Friday, November 24, 2006

GM Liburnija Rijeka

This round robin tournament was held on November 14th-22nd in Rijeka, Croatia. Even if "rijeka" is Croatian word for "river", this beautiful city is placed on Adriatic coast. Winner IM Ante Saric has earned himself GM norm. FMs Marin Bosiocic and Darko Doric have earned IM norms.

IM Ante Saric, photo from official site


Final standings:
1. IM Ante Saric (CRO 2489) 6.0/9; 2-3. GM Robert Markus (SCG 2567) and GM Ognjen Cvitan (CRO 2529) 5.5; 4-5. GM Milan Vukic (SCG 2504) and IM Ognjen Jovanic (CRO 2458) 5.0; 6. FM Marin Bosiocic (CRO 2448) 4.5; 7-8. GM Dusko Pavasovic (SLO 2575) and FM Darko Doric (CRO 2448) 4.0; 9. IM Imre Hera Jr. (HUN 2510) 3.0; 10. IM Blazimir Kovacevic (CRO 2471) 2.5


Robert Markus - Ognjen Jovanic
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nf3 a5 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Nc1 h6 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Nb3 c5 15. Nfd2 Qd8 16. Qe2 Be7 17. dxc5 O-O 18. Rc1 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qd5 20. O-O Rac8 21. Nc4 Nxc5 22. Nb6 Qxb3 23. Nxc8 Bg5 24. Qxc5 Bxc1 25. Qxc1 Qxa4 26. Qc4 1-0


Marin Bosiocic - Ognjen Cvitan
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. f3 Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Qe1 Re8 13. Qf2 Rc8 14. b3 Qc7 15. Nde2 Bd8 16. h3 Qb8 17. Bb1 d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. exd5 b5 20. Bd4 b4 21. Ne4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxd5 23. N2g3 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Bf6 26. Rc6 a5 27. Ra6 Qc8 28. Rc6 Qb8 29. Be3 Ne5 30. Ra6 Rd8 31. Qc2 Rc8 32. Bxh7+ Kh8 33. Qf5 Nxf3+ 34. gxf3 Qg3+ 35. Kf1 Rd8 36. Ra8 Rxa8 37. Qh5 Qh4 0-1


Imre Hera Jr. - Ante Saric
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c3 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Be7 6. Nbd2 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8. Ne5 Nfd7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. f4 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Nd7 12. Bb5 c6 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. O-O f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. a4 e5 17. Rf2 c5 18. Bf5 Kc7 19. a5 Nb8 20. b4 cxb4 21. cxb4 Qxb4 22. Qc2+ Nc6 23. axb6+ axb6 24. Rb1 Qd6 25. Nb3 Ba6 26. Qb2 Rb8 27. Rc2 Bc4 28. Nd2 b5 29. Nb3 exd4 30. exd4 Qf4 31. Rf2 Qe3 32. Nc5 Ra8 33. Ne6+ Kd6 34. Qc1 Qxc1+ 35. Rxc1 Rhe8 36. Ng7 Re7 37. Nh5 Nxd4 38. Bg4 f5 39. Bf3 Rae8 0-1


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