Subotica 2005

9th Mirko Srajber Memorial was held in Subotica on 2nd-10th December. GM Nikola Sedlak was performing great to win this tournament with 2 points ahead of the competition. I remember playing him in junior events when he showed his huge talent for the first time, he beat me twice without giving me a chance. Amazing fact is that he played completely unexplored opening lines, yet he managed to win 7 games with only 4 draws.


Final standings:
1. GM Nikola Sedlak (SCG 2512) 9 points out of 11 rounds
2. IM Danilo Milanovic (SCG 2464) 7
3. IM Dalibor Stojanovic (SCG 2459) 6,5
4-6. GM Robert Fontaine (FRA 2507), GM Miso Cebalo (CRO 2512) and IM Constantin Lupulescu (ROM 2528) 6
7-8. IM Dusan Popovic (SCG 2480) and GM Attila Czebe (HUN 2497) 5,5
9. IM Matthieu Cornette (FRA 2418) 5
10. IM Misa Pap (SCG 2399) 4
11. FM Boban Bogosavljevic (SCG 2325) 3
12. Balind Nadj Hedjesi (SCG 2378) 2,5



GM Nikola Sedlak - GM Attila Czebe
1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 c4 6. Qc2 Bf5 7. Qxf5 Qxb2 8. Qxd5 Nf6 9. Qxc4 Ne4 10. Qb5 Qxf2+ 11. Kd1 a6 12. Qe2 e5 13. Bg3 Qf6 14. Qf3 Qg6 15. Bc4 Be7 16. Bxf7+ Qxf7 17. Qxe4 Qf1+ 18. Be1 exd4 19. Nd2 Qb5 20. exd4 O-O 21. d5 Na5 22. Rb1 Qc5 23. Ngf3 Bf6 24. Nb3 Nxb3 25. Rxb3 Rfe8 26. Qc2 Qxd5+ 27. Bd2 b5 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Kxe1 Re8+ 30. Kf1 Qc4+ 31. Kg1 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Qf2 33. Rb1 Re2 34. Rg1 h6 35. Qd1 Re7 36. Re1 Rd7 37. Qe2 Qa7 1-0

GM Attila Czebe - GM Robert Fontaine
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. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bb7 11. Bd5 g5 12. Bg3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. exd5 Bd7 16. Kh1 Qf6 17. f4 O-O-O 18. Nd2 Rde8 19. Bf2 Bxf2 20. Rxf2 g4 21. Qf1 Re3 22. a4 Rhe8 23. axb5 Bxb5 24. c4 Bd7 25. Qg1 Bf5 26. Rxa6 Kd7 27. Ra1 Qxb2 28. c5 dxc5 29. Nf3 Re2 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Ne5+ Ke7 32. Qxc5+ Kf6 33. Rg1 Be4 34. d6 Rxg2 0-1

GM Miso Cebalo - IM Matthieu Cornette
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. g3 O-O 7. h4 Na6 8. Bh3 Bxh3 9. Nxh3 Qd7 10. Kf1 Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Rab8 13. Bd2 b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Na4 Rb7 16. Qe2 Rb3 17. Kg2 Nfe8 18. Qd1 Rb7 19. Qc2 g6 20. h5 Ng7 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. f3 Nce8 23. Nc3 Rb6 24. Nd1 Nf6 25. Ndf2 Qb7 26. Nd3 Nfh5 27. Bc3 Qd7 28. Qd2 Rb7 29. Nhf2 Qd8 30. Nh3 Qe8 31. Qh6 Bd8 32. Raf1 Rbf7 33. Rf2 Nxg3 34. Kxg3 Nh5+ 35. Kh2 Rxf3 36. Rxf3 Rxf3 37. Nhf4 Bh4 38. Kg2 Rg3+ 39. Kf1 Bg5 40. Rxh5 Bxh6 41. Rxh6 Rxd3 0-1

IM Danilo Milanovic - IM Misa Pap
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. g3 g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Qa5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. O-O Bb7 13. b3 Qa6 14. e4 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Ng5 d5 17. Re1 h6 18. Nh3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxh6 Bxh6 21. Qxd7 Rf7 22. Qd1 e3 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Qg4 Kh7 25. Rb2 Raf8 26. Rbe2 exf2+ 27. Rxf2 Rxf2 28. Nxf2 Bg7 29. Qh3+ Kg8 30. Qxe6+ Kh7 31. Re4 g5 32. Nh3 Bd4+ 33. Kg2 Bf6 34. Qf5+ Kh6 35. Nf2 Kg7 36. Ng4 Qc6 37. Nxf6 Rxf6 38. Qxg5+ Kf7 39. Qh5+ Kg7 40. Qe5 Kf7 41. Qe7+ Kg6 42. Qe8+ 1-0

FM Boban Bogosavljevic - GM Nikola Sedlak
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. b3 e5 9. c5 Qa5 10. Bd2 exd4 11. Ne4 Qa3 12. Nxd6 Qxc5 13. Nxc8 Rxc8 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. e3 dxe3 16. Bxe3 Qa5 17. Nd2 Rd8 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Qe2 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Nd5 21. Qf3 Nxe3 22. Rxe3 Qf8 23. Rce1 Nd7 24. Re7 Re8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rxe8 Qxe8 27. Bf1 Qe7 28. Qf4 b5 29. Na5 Ne5 30. Bg2 Qd8 31. b4 c5 32. h3 c4 33. Nc6 Nxc6 34. Bxc6 c3 35. Be4 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 c2 0-1

GM Nikola Sedlak - IM Misa Pap
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. f3 Nf6 6. e4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Qd2 h5 9. h4 Nbd7 10. Nh3 a6 11. Ng5 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd1 Kf8 14. Be2 a5 15. O-O Nh7 16. Nxh7+ Rxh7 17. c3 Rb8 18. Bb5 Ne5 19. Ne3 Rh8 20. Bg5 Kg8 21. f4 Nd7 22. f5 Ne5 23. Rf2 Kh7 24. Raf1 Rf8 25. Bf4 Nd7 26. Qc2 bxc3 27. bxc3 c4 28. Nxc4 Qc7 29. Qd3 Nc5 30. Qe2 Nxe4 31. fxg6+ fxg6 32. Qxe4 Bf5 33. Qe2 Bg4 34. Qa2 Qc5 35. Be3 Qxd5 36. Rxf8 Bxf8 37. Qd2 Qe4 38. Nxa5 Bf5 39. Nc6 Rc8 40. Nd4 Bg4 41. Bd3 Qd5 42. Nf3 1-0