page 1 of 1; 22 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Ponomariov vs Karpov   ½-½ 105 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 2. V Beim vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 34 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 3. Y Drozdovskij vs V Beim   ½-½ 57 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6 4. P Tregubov vs Karpov   ½-½ 33 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 5. Gelfand vs Y Drozdovskij   ½-½ 40 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 6. Korchnoi vs P Tregubov   ½-½ 44 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup A30 English, Symmetrical 7. Y Drozdovskij vs Karpov   ½-½ 27 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 8. Karpov vs Gelfand ½-½ 21 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. Korchnoi vs Y Drozdovskij   ½-½ 46 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup A18 English, Mikenas-Carls 10. Gelfand vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 40 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 11. Gelfand vs P Tregubov   ½-½ 36 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup A04 Reti Opening 12. M Golubev vs V Beim   ½-½ 43 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup C41 Philidor Defense 13. M Golubev vs Y Drozdovskij   ½-½ 12 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup C11 French 14. P Tregubov vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 43 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 15. M Golubev vs Karpov   ½-½ 26 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup C47 Four Knights 16. Ponomariov vs P Tregubov ½-½ 49 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup A58 Benko Gambit 17. Karpov vs Y Drozdovskij ½-½ 87 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup C10 French 18. V Beim vs Gelfand   ½-½ 39 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup D02 Queen's Pawn Game 19. Ponomariov vs Y Drozdovskij   ½-½ 28 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup E10 Queen's Pawn Game 20. Gelfand vs Ponomariov   ½-½ 36 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup E01 Catalan, Closed 21. Y Drozdovskij vs P Tregubov   ½-½ 23 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup A57 Benko Gambit 22. Korchnoi vs Karpov   ½-½ 34 2008 Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3  page 1 of 1; 22 games      REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Jun-01-08    dx9293: Karpov still finished +3 at age 57... Jun-01-08    Dr. Funkenstein: What were the time controls for this tournament? Jun-01-08    pawnofdoom: Wow there were four people with +4, one with +3, two with -6, and one with -7, and nothing in between. Since when does that ever happen in a chess tournament? Jun-01-08    suenteus po 147: <Dr. Funkenstein: What were the time controls for this tournament?> I believe this is traditionally a rapid tournament. Jun-02-08    percyblakeney: The field was a bit weaker than in last year's event, where Ivanchuk won ahead of Grischuk, Radjabov and Shirov: Pivdenny Bank Chess Cup (2007) Jun-02-08    mckmck: Anatoli Karpov performance is Unbelievable. Jun-02-08    percyblakeney: <Anatoli Karpov performance is Unbelievable> It sure wasn't bad (2686 performance), even if he was ranked third in the field and is at his best in rapid chess nowadays. On the whole the bottom three were different class, and that's where the top players picked points, for example Ponomariov went +6 in his 6 games against Golubev, Beim and Korchnoi. The biggest surprise was maybe the top two, Tregubov and Drozdovskij, the latter being rated below Korchnoi. Jun-04-08    wallytherhino: 4-way tie is pretty crazy. The games were very interesting for this tournament!

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