
This event saw many strong players at the start; GM Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, GM
Elshan Moradiabadi , GM Emre Can, GM Kivanc Haznedaroglu, IM Mustafa Yilmaz,
IM Pouria Darini, IM Ogulcan Kanmazalp and IM Javad Alavi Sayed. The match was
played as a double Scheveningen with eight rounds.

The match ended with victory of the Iranian team, which beat the Turkish squad
21:11. GM Elshan Moradiabadi showed the highest performance in the friendship
match. Full reports and pictures can be found on the tournament
web site. You will also find the games in PGN there.
One of the games of the match has an instructive pawn ending which was analysed
by the international chess trainer and Turkish team coach Efstratios Grivas.
Here are his notes.

1.e4 | 1,184,215 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
1.d4 | 958,932 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
1.Nf3 | 286,327 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
1.c4 | 184,722 | 56% | 2443 | --- |
1.g3 | 19,884 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
1.b3 | 14,598 | 54% | 2428 | --- |
1.f4 | 5,953 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
1.Nc3 | 3,906 | 50% | 2384 | --- |
1.b4 | 1,790 | 48% | 2378 | --- |
1.a3 | 1,250 | 54% | 2406 | --- |
1.e3 | 1,081 | 49% | 2409 | --- |
1.d3 | 969 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
1.g4 | 670 | 46% | 2361 | --- |
1.h4 | 466 | 54% | 2382 | --- |
1.c3 | 439 | 51% | 2425 | --- |
1.h3 | 289 | 56% | 2420 | --- |
1.a4 | 118 | 60% | 2461 | --- |
1.f3 | 100 | 47% | 2427 | --- |
1.Nh3 | 92 | 67% | 2511 | --- |
1.Na3 | 47 | 62% | 2476 | --- |
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1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.0-0 Nc6 8.h3 Bh5 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Be7 12.Rd1 0-0 13.c4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Qc6 15.Nd2 Rfd8 16.Nf3 Rac8 17.Ne5 Qa6 18.b3 Qa5 19.a3 Nd7 20.Nxd7 Rxd7 21.Bb2 Rcd8 22.Rxd7 Rxd7 23.Rd1 Rxd1+ 24.Qxd1 Bxa3 25.Bxa3 Qxa3 26.Qd8+ Qf8 27.Qc7 Qa8 28.b4 Kf8 29.c5 a6 30.Kf1 Qe8 31.Qxb7 Qb5+ 32.Qxb5 axb5 33.Ke2! 33.f4? 33...Ke7 34.Ke3 Kd7 35.Kd4 Kc6 36.g4! f6 36...Kd7 37.g5 Kc6 38.Ke5 Kd7 39.h4 Ke7 40.h5 Kd7 41.f3! 41.h6? gxh6 42.gxh6 Ke7 43.c6 f6+ 44.Kd4 Kd6 45.c7 e5+ 46.Ke4 Kxc7= 41...Ke7 42.c6 h6 42...f6+ 43.Kd4 Kd6 44.h6+- 43.gxh6 gxh6 44.c7 f6+ 45.Kd4 Kd7 46.Kc5 Kxc7 47.Kxb5 Kd6 48.Kb6! 48.Kc4? e5 49.b5 f5= 48...e5 49.b5 f5 50.Ka7+- 37.g5! 37.h4? Kd7 38.g5 h5 39.gxh6 gxh6 40.Ke4 h5 37...Kd7 37...fxg5 38.Ke5 Kd7 39.f3 39.c6+ Kxc6 39...Kc7 40.Kxe6 Kxc6 41.f3! h6 42.Ke5! 42.Kf7? Kd6 42...Kd5 43.Kxg7 Kc4 44.Kxh6 Kxb4 45.Kxg5 Kc4 46.h4 b4 47.h5 b3 48.h6 b2 49.h7 b1Q 50.h8Q Qg1+= 43.Kxg7 Ke6 44.Kxh6 Kf6= 42...Kb6 43.Kd5 g6 44.Kd6 Kb7 45.Kc5 Ka6 46.Kc6 h5 47.Kc5+- 40.Kxe6 h6 41.f3 39...h6 39...Ke7 40.c6 h6 41.c7 Kd7 42.c8Q+ Kxc8 43.Kxe6 Kc7 44.Kd5! 44.Kf7? Kd7 45.Kxg7 Ke6 46.Kxh6 Kf6= 44...Kb6 45.Kd6 Kb7 46.Kc5 Ka6 47.Kc6+- 40.c6+ Kc7 41.Kxe6 Kxc6 42.Ke5!+- 38.gxf6 gxf6 39.Ke4 39.h4? h5!= 39...Kc6 40.Kf4 Kd7 41.Kg4 Ke7 42.Kh5 e5 42...Kf7 43.Kh6 Kg8 44.c6 43.Kh6? 43.Kg4! Ke6 44.h4 e4 44...h6 45.Kh5 f5 46.Kxh6 e4 47.Kg5 Ke5 48.h5 f4 49.h6 e3 50.fxe3 fxe3 51.h7 e2 52.h8Q++- 45.Kf4 f5 46.h5 Kf6 47.c6 Ke6 48.h6+- 43...e4! 44.h4 Ke6 44...f5 45.Kg5 Ke6 46.Kf4+- 45.h5 Kd7?! 45...Kd5 46.Kxh7 f5 47.h6 f4 48.Kg7! 48.Kg8? e3 49.fxe3 fxe3 50.h7 e2 51.h8Q e1Q 52.Qh5+ Kc6 52...Kc4? 53.Qg4+ Kc3 54.Qd7 Kxb4 55.c6+- 53.Qg6+ Kc7 54.Qb6+ Kc8 55.Qc6+ 55.Qxb5? Qe6+= 55...Kd8± 48...e3 49.fxe3 fxe3 50.h7 e2 51.h8Q e1Q 52.Qd8+ Kc6 52...Kc4 53.c6+- 53.Kf7! Qc1 53...Qxb4 54.Qd6+ Kb7 55.c6++- 54.Ke8! 46.Kxh7 f5 47.Kg6! 47.Kg7? f4 48.h6 e3 49.fxe3 fxe3 50.h7 e2 51.h8Q e1Q 52.Qh3+ Kc7± 47...f4 48.h6 e3 49.fxe3 fxe3 50.h7 e2 51.h8Q e1Q 52.Qg7+ Kc8 53.Qg8+ Kc7 54.Qf7+ Kb8 55.Qf4+ Kb7 56.Kf5! Kc8 56...Qd1 57.Qe4+ Kb8 58.Ke6+- 57.Qe4 Qf2+ 58.Ke6 Qa2+ 59.Kd6 Qd2+ 60.Qd5 60.Kc6 Qd7+ 61.Kb6+- 60...Qxb4? 60...Qf4+ 61.Kc6+- 61.Qa8# 1–0
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Kanmazalp,O | 2424 | Darini,P | 2470 | 1–0 | 2011 | B22 | Turkey-Iran CFM | 8.2 |
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Efstratios Grivas
Efstratios Grivas is a grandmaster and highly experienced chess trainer
and chess author.
He lives in Athens, and he is also a FIDE Senior Trainer (Secretary
of the FIDE Trainers' Commission), an International FIDE Chess Arbiter
and an International FIDE Chess Organizer. He has represented his country
on a great many occasions, winning the fourth position in the World
Junior Championship 1985, an individual gold medal at the 1989 European
Team Championship and an individual silver medal at the 1998 Olympiad.
In 2010 he was awarded the worldwide highly important FIDE TRG Awards
– the Boleslavsky Medal (best author) for 2009. |
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