[Event "18th Euro-TCh Open"]
[Site "Porto Carras/Greece"]
[Date "2011.11.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 (7. Be3 {is
the main line}) 7... Be7 8. g3 (8. c3 $142 O-O 9. Be3 f6 10. g3 Qb6 11. Qd2
fxe5 12. dxe5 Rd8 13. Bh3 d4 14. Bf2 d3 15. Nc1 Nf8 16. b3 Qa6 17. a4 b5 18.
O-O Bb7 19. Ra2 (19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Be3 $16) 19... b4 20. c4 Na5 21. Be3 Nxc4
22. bxc4 Qxc4 23. f5 exf5 24. Bxf5 Qd5 25. Bxd3 c4 26. Bb1 Qc6 27. Qe1 Ng6 28.
Raf2 Nxe5 29. Ne2 Rd3 30. Ned4 Qd5 31. Bxd3 Nxd3 32. Qd2 Nxf2 33. Rxf2 Rf8 34.
h4 c3 35. Qd3 Bc5 36. Bf4 Rd8 37. Be5 Re8 38. Bf4 Re1+ 39. Rf1 Qxf3 40. Qxf3
Bxd4+ {0-1 Kamsky,G (2730)-Ding,L (2628)/Moscow RUS 2011/The Week in Chess 849}
) 8... O-O 9. Bg2 b5 10. Be3 Qa5+ 11. Kf2 f6 12. c3 b4 13. Re1 bxc3 14. bxc3
Ba6 15. Bh3 f5 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. g4 Nc4 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Rg1 Rab8 20. Rg3 Nd8
21. Rb1 Nb2 22. Qg1 Ne6 23. Ra1 Bxe2 24. Kxe2 Qa6+ 25. Kf2 Nd3+ 26. Kg2 Ndxf4+
27. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 28. Kh1 Qh6 29. Bf1 c4 30. Qf2 Rb6 31. Qc2 g5 32. Qa4 g4 33.
Qxa7 Qe6 34. Rg1 Kh8 35. Nd2 Rb2 36. Rd1 Rg8 37. Bg2 Bh4 38. Qa5 Bf2 39. Rgf1
Be3 40. Rxf4 Bxf4 41. Nf1 Qh6 42. Qxd5 Bxh2 43. Qc6 Qxc6 44. Bxc6 Bf4 45. Re1
g3 46. Bg2 Rgb8 47. a4 Rb1 48. Re2 R8b2 49. Rxb2 Rxb2 50. a5 Ra2 51. Bc6 Kg7
52. e6 Kf6 0-1

[Event "18th Euro-TCh Open"]
[Site "Porto Carras/Greece"]
[Date "2011.11.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Vajda, Levente"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Kruttika"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nge2 a6 8. a3
O-O 9. O-O h5 10. f3 Nh7 11. g3 h4 12. Be3 Bg5 13. Qd2 Bxe3+ 14. Qxe3 g6 $2 {
this is taking it too far} (14... Qe7 $11) 15. Qh6 hxg3 16. hxg3 Qg5 17. Qxg5
Nxg5 18. Kf2 Kg7 19. Rh1 Nb6 20. Rh4 f5 21. Rah1 Bd7 (21... fxe4 {is worth a
try} 22. Nxe4 Rxf3+ 23. Kg2 Rxd3 24. Nxg5 Bf5 25. Nc3 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Kf6 27.
Ne4+ Bxe4+ 28. Rxe4 Kf5 29. Kf3 Nd7 30. a4 Nf6 31. Re2 e4+ 32. Kg2 Ke5) 22. f4
Nf7 23. Rh7+ Kf6 24. exf5 gxf5 25. fxe5+ Nxe5 26. R1h6+ Kg5 27. Nf4 Nxd3+ 28.
Nxd3 1-0

[Event "18th Euro-TCh Open"]
[Site "Porto Carras/Greece"]
[Date "2011.11.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Kruttika"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 a6 7. a4 g6 8. Bf4
Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Ne8 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Qe7 13. a5 Rb8 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. Na4
Bd7 16. Nb6 Bb5 17. Re1 f5 18. Qb3 Nc7 19. Ndc4 Nf7 20. Rad1 Qf6 21. Bg3 Rbd8
22. Na4 Na8 23. Nc3 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 (24. Qxc4 Ne5 25. Qb3 Qf7 26. Qa3 Nc7 27. b4
$16) 24... Rb8 25. Na4 (25. Qa3 b5 26. axb6 Rxb6 27. Na4 Rb4 28. Be2 $14) 25...
Ne5 26. Bf1 {now white is out of opportunities} Qd8 27. Nb6 Nxb6 28. axb6 Qe7
29. Bxe5 Qxe5 30. Rb1 f4 31. Qc4 Qg5 32. exf4 Rxf4 33. Re4 Bd4 34. Rxf4 Qxf4
35. Qe2 Rf8 36. Kh1 Bxf2 37. Qe6+ Kg7 38. Be2 Rf6 39. Qg4 Qe5 40. Bf3 h5 41.
Qc8 Rf7 42. Qe6 Qg3 43. Rf1 Bd4 44. Qe1 Qxe1 45. Rxe1 Bxb2 46. Re8 a5 47. Be2
a4 48. Ra8 a3 49. g4 hxg4 50. hxg4 Kh6 51. Bb5 Rf4 0-1

[Event "18th Euro-TCh Open"]
[Site "Porto Carras/Greece"]
[Date "2011.11.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Kruttika"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. a3 Nc7 12. Bf4 Ne6 13. e3 Nxf4 14. exf4 O-O 15.
Nc3 d6 16. Rd2 Re8 17. Rad1 h6 18. Ne5 Nd4 19. Rxd4 Bxg2 20. R4d2 Bh3 21. Nb5
Qc8 22. Nxd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 f6 24. Rxf6 Qb7 25. Qc4+ Kh7 26. Qd3+ Kg8 27. Qb3+
Kh7 28. f3 $4 (28. Qc2+ $11) 28... gxf6 29. Rd7+ Qxd7 30. Nxd7 Kg7 31. Nxf6 $2
(31. g4 Rad8 32. Nxc5 bxc5 33. Qb7+ Kg8 34. Qb3+ Kf8 35. Qc3 Kg7 36. Kf2 {and
white may be able to hold}) 31... Re1+ 32. Kf2 Rf1+ 33. Ke2 Kxf6 34. Qa4 Kf7
35. Qc6 Re8+ 36. Kd2 Rf2+ 37. Kd1 Bf5 0-1

[Event "18th Euro-TCh Open"]
[Site "Porto Carras/Greece"]
[Date "2011.11.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a6 8. Re1
b6 9. h3 c6 10. Ba2 Rb8 11. Be3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. b4 Qc7 14. Bb3 Nb6 15. Qd3
Bd7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bc5 Be8 18. Red1 Rd8 19. Qe3 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 Nc8 21. Nb2
Bxc5 22. bxc5 Ne7 23. Nd3 Ng6 24. Ra8 Bd7 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Nfxe5 Nxe5 27. Qf4
Be8 28. Nxe5 Qe7 29. g4 Qxc5 30. g5 Nh5 31. Qf5 Qa7 32. g6 Nf6 33. gxf7 Bd7 34.
Qxh7 1-0

[Event "18th Euro-TCh Open"]
[Site "Porto Carras/Greece"]
[Date "2011.11.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Kruttika"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 c5 7. dxc5 d4 8.
Qg3 O-O 9. Bh6 Ne8 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O-O b6 {Now things start to go bad for
Black.} 12. e3 bxc5 13. exd4 Rb8 14. Bf4 Rb3 15. Bd3 cxd4 16. Bxh7+ {A nice
little combination.} Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18. Qxb3 f6 19. Ne4 e5 20. c5+ Kh8 21.
Bd2 Nc7 22. Nd6 Be6 23. Qd3 Ne8 24. Qb5 Qd7 25. Kb1 (25. Ne4 $14) 25... Nc7 26.
Qe2 Rb8 27. Ka1 Nb5 28. Rc1 Nxd6 29. cxd6 Qb7 30. b4 Na5 31. Rc7 Qxg2 {White
is clearly winning.} 32. Re1 $4 (32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Rb1 Nc6 (33... Nb3+ 34. Rxb3
Bxb3 35. d7) (33... Nb7 34. Re7) 34. Rc1 $18) 32... Nb3+ 33. Kb2 Nxd2 34. Qxd2
Qf3 35. Qc2 d3 36. Qd2 Qd5 37. Ka1 Qxd6 38. Rc5 Qd4+ 39. Qb2 Bb3 40. Rc3 Bc2
41. Rc1 a5 42. R3xc2 dxc2 43. Qxd4 exd4 44. Rxc2 axb4 45. a4 Ra8 46. Kb2 Rxa4
47. Kb3 Ra3+ 48. Kxb4 Rf3 49. Kc4 d3 50. Rd2 Kh7 51. Kd4 Kg6 52. Ke4 Rh3 53. f3
f5+ 54. Ke3 Kg5 55. Rg2+ Kf6 56. Rd2 g5 57. Rf2 Ke5 58. Kxd3 Kf4 59. Ke2 Rh6
60. Kf1 Ke3 61. Rg2 Rh5 62. Ra2 Kxf3 63. Ra3+ Kg4 64. Kg2 Rh8 65. h3+ Kh5 66.
Ra5 f4 67. Ra7 Rb8 68. Rh7+ Kg6 69. Ra7 Rb2+ 70. Kg1 Rb3 71. Kg2 Rg3+ 72. Kh2
Re3 73. Kg2 Kf5 74. Ra5+ Re5 75. Ra2 Rd5 76. Rb2 Ra5 77. Rc2 Ke4 78. Re2+ Kd4
79. Rf2 Ke3 80. Rf3+ Ke4 81. Rf2 Ra3 82. Rb2 Rg3+ 83. Kh2 Rd3 84. Rb5 Rd2+ 85.
Kg1 Rd5 {White seems to be holding, but now steps into it.} 86. Rb3 Rd1+ 87.
Kg2 Rd2+ 88. Kg1 f3 89. Rb8 g4 90. Rg8 Ke3 91. hxg4 Kf4 92. Kf1 Kg3 93. Ke1
Re2+ 94. Kd1 Re7 0-1

[Event "18th Euro-TCh Open"]
[Site "Porto Carras/Greece"]
[Date "2011.11.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Kruttika"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Bd3 exd5
15. exd5 c4 16. Bxc4 Be6 17. Rd1 Ne7 18. dxe6 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Qxc3 20. Bb3 Qc1+
21. Rd1 Qc3+ 22. Rd2 Qc1+ 23. Rd1 Qc3+ 24. Ke2 a5 (24... Qb4 $142 25. Rd7 Qb5+
26. Kd2 Rc8 {keeps the game alive}) 25. Rd7 a4 26. Rc1 Qb2+ $2 (26... Qb4 27.
Bc4 Qb2+ 28. Kd1 Re8) 27. Rc2 Qb1 28. Nd2 axb3 29. Nxb1 bxc2 30. Nc3 Nf5 31.
Bd2 h5 32. Kd3 b5 33. e7 Re8 34. Nd5 Kf7 35. Kxc2 Rc8+ {and now things start
to go really down the drain for Black.} 36. Nc7 Nxe7 37. Bb4 Bf8 38. Kb3 Rb8
39. Nd5 Ke6 40. Rd6+ Ke5 41. f4+ 1-0

