Correction

I was writing earlier about FM Dragan Stamenkovic achieving 2nd and 3rd IM norm on his Brasil tour. Tonight Dragan pointed out that final standings that I posted are not correct - last round results are missing. I simply transcribed standings from the official website before the final update. My apologies to Dragan. Correct results now included. And while we are on this subject, bellow you can find a nice game, when Dragan sacrificed two Knights for the winning attack.


1st Magistral Internacional do Espirito Santo:
1. GM Andrés Rodriguez (ARG 2502) 7.0/9
2. FM Dragan Stamenkovic (SCG 2334) 7.0
3. IM Robert Hungaski (USA 2400) 6.0
4. FM Jorge Bittencourt (BRA 2395) 5.5
5-7. IM Martin Crosa (ARG 2449), Diego di Berardino (BRA 2342) and FM André Diamant (BRA 2244) 4.5
8. FM Roberto Molina (BRA 2307) 3.0
9. Andrey Neves (BRA 2207) 2.0
10. Fernando Viana (BRA 2226) 1.0


FM Dragan Stamenkovic 2334 - FM Roberto Molina 2307
1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Nd7 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. d3 Be7 7. Qe2 c5 8. Bd2 O-O 9. a4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbd5 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. f4 b6 13. O-O Ba6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Ngf3 Bd6 16. Rae1 Rad8 17. Kh1 Rfe8 18. Qf2 Ne7 19. Nxf7


19...Kxf7 20. Ng5+ hxg5 21. Bxe6+ Kg6 22. fxg5 Bxh2 23. gxf6 Rh8 24. Bf7+ Kxf7 25. Rxe7+ Kg8 26. fxg7 Qxe7 27. gxh8=Q+ Kxh8 28. Kxh2 Kg8 29. Bc3 Qd6+ 30. Kg1 Rf8 31. Qxf8+ Qxf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Be5 c4 34. dxc4 Bxc4 35. b4 a6 36. Bc7 b5 37. a5 Ke7 38. Kf2 Bd5 39. g4 Kf7 40. Ke3 Be6 41. g5 Kg6 42. Bd8 Bc8 43. Kd4 Bh3 44. Kc5 Bg4 45. Kb6 Bc8 46. Kc7 1-0