European Team Championship Open 2019
October 30, 2019
Round Six
Round 6, Oct. 30
Russia – Ukraine
Board 1
Andreikin, Dmitry – Ivanchuk, Vassily
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Fianchetto variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Qc7 8.O-O Be7 9.Be3 O-O 10.g4 h6 11.f4 Nc6 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nf3 Na5 14.Nd2 b5 15.a3 Bc6 16.Qe2 Rac8 17.Qf2 Qb8 18.Ba7 Qa8 19.Bb6 Nb7 20.Bd4 Nc5 21.Rae1 Ncd7 22.g5 hxg5 23.fxg5 Ne8 24.h4 Bd8 25.Nf3 Qb7 26.Bh3 Bb6 27.h5 Nc7 28.Kh2 Bxd4 29.Qxd4 Qb6 30.Qxd6 Qc5 31.Qxc5 Nxc5 32.Ne5 Be8 33.Rd1 f6 34.gxf6 Rxf6 35.Rxf6 gxf6 36.Ng4 Kg7 37.h6+ Kg6 38.b4 Nd7 39.Ne2 Ne5 40.Nf4+ Kh7 41.Kg3 Nxg4 42.Bxg4 Kxh6 43.Bxe6 Nxe6 44.Rh1+ Kg7 45.Nxe6+ Kg6 46.Nc5 a5 47.Kf4 axb4 48.axb4 Ra8 49.e5 fxe5+ 50.Kxe5 Ra3 51.Ne4 Bc6 52.Rg1+ Kf7 53.Nd6+ Ke7 54.Rg7+ Kd8 55.Kd4 Bd7 56.Rg5 Ra2 1-0
- Dmitry Andreikin beats Vassily Ivanchuk as Russia beat Ukraine and take the sole lead with 3 rounds of the European Team Championship to go!
Round 6, Oct. 30
Russia – Ukraine
Board 4
Moiseenko, Alexander – Dubov, Daniil
D80 Grunfeld, Stockholm variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 g5 6.Bg3 h5 7.f3 h4 8.Bf2 Nxf2 9.Kxf2 c5 10.cxd5 Bg7 11.dxc5 Na6 12.e3 Nxc5 13.Bb5+ Kf8 14.Nge2 a6 15.Bd3 g4 16.b4 Nd7 17.fxg4 Ne5 18.h3 Bxg4 19.hxg4 Nxg4+ 20.Kf3 Ne5+ 21.Kf2 Ng4+ 22.Kf3 Ne5+ 1/2-1/2
- Daniil Dubov shows you don't need to play Fischer Random to put your pawns on h5 and g5 by move 6!
Olimpiu Urcan - After the drawn game, Alexander Moiseenko mentioned 5...g5 was a novelty for him and he was afraid of selecting the obvious main line that starts with 7.Nxe4 dxe4 8.h4 fearing some "computer preparation" in the 8...e5 line.
In Germany – Azerbaijan, Meier – Guseinov goes 117 moves to a draw but Fridman beats Mamedov for Germany to win the match. They are now in sole 2nd place behind Russia.
Round 6, Oct. 30
Germany – Azerbaijan
Board 4
Guseinov, Gadir – Meier, Georg
C07 French, Tarrasch, open variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bc4 Qd7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nb3 Nf6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Bg5 b5 12.Bb3 Bb7 13.c3 Ne4 14.Qh5 g6 15.Qh4 Nxg5 16.Qxg5 Be7 17.Qe5 O-O-O 18.a4 b4 19.cxb4 Qd6 20.Nf3 Bxf3 21.Qc3+ Qc6 22.Rac1 Qxc3 23.Rxc3+ Kb7 24.Rxf3 Rhf8 25.b5 axb5 26.axb5 Rd2 27.g3 Rxb2 28.Ra1 Bc5 29.Bc4 f5 30.Bxe6 Rxb5 31.Rd1 Rf6 32.Bg8 h6 33.Kg2 Rb2 34.h4 Kc7 35.Rc1 Kb6 36.Re1 Kc7 37.Rc1 Kb6 38.Re1 Kc7 39.Re5 Bd4 40.Re7+ Kd6 41.Rg7 Re6 42.Bxe6 Bxg7 43.Bf7 g5 44.hxg5 hxg5 45.Rxf5 Ke7 46.Bh5 Bd4 47.Kf1 Rb1+ 48.Ke2 Rb2+ 49.Ke1 Bf6 50.Rd5 Ke6 51.Rd3 Be7 52.Bg4+ Kf6 53.Rd5 Bb4+ 54.Kf1 Bc3 55.Rd6+ Kf7 56.Bh5+ Ke7 57.Rd5 Kf6 58.Be2 Rd2 59.Rc5 Bd4 60.Rc6+ Kf7 61.Rc4 Bb6 62.Rb4 Bc5 63.Re4 Kf6 64.Kg2 Bd4 65.Kf1 Kf5 66.Re8 Kf6 67.Rf8+ Ke7 68.Rf5 Bf6 69.Rc5 Kd6 70.Rc4 Be5 71.Rg4 Bf6 72.Re4 Rd4 73.Re3 Rd2 74.Kg2 Rd5 75.Bc4 Re5 76.Ra3 Rc5 77.Bd3 Rc3 78.Ra6+ Rc6 79.Ra4 Bc3 80.Kh3 Ke5 81.f3 Rd6 82.Be4 Bd2 83.Kg4 Kf6 84.Rc4 Be3 85.Rc3 Bd2 86.Rc2 Be3 87.Rh2 Bd2 88.Rh6+ Ke7 89.Rh7+ Kf6 90.Kh5 Be1 91.g4 Bd2 92.Bg6 Ke5 93.Re7+ Kf4 94.Be4 Rd8 95.Rf7+ Kg3 96.Kg6 Be3 97.Rb7 Bd2 98.Rb5 Be3 99.Kf6 Rd6+ 100.Kf5 Bf4 101.Rb3 Rh6 102.Rb5 Rd6 103.Rb8 Rd7 104.Rg8 Ra7 105.Kg6 Ra6+ 106.Kh5 Ra5 107.Rc8 Re5 108.Rf8 Rc5 109.Kg6 Re5 110.Kh5 Rc5 111.Re8 Ra5 112.Rc8 Re5 113.Rf8 Rc5 114.Rf5 Rc8 115.Bd5 Rd8 116.Be4 Rh8+ 117.Kg6 Rg8+ 1/2-1/2
Final Position
Brilliant fighting endgame play by @GMGawain Jones and Luke McShane to win their games & secure a 3-1 win for England vs Croatia in Round 6
Round 6, Oct. 30
England – Croatia
Board 2
Bosiocic, Marin – McShane, Luke
A46 Queen’s Pawn, Fianchetto
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.Na3 a6 7.c4 cxd4 8.cxb5 Bxa3 9.bxa6 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nc6 11.bxa3 O-O 12.Bb2 d5 13.Qd3 Qb6 14.Rac1 Rxa6 15.Rc2 Nd7 16.Rfc1 Nde5 17.Qb3 Qa7 18.a4 Nc4 19.Rxc4 dxc4 20.Qxc4 Ne5 21.Qxd4 Qxd4 22.Bxd4 Nxf3+ 23.exf3 Rxa4 24.Be3 Rxa2 25.f4 Rfa8 26.Kg2 Ra1 27.Rc5 R1a5 28.Rc4 h6 29.h4 h5 30.Rc7 Rd5 31.Rb7 Rad8 32.Ra7 R5d7 33.Ra5 Rd5 34.Ra7 R8d7 35.Ra6 Kh7 36.Rb6 Kg6 37.Ra6 R5d6 38.Ra5 Rd5 39.Ra6 Kf5 40.Kf3 Rb7 41.Rc6 Ra5 42.Rc4 Rab5 43.Rc6 Kf6 44.Rc4 Rd5 45.Rc6 Rb3 46.Rc4 Ra3 47.Rc6 Ra2 48.Rc4 Ra3 49.Rc6 Ra4 50.Rc7 Ra8 51.Rc6 Rb8 52.Rc7 Rbd8 53.Rc6 Ra8 54.Rc7 Rh8 55.Rc6 Rg8 56.Rc7 Rf8 57.Rc6 Re8 58.Rc7 Kg6 59.Rc6 Red8 60.Rc7 R8d7 61.Rc6 Kf5 62.Rc4 f6 63.Rc6 Re7 64.Rc4 Rf7 65.Rc6 Rb7 66.Rc4 Ra5 67.Rc6 Rf7 68.Rc4 Rd7 69.Rc6 e5 70.fxe5 Rxe5 71.Rc4 Rb5 72.Rf4+ Kg6 73.Rc4 Rdb7 74.Ra4 Rc7 75.Rd4 Kf7 76.Ra4 Rf5+ 77.Kg2 Rd7 78.Rb4 Rfd5 79.Kf3 Ke6 80.Rb6+ R7d6 81.Rb7 g6 82.Ra7 Rc6 83.Rb7 Rc4 84.Ra7 Rb5 85.Ra8 Kf5 86.Rf8 Rcb4 87.Rc8 g5 88.hxg5 fxg5 89.Kg2 Ra4 90.Rg8 Kf6 91.Rh8 h4 92.Rh6+ Kg7 93.Rc6 Rf5 94.Rd6 Kf7 95.Rh6 Re5 96.gxh4 Rxh4 97.Rxh4 gxh4 98.Kh3 Rh5 99.Bf4 Ke6 100.Kg4 Rh7 101.Bh2 Kd5 102.f3 h3 103.Kg5 Kd4 104.f4 Ke4 105.f5 Rg7+ 106.Kh4 Kf3 107.f6 Rg6 0-1
Final Position
Black wins in 15 moves after 108.f7
Round 6, Oct. 30
England – Croatia
Board 4
Martinovic, Sasa – Jones, Gawain, C.
E60 King’s Indian
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.dxc5 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Qxc5 7.Qa4 Ng4 8.Nh3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nc6 10.O-O Nge5 11.Nf4 d6 12.Nd5 Rb8 13.Rb1 Bd7 14.Nc7+ Kd8 15.Nd5 Qxc4 16.Qd1 Be6 17.f4 Ng4 18.h3 Qc5+ 19.e3 Nf6 20.c4 Kd7 21.Kh2 Rhd8 22.e4 Ke8 23.Be3 Qa3 24.Qe2 Rdc8 25.Rb3 Qa4 26.Qb2 Bxd5 27.cxd5 Na5 28.Ra3 Nc4 29.Rxa4 Nxb2 30.Rxa7 Nc4 31.Bg1 Ra8 32.Rxb7 Nd2 33.Re1 Rxa2 34.Kh1 Kf8 35.Ra7 Rac2 36.g4 R8c4 37.e5 Nfe4 38.Ra3 h5 39.Rae3 Nc5 40.gxh5 gxh5 41.exd6 exd6 42.f5 Kg7 43.Bh2 Nb7 44.Re7 Rc1 45.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 46.Bg1 Nc5 47.Kh2 Ncb3 48.Rd7 Rc2 49.Kg3 Nc4 50.h4 Rc3+ 51.Kf2 Nc5 52.Rc7 Ne5 53.Ra7 Rc1 54.Bh3 Ncd3+ 55.Kg2 Nf4+ 56.Kg3 Ne2+ 57.Kf2 Nxg1 0-1
Christopher Kreuzer - Interesting twists at the end of Luke and Gawain's wins (in Luke's game, the win could have slipped away). The two knights beating the two bishops in Gawain's game is a nice one.
Tim Harding - Luke's opponent defended the final phase of the RvB endgame well until the blunder 107 f6?? when 107 Bd6 or Bb8 could still hold according to the tablebase. Presumably White was very short of time; nobody would like to have to defend that one.
The turnaround in Gawain's game was impressive because he was probably losing around moves 20-26. Knightmares for White in the final phase indeed.
Turkey beats Netherlands. ON top board Solak draws with Anish Giri:
Round 6, Oct. 30
Turkey – Netherlands
Board 1
Solak, Dragan – Giri, Anish
B96 Sicilian, Najdorf
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.O-O-O b5 10.a3 Be7 11.g4 h6 12.Bh4 Rb8 13.Be1 b4 14.axb4 Rxb4 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Ra4 17.dxe6 Nc5 18.exf7+ Kxf7 19.Bc3 Bf6 20.b4 Nb3+ 21.Nxb3 Qxc3 22.Qc4+ Ke7 23.Qxc3 Bxc3 24.Rd3 Bxb4 25.Rd4 Ba3+ 26.Kd2 Rxd4+ 27.Nxd4 Bc5 28.c3 Bb7 29.Rg1 g5 30.Bg2 Bxg2 31.Rxg2 gxf4 32.Ke2 Bxd4 33.cxd4 a5 34.Kf3 a4 35.Ra2 Ra8 36.Kxf4 Ke6 37.Ke4 a3 38.h4 Ra4 39.g5 h5 40.Kd3 Kd5 41.Kc3 Rc4+ 42.Kb3 Rxd4 43.Rxa3 Rxh4 44.Ra5+ Ke6 45.g6 d5 46.Ra6+ Ke7 47.Ra5 Kf6 48.Rxd5 Kxg6 49.Kc3 Re4 50.Rd8 h4 51.Kd3 Re7 52.Rh8 Kg5 53.Kd2 Kg4 54.Rg8+ Kf3 55.Rf8+ Kg2 56.Rg8+ Kh2 57.Rg6 Re4 58.Rg8 Kh3 59.Rg7 Rg4 60.Rxg4 Kxg4 61.Ke2 Kg3 62.Kf1 h3 63.Kg1 h2+ 64.Kh1 Kh3 1/2-1/2
Final Position
Round 6, Oct. 30
Georgia – Czech Republic
Board 1
Jobava, Baadur – Navara, David
B19 Caro-Kann, Classical, Spassky variation
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Kb1 O-O 14.Qe2 Qb6 15.Ne5 Rfd8 16.Nc4 Qb5 17.Na5 Qb6 18.Qf3 Qxd4 19.Nxb7 Rdb8 20.Bc3 Qb6 21.Nd6 Bxd6 22.Rxd6 Qc5 23.Rxc6 Qb5 24.Ne4 Nd5 25.Nd6 Nxc3+ 26.Qxc3 Qd5 27.Qf3 Qd4 28.c3 Qd2 29.Nc4 Rxb2+ 30.Nxb2 Ne5 31.Qd1 Qxd1+ 32.Rxd1 Nxc6 33.Rd7 Ne5 34.Rb7 Ng4 35.Nd3 Nf6 36.Kc2 Nxh5 37.c4 Nf6 38.c5 Rc8 39.Kb3 Ne4 40.Kb4 Rd8 41.f3 Rd4+ 42.Ka5 Nc3 43.Nb4 Rc4 44.Rb8+ Kh7 45.Rc8 e5 46.c6 f5 47.a3 e4 48.Re8 exf3 49.gxf3 h5 50.Ka6 h4 51.Re5 g6 52.Kb7 h3 53.Nd3 h2 54.Nf2 Na4 55.c7 Nc5+ 56.Kxa7 Ne6 57.Kb6 Rxc7 58.Re1 Rc2 59.Nh3 Rb2+ 60.Ka5 g5 0-1
Position after Black’s 54…Na4
55.c7 looks like the most natural move in the world, but after 55...Nc5+! 56.Kxa7 Ne6!! Black was winning!
Round Seven Pairings
1 Germany – Russia
2 Armenia – England
3 Czech Republic – Ukraine
4 Slovenia – Turkey
5 Azerbaijan – Switzerland
6 Croatia – Israel
7 France – Greece
8 Estonia – Poland
9 Spain – Republic of NM
10 Sweden - Netherlands
October 30, 2019
Round Six
Round 6, Oct. 30
Russia – Ukraine
Board 1
Andreikin, Dmitry – Ivanchuk, Vassily
B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Fianchetto variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Qc7 8.O-O Be7 9.Be3 O-O 10.g4 h6 11.f4 Nc6 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nf3 Na5 14.Nd2 b5 15.a3 Bc6 16.Qe2 Rac8 17.Qf2 Qb8 18.Ba7 Qa8 19.Bb6 Nb7 20.Bd4 Nc5 21.Rae1 Ncd7 22.g5 hxg5 23.fxg5 Ne8 24.h4 Bd8 25.Nf3 Qb7 26.Bh3 Bb6 27.h5 Nc7 28.Kh2 Bxd4 29.Qxd4 Qb6 30.Qxd6 Qc5 31.Qxc5 Nxc5 32.Ne5 Be8 33.Rd1 f6 34.gxf6 Rxf6 35.Rxf6 gxf6 36.Ng4 Kg7 37.h6+ Kg6 38.b4 Nd7 39.Ne2 Ne5 40.Nf4+ Kh7 41.Kg3 Nxg4 42.Bxg4 Kxh6 43.Bxe6 Nxe6 44.Rh1+ Kg7 45.Nxe6+ Kg6 46.Nc5 a5 47.Kf4 axb4 48.axb4 Ra8 49.e5 fxe5+ 50.Kxe5 Ra3 51.Ne4 Bc6 52.Rg1+ Kf7 53.Nd6+ Ke7 54.Rg7+ Kd8 55.Kd4 Bd7 56.Rg5 Ra2 1-0
- Dmitry Andreikin beats Vassily Ivanchuk as Russia beat Ukraine and take the sole lead with 3 rounds of the European Team Championship to go!
Round 6, Oct. 30
Russia – Ukraine
Board 4
Moiseenko, Alexander – Dubov, Daniil
D80 Grunfeld, Stockholm variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 g5 6.Bg3 h5 7.f3 h4 8.Bf2 Nxf2 9.Kxf2 c5 10.cxd5 Bg7 11.dxc5 Na6 12.e3 Nxc5 13.Bb5+ Kf8 14.Nge2 a6 15.Bd3 g4 16.b4 Nd7 17.fxg4 Ne5 18.h3 Bxg4 19.hxg4 Nxg4+ 20.Kf3 Ne5+ 21.Kf2 Ng4+ 22.Kf3 Ne5+ 1/2-1/2
- Daniil Dubov shows you don't need to play Fischer Random to put your pawns on h5 and g5 by move 6!
Olimpiu Urcan - After the drawn game, Alexander Moiseenko mentioned 5...g5 was a novelty for him and he was afraid of selecting the obvious main line that starts with 7.Nxe4 dxe4 8.h4 fearing some "computer preparation" in the 8...e5 line.
In Germany – Azerbaijan, Meier – Guseinov goes 117 moves to a draw but Fridman beats Mamedov for Germany to win the match. They are now in sole 2nd place behind Russia.
Round 6, Oct. 30
Germany – Azerbaijan
Board 4
Guseinov, Gadir – Meier, Georg
C07 French, Tarrasch, open variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bc4 Qd7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nb3 Nf6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Bg5 b5 12.Bb3 Bb7 13.c3 Ne4 14.Qh5 g6 15.Qh4 Nxg5 16.Qxg5 Be7 17.Qe5 O-O-O 18.a4 b4 19.cxb4 Qd6 20.Nf3 Bxf3 21.Qc3+ Qc6 22.Rac1 Qxc3 23.Rxc3+ Kb7 24.Rxf3 Rhf8 25.b5 axb5 26.axb5 Rd2 27.g3 Rxb2 28.Ra1 Bc5 29.Bc4 f5 30.Bxe6 Rxb5 31.Rd1 Rf6 32.Bg8 h6 33.Kg2 Rb2 34.h4 Kc7 35.Rc1 Kb6 36.Re1 Kc7 37.Rc1 Kb6 38.Re1 Kc7 39.Re5 Bd4 40.Re7+ Kd6 41.Rg7 Re6 42.Bxe6 Bxg7 43.Bf7 g5 44.hxg5 hxg5 45.Rxf5 Ke7 46.Bh5 Bd4 47.Kf1 Rb1+ 48.Ke2 Rb2+ 49.Ke1 Bf6 50.Rd5 Ke6 51.Rd3 Be7 52.Bg4+ Kf6 53.Rd5 Bb4+ 54.Kf1 Bc3 55.Rd6+ Kf7 56.Bh5+ Ke7 57.Rd5 Kf6 58.Be2 Rd2 59.Rc5 Bd4 60.Rc6+ Kf7 61.Rc4 Bb6 62.Rb4 Bc5 63.Re4 Kf6 64.Kg2 Bd4 65.Kf1 Kf5 66.Re8 Kf6 67.Rf8+ Ke7 68.Rf5 Bf6 69.Rc5 Kd6 70.Rc4 Be5 71.Rg4 Bf6 72.Re4 Rd4 73.Re3 Rd2 74.Kg2 Rd5 75.Bc4 Re5 76.Ra3 Rc5 77.Bd3 Rc3 78.Ra6+ Rc6 79.Ra4 Bc3 80.Kh3 Ke5 81.f3 Rd6 82.Be4 Bd2 83.Kg4 Kf6 84.Rc4 Be3 85.Rc3 Bd2 86.Rc2 Be3 87.Rh2 Bd2 88.Rh6+ Ke7 89.Rh7+ Kf6 90.Kh5 Be1 91.g4 Bd2 92.Bg6 Ke5 93.Re7+ Kf4 94.Be4 Rd8 95.Rf7+ Kg3 96.Kg6 Be3 97.Rb7 Bd2 98.Rb5 Be3 99.Kf6 Rd6+ 100.Kf5 Bf4 101.Rb3 Rh6 102.Rb5 Rd6 103.Rb8 Rd7 104.Rg8 Ra7 105.Kg6 Ra6+ 106.Kh5 Ra5 107.Rc8 Re5 108.Rf8 Rc5 109.Kg6 Re5 110.Kh5 Rc5 111.Re8 Ra5 112.Rc8 Re5 113.Rf8 Rc5 114.Rf5 Rc8 115.Bd5 Rd8 116.Be4 Rh8+ 117.Kg6 Rg8+ 1/2-1/2
Final Position
Brilliant fighting endgame play by @GMGawain Jones and Luke McShane to win their games & secure a 3-1 win for England vs Croatia in Round 6
Round 6, Oct. 30
England – Croatia
Board 2
Bosiocic, Marin – McShane, Luke
A46 Queen’s Pawn, Fianchetto
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.Na3 a6 7.c4 cxd4 8.cxb5 Bxa3 9.bxa6 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nc6 11.bxa3 O-O 12.Bb2 d5 13.Qd3 Qb6 14.Rac1 Rxa6 15.Rc2 Nd7 16.Rfc1 Nde5 17.Qb3 Qa7 18.a4 Nc4 19.Rxc4 dxc4 20.Qxc4 Ne5 21.Qxd4 Qxd4 22.Bxd4 Nxf3+ 23.exf3 Rxa4 24.Be3 Rxa2 25.f4 Rfa8 26.Kg2 Ra1 27.Rc5 R1a5 28.Rc4 h6 29.h4 h5 30.Rc7 Rd5 31.Rb7 Rad8 32.Ra7 R5d7 33.Ra5 Rd5 34.Ra7 R8d7 35.Ra6 Kh7 36.Rb6 Kg6 37.Ra6 R5d6 38.Ra5 Rd5 39.Ra6 Kf5 40.Kf3 Rb7 41.Rc6 Ra5 42.Rc4 Rab5 43.Rc6 Kf6 44.Rc4 Rd5 45.Rc6 Rb3 46.Rc4 Ra3 47.Rc6 Ra2 48.Rc4 Ra3 49.Rc6 Ra4 50.Rc7 Ra8 51.Rc6 Rb8 52.Rc7 Rbd8 53.Rc6 Ra8 54.Rc7 Rh8 55.Rc6 Rg8 56.Rc7 Rf8 57.Rc6 Re8 58.Rc7 Kg6 59.Rc6 Red8 60.Rc7 R8d7 61.Rc6 Kf5 62.Rc4 f6 63.Rc6 Re7 64.Rc4 Rf7 65.Rc6 Rb7 66.Rc4 Ra5 67.Rc6 Rf7 68.Rc4 Rd7 69.Rc6 e5 70.fxe5 Rxe5 71.Rc4 Rb5 72.Rf4+ Kg6 73.Rc4 Rdb7 74.Ra4 Rc7 75.Rd4 Kf7 76.Ra4 Rf5+ 77.Kg2 Rd7 78.Rb4 Rfd5 79.Kf3 Ke6 80.Rb6+ R7d6 81.Rb7 g6 82.Ra7 Rc6 83.Rb7 Rc4 84.Ra7 Rb5 85.Ra8 Kf5 86.Rf8 Rcb4 87.Rc8 g5 88.hxg5 fxg5 89.Kg2 Ra4 90.Rg8 Kf6 91.Rh8 h4 92.Rh6+ Kg7 93.Rc6 Rf5 94.Rd6 Kf7 95.Rh6 Re5 96.gxh4 Rxh4 97.Rxh4 gxh4 98.Kh3 Rh5 99.Bf4 Ke6 100.Kg4 Rh7 101.Bh2 Kd5 102.f3 h3 103.Kg5 Kd4 104.f4 Ke4 105.f5 Rg7+ 106.Kh4 Kf3 107.f6 Rg6 0-1
Final Position
Black wins in 15 moves after 108.f7
Round 6, Oct. 30
England – Croatia
Board 4
Martinovic, Sasa – Jones, Gawain, C.
E60 King’s Indian
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.dxc5 Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Qxc5 7.Qa4 Ng4 8.Nh3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nc6 10.O-O Nge5 11.Nf4 d6 12.Nd5 Rb8 13.Rb1 Bd7 14.Nc7+ Kd8 15.Nd5 Qxc4 16.Qd1 Be6 17.f4 Ng4 18.h3 Qc5+ 19.e3 Nf6 20.c4 Kd7 21.Kh2 Rhd8 22.e4 Ke8 23.Be3 Qa3 24.Qe2 Rdc8 25.Rb3 Qa4 26.Qb2 Bxd5 27.cxd5 Na5 28.Ra3 Nc4 29.Rxa4 Nxb2 30.Rxa7 Nc4 31.Bg1 Ra8 32.Rxb7 Nd2 33.Re1 Rxa2 34.Kh1 Kf8 35.Ra7 Rac2 36.g4 R8c4 37.e5 Nfe4 38.Ra3 h5 39.Rae3 Nc5 40.gxh5 gxh5 41.exd6 exd6 42.f5 Kg7 43.Bh2 Nb7 44.Re7 Rc1 45.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 46.Bg1 Nc5 47.Kh2 Ncb3 48.Rd7 Rc2 49.Kg3 Nc4 50.h4 Rc3+ 51.Kf2 Nc5 52.Rc7 Ne5 53.Ra7 Rc1 54.Bh3 Ncd3+ 55.Kg2 Nf4+ 56.Kg3 Ne2+ 57.Kf2 Nxg1 0-1
Christopher Kreuzer - Interesting twists at the end of Luke and Gawain's wins (in Luke's game, the win could have slipped away). The two knights beating the two bishops in Gawain's game is a nice one.
Tim Harding - Luke's opponent defended the final phase of the RvB endgame well until the blunder 107 f6?? when 107 Bd6 or Bb8 could still hold according to the tablebase. Presumably White was very short of time; nobody would like to have to defend that one.
The turnaround in Gawain's game was impressive because he was probably losing around moves 20-26. Knightmares for White in the final phase indeed.
Turkey beats Netherlands. ON top board Solak draws with Anish Giri:
Round 6, Oct. 30
Turkey – Netherlands
Board 1
Solak, Dragan – Giri, Anish
B96 Sicilian, Najdorf
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.O-O-O b5 10.a3 Be7 11.g4 h6 12.Bh4 Rb8 13.Be1 b4 14.axb4 Rxb4 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Ra4 17.dxe6 Nc5 18.exf7+ Kxf7 19.Bc3 Bf6 20.b4 Nb3+ 21.Nxb3 Qxc3 22.Qc4+ Ke7 23.Qxc3 Bxc3 24.Rd3 Bxb4 25.Rd4 Ba3+ 26.Kd2 Rxd4+ 27.Nxd4 Bc5 28.c3 Bb7 29.Rg1 g5 30.Bg2 Bxg2 31.Rxg2 gxf4 32.Ke2 Bxd4 33.cxd4 a5 34.Kf3 a4 35.Ra2 Ra8 36.Kxf4 Ke6 37.Ke4 a3 38.h4 Ra4 39.g5 h5 40.Kd3 Kd5 41.Kc3 Rc4+ 42.Kb3 Rxd4 43.Rxa3 Rxh4 44.Ra5+ Ke6 45.g6 d5 46.Ra6+ Ke7 47.Ra5 Kf6 48.Rxd5 Kxg6 49.Kc3 Re4 50.Rd8 h4 51.Kd3 Re7 52.Rh8 Kg5 53.Kd2 Kg4 54.Rg8+ Kf3 55.Rf8+ Kg2 56.Rg8+ Kh2 57.Rg6 Re4 58.Rg8 Kh3 59.Rg7 Rg4 60.Rxg4 Kxg4 61.Ke2 Kg3 62.Kf1 h3 63.Kg1 h2+ 64.Kh1 Kh3 1/2-1/2
Final Position
Round 6, Oct. 30
Georgia – Czech Republic
Board 1
Jobava, Baadur – Navara, David
B19 Caro-Kann, Classical, Spassky variation
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Kb1 O-O 14.Qe2 Qb6 15.Ne5 Rfd8 16.Nc4 Qb5 17.Na5 Qb6 18.Qf3 Qxd4 19.Nxb7 Rdb8 20.Bc3 Qb6 21.Nd6 Bxd6 22.Rxd6 Qc5 23.Rxc6 Qb5 24.Ne4 Nd5 25.Nd6 Nxc3+ 26.Qxc3 Qd5 27.Qf3 Qd4 28.c3 Qd2 29.Nc4 Rxb2+ 30.Nxb2 Ne5 31.Qd1 Qxd1+ 32.Rxd1 Nxc6 33.Rd7 Ne5 34.Rb7 Ng4 35.Nd3 Nf6 36.Kc2 Nxh5 37.c4 Nf6 38.c5 Rc8 39.Kb3 Ne4 40.Kb4 Rd8 41.f3 Rd4+ 42.Ka5 Nc3 43.Nb4 Rc4 44.Rb8+ Kh7 45.Rc8 e5 46.c6 f5 47.a3 e4 48.Re8 exf3 49.gxf3 h5 50.Ka6 h4 51.Re5 g6 52.Kb7 h3 53.Nd3 h2 54.Nf2 Na4 55.c7 Nc5+ 56.Kxa7 Ne6 57.Kb6 Rxc7 58.Re1 Rc2 59.Nh3 Rb2+ 60.Ka5 g5 0-1
Position after Black’s 54…Na4
55.c7 looks like the most natural move in the world, but after 55...Nc5+! 56.Kxa7 Ne6!! Black was winning!
Round Seven Pairings
1 Germany – Russia
2 Armenia – England
3 Czech Republic – Ukraine
4 Slovenia – Turkey
5 Azerbaijan – Switzerland
6 Croatia – Israel
7 France – Greece
8 Estonia – Poland
9 Spain – Republic of NM
10 Sweden - Netherlands
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