[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. dxc5 dxc5 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne7 9. Ne5 Ng6 10. Qh5 Nxe5 $6 ({Although Carlsen won with} 10... Bc6 {it
wasn't as a result of the opening, which merely equalized.} 11. Bg3 Nxe5 12.
Bxe5 c4 13. O-O Qa5 14. Qg5 h6 15. Qg3 f6 16. Qg6+ Ke7 17. Bf4 Be8 18. Qg3 Kf7
19. Rad1 Bc6 20. Rd2 e5 21. Be3 Bb4 22. f4 Rhe8 23. f5 Bc5 24. Rfd1 Rad8 25.
Rxd8 Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Rxd8 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Kf2 Qd6 29. a3 a5 30. Kf3 Kg8 31. g3
b5 32. Ke2 b4 33. axb4 axb4 34. Nd1 Ba4 35. b3 cxb3 36. cxb3 Qa6+ 37. Kd2 Bb5
38. Qc5 Qa2+ 39. Qc2 Qa7 40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Kc1 Qa1+ 42. Kc2 Qd4 {0-1 (42) Ni
Hua (2665)-Carlsen,M (2801)/London 2009/CBM 134/[Ftacnik]}) 11. Bxe5 h6 12. h4
{Forced to prevent Qg5, which would allow Black to equalize. As it stands,
Black has trouble with his kingside and castling now.} Bc6 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. O-O
c4 {#} 15. Nd5 $1 {Energetic and strong. Black will not be able to keep the
piece, and his king is in serious jeopardy to boot.} exd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Bc3
Bb4 ({The alternative} 17... Qc5 {causes no end of headaches after} 18. Rfe1+
Kd8 (18... Be7 19. Rxe7+ Qxe7 20. d6 Qe4 (20... Qf8 21. Qe5+ Kd8 22. Ba5+ Kc8
23. Qc5+ Bc6 24. d7+ Kb8 25. Bb6 Qxc5 26. d8=Q+) 21. Re1) 19. Qxf7 Bd6 20. Bd4
Qb5 21. Re6 Bxe6 22. dxe6) 18. Bxg7 O-O-O 19. Bxh8 Rxh8 20. Qxf7 Rf8 21. Qg7
Qd8 22. Rd4 Bd6 23. Qxh6 {Black is way behind and unless he manages to mate
Gawain, the 3-0 majority on the kingside will decide it.} Rf6 24. Qg5 b5 25. b3
Qh8 26. Re4 Rf5 27. Qe3 cxb3 {#} 28. Qb6 $1 (28. cxb3 Kb7) 28... Qf6 (28...
Rxd5 29. Qxa6+ Kb8 30. Qb6+ Kc8 31. c4 $1) 29. Qxa6+ Kb8 {#} 30. Re6 $1 Bh2+ (
30... Bxe6 31. Qxd6+ Kb7 32. Qc6+ Ka7 33. dxe6 bxa2 34. Qd7+ Ka6 35. e7 a1=Q
36. Qd6+ Qxd6 37. Rxa1+ Kb6 38. e8=Q $18) 31. Kxh2 Qxh4+ 32. Kg1 Bxe6 33. Qb6+
Ka8 34. axb3 1-0

[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.03.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. h3 Bf5
9. O-O e6 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Nh4 Be4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Bd3 Ndf6 15.
Qe2 Qe7 16. c5 Bc7 17. b4 Nd7 18. a4 f5 19. Ra3 Rac8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra7 Bb8
{In many ways this is an important crossroads, and Nikita shows a very fine
understanding of the position.#} 22. Rb7 {The biggest difference is that not
only is the knight pinned, forcing the queen to stay put, but to leave a piece
will need to come to its protection.} ({If instead he had played a move such as
} 22. Ra6 {then} g5 {would give Black good chances.}) 22... Rc7 {Though
reasonable in its concept, this highlights Vitiugov's idea: to trade a pair of
rooks, and bring into action his plan involving the two weaknesses.} 23. Rxc7
Bxc7 24. Ra1 Rc8 25. Qd1 Bb8 26. Ra6 Qd8 27. Qa1 {#It may seem as if White is
biting on dust, but things are not so simple. The distinct space advantage
means that he can switch from one side of the board to the other far quicker
and easier than Black.} Qc7 28. Qa2 h6 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Nd2 31. Bd4 Nc4
32. f4 h5 33. Qf2 Qe7 {#} 34. g4 $1 {The Russian now switches to the kingside
where he is able to effectively penetrate far quicker than Black can counter.}
hxg4 35. hxg4 g6 36. Qg3 Kf7 {#} 37. Ra2 $1 {The rook now penetrates via g2 or
h2.} Rf8 ({If} 37... Rg8 38. Rg2 {threatening gxf5 exf5 and Bxf5} fxg4 39. Qxg4
{and g6 falls.}) 38. Rh2 Ke8 39. Rh6 Qf7 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. Rg6 {Threatening
Be2 and Rg7.} Kd8 42. Qg5+ (42. Qg5+ Qe7 (42... Kc8 43. Rg7 Qe8 44. Re7 Qd8 45.
Rxe6) 43. Rxe6) 1-0

