European Individual Championship 2011

26 March 2011, Kuala Lumpur – In France, the 2011 European Individual Championship (Mixed) is currently underway, and will run from March 21st to April 3rd in Aix-Les-Bains, France. There are more than 400 participants in this year’s event. The first round is on March 22nd, and the last on April 2nd, with no tie-break matches to decide the final places. Besides determining the title of European Champion, the top 23 finishers also qualify for the 2011 World Cup. This is an 11 round Swiss-System with 90 mins Classical time control plus 30 seconds increment.

 

Here is a game between Italian GM Fabiano Caruana and a lady participant, Zawadzka, Jolanta in the third round of the European Individual Championship 2011 in Aix-Les-Bains, France.

[Event "European Individual Chess Championship -"] [Site "Aix-les-Bains"] [Date "2011.03.24"] [Round "3.72"] [White "Zawadzka, Jolanta"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2386"] [BlackElo "2716"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2011.03.22"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. Kh1 Nbd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Qe2 Nc5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rae1 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b5 14. a3 Bb7 15. Qh3 Qc4 16. Nb3 a5 17. e5 Nd7 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Be3 b4 20. Nd2 Qc6 21. axb4 Bxb4 22. Bd4 Qd6 23. Qe3 Rae8 24. Nde4 Qc6 25. Qg3 f6 26. Rd1 Kh8 27. Bg1 Nb6 28. Rf3 Nc4 29. b3 Nd6 30. Nxd6 Bxd6 31. Ne2 e5 32. c4 Rb8 33. Qh3 a4 34. fxe5 Bxe5 35. Nf4 Qe4 36. Nd3 Bc8 37. Nf2 Qc2 38. Qh5 axb3 39. Rdd3 b2 40. Rd1 Bf5 0-1

 

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