CENTO 3rd Round Standings

8 February 2011, Kuala Lumpur – At the CENTO 1st International Chess Open 2011, eight players scored the full three points from three rounds of play. Among the leading pack include David Alberto, Ivan Sokolov, Caprio Guido, Romanishin Oleg M, Danielian Elina, Dreev Aleksev, Leon Hovos Manuel and Manca Federico. In the Open category, 120 players are participating in the tournament.

Here is a round 3 of the Cento 1st International Chess Open 2011 at Bologna, Italy between GM Ivan Sokolov and GM Hrair Simonian. The Slav Defense [D15] transpired during the game. White managed to catch the black bishop on the black’s back rank pinned by a white rook on c8.

 

[Event "Festival Internazionale CENTO 5-13 Febru"] [Site "CENTO ITA"] [Date "2011.02.07"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Sokolov, Ivan"] [Black "Simonian, Hrair"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 b5 6. g3 Bf5 7. Bg2 Ne4 8. Bd2 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Be4 10. Qd2 e6 11. Ba5 Qd6 12. O-O Nd7 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Nh4 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 c5 16. Rad1 cxd4 17. Nf4 Qe4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Bc5 20. Rd2 Nf6 21. Nd3 Bd6 22. Rc1 O-O 23. Rc6 Be7 24. Rdc2 h6 25. f3 Rfb8 26. e4 Bd8 27. Bd2 Bb6+ 28. Kf1 Kh7 29. Ke2 Kg8 30. g4 Nd7 31. h4 Bd8 32. Bf4 e5 33. Bxe5 Rb7 34. Rc8 Rxc8 35. Rxc8 1-0

Chessdom.com reported that once again IM Martha Fierro was the last to finish her game, after six hours of intense struggle against GM Milan Drasko. She emerged better from the opening, but the Grandmaster handled the position with the opposite-coloured Bishops very well and the play eventually transposed into the infamous Rook versus Rook+Bishop endgame.

Fierro managed to save the draw, and Drasko commented that the result was probably fair. He was an inch away from winning this endgame, but he was more critical about the flaw in his opening preparation, which dragged him into an inferior position.

[Event "1st CENTO International Chess Open"] [Site "Bologna/Italy"] [Date "2011.02.07"] [Round "3"] [White "Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena"] [Black "Drasko, Milan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C04"] [WhiteElo "2372"] [BlackElo "2505"] [Annotator "Robot 4"] [PlyCount "254"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. c3 f6 7. Bb5 fxe5 8. dxe5 Be7 9. Nd4 Ndxe5 10. Qh5+ Kf8 11. f4 Nf7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxc6 Qd6 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 15. O-O g6 16. Qe2 a5 17. Re1 Kg7 18. Nf3 c5 19. b4 Re8 20. bxc5 e5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxe5+ Qxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. fxe5 Bf5 25. Bf4 Kf7 26. Rd1 Rc8 27. Rxd5 Be6 28. Rd2 Rxc5 29. Rf2 Ke8 30. Rc2 Rc4 31. Bg5 Ra4 32. Rb2 Bxa2 33. Rb6 Re4 34. Bf6 a4 35. Rb8+ Kd7 36. Rb7+ Kc6 37. Rxh7 Bd5 38. Ra7 Kb6 39. Rd7 Bb3 40. Bd8+ Kc6 41. Rd6+ Kb5 42. Rxg6 Kc4 43. Rc6+ Kd3 44. Be7 Rxe5 45. Bb4 Bd5 46. Rg6 Re1+ 47. Kf2 Re2+ 48. Kf1 Ra2 49. h4 a3 50. Bxa3 Rxa3 51. h5 Ke4 52. h6 Rxc3 53. h7 Rc1+ 54. Kf2 Rh1 55. Rg7 Ke5 56. g4 Kf6 57. Ra7 Bf7 58. Ra6+ Kg5 59. Kg3 Rxh7 60. Ra5+ Kf6 61. Rf5+ Kg7 62. Kf4 Rh1 63. Ra5 Rb1 64. Kg5 Rb6 65. Re5 Rg6+ 66. Kf4 Kf8 67. Rg5 Rc6 68. Re5 Be6 69. Kg5 Kf7 70. Re4 Kg7 71. Ra4 Rc5+ 72. Kh4 Kf6 73. Rb4 Rc8 74. Ra4 Rh8+ 75. Kg3 Rh1 76. Rb4 Rg1+ 77. Kh4 Rh1+ 78. Kg3 Ke5 79. Ra4 Bd5 80. Ra5 Rg1+ 81. Kh3 Ke4 82. Ra4+ Kf3 83. Kh4 Be4 84. Kg5 Rxg4+ 85. Kf6 Kf4 86. Ra1 Rg6+ 87. Ke7 Ke5 88. Re1 Rg7+ 89. Ke8 Kf5 90. Kd8 Ra7 91. Re2 Bd5 92. Re1 Be6 93. Re2 Kf6 94. Rd2 Bf5 95. Rd1 Be6 96. Rd2 Ke5 97. Rd1 Rg7 98. Rd2 Bd5 99. Ke8 Kd6 100. Rf2 Bc4 101. Rf6+ Be6 102. Rf1 Rg2 103. Rd1+ Bd5 104. Rf1 Rg6 105. Rf2 Bc4 106. Rf3 Rg7 107. Rf6+ Be6 108. Rf1 Rg8+ 109. Rf8 Bd7+ 110. Kf7 Rg1 111. Ra8 Be6+ 112. Kf6 Rf1+ 113. Kg6 Ke5 114. Ra5+ Bd5 115. Kh5 Ke6 116. Kh4 Rg1 117. Rb5 Ke5 118. Kh5 Ke6 119. Kh4 Be4 120. Rg5 Rf1 121. Ra5 Kf6 122. Kg3 Bf5 123. Kg2 Rf4 124. Kg3 Kg5 125. Ra7 Rc4 126. Rg7+ Bg6 127. Kf2 Kf5 1/2-1/2

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