I thought for sure he would qualify but Gelfand was very well prepared
for him so congrats to Gelfand. Hard to believe that Kamsky didn't
know about ...d5! in that variation of the sicilian Rossolimo.

I still believe Rublevsky will pull it off.
Don't know if Shirov can do it again.

EZoto

I was hoping he would win..

can you post the game ?

On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:27:47 -0700, in
, (SAT
W-7) wrote:

I was hoping he would win..

can you post the game ?

[Event "WCh Candidates Finals"]
[Site "Elista RUS"]
[Date "2007.06.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Gelfand,B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[EventDate "2007.06.06"]
[ECO "B52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. O-O Bg7
8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. f3 Rc8 11. b3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 e6 14.
Bh6 exd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. c5 Na6 17. Nc2 Nxc5 18. Qd4+ f6 19. Ne3 Ne6 20.
Qh4 Rc5 21. Rad1 d4 22. Ng4 Rf8 23. Rfe1 Rh5 24. Qg3 Rd5 25. Rd2 Qd6 26.
Qh4 h5 27. Nf2 g5 28. Qe4 Re5 29. Qb1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Rd8 31. g3 Nc5 32. Qe2
a5 33. Qb5 b6 34. a3 Qe6 35. Rb2 d3 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Nb3 38. Qa4 Nd4
39. Kg2 Nc2 40. Rxc2 dxc2 41. Qxc2 g4 42. fxg4 hxg4 43. Kg1 Rd4 44. Qc7+
Kg6 45. Qc2+ f5 46. Qc3 Rc4 47. Qd2 Kh7 48. h3 gxh3 49. Nxh3 Qc6 50. Qe3
Rc1+ 51. Kf2 Qc2+ 52. Kf3 Rf1+ 53. Nf2 Rxf2+ 0-1

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Stephan Bird MChem(Hons) AMRSC
Currently in Caernarfon, Wales

Thank You