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San Fermin Banter Blitz Cup H Qualifier
July 4, 2021
I usually don’t report on Banter Blitz but this one caught my eye because it has two favorite players competing Pragg and Miro. I give all the games of their match. Miro won and goes on to the next stage, paired against Duda.
Blitz 3+3
San Fermin Banter Blitz Cup Qualifier
Pamplona, Northern Spain
Round 23, July 4
Praggnanandhaa, R. – Miroshnichenko, Evgenij
A15 Reti, Bremen variation
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d6 6.Nc3 c6 7.d3 a5 8.a3 e5 9.Rb1 Re8 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.e4 h6 12.Be3 Nc5 13.Nxe5 Rxe5 14.d4 Rxe4 15.dxc5 Rxc4 16.cxd6 Be6 17.Qd2 Ng4 18.Rbd1 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 a4 20.Rfe1 Qa5 21.Ne4 Rd8 22.Bf1 Rc2 23.Bd3 Rxb2 24.Nc5 Rxd6 25.Bxg6 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 fxg6 27.Nxe6 Qe5 28.Rd8+ Kf7 29.Rf8+ Ke7 30.Re8+ Kf7 31.Nd8+ Kxe8 32.Qf3 Qe1+ 33.Kg2 Rxf2+ 0-1
Round 24, July 4
Miro-Pragg
A26 English, Closed System, Modern line
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 Nc6 8.Rb1 a5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.a3 Bg7 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Ne7 14.b5 Be6 15.Nd2 e4 16.Qc2 exd3 17.Qxd3 Bf5 18.e4 Be6 19.Nd5 c6 20.Nf4 Bc8 21.Rfd1 Qc7 22.Nf3 Rd8 23.b6 Qb8 24.h3 Ra5 25.Qb3 c5 26.e5 Bf5 27.exd6 Nc6 28.Rbc1 Rxd6 29.Nd5 Be4 30.Nh4 Bxg2 31.Nxg2 Nd4 32.Qd3 Ra2 33.Re1 Qd8 34.Ngf4 Rb2 35.Qa3 Rb3 36.Qxc5 Nf3+ 37.Kg2 Bd4 38.Re8+ Qxe8 39.Qxd6 Qe4 40.Nf6+ Bxf6 41.Qxf6 Ne5+ 42.Kh2 Nf3+ 43.Kg2 Nd4+ 44.Kh2 Rb2 45.Rf1 Nf3+ 46.Kg2 Nd2+ 47.Kg1 Nf3+ 48.Kg2 Nd4+ 49.Kg1 g5 50.Qxh6 Nf3+ 51.Kg2 gxf4 0-1
Round 25, July 4
Pragg – Miro
A05 Reti, King’s Indian Attack
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 c6 6.d3 d5 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.b3 e5 9.Bb2 Re8 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.e4 d4 12.Na3 Nb6 13.Rac1 Bg4 14.Qc7 Re7 15.Qxd8+ Rxd8 16.Rc2 a6 17.Bc1 Rc8 18.Rxc8+ Nxc8 19.Nc4 Nd7 20.Ba3 Re8 21.Rc1 Bf8 22.Bxf8 Kxf8 23.b4 f6 24.Nfd2 Be6 25.a3 Ke7 26.f4 Nd6 27.Na5 Kd8 28.Bf3 Nb6 29.Bd1 Re7 30.Bb3 Bxb3 31.Ndxb3 Na4 32.fxe5 fxe5 33.Nc5 Nc3 34.Rf1 Kc7 35.Rf6 Ndb5 36.Ncxb7 Nxa3 37.Rc6+ Kd7 38.Nc5+ Ke8 39.Rxa6 Nc2 40.Nc6 Rc7 41.Ra8+ Kf7 42.Nxe5+ Kf6 43.Ned7+ Kg5 44.Ne6+ Kg4 45.Ne5+ Kh5 46.Nxc7 1-0
Position after White’s 40.Nc6
In the midst of battle Praggnanandhaa found time to mention the amusing position of the knights on the c-file!
Round 26, July 4
Miro – Pragg
B40 Sicilian Defence
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Qe2 e5 6.O-O Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.a4 Re8 9.d3 Bf8 10.Na3 d5 11.Bg5 d4 12.cxd4 cxd4 13.Nc4 h6 14.Bd2 Bc5 15.Rfc1 Qe7 16.a5 Bd7 17.Qe1 a6 18.b4 Ba7 19.Nh4 Rac8 20.Rab1 g5 21.Nf5 Bxf5 22.exf5 Qd7 23.Be4 Ne7 24.Nxe5 Qb5 25.Rxc8 Nxc8 26.f4 Nd6 27.Kh1 Nfxe4 28.dxe4 f6 29.Qd1 fxe5 30.Qh5 Qd7 31.Qg6+ Kh8 32.Qxh6+ Kg8 33.Qg6+ Kh8 34.Qh6+ Kg8 35.Qg6+ Kh8 36.Qh6+ 1/2-1/2
Round 27, July 4
Pragg – Miro
A26 English, Closed System, main ine
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 Nc6 8.Rb1 h6 9.b4 a6 10.e4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nd4 13.Bg2 Nd7 14.Ne2 Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 a5 16.bxa5 Nc5 17.Be3 Rxa5 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.Rxb7 Qd6 20.Rfb1 Rfa8 21.Rb8+ Rxb8 22.Rxb8+ Kh7 23.Bf1 h5 24.h4 Bh6 25.Qb2 Ra6 26.Rb5 Bf8 27.Be2 Qe6 28.Kg2 Bd6 29.Rb3 Qc8 30.Rb8 Rxa2 31.Qxa2 Qxb8 32.Bd1 Kg7 33.Ba4 Qa7 34.Qc2 Qa5 35.Bc6 Qe1 36.Bd5 Qa5 37.Qb3 Qb6 38.Qa4 Qb8 39.Qd7 Qf8 40.Kg1 Qe7 41.Qc8 Qf8 42.Qh3 Qe7 43.Kf1 Qf6 44.Ke2 Qe7 45.Qc8 Qf8 46.Qd7 Qe7 47.Qc8 Qf8 48.Qa6 Qe7 49.Qb7 Qf8 50.Qa8 Qxa8 51.Bxa8 Kf6 52.Bd5 Kg7 53.Kf3 Kf6 54.Ke3 Kg7 1/2-1/2
Round 28, July 4
Miro – Pragg
A49 King’s Indian, Fianchetto
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.c3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.e4 b6 10.Nc4 Qe8 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Qc2 Rd8 13.b4 Ba6 14.Bf1 Qe6 15.Ng5 Qxc4 16.Bxc4 Bxc4 17.f3 Ne8 18.Be3 Nd6 19.Nh3 f5 20.exf5 Rxf5 21.f4 exf4 22.Nxf4 Ne5 23.Bd4 Nf3+ 24.Kg2 Nxd4 25.cxd4 Rdf8 26.h4 Rxf4 27.gxf4 Rxf4 28.Re5 Rxd4 29.Rae1 Bxe5 30.Rxe5 Nf5 31.Rxf5 gxf5 32.Qxf5 Bf7 33.Qc8+ Kg7 34.Qxc7 Rd2+ 35.Kg3 Rxa2 36.h5 h6 37.Qe5+ Kg8 38.Qf6 Rd2 39.Qxh6 Rd5 40.Qf6 Rxh5 41.Qd8+ Kg7 42.Qd7 a5 43.b5 Rc5 44.Qd4+ Kg8 45.Qd8+ Kg7 46.Qxb6 Rc3+ 47.Kf2 Rc2+ 48.Ke3 Rc3+ 49.Kd2 Ra3 50.Qd4+ Kg8 51.Qg4+ Kf8 52.b6 Ra2+ 53.Kc1 Ra1+ 54.Kb2 Ra2+ 55.Kb1 Ra3 56.Qc8+ Kg7 57.b7 Rb3+ 58.Kc2 a4 59.b8=Q Bg6+ 60.Kc1 Rxb8 61.Qxb8 1-0
Round 29, July 4
Pragg – Miro
E51 Nimzo-Indian
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd2 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.O-O a6 10.Qb1 Bb7 11.b4 Re8 12.Rc1 Nbd7 13.Be1 Qe7 14.a3 Ne4 15.Ne2 g6 16.Ng3 h5 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Bc4 Nf6 19.Ne5 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Qxe5 21.Bc3 Qf5 22.Qb2 Ng4 23.Bb3 Kh7 24.h3 Nh6 25.Bd4 Re7 26.Rc2 Bd5 27.Rac1 Bxb3 28.Qxb3 Qd7 29.Bf6 Qe6 30.Qb2 Rd7 31.Rxc7 Rxc7 32.Rxc7 Rc8 33.Ra7 Qd6 34.Bd4 b5 35.g3 Qc6 36.Kg2 Rc7 37.Rxc7 Qxc7 38.Be5 Qd7 39.Bh8 Nf5 40.g4 hxg4 41.hxg4 Nxe3+ 42.fxe3 Qxg4+ 43.Kh1 Qh3+ 44.Kg1 Qxe3+ 45.Kf1 Qf3+ 46.Ke1 Qe3+ 47.Kd1 Qd3+ 48.Ke1 Qe3+ 49.Kd1 Qg1+ 50.Kc2 Qf2+ 51.Kb1 Qxb2+ 52.Bxb2 g5 53.Kc1 f5 54.Kd2 f4 55.Kc3 Kg6 0-1
Round 30, July 4
Miro – Pragg
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.d4 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Bg2 h6 6.Nbd2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Ne5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Nd7 10.c4 Nxe5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Qb3 O-O 13.Qxd5 Qxd5 14.Bxd5 c6 15.Bg2 a5 16.Nb3 a4 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Bd2 Rfe8 19.Bc3 Bc5 20.Rac1 Bb6 21.Rfd1 Bg4 22.h3 Bxd4 23.Rxd4 Bxe2 24.Re4 Nd3 25.Rc2 Bh5 26.Rd2 Bg6 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Bf1 Nc5 29.Bb4 Ne6 30.Rd7 b5 31.Bc3 Be4 32.f4 Nc5 33.Rd1 Bf3 34.Re1 Rxe1 35.Bxe1 Bd5 36.a3 f6 37.Kf2 Kf7 38.Ke3 Ke6 39.g4 Nb7 40.Bb4 Nd6 41.f5+ Kd7 42.Kd4 Bf3 43.Ke3 Bh1 44.Kd4 h5 45.Ke3 Bd5 46.Kf4 hxg4 47.hxg4 Bc4 48.Bg2 Bf7 49.g5 fxg5+ 50.Kxg5 Be8 51.f6 gxf6+ 52.Kxf6 Nc4 53.Bc3 Bh5 54.Kg5 Be2 55.Kf4 Kd6 56.Bh3 c5 57.Ke4 Bh5 58.Kd3 Bg6+ 59.Ke2 Nb6 60.Bg2 Bf7 61.Kd1 Bd5 62.Bf1 Bc4 63.Bg2 Nd7 64.Kc1 Nf8 65.Be4 Ne6 66.Bf5 Nf4 67.Bd2 Nd5 68.Be4 Nf6 69.Bf4+ Ke6 70.Bf3 Bd5 71.Be2 Bc6 72.Be3 Kd5 73.Bf3+ Kd6 74.Bf4+ Kd7 75.Be2 Nd5 76.Bd2 Kc7 77.Bf3 Ne7 78.Bf4+ Kb7 79.Bg5 Nf5 80.Bg4 Nd4 81.Be7 Be4 82.Bd1 Kc6 83.Bf8 Kd5 84.Bh5 Nb3+ 85.Kd1 Na5 86.Bf7+ Kd4 87.Kd2 Bd5 88.Bg7+ Ke4 89.Bg6+ Kf3 90.Be8 Bc4 91.Bc3 Nb3+ 92.Kd1 Ke3 93.Bg6 Be2+ 94.Kc2 c4 95.Bf7 Bd3+ 96.Kd1 Nc5 97.Be8 Ne4 98.Bxb5 Nf2+ 99.Kc1 Ke2 100.Bxa4 Be4 101.Bc2 Bd3 102.a4 Be4 103.a5 Bb7 104.Bd4 Nd3+ 105.Bxd3+ cxd3 106.Bc3 Ba6 107.Bd2 Kf3 108.b4 Ke4 109.Bc3 Ke3 110.Bd2+ Kd4 111.Bg5 Kc3 112.Bd2+ 1/2-1/2
Position after White’s 90.Be8
112 moves and huge tension, but it's Evgeny Miroshnichenko who joins Duda, Liem Quang Le, Adhiban, Cheparinov, Vidit, Bok & Shevchenko in the San Fermin #BanterBlitzCup final knockout, starting tomorrow, after beating Pragg 4.5:3.5!
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Pragg is playing an awful lot of chess – it seems like tournament games every day. It will be interesting to see him in the World Cup.
July 4, 2021
I usually don’t report on Banter Blitz but this one caught my eye because it has two favorite players competing Pragg and Miro. I give all the games of their match. Miro won and goes on to the next stage, paired against Duda.
Blitz 3+3
San Fermin Banter Blitz Cup Qualifier
Pamplona, Northern Spain
Round 23, July 4
Praggnanandhaa, R. – Miroshnichenko, Evgenij
A15 Reti, Bremen variation
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d6 6.Nc3 c6 7.d3 a5 8.a3 e5 9.Rb1 Re8 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.e4 h6 12.Be3 Nc5 13.Nxe5 Rxe5 14.d4 Rxe4 15.dxc5 Rxc4 16.cxd6 Be6 17.Qd2 Ng4 18.Rbd1 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 a4 20.Rfe1 Qa5 21.Ne4 Rd8 22.Bf1 Rc2 23.Bd3 Rxb2 24.Nc5 Rxd6 25.Bxg6 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 fxg6 27.Nxe6 Qe5 28.Rd8+ Kf7 29.Rf8+ Ke7 30.Re8+ Kf7 31.Nd8+ Kxe8 32.Qf3 Qe1+ 33.Kg2 Rxf2+ 0-1
Round 24, July 4
Miro-Pragg
A26 English, Closed System, Modern line
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 Nc6 8.Rb1 a5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.a3 Bg7 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Ne7 14.b5 Be6 15.Nd2 e4 16.Qc2 exd3 17.Qxd3 Bf5 18.e4 Be6 19.Nd5 c6 20.Nf4 Bc8 21.Rfd1 Qc7 22.Nf3 Rd8 23.b6 Qb8 24.h3 Ra5 25.Qb3 c5 26.e5 Bf5 27.exd6 Nc6 28.Rbc1 Rxd6 29.Nd5 Be4 30.Nh4 Bxg2 31.Nxg2 Nd4 32.Qd3 Ra2 33.Re1 Qd8 34.Ngf4 Rb2 35.Qa3 Rb3 36.Qxc5 Nf3+ 37.Kg2 Bd4 38.Re8+ Qxe8 39.Qxd6 Qe4 40.Nf6+ Bxf6 41.Qxf6 Ne5+ 42.Kh2 Nf3+ 43.Kg2 Nd4+ 44.Kh2 Rb2 45.Rf1 Nf3+ 46.Kg2 Nd2+ 47.Kg1 Nf3+ 48.Kg2 Nd4+ 49.Kg1 g5 50.Qxh6 Nf3+ 51.Kg2 gxf4 0-1
Round 25, July 4
Pragg – Miro
A05 Reti, King’s Indian Attack
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 c6 6.d3 d5 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.b3 e5 9.Bb2 Re8 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.e4 d4 12.Na3 Nb6 13.Rac1 Bg4 14.Qc7 Re7 15.Qxd8+ Rxd8 16.Rc2 a6 17.Bc1 Rc8 18.Rxc8+ Nxc8 19.Nc4 Nd7 20.Ba3 Re8 21.Rc1 Bf8 22.Bxf8 Kxf8 23.b4 f6 24.Nfd2 Be6 25.a3 Ke7 26.f4 Nd6 27.Na5 Kd8 28.Bf3 Nb6 29.Bd1 Re7 30.Bb3 Bxb3 31.Ndxb3 Na4 32.fxe5 fxe5 33.Nc5 Nc3 34.Rf1 Kc7 35.Rf6 Ndb5 36.Ncxb7 Nxa3 37.Rc6+ Kd7 38.Nc5+ Ke8 39.Rxa6 Nc2 40.Nc6 Rc7 41.Ra8+ Kf7 42.Nxe5+ Kf6 43.Ned7+ Kg5 44.Ne6+ Kg4 45.Ne5+ Kh5 46.Nxc7 1-0
Position after White’s 40.Nc6
In the midst of battle Praggnanandhaa found time to mention the amusing position of the knights on the c-file!
Round 26, July 4
Miro – Pragg
B40 Sicilian Defence
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Qe2 e5 6.O-O Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.a4 Re8 9.d3 Bf8 10.Na3 d5 11.Bg5 d4 12.cxd4 cxd4 13.Nc4 h6 14.Bd2 Bc5 15.Rfc1 Qe7 16.a5 Bd7 17.Qe1 a6 18.b4 Ba7 19.Nh4 Rac8 20.Rab1 g5 21.Nf5 Bxf5 22.exf5 Qd7 23.Be4 Ne7 24.Nxe5 Qb5 25.Rxc8 Nxc8 26.f4 Nd6 27.Kh1 Nfxe4 28.dxe4 f6 29.Qd1 fxe5 30.Qh5 Qd7 31.Qg6+ Kh8 32.Qxh6+ Kg8 33.Qg6+ Kh8 34.Qh6+ Kg8 35.Qg6+ Kh8 36.Qh6+ 1/2-1/2
Round 27, July 4
Pragg – Miro
A26 English, Closed System, main ine
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 Nc6 8.Rb1 h6 9.b4 a6 10.e4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nd4 13.Bg2 Nd7 14.Ne2 Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 a5 16.bxa5 Nc5 17.Be3 Rxa5 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.Rxb7 Qd6 20.Rfb1 Rfa8 21.Rb8+ Rxb8 22.Rxb8+ Kh7 23.Bf1 h5 24.h4 Bh6 25.Qb2 Ra6 26.Rb5 Bf8 27.Be2 Qe6 28.Kg2 Bd6 29.Rb3 Qc8 30.Rb8 Rxa2 31.Qxa2 Qxb8 32.Bd1 Kg7 33.Ba4 Qa7 34.Qc2 Qa5 35.Bc6 Qe1 36.Bd5 Qa5 37.Qb3 Qb6 38.Qa4 Qb8 39.Qd7 Qf8 40.Kg1 Qe7 41.Qc8 Qf8 42.Qh3 Qe7 43.Kf1 Qf6 44.Ke2 Qe7 45.Qc8 Qf8 46.Qd7 Qe7 47.Qc8 Qf8 48.Qa6 Qe7 49.Qb7 Qf8 50.Qa8 Qxa8 51.Bxa8 Kf6 52.Bd5 Kg7 53.Kf3 Kf6 54.Ke3 Kg7 1/2-1/2
Round 28, July 4
Miro – Pragg
A49 King’s Indian, Fianchetto
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.c3 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.e4 b6 10.Nc4 Qe8 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Qc2 Rd8 13.b4 Ba6 14.Bf1 Qe6 15.Ng5 Qxc4 16.Bxc4 Bxc4 17.f3 Ne8 18.Be3 Nd6 19.Nh3 f5 20.exf5 Rxf5 21.f4 exf4 22.Nxf4 Ne5 23.Bd4 Nf3+ 24.Kg2 Nxd4 25.cxd4 Rdf8 26.h4 Rxf4 27.gxf4 Rxf4 28.Re5 Rxd4 29.Rae1 Bxe5 30.Rxe5 Nf5 31.Rxf5 gxf5 32.Qxf5 Bf7 33.Qc8+ Kg7 34.Qxc7 Rd2+ 35.Kg3 Rxa2 36.h5 h6 37.Qe5+ Kg8 38.Qf6 Rd2 39.Qxh6 Rd5 40.Qf6 Rxh5 41.Qd8+ Kg7 42.Qd7 a5 43.b5 Rc5 44.Qd4+ Kg8 45.Qd8+ Kg7 46.Qxb6 Rc3+ 47.Kf2 Rc2+ 48.Ke3 Rc3+ 49.Kd2 Ra3 50.Qd4+ Kg8 51.Qg4+ Kf8 52.b6 Ra2+ 53.Kc1 Ra1+ 54.Kb2 Ra2+ 55.Kb1 Ra3 56.Qc8+ Kg7 57.b7 Rb3+ 58.Kc2 a4 59.b8=Q Bg6+ 60.Kc1 Rxb8 61.Qxb8 1-0
Round 29, July 4
Pragg – Miro
E51 Nimzo-Indian
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd2 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.O-O a6 10.Qb1 Bb7 11.b4 Re8 12.Rc1 Nbd7 13.Be1 Qe7 14.a3 Ne4 15.Ne2 g6 16.Ng3 h5 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Bc4 Nf6 19.Ne5 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Qxe5 21.Bc3 Qf5 22.Qb2 Ng4 23.Bb3 Kh7 24.h3 Nh6 25.Bd4 Re7 26.Rc2 Bd5 27.Rac1 Bxb3 28.Qxb3 Qd7 29.Bf6 Qe6 30.Qb2 Rd7 31.Rxc7 Rxc7 32.Rxc7 Rc8 33.Ra7 Qd6 34.Bd4 b5 35.g3 Qc6 36.Kg2 Rc7 37.Rxc7 Qxc7 38.Be5 Qd7 39.Bh8 Nf5 40.g4 hxg4 41.hxg4 Nxe3+ 42.fxe3 Qxg4+ 43.Kh1 Qh3+ 44.Kg1 Qxe3+ 45.Kf1 Qf3+ 46.Ke1 Qe3+ 47.Kd1 Qd3+ 48.Ke1 Qe3+ 49.Kd1 Qg1+ 50.Kc2 Qf2+ 51.Kb1 Qxb2+ 52.Bxb2 g5 53.Kc1 f5 54.Kd2 f4 55.Kc3 Kg6 0-1
Round 30, July 4
Miro – Pragg
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.d4 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Bg2 h6 6.Nbd2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Ne5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Nd7 10.c4 Nxe5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Qb3 O-O 13.Qxd5 Qxd5 14.Bxd5 c6 15.Bg2 a5 16.Nb3 a4 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Bd2 Rfe8 19.Bc3 Bc5 20.Rac1 Bb6 21.Rfd1 Bg4 22.h3 Bxd4 23.Rxd4 Bxe2 24.Re4 Nd3 25.Rc2 Bh5 26.Rd2 Bg6 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Bf1 Nc5 29.Bb4 Ne6 30.Rd7 b5 31.Bc3 Be4 32.f4 Nc5 33.Rd1 Bf3 34.Re1 Rxe1 35.Bxe1 Bd5 36.a3 f6 37.Kf2 Kf7 38.Ke3 Ke6 39.g4 Nb7 40.Bb4 Nd6 41.f5+ Kd7 42.Kd4 Bf3 43.Ke3 Bh1 44.Kd4 h5 45.Ke3 Bd5 46.Kf4 hxg4 47.hxg4 Bc4 48.Bg2 Bf7 49.g5 fxg5+ 50.Kxg5 Be8 51.f6 gxf6+ 52.Kxf6 Nc4 53.Bc3 Bh5 54.Kg5 Be2 55.Kf4 Kd6 56.Bh3 c5 57.Ke4 Bh5 58.Kd3 Bg6+ 59.Ke2 Nb6 60.Bg2 Bf7 61.Kd1 Bd5 62.Bf1 Bc4 63.Bg2 Nd7 64.Kc1 Nf8 65.Be4 Ne6 66.Bf5 Nf4 67.Bd2 Nd5 68.Be4 Nf6 69.Bf4+ Ke6 70.Bf3 Bd5 71.Be2 Bc6 72.Be3 Kd5 73.Bf3+ Kd6 74.Bf4+ Kd7 75.Be2 Nd5 76.Bd2 Kc7 77.Bf3 Ne7 78.Bf4+ Kb7 79.Bg5 Nf5 80.Bg4 Nd4 81.Be7 Be4 82.Bd1 Kc6 83.Bf8 Kd5 84.Bh5 Nb3+ 85.Kd1 Na5 86.Bf7+ Kd4 87.Kd2 Bd5 88.Bg7+ Ke4 89.Bg6+ Kf3 90.Be8 Bc4 91.Bc3 Nb3+ 92.Kd1 Ke3 93.Bg6 Be2+ 94.Kc2 c4 95.Bf7 Bd3+ 96.Kd1 Nc5 97.Be8 Ne4 98.Bxb5 Nf2+ 99.Kc1 Ke2 100.Bxa4 Be4 101.Bc2 Bd3 102.a4 Be4 103.a5 Bb7 104.Bd4 Nd3+ 105.Bxd3+ cxd3 106.Bc3 Ba6 107.Bd2 Kf3 108.b4 Ke4 109.Bc3 Ke3 110.Bd2+ Kd4 111.Bg5 Kc3 112.Bd2+ 1/2-1/2
Position after White’s 90.Be8
112 moves and huge tension, but it's Evgeny Miroshnichenko who joins Duda, Liem Quang Le, Adhiban, Cheparinov, Vidit, Bok & Shevchenko in the San Fermin #BanterBlitzCup final knockout, starting tomorrow, after beating Pragg 4.5:3.5!
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Pragg is playing an awful lot of chess – it seems like tournament games every day. It will be interesting to see him in the World Cup.