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European Team Chess Championship 2015

By Yelena Dembo | November 15, 2015 - 06:58 |November 15, 2015 European Team Chess Championship 2015

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Armenia-France

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France managed to win against Armenia in a very tough battle and now shares 1st place with Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Spain.

Top 5 results of the 2nd round

1 Armenia 2 1½ : 2½ 2 France
2 England 2 2 : 2 2 Georgia
3 Netherlands 2 2 : 2 2 Croatia
4 Spain 2 2½ : 1½ 2 Germany
5 Russia 2 3 : 1 2 Greece

Some interesting games of the round

 [Event "20th European Teams"]  [Site "Reykjavik ISL"]  [Date "2015.11.14"]  [Round "2.1"]  [White "Aronian, Levon"]  [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "A48"]  [WhiteElo "2781"]  [BlackElo "2765"]  [PlyCount "164"]  [EventDate "2015.11.13"]  [WhiteTeam "Armenia"]  [BlackTeam "France"]  [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]  [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 d6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e4 c5 7. d5 h6 8. Bh4 e6  9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Qc2 a6 14. Nf1 d5 15. Bg3  Qb6 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Rad1 Bf5 18. Qc1 Rad8 19. N1d2 Na5 20. h3 Qc6 21. Nh4 Bc8  22. Qc2 b5 23. Bf1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Ne4 Nb7 27. Qd3 Be6 28.  Nf3 Bf5 29. Qxd5 Qxe4 30. Qxe4 Bxe4 31. Nd2 Bc6 32. Bd3 c4 33. Bc2 f5 34. f3  Kf7 35. Kf1 Ke6 36. Ke2 Nc5 37. Bf2 Nb7 38. a3 Nd6 39. Bb6 Bf6 40. Nf1 Nc8 41.  Bc5 Ne7 42. Ne3 h5 43. Bb1 h4 44. Nc2 Nd5 45. Bd4 Bg5 46. Ne3 Nf4+ 47. Kf1 Nd3  48. Bxd3 cxd3 49. Ke1 Bd5 50. Kd2 Bc4 51. Bb6 Kd7 52. b4 Bf4 53. Bd4 Ke6 54.  Bb6 g5 55. Bd4 g4 56. hxg4 fxg4 57. fxg4 Bg5 58. Ke1 Bb3 59. Kd2 Bc4 60. Ke1  Bd5 61. Kf2 d2 62. Nd1 Bb3 63. Ke2 Bc4+ 64. Kf2 Bb3 65. Ke2 Kf7 66. Nb2 Kg6 67.  c4 bxc4 68. Bc3 Bf4 69. Bxd2 Kg5 70. Nd1 Kxg4 71. Ne3+ Kh5 72. Nd5 Be5 73. Bc3  Bh2 74. Nf6+ Kg6 75. Ne4 Ba4 76. Nd2 Kf5 77. Nf3 Bg3 78. Be1 Kg4 79. Bxg3 Kxg3  80. Kd2 Bc6 81. Nxh4 Kxh4 82. Kc3 Bb5 0-1

 [Event "20th European Teams"]  [Site "Reykjavik ISL"]  [Date "2015.11.14"]  [Round "2.4"]  [White "Brkic, Ante"]  [Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C50"]  [WhiteElo "2599"]  [BlackElo "2642"]  [PlyCount "79"]  [EventDate "2015.11.13"]  [WhiteTeam "Croatia"]  [BlackTeam "Netherlands"]  [WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]  [BlackTeamCountry "NED"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O a6 6. c3 Ba7 7. Bb3 d6 8. Re1  O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Qd7 12. Nf1 Nh5 13. Be3 Rfe8 14. Bxa7 Rxa7  15. d4 a5 16. Qc2 Raa8 17. Rad1 exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. e5 Re6 20. Ne3 Ne7 21. Ng4  h6 22. Rc1 c6 23. Nh4 Nf4 24. Kh2 Rf8 25. g3 Nfg6 26. Nxg6 Nxg6 27. Qf5 Ne7 28.  Qd3 h5 29. Ne3 f5 30. Ng2 Ng6 31. Qf3 f4 32. Qxh5 fxg3+ 33. fxg3 Rf2 34. Re2  Qf7 35. Rxf2 Qxf2 36. Qg4 Nf8 37. Qf4 Qe2 38. Rf1 Ng6 39. Qf7+ Kh8 40. Qxe6 1-0

 [Event "20th European Teams"]  [Site "Reykjavik ISL"]  [Date "2015.11.14"]  [Round "2.1"]  [White "Bologan, Viktor"]  [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B90"]  [WhiteElo "2630"]  [BlackElo "2748"]  [PlyCount "93"]  [EventDate "2015.11.13"]  [WhiteTeam "Moldova"]  [BlackTeam "Poland"]  [WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]  [BlackTeamCountry "POL"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3  h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O b6 14. c4 O-O 15.  Rac1 Nh7 16. Bd3 f5 17. Bb1 Rc8 18. Kh1 a5 19. a4 Nc5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. g4 hxg4  22. fxg4 e4 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Rg1 Kh8 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Qg2+ Kh8 27. Bd2 Qh4  28. Bc3+ Nf6 29. Rf1 Rce8 30. Rxf5 e3 31. Qf3 Re5 32. Bxe5 dxe5 33. Qxe3 Ng4  34. Rxf8+ Kg7 35. Qe2 Kxf8 36. Bf5 Nxh2 37. Qxh2 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Qd2+ 39. Kh1 Qe1+  40. Qg1 Qh4+ 41. Kg2 Qg5+ 42. Kf1 Qc1+ 43. Kf2 Qd2+ 44. Kf3 Qf4+ 45. Ke2 Qxc4+  46. Bd3 Qxd5 47. Qg4 1-0

Top 5 pairings of the 3rd round

1 Ukraine 4 : 4 Azerbaijan
2 Russia 4 : 4 Spain
3 France 4 : 3 Hungary
4 Georgia 3 : 3 Poland
5 Serbia 3 : 3 Netherlands

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Georgia, Russia, Ukraine and Italy share 1st place with perfect score after 2 rounds.

Top 5 results of the 2nd round

1 Spain 2 2 : 2 2 Serbia
2 Italy 2 3 : 1 2 Azerbaijan
3 Georgia 2 2½ : 1½ 2 Turkey
4 Ukraine 2 3½ : ½ 2 Poland
5 Armenia 2 1 : 3 2 Russia

Some interesting games of the round

 [Event "20th European Teams Women"]  [Site "Reykjavik ISL"]  [Date "2015.11.14"]  [Round "2.1"]  [White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]  [Black "Socko, Monika"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B76"]  [WhiteElo "2542"]  [BlackElo "2445"]  [PlyCount "97"]  [EventDate "2015.11.13"]  [WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]  [BlackTeam "Poland"]  [WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]  [BlackTeamCountry "POL"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2  Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4  Qc7 15. Bc4 Rd8 16. g4 Be6 17. Nc5 Nf4 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Qe4 Qf4+ 20. Qxf4 Nxf4  21. Rhe1 Kf8 22. Re5 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Rd8+ 24. Ke1 f6 25. Ra5 Rd7 26. Ra6 Ng2+  27. Ke2 Nf4+ 28. Ke3 Nd5+ 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. f4 Kf7 31. f5 h5 32. h3 Rb7 33. b3  Rb4 34. fxg6+ Kxg6 35. gxh5+ Kf5 36. Rxa7 e5 37. h6 Rh4 38. h7 Rxh3+ 39. Kf2 e4  40. a4 Kf4 41. Rf7 f5 42. a5 d4 43. Kg2 Rh6 44. a6 d3 45. cxd3 exd3 46. Rd7 d2  47. a7 Rxh7 48. a8=Q Rxd7 49. Qa4+ 1-0

 [Event "20th European Teams Women"]  [Site "Reykjavik ISL"]  [Date "2015.11.14"]  [Round "2.1"]  [White "Danielian, Elina"]  [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "E19"]  [WhiteElo "2474"]  [BlackElo "2534"]  [PlyCount "145"]  [EventDate "2015.11.13"]  [WhiteTeam "Armenia"]  [BlackTeam "Russia"]  [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]  [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]   1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2  Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Qc2 g6 13. Rad1 Bg7 14. e4 e5 15.  Rfe1 c5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bh3 Qc7 18. Qc1 Nc6 19. Qg5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bc1  f5 22. Bg2 Qc6 23. f3 fxe4 24. Rxe4 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 26. Re7 Bxf3 27. Bxf3  Rxf3 28. Bf4 Bf6 29. Rb7 Re8 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 d3 32. Rb8 Bd8 33. Ra8 a5  34. Rb8 h5 35. h4 Kf7 36. Rb7+ Ke6 37. Ke1 Kf5+ 38. Kd2 Re2+ 39. Kxd3 Rxa2 40.  Rd7 Bxh4 41. Rd5+ Kg4 42. gxh4 Kxf4 43. Rg5 Ra3 44. Kc2 a4 45. bxa4 Rg3 46. Rd5  Rg4 47. Rd6 Kf5 48. Rxb6 Rxc4+ 49. Kb3 Rxh4 50. a5 Rh1 51. Kb2 Re1 52. a6 Re7  53. Kc3 Ra7 54. Kc4 h4 55. Rc6 h3 56. Rxc5+ Kf4 57. Kb5 h2 58. Rc4+ Kg5 59.  Rc5+ Kh4 60. Rc4+ Kh5 61. Rc1 Rh7 62. Rh1 Kg4 63. a7 Rxa7 64. Rxh2 Kg3 65. Rh6  g5 66. Kc4 Rd7 67. Ra6 g4 68. Ra3+ Kh2 69. Ra2+ Kh3 70. Ra8 g3 71. Kc3 Rg7 72.  Rh8+ Kg4 73. Kd4 0-1

 [Event "20th European Teams Women"]  [Site "Reykjavik ISL"]  [Date "2015.11.14"]  [Round "2.1"]  [White "Sebag, Marie"]  [Black "L'Ami, Alina"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C06"]  [WhiteElo "2496"]  [BlackElo "2364"]  [PlyCount "117"]  [EventDate "2015.11.13"]  [WhiteTeam "France"]  [BlackTeam "Romania"]  [WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]  [BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4  f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Qc1 Ng5  15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Ne2 Qxc1 17. Raxc1 a6 18. a3 Bd7 19. Rc3 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21.  Rd1 Nxd3 22. Rcxd3 Bb5 23. Re3 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Rad8 25. Red2 Rf5 26. f3 Kf7 27.  Rd4 Rd7 28. Kf2 Ke6 29. R1d2 Rf8 30. Rc2 Ke5 31. Ke3 Rf6 32. Kd3 Rb6 33. Re2+  Kd6 34. Rh4 Rc7 35. Rc2 Rxc2 36. Kxc2 Rc6+ 37. Kd3 h6 38. Rg4 Rc7 39. Rg6+ Ke5  40. h4 Rd7 41. h5 Kf4 42. Kd4 Re7 43. Rg4+ Kf5 44. Kxd5 Re2 45. b4 Ra2 46. Rxg7  Rxa3 47. Rxb7 Kg5 48. Rg7+ Kxh5 49. f4 Ra4 50. f5 Rxb4 51. f6 Rf4 52. f7 Rf1  53. Ke6 Re1+ 54. Kd7 Rf1 55. Ke8 Re1+ 56. Kf8 Kh4 57. Kg8 Rf1 58. f8=Q Rxf8+  59. Kxf8 1-0

Top 5 pairings of the 3rd round

1 Russia 4 : 4 Italy
2 Ukraine 4 : 4 Georgia
3 Serbia 3 : 3 Hungary
4 Netherlands 3 : 3 France
5 Spain 3 : 3 Germany

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European Team Chess Championship 2015

By Yelena Dembo | November 13, 2015 - 06:44 |November 13, 2015 European Team Chess Championship 2015

Dad’s bullet games

By Yelena Dembo | November 11, 2015 - 16:02 |November 11, 2015 Uncategorized

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I want to show you two bullet examples of my dad (65 years old!) :). He plays bullet games to rest from his teaching work. Hope you like them as much as I do! 🙂

 [Event "Friendly Game, 2 min"]  [Site "CafÃ©"]  [Date "2015.10.30"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Guest8073311"]  [Black "Dembo, Vladimir"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "B85"]  [Annotator "Dembo,Yelena"]  [SetUp "1"]  [FEN "r4rk1/1bq2pbp/p1npp1n1/1p5B/4P3/2N1BN1Q/PPP4P/R5RK b - - 0 20"]  [PlyCount "19"]  [EventDate "2015.10.30"]  [TimeControl "120"]   20... Nce5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 21. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 22.  Bxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd7 {  [%emt 0:00:04]} 24. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 25. Nb6 {[%emt 0:  00:11]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 26. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:00:06]}  27. Nxa8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qxe4+ {  [%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxg2# {[%emt 0:00:02] (Lag: Av=0.37s,  max=2.6s)} 0-1

 [Event "Friendly Game, 2 min"]  [Site "CafÃ©"]  [Date "2014.08.19"]  [Round "?"]  [White "V. Dembo"]  [Black "Guest5837467"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C78"]  [PlyCount "53"]  [EventDate "2014.08.19"]  [TimeControl "120"]   1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc6 {  [%emt 0:00:01]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:  01]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. c3 {  [%emt 0:00:01]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]  } 8. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bh5 {  [%emt 0:00:01]} 10. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 11. Bc2 {[%emt 0:  00:01]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 13. g4  {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:  06]} 15. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 16. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ne7  {[%emt 0:00:01]} 17. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 18. Nf5+ {  [%emt 0:00:01]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:  00:14]} 20. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 21. Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:  04]} Neg8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 22. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 23.  Qg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 24. Qh4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} f6 {[%emt 0:  00:18]} 25. Bxf6+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. Qxh5+ {[%emt 0:00:  02]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 27. Qg6# {[%emt 0:00:08] (Lag: Av=0.29s, max=0.9s)}  1-0

Middlegame Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | November 8, 2015 - 05:20 |November 8, 2015 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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White to move

White found a great idea. Can you spot it and justify with a variation?

The solution to middlegame Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | November 8, 2015 - 05:11 |November 8, 2015 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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