Russia lost to Greece in 2nd Round, WTC, Turkey

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Here are two games in the match between Greece and Russia, played on the 6th January 2010, where Russia lost to Greece, 1.5-2.5, in the second round of the World Team Championship (WTC), Bursa, Turkey.

In this game between GM Banikas, Greece and GM Tomashevsky, Russia, the Queen’s Indian opening was played. The Russian GM lost to the Grecian GM in 41 moves as shown below.

[Event "WTCC"]
[Site "Bursa TURKEY"]
[Date "2010.01.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "GM Banikas Hristos (GRE)"]
[Black "GM Tomashevsky Evgeny (RUS)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. Nh4 b5 10. cxd5 b4 11. Nf5 d6 12. Ne4 Nxd5 13. O-O Na6 14. Rd1 Nac7 15.
Nxc5 dxc5 16. e4 Nb5 17. exd5 Bd6 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Rac1 c4 20. Qe2 Qf6 21. Nxd6
Nxd6 22. Bxa7 Rfe8 23. Qc2 Qd8 24. Bh3 f5 25. Be3 Qd7 26. Bf4 g6 27. Bf1 Ba6
28. b3 cxb3 29. Qxb3 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 Nf7 31. d6 g5 32. Bxg5 Qxd6 33. Bf4 Qa6 34.
Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Re1 Ra8 36. Qd5 Rd8 37. Qxf5 Qxa2 38. Bg5 Ra8 39. Bf6 Qc4 40. Re4
Qc1+ 41. Kg2 1-0

Pix 1. White played 41.Kg2 and Black resigned.

In another game, GM Morozevich, Russia lost to GM Papaionnou, Greece. GM Morozevich played the English Opening against the Greece GM and lost in 25 moves.

[Event "WTCC"]
[Site "Bursa TURKEY"]
[Date "2010.01.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "GM Morozevich Alexander (RUS)"]
[Black "GM Papaioannou Ioannis (GRE)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g4 O-O 5. g5 Ne8 6. Rg1 d5 7. Qb3 c5 8. cxd5
Nd6 9. Bh3 Na6 10. g6 c4 11. gxh7+ Kh8 12. Qc2 exd5 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. Nxd5 Re8
15. Kf1 Ne4 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Ng5 Nac5 18. Qxc4 Nxg5 19. Rxg5 Ne4 20. Qb5 Rc6 21.
Rf5 Nd6 22. Qd3 Rxe3 23. dxe3 Qxf5 24. a3 Qh3+ 25. Kg1 Nf5 0-1

Pix 2. Black played 25…. Nf5 and white resigned.
(source: wtcc2009.tsf.org.tr)