Vallejo’s and Caruana’s 3rd Round Games Reggio Emilia

1 January 2011, Kuala Lumpur – At the 53rd Torneo di Capodanno in Reggio Emilia 2010-2011 Italy, Vallejo Pons Francisco is in sole lead scoring 2.5/3 points. Meanwhile local favourite Fabiano Caruana of Italy soundly beats Nigel Short of England in the third round. Both games are featured below.

The 53rd Torneo di Capodanno takes place December 28 – January 6 in Reggio Emilia, Italy. It’s a 10-player, single round-robin with Vallejo Pons, Short, Ivanchuk, Caruana, Onischuk, Movsesian, Navara, Godena, Gashimov, and Morozevich playing. Rounds start at 15:00 CET every day, except for January 6th when it starts at 12:00 CET.

 

 

White (Vallejo) played 46.Qd6 attacking the a6 pawn, e5 pawn and the black’s knight simultaneously. Next move 47.Qxe5+ forcing the black king to move either to g8, h7 or g6 squares.

[Event "53rd Reggio Emilia, Italy"]
[Site "twic"]
[Date "2011.01.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Navarra, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 Bd6 8. Be3
Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qb3+ Kh8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qxb7 Bf7 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. Nb3 Bc4 15. Rfd1 Rb8 16. Qa7 Ra8 17. Qb7 Be2 18. Nxe5 Qe8 19. Rxd6 cxd6 20. Re1 dxe5 21. Rxe2 Ng6 22. Rd2 Qe6 23. Nc5 Qxa2 24. Kh2 Qc4 25. Rd7 Rab8 26. Qxc6 Rxb2 27. Rxg7 Rfxf2 28. Bxf2 Rxf2 29. Qc8+ Kxg7 30. Ne6+ Qxe6 31. Qxe6 Rxg2+ 32. Kh1 Rg3 33. c4 Rc3 34. Qd7+ Kh8 35. h4 h5 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. Qd7+ Kh8 38. Qd6 Kg7 39.c5 Rh3+ 40. Kg1 Rxh4 41. c6 Rg4+ 42. Kf2 Rf4+ 43. Ke3 Rf6 44. Qd8 Rf7 45. c7 Ne7 46. Qd6 1-0

Here is the third round game between GM Fabiano Caruana, the local Italian favourite and GM Nigel Short of England. The French Defense opening transpired. This time Nigel is playing black in the French Defense.

[Event "53rd Reggio Emilia, Italy"]
[Site "twic"]
[Date "2011.01.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Annotator ",user"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 cxd4 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nb3 Nge7 9. Nbxd4 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. c3 a6 12. Bd3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Nf3 Bc7 15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Bh4 Qh6 17. Bc2 Be6 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Rad8 20. Qd3 g6 21. g4 f5 22. Rae1 fxg4 23. hxg4 Bf7 24. g5 Qf8 25. Ba4 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 b5 27.Bb3 Qd6 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. Qxd4 Qg3 30. Re5 a5 31. a3 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Bxd5 bxc3 34. bxc3 Bxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Qxd5+ Kg7 37. Qd2 Qc7 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. c4 Qe7 40. c5 Qxg5 41. Qc4+ Kf8 42. c6 Qd8 43. Qf4+ Kg8 44. Kh2 Qd5 45. Qf6 Qh5+ 46. Kg3 Qc5 47. Kg4 Qd5 48. Kh3 Qh5+ 49. Kg3 Qc5 50. Qe6+ Kg7 51. Kf3 Qc3+ 52.Ke4 Qc2+ 53. Kd4 Qxg2 54. c7 Qd2+ 55. Kc5 Qa5+ 56. Kd6 Qa3+ 57. Kd7 Qa4+ 58.Ke7 Qa7 59. Qd7 1-0

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