[Event "11th Gibraltar Masters Tie-Break"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, fianchetto (Bronstein) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "400025"]
[EventDate "2013.01.31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bg5 f6
9. Be3 Nh6 10. Bb3 Qe7 11. Re1 b6 12. Bd5 Nf7 13. c4 O-O 14. Nc3 Kh8 15. c5 dxc5
16. dxc5 b5 17. Qc2 Rae8 18. Rad1 Ncd8 19. Rd3 c6 20. Red1 Bg4 21. Bb3 Bxf3 22.
gxf3 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Rd7 Qf6 25. Kh1 Ne6 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27. Rg1 Ree8 28. f4
Qe6 29. Rgd1 exf4 30. Bxf4 b4 31. Na4 Qxa2 32. Rg1 Qe6 33. Nb6 Be5 34. Re1 Qf6
35. Qc4 Bxf4 36. Rxe8 Rxe8 37. Qxf4 Qg6 38. Qg3 Ne5 39. Rd6 Qf7 40. h3 f4 41.
Qg2 Rg8 42. Qe4 Qh5 43. Rd3 f3 44. h4 Nxd3 45. Nd7 Nxf2+ 0-1

[Event "11th Gibraltar Masters Tie-Break"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.31"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Yusupov-Rubinstein system"]
[WhiteFideId "5004225"]
[BlackFideId "4152956"]
[EventDate "2013.01.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. Ne5 c5 10. f4 cxd4 11. exd4 Ne4 12. Qe2 f5 13. Ndf3 Qe7 14. a4 a5 15.
Bb5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rfc8 17. c4 Rc7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Rc2 Bxe5 20. fxe5 dxc4 21.
bxc4 Bc6 22. Rfc1 Bxb5 23. axb5 Qb4 24. Qd3 a4 25. c5 bxc5 26. Qa3 Qxb5 27. Rc4
Rc6 28. Rxa4 cxd4 29. Rxc6 Qxc6 30. Rxd4 Qc2 31. Qd3 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "11th Gibraltar Masters Tie-Break"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4152956"]
[BlackFideId "5004225"]
[EventDate "2013.01.31"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 b6 3. Bd3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Re1 d6 8. a4 a6
9. Ne2 Nd7 10. Ng3 c5 11. c3 O-O 12. Be3 e5 13. d5 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Ng5 Qe8
16. c4 e4 17. Bc2 f4 18. Bxe4 fxe3 19. Rxe3 Bd4 20. Rf3 Rxf3 21. Qxf3 Ne5 22.
Bxh7+ Kg7 23. Qe4 N7g6 24. Nf5+ Kf6 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. f4 Bc8 27. Rf1 Ra7 28.
fxe5+ Kxg5 29. Bxg6 Qxg6 30. Qxd4 Rg7 31. e6 Kh5 32. Qf2 b5 33. b3 bxc4 34. bxc4
a5 35. h3 Qg5 36. Qe2+ Kh6 37. Kh1 Ba6 38. Rf2 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Bxc4 40. Qe4 Qc3 41.
Qh4+ Kg6 42. Qg4+ Kh6 43. Qh4+ Kg6 44. Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Gibraltar Masters Tie-Break"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "400025"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2013.01.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nge7 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. Bf2 Nf5 16. Ne2 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Bf6 18. Rxb7 Rc8 19. Reb1 Nd6 20. R7b3 Qa5 21.
Qd3 Qxa2 22. g4 Qa4 23. Ra3 Qc4 24. Ra6 Qxd3 25. cxd3 Rc7 26. Bc5 Rd8 27. Bf3
Nf7 28. d4 Kh8 29. Kg2 g5 30. h4 gxh4 31. g5 Bg7 32. Bg4 e5 33. dxe5 Ncxe5 34.
fxe5 Rxc5 35. e6 Ne5 36. e7 Re8 37. Bh5 Ng6 38. Rxa7 Be5 39. Bxg6 hxg6 40. Rf1
Kg7 41. Nf4 Rc2+ 42. Kh3 Bxf4 43. Rxf4 Re2 44. Rd4 Re5 45. Kxh4 Re1 46. Rxd5
R8xe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "11th Gibraltar Masters Tie-Break"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Doe,John"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2013.01.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 d6 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. Bb2 Rae8 13. e4 cxd4 14. cxd4 e5
15. f3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qf2 Nd7 18. Qxd4 Nc5 19. Bc2 Qe5 20. Qf2 Rc8 21.
Rfe1 Ne6 22. Bd3 Ba6 23. Bf1 Rc7 24. Rb3 Qc5 25. Rbe3 g5 26. g3 Qe5 27. Rd3 Rd8
28. Rd5 Qg7 29. Qe3 h6 30. Qa3 {[%cal Ga3d6,Ga3a6] After a good start Black is
now losing a pawn to a trick.} Bb7 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Qxd6 Rc8 33. Nb3 Qc3 34.
Kf2 Rd8 35. Qe7 Bc6 36. Qxa7 Qb4 37. c5 bxc5 38. Qa5 Qb8 39. Bc4 Rd7 40. Bxe6
Ra7 41. Qxc5 Rxa2+ 42. Re2 Rxe2+ 43. Kxe2 fxe6 44. Nd4 Bd7 45. Ke3 Kf7 46. f4
gxf4+ 47. gxf4 Qb1 48. Nf3 Qb3+ 49. Kf2 Qb2+ 50. Kg3 Qb3 51. Qh5+ Kg7 52. Qe5+
Kf7 53. Qh8 Bc6 54. Qh7+ Ke8 55. Qg8+ Ke7 56. Qg7+ Ke8 57. Qg6+ Ke7 58. Kg4 Qe3
59. Qg7+ Ke8 60. Qg8+ Ke7 61. Qh7+ Ke8 62. Qg6+ Ke7 63. Qg7+ Ke8 64. Qxh6 Qxe4
65. Qh8+ Ke7 66. Qg7+ Ke8 67. Qg8+ Ke7 68. Qg5+ Ke8 69. Qh5+ {This position,
and indeed the one after Black's reply, will occur three times.} Ke7 70. Qc5+
Ke8 71. Qh5+ Ke7 72. Qg5+ Ke8 73. Qh5+ Ke7 74. Qc5+ Ke8 75. Qc3 Bd5 76. Kg3 Qe2
77. h3 Ke7 78. Qc7+ Ke8 79. Qc8+ Ke7 80. Qc5+ Ke8 81. Qc3 Ke7 82. Ng5 Qg2+ 83.
Kh4 Qf2+ 84. Kg4 Qe2+ 85. Kh4 Qf2+ 86. Qg3 Qd4 87. Qa3+ Ke8 88. Qd6 Qh8+ 89.
Kg4 Qf6 90. Qb8+ Ke7 91. Qc7+ Ke8 92. Qb8+ Ke7 93. Qc7+ Ke8 94. Qe5 Qg6 95. h4
Kd7 96. h5 Qc2 97. h6 Qd1+ 98. Kh4 Qh1+ 99. Nh3 {Vitiugov has around 20
seconds for each move. You can watch what followed from around 33 min 50 sec
into the video above.} Bg2 100. Qd4+ Ke7 101. Qg7+ Kd6 $4 (101... Ke8 {would
have prolonged the game and saved it.}) 102. Qg3 Be4 103. f5+ Kc6 104. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "11th Gibraltar Masters Tie-Break"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "400025"]
[BlackFideId "4152956"]
[EventDate "2013.01.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bg4 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Nbd2 Nf6 9. h3 Bf5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Nfxd4 Be4 12. f3 Bg6 13. Re1 O-O 14. c3 Bd6
15. g4 h6 16. Be3 a6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Nc5 Rfe8 20. Bf2 a5 21. Rxe8+
Rxe8 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qb8 24. b4 axb4 25. cxb4 Qa8 26. Qd2 Bb1 27. a4 Bxc5
28. Bxc5 Qxa4 29. Bf1 Ba2 30. Bd3 Bc4 31. Bf5 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Qf1 33. Qe3 Qe2+ 34.
Qxe2 Bxe2 35. Kg3 g5 36. Be7 Kg7 37. Kf2 Bd1 38. Bc5 Nh7 39. Ke1 Ba4 40. Bd4+
Kg8 41. Be3 Nf8 42. h4 Ne6 43. Bxe6 fxe6 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Bxg5 Kf7 46. f4 d4
47. Bd8 Bb3 48. Kd2 Bd5 49. Bb6 Bf3 50. g5 Kg6 51. Bxd4 Bh1 52. Ke3 Kf7 53. Be5
Kg6 54. Kd4 Kf7 55. Kc5 Bg2 56. Kd6 Bh1 57. Bf6 Bg2 58. Bd8 Bf3 59. Ke5 Bg2 60.
g6+ Kxg6 61. Kxe6 Bh3+ 62. Ke5 Kf7 63. f5 Bg2 64. Bh4 Bf3 65. Bg5 Bg2 66. Bd8
Bh1 67. f6 Bg2 68. Kd6 Bh1 69. Be7 Bg2 70. Ke5 1/2-1/2

