd3
29.fxe5 Qxd2 30.exf6 Rd8 31.Qb6 Rc8 32.Nf4 Bc2 33.Rf2 Qd1+ 34.Kh2 Bxe4 35.Re2
Bf5
36.Qxa5 h6 37.Qe5 Qf1 38.Nd5 Rf8 39.Rb2 Qc1 40.Ne7+ Kh7 41.Nxf5 Qg5 42.Rf2 gxf5
43.Rxf5
Qg8 44.Rf3 Re8 45.Qd4 Qf8 46.Rg3 Kh8 47.Qf4 Re6 48.h4 Rb6 49.Qf5 Qb8 50.Qg4 Qf8
51.Rc3 Rb8 52.Kh3 Qg8 53.Qf4 Qf8 54.Rg3 Rb7 55.Qf5 Qe8 56.Rg7 Qd7 57.Rh7+ Kg8
58.Qxd7
Rxd7 59.Rxh6 Rd1 60.g4 Rd3+ 61.Kg2 Rb3 62.g5 Rb4 63.Kg3 Rb3+ 64.Kf4 Rb4+ 65.Ke3
Rb3+
66.Ke4 Rb4+ 67.Kf5 Rb5+ 68.Kg4 Rb4+ 69.Kf3 Rb3+ 70.Ke2 Rg3 71.Kd2 Ra3 72.Kc2 Rg3
73.Rh5 Ra3 74.Kd2 Rb3 75.Ke2 Rc3 76.Kf2 Rb3 77.Rh6 Rb2+ 78.Kf1 Rb1+ 79.Ke2 Rb3
80.Kd1
Rb2 81.Rh5 Ra2 82.Ke1 Rb2 83.Kf1 Rc2 84.Kg1 Rb2 85.Kh1 Rc2 86.Rh6 Rb2 87.h5 Rb5
88.g6 Rf5 89.gxf7+ Kxf7 90.Kg2 Rxf6 91.Rh8 Kg7 92.Re8 Kh7 93.Kg3 Rd6 94.Re4 Rc6
95.Kg4 Kh8 96.Re5 Kh7 97.Kg5 Rc4 98.h6 Rc6 99.Re7+ Kh8 100.Rd7 Rc8 101.Kh5 Rf8
102.Rc7
Re8 103.Kg6 Rf8 104.Rh7+ Kg8 105.Re7 Kh8 106.Rc7 Rg8+ 107.Rg7 Rf8 108.Re7 Rg8+
109.Kh5 Rf8 110.Rd7 Rg8 111.Rd5 {½-½ User Adjudication} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Battle of the Giants"]
[Site "Walsall"]
[Date "2003.11.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ruffian"]
[Black "SOS_Arena"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[ECO "B07/42"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Time "10:11:01"]
[Variation "150 Attack"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[TimeControl "900+0"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
{C:\Arena\gm-book_deville\GM2001.pgn 6123/10147 (Zhang Pengxiang-Gagunashvili,
M., Bled SLO, 2002.10.31, 0-1)} 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.h3 Bg7
6.Qd2
O-O 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 e5 9.O-O Re8 10.Rfe1 Qc7 11.Rad1 b5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5
dxe5
14.Bh6 Be6 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.a4 b4 17.Ne2 c5 18.c4 Qc6 19.b3 Rad8 20.Qg5 Rd6
21.Rd2 Nd7
22.Red1 f6 23.Qh4 h6 24.Ng3 Rd8 25.Nf1 Rd4 26.Ne3 Nf8 27.Qg3 g5 28.Nd5 Ng6
29.Qf3 Nf4
30.Bb1 Rxd2 31.Rxd2 Qe8 32.Bc2 Qf8 33.Bd1 Bf7 34.Qe3 Ne6 35.h4 Nd4 36.Rd3 Kh8
37.hxg5
fxg5 38.Bg4 Qd6 39.Qe1 Qg6 40.Rh3 Qg7 41.Qd1 Be8 42.Bf5 Rd6 43.Qd3 Bc6 44.Bg4
Bb7
45.Kh1 Kg8 46.Bh5 Qh7 47.Kg1 Kh8 48.Qe3 Bc8 49.Rh2 Qg7 50.Kh1 Kh7 51.Qd3 g4
52.Qe3 Be6
53.Kg1 Rd8 54.Rh1 Rg8 55.a5 Qg5 56.Nc7 Bd7 57.Nd5 Kg7 58.g3 Rf8 59.Kf1 Nxb3
60.Qxb3
Qc1+ 61.Kg2 Rxf2+ 62.Kxf2 Qxh1 63.Qe3 Qxh5 64.Kg1 Qg5 65.Qxc5 Qc1+ 66.Kf2 Qd2+
67.Kg1 Qe1+ 68.Kh2 Qe2+ 69.Kg1 Qd1+ 70.Kh2 Qc2+ 71.Kg1 Qb1+ 72.Kh2 Qb2+ 73.Kh1
Qc1+
74.Kh2 Qc2+ 75.Kg1 Kg8 76.Qxa7 Qd1+ 77.Kh2 Qe2+ 78.Kg1 Qd1+ 79.Kh2 Qe2+ 80.Kg1
Qd1+
{3-fold repetition} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Battle of the Giants"]
[Site "Walsall"]
[Date "2003.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "SOS_Arena"]
[Black "Ruffian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B91/04"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Time "10:48:37"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Fianchetto, with 6...e5"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[TimeControl "900+0"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
{C:\Arena\gm-book_deville\GM2001.pgn 9381/10147 (Zhang Zhong-Wu Shaobin,
Tianjing, 2003.09.07, 1-0)} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3
e5 7.Nde2
Nbd7 8.Bg2 b5 9.h3 Bb7 10.g4 Nc5 11.Ng3 g6 12.O-O Be7 13.b4 Ne6 14.Nd5 O-O
15.Bh6
Re8 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.a4 Nf4 18.g5 Nd7 19.Qd2 bxa4 20.Rfd1 d5 21.exd5 Nxg2
22.Kxg2
Nb6 23.c4 Rec8 24.Ne4 Rxc4 25.Qe2 Rxb4 26.f3 Rc8 27.Nf6+ Kh8 28.Kg1 Rb3 29.h4
Rd8
30.Rac1 a3 31.Rc2 a5 32.h5 Rd6 33.hxg6 Rxf6 34.gxf6 Qxf6 35.gxf7 Nd7 36.Qc4 Qb6+
37.Qc5
Qxc5+ 38.Rxc5 Rxf3 39.Rc7 Rxf7 40.Rxb7 Rf6 41.Rxd7 Rxh6 42.d6 Rg6+ 43.Kf2 Rf6+
44.Ke3
a2 45.Rd8+ Kg7 {Black resigns} 1-0
[Event "Battle of the Giants"]
[Site "Walsall"]
[Date "2003.11.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ruffian"]
[Black "SOS_Arena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "B91/04"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Time "11:17:50"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Fianchetto, with 6...e5"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[TimeControl "900+0"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
{C:\Arena\gm-book_deville\GM2001.pgn 9381/10147 (Zhang Zhong-Wu Shaobin,
Tianjing, 2003.09.07, 1-0)} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3
e5 7.Nde2
Nbd7 8.Bg2 b5 9.h3 Bb7 10.g4 Nc5 11.Ng3 g6 12.O-O Be7 13.Bh6 Bf8 14.Qd2 Bxh6
15.Qxh6
Ne6 16.Rfd1 Rc8 17.Rac1 Nf4 18.g5 b4 19.gxf6 bxc3 20.Qg7 Rf8 21.Rcb1 Qd7 22.Qxh7
Nxg2 23.Kxg2 Qe6 24.bxc3 Bc6 25.Qh4 Kd7 26.Qg5 Rfh8 27.h4 Kc7 28.Rb3 Rcb8 29.Kg1
Ba4
30.Rxb8 Rxb8 31.f4 exf4 32.Qxf4 Rb2 33.a3 Rxc2 34.Rd4 Bc6 35.Rd3 Bb5 36.Rf3 Qa2
37.Rf2
Qa1+ 38.Kg2 Rxc3 39.Rd2 Qxa3 40.e5 Bc6+ 41.Kh2 dxe5 42.Qxe5+ Kb7 43.Re2 a5 44.h5
gxh5 45.Qe7+ Kb6 46.Qxa3 Rxa3 47.Nxh5 a4 48.Rb2+ Rb3 49.Ra2 Rf3 50.Rb2+ Bb5
51.Ra2
Ka5 52.Kg1 Kb4 53.Kg2 Bc6 54.Kh2 Kb3 55.Ra1 Rf5 56.Ng3 Rf2+ 57.Kh3 a3 58.Nh5 Kb2
59.Re1 a2 60.Kg3 Rf5 61.Kg4 {White resigns} 0-1
[Event "Battle of the Giants"]
[Site "Walsall"]
[Date "2003.11.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "SOS_Arena"]
[Black "Ruffian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B31/03"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Time "11:50:29"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo Attack (4.Bxc6)"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[TimeControl "900+0"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
{C:\Arena\gm-book_deville\GM2001.pgn 6488/10147 (Nisipeanu, LD.-Kasimdzhanov,
R., Kreuzberg GER, 2002.11.16, 1-0)} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3
Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be3 b6 9.Qd2 e5 10.Bh6 Qd6 11.O-O-O a5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7
13.Qg5
Re8 14.g4 a4 15.Qh4 Kh8 16.Ng5 Kg8 17.a3 b5 18.Rhf1 b4 19.Nb1 Rb8 20.Rd2 Rd8
21.f4
bxa3 22.Nxa3 exf4 23.Nc4 a3 24.Nxd6 a2 25.Kd1 a1=Q+ 26.Ke2 Qxb2 27.Ngxf7 Rf8
28.Rxf4
Be6 29.c4 Qd4 30.Qxf6 Qxf6 31.Rxf6 Bxf7 32.Nxf7 Rxf7 33.Rxc6 Rb1 34.Rxc5 Rh1
35.Rd5
Rxh3 36.c5 Ra7 37.c6 Rc7 38.Rc5 h5 39.d4 hxg4 40.d5 Rh2+ 41.Ke3 Rh5 42.d6 Rxc5
{Black resigns} 1-0
[Event "Battle of the Giants"]
[Site "Walsall"]
[Date "2003.11.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ruffian"]
[Black "SOS_Arena"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "B31/03"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Time "12:15:59"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo Attack (4.Bxc6)"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[TimeControl "900+0"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
{C:\Arena\gm-book_deville\GM2001.pgn 6488/10147 (Nisipeanu, LD.-Kasimdzhanov,
R., Kreuzberg GER, 2002.11.16, 1-0)} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3
Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Be3 b6 9.Qd2 e5 10.Bh6 Qd6 11.O-O-O a5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7
13.Qg5
Re8 14.Nd2 h6 15.Nc4 Qe6 16.Qe3 Rb8 17.g4 b5 18.Nxa5 b4 19.Nb1 Qxa2 20.Nb3 Be6
21.Nxc5 b3 22.c3 Rb5 23.g5 hxg5 24.Nxe6+ Rxe6 25.Qxg5 Ra5 26.Rdg1 c5 27.Rge1
Rea6
28.Kd2 Qxb2+ 29.Ke3 R5a2 30.Rhf1 Qc2 31.Kf3 Qxd3+ 32.Qe3 Qd7 33.Kg2 Nh5 34.Red1
Qc6
35.Kh2 Nf4 36.c4 b2 37.Rfg1 Qe6 38.Rg5 Kf6 39.Rg4 Qxc4 40.Kh1 Kg7 41.Rg3 R2a1
42.Qe1
Qe2 43.Qxe2 Nxe2 44.Rb3 R6a2 45.Rb8 c4 46.Re1 {White resigns} 0-1
[Event "Battle of the Giants"]
[Site "Walsall"]
[Date "2003.11.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "SOS_Arena"]
[Black "Ruffian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "B81/32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Time "12:45:24"]
[Variation "Scheveningen, Keres Attack"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[TimeControl "900+0"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
{C:\Arena\gm-book_deville\GM2001.pgn 765/10147 (Palac, M.-Sokolov, And, Metz
FRA, 2001.04.14, 0-1)} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6
7.Bg2
Nc6 8.h3 Be7 9.Be3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bd7 11.f4 Bc6 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.Rhf1 O-O 14.g5
hxg5
15.fxg5 Nd7 16.h4 b5 17.a3 Rfb8 18.Na2 Rbc8 19.h5 Qa4 20.Qxa4 bxa4 21.Nc3 Nb6
22.Rd4
Be8 23.g6 Nc4 24.Bd2 Rab8 25.h6 gxh6 26.Bxh6 Nxb2 27.e5 fxg6 28.exd6 Bxd6
29.Rxd6
Rxc3 30.Rxe6 Bf7 31.Re7 Bb3 32.Be4 Nd3+ 33.Bxd3 Rbc8 {Black resigns} 1-0
[Event "Battle of the Giants"]
[Site "Walsall"]
[Date "2003.11.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ruffian"]
[Black "SOS_Arena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "B81/32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Time "13:09:49"]
[Variation "Scheveningen, Keres Attack"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[TimeControl "900+0"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
{C:\Arena\gm-book_deville\GM2001.pgn 765/10147 (Palac, M.-Sokolov, And, Metz
FRA, 2001.04.14, 0-1)} 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6
7.Bg2
Nc6 8.h3 Be7 9.Be3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bd7 11.f4 Bc6 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.g5 hxg5 14.fxg5
Nh5
15.h4 Qe5 16.Qd2 b6 17.Bf3 Rd8 18.Rhg1 Rc8 19.Kb1 Qa5 20.Qf2 g6 21.Rgf1 Rf8
22.Bxh5
gxh5 23.Qf3 Bb5 24.Nxb5 Qxb5 25.Qxh5 Qc4 26.Rf2 Qxe4 27.Re2 Qf5 28.b3 e5 29.Rf2
Qe4
30.Rd3 d5 31.Re2 d4 32.Bf2 Qd5 33.Qh7 Rc5 34.Qg7 Qd6 35.h5 f6 36.g6 Qd5 37.h6
Qh1+
38.Re1 Qh2 39.Rd2 Rc7 40.Qh7 Qf4 41.g7 Qxd2 42.gxf8=R+ Kxf8 43.Rg1 Ke8 44.Qg6+
Kd7
45.Qf5+ Kc6 {Black resigns} 1-0
[Event "Battle of the Giants"]
[Site "Walsall"]
[Date "2003.11.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "SOS_Arena"]
[Black "Ruffian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "C02/19"]
[Opening "French"]
[Time "13:40:09"]
[Variation "advance, Milner-Barry Gambit (6.a3)"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[TimeControl "900+0"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
{C:\Arena\gm-book_deville\GM2001.pgn 3834/10147 (Ivanchuk, V.-Bareev, E., Dubai
UAE, 2002.04.03, ½-½)} 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 Bd7 10.g4 Nfe7 11.Nc3 Na5 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.Rc1 Ng6 14.h4 Nc4
15.Nxc4
dxc4 16.Ne4 Bb5 17.h5 Nf4 18.h6 gxh6 19.Nf6+ Kd8 20.d5 Nd3+ 21.Bxd3 cxd3 22.d6
Bg7
23.Nh5 Bf8 24.Rh3 a5 25.Rf3 Rxc1 26.Qxc1 axb4 27.axb4 Bc6 28.Rxd3 Qxb4+ 29.Bc3
Qe4+
30.Kd2 Qa4 31.Bd4 Qb4+ 32.Ke2 Qb5 33.Qa3 Bg7 34.Kd2 Kd7 35.Nxg7 Rg8 36.Nh5 Rg6
37.Qa8
Qb4+ {Black resigns} 1-0
[Event "Battle of the Giants"]
[Site "Walsall"]
[Date "2003.11.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ruffian"]
[Black "SOS_Arena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[ECO "C02/19"]
[Opening "French"]
[Time "14:04:40"]
[Variation "advance, Milner-Barry Gambit (6.a3)"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[TimeControl "900+0"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
{C:\Arena\gm-book_deville\GM2001.pgn 3834/10147 (Ivanchuk, V.-Bareev, E., Dubai
UAE, 2002.04.03, ½-½)} 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 Bd7 10.g4 Nfe7 11.Nc3 Na5 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.Na4 Qc6 14.b5 Qc2
15.Qxc2
Rxc2 16.Bd3 Rc7 17.Nc5 Ng6 18.Nxd7 Kxd7 19.Rc1 Nf4 20.Rxc7+ Kxc7 21.Bf1 Kb6
22.Bc1
Ng6 23.h4 h5 24.g5 Be7 25.Be2 Rc8 26.Kd1 Nf4 27.Bf1 Rc3 28.Bb2 Rc7 29.Bc1 Ng6
30.Be2 Nc4 31.Nxc4+ dxc4 32.Kc2 Kxb5 33.Bxh5 Rd7 34.Kc3 Bd8 35.Be3 Ba5+ 36.Kc2
Ka4
37.Be2 Ne7 38.h5 b5 39.h6 Rd8 40.hxg7 Rg8 41.Bd1 c3 42.Kd3+ Kxa3 43.Bh5 Rxg7
44.Ra1+
Kb4 45.Bd1 Nc6 46.Bc1 Nxe5+ 47.dxe5 Kc5 {Black resigns} 1-0
Not enough games for any statistical significance but 5-2-2 looks pretty
impressive.
Any comments?
Regards,
Daz
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