Neckar-Open 2007

11th International Neckar-Open with 9 rounds was held on 5-9th April in Deizisau, Germany. The winner (on tiebreak) is Chinese GM Xiangzhi Bu after beating the leading GM Yuri Solodovnichenko in the last round. Xiangzhi Bu also won the last year's Neckar-Open.

Prize fund was 10.500 Euros, first prize 2250 Euros.

The Standings:
1-4. GM Xiangzhi Bu (CHN 2656), GM Radoslaw Jedynak (POL 2538), GM Slavko Cicak (SWE 2531) and IM Marie Rache Sebag (FRA 2479) 7.5
5-8. GM Yuri Solodovnichenko (UKR 2580), GM Sergey Kasparov (BLR 2536), GM Boris Chatalbashev (BUL 2546) and IM Vadim Chernov (ROM 2485) 7.0 etc (240 players)

GM Xiangzhi Bu

GM Yuri Solodovnichenko - GM Radoslaw Jedynak
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.Qd2 b5 8.f3 Nbd7 9.g4 Nb6 10.Qf2 Nfd7 11.f4 Bb7 12.f5 exf5 13.Nxf5 b4 14.Nb5 axb5 15.Bxb5 Nc8 16.Rf1 Qf6 17.Bd4 Qe6 18.Bxg7 Rg8 19.Nd4 Qxe4+ 20.Kd2 Kd8 21.Qxf7 1-0

GM Xiangzhi Bu - GM Radek Karol
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 c5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 0-0 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Be3 d6 9.0-0 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bd7 11.Qd2 Bc6 12.f3 Nd7 13.Be3 a5 14.b3 Nc5 15.Rab1 Qb6 16.Rfc1 Rfc8 17.Rc2 Qd8 18.a3 h5 19.Bf1 Kh7 20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 Na4 22.Ne2 Qf8 23.Nd4 Qh8 24.Qf2 Kg8 25.Re1 Bf6 26.h4 Qg7 27.Bd3 Bd7 28.f4 Qh8 29.Nf3 Bc3 30.Rb1 Bg7 31.e5 Bc6 32.Ng5 dxe5 33.f5 Rf8 34.fxg6 fxg6 35.Qg3 e4 36.Bxe4 Bxe4 37.Nxe4 Ra6 38.Rf2 Re6 39.Ng5 Ref6 40.Rbf1 Rxf2 41.Rxf2 Rxf2 42.Bxf2 Bf8 43.Qf3 Qa1+ 44.Kh2 Qf6 45.Qd5+ e6 46.Qd7 Bxb4 47.Bd4 Qf4+ 48.g3 Qd2+ 49.Kh3 1-0