Reggio Emilia
ChessFire
28th December 2009 – 6th January 2010
(12 december) LAST NEWS !: Gata Kamsky in Reggio Emilia substitute for
Vladimir Malakhov
15th November 2009 – A new, great edition of the oldest Italian closed
chess tournament will start on Monday, 28th December, in Reggio Emilia
in the classic venue of the Hotel Mercure-Astoria (maps and directions
here) with free admission. Ten top chess players will fight through
Wednesday, 6th January, for the 52nd title of King of the “Torneo di
Capodanno”. The official web site has the Hall of Fame of the
tournament, that has seen the participation of all the top world chess
players of the last half century (with the sole exception of Bobby
Fischer), as well as all the results of the various editions and all
the games for download. The rest day, missing since the 40th edition
(1997-98), has been reintroduced: no games will be played on 1st
January, allowing players to enjoy the New Year’s Day with no fear to
influence their performance on the “battlefield”.
And finally, the tournament: a great competition that will surely find
its place in history as it will see four over-2500 Italian chess
players (an absolute first) opposing six strong Grand Masters (GM)
from Eastern Europe. The FIDE category of this 52nd edition,
determined by the average value of the international ranking (Elo) of
the participants, is by just a hair the 15th (average Elo 2625 points,
a mere 10 point short of the 16th category), with the Grand Master
norm set at 4½ points.
This edition will also be memorable because of the first participation
of Fabiano Caruana, 17-years-old great Italian talent currently 81st
in the FIDE world ranking list. By now Fabiano plays steadily on a par
with the strongest world chess players, and he looks into a future of
great opportunities. Before and after the “Torneo di Capodanno”,
Fabiano has to face two very tough appointments. From 20th November to
15th December will play in the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk, Siberia,
where 128 players will fight to qualify for the final phase of next
world championship cycle. From 15th January to 31st January, then,
Fabiano will play in the Group A tournament (FIDE 19th category!) of
the “Corus” super-tournaments in Wijk aan Zee (Holland), qualified by
last year’s victory in Group B tournament. He will face players of the
calibre of Anand, Carlsen, Kramnik, Ivanchuk, etc. Good luck, Fabiano!
Defending the Italian colours in Reggio Emilia will also be Michele
Godena, the most prominent Italian player and real veteran of the
“Torneo di Capodanno”, at the tenth participation in Reggio Emilia;
Daniele Vocaturo, freshly appointed Grand Master, at the second
participation to the “Torneo di Capodanno” as player (plus last year’s
participation as game commentator for the audience), and Sabino
Brunello, in search of his third and final Grand Master norm, at the
second participation in Reggio Emilia as well.
Among the six foreign Grand Masters there will be the winner of the
Jubilee edition, the Hungarian Zoltan Almasi (third time in Reggio in
a row), but not last year’s winner, the Chinese Ni Hua, replaced by
the Georgian GM Baduur Jobava, at his début in Reggio. The Russian GM
Konstantin Landa (winner of the 48th edition) will be at his fifth
participation in a row. Back in Reggio after an absence of 12 years is
the Moldavian GM Viktor Bologan, who came very close to win the 39th
edition. Top scorer of the tournament will be the Russian GM Vladimir
Malakhov. Last but not least, an emerging young Azerbaijan GM, and
fellow citizen of Garry Kasparov, the 17-years-old Eltaj Safarli.
Gozzi Giorgio
Press Office Organizing Committee
ChessFire
Caruana, Kamsky, and Safarli win in Reggio Emilia R1
All wins achieved with the black pieces
Report by Chessdom.com
The 52nd Reggio Emilia chess tournament had an exciting start with 50%
decisive games in round 1, all of them with the black pieces. The
local favorite and Corus 2010 participant Fabiano Caruana outplayed
the tactician Viktor Bologan. The Candidate matches 2010 player Gata
Kamsky had a comfortable game against Daniele Vocaturo, while the
Chessdom.com commentator Eltaj Safarli defeated Sabino Brunello.
Round 1 results
Sabino Brunello - Eltaj Safarli 0-1
Konstantin Landa - Baadur Jobava 1/2-1/2
Viktor Bologan - Fabiano Caruana 0-1
Zoltan Almasi - Michele Godena 1/2-1/2
Daniele Vocaturo - Gata Kamsky 0-1
The 52nd Reggio Emilia tournament is scheduled to take place from 28th
December 2009 until 6th January 2010. What started as small local
tournament back in 1958, sprouted into prominent happening by the
early 90's, when both Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov sat on the
stage. List of the Reggio Emilia winners is outstanding, Viswanathan
Anand, Anatoly Karpov, Nona Gaprindashvili, Lajos Portish, Ulf
Andersson, Rafael Vaganian, to mention a few.
This year's edition is the final practice for Vocaturo, Kamsky, and
Caruana, all of them to participate in Corus Chess 2010 in Wijk Aan
Zee.
Stay tuned for more information from Reggio Emilia here on
Chessdom.com and the official site.
Chess news from Susan Polgar
micky
>
> Black is back! <sic>
The accepted line here is: "black is black" (I want my babee-back) etc.
---
> This year's edition is the final practice for Vocaturo, Kamsky, and
> Caruana, all of them to participate in Corus Chess 2010 in Wijk Aan
> Zee.
>
> Stay tuned for more information from Reggio Emilia here on
> Chessdom.com and the official site.
http://livechess.chessdom.com/site/ (aka: ChessBomb)
eg: Catalan Opening E00
Landa K. (2664)
Jobava B. (2696)
52^ Torneo Scacchistico Internazionale d (1.2)
Reggio Emilia, 2009
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. Nf3
c6 8. b3 b5 9. c5 O-O 10. Qb2 Re8 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5
14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Rfe1 Bf5 16. b4 a5 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Rb8 19. Qc3
axb4 20. Rxb4 Ree8 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Nb3 h5 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. h4 Qb7 25.
Rc1 Qb4 26. Qxb4 Rxb4 27. e3 Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke2 Kd8 30. Kd2 Kc7 31.
f3 Rb2+ 32. Rc2 Rb1 33. Rc1 Rb2+ 34. Rc2 1/2-1/2
See for examps: http://www.chessdom.com/
http://interviews.chessdom.com/judit-polgar-khanty-mansiysk
also: http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/tornei_capodanno/52/default.asp if
you feela lika polish uppa youra italia
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Note: If you have an especial interest in Susan Polgar... you might try:
http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/
Otherwise, the op's line below is particularly redundant...
>
> Chess news from Susan Polgar
Note2: My limited experience with "blogs" suggests an unhealthy level of
interminability - anyone else with similar experience ?
m.
micky
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> Note2: My limited experience with "blogs" suggests an unhealthy level of
> interminability - anyone else with similar experience ?
Interminable...
Interminablity
...yeah ! .....
FreeFactFinder - Directory I for India N for NovemberIntermability �
Intermadal � Intermalecular � Intermantane � Intermariage � Intermary �
Intermaxila � Intermaxilary � Intermeateon ...
freefactfinder.com/definition/directory-in.html - Cached - Similar -
HO HO HO - CHORTLE !
Any of you FBI sleuths spot the deliberate mistake ?
EXPLODING UNDERPANTS ! HINT, HINT !!!! (snicker) ...
Obama is very pleased with you dudes... hehehe-hee ..
m.
micky
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> http://interviews.chessdom.com/judit-polgar-khanty-mansiysk
Judit Polgar - [apparently told 'chessdom.com' {in an interview}] that
she couldn't live without chess ? in effect: she seems to have said to
them; "I just can't live without chess"...
Here dear reader, for your evaluation & (any) comment, is the precious &
fragmentary exchanges, archived on "chessdom.com"...
<endjoy> ...
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Interview for the World Cup official website
At the World Cup 2009 Judit Polgar started the competition in the second
round - her first round opponent could not come due to illness. "I got
an opportunity to have some rest after the trip, for acclimatization and
to get some energy" - Judit said - "This was very important before the
game against the best Romanian chess player Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu" (ed.
note - Judit won that match after tiebreaks 4.5-3.5). Excerpt from the
official website.
Q: Are you usually nervous before a game?
Judit Polgar: It depends on my preparation. I think that it is somehow
good to be nervous before a game. To my mind if you are not nervous -
you don't care that much on the result.
Q: Who was helping you to prepare for the Cup?
Judit Polgar: I don't have permanent coaches, but there are people who
help me. For instance, it is Lev Psakhis, we have been working for a
long time already. Plus, my husband always accompanies me at the
tournaments. He is not good in chess as he is in his profession, he is
an animal doctor. On the other hand, he always supports me morally,
perhaps this is the most important. He likes to watch my games keeping
his fingers crossed.
Judit Polgar....
Q: We know that you were temporary out of big sport and took care of the
family. What made you come back?
Judit Polgar: I cannot live without chess! It is an integral part of my
life. I enjoy the game!
Q: Is it difficult to be successful in life and in chess?
Judit Polgar: Extremely difficult! You should be good mother, good wife,
and good professional too. To be the best in all! Every day!
I had to give up chess for some period. When my son was born, it was
clear that children are most important. So, chess disappeared from my
life for some period. But later I wanted to play again and I have been
trying very hard over the last couple of years to come back and to
become the best again. I am concentrating on chess and trying to work
more� I have a lot of ambitions, just difficult to fullfil them all.
Q: Do you follow the women's chess?
Judit Polgar: Yes, I follow some women's tournaments and from time to
time I participate in them. Women's chess develops very fast, female
chess players become stronger and stronger. But anyway there is a big
gap between men and women players. Comparatively few women chess players
work on their professionalism, hire coaches, and use the computer base�
Perhaps there will be good changes in future. But for the moment
professional woman chess player is an unusual phenomenon.
Q: Did you teach your children chess?
Judit Polgar: No, they just like to play with pieces. No one will be
surprised if I say that my father promotes this. I hope in future they
will like to play chess, but I don't think that they will follow my
path. I just don't have this fanatic energy which their grandfather had.
Q: So, Polgar the father is not eager to grow up another generation of
chess champions?
Judit Polgar: Maybe he is. The question is if children and their parents
want this. Children take a grandfather a bit differently than parents.
And my husband is not delighted that his children will follow my way. He
knows well how hard our profession is. Though every profession is hard
if to take it professionally.
Q: What do your sisters do now in life?
Judit Polgar: Sofia lives in Israel now. She likes art, paintings. And
she teaches chess via Internet. Susan is a co-chairperson of FIDE
Women's chess committee. She likes it. I try to stay away from politics
in general and chess politics in particular.
Q: Are you famous in Hungary?
Judit Polgar: Yes, sometimes they recognize me. It started in 1988 when
our team won the Olympiad. Though in general chess in Hungary is not
that famous. People think they are not smart enough to start learning
chess. That is why I excluded chess diagrams from the book about me
which has been published in Hungary.
Q: Do they buy your book?
Judit Polgar: Yes, I could not even expect that it will raise such an
interest. I can say that with publication of my book I became more
popular.
m.
ChessFire
Safarli, Eltaj - Kamsky, Gata ½-½
Caruana, Fabiano - Almasi, Zoltan ½-½
Godena, Michele - Vocaturo, Daniele 1-0
Jobava, Baadur - Bologan, Viktor 1-0
Brunello, Sabino - Landa, Konstantin ½-½
Standings after 2 rounds:
1. Safarli, Eltaj g AZE 2592
1½
2. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2695
1½
3. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2652
1½
4. Godena, Michele g ITA 2537
1½
5. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2696
1½
6. Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2704
1
7. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2664
1
8. Brunello, Sabino m ITA 2507
½
9. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2692
0
10. Vocaturo, Daniele m ITA 2500
0
Official website: http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/tornei_capodanno/52/default.asp
micky
Reggio Emilia 2009 � Queen's Gambit Declined (D37) � 1-0
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "88"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5
8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Qb6 12. Qc2 h6 13. h4 cxd4
14.
exd4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. g3 Nf6 17. Kg2 Be6 18. Qc5 Qd8 19. Rac1 Ne4
20.
Qc7 Nd6 21. Ne5 Rc8 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. Kf3 Bf5 24. Kf4 Bxd3 25. Rxc8
Rxc8
26. Nxd3 Nb5 27. Rc1 Rd8 28. Ke3 Re8+ 29. Kd2 b6 30. Nf4 Nxd4 31. Rc7
Nf3+
32. Kd3 d4 33. Nd5 Ne1+ 34. Kxd4 Re2 35. b4 Nf3+ 36. Kd3 Rd2+ 37. Ke4
Nh2
38. Rxa7 f5+ 39. Ke5 Nf3+ 40. Kxf5 Nd4+ 41. Kg6 Ne6 42. Ne7+ Kf8 43. Nf5
Kg8 44. Nxg7 1-0
---
Viktor Bologan vs Sabino Brunello
Reggio Emilia 2009 � Ruy Lopez (C88) � 1-0
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2009.12.30"]
[EventDate "2009.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "V Bologan"]
[Black "S Brunello"]
[ECO "C88"]
.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O
8.
d4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e5 Ne8 11. c3 dxc3 12. Nxc3 d6 13. Bd5 Rb8 14.
Be3
Be6 15. Ba7 Bxd5 16. Bxb8 Ba8 17. Ba7 c5 18. b4 cxb4 19. Nd5 dxe5 20.
Nb6
Bd6 21. Nxa8 Qxa8 22. Be3 e4 23. Rc1 Qb8 24. g3 Nf6 25. Rc6 Be5 26. Qe2
Qa8
27. Rc2 Re8 28. Bd2 Bd6 29. Rec1 Nd5 30. Qg4 Nf6 31. Qf5 Kf8 32. Rc6 Qd8
33. Rxa6 Be7 34. Bg5 Qd5 35. Rxf6 1-0
m.
===
ChessFire
Almasi, Zoltan - Jobava, Baadur 1-0
Kamsky, Gata - Godena, Michele ½-½
Landa, Konstantin - Safarli, Eltaj ½-½
Vocaturo, Daniele - Caruana, Fabiano 1-0
Bologan, Viktor - Brunello, Sabino 1-0
micky
Michele Godena vs Daniele Vocaturo
Reggio Emilia 2009 � Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation. General
(B22) � 1-0
---
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "M Godena"]
[Black "D Vocaturo"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "90"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6
8.
O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qa5 13. Bd2 Rd8
14.
Rfe1 Bd7 15. Bb3 Be8 16. Qe4 Rd7 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Be3 Ba3
20.
Rb1 Bf8 21. Rbc1 Ba3 22. Rb1 Qxc3 23. Bc2 g6 24. Bxh6 Nd4 25. Bd1 Be7
26.
Be3 Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3 b6 28. h4 Rd5 29. h5 Rxe5 30. Qb7 Bg5 31. Rec1 Qa3
32.
Rb3 Qxa2 33. Bxg5 Rxg5 34. Qe7 Rb8 35. Qxg5 Qxb3 36. hxg6 fxg6 37. Qe5
Rd8
38. Qf6 Qd3 39. Rc7 Rd7 40. Rc8 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 Rh7+ 42. Kg3 Qb5 43. Qxe6+
Kf8
44. Bd5 Rf7 45. Qxf7+ 1-0
Zoltan Almasi vs Baadur Jobava
Reggio Emilia 2009 � Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer. Classical
Variation (B65) � 1-0
---
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Z Almasi"]
[Black "Ba Jobava"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "92"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
Be7
8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. h4 Bd7 13. Bd3 Bc6
14.
Qe3 Kf8 15. e5 Ng4 16. Qg3 h5 17. Be2 dxe5 18. Bxe7+ Kxe7 19. Bxg4 hxg4
20.
fxe5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rf1 Ke8 23. a3 Rd7 24. h5 Kd8 25. Re1 Qc5
26.
Qxg4 Qf2 27. Re2 Qf1+ 28. Ka2 Qf5 29. Qxg7 Qxh5 30. Rf2 Qg6 31. Qf8+ Kc7
32. Qc5 a6 33. Na4 Rd5 34. Qe7+ Rd7 35. Qc5 Rd5 36. Qb6+ Kc8 37. Qb4 Kc7
38. Nb6 a5 39. Na8+ Kb8 40. Qf8+ Ka7 41. Nc7 Rxe5 42. Qa8+ Kb6 43. Qd8
Kc5
44. Rd2 Qe4 45. Na8 Kc4 46. Rd3 1-0
Daniele Vocaturo vs Fabiano Caruana
Reggio Emilia 2009 � Formation: King's Indian Attack (A07) � 1-0
---
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "D Vocaturo"]
[Black "F Caruana"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "90"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. O-O
Nf6
8. d3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Bf4 a6 12. Rfc1 b5 13. Qd1 Rc8 14.
e4
d4 15. Nb1 Nd7 16. Bd2 Nc5 17. Be2 Na4 18. b3 Nb6 19. a4 b4 20. Be1 Qd7
21.
a5 Na8 22. Nd2 Na7 23. Nc4 Nb5 24. f4 Nc3 25. Qd2 Bc5 26. Bf3 Qe7 27. g4
Nc7 28. Bg3 f5 29. Re1 fxe4 30. Bxe4 N7d5 31. Bxd5 Nxd5 32. Re4 Nf6 33.
Rae1 Nxe4 34. Rxe4 Ba7 35. f5 Rc6 36. Ne5 Rc3 37. Nc4 Rxb3 38. Bd6 Qh4
39.
Bxf8 Qh3 40. Bxb4 Rxd3 41. Qg2 Qh4 42. Qf2 Qh3 43. fxe6 Rd1+ 44. Be1 d3
45.
Nb6 1-0
Dec-31-09
ajile: You are right. This misnaming of openings seems to happen a
lot on this website.
Also Black seems to be doing well until 28..f5. The opening of the
center only favors White with his pressure on e6.
Dec-31-09
Domdaniel: And it's not even a KIA. It's an English: White plays c4
before e4.
Dec-31-09
Domdaniel: <ajile> For a second there I wanted to rush off and
compile a game collection called something like <Vaganian's Best 100
Wins with the KIA> ... but the moment passed.
Anyway, it would have taken me until next year to finish.
Dec-31-09
ajile: Somebody won with White in a King's Indian Attack?
I don't understand.
Dec-31-09 Atking: Indeed the question is why not 39....KxBf8?
Probably a time pressure. And <As noted Marmot PFL> the harsh price of
trying to win with black againt a weaker opponent.
Dec-31-09
Marmot PFL: Probably a case of trying too hard to win against one of
the bottom players.
Dec-31-09 LaFreak III: what a defensive strategy by White
[chessgames.com]
m.
micky
Baadur Jobava vs Daniele Vocaturo
Reggio Emilia 2009 � King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack. Normal
Attack (E77) � 1-0
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[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ba Jobava"]
[Black "D Vocaturo"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "72"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. f4 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8.
Be2
exd5 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. O-O Re8 11. Nd2 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Kh1 Qc7 14. e5
dxe5
15. Nc4 b6 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. d6 Qd7 18. Bg5 Nfg4 19. Nd5 Nxc4 20. Bxc4
Ne5
21. Rxf7 Nxf7 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Bxf7 Rf8 24. Bxg6 Qg4 25. Qd2 Bd7 26. Bc2
Qd4 27. Qe2 Bg4 28. Qe1 Qf2 29. h3 Qxc2 30. hxg4 Rbd8 31. Nf5 Rde8 32.
Be7
Rxf5 33. gxf5 Qxf5 34. Qe2 Qd7 35. Re1 Qxa4 36. Qe6 1-0
---
Sabino Brunello vs Zoltan Almasi
Reggio Emilia 2009 � Neo-Gr�nfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (D71)
� 0-1
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "S Brunello"]
[Black "Z Almasi"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "80"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 O-O 7. Ne2 c5
8.
O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Qc8 13. Ba3 Re8
14.
Qb3 Rb8 15. Rfd1 Na5 16. Qd5 b6 17. Qg5 Nc4 18. Bxe7 h6 19. Qh4 g5 20.
Bxg5
hxg5 21. Qxg5 Qc5 22. Qh4 Qe7 23. Qh5 Rbc8 24. Bd5 Ne5 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26.
Qxf5 Rxc3 27. Rd4 Qf6 28. Qh5 Qg6 29. Qxg6 Nxg6 30. Rg4 Kf8 31. h4 Rd8
32.
Bb3 Ne5 33. Rf4 Rd7 34. Kg2 Nd3 35. Rf3 Nc5 36. Bd1 Ra3 37. g4 Rxa2 38.
g5
Rad2 39. Bb3 Nxb3 40. Rxb3 Rb2 0-1
---
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "K Landa"]
[Black "V Bologan"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "58"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6
8.
d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Rc1 fxe4 14.
Ncxe4 Nf5 15. c5 Nd4 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Bg4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Rf5 19. Ne6
Nxe6
20. dxe6 Qe7 21. Nc3 Rd8 22. Qf3 d5 23. Nb5 a6 24. Rc7 Qxb4 25. Nc3 Qa5
26.
Rd7 Re8 27. Rc1 Rxe6 28. h3 Rc6 29. Qe2 Be5 0-1
---
Fabiano Caruana vs Gata Kamsky
Reggio Emilia 2009 � Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation (B18) �
1/2-1/2
.
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "F Caruana"]
[Black "G Kamsky"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "114"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 Nd7 6. Nxb7 Qc7 7. Nc5
Nxc5 8. dxc5 e6 9. Bd3 Bxc5 10. Bxf5 Qe5+ 11. Qe2 Qxf5 12. Nf3 Ne7 13.
O-O
O-O 14. Bg5 Ng6 15. Qd3 Qxd3 16. cxd3 Rfb8 17. Rac1 Bf8 18. b3 a5 19.
Rxc6
a4 20. Rb1 axb3 21. Rxb3 Rxb3 22. axb3 h6 23. Be3 Ra3 24. Rc3 Bd6 25.
Nd4
Bf4 26. Nc2 Ra2 27. Kf1 Bd6 28. b4 Rb2 29. Bc5 Rb1+ 30. Ke2 Bxh2 31. g3
h5
32. Kf3 Rg1 33. b5 h4 34. b6 h3 35. Bd6 Nh4+ 36. Ke2 Rb1 37. Nb4 Bxg3
38.
Bxg3 Rxb4 39. Bxh4 h2 40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. Rc1 Rxh4 42. Rh1 Rb4 43. Rxh2+
Kg6
44. Ke3 Rxb6 45. Rh1 Rb5 46. Rg1+ Rg5 47. Ra1 Rh5 48. d4 Rh3+ 49. Ke4
Rb3
50. Ra5 Rb1 51. Rc5 Kf6 52. f4 Rd1 53. Rg5 Ra1 54. Kf3 g6 55. d5 Ra3+
56.
Kf2 exd5 57. Rxd5 1/2-1/2
m.
ChessFire
Almasi, Zoltan - Landa, Konstantin ½-½
Kamsky, Gata - Jobava, Baadur 1-0
Godena, Michele - Caruana, Fabiano ½-½
Bologan, Viktor - Safarli, Eltaj 1-0
Vocaturo, Daniele - Brunello, Sabino 0-1
Standings after 5:
1-2. Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2704
3½
1-2. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2695
3½
3-4. Godena, Michele g ITA 2537
3
3-4. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2692
3
5-7. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2652
2½
5-7. Safarli, Eltaj g AZE 2592
2½
5-7. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2696
2½
8. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2664
2
9. Brunello, Sabino m ITA 2507
1½
10. Vocaturo, Daniele m ITA 2500
1
ChessFire
losses. He is one of the biggest fighters in chess.
Landa, K (2664) - Bologan, V (2692) [E97]
Reggio Emilia ITA (4), 31.12.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5
Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf4 12.Bxf4 exf4 13.Rc1 fxe4 14.Ncxe4
Nf5 15.c5 Nd4 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Bg4 Bxg4 18.Qxg4 Rf5 19.Ne6 Nxe6 20.dxe6
Qe7 21.Nc3 Rd8 22.Qf3 d5 23.Nb5 a6 24.Rc7 Qxb4 25.Nc3 Qa5 26.Rd7 Re8
27.Rc1 Rxe6 28.h3 Rc6 29.Qe2 Be5 0–1
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Viktor Bologan vs Eltaj Safarli
Reggio Emilia 2010 � Sicilian, Najdorf (B90) � 1-0
===
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "V Bologan"]
[Black "E Safarli"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "80"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7
8.
a4 Be7 9. a5 O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Nc5 12. Nd2 Be6 13. Bf3 Rfd8 14.
b4
Nb3 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nxa1 17. dxe6 d5 18. exf7+ Kf8 19. Qxa1 d4 20.
Ne4 dxe3 21. fxe3 Bxb4 22. Ng5 Qc3 23. Qxc3 Bxc3 24. Bxb7 Rab8 25. Nxh7+
Ke7 26. Bxa6 Bxa5 27. f8=Q+ Rxf8 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 29. Rxf8 Kxf8 30. Kf2 Ke7
31. Kf3 Bb6 32. h4 Kf6 33. Ke4 Bc5 34. Bb5 g6 35. Be8 Bb6 36. c4 Ba7 37.
g4
Bc5 38. g5+ Kg7 39. Kd5 Bxe3 40. c5 1-0
.
Daniele Vocaturo vs Sabino Brunello
Reggio Emilia 2010 � Caro-Kann Defense (B12) � 0-1
===
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "D Vocaturo"]
[Black "S Brunello"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "126"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nh4 Bg6
8.
c3 c5 9. Nd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Nf3 Be7 13. a3 g5 14.
Qd3
Nf8 15. Be3 f6 16. b4 Kf7 17. Bd1 a5 18. b5 Nb8 19. Nd2 Ng6 20. f4 gxf4
21.
Bxf4 Nxf4 22. Rxf4 Nd7 23. Bg4 Rh6 24. Nf3 f5 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. e6+ Rxe6
27. Qxf5+ Rf6 28. Qxd5+ Ke8 29. Re4 Rxf3 30. gxf3 Nf6 31. Qxb7 Nxe4 32.
Qxe4 Rb8 33. a4 Rb6 34. Kh1 Kf7 35. Rc1 Rd6 36. Qf5+ Bf6 37. Rc8 Rd5 38.
Qc2 Qd6 39. Qe4 Qd7 40. Qc2 Rxd4 41. Rc7 Rd1+ 42. Qxd1 Qxc7 43. Qb3+ Ke7
44. Qe3+ Kd7 45. Qe4 Qc5 46. Qb7+ Qc7 47. Qd5+ Qd6 48. Qb7+ Ke6 49. Qe4+
Kf7 50. Qc4+ Kf8 51. Qc8+ Bd8 52. Kg2 Ke7 53. Qc3 Qg6+ 54. Kh1 Bb6 55.
Qe5+
Kf7 56. Qd5+ Qe6 57. Qb7+ Kf6 58. Kg2 Qe2+ 59. Kh3 Qf1+ 60. Kg3 Bf2+ 61.
Kg4 Qg2+ 62. Kf4 Qg5+ 63. Ke4 0-1
.
Gata Kamsky vs Baadur Jobava
Reggio Emilia 2010 � English (A10) � 1-0
===
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "G Kamsky"]
[Black "Ba Jobava"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "80"]
1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. h4 h6 7. e4 Nbc6 8.
h5
g5 9. f4 gxf4 10. gxf4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nd4 12. Qd2 Nec6 13. O-O-O Bg4 14.
Nge2 Qd7 15. Rdf1 O-O-O 16. Be3 Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Kb8 18. Nf4 Rde8 19. Kb1
a6
20. Bh3 Bxh3 21. Nxh3 Re5 22. Nf4 Rhe8 23. Nd5 f5 24. Bxh6 Bh8 25. Rxf5
Rxf5 26. exf5 Qxf5 27. Qd1 b5 28. Rf1 Qh7 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Bf4 Kb7 31.
Bc1
Re5 32. Nf4 Rc5 33. Rh1 Qf7 34. Qe2 d5 35. Ne6 Rxc1+ 36. Rxc1 Qf6 37. a3
Nd4 38. Rxc7+ Kb6 39. Nxd4 Kxc7 40. Nxb5+ Kd7 1-0
.
m.
ChessFire
Round 6 results:
Bologan, Viktor - Almasi, Zoltan 0-1
Jobava, Baadur - Godena, Michele ½-½
Landa, Konstantin - Vocaturo, Daniele 1-0
Safarli, Eltaj - Caruana, Fabiano 0-1
Brunello, Sabino - Kamsky, Gata 0-1
//Phil Innes
SAT W-7
ChessFire
> Gata is playing pretty good chess ..
But Almasi regains sole lead by half a point following this round's
results:
Round 7 results:
Almasi, Zoltan - Safarli, Eltaj 1-0
Kamsky, Gata - Landa, Konstantin ½-½
Caruana, Fabiano - Jobava, Baadur ½-½
Vocaturo, Daniele - Bologan, Viktor ½-½
Godena, Michele - Brunello, Sabino ½-½
ChessFire
Almasi, Zoltan - Vocaturo, Daniele 1-0
Landa, Konstantin - Godena, Michele ½-½
Bologan, Viktor - Kamsky, Gata ½-½
Safarli, Eltaj - Jobava, Baadur ½-½
Brunello, Sabino - Caruana, Fabiano ½-½
micky
>
> Round 8 results:
>
> Almasi, Zoltan - Vocaturo, Daniele 1-0
Almasi wins !
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "V Bologan"]
[Black "Z Almasi"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "200"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7.
dxe5
Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Ne7 11. Re1 Ng6 12. a3 h6 13. Be3
Be7
14. Rad1 Bd7 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Ng3 Bxc2 17. Rd2 Bb3 18. Nh5 Bf8 19. Nd4
Be6
20. f4 Ne7 21. g4 Nd5 22. Bf2 Rg8 23. Kf1 Bd7 24. f5 c5 25. Nb3 Bb5+ 26.
Kg1 Bc6 27. Nxc5 Bxc5 28. Bxc5 b6 29. Bf2 Bb7 30. Bh4 c6 31. e6 f6 32.
Rc1
Rd8 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. b4 a6 35. Rcd1 g5 36. Bg3 Rc8 37. Bh2 Rgd8 38. Ng3
c5
39. bxc5 bxc5 40. Rb2 Ba8 41. Ne2 c4 42. Rc1 c3 43. Rbc2 Rc4 44. Nxc3
Rxc3
45. Rxc3 Nxc3 46. Rxc3 Rd2+ 47. Ke3 Rxh2 48. Rc7+ Kd8 49. Rf7 Rxh3+ 50.
Kd4
Bf3 51. Rxf6 Bxg4 52. Ke5 Rf3 53. Rxh6 Bxf5 54. Rh5 Ke7 55. Rxg5 Bxe6
56.
a4 Ra3 57. Rg7+ Bf7 58. Rg4 Be8 59. Rg7+ Kf8 60. Ra7 Rxa4 61. Kd5 Ra1
62.
Kc4 a5 63. Kc3 a4 64. Kb2 Rd1 65. Ka3 Bd7 66. Ra5 Ke7 67. Re5+ Kd6 68.
Re3
Kc5 69. Rf3 Kb5 70. Re3 Rd5 71. Rf3 Ka5 72. Re3 Rb5 73. Re7 Rb3+ 74. Ka2
Bc6 75. Re1 Bd5 76. Ka1 Rd3 77. Rb1 a3 78. Rg1 Kb4 79. Rb1+ Ka4 80. Rg1
Rc3
81. Rb1 Be4 82. Rg1 Kb3 83. Re1 Bd3 84. Rd1 Bc4 85. Rb1+ Ka4 86. Rg1 Rc2
87. Re1 Ra2+ 88. Kb1 Rd2 89. Ka1 Kb3 90. Rb1+ Rb2 91. Rd1 Rc2 92. Rb1+
Kc3
93. Rg1 Bd3 94. Rd1 Bc4 95. Rg1 Ra2+ 96. Kb1 Rf2 97. Ka1 Bf1 98. Rg3+
Bd3
99. Rh3 Rd2 100. Rh2 Rd1+ 0-1
---
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Z Almasi"]
[Black "E Safarli"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "122"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4
8.
Nxd4 Bb7 9. c4 c5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ng3 h5 12. Nc3 h4 13. Nge2 Nxc4 14.
Bxc4
bxc4 15. h3 Bc6 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. Nec3 Rb8 18. Re1 Kf8 19. Ne3 Bd4 20.
Nxc4
Rb4 21. Qd3 Qf6 22. Be3 Bb5 23. Nxb5 axb5 24. Nb6 Qe6 25. Nd5 Rc4 26. b3
Bxa1 27. bxc4 bxc4 28. Qxc4 Bf6 29. Qd3 Bd8 30. Rd1 Nf6 31. Nxf6 Bxf6
32.
Qxd6+ Qxd6 33. Rxd6 Kg7 34. Bxc5 Rb8 35. Rd1 Rb2 36. a3 g5 37. Kf1 Ra2
38.
Rd5 Kg6 39. Bb4 Bb2 40. Rd3 f6 41. Ke1 Kf7 42. Kd1 Kg6 43. Bc5 Kf7 44.
Rd7+
Kg6 45. Ra7 Bc3 46. Be3 Be5 47. a4 Bc3 48. Bb6 Rb2 49. Be3 Ra2 50. Bc5
Rd2+
51. Kc1 Ra2 52. Bb6 Be1 53. Kb1 Rd2 54. a5 Bxf2 55. Bxf2 Rxf2 56. a6
Rf1+
57. Kb2 Rf2+ 58. Kb3 Rxg2 59. Ra8 Rg3+ 60. Kb4 Re3 61. Re8 1-0
---
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Z Almasi"]
[Black "D Vocaturo"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "68"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. cxd5 exd5
8.
Nc3 Bb7 9. Ne5 Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 Rb8 12. Nb5 Qe8 13. a4 Ra8 14. e3
Ne4
15. h4 f6 16. Nf3 h6 17. Nd2 Rd8 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nb3 g5 20. hxg5 fxg5
21.
Nxc5 bxc5 22. Bc7 Nxc7 23. Nxc7 Qe5 24. Nb5 Qxb2 25. Qh5 Qf6 26. Bxe4
dxe4
27. Rxc5 Rd2 28. Qh2 Rfd8 29. g4 Rd1 30. Nd4 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Ba6+ 32. Kg1
Qb6 33. Qe5 Bc8 34. Rc6 1-0
m.
ChessFire
1st, Kamsky did it. Caruana and Godena also won to finish in a tie for
3rd.
Round 3 results:
Kamsky, Gata - Almasi, Zoltan 1-0
Caruana, Fabiano - Landa, Konstantin 1-0
Godena, Michele - Bologan, Viktor 1-0
Jobava, Baadur - Brunello, Sabino ½-½
Vocaturo, Daniele - Safarli, Eltaj +/-
Kamsky, Gata GM (2695) - Almasi, Zoltan GM (2704)
52nd Torneo Scacchistico Internazionale d Reggio Emilia (9.2),
06.01.2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.a4
Rb8 9.axb5 axb5 10.d4 Bb6 11.h3 0–0 12.Re1 h6 13.Be3 Bd7 14.Nbd2 Re8
15.Qb1 b4 16.Qc2 Na5 17.Rxa5 Bxa5 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.Nc4 Rb5 20.Ba4 b3
21.Qd1 Qb8 22.Nfd2 Be6 23.Qa1 Rc8 24.Ba7 Qxa7 25.Bxb5 Bb6 26.Qxa7 Bxa7
27.Nxe5 Rd8 28.Ndf3 Bb6 29.Bc4 Re8 30.Nd2 Bc5 31.Bxe6 Rxe6 32.Nec4 Bf8
33.e5 Nd5 34.Nxb3 Nf4 35.h4 Ra6 36.Ra1 Rc6 37.Ra4 Nd3 38.Nd4 Rc5 39.e6
Be7 40.Ra8+ Kh7 41.Re8 1–0
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Caruana, Fabiano GM (2652) - Landa, Konstantin GM (2664)
52nd Torneo Scacchistico Internazionale d Reggio Emilia (9.4),
06.01.2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6
8.Qd2 Be6 9.0–0–0 Qd7 10.Kb1 Bf6 11.h4 h6 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bxd4
14.Qxd4 0–0 15.Rg1 Rae8 16.g4 Qc6 17.Bg2 Qa6 18.b3 Bd7 19.g5 h5 20.g6
Re7 21.Bd5 Be6 22.Rde1 c5 23.Qd1 Rfe8 24.Qxh5 fxg6 25.Rxe6 1–0
He once again proved that he is a top notch player. Once he can become
a little bit more consistent, he will break the 2700 barrier. The
difference between Fabiano and Gata or Zoltan is the loss to Vocaturo,
who basically lost to everyone else.
Final standings:
1-2. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2695
6½ 2782
1-2. Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2704
6½ 2781
3-4. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2652
5½ 2700
3-4. Godena, Michele g ITA 2537
5½ 2713
5. Jobava, Baadur g GEO 2696
4½ 2615
6-8. Landa, Konstantin g RUS 2664
4 2576
6-8. Bologan, Viktor g MDA 2692
4 2573
6-8. Safarli, Eltaj g AZE 2592
4 2584
9. Brunello, Sabino m ITA 2507
3 2511
10. Vocaturo, Daniele g ITA 2500
1½ 2364