Festival Internacional
Miguel Najdorf, Varsovia, Polonia, 2010
Varsovia
recuerda a su Miguel Najdorf
Por el IM Stanislaw Zawadzki
Sixth round for the leader!
After six days of a tournament we finally have
a sole leader. His name is GM Julian Radulski and
he took a lead after a technical win in endgame
against GM Victor Erdos. Grandmaster from
Bulgaria only lost half a point, but still he has
to be carefull – three players are just
behind him, waiting for him to blunder. Maybe
even today, in game against Mikhail Brodsky?
Yesterday's round started with a strong accent.
After ten minutes we had our first victory. But
WGM Beata Kadziolka didn't win because of
briliant tactical blow, but thank to mobile phone
that rang to her opponent, IM Aleksander Sznapik.
This way Kadziolka won second consecutive game
against strong opponent. Also game Svieshnikov
against Malakhatko ended quickly – but this
time in a normal draw. On the other tables the
fight has lasted much longer.
GM Aleksander Mista drew to GM Mikhail Brodsky,
though it looked like grandmaster from Poland had
serious chances of winning this game.
Unfortunately for him he played some unexact
moves in the time troubles and eventually he had
to fight for draw. On the second board we had a
game that brought us the leader. GM Radulski
after opening got a position that looked very
drawish, but he managed to coordinate and
centralise his pieces what gave him an advantage.
He converted it in very confident style,
exploiting Erdos's weaknesses.
GM Marcin Dziuba won nicely against GM Denes
Boros, though I have to admit he could have won
even quicker. But nonetheless he played strong,
especially 31.Ra8! was admired by spectators.
Marcin, who was playing good since the start of
the event now joined the „chasing group”
GM Monika Socko had luck in this round. In a game
against GM Marijan Petrov she's got inferior
position after opening but then managed to go
into probably drawish endgame. But in one moment
her opponent could have won in one move (64.Rc4).
He didn't spot it and game finished in draw.
The most interesting round in the 7th round will
probably be Mista vs Dziuba. They are both the
same age and have been playing hundreds of game
in the last 20 years.
Fifth round – the lost hope
Fifth round didn't clarify the situation in a
leading group, but it made clear that some player
will not win the tournament. Among them probably
are Sergey Zhigalko and Jon Ludvig Hammer. It's
also rather unlike that Bartek Macieja will win,
but still he has much more chances than Zhigalko
and Hammer.
In the fith day of the tournament we witnessed a
clash between two leaders. Julian Radulski had an
edge but he didn't manage to convert it into a
full point. Thank to a draw Mikhail Brodsky was
able to catch them with and easy win againt Tomek
Rej. A young australian player didn't play this
game very well and had to resign in 18th move.
Once more Zhigalko and Hammer dissapointed their
supporters. Sergey made a quick draw against
Lukas Cernousek, and Hammer, after a very
interesting game, lost to GM Monika Socko. The
best polish women since third round was trying to
win against strong opponents. GM Dziuba and GM
Olszewski put strong resistance and were able to
make draw. In the 5th round she's finally beaten
a stonger opponent. Thank to this win she's only
half point behind the leading group –
together with 5 other players (amongs them
Malakhatko and Erdos). We hope that it's not
Monika's last word.
Tomorrow on the first board Mista plays against
Brodsky. Let's hope it'll be an interesting game.
