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Boris
Gelfand vs. Emir Dizdarevic
White played 1.Bg4, and black decided to part
with the exchange with 1..d5, because 1..Rd8
2.Bxc8 Rxc8 3.Qh3! h5 4.Qd7 was very bad.
White won quickly.
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Smbat Lputian vs. Sergei Rublevsky
Black has been totally outplayed in the opening,
and now he played 1..b5, allowing 2.Qe4! 1-0.
The threat is Rxh6+ mating. |
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Rustam
Kasimdzhanov vs. Pavel Tregubov
Black has created too many weaknesses in his
own position. White decided the game with
1.Nf5+ Kf7 2.Nh6+ Ke8 3.Qxf6 Qxa2 4.Rxd7 Nxd7
5.Qh8+ Nf8 6.Qe5+ Ne6 7.Rd1 1-0 |
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Utut
Adianto vs. Peng Xiaomin
White has played the opening and middlegame
very passively, and now he has to defend his
weak d-pawn. White lost material with: 1.Ke4
Re5+ 2.Kd3 Rxe2 3.Kxc4 Rxb2. Soon he lost
another pawn and later the game. |
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Jeroen
Piket vs. Vladislav Nevednichy
White sacrificed a piece for two pawns: 1.Nxc5!
dc 2.Bxc5 and won later.
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Vladislav
Tkachiev vs. Alexandre Lesiege
In this wild position white won two exchanges
in consecutive moves: 1.Bxe7+ and 2.Nxc4,
later realising his material advantage. |
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Alex
Yermolinsky vs. Xu Jun
White took advantage of the diagonal pin with
1.Rxe6! Nxe6 2.Nc7 Rc8 3.Nxe6 Qxe6 4.Qxb7+,
winning later. |
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Krishnan
Sasikiran vs. Loek van Wely
Black started an advantageous tactical sequence
with 1..Bb2! 2.Re1 Rxb5 3.Re7 Bd4+ 4.Kh2 Rxg5!
5.fg Rd8 and emerged with two pieces for a
rook and pawn. He soon collected the weak
white queenside pawns and won. |
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