European Team Championship Open 2019

**Hugh Brodie** · Monday, 21st October, 2019, 11:47 PM

Portugal? Ireland

**Wayne Komer** · Tuesday, 22nd October, 2019, 08:27 PM

European Team Championship Open 2019

October 21, 2019

Top Fifteen Teams Composition

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		Russia
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	Bo.	Name	Rtg
	1	Andreikin Dmitry	2741
	2	Vitiugov Nikita	2732
	3	Matlakov Maxim	2716
	4	Dubov Daniil	2699
	5	Alekseenko Kirill	2674
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		England
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	Bo.	Name	Rtg
	1	Adams Michael	2694
	2	Howell David W L	2694
	3	Jones Gawain C B	2688
	4	Mcshane Luke J	2682
	5	Pert Nicholas	2557
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		Poland
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	Bo.	Name	Rtg
	1	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2748
	2	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	2734
	3	Piorun Kacper	2643
	4	Dragun Kamil	2584
	5	Tomczak Jacek	2625
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		Azerbaijan
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	Bo.	Name	Rtg
	1	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2767
	2	Abasov Nijat	2632
	3	Naiditsch Arkadij	2643
	4	Mamedov Rauf	2645
	5	Guseinov Gadir	2660
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		Armenia
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	Bo.	Name	Rtg
	1	Aronian Levon	2758
	2	Sargissian Gabriel	2690
	3	Melkumyan Hrant	2650
	4	Martirosyan Haik M.	2607
	5	Pashikian Arman	2599
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		Spain
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	Bo.	Name	Rtg
	1	Vallejo Pons Francisco	2694
	2	Anton Guijarro David	2674
	3	Shirov Alexei	2664
	4	Perez Candelario Manuel	2621
	5	Salgado Lopez Ivan	2594
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		Netherlands
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	Bo.	Name	Rtg
	1	Giri Anish	2780
	2	L'ami Erwin	2619
	3	Van Foreest Jorden	2621
	4	Van Den Doel Erik	2603
	5	Van Foreest Lucas	2531
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		Ukraine
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	Bo.	Name	Rtg
	1	Ivanchuk Vassily	2686
	2	Kuzubov Yuriy	2636
	3	Moiseenko Alexander	2635
	4	Volokitin Andrei	2627
	5	Onischuk Vladimir	2616
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		Germany
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	Bo.	Name	Rtg
	1	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	2656
	2	Meier Georg	2628
	3	Bluebaum Matthias	2643
	4	Fridman Daniel	2637
	5	Svane Rasmus	2592
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		Hungary
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	Bo.	Name	Rtg
	1	Banusz Tamas	2619
	2	Berkes Ferenc	2667
	3	Erdos Viktor	2604
	4	Gledura Benjamin	2654
	5	Prohaszka Peter	2610
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		Israel
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	Bo.	Name	Rtg
	1	Rodshtein Maxim	2684
	2	Nabaty Tamir	2658
	3	Smirin Ilia	2599
	4	Postny Evgeny	2597
	5	Mikhalevski Victor	2570
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		Czech Republic
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	Bo.	Name	Rtg
	1	Navara David	2717
	2	Laznicka Viktor	2667
	3	Nguyen Thai Dai Van	2545
	4	Stocek Jiri	2569
	5	Michalik Peter	2578
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		France
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	Bo.	Name	Rtg
	1	Lagarde Maxime	2657
	2	Gharamian Tigran	2590
	3	Edouard Romain	2641
	4	Bauer Christian	2606
	5	Maurizzi Marc Andria	2415
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		Georgia
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	Bo.	Name	Rtg
	1	Jobava Baadur	2617
	2	Cheparinov Ivan	2670
	3	Pantsulaia Levan	2603
	4	Paichadze Luka	2574
	5	Quparadze Giga	2457
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		Croatia
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	Bo.	Name	Rtg
	1	Saric Ivan	2667
	2	Bosiocic Marin	2619
	3	Stevic Hrvoje	2570
	4	Brkic Ante	2600
	5	Martinovic Sasa	2539
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http://chess-results.com/tnr434677.aspx?lan=1

**Wayne Komer** · Thursday, 24th October, 2019, 09:06 PM

European Team Championship Open 2019

October 24, 2019

Round One

The first round was played today in both the Open and Women’s events. The games and commentary starts at 15:00 local time, which is 7 AM Toronto/Montreal time.

In the open tournament 40 federations are represented, while 32 teams are signed on to the Women's tournament.
The host is the Georgian Chess Federation and the tournament is staged at the Sheraton Hotel in Batumi — the same venue that hosted FIDE officials during the 2018 General Assembly.

Although the Russian team will start without their top four active players — Ian Nepomniachtchi, Sergey Karjakin, Alexander Grischuk and Vladislav Artemiev are missing — they still occupy the top spot in the team ranking list, with an average of 2722 Elo. Azerbaijan follows in second place ahead of England, Poland and Armenia.

The Russian team is also leading in the women's tournament and features World Championship challenger Aleksandra Goryachkina. Other stars, Alexandra Kosteniuk and Natalia Pogonina, are absent. Georgia and the Ukraine follow in team rank, but Ukraine will play without the Muzychuk sisters.

The tournaments are played over nine rounds according to Swiss system. The first round will take place on Thursday, October 24th, with the last round on Saturday, November 2nd. The 29th of October is a rest day. All rounds start at 11:00 AM UTC (15:00 local time (13:00 CEST, 7:00 AM EDT), and one hour earlier for the last round.

The above by Andre Schulz at chessbase

https://en.chessbase.com/post/beginn...mpionship-2019

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Team pairings and results (Open)
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Round 1 on 2019/10/24 at 15:00
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No.	Team	Team	Res.	:	Res.
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1	Russia	Denmark	2	:	2
2	Austria	England	2	:	2
3	Poland	Belarus	3	:	1
4	Serbia	Azerbaijan	½	:	3½
5	Armenia	Norway	3½	:	½
6	Italy	Spain	0	:	4
7	Netherlands	Moldova	2½	:	1½
8	Switserland	Ukraine	1½	:	2½
9	Germany	Republic of North Macedonia	2	:	2
10	Slovakia	Hungary	1½	:	2½
11	Israel	Montenegro	2	:	2
12	Estonia	Czech Republic	1	:	3
13	France	Iceland	3½	:	½
14	Finland	Georgia	2	:	2
15	Croatia	Albania	2½	:	1½
16	Lithuania	Romania	1	:	3
17	Turkey	Georgia 2	2	:	2
18	Belgium	Greece	1	:	3
19	Slovenia	Scotland	4	:	0
20	Kosovo	Sweden	½	:	3½
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Team pairings and results (Women)
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Round 1
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No.	Team	Team	Res.	:	Res.
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1	Israel	Russia	½	:	3½
2	Georgia	Czech Republic	3	:	1
3	Germany	Ukraine	1½	:	2½
4	Poland	Greece	2	:	2
5	Latvia	Azerbaijan	0	:	4
6	France	Sweden	3	:	1
7	Croatia	Hungary	2	:	2
8	Romania	England	4	:	0
9	Slovenia	Georgia 2	½	:	3½
10	Turkey	Austria	4	:	0
11	Switzerland	Italy	1	:	3
12	Spain	Norway	3	:	1
13	Finland	Armenia	½	:	3½
14	Netherlands	Belgium	2½	:	1½
15	Republic of North Macedonia	Serbia	½	:	3½
16	Slovakia	Georgia 3	2	:	2
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**Wayne Komer** · Thursday, 24th October, 2019, 09:59 PM

European Team Championship Open 2019

October 24, 2019

Round One

The new grandmaster from Denmark faces Daniil Dubov:

Round 1, Oct. 24
Russia – Denmark
Board 4
Bjerre, Jonas Buhl – Dubov, Daniil
C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed, anti-Marshall

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 d5 9.exd5 Na5 10.Nxe5 Nxb3 11.cxb3 Bb7 12.Nc6 Bxc6 13.dxc6 Bc5 14.d3 Bxf2+ 15.Kxf2 Qd4+ 16.Be3 Ng4+ 17.Kf3 Nxe3 18.Rxe3 Rae8 19.Re2 Qf6+ 20.Kg3 g5 21.Rf2 Qd6+ 22.Kh3 Qh6+ 23.Kg4 Qh4+ 0-1

Daniil always says what he thinks. These tweets about him today:

Daniil Dubov says being on tilt after the Isle of Man encouraged him to sacrifice on f2 very quickly, but some brilliant opening preparation saw him gain a full point for Russia in Round 1 of the European Team Championship!

Dubov: "It’s not team preparation – it’s my preparation. I think my team captain was surprised. They actually sort of asked me to calm down and not play some ridiculous lines... If [8…d5!] works then it’s a groundbreaking discovery"

Dubov is not the man you want for polite diplomacy :)
"It’s inspiring to get to Batumi, especially after the Isle of Man, which is probably the worst place in the world in my rating from now"

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Kirill Alekseenko was unbeaten in 19 classical games in the World Cup and then on the Isle of Man, but he lost the first game in Batumi to Sune Berg Hansen!

Round 1, Oct. 24
Russia – Denmark
Board 1
Hansen, Sune Berg – Alekseenko, Kirill
E01 Catalan, Closed

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Bf4 c6 9.Nc3 dxc4 10.e4 b5 11.d5 cxd5 12.exd5 exd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Nb6 15.Qxb5 Bb7 16.Rfe1 Bf6 17.Rad1 Qc8 18.Be5 Bc6 19.Qa5 Bxe5 20.Qxe5 Qb7 21.Nh4 Bxg2 22.Nxg2 Na4 23.Rd2 Qb4 24.Ree2 Rab8 25.Nf4 Rb5 26.Nd5 Qa5 27.Qd6 Rb7 28.Ne7+ Rxe7 29.Rxe7 c3 30.bxc3 Nxc3 31.Re5 Nb5 32.Qd7 a6 33.Re8 g6 34.Qd8 Qa3 35.Rxf8+ Qxf8 36.Qf6 1-0

After 11 draws on the Isle of Man Jorden van Foreest has already spoilt things by winning his first game in Batumi

Round 1, Oct. 24
Netherlands – Moldova
Board 2
Schitco, Ivan – Van Foreest, Jorden
E61 King’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.Nc3 Bf5 7.Nd2 e5 8.d5 e4 9.g4 Bc8 10.g5 Nfd7 11.Ndxe4 f5 12.gxf6 Nxf6 13.Ng3 Bh3 14.Bd2 Na6 15.Qc2 Ng4 16.Nce4 Qh4 17.Rg1 Rae8 18.O-O-O Nxf2 19.Nxf2 Rxf2 20.Be1 Rxh2 21.Nf1 Rxe2 22.Qxe2 Qe4 23.Nd2 Qxe3 24.Qxe3 Rxe3 25.Nf1 Re4 26.b3 Re2 27.Bd2 Nc5 28.Ng3 Rf2 29.Kc2 a5 30.Rde1 Be5 31.Nf1 Bf5+ 32.Kd1 Bb1 33.Rxe5 dxe5 34.Ne3 Bxa2 35.Rg2 Bxb3+ 36.Kc1 Rxg2 0-1

Anish Giri was accused of withdrawing from the Isle of Man Swiss so he wouldn’t lose rating points in his quest to be in the Candidates. Here he draws with Macovei (2426) and loses 8.1 ELO points

Round 1, Oct. 24
Netherlands – Moldova
Board 1
Giri, Anish – Macovei, Andrei
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 Nd7 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Nxc5 Nxc5 9.Nd4 Ne7 10.Bb5+ Nd7 11.Bg5 Bg6 12.h4 h6 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.h5 Bh7 15.O-O O-O 16.Bxd7 Qxd7 17.Re1 Rac8 18.Qd2 Rc4 19.Re3 Rfc8 20.c3 a6 21.a3 Kh8 22.Rae1 Be4 23.f3 Bh7 24.Kh2 b5 25.g4 a5 26.b3 R4c7 27.Kg3 Rb8 28.Ra1 Qe7 29.b4 Rc4 30.Kh3 Qg5 31.Rf1 Qe7 32.Rg1 Qg5 33.Rf1 Qe7 34.Rf2 Qd7 35.Rg2 axb4 36.axb4 Ra8 37.Rg1 Ra4 38.Rc1 Rc8 39.Re2 Rca8 40.Rg2 Ra1 41.Rxa1 Rxa1 42.Qe3 Qa7 43.Rg1 Rxg1 44.Qxg1 Bd3 45.Qc1 Qc7 46.Qe1 Qa7 47.Kg3 Qa2 48.Qc1 Kg8 49.Qd1 Bc4 50.Qc1 Bd3 51.Qd1 Bc4 1/2-1/2

The English team is Adams, Howell, Jones and Pert. Was Short asked to be on it? Who knows but Pert did beat Schreiner for England to draw the match with Austria

Nigel Short (tweet) - The European Team Chess Ch. begins in Batumi, Georgia! I don't actually recall being asked if I was available to play for England (and, more to the point, nor does my inbox), but I am sure Nick Pert (Elo 2557) will make an excellent replacement.

Round 1, Oct. 24
Austria – England
Board 4
Pert, Nicholas – Schreiner, Peter
D85 Grunfeld, Exchange variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 O-O 9.Ne2 c5 10.O-O Nd7 11.Be3 cxd4 12.cxd4 e6 13.Qd2 Nf6 14.e5 Nd5 15.Bg5 f6 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Rab1 b6 19.Bc6 Rb8 20.Qd3 Bb7 21.Bxb7 Rxb7 22.Rbc1 Nf4 23.Nxf4 Qxf4 24.Rce1 Rd7 25.Re4 Qf5 26.Qe3 Qd5 27.a3 b5 28.Re1 a5 29.h3 b4 30.axb4 axb4 31.Rxe6 Qxd4 32.Rb6 Qxe3 33.fxe3 Rd2 34.Rxb4 Rff2 35.Rg4 Rfe2 36.Rxe2 Rxe2 37.Re4 Kf7 38.Kh2 g5 39.Kg3 h6 40.Kf3 Ra2 41.Rb4 Ra6 42.Rb5 Kg6 43.Ke4 Ra4+ 44.Kf3 Ra6 45.Rd5 Rf6+ 46.Ke2 Ra6 47.e4 Kf6 48.Ke3 Ke6 49.Rc5 Kd6 50.Rb5 Ke6 51.Kf3 Kf6 52.Rf5+ Kg6 53.Rd5 Kf6 54.Ke3 Ke6 55.Rc5 Kd6 56.Rc8 Ra3+ 57.Kd4 Ra4+ 58.Rc4 Ra2 59.e5+ Kd7 60.g4 Ra3 61.Rc3 Ra4+ 62.Kd5 Ra6 63.Rb3 Ra7 64.Ke4 Ke7 65.Kf5 Kf7 66.Rd3 Kg7 67.Rb3 Rc7 68.Ke6 Ra7 69.Rc3 Kg6 70.Kd6 Ra2 71.e6 Rd2+ 72.Ke7 h5 73.gxh5+ Kxh5 74.Kf7 Rf2+ 75.Ke8 Kg6 76.e7 Rd2 77.Kf8 Rf2+ 78.Kg8 Re2 79.Rc6+ 1-0

Good old Chucky seems to be in form

Round 1, Oct. 24
Switzerland – Ukraine
Board 1
Bogner, Sebastian – Ivanchuk, Vassily
A81 Dutch Defence

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 d6 7.Bb2 c6 8.c4 Na6 9.Nbd2 Nd7 10.e4 e5 11.a3 f4 12.c5 dxc5 13.dxe5 Nb6 14.Qc2 Qe7 15.gxf4 Rxf4 16.Ne1 Nc7 17.Nd3 Ne6 18.a4 a5 19.Rac1 Bh6 20.Kh1 Rh4 21.f4 Nxf4 22.Nxf4 Bxf4 23.Nf3 Rh5 24.Qxc5 Qxc5 25.Rxc5 Bg4 26.Bc3 Nd7 27.Rxa5 Rxa5 28.Bxa5 Nc5 29.Bd2 Bxd2 30.Nxd2 Rxe5 31.Kg1 Rg5 32.Kf2 Be6 33.Rb1 Nd3+ 34.Kf1 Rc5 35.Bf3 Rc2 36.Ke2 Ne5 37.Bg2 Kf7 38.Ke3 Kf6 39.Rf1+ Ke7 40.b4 0-1

Alexei Shirov is playing second board for Spain

Round 1, Oct. 24
Italy – Spain
Board 2
Shirov, Alexei – Moroni, Luca
C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 Nxd4 7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.Nxd4 exd4 9.Qxd4 Nf6 10.b3 Be7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Nd2 Rad8 13.Rad1 Rfe8 14.Rfe1 Qc8 15.c4 Nh5 16.Qe3 Bf6 17.Bc1 g6 18.Nf1 Bg7 19.Qd3 h6 20.Ne3 Kh7 21.f3 Nf6 22.Bb2 Nd5 23.Qxd5 Bxb2 24.Qxf7+ Bg7 25.Nd5 Rf8 26.Qxc7 Qe6 27.Qxb7 Rd7 28.Qxa6 Be5 29.c5 g5 30.c6 Rdf7 31.c7 Bxh2+ 32.Kxh2 g4 33.f4 g3+ 34.Kg1 Qg4 35.f5 1-0

Round 1, Oct. 24
Poland – Belarus
Board 1
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Kovalev, Vladislav
C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 c5 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3 Bf8 14.Ng5 c4 15.Bc2 h6 16.Nf3 Bb7 17.Bd2 Qc7 18.d5 g6 19.b4 a5 20.a4 Ba6 21.Ra3 bxa4 22.Qc1 axb4 23.cxb4 Qb7 24.Bxh6 Qxb4 25.Rxa4 Qb6 26.Nh4 Reb8 27.Ngf5 Qb2 28.Qe3 Qb6 29.Qg5 Nh7 30.Qg3 Kh8 31.Nxg6+ fxg6 32.Qxg6 Bxh6 33.Qxh6 Rg8 34.Rb1 Qc7 35.Nxd6 Nc5 36.Ra3 Raf8 37.Rxa6 Nxa6 38.Rb7 Rf6 39.Qh4 Rf4 40.Qh5 Rg5 41.Qe8+ Rf8 42.Qxf8+ Nxf8 43.Rxc7 Nxc7 44.Nf7+ Kg7 45.Nxg5 Nb5 46.Kf1 Nd4 47.Ba4 Kf6 48.h4 Ke7 49.Ke1 c3 50.Kd1 1-0

Round 1, Oct. 24
Armenia – Norway
Sargissian, Gabriel – Tari, Aryan
D85 Grunfeld, Modern Exchange variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Rc1 Rd8 11.Be2 Nc6 12.d5 e6 13.O-O exd5 14.exd5 Bg4 15.Rfd1 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Ne5 17.c4 Nxf3+ 18.gxf3 Qa3 19.Qc2 Rd7 20.Kg2 Rc8 21.Rb1 Qa6 22.Bf4 Bd4 23.a4 Qf6 24.Bg3 h5 25.h4 Re8 26.Re1 Rde7 27.Qd2 Bc3 28.Rxe7 Rxe7 29.Qg5 Qxg5 30.hxg5 b6 31.Rb3 Bd2 32.f4 Re4 33.Rd3 Rd4 34.Rxd4 cxd4 35.Kf3 Bb4 36.Ke4 Bc5 37.f3 Kf8 38.Bf2 Ke8 39.Bxd4 Bb4 40.f5 Bd2 41.f4 Bb4 42.f6 Bd2 43.Be3 Be1 44.Kf3 Kd7 45.c5 bxc5 46.Bxc5 a5 47.f5 Bb4 48.fxg6 fxg6 49.Bf2 Bd2 50.Be3 Be1 51.Ke2 Bb4 52.Bd2 h4 53.Bf4 Bc3 54.Kf3 Bb4 55.Kg4 Be1 56.Be5 Bf2 57.Bc3 Bb6 58.Kxh4 Kd6 59.Kg4 Kxd5 1-0

**Wayne Komer** · Friday, 25th October, 2019, 08:32 PM

European Team Championship Open 2019

October 25, 2019

Round Two

Pairings and Results

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Round 2 Open
No.	Team	Team	Res.	:	Res.
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1	Czech Republic	Poland	2½	:	1½
2	Azerbaijan	France	2½	:	1½
3	Croatia	Armenia	1	:	3
4	Spain	Romania	3	:	1
5	Greece	Netherlands	1½	:	2½
6	Ukraine	Slovenia	3	:	1
7	Hungary	Sweden	2	:	2
8	Austria	Russia	1	:	3
9	England	Denmark	3	:	1
10	Montenegro	Germany	1½	:	2½
11	Republic of NM	Israel	2	:	2
12	Georgia	Georgia 2	2½	:	1½
13	Finland	Turkey	1½	:	2½
14	Belarus	Estonia	1½	:	2½
15	Iceland	Serbia	1½	:	2½
16	Norway	Albania	2½	:	1½
17	Lithuania	Italy	2	:	2
18	Moldova	Belgium	2½	:	1½
19	Scotland	Switzerland	1	:	3
20	Kosovo	Slovakia	2	:	2
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Round 2 Women
No.	Team	Team	Res.	:	Res.
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1	Russia	Georgia 2	2½	:	1½
2	Turkey	Georgia	½	:	3½
3	Ukraine	Italy	1½	:	2½
4	Azerbaijan	Spain	½	:	3½
5	Armenia	France	2	:	2
6	Netherlands	Romania	½	:	3½
7	Serbia	Poland	1½	:	2½
8	Hungary	Greece	2½	:	1½
9	Croatia	Slovakia	1	:	3
10	Georgia 3	Israel	1½	:	2½
11	Czech Republic	Austria	1½	:	2½
12	Switzerland	Germany	½	:	3½
13	Norway	Latvia	½	:	3½
14	Sweden	Finland	1½	:	2½
15	England	Belgium	3½	:	½
16	Republic of NM	Slovenia	1	:	3
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**Wayne Komer** · Friday, 25th October, 2019, 09:27 PM

European Team Championship Open 2019

October 25, 2019

Round Two

A brilliant end to Anish Giri’s game today

Round 2, Oct. 26
Greece - Netherlands
Board 1
Papaioannou, Ioannis – Giri, Anish
A48 King’s Indian, London System

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.c3 d6 6.e4 Nbd7 7.Be2 b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.Qc2 e5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Qe8 12.Rfe1 Nh5 13.Rad1 Kh8 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Nc4 Nc5 16.Nfd2 Bf6 17.Bxf6+ Nxf6 18.f3 Kg7 19.b4 Ncd7 20.Nb3 h5 21.Qd2 h4 22.Qg5 Rh8 23.Rd2 Qe6 24.Red1 b5 25.Nd6 Rh5 26.Qe3 cxd6 27.Rxd6 Qe7 28.Bxb5 Nf8 29.Nc5 Rb8 30.a4 Rh8 31.Bc4 Bc8 32.a5 Nh5 33.Bf1 Nf4 34.Kh1 Nh7 35.b5 Nf6 36.Kg1 N6h5 37.Kf2 Qg5 38.Qd2 Ng3 39.hxg3 hxg3+ 40.Ke3 Rh2 41.Qc1 Bh3 0-1

Final Position

One possible line:

(42. gxh3 Ne2+ 43. Kd3 Nxc1+ 44. Kc4 g2 45. Bxg2 Qxg2 46. R6d2 Qxh3 47. Rxh2 Qxh2 48. Rxc1 Qe2+ 49. Nd3 Rc8+ 50. Kb4 Qxd3 51. b6 Qxf3 52. bxa7 Qxe4+ 53. Ka3)

Chucky wins another

Round 2, Oct. 25
Ukraine – Slovenia
Board 1
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Lenic, Luka
C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, open variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O 9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Bf4 Rxe1 12.Qxe1 Ne8 13.Nc3 Bxd4 14.Nd5 d6 15.Bg5 f6 16.Be3 Bxb2 17.Rb1 Be5 18.f4 c6 19.Nb4 Bf5 20.fxe5 fxe5 21.Rd1 Qe7 22.c4 Nf6 23.h3 Qe6 24.Qh4 Bg6 25.Be2 Ne4 26.Rc1 Qf6 27.Qe1 Qe6 28.a4 a6 29.a5 Kh8 30.Nd3 Rf8 31.Nf2 Ng3 32.Bg4 Qe7 33.Kh2 Nf5 34.Bxf5 Bxf5 35.Rd1 h6 36.Bc1 Rf6 37.Bb2 c5 38.Rd2 Qf7 39.Qe2 Kg8 40.Bc3 Rg6 41.Ne4 Qe7 42.Qf3 Bd7 43.Qh5 Kh7 44.Rf2 Bc6 45.Ng3 Qe6 46.Qh4 Qe8 47.Nf1 Re6 48.Ne3 Qg6 49.Bd2 Qe4 50.Ng4 Qg6 51.Be3 Be4 52.Bxh6 gxh6 53.Rf6 1-0

As the same time as Ivanchuk wins, so does Shirov

Round 2, Oct. 25
Spain – Romania
Board 2
Parligras, Mircea-Emilian – Shirov, Alexei
D46 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Nf3 e6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nh4 g6 14.f4 Neg4 15.e5 Bc5+ 16.Kh1 Nf2+ 17.Rxf2 Bxf2 18.Nf3 Nd5 19.f5 Nxc3 20.bxc3 c5 21.Bg5 Qb6 22.fxg6 fxg6 23.Rf1 Rae8 24.Rxf2 Rxe5 25.Bh6 Rxf3 26.Rxf3 Bxf3 27.gxf3 g5 28.f4 Qc6+ 29.Kg1 gxf4 30.Bxf4 Qe4 31.Qd2 Qxe2 32.Qd8+ Re8 33.Qg5+ Kf7 34.Qf5+ Ke7 35.Qxc5+ Ke6 36.Qc6+ Kf5 37.Qd5+ Kxf4 38.Qf7+ Ke3 39.Qxe8+ Kd2 40.Qd7+ Ke1 41.h3 Qe3+ 42.Kh1 Kf2 43.Qd4 a5 44.Qh4+ Kf1 45.Qg4 Qd3 46.Qf4+ Ke2 47.Kg2 Qd5+ 48.Kg3 a4 49.Qd4 Qg5+ 50.Kh2 Qd2 51.Kg3 Qd3+ 52.Kf4 a3 53.Qc5 Qd2+ 54.Ke4 Qxa2 55.Qxb5+ Ke1 56.c4 Qe2+ 57.Kf4 a2 58.Qa4 Qb2 0-1

So many players here that were at the Isle of Man. This is Luke McShane’s first game

Round 2, Oct. 25
England – Denmark
Board 2
Hansen, Sune Berg – McShane, Luke
A60 Benoni, Fianchetto variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.Nf3 Bb7 7.e4 Nxe4 8.Bg2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Nd6 11.Bf4 Na6 12.Nc3 Nc7 13.Qe2 Re8 14.Qc2 Rc8 15.Rad1 h6 16.Nh4 b4 17.Bxd6 Bxd6 18.Nf5 Bf8 19.d6 Bxg2 20.dxc7 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Qxc7 22.Kxg2 bxc3 23.bxc3 d5 24.Qe2 Rd8 25.Qf3 Qd7 26.Rd1 g6 27.Ne3 d4 28.cxd4 cxd4 29.Nc4 Rc8 30.Ne5 Qe6 31.Qb7 Rd8 32.Nf3 Qxa2 33.Qc7 Re8 34.Rd2 Qa3 35.Rxd4 Qc5 36.Qd7 Qc8 37.Qd5 Qa8 38.Qa2 a5 39.h4 Re6 40.Rf4 Bd6 41.Rd4 Be7 42.Qc4 Bf6 43.Rd7 Qc6 44.Qxc6 Rxc6 45.Ra7 Bc3 46.Ng1 Re6 47.Nh3 Re2 48.Ra8+ Kg7 49.Nf4 Ra2 50.Kf3 Bd4 51.Ne2 Bc5 52.Rc8 Bd6 53.Rc4 a4 54.Nc1 Ra1 55.Rc2 a3 56.Ke4 Rb1 57.Nd3 Rb6 58.Kd5 Kf6 59.g4 Be7 60.Ra2 Ra6 61.f4 Ra4 62.g5+ hxg5 63.hxg5+ Kf5 64.Ne5 Kxf4 65.Nxf7 Bxg5 66.Nd6 Ra5+ 67.Kc4 Be7 68.Nb5 g5 69.Nc3 Rc5+ 70.Kd4 Rxc3 71.Kxc3 Bf6+ 72.Kd3 Bb2 0-1

Final Position with Black winning in 12 moves after 73.Rxb2

Love the trap of the rook!

Round 2, Oct. 25
Finland - Turkey
Board 1
Nyback, Tomi – Solak, Dragan
A11 English

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 Nbd7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.Be2 Qe7 9.d4 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bd3 Rfe8 13.Ne2 Ne4 14.Ng3 g6 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Nd2 Nf6 17.Nc4 Rac8 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 19.f3 Qd5 20.Ne2 exf3 21.Rxf3 c5 22.Nc3 Qe6 23.d5 Nxd5 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Qc3 f6 26.e4 Bxe4 27.Rxf6 Qd7 28.Rd6 Qxd6 29.Qg7# 1-0

Solak allows mate on the board

Round 2, Oct. 25
Croatia – Armenia
Board 1
Saric, Ivan – Aronian, Levon
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 d6 7.Re1 Ng4 8.Re2 Kh8 9.d4 Bb6 10.h3 Nf6 11.a4 a5 12.Be3 exd4 13.cxd4 Nb4 14.Nc3 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 d5 16.Ned2 dxc4 17.Nxc4 Nd5 18.Nxb6 cxb6 19.Qd3 f6 20.Bd2 Bd7 21.Qa3 Bc6 22.Rae1 Qd7 23.Re6 Qf7 24.b3 Rfd8 25.Qb2 Rd7 26.Nh2 Ne7 27.Ng4 h5 28.Nh2 Ng6 29.f3 Rad8 30.Nf1 Ne5 31.R6xe5 fxe5 32.dxe5 Rd3 33.e6 Qg6 34.e7 Re8 35.Re5 Bxf3 36.Bg5 Bc6 37.Ne3 Rd6 38.Nc4 Rd5 39.h4 Kg8 40.Ne3 Rxe5 41.Qxe5 Qb1+ 42.Kh2 Qxb3 43.Nf5 Qf7 44.Kg1 Qg6 45.Qf4 Kh7 46.Kh2 Qe6 47.Ng3 Kg8 48.Qf2 g6 49.Ne2 Rxe7 50.Nf4 Rf7 51.Qxb6 Qd6 52.Kg3 Rf5 53.Qe3 Qe5 54.Qd2 Kf7 55.Kh3 Bd5 56.Kh2 Ke8 57.Kg1 Qd6 58.Qxa5 Bc6 59.Qe1+ Kd7 60.Qe3 Qc5 61.Qxc5 Rxc5 62.Nxg6 Bxa4 63.Nf4 Bd1 64.Nd3 Rd5 65.Nf2 Ke6 66.Ne4 Kf5 67.Ng3+ Ke5 68.Kf2 b5 69.Be7 Ke6 70.Bf8 Rd8 71.Ba3 Rd2+ 0-1

Vitiugov and Alekseenko are still coming through for Russia

Round 2, Oct. 25
Austria – Russia
Board 3
Blohberger, Felix – Alekseenko, Kirill
C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 b4 9.a5 O-O 10.d3 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.h3 Qb8 13.Be3 Nd8 14.Nbd2 c5 15.c3 Qb5 16.Qc2 Rb8 17.d4 b3 18.Qd1 c4 19.Qe2 Rc8 20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Nf1 Nb7 22.Bb6 Nh5 23.g3 Nf6 24.N3d2 Nd6 25.Kg2 Qc6 26.f3 Nd7 27.h4 Qb5 28.Ne3 Rc6 29.Red1 Rfc8 30.Kf1 Nxb6 31.axb6 a5 32.Ra3 Nb7 33.Rxb3 Qa4 34.Nexc4 Rxc4 35.Nxc4 Rxc4 36.Rd7 Qxd7 37.Qxc4 a4 38.Qc7 Qd1+ 39.Kg2 Qe2+ 40.Kh3 Qf1+ 41.Kh2 Bc5 42.Qc8+ Kf7 0-1

Round 2, Oct. 25
Austria – Russia
Board 2
Vitiugov, Nikita – Dragnev, Valentin
A20 English, Kingside Fianchetto

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bc5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e4 O-O 6.Nge2 Re8 7.O-O Na6 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 d5 10.exd5 Bg4 11.Nf3 cxd5 12.cxd5 Qd7 13.Bg5 Ne4 14.Nxe4 Rxe4 15.Re1 Rxe1+ 16.Qxe1 Re8 17.Qd2 Bb4 18.Qd3 Bf5 19.Qb3 Bc5 20.Re1 Rxe1+ 21.Nxe1 Bb6 22.Qc4 Nc7 23.Bf4 Nb5 24.Nc2 Nd6 25.Qb4 Bxc2 26.Bxd6 Qf5 27.Bc5 Bxc5 28.Qxc5 h5 29.Qd4 Qc8 30.Qxa7 h4 31.Qd4 h3 32.Bf1 Bf5 33.f3 Bd7 34.g4 Qc1 35.Kf2 Qc2+ 36.Kg3 Qb1 37.Bd3 Qxa2 38.Kxh3 Qa1 39.Qe5 1-0

Round 2, Oct. 25
Norway – Albania
Board 1
Tari, Aryan – Dervishi, Erald
C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 exd4 16.cxd4 g5 17.Nxg5 hxg5 18.Bxg5 Bg7 19.Ng3 Nf8 20.Nh5 N8h7 21.Bh4 Qd7 22.Nxg7 Kxg7 23.e5 Ng8 24.Qh5 Nf8 25.Bf6+ Nxf6 26.exf6+ Kxf6 27.Qh8+ 1-0

**Wayne Komer** · Saturday, 26th October, 2019, 02:39 PM

European Team Championship Open 2019

October 26, 2019

Round Three

Pairings and Results

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Round 3 Open
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No.	Team	Res.	:	Res.	Team
1	Ukraine	2½	:	1½	Azerbaijan
2	Armenia	2½	:	1½	Czech Republic
3	Netherlands	2½	:	1½	Spain
4	Russia	2½	:	1½	Hungary
5	Sweden	½	:	3½	England
6	Germany	2	:	2	Georgia
7	Turkey	3	:	1	Poland
8	Israel	2	:	2	Norway
9	France	1½	:	2½	Croatia
10	Romania	1½	:	2½	Greece
11	Slovenia	3	:	1	Moldova
12	Serbia	1½	:	2½	Republic of NM
13	Switzerland	3½	:	½	Estonia
14	Denmark	2½	:	1½	Lithuania
15	Slovakia	1½	:	2½	Austria
16	Montenegro	1½	:	2½	Finland
17	Georgia 2	2½	:	1½	Kosovo
18	Italy	1½	:	2½	Belarus
19	Belgium	2	:	2	Iceland
20	Albania	4	:	0	Scotland
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Round 3 Women
No.	Team	Res.	:	Res.	Team
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1	Spain	1	:	3	Russia
2	Romania	1	:	3	Georgia
3	Italy	2½	:	1½	France
4	Poland	1½	:	2½	Hungary
5	Slovakia	1	:	3	Armenia
6	Ukraine	2½	:	1½	Netherlands
7	Austria	0	:	4	Azerbaijan
8	Georgia 2	2	:	2	Israel
9	Latvia	1½	:	2½	Turkey
10	Finland	0	:	4	Serbia
11	Germany	1½	:	2½	Slovenia
12	Greece	3	:	1	England
13	Georgia 3	2	:	2	Croatia
14	Sweden	2	:	2	Czech Republic
15	Belgium	2	:	2	Switzerland
16	Norway	2	:	2	Republic of NM
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**Wayne Komer** · Saturday, 26th October, 2019, 03:24 PM

European Team Championship Open 2019

October 26, 2019

Round Three

Round 3, Oct. 26
Ukraine – Azerbaijan
Board 1
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
A15 English Opening

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nc3 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5 9.d3 Nc6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Nd4 Qd6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Bxc6 Qxc6 14.Rc1 Qe6 15.Rxc5 Qxa2 16.Rb5 b6 17.Qb3 Qa6 18.Rb4 Rfc8 19.Ra4 Qb7 20.Rfa1 h5 21.h4 Bf6 22.g4 Qd7 23.gxh5 gxh5 24.Kh2 Qe6 25.Rg1+ Kh7 26.Qxe6 fxe6 27.Rb4 Rc2 28.Rb5 e5 29.d4 Rg8 30.dxe5 Rxb2 31.Rd5 e6 32.Rd7+ Rg7 33.Rgxg7+ Bxg7 34.Kg3 Kg6 35.f4 Rxe2 36.Kf3 Rc2 37.Rxa7 Bf8 38.Bxb6 Rc3+ 39.Ke4 Rc4+ 40.Kf3 Rc3+ 41.Ke2 Rh3 42.Bf2 Bh6 43.Be3 Bf8 44.f5+ exf5 45.Ra6+ Kh7 46.Bg5 f4 47.Bxf4 Rxh4 48.Kf3 Rh1 49.Ke4 h4 50.Kf5 h3 51.Ra7+ Kg8 52.Ra8 Rf1 53.Kg4 Kf7 54.Bg3 Ke6 55.Kxh3 Bg7 56.Kg4 Rg1 57.Ra6+ Kd5 58.e6 Bf8 59.Kh3 Be7 60.Ra4 1/2-1/2

Position after Black’s 48…Rh1. White played Ke4, better is e6, followed by Bg3

Round 3, Oct. 26
Ukraine – Azerbaijan
Board 2
Naiditsch, Arkadij – Kuzubov, Yuriy
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.a4 c6 7.a5 Bf5 8.Nbd2 Na6 9.c4 Qc7 10.Ne5 Rad8 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Ndf3 Rc8 13.Qb3 Bc2 14.Qa3 Ne4 15.Bh3 e6 16.Bf4 Qd8 17.Rfc1 g5 18.Be3 Re8 19.b4 Qe7 20.b5 Qxa3 21.Rxa3 Nb4 22.Ne1 Nc3 23.Rxc3 Rxc3 24.Bd2 Rb3 25.Bxb4 Rxb4 26.Nxc2 Rxb5 27.Ne3 h5 28.Rc7 Bxe5 29.dxe5 Rxa5 30.Rxb7 Rc8 31.Rd7 Ra1+ 32.Bf1 Rc3 33.Ng2 Rcc1 34.Ne3 Rc3 35.Ng2 a5 36.e4 dxe4 37.Ne3 a4 38.Kg2 a3 39.Be2 g4 40.Ra7 Ra2 41.Bc4 Rb2 42.Kg1 Rb4 43.Be2 Rb1+ 44.Kg2 Rb2 45.Nd1 Rc1 0-1

Some comments on chessbomb:

- All the books that Naiditsch wrote, he should reread them himself to improve his chess!
- Naiditsch was strong, maybe his age is getting to him
- He can still save the game, Kuzubov has only 53 seconds left

Another great game by Giri!

Round 3, Oct. 26
Netherlands – Spain
Board 1
Giri Anish – Anton, David
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 a5 7.Re1 O-O 8.h3 h6 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Bb5 Qb8 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.d4 exd4 13.cxd4 Bb6 14.a4 Re8 15.Ra3 Qb7 16.Rae3 Rab8 17.b3 Ba7 18.Bb2 d5 19.e5 Nd7 20.Nh4 c5 21.Rg3 Qa6 22.Qh5 Kh8 23.Bc1 Rg8 24.Ndf3 Nf8 25.Bxh6 g6 26.Nxg6+ fxg6 27.Qh4 Nh7 28.Ng5 1-0

In Sweden – England, Grandelius sacrificed a queen against Adams

Round 3, Oct. 26
Sweden – England
Board 1
Grandelius, Nils – Adams, Michael
C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, open variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nf5 8.Nf3 O-O 9.d4 d5 10.Nc3 Nh4 11.Nxh4 Bxh4 12.Ne2 Bf5 13.c3 Qd7 14.g3 Bd8 15.Nf4 Ne7 16.Nd3 b6 17.Ne5 Qc8 18.b3 f6 19.Nd3 Qd7 20.Ba3 Re8 21.Nf4 c6 22.Qe2 Bc7 23.Qxe7 Rxe7 24.Rxe7 Qc8 25.Nh5 Bg6 26.Rxg7+ Kh8 27.Re1 c5 28.Ree7 Bd6 29.Rb7 Qf5 30.Be2 Re8 31.Bg4 Qxg4 32.Rxh7+ Bxh7 33.Rxh7+ Kxh7 34.Nxf6+ Kg6 35.Nxg4 Re2 36.Kg2 Rxa2 37.Bc1 Rc2 0-1

Position after 23.Qxe7

Turkey is up there with the big boys – Armenia, Ukraine, Netherlands, England and Russia. This has prompted one writer in the Chat to say:

- Turkey is there to compete not to show off , right?

Round 3, Oct. 26
Turkey – Poland
Board 3
Can, Emre – Piorun, Kacper
D24 QGA

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ c6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 a6 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.e4 b4 10.Na4 h6 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Be2 Bb7 13.O-O Qa5 14.Qc2 h5 15.a3 h4 16.axb4 Qxb4 17.Ra3 a5 18.Rfa1 Qd6 19.Rb3 Rb8 20.Nc5 Bc8 21.Rxa5 Rxb3 22.Qxb3 Qc7 23.Qa4 Bxc5 24.dxc5 O-O 25.b4 Rd8 26.g3 hxg3 27.hxg3 Ne5 28.Ra7 Bb7 29.Qa5 Nxf3+ 30.Bxf3 Qxa5 31.bxa5 Rb8 32.a6 Bc8 33.e5 Kg7 34.Bxc6 Rb1+ 35.Kg2 Rc1 36.Ra8 Bxa6 37.Rxa6 Rxc5 38.exf6+ Kxf6 39.Rb6 Kg6 40.Be8 1-0

Round 3, Oct. 26
Israel – Norway
Board 1
Rodshtein, Maxim – Tari, Aryan
E60 King’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Qa4 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Bf5 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.h3 Rc8 11.Qb3 Nb6 12.Rd1 Nfd5 13.Ng5 Nxc3 14.bxc3 h6 15.Ne4 Be6 16.Qc2 Bf5 17.g4 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 e6 19.Bg2 Qc7 20.Qb3 Rfd8 21.Rb1 Rd7 22.e3 c5 23.a4 cxd4 24.cxd4 Qd8 25.Ba3 Nc4 26.Bc5 b6 27.Bb4 Rdc7 28.d5 exd5 29.Rxd5 Qe8 30.Be1 Qe7 31.Rc1 Ne5 32.Rxc7 Rxc7 33.Rd1 Rd7 34.Bd5 Rc7 35.Bb4 Qf6 36.Kg2 Kh7 37.Bc3 Qe7 38.Bb4 Qf6 39.Rd4 Rd7 40.Rf4 Qd8 41.Be4 Qg5 42.Bc3 Qe7 43.Bd4 Kg8 44.Bb1 Qd6 45.h4 Qc6+ 46.Be4 Qd6 47.Kh3 g5 48.Rf5 Nxg4 49.Kxg4 Qh2 50.hxg5 h5+ 51.Kf3 Qh1+ 52.Kg3 Qxe4 53.Rf4 Qe7 54.Kh4 Bxd4 55.exd4 Qe1 56.Qf3 Qg1 57.Kxh5 Qh2+ 58.Kg4 Qg1+ 59.Kh3 Re7 60.Rh4 Re8 61.g6 Qf1+ 62.Kh2 fxg6 63.Qd5+ Kg7 64.Qd7+ Kf6 65.Rf4+ Kg5 66.Qg4+ Kh6 67.Qh4+ Kg7 68.Qf6+ 1-0

Christiansen tried to win the ending R vs N

Round 3, Oct. 26
Israel – Norway
Board 2
Christiansen, Johan – Postny, Evgeny
B19 Caro-Kann, Classical, Spassky variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Bb4 13.c3 Be7 14.c4 Qc7 15.d5 cxd5 16.cxd5 Qd6 17.Qb5 Nf6 18.dxe6 Qxe6+ 19.Kf1 O-O 20.Re1 Qd5 21.Qxd5 Nxd5 22.Nf5 Bf6 23.g4 Rfc8 24.g5 hxg5 25.h6 gxh6 26.Nxh6+ Kg7 27.Bxg5 Bxg5 28.Nxg5 Rc2 29.Ngxf7 Rxb2 30.Nd6 Rf8 31.Nhf5+ Kf6 32.Rh6+ Kg5 33.Rh7 Nc5 34.Re5 Rxf2+ 35.Kg1 R2xf5 36.Nxf5 Rxf5 37.Rh5+ Kxh5 38.Rxf5+ Kg6 39.Rxd5 b6 40.Kf2 Kf6 41.Ke3 Ke6 42.Kd4 Na6 43.Rh5 Nc7 44.Rh6+ Kd7 45.Ke5 Nb5 46.a4 Nc7 47.Rg6 Ne8 48.Re6 Nc7 49.Rh6 Na6 50.Rh7+ Kc6 51.Rxa7 Nc7 52.Kd4 Ne6+ 53.Kc4 Nc7 54.Kb3 Kd6 55.Rb7 Kc6 56.Rb8 Na6 57.Rh8 Nc7 58.Rh6+ Kc5 59.Rg6 Nd5 60.Rg5 Kc6 61.Kc4 Nc7 62.Rg6+ Kb7 63.Rh6 Ka6 64.Rh7 Kb7 65.Kd4 Kc6 66.Re7 Kd6 67.Re1 Kc6 68.Rc1+ Kd6 69.Rc2 Ne6+ 70.Kc4 Nc7 71.Kb4 Kd7 72.Rh2 Kc6 73.Rh6+ Kb7 74.Rd6 Ne8 75.Rg6 Nc7 76.Kc4 Ka6 77.Rg7 Kb7 78.Kd4 Kc6 79.Rg6+ Kb7 80.Ke5 Na6 81.Kd5 Nb4+ 82.Kd6 Ka6 83.Rg8 Kb7 84.Rh8 Ka6 85.Rh5 Nd3 86.Kc6 Nc5 87.Rh8 Ka5 88.Ra8+ Kb4 89.Kxb6 Nxa4+ 90.Kc6 Nc3 91.Rh8 Kc4 92.Rh4+ Kd3 93.Kc5 Ne4+ 94.Kd5 Nc3+ 95.Ke5 Nb5 96.Rg4 Nc3 97.Rb4 Ke3 98.Rd4 Nb5 99.Rh4 Kd3 100.Rh3+ Kc4 101.Rh1 Nc3 102.Rc1 Kd3 103.Kd6 Kd4 104.Rh1 Ne4+ 105.Kc6 Nf2 106.Rh8 Ne4 107.Rd8+ Ke5 108.Rd5+ Kf4 109.Ra5 Ke3 110.Kd5 Nc3+ 111.Kc4 Ne4 112.Re5 Kf4 113.Kd4 Ng3 114.Re8 Nf5+ 115.Kd3 Kf3 116.Re4 Nd6 117.Ra4 Nf5 118.Rb4 Nd6 119.Kd4 Nf5+ 120.Ke5 Ne3 121.Rb3 Ke2 122.Kd4 Nc2+ 123.Ke4 Kd2 124.Rd3+ Ke2 125.Rd8 Nb4 126.Rb8 Nc2 127.Rb3 Kd2 128.Rh3 Nb4 129.Rg3 Nc2 130.Rb3 Ke2 131.Rd3 Nb4 132.Rc3 Kd2 133.Rh3 Nc2 134.Rb3 Ke2 135.Kd5 Kd2 136.Ke5 Ke2 137.Ke4 Kd2 1/2-1/2

Queen and two pawns vs queen and two pawns

Round 3, Oct. 26
Romania – Greece
Board 4
Mastrovasilis, Athanasios – Georgescu, Tiberiu

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nge2 g6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rae1 Nb6 13.Nc1 Be6 14.Nb3 Rad8 15.Nc5 Ng7 16.f3 Bc8 17.Qf2 f5 18.Bc2 Ne8 19.Nd3 Nd6 20.Bb3 Kh8 21.Qg3 Qf6 22.Bc2 Rde8 23.b3 Nf7 24.f4 Be6 25.Nb1 Nd6 26.Ne5 Nf7 27.Nd2 Nxe5 28.fxe5 Qe7 29.Rf4 g5 30.Rf2 Rf7 31.Ref1 Ref8 32.Qf3 f4 33.exf4 Rxf4 34.Qe3 Rxf2 35.Rxf2 Rxf2 36.Qxf2 Nd7 37.Nf3 Bg4 38.Qe3 Bxf3 39.Qxf3 Nf8 40.Bf5 Kg7 41.Qe3 Kf7 42.Kf2 h6 43.Kg3 Ne6 44.Kf2 Qb4 45.Bxe6+ Kxe6 46.Qd3 Qf8+ 47.Ke2 Qg7 48.b4 g4 49.b5 cxb5 50.Qxb5 Qg6 51.Kd2 Qg5+ 52.Kc2 Qg6+ 53.Kc3 g3 54.h3 Qe4 55.Qe8+ Kf5 56.Qh5+ Ke6 57.Qxh6+ Kd7 58.Qg7+ Kc6 59.Qxg3 a5 60.Qd3 Qxg2 61.a4 b6 62.h4 Qh1 63.h5 Qxh5 64.Qb5+ Kc7 65.Qxd5 Qh3+ 66.Kb2 Qh2+ 67.Ka3 Qg3+ 68.Qb3 Qe1 69.Kb2 Kb7 70.Qf3+ Kb8 71.Qc3 Qf2+ 72.Ka3 Qf8+ 73.Ka2 Qg8+ 74.Qb3 Qg2+ 75.Ka3 Qc6 76.Kb2 Qg2+ 77.Qc2 Qd5 78.Qd3 Qg2+ 79.Ka3 Qd5 80.Qc3 Kb7 81.Kb2 Qg2+ 82.Qc2 Qd5 83.Qd3 Qg2+ 84.Kc3 Qc6+ 85.Kb3 Qd5+ 86.Qc4 Qf3+ 87.Qc3 Qd5+ 88.Kb2 Qg2+ 89.Qc2 Qd5 90.Qh7+ Kb8 91.Qd3 Kb7 92.Qe3 Qg2+ 93.Ka3 Qh1 94.e6 Qa1+ 95.Kb3 Qb1+ 96.Kc3 Qa1+ 97.Kd3 Qd1+ 98.Ke4 Qxa4 99.Ke5 Kc7 100.Kf6 Qe8 101.Qe5+ Kc8 102.e7 Qh8+ 103.Ke6 Qh6+ 104.Kd5 Qh1+ 1-0

White mates in nine after 105.Kd6

**Wayne Komer** · Saturday, 26th October, 2019, 04:00 PM

European Team Championship Open 2019

October 26, 2019

Standings and Round Four Pairings

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Round 4 Open
No.	Team	MP	:	MP	Team
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1	Armenia	6	:	6	Ukraine
2	England	5	:	6	Netherlands
3	Turkey	5	:	5	Russia
4	Azerbaijan	4	:	4	Czech Republic
5	Spain	4	:	4	Croatia
6	Greece	4	:	4	Germany
7	Georgia	4	:	4	Slovenia
8	Republic of NM	4	:	4	Switzerland
9	Hungary	3	:	3	Finland
10	Georgia 2	3	:	3	Israel
11	Sweden	3	:	3	Austria
12	Norway	3	:	3	Denmark
13	Poland	2	:	2	Serbia
14	Estonia	2	:	2	France
15	Moldova	2	:	2	Romania
16	Belarus	2	:	2	Albania
17	Iceland	1	:	1	Slovakia
18	Lithuania	1	:	1	Montenegro
19	Kosovo	1	:	1	Belgium
20	Scotland	0	:	1	Italy
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Round 4 Women
No.	Team	MP	:	MP	Team
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1	Georgia	6	:	6	Russia
2	Hungary	5	:	6	Italy
3	Armenia	5	:	4	Spain
4	Turkey	4	:	4	Ukraine
5	Azerbaijan	4	:	4	Romania
6	Slovenia	4	:	4	Serbia
7	Israel	3	:	3	Poland
8	France	3	:	3	Slovakia
9	Georgia 2	3	:	3	Greece
10	Austria	2	:	2	Netherlands
11	England	2	:	2	Germany
12	Croatia	2	:	2	Latvia
13	Finland	2	:	2	Georgia 3
14	Czech Republic	1	:	1	Republic of NM
15	Belgium	1	:	1	Sweden
16	Switzerland	1	:	1	Norway
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**Wayne Komer** · Sunday, 27th October, 2019, 09:45 PM

European Team Championship Open 2019

October 27, 2019

Round Four

Pairings and Results

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Round 4 Open
No.	Team	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Team
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1	Armenia	6	2	:	2	6	Ukraine
2	England	5	2½	:	1½	6	Netherlands
3	Turkey	5	½	:	3½	5	Russia
4	Azerbaijan	4	2½	:	1½	4	Czech Republic
5	Spain	4	1½	:	2½	4	Croatia
6	Greece	4	1½	:	2½	4	Germany
7	Georgia	4	1½	:	2½	4	Slovenia
8	Republic of NM	4	1	:	3	4	Switzerland
9	Hungary	3	2	:	2	3	Finland
10	Georgia 2	3	2	:	2	3	Israel
11	Sweden	3	2	:	2	3	Austria
12	Norway	3	2½	:	1½	3	Denmark
13	Poland	2	3½	:	½	2	Serbia
14	Estonia	2	1½	:	2½	2	France
15	Moldova	2	1½	:	2½	2	Romania
16	Belarus	2	3	:	1	2	Albania
17	Iceland	1	2	:	2	1	Slovakia
18	Lithuania	1	3	:	1	1	Montenegro
19	Kosovo	1	1½	:	2½	1	Belgium
20	Scotland	0	½	:	3½	1	Italy
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Round 4 Women
No.	Team	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Team
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1	Georgia	6	1½	:	2½	6	Russia
2	Hungary	5	2½	:	1½	6	Italy
3	Armenia	5	2	:	2	4	Spain
4	Turkey	4	1½	:	2½	4	Ukraine
5	Azerbaijan	4	2½	:	1½	4	Romania
6	Slovenia	4	1	:	3	4	Serbia
7	Israel	3	1	:	3	3	Poland
8	France	3	4	:	0	3	Slovakia
9	Georgia 2	3	2½	:	1½	3	Greece
10	Austria	2	1½	:	2½	2	Netherlands
11	England	2	1	:	3	2	Germany
12	Croatia	2	1	:	3	2	Latvia
13	Finland	2	1	:	3	2	Georgia 3
14	Czech Republic	1	3½	:	½	1	Republic of NM
15	Belgium	1	0	:	4	1	Sweden
16	Switzerland	1	1½	:	2½	1	Norway
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**Wayne Komer** · Sunday, 27th October, 2019, 10:47 PM

European Team Championship Open 2019

October 27, 2019

Round Four

Round 4, Oct. 27
Armenia – Ukraine
Board 1
Aronian, Levon – Ivanchuk, Vassily
A36 English, ultra-symmetrical

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.d3 d6 6.Qd2 Qa5 7.Nd5 Qd8 8.Nc3 Qa5 9.e3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 f5 11.Nh3 Nf6 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.O-O Bd7 14.Qe2 e5 15.f3 O-O 16.e4 fxe4 17.fxe4 Kg7 18.Bg5 Be6 19.Nf2 Rf7 20.Nd1 Raf8 21.Ne3 h6 22.Bxf6+ Rxf6 23.Rxf6 Rxf6 24.Bf3 h5 25.h4 Qf7 26.Bg2 Qd7 27.Bf3 b6 28.Qg2 Ne7 29.Bd1 Ng8 30.Rb2 Nh6 1/2-1/2

It was a real treat to see that, after the game, Aronian and Ivanchuk went off to a room and analyzed the game on a small board crowded with the pieces. Both usually are attired in opposition to the dress code. Today Vassily had a bright yellow windbreaker or track suit on; Levon was more conservative. I say all this because Azmaiparashvili has been hanging around for several days – though I doubt that he would confront either of these grandmasters.

England came ahead of the Netherlands today. McShane beat L’Ami and Adams and Giri drew.

I don’t know if our younger members have ever read Trilby, an 1895 novel by George Du Maurier. In any case there is a character called Svengali who dominates and hypnotizes a young Irish girl to become a great singer.

There was this tweet today: Coach Jan Gustafsson is the Svengali, Anish Giri just the conduit.

Round 4, Oct. 27
England – Netherlands
Board 1
Adams, Michael – Giri, Anish
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Kristiansen Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bd3 e5 7.Nde2 Be7 8.O-O Be6 9.Ng3 Nc6 10.Nh5 Nxh5 11.Qxh5 Nb4 12.Rd1 Qd7 13.Qe2 Rc8 14.a3 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 O-O 16.Be3 Rc7 17.a4 Rfc8 18.a5 Rc4 19.f3 h6 20.Bf2 Kh8 21.Qe3 Bd8 22.Rd3 R4c6 23.Qe1 b5 24.axb6 Bxb6 25.Bxb6 Rxb6 26.Na4 Rbc6 27.Nc3 Qb7 28.Rb1 a5 29.h3 a4 30.Kh2 Qb4 31.Qd2 a3 32.bxa3 Qxa3 33.Nd1 Qa7 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Oct. 27
England - Netherlands
L’Ami, Erwin – McShane, Luke
E94 King’s Indian, Orthodox variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Be3 c6 9.d5 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 Nh6 12.Ne1 c5 13.Nd3 g5 14.Bg3 f5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Bf3 b6 17.Be4 Bd7 18.f3 Nf5 19.Bf2 Nd4 20.a4 Nc7 21.Be3 Rf7 22.Nf2 Bf8 23.Bd3 Be7 24.Nfe4 Kh8 25.Nb5 Ne8 26.Nxd4 cxd4 27.Bd2 Nf6 28.Nxg5 Rg7 29.f4 Qg8 30.Qe2 Re8 31.Rae1 Ng4 32.Kh1 exf4 33.Ne6 Bh4 34.Bxf4 Bxe1 35.Rxe1 Bxe6 36.dxe6 Rxe6 37.Qd2 Ne3 38.g3 Qa8+ 39.Kg1 Qf3 40.Qf2 Qxf2+ 41.Kxf2 Ng4+ 42.Kf1 Nxh2+ 43.Kf2 Ng4+ 44.Kf1 Rxe1+ 45.Kxe1 Ne5 46.Kd2 Kg8 47.b3 Kf7 0-1

Turkey went down heavily 0.5 – 3.5 to Russia

Round 4, Oct. 27
Turkey – Russia
Board 4
Dubov, Daniil – Dastan, Batuhan
D78 Neo-Grunfeld

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 c6 5.O-O Nf6 6.c4 dxc4 7.Nc3 O-O 8.e4 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 e5 11.dxe5 Nfd7 12.e6 fxe6 13.Be3 Ne5 14.Be2 Qe7 15.f4 Nd3 16.e5 Na6 17.Ne4 Rfd8 18.Qc2 b5 19.a3 Nc7 20.b3 Nd5 21.Bd2 Nb6 22.bxc4 bxc4 23.Bf3 Rab8 24.Kh1 Rd7 25.Be3 Nd5 26.Bg1 Nb6 27.h4 Rf8 28.Bg2 h6 29.Bh3 Rd5 30.a4 Nb4 31.Qe2 Rd3 32.Bc5 1-0

A bitter tweet by Paco Vallejo after losing his game to Bosiocic of Croatia:

Twice I lost against the same opponent in Batumi. Previous game the trick was to offer me a draw in a lost position after I was thinking for a while to disturb me. Today, the new trick was not to write down the moves in time trouble, he was like 4-5 moves behind the reality.

Round 4, Oct. 27
Spain – Croatia
Board 2
Bosiocic, Marin – Vallejo Pons, Francisco
D01 Queen’s Pawn game

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 cxd4 5.O-O a6 6.Nxd4 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.c4 Nc6 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.N1d2 Qb6 11.Ne4 Rd8 12.Ng5 Nf4 13.Be3 Rxd1 14.Bxb6 Nxe2+ 15.Kh1 Rxf1+ 16.Rxf1 Bxb3 17.axb3 Be7 18.Bxc6+ bxc6 19.Nf3 e4 20.Ne5 Bf6 21.Rd1 Nc1 22.Nxc6 Nxb3 23.Nb8 O-O 24.Nd7 Re8 25.Nxf6+ gxf6 26.Be3 Kg7 27.Kg2 Re5 28.Rd6 Re6 29.Rd5 Re5 30.Rd8 Na5 31.Rc8 Re6 32.g4 Nc6 33.h4 Ne7 34.Rd8 h6 35.Kg3 Nc6 36.Ra8 Ne5 37.Bc5 Nd7 38.Bd4 Rd6 39.Bc3 Re6 40.Kf4 Nf8 41.g5 Ng6+ 42.Kg4 Kh7 43.Ra7 f5+ 44.Kxf5 Ne7+ 45.Kg4 hxg5 46.hxg5 Kg6 47.Ra8 e3 48.fxe3 Re4+ 49.Kf3 Re6 50.Bf6 Nd5 51.Rg8+ Kf5 52.Bd4 Ne7 53.Rg7 Ng6 54.Rxf7+ Kxg5 55.Rc7 Nh4+ 56.Ke2 Nf5 57.Bc5 Ng3+ 58.Kd3 Ne4 59.Bd4 Nf2+ 60.Kc4 Ng4 61.Kd5 Re8 62.Rg7+ Kf5 63.Rf7+ Kg6 64.Rf3 a5 65.e4 Rd8+ 66.Kc4 Rc8+ 67.Kd3 Rc1 68.Rf4 Rd1+ 69.Kc3 Nh6 70.Rf6+ Kg5 71.Rf8 Re1 72.Kd3 Rd1+ 73.Kc4 Re1 74.Kd5 Rd1 75.Kc4 Re1 76.e5 Nf5 77.Bc3 Re2 78.Kb5 Ne3 79.Rb8 Kf5 80.Kxa5 Nd1 81.Bd4 Rd2 82.Rf8+ Ke6 83.Rf6+ Kd5 84.Rd6+ Ke4 85.Bc3 Rd5+ 86.Kb6 Ne3 87.Kc6 Nf5 88.Rxd5 Ne7+ 89.Kd6 Nxd5 90.e6 1-0

Final Position

If you want to play over the other infamous game it is this:

European Individual Championship
Batumi
Round 3, March 19, 2018
Pons, Francisco – Bosiocic, Marin
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 Nf6 8.O-O-O Ne5 9.Qg3 b5 10.Nf3 d6 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.f3 Bd7 13.Bd3 Rc8 14.Ne2 h5 15.Kb1 Be7 16.Rhf1 h4 17.Qe1 Bc6 18.g3 Nd7 19.Qf2 Bb7 20.f4 Bc5 21.f5 Nf6 22.fxe6 fxe6 23.gxh4 Bxe3 24.Qxe3 Rxh4 25.Qg3 Rh6 26.Qg2 Kf7 27.Rg1 Kg8 28.a3 Kh8 29.Rdf1 Rg8 30.h4 a5 31.Nc3 b4 32.Nb5 Qc6 33.a4 Nxe4 34.Qe2 Nc5 35.Rg6 Nxd3 36.Rxh6+ gxh6 37.Qxd3 Qg2 38.Nd6 Bd5 39.Nf7+ Kg7 40.Nxe5 Rf8 41.Re1 Rf4 42.Qa6 Re4 43.Rf1 Qf2 44.Nf3 Qxf3 45.b3 Qe3 46.Qxa5 Rg4 47.h5 Qe5 48.Qd8 Kh7 49.Qe7+ Rg7 50.Qxb4 Qxh5 51.a5 Qe2 52.Re1 Qf2 53.Qc3 Rg3 54.Qb4 Rg2 55.Qc3 Rg3 56.Qb4 h5 57.a6 Rg4 58.Qc3 h4 59.Re5 Qf1+ 60.Re1 Qxa6 61.Qf6 Qa7 62.c4 Be4+ 63.Kb2 Rg2+ 64.Kc3 Rc2+ 65.Kb4 Qb6+ 0-1

There is an analysis of it in Spanish at:

https://rafaelleitao.com/vallejo-pons-x-bosiocic-2/

The home team, Georgia lost to Slovenia:

Round 4, Oct. 27
Georgia – Slovenia
Board 1
Jobava, Baadur – Lenic, Luka
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Classical variation

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 e6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 h6 6.Nc3 a6 7.h3 c5 8.g4 Bh7 9.Ne2 Nc6 10.Bg2 Nb4 11.d3 c4 12.bxc4 dxc4 13.Ne5 Nfd5 14.Nxc4 b5 15.Bxd5 Nxd5 16.e4 bxc4 17.exd5 Qxd5 18.Rh2 cxd3 19.cxd3 Bxd3 20.Rc1 0-1

Final Position

Poland beat up on Serbia

Round 4, Oct. 27
Poland – Serbia
Board 1
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof – Indjic, Aleksandar
E80 King’s Indian, Samisch variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.f3 c5 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.Be3 b6 8.d5 Na5 9.Rc1 O-O 10.b3 e6 11.Ng3 exd5 12.cxd5 a6 13.Be2 Re8 14.Qd2 h5 15.O-O b5 16.Nh1 b4 17.Nd1 Bd7 18.Nhf2 Bb5 19.Re1 Nd7 20.g3 Bxe2 21.Qxe2 Nb7 22.h4 a5 23.Bg5 f6 24.Bf4 a4 25.Qb5 axb3 26.axb3 Na5 27.Rb1 Qe7 28.Ne3 Ne5 29.Qe2 Qf8 30.Nh3 Nf7 31.Kh2 Ra7 32.Rg1 f5 33.exf5 gxf5 34.g4 fxg4 35.fxg4 Ne5 36.gxh5 Kh8 37.Rgf1 Rf7 38.h6 Bf6 39.Ng5 Bxg5 40.Bxg5 Nf3+ 41.Kg2 Nxg5 42.hxg5 Rf4 43.Qb2+ Re5 44.Kg3 Kg8 45.Rxf4 Rxe3+ 46.Kg2 Qe7 47.Qf6 1-0

Round 4, Oct. 27
Belarus – Albania
Board 1
Kovalev, Vladislav – Mehmeti, Dritan
A14 English, Neo-Catalan

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.b3 c5 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.e3 d4 9.exd4 cxd4 10.Re1 Re8 11.d3 Bf8 12.a3 a5 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Rxe5 Bd6 15.Rb5 e5 16.Nd2 Ra7 17.b4 Bd7 18.bxa5 Bxb5 19.cxb5 Qxa5 20.Nc4 Qxb5 21.Bxd4 Bc5 22.Rb1 Qxb1 23.Qxb1 Bxd4 24.Bf3 g6 25.Kg2 Kg7 26.Qb3 b6 27.Nd6 Re6 28.Nb5 Rd7 29.a4 h5 30.Qc4 Ng4 31.Qc8 Nf6 32.Qc4 Ng4 33.Qc8 Nf6 34.Bc6 Rde7 35.h3 Bc5 36.Kf1 Ne8 37.Bd5 Rf6 38.a5 Rxf2+ 39.Ke1 Rc2 40.Kd1 Rb2 41.Qc6 Nf6 42.Bc4 e4 43.d4 e3 44.dxc5 e2+ 45.Bxe2 Rexe2 46.cxb6 Ne4 47.Qd5 Nf2+ 0-1

Tomorrow’s Pairings (Open)

1 Russia – Armenia
2 Ukraine – England
3 Croatia – Azerbaijan
4 Netherlands – Germany
5 Switzerland – Slovenia
6 Norway – Turkey
7 Austria – Poland
8 France – Spain
9 Romania – Hungary
10 Israel - Sweden

**Wayne Komer** · Monday, 28th October, 2019, 09:23 PM

European Team Championship Open 2019

October 28, 2019

Round Five

Results and Standings

Team pairings Open
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Round 5
No.	Team	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Team
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1	Russia	7	2½	:	1½	7	Armenia
2	Ukraine	7	2½	:	1½	7	England
3	Croatia	6	2	:	2	6	Azerbaijan
4	Netherlands	6	1½	:	2½	6	Germany
5	Switzerland	6	1	:	3	6	Slovenia
6	Norway	5	2	:	2	5	Turkey
7	Austria	4	2	:	2	4	Poland
8	France	4	2	:	2	4	Spain
9	Romania	4	2	:	2	4	Hungary
10	Israel	4	2½	:	1½	4	Sweden
11	Czech Republic	4	3	:	1	4	Georgia 2
12	Republic of NM	4	0	:	4	4	Georgia
13	Finland	4	½	:	3½	4	Greece
14	Denmark	3	2	:	2	4	Belarus
15	Belgium	3	3	:	1	3	Lithuania
16	Italy	3	1½	:	2½	2	Moldova
17	Albania	2	1	:	3	2	Slovakia
18	Estonia	2	3½	:	½	2	Iceland
19	Serbia	2	2½	:	1½	1	Montenegro
20	Scotland	0	2½	:	1½	1	Kosovo
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Team pairings Women
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Round 5
No.	Team	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Team
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1	Russia	8	3	:	1	7	Hungary
2	Georgia	6	2½	:	1½	6	Armenia
3	Serbia	6	2½	:	1½	6	Ukraine
4	Italy	6	1½	:	2½	6	Azerbaijan
5	Poland	5	2½	:	1½	5	France
6	Spain	5	1½	:	2½	5	Georgia 2
7	Romania	4	2	:	2	4	Slovenia
8	Netherlands	4	1	:	3	4	Turkey
9	Germany	4	1½	:	2½	4	Latvia
10	Greece	3	2½	:	1½	4	Georgia 3
11	Israel	3	4	:	0	3	Czech Republic
12	Slovakia	3	3	:	1	2	Finland
13	Sweden	3	2	:	2	2	Croatia
14	Norway	3	1½	:	2½	2	Austria
15	England	2	3	:	1	1	Switzerland
16	Republic of NM	1	1½	:	2½	1	Belgium

**Wayne Komer** · Monday, 28th October, 2019, 10:22 PM

European Team Championship Open 2019

October 28, 2019

Round Five

It’s a clash of the leaders with Russia against Armenia. Dubov’s game tips the balance to the Russians

Round 5, Oct. 28
Russia – Armenia
Board 4
Pashikian, Arman – Dubov, Daniil
A88 Dutch, Leningrad, main variation

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.b3 Na6 9.Re1 Qc7 10.Ba3 Qa5 11.Bb2 f4 12.Qd2 fxg3 13.hxg3 Ng4 14.d5 cxd5 15.Qxd5+ Qxd5 16.cxd5 Bd7 17.Rab1 Rac8 18.Ne4 Nb4 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Nd4 Nc2 21.Red1 Nxd4 22.Rxd4 Rc2 23.Ng5 Nxf2 24.Bf3 h6 25.Kxf2 hxg5 26.Re4 g4 27.Rxe7+ Kh6 28.Rxd7 Rxf3+ 29.Kg1 Rxg3+ 30.Kf1 Rh3 31.Kg1 Rxe2 32.Rxd6 Rhh2 33.Rd7 Reg2+ 34.Kf1 Rxa2 35.Kg1 Rag2+ 36.Kf1 Rg3 37.Re1 Rxb3 38.Kg1 Rd2 39.d6 Rb6 0-1

In the second top contest Ukraine downs England

Round 5, Oct. 28
Ukraine – England
Board 2
McShane, Luke – Kuzubov, Yuriy
B10 Caro-Kann, Two Knights variation

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Nxe4 6.Qxe4 Nd7 7.Bc4 Nf6 8.Ne5 e6 9.Qe2 b5 10.Bb3 Qc7 11.d4 Bd6 12.O-O O-O 13.Bf4 a5 14.c3 c5 15.dxc5 Qxc5 16.Rad1 Bc7 17.Rd4 Bb7 18.Rfd1 a4 19.Bc2 a3 20.bxa3 Rxa3 21.Bb3 Bd5 22.Nd3 Qxc3 23.Be3 Bxb3 24.axb3 e5 25.Rh4 Rd8 26.g4 Qxb3 27.g5 Rxd3 28.Rc1 Ne8 29.Qh5 Rxe3 30.Qxh7+ Kf8 31.Rb1 Qd3 0-1

Anish Giri, attacking master?

Round 5, Oct. 28
Netherlands – Germany
Board 1
Giri, Anish – Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
C18 French, Winawer, Advance

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Bd3 f5 9.exf6 Rxf6 10.Qd1 Nbc6 11.Nf3 h6 12.O-O Qa5 13.Be2 Rxf3 14.Bxf3 Qxc3 15.Bd2 Qxd4 16.a4 Ne5 17.Be2 Nc4 18.Bxc4 Qxc4 19.Bxh6 gxh6 20.Qh5 Bd7 21.Ra3 Nf5 22.Qg6+ Kh8 23.Qf6+ Kg8 24.Qg6+ Kh8 25.Qf6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

Chess24 - Who is this lunatic with the white pieces and what has he done to Anish Giri? :)

Wins by Navara and Jobava

Round 5, Oct. 28
Czech Republic – Georgia 2
Board 1
Navara, David – Tutisani, Noe
E97 King’s Indian, Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov variation

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 Nd7 11.Nd2 f5 12.f3 f4 13.Bf2 g5 14.b4 Rf6 15.c5 Rg6 16.Rc1 a6 17.Nc4 b6 18.Na4 Rb8 19.Nxd6 cxd6 20.c6 Nc5 21.bxc5 bxc5 22.Rb1 Rxb1 23.Qxb1 g4 24.Bh4 g3 25.Bxe7 gxh2+ 26.Kh1 1-0

Round 5, Oct. 28
Republic of North Macedonia – Georgia
Board 1
Nedev, Trajko – Jobava, Baadur
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Nh6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nge2 Nf8 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.Bd3 Ne6 13.f4 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 g6 15.Rf1 Ng7 16.e6 f5 17.O-O-O Ng4 18.Rde1 O-O 19.Nd1 Qd6 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Nf2 Nxf2 22.Rxf2 Rae8 23.Rfe2 Qxh4 24.e7 Qxf4+ 25.Kb1 Rf7 26.Nf1 Qd6 27.Qe3 f4 0-1

North Macedonia is one of the successor states of Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991. The capital is Skopje.

Round 5, Oct. 28
Denmark – Belarus
Board 3
Bjerre, Jonas Buhl – Stupak, Kirill
E11 Bogo-Indian Defence, Nimzowitsch variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 Ne4 8.Qc2 Qb4+ 9.Kf1 d5 10.e3 Qxc4+ 11.Qxc4 dxc4 12.Nbd2 Nd6 13.Ne5 Ne7 14.Rc1 Bd7 15.Ndxc4 Nxc4 16.Nxc4 Bc6 17.Na5 Bxg2+ 18.Kxg2 O-O-O 19.b4 Rd5 20.Rc2 b6 21.Nc4 f6 22.Rhc1 Kb8 23.a4 Rhd8 24.b5 Rc8 25.Nb2 a5 26.bxa6 Ra5 27.Rc4 Rxa6 28.Nd3 g5 29.h4 gxh4 30.gxh4 Ra5 31.Kf3 Nf5 32.Nb4 Kb7 33.Nc6 Raa8 34.a5 Nxh4+ 35.Ke2 Nf5 36.R4c2 Re8 37.Nb4 Re7 38.a6+ Kc8 39.Rc6 Kd8 40.d5 Ng7 41.d6 cxd6 42.Rxb6 Ke8 43.Nc6 Rd7 44.Rcb1 1-0

Round 5, Oct. 28
France – Spain
Board 2
Maurizzi, Marc Andria – Shirov, Alexei
D26 QGA, Classical variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Qe2 b5 9.Bb3 Bb7 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.d5 Nb4 12.dxe6 c4 13.exf7+ Qxf7 14.e4 cxb3 15.e5 Nfd5 16.e6 Qg6 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Bd2 Qxe6 19.Qf1 Bc4 20.Re1 Bxf1 21.Rxe6+ Kd7 22.Re4 Nc2 23.Rd1 bxa2 24.Ba5+ Bd3 25.Rxd3+ Bd6 26.Ne5+ Kc8 27.Rxd6 a1=Q+ 28.Re1 Qxa5 29.Rc1 Rd8 0-1

Round Six Pairings

Tomorrow is a rest day. When the games resume on Wednesday, Oct. 30:

1. Russia – Ukraine
2. Germany – Azerbaijan
3. Slovenia – Armenia
4. England – Croatia
5. Turkey – Netherlands
6. Greece – Israel
7. Georgia – Czech Republic
8. Switzerland – Norway
9. Poland – Spain
10. Hungary - Belarus

**Wayne Komer** · Wednesday, 30th October, 2019, 01:24 PM

European Team Championship Open 2019

October 30, 2019

Round Six

Results and Standings

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Round 6 Open
No.	Team	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Team
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1	Russia	9	2½	:	1½	9	Ukraine
2	Germany	8	2½	:	1½	7	Azerbaijan
3	Slovenia	8	1	:	3	7	Armenia
4	England	7	3	:	1	7	Croatia
5	Turkey	6	2½	:	1½	6	Netherlands
6	Greece	6	2	:	2	6	Israel
7	Georgia	6	1½	:	2½	6	Czech Republic
8	Switzerland	6	2½	:	1½	6	Norway
9	Poland	5	2	:	2	5	Spain
10	Hungary	5	2	:	2	5	Belarus
11	Belgium	5	1	:	3	5	France
12	Romania	5	2	:	2	5	Austria
13	Georgia 2	4	½	:	3½	4	Sweden
14	Denmark	4	1½	:	2½	4	Finland
15	Moldova	4	1½	:	2½	4	Estonia
16	Slovakia	4	1½	:	2½	4	Republic of NM
17	Lithuania	3	1½	:	2½	4	Serbia
18	Albania	2	1	:	3	3	Italy
19	Iceland	2	2½	:	1½	2	Scotland
20	Montenegro	1	2	:	2	1	Kosovo
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Round 6 Women
No.	Team	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Team
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1	Azerbaijan	8	2	:	2	10	Russia
2	Serbia	8	0	:	4	8	Georgia
3	Georgia 2	7	2	:	2	7	Poland
4	Ukraine	6	2½	:	1½	7	Hungary
5	Italy	6	2	:	2	6	Turkey
6	Latvia	6	1½	:	2½	6	Armenia
7	France	5	2½	:	1½	5	Israel
8	Romania	5	1½	:	2½	5	Spain
9	Slovenia	5	2	:	2	5	Greece
10	Germany	4	3	:	1	5	Slovakia
11	Georgia 3	4	1	:	3	4	Netherlands
12	Sweden	4	1½	:	2½	4	England
13	Austria	4	2½	:	1½	3	Croatia
14	Czech Republic	3	2½	:	1½	3	Norway
15	Belgium	3	2½	:	1½	2	Finland
16	Switzerland	1	2	:	2	1	Republic of NM
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No.		Team		Team		RtgAvg		Captain
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1		RUS		Russia		2722		Motylev Alexander
2		ENG		England		2690		Pein Malcolm
3		POL		Poland		2688		Socko Bartosz
4		AZE		Azerbaijan		2679		Safarli Eltaj
5		ARM		Armenia		2676		Petrosian Arshak
6		ESP		Spain		2663		Magem Badals Jordi
7		NED		Netherlands		2656		Gustafsson Jan
8		UKR		Ukraine		2646		Sulypa Oleksandr
9		GER		Germany		2641		Rogozenco Dorian
10		HUN		Hungary		2638
11		ISR		Israel		2635		David Glaz Ilana
12		CZE		Czech Republic		2633		Hracek Zbynek
13		FRA		France		2624		Nataf Igor-Alexandre
14		GEO		Georgia		2616		Gelazonia Parmen
15		CRO		Croatia		2614		Kozul Zdenko
16		ROU		Romania		2598		Berescu Alin-Mile
17		TUR		Turkey		2593		Kanmazalp, Ogulcan
18		GRE		Greece		2592		Kapnisis Spyridon
19		SLO		Slovenia		2579		Mikac Matjaz
20		SWE		Sweden		2578		Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel
21		DEN		Denmark		2558		Hansen Sune Berg
22		AUT		Austria		2557		Predojevic Borki
23		BLR		Belarus		2555		Tukmakov Vladimir
24		SRB		Serbia		2550		Perunovic Miodrag
25		NOR		Norway		2547		Moen Ole Christian
26		ITA		Italy		2538		Kogan Arthur
27		MDA		Moldova		2525
28		SUI		Switserland		2523		Ballmann Martin
29		MKD		Republic of North Macedonia		2498		Kutirov Rolando
30		SVK		Slovakia		2495		Movsesian Sergej
31		MNE		Montenegro		2489		Drasko Milan
32		EST		Estonia		2473		Lauk Ular
33		ISL		Iceland		2462		Johannesson Ingvar Thor
34		FIN		Finland		2445		Kuljasevic Davorin
35		ALB		Albania		2443		Fatos Muco
36		BEL		Belgium		2440		Gurevich Mikhail
37		LTU		Lithuania		2420
38		GEO		Georgia 2		2416		Sturua Zurab
39		KOS		Kosovo		2317		Fejzullahu Afrim
40		SCO		Scotland		2294		Muir Andrew J
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European Team Championship Open 2019

European Team Championship Open 2019

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