18th European Team Chess Championship 2011, Greece

5 November 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Here are two games from the 18th Euorpean Team Chess Championship 2011 currently being played in Porto Carras, Greece. The games involved Alexei Shirov of Spain against Dragan Solak of Serbia and the other between British GM Nigel Short against GM Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios of Greece. Both games ended in checkmates. 

[Event "18th European Team Chess Championship 2011"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2011.11.05"] [Round "2"] [White "*GM_Shirov"] [Black "*GM_Solak"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2011.11.04"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6 7. b3 Nf5 8. c4 h5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. g3 Nb8 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. Nf4 Qb6 15. Bb2 O-O-O 16. a3 Kb8 17. b4 Rc8 18. Rc1 a6 19. h3 Bh7 20. Nxh5 g5 21. Nf6 Bxf6 22. exf6 Qd8 23. b5 axb5 24. Bxb5 Na7 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. a4 Bg6 27. Ne5 Nxb5 28. axb5 Rxh3 29. b6 Nxg3 30. fxg3 Rxg3+ 31. Kf2 Rh3 32. Qa4 Rh2+ 33. Ke1 Rxb2 34. Qa7# 1-0

Diagram 1. White played 34.Qa7 #. 1-0.

With this winning game by Shirov for Spain, the Spanish team won by 2.5-1.5 score against Serbia during round 2 of the tournament.

 

[Event "18th European Team Chess Championship 2011"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2011.11.05"] [Round "2"] [White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"] [Black "Short, Nigel"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2011.11.05"] [TimeControl "5400+30"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nd7 7. Bd2 Bc5 8. O-O-O Ne7 9. h4 b5 10. h5 b4 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Qg3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Kh8 14. h6 g6 15. Bf4 Qe8 16. Bd6 f6 17. Nd4 Qf7 18. Bc4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 c5 20. Rd2 Nb6 21. Qb3 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Rfc8 23. Bxc5 Ng8 24. Rhd1 Qc7 25. Bf8 Qxc4 26. Bg7# 1-0

Diagram 2. White played 26.Bg7 #. 1-0!

Nigel Short fell for the Queen sacrifice and white won by checkmate in the 26th move! As a result, England lost 1.5-2.5 to Greece!

 

Links:

a. Chess-results - http://euro2011.chessdom.com/results-round-1-open-section/

b. Official website : http://euro2011.chessdom.com/