Two Games Of CENTO 1st International

6 February 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Here are two games from the first round of the CENTO 1st International Chess Open 2011 in Bologna, Italy. One involves Ivan Sokolov with his attacking chess and the other the sensation of round one win by Marina Brunello against a higher rated, Rozentalis. Games are courtesy of playchess.com.

The first round game by Ivan Sokolov (2641) against Girolamo Valguarnera (2179) is vintage Sokolov with attacking chess. The black pieces are pinned on its 8th rank with mate looming on the 29th move.

[Event "1st CENTO International Chess Open"] [Site "Bologna/Italy"] [Date "2011.02.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Sokolov, Ivan"] [Black "Valguarnera, Girolamo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E61"] [WhiteElo "2641"] [BlackElo "2179"] [Annotator "Robot 4"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. e4 exd5 6. exd5 d6 7. Bf4 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. g4 Re8 10. h4 Nxg4 11. Bxg4 Bg5+ 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Rxe3+ 14. Kd2 Re7 15. h5 f5 16. Be2 g5 17. h6 g4 18. Qf1 Rf7 19. Qf4 Nd7 20. Qxd6 Qg5+ 21. Kc2 Qe3 22. Rf1 Qe5 23. Qe6 Qg3 24. Ne4 Qc7 25. Rxf5 Nf8 26. Rxf7 Nxe6 27. dxe6 Qd8 28. Nf6+ 1-0

During the first round of the CENTO 1st International Chess Open 2011, a sensation was created when Marina Brunello (2216) as black defeated the higher-rated player, Eduardas Rozentalis (2631). The Sicilian Opening [B53] transpired during the game. Black ended with a rook and four pawns against white’s single bishop and four pawns.

[Event "1st CENTO International Chess Open"] [Site "Bologna/Italy"] [Date "2011.02.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"] [Black "Brunello, Marina"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B53"] [WhiteElo "2631"] [BlackElo "2216"] [Annotator "Robot 4"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Rfe1 Rfd8 13. Rad1 a6 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Nd4 Rab8 16. Qd3 Bf8 17. Qg3 Nd7 18. f4 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Qf2 Nc5 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Re3 Qa6 24. Qe2 d5 25. exd5 exd5 26. Rg3 d4 27. Nd1 Re8 28. Qh5 Re1+ 29. Kf2 Rbe8 30. Rxc5 Bxc5 31. Qxc5 Rxd1 32. Qc2 Ree1 33. Rg5 f6 34. Rc5 Qd6 35. Rc8+ Kf7 36. Qc7+ Qxc7 37. Rxc7+ Re7 38. Rxe7+ Kxe7 39. Ke2 Rg1 40. Kf2 d3 41. Bc3 Rh1 42. h3 Kd6 43. Ke3 Rg1 44. Kf2 Rd1 45. Ke3 Kd5 46. Bd2 Rg1 47. Kf2 Ra1 48. Ke3 Rxa2 49. Kxd3 f5 50. h4 Rb2 0-1
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