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Fabiano Caruana blundered his position away after failing to find his way through the complications against Alexander Morozevich. This was a difficult Ruy Lopez and Caruana would probably have had to find a rook sacrifice to get the advantage the computer gives him. He should probably have found 47.Ndb6 which would have sacrificed an exchange for a good bind. 47.Nc7? looks like it should be strong at first sight but instead it just lost material.

47.Nc7?

[47.Qe2 Rxc4 48.d7; 47.Qd3 Rxc4 48.d7; 47.d7 Bxd7 48.Qd3; 47.Ndb6 Bxc4 48.Nxc4 Kg8 49.Qd3 Kxf7 50.Qxe4 is probably better for white.]

47...Bxc4 48.Qxc4 Nxd6 49.Ne6 Nxc4 0-1

Hikaru Nakamura gave his opponent Nikita Vitiugov a big centre and two bishops in return for a passed c-pawn which at the very least proved much easier to play. The c-pawn proved decisive in the end.

31.e4?

In a difficult position white gives ground. Probably Kh2 was better for the moment.

[31.Kh2 c2 (31...Rc5; 31...h5) 32.Rxc2 Nb4 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.Bxe6 Nxc2 35.Bxf5]

31...Nf4 32.Rxd8 Rxc4 33.Bxf4 Kxd8 34.exf5 Bxf5 35.Be3 c2 36.g4 Be4 37.Bb6+ Kd7 38.Bxa5 Rd4 0-1

Anish Giri's exchange sacrifice against Vassily Ivanchuk for a strong knight for him and a displaced knight for his opponent worked well enough for a draw.

Escaped with a draw vs. Ivanchuk.. after all the knight on a8 looked not as stupid as it looked on the screen before the game.. :)

Anish Giri on Twitter

22.Re8+ Rf8 23.Rfe2 b5 24.R2e5 a6 25.f5 Bb7 26.Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.Rxd5 cxd5

Ivanchuk accepts that he isn't better.

28.Nc7 Kf7 29.Kf2 d4 30.g4 g5 31.fxg6+ Kxg6 32.Ne6 Bc8 33.Nxd4 Bxg4 34.Kg3 Kg5 35.h4+ Kh5 36.a3 Bd7 37.Nf3 Bc8 38.Ne5 Bb7 39.b4 Bc8 40.Nc6 Bd7 41.Nb8 Bc8 42.Nc6 Bd7 1/2-1/2

54th Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia (ITA), 27 xii 2011 - 6 i 2012											cat. XX (2744)
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Morozevich, Alexander	g	RUS	2762	*	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	3
2.	Nakamura, Hikaru	g	USA	2758	.	.	*	*	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	3
3.	Ivanchuk, Vassily	g	UKR	2775	.	.	.	.	*	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	1	2714
4.	Giri, Anish	g	NED	2714	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	*	.	.	.	.	1	2775
5.	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	RUS	2729	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	*	*	.	.	0
6.	Caruana, Fabiano	g	ITA	2727	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	*	0

Round 1 (December 27, 2011)
Ivanchuk, Vassily	- Giri, Anish	½-½	42	D55	Queens Gambit Old Lasker Variation
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Nakamura, Hikaru	0-1	38	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Caruana, Fabiano	- Morozevich, Alexander	0-1	49	C92	Ruy Lopez Chigorin

54th Reggio Emilia w Reggio Emilia (ITA), 27 xii 2011 - 6 i 2012
					1		2		3		4		5		6
1.	Guramishvili, Sopiko	wg	GEO	2374	*	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	3
2.	Sharevich, Anna	wg	BLR	2267	.	.	*	*	.	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	3
3.	De Rosa, Mariagrazia	wf	ITA	2122	.	.	.	.	*	*	.	.	.	.	1	.	3
4.	Videnova, Iva	wg	BUL	2297	.	.	0	.	.	.	*	*	.	.	.	.	0
5.	Brunello, Marina	wm	ITA	2221	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	*	.	.	0
6.	Chierici, Marianna	wf	ITA	2048	.	.	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	*	*	0

Round 1 (December 27, 2011)
Guramishvili, Sopiko	- Brunello, Marina	1-0	52	A04	Dutch System
De Rosa, Mariagrazia	- Chierici, Marianna	1-0	51	B55	Sicilian Rauzer
Videnova, Iva	- Sharevich, Anna	0-1	46	B42	Sicilian Paulsen

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