Sport 13:09 20/05/2010

GM Varuzhan Akobian lacks one pint to equal with tournament leaders

 

Armenian GM Varuzhan Akobian and GM Melikset Khachiyan both ended their sets of round 6, Saint Lois tournament, USA in draw with Yermolinks and Gurchiyev, and Levon Altunyan lost his set with Hess.
After the 6th round Varuzhan Akobian scored 3,5 points and occupies the 6th horizontal among 24 chess players. He lacks only one point to equal with leaders of the tournament Nakamura, Kamsky, Shulman and Onischuk.
Varuzhan Akobian –Aleksey Yermolinsk 0,5:0,5
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 Bg4 12. d5 Rd8 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O e6 15. Rfd1 exd5 16. exd5 Rfe8 17. Qb2 Ne7 18. d6 Nf5 19. d7 Re7 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bf4 Rexd7 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. h3 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Bh6 26. Bxh6 Nxh6 27. Bxb7 Kg7 28. Bc8 Re7 29. Qc4 Nf7 30. Qxa6 Qd8 31. Be6 Qd2 32. Rf1 Qxc3 33. Qc8 Qe5 34. Bb3 Rc7 35. Qa6 Nd6 36. Rd1 c4 37. Qxd6 Qxd6 38. Rxd6 cxb3 39. axb3 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 Rc2 41. f4 g5 42. fxg5 fxg5 43. b4 Rb2 44. Rb6 Rb3 45. b5 Kf7 46. Rb8 Kg7 47. b6 h6 48. g4 Kh7 49. Kg2 Kg7 50. Rb7+ Kg6 51. Rb8 Kg7 52. Kf2 Rxh3 53. Rc8 Rb3 54. Rc6 Rb4 55. Rc7+ Kg6 56. Rc6+ Kg7 57. Kf3 Rf4+ 58. Kg3 Rb4 59. Rd6 Rb3+ 60. Kf2 Rb4 61. Kf3 Rf4+ 62. Kg3 Rb4 63. Re6 Rb3+ 64. Kf2 Rb4 65. Kf3 Rf4+ 66. Ke3 Rxg4 67. Re4 Rg1 68. Rb4 Re1+ 69. Kd4 Re8 70. b7 Rb8 71. Rb6 h5 72. Kd5 h4 73. Kc6 h3 74. Rb3 g4 75. Rg3 Kg6 76. Rxg4+ Kh5 77. Rg7 Kh4 78. Kc7 Rxb7+ 79. Kxb7 h2 80. Rh7+ Kg3 81. Kc6 Kg2 82. Rxh2+ 1/2:1/2:
Levon Altunyan-Robson Hess 0:1
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Rac1 Rab8 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. Qd2 a6 15. Na4 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 b5 17. cxb5 Rxc1+ 18. Bxc1 axb5 19. Nc3 Rc8 20. Bb2 Nd7 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Nf6 24. Bf3 e5 25. e3 Rc1+ 26. Kg2 b4 27. Rd2 e4 28. Be2 d5 29. g4 h6 30. h4 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Rd4 Rc2 33. Kf1 Rxa2 34. Rxb4 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 Re1 36. Ba6 Kf8 37. Bc8 Rb1 38. Rb6 Ke7 39. Rb7+ Kf8 40. Bf5 Ng8 41. b4 Ne7 42. b5 Nxf5 43. gxf5 Kg7 44. Rb6 Rb3 45. Kh2 Rb4 46. Kg3 d4 47. Kg4 d3 48. Rd6 f6 49. Kh5 Rxb5 50. Rd7+ Kf8 51. Kg6 Ke8 52. Rd4 Ke7 53. Rxe4+ Kd6 54. Ra4 d2 55. Ra1 Ke5 56. Rd1 Rd5 57. f3 Rd6 58. e4 Kf4 59. Kf7 Kxf3 60. Ke7 0:1:
Michael Gurevich-Melikset Khachiyan 0,5:0,5

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Rb1 b6 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Qc1 Na5 13. Bh6 Bxb5 14. Rxb5 f6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. d5 c5 17. c4 e5 18. h3 Nb7 19. Rb3 Nd6 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Rc3 Qa4 22. Re2 Re7 23. Nd2 Rc8 24. Ra3 Qe8 25. Rg3 Kh8 26. Rf3 Kg7 27. Rg3 Kh8 28. Rf3 Kg7 29. Rg3 Kh8 30. Rf3 1/2:1/2:



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