Chess Festival Lublin: Europe wins against Poland

by André Schulz
6/23/2016 – This year the 8. European Chess Festival in Lublin, Poland, was a match between Poland and "Europe". The two teams consisted of three players who played twice against all players of the other team. Top scorer of the event was Czech player David Navara who finished with 5.0/6 and secured the "European" victory by winning against Jacek Tomczak in the last and decisive round.
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Since 2009 the Polish town of Lublin has been host to the "European Chess Festival", and over the years the organisers have experimented with different formats. Last year Poland and Ukraine played a team match, and the 8. European Chess Festival, which took place from 13th to 18th of June, again saw a team match - but this time Poland had to battle against "Europe". The three Polish players Kasper Piorun, Mateusz Bartel and Jacek Tomczak faced Czech player David Navara, Martyn Kravtsiv from Ukraine and Dimitrios Mastrovasilis from Greece.

The match was rather balanced most of the time but in the last round David Navara secured a narrow 7-5 victory for Europe by winning against Jacek Tomczak.

Tomcak-Navara

 
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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.0-0 Bg6 6...Ne7 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.Nd2 Nf5 8...c5 7.Nbd2 Nh6 8.Nb3 White tries to stop Black from playing ...c5. But Navara is quite familiar with the Black position and this was not the first time that he had to play against this line. Be7 8...Nf5 9.Bd2 Be7 10.g4 Nh4 11.Nxh4 Bxh4 12.f4 f5 13.c4 a5 14.a4 0-0 15.g5 h6 16.gxh6 gxh6 17.Kh1 Kh7 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Rc1 b6 20.Rc6 Rc8 21.Rxe6 Bf7 22.Rd6 Be7 23.Bd3 Bxd6 24.Bxf5+ Kh8 25.Qg4 Rc7 26.Qh3 h5 27.exd6 Ra7 28.Be6 Nf6 29.f5 Qxd6 30.Bf4 Qd8 31.Be5 Bg8 32.Qxh5+ Rh7 33.Qg5 Qe7 34.Nc1 Qg7 35.Qxg7+ Rxg7 36.Nd3 Rg4 37.Nf4 Kh7 38.h3 Rg3 39.Ng6 Rxh3+ 40.Kg2 1-0 (40) Hou,Y (2673) -Navara,D (2730) Wijk aan Zee 2016 9.c3 9.Bxh6 gxh6 10.Qd2 Qb6 11.c3 a5 12.Nc1 c5 13.Nd3 h5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Nxc5 Bxc5 16.a4 0-0 17.Bb5 Kh8 18.Rae1 Rac8 19.Kh1 d4 20.Nxd4 Rfd8 21.Rd1 Bxd4 22.cxd4 Bc2 23.h3 Bxd1 24.Rxd1 Rg8 25.Qh6 Rg7 26.Qxh5 Rc2 27.Qf3 Rxb2 28.Rc1 Qd8 29.d5 Qg5 30.Rc8+ Rg8 31.Rxg8+ Kxg8 32.dxe6 fxe6 33.g3 Qf5 34.Qxf5 exf5 0-1 (34) Areshchenko,A (2661)-Navara,D (2728) Germany 2016 9...0-0 9...Nf5 10.g4 Nh4 11.Nxh4 Bxh4 12.f4 f5 13.exf6 Qxf6 14.Nd2= 1/2-1/2 (72) Caruana,F (2767)-Sjugirov,S (2610) Sochi 2012 10.Bxh6 gxh6 11.Ne1 11.Qd2!? h5 12.Nc1 c5 13.Nd3= 11...c5 12.Qd2 12.Nxc5!? Nxc5 12...Bxc5 13.dxc5 Nxe5 14.Qd2 13.dxc5 Bxc5= 12...c4 13.Nc1 f6 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.Bf3 h5 16.Ne2 Ng4
17.g3 But not 17.Nf4? because of Rxf4 18.Qxf4 Bd6 19.Qd2 Bxh2+ 20.Kh1 Qh4 curtains. 17...Bg5 18.Qd1 Qb6 An annoying move for White who is forced to weaken himself even more. 19.b3 Qc7 20.h3 Nf6 21.Bg2 Ne4 22.Bxe4 dxe4 More straigtforward was 22...Bxe4 23.h4 Bh6 with a clear advantage for Black. The bishops are much better than the knights. 23.h4 Bh6 24.Ng2 Better was 24.bxc4 Qxc4 25.Ng2 Rf3 26.Nef4 and the engines see only a very slight plus for Black. 24...Rf3 25.bxc4 Raf8 26.Qb3 26.Nef4 fails to Bxf4 27.Nxf4 R8xf4 28.gxf4 Qxf4 followed by 29.-- Qg4+ 30.Kh1 Rh3# 26...Qf7 Now White has no adequate defense against ...e3. 27.c5? Zäher war 27.Qb2 27...e3 28.Nef4 Bxf4 29.Nxf4 Rxf4 30.gxf4 e2 31.Rfe1
31...Bc2! Black finishes the game with another little trick. 32.Qxc2 Qg7+ 33.Kh2 Rxf4 0–1
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Tomczak,J2588Navara,D27440–12016B128th Lublin GM 20166.1

 

 

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 Europe  *   *  1,5 / 1,5 / 2 1 / 1,5 / 2 7 9,5
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 Poland 1,5 / 1,5 / 1 2 / 1,5 / 1  *   *  5 8,5

 

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1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 exd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.Nc3 Be6 9.e5 Ng4 10.Qf4 Qe7 11.0-0-0 Nh6 12.g4 Nc6 13.g5 Nxd4 14.gxh6 Nf5 15.hxg7 Nxg7 16.Rg1 Nf5 17.Bh3 Qh4 18.Qf3 Nd4 19.Rxd4 Qh6+ 20.Kb1 Qxh3 21.Qxb7 Qf5+ 22.Ne4 Qxe5 23.Qxa8+ Ke7 24.Qxa7 1–0
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Navara,D2744Piorun,K26761–02016D208th Lublin GM 20161.1
Kravtsiv,M2634Bartel,M2640½–½2016C118th Lublin GM 20161.2
Tomczak,J2588Mastrovasilis,D26061–02016C438th Lublin GM 20161.3
Bartel,M2640Navara,D2744½–½2016B918th Lublin GM 20162.1
Kravtsiv,M2634Tomczak,J25881–02016B128th Lublin GM 20162.2
Piorun,K2676Mastrovasilis,D26061–02016A238th Lublin GM 20162.3
Navara,D2744Tomczak,J25881–02016E428th Lublin GM 20163.1
Piorun,K2676Kravtsiv,M2634½–½2016A238th Lublin GM 20163.2
Mastrovasilis,D2606Bartel,M2640½–½2016C028th Lublin GM 20163.3
Piorun,K2676Navara,D2744½–½2016A308th Lublin GM 20164.1
Bartel,M2640Kravtsiv,M26341–02016E068th Lublin GM 20164.2
Mastrovasilis,D2606Tomczak,J2588½–½2016B108th Lublin GM 20164.3
Navara,D2744Bartel,M26401–02016C178th Lublin GM 20165.1
Tomczak,J2588Kravtsiv,M2634½–½2016C598th Lublin GM 20165.2
Mastrovasilis,D2606Piorun,K26760–12016C158th Lublin GM 20165.3
Tomczak,J2588Navara,D27440–12016B128th Lublin GM 20166.1
Kravtsiv,M2634Piorun,K2676½–½2016C478th Lublin GM 20166.2
Bartel,M2640Mastrovasilis,D2606½–½2016C248th Lublin GM 20166.3

 

Individual results

Nr.     Name Elo Team Pkt. Anz % Br.
1
 
 GM Navara David 2744 Europe 5,0 6 83,3 1
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 GM Piorun Kacper 2676 Poland 3,5 6 58,3 2
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 GM Bartel Mateusz 2640 Poland 3,0 6 50,0 2
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 GM Kravtsiv Martyn 2634 Europe 3,0 6 50,0 2
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 GM Tomczak Jacek 2588 Poland 2,0 6 33,3 2
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 GM Mastrovasilis Dmitrios 2606 Europe 1,5 6 25,0 3


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André Schulz started working for ChessBase in 1991 and is an editor of ChessBase News.

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