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16:05 24/05/2010
St Louis Championship: Varuzhan Akobian scored 5 points
The 8thand 9throundsofU.S. ChessChampionship, StLouistookplace. Armenian GM Varuzhan Akobian first finished his set with Elvest in Draw and then defeated Robson in another round. The latter defeated Armenian chess player Khachiyan in the 8th round but Khachiyan ended another round in draw with Shankland scoring half points.
Levon Altunyan first was defeated by Benjamin and said had a successful set with Gurchiyev.
Currently Varuzhan Akobian scored 5 points gaining 7th horizontal, Khachiyan and Altunyan have 3,5 points each.
8th round. Varuzhan Akobian – Ehlvest 0,5:0,5
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Qe7 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bf4 h6 13. Qc1 g5 14. Bd2 Re8 15. h4 g4 16. Ne1 Qf8 17. Nd3 c4 18. Nf4 Nc5 19. Qc2 Nb3 20. Ra3 Nd4 21. Qd1 Bf5 22. a5 Bc2 23. Qc1 Bb3 24. e3 Nc2 25. Ra2 Nd7 26. Qb1 Nc5 27. Rc1 Nb4 28. Ra3 Nbd3 29. Nxd3 cxd3 30. Bf1 Bc2 31. Rxc2 dxc2 32. Qxc2 Qe7 33. Qf5 Qd7 34. Qb1 Qd8 35. Qf5 Qd7 36. Qb1 Rac8 37. Bg2 Qd8 38. Qf5 Qd7 39. Qb1 Qc7 40. Qf5 b5 41. axb6 Qxb6 42. Ra2 Qb3 43. Qxg4 Nd3 44. Rxa6 Qxb2 45. Ra2 Qb3 46. Qa4 Qxa4 47. Nxa4 Ra8 48. Bf1 Nc5 49. Bb5 Reb8 50. Bc6 Rb1+ 51. Kg2 Ra7 52. e4 Bd4 53. Bxh6 Nxe4 54. Re2 f5 55. g4 Rb4 56. gxf5 Nf6 57. Be3 Raxa4 58. Bxd4 Rxd4 59. Bxa4 Rxa4 60. Re6 Kf7 61. Rxd6 Rxh4 62. Kf3 Ra4 63. Ke3 Re4+ 64. Kf3 Rd4 65. Ke3 1/2:1/2:
8th round. Robson- Khachiyan 1:0
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 Ne7 13. Rad1 c5 14. Rd2 b6 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Ne2 Ng6 17. Rd8+ Kb7 18. Rxa8 Kxa8 19. Ng3 Be7 20. Nh5 Rg8 21. g4 Kb7 22. Kh2 a5 23. Ne1 Bg5 24. Ng2 Nh4 25. f4 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 g6 27. fxg5 gxh5 28. gxh6 hxg4 29. h4 c4 30. Kg3 cxb3 31. cxb3 b5 32. Bc1 Kc6 33. Bg5 Rh8 34. Rd4 b4 35. Kf4 Bd7 36. Rd2 Rh7 37. Rc2+ Kb6 38. Kg3 Rh8 39. Be3+ Kb7 40. Rc5 a4 41. bxa4 Bxa4 42. Rc4 Bd7 43. Rxb4+ Kc6 44. Rc4+ Kd5 45. Rxc7 Be6 46. Kf4 1:0:
8th roundBenjamin-Altunyan 1:0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. Bxc4 exd5 6. Bxd5 Bd6 7. e4 Ne7 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Qh5 Nd7 10. Nc3 Ne5 11. Qd1 c4 12. Bc2 N7g6 13. f4 Bg4 14. Qd4 Nc6 15. Qf2 Nb4 16. Bb1 Re8 17. h3 Bf5 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Nge2 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Ng3 Bxe4 22. Ncxe4 Bb4+ 23. Kf1 Rac8 24. a3 Rc2 25. Qf3 Nh4 26. Qh5 Nxg2 27. Bf2 Nxf4 28. Qg4 Qe5 29. axb4 Qxb2 30. Rd1 Nd5 31. Rxd3 f5 32. Nxf5 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Nf4+ 34. Kh2 Qb2 35. Qxf4 Rxe4 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Nh6+ 1:0:
9th round. Robson – Akobian 0:1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 b5 8. a3 c4 9. Nf3 Nb6 10. g4 h5 11. gxh5 Rxh5 12. Ng3 Rh8 13. h4 Bd7 14. Bh3 Qc7 15. h5 O-O-O 16. Ng5 Be8 17. f5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5+ 19. Ne2 exf5 20. Qd4 Qe7 21. Bxf5+ Bd7 22. Bxd7+ Rxd7 23. Be3 Na4 24. Kd2 f6 25. Nf3 Qe6 26. Rag1 Nc5 27. Ke1 Nd3+ 28. Kd2 Bc5 29. Qxc5+ Nxc5 30. Bxc5 Qf5 31. Ned4 Qf4+ 32. Kc2 Re8 33. a4 Re3 34. Rh4 Qc7 35. Bf8 Re4 36. Nxb5 Qa5 37. Nd6+ Rxd6 38. Bxd6 Qb6 39. Bg3 Re2+ 40. Nd2 Qxg1 0:1:
9th round. Khachiyan – Shankland 0,5:0,5
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 h6 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 c6 11. Qb3 Bf8 12. c5 d5 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qe7 16. Qc3 Bg4 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. exf3 a6 19. Qb3 Rad8 20. Rfe1 Bb4 21. Re2 Rd5 22. Rc4 Bd6 23. Bd2 Qd7 24. Rce4 Bb8 25. d4 c5 26. f4 f5 27. Rxe5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 b5 29. Be1 c4 30. Qf3 g6 31. Bb4 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Qd5 33. Qxd5+ Rxd5 34. e6 Rd4 35. f3 a5 36. Bxa5 Rd6 37. e7 Ra6 38. Bb4 Rxa2 39. g4 Kf7 40. Kg3 c3 41. Bxc3 Rxe7 42. Rd2 fxg4 43. Kxg4 Ra1 44. f5 Rg1+ 45. Kh4 gxf5 46. Rd5 Kg6 47. Rxb5 Rf1 48. Rb6+ Kh7 49. Kh5 Rxf3 50. Rxh6+ Kg8 51. Kg5 Rh7 52. Rxh7 Kxh7 53. Be5 Rf1 54. b4 Kg8 1/2:1/2:
9th round. Altunyan -Gurchiyev 1:0
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Na3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qe4+ 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qe5 12. Qf3 Qh5 13. Qxh5 Nxh5 14. Rad1 Nd7 15. Ne6 fxe6 16. Bxe6+ Rf7 17. Bxd7 e5 18. Be8 Rf8 19. Ba4 Be6 20. Bb3 Bxb3 21. axb3 b5 22. Nc2 Rf7 23. Rd6 Bf8 24. Rb6 Rf6 25. g3 Rxb6 26. Bxb6 Nf6 27. Rxe5 Nd7 28. Re6 a5 29. Bd4 b4 30. Rc6 bxc3 31. bxc3 Kf7 32. Rc7 Ke6 33. Be3 Bg7 34. Nd4+ Bxd4 35. Bxd4 Rb8 36. Ra7 Rb5 37. Kg2 h5 38. Ra6+ Kf7 39. Ra7 Ke6 40. Ra6+ Kf7 41. Rd6 Nf8 42. Rb6 Rd5 43. Kf3 1:0:
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