I was very glad to read in the newest edition of yearbook (already 100!!) that he considers the Scotch Game book written by me and IM Richard Palliser to be among the top 20 most inspirational opening books of the decade! In fact this is what he writes about the authors: “Richard Palliser has become the mainstay of the Everyman team, with his widespread knowledge and ability to pick out the quintesential points. In recent years, Yelena Dembo has become the most influential female opening analyst around. Together they have come up with a high standard monograph for all levels”.
ShareSo, in round five we had a bye which gave up plenty of time to rest! The next day we had to play Monaco – the strongest team in the event by rating but which had the same amount of match points with us (our team was rated 7th). I made a relatively quick and easy draw vs IM A.Muzychuk (2545 ELO) and the team drew Monaco thanks to the incredible win of IM Bojkovic vs GM Hou Yifan (the current Women’s World Champion)! The game was drawn in many possible ways but Hou found the only and very unfortunate way to lose – lost on time. And in the last round, the 7th we had to play MIKA, a very strong team from Armenia. I made a quick draw against GM Harika (2505 ELO) but unfortunately after a very long fight our team lost 
Nevertheless, for me the event was very successful as I finished on 4.5 out of 6, undefeated and won the silver medal on 2nd board! What else can a professional want?!
Here are the last games:
ShareI won the game vs Frank-Nielsen, 2020 ELO and my team won 3-1!
Today we have a bye 
so plenty of rest!
I drew vs IM Munguntuul, 2465 ELO today but my team “BAS” lost 2.5-1.5 Here is my game:
Today I won against IM Sedina, 2337 ELO and our team won the match too! Here is the game:
ShareThe European Club Cup this year is incredibly strong both in Open and Women event! We play and live in a very good hotel, the food is great and I was able to start the tournament with a win against GM Lahno (2554 ELO, 5th rated in Top 100 women in the world)! The game turned out to be very interesting with pawn sacrifices on my part. Here it is:
The official website of the event is http://ecc2011.sahohlacnik.com/
ShareJu won against Zhu and Danielian lost 2nd game in a row, this time to Ruan. Hou shared a point with Zhao while Muzychuk won against Yildiz to join the leaders.
Standings after round 4
1-3 Hou, Zhao, Muzychuk 3
4-7 Cmilyte, Tan, Ruan, Ju 2.5
8 Zhu 1.5
9-11 Yildiz, Kovalevskaya, Munguntuul 1
12 Danielian 0.5
Photos of round 4
Games of round 4
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In the 3rd round Hou Yifan shared a point with Yildiz in a very interesting and long game, while Cmilyte won against Danielian.
Results of round 3
GM Zhao Xue 2497 ½ – ½ GM Zhu Chen 2490
GM Hou Yifan 2578 ½ – ½ WIM Yildiz Betul Cemre 2308
IM Muzychuk Anna 2545 ½ – ½ IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2465
WGM Tan Zhongyi 2429 1 – 0 IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421
GM Cmilyte Viktori 2525 1 – 0 GM Danielian Elina 2517
WGM Ruan Lufei 2477 ½ – ½ WGM Ju Wenjun 2536
Photos of round 3
Games of round 3
ShareHou and Zhao are leading the event with 2 out of 2, Muzychuk is clear 3rd with 1.5 points.
Here are the photos from 2nd round
Results in 2nd round
GM Zhu Chen 2490 ½ – ½ WGM Ruan Lufei 2477 7
WGM Ju Wenjun 2536 ½ – ½ GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2525 6
GM Danielian Elina 2517 ½ – ½ WGM Tan Zhongyi 2429 5
IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421 ½ – ½ IM Muzychuk Anna 2545 4
IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2465 0 – 1 GM Hou Yifan 2578 3
WIM Yildiz Betul Cemre 2308 0 – 1 GM Zhao Xue 2497 2
Standings after 2nd round
1-2 Hou, Xue 2
3 Muzychuk 1.5
4-8 Zhu, Ruan, Ju, Cmilyte, Tan 1
9-11 Yildiz, Kovalevskaya, Danielian 0.5
12 Munguntuul 0
Games of the 2nd round
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