26-08-2013, 08:48 AM
This has been a great tournament to watch so far and with only the semifinals and finals to go looks like there will be more exciting chess to come.
What about peoples favourite games from this tournament? for me.. well
Best game
Rd 4 game 1 Kamsky - Mamedyarov
A 30 move game where Kamsky offers pieces all over the place
[pgn]1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 d6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Qf3 a6 9.Bd3 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Kh1 Bd7 12.Rae1 b5 13.a3 Rab8 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Qh3 Rfd8 16.Bd2 d5 17.e5 Ne4 18.f5 Nxd2 19.fxe6 Ne4 20.exf7+ Kh8 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Rxe4 g6 23.Ref4 Kg7 24.e6 Rf8 25.Qe3 Bc5 26.Qe1 Bd6 27.Rh4 Be7 28.Qe3 h5 29.Qd4+ Kh6 30.Rxh5+[/pgn]
Most interesting to watch live
Rd 4 game 8 Tomashevsky - Morozevich
All 169 moves, in a 10 minute + increments game that runs for over 1 hour
Best ending
Rd 4 game 4 Svidler - Le
Only because of the technique and speed at which Svidler finished off a K+N+B v K, with less than 2 minutes on the clock from move 124 - 135.
--- I can do it, but certainly not in less than 2 minutes and taking only 10 moves to force resignation.
Try it!
[pos]8/3B4/8/k1N5/2K5/8/8/8 b KQkq - 1 0[/pos]
What about peoples favourite games from this tournament? for me.. well
Best game
Rd 4 game 1 Kamsky - Mamedyarov
A 30 move game where Kamsky offers pieces all over the place
[pgn]1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 d6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Qf3 a6 9.Bd3 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Kh1 Bd7 12.Rae1 b5 13.a3 Rab8 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Qh3 Rfd8 16.Bd2 d5 17.e5 Ne4 18.f5 Nxd2 19.fxe6 Ne4 20.exf7+ Kh8 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Rxe4 g6 23.Ref4 Kg7 24.e6 Rf8 25.Qe3 Bc5 26.Qe1 Bd6 27.Rh4 Be7 28.Qe3 h5 29.Qd4+ Kh6 30.Rxh5+[/pgn]
Most interesting to watch live
Rd 4 game 8 Tomashevsky - Morozevich
All 169 moves, in a 10 minute + increments game that runs for over 1 hour
Best ending
Rd 4 game 4 Svidler - Le
Only because of the technique and speed at which Svidler finished off a K+N+B v K, with less than 2 minutes on the clock from move 124 - 135.
--- I can do it, but certainly not in less than 2 minutes and taking only 10 moves to force resignation.
Try it!
[pos]8/3B4/8/k1N5/2K5/8/8/8 b KQkq - 1 0[/pos]