Chess Olympiad: Tension over Round 6 continues
Tension over Round 6 of the 39th Chess Olympiad 2010, continues in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Armenian men’s team is playing against Georgian chess-players. Levon Aronian and Vladimir Hakobyan have tied with Baadur Jobava and Merab Gagunashvili respectively, with each team having scored 1point at this moment. Now all hope for the Armenian team lies on Gabriel Sargsyan and Arman Pashikyan.
Baadur Jobava - Levon Aronian 0,5:0,5
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O d6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. a5 O-O 12. Ba2 h6 13. Rf2 Kh8 14. Nf1 Ng4 15. Rd2 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Qe1 Nf6 18. Nh4 Nxh4 19. Qxh4 Ng4 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21. h3 Nf6 22. e4 Bg6 23. Ne3 Bf7 24. Bxf7 Rxf7 25. c4 Nh5 26. b4 Nf4 27. Rb1 Kg8 28. Nd5 Ne6 29. Nc3 Kf8 30. Rf2 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 Ke7 32. Ke3 Rf8 33. Ne2 Kd7 34. h4 h5 35. Ra1 Rf6 36. Rb1 Rg6 37. Kf3 Rf6+ 38. Ke3 Rg6 39. Kf3 Rf6+ 40. Ke3 1/2:1/2.
Vladimir Hakobyan - Merab Gagunashvili 0,5:0,5
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. a3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 12. Ba2 b5 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Bg5 Rc8 15. Rc1 Na5 16. Ne5 Nc4 17. Qe2 xd4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Qxe7 Qb6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qb4 Qxb4 22. axb4 Rfd8 23. Na4 Bc6 24. Nb6 Rb8 25. Nxc4 Bd5 26. Ra1 Rxb4 27. Ne3 Bxa2 1/2:1/2.