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Re: European Team Championship Reykjavik 2015
European Team Championship
Round Eight
November 21, 2015
Summary of Round Eight
With one round to go, both Russian teams are still in the lead, but none of them have won the title with a round to spare, which is good for the tournament’s suspense!
In the Open Section, Russia was held to another draw, this time by the Armenians. Nepomniachtchi opened the score for the Russians by beating Movsesian, but Sargissian levelled the match by overcoming Grischuk.
On board 2, Georgia (who started this tournament as the 17th seed!) scored another big upset as they drew against 4th seed France. Here it was Levan Pantsulaia (who so far is the top performer of the tournament, with a rating performance of 2868) who opened the score for Georgia by beating Edouard, but Bacrot levelled the score against Gagunshavili in one of the longest games of the day.
On board 3, Hungary created what is probably the surprise of the day, as they shocked defending champions Azerbaijan with a resounding 3.5-0.5 victory! Leko drew Mamedyarov on the top board, but Rapport, Almasi and Berkes all won for Hungary.
This means that before the 9th and final round, Russia is still in the sole lead with 14 points, but Hungary is following them on 12 points and these two teams will be facing each other tomorrow. Five teams have 11 points and they will all be fighting for the medals: France, Armenia, Netherlands, Germany and Georgia. Netherlands will play France on board 2, while Georgia take on Armenia and Germany face Azerbaijan.
In the Women’s Section, Russia scored yet another 2.5-1.5 victory, this time against Poland. While Gunina lost to Szczepkowska – Horowska on board 3, both Kosteniuk and Goryachkina won for Russia.
On board 2, Georgia also won by the smallest of margins against Hungary. Here it was Georgia’s top two players, Dzagnidze and Khotenashvili, who decided the match in their favour. On board 3, Ukraine stunned France with an incredible 4-0 victory!
So with one round to go, the Russian ladies are still in the lead with 15 points, 2 points ahead of both Georgia and Ukraine. Germany has 11 points and they will challenge Russia on the top board tomorrow, while Georgia face Austria and Netherlands take on Ukraine.
The last round starts at 11 am local time (6 am Toronto/Montreal), so 4 hours earlier than usual. Make sure you don’t miss the final action, where all the medal places will be decided!
Fiona Steil-Antoni
Press Officer
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Simon was analyzing the games of Italy-Moldova when he on the board appeared triple-isolated pawns (after 15.fxe4)
Round 8, Nov. 21, 2015
Vocaturo, Daniele – Bologan, Viktor
D15 QGD Slav Accepted (4…a6)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e5 9.dxe5 Bb4 10.Bd2 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Ne4 12.Bb4 bxc4 13.Qg4 c5 14.f3 cxb4 15.fxe4 O-O 16.exd5 cxb3 17.axb3 Qxd5 18.Bc4 Qxe5 19.O-O Ra7 20.Rad1 g6 21.Qf4 Qxf4 22.exf4 Nc6 23.Rd6 Rc8 24.f5 Ne5 25.Bxa6 Rc6 26.Rxc6 Nxc6 27.Bc4 Ne5 28.Rf4 Nxc4 29.Rxc4 gxf5 30.Rxb4 Ra2 31.Kh2 Rb2 32.Kg3 Kg7 33.Kf3 f4 34.Rb5 Kg6 35.h4 h5 36.Rb6+ f6 37.Rb5 Rc2 38.Rb4 Rb2 39.Rb8 Kf5 40.Rb5+ Kg6 41.b4 Kh6 42.Rb8 Kg7 43.b5 Rb4 44.b6 Kg6 45.Ke2 Kf5 46.b7 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2
Simon called them Irish pawns and gave the history of the term. Tripled pawns were named the Irish Pawn Centre by Tony Miles when he saw E Keogh vs F J Sanz Alonso, 1978 won by the Irish player Keogh.
It was a joke made - in good humour - by the late Tony Miles. He was playing in a Zonal tournament alongside the Irish player Keogh, who had a game with tripled pawns. Miles christened this the 'IPC' - and proceeded to beat Keogh in the next round, using - what else? - tripled pawns. Miles vs E Keogh, 1978
The article by Miles was reprinted in the book It's Only Me.
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Round 8, Nov. 22, 2015
Sargissian, Gabriel – Grischuk, Alexander
A33 English, Symmetrical Variation
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Nxd5 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.O-O-O Qxd4 13.Rxd4 e5 14.Rd2 Be6 15.b3 Rfd8 16.Rhd1 Rxd2 17.Rxd2 Kf8 18.Bf3 Nc6 19.Ne4 Rb8 20.Nd6 f5 21.Nxb7 e4 22.Nc5 exf3 23.Nxe6+ Ke7 24.Nf4 fxg2 25.Nxg2 g5 26.h4 h6 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Ne1 Ne5 29.Rd5 Ke6 30.Ra5 Nc6 31.Rc5 Ne5 32.Kd2 Rh8 33.Nd3 Nxd3 34.Kxd3 Rh2 35.Rc2 g4 36.b4 Rh1 37.a4 Rb1 38.Kc4 Ke5 39.Kb5 Kd5 40.Rc5+ Ke6 41.Rc4 Rb3 42.Ka6 1-0
Round 8, Nov. 21, 2015
Rapport, Richard – Radjabov, Teimour
A45 Trompovsky Attack (Ruth, Opocensky Opening)
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 Be7 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Be7 10.e4 d4 11.Na2 e5 12.Nb4 Nd7 13.Bd2 a5 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 Bb7 17.Qe2 Qb6 18.c3 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 dxc3 20.Bxc3 Bxb4 21.Rb1 c5 22.Nxe5 Nxe5 23.Bxe5 Re8 24.Ba1 Qe6 25.f3 Ra8 26.Bc4 Ba6 27.Qb2 Qg6 28.Qa2 Bb7 29.Rd1 h6 30.Qb2 Bc6 31.Qe5 Kh7 32.h4 f6 33.Qc7 Be8 34.Be6 Kh8 35.Qb7 Ra3 36.Qe7 1-0
Round 8, Nov. 21, 2015
Giri, Anish – Shirov, Alexi
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Nxf3 Nf6 9.e5 Nd5 10.O-O Nc7 11.Be3 Ne6 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Bd2 Rd8 14.Re4 Nd4 15.Bc3 Nb5 16.Qd2 O-O 17.Rae1 Nxc3 18.Qxc3 Rd5 19.b3 b5 20.Qd2 Qb6 21.Qe3 Qa5 22.c4 bxc4 23.dxc4 Rdd8 24.Qe2 e6 25.h4 Rd7 26.h5 Rfd8 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.g3 Qc3 29.Kg2 a5 30.Re3 Rd3 31.Rd1 1-0
Results of Round 8, Open Section
1. Russia-Armenia 2-2
2. France-Georgia 2-2
3. Azerbaijan-Hungary 0.5-3.5
4. Netherlands-Latvia 3-1
5. Germany-Norway 2.5-1.5
6. Ukraine-Poland 2.5-1.5
7. Serbia-Spain 2-2
8. Italy-Moldova 1-3
9. Turkey-England 1.5-2.5
10. Czech Republic-Switzerland 3.5-0.5
Results of Round 8, Women’s Section
1. Poland-Russia 1.5-2.5
2. Georgia-Hungary 2.5-1.5
3. France-Ukraine 0-4
4. Germany-Serbia 2.5-1.5
5. Romania-Italy 1.5-2.5
6. Austria-Armenia 2.5-1.5
7. Greece-Azerbaijan 3.5-0.5
8. Spain-Turkey 2.5-1.5
9. Netherlands-Slovenia 3.5-0.5
10. Montenegro-England 2-2
European Team Championship
Round Eight
November 21, 2015
Summary of Round Eight
With one round to go, both Russian teams are still in the lead, but none of them have won the title with a round to spare, which is good for the tournament’s suspense!
In the Open Section, Russia was held to another draw, this time by the Armenians. Nepomniachtchi opened the score for the Russians by beating Movsesian, but Sargissian levelled the match by overcoming Grischuk.
On board 2, Georgia (who started this tournament as the 17th seed!) scored another big upset as they drew against 4th seed France. Here it was Levan Pantsulaia (who so far is the top performer of the tournament, with a rating performance of 2868) who opened the score for Georgia by beating Edouard, but Bacrot levelled the score against Gagunshavili in one of the longest games of the day.
On board 3, Hungary created what is probably the surprise of the day, as they shocked defending champions Azerbaijan with a resounding 3.5-0.5 victory! Leko drew Mamedyarov on the top board, but Rapport, Almasi and Berkes all won for Hungary.
This means that before the 9th and final round, Russia is still in the sole lead with 14 points, but Hungary is following them on 12 points and these two teams will be facing each other tomorrow. Five teams have 11 points and they will all be fighting for the medals: France, Armenia, Netherlands, Germany and Georgia. Netherlands will play France on board 2, while Georgia take on Armenia and Germany face Azerbaijan.
In the Women’s Section, Russia scored yet another 2.5-1.5 victory, this time against Poland. While Gunina lost to Szczepkowska – Horowska on board 3, both Kosteniuk and Goryachkina won for Russia.
On board 2, Georgia also won by the smallest of margins against Hungary. Here it was Georgia’s top two players, Dzagnidze and Khotenashvili, who decided the match in their favour. On board 3, Ukraine stunned France with an incredible 4-0 victory!
So with one round to go, the Russian ladies are still in the lead with 15 points, 2 points ahead of both Georgia and Ukraine. Germany has 11 points and they will challenge Russia on the top board tomorrow, while Georgia face Austria and Netherlands take on Ukraine.
The last round starts at 11 am local time (6 am Toronto/Montreal), so 4 hours earlier than usual. Make sure you don’t miss the final action, where all the medal places will be decided!
Fiona Steil-Antoni
Press Officer
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Simon was analyzing the games of Italy-Moldova when he on the board appeared triple-isolated pawns (after 15.fxe4)
Round 8, Nov. 21, 2015
Vocaturo, Daniele – Bologan, Viktor
D15 QGD Slav Accepted (4…a6)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e5 9.dxe5 Bb4 10.Bd2 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Ne4 12.Bb4 bxc4 13.Qg4 c5 14.f3 cxb4 15.fxe4 O-O 16.exd5 cxb3 17.axb3 Qxd5 18.Bc4 Qxe5 19.O-O Ra7 20.Rad1 g6 21.Qf4 Qxf4 22.exf4 Nc6 23.Rd6 Rc8 24.f5 Ne5 25.Bxa6 Rc6 26.Rxc6 Nxc6 27.Bc4 Ne5 28.Rf4 Nxc4 29.Rxc4 gxf5 30.Rxb4 Ra2 31.Kh2 Rb2 32.Kg3 Kg7 33.Kf3 f4 34.Rb5 Kg6 35.h4 h5 36.Rb6+ f6 37.Rb5 Rc2 38.Rb4 Rb2 39.Rb8 Kf5 40.Rb5+ Kg6 41.b4 Kh6 42.Rb8 Kg7 43.b5 Rb4 44.b6 Kg6 45.Ke2 Kf5 46.b7 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2
Simon called them Irish pawns and gave the history of the term. Tripled pawns were named the Irish Pawn Centre by Tony Miles when he saw E Keogh vs F J Sanz Alonso, 1978 won by the Irish player Keogh.
It was a joke made - in good humour - by the late Tony Miles. He was playing in a Zonal tournament alongside the Irish player Keogh, who had a game with tripled pawns. Miles christened this the 'IPC' - and proceeded to beat Keogh in the next round, using - what else? - tripled pawns. Miles vs E Keogh, 1978
The article by Miles was reprinted in the book It's Only Me.
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Round 8, Nov. 22, 2015
Sargissian, Gabriel – Grischuk, Alexander
A33 English, Symmetrical Variation
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Nxd5 11.Bxe7 Nxe7 12.O-O-O Qxd4 13.Rxd4 e5 14.Rd2 Be6 15.b3 Rfd8 16.Rhd1 Rxd2 17.Rxd2 Kf8 18.Bf3 Nc6 19.Ne4 Rb8 20.Nd6 f5 21.Nxb7 e4 22.Nc5 exf3 23.Nxe6+ Ke7 24.Nf4 fxg2 25.Nxg2 g5 26.h4 h6 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Ne1 Ne5 29.Rd5 Ke6 30.Ra5 Nc6 31.Rc5 Ne5 32.Kd2 Rh8 33.Nd3 Nxd3 34.Kxd3 Rh2 35.Rc2 g4 36.b4 Rh1 37.a4 Rb1 38.Kc4 Ke5 39.Kb5 Kd5 40.Rc5+ Ke6 41.Rc4 Rb3 42.Ka6 1-0
Round 8, Nov. 21, 2015
Rapport, Richard – Radjabov, Teimour
A45 Trompovsky Attack (Ruth, Opocensky Opening)
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 Be7 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Be7 10.e4 d4 11.Na2 e5 12.Nb4 Nd7 13.Bd2 a5 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 Bb7 17.Qe2 Qb6 18.c3 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 dxc3 20.Bxc3 Bxb4 21.Rb1 c5 22.Nxe5 Nxe5 23.Bxe5 Re8 24.Ba1 Qe6 25.f3 Ra8 26.Bc4 Ba6 27.Qb2 Qg6 28.Qa2 Bb7 29.Rd1 h6 30.Qb2 Bc6 31.Qe5 Kh7 32.h4 f6 33.Qc7 Be8 34.Be6 Kh8 35.Qb7 Ra3 36.Qe7 1-0
Round 8, Nov. 21, 2015
Giri, Anish – Shirov, Alexi
B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Nxf3 Nf6 9.e5 Nd5 10.O-O Nc7 11.Be3 Ne6 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Bd2 Rd8 14.Re4 Nd4 15.Bc3 Nb5 16.Qd2 O-O 17.Rae1 Nxc3 18.Qxc3 Rd5 19.b3 b5 20.Qd2 Qb6 21.Qe3 Qa5 22.c4 bxc4 23.dxc4 Rdd8 24.Qe2 e6 25.h4 Rd7 26.h5 Rfd8 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.g3 Qc3 29.Kg2 a5 30.Re3 Rd3 31.Rd1 1-0
Results of Round 8, Open Section
1. Russia-Armenia 2-2
2. France-Georgia 2-2
3. Azerbaijan-Hungary 0.5-3.5
4. Netherlands-Latvia 3-1
5. Germany-Norway 2.5-1.5
6. Ukraine-Poland 2.5-1.5
7. Serbia-Spain 2-2
8. Italy-Moldova 1-3
9. Turkey-England 1.5-2.5
10. Czech Republic-Switzerland 3.5-0.5
Results of Round 8, Women’s Section
1. Poland-Russia 1.5-2.5
2. Georgia-Hungary 2.5-1.5
3. France-Ukraine 0-4
4. Germany-Serbia 2.5-1.5
5. Romania-Italy 1.5-2.5
6. Austria-Armenia 2.5-1.5
7. Greece-Azerbaijan 3.5-0.5
8. Spain-Turkey 2.5-1.5
9. Netherlands-Slovenia 3.5-0.5
10. Montenegro-England 2-2
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