Mats Winther wrote:
Where are we heading when super-GMs are forced to play daft
opening systems? How can anybody expect to win against a GM
with Bishop's opening?
Tiviakov,Sergei (2685) - Pridorozhni,Aleksei (2515) [C24]
Moscow op-A Moscow (3), 02.02.2009
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bb4+ 6.c3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 dxe4 9.dxe4 Na6 10.Bg5 Nc5 11.Bc2 h6 12.Bh4 a5 13.Nbd2 b5 14.Nf1 g5 15.Bg3 Qe7 16.N3d2 Be6 17.Ne3 Rad8 18.Qe2 Bc7 19.Nf5 Bxf5 20.exf5 Rfe8 21.b4 axb4 22.cxb4 Na4 23.Ne4 Rd4 24.a3 Nxe4 25.Bxe4 Nc3 26.Qf3 Nxe4 27.Rxe4 Rxe4 28.Qxe4 Qf6 29.Rc1 Rd8 30.h3 Rd5 31.Kh2 h5 32.f3 Bb6 33.h4 gxh4 34.Qxh4 Qxh4+ 35.Bxh4 c5 36.Bf2 cxb4 37.Bxb6 bxa3 38.Bc5 a2 39.Be7 Kg7 40.Rc6 f6 41.Ra6 Kf7 42.Bb4 Rd4 43.Bc3 Rf4 44.Ra7+ Kg8 45.Rxa2 Rxf5 46.Bd2 e4 47.fxe4 Re5 48.Ra6 Rxe4 49.Rxf6 Rh4+ 50.Kg3 Rd4 51.Bf4 b4 52.Rf5 h4+ 53.Kf3 Rc4 54.Rh5 Rc6 55.Rxh4 b3 56.Be5 1-0
Mamedov,Rauf (2638) - Popov,Valerij (2561) [C24]
EU-ch 10th Budva (8), 14.03.2009
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Qe2 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Nbd2 d6 7.a3 Re8 8.Nf1 Bf8 9.Ba2 Be6 10.Bxe6 Rxe6 11.h3 d5 12.g4 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qb5 14.Ng3 Qxb2 15.0-0 Qb6 16.g5 dxe4 17.dxe4 Ne8 18.Rfb1 Qc7 19.h4 Nd7 20.h5 Rd8 21.g6 hxg6 22.Ng5 Rd6 23.Kg2 Nc5 24.Be3 Ne6 25.hxg6 Nxg5 26.Bxg5 Nf6 27.Rh1 b5 28.Bxf6 Rxf6 29.Rh8+ 1-0
Tiviakov,Sergei (2684) - Hera,Imre Jr (2527) [C24]
EU-ch 10th Budva (10), 16.03.2009
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 Nd7 9.d4 N5f6 10.Nc3 exd4 11.Qxd4 Nc5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Rad1 Bxh2+ 15.Kxh2 Qxd4 16.Rxd4 gxh4 17.Rxh4 Kg7 18.Bc4 Be6 19.Ne5 Rae8 20.Re3 Bxc4 21.Rxc4 Ncd7 22.Nxd7 Nxd7 23.Rg3+ Kh7 24.Ra4 a6 25.Ne4 b5 26.Rd4 c5 27.Ng5+ hxg5 28.Rxd7 Kg6 29.f4 f6 30.Rd6 g4 31.Rxg4+ Kf5 32.Kh3 Rh8+ 33.Rh4 Rxh4+ 34.Kxh4 Re2 35.g4+ Kxf4 36.Rxf6+ Ke5 37.Rf5+ Kd6 38.g5 Rxc2 39.g6 Rh2+ 40.Kg3 Rh1 41.Kf4 c4 42.g7 Rf1+ 43.Kg5 Re1 44.Kg6 1-0
Kurnosov,Igor (2602) - Volokitin,Andrei (2671) [C24]
EU-ch 10th Budva (11), 17.03.2009
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 a5 6.a4 Bb4+ 7.c3 Bd6 8.Bg5 dxe4 9.dxe4 h6 10.Bh4 Qe7 11.Nbd2 Bc7 12.0-0 Nbd7 13.Nc4 g5 14.Bg3 Nxe4 15.Bxe5 Nxe5 16.Nfxe5 Bxe5 17.Re1 Kf8 18.Nb6 Nxf2 19.Nxc8 Rxc8 20.Qf3 Qf6 21.Rxe5 Qxf3 22.gxf3 Nh3+ 23.Kf1 b6 24.Rae1 Rc7 25.Re8+ Kg7 26.Rxh8 Kxh8 27.Re8+ Kg7 28.Rb8 Rd7 29.Rxb6 Rd2 30.Bc4 Rxh2 31.b4 Rf2+ 32.Ke1 Rxf3 33.bxa5 Rxc3 34.Rxc6 g4 35.a6 g3 36.Bd5 Re3+ 37.Kf1 Ra3 38.Rc4 Kf6 39.a7 Ke5 40.a8Q Ra1+ 41.Kg2 1-0
Morozevich,Alexander (2751) - Gelfand,Boris (2755) [C24]
Biel GM 42nd Biel (2), 20.07.2009
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 Nd7 9.d4 exd4 10.Bxd5 cxd5 11.Qxd4 Bc5 12.Qd3 Qb6 13.Re2 Nf6 14.Nc3 Bg4 15.Na4 Qc6 16.Nxc5 Qxc5 17.Be3 Qc4 18.Rd2 Qxd3 19.Rxd3 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Rfe8 21.Rb3 Re7 22.Rd1 Rc8 23.Bxa7 Rxc2 24.Be3 Rd7 25.Rb5 h6 26.a4 Rc4 27.b3 Rh4 28.f4 Rh5 29.Kg2 Ne4 30.Rd4 Rd6 31.Rxe4 1-0
Hou,Yifan (2584) - Reinaldo Castineira,Roi (2503) [C24]
Zuerich Jubilee op Zuerich (9), 15.08.2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d3 Nf6 5.0-0 0-0 6.c3 c6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.Re1 Re8 9.Nbd2 Bf8 10.d4 Qc7 11.h3 h6 12.Bc2 g6 13.Nf1 Bg7 14.Ng3 Nf8 15.Be3 Be6 16.Qd2 Kh7 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Qc1 Bc8 19.Nd2 Ne6 20.Nf3 b6 21.b4 Nf8 22.a4 N8d7 23.h4 Nf8 24.h5 Bg4 25.hxg6+ fxg6 26.dxe5 dxe5 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Nh2 Bc8 29.f4 exf4 30.Bxf4 Qe7 31.e5 Nd5 32.Bd2 Qh4 33.Ne4 Ne6 34.Nf3 Qe7 35.Nd6 Rxd6 36.exd6 Qxd6 37.Nh4 Ndf4 38.Bxf4 Nxf4 39.Re8 Be6 40.Qxf4 1-0
Hamdouchi,Hichem (2590) - Strikovic,Aleksa (2512) [C24]
Fernando Marcote Memorial op Ourense (4), 25.09.2009
1.e4 d6 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 e5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.c3 c6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.Re1 Re8 9.d4 h6 10.Nbd2 Bf8 11.Bc2 g6 12.b4 a5 13.Bb2 exd4 14.cxd4 axb4 15.e5 Nd5 16.Ne4 dxe5 17.Bb3 N7b6 18.dxe5 Bf5 19.Qd4 Bxe4 20.e6 f6 21.Qxe4 Kh7 22.Nh4 f5 23.Nxf5 Qg5 24.Qe5 Qf6 25.Qxf6 Nxf6 26.e7 gxf5 27.exf8N+ Rxf8 28.Re7+ Kg6 29.Rxb7 Nbd5 30.Rc1 Rfe8 31.g3 Re6 32.Rxb4 Nxb4 33.Bxe6 Nd3 34.Rb1 Rb8 35.Bb3 Ne4 36.Bd4 Rd8 37.Be3 Nc3 38.Ra1 Rb8 39.Kg2 h5 40.Bc4 Nb2 41.Rc1 Nxc4 42.Rxc3 Nxe3+ 43.Rxe3 Rb2 44.a3 c5 45.Rc3 Ra2 46.Kf3 Kf6 47.Ke3 Ke6 48.Rxc5 Rxa3+ 49.Kf4 Ra2 50.f3 Rxh2 51.Rxf5 Rh1 52.Kg5 Rh3 53.g4 hxg4 54.fxg4 Rh8 55.Rf6+ Ke7 56.Rf4 Ra8 57.Kg6 Ra6+ 58.Kg7 Ra5 59.Rf5 Ra7 60.Rf7+ 1-0
Bauer,Christian (2590) - Cifuentes Parada,Roberto (2532) [C24]
Galicia Festival op Ourense (4), 26.09.2009
1.e4 d6 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 e5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.Re1 Be6 7.Nc3 c6 8.Bb3 h6 9.d4 Bxb3 10.axb3 Nbd7 11.Nh4 Re8 12.Nf5 Bf8 13.Be3 a6 14.Qf3 Qc7 15.Rad1 Rad8 16.Qg3 Kh7 17.Qh4 Kg8 18.Rd3 b5 19.Bxh6 Re6 20.d5 cxd5 21.exd5 b4 22.dxe6 fxe6 23.Nxg7 Bxg7 24.Rg3 Ne8 25.Bxg7 Nxg7 26.Qe7 1-0
Dominguez Perez,Leinier (2719) - Kosteniuk,Alexandra (2517) [C24]
Wch Blitz Moscow (21), 17.11.2009
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.d3 Nf6 4.Nf3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.0-0 Be7 7.Re1 0-0 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.Rxe5 c6 10.Re1 Bd6 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Qh4 13.g3 Qf6 14.d4 Bh3 15.Qh5 Rae8 16.Rxe8 Rxe8 17.Qxh3 Re1+ 18.Bf1 g6 19.Bh6 Re8 20.Re1 Rb8 21.Qd7 1-0