IGB Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysia Open 2010

Game against Bangladeshi GM Ziaur Rahman.

The 7th IGB Dato Arthur Tan Malaysia Open 2010 took place in Kuala Lumpur 1st-7th September 2010. I started well, winning first three games. In the first round in the position where I had a king, knight and pawn, and the opponent, having only king, did not intend to give up, I played a little prank by promoting pawn not to a queen, but to a bishop instead.
After round 8 my rating performance was 2579. To fulfill my last grandmaster norm I had to win the last game. But failed. In a very promising position against Chinese GM Xu Jun I began to sacrifice my pieces too early and too many...

Ashot Nadanian. Result: 5,5 out of 9, Rating Average: 2453, Rating Performance: 2533.

Opponents and results:
Round 1: Jose Jr. Aquino (2245) PHI 1
Round 2: T.L.S. Aris (2241) INA 1
Round 3: Xiu Deshun (2511) CHN 1
Round 4: GM Wen Yang (2507) CHN 0
Round 5: GM David Smerdon (2588) AUS 1/2
Round 6: GM Ziaur Rahman (2543) BAN 1
Round 7: GM Nguyen Anh Dung (2500) VIE 1/2
Round 8: GM Xu Yuhua (2488) CHN 1/2
Round 9: GM Xu Jun (2503) CHN 0

Ashot Nadanian (2411) - Xiu Deshun (2511)
7th Malaysia Open Kuala Lumpur MAS (3), 02.09.2010

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 0-0 6.Bd3 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Qc7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nd2 Re8 12.Re1 Na5 13.Bb2 Ne4 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.c4 cxd4 16.Bxd4 Bf5 17.c5 Rad8 18.Rc1 Re6 19.Nf1 Nc6 20.Ng3 Bg6 21.Qa4 h5 22.Ne2 h4 23.Bc3 Bf5 24.Nf4 Rh6 25.h3 g5 26.Ne2 Kh7 27.Rcd1 Rg8 28.Rd5 Ne7 29.Rxf5 Nxf5 30.Qxe4 Qxc5 31.Be5 Rhg6 32.Rc1 Qb5 33.Qxf5 f6 34.Rc7+ Kh6 35.Nd4 1-0

David Smerdon (2526) - Ashot Nadanian (2411)
7th Malaysia Open Kuala Lumpur MAS (5), 04.09.2010

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Bf4 Nd5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5 9.Qd2 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Qxd2+ 11.Bxd2 Bf5 12.0-0-0 0-0-0 13.Bc4 e6 14.Be3 Rxd1+ 15.Rxd1 Kc7 16.Bxa7 b6 17.a4 Bb4 18.g4 Bg6 19.h4 Ra8 20.h5 Be4 21.Rd4 Bg2 22.Bxe6 Rxa7 23.Rd7+ Kb8 24.Rd8+ Kc7 25.Rd7+ Kb8 26.Rd8+ Kb7 27.Rd7+ Ka6 28.Bc4+ b5 29.axb5+ cxb5 30.Bxb5+ Kb6 31.Rxa7 Kxa7 32.Kd1 Bf3+ 33.Be2 Bd5 34.Bd3 Bf3+ 35.Be2 Be4 36.Bc4 Bc5 37.Ke2 Bxc2 38.Bxf7 Bd4 39.f4 Bxb2 40.h6 gxh6 41.Be6 Bg6 42.Bd7 Bc2 43.Bf5 Bb3 44.Bxh7 Bf7 45.g5 hxg5 46.fxg5 Bxe5 47.Be4 ½-½

Ziaur Rahman (2543) - Ashot Nadanian (2411)
7th Malaysia Open Kuala Lumpur MAS (6), 04.09.2010

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Nc3 0-0 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Na4 Be7 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Rc1 Qd7 13.Bc5 Rfe8 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.e3 Rac8 16.Nd4 Bg4 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Qd4 h5 19.h3 Bf5 20.Nc5 a5 21.b3 Rb8 22.Rfe1 Rb4 23.Qd2 h4 24.g4 Be4 25.f3 Bg6 26.Qf2 Nd7 27.Nxd7 Qxd7 28.Qxh4 a4 29.bxa4 Rb2 30.Qg3 Rxa2 31.Qf4 Qb7 32.Ra1 Qb2 33.Rxa2 Qxa2 34.Bf1 Ra8 35.h4 Qd2 36.Ra1 c5 37.h5 Bc2 38.Qe5 d4 39.exd4 Qc3 40.Ra2 cxd4 41.a5 Qb3 42.Rxc2 Qxc2 43.a6 d3 44.Qe4 Rd8 45.a7 Qc5+ 46.Kg2 d2 47.a8Q d1Q 48.Qa6 Qc7 49.Kh3 Qdc1 50.Qb5 Qb8 51.Qxb8 Qxf1+ 0-1

Xu Yuhua (2475) - Ashot Nadanian (2411)
7th Malaysia Open Kuala Lumpur MAS (8), 06.09.2010

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.f4 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.Nf3 e6 8.Qd2 Nf6 9.a3 Nbd7 10.Bf2 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Bxc5 dxc5 13.e5 Nd7 14.0-0-0 Qc7 15.Ng5 0-0 16.Be4 Bxe4 17.Ncxe4 Nxe5 18.fxe5 Qxe5 19.Qc3 Qf5 20.Qe3 Qe5 21.Qc3 Qf4+ 22.Qd2 Qe5 ½-½