[Event "11th European Individual Men Chess Cham"]
[Site "Rijeka/Croatia"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8. Qc2
c5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 $146 11. e3 O-O 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. O-O Ne4 14. Bb4
Qe7 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Rfb1 Qe7 19. Nd4 g6 20. Bxe4
dxe4 21. Qb3 Rfc8 22. h4 Rc7 23. h5 Qg5 24. Qd1 a6 25. Rb6 Bc8 26. Qb1 Bf5 27.
h6 Rac8 28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. Qb2 Rd8 30. Rbxa6 Rcd7 31. g3 Qg4 32. Qf6 Rd1+ 33.
Rxd1 Qxd1+ 34. Kh2 Qh5+ 35. Qh4 Qxh4+ 36. gxh4 {#} f4 $2 ({Though the f-pawn
is doomed, there is no reason to just hand it over. Let White spend the tempi
necessary to capture it, and in the meantime get the king off the 8th and
activate the rook.} 36... Kf8 37. Kg3 Ke7 38. Kf4 Rd2 39. Kxf5 Rxf2+ 40. Ke5 (
40. Kxe4 Rh2 41. Ke5 Rxh4) 40... Rh2 41. Ra7+ Ke8) 37. exf4 Kf8 38. Kg3 Ke7 39.
f5 Rd3+ 40. Kf4 Rf3+ 41. Ke5 $1 Rxf2 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Kf6 Kd8 44. Ra4 $1 e3 45.
Re4 e2 46. Kg7 Rxf5 47. Rxe2 Rf4 48. Kxh7 Rg4 49. Re5 f6 50. Re6 Kd7 51. Rxf6
Ke7 52. Rf5 Rxh4 53. Kg6 1-0

[Event "11th European Individual Men Chess Cham"]
[Site "Rijeka/Croatia"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 h5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. e4 a6
9. a4 Nf8 10. a5 Rb8 11. O-O b5 12. axb6 Rxb6 13. Na4 Rb4 14. Qc2 Ng6 15. Bd2
Rb8 16. Rfb1 Bd7 17. b4 cxb4 18. Rxb4 O-O 19. Ne1 Rxb4 20. Bxb4 Qc7 21. Nd3 h4
22. Nab2 Qb7 23. Qc3 Ra8 24. Ba3 Rc8 25. c5 dxc5 26. Nc4 h3 {#} 27. Bh1 $6 {
This move looks incredibly strange. Perhaps White envisioned an f4 and didn't
want the bishop in the way, but why not try to develop it via f3 instead of
burying it on h1?} Bb5 28. Ndxe5 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Re8 30. Bb2 Bf8 31. Rd1 c4 32.
Qd4 Qc8 {#} 33. Nc6 $2 {This mistake was possibly caused by a hallucination in
which Riazantsev thought the pawn was untouchable.} Bxc6 34. dxc6 Qxc6 35. e5
Qe6 $1 {The knight cannot be taken as 36.exf6?? would allow Qe1+ and mate.} 36.
Bf3 Bb4 37. Rf1 Nd7 38. Bd5 Nxe5 39. f4 Qc8 40. Kh1 Bc5 {#} 41. Qc3 (41. Qe4 {
was forced, after which a draw by perpetual is clear.} Nd3 42. Qg6 Nf2+ 43. Kg1
Ng4+ 44. Kh1 Nf2+) 41... Qd7 {Sokolov now finishes the attack with surgical
precision.} 42. Rd1 Qg4 43. Rf1 Nd3 44. Bf3 Qg6 45. Qxc4 Nf2+ 46. Kg1 Ne4+ 47.
Bd4 Nd2 48. Qxc5 Qd3 0-1

[Event "11th European Individual Men Chess Cham"]
[Site "Rijeka/Croatia"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 b5 10. Bc2 Re8 11. a4 Bb7 12. b4 Qe7 13. Nb3 Rad8 14. Qe2 Qd7 15.
Bd2 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. c4 Ne7 18. cxb5 Qxb5 19. Na5 Qd7 20. Ba4 c6 21. Rac1
Rec8 22. d4 exd4 23. Nxd4 Ne8 24. Qd3 Ba8 25. h3 Rb6 26. Nf3 Nc7 27. Nc4 Ra6
28. Bb3 Rd8 29. Bf4 Ne6 30. Bg3 d5 31. Nce5 Qb7 32. Qe2 Rb6 {#} 33. Nxf7 $3
Kxf7 34. exd5 cxd5 35. Rc7 Rd7 (35... Qa6 36. Ng5+ $1 Kg8 (36... Nxg5 37. Qxe7+
) 37. Qxa6 Rxa6 38. Nxe6 Rxe6 39. Rxe6 Nf5 40. Ra6 Nxg3 41. Rxa8 Rxa8 42. Bxd5+
Kf8 43. Bxa8) 36. Rxb7 Bxb7 37. Ba4 Ba6 38. Ne5+ Bxe5 39. Qxe5 Ra7 40. Qh8 Nf8
41. Bh4 g5 42. Bxg5 Rg6 43. Qd4 Rb7 44. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "11th European Individual Women Chess Ch"]
[Site "Rijeka/Croatia"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Black "Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qa4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bg2 Ne4 8. O-O
Nd7 9. cxd5 Nb6 10. Qb3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 cxd5 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. a4 Be4 14. Nd2 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 a5 16. Rfb1 Ra6 17. e4 e6 18. h4 h6 19. Qa3 Re8 20. Rb5 f5 21. exd5
Nxd5 22. Nf3 Rc6 23. Bd2 b6 24. Re1 Nc7 25. Rbe5 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Rd6 27. Bxh6 Nd5
28. Bg5 Qc7 29. c4 Nb4 30. Qc3 Qg7 31. Nf3 Nc6 32. Qa3 Nb4 33. Bf4 Rdd8 34. Be5
Nc2 35. Qc3 Nxe1+ 36. Qxe1 Qf7 37. Qe3 Rc8 38. c5 bxc5 39. dxc5 Red8 40. h5 Rd5
41. h6 Rcxc5 42. Ba1 f4 43. Qb3 Rd8 44. gxf4 {#} Qf5 $4 ({Better was} 44... Rh5
45. Ng5 Qf5 46. h7+ Rxh7 47. Nxh7 Qg4+ 48. Kh2 Qxf4+ 49. Kg2 Kxh7) 45. h7+ Kxh7
46. Qb7+ Kh6 47. Qg7+ Kh5 48. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "11th European Individual Men Chess Cham"]
[Site "Rijeka/Croatia"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 Qb6 4. a4 e5 5. dxe5 dxe4 6. a5 Qc7 7. f4 Nh6 8. Nc3
Bb4 9. Bd2 e3 10. Bxe3 O-O 11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Bd3 Na6 13. Qe2 Bxa5 14. O-O Nb4 15.
Be4 Bf5 16. Kh1 Bb6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Ng5 c5 19. Rae1 Qg6 20. Bxb7 Nxc2 21. Nd5
Rxd5 22. Bxd5 Bd3 23. Qf3 Re8 {#} 24. e6 $1 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 fxe6 26. Rxe6 Kh8 27.
h3 $1 {Forced since} (27. Rxg6 $4 {is met by} Re1+) 27... Rxe6 28. Bxe6 Bb5 29.
f5 $1 {#} Qe8 (29... Qxg5 $2 30. Qa8+) 30. f6 $1 Qf8 (30... gxf6 31. Qxf6#) 31.
f7 ({The mate is unstoppable. e.g.} 31. f7 a5 32. Qe4 {Threatening Qxh7 mate}
g6 33. Qe5+ Qg7 34. f8=Q+ Ng8 35. Qxg8#) 1-0

[Event "11th European Individual Women Chess Ch"]
[Site "Rijeka/Croatia"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 a6 9. Nd2 Bc5 10. Nc2 Nd5 11. Nxc4 Bd7 12. b4 Ba7 13. e4 Nb6 14. Nd6+ Ke7
15. Nxb7 Rc8 16. Ne3 Na4 17. Rd1 Nc3 18. Rd2 Bd4 19. Bb2 Nc6 20. Re1 Rc7 {#}
21. Nd5+ $3 exd5 (21... Nxd5 22. exd5 Bxb2 23. d6+) 22. exd5+ Be6 (22... Kf8
23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxd4) 23. d6+ 1-0

[Event "11th European Individual Women Chess Ch"]
[Site "Rijeka/Croatia"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Socko, Monika"]
[Black "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
Nxe5 O-O 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Bxf6 Rxf6 11. Nd3 Bd4 12. c3 Bb6 13. Nd2 d5 14. e5 Rf8
15. Kh1 Qg6 16. Nb3 Ba6 17. Nbc1 Rf5 18. Qd2 Raf8 19. a4 Rh5 20. Re1 Rff5 21.
h3 {#} Rf3 $3 {Superb, and decisive.} 22. Nf4 Qh6 23. gxf3 Rxh3+ 24. Nxh3 Qxh3+
25. Kg1 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 Bxf2 27. Qxf2 {The only move to prevent Qh3 mate.} Qxf2
28. Nb3 Qxf3+ 29. Kg1 Be2 30. Nd4 Qg3+ 31. Kh1 Bd3 32. e6 Be4+ 33. Rxe4 dxe4
34. Rf1 Qh4+ 35. Kg2 Qg5+ 36. Kh3 e3 37. b4 c5 38. bxc5 Qxc5 39. Kg2 g6 40. Rf3
Qe5 41. Nc2 e2 42. Kf2 Qxe6 43. Ke1 Qe4 0-1

[Event "11th European Individual Men Chess Cham"]
[Site "Rijeka/Croatia"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3
d6 9. c3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Nd7 12. Qc2 Bf6 13. Be3 Ne7 14. a4 c6 15.
Nbd2 Qc7 16. h3 Nb6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. c4 Qb7 19. Qb3 Nd7 20. Red1 Rfb8 21. Qc2
Nf8 22. Bc5 Rd8 23. Nb3 Ne6 24. Bd6 Nd4 25. Rxd4 $1 exd4 26. e5 Ng6 27. c5 d3 {
#} 28. Qc3 $1 (28. Qxd3 $2 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Na5 Qd7) 28... Be7 29. Na5
Qc8 30. Nd4 Bxd6 31. exd6 Nf4 32. Qd2 Ne2+ 33. Nxe2 dxe2 34. Qxe2 Qd7 35. Qg4
Qxg4 36. hxg4 Rac8 37. axb5 axb5 38. Re1 Kf8 39. Re7 Re8 40. Rb7 Re1+ 41. Kh2
Re6 42. b4 g5 43. Kg3 Rf6 44. Rc7 1-0

