[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "35093487"]
[Annotator "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bd3 c5 $6 {Already a bit inaccurate}
(5... Bxf4 6. exf4 Qd6 7. Qd2 b6 {is considered critical:} 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O
Ba6 10. Ne5 c5 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Rfe1 Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (24) Nabaty,T (2610)
-Nisipeanu,L (2668) Ortisei ITA 2016}) 6. dxc5 $1 Bxf4 (6... Bxc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
c4 $14 {A known variation of QGD with tempo up for White}) 7. exf4 Qc7 8. g3
Qxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Re1 {Rapport is playing in the
spirit of the position, in which he is simply better} g6 13. Nbd4 Nc6 14. c3
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bb7 16. a4 a6 17. h4 $5 {as soon as the Nf6 will leave his
position, White is ready to play h4-h5} Rfe8 18. Qf3 Kg7 19. Kg2 e5 20. fxe5
Rxe5 21. Qf4 Rae8 22. Nf5+ $1 Kg8 $2 (22... gxf5 $1 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Qxf6 d4+
25. Kh3 R8e6 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Rxe5 Qxe5 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. cxd4 Rd5 30. Rc1 $14
{With a superior endgame, but in which Black has some chances to hold}) 23.
Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Nd6 Qxf4 25. gxf4 Re7 26. Nxb7 Rxb7 27. Bxa6 $16 Ra7 28. Bb5 Rc7
29. Kf3 h5 30. Rd1 Kf8 31. f5 gxf5 32. Kf4 Rc5 33. Rd4 Ne4 34. f3 Nd6 35. Bd3
Ke7 36. Bxf5 Kf6 37. Bd3 b5 38. axb5 Nxb5 39. Bxb5 Rxb5 40. Rb4 Ra5 41. Rb6+
Kg7 42. Ke5 f6+ 43. Ke6 Ra4 44. b4 Ra3 45. Rc6 d4 46. cxd4 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Rahul, Srivatshav P"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[WhiteFideId "25059653"]
[BlackFideId "13601520"]
[Annotator "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 {To beat a young under rated player,
Baadur is chosing a risky opening, according to his style} 5. Nf3 b5 6. Ng5 ({
The main test of Black's variation is} 6. a4 b4 7. Ne4 Nf6 8. Ned2 $1 c3 9.
bxc3 bxc3 10. Nb1 Qa5 11. Qc2 $14 {And it is not easy to see how to solve
Black's problems}) 6... Bd7 7. a4 Nf6 8. Be2 h6 $6 {as Baadur said after the
game "it is just helping White to improve his Ng5"} (8... e6 $1 9. axb5 cxb5
10. Bh5 g6 {a safer road} (10... Nxh5 11. Qxh5 Qe7 $1 {the position is very
complex. The computer shows one of possible critical lines, that ends with a
perpetual check} 12. Nxh7 Bc6 13. Nf6+ Qxf6 14. Qxh8 Bxg2 15. Nxb5 Bxh1 16.
Nd6+ Ke7 17. Nc8+ Ke8 $11) 11. Bf3 Bc6 12. Bxc6+ Nxc6 13. Nxb5 Bb4+ 14. Nc3 Nd5
15. Nge4 f5 16. Nd2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxc3 18. Ra4 Qd5 19. O-O Bb4 $13 {with a
very complex position}) 9. Nf3 e6 10. Ne5 a6 11. O-O (11. Bh5 $1 {would have
given Black some serious problems to solve:} Nxh5 12. Qxh5 Qf6 (12... Qe7 $2
13. Ne4 $1 $18) 13. f4 Be7 14. Qf3 Ra7 $1 15. O-O O-O 16. e4 $36 {White has a
very big initiative for the pawn}) 11... Bb4 12. Bf3 Ra7 $1 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. Qc2
O-O 15. b3 cxb3 16. Qxb3 bxa4 $1 {A very practical decision from Baadur} 17.
Qa2 (17. Nxa4 $1 Bxd2 (17... c5 18. Bxb4 cxb4 19. Nc5 a5 20. Ra2 $11 {hite is
in time to solve all the problems}) 18. Qb6 Be8 19. Qxb8 Bb4 $13 {With a very
complicated position}) 17... c5 $1 {now the only question is if White will be
able to take back the pawn.} 18. Nxa4 cxd4 19. exd4 Bxa4 20. Bxb4 Qxb4 21. Qxa4
Qxa4 22. Rxa4 Rd8 23. Rb1 {Accordin to engine, White is able to save the
position. But in a practical game it is very difficult} Nfd7 24. Nd3 Rc7 25. h3
(25. d5 $1 {the most precise way} exd5 26. Bxd5 Nf6 27. Bc4 $11) 25... Rc3 26.
Be2 g5 27. Kf1 Kg7 28. Ke1 Nf6 $17 {after few moves Black has taken control of
all the position, and White chances to draw are very low} 29. Rb7 Nc6 30. Nc5
Rc1+ 31. Bd1 Kg8 $1 32. Nb3 Rb1 33. Rc7 Ne5 34. Kd2 Nd5 35. Rc5 Nd3 36. Kxd3
Rxd1+ 37. Ke2 Rb1 38. Ra3 Rb8 39. Nd2 Nf4+ 40. Kf3 R1b2 41. g3 Nxh3 42. Ne4 f5
0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Bove, Alessandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "718572"]
[BlackFideId "814121"]
[Annotator "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 b5 $6 {this is considered the best in the postion
with d4-Nf6 included. With the pawn on d2 it is very dubious, becouse now
White will have a lot of ideas connected with d3-e4 or d3-c4} 4. O-O c5 5. d3 (
5. e4 $1 {White has already a good advantage:} dxe4 6. Ng5 Bb7 7. Nxe4 Qd7 8.
Nbc3 Be7 9. Qg4 Kf8 10. Qf3 Bc6 (10... f5 $2 11. Nxc5 $18) 11. Qe3 Na6 12. Qe2
$14) 5... Bb7 6. c4 a6 7. cxd5 Bxd5 8. Nc3 Bb7 (8... Bc6 {was probably a bit
better}) 9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 Nd7 11. Bg5 (11. Nfd2 $1 Be7 12. Nc4 {[%cal Gc1f4]
would have been much stronger}) 11... Ngf6 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nfd2
Kf8 15. Nb3 (15. Nxf6 $16) 15... f5 16. Nexc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 h5
19. d4 Qd5+ 20. f3 h4 21. e4 $16 Qd6 22. e5 Qd8 23. d5 hxg3 24. hxg3 Bh4 25.
Rh1 Rg8 26. Rh3 Bg5 27. dxe6 Bxc1 28. Qxc1 Qd5 29. Rh7 Rc8 30. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sapale, Saloni"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5085527"]
[BlackFideId "14105730"]
[Annotator "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 (11. Qf2 b6 $1 {is the main line, and it
was very often defended with Black side by 2 very young chess Grand Masters
Bluebaum and Moroni}) 11... b5 12. Nd4 $6 (12. Qf2 {was still a try} Na4 13.
Nxa4 bxa4 $13 {with a tricky position}) 12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b4 14. Ne2 a5 {
Black is already much better. This is a classical example on how is important
nowadays to be updated on opening theory} 15. Ng3 Qc7 16. f5 $2 exf5 17. Bxc5
Bxc5 18. Bd3 Qxe5 $17 19. Rhe1 Qf6 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Rf1 g6 22. g4 a4 23. gxf5
g5 24. h4 gxh4 25. Rf4 a3 26. c4 bxc3 27. Qxc3 Qxc3 28. bxc3 Rab8+ 29. Ka1 Bd6
30. Rg4+ Kh8 31. Bc2 Rb2 32. Bb3 Be5 33. Rd3 Rc8 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Rapport, Jovana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Anglo-Dutch defense"]
[WhiteFideId "12800040"]
[BlackFideId "937266"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 O-O 7. Nc3 d4 8. Nb5 c5
9. e3 a6 10. Na3 Nc6 11. exd4 cxd4 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf4 Ng4 14. h3 e5 15. Bd2
Bxa3 16. hxg4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bc3 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Ng5 Bxd2 20. Bd5+ Kf8 21. Rxb7
Re7 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qh6+ Ke8 24. Bxc6+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Bifulco, Michel"]
[Black "Stella, Andrea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Albin-Alekhine-Chatard attack"]
[WhiteFideId "828580"]
[BlackFideId "827061"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 h6 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. g4
a6 9. f4 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Qd2 b5 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 c4 15. Nc1
Na4 16. Qe3 Rb8 17. Ka1 Qc7 18. f5 Qa5 19. Nb3 cxb3 20. cxb3 Nc3 21. bxc3 bxc3 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Iniyan, P"]
[Black "Tanriverdi, Enes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, bayonet attack"]
[WhiteFideId "25002767"]
[BlackFideId "34543279"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. a4 c5 12. Bd2 Ra6 13. Ra3 Nd7 14. g3 h6 15. Nh4 f5
16. exf5 gxf5 17. f3 Nf6 18. Qc1 f4 19. Bd3 Qd7 20. gxf4 Qh3 21. Ng2 Nh5 22. Ne4
exf4 23. Nf2 Qd7 24. Nxf4 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Nf5 26. Kh1 Qe7 27. Ng4 Qh4 28. Rg1 Kh8
29. Bxf5 Bxf5 30. Bxh6 Bxh6 31. Nxh6 Bd7 32. Qb2+ Qf6 33. Rg8+ Kh7 34. Qxb7 Kxh6
35. Rg1 Rf7 36. Qxa6 Rg7 37. Rxg7 Kxg7 38. Ra2 Qc3 39. Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Orfini, Nicolo'"]
[Black "Raja, Harshit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna"]
[Variation "Paulsen-Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2805028"]
[BlackFideId "5089000"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be6 7. O-O Qd7 8.
d4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bc4 10. Re1 O-O-O 11. Be3 Bc5 12. d5 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Bxd5 14. Qxd5
Qxd5 15. Bxd5 Rxd5 16. Red1 Rhd8 17. Rxd5 Rxd5 18. Kf2 Rd2 19. Rc1 Na5 20. Ke1
Nc4 21. e4 h5 22. a4 c5 23. h4 Kc7 24. Rb1 Rxc2 25. Rd1 Ra2 26. Rd3 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Getz, Nicolai"]
[Black "Barp, Alberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "1505572"]
[BlackFideId "872555"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 h6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15.
Ng3 Re8 16. Bb3 b5 17. Ndf5 Be6 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. Be3 Nc4 20. Bxa7 Rxa7 21. Nd4
Rb7 22. Qc1 Nd7 23. Bc2 Qg5 24. b3 Nce5 25. Qe3 Ng6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qxg5 hxg5
28. b4 a5 29. Ne2 Nge5 30. Red1 Kf7 31. g3 a4 32. f4 gxf4 33. gxf4 Nc4 34. Rd3
Nf6 35. Ng3 e5 36. Rf1 Rbb8 37. f5 Rh8 38. Kg2 Rh4 39. Rh1 Nxe4 40. Nxe4 Rxe4
41. Bd1 Ne3+ 42. Kf3 Nxd1 43. Rhxd1 Rf4+ 44. Ke3 Rxf5 45. Ke4 Rf4+ 46. Kd5 Rc4
47. Rg1 c6+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Loiacono, Leonardo"]
[Black "Mesaros, Florian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "895423"]
[BlackFideId "1629220"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. e3
g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 c6 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Qc2 Kf8 14. a3 Be7 15.
O-O-O Kg7 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Na4 Rc8 18. Nc5 b6 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20. Qa4 c5 21. dxc5
bxc5 22. Be2 Qb6 23. Qa6 Rb8 24. Qxb6 Rxb6 25. Ka2 Rhb8 26. Rb1 c4 27. Rhc1 Nd7
28. e4 Bf6 29. Rc2 Nc5 30. exd5 exd5 31. Bxc4 dxc4 32. Nxc4 Re6 33. Rd1 Kg8 34.
g4 Re4 35. Ne3 Na4 36. Rdd2 Re6 37. Nd5 Bxb2 38. Rc4 Re1 39. Rb4 Ra1+ 40. Kb3
Rxa3+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Baenziger, Fabian"]
[Black "Landi, Alberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "1330110"]
[BlackFideId "894486"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8.
Qd3 Be7 9. Nxd7 Nbxd7 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Ne5 12. Qb5 Nd5 13. Bb2 a6 14. Qa4 Bf6
15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Rac1 Nec6 17. Kh1 Qd7 18. d3 Rac8 19. Qa3 Nd4 20. Ne4 Be7 21.
Bxd4 cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Bettalli, Francesco"]
[Black "Martins, David Pires Tavares"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, Alekhine gambit, Kan variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2816453"]
[BlackFideId "1909991"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Ne7 8.
Nxe4 O-O 9. c3 e5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O exd4 12. cxd4 Nf5 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Qd3
Ba6 15. Qxa6 Qxe4 16. Rfe1 Rae8 17. Qc4 Re6 18. Rad1 Rg6 19. Qf1 Nh4 20. Bg5
Nf3+ 21. Kh1 Nxe1 22. Rxe1 Qxd4 23. Bc1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Can, Isik"]
[Black "Omeri, Silvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2221"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 7.f4"]
[WhiteFideId "6383742"]
[BlackFideId "825557"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6 12. Nd5 exd5 13. Nc6 Nc5 14. exd5+ Kd7
15. Bxf6 Bxc6 16. dxc6+ Qxc6 17. Qh5 Kc7 18. Bxg7 Bxg7 19. Qxf7+ Kb6 20. Qxg7
Rad8 21. Qd4 a5 22. a3 Ka6 23. Kb1 Qxg2 24. a4 Nxd3 25. axb5+ Kxb5 26. Rxd3 Qc6
27. Rb3+ Ka6 28. Re7 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Loiacono, Antonio"]
[Black "Sukandar, Irine Kharisma"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Spanish variation"]
[WhiteFideId "895415"]
[BlackFideId "7101937"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 h6 7. Ne2 a6 8. Ba4
Re8 9. c3 Bf8 10. Ng3 b5 11. Bc2 d5 12. h3 Be6 13. Re1 dxe4 14. dxe4 g6 15. Be3
Qxd1 16. Bxd1 Rab8 17. Be2 Nd7 18. Nh2 a5 19. Red1 h5 20. Nf3 Nc5 21. b3 f6 22.
Rd2 Bf7 23. Rad1 Ne6 24. Bf1 b4 25. cxb4 Bxb4 26. Rc2 Ncd4 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Bc4
c5 29. Ne2 Nf8 30. Bd3 Nd7 31. Nf4 Nb6 32. Nd2 a4 33. Bb5 axb3 34. Nxb3 Rxe4 35.
Nd3 c4 36. Nxb4 cxb3 37. axb3 Bxb3 38. Bd3 Bxc2 39. Nxc2 Re5 40. Nxd4 Rc8 41.
Rb1 Rd5 42. Rxb6 Rxd4 43. Bxg6 Rc1+ 44. Kh2 h4 45. Bh5 Kg7 46. Rb2 Kh6 47. Bf3
Rf4 48. Ra2 Rf1 49. Re2 Kg5 50. Rd2 f5 51. Ra2 Rc1 52. Rb2 Ra4 53. Re2 Kf4 54.
Rb2 Re1 55. Bc6 Rc4 56. Bb7 Kg5 57. Bf3 Rc3 58. Ra2 Rf1 59. Bb7 f4 60. Ra5+ Kf6
61. Be4 Rcc1 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Juhasz, Armin"]
[Black "Belli, Giorgio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "724270"]
[BlackFideId "2808833"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d5 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
e5 9. Nf5 d4 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Rac1 Be6
15. a3 a5 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Ra3 19. Nb1 Ra1 20. Nd2 Ra3 21. Nb1
Ra1 22. c5 Rfa8 23. b5 Nd5 24. b6 Qd7 25. Qe4 f6 26. Red1 Rb8 27. e3 Rxb1 28.
Qxb1 dxe3 29. fxe3 Qf7 30. Qe4 Ne7 31. Rd6 Nf5 32. Rd2 Ne7 33. Rcd1 Nc6 34. Qa4
Bb3 35. Qxb3 Qxb3 36. Bd5+ Qxd5 37. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Dobboletta, Alex"]
[Black "Hilverda, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "A88"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Leningrad, main variation with c6"]
[WhiteFideId "865397"]
[BlackFideId "4695437"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1 a5
9. Qc2 Qc7 10. Rd1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. a3 Qe7 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 e4 15. Nd4
Rd8 16. c5 Ng4 17. Nb3 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Be6 19. Ne3 Ne5 20. Bb2 Nbd7 21. Na5 Nxc5
22. Bc3 Na6 23. Qb2 Bc8 24. b5 cxb5 25. Qxb5 Nc7 26. Qb3+ Qe6 27. Qxe6+ Nxe6 28.
Nd5 Nc6 29. Nxc6 bxc6 30. Ne7+ Kf7 31. Bxg7 Kxe7 32. Be5 Ra5 33. Bc3 Ra2 34. e3
Ba6 35. g4 Bb5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Bh3 Ng5 38. Bxf5 Nf3+ 39. Kh1 Rxf2 40. Rb2 Rf1+
41. Kg2 Nh4+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Dudin, Gleb"]
[Black "Klek, Hanna Marie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "3.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "34184934"]
[BlackFideId "24670057"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8. Qc2
c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O c4 11. Bf5 h6 12. Bg3 Ne7 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. f3 Ng6 15. Bf2
Qe7 16. Kh1 a6 17. a3 Ba5 18. Rae1 b5 19. Ng3 Qb7 20. Bg1 Bc7 21. Nf5 a5 22. a4
b4 23. Nb5 Re6 24. Ng3 Bb8 25. Ne2 Qe7 26. Nc1 Re8 27. b3 Rc8 28. bxc4 Rxc4 29.
Qb3 Nh5 30. Ne2 Rec6 31. Rc1 Nh4 32. Bf2 Qg5 33. Bxh4 Qxh4 34. f4 Rxc1 35. Nxc1
Ng3+ 36. Kg1 Nxf1 37. Ne2 Qe1 38. h3 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Black "Vezzani, Stefano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1632051"]
[BlackFideId "802727"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. e3 g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Rd1 exd4 10. exd4 Nf8 11. h3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Ne6 14. Ng5 Nxg5
15. Bxg5 h6 16. Bh4 Qd7 17. Qf3 g5 18. Bg3 c6 19. Bh2 a6 20. a4 Rad8 21. b4 d5
22. Be5 Ne4 23. b5 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 Bxe5 25. dxe5 d4 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Qa5 d3 28.
Qc5 Re6 29. Ra3 Qd4 30. Qb4 Qxe5 31. Raxd3 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Qe1+ 33. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 34.
Kh2 Re5 35. Rd6 Rc5 36. Rxh6 Rxc4 37. Rf6 Rc5 38. Kg3 Kg7 39. Rd6 f6 40. Rd4
Rc3+ 41. f3 Rc2 42. Rd7+ Kg6 43. Ra7 f5 44. Rxa6 f4+ 45. Kh2 Kf5 46. Ra8 Ra2 47.
Ra5+ Kg6 48. h4 gxh4 49. Rc5 Rxa4 50. Rxc6+ Kg5 51. Rc5+ Kg6 52. Kh3 Ra2 53.
Rc6+ Kg5 54. Rc8 Kf5 55. Rf8+ Kg5 56. Rg8+ Kf5 57. Kxh4 Ke5 58. Re8+ Kf5 59.
Rf8+ Ke5 60. Kh3 Rb2 61. Ra8 Kf5 62. Ra5+ Kf6 63. Rc5 Ra2 64. Rb5 Kg6 65. Rb6+
Kg5 66. Rb5+ Kg6 67. Rb1 Kf5 68. Kh2 Kg5 69. Re1 Rb2 70. Re5+ Kf6 71. Re4 Kf5
72. Kg1 Rb1+ 73. Kf2 Rb2+ 74. Kg1 Rb1+ 75. Kh2 Rb2 76. Re8 Rb1 77. Rf8+ Kg5 78.
Rc8 Rb2 79. Rg8+ Kf5 80. Rd8 Ra2 81. Rd5+ Kg6 82. Kg1 Ra1+ 83. Kf2 Ra2+ 84. Kf1
Ra1+ 85. Ke2 Ra2+ 86. Rd2 Ra3 87. Rc2 Kg5 88. Rc8 Kf5 89. Rc5+ Kg6 90. Kd2 Ra1
91. Kd3 Rg1 92. Rc2 Kf5 93. Ra2 Rd1+ 94. Rd2 Re1 95. Kd4 Kg5 96. Kd3 Re3+ 97.
Kd4 Re1 98. Rc2 Rd1+ 99. Ke5 Re1+ 100. Kd6 Re3 101. Rc8 Kf6 102. Kd5 Re2 103.
Rf8+ Kg5 104. Kd4 Re1 105. Kd5 Re2 106. Kd4 Re1 107. Ra8 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Martins, David Pires Tavares"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti v Dutch"]
[WhiteFideId "1909991"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[Annotator "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. h3 $5 {not fighting for and
advantage, but still interesting to play} O-O 6. Bf4 ({it could have been a
good idea to use the 5.h3 move by playing} 6. g4 $5 d5 (6... fxg4 $2 7. hxg4
$16) 7. gxf5 exf5 8. Bf4 {with a balanced position}) 6... Ne4 7. e3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Qc2 (9. Bd3 $142 Nc6 10. O-O Bf6 11. Bh2 e5 12. Bc2 $132) 9... Nc6
10. g4 $2 {now it is too late} e5 $1 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bh4
$17 14. g5 Qxg5 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Bf4 Be6 17. Rd2 Rad8 18. Bd3 Bf6 19. Kb1 Qc5
$19 20. Rhd1 b5 21. Be2 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 bxc4 23. Qb2 g5 24. Bh2 f4 25. exf4 Qf5+
26. Ka1 Qxh3 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Can, Isik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Schmidt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13601520"]
[BlackFideId "6383742"]
[Annotator "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. O-O Be7 9. h3 {Baadur is trying a different approch, instead on the most
common Nc3} O-O 10. Nd2 Re8 11. b3 Bd6 12. Bb2 Be5 $6 {the change of
Blacksquares bishop is not in Black's favour} (12... Bb7 13. Qf3 Nd7 14. Rae1
Qg5 $11) 13. Bxe5 Rxe5 14. Nf3 Re8 15. Re1 (15. c4 $1 c6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Re1
$14 {was more precise}) 15... Be6 16. Qd2 Qd6 (16... c5 $1 $14 {/=}) 17. Re5 (
17. b4 $1 c5 18. Rab1 cxb4 19. Qxb4 $14) 17... a5 {I don't like this move,
becouse on a5 the pawn can always be a weakness} (17... c5 {with only a
slightly more pleasant position for White}) 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4
Qxd2 21. Nxd2 Kf8 22. a4 Bc6 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rc1 {this endgame is difficult
for Black} Rd8 25. Nf1 Nd5 26. f3 Bb7 27. h4 Rd6 28. Kf2 Nf4 29. Rc2 Nd3+ 30.
Bxd3 Rxd3 31. Nd2 Ba6 32. Kg3 g6 33. Ne4 Rxb3 34. Nc5 Bd3 35. Rd2 Bc4 36. Nxb3
Bxb3 37. Rd4 {with an easy winning endgame for White} 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Sukandar, Irine Kharisma"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[WhiteFideId "7101937"]
[BlackFideId "718572"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. a5
exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Be2 Re8 11. f4 Ng6 12. Kh1 Bf8 13. f5 Ne5 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 Be7 16. Bg3 Qc7 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Nf3 b5 19. axb6 axb6 20. b4 b5 21. Qd4 Nfg4
22. h3 Bf6 23. Qd2 Nxf3 24. gxf3 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Ne5 26. Rd1 d5 27. Rg1 Kh7 28.
exd5 Bxf5 29. Qf4 Qc8 30. dxc6 Ng6 31. Qc7 Bxc3 32. Qxc8 Rxc8 33. Bxb5 Bxb4 34.
c7 Ba5 35. Ba6 Rxc7 36. Bxc7 Bxc7 37. Rb1 Bf4 38. Bd3 Bxd3 39. cxd3 Nh4 40. d4
g5 41. Rb7 Kg7 42. Rb3 h5 43. Rd3 Kf6 44. d5 Ke7 45. Kg1 Kd6 46. Kf2 Ng6 47. Rd1
h4 48. Ke2 Ne7 49. Kd3 Kxd5 50. Rb1 Bd6 51. Rb5+ Bc5 52. Rb8 Ng6 53. Rd8+ Bd6
54. Ke3 Nf4 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Juhasz, Armin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "3.e4"]
[WhiteFideId "14105730"]
[BlackFideId "724270"]
[Annotator "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 (5. Nc3 {suggested by Avrukh})
5... Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 (6. Nbxd2 exd4 7. Bxc4 Nc6 {is considered the main line})
6... exd4 7. Qxd4 (7. Nxd4 {is also possible}) 7... Qxd4 (7... Nf6 8. Qxd8+
Kxd8 9. Nc3 (9. e5 Nd5 10. Bxc4 Nb4 11. Na3 N8c6 12. O-O Be6 $11) 9... Be6 $11
{is considered to be equal}) 8. Nxd4 a6 $6 (8... Ne7 {I consider this as the
most precise way to equalize for Black} 9. Bxc4 (9. Nb5 Na6 10. Bxc4 Be6 {
should be very close to equality for Black}) 9... O-O 10. Nc3 c5 11. Nde2 (11.
Ndb5 a6 $11) 11... Nbc6 $11 (11... Be6 $5)) (8... Bd7 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6
11. Nc3 {gives to White a small edge:} Rd8 (11... Nf6 12. f3 $14) 12. Ke2 Nf6
13. f3 Ke7 14. Rhd1 $14 {1-0 (38) Karpov,A (2755)-Seirawan,Y (2585) Skelleftea
1989}) 9. Bxc4 Ne7 10. Nc3 b5 11. Be2 $1 {now White can very easly fight
against Black's queenside weaknesses} Nd7 12. Nb3 $1 {Excellent move: it is
prophylactic against c7-c5, and sometimes White also wants to play Na5 against
Bb7} Rb8 13. O-O-O Ne5 $2 {loses too many tempos:} 14. f4 Ng4 15. Rd4 O-O 16.
h3 Ne3 17. g3 $16 {White's position is already winning:} f5 18. e5 Bb7 19. Re1
N3d5 20. Nc5 Bc6 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bd1 $1 $18 Nb6 23. Bb3+ Kh8 24. Nxa6 Ra8 25.
Nc5 Nc4 26. a3 Rfd8 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Bxc4 bxc4 29. Rd1 Rd5 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31.
a4 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Hilverda, Alexander"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4695437"]
[BlackFideId "12800040"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 d6 6. e4 e5 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O Re8
9. Qc2 c6 10. Nbc3 exd4 11. Nxd4 a4 12. h3 a3 13. b3 Qa5 14. Rad1 Na6 15. Rfe1
Bd7 16. Nde2 Rac8 17. Nf4 b5 18. Nb1 bxc4 19. bxc4 c5 20. Bxb4 Nxb4 21. Qc3 Qa6
22. Rd2 Bf5 23. Rde2 Bd7 24. Rd2 Bf5 25. Rde2 Bd7 26. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Raja, Harshit"]
[Black "Klek, Hanna Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Keres (...Nd7) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5089000"]
[BlackFideId "24670057"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Nb3 Ne6 16. Be3 Bf6 17. Nfd4 Ne5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Bd7 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rb4
Qe7 22. f4 Nc6 23. Rb7 Rfb8 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. e5 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. Bd4 Qc7
28. Be4 Ra7 29. Qg4 Rf8 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Bxe5 dxe5 32. Rc1 Qb8 33. Kh2 a5 34.
Nc5 Qxb2 35. Rf1 Qb8 36. Nd7 Rxd7 37. Rxf8+ Qxf8 38. Qxd7 h5 39. Qf5 Qxf5 40.
Bxf5 a4 41. Kg3 a3 42. Bb1 Kg8 43. Kf3 Kf7 44. Ke4 Ke6 45. g3 Kf6 46. Ba2 h4 47.
g4 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Mesaros, Florian"]
[Black "Barp, Alberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "1629220"]
[BlackFideId "872555"]
[Annotator "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Be2 $5 {una variante minore, che non
dovrebbe creare troppi problemi al Nero} b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe3 Nd7 (13... Nc6
14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Rac1 Qd6 {è considerata leggermente più precisa, come nella  
1/2-1/2 Nakamura,H (2786)-Ding Liren (2773) Moscow RUS 2017}) 14. a4 Rc8 15. a5
$6 (15. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 16. Rxc1 Qa8 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. Ra1 $5 {avrebbe mantenuto
quella tipica leggerissima pressione del Bianco}) 15... bxa5 $1 16. Nd2 Nb6 17.
Nb3 a4 18. Nc5 Bc6 {ora il Bianco deve lottare per riprendere il pedone, e
quindi la parità} 19. Bd3 Qe7 (19... Qd6 {era più precisa, con l'idea Tfd8,
per fare pressione su d4 debole} 20. e5 Qe7 21. Be4 Rfd8 $15 {il Nero ha la
fantastica casa d5. Inoltre il pedone d4 rimarrà per sempre una debolezza}) 20.
Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Bc2 $2 (21. f4 {avrebbe mantenuto la partita aperta, in una
posizione in cui il Nero è leggermente preferibile}) 21... e5 $1 22. Nxa4 (22.
dxe5 $2 Nc4 $19) 22... exd4 23. Rxd4 Bxa4 24. Bxa4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Rd8 26. Qe3
Nxa4 $19 27. g3 Nb6 28. Rc1 h6 29. Kg2 Qg5 30. Qa3 Rd7 31. Rc6 Qe5 32. Qe3 Re7
33. f3 Rc7 34. Rxc7 Qxc7 35. Qd2 Nc4 36. Qa2 Ne3+ 37. Kh3 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Stella, Andrea"]
[Black "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Milner-Barry (Zurich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "827061"]
[BlackFideId "1632051"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. e3 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nd2 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Bd3 Be6 15. Ne4
Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxc4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Bd3 d5 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. O-O Rad8 21. f4
exf4 22. exf4 Qe3+ 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 b5 25. Rfe1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 a5 27. Re4
b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Rxc4 bxc3 30. Rxc6 cxb2 31. Rb6 Rd2+ 32. Kf3 g6 33. h3 Kg7
34. g4 Rd3+ 35. Kg2 Rd2+ 36. Kf3 Rd3+ 37. Ke4 Rxh3 38. Rxb2 Rg3 39. g5 Ra3 40.
Rb7 Ra4+ 41. Kf3 Ra3+ 42. Ke4 Ra4+ 43. Kf3 Ra3+ 44. Kg4 Ra4 45. Rd7 Rc4 46. Kf3
Ra4 47. Ke3 Ra3+ 48. Ke4 Ra4+ 49. Rd4 Ra5 50. Rd5 Ra1 51. Rd7 Re1+ 52. Kf3 Rf1+
53. Ke4 Re1+ 54. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Landi, Alberto"]
[Black "Iniyan, P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "894486"]
[BlackFideId "25002767"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Nf6 6. Qe2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d4 b5
9. Bc2 e5 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. a4 b4 12. d5 a5 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nc4 Ba6 15. Bd3 Rfe8
16. Nfd2 Bh6 17. Ne3 bxc3 18. bxc3 c4 19. Bxc4 Bxe3 20. Bxa6 Bxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Rxa6
22. Qe2 Qxc3 23. Ba3 Nc5 24. Kh1 Qd3 25. Qxd3 Nxd3 26. Rf1 Ng4 27. Rf3 Rc8 28.
h3 Ngf2+ 29. Kg1 Rc2 30. Nf1 f5 31. exf5 e4 32. Rg3 Kf7 33. fxg6+ hxg6 34. Rb1
Ra2 35. Bc1 Nxc1 36. Rxc1 Nd3 37. Rc4 Nc5 38. Re3 Ra1 39. Kf2 Rb6 40. Nh2 Rb4
41. Rc2 Rbxa4 42. Ng4 R4a2 43. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 44. Kg3 Rd2 45. Nf2 Rd4 46. h4 a4 47.
Kh3 Kg7 48. Re2 a3 49. Kg3 Ra4 50. Ra2 e3 51. Nh3 e2 52. Kf2 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Tanriverdi, Enes"]
[Black "Baenziger, Fabian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, 7...Nbd7"]
[WhiteFideId "34543279"]
[BlackFideId "1330110"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Bf6 10. Bxf6 Ngxf6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bf1 b6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. d5 a5 15.
g3 Nh5 16. Bg2 Ng7 17. b3 Rf8 18. a3 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. b4 e4 21. Nd4 Ne5 22.
Bf1 axb4 23. axb4 Qf6 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Ncb5 Rf8 26. Be2 Ba6 27. Rc1 Qe7 28. Rc3
f4 29. gxf4 Ng6 30. Rg3 Bxb5 31. cxb5 Nxf4 32. Bc4 Kh8 33. Ne6 Nfxe6 34. dxe6
Nxe6 35. Qc3+ Ng7 36. Bd5 Rf5 37. Bxe4 Re5 38. Bc6 Nh5 39. Re3 Nf4 40. Rxe5 dxe5
41. Kf1 Qd6 42. Bf3 Kg7 43. Be2 Kf8 44. Qc2 Qd7 45. Qe4 Qh3+ 46. Kg1 Qe6 47. Bf1
Kg7 48. f3 Qf6 49. Qc4 Qg5+ 50. Kh1 Qe7 51. Kg1 Qd6 52. Kh1 h5 53. Qc2 Kf6 54.
Qh7 Qd1 55. Qh8+ Kf7 56. Qh7+ Kf6 57. Qh8+ Kf7 58. Qh7+ Ke8 59. Qg8+ Kd7 60.
Qf7+ Kc8 61. Qe8+ Kb7 62. Qc6+ Kb8 63. Kg1 Qd4+ 64. Kh1 Qf2 65. Qc4 Qxf3+ 66.
Kg1 Qe3+ 67. Kh1 Qe1 68. Kg1 h4 69. Qg8+ Kb7 70. Qc4 Qe3+ 71. Kh1 Qf3+ 72. Kg1
h3 73. Qc2 Qe3+ 74. Kh1 Kb8 75. Qa2 Qe4+ 76. Kg1 Qd4+ 77. Kh1 Qxb4 78. Qf7 Qe4+
79. Kg1 Qe3+ 80. Kh1 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Vezzani, Stefano"]
[Black "Bifulco, Michel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Inverted Hanham"]
[WhiteFideId "802727"]
[BlackFideId "828580"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
a5 9. Bf1 Re8 10. a4 b6 11. Qc2 Ba6 12. Nb3 Qd6 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Rad1 h6 15. Bc1
d4 16. Nfd2 Nd8 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nc4 Qc6 19. Nbd2 Nc5 20. b3 Nde6 21. Nf3 Nd7
22. Qa2 Ndc5 23. Nfe5 Qb7 24. f4 Rad8 25. g3 Nf8 26. Bg2 Bxe5 27. fxe5 Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Loiacono, Leonardo"]
[Black "Getz, Nicolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, bayonet attack"]
[WhiteFideId "895423"]
[BlackFideId "1505572"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. Rc1 h6 13. Nd4 a5 14. a3 c6 15. dxc6
bxc6 16. b5 c5 17. Nb3 g5 18. Bh5 Be6 19. Qe2 a4 20. Nd2 Ng6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22.
Qd3 g4 23. e5 dxe5 24. Qxd8 Rfxd8 25. Nde4 Bxc4 26. Nxc5 Bb3 27. b6 Bf8 28. b7
Rab8 29. N3xa4 Bxa4 30. Nxa4 Rxb7 31. Rxe5 Bxa3 32. Rf1 Bf8 33. Re4 Rb4 34. Nc3
g5 35. Rxb4 Bxb4 36. Ne4 Kg7 37. f3 Rd4 38. Ra1 Be7 39. Kf2 Rb4 40. Ra2 Bd8 41.
Ke2 gxf3+ 42. gxf3 Bb6 43. Nf2 Rb1 44. Nd1 Bd4 45. Rd2 Bf6 46. Kf2 Kg6 47. Kg2
Rb3 48. Nf2 h5 49. h3 Be7 50. Ne4 Kf7 51. Re2 Ra3 52. Rb2 Re3 53. Nf2 Ra3 54.
Ne4 Ra5 55. Rc2 Rd5 56. Rd2 Re5 57. Nf2 Re3 58. Rc2 Bd8 59. Rd2 Bb6 60. Rb2 Re6
61. Ra2 Kg6 62. Rb2 Rc6 63. Ne4 Bd4 64. Ra2 Re6 65. Ra5 Bf6 66. Ra2 Be7 67. Nf2
Bc5 68. Ne4 Bb6 69. Rb2 Bc7 70. Rc2 Bd8 71. Nf2 Be7 72. Ra2 Re5 73. Nd3 Rd5 74.
Nf2 Kf5 75. Re2 Bc5 76. Ne4 Be3 77. Rb2 g4 78. hxg4+ hxg4 79. Rb5 Rxb5 80. Nd6+
Ke5 81. Nxb5 g3 82. Nc3 Bd2 83. Ne4 Be1 84. Kf1 Ba5 85. Kg2 Be1 86. Kf1 Bf2 87.
Kg2 Kd4 88. Ng5 Ke3 89. Ne4 Be1 90. Nd6 Kd3 91. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Bettalli, Francesco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35093487"]
[BlackFideId "2816453"]
[Annotator "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Ne7 ({tempo fa} 8... Nb8 {era ritenuta la più precisa, ma allo stato
attuale della teoria 8...Ce7 sembra ancora meglio}) 9. c4 Nf5 10. Bd3 Be7 11.
O-O O-O 12. a4 (12. Kh1 {è probabilmente il piano più forte a disposizione del
Bianco, con l'idea f2-f4}) (12. f4 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 a6 14. Nc3 f6 $13) 12... Nh4 $6
13. a5 (13. c5 $1 dxc5 14. d6 $36) 13... f5 14. f3 (14. c5 $1) 14... f4 15. b4
Nf5 16. Nc3 (16. c5 $1) 16... b6 17. Qa4 Bh4 18. Ne4 Rb8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Bd2
Nd4 21. Qa2 Bb7 22. Bc3 Nf5 23. Rfc1 Kh8 24. Qa4 Ra8 25. Qc2 Ne3 26. Qb2 b5 $2
(26... Qd7 $132) 27. c5 $1 Bxd5 28. Nxd6 $16 Qg5 29. Be4 Bxe4 30. Nxe4 Qg6 31.
Nd6 Be7 32. Bxe5 Rad8 33. Ra7 Bxd6 34. Bxg7+ Kg8 35. cxd6 Rf7 36. Rxf7 Qxf7 37.
Bf6 Ra8 38. Qe5 Nd5 39. Qg5+ Kf8 40. Bd4 Ke8 41. Qg4 Rd8 42. Re1+ Kf8 43. Re5
Nf6 44. Qf5 Qg6 45. Qe6 Re8 46. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Omeri, Silvan"]
[Black "Rahul, Srivatshav P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "London system"]
[WhiteFideId "825557"]
[BlackFideId "25059653"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bc4
cxd4 9. exd4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 e4 12. Ng5 Ne5 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Bd4 Nd3+
15. Bxd3 exd3 16. O-O Bf5 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. g4 Bxg4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nge4 Qf4
21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. hxg4 Qf4 23. Nf1 Qxg4+ 24. Ng3 d2 25. Red1 Rad8 26. Kg2 h5
27. Qb4 Qg5 28. Rh1 h4 29. Rxh4 Re1 30. Rh1 Qd5+ 31. Kh2 Qxh1+ 32. Nxh1 Rxa1 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Bove, Alessandro"]
[Black "Loiacono, Antonio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "814121"]
[BlackFideId "895415"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 fxe5 14. Nxe5 c6 15.
Bd3 Bf5 16. g4 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Bc7 18. f4 Nc8 19. f5 Nd6 20. Bf4 Ne4 21. Kg2 Bd6
22. Rac1 Qa5 23. Rc2 Rae8 24. c4 Re7 25. Qb3 Rfe8 26. cxd5 Qxd5 27. Qxd5+ cxd5
28. Nd3 Rd8 29. Re1 Kf7 30. Bxd6 Rxd6 31. Rc8 Ra6 32. Re2 g5 33. Ne5+ Kg7 34.
Rec2 Nf6 35. R8c7 Rxc7 36. Rxc7+ Kg8 37. Rxb7 Rxa2+ 38. Kg1 Ra1+ 39. Kf2 Ra3 40.
Rb8+ Kg7 41. Rb7+ Kg8 42. Rf7 Ne4+ 43. Ke2 Ra2+ 44. Kd3 Ra6 45. Rd7 Nf6 46. Rd8+
Kg7 47. Kc2 Ra4 48. Nf3 h6 49. Rb8 Ra3 50. Rb7+ Kg8 51. Rb3 Ra4 52. Kb2 Kg7 53.
Ra3 Rxa3 54. Kxa3 Ne4 55. Kb4 Kf6 56. Kb5 Nf2 57. Kc5 Nxh3 58. Kxd5 h5 59. gxh5
Kxf5 60. h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Belli, Giorgio"]
[Black "Sapale, Saloni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "2808833"]
[BlackFideId "5085527"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 g6 8.
O-O-O Bg7 9. h4 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. h5 g5 12. Nd5 Bxd4 13. Rxd4 e5 14. Rd2 Nf6
15. Qd3 Bd7 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Bc6 19. f3 Ke7 20. Rd2 g4 21.
Bc4 Rad8 22. Rh4 Rxd2 23. Kxd2 gxf3 24. gxf3 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Rapport, Jovana"]
[Black "Dobboletta, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "937266"]
[BlackFideId "865397"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. c4
O-O 9. Nc3 h6 10. a3 Re8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nb5 Nh5 13. Bc7 Qe7 14. b4 Bxe3 15.
Bd6 Qd8 16. fxe3 Rxe3 17. Bc5 Re6 18. Nfd4 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Dudin, Gleb"]
[Black "Orfini, Nicolo'"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[ECO "A54"]
[Opening "Old Indian"]
[Variation "Ukrainian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "34184934"]
[BlackFideId "2805028"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nf3 Nfd7 7. g4 f6 8.
g5 c6 9. Bh3 Na6 10. Be3 Kc7 11. Rg1 Ndc5 12. Bxc8 Rxc8 13. O-O-O Ne6 14. gxf6
gxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Nh4 Rcg8 17. Nf5 Bd8 18. Rg3 Rg6 19. Rd6 Re8 20. Rh3 h6 21.
Bxh6 Rg1+ 22. Kc2 Re1 23. Bd2 Ra1 24. a3 Rg1 25. Rh7+ Kb8 26. Rdd7 Nac7 27. Ned6
Reg8 28. Nf7 b6 29. h4 Rf8 30. h5 Rg4 31. b3 b5 32. Ba5 Kc8 33. Nxd8 Rxd8 34.
Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 7.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "14105730"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Nh4 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d5 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Qxd7 Nxd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bf4
Rac8 15. Rac1 c6 16. Ne1 Rfe8 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Rc2 h6 19. h4 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Barp, Alberto"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "872555"]
[BlackFideId "13601520"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Bd3
d6 9. h3 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 Nh5 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Be2 Nxf3+ 15.
Bxf3 Ng7 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. a4 g5 19. Bg3 Bd4 20. b4 f6 21. Rab1 b6 22.
Ne2 Be5 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Nc3 h5 26. Be2 g4 27. hxg4 hxg4 28. Bb5
Rad8 29. d6 Ne6 30. Nd5 Kf7 31. Qc3 Nd4 32. Bc4 Be6 33. a5 Rh8 34. Qg3 Nf3+ 35.
gxf3 gxf3 36. Qxf3 Rdg8+ 37. Kf1 Rh3 38. Rb3 Qd4 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Raja, Harshit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "718572"]
[BlackFideId "5089000"]
[Annotator "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 {Berkes Ferenc is a great expert of London system,
so to play it in a day with double round against a weaker opponent was a very
good idea} c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7
10. Rd1 {Nowadays this is one of the most critical positions in London system}
Re8 11. e4 Be7 12. e5 Nh5 13. a3 a5 {too slow} ({There are a lot of games that
continued with} 13... g6 14. Nf1 f5 $1 {very important move} 15. exf6 Bxf6 16.
Ne3 {for example:} e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Rxe5 {0-1 (34)
Sedlak,N (2537)-So,W (2782) Baku AZE 2016}) 14. Nf1 g6 $6 {now it is too slow:}
15. Ne3 Qc8 (15... f5 $6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Ng4 Bg7 18. Bb5 $16) 16. O-O Ba6 17.
Ng4 $16 {And White's attack is simply too strong} a4 18. Qe3 Na5 19. Bh4 Bxh4
20. Nxh4 Qd8 21. Qh6 Qe7 22. f4 Qf8 23. Qg5 Qe7 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. g4 Bxd3 26.
Rxd3 Ng7 27. Qf6 Ra7 28. Nf3 Rf8 29. Ng5 Qxf6 30. exf6 Ne8 31. f5 $18 exf5 32.
gxf5 Nxf6 33. fxg6 Kg7 34. Nf5+ Kxg6 35. Rg3 Kh5 36. Ng7+ Kh6 37. Rxf6+ Kxg7
38. Nxh7+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Baenziger, Fabian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12800040"]
[BlackFideId "1330110"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nb6 10. b3 c5 11. Ndb5 a6 12. Na3 d5 13. cxd5 Nfxd5 14. Bb2 Nb4 15.
Qc1 Nc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ne4 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Qd4 19. Qxd4 cxd4 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21.
Rac1 Bf5 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Rxc6 Rab8 24. g4 Be6 25. g5 h6 26. h4 hxg5 27. hxg5
Nd5 28. Rxd4 Nb4 29. Rb6 Nxa2 30. Nc4 Nc1 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Nd7+
Bxd7 34. Rxd7 Rxb3 35. Nd6 a5 36. Rxf7+ Kg8 37. Ra7 Rb2 38. e3 Nd3 39. Ne4 Ra2
40. f4 Ra4 41. Nf6+ Kf8 42. Ke2 Ra3 43. Kf3 Ra4 44. Nd5 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Iniyan, P"]
[Black "Hilverda, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "25002767"]
[BlackFideId "4695437"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 Ngf6 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. e4 c6 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Re1 Ba6 13. Qg4 O-O 14. Nf3 Kh8 15.
Ng5 Qe8 16. Qh3 h6 17. Nf3 Rc8 18. Nd4 Bc5 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Be4
f5 22. Nxe6 Bxf2+ 23. Kg2 Rf7 24. Bxd5 Bc4 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Kxf2
Re7 28. Qxe8+ Rxe8 29. Nf4 Rxc2+ 30. Kg1 Rxb2 31. Rac1 b3 32. Rc7 Rd2 33. e6 b2
34. Rb1 Ne5 35. Rc3 Red8 36. e7 Re8 37. Rb3 Nc4 38. Rc3 Ne5 39. Rb3 Nc4 40. Rc3
Ne5 41. Rb3 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Klek, Hanna Marie"]
[Black "Stella, Andrea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24670057"]
[BlackFideId "827061"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Ne5 9. Qg3 b5 10. f4 Neg4 11. Bg1 b4 12. Na4 Nh6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bd3 Bb7
15. f5 Qa5 16. b3 Nc3 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Bxh7 Rxh7 19. Qg6+ Nf7 20. Rf1 O-O-O 21.
Rxf7 Nxa4 22. Qxh7 Bxg2 23. bxa4 Bxh1 24. Qd3 Bd5 25. Nb3 Qxa4 26. Qd4 Qc6 27.
Qf2 Bxb3 28. axb3 Qc3 29. Rxf8 Qa1+ 30. Kd2 Qc3+ 31. Kd1 Qa1+ 32. Ke2 Qxe5+ 33.
Kf1 Qb5+ 34. Kg2 Qg5+ 35. Kf1 Qc1+ 36. Kg2 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Mesaros, Florian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "35093487"]
[BlackFideId "1629220"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Re1 h6
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. Be3 d4 14. Bd2 Qd6 15. Ng3
Rad8 16. a4 Kh7 17. Rf1 Nd7 18. c4 Bc5 19. Kh1 Bb4 20. Bc1 Qf8 21. Ng1 Ne7 22.
f4 exf4 23. Bxf4 Ng6 24. Bd2 Nde5 25. Qe1 Nc6 26. N1e2 a5 27. Nf4 Nxf4 28. Rxf4
Qd6 29. Qf2 Bxd2 30. Qxd2 Qb4 31. Qc1 b6 32. Rf2 Qd6 33. Nh5 Ne5 34. Nf4 Bc8 35.
Qd2 f5 36. exf5 Bxf5 37. Raf1 Bc8 38. Nh5 Qg6 39. Qd1 Bb7 40. Kh2 Rd6 41. Ng3
Rde6 42. Qd2 c5 43. b3 R8e7 44. Ne2 Rd6 45. Ng3 Ree6 46. Rf5 Nd7 47. R5f2 Re5
48. Bd1 Re3 49. Bg4 Kg8 50. Nf5 h5 51. Bf3 Bxf3 52. Rxf3 Rxf3 53. Rxf3 Re6 54.
Qf4 Qf6 55. Rg3 g6 56. Qc7 h4 57. Nxh4 Ne5 58. Nf3 Nxd3 59. Ng5 Re7 60. Qd8+ Kg7
61. Rxd3 Qxg5 62. Rg3 Qf6 63. Rf3 Qe5+ 64. Kh1 Qe1+ 65. Kh2 Qe5+ 66. Kh1 Rf7 67.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 68. Qd7+ Qe7 69. Qd5+ Qe6 70. Qf3+ Kg7 71. Qb7+ Kh6 72. Qf3 Kg7 73.
Qb7+ Kh6 74. Qf3 Qf5 75. Qg3 Qf1+ 76. Kh2 Qf6 77. Kg1 g5 78. Qd3 Qf4 79. g3 Qc1+
80. Kf2 Qb2+ 81. Kf3 Qc1 82. Ke4 Qh1+ 83. Kf5 Qc6 84. Ke5 Kg7 85. Qf5 Qe8+ 86.
Kd5 Qa8+ 87. Ke5 Qe8+ 88. Kd5 Qd8+ 89. Ke5 Qe8+ 90. Kd5 Qe7 91. Qd3 Qd7+ 92. Ke5
Qxh3 93. Kd6 Qh6+ 94. Kc7 Qe6 95. Kb7 Qf7+ 96. Ka6 Qe8 97. Qf5 Qe7 98. Qd5 Qf6
99. Qd7+ Kg6 100. g4 Kh6 101. Kb5 Qg6 102. Qd8 Qe6 103. Qf8+ Kg6 104. Qf3 Kg7
105. Ka6 Qd6 106. Qf5 Qd8 107. Qe5+ Qf6 108. Qe4 Qd8 109. Qe5+ Kf7 110. Qf5+ Qf6
111. Qd7+ Kf8 112. Kb5 Qg6 113. Ka6 Qf6 114. Kb5 Qe7 115. Qf5+ Kg7 116. Qd5 Qf6
117. Ka6 Kh6 118. Kb5 Kg7 119. Ka6 Kh6 120. Kb5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Rahul, Srivatshav P"]
[Black "Martins, David Pires Tavares"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Old Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "25059653"]
[BlackFideId "1909991"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Qc2 e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. O-O-O Be7 8.
c5 O-O 9. e3 Be6 10. Nge2 g6 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. a3 Rc8 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Nf4 Bf7 15.
Nfd5 Ng4 16. Bf4 Bf8 17. h4 Bg7 18. h5 Qd7 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Bg5 Nd8 21. f3 Ne6
22. Bh4 Nxe3 23. Nxe3 Nd4 24. Rxd4 Bxd4 25. Ned5 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 dxc5 27. Bc4 Kg7
28. Bf6+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Can, Isik"]
[Black "Rapport, Jovana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "6383742"]
[BlackFideId "937266"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bd3 c4 11. Be2 Qxc2 12. O-O Nge7 13. Rac1 Qg6 14. Qh3 h5 15.
Nh4 Qh7 16. Bd1 Qd3 17. Be3 Na5 18. Bc2 Qe2 19. Bg5 Nf5 20. Nxf5 exf5 21. Rfe1
Qg4 22. Qe3 h4 23. Bd1 f4 24. Bxf4 Qg6 25. Bf3 Be6 26. Kh1 Rc8 27. h3 Rc6 28.
Rb1 Nb3 29. Rb2 Ra6 30. Ra2 Ra5 31. Bg5 Ke8 32. Ree2 Kd7 33. Reb2 Bf5 34. a4 Qe6
35. Bd1 f6 36. Bf4 g5 37. Bh2 g4 38. hxg4 Bxg4 39. Bxb3 cxb3 40. Rxb3 b6 41.
exf6 h3 42. Qxe6+ Kxe6 43. f3 hxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Bh3+ 45. Kf2 Rg8 46. Ke3 Kxf6 
{... illegible}
1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Bifulco, Michel"]
[Black "Sukandar, Irine Kharisma"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "828580"]
[BlackFideId "7101937"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4
Bg6 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. h4 Qb6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Qa5+ 13. c3 e6 14. Be2 h5 15. g5
Ne4 16. b4 Qd8 17. Qc1 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nc5 O-O 20. Qe3 Rfd8 21. Nxe4 Bxe4
22. f3 Bg6 23. f4 a5 24. a3 Ra7 25. O-O Rda8 26. Bd3 Bf5 27. Bxf5 exf5 28. Rae1
axb4 29. axb4 Ra2 30. Rf2 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 g6 32. Kf3 Qb8 33. Rc1 Ra2 34. Qd3 Rf2+
35. Kxf2 Qxf4+ 36. Kg2 Qxc1 37. Qe2 Qxc3 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ Kh7 40. Qf6 Qd2+
41. Kf3 Qd3+ 42. Kf2 Qc2+ 43. Kf1 Qb1+ 44. Kf2 Qa2+ 45. Ke3 Qa3+ 46. Ke2 Qa6+
47. Ke3 Qb7 48. Qd6 Qc8 49. Kd2 Qe6 50. Qc7 Kg7 51. Qd8 f4 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Juhasz, Armin"]
[Black "Vezzani, Stefano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "724270"]
[BlackFideId "802727"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 a5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Nge2 h5 8. O-O Ne7
9. Be3 O-O 10. a3 Kh7 11. Qd2 Ng8 12. b4 Bh6 13. Rac1 axb4 14. axb4 c5 15. Nb5
Qe7 16. Bxh6 Nxh6 17. Ra1 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 cxb4 19. Qxb4 Nc5 20. Bc2 Bd7 21. Nbc3
f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Na4 Bxa4 24. Bxa4 Ra8 25. Ra3 Qh4 26. h3 Qe4 27. Ng3 Qd4
28. Bc2 Rxa3 29. Qxa3 e4 30. Nxh5 Nd3 31. Qxd6 Qxf2+ 32. Kh1 Qxc2 33. Nf6+ Kg7
34. Nh5+ Kh7 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Nh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Black "Dudin, Gleb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Yugoslav variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1632051"]
[BlackFideId "34184934"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 e6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Qb3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qb6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rb8
15. Qa4 Qa6 16. Qxa6 bxa6 17. b3 Nf6 18. Bd3 a5 19. Bd2 Bc7 20. Rac1 Nd5 21. Be4
Bb6 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Bf4 Ra8 24. Rfe1+ Kd7 25. Re5 f6 26. Rxd5+ Ke6 27. Rd6+
Kf5 28. Bd2 Rhd8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Bxa5 Rxd4 31. Bxb6 axb6 32. Rc6 Rb4 33. Rc7
g5 34. Rxh7 Rd4 35. Rb7 Rd2 36. a4 Rd6 37. Kg2 Rc6 38. Rd7 Ke6 39. Rd4 Ke5 40.
Rb4 Kf5 41. h4 Kg6 42. hxg5 fxg5 43. Kf3 Rf6+ 44. Kg4 Rd6 45. Rb5 Rd4+ 46. f4
gxf4 47. Rxb6+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Getz, Nicolai"]
[Black "Landi, Alberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[ECO "C14"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "classical, Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1505572"]
[BlackFideId "894486"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qd2 a6 8. f4
c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. g3 Rc8 13. Bg2 b5 14. Nce2 Ne4 15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16. c3 b4 17. O-O Nxd4 18. cxd4 O-O 19. Rfc1 Bb5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1
Rxc1+ 22. Nxc1 Qc7 23. Nb3 Qc4 24. Qc1 Qxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Bc4 26. g4 f5 27. gxf5
exf5 28. b3 Bb5 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. d5 h6 31. h4 g6 32. Ke3 Ke7 33. Kd4 Kd7 34. Ke3
Ke8 35. Ne2 Bxe2 36. Kxe2 Kd7 37. Ke3 a5 38. Kd4 Ke7 39. d6+ Kd7 40. Kc4 Kc6 41.
Kd4 Kd7 42. Ke3 Kc6 43. Kd2 Kd7 44. Ke2 Kc6 45. Kd2 Kd7 46. Ke3 Kc6 47. Kd4 Kd7
48. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Belli, Giorgio"]
[Black "Bove, Alessandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2808833"]
[BlackFideId "814121"]
[Annotator "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bd3 {non mi piace per niente questa mossa} ({migliori sono} 9. dxc5) ({e
} 9. Be2) ({ma non} 9. O-O-O $4 c4 $1 $17) 9... b6 10. Nd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 f6 13. Qe3 fxe5 14. Qh3 $2 (14. fxe5 Nc5 $15) 14... e4 $19 {La
posizione del Bianco è già persa:} 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Qxd5 exd3 17. Qxa8 dxc2
18. Nc3 Rxf4 19. Be3 Rf8 20. Qd5 Qc7 21. Qd2 Ne5 22. Qxc2 Bf5 23. Qa4 Nd3+ 24.
Ke2 Nxb2 25. Nd5 Nxa4 26. Nxc7 Nc3+ 27. Ke1 Bb4 28. a3 Ba5 29. Kf2 Bc8+ 30. Kg3
b5 31. Nxb5 Ne4+ 32. Kh4 Bd8+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Sapale, Saloni"]
[Black "Loiacono, Leonardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5085527"]
[BlackFideId "895423"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d3 d6 8. a4 b4
9. a5 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Be6 12. Nc4 Nh7 13. Qe1 Rb8 14. Be3 Ng5 15. Nxg5
Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qe3 Nd4 18. f4 Qh5 19. g4 Qh4 20. fxe5 Bxc4 21. dxc4 dxe5
22. Rf2 c5 23. Ba4 Rbd8 24. Kh2 Rd6 25. Raf1 Qd8 26. c3 bxc3 27. Qxc3 f6 28. b4
Ne6 29. Bc2 Qb8 30. b5 axb5 31. cxb5 Qxb5 32. Rb1 Qa6 33. Bb3 Kh7 34. Bc4 Qa8
35. Rb6 Rxb6 36. axb6 Nf4 37. Qe3 Qc6 38. Rb2 Rb8 39. Rd2 Qxb6 40. h4 Rd8 41.
Bd5 Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Loiacono, Antonio"]
[Black "Tanriverdi, Enes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2217"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "895415"]
[BlackFideId "34543279"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 Ng4 11. Qe2 h5 12. Nd1 b5 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. a4 b4 15. b3
a5 16. Qd2 Ba6 17. Re1 d6 18. Ne3 Rc8 19. Rad1 O-O 20. Rc1 Ng6 21. Bg5 f6 22.
Bf4 Ne5 23. Qd1 Qf7 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 g5 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. Qe2 Qf3 28. Qxf3
Rxf3 29. Nc4 Rc7 30. Kg2 g4 31. Rcd1 Bd4 32. Rd2 Rxc4 33. bxc4 Ra3 34. f3 Rxa4
35. fxg4 hxg4 36. h3 Ra2 37. Rfd1 a4 38. hxg4 a3 39. Kf3 Rb2 40. Rh2 Kf7 41.
Rdh1 Ke8 42. Rh8+ Kd7 43. R1h7+ Kc6 44. Rc8+ Kb6 45. Rb8+ Kc6 46. Rc8+ Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Orfini, Nicolo'"]
[Black "Omeri, Silvan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2221"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "2805028"]
[BlackFideId "825557"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 b6 3. d4 e6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bg5 Qc7 8. O-O h6
9. Bd2 c4 10. Be2 b5 11. b3 Be7 12. a4 a6 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Na3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 a5
16. Qc2 Ba6 17. Qe4 Nc6 18. Qg4 g6 19. Ne1 Nce7 20. Ra2 Rb8 21. Qh3 Rb1 22. Nc2
Qb6 23. Ra1 Rb2 24. Rfc1 Nf5 25. Bd1 h5 26. Qf3 O-O 27. g4 hxg4 28. Qxg4 Kg7 29.
h4 Rh8 30. Bg5 Kf8 31. Ne3 Ndxe3 32. fxe3 Bb7 33. Bc2 f6 34. Bxf6 Rg8 35. Bg5
Kf7 36. Rab1 Qc6 37. Kf2 Ra2 38. Ra1 Qxa4 39. Rxa2 Qxa2 40. Qe2 Qa3 41. Qd2 Rh8
42. e4 Nxh4 43. Kg3 Nf5+ 44. exf5 gxf5 45. Rf1 Bd5 46. Bd1 Qf8 47. Rf4 Rh1 48.
Rh4 Rg1+ 49. Kf4 Qg7 50. Rh5 Kg8 51. Be2 Rg2 52. Qb2 Kf7 53. Qb5 Kg6 54. Qb8
Rf2+ 55. Kg3 Rg2+ 56. Kh3 Rxe2 57. Qe8+ Qf7 58. Qh8 Bg2+ 59. Kg3 f4+ 60. Kh4 Kf5
61. Bf6+ Ke4 62. Rg5 Bf3 63. Kh3 Re1 64. Qa8+ Ke3 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.02"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Bettalli, Francesco"]
[Black "Dobboletta, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[ECO "A90"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2816453"]
[BlackFideId "865397"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 d5 5. Nh3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nd2 O-O 8. Nf3 b6
9. Bf4 Be7 10. Ne5 Ne4 11. f3 Nd6 12. Nf2 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. e4 Bb7 15. Re1
Bf6 16. exf5 exf5 17. Qc2 Qxd4 18. Rad1 Qxb2 19. Qxc4+ Kh8 20. Qf7 Na6 21. Qxb7
Nc5 22. Qxc6 Qxa2 23. Bd6 Rac8 24. Qb5 Rg8 25. f4 Qa4 26. Qb1 Bc3 27. Re2 Bd4
28. Ra2 Qc4 29. Rad2 Be3 30. Bd5 Bxf2+ 31. Rxf2 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13601520"]
[BlackFideId "718572"]
[Annotator "Basso, Pier Luigi"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Qf3 $5 {Baadur has a very good
feeling in this kind of positions, so it is not unusual for him to try
different odd ideas like this} c5 6. O-O-O (6. g4 $1 {was probably more in the
spirit of the position}) 6... Nc6 7. Nge2 cxd4 ({Black could have played} 7...
b5 $1 {fighting already for and advantage}) 8. Nxd4 Bb4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be5
Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qg3 Qxg3 13. hxg3 $132 {The position is balanced} Ke7 14.
f3 h6 15. Na4 a5 16. c4 Ba6 17. Nc5 Bc8 (17... Bxc4 $5 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Rh4 c3
$1 20. bxc3 Rab8 $11) 18. Rh4 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. c5 a4 (20... Bc8 {Was
maybe better} 21. Ra4 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 {and the only one that can play on is
Black, but of course the position is about equal}) 21. a3 Rhb8 22. Rdd4 g5 (
22... Ra5 23. Rb4 Rxb4 24. axb4 Ra8 25. e4 a3 26. bxa3 Rxa3 27. Kb2 Re3 28.
exd5 exd5 29. Rd4 $11) 23. Rxh6 Rb3 24. Rd3 Rab8 25. Rxb3 Rxb3 26. Be2 Rxe3 27.
Bd1 g4 $1 28. Kd2 d4 29. Rh1 Re5 30. Bxa4 Rxc5 {Players agreed for a draw, but
Black could have tried to play on a bit.} ({For example:} 30... Rxc5 31. f4 Ra5
32. Bd1 e5 33. Re1 f6 34. Bc2 Kd6 {with some chances}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Chigorin, 12...c5d4"]
[WhiteFideId "14105730"]
[BlackFideId "12800040"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. Bd3 Rab8 20. dxe5 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Stella, Andrea"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "827061"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O d5 6. c4 Ne4 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. e3 h5
9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 h4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. f3 exf3 14. Bxf3 Bc5
15. Bd2 a5 16. Rad1 Ke7 17. Kg2 g5 18. e4 h3+ 19. Kh1 Rg8 20. exf5 exf5 21. Bd5
Be6 22. Bxb7 Bxc4 {... illegible} 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Barp, Alberto"]
[Black "Iniyan, P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Semi-Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "872555"]
[BlackFideId "25002767"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6
9. h4 Nc5 10. f3 h5 11. g5 Nh7 12. Qd2 f6 13. O-O-O fxg5 14. hxg5 Bd7 15. Nh3
Rf7 16. Nf2 Bf8 17. Rdg1 Be7 18. f4 Rxf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Bxh5 gxh5 21. g6 Ng5
22. Rxh5 Kg7 23. Qxf4 Qf8 24. Rh7+ Nxh7 25. gxh7+ Kxh7 26. Rh1+ Kg8 27. Rg1+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Raja, Harshit"]
[Black "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5089000"]
[BlackFideId "1632051"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. e5 Bc7 11. Nf3 Ng6 12. O-O O-O 13. Ng5 Qe8 14. f4 f5 15.
c4 h6 16. Nf3 Bb6+ 17. Kh1 d4 18. b4 c5 19. b5 a6 20. a4 axb5 21. cxb5 Ne7 22.
Bd2 Qd8 23. Qe1 Ba5 24. Qc1 Qc7 25. Bxa5 Rxa5 26. Nxd4 Rfa8 27. Nb3 Rxa4 28.
Rxa4 Rxa4 29. Qxc5 Qxc5 30. Nxc5 Rd4 31. b6 Bc6 32. Rc1 Rxf4 33. b7 Rb4 34. Rb1
Rxb1+ 35. Bxb1 Bxb7 36. Nxb7 Nc6 37. Ba2 g6 38. Nc5 Nxe5 39. Nxe6 Kf7 40. Nf4+
Kf6 41. Bb1 Nc4 42. h4 g5 43. Ba2 Nd6 44. Nd5+ Kg6 45. Kh2 Kh5 46. Nf6+ Kg6 47.
Nd7 Kh5 48. Nf6+ Kg6 49. Ng8 Kh7 50. Kh3 Kg6 51. Bb3 Kg7 52. Bd5 Kg6 53. Kg3 Kg7
54. Kf3 Kg6 55. Bb3 Kh5 56. Bc2 Kg6 57. Kg3 Kh5 58. Kf3 Kg6 59. Bd3 Kg7 60. Ne7
Kf6 61. Nc6 Kf7 62. Ke3 Kg6 63. Kd4 Kh5 64. hxg5 hxg5 65. Ke5 Kg4 66. Kxd6 Kg3
67. Bxf5 Kxg2 68. Bg4 Kg3 69. Ne5 Kf4 70. Ke6 Ke3 71. Kf5 Kd4 72. Nf3+ Ke3 73.
Ke5 Kd3 74. Nxg5 Kc4 75. Ne4 Kd3 76. Kf4 Kd4 77. Nd2 Kd3 78. Nf3 Kc3 79. Ke4 Kc4
80. Be6+ Kc3 81. Bd5 Kc2 82. Kd4 Kb2 83. Ne1 Kb1 84. Kc3 Ka1 85. Nc2+ Kb1 86.
Bc4 Kc1 87. Ba2 Kd1 88. Nd4 Ke1 89. Kd3 Kf2 90. Kd2 Kg2 91. Be6 Kg3 
92. Bf5 {...} 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Hilverda, Alexander"]
[Black "Can, Isik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Krause attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4695437"]
[BlackFideId "6383742"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 Bg6 12. Be2 Qb6 13. f4 e5 14. fxe5 Rd8
15. Bg5 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Qc2 Rxd4 18. Be3 Nxe4 19. Bd3 Bb4 20. O-O Nxc3 21.
Bxg6+ hxg6 22. bxc3 Qc7 23. g3 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Sukandar, Irine Kharisma"]
[Black "Rahul, Srivatshav P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "7101937"]
[BlackFideId "25059653"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O
h5 9. h3 b5 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. a3 Bb7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Bd4 h4 15. Qf3
Be7 16. Rad1 Kf8 17. Nb1 Rh6 18. Nd2 Bc5 19. c3 Qc7 20. Qe3 e5 21. Bxc5+ Qxc5
22. Qxc5+ Rxc5 23. Nf3 d6 24. Ra1 Bc6 25. Rac1 Bb7 26. b4 Rc7 27. c4 bxc4 28.
Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Bxc4 Ke7 30. Bd3 Rh8 31. Rc1 Rd8 32. Nxh4 Bxe4 33. Nf5+ Kf8 34.
Bxe4 Nxe4 35. f3 Nf6 36. Rc6 d5 37. Rxa6 d4 38. Kf1 Rc8 39. b5 Nd7 40. Ra7 Rd8
41. a4 Nc5 42. Ke1 e4 43. fxe4 g6 44. Ne7 d3 45. Nc6 d2+ 46. Kd1 Rd3 47. Ra8+
Kg7 48. Rd8 Ra3 49. Rxd2 Nxa4 50. Ke1 Re3+ 51. Kf2 Rxe4 52. Rd4 Rxd4 53. Nxd4
Kf6 54. Ke3 Ke5 55. h4 Nb6 56. Nf3+ Kf5 57. Kd4 Kf4 58. Ne5 Kg3 59. Nxf7 Kxh4
60. Ne5 g5 61. g4 Na4 62. Kc4 Nb6+ 63. Kd3 Na4 64. Kc2 Nb6 65. Kd2 Na4 66. Ke3
Kg3 67. Kd3 Kf4 68. Kd4 Nb6 69. Nc4 Na4 70. Ne3 Kf3 71. Kd3 Nb6 72. Nc4 Na4 73.
Ne5+ Kf4 74. Kd4 Nb6 75. Nc4 Nd7 76. Nb2 Nb6 77. Kc5 Nc8 78. Nc4 Kxg4 79. Nd6
Kh3 80. Nxc8 g4 81. Ne7 g3 82. Nd5 Kg4 83. Kd4 Kf5 84. Ke3 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Mesaros, Florian"]
[Black "Vezzani, Stefano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical system, 5.Be2"]
[WhiteFideId "1629220"]
[BlackFideId "802727"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O e6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3
Nc6 9. h3 b6 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Nb3 Bb7 12. f4 Ne7 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Rad1 a6 15. Bf3
Rc8 16. Kh2 d5 17. Bg1 f5 18. e5 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. Bxc5 bxc5
22. Na4 Qc7 23. c4 g5 24. g3 gxf4 25. gxf4 Ng6 26. Rg1 Nh4 27. Qf2 Nxf3+ 28.
Qxf3 Rg8 29. Qg3 Qc6 30. b3 d4 31. Rd2 Ba8 32. h4 Qe8 33. Nxc5 Bxe5 34. Qxg8+
Qxg8 35. Rxg8 Bxf4+ 36. Kh3 Kxg8 37. Rxd4 Be3 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Rxa8 Bxc5 40.
Rxa6 h5 41. Kg3 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Baenziger, Fabian"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Adorjan gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "1330110"]
[BlackFideId "35093487"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 c6 8.
Bg5 cxb5 9. e3 Bb7 10. f3 a6 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. O-O h6 14. Bh4 Nd5 15.
Bxd8 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rfxd8 17. Kf2 Ne7 18. a4 Nd5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra7 Bc6 21.
Rb1 Rb8 22. e4 Nb6 23. Rb4 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Rxc4 Rb2 26. Rb4 Rxb4 27. cxb4
Rb8 28. d5 exd5 29. exd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Klek, Hanna Marie"]
[Black "Juhasz, Armin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24670057"]
[BlackFideId "724270"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bd7 6. h5 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Na3 Rc8 9.
f4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Nc2 Nb4 12. Ne3 Bb5 13. Nf3 e6 14. Kf2 Ne7 15. Bd2 Bxf1
16. Qxf1 Nec6 17. Bc3 Qa6 18. Qxa6 Nxa6 19. f5 Be7 20. g5 hxg5 21. fxe6 fxe6 22.
Rag1 Nc7 23. Nxg5 Kd7 24. Nf3 Rh7 25. Ng2 Rf8 26. Ke3 Rf5 27. Nf4 b5 28. Be1 Nb4
29. Bxb4 Bxb4 30. Rg6 Be7 31. Rc1 Bd8 32. Rxc7+ Bxc7 33. Nxe6 Rh6 34. Nxg7 Rxg6
35. hxg6 Rf8 36. Nh5 Bd8 37. g7 Rg8 38. Kf4 Ke6 39. Ng5+ Bxg5+ 40. Kxg5 Kf7 41.
Kh6 b4 42. Kh7 Rc8 43. Nf6 b3 44. axb3 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Bove, Alessandro"]
[Black "Getz, Nicolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "814121"]
[BlackFideId "1505572"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. e3 Nh5 7. Bg5 c6 8. Nc3
Nc7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nd2 gxh4 13. Bxh5 e5 14. Ne2 e4 15. Nf4
Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. f4 f5 18. c3 a5 19. a4 Kh8 20. Rb1 Bf6 21. b4 Bc8 22. Qb3
Rg8 23. Qa2 b6 24. b5 Be6 25. bxc6 Rc8 26. Be2 Rxc6 27. Rbc1 Qe7 28. Qb2 Qg7 29.
Rf2 Bf7 30. Bb5 Rd6 31. Nf1 h5 32. c4 dxc4 33. Bxc4 Rxd4 34. Bxf7 Rd7 35. Qb5
Rxf7 36. Qxf5 Qh7 37. Qe6 Bd8 38. Rc8 Qf5 39. Qh6+ Rh7 40. Qc6 Rhg7 41. Qh6+ Qh7
42. Qxh7+ Kxh7 43. Nd2 Re7 44. Rc4 Rge8 45. f5 Re5 46. f6 Kg6 47. f7 Rf8 48.
Rxe4 Rxe4 49. Nxe4 Be7 50. Kf1 Rxf7 51. Rxf7 Kxf7 52. Ke2 Ke6 53. Kd3 Kd5 54.
Nc3+ Kc5 55. e4 Bd6 56. h3 Bg3 57. Nd5 Bh2 58. Kc3 Be5+ 59. Kd3 b5 60. axb5 Kxb5
61. Ne3 Kb4 62. Nc4 Bg7 63. e5 a4 64. e6 Bf6 65. Nb6 Kb3 66. Nd7 a3 67. Nxf6 a2
68. e7 a1=Q 69. e8=Q Qc3+ 70. Ke4 Qxf6 71. Qxh5 Qe6+ 72. Qe5 Qg6+ 73. Kf3 Ka2 
{... illegible}
1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Martins, David Pires Tavares"]
[Black "Loiacono, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, 5...O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "1909991"]
[BlackFideId "895415"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O a6 11. Rc1 Qb8 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Na4 Rd8 14. Nb6 Be6 15.
Nxa8 Qxa8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bh6 18. Rc3 Nd7 19. f4 Nc5 20. f5 Bd7 21. Bxc5
dxc5 22. Rd3 Qc8 23. Bg4 gxf5 24. Bxf5 Be3+ 25. Kh1 Bd4 26. Bxh7+ Kf8 27. Qh5
Be6 28. Rdf3 Ke8 29. Rxf7 Kd7 30. Bf5 Qc6 31. Bxe6+ Qxe6 32. Qd5+ Qxd5 33. exd5
b5 34. b3 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Landi, Alberto"]
[Black "Sapale, Saloni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch"]
[WhiteFideId "894486"]
[BlackFideId "5085527"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. c4 Re8 11. Nb3 Bf8 12. h3 Qc7 13. Bf4 Qd8 14. Rac1 g6 15. Rfd1
Nb6 16. Qe3 Kh7 17. a3 Bd7 18. c5 Nc8 19. Nbd4 a6 20. b4 N8e7 21. g4 Nxd4 22.
Nxd4 Nc6 23. Nf3 Bg7 24. h4 Rf8 25. h5 Rg8 26. Kg2 Ne7 27. Rh1 Qf8 28. Rh3 Rh8
29. Rch1 Kg8 30. hxg6 Nxg6 31. Bxh6 Bxh6 32. Rxh6 Rxh6 33. Rxh6 Qg7 34. Qg5 Be8
35. Bxg6 fxg6 36. Nh4 a5 37. Nxg6 Bf7 38. Rh8+ Qxh8 39. Nxh8+ Kxh8 40. Qh6+ Kg8
41. g5 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Rapport, Jovana"]
[Black "Bettalli, Francesco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind"]
[WhiteFideId "937266"]
[BlackFideId "2816453"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Rd1 Be6 12. b3 a4 13. e5 Ng4 14. Bxg4 Bxg4
15. f3 Bf5 16. Nxa4 Bxe5 17. O-O Be6 18. Bb6 Qe8 19. f4 Bg7 20. Bd4 Bxd4+ 21.
Qxd4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 b5 23. Qe4 bxa4 24. f5 axb3 25. axb3 Rb8 26. Rd3 Qd7 27. Rh3
Qa7+ 28. Kh1 Kg7 29. Qh4 h5 30. f6+ exf6 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Rxh5 gxh5 33. Qg5+
Kh7 34. Qxh5+ Kg7 35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Qg5+ Kh7 38. Qh4+ Kg8 39. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Tanriverdi, Enes"]
[Black "Dudin, Gleb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Capablanca variation"]
[WhiteFideId "34543279"]
[BlackFideId "34184934"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Ng5
Bxd2 9. Nxe4 Bxc1 10. Rxc1 Kh8 11. d5 Na6 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. Qe3 exd5
15. Qxc5 c6 16. cxd5 d6 17. Qb4 Rb8 18. Qa4 c5 19. Rc3 Qb6 20. Qc2 Kg8 21. Rd1
Rfe8 22. e3 Bc8 23. Qa4 Bg4 24. Qxg4 Qxb2 25. Rcc1 Qxa2 26. Qc4 Qxc4 27. Rxc4
Rb4 28. Rc2 a5 29. Ra1 a4 30. Bf1 Ra8 31. Ra3 Kf8 32. Bc4 Ke7 33. Kf1 Kf6 34.
Ke2 Ke5 35. f4+ Ke4 36. Ba2 Rab8 37. Rac3 Rb2 38. Bc4 Kf5 39. Kd3 a3 40. Re2
Rxe2 41. Kxe2 Kg4 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Omeri, Silvan"]
[Black "Loiacono, Leonardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "825557"]
[BlackFideId "895423"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Be2 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. b3 Be7 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. Bb2
O-O 9. c4 d5 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Bd6 14. Nb5 Bb8 15.
Qf5 a6 16. Nc3 Qe7 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Nf6 20. Qg5 Rc6 21. Rc1
Rfc8 22. g3 h6 23. Qf5 Qe6 24. Nh4 Bd6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. Nf5 Bf8
28. Rd1 a5 29. a4 Kh7 30. Bc4 R6c7 31. Kg2 Rb8 32. e4 Rcb7 33. f3 Kg6 34. h4 Kh7
35. h5 Kg8 36. Rd3 Kh7 37. f4 Rc7 38. Kf3 Rcb7 39. Ne3 Kg7 40. Kg4 Ra7 41. Kf5
Be7 42. Nd5 Bd8 43. Rd1 Rab7 44. Rh1 Rxb3 45. Bxb3 Rxb3 46. g4 Rb8 47. Rc1 Rc8
48. Rc2 Rc6 49. Ne3 Rc8 50. Nc4 Rb8 51. Rd2 Rb4 52. Rxd8 Rxc4 53. Rc8 Rxa4 54.
Rxc5 Rb4 55. Rxa5 Rb6 56. Rd5 Ra6 57. e5 fxe5 58. fxe5 Ra1 59. Rd4 Rf1+ 60. Ke4
Ra1 61. Rc4 Rf1 62. Kd5 Rd1+ 63. Rd4 Ra1 64. Ke4 Re1+ 65. Kf5 Rf1+ 66. Rf4 Rh1
67. Rf2 Re1 68. Kf4 Kh8 69. Kg3 Rg1+ 70. Kh3 Rh1+ 71. Kg2 Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Bifulco, Michel"]
[Black "Belli, Giorgio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2211"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "828580"]
[BlackFideId "2808833"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 c5 8. Qf3 Nc6 9.
dxc5 Qa5 10. Ra2 Ne4 11. b4 Nxb4 12. axb4 Qxb4 13. Bxb5+ axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxc3+ 15.
Kf1 Nd2+ 16. Kg2 Nxf3 17. Rxc8+ Kd7 18. Rc7+ Kd8 19. Nxf3 Bxc5 20. Rb7 Rf8 21.
Be5 Qc4 22. Ra1 Qxg4+ 23. Kh2 Kc8 24. Rc7+ Kb8 25. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.04"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Dobboletta, Alex"]
[Black "Orfini, Nicolo'"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Sicilian reversed"]
[WhiteFideId "865397"]
[BlackFideId "2805028"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 Nb4 7. d3 Nbxd5 8. Nxd5
Nxd5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O c6 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. Qa4 O-O 13. a3 Kh8 14. b4 Be6 15.
Rab1 a6 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Bc3 Bg8 18. Nd2 Rad8 19. Nc4 Bc7 20. a4 Bd5 21. Bd2 e4
22. d4 Qe6 23. Rfc1 Rc8 24. Bf1 h6 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Nh7 27. bxc6 bxc6 28.
Nb6 Bxb6 29. Rxb6 Ng5 30. Bb4 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Rf6 32. Bc4 Bxc4 33. Qxc4 Qe8 34. d5
Qh5 35. d6 Qxh2+ 36. Kf1 Rxd6 37. Qa6 Rdd8 38. Rbxc6 Rxc6 39. Qxc6 Qh1+ 40. Ke2
Ng1+ 41. Kf1 Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D14"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "exchange variation, 6.Bf4 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "13601520"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 7.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "718572"]
[BlackFideId "14105730"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

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
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Qa4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. Rfd1 Nf6 14. Qc2 Rc8
15. Bh3 Rc6 16. Ne5 Rc7 17. Ng4 Rc6 18. Ne5 Rc7 19. Ng4 Rc6 20. Ne5 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Sukandar, Irine Kharisma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12800040"]
[BlackFideId "7101937"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 Qe7 7. Be2 d6 8. Nf3 O-O
9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. exd5 Bg4 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Rae1 Rfe8 14. Bd1 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 Nfg4 17. Bd2 Qh4 18. Bf4 Qf6 19. Qd2 Qg6 20. f3 Nf6 21. g4
h5 22. h3 hxg4 23. hxg4 Nfd7 24. Bg3 f5 25. g5 Nf6 26. Kg2 f4 27. Bxf4 Nh5 28.
Bh2 Qf7 29. f4 Ng6 30. Kh1 Nh4 31. f5 Nxf5 32. Bxh5 Qxh5 33. Rxf5 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1
Re8 35. Qf1 Qh4 36. g6 Qe4+ 37. Qf3 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Qxa2+ 39. Kh3 Qd2 40. Bf4 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Hilverda, Alexander"]
[Black "Raja, Harshit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4695437"]
[BlackFideId "5089000"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 e5 8.
Qd3 Rc8 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. b3 b5 11. Nd5 Qc5 12. Be3 bxc4 13. Qd1 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 Nf6
15. Bb6 Qa3 16. Rb1 Nxd5 17. exd5 cxb3 18. axb3 Qb4 19. Be3 Bb5 20. h4 Be7 21.
Rh3 Bd7 22. Rg3 g6 23. h5 Bh4 24. Qf3 Bxg3 25. Qf6 Bf4 26. Bxf4 Qxf4 27. Qxh8+
Ke7 28. Qxh7 Rc2 29. Rd1 Bg4 30. g3 Qxd2+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Iniyan, P"]
[Black "Klek, Hanna Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25002767"]
[BlackFideId "24670057"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3
Re8 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Ne5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxc3 14. Qh5 Qf6 15.
f4 g4 16. f5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nxg4 Qg7 19. Nxh6+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Bove, Alessandro"]
[Black "Mesaros, Florian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "814121"]
[BlackFideId "1629220"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nbd2 cxd4 5. exd4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nc6 7. Bb5 Rc8 8.
c3 g6 9. Ndf3 Bg7 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. O-O Ne4
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Ba6 Rce8 17. a4 f6 18. a5 Qd8 19. Rfd1 e5 20. Be3 Nd6 21. dxe5
fxe5 22. Qe1 Bd7 23. Be2 Nf5 24. Bc5 Rf7 25. Nd2 e4 26. Nf1 Nh4 27. Be3 Qc8 28.
Ng3 Nf5 29. Bxa7 e3 30. Nxf5 exf2+ 31. Bxf2 Bxf5 32. Qd2 Be4 33. a6 Be5 34. Bf1
Qg4 35. a7 Ra8 36. h3 Qf5 37. Bc5 Bf4 38. Qe2 Bc7 39. Bd4 Qf4 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Baenziger, Fabian"]
[Black "Barp, Alberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "1330110"]
[BlackFideId "872555"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bc3 Ne4 10. Nfd2 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 f5 12. e3 g5 13. Rab1 Rb8 14. Qd3 a6 15.
f3 b5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. e4 b4 18. Nd1 dxe4 19. fxe4 Ne5 20. Qc2 Qb6 21. Nb3 Nc6
22. Qd2 f4 23. Kh1 e5 24. gxf4 gxf4 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxf4 Rxf4 27. Qxf4 Be6 28.
Qe3 Qxe3 29. Nxe3 Nd3 30. Bf1 Nf2+ 31. Kg2 Nxe4 32. Bc4 Bxc4 33. Nxc4 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Rahul, Srivatshav P"]
[Black "Stella, Andrea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25059653"]
[BlackFideId "827061"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Bd3 b6 15.
O-O Ba6 16. Rfd1 exd5 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. exd5 Qc4 19. Bf4 Na5 20. d6 Rd7 21. Qe3
Qf7 22. Nd2 Re8 23. Qd3 Red8 24. h4 Bf8 25. Ne4 h6 26. g4 Nc4 27. Qd5 Bg7 28.
Rc2 f5 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Ng3 Na3 31. Rb2 Bxc3 32. Rb3 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Bb4 34. Nxf5
Kh7 35. Nxh6 Rf8 36. Rg3 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Martins, David Pires Tavares"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, Alekhine gambit, Kan variation"]
[WhiteFideId "35093487"]
[BlackFideId "1909991"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Ne7 8.
Bg5 f6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 f5 11. O-O-O Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bf4
Qe7 15. h4 Rb8 16. Qc3 Bd7 17. Bxc7 Rbc8 18. Qg3 Rf6 19. Bf4 c5 20. Bg5 cxd4 21.
Kb1 f4 22. Bxf6 fxg3 23. Bxe7 gxf2 24. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Can, Isik"]
[Black "Tanriverdi, Enes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "6383742"]
[BlackFideId "34543279"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6 8.
Bd3 b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Rc8 11. a3 Bc5 12. O-O-O Ne7 13. Qh5 Qb6 14. Rhf1 Be3
15. Qg5 Ng6 16. Qg3 Bxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Qc7 18. h4 O-O 19. h5 Ne7 20. h6 g6 21. e5 f5
22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Qg5 Rcf8 24. g3 d6 25. Re1 Nf5 26. Be4 d5 27. Bd3 Bc8 28. Ne2
Bd7 29. g4 Nd6 30. Ng3 Nc4 31. Nh5 R6f7 32. Bxc4 bxc4 33. Rd4 c3 34. b4 a5 35.
f5 exf5 36. Rxd5 fxg4 37. Rxa5 Qc4 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Black "Landi, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1632051"]
[BlackFideId "894486"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Qe2 b6 10. Nf1 e5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. c3 Ba6 13. N3d2 Qd7 14. Ne4 f5 15.
Ned2 e4 16. Nc4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxc3 18. Bb2 Bxe1 19. dxe4 Nd4 20. Qxe1 Bxc4 21.
Ne3 Bd3 22. exf5 Rae8 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Rd1 Bc2 25. Rd2 Be4 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27.
Qd1 Bxg2 28. Rxd4 Qf7 29. Rf4 Qxa2 30. Nxg2 g5 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. f4 b5 33. h4
Qe6 34. hxg5 b4 35. Qh5 b3 36. g6 Qd7 37. Qc5 Rd8 38. Ne3 Rc8 39. Qe5 Re8 40.
Qc3 b2 41. Qxb2 Rxe3 42. Kf2 Re8 43. Qb3+ Qe6 44. Qd3 Qe1+ 45. Kf3 Qh1+ 46. Kf2
Qe4 47. Qb3+ Kg7 48. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Juhasz, Armin"]
[Black "Omeri, Silvan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2221"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "724270"]
[BlackFideId "825557"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 d5 5. d4 O-O 6. Qc2 Ne4 7. O-O c6 8. b3 Nd7
9. Ba3 Nd6 10. Nbd2 Qa5 11. Bb2 f5 12. a3 Ne4 13. b4 Qd8 14. b5 a5 15. a4 Ndf6
16. Ne5 Bd7 17. Ndf3 cxb5 18. axb5 Be8 19. Qa4 g5 20. Bc1 Nc3 21. Qc2 Nfe4 22.
Bb2 Bb4 23. Ba3 g4 24. Nh4 dxc4 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. b6 Rc8 27. Bb2 Qxd4 28. Nxg4
e3 29. f3 Qd2 30. Bxc3 Bxc3 31. Qe4 Qd5 32. Qc2 Bg7 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Loiacono, Leonardo"]
[Black "Rapport, Jovana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Opening "Dutch with c4 & Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "895423"]
[BlackFideId "937266"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 c5 7. Nge2 Bd6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Be7 11. Rb1 Nc6 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Be2 a6 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. Bb2
Rc8 16. Rc1 Ne8 17. O-O Nd6 18. Nb1 Ng6 19. c5 bxc5 20. bxc5 Bd5 21. Qd1 Ne8 22.
Bxa6 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Bxc5 24. Nc3 Qa8 25. Nxd5 Qxa6 26. Nb4 Qa7 27. Qb3 f4 28. Nd3
Bb6 29. a4 fxe3 30. Ne2 Nf6 31. Rb1 Nd5 32. Qb5 Rc8 33. Nb4 Rc5 34. Rc1 Rxc1+
35. Bxc1 Nc3 36. Qc4 Nxe2+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Bettalli, Francesco"]
[Black "Bifulco, Michel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Meran variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2816453"]
[BlackFideId "828580"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 e5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Be2 g5 15. Bg3
b4 16. Na4 Nxe4 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qc7+ 20. f4 Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Vezzani, Stefano"]
[Black "Sapale, Saloni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "802727"]
[BlackFideId "5085527"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. Nf3 d4 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 f6 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Be6
9. Kh2 Qd7 10. c4 Bd6 11. Na3 a6 12. Nc2 Nge7 13. Bd2 a5 14. Ng1 Ng6 15. Bf3 O-O
16. b3 Nb4 17. Ne1 a4 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. Rb1 axb3 20. axb3 b5 21. Bg4 f5 22. exf5
Bxf5 23. Bf3 Ra6 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. cxb5 Raf6 26. Bc4 Nf4 27. gxf4 Rh6 28. Qf3 e4
29. dxe4 Bxh3 30. Qxh3 Rxf4 31. Ng2 Bd6 32. Nxf4 Bxf4+ 33. Kg2 Rxh3 34. Be2 Rh2+
35. Kf3 g5 36. Rfd1 Qf7 37. e5 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Dudin, Gleb"]
[Black "Getz, Nicolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "E74"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Averbakh, 6...c5"]
[WhiteFideId "34184934"]
[BlackFideId "1505572"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Be3 e6
9. h3 exd5 10. exd5 Re8 11. Nf3 Na6 12. Bd3 b5 13. Rc1 Nb4 14. Be2 bxc4 15. Bxc4
Ne4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. a3 Rxc4 18. Rxc4 Ba6 19. b3 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Na2 21. O-O Nc3
22. Qc2 Qa5 23. Qb3 Qb6 24. Qc2 Rb8 25. Bd2 Qb3 26. Qd3 Qxa3 27. Rc1 Nb1 28.
Qxa3 Nxa3 29. Bc3 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 Nb1 31. Rc1 a5 32. Rc2 a4 33. Nd2 a3 34. Nxb1
Rxb1+ 35. Kh2 Rb2 36. Rc3 a2 37. Ra3 Rxf2 38. Kg3 Rc2 39. Ra6 Kg7 40. Kf3 Rxc4
41. Rxa2 Rd4 42. Ra6 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Orfini, Nicolo'"]
[Black "Loiacono, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2805028"]
[BlackFideId "895415"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O h6 5. d3 Bf5 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Be6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. b3 Bc5 12. Bb2 b5 13. h3 O-O 14. Ne1 Bd6 15.
Nd3 Ne8 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 f5 18. e5 Be7 19. Nf3 c5 20. Nd4 cxd4 21. Bxa8 Nb6
22. Bg2 Nd5 23. Bxd4 b4 24. Qf2 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Belli, Giorgio"]
[Black "Dobboletta, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2211"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2808833"]
[BlackFideId "865397"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8.
O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. c4 Qc7 14. Be5 Qc6
15. Qc2 h6 16. Qb2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Be7 18. a3 Rd7 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Ne4 21.
Bxe4 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Qxe4 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. h3 Be7 25. Kh2 f6 26. Bg3 e5 27. Qc3
Bc5 28. b4 Bd4 29. Qe1 Qxe1 30. Nxe1 Bb2 31. f4 Bxa3 32. Nc2 Bb2 33. b5 Bc3 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Raja, Harshit"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "O'Kelly variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5089000"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nf6 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nb3 Ba7 13. Re1 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16. Ne5 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bg4 19. Rd2 Be6 20. Bd4 Bxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "D14"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "exchange variation, 6.Bf4 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "13601520"]
[BlackFideId "12800040"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. a3 a6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8
15. Na4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. exd4 Nd7 20. Kf1 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Mesaros, Florian"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1629220"]
[BlackFideId "718572"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Qe8 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. b4 Bg4 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 c6 13. c5 Nh5 14. Nc4 Nf4 15.
Qd2 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Qc2 Ne6 18. Ne2 Ndf8 19. Nd6 b6 20. Rd3 bxc5 21. bxc5
Rab8 22. Rfd1 Qc7 23. Qd2 h5 24. g3 Nh7 25. f4 exf4 26. gxf4 Rb2 27. Qe1 Rxa2
28. f5 Nef8 29. Nf4 Rb8 30. Qg3 h4 31. Qg4 h3 32. Qxh3 Qe7 33. Qg3 Rbb2 34. R3d2
Rxd2 35. Rxd2 Rxd2 36. Bxd2 Bd4+ 37. Be3 Be5 38. fxg6 fxg6 39. Nxg6 Nxg6 40.
Qxg6+ Qg7 41. Qxg7+ Kxg7 42. Nc8 Nf6 43. Nxa7 Ng4 44. Nxc6 Bxh2+ 45. Kg2 Nxe3+
46. Kxh2 Nf1+ 47. Kh3 Nd2 48. Nd4 Nxe4 49. c6 Kf6 50. Kg4 Ke5 51. Nb5 Nd6 52. c7
Nc8 53. Kg5 Kd5 54. Kf5 Kc6 55. Ke6 Kxb5 56. Kd7 Na7 57. c8=Q Nxc8 58. Kxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Iniyan, P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[WhiteFideId "14105730"]
[BlackFideId "25002767"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nd2 Ne8
9. Rb1 f5 10. b4 c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Nac7 13. Nb3 Ne6 14. Bf3 f4 15. c5 Nd4
16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Ne2 dxc5 18. bxc5 g5 19. e5 d3 20. Nc3 Bf5 21. Bxc6 Rc8 22.
Qb3+ Kh8 23. Bb7 d2 24. Ba3 Bxb1 25. Nxb1 Rc7 26. c6 Rf5 27. Bb4 Rxe5 28. Nxd2
a5 29. Bc3 Rd5 30. Ne4 Rd3 31. Qc2 Bxc3 32. Nxc3 Re7 33. Ba6 Rd2 34. Qf5 Ng7 35.
Qxg5 Re6 36. Qxd8+ Rxd8 37. c7 Rde8 38. Bb7 Rb6 39. c8=Q Rxc8 40. Bxc8 Rc6 41.
Ne2 Rxc8 42. Nxf4 Rc2 43. Ra1 Nf5 44. a4 Nd4 45. g3 Rc4 46. Kg2 Kg8 47. h4 Kf7
48. Rb1 Rxa4 49. Rb7+ Kg8 50. Nd5 h6 51. Ra7 Kf8 52. h5 Nb3 53. f4 Ra2+ 54. Kh3
Ra1 55. f5 Nd4 56. g4 a4 57. Nf4 Nf3 58. Ne6+ Kg8 59. f6 Ne5 60. g5 Rh1+ 61. Kg3
hxg5 62. Nxg5 Rg1+ 63. Kf4 Nd3+ 64. Kf5 Rf1+ 65. Ke4 Nc5+ 66. Ke5 Nd3+ 67. Kd4
Rxf6 68. Kxd3 Rf5 69. Ne4 Kh8 70. h6 Rh5 71. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Sukandar, Irine Kharisma"]
[Black "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "7101937"]
[BlackFideId "1632051"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng5 h6 6. N5f3 Bf5 7. Bc4 Nbd7 8.
Ne2 e6 9. Ng3 Bh7 10. O-O Be7 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. Qe2 Qa5
15. Bd2 Qb5 16. c4 Qxb2 17. Rab1 Qa3 18. Rxb7 Rb8 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Ne5 Qa4 21.
Bc3 Rd8 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Rb1 Qa6 24. h3 Rb7 25. Rb3 Rb6 26. c5 Qxe2 27. Nxe2
Rxb3 28. axb3 Nd5 29. Ba5 f5 30. Kf1 Bf6 31. Ke1 h5 32. Kd2 g5 33. Kd3 g4 34.
Bd2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Tanriverdi, Enes"]
[Black "Hilverda, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "34543279"]
[BlackFideId "4695437"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Qe2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Rad1
Qh4 15. Ne4 a6 16. g3 Qe7 17. a3 Ba5 18. Nd6 b5 19. Ba2 Bb7 20. Rd3 Rad8 21.
Rfd1 Ba8 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Qh5 Kh7 24. Qe5 Bc7 25. Bb1 g6 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Barp, Alberto"]
[Black "Rahul, Srivatshav P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Panno variation"]
[WhiteFideId "872555"]
[BlackFideId "25059653"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Qd3
Nd7 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 f5 13. b4 a5 14. a3 b6 15. Bd2 f4
16. Bg2 g5 17. h3 h5 18. g4 hxg4 19. hxg4 Kf7 20. Bh3 Rh8 21. Kg2 Nf8 22. b5 Ng6
23. f3 Rh6 24. Rh1 Qh8 25. Be1 Bxg4 26. fxg4 f3+ 27. Qxf3+ Nf4+ 28. Kf1 Rf8 29.
Bg2 Rxh1+ 30. Bxh1 Ke8 31. Bf2 Nh3 32. Nd1 Rxf3 33. Bxf3 Nf4 34. Bg1 Qh3+ 35.
Kf2 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Riumin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "718572"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Na6 9. Rc1 Qc8 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qa4 c5 13. Rfd1 d6 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Qa3 Rd8 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. Qf3 Qe7 20. Ne4 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "D14"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "exchange variation, 6.Bf4 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "14105730"]
[BlackFideId "13601520"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 Rac8 13. Ne2 Ne7 14. Rxc8
Rxc8 15. Rc1 Rxc1+ 16. Nxc1 h6 17. h3 a6 18. Ne2 Qc7 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. Nxc3 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Raja, Harshit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12800040"]
[BlackFideId "5089000"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bd2 a6 13. Rac1 e5 14. b4 Rfe8 15.
h3 h6 16. Be1 Rac8 17. Qb1 Qb8 18. Bd3 exd4 19. exd4 Qa8 20. Bf5 Rcd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Hilverda, Alexander"]
[Black "Mesaros, Florian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "4695437"]
[BlackFideId "1629220"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Ne4 9. Bf4 c6 10. Nfd2 g5 11. Be3 Nd6 12. f3 f5 13. Bf2 Nf6 14. Nc3 g4 15. h3 h5
16. h4 b6 17. Bh1 Ba6 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rfe1 gxf3 20. exf3 Rf7 21. Bg2 Nh7 22.
Bh3 Bc8 23. Ne2 Bd7 24. Nf4 Qf8 25. Ng6 Qg7 26. Ne5 Bxh4 27. Kh2 Bf6 28. Nxd7
Rxd7 29. Qxc6 Rf8 30. Qxd5+ Kh8 31. Qb3 Bxd4 32. Bxd4 Qxd4 33. Qc3 Qxc3 34. bxc3
Nb5 35. Nf1 Ng5 36. Re3 Rc7 37. f4 Nxh3 38. Kxh3 Rxc3 39. Kh4 Rc7 40. Rd1 Rg7
41. Rd5 Nc7 42. Rd6 Kg8 43. Re5 Rg4+ 44. Kxh5 Ne8 45. Rg6+ Ng7+ 46. Kh6 Kf7 47.
Rxg7+ Rxg7 48. Rxf5+ Kg8 49. Rd5 Rf6+ 50. Kh5 Rb7 51. f5 b5 52. g4 Ra6 53. Rd8+
Kf7 54. g5 Rxa2 55. Kh6 Ra3 56. g6+ Kf6 57. Rf8+ Ke5 58. f6 Kf5 59. Rf7 Rb8 60.
Kg7 Rf3 61. Rxa7 Rxf1 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Rahul, Srivatshav P"]
[Black "Iniyan, P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Old Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "25059653"]
[BlackFideId "25002767"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 f5 4. e4 Nf6 5. exf5 Bxf5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nge2 a5 8. Ng3
Bg4 9. Be2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Qd7 11. O-O O-O 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Na6 14. Be3 c6 15.
dxc6 bxc6 16. Nf5 Rae8 17. Raf1 g6 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19. Ne4 Nc5 20. Nxf6 Bxf6 21.
Ng4 Bg5 22. Bd4+ Kg8 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qf3+ Ke8 26. Bf6 Bc1 27.
Bh4 Bxb2 28. Qe2+ Kf7 29. Qf2+ Kg8 30. Nh6+ Kg7 31. Qxb2+ Kxh6 32. Bf2 Ne4 33.
Be3+ g5 34. h4 Qe6 35. hxg5+ Kg6 36. Qc2 d5 37. cxd5 Qxd5 38. Qb2 Qd3 39. Qb6
Qc3 40. Qa7 Ng3 41. Kf2 Nf5 42. Bf4 Qc2+ 43. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Mesaros, Florian"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Nimzo-English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1629220"]
[BlackFideId "738590"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Bd7 7. a3 Bxc3 8. bxc3
Nc6 9. d3 Rb8 10. Rb1 a6 11. e4 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Qe2 h6 14. Nh4 Ne7 15. f4
c5 16. Bd2 Bc6 17. f5 e5 18. g4 d5 19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4 dxe4 21. dxe5 Qd4+ 22.
Kh1 Qxe5 23. Bf4 Qc5 24. Rbc1 Qxa3 25. g5 hxg5 26. Bxg5 Qd6 27. Bf4 Qd7 28. Rfd1
Bd5 29. Be5 Rb6 30. Qe3 Rc6 31. Rxc6 Qxc6 32. Qg5 Rc8 33. Rg1 Kf8 34. h3 Qb6 35.
Rc1 Rxc1+ 36. Qxc1 b4 37. Bxf6 Qxf6 38. Qc7 Kg8 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "718572"]
[BlackFideId "12800040"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Nc3 Nh5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. g4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. Rg1 Nf6 11. Ndb5 Kd8 12. Nd6 Bd5 13. g5 Qxd6 14. gxf6 gxf6
15. e4 Qe5 16. f4 Qxf4 17. exd5 Qh4+ 18. Rg3 f5 19. Bg2 e5 20. Kf1 d6 21. Qf3 f4
22. Rh3 Qf6 23. Ne4 Qg6 24. Qh5 Ke7 25. Qxg6 fxg6 26. Rc3 Na6 27. Rc6 Rac8 28.
Rxd6 Rxc2 29. Re6+ Kd8 30. Ng5 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Raja, Harshit"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 7.f4"]
[WhiteFideId "5089000"]
[BlackFideId "14105730"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qe2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Rxd4 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rxd6 Bxc3 14. bxc3
b5 15. Be2 Qa5 16. Kb2 Bb7 17. Bf3 Rad8 18. Rd1 Bd5 19. Rxd5 exd5 20. exd5 Rd6
21. Re1 Qd8 22. Qd4 h6 23. Re5 Qh4 24. Rh5 Qf6 25. Qe5 Rc8 26. Be4 Kf8 27. Rf5
Qe7 28. g4 Re8 29. Qxe7+ Rxe7 30. Bd3 g6 0-1

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Sukandar, Irine Kharisma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5"]
[WhiteFideId "13601520"]
[BlackFideId "7101937"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Ne2 a5 8. O-O
c6 9. f3 Na6 10. e4 dxe4 11. fxe4 Bg4 12. a3 Be7 13. Qc2 h6 14. h3 Bxe2 15. Nxe2
Nc7 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Rad1 Nd7 18. Kh1 Bg5 19. Bg1 Nf6 20. Bc4 Qc7 21. Ba2 Rfe8
22. Rf3 Rad8 23. Rdf1 Rd7 24. Bb1 Nf8 25. Ng3 c5 26. e5 Nd5 27. Ba2 Qc6 28. Qe4
c4 29. h4 Bd8 30. Nf5 h5 31. Qe2 b5 32. Rg3 Ng6 33. Qxh5 Re6 34. Qg4 Nde7 35.
Bb1 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.06"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Rahul, Srivatshav P"]
[Black "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[ECO "E44"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Fischer variation, 5.Ne2"]
[WhiteFideId "25059653"]
[BlackFideId "1632051"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. b4 a5 11. Bb2 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1+ 13. Bxa1 O-O 14. Qc2 Qh4
15. Kd1 Nd7 16. f3 Ra8 17. Bc3 c5 18. Bd3 cxb4 19. Bb2 e5 20. Bf5 Bc6 21. Qd2
exd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 23. exd4 g6 24. Bxd7 Bxd7 25. Kc2 Ba4+ 26. Kd3 Rc8 27. Rc1
f6 28. d5 Kf7 29. Bd4 b5 30. c5 Bb3 31. Kd2 dxc5 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Bxc5 Bxd5 34.
Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Getz, Nicolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "738590"]
[BlackFideId "1505572"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 O-O 6. O-O-O Nbd7 7. e5 Nh5 8.
Bh6 c5 9. Bxg7 Nxg7 10. exd6 exd6 11. Nf3 Qa5 12. Kb1 Nf6 13. dxc5 Be6 14. Nd5
Qd8 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. cxd6 Nf5 17. Qf4 h5 18. h3 h4 19. g4 hxg3 20. fxg3 Rac8
21. g4 Rc5 22. Bd3 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.07"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Raja, Harshit"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, 9.h3"]
[WhiteFideId "5089000"]
[BlackFideId "13601520"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Ng5 Rf8 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Ng5 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.07"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1632051"]
[BlackFideId "718572"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
d5 9. c4 dxc4 10. Na3 cxb3 11. axb3 Ng4 12. Nc4 Ne5 13. e3 Nbc6 14. Nxc6 Nxc6
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxc8 Rdxc8 20. Rxa7
Kf6 21. Rc1 Rxb3 22. Ra6 e6 23. Raxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 g5 25. Rc4 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.07"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Mesaros, Florian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[ECO "D39"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin, Vienna variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14105730"]
[BlackFideId "1629220"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 gxf6 12. Bb5+ Ke7 13. Rc1 Qa5 14.
Qe2 Bd7 15. e5 f5 16. g4 fxg4 17. Rg1 h5 18. Rg3 a6 19. Bc4 Nc6 20. Nxc6+ Bxc6
21. Qe3 Rad8 22. Qf4 Kd7 23. Qxf7+ Kc8 24. Qxe6+ Kb8 25. Rd3 Rxd3 26. Bxd3 Rd8
27. Rxc6 bxc6 28. Qb3+ Ka7 29. Qc4 Qb5 30. Qf7+ Qb7 31. Qc4 Qb5 32. Qf7+ Qb7 33.
Qc4 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.07"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Iniyan, P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Panno variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12800040"]
[BlackFideId "25002767"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bf4 h6
9. Rc1 g5 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Ne1 f5 12. Qd2 e5 13. dxe5 f4 14. gxf4 gxf4 15. Bxf4
Rxf4 16. Qxf4 Bxe5 17. Qe4 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Nce5 19. Bh3 Qh4 20. Qg2 Kh8 21. Bxg4
Bf4+ 22. Qh3 Qxh3+ 23. Bxh3 Bxh3 24. Ng2 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Rg8+ 26. Kh3 Bxc1 27.
Rxc1 Nxc4 28. Nd5 b5 29. b3 c6 30. Ne7 Re8 31. Nxc6 Rxe2 32. bxc4 Rxf2 
33. a4 {...} 1-0

[Event "2nd Vergani Cup 2018"]
[Site "Villorba ITA"]
[Date "2018.01.07"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Tanriverdi, Enes"]
[Black "Rahul, Srivatshav P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[ECO "E63"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Panno variation"]
[WhiteFideId "34543279"]
[BlackFideId "25059653"]
[EventDate "2018.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Rad1 Bf5 13. h3 Rxd1 14. Rxd1 Rd8 15.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 16. g4 Be6 17. Ng5 Bd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 b6 20. Be7 Nb7 21. Ne4
f5 22. Ng5 e4 23. e3 1/2-1/2

