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There is something unique about the opening 1.b4. Just naming it has some interesting peculiarities: is it the Polish opening, or the Orang-Utan, or Sokolsky's Opening? We have all heard the names, as well as seen the pawn lurch forward. There is a whole society of players who play it every chance they get, no matter whom the opponent is. Is it sound? The theorists have put a stamp on it that pushing a pawn closer to the center is certainly a better start, but it is of course much better than some of the odd gambits that appear in clubs. Yet, the number of famous names who have played it is nothing to take lightly, including two of the most colorful names in history: Tartakower and Miles. The real appeal of 1.b4 is a combination of its rebelliousness to "theory," certainly an extremely pragmatic appeal as the opening seems decided on the first move, and a mark of the romantic era that comes from its having a "gambit" attached. In short, people who want to have a self-contained opening for white which doesn't require reviewing scads of games on a regular basis to keep up with theory couldn't do a lot better than 1.b4. Play 1.b4! by Lapshun and Conticello works as a book in several ways. First, in English the material on 1.b4 has all been in pamphlet or booklet form, forms which tend to limit either the amount of study material or explanations of themes. This is quite a bonanza, as the core of players who think to take up the opening are looking for common ideas that will work for them in games. Secondly, as offered in the introduction it works to bring material from Sokolsky's own book on the opening to English readers. Sokolsky's book was published in the mid 1960's in Russian, found its way into a German edition, and has been prized by practitioners of 1.b4 ever since. That book had been the standard for four decades. Thirdly, in conjunction with Sokolsky's book, Play 1.b4! works to update material that has come to light since the 60's. Quite a bonus to anyone interested in the opening... Read the complete review of Play 1b4!
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Adams,M - Speelman,J [B14] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.c5
Ne4 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Qd3 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 0-0 12.Be2 b6 13.b4 e5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5
15.dxe5 a5 16.Qd4 axb4 17.cxb6 Re8 18.0-0 Qxe5 19.Qxb4 Bb7 20.Bf3 Qe7
21.Qd4 Qa3 22.h3 Ra4 23.Qd2 Qd6 24.Rfb1 h6 25.Rb5 Bc6 26.Rb2 Qf6 27.Rab1
Rd4 28.Qc1 Bb7 29.Rc2 Rf4 30.Rb3 Rc4 31.Rb1 Rf4 32.Qd1 Rd4 33.Rd2 Rxd2
34.Qxd2 Re6 35.Qb4 Qg6 36.a4 Rf6 37.Rb3 Qg5 38.a5 Rf4 39.Qd2 Qf6 40.Re3 d4
Black lost on time in the act of playing his 40th move 1-0 Sokolov,I - Adams,M [E21] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 d6
8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Qc2 h5 12.d5 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Qf6 14.Qd2 g4
15.Nd4 Nd7 16.Nb5 0-0-0 17.Nxa7+ Kb8 18.Nb5 Nc5 19.Qc3 Qg5 20.Rd1 exd5
21.cxd5 Bxd5 22.b4 Ne6 23.e3 Rhe8 (=) 24.a4 c6 25.Nd4 Rc8 26.Nxe6 Rxe6
27.Qd4 Kc7 28.a5 Rb8 29.b5 Qe5 30.Qd2 Be4 31.axb6+ Rxb6 32.Rc1 Re8 33.Qa2
Kb7 34.Qxf7+ Re7 35.bxc6+ Rxc6 36.Qb3+ Ka8 37.Qg8+ Kb7 38.Qb3+ Ka8 39.Qa2+
Ra7 40.Qg8+ Kb7 41.Qf7+ Kb6 42.Qb3+ Kc7 43.Qf7+ Kb6 44.Qb3+ ½-½ Aronian,L - Grischuk,A 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3
Bb7 9.0-0 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Bd6 12.a3 bxa3 13.b3 Nf6 14.Nd2 Qc7
15.Bf3 Bxh2+ 16.Kh1 Bd6 17.Nc4 Be7 18.Bxa3 0-0 19.Bc5 Rfd8 20.b4 Bxc5
21.bxc5 a5 22.Re1 Ba6 23.Nb6 Rab8 24.Rxa5 Bb5 25.Qa1 Nd5 26.Ra7 Rb7
27.Rxb7 Qxb7 28.Qa5 Qe7 29.Ra1 Qg5 30.Nxd5 exd5 31.Qc7 g6 32.Ra7 Qf6
33.Bg4 Re8 34.Kg1 Kg7 35.Bd7 Re7 36.Qd8 h5 37.Ra8 Kh6 38.Rc8 Kh7 39.Bxc6
Bxc6 40.Rxc6 Qxc6 41.Qxe7 Kg7 42.Kh2 1-0 Navara,D - Kamsky,G 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5
8.Ne2 0-0 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Be3 Na5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Qd2 e5 13.dxe5 Be6 14.Rad1 Nc4
15.Bxc4 Bxc4 16.f4 Qe7 17.Qc2 Rad8 18.Rfe1 h5 19.Nc1 Qe6 20.Rd2 Bb5 21.Nb3
Qc4 22.Bf2 g5 23.Bg3 gxf4 24.Bxf4 Qe6 25.Rd6 Rxd6 26.exd6 Qf6 27.Qf2 Qxc3
28.e5 Re8 29.Nd2 Bc6 30.h3 Qd3 31.Re3 Qd4 32.Nf1 h4 33.Nh2 Bxe5 34.Rxe5
Qa1+ 35.Qf1 Qd4+ 36.Be3 Qxe5 37.Ng4 Qc3 38.Nh6+ Kh8 39.Nxf7+ Kg7 40.Bh6+
Kg6 0-1 Aronian,L - Grischuk,A 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3
Bb7 9.0-0 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Bd6 12.a3 bxa3 13.b3 Nf6 14.Nd2 Qc7
15.Bf3 Bxh2+ 16.Kh1 Bd6 17.Nc4 Be7 18.Bxa3 0-0 19.Bc5 Rfd8 20.b4 Bxc5
21.bxc5 a5 22.Re1 Ba6 23.Nb6 Rab8 24.Rxa5 Bb5 25.Qa1 Nd5 26.Ra7 Rb7
27.Rxb7 Qxb7 28.Qa5 Qe7 29.Ra1 Qg5 30.Nxd5 exd5 31.Qc7 g6 32.Ra7 Qf6
33.Bg4 Re8 34.Kg1 Kg7 35.Bd7 Re7 36.Qd8 h5 37.Ra8 Kh6 38.Rc8 Kh7 39.Bxc6
Bxc6 40.Rxc6 Qxc6 41.Qxe7 Kg7 42.Kh2 1-0 Cherniaev,A -
Smeets,J [B22] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Qc2 Qc7 11.0-0 d5 12.h3 a5 13.a4 Ba6 14.Re1 e6 15.b3 Bb4 16.Bd2 Nd7 17.Bxb4 axb4 18.Rc1 Rc8 19.Qd2 Qa5 20.Ra2 c5 21.dxc5 Rxc5 22.Rac2 0-0 23.Qe3 Rfc8 24.Rxc5 Rxc5 25.Rxc5 Nxc5 26.Nbd2 Qc7 27.Ne1 Nd7 28.Ndf3 h6 29.Qd4 Qc3 30.Qxc3 bxc3 31.b4 Bc4 32.a5 f6 33.exf6 e5 0-1
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Shirov,A 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.a3 b4 10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 bxa3 12.0-0 Bd6 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.Nc4 Bxh2+ 15.Kh1 Nb6 16.Nxb6 axb6 17.g3 Bxg3 18.fxg3 Qxg3 19.Qh5 Ra5 20.Qxf7+ Kd8 21.Bg2 Rg5 22.Qf3 Qxf3 23.Bxf3 axb2 24.Bxb2 Rf8 25.Be4 Rf6 26.Rxf6 gxf6 27.Kh2 Kc7 28.Bc3 e5 29.dxe5 fxe5 30.Rf1 Kd6 31.Rf7 Bc8 32.Rxh7 Be6 33.Rh6 c5 34.Bd3 Kd7 35.Bb5+ Ke7 36.e4 Rg4 37.Bc6 Rg5 38.Be1 Rg4 39.Bg3 Bc4 40.Bxe5 Bd3 41.Bd6+ Kf7 42.Bd5+ Kg7 43.Re6 c4 44.Kh3 Rg1 45.Be5+ Kf8 46.Rxb6 1-0 =============== Morozevich,A -
Alekseev,E 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nd2 h6 4.Bh4 d5 5.e3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Bd6 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.f4 Bd6 13.e4 c4 14.Be2 Qb6+ 15.Bf2 Bc5 16.e5 Ne4 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 19.Qd4 Qxd4+ 20.cxd4 Be6 21.f5 Bd5 22.Kf2 Rfc8 23.Rfc1 Rc6 24.a4 Rac8 25.Rc3 Rb6 26.Ra2 Kf8 27.Ke3 Ke7 28.Bd1 Ra6 29.Ra1 b5 30.b4 bxa4 31.b5 Ra5 32.Rxa4 Rxa4 33.Bxa4 f6 34.Bc2 fxe5 35.dxe5 Rc5 36.Ra3 Rxb5 37.Rxa7+ Kf8 38.e6 Bb7 39.e7+ Kxe7 40.Bxe4 1-0 =============== Ponomariov,R -
Gelfand,B 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 0-0 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.0-0-0 Nc5 10.Be3 Re8 11.Bc4 Be6 12.Bxe6 Nxe6 13.h4 Qd7 14.Qd5 Qc6 15.Qf5 Qc4 16.Kb1 g6 17.Qh3 h5 18.Nd2 Qe2 19.Rde1 Qg4 20.Qh2 d5 21.f3 Qa4 22.g4 Bd6 23.Qg1 Nf4 24.c4 Rxe3 25.Qxe3 Ng2 26.Qf2 Nxe1 27.Rxe1 Re8 28.gxh5 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 gxh5 30.Qg1+ Kf8 31.Qd4 dxc4 32.Qh8+ Ke7 33.Qxh5 c3 34.Qg5+ Kf8 35.Ne4 Qc4 36.Qd8+ Kg7 37.Qf6+ Kg8 38.Qg5+ Kf8 39.a3 Qf1+ 40.Ka2 cxb2 41.Qd8+ Kg7 42.Qg5+ Kf8 43.Qd8+ ½-½ =============== Ivanchuk,V -
Kamsky,G 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Rc1 dxc4 7.e4 Bg4 8.Bxc4 Nfd7 9.Be2 Nc6 10.Be3 Nb6 11.d5 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Ne5 13.Qb3 c6 14.f4 Ned7 15.0-0 Qe8 16.a4 cxd5 17.Nb5 Rc8 18.Rxc8 Qxc8 19.e5 a6 20.Na7 Qc7 21.Rc1 Qd8 22.a5 Nc4 23.Bxc4 dxc4 24.Qxb7 g5 25.Nc6 Qe8 26.Rxc4 gxf4 27.Bxf4 Kh8 28.Bg3 Rg8 29.Kf1 e6 30.Rd4 Nc5 31.Qb6 Nd7 32.Qc7 Nb8 33.Nd8 Qb5+ 34.Kg1 h6 35.Nxf7+ Kh7 36.Qc2+ 1-0 =============== =============== Smeets,J - Wells,P [C91] Staunton Memorial (5), 11.08.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 Bh5 11.h3 exd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.e5 Ne4 14.g4 Bg6 15.Nh2 Bb4 16.Re2 f5 17.Qc1 Na5 18.f3 Nxb3 19.axb3 fxg4 20.hxg4 Qh4 21.Rg2 c5 22.Nc3 cxd4 23.Bxd4 Bxc3 24.bxc3 Ng5 25.Qe3 Rae8 26.Rxa6 Ra8 27.Ra7 Rxa7 28.Bxa7 Ra8 29.Rd2 Rxa7 30.Qxa7 Qe1+ 31.Nf1 Nxf3+ 32.Kg2 Nxd2 33.Qa8+ Kf7 34.Qxd5+ Kf8 35.Nxd2 Qe2+ 36.Kg3 Qe1+ 37.Kf4 Qf2+ 38.Nf3 h6 39.Qd6+ Black lost on time 1-0 =============== Werle,J - Van Wely,L [D43] Staunton Memorial (5), 11.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Be5 Qe7 14.b3 cxb3 15.axb3 Bg7 16.0-0 0-0 17.Bxg4 c5 18.Nxb5 Rfd8 19.Bf3 cxd4 20.Nd6 Ng4 21.Bxg4 Bxe5 22.Nxb7 Qxb7 23.f4 Bg7 24.Qd3 Rac8 25.Rac1 Qe7 26.Rc4 Qxh4 27.Bh3 Rxc4 28.bxc4 e5 29.c5 exf4 30.c6 Be5 31.Rc1 Bc7 32.Bd7 Rb8 33.e5 Rb2 34.Qe4 d3 0-1 =============== Wade,R - Adams,M [A47] Staunton Memorial (5), 11.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Nbd2 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.Qe2 d6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Ne4 Nbd7 11.Bf4 Qc7 12.h3 Rfe8 13.Rfe1 Bf8 14.Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.Bg5 Nd5 16.Bb5 Rec8 17.Ba6 h6 18.Bd2 Re8 19.Bb5 Re7 20.Ba6 Bc6 21.Bb5 Rc8 22.Bxc6 Qxc6 23.a4 g6 24.Rec1 Bg7 25.c4 Nf6 26.a5 Rec7 27.Be3 Qb7 28.axb6 axb6 29.b4 g5 30.Nh2 Qe4 31.Ra6 Nd5 32.Nf3 Nf4 33.Qc2 Qb7 34.Rca1 Rxc4 35.Qd1 Nd5 36.Ra7 Nxe3 37.Qd2 Qd5 38.fxe3 Rc2 39.Qe1 Qe4 40.Nd2 Rxd2 0-1 =============== Short,N - Cherniaev,A [B01] Staunton Memorial (5), 11.08.2008 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Bd2 c5 7.Nd5 Qd8 8.Nxf6+ gxf6 9.Qh5 e6 10.a4 Nc6 11.Nf3 Nd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.0-0 Bg7 14.Rae1 Kf8 15.f4 f5 16.g4 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Bb3 Bf6 19.Bb4+ Be7 20.Qh6+ Ke8 21.Bxe7 Kxe7 22.gxf5 Kd6 23.fxe6 Rg8+ 24.Kf2 Rg6 25.Qh5 Bxe6 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.Ra1 Qc8 28.c3 Qc6 29.cxd4 Ra4 30.Ke3 1-0 =============== Werle,J - Wells,P [D39] Staunton Memorial (7), 14.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+ Nbd7 11.Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12.Kf1 gxf6 13.h4 a6 14.Rh3 Qb4 15.Be2 0-0 16.Rb1 Qd6 17.Rg3+ Kh8 18.Qd2 Rg8 19.Rbb3 Rxg3 20.Rxg3 b6 21.Bh5 Bb7 22.Bxf7 Rf8 23.e5 Nxe5 24.Bxe6 f5 25.Rg7 Be4 26.Qh6 f4 27.Qf6 1-0 ===============
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=============== Timman,J - Van Wely,L [D44] Staunton Memorial (7), 14.08.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Rg8 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.exf6 Qb6 15.0-0 0-0-0 16.Qh5 Rg6 17.a4 a6 18.axb5 cxb5 19.Bxb7+ Qxb7 20.Ra2 b4 21.Rfa1 bxc3 22.bxc3 Qd5 23.Qd1 Rxf6 24.Rxa6 Rf5 25.Ra8+ Kd7 26.R1a7+ Ke8 27.Qa4+ Qb5 28.Rxd8+ Kxd8 29.Ra8+ Ke7 30.Qa7+ Kf6 31.Rb8 Qa5 32.Qxa5 Rxa5 33.Rxf8 Ra3 34.Rc8 Rxc3 35.Kg2 Rc1 36.h4 c3 37.g4 c2 38.Rc5 Kg6 39.Kf3 f5 40.gxf5+ exf5 41.Rc6+ Kg7 42.d5 Rd1 43.Rxc2 Rxd5 44.Rc4 Rd2 45.Kg3 Kf6 46.f3 Rd6 47.Kf4 Ra6 ½-½ =============== L'Ami,E - Smeets,J [D19] Staunton Memorial (7), 14.08.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 0-0 12.Rd1 Qa5 13.e4 e5 14.d5 Nb6 15.Bb3 Bxc3 16.bxc3 cxd5 17.exd5 e4 18.Qg3 Nfxd5 19.Bb2 Ne7 20.Ba3 Rfe8 21.Bb4 Qf5 22.Qc7 Nbd5 23.Qxb7 Nxb4 24.cxb4 Ng6 25.Rd7 Ne5 26.Re7 Qf6 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Re1 Qg5 29.Re3 Rf8 30.Qxe4 Ng6 31.g3 Qd8 32.h4 Qf6 33.Kg2 Nh8 34.Rd3 g6 35.Rd7 a6 36.Rc7 Rd8 37.Rc6 Qb2 38.Bd5 Rb8 39.Rc4 Kg7 40.Bb7 a5 41.Rc2 1-0 =============== Timman,J - Werle,J [C42] Staunton Memorial (9), 16.08.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 Bg4 9.Bxe4 dxe4 10.Rxe4 f5 11.Re1 Nc6 12.c3 Qf6 13.Qb3+ Kh8 14.Qe6 Qxe6 15.Rxe6 Rae8 16.Rxe8 Rxe8 17.Nbd2 b5 18.Kf1 Ne7 19.a4 b4 20.h3 Bh5 21.Nc4 bxc3 22.bxc3 Bf7 23.Nfe5 Bg8 24.Ba3 Bxe5 25.Nxe5 Nd5 26.Re1 Ra8 27.c4 Nb6 28.d5 Nxa4 29.Nc6 Nb6 30.Na5 Rd8 31.Bc5 a6 32.Nc6 Rc8 33.Re7 Nxc4 34.Bd4 Bxd5 35.Rxg7 1-0 =============== Cherniaev,A - Sokolov,I [C27] Staunton Memorial (9), 16.08.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.d3 c6 5.Qf3 d6 6.h3 b5 7.Bb3 a5 8.a4 b4 9.Nb1 Be6 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.Ne2 d5 12.g4 h6 13.Ng3 g6 14.Ndf1 Bd4 15.Ne2 Nc5 16.Nfg3 Nxb3 17.cxb3 Bc5 18.Bd2 Be7 19.0-0-0 Qb6 20.Kb1 0-0-0 21.Nc1 Nd7 22.Be3 d4 23.Bd2 Nc5 24.Kc2 Bh4 25.Rdg1 Qc7 26.Qd1 f6 27.Kb1 Kb7 28.Rg2 Qf7 29.f4 Bxb3 30.Nxb3 Qxb3 31.Qxb3 Nxb3 32.Kc2 Nxd2 33.Kxd2 exf4 34.Nf1 f3 35.Rgh2 h5 36.Kc2 Rde8 37.Kb3 f5 38.gxf5 gxf5 39.exf5 Rhf8 0-1 =============== Smeets,J - Short,N [C96] Staunton Memorial (10), 16.08.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Nbd2 exd4 13.cxd4 Re8 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.e5 Nf8 16.Qe2 Bb7 17.Ne4 Ne6 18.h4 Qc7 19.Neg5 Bxg5 20.Nxg5 Nxg5 21.Bxg5 h6 22.Qd3 hxg5 23.Qh7+ Kf8 24.Qh8+ Ke7 25.Qxg7 Rg8 26.Qf6+ Kf8 27.e6 Nc6 28.hxg5 Rd8 29.Qh6+ Rg7 30.g6 fxg6 31.Qh8+ Rg8 32.Qf6+ Ke8 33.Bxg6+ Rxg6 34.Qxg6+ Kf8 35.Re3 1-0 =============== Van Wely,L - Cherniaev,A [A81] Staunton Memorial (10), 16.08.2008 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.b4 c6 6.c4 Ne4 7.Bb2 0-0 8.a4 d5 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Qb3 Be6 11.b5 Nd7 12.a5 Kh8 13.e3 Rc8 14.Nc3 Bg8 15.Ne2 Qc7 16.0-0 Qc2 17.Nc1 g5 18.Qxc2 Rxc2 19.Ba3 g4 20.Ne1 Rc4 21.Ned3 Nc3 22.Bxe7 Re8 23.Bh4 Nxb5 24.Nf4 Nc3 25.Na2 Ne4 26.Rfb1 b6 27.Nb4 Nc3 28.Rb2 Rec8 29.Nbxd5 Nxd5 30.Bxd5 1-0 |
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This year's event commenced on August 7 at the
traditional venue and includes both Nigel Short and Michael Adams, as well
as Jan Timman, the former challenger for the World Chess Federation
championship title, and 87 year-old
