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I have a collection of over 40 thousand examples. It is very important to study these themes as the middlegame is where most players get into time pressure or just cannot find a plan.
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Friday Quiz
European Individual Chess Championship 2015
Nepomnjaschij is leading the event with 6.5 out of 8, 13 players share 2nd place with 6 points.
Top results of the 8th round
1 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2714 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Howell David W L ENG 2663
2 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter GER 2654 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Korobov Anton UKR 2687
3 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2668 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2646
4 GM Popov Ivan RUS 2639 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2665
5 GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2631 5½ ½ – ½ 5 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2727
6 GM Navara David CZE 2735 5 1 – 0 5 GM Kempinski Robert POL 2625
7 GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2711 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Shimanov Aleksandr RUS 2594
8 GM Dubov Daniil RUS 2632 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2695
9 GM Khairullin Ildar RUS 2629 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2678
10 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2625 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2660
Top players after 8 rounds
1 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2714 6.5
2 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2687 6.0
3 GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2634 6.0
4 GM Navara David CZE 2735 6.0
5 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2665 6.0
6 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2646 6.0
7 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2668 6.0
8 GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2650 6.0
9 Iljiushenok Ilia RUS 2450 6.0
10 GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2631 6.0
Some games of the round
Top pairings of the 9th round
1 GM Navara David CZE 2735 6 – 6½ GM Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2714
2 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2687 6 – 6 GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2650
3 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2668 6 – 6 GM Popov Ivan RUS 2639
4 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2665 6 – 6 GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2631
5 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2646 6 – 6 GM Rodshtein Maxim ISR 2660
6 GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2634 6 – 6 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter GER 2654
7 Iljiushenok Ilia RUS 2450 6 – 6 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2653
8 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2727 5½ – 5½ GM Saric Ivan CRO 2661
9 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2660 5½ – 5½ GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2711
10 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2695 5½ – 5½ GM Khairullin Ildar RUS 2629
Thursday Quiz
European Individual Chess Championship 2015
Nine players lead with 5.5 points out of 7.
Top results of the 7th round
1 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2665 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2714
2 GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2631 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2668
3 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2727 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Khairullin Ildar RUS 2629
4 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2687 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Sutovsky Emil ISR 2626
5 GM Howell David W L ENG 2663 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2626
6 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter GER 2654 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Bukavshin Ivan RUS 2622
7 GM Shimanov Aleksandr RUS 2594 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2653
8 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof POL 2591 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Smirin Ilia ISR 2650
9 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2646 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Goganov Aleksey RUS 2605
10 GM Popov Ivan RUS 2639 4½ 1 – 0 4½ FM Kantarji Pinchas ISR 2420
Top players after 7 rounds
1 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2687 5.5
2 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2714 5.5
3 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2665 5.5
4 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2668 5.5
5 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2646 5.5
6 GM Howell David W L ENG 2663 5.5
7 GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2631 5.5
8 GM Popov Ivan RUS 2639 5.5
9 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter GER 2654 5.5
10 GM Stefansson Hannes ISL 2573 5.0
Some games of the round
Top pairings of the 8th round
1 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2714 5½ – 5½ GM Howell David W L ENG 2663
2 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter GER 2654 5½ – 5½ GM Korobov Anton UKR 2687
3 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2668 5½ – 5½ GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2646
4 GM Popov Ivan RUS 2639 5½ – 5½ GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2665
5 GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2631 5½ – 5 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2727
6 GM Navara David CZE 2735 5 – 5 GM Kempinski Robert POL 2625
7 GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2711 5 -` 5 GM Shimanov Aleksandr RUS 2594
8 GM Dubov Daniil RUS 2632 5 – 5 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2695
9 GM Khairullin Ildar RUS 2629 5 – 5 GM Sjugirov Sanan RUS 2678
10 GM Romanov Evgeny RUS 2625 5 – 5 GM Akopian Vladimir ARM 2660


