[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8.
Be3 c6 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Bf3 Nc5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Nb3 Nh7 14. Rfd1
Qh4 15. Rxd6 Nxb3 16. axb3 Be5 17. Rd3 Ng5 18. Qd1 f5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Qd2
f4 21. Kf1 Be6 22. Rd1 h5 23. Ne2 Qf6 24. Qc2 a5 25. R1d2 Kg7 26. c5 Red8
27. Nc1 Re8 28. Ne2 Red8 29. Nc1 Rh8 30. Ne2 Rad8 31. Nc1 Ra8 32. Be2 Rae8
33. Rf3 Bg4 34. Rfd3 Bc8 35. b4 axb4 36. Nb3 Rd8 37. Qc4 Rxd3 38. Rxd3 Rd8
39. Nc1 Bxb2 40. Qxb4 Bxc1 41. Rxd8 Qxd8 42. Qc3+ Qf6 43. Qxc1 Qe5 44. Bf3
Kf7 45. Kg1 Ke7 46. Qc4 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+
8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 d5 10. e5 O-O 11. O-O f6 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. Bxc6 Nxc6
14. Qb3 fxe5 15. dxe5 Rb8 16. Qe3 d4 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 d3
20. Rfd1 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Qg5+ 22. Kf1 Nxe5 23. Rc5 Qf5 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxd3
h6 26. Re3 Qf5 27. Kg2 Rd8 28. Re4 b5 29. a4 bxa4 30. Qxa4 Rf8 31. Qa3 Rf6
32. Qe3 Kh7 33. b4 a5 34. bxa5 Qxa5 35. Rg4 Qf5 36. Qe4 c5 37. Qxf5+ Rxf5
38. Rc4 Kg6 39. f4 Kf6 40. Kf3 Ke6 41. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan-Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "3"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. d3 d6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Ne2 c5 13. c3 Nc6 14. Ng3 b4
15. Bg5 bxc3 16. bxc3 Ng4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Bd5 Qc7 19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4
Nxd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Qxd4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. Ra7 Nf6 25. Ba2 Rb7 26.
Rxb7 Bxb7 27. f3 Ra8 28. Bb3 g6 29. Rd1 Ra6 30. Rb1 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Nguyen, Thai Dai Van"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "4"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf3 b6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. g3 c5 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Rc1 Bf8 14. h4
h6 15. Ne2 c4 16. Nh2 b5 17. Nc3 a6 18. Ng4 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. f3 exf3
21. Qxf3 Bd6 22. Rf1 Qd7 23. Bc3 h5 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. d5 Ne5 26. Qxf6 Qe7
27. Qh6 Qf8 28. Qxh5 f6 29. Rf4 Qf7 30. Qh6 Bc5 31. Rxf6 Bxe3+ 32. Qxe3
Qxf6 33. Rf1 Nf3+ 34. Rxf3 Rxe3 35. Rxf6 Rxg3 36. Kf2 Rg4 37. Bh3 Rxh4 38.
Be6+ Kh7 39. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "5"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. O-O Bg7 7. a4 a5 8.
Na3 Nf6 9. h3 Nd7 10. c3 b6 11. Be3 Ba6 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. d4
cxd4 15. cxd4 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Nc4 h6 18. Qb3 e6 19. e5 Bxc4 20. Rxc4
c5 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. Rc2 Nxe5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxc5 Rd1+
26. Kh2 Rd5 27. Rxd5 Nxf3+ 28. Kg3 exd5 29. Kxf3 Bxb2 30. Bxh6 Bf6 31. Ke3
Be7 32. Kd4 g5 33. f4 f6 34. h4 gxh4 35. f5 Bb4 36. Kxd5 Kf7 37. Be3 Be1
38. Kd6 Bb4+ 39. Kd7 Be1 40. Bd4 Bb4 41. Bf2 h3 42. gxh3 Bc3 43. Kc6 Kg7
44. Be3 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Shevchenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "C58"]
[Opening "Two knights defence"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6
bxc6 8. Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O Nf4 11. Nc3 Nxd3 12. cxd3 O-O 13. Re1 c5
14. b3 Nc6 15. Ne4 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd4 18. Qd1 Be7 19. Bb2 f5 20.
Ng3 f4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Ne4 f3 23. Qc2 fxg2 24. Kxg2 Kh8 25. Qc4 Rb8 26.
Ng3 Bh4 27. Qe6 Rb6 28. Qe4 Rbf6 29. Re2 Rf4 30. Qe5 Qa8+ 31. Ne4 R4f5 32.
Qd6 R8f6 33. Qd7 Rxf2+ 34. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 35. Kg1 Qb8 36. Qd6 Qxd6 37. Nxd6
Rxd2 38. Rf1 Kg8 39. Rf3 Rxa2 40. Rf5 Be7 41. Nc4 Ra1+ 42. Kf2 Rh1 43. Rf3
Bh4+ 44. Ke2 g6 45. Nd6 Rb1 46. Ne4 Rxb3 47. Nxc5 Rb5 48. Ne4 Rb2+ 49. Kd1
Be7 50. Kc1 Rh2 51. Nf2 h5 52. Ne4 Kg7 53. Kd1 a5 0-1

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2839"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D23"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "Mannheim variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. e3 Nd7 6. Bxc4 Nb6 7. Qb3
Nxc4 8. Qxc4 Be6 9. Qe2 Qd5 10. Nbd2 f5 11. O-O O-O-O 12. b4 Nxb4 13. a4
Qd6 14. Ba3 Qa6 15. Qd1 Nd3 16. Qc2 Bd5 17. Rfb1 e5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxf5+
Qe6 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. dxe5 Bxa3 22. Rxa3 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rxd2 24. Kg3 Rf8 25.
f4 g5 26. a5 gxf4+ 27. exf4 Rd4 28. Rf3 Rf5 29. Re1 Kd7 30. e6+ Ke7 31. Rc3
c5 32. Rb3 b6 33. axb6 axb6 34. Rxb6 Rfxf4 35. Rb7+ Ke8 36. Rb8+ Ke7 37.
Rb7+ Ke8 38. Re5 Rg4+ 39. Kf3 Rdf4+ 40. Ke3 Rb4 41. Rxh7 Rh4 42. Rxh4 Rxh4
43. Rxc5 Rxh2 44. Rc7 Rh6 45. e7 Re6+ 46. Kd4 Rxe7 47. Rxe7+ Kxe7 48. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Ne2 Be6 13. Nf4 Rd8
14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Ng5 Bc4 16. Rfe1 Rh6 17. b3 Be6 18. Ngxe6 fxe6 19. Rad1
Rxd1 20. Rxd1 c5 21. Nd3 b6 22. b4 c4 23. Nf4 a6 24. a4 Ke8 25. b5 axb5 26.
axb5 g5 27. Ne2 Rh7 28. c3 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Kxd7 30. f4 g4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32.
Kf2 c6 33. bxc6+ Kxc6 34. Ng3 Nxg3 35. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Moussard, Jules"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "3"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
g4 b5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. Be3 Bb7 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. h4 Nc6
15. Bc4 h6 16. Rg1 hxg5 17. hxg5 g6 18. Qe2 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. f4 exf4
21. O-O-O Bxg5 22. Qg4 Rh5 23. Kb1 Qc8 24. Qe2 f3 25. Qd3 Qc5 26. Rdf1 Be3
27. Nxe3 dxe3 28. Bxf7+ Ke7 29. Rxf3 Rf5 30. exf5 Bxf3 31. Rxg6 Bc6 32. Bb3
Rh8 33. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Pranav, V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "4"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. a5 a6 8. d4
Bg4 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nbd2 Bg7 11. c3 O-O 12. h3 Bc8 13. b4 Ne8 14. Qe2 Nd6
15. Bd5 Qe8 16. Rd1 Kh7 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 f5 19. Be3 Rf6 20. exf5 gxf5
21. Qh4 f4 22. Ng5+ Kh8 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Ne4 Qg6 25. f3 fxe3 26. Nxf6 Bxf6
27. Qe4 Qxe4 28. fxe4 Bh4 29. g3 Bxg3 30. Kg2 Bf2 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Rad1 Bh4
0-1

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "5"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Nd7 4. exd5 cxd5 5. d4 e6 6. Bf4 Ngf6 7. c3 Nh5 8.
Bg5 Qc7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Be3 Nhf6 11. h3 Be7 12. Bd3 b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Qc2 a5
15. g4 Bc6 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Kb1 Kb8 18. Qb3 Ka7 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Bb5 g5
21. Rhd1 Rhd8 22. Ne1 Ne8 23. Bf1 Nd6 24. Nc2 Nf6 25. Na3 Qd7 26. Nb5+ Kb7
27. Nf3 Bxb5 28. axb5 Rc4 29. Ne5 a4 30. Qxc4 dxc4 31. Bg2+ Nd5 32. Nxd7
Rxd7 33. Kc2 Nxb5 34. Ra1 a3 35. Bd2 Rd8 36. b3 cxb3+ 37. Kxb3 Rc8 38. Rdc1
Kc7 39. Bf1 Na7 40. c4 Nf4 41. Bxf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Urkedal, Frode Olav Olsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1
Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nc3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Bxd4 13. Bf4
Ne8 14. Nd5 d6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Be5 18. f4 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Kh8
20. Bd3 c6 21. Ne7 d5 22. Qe2 h6 23. Ng6+ Kg8 24. Rxb7 Nd6 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26.
Ng6+ Kg8 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Nxc6 Qe8 29. Qxe8+ Nxe8 30. Rb5 Be3 31. Be1 Nc7
32. Rb4 Bd7 33. Rb7 Bxc6 34. Bb4+ Kg8 35. Rxc7 Be8 36. g3 Bb6 37. Re7 Bf7
38. Kg2 a5 39. Bd6 Bd8 40. Rb7 d4 41. Rb2 Bd5+ 42. Kf2 Kf7 43. Bc5 a4 44.
a3 g5 45. f5 Ra5 46. Bxd4 Be7 47. c4 Bc6 48. Rb6 Bd7 49. g4 h5 50. h3 hxg4
51. hxg4 Bxa3 52. Rxf6+ Ke8 53. Rg6 Bc5 54. Bxc5 Rxc5 55. Ra6 Re5 56. Kf3
Kf7 57. Bc2 Re1 58. Ra7 Re7 59. Ra6 Re1 60. Bxa4 Bxa4 61. Rxa4 Rf1+ 62. Ke4
Rf4+ 63. Ke5 Rxg4 64. Ra7+ Kg8 65. Kf6 Rxc4 66. Kg6 Rc8 67. f6 g4 68. Rg7+
Kf8 69. Rh7 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8.
g3 Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Nb4 12. Be3 Be6 13. a5 Rc8 14. Ra4 d5
15. exd5 Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 e4 18. Rexe4 Bf5 19. Rec4 Bc5 20. Nd4
Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Bxc2 22. Qa1 Bxa4 23. Qxa4 Rc5 24. Qb3 Rb5 25. Qd3 Rxb2 26.
Bxd5 Qc8 27. Bc3 Rb5 28. Rc4 Qd8 29. Rg4 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. b3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Qd2 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4
Qc7 15. Na4 a5 16. h4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Bd4 c5 19. Bf2 Bb7 20. h5 d4
21. Kf1 a4 22. h6 Bh8 23. b4 f6 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. bxc5 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Qc6+
27. Kh2 Qxc5 28. Rad1 Rfd8 29. Qe2 Rac8 30. Rd2 Qc4 31. g4 g5 32. fxg5 Bxg5
33. Qe5 Bxh6 0-1

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "3"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Rd1 Re8 10. e4 h6 11. g4 Nh7 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. e5 Bf8 14. Ne4 Nb4
15. Qxc4 b6 16. Bd2 Qd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Nc3 Bxg4 19. Bf4 c5 20. Rd2 Red8
21. dxc5 bxc5 22. a3 Nc6 23. e6 Rb7 24. exf7+ Rxf7 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 d4
27. Ne4 Ng5 28. Nxg5 hxg5 29. Rc1 Rf5 30. Bc7 Rd7 31. Bg3 Bf3 32. Bf1 Rf6
33. Bb5 Bc6 34. Bc4+ Bd5 35. b4 Bxc4 36. Rxc4 cxb4 37. axb4 d3 38. Be5 Re6
39. Bc3 Red6 40. Kg2 Rd5 41. Kf3 Bd6 42. h4 Be7 43. hxg5 Bxg5 44. Rd1 d2
45. Ke4 Bf6 46. Bxf6 gxf6 47. Rc2 Rd3 48. Rc7 f5+ 0-1

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Gokerkan, Cem Kaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Marshall variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "4"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O
8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. c5 Bc7 12. g3 Qc8 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nd7 16. Nh4 Re8 17. Bg5 g6 18. Nf3 Nf8 19. Rxe8 Qxe8 20. Re1
Ne6 21. Bf6 Bd8 22. Bxd8 Qxd8 23. b4 Qf6 24. a4 a5 25. b5 cxb5 26. axb5 a4
27. Re2 g5 28. h3 Qg6 29. Qa3 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Qxb5 31. Rb2 Qc4 32. Rxb7 Qc2
33. c6 Rf8 34. Qe7 Qxc6 35. Nxg5 Qc2 36. Nxe6 Qe4+ 37. Kh2 Qxe6 38. Qg5+
Kh8 39. Ra7 Qc6 40. Qe5+ Kg8 41. Qg5+ Kh8 42. Kg2 h6 43. Qf5 Kg8 44. h4 Kg7
45. Kh3 Kg8 46. Kg4 Kg7 47. Kh3 Kg8 48. Kg2 Kg7 49. Qg4+ Kh8 50. Qe2 Kh7
51. Qd1 Qe8 52. Rxa4 Qe4+ 53. Qf3 Kg6 54. Ra6+ Kg7 55. Qxe4 dxe4 56. g4 f5
57. Ra7+ Kg6 58. Ra6+ Kg7 59. Re6 fxg4 60. Rxe4 h5 61. d5 Rf5 62. Rd4 Kf7
63. d6 Ke8 64. d7+ Kd8 65. Rd3 Ra5 66. Rd4 Rf5 67. Rd2 Ra5 68. Kg3 Rf5 69.
Rd3 Rf6 70. Rd5 Rf3+ 71. Kg2 Rh3 72. Rxh5 Kxd7 73. Re5 Kd6 74. Re8 Rxh4 75.
Kg3 Rh7 76. Kxg4 Rg7+ 77. Kf4 Rf7+ 78. Ke3 Kd7 79. Re4 Kd6 80. f3 Kd7 81.
Kf2 Rg7 82. Re5 Kd6 83. Re8 Kd7 84. Re4 Kd6 85. Ke2 Rf7 86. Ke3 Kd7 87. Kd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Kilic, Eray"]
[Black "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "5"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 Nc5
8. Nc3 e6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Nb3 Nxd3 12. cxd3 e5 13. f5 d5 14. Bg5
dxe4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. dxe4 Bd7 17. Qe2 Bc6 18. Rfd1 Qb6+ 19. Qf2 Qb4 20.
Qc5 Qxc5+ 21. Nxc5 Rfd8 22. Nd5 Bg5 23. Kf2 h5 24. Nb6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Re8
26. Nd5 Rc8 27. Nb6 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Nd5 a5 30. Kf3 Kf8 31. Nd3 Bf6
32. Nxf6 gxf6 33. Nf2 Kg7 34. h4 Bb5 35. Nh1 Bc4 36. Ng3 Kh6 37. b3 Bd3 38.
Ke3 Ba6 39. a3 Bb5 40. a4 Bc6 41. Ne2 b5 42. Nc3 bxa4 43. bxa4 Kg7 44. Kd3
Kf8 45. Kc4 Ke7 46. Kc5 Kd7 47. Nd5 Bb7 48. Nxf6+ Ke7 49. Nd5+ Kd7 50. Nc3
Bc6 51. Kb6 Kd6 52. f6 Ba8 53. g3 Bc6 54. Kxa5 Kc5 55. Ka6 Kd4 56. Kb6 Ba8
57. Nb5+ Kxe4 58. Nd6+ Kd5 59. Nxf7 Ke6 60. Nxe5 Kxf6 61. Nd3 Kf5 62. Nf4
Kg4 63. Nxh5 Kxh5 64. a5 Kg4 65. a6 Be4 66. a7 Bf3 67. Kc7 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Gurel, Ediz"]
[Black "Ozen, Deniz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxe5 7. dxe5
Nc5 8. Nxd5 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 c6 10. Nc3 Qxd3 11. cxd3 Bf5 12. d4 O-O-O 13. Be3
Bb4 14. Ke2 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. f3 Rhe8 17. Kf2 Re7 18. g4 Bg6 19. Rac1
Rde8 20. Nd5 Re6 21. Nxb4 Rxe3 22. Nd5 Re2+ 23. Kg3 Rf8 24. h4 Rxb2 25. h5
Be8 26. Rhe1 Bd7 27. Ne7+ Kc7 28. d5 Rxa2 29. dxc6 bxc6 30. Nd5+ Kd8 31.
Nb4 Rd2 32. Nxc6+ Bxc6 33. Rxc6 f5 34. g5 f4+ 35. Kh3 Rd5 36. Kg4 Rff5 37.
Rd6+ Rxd6 38. Kxf5 Rd5+ 39. Kf6 Rd3 40. g6 hxg6 41. hxg6 Rxf3 42. Rg1 Re3
43. g7 Re8 44. g8=Q Rxg8 45. Rxg8+ Kc7 46. Ke5 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 a6 7. Bxd7+
Nxd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 e5 10. Qd3 g5 11. Bg3 b5 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Nd2 Rc8
14. f3 Qa5 15. Kb1 Nc5 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Qe2 Qc4 19. Rd3 Be7
20. Nd1 Rg8 21. Ne3 Qc7 22. Rhd1 Rg6 23. Be1 Qb6 24. Bf2 Bf8 25. h4 gxh4
26. Bxh4 h5 27. Nf5 b4 28. Ng3 a5 29. Nxh5 Ba6 30. Nf6+ Rxf6 31. Bxf6 Be7
32. Bxe7 Bxd3 33. Qxd3 Kxe7 34. Qd2 Rg8 35. b3 Rg3 36. Kb2 Qc5 37. Rh1 Kd7
38. Kb1 Ke7 39. Kb2 Kd7 40. Rc1 Qb6 41. Re1 Ke7 42. Re2 Qb5 43. Qe3 a4 44.
bxa4 Qxa4 45. Rd2 Qc6 46. Kb1 Qa6 47. Qd3 Qb6 48. Qc4 Rg8 49. Kb2 Qb7 50.
Rd5 Rc8 51. Rb5 Rxc4 52. Rxb7+ Ke6 53. Rb6 f6 54. Kc1 Rd4 55. Rb8 f5 56.
exf5+ Kxf5 57. Rf8+ Ke6 58. Rh8 d5 59. Rh6+ Kf5 60. Rh5+ Kf6 61. g3 Rc4 62.
Kb2 Ke6 63. Rh6+ Ke7 64. Rh5 Ke6 65. Rh6+ Ke7 66. Rh4 Rc3 67. f4 exf4 68.
gxf4 Rf3 69. f5 Kd6 70. Rh6+ Kc5 71. Rf6 d4 72. Rf8 d3 73. cxd3 Rxd3 74.
Rc8+ Kb5 75. f6 Rf3 76. Rf8 Kc6 77. Kc2 Kc7 78. Kd2 Kd7 79. Rb8 Rxf6 80.
Rxb4 Rf2+ 81. Kc3 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Pechac, Jergus"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6
8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Bd7 11. Bxc4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Rfd8 13. Bb5 Be8
14. Qc2 Na5 15. Bxe8 Rxe8 16. Qa4 b6 17. c4 c5 18. dxc5 Rec8 19. cxb6 axb6
20. Rac1 Qb2 21. Rb1 Qe2 22. Nd4 Qxc4 23. Qd7 Rd8 24. Qe7 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Qxc6
26. Qb4 Rxa2 27. Qxb6 Qxb6 28. Rxb6 g5 29. h3 Kg7 30. Rbb1 Rd5 31. Ra1
1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Marshall variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "3"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O
8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14.
Rb5 Nf6 15. Bg5 a6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rxd5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Rfd8
20. c4 Ba3 21. Be4 Rxd5 22. Bxd5 Rd8 23. Bxb7 Rxd4 24. Bxa6 Rd2 25. Re1 g6
26. Re5 Rxa2 27. Bb7 Rc2 28. Bd5 Kf8 29. Kf1 Bc5 30. Re2 Rxe2 31. Kxe2 f5
1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Ivic, Velimir"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "4"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 dxe5 8.
dxe5 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Rd1 Bc6 12. Nd4 Bc5 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14.
bxc3 Qc7 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. h4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Nd5 18. Bd2 Rae8 19. Re1 Kh8 20. h5
Bxd4 21. cxd4 f5 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Qg4 Qf7 24. f3 Nf4 25. Re5 Rf8 26. Bxf4
Rxf4 27. Qxe6 Qxe6 28. Rxe6 Rxd4 29. Rae1 a5 30. Re7 a4 31. Bf7 Rf4 32. Rd1
h6 33. Bg6 Rc8 34. Kf2 Kg8 35. Ke3 Rff8 36. Rd6 Rfd8 37. Rxd8+ Rxd8 38. Rc7
a3 39. Bf7+ Kf8 40. Bb3 Re8+ 41. Kf4 Re7 42. Rc8+ Re8 43. Rc7 Re7 44. Rc8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Brkic, Ante"]
[Black "Balog, Imre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Albin-Alekhine-Chatard attack"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "5"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Nc6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. f4 Nb6 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. Nd1 f6 12. Ne3 O-O-O 13. O-O-O fxe5 14.
fxe5 Be8 15. h5 Bf7 16. Be2 Rhf8 17. a3 Bg8 18. Bb5 Nb8 19. Bd3 c5 20. c3
Nc6 21. Bc2 Kb8 22. Kb1 Rd7 23. Nh4 cxd4 24. cxd4 Rc8 25. Ng6 Qg5 26. g4
Bh7 27. Rhf1 Rdc7 28. Rf2 Ne7 29. Ka2 Nxg6 30. hxg6 Bxg6 31. Bxg6 Qxg6 32.
Rdf1 a6 33. Rf8 Ka7 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Rf4 Qe8 36. Qb4 Rc1 37. Qd2 Qc8 38.
Rf7 Rc7 39. Rxc7 Qxc7 40. b3 Nd7 41. Kb2 Nb8 42. Nc2 Nc6 43. Qf4 Qe7 44. b4
Kb8 45. Kb3 Kc8 46. Ne1 Nd8 47. Nd3 b6 48. a4 Qc7 49. Nb2 Nf7 50. Qf1 Kb7
51. b5 a5 52. Nd1 Qe7 53. Kc2 Ng5 54. Nc3 Kc7 55. Kd3 Kd8 56. Qf4 Ke8 57.
Kc2 Qb4 58. Qe3 Qf8 59. Qd3 Qf4 60. Nxd5 exd5 61. Qg6+ Qf7 62. Qxb6 Qf2+
63. Kb3 Qe3+ 64. Kc2 Qe2+ 65. Kc1 Qc4+ 66. Kb2 Qb4+ 67. Kc1 Qc3+ 68. Kb1
Ne4 69. Qb8+ Kf7 70. Qb7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Korpa, Bence"]
[Black "Markus, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation, 8.e4"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "6"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8.
e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Bf4 h6 13. Qc2 Nfxe4 14.
Nxe4 Bxd4 15. Qd2 Bg7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Bxh6 Be6 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 20. b3 c6 21. Rad1 Rh8 22. g4 b5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Re5 Rd1+ 25. Kh2
bxc4 26. bxc4 Rd2 27. Kg3 Rxa2 28. Rxc5 Ra4 29. Rxc6 Rxc4 30. Ra6 Rc3+ 31.
Kf4 Rc4+ 32. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7
8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 a6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd3 12. exd3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5
14. Be3 Rc8 15. Bd4 Kd7 16. Ke2 Rc2+ 17. Kd1 Rc8 18. Ke2 Rc2+ 19. Kd1 Rc8
20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Kxc1 Be7 22. Kd2 Bb4+ 23. Kd1 Be7 24. Kd2 Bb4+ 25. Kd1
Be7 26. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "2"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 Nd7
8. Qg4 Nxc5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. O-O-O Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 exd3 12. Rxd3 Qa5 13. Kb1
h5 14. Qd4 Bb5 15. Rd1 Be7 16. Nh3 Rc8 17. Bg5 Rc4 18. Qe3 Bc5 19. Qe1 Qxe1
20. Rhxe1 O-O 21. f3 Rc8 22. b3 Rc3 23. a4 Ba6 24. Re4 Bf8 25. Rd2 b5 26.
Nf4 R3c5 27. axb5 Bb7 28. Re3 Rxb5 29. Nxh5 f6 30. Bf4 a5 31. g4 Bd5 32.
exf6 g6 33. Ng3 a4 34. Rdd3 axb3 35. cxb3 Bc5 36. Rc3 Ra8 37. Red3 Rba5 38.
Kc2 Bf8 39. Kd1 Ra1+ 40. Ke2 Bb4 41. Rc2 R8a2 42. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 43. Bd2 Bd6
44. Ne4 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Droin, Augustin"]
[Black "Ahmadzada, Ahmad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "3"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 a5 7. h3 h6 8.
Re1 d6 9. c3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Re8 12. Be3 b6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. d4
exd4 15. cxd4 Bb4 16. Ncd2 Bxd2 17. Bxd2 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Rac1 Nxd2 20.
Qxd2 Nd8 21. b3 Ne6 22. Nh4 Qe7 23. g3 Qb4 24. Qxb4 axb4 25. Red1 c5 26.
dxc5 Nxc5 27. Rxd5 Nxb3 28. Rb1 Nc5 29. Rxb4 Nxa4 30. Nf3 Rec8 31. Kg2 Rc2
32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Nxd2 Nc5 34. Rxb6 Nd7 35. Rb5 f6 36. exf6 Nxf6 37. Nf1 Ra2
38. Kf3 Ra7 39. Ne3 Rd7 40. g4 Rf7 41. Kg2 Ne4 42. Nf5 Kh7 43. f3 Nc3 44.
Re5 Rd7 45. Kg3 Nd5 46. h4 Nf6 47. Re6 Rf7 48. Nd6 Ra7 49. Nc4 Kg8 50. Ne5
Ra8 51. Rd6 Nh7 52. Rd7 Nf8 53. Rb7 Rc8 54. g5 hxg5 55. hxg5 Kh7 56. Rb2
Kg8 57. g6 Ne6 58. Rb6 Re8 59. f4 Nc5 60. Kf3 Ne6 61. Nc6 Kf8 62. Kg4 Nc5
63. Nd4 Kg8 64. Rc6 Ne4 65. Ne6 Nf6+ 66. Kf5 Nd5 67. Rd6 Ne7+ 68. Kg5 Rb8
69. f5 Kh8 70. Rd7 Re8 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Samadov, Read"]
[Black "Razafindratsima, Timothe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "4"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O b5 7. Ne5 Bb7 8.
a4 a6 9. b3 cxb3 10. Qxb3 Qxd4 11. Bb2 Qb4 12. Qc2 Qc5 13. Qd3 Be7 14. Nd2
Qb6 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Qf3+ Bf6 18. Ng5+ Ke7 19. e4 Bxg5 20.
exd5 cxd5 21. a5 Qd6 22. Qg4 Bf6 23. Ba3 Nc6 24. Bxd6+ Kxd6 25. Rfe1 Rhe8
26. Rad1 Ne5 27. Qb4+ Kd7 28. Qf4 Nf7 29. Qg4 Kd6 30. Qh5 Ne5 31. f4 Nc4
32. f5 e5 33. Bxd5 Bxd5 34. Qf7 Rad8 35. Rxd5+ Kc6 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Qa7
Bg5 38. Qxa6+ Kc5 39. h4 Bf6 40. Rb1 Nd2 41. Rxb5+ Kd4 42. Qb6+ Kd3 43.
Qxd8+ Bxd8 44. Rd5+ Ke2 45. Rxd8 Nf3+ 46. Kg2 Ne1+ 47. Kh3 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Gadimbayli, Abdulla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "5"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 c4 6. Qc2 g6 7. Nbd2 Bf5 8.
Qc1 Nc6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Rfe8 12. Ne5 Rad8 13. Re1 Nh5 14. e4
Nxf4 15. gxf4 dxe4 16. Ndxc4 Qc7 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 e6 19. Nd3 Ne7 20.
Nce5 Nd5 21. Qf1 Nf6 22. Re2 Nd5 23. Qh3 b5 24. Qf3 a5 25. a3 b4 26. cxb4
axb4 27. Rc1 Qb6 28. Nc6 Rd6 29. Ndxb4 Nxb4 30. Nxb4 Qxd4 31. Nc6 Qa4 32.
b4 Bf6 33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Ne5 Re7 35. Rec2 Ra6 36. Rc3 h5 37. Rd3 Rea7 38. Rc5
Qe8 39. Nc6 Ra8 40. b5 Rb6 41. Ne5 Ra7 42. Rb3 Bxe5 43. fxe5 Qe7 44. Rc4
Rd7 45. a4 Qg5+ 46. Qg3 Qd2 47. Qf4 Qd5+ 48. Qe4 Qd1 49. Rb1 Qd2 50. h4 Kh7
51. Rbb4 Qa2 52. Rd4 Rbb7 53. b6 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Sadikhov, Ulvi"]
[Black "Guliyev, Namig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Keres variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "6"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 Ngf6 6. O-O c6 7. d3 e5
8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Nd2 O-O 11. a4 a5 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Qe2 Rfd8 14.
Rd1 Nf8 15. Bg5 Ne6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. c3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8
20. Bg4 b5 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Ne3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 b4 24. h4 bxc3 25. Qxc3 Nd4
26. Qc5 Kg7 27. Qa7 Nb5 28. Qd7 Qb6 29. h5 h6 30. Be6 Qxe6 31. Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Alonso Rosell, Alvar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. e3 Qc8 11. Re1 Bh3 12. Bh1 Ne5 13. Nc3 h5 14. Qe2
h4 15. Rad1 hxg3 16. hxg3 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Bg2 Rb8 19. g4 a6 20. g5 Nh5
21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Nf4 Ng3 23. Qf2 Nf5 24. Nd5 Bc6 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Nc3 Qa5
27. Na4 Qxa4 28. Bxe5 Qa5 29. Bxg7 Nxg7 30. f4 Qc5 31. e4 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 f6
33. Ke3 fxg5 34. fxg5 c5 35. Bh3 a5 36. e5 a4 37. bxa4 Rb4 38. exd6 exd6
39. Rxd6 Rxa4 40. Be6+ Nxe6 41. Rxe6 Rxc4 42. Rxg6+ Kh7 43. Rh6+ Kg7 44.
Rb1 Re8+ 45. Kf3 Rf8+ 46. Kg3 Ra4 47. Rb7+ Rf7 48. Rbb6 Rf5 49. Rb7+ Rf7
50. Rbb6 Rf5 51. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Gines Esteo, Pedro Antonio"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Three knights variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Rc1 c5
8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Rxc5 Qxa2 10. e4 Qxb2 11. Bc4 Bg4 12. Rb5 Bxf3 13. Rxb2
Bxd1 14. Kxd1 Rd8 15. Rxb7 Rxd4 16. Rxe7 Nc6 17. Bxf7+ Kf8 18. Rc7 Bh6 19.
f4 Bxf4 20. Rf1 Rxd2+ 21. Ke1 Bxc7 22. Bd5+ Kg7 23. Kxd2 Ba5+ 24. Ke2 Rc8
25. Rf7+ Kh6 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. Rxa7 Bc7 28. g3 Kg5 29. Kf3 Rc3+ 30. Kg2
Rc2+ 31. Kh3 Bb6 32. Ra1 h5 33. Rb1 Bc5 34. Re1 Kf6 0-1

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Lopez Mulet, Inigo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[ECO "E53"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, main line with ...c5"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "3"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8.
exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Ne7 12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ned5 14.
Rac1 Bb7 15. Bd3 Qd6 16. Ne5 h6 17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Bb1 Nd7 20. c4
Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nb4 22. Qg4 Kf8 23. h4 Nc6 24. Bc3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rd6
Ke8 27. Qg3 Qf8 28. Bc2 Rxd6 29. exd6 f6 30. Ba4 Kd7 31. Bb4 g5 32. c5 Qd8
33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Qh3 Qg8 35. cxb6 axb6 36. Qh6 f5 37. Qf6 Kc8 38. Qe7 Nxe7
39. dxe7 Bd5 40. a3 Qg7 41. e8=Q+ Kc7 42. Qe7+ Qxe7 43. Bxe7 g4 44. Kf1
Bc4+ 45. Ke1 b5 46. Bc2 Kc6 47. g3 Bd5 48. Bd3 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Luque Saiz, Andres"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "4"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. O-O Nge7
8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qd6 b6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bf4 Na5 13. Ba2 Ba6 14.
Rfd1 Bc4 15. Qxd7 Qxd7 16. Rxd7 Ng6 17. Bc7 e5 18. a4 Rf7 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20.
Rad1 Nf8 21. Rxf7 Kxf7 22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Rxd2 Ne6 24. a5 Ke8 25. Bd6 bxa5
26. Kf1 Rc8 27. Ra2 Rc6 28. Ba3 Rxc3 29. f3 Nd4 30. Ra1 Nc2 31. Bb2 Rb3 0-1

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Fedorchuk, Sergey A."]
[Black "Garcia Molina, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[ECO "B72"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, classical, Grigoriev variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "5"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. f3 Ne5 12. g4 Rc8 13. gxh5 Nxh5 14.
Rhg1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Kb1 Kh8 17. b3 Rc8 18. Nde2 Qa5 19. Rg5 Qb4 20.
Bd4 e5 21. Rxh5+ Kg8 22. Nd5 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Sanz Wawer, Daniel"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "London system"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "6"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8.
c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Qc8 13. Bh2 c5 14.
Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Nf3 Rfc8 16. Qe2 a6 17. a4 Rab8 18. Rfc1 Bf6 19. b3 Rc7 20.
Ra2 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. d5 Ra8 23. Rxa8+ Qxa8 24. e4 Ra7 25. cxb5 Ra2 26.
Qe3 Bb2 27. Rb1 f6 28. Bf4 Qa5 29. Qd3 Qc3 30. Qd1 Qa5 31. Qd3 Bc3 32. h4
Kf7 33. Rc1 Bb4 34. Nh2 Bd2 35. Bxd2 Rxd2 36. Qe3 Rb2 37. Nf3 Qxb5 38. Nd2
Qb4 39. Rd1 Kg7 40. h5 gxh5 41. Qg3+ Kf8 42. Qf4 Ne5 43. Qh6+ Kg8 44. Ra1
Qb8 45. Qe3 Rc2 46. f4 Ng4 47. Qd3 Qb4 48. Ra8+ Kg7 49. Qxc2 Qd4+ 50. Kh1
Qf2 51. Qb1 Qxd2 52. Qf1 Qe3 53. g3 Qxe4+ 54. Qg2 Qb1+ 55. Qg1 Qxb3 56. Ra1
Qxd5+ 57. Qg2 Qd3 58. Re1 Kf7 59. Qb7 Kg6 60. Qg2 e5 61. fxe5 fxe5 62. Qa8
Nf6 63. Qg2 c4 64. Rf1 d5 65. Kh2 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Taimanov (chase/wing/accelerated counterthrust) variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Qxd4 Ne7 9. Bg5 c5 10. Qe3 c4 11. O-O-O cxb3 12. axb3 Be6 13. Nd4 Qb6 14.
Kb1 O-O-O 15. Qg3 Re8 16. Rhe1 Nb7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. Rxe8+ Bxe8
20. b4 a5 21. Qa3 Kb8 22. Qe3 Bd7 23. Nc6+ Kc7 24. Qxb6+ Kxb6 25. bxa5+ Kc7
26. a6 Nc5 27. Bd8+ Kc8 28. a7 Kb7 29. Bb6 g6 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. Ne5 Bf5 32.
d6 Bg7 33. Nxf7 Bd7 34. Nxh8 Bxh8 35. Rd5 Bf6 36. Rxc5 Bd8 37. Rc3 Bb6 38.
Rf3 Bxa7 39. Rf7 Kc6 40. f3 Kxd6 41. Rxh7 Bd4 42. h4 Be8 43. c3 Be5 44. Kc2
Bg3 45. Kd3 Bd7 46. Ke3 Bf5 47. f4 Bg4 48. Rb7 Bd7 49. Rb6+ Bc6 50. Rb8 Ke6
51. Rc8 Bxg2 52. Rc5 Bxh4 53. Rxb5 Bf6 54. c4 Kd7 55. b4 Bf1 56. Rb7+ Kc6
57. Rf7 Bc3 58. b5+ Kb6 59. f5 Bxc4 60. fxg6 Bxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Kobo, Ori"]
[Black "Seo, Jung Min"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "2"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7
8. O-O c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 Bc5 14.
Be1 d4 15. b4 Be7 16. h3 Nxe5 17. f4 Ng6 18. e5 Rb8 19. Na3 Ba6 20. Qe4 Bb7
21. Qxd4 Bxg2 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. Kxg2 a5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rb1 axb4 26.
Bxb4 Bxb4 27. Rxb4 Rd2+ 28. Kg1 Rxa2 29. Nc4 h5 30. h4 Ne7 31. Rxb6 Nf5 32.
Rb3 Kh7 33. Rd3 Kg6 34. Nd6 Re2 35. Kf1 Ra2 36. Nxf5 Kxf5 37. Rd7 Kg6 38.
Re7 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Ra2+ 40. Kf3 Ra3+ 41. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Trost, Edvin"]
[Black "Steinberg, Nitzan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "3"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6
8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bc1 Nf6 10. Be3 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Barkhagen, Jonas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Soultanbeieff variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "4"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8.
O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. a5 Bd7 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Bf4
a6 15. Qf3 Bc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qe2 Nfd5 18. Be5 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Nd5 20. Rd3
Bd6 21. Rg3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Ne7 23. Bxa6 Ra7 24. h4 Qa8 25. Bd3 Rxa5 26. Re1
Ra1 27. h5 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qd8 29. Qb1 h6 30. Qc1 Kh8 31. Qf4 Qd5 32. Kh2 c5
33. Bc2 Nc6 34. Re3 f5 35. exf6 Rxf6 36. Qe4 Qxh5+ 37. Kg1 Qf5 38. Qxf5
exf5 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. Rc8 Kg6 41. Ba4 Ne7 42. Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Kenneskog, Theodor"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "5"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O a6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8.
Nb3 Bg6 9. a4 Nf5 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Ba7 14. c4
dxc4 15. Bxc4 O-O 16. Bg5 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 h6 18. Bf4 Rfd8 19. Be2 Ne7 20. b5
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nd5 22. Bd2 axb5 23. axb5 Bc5 24. Rc1 b6 25. Bc4 Ra4 26. Bb3
Ra3 27. Bd1 Bd3 28. Ne1 Bxb5 29. Bc2 Ra2 30. h3 Kf8 31. g3 Bc4 32. Rb1 b5
0-1

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bator, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "6"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8.
Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Qb3 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bg5
Nbd5 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qe3 Qe7 19. Rac1 Bd5 20.
Ne5 Qb7 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Qd4 Rfc8 23. Rfd1 h6 24. Nd3 Rd8 25. Rc5 Nb6 26.
Qf4 Nd5 27. Qe4 Qe7 28. Rdc1 Nf6 29. Qf3 Qe8 30. Qc6 Nd7 31. R5c2 Qe7 32.
Qb7 Rdb8 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Qxa6 Nf6 36. Rc5 b4 37. Rb5 Rd8 38.
Rxb4 e5 39. Rb7 Qe8 40. Qb5 Qe6 41. Qb3 Qg4 42. Qxf7 Nh5 43. Nxe5 Qxe2 44.
Qf5+ Kg8 45. Kg2 Rf8 46. Rf7 Rd8 47. Ng4 Qa6 48. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Salles, Louis"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8.
g3 Be7 9. h4 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 f6 12. h5 Nh8 13. Bf4 Nf7 14. Qd2
fxe5 15. dxe5 Rc8 16. Rad1 Na5 17. Bd3 Nc4 18. Qc2 Ng5 19. Bxg5 Rxf3 20.
Bc1 Nxe5 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bf4 Rxf4 23. gxf4 Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Nh4+ 25. Kh1 d4
26. Be4 dxc3 27. bxc3 Qe8 28. Bg6 Ba4 0-1

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Cahen, Alexis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 d5 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5
8. O-O c5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Re1 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nf6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Qa4+ Nd7
14. Kxg2 f6 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Be3 Rd8 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Rc6 b5 20.
Qg4 Nb6 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Qxe6+ Be7 23. Rdc1 Rf8 24. Rc8 Qb7 25. R1c7 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Gengler, Pierre"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "3"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. f4 Nf6 4. d3 Qb6 5. h3 Nh5 6. g4 Ng3 7. d4 Nxh1 8.
Bxh1 h5 9. Bf3 hxg4 10. hxg4 g5 11. e3 gxf4 12. exf4 Bg7 13. c3 c5 14. dxc5
Qxc5 15. Kf1 Rh2 16. Qe1 Nc6 17. Qg3 Rxb2 18. Be2 Rc2 19. Ba3 Qa5 20. Qd3
Bxc3 21. Qxc2 Bxa1 22. Qh7 Kf8 23. Nf3 Bxg4 24. Ne5 Bxe2+ 25. Kxe2 Bxe5 26.
fxe5 Ke8 27. Qg8+ Kd7 28. Qxf7 Rh8 29. Qf5+ Kc7 30. Kf2 Rh1 0-1

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Petkidis, Anthony"]
[Black "Favier, Alain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "4"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Be3 h5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bc8 12. Qd2 Be7 13. O-O-O Nd7 14.
Kb1 a5 15. a4 Kf8 16. Rhf1 Nf6 17. f4 e4 18. Bb5 Bg4 19. Rde1 h4 20. c4 Bf5
21. Nd4 Bg6 22. f5 Bh5 23. Rf4 Ng4 24. Rxe4 Ne5 25. c5 Kg8 26. Bf4 f6 27.
Ne6 Qb8 28. c6 bxc6 29. dxc6 Bf7 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Rg4 Bxe6 32. fxe6 Qb6
33. Rf1 Ra7 34. Rf7 Bf8 35. Rxa7 Qxa7 36. Qc2 Qc7 37. e7 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Barthel, Ansgar"]
[Black "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "5"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O
8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. O-O a5 13. a3 Rb8 14. Rfe1
a4 15. Ba2 b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. Nd5 Rxd4 18. Qxd4 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxb2 20.
Qd1 Bxa1 21. Qxa1 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Rc8 23. c4 Qc5 24. e5 dxe5 25. Rxe5 Qa3 26.
c5 e6 27. h4 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Qxc5 29. Qf6 Bc6 30. Kh2 Qf5 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32.
Qd4+ e5 0-1

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Friedrich, Norbert"]
[Black "Dahdah, Nagib"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Schliemann defence deferred"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Bc5 7. O-O Nge7 8.
Bb3 Na5 9. Nxd4 Nxb3 10. Nxb3 Ba7 11. Qh5+ Kf8 12. Bg5 d6 13. exd6 Qxd6 14.
Rd1 Qg6 15. Qh4 Nc6 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Ne2 Re8 18. Nf4 Qf7 19. Re1 Kg8 20. Qg3
h6 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Bd2 Rg6 23. Qf3 Kh7 24. Bc3 Rf8 25. Rad1 Rg5 26. Rd5
Rg6 27. a3 Re6 28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. Qd3 Rf7 30. Kf1 Bb6 31. Nd2 g6 32. Nf3 Re7
33. Ng5+ hxg5 34. Qh3+ Kg8 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Qg7+ Ke8 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Qg7+
Ke8 39. Qh8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nemeth, Miklos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 7.Nc3"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8.
Bd2 d6 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Bf6 12. Nf3 g6 13. h4 h5 14. Rfd1
Nd7 15. b4 Qe7 16. a4 c6 17. a5 d5 18. Qb3 Bg7 19. e3 Rfc8 20. Rdc1 Bf8 21.
axb6 axb6 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. b5 dxc4 24. Qxc4 cxb5 25. Qc6 Qd8 26. Nxb5 Ra5
27. Qb7 Rxb5 28. Rc8 Nc5 29. dxc5 bxc5 30. Qa8 Qe7 31. Re8 Qd6 32. Rd8 Qe7
33. Re8 Qd6 34. Rd8 Qe7 35. Ne5 Qb7+ 36. Qxb7 Rxb7 37. Nd7 Kg7 38. Nxf8 Rb2
39. Re8 Rd2 40. Nxe6+ fxe6 41. Rxe6 c4 42. Rc6 Rc2 43. Kf3 c3 44. e4 Rc1
45. Kf4 c2 46. Ke5 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Bokros, Albert"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "2"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Be6 6. Bf4 Qd7 7. Nd2 Nge7
8. Qc2 Bf5 9. Ne2 O-O-O 10. O-O-O Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Ng6 12. Bg3 h5 13. h3 Nce7
14. Nf4 h4 15. Bh2 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Ng6 17. Bh2 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qf5+ Rd7
20. Nf3 Qf4+ 21. Qxf4 Nxf4 22. Ne5 Re7 23. Nd3 Ng6 24. Rhe1 Re4 25. f3 Ree8
26. Kd2 Kd7 27. b4 b6 28. a4 f6 29. Ra1 Ne7 30. b5 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Zanan, Evgeny"]
[Black "Borhy, Marcell"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "3"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6
8. O-O Bf5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 g6 12. Re1 Bg7 13. Bg5 Bf6 14.
Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Qf3 Rad8 17. Qxb7 Rd7 18. Qa6 Qxd4 19. Rad1 Bd3
20. Qa5 Rfd8 21. Qg5 Qf6 22. Qxf6 exf6 23. f3 f5 24. Rd2 Ba6 25. Rxd7 Rxd7
26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Kg7 28. f4 Kf6 29. Kf2 g5 30. g3 gxf4 31. gxf4 Bb7
32. Be2 Nd7 33. Ke3 Nc5 34. b4 Ne4 35. Nb5 Ba6 36. Nxa7 Bxe2 37. Kxe2 Nc3+
38. Kd3 Nxa2 39. b5 Ke6 40. Kc4 Nc1 41. b6 Kd7 42. Kb5 Nd3 43. Nc6 Kc8 44.
Ka6 Nc5+ 45. Ka7 Kd7 46. Ne5+ Ke6 47. Nd3 Nxd3 48. b7 Nb4 49. Kb6 Nd5+ 50.
Ka5 Ne7 51. Kb5 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Bronstein, Or"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "4"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O e5
8. Qe3 Ne7 9. Rd1 Ng6 10. c4 Qc7 11. Nc3 Be7 12. b3 O-O 13. Ba3 d5 14. Bxe7
d4 15. Qg5 f6 16. Qd2 Qxe7 0-1

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Veinberg, Nimrod"]
[Black "Csonka, Attila Istvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "5"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8.
Qc2 b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Qd1 Qc7 14. a3
Be7 15. Nb1 Ba6 16. Nc3 Nb8 17. Bf4 Qb7 18. Rc1 Nc6 19. h4 Bc4 20. Ne4 Na5
21. Nd6 Nxd6 22. exd6 Bf6 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qd7 25. Qg4 Kh8 26. Be3 Nb3
27. Rc3 Nc5 28. Qd4 Qb5 29. Rb1 Nb3 30. Qd1 a5 31. a4 Qb4 32. Bg5 f6 33.
exf6 gxf6 34. Bh6 d4 35. d7 Rcd8 36. Bxf8 Rxf8 37. Bf1 Bd5 38. Rc8 Qe7 39.
Qh5 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Takacs, Laszlo"]
[Black "Kaspi, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "6"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8.
a4 b6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nh4 g6 13. Nf3 Bb7 14. Nd2
Kg7 15. Re1 h6 16. Bxf6+ Nxf6 17. Bc4 Rac8 18. Qe2 a5 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Rad1
d5 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Nc4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 f6 26.
Rd5 Rd8 27. Qd3 Rxd5 28. Qxd5 Qd8 29. Qxd8 Bxd8 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 Ke6 32.
Kd3 Kd5 33. Ne3+ Kc5 34. Ke4 h5 35. h3 h4 36. Nc4 Bc7 37. f3 f5+ 38. Kd3
Kd5 39. Ne3+ Kc5 40. Nc4 Bb8 41. Ne3 Bd6 42. Nc4 Bc7 43. Ne3 Bd8 44. Nc4
Bf6 45. Ne3 Bg5 46. Nd1 Kb4 47. Nc3 Kc5 48. Nb5 Bf4 49. Nc3 Bg3 50. Nb5 Bf2
51. Nc7 Kd6 52. Nb5+ Ke6 53. Nc7+ Kd6 54. Nb5+ Kc6 55. Kc4 Bc5 56. Nc3 Bd4
57. Nd5 Bc5 58. c3 Kd6 59. b4 Bf2 60. Nf6 Ke6 61. Nd5 Kd6 62. Nf6 Ke6 63.
Nd5 g5 64. Nc7+ Kd7 65. Nb5 e4 66. fxe4 fxe4 67. bxa5 bxa5 68. Kd5 e3 69.
Nd4 Be1 70. c4 Bc3 71. Ne2 Bb2 72. Kc5 Ke6 73. Kb6 Ke5 74. Kxa5 Ke4 75. c5
Kd3 76. Ng1 e2 77. Nxe2 Kxe2 78. c6 Be5 79. Kb6 Kf2 80. a5 Kxg2 81. a6 g4
82. c7 Bxc7+ 83. Kxc7 gxh3 84. a7 h2 85. a8=Q+ Kg1 86. Qa1+ Kg2 87. Qb2+
Kg1 88. Qd4+ Kg2 89. Qg4+ Kf2 90. Qxh4+ Kg2 91. Qxh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Pruijssers, Roeland"]
[Black "Stankovic, Milos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 c5 3. e4 dxe4 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nge2 a6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
dxe6 Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 Bxe6 10. Ngxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Nc6 13. Nxe6
fxe6 14. Bd3 Ke7 15. Be4 h6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ke2 Rab8 18. b3 c4 19. Rd4
cxb3 20. axb3 Rb5 21. Ra1 a5 22. Raa4 Rhb8 23. Rac4 R8b6 24. Rc3 Rd5 25.
Rdc4 Kd6 26. Rg3 Rb7 27. Rg6 Re5+ 28. Kd3 Rd7 29. Rd4+ Rd5 30. Ke3 Rxd4 31.
Kxd4 Ra7 32. f4 c5+ 33. Kc4 a4 34. f5 Ke5 35. fxe6 Kf5 36. e7 Rxe7 37. Rg3
a3 38. Rf3+ Kg5 39. c3 a2 40. Rf1 Re2 41. Ra1 Rxg2 42. Kxc5 Rxh2 43. b4 h5
44. b5 Rb2 45. c4 h4 46. Kd4 h3 47. Kc3 Rb1 48. Rxa2 Kh4 49. Rd2 g5 50. Kc2
Rb4 51. Kc3 Rb1 52. Kc2 Rb4 53. Kc3 Rb1 54. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Wachinger, Nikolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Noa variation, 5.cd ed"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 Be6 9. e3 O-O 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. c6 bxc6 12. Be2 c5 13. O-O Re8 14. Rfd1
Bxc3 15. bxc3 g5 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. c4 Bf5 18. Bd3 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Nb6 20. Qb5
Bd7 21. Qa5 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Qe7 23. Rac1 Ba4 24. Bc2 Bc6 25. Bb3 Bxf3 26.
gxf3 Rac8 27. Qb5 Qc7 28. a4 a5 29. f4 c4 30. Qxa5 gxf4 31. gxf4 Qc6 32.
Bc2 Kh8 33. Qc3+ f6 34. Kh2 Re6 35. e4 Nxa4 36. Qh3 Re7 37. Bxa4 Qc7 38.
Qh4 f5 39. e5 Qa7 40. Rd6 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Grigorian, Spartak"]
[Black "Krstulovic, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "3"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. Nf3 f6 7. b4 Be7 8. Bd3
a5 9. b5 Nd7 10. Bb2 Nh6 11. c4 O-O 12. Qc2 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bf6
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Ra2 Bd7 17. O-O Rac8 18. Qb3 Ng4 19. cxd5 exd5 20. h3 Ne5
21. Be4 Kh8 22. Bxd5 a4 23. Qxa4 Rc5 24. Rd1 Rxb5 25. Qd4 Rxb1 26. Ra1 Rxa1
27. Qxa1 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qg3 29. Bxb7 Bxh3 30. gxh3 Qxh3+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+ 32.
Kh1 Ng4 33. Bg2 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Pezelj, Novak"]
[Black "Colbow, Collin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "4"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Qe2 b5 12. Ba2 Qb6 13. Rd1 Nc6 14. Nf3
Rc8 15. e4 Ng4 16. Nd5 Qa7 17. h3 Nge5 18. Be3 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Rac1
Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Qa7 22. Qg3 O-O 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Nh5 g6 25. Qg5 gxh5 26.
Qf6+ Kg8 27. Rd3 h4 28. Rcc3 Qb8 29. Rc5 Ne7 30. Qxe7 Rxc5 31. Qxc5 Bxe4
32. Qg5+ Bg6 33. Rd4 Rc8 34. Bb3 h6 35. Qxh4 Rc1+ 36. Rd1 Rxd1+ 37. Bxd1
Qe5 38. Qd8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Reuker, Jari"]
[Black "Lukovic, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Taimanov (chase/wing/accelerated counterthrust) variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "5"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Bb7 9. Nc3 c5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Re1 Nxb3 12. axb3 gxf5 13. exf5+ Kd7 14.
Nd5 Kc8 15. Bd2 b4 16. Bxb4 cxb4 17. Qd4 Nf6 18. Nxf6 Bg7 19. Qc4+ Qc7 20.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 21. Re7+ Kc6 22. Nd5 Kxd5 23. Rxb7 Rhf8 24. Rxb4 Bxb2 25. Rd1+
Kc6 26. c3 d5 27. Rh4 Rab8 28. b4 Rfd8 29. Rd3 d4 30. cxd4 Rxb4 31. Rh6+
Kb5 32. Rxh7 Rbxd4 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. h4 Rd7 35. g4 a5 36. g5 a4 37. f6 a3
38. Rh8 a2 39. Ra8 a1=Q+ 40. Rxa1 Bxa1 41. Kg2 Kc6 42. Kg3 Kd5 43. Kg4 Bxf6
44. gxf6 Ke5 0-1

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Sukovic, Andrej"]
[Black "Charmeteau, Sven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "6"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Nb4 10. Nc3 N8c6 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qa4 Bd7 14.
Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Bf1 Nc6 17. Nb5 e5 18. Nc7 Bg4 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8
20. Nd5 Bf8 21. a3 Be6 22. Bc4 Na5 23. Ba2 Rc8 24. Bxa7 Rc2 25. b4 Nc6 26.
Be3 Nd4 27. Bb1 Rb2 28. Bd3 f5 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Nf4 fxe4 31. Bxe4 Bc4 32.
Bxb7 d3 33. Bd5+ Bxd5 34. Nxd5 g5 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Kf3 Ke6 37. Ne3 h5 38. h3
Bg7 39. Rd1 d2 40. Ke4 Ra2 41. Nc4 Rc2 42. Nxd2 g4 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. b5 Rb2
45. Nc4 Rxb5 46. Rd6+ Ke7 47. Rb6 Rc5 48. Ne3 Re5+ 49. Kf4 Ra5 50. Nf5+ Kf7
51. Rb7+ Kf6 52. Nxg7 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Swinkels, Robin"]
[Black "Haria, Ravi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8.
a4 b4 9. Nfd2 Nd5 10. Nxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 Nb6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne3
Bxe3 15. Bxe3 Bb7 16. Qe4 Nxe3 17. Qxb7 Nxf1 18. Qxa8 Qd4 19. Nc3 Nd2 20.
Ne4 Nd7 21. Qb7 Nb3 22. Re1 Nxe5 23. Qc7 Nd3 24. Re2 Nxb2 25. Bf1 Nc4 26.
Qf4 e5 27. Qg5 h6 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Qf5 g6 30. Qh3 Kg7 31. Re4 Qd1 32. Rxc4
Nd2 33. Rxb4 Kxf6 34. Rb7 Rd8 35. Rxa7 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Ne1+ 37. Kg1 Nf3+ 38.
Kg2 Ng5 39. Qxh6 Qd5+ 40. Kg1 Nf3+ 41. Kh1 Ng5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Wadsworth, Matthew J"]
[Black "Pijpers, Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "2"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8.
d3 a6 9. h3 Rb8 10. a4 Ne8 11. Be3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Nc7 14. Nec3
Nxb5 15. Nxb5 Bxb2 16. Bh6 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 e5 18. f4 Re8 19. f5 Nd4 20. Nxd4
cxd4 21. Qc1 gxf5 22. exf5 f6 23. c5 d5 24. c6 Rb5 25. Qd1 Qc7 26. Qh5 Qf7
27. Qh4 Kh8 28. g4 Rc5 29. c7 Rxc7 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Qg5+ Kh8
33. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Van Haastert, Edwin"]
[Black "Willow, Jonah B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, 6.d4"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "3"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8.
Rxe4 d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 bxa4 11. Qe2 c6 12. Nc3 Ra7 13. Bd2 O-O 14.
Re1 Be6 15. Qd3 Qb6 16. Nxa4 Qb5 17. b3 Qxd3 18. cxd3 Bf6 19. R5e2 Bxd4 20.
Bb4 Rb8 21. Bc5 Bxc5 22. Nxc5 a5 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Nxe6+ fxe6 25. Rxe6 a4 26.
Rxc6 axb3 27. axb3 Rxb3 28. Re3 Ra1+ 29. Ke2 Ra2+ 30. Kf3 Rbb2 31. Rc8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Derakhshani, Borna"]
[Black "Van Der Werf, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "4"]

0-1

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Bosman, Michiel"]
[Black "O`Donnell, Conor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "5"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8.
dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 c3
14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Nd1 Ba6 16. c4 Nb6 17. Ne3 f6 18. Nxc6 Nxc4 19. Nc2 Bb7
20. N2d4 e5 21. Rfc1 Nd6 22. Ne6 Rf7 23. Rab1 Ba6 24. Ncd8 Rd7 25. Nc5
Raxd8 26. Nxa6 Nf5 27. Rc2 e4 28. e3 Rd2 29. Rbc1 Ne7 30. Nc5 Rxc2 31. Rxc2
Rc8 32. Kf1 f5 33. Ke2 Kf7 34. h4 Nd5 35. Kd2 Ke7 36. a3 Rb8 37. Na6 Rb3
38. Nb4 Nxb4 39. axb4 Rxb4 40. Rc7+ Kf6 41. Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Stoyanov, Viktor"]
[Black "Willemze, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "6"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 h6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Be6 9. b3 Rc8 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Na4 Be7 14. Nd4
Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Qa5 16. Qe1 Bb4 17. Qd1 Ne4 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Qa1 b5 20. a3
Bf8 21. f3 Nd2 22. Bc3 Nxb3 23. Bxa5 Nxa1 24. Rxa1 bxa4 25. f4 Rc2 26. Bf3
d4 27. Kf1 d3 28. Ke1 dxe2 29. Bxe2 g6 30. Bd2 Rc8 31. Bb5 Bb3 32. Be3 Rb8
33. Be2 Bg7 34. Rb1 a5 35. Bd2 Bf8 36. Ra1 Ra8 37. g4 Bd6 38. h3 Re8 39.
Kf1 Re4 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 Re5 42. Bd3 Bf8 43. Bf4 Rd5 44. Ke2 f6 45. Rb1
Rd4 46. Rg1+ Kf7 47. Bc1 Bc4 48. Rg3 h5 49. Bxc4+ Rxc4 50. Bd2 Rc2 51. Kd1
Ra2 52. Rc3 Bxa3 53. Rc7+ Be7 54. Bxa5 Rb2 55. Bc3 Rb5 56. Ra7 a3 57. Kd2
Rd5+ 58. Ke3 Rd1 59. Bb4 a2 60. Rxe7+ Kg8 61. Re8+ Kh7 62. Re7+ Kh6 63. Bc3
Re1+ 64. Bxe1 a1=Q 65. Kf2 Qd4+ 66. Re3 Kg5 67. Bc3 Qc5 68. Ke2 Kxf5 69.
Bd2 Qc4+ 70. Kf2 Qc2 71. Rf3+ Ke4 72. Re3+ Kd4 73. Ke2 f5 74. Rf3 Qb1 75.
Rf4+ Ke5 76. Rf3 Qh1 77. Re3+ Kd5 78. Rd3+ Ke6 79. Re3+ Kf7 80. Rf3 Qg2+
81. Ke3 Ke6 82. Be1 Qg1+ 83. Ke2 Qh2+ 84. Ke3 Qc2 85. Bd2 Qd1 86. Bc3 Qc2
87. Bd2 Qd1 88. Bc3 h4 89. Kf2 Qc2+ 90. Kf1 Kd5 91. Be1 Qc4+ 92. Kf2 Qd4+
93. Ke2 Ke4 94. Rc3 f4 95. Bd2 Qd5 96. Ke1 Qg8 97. Kf2 Qe6 98. Ke2 Qa2 99.
Ke1 Qd5 100. Ra3 Qd4 101. Ke2 Qc4+ 102. Ke1 Qc5 103. Rc3 Qg1+ 104. Ke2 Qg2+
105. Kd1 f3 106. Rc4+ Kd5 0-1

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Nagy, Gabor"]
[Black "Kadric, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "A54"]
[Opening "Old Indian"]
[Variation "Ukrainian variation, 4.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 c6 6. e4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 Nh5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 f5 14. Rab1
f4 15. Bc1 Nc5 16. b4 Ne6 17. Na4 b6 18. Rb3 c5 19. bxc5 Bd7 20. Rbd3 Bxa4
21. Qxa4 Nxc5 22. Ba3 Nxa4 23. Bxe7 Rfe8 24. Ra3 Rxe7 25. Rxa4 Nf6 26. c5
bxc5 27. Rd6 Rb8 28. Bc4+ Kh8 29. Nd2 h6 30. Raa6 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Petrov, Nikita"]
[Black "Galyas, Miklos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "2"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Bd6 8.
Be5 c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Qd8 14.
Qb3 Re7 15. Rae1 Be6 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 b5 18. Qc3 Raa7 19. Ne5 Bc7 20.
Ng3 Re6 21. Qf3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nd7 23. Qc3 Nb6 24. f4 Nd5 25. Qc5 Qb6 26.
Ne4 Ree7 27. Qxb6 Nxb6 28. Rc1 Rac7 29. Nc5 a5 30. Rfd1 g5 31. g3 gxf4 32.
gxf4 Nd5 33. Rd4 f6 34. e6 Rg7+ 35. Kf2 Rce7 36. Kf3 f5 37. Re1 Rg6 38. Re5
Rf6 39. Rd2 a4 40. Rg2+ Kh7 41. Nd7 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Berczes, David"]
[Black "Draskovic, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "3"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bc1 Re8 11. d5 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. g3 Nc5 14. Nh4 e4
15. Bf4 Ne5 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 Ng6 19. Be3 Bd7 20. Bd4 Qe7
21. Rae1 Ne4 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Bd3 Bf5 24. Bc2 Kg8 25. Bxg7 Qxg7 26. Nd4
Bh3 27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. dxe6 Rxe6 29. Bxe4 Kh8 30. Bxb7 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Rb8 32.
Bd5 Ne5 33. b3 Rf8 34. Rf1 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Qg6 36. Qe2 Kg7 37. Be4 Qg5 38.
Kg2 Qc1 39. h3 a5 40. Qf2 Qc3 41. Qe2 Qd4 42. h4 Kh8 43. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Tomic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Glek, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Anglo-Dutch defense"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "4"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6. d4 O-O 7. Nh3 c6 8. O-O
e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Qc2 dxe5 11. Rd1 Qf6 12. Nc3 Na6 13. Na4 Qe7 14. c5 Be6
15. Rd6 Nc7 16. Rad1 Nb5 17. Qd2 Bh6 18. e3 Rae8 19. f4 exf4 20. exf4 Bf7
21. Rd7 Qe3+ 22. Qxe3 Nxe3 23. R1d2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Bd5+ 25. Kf2 Rf7 26. Rxf7
Kxf7 27. Re2 Rxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Be4 29. Nc3 Nxc3+ 30. Bxc3 Ke6 31. Ng5+ Bxg5
32. fxg5 Kd5 33. b4 Kc4 34. Bd2 Bb1 35. a3 Kb3 36. Bc1 Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Coenen, Norbert"]
[Black "Djurovic, Peko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "5"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Be3 Nxe4
8. c3 Nf6 9. Bxc5 Bf5 10. Nd4 Qd5 11. Nxf5 gxf5 12. Bd4 e5 13. Qe2 O-O-O
14. Bxe5 Qxg2 15. Qf1 Qxf1+ 16. Kxf1 Rxd3 17. Na3 Re8 18. Nc4 Re6 19. Bd4
c5 20. Bxc5 Ne4 21. Bxa7 b5 22. Ne3 Kb7 23. Rg1 Bf6 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. cxd4
f4 26. Rd1 Rd2 27. Rxd2 Nxd2+ 28. Ke2 fxe3 29. Rg7 exf2+ 30. Kxf2 Ne4+ 31.
Kf3 Kc6 32. h4 Kd5 33. Rxh7 Rf6+ 34. Ke3 Nd6 35. Rh5+ Rf5 36. Rh8 Nc4+ 37.
Kd3 Nxb2+ 38. Kc3 Nc4 39. h5 Nd6 40. h6 Rh5 41. Kb4 Kxd4 42. h7 Kd5 43. Ka5
f5 44. Kb6 Nf7 45. Rg8 Rxh7 46. Kxb5 f4 47. a4 f3 48. Rg1 Nd6+ 0-1

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Pobor, Milo"]
[Black "Meessen, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "6"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 c6 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. b4 Qb6 12. Bxd6 Qxd4 13. Rxd4 Rd8
14. e5 Ne8 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. c3 Bxe4 17. Bxe7 Rxd4 18. cxd4 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Bd5
20. a3 Rc8 21. Kd2 Rc7 22. Bg5 Rd7 23. Ke3 Kf8 24. f4 f5 25. b5 Nc7 26.
bxc6 Bxc6 27. Bd3 g6 28. Bc4 Bd5 29. Rc1 Kf7 30. Kd3 Ne6 31. h4 Bxc4+ 32.
Rxc4 b5 33. Rb4 Rd5 34. Kc3 Ke8 35. a4 a6 36. axb5 axb5 37. Rb2 h5 38. Ra2
Rxd4 39. Ra8+ Kd7 40. Ra7+ Kc8 41. Ra8+ Kb7 42. Rg8 Rc4+ 43. Kb3 Nxf4 44.
Rg7+ Kc6 45. Bxf4 Rxf4 46. Rxg6+ Kd5 47. Rg5 Rxh4 48. Rxf5 b4 49. Rg5 Ke6
50. Ka4 Ke7 51. Kb3 Kf7 52. Ka4 Rh1 53. Kxb4 h4 54. Kc3 h3 55. Kb2 Re1 56.
Rh5 Re3 57. Kc2 Kg6 58. Rh8 Kf5 59. e6 Kg4 60. Rg8+ Kf3 61. Rf8+ Kg2 62.
Rg8+ Kh1 63. Rg6 Re5 64. Kd3 h2 65. Kd4 Re1 66. Kd5 Rd1+ 67. Kc6 Rg1 68.
Rh6 Re1 69. Kd7 Kg2 70. e7 h1=Q 71. Rxh1 Kxh1 72. e8=Q Rxe8 73. Kxe8
1/2-1/2

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8.
Bd3 Bg7 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. e5 Qe7 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qe2
b5 15. Bd3 Rb8 16. Rac1 c5 17. Nxb5 Bb7 18. Nxa7 Ra8 19. Nb5 Bxf3 20. Qxf3
cxd4 21. Qb7 Qb4 22. a3 Qb3 23. Bc4 Qxb2 24. f4 Nc5 25. Qf3 d3 26. Red1 d2
27. Rc3 Ra5 28. Qe3 Bf8 29. Nd6 Bxd6 30. exd6 Rxd6 31. f5 gxf5 32. Qg3+ Kh7
33. Qxd6 Qxc3 34. Qc7 Kg6 35. Be2 Qe3+ 36. Kf1 Ne4 37. Bh5+ Kxh5 38. Qxf7+
Kh4 39. Qe7+ Qg5 0-1

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Arnaudov, G. Petar"]
[Black "Saraci, Korab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "2"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 c6 8.
Re1 Qc7 9. Bg5 dxe4 10. dxe4 e5 11. Nh4 h6 12. Be3 Nb6 13. h3 Nc4 14. Bc1
Bb4 15. Qf3 Qe7 16. a3 Ba5 17. b3 Nd6 18. Bd2 Bc7 19. a4 g5 20. Nf5 Bxf5
21. exf5 e4 22. Qe2 Rfe8 23. g4 Qe5 24. Kf1 Bb6 25. Rac1 Rad8 26. Red1 e3
27. fxe3 Ba5 28. Qe1 h5 29. e4 hxg4 30. Qe3 Kf8 31. Qxg5 gxh3 32. Bf3 Ke7
33. Bf4 Qxc3 34. Rd3 Nxe4 35. Bxe4 Rxd3 36. cxd3 Qb2 37. Qh4 Rg8 38. Bg5
Rxg5 39. Qxg5 Bd2 0-1

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Krasniqi, Alban"]
[Black "Nikolovski, Nikola"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance variation"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "3"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. f4 h5 7. Be3 Ne7 8. g3
Nf5 9. Bf2 Ba6 10. Bg2 Be7 11. b4 Qd7 12. Rb1 Qc6 13. Qd2 Bc4 14. Nge2 a5
15. O-O axb4 16. axb4 Ra3 17. Rfc1 Qa8 18. Nd1 Nd7 19. Ne3 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 g6
21. c3 Nb8 22. Qe1 Nc6 23. Ra1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qb7 25. Kf2 Kd7 26. h4 Ra8 27.
f5 exf5 28. Nf4 Nd8 29. Qh1 c6 30. b5 Bxb5 31. Rxa8 Qxa8 32. Qb1 Qa5 33.
Nxh5 gxh5 34. Qxf5+ Ke8 35. Bh3 Ne6 36. Qxh5 Qa2+ 37. Kg1 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qc2+
39. Kg1 Qe2 40. Qh8+ Kd7 41. Bf2 Bd3 42. Bg2 Be4 43. Qb8 Bxg2 44. Kxg2 b5
45. Qa7+ Nc7 46. Qa1 Bf8 47. Kg1 Qf3 48. Qc1 Ne6 49. Qd2 Be7 50. Kh2 Bd8
51. Be1 Ng7 52. Qf2 Qxf2+ 53. Bxf2 Ba5 54. g4 Ne6 55. h5 Bxc3 56. Be3 b4
57. h6 Nf8 58. h7 Nxh7 0-1

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Veljanoski, Andrej"]
[Black "Budima, Armend"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "B63"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...Be7"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "4"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7
8. O-O-O a6 9. h4 Bd7 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Kb1 b5 14.
Bd3 h6 15. Be3 d5 16. exd5 b4 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Ne2 Qa5 19. Nc1 Nd5 20. Nb3
Qa4 21. Bd4 O-O 22. g4 Rfd8 23. g5 h5 24. Rhe1 Qd7 25. Qe2 Nf4 26. Qe5 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Hamiti, Gani"]
[Black "Zlatkov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "5"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 a6 4. Nf3 e6 5. d3 d5 6. g3 Nf6 7. e5 Ng8 8. Bg2
h5 9. Ne2 Nh6 10. c3 Nf5 11. h3 Be7 12. O-O b5 13. Kh2 Bb7 14. d4 Qb6 15.
Qd3 b4 16. Be3 a5 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. Qd2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Rb8 20. Rac1 bxc3 21.
bxc3 Qb2 22. Rc2 Qa3 23. Bf2 c4 24. Kg1 Kd7 25. Nd2 Qa4 26. Nf1 Na7 27. g4
hxg4 28. hxg4 Nh4 29. Bxh4 Bxh4 30. Ne3 g5 31. Qf3 gxf4 32. Qxf4 Be7 33.
Rf1 Rhf8 34. Rcf2 Qa3 35. Bxd5 exd5 36. Nxd5 Nb5 37. Nxe7 Qxe7 38. d5 Nxc3
39. Qf5+ Ke8 40. e6 f6 41. Qf4 Rc8 42. Qh6 Qc5 43. Qh5+ Kd8 44. d6 Ne2+ 45.
Kg2 Qc6+ 46. Kh3 Qxd6 47. Rxe2 Re8 48. Rfe1 Rc5 49. Qh6 c3 50. Qxf6+ Kc7
51. Re3 Re7 52. Kg2 c2 53. Rd3 Qc6+ 54. Kg3 1-0

[Event "38th ECC Open 2023"]
[Site "Durres ALB"]
[Date "2023.10.07"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Andonovski, Ljubisa"]
[Black "Jashari, Ardian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[EventDate "2022.10.01"]
[Board "6"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. b4 O-O 10. Qb3 c6 11. Rd1 Qd6 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Rfe8 14.
Rfe1 a6 15. a4 Be7 16. Rb1 f5 17. a5 b5 18. Bd3 g6 19. Ne2 Bf8 20. Nf4 Bg7
21. Bf1 Bf8 22. Nd3 Bg7 23. Rec1 Re6 24. Qd1 Qe7 25. Rc2 Re8 26. Rbc1 g5
27. g3 Bf6 28. Bg2 Qf7 29. Nfe5 Bxe5 30. dxe5 g4 31. h4 gxh3 32. Bxh3 Rh6
33. Bg2 Nxe5 34. Nxe5 Rxe5 35. Qd4 Rhe6 36. Bf3 Qe7 37. Kg2 Rh6 38. Rh1
Ree6 39. Rcc1 Qd6 40. Rh4 Rxh4 41. Qxh4 Rf6 42. Rh1 h6 43. Qd4 Kf7 44. Rc1
Kg8 45. Rc3 Rf7 46. Rc1 Rf6 47. Kf1 Kf8 48. Ke2 Ke8 49. Rh1 Bc8 50. Kd2 Kd8
51. Kc3 Ke7 52. Rh4 Rg6 53. Qa7+ Qd7 54. Qb8 Rd6 55. Kd4 Kd8 56. Kc5 Rf6
57. Qb6+ Ke7 58. Kd4 Kf7 59. Kd3 Qe7 60. Bh5+ Kg7 61. Qd4 Kh7 62. Rf4 Re6
63. Bf3 Rg6 64. Kc3 Kg8 65. Be2 Rg7 66. Bd3 Rf7 67. Qb6 Qe5+ 68. Rd4 Qd6
69. Kd2 Kg7 70. Rf4 Qf6 71. Rd4 Qd6 72. Rf4 Qf6 73. Qb8 Qe6 74. Rh4 Rf8 75.
Qb6 Qd6 76. Qd4+ Qf6 77. Kc3 Qxd4+ 78. Kxd4 Rf6 79. Kc5 Kf7 80. Kb6 Ke7 81.
Kc7 Bd7 82. Rh5 c5 83. bxc5 Rc6+ 84. Kb7 Rxc5 85. Kxa6 b4 86. Rxh6 Rc3 87.
Bb5 Be6 88. Rh4 b3 89. Rb4 d4 90. exd4 Bd5 91. Kb6 Kd6 92. a6 Rc1 93. a7
Ra1 94. Ba6 1-0

