Anish Giri wins the 54th Reggio Emilia 2011-12
Posted by 365Chess.com on January 7, 2012 in Chess news
Final Standings
| Pos | Name | Fed | Rtg | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giri, Anish | NED | 2714 | 16 |
| 2 | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2762 | 15 |
| 3 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2758 | 15 |
| 4 | Caruana, Fabiano | ITA | 2727 | 15 |
| 5 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 2775 | 12 |
| 6 | Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS | 2729 | 8 |
Giri, Anish (2714) – Vitiugov, Nikita (2729) [B41]
54th Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia ITA (8), 2012-01-04
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Ba3 Qa5 11. Bd6 Nc6 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. f4 Bxa1 14. Qxa1 Qd2 15. Bd3 Qe3+ 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Qb2 b5 18. a4 Rc8 19. f5 exf5 20. e6 Qxe6 21. Qxg7 Qxd6 22. Qxh8+ Qf8 23. Qxh7 Kd8 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Kc7 26. c4 Kb6 27. Rb1 b4 28. a5+ Kc7 29. c5 Rb8 30. Qe5+ Kc8 31. Qf5+ Kc7 32. Qf4+ Kc8 33. Rxb4 Rxb4 34. Qxb4 Qh6 35. Qc4 Kd8 36. h4 f5 37. Qd4+ Kc8 38. Qc4 Kd8 39. Kh2 Ke7 40. Qd4 Qh5 41. Kh3 Qg6 42. Qe3+ Kd7 43. Qd2+ Ke8 44. Qf4 Qf6 45. Qd6 Qc3+ 46. Kh2 Qxa5 47. Qxc6+ Kf7 48. Qd5+ Kf6 49. Qd6+ Kf7 50. Qd7+ Kf6 51. Qc6+ Kf7 52. Qb7+ Kg8 53. Qc8+ Kg7 54. Qxf5 1 – 0 (view game)
Ivanchuk, Vassily (2775) – Caruana, Fabiano (2727) [A48]
54th Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia ITA (8), 2012-01-04
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. c3 Nbd7 9. Bh2 Qe8 10. a4 a6 11. Na3 e5 12. Nc4 Ne4 13. Nfd2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Kh8 15. Qc2 f5 16. Rfe1 g5 17. Bd3 Qg6 18. f3 Rae8 19. Rf1 d5 20. a5 c5 21. g4 e4 22. fxe4 dxe4 23. Be2 f4 24. axb6 Qxb6 25. Qb3 Qa7 26. Bb5 cxd4 27. Bxd7 dxe3 28. Nc4 Rd8 29. Ba4 Rd2 30. Qxb7 Qxb7 31. Rxf4 gxf4 32. Nxd2 exd2 33. Bxf4 Rxf4 34. Bc6 Qb6+ 0 – 1 (view game)
Nakamura, Hikaru (2758) – Morozevich, Alexander (2762) [C11]
54th Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia ITA (8), 2012-01-04
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 a6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Kh1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ndxe5 16. Rb3 Rxf1+ 17. Bxf1 Qd6 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Na4 b5 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Bf4 e5 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Bg3 Qe6 24. Rb1 e4 25. a4 bxa4 26. Bxa6 Rf8 27. c3 a3 28. Be2 Bd6 29. Bh4 Rb8 30. Rxb8+ Bxb8 31. Qa2 Qd6 32. Bg3 Qc5 0 – 1 (view game)
Nakamura, Hikaru (2758) – Giri, Anish (2714) [C42]
54th Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia ITA (9), 2012-01-05
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O c6 10. h4 Re8 11. Bd3 d5 12. Ng5 Nf8 13. h5 Bf6 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. Rde1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ne6 17. f4 h6 18. a3 Qa5 19. Qd1 Nc5 20. Bf5 Na4 21. Qd3 Nc5 22. Qd1 Qb5 23. Qe2 Qa4 24. Qd1 Ne4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Rhg1 Rae8 27. Rg3 Kh8 28. Reg1 Qc4 29. Kb1 c5 30. Qd3 b6 31. Qxc4 Rxc4 32. Rd1 d4 33. cxd4 cxd4 34. b3 dxe3 35. bxc4 exf2 36. Rf3 Re1 37. Kc1 Bd4 38. c3 Be3+ 39. Kc2 f5 40. a4 a5 41. c5 Bxc5 0 – 1 (view game)
Morozevich, Alexander (2762) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2775) [D15]
54th Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia ITA (9), 2012-01-05
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 b4 10. Ne2 e5 11. Ng3 g6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qf4 Bd6 15. Qh6 Rg8 16. Rc1 Ned7 17. Qh4 a5 18. Bb5 Kf8 19. O-O Kg7 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Qd4+ Nf6 22. Rc6 Re8 23. f4 Bb8 24. Kh1 ½ – ½ (view game)
Caruana, Fabiano (2727) – Vitiugov, Nikita (2729) [B41]
54th Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia ITA (9), 2012-01-05
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. O-O Bb4 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. Kh1 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bc5 11. Qd2 h6 12. f4 d6 13. Qe1 Bd7 14. Qg3 Bd4 15. Bf3 Qc4 16. Bd2 Bc6 17. Rae1 O-O-O 18. Be2 Qc5 19. Bd3 g5 20. Qf3 Rhg8 21. Na4 g4 22. Qe2 Qh5 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Qc5 25. e5 Nd7 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 d5 28. Bd3 Kb8 29. Rb1 Rc8 30. b4 Qd4 31. Qe1 Nb6 32. b5 axb5 33. Rxb5 Rc7 34. Qa5 Nd7 35. Rfb1 Qa7 36. Qb4 Nc5 37. Bh7 Rgc8 38. Ra5 Na6 39. Qd6 Ka8 40. Rb6 Rc6 41. Raxa6 bxa6 42. Rxc6 Rb8 43. c3 1 – 0 (view game)
Giri, Anish (2714) – Caruana, Fabiano (2727) [A20]
54th Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia ITA (10), 2012-01-06
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e3 Nge7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. h3 Ba7 9. Kh2 Be6 10. Nd5 Bd7 11. b3 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. d4 Nf5 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. a4 a5 17. Qd2 Bb6 18. Rc2 Qg5 19. Qd3 Qg6 20. Rd1 Rcd8 21. e4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 c5 25. dxc6 Bxc6 26. Rc4 Qh5 27. Qd2 h6 28. Rd4 ½ – ½ (view game)
Vitiugov, Nikita (2729) – Morozevich, Alexander (2762) [A16]
54th Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia ITA (10), 2012-01-06
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nc6 8. h4 h6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. d3 Kh7 12. Nd2 f5 13. Ba3 Rf6 14. Qc2 Qe8 15. e3 b6 16. d4 Ba6 17. Rfe1 e4 18. c4 Rc8 19. Qa4 Nb8 20. Qxe8 Rxe8 21. Rec1 Nd7 22. Nb3 Rf7 23. Bb4 c5 24. Bd2 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. a4 cxd4 27. exd4 f4 28. a5 f3 29. Bf1 Kg6 30. axb6 Bf6 31. Re1 Rh8 32. Rxe4 Rfh7 33. Rh4 gxh4 34. Bd3+ Kg7 35. Bxh7 Kxh7 36. Ra1 Bxc4 37. Rxa7 Bxb3 38. Rxd7+ Kg6 39. Bf4 hxg3 40. Bxg3 Ba4 41. Rd6 Rg8 42. b7 Kf5 43. Ra6 Bxd4 44. b8=Q Rxb8 45. Bxb8 Bc2 46. Kh2 Bd3 47. Ra4 Be5+ 48. Bxe5 Kxe5 49. Kg3 Be2 50. Kg4 Kf6 51. Kf4 Bd1 52. Ra6+ Kf7 53. Ke5 Be2 54. Rf6+ Kg7 55. Kf5 Bd3+ 56. Kg5 Be2 57. Rf4 Kg8 58. Kh6 Bd1 59. Rd4 Be2 60. Rd7 Kf8 61. Kg5 Ke8 62. Ra7 Kf8 63. Kf4 Kg8 64. Ra3 Kf7 65. Rxf3 Bxf3 66. Kxf3 Kf6 67. Kf4 1 – 0 (view game)
Ivanchuk, Vassily (2775) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2758) [C67]
54th Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia ITA (10), 2012-01-06
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Ne2 Bd7 13. Bg5 Rd8 14. Nf4 Bc8 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Rd1+ Ke8 17. g3 Rh7 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Ng5 Rh6 20. h4 c5 21. c3 a5 22. Rd2 Be6 23. Ngxe6 fxe6 24. Kg2 Nc6 25. Re2 Nd8 26. Kh3 Nf7 27. Re3 Kd7 28. f3 b6 29. a3 Kc6 30. g4 hxg4+ 31. Kxg4 Kd7 32. h5 Rh8 33. Rd3+ Kc6 34. Ng6 Re8 35. f4 b5 36. a4 Nh6+ 37. Kg5 Nf7+ 38. Kh4 b4 39. c4 Nh6 40. Kg5 Nf7+ 41. Kg4 Nh6+ 42. Kh4 Nf7 43. f5 exf5 44. Rd5 b3 45. Kg3 Ng5 46. Kf4 Ne6+ 47. Kxf5 Nd4+ 48. Ke4 Ne6 49. Rd3 Ng5+ 50. Ke3 Ne6 51. Rxb3 Nd4 52. Rd3 Rb8 53. b3 Kd7 54. Ke4 c6 55. Nh4 Ke6 56. Rg3 Kf7 57. Nf5 Ne6 58. Rd3 Ng5+ 59. Kf4 Ne6+ 60. Kg4 Nd4 61. Nxd4 cxd4 62. Rxd4 Rxb3 63. Rd7+ Ke6 64. Rxg7 Rb4 65. h6 Rxc4+ 66. Kh5 Rc1 67. Rg4 1 – 0 (view game)
