2011 WORLD OPEN : Kamsky wins World Open 2011

Gata Kamsky wins the World Open 2011 beating Michael Adams in 48 moves of a London System in a  5-minutes vs 3 minutes Armageddon game. Both player finished with seven points after both players secure quick draw in their last round game.

Kamsky,Gata (2741) - Adams,Michael (2726) [A47]

39th Annual World Open 2011 (Armageddon) Philadelphia (PA), USA (9),

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.h3 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Be7 8.Nc3 0-0 9.Bd3
d5 10.0-0 a6 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.Qe2 b5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Nxa4 Nb4 15.Bc7 Qe8 16.Nb6 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Ra7 18.Ne5 a5 19.Rfd1 Bb4 20.Qc2 Qb5 21.Nd3 Be7 22.Na4 Rc8 23.Nc3 Qe8 24.Bb6 Raa8 25.Ra1 Bd8 26.Bxd8 Qxd8 27.Nc5 Bc6 28.Ra3 Nd7 29.Nd3 h6 30.Rda1 Bb7 31.Qd2 Nb6 32.b3 Nd7 33.Na4 Ba6 34.Ndc5 Bb5 35.Nxd7 Bxd7 36.Nc5 Bb5 37.Rxa5 Rxa5 38.Rxa5 Rb8 39.Ra7 Qb6 40.Qa2 g6 41.Ra8 Kg7 42.Rxb8 Qxb8 43.Qa5 h5 44.h4 Be2 45.b4 Bc4 46.Nd7 Qd6 47.Ne5 Qe7 48.b5 Kamsky wins World Open 2011 1-0

 2011 World Open  Standings After Round 8

              Name   Rtng   St   Tot
 GM Gata Kamsky   2741   NY   6.5
 GM Michael Adams   2726   ENG   6.5
 GM Ilya Smirin   2676   ISR   6
 GM P Harikrishna   2666   IND   6
 GM Timur Gareyev   2613   UZB   6
 GM Giorgi Kacheishvili   2582   GEO   6
 GM Ray Robson   2545   FL   6
 GM Loek Van Wely   2683   NED   5.5
 GM Tamaz Gelashvili   2616   GEO   5.5
 GM Vitali Golod   2592   ISR   5.5
 GM Jaan Ehlvest   2583   NY   5.5
 GM Aleksander Lenderman   2548   NY   5.5
 GM Mesgen Amanov   2517   TKM   5.5
 IM Puchen Wang   2437   NZL   5.5
 GM Mark Bluvshtein   2611   CAN   5
 GM Victor Mikhalevski   2577   ISR   5
 GM Leonid G Yudasin   2526   ISR   5
 IM Salvijus Bercys   2468   NY   5
 IM Mackenzie Molner   2464   NJ   5
 GM Mikheil Kekelidze   2452   GEO   5
 IM Yury Lapshun   2442   NY   5
 IM Darwin Yang   2434   TX   5
 IM Michael A Mulyar   2399   CO   5
 IM Jake Kleiman   2375   TN   5
 Victor Plotkin   2243   CAN   5
 GM Sergey Kudrin   2543   CT   4.5
 GM Kidambi Sundararajan   2543   IND   4.5
 GM Nick E De Firmian   2526       4.5
 IM Leonid Gerzhoy   2496   CAN   4.5
 IM Irina Krush   2487   NY   4.5
 GM Alonso Zapata   2477   COL   4.5
 IM Robert A Hungaski   2452   CT   4.5
 IM Conrad Holt   2417   KS   4.5
 FM Michael Lee   2395   WA   4.5
 FM Mouthun Ly   2375   AUS   4.5
 FM Luke Van Kooten   2341   NED   4.5
 FM Shiyam Thavandiran   2335   CAN   4.5
 Arthur Calugar   2210   CAN   4.5
 GM Alexander Shabalov   2586   PA   4
 IM Justin Sarkar   2385   NY   4
 GM Gildardo J Garcia   2367   COL   4
 FM Thomas Bartell   2352   PA   4
 FM Junta Ikeda   2315   AUS   4
 FM Alec Getz   2292   NY   4
 FM Kassa Korley   2292   NY   4
 Deepak Aaron   2288   NY   4
 FM Teddy Coleman   2262   NY   4
 Michael Thaler   2244   NY   4
 Eric S Rosen   2216   IL   4
 Raven M Sturt   2216   NY   4
 Luke Harmon-Vellotti   2184   ID   4
 WGM Anna Sharevich   2344   BLR   3.5
 FM Shinya Kojima   2328   JPN   3.5
 FM Dov Gorman   2323   VA   3.5
 FM Victor C Shen   2281   NJ   3.5
 FM Seth Homa   2275   MI   3.5
 Kayden W Troff   2255   UT   3.5
 WIM Viktorija Ni   2178   LAT   3.5
 Richard J Tuhrim   2173   NY   3.5
 Adarsh Jayakumar   2170   IL   3.5
 Eigen Wang   2115   NY   3.5
 Varun Krishnan   2110   CA   3.5
 Sylvester Smarty   2107   OH   3.5
 Matan Prilleltensky   2100   NY   3.5
 IM Roman Sapozhnikov   2318   CAN   3
 FM Holger Rasch   2287   GER   3
 Steve Barrett   2212   ENG   3
 Michael H Bodek   2180   NY   3
 Henry Liam   2150   CAN   3
 Stephen Sandager   2134
 NM   3 Eric M Most   2129   VA   3
 Thomas M Ulrich   2098   WI   3
 Mackinley E Tan   2039   NJ   3
 Bingjie Liu   2032   NY   3
 Sarah Chiang   1962   TX   3
 Joe C Jones Jr   1959   TN   3
 Peter* Hess   1948   NY   3
 Parker B Zhao   2359   NY   2.5
 IM Candrashe Gokhale   2268   IND   2.5
 Kevin Wang   2192   MD   2.5
 FM Arthur Shen   2146   NJ   2.5
 Nitai D Leve   2131   NY   2.5
 John Veech   2108   WI   2.5
 Jonathan Richman   2066   NY   2.5
 Gregory Young   2327   CA   2
 Vincent Heinis   2124   FRA   2
 Thomas J Beckman   1983   DC   2
 Dennis J Gittrich   unr.   OH   1.5
 Ernest Colding   2179   NJ   0
 Roger Norman   2164   CA   0
 Peter Hess   1937   NY   0
 Hal* Schwartz   unr.   PA   0
 Hal Schwartz   unr.   PA   0
 Vladen Khachaturyan   unr.   MA   0

SELECTED GAMES
Kamsky,Gata (2741) - Adams,Michael (2726) [A47]
39th Annual World Open 2011 (Armageddon) Philadelphia (PA), USA (9),
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.h3 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Be7 8.Nc3 0-0 9.Bd3 d5 10.0-0 a6 11.Rc1 Nc6 12.Qe2 b5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Nxa4 Nb4 15.Bc7 Qe8 16.Nb6 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Ra7 18.Ne5 a5 19.Rfd1 Bb4 20.Qc2 Qb5 21.Nd3 Be7 22.Na4 Rc8 23.Nc3 Qe8 24.Bb6 Raa8 25.Ra1 Bd8 26.Bxd8 Qxd8 27.Nc5 Bc6 28.Ra3 Nd7 29.Nd3 h6 30.Rda1 Bb7 31.Qd2 Nb6 32.b3 Nd7 33.Na4 Ba6 34.Ndc5 Bb5 35.Nxd7 Bxd7 36.Nc5 Bb5 37.Rxa5 Rxa5 38.Rxa5 Rb8 39.Ra7 Qb6 40.Qa2 g6 41.Ra8 Kg7 42.Rxb8 Qxb8 43.Qa5 h5 44.h4 Be2 45.b4 Bc4 46.Nd7 Qd6 47.Ne5 Qe7 48.b5 Kamsky wins World Open 2011 1-0


Bluvshtein,Mark (2589) - Lapshun,Yury (2442) [B14]
39th Annual World Open 2011 Philadelphia (PA), USA (9), 05.07.2011

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.c5 0-0 9.b4 Ne4 10.Qd3 e5 11.Nxe5 a5 12.Bb2 Bf5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Qc3 axb4 16.axb4 Rxa1+ 17.Bxa1 Bh4 18.Rg1 Re8 19.g3 Qf6 20.Qe3 Kf8 21.gxh4 Bf3 22.Rg3 Rxe3+ 23.fxe3 Qxh4 24.Kf2 Be4 25.h3 f5 26.Bg2 g5 27.Bxe4 f4 28.exf4 gxf4 0-1



Kamsky,Gata (2732) - Ehlvest,Jaan (2580) [B33]
39th Annual World Open 2011 Philadelphia (PA), USA (8), 04.07.2011

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.0-0 d6 9.a4 0-0 10.Kh1 Qc7 11.f4 b6 12.Bd2 a6 13.Qf3 Bb7 14.Qh3 Nb4 15.Nd4 Nxd3 16.cxd3 Rac8 17.Rae1 Rfe8 18.Re3 Qc5 19.Nf3 Qh5 20.Qg3 Bf8 21.h3 Qc5 22.Ree1 b5 23.axb5 axb5 24.Be3 Qb4 25.Nd4 Nd7 26.Qf2 Nc5 27.Rd1 Ra8 28.Ndxb5 Rec8 29.e5 Nd7 30.exd6 Bxd6 31.f5 Nf6 32.fxe6 fxe6 33.Nxd6 Qxd6 34.Bf4 Qc6 35.Be5 Rf8 36.Qg3 Nh5 37.Qg4 Rf5 38.Rxf5 exf5 39.Qc4+ Kh8 40.Qxc6 Bxc6 41.d4 Kg8 42.Kg1 Kf7 43.Kf2 g5 44.g3 Ke6 45.d5+ Kxe5 46.dxc6 Rc8 47.Rd5+ Ke6 48.Rc5 Kd6 49.Rxf5 Rxc6 50.Ne4+ 1-0


Gelashvili,Tamaz (2611) - Amanov,Mesgen (2509) [E14]
39th Annual World Open 2011 Philadelphia (PA), USA (9), 05.07.2011

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.b3 Be7 5.Bb2 0-0 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Bd3 c5 8.0-0 cxd4 9.exd4 b6 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Qe2 Rc8 12.Rac1 Re8 13.Rfd1 Nf8 14.Ne5 Ng6 15.g3 dxc4 16.Bxc4 Nd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Bb5 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Rf8 21.f3 Qa8 22.Kg2 Rd8 23.Rc2 h6 24.Bc4 Bb7 25.Ba6 Bd5 26.Bc4 Bb7 27.Ba6 Bc6 28.Bc1 Bc5 29.h4 Bd5 30.g4 Rf8 31.Kg3 Qb8 32.f4 Ba8 33.Be3 Be7 34.g5 hxg5 35.hxg5 Be4 36.Rd2 g6 37.Bd3 Bd5 38.Qh2 Bb4 39.Rd1 Rc8 0-1


Gareyev,Timur (2613) - Van Wely,Loek (2675) [D43]
39th Annual World Open 2011 Philadelphia (PA), USA (8), 04.07.2011

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qd3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 b4 8.Ne4 Ba6 9.Qc2 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Be7 11.g3 0-0 12.Bg2 Qd5 13.Qc2 Qb5 14.Ne5 Bf6 15.Bf4 Rc8 16.Rd1 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Qc4 18.Rd2 Qxa2 19.Be4 h6 20.0-0 Bc4 21.Rd4 Bd5 22.Bxd5 exd5 23.Bxh6 gxh6 24.Rg4+ Kf8 25.Qc5+ 1-0


Adams,Michael (2726) - Golod,Vitali (2592) [C95]
39th Annual World Open 2011 Philadelphia (PA), USA (7), 04.07.2011

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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 Bg7 16.Bd3 c6 17.Be3 Qc7 18.Qd2 Nf8 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.c4 Red8 21.Qc2 Ne6 22.Rad1 bxa4 23.c5 Bc8 24.Qxa4 a5 25.Bc4 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rb8 27.Qc2 h6 28.b3 Ne8 29.Ne2 Kh7 30.Nc3 Bf8 31.Na4 f6 32.h4 N8g7 33.g3 Bd7 34.Rd3 Be8 35.h5 g5 36.g4 Kh8 37.Ne1 Qc8 38.Qd1 Nf4 39.Bxf4 exf4 40.Nb6 Qc7 41.Nd7 Bxd7 42.Rxd7 Qe5 43.Rd8 Rxd8 44.Qxd8 Qe7 45.Qxe7 Bxe7 46.Nd3 Ne8 47.Kf1 Kg7 48.Ke2 Bd8 49.Kd2 Kf8 50.f3 Bc7 51.Kc2 Be5 52.b4 axb4 53.Kb3 Bc3 54.Nxb4 Bd4 55.Nd3 Ke7 56.Kb4 Kd7 57.Ka5 Nc7 58.Kb6 Ne8 59.Kb7 Nc7 60.Bb3 Be3 61.e5 Bd4 62.exf6 Bxf6 63.Ba4 Ne6 64.Bxc6+ Kd8 65.Bd5 Nd4 66.c6 Nb5 67.Kb6 Nc7 68.Bc4 Kc8 69.Kc5 Kd8 70.Kd6 Bc3 1-0