Na3 strikes again

Russian team championship takes place in Dagomys on April 19th - May 1st 2006. Top four teams will qualify for the European club team CUP.

Vadim Zvjaginsev used 1.e4 c5 2.Na3 against Ruslan Ponomariov to win the game in nice fashion.

Results:
Yuzhnyi Ural – Myeria 4-2
Termosteps – Lada 4-2 (Khalifman-Efimenko 0-1)
MCF – Uniline 4-2 (Zvjaginsev- Ponomariov 1-0)
Ural – FINEK 3.5-2.5 (Dreev-Evseev 0-1)
Ladya Kazan – TPS 3-3 (Radjabov-Ivanchuk draw, Volokitin-Kasimdzhanov draw)
Tomsk-400 – Economist 5-1 (Morozevich-Moiseenko 1-0)


Vadim Zvjaginsev 2670 - Ruslan Ponomariov 2738
13th Russian Cht Premier League Sochi RUS (1)
20.04.2006
1.e4 c5 2.Na3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.d3 Nf6 6.f4 0-0 7.Nf3 d6 8.0-0 Bd7 9.Qe1 e6 10.Qh4 Nh5 11.g4 Qxh4 12.Nxh4 Bf6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.gxh5 gxh5 15.Ba4 d5 16.Bd1 c4 17.e5 Be7 18.dxc4 d4 19.Nc2 dxc3 20.bxc3 Na5 21.Ba3 Bxa3 22.Nxa3 Rac8 23.Be2 f6 24.Rad1 Be8 25.f5




25...fxe5 26.fxe6 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Kg7 28.Bf3 b5 29.cxb5 Rxc3 30.Nb1 Rc5 31.Be2 e4 32.Kf2 e3+ 33.Kxe3 Re5+ 34.Kf3 Bxb5 35.Bxb5 Rxb5 36.Re1 Rf5+ 37.Kg3 Kf8 38.Nd2 Ke7 39.Nf3 Rd5 40.Kh4 Nc4 41.Ng5 Rd2 42.Rc1 Nd6 43.h3 Ne8 44.Kxh5 Rxa2 45.Kg6 Ra4 46.Rb1 Nd6 47.Rb8 Rf4 48.Ra8 Rf6+ 49.Kh5 Nb5 50.h4 Rf4 51.Rh8 Nd6 52.Rh7+ Ke8 53.Rxa7 Nf5 54.Nh7 Nd4 55.Kg6 Nxe6 56.Nf6+ Kd8 57.Ra8+ Kc7 58.Nd5+ 1-0