Two Games From 54th Reggio Emilia

 Pix 1. GM Hikaru Nakamura, USA (Photo from chessbase.com, report by Martha Fierro and Augusto Caruso)

2 Jan 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Italy, the 54th Reggio Emilia chess tournament is taking place with Nakamura in first place after five rounds with 4 points. It is a six player double round robin tournament, 10 rounds of play with Giri, Ivanchuk, Morozevich, Nakamura, Caruana and Vitiugov as participants.

 

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia"] [Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"] [Date "2011.12.31"] [Round "5"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2775"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2011.12.27"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3 5. bxc3 d6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Ne1 c6 9. d3 h6 10. Rb1 d5 11. Qb3 b6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc2 Nc6 14. h3 Bb7 15. Nb4 Na5 16. Qb2 d4 17. c4 Rc8 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. e4 dxe3 20. Bxe3 Qd7 21. Kh2 Nd6 22. Rbc1 Nf5 23. Rfd1 h5 24. Qe2 h4 25. Nc2 b5 26. Qf3 bxc4 27. dxc4 hxg3+ 28. fxg3 Qe6 29. c5 Red8 30. Bf2 e4 31. Qb3 Qe5 32. Ne3 Rxd1 33. Qxd1 Rxc5 34. Nc4 Qc7 35. Bxc5 Qxg3+ 36. Kh1 Qxh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ 38. Kf1 Ng4 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qd5 Qf3+ 41. Ke1 Ng3 42. Rc2 f5 43. Kd2 Nf6 44. Qd8 Ne2 45. Ke1 f4 46. Rxe2 Qc3+ 47. Kd1 Qxc4 48. Qd4 Qb5 49. Rh2+ Kg6 50. Kc2 a5 51. Be7 Qc6+ 52. Qc5 Qa4+ 53. Kc1 f3 54. Bxf6 Kxf6 55. Rd2 g6 56. Rd6+ Kg7 57. Rd8 1-0

 

 

 

The women section of the 54th Reggio Emillia also had six women playing the double round robin tournament. Anna Sharevich, Sopiko Guramishvili, Marin a Brunello, Maria De Rosa, Iva Videnova and Marianna Chierici making up the six women players.

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia w"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sharevich, Anna"]
[Black "Guramishvili, Sopiko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nb1 Ba6 7. Qc2 Qxd4 8. Nf3 Qd8 9. Bxc4 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 Nd7 11. O-O e6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. a5 Ngf6 14. Nbd2 Bd6 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Nc4 e5 17. Rfd1 Be7 18. Ne3 Rfc8 19. Qc4 Bf8 20. Nf5 Rab8 21. b3 Rb5 22. Be3 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Rd2 Rxa5 25. Rad1 Bf8 26. Ng5 h6 27. h4 hxg5 28. hxg5 Rc5 29. Qe2 Ne8 30. Rd7 Qa5 31. Nh6+ gxh6 32. Qh5 Ng7 33. Qxf7+ Kh7 34. R1d6 hxg5 35. Rg6 1-0

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