Friday, January 7, 2011

Gashimov Wins Reggio Emilia

Submitted by SonofPearl on Chess.com
vugar gashimov02.jpgThe historic city of Reggio Emilia in Italy has hosted an annual chess tournament since 1958, held over each New Year.
The 2010/11 edition ran from 28 Dec - 6 Jan and produced some sparkling chess, with the Azerbaijani Vugar Gashimov (pictured) emerging as the tournament winner.
Francisco Vallejo Pons also had a strong showing, but just missed out by virtue of a weaker tie-break score.  Gashimov's only loss was a wild first round defeat to Nigel Short.  The Englishman won his first two hair-raising games, but slumped to a poor result overall.
The final cross-table:
 Gashimov, Vugar AZE 2733 * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 6
 Vallejo Pons, Francisco ESP 2698 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6
 Movsesian, Sergei SVK 2721 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5
 Navara, David CZE 2708 0 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 5
 Ivanchuk, Vassily UKR 2764 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 5
 Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2709 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½
 Onischuk, Alexander USA 2683 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½
 Morozevich, Alexander RUS 2700 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 * 0 1 4
 Short, Nigel D ENG 2680 1 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 * 1
 Godena, Michele ITA 2549 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 *

All the games and round-by-round reports can be found at this page of the official website.
A selection of the games can be replayed below.

Short, Nigel D (2680) vs. Gashimov, Vugar (2733)
53rd Masters | Reggio Emilia ITA | Round 1| 28 Dec 2010 | ECO: B90 | 1-0

Short, Nigel D (2680) vs. Morozevich, Alexander (2700)
53rd Masters | Reggio Emilia ITA | Round 2| 29 Dec 2010 | ECO: C11 | 1-0

Vallejo Pons, Francisco (2698) vs. Navara, David (2708)
53rd Masters | Reggio Emilia ITA | Round 3| 30 Dec 2010 | ECO: C69 | 1-0

Short, Nigel D (2680) vs. Vallejo Pons, Francisco (2698)
53rd Masters | Reggio Emilia ITA | Round 4| 31 Dec 2010 | ECO: C11 | 0-1

Godena, Michele (2549) vs. Ivanchuk, Vassily (2764)
53rd Masters | Reggio Emilia ITA | Round 5| 2 Jan 2011 | ECO: C77 | 0-1

Short, Nigel D (2680) vs. Movsesian, Sergei (2721)
53rd Masters | Reggio Emilia ITA | Round 6| 3 Jan 2011 | ECO: B40 | 0-1

Gashimov, Vugar (2733) vs. Ivanchuk, Vassily (2764)
53rd Masters | Reggio Emilia ITA | Round 6| 3 Jan 2011 | ECO: B12 | 1-0

Morozevich, Alexander (2700) vs. Onischuk, Alexander (2683)
53rd Masters | Reggio Emilia ITA | Round 6| 3 Jan 2011 | ECO: D31 | 0-1

Vallejo Pons, Francisco (2698) vs. Gashimov, Vugar (2733)
53rd Masters | Reggio Emilia ITA | Round 7| 4 Jan 2011 | ECO: B06 | 0-1

Gashimov, Vugar (2733) vs. Navara, David (2708)
53rd Masters | Reggio Emilia ITA | Round 8| 5 Jan 2011 | ECO: C95 | 1-0

Short, Nigel D (2680) vs. Ivanchuk, Vassily (2764)
53rd Masters | Reggio Emilia ITA | Round 8| 5 Jan 2011 | ECO: B31 | 0-1

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