US CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP: VARUZHAN HAKOBIAN TAKES LEAD WITH NAKAMURA AND KAMSKY

Panorama.am
18/05/2010

In Round 4 of the US Chess Championship underway in St. Louis all the
Armenian chess players had draws. Varuzhan Hakobian scored 0,5 in a
set against Kamsky, Melikset Khachiyan and Levon Altounian ended in
draw with Kaidanov and Bhat respectively.

Thus, after Round 4 Varuzhan Hakobian has scored 3 and shares 1-3
horizontals with Nakamura and Kamsky. Levon Altounian and Melikset
Khachiyan have scored 1,5 each and run 14th and 18th respectively.

Varuzhan Hakobian – Gata Kamsky 0,5:0,5

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Rc1
e6 8. e3 Bd6 9. Bg3 Bxg3 10. hxg3 Qd6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. a3 h6 13. Na4
O-O 14. Nc5 Rfb8 15. O-O Be8 16. Qe2 a5 17. Bb5 Qe7 18. Rc2 Na7 19.

Bxe8 Qxe8 20. Rfc1 Nb5 21. Ne5 Nd6 22. b3 Rc8 23. a4 Qd8 24. Ng4 Nfe8
25. Ne5 Rc7 26. Qe1 Rac8 27. Qd1 Nf6 28. Ncd3 Nfe4 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30.

Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Qc1 Qxc1+ 32. Nxc1 h5 33. Kf1 f6 34. Ned3 g5 35. Ke1 Kf7
36. Ne2 Nf5 37. Ndc1 e5 38. Nd3 Ke6 39. f3 Ned6 40. Kf2 b6 41. Ndc1 b5
42. Nd3 bxa4 43. Nc5+ Ke7 44. bxa4 Nc4 45. dxe5 Nfxe3 46. exf6+ Kxf6
47. f4 Kf5 48. Nd4+ Kg4 49. fxg5 Kxg5 50. Kf3 Ng4 51. Nce6+ Kf6 52.

Nf4 Ke5 53. Nb3 Nf6 1/2:1/2.

Gregori Kaidanov – Melikset Khachiyan 0,5:0,5

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4
8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Qb3 b6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Qa4 Na5
14. b3 a6 15. Rac1 b5 16. Qa3 Nb7 17. Ne2 Re8 18. Rc6 Bf8 19. Bb4 Bxb4
20. Qxb4 Qd7 21. Rfc1 Rec8 22. Qc3 Nd6 23. Rc5 Kg7 24. Qa5 Nfe4 25.

Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Rc7 Rxc7 27. Qxc7 Ra7 28. Qe5+ f6 29. Qb8 Rb7 30. Qc8 g5
31. Qxd7+ Rxd7 32. Rc6 a5 33. Rxe6 Nd6 34. e4 dxe4 35. d5 b4 36. Nd4
Kf7 37. g4 Nc8 38. Nf5 Rxd5 39. Rc6 Ne7 40. Rc7 Re5 41. Ra7 Kf8 42.

Ra8+ Kf7 43. Ra7 Kf8 44. Ra8+ Kf7 45. Nd6+ Kg6 46. Kf1 f5 47. Nc4 Rc5
48. Ra6+ Kg7 49. gxf5 Rxf5 50. Re6 Nd5 51. Rxe4 Nc3 52. Re7+ Kg6 53.

Re6+ 1/2:1/2.

Levon Altounian – Vinay Bhat 0,5:0,5

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Be3
Bd6 8. Qb3 Qb8 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bd4 Re8 12. Nh4 Be6 13.

Rac1 b6 14. Qc2 Qb7 15. e4 Rad8 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qd2
Qa6 19. Rfd1 h6 20. b3 Bg4 21. Nf3 Nf8 22. h3 Bf5 23. Ba1 Ne6 24. Nd4
Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Qb5 26. Qb2 Bf8 27. a4 Qd7 28. g4 Bg6 29. Qd2 Qd6 30.

Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Qa3 32. Qc2 Qb4 33. Bc3 Qc5 34. b4 Qd6 35. Qb3 Bxd3
36. Bxg7 Qxb4 37. Qxb4 Bxb4 38. Re3 Kxg7 39. Rxd3 d4 40. Bf1 Bc3 41.

Rf3 Re8 42. Kg2 Re1 43. h4 Bb4 44. Rf5 Re7 45. Rd5 Bc3 46. Bb5 Rc7 47.

f4 Be1 48. h5 Rc2+ 49. Kf1 Bf2 50. Rd7 Be3 51. Ke1 Kf6 52. Bd3 Rc3 53.

Ke2 Bxf4 54. Rxd4 Be5 55. Rd7 a5 56. Rb7 Bd4 57. Bb5 Kg5 58. Bd7 Re3+
59. Kd2 Re7 60. Kd3 Bc5 61. Kc4 Re4+ 62. Kd5 Rd4+ 63. Ke5 f6+ 64. Ke6
Re4+ 65. Kd5 Kf4 66. Bf5 Rxa4 67. Rh7 Rd4+ 68. Kc6 a4 69. Rxh6 a3 70.

Rxf6 Kg5 71. Rg6+ Kh4 72. Rg8 Ra4 73. Be6 a2 74. Bxa2 Rxa2 75. h6 Ra7
76. Rg7 Ra8 77. h7 Rh8 78. g5 Bd4 79. Rd7 Kxg5 80. Rxd4 Rxh7 1/2:1/2.