Ian Mangion leads after taking 1.5/2 from me. Don Carrelli, Mark Kernighan & Greg Tomkovich won their lone games & are half-point back.
Exchange variations of nearly all openings are
quite unpopular with the second players, since White often gets to play for the
advantage without any risk. Naturally, in these lines there is a very
high demand to obtain an active game with Black. GM Dejan Bojkov shows how this is possible against the King’s Indian with 6.h3 and
7.dxe5, which he proved in practice at the Bulgarian Championship when he used
this variation to rake in the full point and clinch the title. Here you can see
the article (one of a total of 12 opening contributions) in full length.
Complete
survey of ChessBase Magazine 130. See
Bojkov: Kings Indian 9.Bg5 Na6 10.Nd5 Rd6
The top encounter Gelfand-Ivanchuk did not develop into the merciless battle many expected – it ended in a draw by repetition in twenty moves. Shirov vs Radjabov ended in 38 moves peacefully. In Kamsky-Nisipeanu the American GM missed very good winning chances – he went for a beautiful knight sacrifice but missed the study-like win. Commentary by GM Dorian Rogozenco.
