Friday, January 7, 2011

Gashimov The Victor!

Vugar Gashimov holds the trophy!
Pix 1. Vugar Gashimov holds the trophy accompanied by other players and officials of the 53rd Torneo di Capodanno, Reggio Emilia, Italy. (Picture courtesy of Susan Polgar’s Daily Chess News’s blog and chessdom.com)
7 January 2011, Kuala Lumpur – In the 53rd Torneo di Capodanno, Reggio Emilia, Italy, Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan won the tournament on tie-break points, scoring 6.0/9 points. In second place is Vallejo Pons Francisco of Spain, also with 6.0 points. However, Gashimov was awarded the winner’s trophy based on superior tie-break points. The final round 9 results and final standings are shown below:-
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Both Gashimov and Vallejo Pons finished their last round 9 games with a quick draws in 17 moves. The games are shown below.
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[Event "53rd Masters"] [Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"] [Date "2011.01.06"] [Round "9"] [White "Onischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Gashimov, Vugar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2683"] [BlackElo "2733"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2010.12.28"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 dxc4 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Nxd1 Bxc5 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Rc1 Na5 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Nxc4 Nb3 15. Rc2 Na1 16. Rc1 Nb3 17. Rc2 1/2-1/2

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[Event "53rd Masters"] [Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"] [Date "2011.01.06"] [Round "9"] [White "Movsesian, Sergei"] [Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "2721"] [BlackElo "2698"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2010.12.28"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Ke7 16. c3 Rc5 17. Rd2 Rb8 1/2-1/2

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