Monday, September 04, 2006

EU Chess Championships

European Union Individual Chess Championships will be held on September 6th-15th in Liverpool World Museum. 78 players have registered so far: GM Nigel Short, GM Luke McShane, GM Zoltan Gyimesi, GM Thomas Luther, GM Stuart Conquest, GM Danny Gormally and WCN Site Pro FM Martin Taylor are among them. 10 rounds will be played and Prize Fund is £15,000.


Round 1 update:
Most of top rated players have started with wins, but a couple of surprises slipped out. FM Jack Rudd (2328) beat GM Zoltan Medvegy (2518) and Brett Lund (2249) beat GM John Shaw (2473). GM Danny Gormally (2513) played couple of tournaments in a row (British Championship, Hereford) and maybe this caused a draw against IM Craig Pritchett (2289). FM Jovica Radovanovic (2366) pulled draw vs GM Luis Galego (2528), while FM Martin Taylor (2332) lost to GM Normunds Miezis (2527). My friend Roger Williamson got a bye in 1st round.


Top round 2 pairings:
GM Karel Van der Weide 2466 - GM Nigel Short 2676
GM Zoltan Gyimesi 2616 - IM Stephen Gordon 2443
IM Dagne Ciuksyte 2440 - GM Luke McShane 2614
IM Stewart Haslinger 2423 - GM Stuart Conquest 2534
FM Jack Rudd 2328 - GM Alexandre Dgebuadze 2527
GM Normunds Miezis 2527 - GM Colin McNab 2433


GM Nigel Short 2676 - IM Mika Karttunen 2422
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Bd2 d6 10. f4 Be7 11. O-O-O e5 12. f5 h5 13. Kb1 Bd7 14. Bg5 b5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Rc8 17. c3 Qb7 18. Bc2 Bd8 19. Rhf1 Bc6 20. Rf3 Rh6 21. Rh3 h4 22. Qg4 Kf8 23. Bb3 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Qc7 25. a3 Bf6 26. Rhd3 Rb8 27. b4 Qa7 28. Bb3 Be7 29. Qe2 Kg8 30. Qa2 Bf8 31. g4 hxg3 32. hxg3 Qe7 33. g4 Rb7 34. Bd5 Rc7 35. Qd2 g5 36. Qg2 Qf6 37. Rh1 Be7 38. Rxh6 Qxh6 39. Rh3 Qg7 40. Qg1 Qf8 41. Qh2 Bf6 42. Rh6 1-0 (Rg6 next)

Nigel Short - Mika Karttunen

GM Luke McShane 2614 - IM Gawain Jones 2416
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. d5 Ne5 5. f4 Ng4 6. e4 e5 7. f5 h5 8. Nf3 Bc5 9. Bxc4 Nf2 10. Qb3

Luke McShane - Gawain Jones
10...Nf6 11. Qb5+ Nd7 12. Rf1 Ng4 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Bb3 Nc5 16. Qe2 Nxb3 17. axb3 c6 18. O-O-O Qc7 19. Kb1 Rd8 20. h3 Nf6 21. Bg5 Nh7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. g4 hxg4 24. hxg4 g5 25. Rh1 f6 26. Rh6 Rf8 27. d6 Qd7 28. Qh2 Rf7 29. Rh1 b5 30. Rg6+ Kf8 31. Nxe5 fxe5 32. Qxe5 Rg7 33. Rxh7 1-0



Round 2 update:
Top seated GM Nigel Short beat GM Karel Van der Weide with Black pieces. IMs Gordon, Ciuksyte and Haslinger held of to draw against GMs Gyimesi, McShane and Conquest. Leading with 2 points are GM Nigel Short, GM Sarunas Sulskis, GM Nicholas Pert, GM Alexandre Dgebuadze and GM Normunds Miezis.


Top round 3 pairings:
GM Nigel Short 2676 - GM Sarunas Sulskis 2514
GM Alexandre Dgeubuadze 2527 - GM Nicholas Pert 2503
IM Simon Williams 2473 - GM Normunds Miezis 2527
FM Jovica Radovanovic 2366 - GM Zoltan Gyimesi 2616
GM Luke McShane 2614 - IM Stewart Haslinger 2423


GM Karel Van der Weide 2466 - GM Nigel Short 2676
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8. Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nd2 d5 12. Kh1 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bg4 14. Bf3 Rfe8 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Rae1 Bd6 17. Nb5 N7c6 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. b4 a6 20. a4 Qe6 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Ne7 23. Bd4 N7g6 24. Bxg4 Nxg4 25. Nf3 Qe7 26. Bg1 Nf6 27. Qc2 Nxe4 28. c4 d5 29. cxd5 Rxd5 30. Qc4 Qe6 31. Bd4 h6 32. Kg1 Nf4 0-1


GM Sarunas Sulskis 2514 - Brett Lund 2249
1. e4 c5 2. g3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. h3 Qe4+ 7. Kf1 Bd7 8. Nc3 Qb4 9. d3 Qa5 10. Nd2 Qd8 11. Nc4 e5 12. f4 Nh6 13. fxe5 Nf5 14. Bf4 Be7 15. g4 Nh4 16. Bd5 O-O 17. Rh2 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rf2 Ng6 20. Be3 Bh4 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8+ 22. Kg2 Nd4 23. Ne4 b5 24. Ncd2 Nf4+ 25. Bxf4 Qxf4 26. Nf3 Be7 27. c3 Nc6 28. Qb3 c4 29. Qxb5 Rf8 30. Rf1 Nd8 31. Qxc4 Bh4 32. Nf6+ 1-0



Richard Savory 2101 - GM Danny Gormally 2513
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. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Bg5 13. c3 Rb8 14. Nc2 a5 15. Qe2 Na7 16. Nce3 Be6 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Nc6 20. Bb5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Ne7 22. Bc4 Qb6 23. b4 axb4 24. cxb4 Ra8 25. Rfa1 Rxa4 26. Rxa4 f5 27. Qf2 Ng6 28. Bf1 e4 29. Qd2 Ne5 30. Qd4 Qd8 31. Ra7 Qg5 32. Qc3 f4 33. b5 fxe3 34. b6 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Qf4+ 0-1



Round 3 update:
Nigel Short is the only player with 3 points after beating Sarunas Sulskis. 2nd seed Zoltan Gyimesi was held of to draw by FM Jovica Radovanovic. Roger Williamson lost to another German GM - Thomas Luther.


IM Simon Williams 2473 - GM Normunds Miezis 2527
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 c5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne4 8. Nb5 Nc6 9. Be3 d5 10. f3 Nd6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Nxb5 13. Qxb5 O-O 14. Rd1 Qf6 15. Bc5 Re8 16. e4 Bh3

Simon Williams - Normunds Miezis
17. Qb3 Rac8 18. Qe3 Ne5 19. Bd4 Qh4+ 20. Qf2 Qf4 21. Qg3 Qf6 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Qxh3 Rc2 24. Bd3 Rcc5 25. O-O Qb6 26. Kh1 g6 27. b4 Rc3 28. Qd7 Kg7 29. f4 Rc7 30. Qd8 Ree7 31. Bb1 Qa6 32. f5 Red7 33. f6+ Kh6 34. Qf8+ Kh5 35. g4+ Kg5 36. h4+ Kxg4 37. Qh6 Qe2 38. Qf4+ Kh3 39. Rf3+ 1-0


GM Daniel Gormally 2513 - Robin Swinkels 2286
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 Rb8 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Be3 Re8 15. Rc1 Na5 16. Ba2 Qd7 17. Nc3 Nxe4 18. h3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bh5 20. Bb1 Qb5 21. c4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qh5 23. Kh2 c6 24. Rg1 f6 25. Rg4 d5 26. f4 Qf7 27. cxd5 cxd5 28. Qd3 f5 29. Rg5 g6 30. Ba2 Red8 31. h4 Rd6 32. h5 Rbd8 33. Qb5 Nc4 34. Rxc4 dxc4 35. Bxc4 Re6 36. Bxe6 Qxe6 37. d5 Rxd5 38. Qxb6 Qe4 39. hxg6 h6 40. Qb8+ 1-0



Round 4 update:
Nigel Short makes first draw against Portugese GM Luis Galego. English players are smashing through competition - IM Simon Williams beat GM Alexandre Dgebuadze and FM Maxim Devereaux crushed GM Viesturs Meijers in the opening. GM Thomas Luther is catching up after 1st round loss. GM Nigel Short, GM Luke McShane, GM Daniel Gormally and IM Simon Williams are leading with 3.5/4.


IM Stephen Gordon 2443 - GM Daniel Gormally 2513
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qxd5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Qb5 Qd6 13. Bg3 Qa3 14. Qd3 Qb2 15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. Rxb7 Qa5+ 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. Qa6 Nxd4

Stephen Gordon - Daniel Gormally
19. Bc7 Qc3 20. exd4 Rxc7 21. Bc4 Rxb7 22. Qxb7 O-O 23. Qxd7 Qc1+ 0-1


FM Maxim Devereaux 2377 - GM Viesturs Meijers 2474
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O Rb8 7. a4 a6 8. a5 Nd5 9. e4 Nb4 10. Na3 b5 11. axb6 Nxb6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Naxc4 Nxc4 14. Qa4+ c6 15. Nxc4 Be7 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. d5

Maxim Devereaux - Viesturs Meijers
17...exd5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Rfe1 Kf8 21. Nb6 Qf5 22. Nxc8 Qxc8 23. Qe4 Bc5 24. Ra5 f5 25. Bd6+ 1-0



Round 5 update:
GM Nigel Short beat GM Daniel Gormally in a fine rook ending. IM Simon Williams knocked another GM, this time he used French defence to beat Luke McShane. Next round will bring Williams - Short clash. GM Sarunas Sulskis is the only player with 4 points and there seventeen following him with 3.5


GM Luke McShane 2614 - IM Simon Williams 2473
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. a3 a5 9. b3 Be7 10. h4 f5 11. h5 cxd4 12. cxd4 Ndb8 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Ne2 a4 15. b4 Na7 16. Nc3 Nb5 17. Nxa4 Qc7 18. Nc5 Nc3 19. Qc2 Ne4 20. h6 Rg8 21. hxg7 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Ba4 23. Qb2 Qxg7 24. Rh3 Nc6 25. Kf1 O-O-O 26. Ne1 Bd1 27. Be3 d4 28. Bf2 Bg4 29. Rh4 Ne7 30. Rh2 Nd5 31. Qc1 h5 32. c6 Qh6 33. g3 Ndc3 34. Ng2 Bf3 35. Qe1 Bxg2+ 36. Rxg2 h4 37. cxb7+ Kxb7 38. Rh2 Qh5 39. Be2 Nxe2 40. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 41. Kxe2 d3+ 42. Ke3 hxg3 43. Rh7+ Kb8 44. Bg1 d2 45. Rd1 Rd5 46. Rh1 g2 47. Rh3 Rc8 48. Ke2 Nc3+ 49. Rxc3 Rxc3 50. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 51. Kxd2 Rf3 0-1



Round 6 update:
IM Simon Williams played brave game against top seed GM Nigel Short - battle ended with a draw. Another good day for English IMs, Gawain Jones crushed GM Klaus Bischoff with Black pieces, IM Stephen Gordon beat GM Luis Galego and Maxim Devereaux beat GM Daniel Gormally. Nigel Short, Simon Williams and Sarunas Sulskis are leading with 5.0 points each.


GM Klaus Bischoff 2533 - IM Gawain Jones 2416
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8. e3 e4 9. Be2 Qe7 10. a3 Rd8 11. Nd2 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Rxd5 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. b4 Bb6 15. Bb2 Nc6 16. O-O Bc7 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Qa4 b5 20. Bxb5 Bxh2+

Klaus Bischoff - Gawain Jones
21. Kxh2 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Rh5 23. f4 Qh2+ 24. Kf2 Rh3 25. Nf1 Rf3+ 26. Ke1 Qxg2 27. Rd2 Qg1 28. Rad1 Bh3 29. Qa6 Rxe3+ 30. Re2 Qxf1+ 31. Kd2 Rd8+ 0-1


GM Daniel Gormally 2513 - FM Maxim Devereaux 2377
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Bxd5 9. Nc3 Bc6 10. e4 d6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Be3 Be7 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. e5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxg2 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. Rhg1 Bb7 18. g4 Nf6 19. g5 Nh5 20. Qb3 Qe8

Daniel Gormally - Maxim Devereaux
21. Nc4 Rd8 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 b5 24. Nd2 g6 25. Ne4 Ng7 26. Rgd1 Nf5 27. Ng3 Nxe3 28. Qxe3 h6 29. gxh6 Kg8 30. Re1 Rd7 31. Qf4 Qf8 32. Nf5 Rh7 33. Nxe7+ Rxe7 34. Rxe7 Qxe7 35. Qd2 Qf8 36. Rxd6 Qxh6 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. f4 Qh3 39. Rd3 Qf1+ 40. Kc2 b4 41. b3 Rh4 0-1



Round 7 update:
Top two boards Sulskis-Williams and Short-Jones were drawn. IM Craig Hanley played fantastic game to beat GM Thomas Luther. Tomorrow is big derby GM Luke McShane - GM Nigel Short.

Round 7 standings:
1-5. IM Stephen Gordon (ENG 2443), GM Luke McShane (ENG 2614), GM Nigel Short (ENG 2676), GM Sarunas Sulskis (LTU 2514) and IM Simon Williams (ENG 2473) with 5.5
6-10. Daan Brandenburg (NED 2392), IM Dagne Ciuksyte (LTU 2440), IM Craig Hanley (ENG 2419) and IM Gediminas Sarakauskas (LTU 2414) 5.0 etc


IM Craig Hanley 2419 - GM Thomas Luther 2589
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Bc5 10. Qa4 Ne7 11. exd5 exd5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. c5 Bc7 14. O-O O-O 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bf4 Be5 17. Rae1 Qc7 18. Bc1 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Nf5 20. g4

Craig Hanley - Thomas Luther
20...Nh4 21. f4 Qd7 22. f5 Rae8 23. Nd4 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Bg3 25. Re6 Bf2 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Rc8 28. Re6 h5 29. Qd1 Qb7 30. Qe2 Qb4 31. Nxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxc6 Kh7 33. g5 1-0



Round 8 update:
Top four boards saw draws while IM Gawain Jones beat IM Gediminas Sarakauskas to join the leaders. GMs Bischoff, Hebden, Galego and Van der Weide are catching up.

Round 8 standings:
1-6. IM Stephen Gordon (ENG 2443), IM Gawain Jones (ENG 2416), GM Luke McShane (ENG 2614), GM Nigel Short (ENG 2676), GM Sarunas Sulskis (LTU 2514) and IM Simon Williams (ENG 2473) with 6 points
7-13. GM Klaus Bischoff (GER 2533), Daan Brandenburg (NED 2392), IM Dagne Ciuksyte (LTU 2440), GM Luis Galego (POR 2528), IM Craig Hanley (ENG 2419), GM Mark Hebden (ENG 2532) and GM Karel Van der Weide (NED 2446) with 5.5 etc


GM John Shaw 2473 - GM Mark Hebden 2532
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 a5 7. Be2 Na6 8. Nd2 e5 9. d5 h5 10. h3 Nh7 11. g4 hxg4 12. hxg4 Bf6 13. Nf1 Bg5 14. Qd2 Qf6 15. O-O-O Bf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Ne3 Ng5 18. Ng2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Kg7 20. Ke3 Bd7 21. Rh2 Nb4 22. Kd2 Rh8 23. Rdh1 Rxh2 24. Rxh2 c6 25. Ne1 cxd5 26. cxd5 Na6 27. Bxa6 Rxa6 28. f3 b5 29. Ke3 Ra8 30. Nb1 b4 31. Rc2 Rh8 32. Nd2 Rh1 33. Ng2 Bb5 34. b3 Rg1 35. Nc4 Bxc4 36. bxc4 a4 37. f4 exf4+ 38. Kxf4 f6 39. Ne3 Rh1 40. Rb2 Rh3

John Shaw - Mark Hebden
41. Rf2 b3 42. axb3 axb3 43. Nd1 Rd3 0-1


John Trevelyan 2243 - GM Alexandre Dgebuadze 2527
1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. c3 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d5 8. e5 Qb6 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. O-O Nf5 12. g4 Ne7 13. Rf2 h5 14. h3 Bg7 15. Rc2 hxg4 16. hxg4 f6 17. Be3 g5

John Trevelyan - Alexandre Dgebuadze
18. exf6 Bxf6 19. fxg5 Bg7 20. Qd3 Kd7 21. Bf4 Raf8 22. Ne5+ Ke8 23. Qe3 Rh3 24. Qxh3 Qxd4+ 25. Be3 Qxe5 26. Qh5+ Kd7 27. Bxa7
d4 0-1



Round 9 update:
Top four boards were drawn again. GM Mark Hebden wins 2nd game in a row to be 7th player on the first place tie. GMs Luther, Conquest, Gormally, Pert and McNab have also won. Last round pairings: GM Short - GM Hebden, GM McShane - IM Gordon, GM Sulskis - IM Jones, GM Gormally - IM Williams, GM Luther - GM Conquest, GM Bischoff - GM Pert etc...

Round 9 standings:
1-7. IM Stephen Gordon (ENG 2443), GM Mark Hebden (ENG 2532), IM Gawain Jones (ENG 2416), GM Luke McShane (ENG 2614), GM Nigel Short (ENG 2676), GM Sarunas Sulskis (LTU 2514) and IM Simon Williams (ENG 2473) with 6.5 points
8-16. GM Klaus Bischoff (GER 2533), Daan Brandenburg (NED 2392), GM Stuart Conquest (ENG 2534), GM Luis Galego (POR 2528), GM Danny Gormally (ENG 2513), IM Craig Hanley (ENG 2419), GM Thomas Luther (GER 2589), GM Nicholas Pert (ENG 2503) and GM Karel Van der Weide (NED 2446) 6.0 etc


GM Mark Hebden 2532 - IM Dagne Ciuksyte 2440
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Bc2 Rc8 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rad1 Qd6 17. Ba4 Red8 18. Qe2 a6 19. d5

Mark Hebden - Dagne Ciuksyte
19...Na5 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Ng4 24. Rxe7 Nxh6 25. Ng5 Nf5 26. Rxh7 Nd6 27. Rd7 Ndc4 28. Bg4 1-0


GM Nicholas Pert 2503 - FM Maxim Devereaux 2377
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Nd2 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. Nf1 g5 13. Bf2 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ng3 Qb4+ 17. Qd2 Nf4

Nicholas Pert - Maxim Devereaux
18. Bf1 Qa4 19. Ne2 O-O-O 20. Nxf4 gxf4 21. Be2 f5 22. O-O fxe4 23. fxe4 Nf6 24. Qxf4 Nxe4 25. Rac1 Rh7 26. Qf5+ Rhd7 27. Bb5 Qxa2 28. Bh4 Ng5 29. Bxd7+ Rxd7 30. Rxc7+ Kxc7 31. Bg3+ Rd6 32. Rc1+ Bc6 33. d5 1-0



Round 10 update:
GM Nigel Short was the only of seven leading players to win the last round game. Therefore, he is sole winner of the European Union Individual Chess Championships.

Final standings:
1. GM Nigel Short (ENG 2676) 7.5/10
2-9. IM Gawain Jones (ENG 2416), GM Luke McShane (ENG 2614), GM Sarunas Sulskis (LTU 2514), IM Stephen Gordon (ENG 2443), GM Klaus Bischoff (GER 2533), GM Luis Galego (POR 2528), GM Danny Gormally (ENG 2513) and GM Karel Van der Weide (NED 2446) 7.0/10 etc


GM Nigel Short 2676 - GM Mark Hebden 2532
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3 h6 9. Ne4 Nd5 10. Ba4 Be7 11. d3 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Re1 Bd6 15. c4 Ne7 16. Bd2 c5 17. Nc3 a6 18. Nd5 Nac6 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20. Bc3 Qe8 21. h3 Rd8 22. Re2 Bb8 23. Rae1 a5 24. a3 Nd4 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Nb6 e4 27. dxe4 f4 28. Nf1 Qc6 29. Nd5 Qxc4 30. Nd2 Qb5 31. Qb3 Qxb3 32. Nxb3 Bxd5 33. exd5 Rxd5 34. Rd2 Be5 35. Nc1 a4 36. Nd3 Bd6 37. Rc2 f3 38. g3 h5 39. Rc4 h4 40. g4 Ra5 41. Rxd4 Rf6 42. Ree4 Bc7 43. Kf1 Rc6 44. Rxa4 Rxa4 45. Rxa4 Rd6 46. Ne1 Rd1 47. Re4 Rb1 48. Re8+ Kh7 49. Rf8 Bd6 50. Rxf3 Rxb2 51. Rc3 Be5 52. Rd3 Bb8 53. Nf3 Ba7 54. Rd2 Rb3 55. Kg2 Rxa3 56. Nxh4 Bb8 57. Nf3 Bf4 58. Rd4 g5 59. h4 1-0


GM Daniel Gormally 2513 - IM Simon Williams 2473
1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. e4 Rh7 5. Qh5+ Rf7 6. Nf3

Daniel Gormally - Simon Williams
6...Nf6 7. Qg6 Nc6 8. Bxg5 fxe4 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 hxg5 11. exf6 exf6 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14. Bc4 Bxb2+ 15. Kxb2 Qe7 16. h4 d5 17. Bxd5 Qe5+ 18. c3 Be6 19. Bxe6 1-0



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