European Team Championship Open 2019

**Wayne Komer** · Wednesday, 30th October, 2019, 03:02 PM

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 2^nd 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

**Wayne Komer** · Thursday, 31st October, 2019, 02:24 PM

European Team Championship Open 2019

October 31, 2019

Round Seven

Pairings and Results

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

1	Russia	11	4	:	0	8	Poland
2	Georgia	10	2	:	2	9	Azerbaijan
3	Ukraine	8	2½	:	1½	8	Georgia 2
4	Armenia	8	2½	:	1½	8	Serbia
5	Hungary	7	½	:	3½	7	France
6	Spain	7	1½	:	2½	7	Italy
7	Turkey	7	2½	:	1½	6	Germany
8	Netherlands	6	3½	:	½	6	England
9	Greece	6	2½	:	1½	6	Latvia
10	Slovenia	6	2	:	2	6	Austria
11	Czech Republic	5	1½	:	2½	5	Romania
12	Israel	5	2½	:	1½	5	Belgium
13	Slovakia	5	2½	:	1½	4	Sweden
14	Norway	3	1½	:	2½	4	Georgia 3
15	Croatia	3	3	:	1	2	Switzerland
16	Finland	2	2	:	2	2	Republic of NM
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**Wayne Komer** · Thursday, 31st October, 2019, 04:29 PM

European Team Championship Open 2019

October 31, 2019

Round Seven

The top match of the round was Germany – Russia, which at one time it looked like Germany might win. Two games from that:

Round 7, Oct. 31
Germany – Russia
Board 1
Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter – Vitiugov, Nikita
C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Bogolyubov 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.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Bc1 c5 14.b3 Nb6 15.Nbd2 Rc8 16.h3 Bh5 17.a4 bxa4 18.d5 Bxf3 19.Nxf3 axb3 20.Bxb3 Ra8 21.e5 Nfd7 22.e6 fxe6 23.dxe6 Nf6 24.Ng5 d5 25.Nf7 Qc7 26.Bc2 d4 27.Bg5 g6 28.Qf3 Nh5 29.Bh6 Ng7 30.Rab1 c4 31.Bf4 Qa7 32.Nh6+ Kh8 33.Nf7+ Kg8 34.Be5 d3 35.Nh6+ Kh8 36.Nf7+ Kg8 37.Bxd3 cxd3 38.Nh6+ Kh8 39.Nf7+ Kg8 40.Qxd3 Rac8 41.Bd4 Bc5 42.Nh6+ Kh8 43.Nf7+ Kg8 44.Nh6+ Kh8 45.Bxc5 Rxc5 46.Qd6 Rcc8 47.Rxb6 Rfe8 48.Nf7+ Kg8 49.Nh6+ Kh8 50.e7 Qc7 51.Nf7+ Kg8 52.Qxc7 Rxc7 53.Nd6 1-0

Round 7, Oct. 31
Germany – Russia
Board 4
Dubov, Daniil – Svane, Rasmus
D37 QGD, Hastings variation

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.Qc2 Ba6 8.O-O-O dxc4 9.Ng5 Nc6 10.a3 g6 11.h4 Bd6 12.g3 Qe7 13.h5 e5 14.hxg6 hxg6 15.Bg2 exf4 16.Bxc6 fxg3 17.Kb1 Rad8 18.f4 Bc8 19.Rde1 Kg7 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.Rh7+ Kg8 22.Rxf7 Rxf7 23.Qxg6+ Kf8 24.Qh6+ Rg7 25.Bxd5 Ke8 26.Qh5+ Kd7 27.Qh3+ Ke8 28.Qh5+ Kd7 29.Be6+ Kc6 30.Qf3+ Kb5 31.Bxc4+ Ka5 32.Qd5+ Bc5 33.b4+ Ka4 34.Qg2 Bxb4 35.Qc6+ Kxa3 36.Bb3 Bd7 37.Qc1+ Kxb3 38.Qc2+ Ka3 39.Qa2# 1-0

- Daniil Dubov wins an absolutely stunning game where he drove the black king from g8 before mating it on a3!

- Germany-Russia is an exciting battle at the top table of the European Team Championship - Dubov is winning after 13.h5! but Nisipeanu has good chances of beating Vitiugov if he plays 22.e6!

Olimpiu Urcan - Another masterpiece by Daniil Dubov. With the publicity Fischer Random chess currently gets, it is as if he's on a mission to prove there's still plenty of room for originality, creativity and entertainment in the game as we know it for fifteen centuries.

Gawain Jones wins the match for England

Round 7, Oct. 31
Armenia – England
Round 4
Jones, Gawain – Martirosyan, Haik
C02 French, Advance, Milner-Barry Gambit

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Be2 Nh6 7.Bxh6 gxh6 8.Qd2 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Na3 Bd7 11.Nc2 cxd4 12.cxd4 f6 13.exf6 Rxf6 14.b4 a6 15.a4 Rxf3 16.Bxf3 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Qxd4 18.Qxd4 Bxd4 19.Ra2 Rc8 20.g3 Kf7 21.Rd1 Bc3 22.Rc1 Rc7 23.Be2 e5 24.b5 a5 25.Bf3 Ke6 26.Bxd5+ Kxd5 27.Rac2 Bxb5 28.axb5 Kd4 29.Rd1+ Ke4 30.Re2+ Kf5 31.Rc1 1-0

- Alert tactical play from Gawain Jones today - 26 Bxd5+! must have been a surprise and led to a huge win for England

It warms the cockles of my heart to see Ivanchuk playing well!

Round 7, Oct. 31
Czech Republic – Ukraine
Board 1
Navara, David – Ivanchuk, Vassily
D35 QGD, Exchange

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Qc2 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.Bf4 a6 12.O-O Ng6 13.Bh2 Bd6 14.Rae1 Bxh2+ 15.Nxh2 b6 16.b4 Ra7 17.Nf3 Rae7 18.Na4 Bb7 19.Rd1 Ne4 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Bxe4 Ng6 22.Bf5 Nf8 23.a3 g6 24.Bd3 Ne6 25.h4 Ng7 26.g3 Nh5 27.Be2 Nf6 28.Bf3 Ne4 29.Kg2 Bc8 30.Qxc6 Bd7 31.Qc2 Bb5 32.Bxe4 dxe4 33.Rg1 Rc7 34.Nc3 Qc8 35.Rc1 Qf5 36.Qd2 Bd7 37.Rh1 Rec8 38.Na2 Rxc1 39.Nxc1 Qf3+ 40.Kh2 Ba4 41.Qe2 Qf6 42.Rf1 Bb5 43.Qg4 Rxc1 44.Rxc1 Qxf2+ 45.Kh3 h5 46.Qc8+ Kg7 47.d5 Be2 48.Qc3+ Kh7 0-1

Final Position

Well, well – Shirov goes down to Pancevski of the Republic of North Macedonia

Round 7, Oct. 31
Spain – Republic of N.M.
Board 3
Shirov, Alexei – Pancevski, Filip
C96 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.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.d5 c4 13.b4 cxb3 14.axb3 Bd7 15.Ba3 Bd8 16.Nbd2 Nb7 17.c4 a5 18.Bd3 Nc5 19.Bxc5 Qxc5 20.b4 Qxb4 21.cxb5 a4 22.Qe2 a3 23.Reb1 Qc5 24.Rc1 Qb4 25.Rcb1 Qc5 26.Nb3 Qa7 27.Nfd2 Bb6 28.Kf1 Qb8 29.Nc4 Bxb5 30.Nxa3 Bxd3 31.Qxd3 Nd7 32.Qb5 Nc5 33.Nd2 Bc7 34.Qxb8 Rfxb8 35.Nb5 Rxa1 36.Rxa1 Rxb5 0-1

35.Nb5? Ouch!

Aryan Tari won his game against Jobava handily and then came in to talk to Keti Tsatsalashvili. He seemed quite personable and analyzed with her.

Round 7, Oct. 31
Norway – Georgia
Board 1
Tari, Aryan – Jobava, Baadur
B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 e6 6.Bf4 Nge7 7.Nd2 f6 8.Qe2 Bd7 9.Nb3 b6 10.h4 a5 11.a3 h5 12.Nh3 Kf7 13.O-O-O Nf5 14.f3 Qc8 15.Kb1 Nce7 16.g4 Ba4 17.Ka2 Nxh4 18.Rdg1 hxg4 19.fxg4 Nhg6 20.Bd6 Qd7 21.Bxe7 Bxe7 22.Qf2 Rh6 1-0

From the Chat:

- Watching playback. Did keti just use the f word when reviewing jabova game!?
- At about 2h 50m into it
- I like her even more now
- Tari v jobava
- I think jobava probably used it too

Round 7, Oct. 31
Sweden – Netherlands
Board 1
Grandelius, Nils – Giri, Anish
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 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Qxa8 13.c3 Nc5 14.Bc2 b4 15.d4 bxc3 16.bxc3 Nd7 17.Nc4 Qa1 18.Bd2 Qxd1 19.Rxd1 Ra8 20.Rb1 Bc8 21.h3 Bf6 22.Be3 h6 23.Bb3 Rb8 24.Bc2 Rxb1+ 25.Bxb1 Ba6 26.dxe5 Ndxe5 27.Ncxe5 Nxe5 28.Nxe5 Bxe5 29.Bd2 g5 30.g3 Kg7 31.f4 gxf4 32.gxf4 Bf6 33.Bc2 Bh4 34.Kg2 Bb7 35.Kf1 Ba6+ 36.Kg2 Bc4 37.Ba4 f5 38.Bc6 fxe4 39.Bxe4 Kf6 40.Be3 Be1 41.Bd4+ Kf7 42.Kf3 c5 43.Bh8 Bh4 44.Bh7 Bd8 45.Kg3 h5 46.h4 Be2 47.Kf2 Bg4 48.Kg3 Be6 49.f5 Bc4 50.Kh3 Be2 51.Kg3 Bd3 52.Kh3 Bf1+ 53.Kg3 Be2 54.Kf2 Bd3 55.Kg3 Kf8 56.Kh3 Be2 57.Kg3 Kf7 58.Kf2 Bc4 59.Kg3 Bd3 60.Kh3 Be2 61.Kg3 Bg4 62.c4 Bf6 63.Bg6+ Ke7 64.Bxf6+ Kxf6 65.Kf4 Be2 66.Be8 Bxc4 67.Bxh5 Bd3 68.Bg6 c4 69.h5 c3 70.Ke3 c2 71.Kd2 Kg5 72.f6 Bxg6 73.hxg6 Kxg6 74.Kxc2 Kxf6 75.Kd3 Ke5 76.Ke3 1/2-1/2

And from the Women’s competition

Round 7, Oct. 31
Russia – Poland
Board 1
Goryachkina, Aleksandra – Socko, Monika
D25 QGA

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 a6 5.Bxc4 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O Nbd7 8.a4 b4 9.Qe2 e6 10.Nbd2 c5 11.Nc4 Qc7 12.Rd1 Be7 13.e4 cxd4 14.e5 Nd5 15.Nxd4 O-O 16.Bd2 Nc5 17.Bc2 Rad8 18.Rac1 Rd7 19.Qg4 f5 20.Qg3 Qd8 21.Nf3 Ne4 22.Bxe4 fxe4 23.Bh6 Bc5 24.Nd4 Bxd4 25.Rxd4 Nf4 26.Re1 Nd3 27.Nb6 Bd5 28.Nxd7 Qxd7 29.Rexe4 Nxf2 30.Re2 Qc7 31.Rxf2 Rxf2 32.Qxf2 1-0

Lovely position with four knights!

After Black’s 16…Nc5

Open Pairings for Round Eight

1 England – Russia
2 Ukraine – Germany
3 Croatia – Slovenia
4 Azerbaijan – Armenia
5 Poland – Romania
6 Czech Republic – Switzerland
7 Serbia - France
8 Greece – Turkey
9 Finland – Spain
10 Netherlands - Austria

**Hans Jung** · Thursday, 31st October, 2019, 06:06 PM

I really enjoyed the Tari-Jobava game. Ive never seen the exchange Caro lose so badly.

**Hans Jung** · Thursday, 31st October, 2019, 06:07 PM

I also enjoyed the Dubov king hunt. Definite schadenfreude today.

**Wayne Komer** · Friday, 1st November, 2019, 02:27 PM

European Team Championship Open 2019

November 1, 2019

Round Eight

Pairings and Results

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Team pairings Open
Round 8
No.	Team	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Team
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1	England	11	2	:	2	12	Russia
2	Ukraine	11	3	:	1	11	Germany
3	Croatia	9	3	:	1	10	Slovenia
4	Azerbaijan	9	1½	:	2½	9	Armenia
5	Poland	8	2½	:	1½	8	Romania
6	Czech Republic	8	3	:	1	8	Switzerland
7	Serbia	8	1½	:	2½	8	France
8	Greece	8	2½	:	1½	8	Turkey
9	Finland	7	1	:	3	7	Spain
10	Netherlands	7	3	:	1	7	Austria
11	Israel	7	2	:	2	7	Georgia
12	Republic of NM	7	1½	:	2½	7	Sweden
13	Hungary	6	3	:	1	7	Norway
14	Belarus	6	2½	:	1½	6	Iceland
15	Georgia 2	6	2	:	2	6	Italy
16	Belgium	6	1½	:	2½	6	Estonia
17	Denmark	5	3½	:	½	4	Slovakia
18	Kosovo	4	0	:	4	5	Moldova
19	Montenegro	4	4	:	0	2	Albania
20	Lithuania	3	4	:	0	2	Scotland
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Team pairings Women
Round 8
No.	Team	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Team
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1	Armenia	10	2	:	2	13	Russia
2	Georgia	11	3	:	1	10	Ukraine
3	France	9	1½	:	2½	10	Azerbaijan
4	Poland	8	1½	:	2½	9	Turkey
5	Georgia 2	8	3	:	1	9	Italy
6	Serbia	8	2	:	2	8	Greece
7	Netherlands	8	2½	:	1½	7	Spain
8	Hungary	7	2½	:	1½	7	Slovenia
9	Romania	7	3½	:	½	7	Slovakia
10	Austria	7	2	:	2	7	Israel
11	Georgia 3	6	2½	:	1½	6	Germany
12	England	6	1½	:	2½	6	Latvia
13	Croatia	5	1½	:	2½	5	Czech Republic
14	Belgium	5	1	:	3	3	Norway
15	Republic of NM	3	½	:	3½	4	Sweden
16	Switzerland	2	2	:	2	3	Finland
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**Wayne Komer** · Friday, 1st November, 2019, 04:39 PM

European Team Championship Open 2019

November 1, 2019

Round Eight

Fans are disappointed today that Dubov is not playing. Perhaps the captain wanted at least a solid drawn match.

Round 8, Nov. 1
England – Russia
Board 1
Adams, Michael – Andreikin, Dmitry
C07 French, Tarrasch, open variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Be7 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Qf4 13.Qf3 Qxf3 14.Nxf3 b6 15.a4 Bb7 16.a5 Be4 17.Rfc1 Rad8 18.Ne1 Bg6 19.Bd3 Ne4 20.Kf1 Rd7 21.f3 Bf6 22.Bxf6 Nxf6 23.Bxg6 hxg6 24.axb6 axb6 25.Rd1 Rc7 26.Rd6 Rb8 27.Ra6 b5 28.Rab6 Rcc8 29.Rdc6 Rd8 30.Rxb8 Rxb8 31.Nd3 Nd5 32.h4 Ra8 33.Ke2 Ra1 34.Rc8+ Kh7 35.Ne5 f6 36.Nd7 Ne7 37.Nxf6+ gxf6 38.Rc7 Kh6 39.Rxe7 e5 40.g4 Rc1 41.Kd3 Rf1 42.Ke2 Rc1 43.Rc7 Rh1 44.Rf7 Rxh4 45.Rxf6 Kg5 46.Rb6 Kf4 47.Rf6+ Kg5 48.Rb6 Kf4 49.Rf6+ Kg5 50.Rf8 Rh2+ 51.Kd3 b4 52.c3 bxc3 53.Kxc3 Rf2 54.Kd3 Rb2 55.Kc4 e4 56.fxe4 Kxg4 57.e5 Rc2+ 58.Kd5 Rd2+ 59.Kc6 Re2 60.Kd6 Rd2+ 61.Ke7 Rb2 62.Rb8 g5 63.e6 Kh5 64.Ke8 g4 65.e7 g3 66.Kd7 Rd2+ 67.Kc6 1-0

- England suddenly has a chance for 2-2 draw
- 55..Re2 was hard to find
- Even I might be able to win this now..LOL!
- That takes Mickey back above 2700 on the live list.

Round 8, Nov. 1
England – Russia
Board 2
Vitiugov, Nikita – McShane, Luke
E11 Bogo-Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 d6 8.O-O b6 9.a3 bxa3 10.Nxa3 Bb7 11.Nb5 a5 12.Ne1 Na6 13.Nc2 Qe7 14.Qe2 d5 15.Nc3 dxc4 16.Bxc4 Rfc8 17.Rfd1 Nb4 18.Na3 Ne4 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 20.Rac1 Qg5 21.f3 Bd5 22.e4 Bc6 23.Qd2 Qxd2 24.Rxd2 Kf8 25.Rc3 Rc7 26.Bf1 Rac8 27.Nc4 Be8 28.d5 exd5 29.exd5 Rb8 30.d6 Rcb7 31.Ne5 Rd8 32.d7 Bxd7 33.Bb5 Bxb5 34.Rxd8+ Ke7 35.Rd1 f6 36.Re3 g5 37.Nc4+ Kf8 38.Rd8+ Kg7 39.Nd6 1-0

Ukraine beats Germany 3-1

Round 8, Nov. 1
Ukraine – Germany
Board 1
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter
D45 QGD, Semi-Slav, Accelerated Meran

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 a6 6.Bd2 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 Bd6 9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Rc1 Qe7 13.Qb3 Be6 14.Ng5 Rad8 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Ne2 Kh8 17.Rfd1 Ng4 18.Be1 d4 19.exd4 Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Bxd4 21.Bf3 Ne5 22.Be4 Qf6 23.Kg2 b5 24.Rc2 Nc4 25.Re2 Bxb2 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.a4 Bd4 28.axb5 axb5 29.Bb4 e5 30.Ra2 g6 31.h4 Kg7 32.Qf3 Qxf3+ 33.Kxf3 Rc8 34.Ra8 Rxa8 35.Bxa8 Nb2 36.Be4 Nd1 37.Be1 Bc3 38.Bc2 Bxe1 39.Bxd1 Kf6 40.Bb3 b4 41.Ke2 Bc3 42.f3 h5 43.Bc2 g5 44.hxg5+ Kxg5 45.Kf1 h4 1/2-1/2

Round 8, Nov. 1
Croatia – Slovenia
Board 2
Borisek, Jure – Bosiocic, Marin
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.Qd3 h6 9.Nd2 Rc8 10.Nc4 Be6 11.Ne3 Nf6 12.O-O Qc7 13.a4 Be7 14.Rd1 O-O 15.Bd2 Rfd8 16.Be1 Qc6 17.a5 Rd7 18.Ncd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Qc7 20.c4 Bf8 21.Rac1 g6 22.b4 Qd8 23.b5 Ra8 24.Qb1 Qe8 25.Bb4 Rc7 26.b6 Rcc8 27.c5 dxc5 28.Bc3 c4 29.Qa2 Bc5 30.Nxc4 Ne4 31.Be1 Bd4 32.Kh1 Qb5 33.Rc2 Qxd5 34.f3 Nc5 35.Bg3 Nd7 36.h4 Rc5 37.Nxe5 Qxa2 38.Rxa2 Bxe5 39.Bf2 Rb5 40.Rxd7 Rb1+ 41.Bg1 Bg3 42.Rad2 Re8 43.Rd1 Re1 44.Rxe1 Rxe1 45.Rxb7 Bf2 46.g4 Rxg1+ 47.Kh2 Rb1 48.Ra7 Rb2 49.Kh1 Bxh4 50.Rxa6 Bf2 51.Ra8+ Kg7 52.Rb8 h5 53.gxh5 gxh5 54.f4 h4 55.a6 Rb1+ 56.Kh2 Bg1+ 57.Kh3 Bxb6 0-1

The Czech Republic takes Switzerland 3-1

Round 8, Nov. 1
Czech Republic – Switzerland
Board 1
Navara, David – Bogner, Sebastian
E48 Nimzo-Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2 Re8 8.Bd2 Bd6 9.Rc1 a6 10.O-O b6 11.Nf4 Bb7 12.Qf3 c5 13.Nfxd5 Nxd5 14.Bc4 Bxh2+ 15.Kxh2 Qc7+ 16.Qg3 Qxg3+ 17.Kxg3 Nf6 18.dxc5 Re5 19.f3 Rxc5 20.Bb3 Nbd7 21.e4 Rac8 22.Rfd1 R5c7 23.Be3 Nc5 24.Na4 Kf8 25.Nxb6 Nxb3 26.Rxc7 Rxc7 27.axb3 Ke7 28.b4 Ke6 29.Bc5 Bxe4 30.Kf4 1-0

The Netherlands beat Austria with the two Van Foreest brothers on the team. The viewers have come to expect fireworks from Anish Giri and when they didn’t they showed their disappointment:

Round 8, Nov. 1
Netherlands – Austria
Board 1
Giri, Anish – Ragger, Markus
A48 King’s Indian, East Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2 d5 4.b3 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.c6 bxc6 7.Bb2 Bg7 8.g3 Qb6 9.e3 Nc7 10.c4 O-O 11.Bg2 a5 12.O-O a4 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Bd4 Qb5 15.Be5 Ne6 16.bxa4 Qxa4 17.Nb1 Qa5 18.Qd2 Ne4 19.Qxa5 Rxa5 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Nfd2 N6c5 22.Nxe4 Nxe4 23.Rc1 Be6 24.Nc3 Nxc3 25.Rxc3 d4 26.exd4 Rxa2 27.Rxa2 Bxa2 28.Ra3 Bc4 29.Ra8 Rxa8 30.Bxa8 Kf6 1/2-1/2

- giri u r such a waste of time
- fortunately its over, boring and disappointing, yawn yawn yawn, I really hope Giri will work a bit on his white repertoire, for now it is just a bit too boring and tame, .....
- but okay this Ragger dude is really quite strong ....bla bla, see yeah :-)
- It’s a team tournament where the Dutch had much bigger elo advantage on lower boards. A draw made sense.

Round 8, Nov. 1
Israel – Georgia
Board 1
Rodshtein, Maxim – Jobava, Baadur
E15 Queen’s Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 d6 8.Nc3 a5 9.d5 e5 10.O-O O-O 11.b3 Na6 12.Ne1 Nc5 13.Nc2 h6 14.e4 Re8 15.Rab1 Bc8 16.a3 a4 17.b4 Nb3 18.Qd3 Bd7 19.Rfd1 Qb8 20.f3 Qd8 21.Ne3 Kh8 22.Rf1 Kg8 23.Rf2 Nd4 24.Ne2 Nb3 25.Nc3 Nd4 26.Nc2 Nb3 27.Ne2 h5 28.h4 Nh7 29.Rbf1 Nf8 30.Kh2 Ng6 31.Bh3 Rf8 32.Ne3 Bxh3 33.Kxh3 Qd7+ 34.Nf5 Kh7 35.Kh2 Rh8 36.Ne3 Kg8 37.Kg2 Re8 38.Nc3 Ne7 39.Nb5 Rh6 40.Kh2 Rf8 41.f4 exf4 42.gxf4 Re8 43.Qc3 Ng6 44.Nf5 Rh7 45.Qh3 Nf8 46.Ng3 Qd8 47.Na7 Nd4 48.Rd1 Qa8 49.Rxd4 Qxa7 50.Nf5 g6 51.Rg2 b5 52.cxb5 Nd7 53.Qc3 Nf6 54.Ng3 Ng4+ 55.Kg1 f5 56.Re2 Rhe7 57.Kg2 fxe4 58.Qc4 e3 59.f5 Rg7 60.Rxg4 hxg4 61.h5 gxf5 62.Nxf5 Rh7 63.Qxg4+ Kh8 64.Kh3 Qb7 65.Qg6 Rf8 66.Nxe3 Qxb5 67.Rg2 Qe8 0-1

Round 8, Nov. 1
Finland – Spain
Board 3
Koyhkka, Pekka – Shirov, Alexei
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack, Keres variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O Ngf6 5.h3 Bh5 6.d3 e5 7.Qe1 Bc5 8.e4 dxe4 9.dxe4 O-O 10.a4 a5 11.Na3 Ne8 12.Nc4 Qf6 13.g4 Bg6 14.Bd2 Nd6 15.Nxd6 Bxd6 16.Bxa5 Nc5 17.Nh2 b6 18.Bc3 Rxa4 19.b3 Rxa1 20.Bxa1 Ne6 21.Qc3 Nf4 22.Re1 h5 23.Nf1 Bc5 24.Qf3 Nxh3+ 25.Kh2 Nxf2 0-1

I cannot believe that Kateryna Lagno has won. Huge credit to sticking to her task. She may just have won the event for Russia?

Round 8, Nov. 1
Armenia – Russia
Board 2
Lagno, Kateryna – Ghukasyan, Siranush
C83 Ruy Lopez, open, Classical

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bc2 f5 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Re1 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Nf1 Ne4 16.Ng3 Nxg3 17.fxg3 Kh8 18.g4 Bf7 19.Be3 Qd6 20.Qd2 Bg8 21.b4 Ne5 22.Nxe5 Qxe5 23.Bd4 Qg5 24.Qxg5 Bxg5 25.a4 Bh4 26.g3 Bf6 27.Bxf6 gxf6 28.Re7 Rfe8 29.Rxc7 Rac8 30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.axb5 axb5 32.Bf5 Rxc3 33.Ra8 Kg7 34.Ra7+ Kh8 35.Rb7 Rxg3+ 36.Kf2 Rxh3 37.Rxb5 h5 38.Rb8 Kg7 39.Rb7+ Kf8 40.Rb8+ Kg7 41.Rb7+ Kh8 42.b5 hxg4 43.Bxg4 Rb3 44.Rb8 Kg7 45.b6 Bh7 46.b7 Be4 47.Bc8 d4 48.Ra8 Bxb7 49.Ra7 Rf3+ 50.Kg2 Re3+ 51.Rxb7+ Kg6 52.Rd7 Re5 53.Rxd4 Rc5 54.Ba6 Re5 55.Bd3+ Kf7 56.Kf3 Kg7 57.Rd7+ Kf8 58.Kf4 Re7 59.Rd8+ Re8 60.Rd6 Ke7 61.Ra6 Rd8 62.Bf5 Rd4+ 63.Kg3 Rb4 64.Re6+ Kf7 65.Rd6 Kg7 66.Rd8 Ra4 67.Kf3 Rb4 68.Be6 Rb6 69.Bd5 Kg6 70.Kf4 Rb4+ 71.Be4+ Kf7 72.Rd6 Ke7 73.Ra6 Kf7 74.Ke3 Ke7 75.Bd5 f5 76.Re6+ Kd7 77.Rf6 Ke7 78.Rxf5 Kd6 79.Be4 Ke6 80.Kf4 Rb2 81.Rh5 Rf2+ 82.Bf3 Rf1 83.Rh6+ Kd7 84.Ke4 Ke7 85.Bg4 Rf6 86.Rh1 Rb6 87.Bf5 Rb4+ 88.Ke5 Rb5+ 89.Kf4 Rb4+ 90.Be4 Kd6 91.Rh6+ Kc5 92.Ke5 Rb6 93.Rh8 Kb4 94.Kd4 Kb5 95.Rh1 Rd6+ 96.Bd5 Kb6 97.Rb1+ Kc7 98.Rb7+ Kc8 99.Ra7 Rg6 100.Kc5 Kd8 101.Bc6 Rg1 102.Rd7+ Kc8 103.Re7 Rd1 104.Kb6 Rd2 105.Kc5 Rd1 106.Bd5 Kd8 107.Rg7 Kc8 108.Kd6 Kb8 109.Rb7+ Kc8 110.Ra7 Rb1 111.Rg7 Rb6+ 112.Bc6 1-0

Position after 87…Rb4+ should be a draw after 88.Ke5

Final Round Pairings

Open

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

Women

1 Russia – Turkey
2 Georgia 2 – Georgia
3 Azerbijan – Armenia
4 Ukraine – France
5 Italy – Netherlands

Georgia is one match point behind Russia and, through the pairing, will go against the second Georgia team. This is not good!

The final round starts three hours early tomorrow. I calculate this to be 3 AM Toronto/Montreal time!

**Wayne Komer** · Saturday, 2nd November, 2019, 01:17 PM

European Team Championship Open 2019

November 2, 2019

Round Nine

Results

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Team pairings
Round 9 Open
No.	Team	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Team
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1	Ukraine	13	2	:	2	11	Croatia
2	Russia	13	2½	:	1½	10	Poland
3	Germany	11	1½	:	2½	12	England
4	Armenia	11	3	:	1	10	Greece
5	France	10	2	:	2	10	Czech Republic
6	Slovenia	10	1	:	3	9	Azerbaijan
7	Spain	9	3	:	1	9	Sweden
8	Georgia	8	3½	:	½	9	Netherlands
9	Turkey	8	2½	:	1½	8	Hungary
10	Estonia	8	½	:	3½	8	Israel
11	Romania	8	2	:	2	8	Switzerland
12	Belarus	8	2	:	2	8	Serbia
13	Austria	7	2½	:	1½	7	Denmark
14	Norway	7	3½	:	½	7	Finland
15	Italy	7	2½	:	1½	7	Republic of NM
16	Moldova	7	2	:	2	7	Georgia 2
17	Montenegro	6	2½	:	1½	6	Belgium
18	Iceland	6	3	:	1	4	Kosovo
19	Albania	2	1	:	3	5	Lithuania
20	Scotland	2	1	:	3	4	Slovakia
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Team pairings
Round 9 Women
No.	Team	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Team
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1	Russia	14	3½	:	½	11	Turkey
2	Georgia 2	10	1	:	3	13	Georgia
3	Azerbaijan	12	2½	:	1½	11	Armenia
4	Ukraine	10	2½	:	1½	9	France
5	Italy	9	1½	:	2½	10	Netherlands
6	Serbia	9	2	:	2	9	Hungary
7	Greece	9	1	:	3	9	Romania
8	Poland	8	4	:	0	8	Georgia 3
9	Latvia	8	½	:	3½	8	Israel
10	Spain	7	2	:	2	8	Austria
11	Slovenia	7	2½	:	1½	7	Czech Republic
12	Slovakia	7	2½	:	1½	6	England
13	Germany	6	3½	:	½	5	Belgium
14	Sweden	6	2	:	2	3	Switzerland
15	Finland	4	2½	:	1½	5	Norway
16	Republic of NM	3	½	:	3½	5	Croatia
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**Wayne Komer** · Saturday, 2nd November, 2019, 01:30 PM

European Team Championship Open 2019

November 2, 2019

Round Nine

Final Standings

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Final Ranking Open
Rk.	Team	Gms	+	=	-
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1	Russia	9	6	3	0
2	Ukraine	9	6	2	1
3	England	9	6	2	1
4	Armenia	9	6	1	2
5	Croatia	9	5	2	2
6	Azerbaijan	9	5	1	3
7	Spain	9	4	3	2
8	Germany	9	4	3	2
9	France	9	4	3	2
10	Czech Republic	9	5	1	3
11	Georgia	9	3	4	2
12	Poland	9	4	2	3
13	Israel	9	2	6	1
14	Greece	9	4	2	3
15	Slovenia	9	5	0	4
16	Turkey	9	4	2	3
17	Netherlands	9	4	1	4
18	Switzerland	9	4	1	4
19	Austria	9	2	5	2
20	Romania	9	3	3	3
21	Sweden	9	3	3	3
22	Norway	9	3	3	3
23	Serbia	9	4	1	4
24	Belarus	9	3	3	3
25	Italy	9	3	3	3
26	Hungary	9	2	4	3
27	Estonia	9	4	0	5
28	Georgia 2	9	2	4	3
29	Moldova	9	3	2	4
30	Montenegro	9	3	2	4
31	Iceland	9	3	2	4
32	Denmark	9	2	3	4
33	Republic of NM	9	2	3	4
34	Finland	9	2	3	4
35	Lithuania	9	3	1	5
36	Belgium	9	2	2	5
37	Slovakia	9	2	2	5
38	Kosovo	9	1	2	6
39	Albania	9	1	0	8
40	Scotland	9	1	0	8
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Final Ranking Women
Rk.	Team	Gms	+	=	-
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1	Russia	9	7	2	0
2	Georgia	9	7	1	1
3	Azerbaijan	9	6	2	1
4	Ukraine	9	6	0	3
5	Netherlands	9	6	0	3
6	Romania	9	5	1	3
7	Armenia	9	4	3	2
8	Turkey	9	5	1	3
9	Georgia 2	9	4	2	3
10	Hungary	9	4	2	3
11	Serbia	9	4	2	3
12	Poland	9	4	2	3
13	Israel	9	4	2	3
14	France	9	4	1	4
15	Italy	9	4	1	4
16	Greece	9	3	3	3
17	Slovenia	9	3	3	3
18	Austria	9	3	3	3
19	Slovakia	9	4	1	4
20	Spain	9	3	2	4
21	Germany	9	4	0	5
22	Georgia 3	9	3	2	4
23	Latvia	9	4	0	5
24	Croatia	9	2	3	4
25	Czech Republic	9	3	1	5
26	Sweden	9	2	3	4
27	England	9	3	0	6
28	Finland	9	2	2	5
29	Norway	9	2	1	6
30	Belgium	9	2	1	6
31	Switzerland	9	0	4	5
32	Republic of NM	9	0	3	6
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**Wayne Komer** · Saturday, 2nd November, 2019, 03:23 PM

European Team Championship Open 2019

November 2, 2019

Round Nine

The game that would decide the first two placings:

Round 9, Nov. 2
Ukraine – Croatia
Board 1
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Saric, Ivan
D73 Neo-Grunfeld

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 dxc4 6.Na3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nxc4 a5 9.e3 Be6 10.Qe2 a4 11.Bd2 Bd5 12.Rfc1 Qc8 13.Be1 Rd8 14.a3 h6 15.Rc2 Qe6 16.Rac1 Be4 17.Rd2 Bd5 18.Rdd1 Ne4 19.Qf1 Ng5 20.Nxg5 hxg5 21.h3 g4 22.hxg4 Qxg4 23.Nd2 e5 24.e4 Ba2 25.d5 Nd4 26.f3 Qd7 27.Bf2 c6 28.Bxd4 exd4 29.Ra1 Bb3 30.Nxb3 axb3 31.f4 cxd5 32.e5 Qg4 33.Rd3 Bf8 34.Bh3 Qh5 35.Kg2 Rac8 36.Bxc8 Rxc8 37.Rad1 Rc2+ 38.R1d2 Bc5 39.Qf3 Qf5 40.Re2 Qe4 41.Rdd2 d3 42.Rxe4 Rxd2+ 43.Kh3 dxe4 44.Qxe4 Bg1 45.Kg4 Bf2 46.f5 gxf5+ 47.Kxf5 Bc5 48.Kg4 Rxb2 49.Qxd3 Bxa3 50.e6 Rf2 51.Qd8+ Kg7 52.e7 Bxe7 53.Qxe7 b2 54.Qxb7 Re2 55.Kf3 Rd2 56.Qb6 Kg8 57.g4 Rc2 58.g5 Rc6 59.Qxb2 Re6 60.Kf4 Kh7 61.Kf5 Kg8 62.Qd4 Kh7 63.Qd8 Kg7 64.Qb8 Rg6 65.Qc8 Re6 66.Qd8 Rg6 67.Ke5 Re6+ 68.Kd5 Rg6 69.Qe7 Re6 70.Qb4 Kg8 71.Qb2 Kh7 72.Qb8 Kg7 73.Qd8 Rg6 74.Ke5 Re6+ 75.Kf5 Rg6 76.Qa8 Re6 77.Qa1+ Kh7 78.Qd1 Kg7 79.Qh5 Rd6 80.Qe2 Re6 81.Qd2 Kg8 1/2-1/2

Final Position

- A win for Ivanchuk would likely give Ukraine gold ahead of Russia on tiebreaks, but this position is a fortress!

Russia beats Poland

Round 9, Nov. 2
Russia – Poland
Board 3
Alekseenko, Kirill – Piorun, Kacper
B33 Sicilian, Pelikan variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8 9.a4 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Nd7 12.Bd2 a6 13.Na3 a5 14.c3 f5 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 b6 17.Nb5 Nc5 18.Nd4 Bg5 19.Bd3 Bxf4 20.Rxf4 Qe8 21.Qd2 Nxd3 22.Qxd3 Qe5 23.Raf1 Qxd5 24.Nxf5 Qc5+ 25.Nd4 Rxf4 26.Rxf4 Bd7 27.Rf1 Re8 28.Kh1 Qd5 29.Qg3 Bxa4 30.Nf5 g6 31.Nh6+ Kg7 32.Qh4 Re4 33.Ng4 h5 34.Qf6+ Kh7 35.Qf8 hxg4 36.Rf7+ Qxf7 37.Qxf7+ Kh6 38.Kg1 Kh5 39.Kf2 Bc2 40.Qd5+ Re5 41.Qxd6 Rb5 42.b4 Bb3 43.Kg3 a4 44.c4 Rf5 45.Qxb6 Kh6 46.Qe3+ Kh7 47.Qe7+ Kh6 48.c5 1-0

Round 9, Nov. 2
Russia – Poland
Board 4
Dragun, Kamil – Dubov Daniil
A20 English Opening

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 h5 4.Nc3 h4 5.e3 Nf6 6.d4 Bb4 7.d5 Na5 8.Qa4 Qe7 9.Nf3 hxg3 10.fxg3 Nxc4 11.O-O Nb6 12.Qb3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 d6 14.Nh4 Nfd7 15.Ba3 Rxh4 16.gxh4 Qxh4 17.e4 Nf6 18.c4 Nxe4 19.Rae1 Ng5 20.c5 Nc4 21.cxd6 cxd6 22.Bc1 Nh3+ 23.Kh1 Nf2+ 24.Kg1 Nh3+ 25.Kh1 Nf2+ 26.Kg1 Nh3+ 1/2-1/2

Howell gives the win to England over Germany

Round 9, Nov. 2
Germany – England
Board 3
Fridman, Daniel – Howell, David
D78 Neo-Grunfeld

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.Qb3 a5 8.Rd1 a4 9.Qb4 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Bf5 11.e3 Nbd7 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.Nbd2 e5 14.e4 Be6 15.Nc4 Nxe4 16.dxe5 Nec5 17.Bf4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4 Ne6 19.Bh3 Nb6 20.Qc1 Nxf4 21.gxf4 Bh6 22.Rd4 Rad8 23.Re4 Rd3 24.Bg2 Qe7 25.Qc2 Rfd8 26.Rae1 a3 27.b3 Qe6 28.Rb4 Nc8 29.Rxb7 Bxf4 30.Qc4 Qxc4 31.bxc4 Rc3 32.Rb8 Rf8 33.Re4 Bh6 34.Nd4 Rxc4 35.Ra8 Nb6 36.Rxa3 Rc1+ 37.Bf1 Nc4 38.Rd3 Nd2 39.Rxd2 Bxd2 40.Kg2 Ra8 41.Nb3 Rc2 42.a4 Rb2 43.Bc4 Kg7 44.a5 Bxa5 45.Rf4 Bb6 46.Rxf7+ Kh6 47.e6 Rc2 48.Bd3 Rb2 49.Bc4 Re8 50.e7 Rb1 51.Kf3 Rd1 52.Rf6 Rxe7 53.Rxc6 Ba7 54.Nc5 Rh1 55.Kg2 Rc1 56.Nd3 Rc2 57.Bb5 Rd2 58.Rf6 Kg7 59.Rf3 Rf7 60.Rxf7+ Kxf7 61.h3 Kf6 62.Kg3 Kf5 63.Kf3 Bb6 64.Bd7+ Kg5 65.Bb5 Kh4 66.Kg2 Ba7 67.Bc4 Rc2 68.Bd5 Rc3 69.Be4 Kg5 70.Kg3 Ra3 71.Kf3 Kh4 72.Kg2 Ra5 73.Ne1 Rg5+ 74.Kf1 Kxh3 75.Bc6 0-1

From the EC Forum:

- Anyway, very well done England! It sounds like nothing special when you say that the second seeds finished 3rd, but the margins are so slim between the top dozen or so sides that in reality this was yet another terrifically powerful showing by our very impressive team.

- Thin margins all right. The top four all made exactly the same number of gamepoints!!

- Three events without Nigel Short: three excellent results. Coincidence? I am sure that Malcolm couldn't possibly comment.

Round 9, Nov. 2
Spain – Sweden
Board 3
Shirov, Alexei – Westerberg, Jonathan
D06 QGD, symmetrical Defence

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nc3 Qa5 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.Bd2 e5 8.Ndb5 Bb4 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Nd6+ Ke7 11.Bxc3 Qd5 12.Bb4 Nc6 13.Nxc8+ Ke6 14.g3 Qxh1 15.Qd6+ Kf5 16.Qd3+ e4 17.Nd6+ Kg6 18.Qb5 Ne7 19.Nc4 Nc6 20.Qxb7 Nxb4 21.Ne5+ Kf5 22.axb4 a5 23.Nxf7 Rhf8 24.Rc1 h6 25.Nd6+ Kg6 26.Rc7 Nh5 27.f3 Kh7 28.Qxe4+ Kg8 29.Qd5+ Kh7 30.Qxh5 Rf6 31.Ne4 Rg6 32.Qf5 Ra6 33.h4 1-0

Round 9, Nov. 2
Georgia – Netherlands
Board 1
Jobava, Baadur – Giri, Anish
B23 Neo-Sicilian, Grand Prix Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.d3 Na5 8.Bd2 e6 9.e5 d5 10.Bb5 Nc6 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.O-O Ne7 13.Be1 Qb6 14.a4 d4 15.a5 Qc7 16.Ne4 Bxe4 17.dxe4 Nc6 18.Bh4 h6 19.Qe2 g5 20.fxg5 hxg5 21.Bxg5 Nxe5 22.h3 Nd7 23.a6 O-O 24.axb7 Qxb7 25.e5 Qxb2 26.Rab1 d3 27.Qe4 Qxc2 28.Rb7 Qe2 29.Be3 Rad8 30.Rf2 Qd1+ 31.Kh2 c4 32.Rd2 Qa1 33.Rxa7 Bxe5+ 34.g3 Qc3 35.Rxd7 Rxd7 36.Nxe5 f5 37.Qf4 Rg7 38.Bd4 Qc1 39.Qh6 Rf6 1/2-1/2

Olimpiu Urcan - In the last round of the European team championship, Baadur Jobava allowed Anish Giri to escape with a draw from a very difficult position.

Final Position

Chessbomb gives further moves:

40. Qe3 Rf8 41. Nf3 c3 42. Qh6 ½-½

Round 9, Nov. 2
Norway – Finland
Board 1
Tari, Aryan – Nyback, Tomi
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 b4 9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Bf4 Ng6 12.Bg3 Bb7 13.Nbd2 Nh5 14.Nc4 Nxg3 15.hxg3 a5 16.e5 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 dxe5 19.Rxe5 Bf6 20.Rd5 Qe7 21.Rd7 Qc5 22.Qd3 Rae8 23.Kg2 g6 24.Rh1 Re7 25.Rd5 Qa7 26.Qd2 Bg7 27.Bc4 c6 28.Rd6 Qc5 29.b3 Rfe8 30.Rd7 Bf8 31.Rh4 Qf5 32.Rxe7 Rxe7 33.Rf4 Qd7 34.Rd4 Qc7 35.Rd8 Kg7 36.f4 c5 37.Qd5 Qb6 38.Rc8 Ra7 39.Qe5+ Kg8 40.Kh2 Qb7 41.Qxc5 Qe7 42.Qxe7 Rxe7 43.Ra8 Rd7 44.Kg2 1-0

The Best Players According to Performance

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The best players sorted according Rp,Pts,games,%,board (Final Ranking after 9 Rounds)
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No.	Name	Rtg	Team	Rp	Pts.	Gms	%	Bo.
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1	Berkes Ferenc	2667	Hungary	2844	6	7	85.7	2
2	Andreikin Dmitry	2741	Russia	2817	5.5	8	68.8	1
3	Dubov Daniil	2699	Russia	2805	5.5	7	78.6	4
4	Aronian Levon	2758	Armenia	2790	5	8	62.5	1
5	Shirov Alexei	2664	Spain	2781	6.5	8	81.3	2
6	Halkias Stelios	2530	Greece	2781	5.5	7	78.6	3
7	Ivanchuk Vassily	2686	Ukraine	2771	5.5	9	61.1	1
8	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	2656	Germany	2770	5	8	62.5	1
9	Kuzubov Yuriy	2636	Ukraine	2767	4	6	66.7	2
10	Navara David	2717	Czech Republic	2763	6	9	66.7	1
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European Team Championship Open 2019

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