LEVON ARONIAN TO PLAY WHITE V. VUGAR GASHIMOV AT LINARES CHAMPS

Aysor
Feb 24 2010
Armenia

In round 9 of the Linares chess tournament, Armenia’s Grand Master
Levon Aronian again, traditionally, played in draw, this time with
Boris Gelfand, and at 4,5 points seeded the third.

Veselin Topalov unexpectedly lost to Alexander Grischuk; however,
both chess players are tournament’s leaders at 5,5 points each.

Vugar Gashimov – Francisco Vallejo set ended in draw; Boris Gelfand
and Vugar Gashimov at 4 points share the forth position; Francisco
Vallejo at 3,5 points closes the tournament table.

The final tenth round will take place today. Levon Aronian is reported
to play white against Vugar Gashimov. Veselin Topalov will play against
Boris Gelfand, and Francisco Vallejo will play with Alexander Grischuk.

Round nine’s results

Alexander Grischuk – Veselin Topalov 1:0 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3
b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1 Ba3 9. Rc2 Nc6
10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bg2 d5 13. O-O dxc4 14. bxc4 Rad8 15. Rd2
Bb4 16. Qb3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Na5 18. c5 Nc4 19. Rc2 bxc5 20. Qb3 cxd4
21. Rxc4 Rb8 22. Qc2 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 e5 24. Qxc7 Rfe8 25. Qxa7 Rb2
26. Re1 g6 27. a4 Rd8 28. Qa5 e4 29. Nd2 e3 30. fxe3 d3 31. Ne4 Qe7
32. exd3 Rxd3 33. Qa8 Kg7 34. Qc6 f5 35. Nf2 Rdd2 36. Qc3 Kh7 37. Rf1
Rbc2 38. Qb3 Rb2 39. Qc3 Rbc2 40. Qb3 Rb2 41. Qc4 h5 42.

Qf4 Re2 43. Bf3 Rec2 44. Nd3 Ra2 45. Nb4 Rxa4 46. Nxc2 Rxf4 47. gxf4
Kh6 48. Rb1 Qe6 49. Re1 Qa2 50. Nd4 h4 51. Be2 g5 52. fxg5 Kxg5 53.

Rf1 Kg6 54. Rxf5 Qb1 55. Rf1 Qe4 56. Kf2 1:0.

Vugar Gashimov – Francisco Vallejo 0,5:0,5 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5
Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bb5 c4 9. Nh4 Bg6
10. O-O Bb4 11. Bxc4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 dxc4 13. d5 Qc7 14. dxc6 Qxc6
15. Nf3 Ne7 16. Nd4 Qd5 17. Bg5 Nc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qxd5 cxd5
20. Rfb1 d4 21. Rb4 dxc3 22. Rxc4 O-O 23. Rxc3 Rfc8 24.

Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rd1 Bxc2 26. Rd8 Rxd8 27. Bxd8 a6 28. a3 Bb3 29. Be7
Bc2 1 / 2: 1 / 2.

Boris Gelfand – Levon Aronian 0,5:0,5 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6
4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Qa5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nd2 Bd6
10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Bh4 h6 13. Rc1 Qd8 14. Nf3 Nf8 15. O-O
Bg4 16. Nd2 Bh5 17. Rce1 Bg6 18. Nf3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Ng6 20. Bg3 Bxg3
21. hxg3 a5 22. Ne2 Nf8 23. Qc2 N8d7 24. Nf4 Qe7 25.

Rb1 Ne4 26. Nd3 Rec8 27. Nd2 Nxd2 28. Qxd2 Nf6 29. Rfc1 Ne4 30. Qd1
Ra7 31. Nc5 Nxc5 32. Rxc5 Ra6 33. Qd2 Rca8 34. Kf1 h5 35. Rbc1 g6 36.

Ke2 Rb6 37. R5c3 Re8 38. Rc5 Ra8 39. R5c3 Re8 40. Rc5 1 / 2: 1 / 2.