European Chess Champion Ivan Šarić, Šarić vs Navara

Ivan Šarić vs David Navara
Rd 11, European Individual Chess Championship, Batumi, Georgia
Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation (B39)

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O O-O
12. a4 Be6 13. a5 Qd7 14. Qa4 Qxa4 15. Rxa4 Rfc8 16. Nd5 Bxd5
17. exd5 Re8 18. Re1 f5 19. Kf1 Kf7 20. b4 Rac8 21. Rc1 e4
22. Be2 Be5 23. g3 Rc7 24. c5 Rec8 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. c6 bxc6
27. b5 c5 28. b6 axb6 29. axb6 Rb7 30. Rxd4 cxd4 31. Rxc8 Rxb6
32. Ke1 g5 33. Bd1 Rb1 34. g4 fxg4 35. Rc4 Kf6 36. Rxd4 Ke5
37. Ra4 h5 38. Kd2 Kxd5 39. Bc2 Rg1 40. Ra5+ Kd4 41. Bb3 e3+
42. fxe3+ Ke4 43. Bc2+ Kf3 44. Rf5+ Kg2 45. Rxg5 Kxh2
46. Rxh5+ Kg3 47. Bd1 Rg2+ 48. Be2 Rf2 49. Ke1 Rg2 50. Rd5
Rg1+ 51. Kd2 Ra1 52. Rd4 Ra2+ 53. Ke1 Ra1+ 54. Bd1 Kh3
55. Rxd6 g3 56. Kf1 g2+ 57. Kg1 Rb1 58. Rd2 Rc1 59. e4 Kg3
60. e5 Rc6 61. Rd4 Rc5 62. Rg4+ Kh3 63. Re4 Rc3 64. e6 Rd3
65. Re1 Rd4 66. e7 Rh4 67. Re3#

The 19th European Individual Championship takes place from 16-29 March in Batumi, Georgia, organized by the government of Georgia together with the government of Adjara Autonomous Republic, Tbilisi City Hall and the Georgian Chess Federation under the auspices of the European Chess Union. The European Individual Chess Championship is open to all players representing the chess federation members of the European Chess Union regardless of their title or rating.

The tournament is an 11-round Swiss open with a prize fund of €100,000 and first prize of €20,000. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. The first 22 players will qualify for next World Cup.

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[cronaldinho]

Svaka čast! Ivan Šarić je najbolji! A tvoj kanal također! Bravo! Ponosan na obojicu!

[ivek]

Ivan nas je upravo jos vise predstavio svijetu...u sportu smo do jaja

[danielciolacu]

Congratulations to him. I am waiting for a romanian player to do that :))