Round 9 AAI Int'l Grandmasters Chess Tournament: 1st loss for Caruana after 9 rounds!

Round 9
 Victor Laznicka dealt Fabiano Caruana his first loss winning in 40 moves of a Gruenfeld Fianchetto.
The two other games ended in a draw , Sasikiran - Negi game ended in a 48 moves draw while So- Hou Yifan also ended in a 47 moves draw.

STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 9
Caruana,Fabiano         6.5 points
Sasikiran ,Krishnan     5.5 points
Laznicka,Victor            5.0 points
Wesley So                      4.5 points
Parimarjan Negi           3.0 points
Hou Yifan                      2.5 points


Laznicka Viktor - Caruana Fabiano [D78]
AAI Int'l Grandmasters Chess Tournament New Delhi/India (9), 01.07.2011
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.Qb3 0-0 7.0-0 Qb6 8.Nc3 Rd8 9.Rd1 Bf5 10.Ne1 Be6 11.c5 Qc7 12.Nd3 Bf5 13.Bf4 Qc8 14.Ne5 Be6 15.f3 Nfd7 16.Qa3 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Bh6 18.e4 Na6 19.exd5 Bxd5 20.Nxd5 Rxd5 21.g4 Rd8 22.h3 Nc7 23.f4 Bg7 24.Qe3 Rd7 25.f5 Qf8 26.Qg3 Ne8 27.Rf1 g5 28.h4 h6 29.hxg5 hxg5 30.Qe3 Rad8 31.Rae1 Rxd4 32.f6 Bxf6 33.Rxf6 Rxg4 34.Rf2 Qh6 35.Qf3 Qh5 36.Bc3 Ng7 37.Rff1 Ne6 38.Rxe6 fxe6 39.Qe2 Kh7 40.Qxe6 1-0


Sasikiran Krishnan - Negi Parimarjan [D46]
AAI Int'l Grandmasters Chess Tournament New Delhi/India (9), 01.07.2011

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.h3 Re8 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Be3 a6 17.a4 Rac8 18.Rac1 Qe7 19.f3 Bb8 20.Qf2 g6 21.Ne2 Nd7 22.b3 bxa4 23.bxa4 c5 24.Ng3 Ne5 25.Bc4 Nxc4 26.Rxc4 f5 27.f4 Bxe4 28.Nxe4 fxe4 29.Rxc5 Rxc5 30.Bxc5 e3 31.Bxe3 Qxe3 32.Qxe3 Rxe3 33.Rd8+ Kg7 34.Rxb8 Re4 35.Rb7+ Kg8 36.a5 Ra4 37.Kh2 Rxa5 38.Kg3 g5 39.Kg4 gxf4 40.Kxf4 h5 41.g4 hxg4 42.hxg4 Rb5 43.Ra7 Rb4+ 44.Kf5 Rb5+ 45.Kg6 Rb6+ 46.Kh5 Rb5+ 47.g5 Rb6 48.g6 1/2-1/2

So Wesley - Hou Yifan [E05]
AAI Int'l Grandmasters Chess Tournament New Delhi/India (9), 01.07.2011
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Rd1 Bc6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nc6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Bg5 a5 14.e3 Rb8 15.Qe2 h6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Qxc4 Rxb2 18.Qxc6 Qd6 19.Qf3 Qb4 20.Rac1 Be7 21.Qc6 Bd6 22.Rb1 Qb3 23.Rxb2 Qxb2 24.Nb5 Qb3 25.Ra1 Rb8 26.Nxc7 Qb2 27.Rf1 Bxc7 28.Qxc7 Qb6 29.Qxb6 Rxb6 30.Ra1 Rb4 31.Kg2 h5 32.Kf3 Kf8 33.Ra2 Ke7 34.Kf4 f6 35.Ke4 Kd6 36.f4 f5+ 37.Kf3 g6 38.h3 Kd5 39.Ra1 Rc4 40.Ra3 Rb4 41.Ra1 Rc4 42.g4 h4 43.Ra2 Rb4 44.g5 Rc4 45.Ra1 Rb4 46.Ra2 Rc4 47.Ra1 Rb4 1/2-1/2




Another loss for Wesley ; Caruana increases lead  Round 8

Tail ender Parimarjan Negi stuns 2nd running  GM Wesley So of the Philippines in the 8th round of the AAI International, the win propels Negi into solo 5th in the standings ahead of Hou Yi fan who loss to front running Fabiano Caruana of Italy.

Negi Parimarjan - So Wesley [C43]   Petroff's Defense
AAI Int'l Grandmasters Chess Tournament New Delhi/India (8), 30.06.2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.0-0 Bd6 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 0-0 12.Qh5 g6 13.Qxd5 Qc7 14.g3 Be6 15.Qf3 Qxc3 16.Rb1 Qxd4 17.Be4 Qc4 18.Bb2 Be7 19.Rfc1 Qxa2 20.Rc7 Bd8 21.Rxb7 Rc8 22.Qe3 f6 23.Ra1 Qc4 24.Rc1 Qa2 25.Rxc8 Bxc8 26.Rxa7 Qe6 27.Ba3 1-0



Laznicka Viktor - Sasikiran Krishnan [E15]
AAI Int'l Grandmasters Chess Tournament New Delhi/India (8), 30.06.2011
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Be7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nc3 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.Bf4 Na6 13.Ne5 c5 14.Nb5 Ne4 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.Nd3 Qd7 17.a4 Re7 18.Qe1 g5 19.Be5 d4 20.f3 Rae8 21.fxe4 Rxe5 22.Nxe5 Rxe5 23.Kh1 Bxe4 24.Bxe4 Rxe4 25.Qd2 h6 26.Rf2 Nb4 27.Rcf1 Re7 28.Rf6 Qd5+ 29.R1f3 g4 30.R6f5 gxf3 0-1


Caruana Fabiano - Hou Yifan [B80]  Sicilian Defense
AAI Int'l Grandmasters Chess Tournament New Delhi/India (8), 30.06.2011

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 b4 9.Nce2 e5 10.Nb3 Nc6 11.c4 Be6 12.Ng3 Qc7 13.Be2 Be7 14.0-0 0-0 15.Nc1 a5 16.b3 Nd7 17.Nd3 Nc5 18.Rab1 Rfb8 19.f4 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 exf4 21.Bxf4 Ne5 22.Qd2 Qc6 23.Nf5 Re8 24.Rbd1 Bxf5 25.exf5 Rad8 26.Qd5 Qa6 27.Qb5 Qxb5 28.cxb5 d5 29.Bxe5 Bc5+ 30.Bd4 Bxd4+ 31.Rxd4 Rxe2 32.Rc1 Kf8 33.b6 Rb8 34.Rc6 Rxa2 35.Rxd5 a4 36.bxa4 b3 37.Rb5 Re8 38.h4 Ree2 39.Kh2 Rxg2+ 40.Kh3 Rh2+ 41.Kg3 Rhg2+ 42.Kf4 Rgf2+ 43.Ke5 g6 44.Kf6 Rac2 45.Rxc2 bxc2 46.b7 1-0