2007/03/25

Sammour-Hasbun surprise winner on ICC

Palestinian master Jorge Sammour-Hasbun is the surprise winner of the VIII Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas". Sammour-Hasbun, 28 years old, was the only player without a Fide title (he has a 2449 rating) and became champion by beating five GMs: Daniel Fridman (2626, 3-2), Gadir Guseinov (2585, 3-0), Kiril Georgiev (2661, 2.5-1.5), Rasul Ibrahimov (2530, 3-1) and Tigran Petrosian (2592, 3.5-2.5). Petrosian reached the final taking the scalps of strong opponents such as Shahriyar Mamedyarov (2754) and Hikaru Nakamura (2651); Gata Kamsky (2705) lost in the 1/8 final to Ibrahimov. To stop cheating rumors there were proctors in place for the last games. You can find all results and games of the event at this address: http://www.chessclub.com/resources/event/doshermanas2007.
Waiting for 2008 Chess Olympiads in Dresden (Germany), you can download here the intro to documentary of 2006 Olympiads, held in Torino: the hymn is a composition by Italian Ennio Morricone, who received an Honorary Oscar at this year's Academy Awards from Clint Eastwood.
And now here are two games from "Dos Hermanas" Internet tourney. White wins in both cases thanks to a crushing attack against Black King.

Nakamura,H (2651) - Har-Zvi, R (2515) [B80], ICC 23.03.2007
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f3 b5 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15. axb4 Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. Rh3 Nxa4 20. c4 dxc4 21. Qc2 Nb6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bxb6 Qxb6 24. Qg6+ Ke7 25. f5 Bd5 26. Rxd5 1-0

Abbasov,F (2444) - Zinchenko,Y (2507) [D97], ICC 23.03.2007
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. h4 Nf6 12. h5 Nxh5 13. Be3 Nc6 14. a4 b4 15. Ne4 Nf6 16. Qc2 Qd5 17. Nc5 Qd6 18. O-O-O Rb8 19. Bc4 Na5 20. Be2 b3 21. Qd2 Nc6 22. Bf4 Qd5 23. Bxc7 Rb4 24. Be5 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Qxe4 26. Bd3 Qd5 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rh1+ Kg8 30. Qh6 Rxf3 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Rh7# 1-0

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