European Championship (R10): Demchenko sole leader

Deac, Sarana and Vocaturo get crucial wins

Anton Demchenko grabbed the sole lead in Friday’s round 9, after beating his compatriot Evgeny Romanov with the white pieces on second board. He also got white in round 10, and drew Vincent Keymer after the youngster got a clear edge in a messy position out of a Caro-Kann Defence. The half point was enough for Demchenko to keep the sole lead.

Keymer was joined by three young colleagues in shared second place after round 10, as Alexey Sarana (Russia), Daniele Vocaturo (Italy) and Bogdan-Daniel Deac all scored full points on Saturday.

The final round starts two hours earlier than usual, at 13.00 local time (15.00 CEST, 9.00 ET).

Round 11 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	13	GM	Deac Bogdan-Daniel	2639	7½		8	GM	Demchenko Anton	2597	33
2	32	GM	Keymer Vincent	2602	7½		7½	GM	Vocaturo Daniele	2630	18
3	10	GM	Mamedov Rauf	2654	7		7½	GM	Sarana Alexey	2643	12
4	30	GM	Antipov Mikhail Al.	2607	7		7	GM	Navara David	2675	3
5	36	GM	Huschenbeth Niclas	2592	7		7	GM	Yilmaz Mustafa	2630	19
6	34	GM	Mamedov Nidjat	2595	7		7	GM	Svane Rasmus	2615	25
7	26	GM	Erdos Viktor	2614	7		7	GM	Piorun Kacper	2608	29
8	2	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2682	6½		7	GM	Sanal Vahap	2557	47
9	35	GM	Romanov Evgeny	2594	6½		6½	GM	Bluebaum Matthias	2674	4
10	5	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	2671	6½		6½	GM	Bjerre Jonas Buhl	2550	48
11	7	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	2659	6½		6½	GM	Ivic Velimir	2571	42
12	40	GM	Gabuzyan Hovhannes	2587	6½		6½	GM	Donchenko Alexander	2657	8
13	41	GM	Thybo Jesper Sondergaard	2587	6½		6½	GM	Martirosyan Haik M.	2632	14
14	73	GM	Quparadze Giga	2476	6½		6½	GM	Lagarde Maxime	2631	16
15	44	GM	Paichadze Luka	2564	6½		6½	GM	Hovhannisyan Robert	2626	20
16	23	GM	Fridman Daniel	2621	6½		6½	GM	Steingrimsson Hedinn	2519	61
17	45	GM	Pantsulaia Levan	2564	6½		6	GM	Paravyan David	2631	17
18	6	GM	Grandelius Nils	2666	6		6	IM	Maurizzi Marc Andria	2488	70
19	11	GM	Saric Ivan	2653	6		6	IM	Horvath Dominik	2455	77
20	67	IM	Druska Juraj	2493	6		6	GM	Bartel Mateusz	2611	27

...83 boards

Tactic Toolbox Najdorf

The aim of this DVD is to demonstrate the typical tactical themes of the Sicilian Najdorf and to improve your understanding of them, as well as to practice them with the interactive examples.