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Sandipan Chanda in play-off for Gibtelecom title

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Calcutta based Grandmaster Sandipan Chanda (2622) tied for the top spot in the 8th Gibtelecom Chess Festival at Gibraltar. A final round victory over Georgian International Master Lela Javakhishvili (2493) took Chanda to the top of the table with six other players at 7.5 points from ten rounds.

The Indian Grandmaster along with GMs Jan Gustafsson (Germany), Michael Adams (England) and Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain) will battle it out in the play-offs for the Gibtelecom title.

Official Site :

http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/gib2010/index.html

LIVE GAMES :

http://livechess.chessdom.com/site/

Results :

http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/gib2010/results/masters/index.html

Lela Javakhishvili – Sandipan Chanda

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 d5 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e3 Be6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. a3 Qd7 9. b3 Bd6 10. Ne2 Ne7 11. h4 b6 12. c4 O-O 13. Qc2 c6 14. Nc3 Rac8 15. O-O h6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Ba6 Rcd8 18. Bb5 Qb7 19. Qe2 g5 20. Ba6 Qd7 21. Bb5 Qc7 22. Rfc1 Qb8 23. Bd3 g4 24. Ne1 Ng6 25. h5 Nh8 26. Qc2 f4 27. e4 dxe4 28. Bxe4 f5 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. Nxd5 Qb7 31. Qc6 Qg7 32. Qc4 Nf7 33. Nd3 g3 34. N3xf4 gxf2+ 35. Kf1 Bxf4 36. Nxf4 Rxd4 37. Qc7 Re8 38. Ra2 Qg4 39. Re2 Rde4 40. Rxf2 Qg3 41. Ne2 Qg5 42. Qg3 Rg4 43. Qf3 Rh4 44. g4 Ne5 45. Qd5+ Kh8 46. Rxf5 Qe3 47. Rc7 Nxg4 48. Qg2 Qd2 49. Kg1 Qe3+ 50. Kf1 Rh1+ 51. Qxh1 Qxe2+ 52. Kg1 Qd1+ 53. Rf1 Qd4+ 54. Kg2 Ne3+ 55. Kh3 Qg4+ 56. Kh2 Qh4+ 0-1

Francisco Vallejo Pons – Michael Adams

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d4 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Qf1 Qf5 17. Be3 Rae8 18. Nd2 Re7 19. a4 Rfe8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qg2 h5 22. Nf3 Be6 23. Nh4 Qf6 24. Bd2 Nf4 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. gxf4 Qxh4 27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. f5 Re4 29. h3 Bf4 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 Kh7 32. Kf1 Bc1 33. b3 Qf4 34. Qxc6 Qxf5 35. Kg2 Qg5+ 36. Kf1 Qf5 37. Kg2 Qg5+ 38. Kf1 1/2-1/2

Etienne Bacrot – Pia Cramling

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 d6 9. f4 Be7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rae1 Rad8 15. Kh1 Rd7 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Nd1 Qd8 18. Qh3 h6 19. Rf3 e5 20. Bc3 Bc8 21. Ne3 Rc7 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Qc7 25. Ref1 Bf8 26. Rg3 Kh8 27. fxe5 Rxe5 28. Qf2 Be7 29. Qd4 Rc5 30. a4 bxa4 31. Qxa4 Ra5 32. Qb3 Kg8 33. Rgf3 Bd8 34. Rf5 d5 35. e5 Nd7 36. Rxf7 1-0

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