3 April 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Nur Nabila and Jax now leads after the fourth round of the tournament of the 11 round Single Round Robin for the Alpha and Delta groups played over the three weekends at the Excel Chess Academy, OUG, Kuala Lumpur.
(source: Jax Tham, ECA)
3 April 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Here are a few games of the final 11th round of the European Individual Chess Championship 2011 held at Axi-Les-Bains, France.
Here was the final round game between Potkin and Judit Polgar which resulted in a quick draw.
After white played 12.Qe2, game drawn.
[Event "European Championship"] [Site "AixlesBains"] [Date "2011.04.02"] [Round "11"] [White "Potkin, Vladimir"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2011.04.02"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 b6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Qe2 1/2-1/2
Here is the game between Jakovenko Dmitry and Parligras, Mirces-Emilian which resulted in a win for white.
After white played 37.Rg5, black resigned.
[Event "European Championship"] [Site "AixlesBains"] [Date "2011.04.02"] [Round "11"] [White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"] [Black "Parligras, Mircea-Emilian"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2011.04.02"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. e3 e5 8. d3 Nc6 9. b4 Bg4 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Be2 a6 12. h3 Bh5 13. O-O Qd7 14. Rac1 h6 15. Kh2 Nd8 16. Rg1 Ne6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nh4 Bh7 19. Rg2 d5 20. Qxe5 dxc4 21. dxc4 Qd2 22. Bf3 Ng5 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Bxd4 Nxf3+ 25. Nxf3 Ne4 26. g5 h5 27. Nh4 Nd2 28. Rd1 Nxc4 29. g6 fxg6 30. Nxg6 Rad8 31. Nf4 Ne5 32. Nxh5 Bg6 33. Nxg7 Nf3+ 34. Kg3 Re7 35. Nf5 Bxf5 36. Kxf3+ Kh7 37. Rg5 1-0
Here is the final 11th round game between the up-and-coming Ian Nepomniachtchi and Anton Korobov. Black won this game.
After black played 51….Bf5, white resigned.
[Event "European Championship"] [Site "AixlesBains"] [Date "2011.04.02"] [Round "11"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Korobov, Anton"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2011.04.02"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. a3 Bb7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. h4 Nb6 13. Rg1 Nfd7 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 g6 16. f4 e5 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. f5 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Bd3 Be7 22. Rh1 Rf8 23. Rh3 Rc7 24. Kb1 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Qxc4 26. Qe3 Qc5 27. Qe2 Bc8 28. Rg3 Be6 29. Nh4 Rf2 30. Qe1 a5 31. Re3 b4 32. Nxg6 Rg2 33. Nxe7 Rxe7 34. Red3 bxc3 35. Rxc3 Qf2 36. Qxf2 Rxf2 37. b3 Rd7 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Rh8 Kg7 40. Rh6 Bf7 41. Rhxd6 Rc7 42. R1d2 Rxd2 43. Rxd2 Kg6 44. Rf2 Re7 45. Rg2 Be8 46. c4 Bc6 47. Rg4 Rf7 48. b4 Rf4 49. Rg3 Bxe4+ 50. Kb2 Rf3 51. Rg4 Bf5 0-1
Here is the final 11th round game between Moiseenko and Luke McShane of England which gave white the win.
After white played 38.Rd4, black resigned.
[Event "European Championship"] [Site "AixlesBains"] [Date "2011.04.02"] [Round "11"] [White "Moiseenko, Alexander"] [Black "Mcshane, Luke J"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2011.04.02"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 e5 7. d5 Nd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Ne2 c5 10. O-O d6 11. Bg5 Re8 12. f3 h6 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. f4 Nf6 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. a4 h5 17. h3 Qe7 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Bg5 Qd6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxg6 Rxe2 24. Bh7+ Kg7 25. Qxe2 Kxh7 26. Ra3 Re8 27. Qxh5+ Kg7 28. Raf3 Rh8 29. Rxf6 Rxh5 30. Rxd6 Bxa4 31. Rdf6 Be8 32. d6 Kf8 33. R1f5 Rh4 34. Rxc5 Bc6 35. Rcf5 Rh7 36. Rf4 Rg7 37. g4 d3 38. Rd4 1-0
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3 April 2011, Kuala Lumpur - On Saturday Vladimir Potkin won the European Championship in Aix les Bains, France. In the last round the Russian grandmaster drew quickly with Judit Polgar, and eventually edged out Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Alexander Moiseenko and Polgar on tie-break. The tournament ended with much confusion among participants about the way the organizers dealt with the tie-breaks for the World Cup qualification spots.
Final Ranking Crosstable For Top 28 players, Euro Individual 2011.
At the closing ceremony there was much confusion among the top finishing participants about the way the organizers dealt with the tie-breaks for the World Cup qualification spots. Unlike in previous years the European Championship didn’t have tie-breaks for this. Instead, the following tie-break rules were used:
a) Performance Rating;
b) Median-Buchholz 1, the highest number wins;
c) Buchholz, the highest number wins;
d) Number of wins, the highest number wins;
In case of (a) the highest and the lowest rated opponent will be deleted and the maximum rating difference of two players shall be 400 points. In case of unplayed games for the calculation of (a), (b) and (c) the current FIDE tournament rules shall be applied.
The confusion was about the way the organizers calculated the Performance Rating: besides removing the highest and lowest rating for everyone, also the score against these two players was removed, which led to different results that many had not anticipated. (One effect of this calculation might be that a win against the highest rated opponent works out negatively.) For instance, until minutes before the closing ceremony started, some players thought they had qualified for the World Cup, but then heard that they hadn’t.
According to the tie-breaks, the first 23 players were Potkin, Wojtaszek, Polgar, Moiseenko, Vallejo, Ragger, Feller, Svidler, Mamedov, Vitiugov, Zhigalko, Jakovenko, Korobov, Inarkiev, Postny, Azarov, Khairullin, Kobalia, Guliyev, Zherebukh, Riazantsev, Iordachescu and Lupulescu.
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1 April 2011, Kuala Lumpur – At the European Individual Championship 2011 in Aix-Les-Bains, France, Spanish GM Vallejo comes into the picture with 11 others in the leading pack of 12 after round 9 last night.
Here is the round 9 game between new leader, Vallejo Pons Francisco from Spain against Korobov, Anton, which gave white the win.
White just played 40.dxe6 and black resigned.
[Event "12th ch-EUR"] [Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"] [Date "2011.03.31"] [Round "9"] [White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Black "Korobov, Anton"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2707"] [BlackElo "2647"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2011.03.21"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Nc6 6. d5 Nd4 7. Qd2 c5 8. Nd1 Bd7 9. c3 Nb5 10. f4 Nf6 11. Bd3 Nc7 12. Nf3 b5 13. O-O O-O 14. Bc2 Nh5 15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 Nf6 17. Ne3 Bc8 18. a4 a6 19. b3 Bb7 20. c4 Qd7 21. Bxf6 exf6 22. Ng4 h5 23. Nf2 Rfe8 24. Ne4 bxc4 25. bxc4 a5 26. Ng3 Na6 27. Nxh5 Nb4 28. Qf4 Kf8 29. Be4 Ba6 30. Rac1 Bh8 31. Nh4 Ke7 32. Ng6+ fxg6 33. fxg6 Kd8 34. Bf5 Qe7 35. Rce1 Qf8 36. g7 Bxg7 37. Nxg7 Kc7 38. Rxe8 Rxe8 39. Ne6+ Rxe6 40. dxe6 1-0
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31st March 2011, Kuala Lumpur – There are six individuals in the leaders’ bunch at the European Individual Championship 2011 after round 8 play last night. Potkin, Ragger, Iordachescu, Parligras, Mamedov, Vitiugov are all at 6.5 points. Potkin was the only one that drew from this group while the other five all won their round 8 games.
Ranking Cross-Table After Round 8, European Individual 2011 (Top 22)
Results of Round 8 for top 25 boards, European Individual 2011.
Here is the round 8 game between Iordachescu Viorel and Moiseenko Alexander which gave white the win.
Position after white played 38.Nxh6, black resigned.
[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.03.21"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8.Be3 b5 9. Nd5 Rb8 10. c4 b4 11. Nc2 Nf6 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Be2 Ng4 14. Bd2 Bg5 15.Rd1 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 f5 17. Kg1 fxe4 18. Qxe4 b3 19. axb3 Rxb3 20. Bg4 Bxd2 21.Bxc8 Bh6 22. Be6+ Kh8 23. h4 Qe8 24. Rh3 Rxb2 25. Bg4 a5 26. Rf3 Rxf3 27. Bxf3 Qb8 28. Kh2 g6 29. h5 Kg7 30. Nce3 Qd8 31. Kg1 Qg5 32. Ng4 a4 33. Nc7 Nd8 34.Ne8+ Kf8 35. Nxd6 a3 36. Qa8 Qe7 37. Qxa3 Rd2 38. Nxh6 1-0
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30 March 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Vladimir Potkin is playing on top board against Wojtaszek Radoslaw of Poland of round 8 of the European Individual Championship 2011 in France.
Results of the round 7 shown below:-
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29 March 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Here are a few round 7 games from the European Individual Championship 2011 now playing in France. One is Peter Svidler against Azarov Sergei, the second is Stevic Hrvoje and the rising Russian star, Ian Nepomniachtchi. And the third is Reinderman Dmitri and Jobava Baadur. All are decisively won by the higher ranked GM. Added one extra round 4 game of GM Judit Polgar at the end which was duly won by Judit.
[Event "European Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2011.03.28"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. d5 Ne7 14. b3 c6 15. c4 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nd7 17. a4 f5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Bd3 fxe4 21. Bxb5 exf3 22. Bxd7 fxg2 23. Ne4 Nxd5 24. Qh5 Re7 25. Bf5 Qe8 26. Qg4 Rc7 27. Ba3 Bc828. Nxd6 Bxd6 29. Bxd6 Bxf5 30. Qxf5 Rf7 31. Qxe5 Qxe5 32. Rxe5 Nf4 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Re3 g5 35. b4 Nd5 36. Rd3 Nf4 37. Bxf4 Rxf4 38. Rb3 Rf6 39. b5 Rb6 40.Kxg2 Kg6 41. Kg3 Kf5 42. Kf3 h5 43. Rb1 Ke5 44. Ke3 Kd5 45. Kd3 Rd6 46. b6 Kc6+ 47. Ke4 Kb7 48. Kf5 Rd5+ 49. Kg6 g4 50. h4 Ra5 51. Rb4 Rc5 52. Rf4 Kxb6 53. Rf5 Rc3 54. Rxh5 Rh3 55. Kf5 Rf3+ 56. Kxg4 Rxf2 57. Rg5 Kc7 58. h5 Rh2 59. Kf5 Kd7 60. Kg6 Re2 61. h6 Re6+ 62. Kh5 1-0
[Event "European Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.03.28"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Be2 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nd5 a5 8. c3 e6 9. Ne3 Ne7 10. O-O Bb7 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nd5 14. Bb5+ c6 15. Bf1 Nd7 16. Nc4 O-O 17. Nd6 bxc3 18. bxc3 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Nc4 Rb8 21. Bd2 Nc5 22. Rdb1 Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 Ra8 24. g3 Bf8 25. Nd4 Nxa4 26. Ra1 Ndb6 27. Nb3 Nxc4 28. Rxa4 Nxe5 29. Kg2 Rb8 30. Nxa5 Ra8 31. c4 Bc5 32. Bc3 Nd3 33. Ra1 Nxf2 34.Nxc6 Rxa1 35. Bxa1 Ng4 36. Ne5 Nxe5 37. Bxe5 f5 38. Kf3 Kf7 39. h4 Ke7 40. g4 Bd6 41. Bc3 h5 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. Be1 e5 44. Ke3 Kd7 45. Bc3 Ke6 46. Be1 Be7 47. Kf3 Bf6 48. Ke3 Kd6 49. Kd3 Bd8 50. Bb4+ Ke6 51. Be1 Bb6 52. Ke2 f4 0-1
[Event "European Championship"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2011.03.28"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d3 d6 8. O-O a6 9. h3 Rb8 10. a4 Ne8 11. Be3 Bd7 12. d4 b6 13. b3 Nc7 14. Ra2 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. f4 Nd4 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Nf4 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nd3 Bxg3 22. Nxc5 Be5 23. Raf2 Bxh3 24. Bxh3 Qh4 25. Nd7 Qxh6 26. Qd3 bxc4 27. bxc4 Rbd8 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. Nd5 Nxd5 30. cxd5 Nc6 31. Qf3 Rg5+ 32. Rg2 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qg5+ 34. Qg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Ne5 36. Kf4 f6 37. Ke3 Kg7 38. Kd4 h5 39. Kc5 g5 40. Bf5 g4 41. Kb6 g3 42. Kc7 Ra8 43. d6 h4 44. Rh1 Nf3 45. Bh3 Ng5 46. Bf5 g2 47. Rg1 h3 48. Bxh3 Nxh3 49. Rxg2+ Kf7 50. d7 Nf4 51. Rh2 Ne6+ 52. Kb7 Ra4 53. Rh7+ Kf8 54. Kc6 Rd4 55. Rh8+ Kg7 56. Rh4 Nd8+ 57. Kc7 Nf7 58. Rf4 Rc4+ 59. Kb6 Nd8 60. Rf5 Rxe4 0-1
Could not resist to put this round 4 game between GM Judit Polgar and French player, Edouard Romain. Judit won this game as white.
[Event "12th ch-EUR"]
[Site "Aix-les-Bains FRA"]
[Date "2011.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. Be2 Be6 14. O-O Ne7 15. a4 Bxd5 16. exd5 bxa4 17. Rxa4 a5 18. Qd3 Qb6 19. Rb1 Qb7 20. Na3 Qxd5 21.Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Nc4 Rab8 23. Raa1 a4 24. Bf3 Nb6 25.Nxb6 Rxb6 26. Rxa4 Rc8 27.Bd5 Bd2 28. c4 Rcb8 29. Ra7 g6 30. Rxf7 Kh8 31. h4 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Rxb2 33. g4 Rb8 34. g5 Rd8 35. Kg2 h6 36. h5 Rg8 37. Rd7 Rg7 38. Bf7 1-0
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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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