Legends' Chess Meet: Korchnoi beats Holt 5.5-2.5

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Viktor Korchnoi

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Hello Everyone,

Remember we'd told you about how Viktor Korchnoi was taking on Vlastimil Hort in a Legends' Chess Meet?

Well! The latest news from the official website is that Korchnoi has beaten Hort 5.5-2.5. The fantastic match between the legendary grandmasters Viktor Korchnoi (79) and Vlastimil Hort (66) took place October 9-15 at the Lazne Hotel Vraz in Stara Vraz, a spa resort about 90 km south of Prague.

The two legends first drew all four classical games, but then Korchnoi got it going with three wins in a row in the rapids, to end with another draw. You can also find a nice report in English at www.chessvibes.com.

Here are some games from the event. You can run the moves in our pgnplayer or watch in flash below.

PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Qc2 d5 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bg3 cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 14. O-O N7f6 15. Rfe1 Bd6 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Bh4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Rfd8 19. Ne5 Qf8 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Ng4 Qg7 22. Nxh6+ Kf8 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Qg5 25. Qxg5 fxg5 26. h4 gxh4 27. Rxh4 Rxc3 28. Rg4 Rdc8 29. g3 Rc1+ 30. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kg2 Rc7 32. a4 Ke8 33. Rg8+ Ke7 34. Ra8 Kf6 35. f4 Ba3 36. Ng4+ Ke7 37. Ne5 Bb2 38. Nf3 Rd7 39. g4 a5 40. g5 Bxd4 41. Kg3 Bc3 42. Rb8 Bd4 43. Ra8 Bc3 44. Kg4 Rb7 45. Rc8 Bb2 46. Kh5 b5 1-0

PGN: 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qxc4 Bc6 6. Nf3 Bd5 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. Qe4 c6 12. Bg2 Nf6 13. Qd3 Rd8 14. b3 Be7 15. Bb2 c5 16. Rc1 O-O 17. O-O h6 18. Rfd1 b5 19. Kf1 Qe8 20. Qb1 b4 21. Na4 Qb5 22. Qd3 Qxd3 23. exd3 Ng4 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Ke2 Rc8 26. Rc4 Ne5 27. Rxd4 cxd4 28. f4 Ng4 29. h3 Nf6 30. Rb1 Rc2 31. Bf3 g5 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. Nb2 Bd6 34. Kd1 Rc8 35. g4 Kg7 36. Nc4 Bf4 37. a3 bxa3 38. Ra1 Rb8 39. Rxa3 Nd7 40. Kc2 Nc5 41. Bg2 a6 42. Bf3 Bc7 43. Bg2 f5 44. Na5 Bxa5 45. Rxa5 Rb5 46. Ra3 Kf6 47. gxf5 exf5 48. Bc6 Rb6 49. Be8 g4 50. hxg4 fxg4 51. Ra5 g3 52. Ra1 Kg5 53. Bf7 Rd6 54. b4 Nd7 55. Bc4 Ne5 56. Bxa6 Rb6 57. Bc8 Rc6+ 0-1

PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d5 d6 7. e4 e5 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Rb1 Nf8 10. Nh4 N6d7 11. Nf5 Bf6 12. Bc2 h5 13. Ba4 g6 14. Ne3 Nh7 15. b4 O-O 16. h4 Bg7 17. g3 Nhf6 18. Kf1 Bh6 19. Kg2 Re8 20. c5 bxc5 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxe8 Qxe8 23. Qc2 Ba6 24. Rd1 Qd7 25. f3 Rf8 26. Nf5 Bxc1 27. Qxc1 Nh7 28. Ne3 f5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Kh2 Kg7 31. a4 Bc8 32. Rg1 Kh8 33. Qf1 Nf6 34. f4 Ba6 35. Qf3 e4 36. Qd1 Bd3 37. Rb4 Kh7 38. Qa1 Rg8 39. Qb2 Rg7 40. Ne2 Ng4+ 41. Nxg4 Rxg4 42. Rb8 Rg7 43. Nd4 e3 44. Nf3 Qe7 45. Ng5+ Kg6 46. Qd4 e2 47. Re1 Qf6 48. Qxf6+ Kxf6 49. Kg2 Nxa4 50. Rf8+ Kg6 51. Re8 Nc5 52. Ne6 Nxe6 53. Rxe6+ Kf7 54. Kf2 Bc4 55. Rc1 Bxd5 56. Rxc7+ Kxe6 57. Rxg7 a5 58. Ra7 Bc4 59. Rxa5 d5 60. Rc5 Kd6 61. Rc8 Bb5 62. Rh8 d4 63. Rxh5 Bd3 64. Rh8 Kd5 65. h5 Ba6 66. h6 d3 67. h7 1-0

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