Gagunashvili Defeats So

Recent visitor to Australia, GM Merab Gagunashvili of Georgia has just defeated GM Wesley So in their sixth round encounter in the 10th Dubai Open. This game ended just a few minutes ago.

10th Dubai Open
Gagunashvili Merab
So Wesley
E15

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 Be4 8. Qb3 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Qe7 13. Qa3 [13.Bh3 h6 14.Be3 a5 15.Nd2 Bb7 16.Nf1 a4 17.Qc2 Rfe8 18.f3 e5 19.d5 Nf8 20.Bf2 Bc8 21.Bxc8 Rexc8 22.e4 N8h7 23.Be3 Nd7 24.Kg2 Ndf8 25.Ra1 Qd7 26.b4 Ng6 27.Rac1 Rf8 28.c5 Rac8 29.cxb6 cxb6 30.Qd3 b5 31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.Rc1 Rxc1 33.Bxc1 Ne7 34.Ne3 f5 35.Nd1 fxe4 36.fxe4 Nf6 37.Nc3 Qg4 38.Qxb5 Ng6 39.Qe2 Qxe2+ 40.Nxe2 Nxe4 41.b5 Ne7 42.b6 Nc5 43.Be3 Nb7 44.Nc3 Kf7 45.Kf3 Ke8 46.Ke4 a3 47.Nb5 Kd7 48.Nxa3 Ng8 49.Kd3 Nf6 50.Kc4 Na5+ 51.Kb5 Nb7 52.Nc4 Nxd5 53.Bd2 Ne7 54.a4 Nc6 55.Bc3 e4 56.a5 d5 57.a6 dxc4 58.a7 Nd6+ 59.Ka6 e3 60.a8Q e2 1–0 Lemos,D (2371)-Cordova,E (2482)/Pinamar ARG 2006/The Week in Chess 629] 13...a5 14. Be1 c5 15. Nh4 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Rac8 17. Ne3 Rfe8 18. Rd3 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Rdd1 Qe6 22. Bc3 Ng4 23. Bd4 h5 24. Ng2 g5 25. h3 Ne5 26. h4 gxh4 27. Nxh4 Ng6 28. Nxg6 fxg6 29. Qe3 Qxe3 30. Bxe3 Red8 31. Rd4 Kf7 32. Rcd1 Ke6 33. f3 Rd7 34. Kf2 Na6

After 34...Na6

35. Rf4 b5 36. Bd4 Rf7 37. Rxf7 Kxf7 38. Bb6 Ke6 39. Bxa5 b4 40. Bb6 Rc2 41. Rb1 Rc6 42. Bd4 Nc7 43. a4 Kd6 44. Ke3 Ne6 45. Bf6 Rc2 46. Rd1 Nc5 47. a5 Kc6 48. Be7 b3 49. Rd2 Rc4 50. Bxc5 Kxc5 51. Rd3 d4+ 52. Kf2 Rb4 53. f4 Kc4 54. Kf3 Rb8 55. Rd1 Ra8 56. Ra1 Ra6 57. Ra3 Kb4 58. Ke4 Kc5 59. Kd3 Kd5 60. Ra4 Kc5 61. Rc4+ Kb5 62. Rxd4 Rc6 63. Rd5+ Kb4 64. a6 Rxa6 65. Rd4+ Kc5 66. Kc3 Ra1 67. Rd3 g5 68. fxg5 Ra4 69. Kxb3 Rg4 70. Kc3 Rxg5 71. b4+ Kc6 72. e4 Rg8 73. Kd4 Kb5 74. e5 Kc6 75. Ke4 1-0

With that win Merab grabs the solo lead by a half point ahead of So and GM Abhijeet Gupta who are both on 5 points. So and Gupta will fight it out in the 7th round tomorrow.

Down on board 13, Malaysia's IM Mas Hafizulhelmi settled for a draw today against GM Rahul Ibrahimov in a 35-move Najdorf. Mas has so far collected four points - 3 wins, 2 draws and a loss.

10th Dubai Open
Mas Hafizulhelmi
Ibrahimov Rasul
B92

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Be3 Rc8 10. f3 Be7 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Qe1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qf2 b5 17. Bb6 Qb8 18. Na5 Be6 19. Rd2 Nd7 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Nb3 f5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. a3 Rff8 24. Qe2 h6 25. Re1 Qc4 26. Qd1 Nf6 27. Bf2 Qc7 28. Nc1 g5 29. Nd3 Qb7 30. Nb4 Rf7 31. Rxd6 Bxd6 32. Qxd6 a5 33. Qxe6 axb4 34. axb4 Re8 35. Qf5 Nh5 1/2-1/2