GM Boris Savchenko with perfect score at the Politiken Cup

he has won all six games thus far

GM Boris Savchenko won a wonderful game against GM Jacob Aagaard to move into the sole lead after six rounds of 2008 Politiken Cup. The 22-years old Russian from St.Petersburg attacked the Naidorf Sicilian with an unusual move order and already on 15th move started opening the gates around Black King which was left stuck in the center. Aagaard defended well after the nasty 18. Nac5! but then erred on 23rd move which allowed White to create a nice mating net (games bellow).

Young Ukrainian GM Yurij Kuzubov beat the top-seeded GM Pavel Eljanov and established himself on the 2nd place. It was a nice lesson on how Queen and Bishop can sometimes dominate Queen and Knight in the endgame.

Round 6 results:
GM Boris Savchenko - GM Jacob Aagaard 1-0
GM Yurij Kuzubov - GM Pavel Eljanov 1-0
GM Vladimir Malakhov - GM Sergey Tiviakov draw
GM Alexei Iljushin - GM Michael Roiz draw
GM Peter Heine Nielsen - GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili draw
GM Michal Krasenkow - GM Vitali Golod draw
IM Christian Jepson - GM Bartosz Socko 0-1
GM Konstantin Landa - IM Tania Sachdev 1-0
GM Emanuel Berg - IM Olivier Moor 1-0
GM Artur Kogan - GM Arkadi Eremeevich Vul draw
IM Vladimir Eljanov - GM Alexander A. Evdokimov 0-1

Round 6 standings:
1. GM Boris Savchenko 2578 - 6.0
2. GM Yurij Kuzubov 2578 - 5½
3-19. GM Vladimir Malakhov 2689, GM Jacob Aagaard 2531, GM Sergey Tiviakov 2645, GM Emanuel Berg 2592, GM Sune Berg Hansen 2542, GM Michael Roiz 2680, GM Vitali Golod 2578, GM Alexei Iljushin 2546, GM Alexander A. Evdokimov 2555, GM Peter Heine Nielsen 2652, GM Konstantin Landa 2615, IM Ashwin Jayaram 2436, GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili 2604, GM Bartosz Socko 2628, GM Jonny Hector 2537, Djurre den Heeten 2278 and IM Bengt Lindberg 2432 - 5.0 etc
(280 players)

Danish derby: GM Peter Heine Nielsen vs GM Sune Berg Hansen

Round 7 pairings:
GM Yurij Kuzubov - GM Boris Savchenko
GM Sune Berg Hansen - GM Vladimir Malakhov
GM Michael Roiz - GM Vitali Golod
GM Alexander A. Evdokimov - GM Peter Heine Nielsen
GM Sergey Tiviakov - GM Jonny Hector
GM Bartosz Socko - GM Alexei Iljushin
IM Ashwin Jayaram - GM Konstantin Landa
GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili - IM Bengt Lindberg
GM Jacob Aagaard - GM Emanuel Berg
Djurre den Heeten - GM Artur Kogan
GM Pavel Eljanov - Jakob Aabling-Thomsen

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Israeli derby: GM Arthur Kogan vs GM Michael Roiz

Swedish derby: GM Emanuel Berg vs GM Stellan Brynell

Boris Savchenko also played a simul on one evening and won all 17 games. A wonderful winning streak for the young Grandmaster!

GM Boris Savchenko in action