page 1 of 75; games 1-25 of 1,857  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Khalifman vs S Azaladze   ½-½ 52 2012 13th European Individual Championship E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 2. N Kabanov vs Caruana 0-1 41 2012 13th European Individual Championship B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 3. Mamedyarov vs P Drenchev   ½-½ 52 2012 13th European Individual Championship D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. T Baron vs Jakovenko   0-1 39 2012 13th European Individual Championship B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 5. A Giri vs V Jianu   1-0 49 2012 13th European Individual Championship D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 6. A Berescu vs A Riazantsev   ½-½ 72 2012 13th European Individual Championship A13 English 7. N Vitiugov vs T Nedev 1-0 50 2012 13th European Individual Championship E81 King's Indian, Samisch 8. R Soffer vs Bacrot   0-1 47 2012 13th European Individual Championship E97 King's Indian 9. Jobava vs L Paichadze   ½-½ 41 2012 13th European Individual Championship E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 10. G Grigorov vs B Grachev   ½-½ 68 2012 13th European Individual Championship D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. V Malakhov vs L Filip   1-0 26 2012 13th European Individual Championship E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 12. T Fodor Jr vs V Laznicka   0-1 34 2012 13th European Individual Championship D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 13. Movsesian vs M Perunovic 1-0 24 2012 13th European Individual Championship B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 14. A Cioara vs Naiditsch   0-1 30 2012 13th European Individual Championship E00 Queen's Pawn Game 15. Navara vs V Kovalev   ½-½ 41 2012 13th European Individual Championship C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 16. E Can vs Sutovsky   0-1 44 2012 13th European Individual Championship A15 English 17. Dreev vs G P Arnaudov 1-0 29 2012 13th European Individual Championship E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 18. G Nigalidze vs Efimenko   ½-½ 41 2012 13th European Individual Championship E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 19. E Inarkiev vs D Stojanovic   ½-½ 32 2012 13th European Individual Championship B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 20. F Pancevski vs A Volokitin 1-0 45 2012 13th European Individual Championship B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Fressinet vs M Jurcik 1-0 36 2012 13th European Individual Championship E14 Queen's Indian 22. A Rombaldoni vs Vallejo-Pons ½-½ 156 2012 13th European Individual Championship C02 French, Advance 23. D Andreikin vs N Nestorovic   1-0 39 2012 13th European Individual Championship E17 Queen's Indian 24. Bologan vs A Hunt   ½-½ 48 2012 13th European Individual Championship C02 French, Advance 25. A S Hagen vs Akopian   ½-½ 46 2012 13th European Individual Championship C18 French, Winawer  page 1 of 75; games 1-25 of 1,857    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 13 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-24-12    Penguincw: The Romanian is trying to defend the endgame, down a pawn. Nisipeanu-Riazantsev 0:04:29-0:04:13 67.Ra4 (-0.39) click for larger view Mar-24-12    PhilFeeley: So Giri and Mamedyarov are out of it. Quite the tumble for them: 5th round: Mamedyarov 2752 ½ - ½ FM Boruchovsky 2333 GM Giri 2717 0 - 1 GM Holzke 2508 Mar-24-12    PhilFeeley: <Tabanus> Interesting. I looked for him in the player directory and he wasn't listed. I don't know how he did this round against a GM. Mar-24-12    Tabanus: <PhilFeeley> He lost, and has White next round vs the 2398 untitled fellow countryman Georgios Goumas. Unfortunately (?) the Directory lists only the most notable players. Mar-24-12    twinlark: <soldal: After the fifth round Jones, Fressinet and Kuzubov are in the lead with 4.5 points.> So is Jones, the quiet achiever. A few more positive games and he'll realise his short term ambition of cracking the top 100. Mar-25-12    Viewer Deluxe: In case you haven't found it yet, games of "European Individual Championship" are being broadcasted live on my blog at http://chesstuff.blogspot.com/2012/... As usual, you can enjoy on-the-fly FENs and PGNs. And, yes, all the games are on the same page pre-loaded and ready to replay. Mar-25-12    Gogia: check out results for <Shota Azaladze> Mar-25-12    Penguincw: Live games available on http://livechess.chessdom.com/site/. Mar-25-12    Penguincw: Leader games: Jobava-Kuzubov 18.c5 (0.16) 1:02:00-0:27:38 click for larger view Mar-25-12    Strongest Force: Two of my favorite talk buddies are playing each other: Fab vs Raufy! When Rauf was 15 I started talking to him because I thought he was Nak. I talked to Fab because I remember him when he lived in nyc. They are playing the dragon which is Rauf's favorite. However Fab is showing some giant bear teeth. Hmm...giant bear vs dragon is a terrific fight. Mar-25-12    Penguincw: Jones-Fressinet 0:42:30-0:39:00 19...f6 (0.23) click for larger view Mar-25-12    Penguincw: Caruana-Mamedov 0:36:00-0:39:39 19.b3 click for larger view Mar-25-12    Penguincw: It's worth checking out Bacrot-Popov. click for larger view A few moves ago, it was slightly "better". Mar-25-12    Penguincw: Worth noting Korobov is temporarily in the lead with 5/6. Mar-25-12    whiteshark: Khismatillin has <Alekhine's gun> on the board or more specifically on the b-file. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alekhi... Mar-25-12    waustad: Grandelius beats Nyback today. Mar-25-12    waustad: So far Grandelius has lost to 2 Armenian players and beaten everybody else. Mar-25-12    Strongest Force: Rauf is a good guy but he should be spanked for the way he has mis-treated his poor pawns. I know Nak would be drooling if he had fab's position. Mar-25-12    frogbert: yeah, on move 49 there seems to be a small edge for white. after R5b7, i think Nc5 looks tempting - not sure what black should respond. there are pawns on both wings, though, and black's bishop might prove to provide some compensation for black. Mar-25-12    frogbert: so, i clearly don't have a clue what's going on. caruana's game continued 50. Rd3 Bf8 51. Nf6+ Kg7 52. Rd7+ Be7 ... Mar-25-12    frogbert: 53. Rxb7 Rxb7 54. Ne4 ... i guess white's idea is to penetrate with the king via the white squares: Kc2-d3-c4 and so on. at the moment the black king is cut off due to white's rook in the f-file. Mar-25-12    frogbert: or maybe rather to <e4> from d3 - after removing the knight. e5 seems hard to defend for black. i think white's chances are good here. Mar-25-12    Penguincw: Currently, 5 players are in the lead with 5 points. :-\ They are Khismatullin, Fressinet, Naiditsch, Vachier-Lagrave and Korobov. Mar-25-12    Strongest Force: Fab's handling of the endgame could be making Capa, Bobby and Akiba roll and scream in their graves; however, like I said before, Fab does not seem hungry in this tournament. Mar-25-12    frogbert: strongest force, which engine are you using? caruana is hesitating, not sure if he wants to go for it or not. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 13) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 13 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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