Cap d'Agde: Karpov y Fressinet finalistas

[Event "4th Trophy Anatoly Karpov 2015"] [Site "Cap d'Agde"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Fressinet, Laurent"] [Black "Gharamian, Tigran"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B91"] [WhiteElo "2702"] [BlackElo "2654"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [TimeControl "1500+10"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2 b5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Ra7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qd2 Rb7 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Nd5 Nf6 15. Nxe7 Rxe7 16. Bg5 Rd7 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. O-O-O O-O 21. Kb1 d5 22. e5 Qh4 23. Bf1 f6 24. Bd3 fxe5 25. fxe5 {[#]} Bf5 $2 {This ill-fated idea of fighting for the light squares turns out to be a very poor one. Black's bishop was doing double dute blockading the potentially dangerous e5 pawn, and protecting the d5 pawn. Though the move does not lose material outright, it is a positional blunder.} ({Komodo's suggestion of} 25... b4 $1 { is very solid, and would push forward some much needed counterplay for Black. If White takes the pawn with} 26. Bxa6 {Black would get play on the a-file and against the king, restoring a form of dynamic balance.} Ra7 27. Bb5 Rfa8 { and the position is about equal.}) 26. Rhf1 Bxd3 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Qxd3 Kg8 29. Qg6 Re7 30. Qd6 Kh7 31. a3 d4 32. e6 Qf6 33. Re1 Qf2 34. Qe5 Qf6 35. Qd5 Qg6 36. h4 Qg3 37. Re4 Qg6 38. Ka2 Qf6 39. h5 Qf3 40. Qe5 Qf6 41. Qd6 Qf5 42. Qxe7 Qxe4 43. Qf7 Qd5+ 44. b3 Qe4 45. Kb2 d3 46. e7 Qe5+ 47. Ka2 1-0

[Event "4th Trophy Anatoly Karpov 2015"] [Site "Cap d'Agde"] [Date "2015.10.30"] [Round "8.5"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Edouard, Romain"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E35"] [WhiteElo "2628"] [BlackElo "2636"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [TimeControl "1500+10"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3 Bf5 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Rc1 Rfc8 13. b4 a5 14. Bd3 axb4 15. axb4 Be4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 {[#]} {The position is about equal, but Black becomes enamoured for a tactic that is ultimately not good. Sometimes the appeal of such a move can be so strong that it leads a player to self-destruction, even a Top 100 player.} c5 $2 18. bxc5 Rxc5 {In for a penny, in for a Pound.} 19. dxc5 Qxc3 20. Rxc3 Ra1+ 21. Ke2 Rxh1 22. Nxe4 {As can be seen, Black is not only down a pawn for his efforts, but the rook on h1 is not exactly ideally placed artillery.} Rb1 23. Rd3 Ne5 24. Rd8+ Kh7 25. f4 Nc4 26. Rd4 Rb2+ 27. Kf3 Na5 28. Rd7 f5 29. Nd6 Rd2 30. Rc7 Rd5 31. g4 fxg4+ 32. Kxg4 Kg8 33. e4 Rd2 34. Kf5 Rxh2 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Nf7 Rh5+ 37. Ke6 Nc6 38. f5 1-0