Le Quang Liem upsets Sasikiran, shares lead @ Moscow Open 2010

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Grandmaster Le Quang Liem of Vietnam moved into joint lead scoring an upset victory of Indian GM Krishnan Sasikiran in the eighth and penultimate round of the Moscow Open 2010 at Moscow, Russia. The win places Le in the top spot, along with GMs Bareev Evgeny, Chernyshov Konstantin at 6.5 points.

Le-Sasikiran game Grunfeld game didn’t go the Indian’s way. A pawn sacrifice on the 17th turn failed to gain the initiative. With queens getting exchanged immediately the extra “c” pawn decided the fortunes for Le. Faced with loss of more material Sasi gave up on the 37th move. Sasikiran, along with six GMs, remained in the spot with 6.0 points with just one round to go.

73 Grandmasters and 50 International Masters from 25 countries make up the very strong field in this mega event. The nine round Swiss event runs from 30th Jan and concludes on 7th Feb, 2010.

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Pairings :

http://chess-results.com/tnr29968.aspx?art=2&rd=9&lan=1&flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000

Le Quang Liem – Krishnan Sasikiran

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rb1 Bd7 12. Bd3 Rfd8 13. h3 e6 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Qc1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qd6 17. Rxb7 Rab8 18. Rxb8 Rxb8 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. dxc5 h6 21. Be3 Rb2 22. Rd1 Nb4 23. Bc4 Bc6 24. a3 Nc2 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Bc1 Rb7 27. Bd3 Ne1 28. Ba6 Rb1 29. Kf1 Nc2 30. Bd3 Bb5 31. c6 Bxd3 32. Rxd3 Rb6 33. c7 Rc6 34. Rd7 Nd4 35. Bf4 Nxe2 36. Kxe2 e5 37. Be3 1-0

Evgeny Bareev – Viktor Bologan

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 d6 12. a4 Nd7 13. a5 Nf6 14. f3 h5 15. Bd3 g4 16. e4 gxf3 17. gxf3 Ke7 18. Rh4 Qg8 19. Nf1 Qg7 20. Qe2 Nd7 21. f4 c5 22. e5 f6 23. a6 Bc6 24. d5 fxe5 25. dxc6 exf4 26. Kd2 fxg3 27. cxd7 Qg5+ 28. Qe3 Qxh4 29. Nxg3 Kxd7 30. Rh1 Qf6 31. Nxh5 Qe5 32. Qf3 d5 33. Qf7+ Kd6 34. Re1 Raf8 35. Qxa7 Rf2+ 36. Re2 d4 37. Qxb6+ Ke7 38. Qb7+ Kd6 39. Qb6+ Ke7 40. Rxf2 Qe3+ 41. Kc2 Qxf2+ 42. Kb3 Rxh5 43. Qc7+ Kf6 44. Qd8+ Kf7 45. Qc7+ Kf6 46. Qd8+ Kf7 47. a7 dxc3 48. Qc7+ Kf6 49. Qd8+ Kf7 50. Bc2 Rh1 51. Qf8+ Kxf8 52. a8=Q+ Ke7 53. Qxh1 Qg3 54. Qb7+ Kf6 55. Qc8 Qd6 56. Qh8+ Ke7 57. Qg7+ Kd8 58. Kxc3 Qf4 59. Qh8+ Ke7 60. Qh7+ Kd6 61. Qd3+ Ke7 62. Qh7+ Kd6 63. Qe4 Qf6+ 64. Kb3 Qf8 65. Qd3+ Ke7 66. Qg3 Kd7 67. Be4 Qf6 68. Qd3+ Kc7 69. Qg3+ Kd7 70. Ka4 Qb2 71. Qb3 Qa1+ 72. Kb5 Qe5 73. Qf3 Ke7 74. Bb7 Qd4 75. Qa3 Kd6 76. Qg3+ Kd7 77. Bc6+ Ke7 78. Qc7+ Kf6 79. Qh2 Qe3 80. Qh8+ Ke7 81. Qg7+ Kd6 82. Qf8+ 1-0

Results

Round 8 on 2010/02/06 at 16:00

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	16	GM	Le Quang Liem	2647	5½	1 – 0	6	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2653	13
2	17	GM	Bareev Evgeny	2643	5½	1 – 0	5½	GM	Bologan Viktor	2692	3
3	21	GM	Amonatov Farrukh	2634	5½	½ – ½	5½	GM	Inarkiev Ernesto	2649	15
4	1	GM	Motylev Alexander	2697	5	0 – 1	5½	GM	Chernyshov Konstantin	2556	46
5	2	GM	Rublevsky Sergei	2697	5	½ – ½	5	IM	Matlakov Maxim	2587	35
6	4	GM	Bu Xiangzhi	2673	5	½ – ½	5	GM	Dvoirys Semen I	2539	53
7	6	GM	Kurnosov Igor	2668	5	½ – ½	5	GM	Miton Kamil	2586	36
8	12	GM	Grachev Boris	2653	5	½ – ½	5	GM	Kharitonov Alexandr	2538	54
9	20	GM	Andreikin Dmitry	2635	5	1 – 0	5	GM	Gasanov Eldar	2536	56
10	23	GM	Volkov Sergey	2623	5	1 – 0	5	GM	Shimanov Aleksandr	2535	58
11	63	GM	Khusnutdinov Rustam	2513	5	½ – ½	5	GM	Azarov Sergei	2622	24
12	91	FM	Reshetnikov Alexey	2447	5	½ – ½	5	GM	Vorobiov Evgeny E	2621	25
13	71	IM	Ipatov Alexander	2497	5	0 – 1	5	GM	Belov Vladimir	2595	32
14	55	GM	Zinchenko Yaroslav	2538	4½	½ – ½	4½	GM	Zhigalko Sergei	2668	7
15	8	GM	Najer Evgeniy	2665	4½	1 – 0	4½	GM	Panarin Mikhail	2518	62
16	60	GM	Gabrielian Artur	2523	4½	½ – ½	4½	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2658	11
17	65	GM	Kabanov Nikolai	2510	4½	0 – 1	4½	GM	Savchenko Boris	2638	19
18	66	GM	Shcherbakov Ruslan	2505	4½	½ – ½	4½	GM	Sjugirov Sanan	2610	29
19	40	GM	Rychagov Andrey	2568	4½	0 – 1	4½	IM	Shinkevich Vitaly	2501	67
20	72	GM	Krapivin Alexander	2495	4½	1 – 0	4½	GM	Shomoev Anton	2559	44
21	52	GM	Zontakh Andrey	2540	4½	½ – ½	4½	IM	Kovalenko Igor	2486	76
22	77	GM	Naumkin Igor	2484	4½	0 – 1	4	GM	Vescovi Giovanni	2660	9
23	10	GM	Lastin Alexander	2659	4	½ – ½	4	GM	Bezgodov Alexei	2490	73
24	14	GM	Khismatullin Denis	2651	4	1 – 0	4	IM	Gladyszev Oleg	2469	81
25	18	GM	Kazhgaleyev Murtas	2643	4	1 – 0	4	IM	Dvalishvili Pavel S	2457	87
26	22	GM	Iordachescu Viorel	2629	4	1 – 0	4	GM	Kim Alexey	2465	83
27	70	GM	Ismagambetov Anuar	2497	4	1 – 0	4	GM	Iturrizaga Eduardo	2616	27
28	74	GM	Belozerov Andrei	2488	4	½ – ½	4	GM	Zhou Weiqi	2600	31
29	33	GM	Rakhmanov Aleksandr	2591	4	1 – 0	4	FM	Goganov Aleksey	2448	90
30	79	IM	Krivoborodov Egor	2471	4	1 – 0	4	GM	Maslak Konstantin	2571	37
31	84	IM	Gochelashvili David	2463	4	1 – 0	4	GM	Chadaev Nikolai	2569	38
32	86	IM	Gerzhoy Leonid	2459	4	½ – ½	4	GM	Sokolov Andrei	2569	39
33	89	IM	Mozharov Mikhail	2451	4	½ – ½	4	GM	Evdokimov Alexander A.	2561	42
34	43	GM	Grigoriants Sergey	2560	4	½ – ½	4	IM	Stukopin Andrey	2423	106
35	47	GM	Iljushin Alexei	2551	4	0 – 1	4		Belous Vladimir	2419	108
36	93	IM	Pugachov Alexey	2445	4	1 – 0	4	IM	Danin Alexandre	2519	61
37	64	IM	Krylov Mikhail	2511	4	1 – 0	4		Pogosian Manvel	2323	165
38	115	IM	Gorovykh Eduard	2410	4	½ – ½	4	GM	Lintchevski Daniil	2498	69
39	26	GM	Popov Ivan	2617	3½	0 – 1	4	IM	Chernobay Artem	2398	125
40	28	GM	Shabalov Alexander	2611	3½	1 – 0	3½	FM	Efanov Nikolai	2417	110
41	101		Obolenskikh Dmitry	2435	3½	1 – 0	3½	GM	Ulibin Mikhail	2548	48
42	49	IM	Papin Vasily	2548	3½	1 – 0	3½		Iljiushenok Ilia	2408	118
43	103		Utegaliyev Azamat	2431	3½	0 – 1	3½	IM	Pridorozhni Aleksei	2548	50
44	51	GM	Kharitonov Andrei V	2542	3½	1 – 0	3½	IM	Reutsky Sergei	2401	122
45	107		Borisenko Andrei	2420	3½	½ – ½	3½	IM	Geller Jakov	2535	59
46	68	IM	Looshnikov Nikolai	2500	3½	½ – ½	3½	IM	Kargin Arseny	2394	126
47	78		Korobkov Piotr	2482	3½	1 – 0	3½	FM	Potapov Alexey	2391	128
48	80	IM	Pavlov Sergey	2470	3½	½ – ½	3½	GM	Ibrayev Nurlan	2386	134
49	82	GM	Pushkov Nikolai	2468	3½	1 – 0	3½	FM	Duzhakov Ilya	2326	163
50	105	IM	Loskutov Oleg	2423	3½	½ – ½	3½	GM	Yandemirov Valeri	2461	85