[Event "11th European Individual Men Chess Cham"]
[Site "Rijeka/Croatia"]
[Date "2010.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14.
Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Qf6 16. a4 Rfd8 17. a5 Qg6 18. axb6 Bxe4 $2 {#} 19. Ng5 $1 {
This wins material by force.} Bc2 (19... Bf5 20. b7 {The reason for this
instead of bxa7 is that it forces} Rb8 {gaining time to play} 21. d5 $1 e5 (
21... Rxb7 $2 22. dxe6) 22. d6 Rf8 23. Bd5) (19... Bb7 $2 20. Rxe6 $3 fxe6 21.
Bxe6+ Kh8 (21... Kf8 22. Qb4+) 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Nxd8+) 20. b7 Bxb3 21. bxc8=Q
Rxc8 22. Rc1 Ra8 23. Nh3 a5 24. Rc7 Nf8 25. Nf4 Qg5 26. Qe3 a4 27. Qf3 Re8 {#}
28. g3 $2 ({There can be no doubt, Jobava saw} 28. Rxf7 {. Unfortunately, if
he didn't play it, it can only be because after} Kxf7 29. Nxe6+ Kg8 {he missed}
30. Qf7+ $3 ({and only saw} 30. Qxf8+ $2 Rxf8 31. Nxg5 a3 32. Ra1 {where Black
is much better.}) 30... Kxf7 31. Nxg5+ Kg6 32. Rxe8) 28... Qf6 29. Qb7 Ng6 30.
Rc8 Rxc8 31. Qxc8+ Nf8 32. Re5 h6 33. h4 Bd1 34. h5 Qe7 35. Rb5 Bf3 36. Qc3 Qe8
37. Rc5 Bb7 38. Kh2 Qd7 39. Rc7 Qb5 40. Qc5 Qb2 41. d5 a3 {#} 42. Re7 ({Missing
} 42. Nd3 $1 {which would win the piece by force since e.g.} Qb1 43. Qe7 $1 {
leads to mate.}) 42... Bxd5 43. Nxd5 a2 44. Re8 Kh7 45. Kg2 a1=Q 46. Qxf8 Qxf2+
47. Kxf2 Qa2+ 48. Ke1 Qa1+ 49. Kd2 Qd4+ 50. Kc2 Qe4+ 51. Kb2 Qe2+ 52. Kb3 Qd1+
53. Kb4 Qd4+ 54. Kb5 Qxd5+ 55. Qc5 Qb3+ 56. Ka5 Qa2+ 57. Kb6 Qb3+ 58. Kc7 Qxg3+
59. Kd7 Qg2 60. Rb8 Qe2 61. Ke7 Qf3 62. Qc2+ f5 63. Qc8 Qxh5 64. Qg8+ Kg6 65.
Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "11th European Individual Men Chess Cham"]
[Site "Rijeka/Croatia"]
[Date "2010.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 {#This
line is gaining adepts especially after world number one Carlsen played it
against Caruana in Wijk Aan Zee this year. Nevertheless, Akopian is an expert
in it, having played it as both White and Black.} 8. O-O {Though hardly a
novelty, the most common plan played by the elite is to delay castling with} (
8. Nf1 O-O 9. Ng3 ({or} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Ne7 11. Ne3) 9... b5 10. Bc2) 8...
O-O 9. Re1 h6 {Akopian played this postion as White against Ivanchuk last year,
who chose instead} (9... Re8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2 d5 13. Qe2 Be6) 10.
Nf1 b5 11. Bc2 d5 $146 12. Bd2 Be6 13. a4 Qd6 14. b4 Nd7 15. Bb3 dxe4 16. dxe4
Nb6 17. a5 Nc4 18. Ne3 Rfd8 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Be3 {#} Qe6 {Black
cannot exchange queens as the pawn weaknesses in the endgame would be fatal.}
22. Qa4 Rd3 23. Rec1 Bf8 {This turns out to be a fatal mistake as Ian will
choke Akopian with his a-pawn, as will be seen.} ({Necessary was the immediate
} 23... f5 24. Ne1 (24. b5 axb5 25. Qxb5) 24... Rdd8) 24. b5 axb5 25. Qxb5 Rb8
26. Qa4 Ra8 {#} 27. a6 $1 {It was once commented that Tal's passed pawns
seemed to advance a lot faster than those of his colleagues. It is quite
possible that Armenian GM felt the same in this game.} Rd6 28. Qb5 Qc8 29. a7
$1 Qd8 30. Qxc4 Qd7 31. Qb5 Rd3 32. Qb7 Qe8 33. Ra6 Rxe3 34. fxe3 Bc5 35. Rca1
Bxe3+ 36. Kh1 Bb6 37. h3 Kg7 38. Nd2 Nxa7 39. Rxb6 cxb6 40. Rxa7 Rc8 41. c4 1-0

[Event "11th European Individual Men Chess Cham"]
[Site "Rijeka/Croatia"]
[Date "2010.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nc2 Rc8 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Nc5 14. b4 Nd7 15.
Nd5 {Though Timofeev's advantage is obvious, his exploitation of it is
spectacular.} Nce5 16. Nd4 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nb6 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Nb5
Ned7 {#} 21. a4 $1 a6 (21... Nxa4 22. Bxa7 Qa8 23. Rc7) 22. a5 Na8 23. Na7 f5 (
23... Nc7 24. Qc2 Ne8 25. Nc8 Bf6 26. Qa4 Ne5 27. Nb6 Ng7 (27... g5 28. Rc8 Qa7
29. Ra8 $1 {It isn't often one sees a queen captured this way.}) (27... Nc7 28.
f4 {and the knight is lost.}) 28. f4 {and the knight has no squares.}) 24. exf5
gxf5 {#} 25. Nc6 $1 {Timofeev finds a spectacular solution to the position.}
bxc6 26. dxc6 Ne5 27. Bxa6 {With three passed pawns, backed up by two bishops,
a rook, and a queen, do you really have any doubts?} Nc7 28. Be2 Kh8 29. Bb6 f4
30. Bxc7 Qxc7 {#} {Remember the Rawhide theme song also sung by the Blues
Brothers?} 31. b5 {"Rollin, Rollin, Rollin..."} f3 32. Bf1 fxg2 33. Bxg2 Qc8
34. c7 {"...though the streams are swollen..."} Nf3+ 35. Bxf3 Rxf3 36. b6 {"...
keep them dogies rollin..."} Rf8 37. Qd5 Be5 38. b7 Qf5 39. Qg2 Bxh2+ 40. Kxh2
Qf4+ 41. Qg3 1-0

[Event "11th European Individual Women Chess Ch"]
[Site "Rijeka/Croatia"]
[Date "2010.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Nge7 7. Rb1 d5 8. O-O
O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. d3 b6 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Na4 h6 13. Bd2 c4 14. dxc4 dxc4 15.
Bc3 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Rad8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nc3 a6 19. h3 b5 20. Kf1 Bf5 21. Rbc1
f6 22. Ke1 Kf7 23. Nh4 Be6 24. Ne4 Bd5 25. Nc5 Bxg2 26. Nxg2 a5 27. Ne3 a4 28.
Nd7 Rh8 29. Rd6 Nb8 30. Rcd1 Nxd7 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 Ke6 $2 33. Rb7 Rc8 34.
Rxb5 c3 35. Rb6+ Kf7 36. bxc3 Rxc3 37. Rb7 Rc5 38. Ra7 g5 39. Rxa4 Rc1+ 40. Kd2
Rh1 41. Ra7 Kf8 42. h4 gxh4 43. gxh4 Rh2 44. Ng4 Rxh4 45. Nxf6 Kf7 46. Nd7 Rd4+
47. Kc3 Rd1 48. Ne5+ Ke6 49. Nd3 Nd5+ 50. Kc2 Rh1 51. Ra6+ Ke7 52. e4 Nf6 53.
e5 Ng4 54. f3 Ne3+ 55. Kd2 Nd5 56. Nb4 Nf4 57. Ke3 Ne6 58. Nd5+ Kf7 59. Ra7+
Kg6 60. Nf4+ Kf5 61. Nxe6 Kxe6 62. f4 Re1+ 63. Kf3 Rf1+ 64. Kg3 Rg1+ 65. Kf2
Ra1 66. Kg3 Rg1+ 67. Kh4 Rh1+ 68. Kg4 h5+ 69. Kg5 h4 70. Ra6+ Kd5 71. Rd6+ Kc5
72. Rh6 h3 73. Kf6 h2 74. f5 1-0

