Ivanchuk Wins ACP Golden Classic

Vassily Ivanchuk put a nice exclamation point on a very successful outing in Amsterdam, defeating Anna Muzychuk (impressively, with Black) to win the ACP Golden Classic. His score of 5/6 was good for a 2967 TPR - alas, the tournament wasn't rated. Still, it was a nice performance for the "old" guy, and hopefully he can continue fighting the good fight for the 40+ set.

Gata Kamsky also played well, scoring 4.5 points and, like Ivanchuk, he went undefeated. The result may not be a particularly memorable one, given a career as prestigious as his, but his last round win over Baadur Jobava will be. This game will probably give your computers a migraine:

Jobava (2730) - Kamsky (2744)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Be2 Ne4 8. cxd4

Bb6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Be3 f5 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Nc3 O-O-O 13. Na4 Kb8 14. Nxb6 axb6

15. a4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rhe8 17. b4 Nd6 18. a5 b5 19. Qc1 Nc4 20. Bg5 Qxd4 21.

Bxd8 Rxd8 22. a6 Nxb4 23. axb7 Kxb7 24. Rb1 c5 25. Rd1 Qe5 26. Re1 Qf6 27. Rb3

Kb6 28. Bd1 Rd6 29. Bc2 h6 30. Re8 Re6 31. Rf3 Rxe8 32. Rxf6+ gxf6 33. Bg6 Rd8

34. Qxh6 Ne5 35. Bf5 d4 36. Qxf6+ Nec6 37. h4 c4 38. h5 d3 39. h6 d2 40. Bg4

d1=Q+ 41. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 42. Kh2 Rd7 43. g4 Nd3 44. g5 Nde5 45. Qf4 b4 46. Qe3+ Kb7

47. Qc5 c3 48. f4 Rd2+ 49. Kg3 c2 50. h7 Rd3+ 51. Kg2 Rc3 52. Qb5+ Kc7 53. Qf1

c1=Q 54. Qxc1 Rxc1 55. h8=Q b3 56. Qh7+ Nd7 57. g6 b2 58. g7 Ne7 0-1

The third game, between Le Quang Liem and Emil Sutovsky, ended in a hard-fought draw, so the final standings look like this:

1. Ivanchuk 5 (of 6)

2. Kamsky 4.5

3. Sutovsky 3.5

4-5. Muzychuk, Le Quang Liem 3

6. Sasikiran 1.5

7. Jobava .5 (Oof. There's at least one player who's glad this wasn't rated!)