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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5
Just like in the last two events, seven players signed up for the tournament, and more than 50% of the players were German.
But compared to the other events with Robert Ris and Christian Braun, in the majority of the games, White succeeded. Apparently, "Turborossi" was the happiest to play against the Richter-Rauzer opening, since he won all three games as White, and lost his other four games as Black. Only seven games ended with a win for Black, two games were drawn, and in seventeen games White made the full point.
In one of the games, White had the chance to checkmate the Black king! Can you find the combination?
The Greek GM won the tournament smoothly, with 6½ out of 7. Most players had a real Elo rating of just beneath 2000, so Kapnisis had to deal with a couple of tough situations.
All the games played can be viewed and replayed here.
With the Playchess video & audio function, you don't need to wear a mask. But still, one player from Cyprus had to wear one, since he wasn't home.
After the tournament, Spyridos Kapnisis gave a small lesson on ChessBase, where all the players could ask questions.
If you want to learn more about the opening, check out the ChessBase Magazine #201
