All the key matches of the decisive round of the Gibraltar chess Festival are over.
Bologan failed to brake English General Motors'с persistent defence, which means he couldn't convert his extra pawn and therefore, he didn't join two leaders of the tournament Hou Yifan and Nigel Short.
Bologan — Adams is about to start (photo picasaweb.«Гугл».com/MonRoi.Inc)
Emil Sutovsky, on the contrary, grabbed victory in a rare Queen endgame against Erdos.
As a result, Hou Yifan and Nigel Short scored 8/10 each, which means the play-off is required. The play-off fred start at 18:00 CET (21:00 MSK Тайм).
Mikhael Adams, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Viorel Bologan and Emil Sutovsky scored 7.5/10 each.
[Event «Gibraltar Open»] [Site «Caleta ENG»] [Date «2012.02.02»] [Round «10»] [White «Bologan, Viktor»] [Black «Adams, Micky»] [Result «1/2-1/2»] [ECO «C84»] [PlyCount «145»] [EventDate «2012.01.24»] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 b4 11. Re1 bxc3 12. bxc3 d5 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. a5 h6 15. h3 Bd6 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Ne4 Nf6 18. Ng3 Rb8 19. Nd2 Nd5 20. Nde4 Bf8 21. Bb3 Be6 22. Ba4 Bd7 23. Qf3 Re6 24. Ng5 hxg5 25. Qxd5 Be7 26. Ne4 Rg6 27. Ba3 Bxa3 28. Rxa3 Qe7 29. Raa1 Rd8 30. Qc5 Kf8 31. g4 Be8 32. Re3 Nb8 33. Bxe8 Rxe8 34. Rb1 Nc6 35. Rb7 Rc8 36. Qxe7+ Kxe7 37. Nc5 Nxa5 38. Ra7 Nc6 39. Rxa6 Rb8 40. d4 Rb6 41. Rxb6 cxb6 42. Nd3 Rh6 43. d5 Nd8 44. Rxe5+ Kd7 45. Kg2 f6 46. Re1 Nb7 47. c4 Na5 48. c5 bxc5 49. Nxc5+ Kd6 50. Ne6 Rh7 51. f4 gxf4 52. Nxf4 Nc4 53. Re6+ Kc5 54. Rc6+ Kd4 55. Rc7 Nd6 56. Rd7 Ke5 57. Kf3 Nc4 58. Ng6+ Kd4 59. Kg3 Nb6 60. Rd8 Rh6 61. Ne7 Rh7 62. d6 g5 63. Rb8 Kc5 64. Rb7 Rh8 65. Nf5 Rd8 66. Re7 Nd7 67. Kf3 Kd5 68. Kg3 Ne5 69. Ra7 Nc4 70. d7 Ne5 71. Ra6 Nc6 72. Ra1 Rxd7 73. Rd1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event «Gibraltar Open»] [Site «Caleta ENG»] [Date «2012.02.02»] [Round «10»] [White «Erdos, Viktor»] [Black «Sutovsky, Emil»] [Result «0-1»] [ECO «E60»] [PlyCount «158»] [EventDate «2012.01.24»] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. e4 Be6 15. f4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bd5 17. Qf2 Bc6 18. Ba3 Nc4 19. Rad1 Qf6 20. Bc5 Rad8 21. Rd4 Rxd4 22. cxd4 Qe6 23. g4 b6 24. d5 Bxd5 25. f5 Qe5 26. Bd4 Qe7 27. Rc1 Bxe4 28. Rxc4 Bxg2 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Kxg2 Qe4+ 31. Qf3 c5 32. Qxe4 Rxe4 33. Kf3 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 cxd4 35. Ke4 Kf7 36. Kxd4 Kf6 37. Kc4 Kg5 38. Kb5 Kxg4 39. Kxb6 a4 40. Kb5 a3 41. Kb4 Kh3 42. Kxa3 Kxh2 43. Kb4 g5 44. a4 g4 45. a5 g3 46. a6 g2 47. a7 g1=Q 48. a8=Q Qg4+ 49. Ка5 Qf5+ 50. Kb6 Qe6+ 51. Kc5 Qe3+ 52. Kb5 h5 53. Qd8 Qf4 54. Qe8 Qf5+ 55. Ка6 Qd3+ 56. Ка5 Qc3+ 57. Kb5 h4 58. Qf7 Qd3+ 59. Ка5 Qd2+ 60. Ка6 Qe2+ 61. Ка5 Qe5+ 62. Ка6 Qd6+ 63. Kb5 Kg3 64. Qg7+ Kf4 65. Qf7+ Ke3 66. Qh5 Qd7+ 67. Ка5 h3 68. Qg5+ Ke4 69. Qh4+ Kd3 70. Qg3+ Kc2 71. Qg6+ Qd3 72. Qh5 Qd2+ 73. Ка4 h2 74. Qh7+ Kc1 75. Qh3 Qd4+ 76. Ка3 Qc5+ 77. Kb3 Qd5+ 78. Ка3 h1=Q 79. Qc3+ Kd1 0-1your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard