The Tournament of Kings came alive again in the fifth round after a few draws. Vasily Ivanchuk outplayed Gata Kamsky who was defending grimly when he allowed a nice queen sacrifice that won immediately. Boris Gelfand calmly accepted Alexey Shirov's pawn sacrifice, consoloidated and advanced his pawns in the endgame for an easy win.

Scores: 1-2 Ivanchuk Gelfand 3.5/5; 3-4 Shirov, Radjabov 2.5; 5-6 Kamsky, Nisipeanu 1.5

G Kamsky - V Ivanchuk

III Kings' Tournament Bazna (5)

Sicilan Scheveningen

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Be2 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Re8

(Kasparov's line which he honed for use against Karpov)

12.Qd2 Bd7 13.Rad1

(13.Bf3 reaches K-K games from the 1985 WCC title match)

13...Nxd4

(13...Rad8 14.Nb3 Bc8 15.Bf3 b6 16.Qf2 Nd7 17.Nd4 Bb7 18.Bh5 Rf8 and Black was very solid in Anand v Kasparov WCC World Trade Centre 1995)

14.Qxd4 Bc6 15.Bc4?!

(15.Bf3 b5=)

15...Bxe4! 16.Nxe4 d5

(Winning back the pieces with a comfortable game. White has no serious attacking chances on the kingside and in trying to progress there gets himself into trouble)

17.Bxd5 Nxd5 18.c3 Rad8 19.Ng3 Qc6 20.Nh5 Bf8 21.Bg1 g6 22.Rd3

(The a4 pawn is weak if 22.Ng3 Bh6 23.Ne4 Bg7 24.Qd2 Qxa4)

22...f6 23.c4 gxh5 24.Rg3+ Bg7 25.cxd5 exd5 26.Qd1 h4 27.Rh3

(27.Rc3)

27...d4! 28.Rff3 Qe4 29.f5

(29.Rxh4 d3)

29...Re5 30.Bf2 Qe2 31.Qb3+ Kh8 32.Rxh4??

(32.Bg1 resists)

32...Qe1+! 0-1

Michael Adams ground out a win against Humpy Koneru of India to reach 4/6 but he is half a point behind the leader Ivan Cheparinov of Bulgaria whom he faces with black in the last round.

38.Bf4

Black is short of moves

38...h5

(38...Kf8 39.Rd8+ Ke7 40.Rg8; 38...Bf8 39.Rd8 Kg7? 40.Bxh6+; 38...g5 39.Bg3 Bf6 40.Rd6 Kf8 41.Rxe6 fxe6 42.Ke4 Ke7? 43.Be5!] winning the king and pawn endgame)

39.gxh5 gxh5 40.Rd8+ Bf8 41.Rd5

(Winning a pawn)

41...Rc6 42.Rg5+ Bg7 43.Be3 f6 44.Rxh5 Rc2 45.a4 b4 46.Ra5 Rc3 47.Rxa6 Rxb3 48.Rb6 Kf7 49.Ke4 Bf8 50.a5 Ra3 51.a6 Be7 52.Kd5 b3 53.Kc6 Bd8

54.Rb7+ Ke6 55.a7 Ra6+ 56.Kb5 Ra2 57.Kc4 b2 58.Rxb2 1-0

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