Sunday, May 14, 2006

Kamsky with Black

Wow! Kamsky beat Anand last night with black at the MTel tournament. After a miserable performance at Corus, the American seems to have jolted himself back into the powerhouse that he once was.

Mtel Masters 2006
Anand, V.
Kamsky, G.
C88

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Nd8 12. c3 Ne6 13. d4 Rad8 14. d5 Nf4 15. Nf1 Ng6 16. Ng3 c6 17. Bg5 cxd5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxd5 Nf4 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qc2 g6 22. Rad1 d5 23. exd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Rd1 Qe6 26. Qe4 Rb8 27. Ne2 Nxe2+ 28. Qxe2 Re8 29. Qe4 h6 30. g4 Bg5 31. Nxg5 hxg5 32. Qd5 Kg7 33. Qxe6 Rxe6 34. Rd7 Kf6 35. Kf1 Rc6 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. Rd8 e4 38. f3 exf3+ 39. Kxf3 Rd6 40. Re8+ Kd5 41. b3 Rf6+ 42. Kg2 Rc6 43. Re3 f5 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Rg3 Ke4 46. a4 bxa4 47. bxa4 Kf4 48. Rf3+ Ke5 49. Re3+ Kf6 50. Rd3 f4 51. Kf3 Ke5 52. Kg4 Rd6 53. Rxd6 Kxd6 54. h4 gxh4 55. Kxh4 Kd5 56. Kh3 Ke4 57. Kg2 Ke3 0-1

Kamsky is currently leading by a half-point on 2.5/3.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Did you see the photo of Kamsky on the chessbase site with the cowboy hat? What a classic!

The Closet Grandmaster said...

Yes, but I think that was taken from the US Chess championships site. So it would've been captured at that event.