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May 26, 2011

Boris Gelfand: He - a superstar!




Matches candidates won their party's oldest Boris Gelfand


So what we have written a few days ago, has come to pass: in the next year will compete for the chess crown for those over forty: Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand.  A couple of hours ago, an Israeli victory in the final installment of the classical finals contenders over Alexander Grischuk and was thus the only candidate to identify which was started a competition in Kazan.
Note that Grischuk did not "dry" today's game, and went to defend Grunfeld, where even the development of a white elephant on g2 can get rich game. And demonstrated that both chess players. Apparently, the Russians became a serious mistake to take 20 ... Bxh4. Damaging the opponent "haircut" on the kingside, Alexander was left without an important elephant, giving a white center and providing opportunities for the opening game. Very soon, Gelfand was a decisive advantage, which brought up the victory.





Scoreboard

Nat.
Rtg
G1
G2
G3
G4
G5
G6
R1
R2
R3
R4
Blitz
Tot.
Perf
Boris Gelfand
ISR
2733
½
½
½
½
½
1
3.5
Alexander Grischuk
RUS
2747
½
½
½
½
½
0
2.5





Finals - Game six

1 comment:

  1. Hi,

    Do you know if there are any plans for an up-to-date (2013) book of Gelfand's games?

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