TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
54th Reggio Emilia 2011 (1)
Nakamura and Morozevich win in first round of Reggio
Mark Crowther - Wednesday 28th December 2011
Hikaru Nakamura won in Round 1. Photo © | http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it
The first round of the 54th Reggio Emilia tournament in Italy saw two decisive games and a draw. Hikaru Nakamura defeated Nikita Vitiugov on the black side of a Queen's Gambit where his passed c-pawn proved more powerful than the two bishops and a pawn majority in the centre. Fabiano Caruana would have had to find a deep combination to defeat Alexander Morozevich and he should probably have been able to avoid dropping a piece but time trouble cost him the game. Anish Giri's exchange sacrifice was sufficient to hold Vassily Ivanchuk. Round 2 2pm GMT Wednesday. Giri - Morozevich, Nakamura - Caruana and Ivanchuk - Vitiugov.
Fabiano Caruana blundered his position away after failing to find his way through the complications against Alexander Morozevich. This was a difficult Ruy Lopez and Caruana would probably have had to find a rook sacrifice to get the advantage the computer gives him. He should probably have found 47.Ndb6 which would have sacrificed an exchange for a good bind. 47.Nc7? looks like it should be strong at first sight but instead it just lost material.
Alexander Morozevich
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Fabiano Caruana
Position after 46...Nxe4
47.Nc7?
[47.Qe2 Rxc4 48.d7; 47.Qd3 Rxc4 48.d7; 47.d7 Bxd7 48.Qd3; 47.Ndb6 Bxc4 48.Nxc4 Kg8 49.Qd3 Kxf7 50.Qxe4 is probably better for white.]
47...Bxc4 48.Qxc4 Nxd6 49.Ne6 Nxc4 0-1
Hikaru Nakamura gave his opponent Nikita Vitiugov a big centre and two bishops in return for a passed c-pawn which at the very least proved much easier to play. The c-pawn proved decisive in the end.
Hikaru Nakamura
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Nikita Vitiugov
Position after 30...Ke7
31.e4?
In a difficult position white gives ground. Probably Kh2 was better for the moment.
[31.Kh2 c2 (31...Rc5; 31...h5) 32.Rxc2 Nb4 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.Bxe6 Nxc2 35.Bxf5]
31...Nf4 32.Rxd8 Rxc4 33.Bxf4 Kxd8 34.exf5 Bxf5 35.Be3 c2 36.g4 Be4 37.Bb6+ Kd7 38.Bxa5 Rd4 0-1
Anish Giri's exchange sacrifice against Vassily Ivanchuk for a strong knight for him and a displaced knight for his opponent worked well enough for a draw.
Escaped with a draw vs. Ivanchuk.. after all the knight on a8 looked not as stupid as it looked on the screen before the game.. :)
Anish Giri
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Vassily Ivanchuk
Position after 21...Nd5
22.Re8+ Rf8 23.Rfe2 b5 24.R2e5 a6 25.f5 Bb7 26.Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.Rxd5 cxd5
Ivanchuk accepts that he isn't better.
28.Nc7 Kf7 29.Kf2 d4 30.g4 g5 31.fxg6+ Kxg6 32.Ne6 Bc8 33.Nxd4 Bxg4 34.Kg3 Kg5 35.h4+ Kh5 36.a3 Bd7 37.Nf3 Bc8 38.Ne5 Bb7 39.b4 Bc8 40.Nc6 Bd7 41.Nb8 Bc8 42.Nc6 Bd7 1/2-1/2
| 54th Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia (ITA), 27 xii 2011 - 6 i 2012 | cat. XX (2744) | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2762 | * | * | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 3 | |
| 2. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2758 | . | . | * | * | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | |
| 3. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2775 | . | . | . | . | * | * | ½ | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2714 |
| 4. | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2714 | . | . | . | . | ½ | . | * | * | . | . | . | . | 1 | 2775 |
| 5. | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2729 | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | * | * | . | . | 0 | |
| 6. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2727 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | * | * | 0 | |
| Round 1 (December 27, 2011) | ||||||
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| Ivanchuk, Vassily | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 42 | D55 | Queens Gambit Old Lasker Variation | |
| Vitiugov, Nikita | - Nakamura, Hikaru | 0-1 | 38 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Morozevich, Alexander | 0-1 | 49 | C92 | Ruy Lopez Chigorin | |
| 54th Reggio Emilia w Reggio Emilia (ITA), 27 xii 2011 - 6 i 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Guramishvili, Sopiko | wg | GEO | 2374 | * | * | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | 3 | |
| 2. | Sharevich, Anna | wg | BLR | 2267 | . | . | * | * | . | . | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | 3 | |
| 3. | De Rosa, Mariagrazia | wf | ITA | 2122 | . | . | . | . | * | * | . | . | . | . | 1 | . | 3 | |
| 4. | Videnova, Iva | wg | BUL | 2297 | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | * | * | . | . | . | . | 0 | |
| 5. | Brunello, Marina | wm | ITA | 2221 | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | * | * | . | . | 0 | |
| 6. | Chierici, Marianna | wf | ITA | 2048 | . | . | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | * | * | 0 | |
| Round 1 (December 27, 2011) | ||||||
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| Guramishvili, Sopiko | - Brunello, Marina | 1-0 | 52 | A04 | Dutch System | |
| De Rosa, Mariagrazia | - Chierici, Marianna | 1-0 | 51 | B55 | Sicilian Rauzer | |
| Videnova, Iva | - Sharevich, Anna | 0-1 | 46 | B42 | Sicilian Paulsen | |
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