Round 11: Gulko, Hansen, Hector Win
Boris Gulko, Jonny Hector, and Lars Hansen won the Politiken Cup with 8.5/11. Gulko and Hector won in the final round while Hansen drew, creating a 3-way tie.
Gulko-Adamski: A QGD where Gulko entered the rook, bishop and pawn ending with an extra pawn. Gulko advanced his kingside pawns with a rook on the seventh, threatening mate. Adamski was faced with a heavy loss of material so he resigned in 45 moves.
McShane-Hector: A Ruy Lopez where Hector attacked on the open f-file with doubled rooks. After he opened up the g-file as well, it was all over. McShane resigned in 34 moves to avoid mate.
Golod-Hansen: QGD drawn in 23 moves.
Round 11 Results
GM Golod ½-½ GM Hansen
GM Gulko 1-0 IM Adamski
GM DeFirmian ½-½ GM Schandorff
IM McShane 0-1 GM Hector
GM Ward 1-0 GM Mikhalevski
FM Skytte 0-1 GM Psakhis
IM Brynell 1-0 IM Høi
Final Standings
Gulko, Boris 8.5
Hansen, Lars 8.5
Hector, Jonny 8.5
Psakhis, Lev 8.0
Golod, Vitali 8.0
DeFirmian, Nick 8.0
Schandorff, Lars 8.0
Ward, Christopher 8.0
Brynell, Stellan 8.0
Mortensen, Erling 8.0
Hillarp Persson, Tiger 7.5
Mikhalevski, Victor 7.5
McShane, Luke 7.5
Mittelmann, Gur 7.5
Bekker-Jensen, Simon 7.5
Adamski, Jan 7.5
Antonsen, Mikkel 1 7.5
El-Kher, Henrik 1 7.5
Brinck-Claussen, Bjør 1 7.5
Greiff, Håkan 4 7.5
Round 10
Hansen-Brynell: A Queen's Gambit Accepted where black missed a tactic on the kingside and was forced to give up his queen for a rook and knight. Brynell was about to lose more material when he resigned in 32 moves.
Hector-Baburin: Alekhine's Defense with 2. Nc3. In the endgame, Hector won a pawn on the kingside but Baburin had a passed e-pawn. A rook+pawn ending arrived and Baburin lost all his pawns while Hector still had 2 left, so Baburin resigned in 67 moves.
Mittelmann-DeFirmian: A Symmetrical English where DeFirmian's pressure on the queenside was about to pay off with a couple of pawn captures. Mittelmann resigned in 33 moves.
Round 10 Results
GM Golod ½-½ GM Gulko
GM Hansen 1-0 IM Brynell
GM Mikhalevski ½-½ IM McShane
GM Psakhis ½-½ GM Ward
GM Hector 1-0 GM Baburin
IM Mittelmann 0-1 GM DeFirmian
IM Adamski 1-0 GM Hillarp Persson
Leaders After Round 10
Hansen, Lars 8.0
Gulko, Boris 7.5
Golod, Vitali 7.5
DeFirmian, Nick 7.5
Mikhalevski, Victor 7.5
Schandorff, Lars 7.5
Hector, Jonny 7.5
McShane, Luke 7.5
Adamski, Jan 7.5
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Round 9
Hillarp Persson-Golod: An interesting Grunfeld Exchange where white got 2 bishops for a rook and pawn. But white's king was in a precarious position, sitting on e1. Hillarp Persson made a terrible blunder at move 27. His king was caught in a mating net and to avoid it he would have lost his queen, so he resigned after 29 moves.
Nilssen-Mikhalevski: Benko Gambit where white played b6 instead of taking on the a-file. In the rook, bishop, and pawn ending, white was prevented from queening his pawn due to a mate threat. Down a bishop, white resigned in 60 moves.
Round 8
Hansen-Hillarp Persson: A quick little 12-move draw.
Psakhis-McShane: A KID where Psakhis sacrificed a knight for a kingside attack. McShane defended and Psakhis took a perpetual check with his rook for a draw in 45 moves.
Schandorff-Gulko: An English where Gulko got a passed h-pawn in the ending and Schandorff could never take it. When it finally queened, white had to lose a piece so he resigned in 43 moves.
Brynell-Baburin: IM Brynell upset Baburin and his patented Alekhine defense. Baburin couldn't stop white's passed a-pawn and resigned in 37 moves.
Round 7
McShane-Golod: a Ruy Lopez Open where Golod gave up a bishop for 2 connected passed pawns on the queenside. But McShane eventually captured both, then stopped Golod's passed h-pawn on the other side of the board. Down a piece, Golod resigned in 52 moves. A great tournament performance by McShane so far.
Eriksson-Hansen: A queen pawn opening with locked up pawns, but Hansen broke through on the kingside, winning a piece and the game in 40 moves.
Hillarp Persson-Simonsen: Tiger played 1. g3 and gained a central space advantage. He doubled up rooks on the h-file, taking the pawn on h7. He won the exchange and black resigned in 41 moves.
Round 6
Hansen-Gulko was a QGD, Ragozin. Hansen held a middlegame edge as he pinned Gulko's knight to his king on g8 and had a rook on the h-file at h1. But Hansen missed his chance to win the game. Gulko consolidated and the game was drawn in 43 moves.
Psakhis-Mortensen was a Sicilian Alapin that melted into a knight+pawn ending. Psakhis won a pawn with his knight and that was all he needed to win in 49 moves.
Ginsburg-Hillarp Persson was a Torre Attack where black got some advantage in the opening but Ginsburg weathered the storm until he blundered on move 31 then overstepped the time limit after 32 moves in a lost position.
Baburin-DeFirmian was a Nimzo-Indian drawn in 30 moves. There appeared to still be some play left in the position.
Round 5
4th Round leaders DeFirmian and Golod drew, and Hector lost. There are now 5 players tied for the lead: DeFirmian, Golod, Gulko, Hansen, and Schandorff.
Gulko-Hector was an English opening that suddenly turned wild as Gulko pushed his g- and h-pawns forward in the opening. Gulko ran his king to the queenside while Hansen's monarch was caught in the middle. Hansen resigned in 31 moves under a kingside assault.
Bekker-Jensen-Hansen was a Dutch where black won the exchange while white collected a few pawns with his queen. Black took the open d-file with his rook, and with his queen controlling the e-file, white had to resign in 34 moves. Bekker-Jensen appeared to miss a drawing resource a couple moves before the end.
Schandorff-Mittelmann was an English opening where white won black's isolated c-pawn, then later picked up the a-pawn, giving him 2 connected passed pawns on the queenside. Black lost on time in 37 moves, but his position was critical in any event.
DeFirmian-Golod was a Ruy Lopez Open drawn in 28 moves.
Baburin-McShane was a King's Indian defense drawn in 26 moves.
Round 4
Ginsburg-DeFirmian was a 1. c4 c5 English. DeFirmian broke through on the f-file, winning white's d-pawn. The game was over after 25 moves but Ginsburg tried some tactics before resigning in 34 moves.
Hector played the swashbuckling King's Gambit and Hvenekilde buckled early under white's assault on f7. But black managed to get the queens off and had tempered the storm when he blundered away a rook and resigned in 31 moves.
Golod wore down Hoi's Modern to win with a passed g-pawn in 53 moves.
McShane-Gulko was a 14-move draw. Mortensen-Baburin was an Alekhine drawn in 24 moves.
Round 3
FM Eriksson scored the upset of the day over Psakhis. The game was an f3 Pirc with the FM winning with a kingside attack in 31 moves.
Gulko won a Semi-Slav Anti-Meran battle with Brinck-Claussen.
Baburin's game with Skytte was no coffee break. After a Queen's Gambit Accepted, the FM battled back from an inferior opening position. In the rook+pawn endgame, Baburin had 3 pawns to 2 on the kingside, exchanging down to a passed g-pawn for the win in 68 moves.
McShane found himself in a slightly inferior position after a Ruy Lopez Schliemann, but Simonsen left his king vulnerable to a white queen and rook on the 7th. He resigned in 31 moves, though he could have defended and played on, as the game was not yet decided.
The Politiken Cup 2000 runs from July 17 to 28 in Copenhagen, Denmark. About 166 players are competing.
Some of the top players:
GM Gulko, Boris F USA 2643
GM Psakhis, Lev ISR 2611
GM Baburin, Alexander IRL 2590
GM Golod, Vitali ISR 2590
GM DeFirmian, Nick E. USA 2567
GM Hansen, Lars DEN 2562 2576
GM Hillarp Persson, Tiger SWE 2549
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