[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Radeva, Viktoria"]
[Black "Nikolov, Petar V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2064"]
[BlackElo "1728"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
{C45: Scotch Game} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 d6 6.
Nc3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. Bf4 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Bd7 (10... Nd7 11. Nd5 Bf6 12.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Be3 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 Re8 15. Rae1 Ne5 16. Be2 Nc6 17. Bc3 Rxe4 18.
Bf3 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Be6 20. b4 d5 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Ne7 23. Bb4 Nf5 24. c3 h6
25. g3 {Battulga,N (2420)-Enxsaixan,B (2195) Ulaanbaatar 2024 1-0 (41)}) (10...
Rb8 11. Rad1 Nh5 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Qd3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qf6 15. Bd4 Qg6 16. f4 c5
17. Be3 Qxe4 18. Rxd6 b6 19. Be2 Nf6 20. Bf3 Qe7 21. Qe5 Qc7 22. Rfd1 Bb7 23.
Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Qf5 h6 25. a5 {Ondok,L (2191)-Toth,J (2174) Hungary 2024 1/2})
11. Rfe1 Bc6 12. Rad1 Nh5 13. e5 $146 (13. Bc1 Bf6 14. Qd3 Be5 15. g3 Nf6 16.
Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qc8 19. f4 Bf6 20. Qh5 Qe6 21. b3 Rad8 22. Rd3
Rfe8 23. Qf3 c6 24. Bd2 h6 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. Kg2 Kg8 27. Qd1 Rd7 {
Akshaya,N (1798)-Anjana Krishna,S (1894) New Delhi 2024 1/2 (54)}) 13... Nxf4
14. Qxf4 dxe5 $4 (14... Rb8 $142 $14 {would bring relief}) 15. Rxd8 $3 $18 {
this sacrifice makes everything clear} exf4 (15... Raxd8 16. Qxe5 {Combination}
) (15... Bxd8 16. Rxe5 {Combination}) (15... Rfxd8 16. Qxf7+ Kh8 17. Qxe7 {
Combination}) 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 (16... Bb4 {does not save the day} 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8
18. Bb3 $18) 17. Rxe7 b5 (17... Be8 {is no salvation} 18. Rxc7 b5 19. axb5 axb5
20. Nxb5 Ra1+ 21. Bf1 $18) 18. Rxc7 1-0
[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ramadanov, Esat"]
[Black "Stoyanov, Stoyan G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "1605"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
{D78: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0 c6} 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5.
O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Qc2 Na6 (8... Bg4 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bg5 h6 11.
Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 Nb6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf6+ exf6 15. Bxf3 f5 16. e3 h5 17. h4
Qf6 18. Be2 Rfd8 19. Bxc4 Kg7 20. Bf1 f4 21. exf4 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Qxd4 23. Rd1 {
Voiteanu,G (2301)-Nevednichy,B (2392) Romania 2024 1/2 (49)}) 9. a3 (9. e4 Nb4
10. Qe2 Nd3 11. Rd1 Ng4 12. Be3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qa5 14. Ne1 Nxe1 15. Rxe1 b5 16.
e5 Qb6 17. Ne4 Rb8 18. b3 cxb3 19. axb3 Rd8 20. Rec1 Bd7 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Qd2
Bh6 23. Kf2 a5 {Katalov,A (2001)-Narmontas,R (2056) Lithuania 2024 1/2 (60)})
9... c5 $146 {Black threatens to win material: c5xd4} (9... Bg4 10. Rd1 Nc7 11.
Ne5 Be6 12. Na4 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Nc5 Qc8 15. e4 Bg4 16. f3 Be6 17. Be3 b5
18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. h4 Nd5 20. Bg5 Nb6 21. Kh2 f6 22. Bh3 Qf7 23. Be3 Rfd8 24.
Rd2 {Papay,M (2029)-Krejcik,J (2091) Czechia 2024 0-1 (58)}) (9... Nc7 10. Rd1
$11) 10. Rd1 Qb6 (10... Qe8 11. d5 $11) 11. Na4 {
White threatens to win material: Na4xb6} (11. d5 Nc7 $14) 11... Qb5 $11 12.
dxc5 $4 {allows the opponent back into the game.} (12. Nc3 $142 {was necessary}
Qb6 13. d5 $14) 12... Bf5 $19 13. Qd2 (13. Nd4 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} Bxc2 14. Nxb5 Bxa4 $19) 13... Qxa4 14. Nd4 (
14. c6 {doesn't change anything anymore} Ne4 15. Qe1 c3 16. bxc3 Bxc3 $19)
14... Rad8 15. Bxb7 (15. Qe1 {hardly improves anything} Be4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 $19)
15... Ne4 (15... Nxc5 $142 $5 {might be the shorter path} 16. Bc6 Rxd4 17. Bxa4
Rxd2 18. Bxd2 Nxa4 19. f3 $19) 16. Bxe4 (16. Bc6 {hoping against hope} Rxd4 17.
Bxa4 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Nxc5 19. Bc3 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 Bxc3 21. bxc3 $19) 16... Rxd4 (
16... Rxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 e5 $19) 0-1
[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Dimitrov, Ivan"]
[Black "Banev, Simeon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1843"]
[BlackElo "1420"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
{D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 1. d4
d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 Qd7 $146 (5... Nd7 6. O-O Ngf6 (6...
f5 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 Nh6 9. b3 Bd6 10. a4 Qe7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Ne2 Nf7 13. cxd5
exd5 14. Rfe1 Ng5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 Rae8 18. Raa1 Nf6 19. b4
Ne4 20. b5 Rf6 21. bxc6 {Hoi,C (2415)-Sobjerg,E (2275) Copenhagen 1995 0-1 (53)
}) 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 O-O 10. Be3 c6 11. Ng3 Qc7 12. c4 Rad8 13.
Qc3 Rfe8 14. Rfd1 Bd6 15. Rac1 Nf8 16. Bg5 N8d7 17. Qb3 Qb8 18. Re1 h6 19. Bxf6
Nxf6 20. Ne4 {Steen,P-Berlin,D Germany 1982 1-0 (75)}) (5... c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7.
Qb5+ Nd7 8. Qxb7 Ngf6 9. b3 O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Nxa3 Qa5 13. Nb5
Rxc2 14. Qxa7 Qxa7 15. Nxa7 Ra8 16. Nd4 Rb2 17. Ndb5 Ne4 18. f3 Nc3 19. Nxc3
Rxa7 20. Na4 {Hughes,R-Van Rensburg,T San Antonio 1997 0-1 (52)}) (5... c6 6.
e4 (6. O-O Nf6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rfd1 Nxe4
12. Qxe4 Qa5 13. c4 Nf6 14. Qe2 Qf5 15. Be5 Ne4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Rxd2 f6 18.
Bg3 Rfe8 19. a3 Bf8 20. Re1 Rad8 {
Vandevoort,C-Eigenmann,C (1905) Thessaloniki 1988 1/2}) 6... Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 Qa6
8. c4 Nf6 9. O-O dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Qxc4 12. Ne5 Qd5 13. Qf4 f6 14.
Nf3 Bd6 15. Qg4 O-O 16. Re1 Re8 17. Re2 Nd7 18. Bf4 Re7 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rc1 {
Pfleger,M-Werner,C (2225) Lauda 1986 0-1 (66)}) 6. Ne5 {
White threatens to win material: Ne5xd7} Qc8 7. O-O Bd6 8. f4 Nf6 9. c4 Nbd7
10. c5 {This push gains space} Bxe5 11. fxe5 Ne4 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 (13.
bxc3 O-O 14. e4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 f5 $14) 13... O-O $11 14. b4 b5 15. Bb2 Qa6 16.
Qc2 Nb8 17. a4 Nc6 {Black threatens to win material: Nc6xb4} 18. Bc3 Ne7 (18...
bxa4 $5 {looks like a viable alternative} 19. Qxa4 Qd3 $14) 19. Qd3 $16 c6 20.
axb5 Qxb5 21. Qxb5 cxb5 22. Ra6 Rfc8 23. Rfa1 Nc6 24. Kf2 g5 (24... Kf8 25. Rf1
$16) 25. g4 Kg7 26. Kf3 Kg6 27. e4 dxe4+ 28. Kxe4 h5 $4 {
Black crumbles in face of a dire situation} (28... Rc7 $142 $16) 29. d5 $18 Ne7
(29... Nb8 {is one last hope} 30. Rd6 hxg4 31. dxe6 fxe6 32. Rxe6+ Kf7 33. Rf6+
Ke7 $18) 30. dxe6 hxg4 (30... fxe6 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} 31.
Rxe6+ Kf7 32. Rf6+ Ke8 33. gxh5 $18) 31. exf7+ (31. Rf1 Rc6 32. Rxc6 Nxc6 33.
exf7 Rf8 34. Rf6+ Kh5 35. Rxc6 Rxf7 $18) 31... Kxf7 32. e6+ Kg6 33. Rxa7 Rxa7
34. Rxa7 Nc6 (34... Re8 $18 {there is nothing else anyway}) 35. Rg7+ Kh6 36.
Kf5 Nxb4 (36... Rf8+ {is still a small chance} 37. Rf7 Ne7+ 38. Kf6 Ng8+ 39.
Ke5 Ra8 $18) 37. Rg6+ (37. Bxb4 Kxg7 38. Ke5 Kg6 $11) 37... Kh7 38. Bxb4 (38.
Bxb4 g3 39. hxg3 Rf8+ 40. Kxg5 Rf3 41. e7 Rxg3+ 42. Kf5 Rxg6 43. e8=Q Rg3 44.
Qh5+ Kg8 45. c6 Kg7 46. c7 Rf3+ 47. Qxf3 Kh7 48. Qh5+ Kg8 49. c8=Q+ Kg7 50.
Qf8#) 1-0
[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Brezalieva, Steliyana"]
[Black "Stoyanov, Stoyan Orl."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "1416"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
{A60: Modern Benoni: Early Divergences} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5
5. cxd5 Bd6 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 (7. Nf3 Re8 8. Bd3 Bc7 9. O-O d6 10. h3 a6 11. a4
Nbd7 12. Bf4 Nf8 13. Nd2 Ng6 14. Bh2 Rb8 15. Re1 Ne5 16. Bf1 Ba5 17. Qc2 Bb4
18. Rad1 Nh5 19. f4 Ng6 20. g3 b5 21. axb5 axb5 {
Riemersma,L (2415)-Hodgson,J (2590) Amsterdam 1995 0-1 (38)}) 7... Re8 8. Qc2
Be5 9. Bg5 Bxc3+ $146 (9... h6 10. Bxf6 (10. Bh4 d6 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Nxe5 Nxe5
13. O-O a6 14. a4 Bd7 15. h3 Rb8 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. f4 Ng6 19. Bg3 Bb5
20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Bf3 Qb8 22. Rfd1 Nd7 23. Bg4 Rb7 24. Ra6 Nb6 {
Dimev,K (1634)-Forget,L (1937) Montreal 2024 1-0 (43)}) 10... Bxf6 11. Nf3 d6
12. O-O (12. Nd2 Nd7 13. O-O a6 14. a4 Rb8 15. h3 Bd4 16. Nc4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5
18. Bf3 Qf6 19. Qe2 Rg5 20. Kh1 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qxc3 22. Rab1 Qa5 23. Qc2 Re5 24.
Be2 Bd7 25. Ra1 Qb4 26. Rfb1 Qxe4 {
Krouzel,J (2169)-Minko,V (2226) Pardubice 2024 1-0 (32)}) 12... Bg4 13. Rfe1
Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd7 15. Be2 a6 16. a4 Qa5 17. f4 c4 18. Kh1 Qb4 19. Rab1 b5 20.
axb5 axb5 21. Bf3 Rab8 22. Na2 Qa4 23. b3 cxb3 24. Qxb3 {
Muir,A (2303)-Epishin,V (2633) Catalan Bay 2024 0-1 (37)}) (9... h6 10. Bxf6
Bxf6 11. Nf3 $15) 10. bxc3 Qe7 (10... Rxe4 $4 {Taking that pawn is naive} 11.
Qxe4 {Deflection: f6} Nxe4 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bf3 $18) 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. f3 (12.
Nf3 d6 13. Nd2 Qg6 $11) 12... d6 $11 13. Rb1 (13. Bb5 Nd7 $11) 13... Qg5 {
Black threatens to win material: Qg5xg2} (13... Qg6 14. g3 $15) 14. Bb5 Re7 15.
Qd2 {White threatens to win material: Qd2xg5} Qg6 16. Kf2 f5 17. exf5 (17. Bd3
$5 $11 {looks like a viable alternative}) 17... Bxf5 $17 18. Re1 Qf6 (18...
Rxe1 $5 19. Qxe1 Nd7 20. Bxd7 Bxd7 $17) 19. Rxe7 Qxe7 (19... Qh4+ 20. g3 Qxe7
21. Ne2 $15) 20. Bd3 (20. Ne2 $5 $11) 20... Bxd3 $15 21. Qxd3 Nd7 22. Qe2 (22.
Ne2 $5 $15) 22... Qf7 $17 23. Nh3 Re8 (23... Qxd5 $6 24. Rd1 Qf5 25. Qc4+ Kf8
26. Qf4 Qxf4 27. Nxf4 $11) 24. Qd3 Ne5 {Black threatens to win material: Ne5xd3
} 25. Qd2 $2 (25. Qe4 $5 $17) 25... Ng4+ (25... Qf5 $5 26. Rf1 Nxf3 27. gxf3
Qxh3 28. Kg1 $19) 26. Kg3 $17 Ne3 27. Nf4 $4 {shortens the misery for White} (
27. Kf2 Re5 28. a4 $17) 27... Re5 (27... Qf5 $142 {
and the rest is a matter of technique} 28. Ne6 Qg6+ 29. Kf2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxe3 Qxh1
$19) 28. Re1 $17 Rg5+ (28... Nc4 $142 $5 29. Qc1 g5 $17) 29. Kf2 $15 {
White threatens to win material: Kf2xe3} Qxf4 30. Rxe3 Re5 31. g3 Qxe3+ 32.
Qxe3 Rxe3 33. Kxe3 b5 34. h4 (34. f4 $5 $15) 34... Kf7 $17 35. g4 (35. h5 a5
$17) 35... h6 (35... Kf6 36. f4 h5 37. Kf3 $19) 36. h5 $2 (36. Ke4 $142 $5 $17)
36... Kf6 $19 37. f4 (37. Kf2 Ke5 38. Ke3 a6 $19) 37... g6 38. hxg6 Kxg6 39.
Ke4 a6 1/2-1/2
[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Balimezova, Margarita"]
[Black "Kolev, Hristo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1753"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
{A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4} 1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 (4...
Bb4+ 5. Bd2 (5. Nbd2 exd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10.
Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Na5 12. Qa4 b6 13. O-O Be6 14. Rad1 c6 15. Ne5 b5 16. Qb4 g5 17.
Bg3 Nd5 18. Qd2 Nb3 19. Qc2 Qc8 {
Shirshikov,N (2149)-Barsegian,A (2188) Sochi 2024 0-1}) 5... Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 d6
7. d5 Ne7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Qc2 Nh5 11. Be2 g6 12. Rfe1 Ng7 13. Ne4 f5
14. Nc3 g5 15. Nd2 f4 16. e4 Ng6 17. Qd1 Qf6 18. Rf1 Rf7 19. Bg4 {
Rodman,F (2200)-Barle,J (2406) Ljubljana 2024 0-1 (35)}) 5. Nfd2 d5 6. cxd5
Nxd5 $146 {A sound move} (6... Qxd5 7. a3 Bg4 8. Be2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Qg5 10. O-O
Bd6 11. g3 O-O 12. Nc3 Qg6 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. b4 b5 16. Bb2 Ne7 17.
f3 exf3 18. Qxf3 Qc2 19. Bc1 d5 20. Rb1 Ng6 21. Rb2 {
Gulliksen,L-Aasum,A Gausdal 1999 0-1 (87)}) (6... Qxd5 $142 $5 {
is worth consideration} 7. a3 Bf5 $14) 7. Nxe4 $16 Bf5 8. Nec3 {
White is behind in developement} Bb4 9. Bd2 Be6 $2 (9... Nf6 10. Be2 $16) 10.
a3 (10. e4 O-O 11. exd5 Bxd5 $18) 10... Ba5 11. Bb5 a6 (11... Bxc3 $5 12. Nxc3
Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qg5 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 $16) 12. Bxc6+ $18 bxc6 13. Nxd5 (13. Qa4 Bb6
14. Qxc6+ Kf8 $18) 13... Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 (14. Kxd2 $6 cxd5 15. Nc3 O-O $11) (14.
Qxd2 $6 cxd5 15. O-O O-O $16) 14... Bxd5 15. Nf3 (15. O-O O-O $16) 15... O-O
16. O-O Qf6 17. h3 (17. Re1 Rfe8 $16) 17... Bxf3 (17... Rfb8 $142 $5 $14 {
is an interesting idea}) 18. Qxf3 $16 (18. gxf3 $6 c5 19. dxc5 Qxb2 $14) 18...
Qxf3 19. gxf3 Rfe8 (19... a5 $5 $16) 20. Rfc1 $18 Re6 21. Rc2 Ra7 22. Rac1 Rg6+
23. Kh2 a5 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 h6 26. b4 a4 $2 (26... axb4 $142 27. axb4 Kf8
$18) 27. Rc5 Rb7 28. Ra5 c6 (28... Kf8 {cannot change what is in store for ?}
29. Rxa4 Ke7 30. Ra6 $18) 29. Rxa4 Rb6 30. Ra5 (30. Ra7 {
makes it even easier for White} g5 $18) 30... h5 (30... g6 {
does not win a prize} 31. Kg3 $18) 31. Rxh5 Ra6 (31... Kf8 {doesn't do any good
} 32. Ra5 $18) 32. Ra5 (32. Ra5 Rb6 33. Kg3 $18) 1-0
[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Stoyanov, Stoyan G."]
[Black "Balimezova, Margarita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6
8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. c4
Rd8 15. a3 a5 16. Rd2 Bd7 17. Rb1 a4 18. Rbd1 Be8 19. Bc2 h6 20. Bh4 Rxd2 21.
Rxd2 Rd8 22. Bg3 Rxd2 23. Nxd2 Qb6 24. Be5 Bc6 25. Qd3 Qd8 26. Qc3 Bd6 27. Bxf6
Qxf6 28. Qd3 Qxb2 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Nf1 Bxa3 31. h3 Bd6 32. Qd3 Ke7 33. Ne3 a3
34. c5 Bxc5 35. Nc4 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 a2 0-1
[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Stoyanov, Stoyan Orl."]
[Black "Nikolov, Petar V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "1834"]
[BlackElo "1728"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
{A53: Old Indian Defence without Nf3} 1. d4 c6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 e6 5.
f4 Be7 6. Nf3 {Black has a cramped position} O-O $146 (6... Nbd7 7. e5 Ng8 8.
Bd3 g6 9. O-O Nb6 10. exd6 Bf6 11. c5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Re1+ Be6 14. f5
gxf5 15. Bxf5 Qd7 16. Ng5 O-O-O 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Rxe6 Rd7 20.
Re8+ Rd8 21. Qg4+ {Beliavsky,A (2620)-De Giorgis,F Grosseto Prugna 2024 1-0}) (
6... Na6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O b6 9. e5 Ng8 10. Be3 Nb8 11. Rc1 Nh6 12. h3 Nf5 13.
Bf2 g6 14. d5 Nd7 15. dxc6 Nc5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Nb5 Qxc6 18. exd6 Bd8 19. Ne5
{1-0 (19) Ramos,E (2257)-Flores,O Huacho 2024}) (6... d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Be3 Qb6 11. O-O g6 12. a3 O-O 13. f5 gxf5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15.
Bxf5 Ndxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxh7+ Kg7 18. Qh5 Ng4 19. Bd2 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Qxd2
21. Rxf7+ {Kovalev,V (1958)-Batukhtin,A (2114) Tomsk 2024 1-0}) 7. e5 Ng4 (7...
Nfd7 8. Bd3 $14) 8. Bd3 $16 f5 (8... d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ng5 $16) 9. O-O Na6
10. exd6 (10. Be2 Nh6 $16) 10... Bxd6 11. h3 Nf6 12. c5 {This push gains space}
Bc7 13. Qb3 (13. a3 Nh5 14. Ne2 Nf6 $16) 13... Kh8 (13... Nxc5 14. dxc5 Qxd3
15. Re1 $15) 14. Be3 (14. Rd1 Rb8 $16) 14... b5 (14... Nxc5 15. dxc5 Qxd3 16.
Rfe1 $11) 15. Ne5 {White threatens to win material: Ne5xc6} (15. Rad1 b4 16.
Ne2 Nd5 $16) 15... Nb8 $4 {Black is ruining his position} (15... Nxc5 $142 {
and Black can hope to live} 16. dxc5 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Qxd3 $15) 16. a4 $16 Ba5 $2
(16... bxa4 $142 17. Qxa4 a5 $16) 17. axb5 $18 Bxc3 18. bxc3 ({Not} 18. Qxc3
Nd5 19. Qd2 Qc7 $18) 18... Nd5 (18... cxb5 {does not save the day} 19. Qxb5 a6
20. Qb2 $18) 19. Bd2 (19. b6 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} Bb7 20. Rxa7 Nd7
$18) 19... cxb5 20. Bxb5 Nd7 (20... a5 {does not improve anything} 21. c4 Nf6
22. Rfd1 $18) 21. Bxd7 (21. Nc6 {and White can already relax} Qf6 $18) 21...
Bxd7 22. Qb7 Be8 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Qxa7 Qc8 (24... Bh5 {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} 25. c4 Qe7 26. Ra1 Qxa7 27. Rxa7 $18) 25. Rb1
Bh5 26. Rb7 Rg8 (26... Qa8 $18 {no good, but what else?}) 27. g4 fxg4 28. hxg4
Bg6 29. c6 1-0
[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.20"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Banev, Simeon"]
[Black "Brezalieva, Steliyana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1420"]
[BlackElo "1416"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
{A48: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6
3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e4 b6 7. Bd3 (7. Bc4 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qe2
Qc8 10. e5 dxe5 11. Bxe5 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Rfe1 Ncd7 15. Bg3 e5
16. Bxe5 Re8 17. f4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Nd7 19. e6 fxe6 20. Ne4 Be5 21. Rad1 a6 {
Popchev,M (2470)-Milicevic,M (2290) Kragujevac 1995 1-0}) 7... Bb7 (7... e5 8.
Be3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 a5 10. a4 Ba6 11. b4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 axb4 13. cxb4 d5 14. dxe5
dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe5 16. Qxd8 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Rfxd8 18. Rc1 Nd5 19. a5 f5 20. Ng5
Bc3+ 21. Kf1 f4 22. Bxf4 {
Padilla Garcia,C (1785)-Rodriguez Hernandez,L (2223) Santa Clara 2024 0-1}) 8.
O-O a6 $146 {Covers b5} (8... Nh5 9. Be3 e5 10. Bc4 Nd7 11. Re1 h6 12. h3 Qf6
13. g3 Kh7 14. Nh2 Qe7 15. g4 Nhf6 16. d5 c6 17. g5 Ng8 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. gxh6
Nxh6 20. Nhf3 f6 21. b4 b5 22. Bb3 Nb6 23. Kh2 {
Nemeth,A (2060)-Matrahalmi,T (2216) Hungary 2024 0-1 (33)}) 9. Re1 Re8 10. Qc2
Nbd7 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 (12... c5 13. Ndf3 $11) 13. Bxe5 ({Instead of} 
13. Rxe5 Nd5 14. Bg3 Bxe5 15. dxe5 c5 $17) 13... Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Be4 Bxe4
16. Qxe4 Kg8 {Black king safety improved} (16... e5 17. Qb7 $11) 17. Nf3 $14 c5
18. Rad1 Nf6 (18... Qc7 19. Ng5 Nf6 20. Qe5 $11) 19. Qc2 (19. Qb7 $5 $16) 19...
Qc7 20. h3 {Consolidates g4} Rad8 21. Qa4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 ({Inferior is} 22. Qxa6
Ra8 23. Qb5 dxc3 $15) (22. Nxd4 $6 a5 $11) 22... Rxd4 23. Nxd4 Qb7 24. b4 (24.
Nf3 b5 25. Qb4 Nd5 $11) 24... Rc8 25. Qb3 (25. b5 axb5 26. Nxb5 Rc5 $17) 25...
Qd5 (25... b5 $5 $17) 26. Rxe7 $11 Qxb3 {Black forks: a2+c3} 27. Nxb3 Rxc3 28.
Ra7 {White threatens to win material: Ra7xa6} Nd5 {
Black threatens to win material: Nd5xb4} 29. Rxa6 Nxb4 30. Rxb6 Nxa2 31. f3 Nc1
32. Nxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kf2 Kg7 34. g4 Rc5 35. Kg3 h5 1/2-1/2
[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.20"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Kolev, Hristo"]
[Black "Ramadanov, Esat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
{D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qd3
$146 (5. Bd3 c5 (5... O-O 6. O-O c5 (6... b6 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. f4 Ne4 9. Ne2 f6 10.
Ng4 e6 11. b3 Nd7 12. Qe1 h5 13. Nf2 f5 14. Nh3 Bf6 15. c4 Rc8 16. Ba3 Rf7 17.
Rc1 c5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qd2 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. Nf2 {
Leonhardt,W-Reintals,K Hobart 1953 1/2 (43)}) 7. dxc5 Nbd7 8. Na4 e5 9. Be2 e4
10. Nd4 Ne5 11. b3 Nfg4 12. f4 exf3 13. gxf3 Nh6 14. Nc3 Bh3 15. Rf2 Nc6 16.
Bf1 Qg5+ 17. Bg2 Rae8 18. f4 Qh4 19. Bxh3 Qxh3 20. Nxd5 {
Ostl,A (2335)-Schwamberger,M (2310) Germany 1993 0-1}) 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 O-O
8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qa5 11. c3 Qxc5 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qb3 Qc7 14.
Rad1 Be6 15. Qa4 Ne5 16. Bf4 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qb6 18. Qa3 Bf6 19. Rfe1 a6 {
Ojeda,J-Gershman,J Argentina 1938 1/2 (40)}) (5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b3 b6
8. Bb2 Bb7 9. Rb1 c5 10. h3 Rc8 11. a3 a6 12. Nh2 Qc7 13. f4 cxd4 14. exd4 Ne4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. c4 Rcd8 17. Qc1 f5 18. g4 Qd6 19. Qe3 Rf7 {
Lantsias,A-Levy,M Lugano 1968 0-1 (39)}) (5. Be2 Bg4 $11) 5... O-O $15 6. e4 (
6. Be2 Re8 $11) 6... dxe4 (6... Nxe4 $5 7. Nxe4 Bf5 8. Nf6+ Bxf6 $17) 7. Nxe4
$15 {White has a very active position} Bf5 {
Black threatens to win material: Bf5xe4} 8. Qe3 $4 (8. Nxf6+ $142 {
was necessary} exf6 9. Qb3 $11) 8... Bxe4 $19 (8... Nxe4 $6 9. g4 Nxf2 10. Qxf2
Bxg4 11. Be3 $19) 9. Ng5 (9. c3 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Nbd7 $19) 9... Bf5 (9... Bxc2
$142 $5 {seems even better} 10. Qc3 Bf5 11. Be3 $19) 10. Bd3 (10. c3 {
doesn't change the outcome of the game} e5 $1 {Decoy: e5} 11. dxe5 Ng4 $19)
10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc6 12. c3 (12. Nf3 {doesn't change anything anymore} Re8
13. Qb3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 $19) 12... e5 13. Be3 (13. O-O {
doesn't improve anything} exd4 14. Qb5 Qd6 $19) 13... Ng4 14. Nf3 (14. d5 {
hardly improves anything} Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qxd5 $19) 14... Nxe3 15. fxe3 Re8 (
15... Re8 16. Qb5 exd4 $19) 0-1
[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ramadanov, Esat"]
[Black "Stoyanov, Stoyan Orl."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "1605"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Be2 e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Rf2 Qxb2 14. Nb5 Nxe4
15. Rf1 Qb4 16. Kh1 Qc5 17. Qe1 a6 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 e4 20. Ne5 Qd6 21.
Nxf7 Bxc3 22. Nxd6 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 cxd6 0-1
[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Brezalieva, Steliyana"]
[Black "Dimitrov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "1416"]
[BlackElo "1843"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 d6 5. e4 bxc4 6. Bxc4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Nb6 11. Be2 Nfd7 12. Nd2 e5 13. Nb3 a5 14. Be3 a4 15.
Nd2 f5 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Nb6 18. Bb5 f4 19. Bc6 Rb8 20. Bd2 f3 21. Qd3 Qh4
22. Kh2 g5 23. Rfd1 g4 24. Be1 Bh6 25. Qf1 fxg2 26. Qxg2 Rf3 27. Kg1 Kh8 28.
Bb5 Rxh3 29. Rd3 Rxd3 30. Bxd3 Bf4 31. Ne2 Bd7 32. f3 g3 33. Bxg3 Bxg3 34. Nxg3
Rg8 35. Kf2 Qg5 36. Rd1 c4 37. Bc2 c3 38. bxc3 Nc4 39. Rd3 Nb2 40. Re3 Nc4 41.
Rd3 $4 Qc1 0-1
[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.20"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Banev, Simeon"]
[Black "Stoyanov, Stoyan G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1420"]
[BlackElo "1986"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
1. d4 g6 2. Bf4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nd2 c5 6. Ngf3 O-O 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 e5 9. Bxe5 dxe5 10. N4f3 Nc6 11. Nc4 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qxd1+ 14.
Rxd1 Rfd8 15. O-O Bf8 16. Ne3 Bc5 17. Nc4 b5 18. Nd2 Kf8 19. Nb3 Bb6 20. Rd2
Rxd2 21. Nxd2 Rd8 22. Rd1 Ke7 23. c4 a6 24. cxb5 axb5 25. b3 Nd4 26. Nb1 Nxf3+
0-1
[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.20"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Nikolov, Petar V."]
[Black "Kolev, Hristo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
1. f4 Nc6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. c3 O-O 6. Be2 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8. O-O e6
9. Ng5 Nh6 10. d4 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Be3 bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nb4 14. Qb3 Nc6 15. Qa2
Rb8 16. Nf3 1-0
[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Stoyanov, Stoyan G."]
[Black "Dimitrov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "1843"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
{B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d3 Nf6
5. g3 (5. Be2 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 Bd7 8. e5 Ne8 9. d4 d5 10. O-O a6 11. Bd3
Nc6 12. Ne2 c4 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Bg5 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qf4 Ne4 17. Bxe7
Nxe7 18. Qg4 Nf5 19. Ne5 Be8 {Mesaric,M-Novak,D (2365) Pula 1999 0-1 (58)}) (5.
Bg5 Be7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Be2 Nd7 10. O-O Bxd4 11. Qxd4
Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Nb5 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bf3 Bd7 16. Bxd5 Bxb5 17. Bxb7
Rab8 18. Rfe1 Rxb7 19. b3 Rc7 {
Knettig,V (1000)-Neumann,F (1370) Ostrava 2024 0-1 (41)}) 5... Be7 $146 (5...
Nc6 6. Bg2 (6. Be3 a6 7. a4 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qd2 Be7 11. h3 O-O 12.
Rfe1 Rac8 13. Rac1 Na5 14. Ne2 c4 15. b4 c3 16. Qd1 Nc6 17. Nxc3 Nxb4 18. Ne2
Nd7 19. Qd2 d5 20. exd5 Bxd5 {
Zoller,P (1049)-Schnorr,C (1569) Verden/Aller 2024 0-1 (60)}) 6... Be7 7. O-O (
7. Bd2 a6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4
O-O 14. h4 b5 15. Qf3 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 e5 17. Rd2 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 a5 20.
Bh3 Bxh3 21. Rxh3 a4 {Floer,M (529)-Pettersen,M (1158) Harstad 2024 0-1 (34)})
7... d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Ne2 Bg4 11. b3 cxd4 12. Nexd4 Bc5 13. c3 Ne4
14. Qd3 Bh5 15. Nh4 Ne5 16. Qc2 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Rc8 18. Qb1 Be2 19. Re1 Nc3 20.
Rxe2 {Kozarski,L-Ahmatovic,M Dobrna 2024 0-1}) 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 {
Controls g4} (8. Nd2 Bg4 9. f3 Be6 $14) 8... Nc6 9. Be3 a6 {Consolidates b5}
10. Ne2 (10. Nd2 b5 $11) 10... b5 (10... d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bd2 $15) 11. c3 {
Covers b4+d4} (11. Nd2 Bb7 $11) 11... Bd7 (11... d5 12. Nh4 $15) 12. Nh2 Qc8
13. g4 a5 {Black intends b4} 14. f4 b4 {Black gains space} 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4
exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 (18. Qxd4 Bb5 19. Rfc1 Qa6 $11) 18... Rb8 (18...
Bc6 19. Rc1 Qb7 $11 (19... Nxe4 $4 {the pawn contains a lethal dose of poison}
20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxc8 Rfxc8 22. Bxg7 $18)) 19. g5 $14 {This push gains space}
Ne8 20. Rc1 {White threatens to win material: Rc1xc8} Qa6 21. Qh5 {
Black king safety dropped} (21. Qd2 Bd8 $14) 21... Bd8 $14 22. f5 {
White gets more space} Bb6 23. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 24. Kh1 f6 $4 (24... Rc8 $5 {
is noteworthy} 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 $11) 25. e5 (25. g6 $142 {
and White can already relax} h6 26. Ng4 $18) 25... dxe5 $4 {
the position is going down the drain.} (25... fxg5 $142 26. f6 dxe5 27. f7+ Kh8
28. fxe8=B Rbxe8 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Qxg5 Qd6 $18) 26. g6 $18 h6 27. Ng4 Qd6 (
27... Qb5 {there is nothing else anyway} 28. Nxh6+ $1 {
the final nail in the coffin} gxh6 29. Qxh6 Rf7 30. gxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qh7+ Kf8 $18
) 28. Nxh6+ $1 {final destruction} gxh6 29. Rfd1 (29. Qxh6 $142 {
ends the debate} Rf7 30. gxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rfd1 $18) 29... Qe7 $14 30. Rxd7 $4 {
gives the opponent new chances} (30. Qxh6 e4 31. Rc5 $18) 30... Qxd7 $19 31.
Rd1 $2 (31. Qxh6 Rd8 32. Rc5 $19) 31... Ng7 (31... Qg7 $142 {
keeps an even firmer grip} 32. Bd5+ Kh8 $19) 32. Qxh6 (32. Rxd7 $142 {
nails it down} Nxh5 33. Bd5+ Rf7 34. Rxf7 $18 (34. Bxf7+ $143 Kf8 $18)) 32...
Qxd1+ $19 33. Kh2 Qh5 (33... Qh5 34. Bd5+ Rf7 35. gxf7+ Kf8 36. Qxf6 Nxf5 $19)
0-1
[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.21"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Balimezova, Margarita"]
[Black "Brezalieva, Steliyana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1753"]
[BlackElo "1416"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 c6 7. h3 h6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bb4 10. a3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxc3 13. Bxc3 Nd5 14. Kd2
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd7 16. c4 Nb6 17. Kc3 Ke7 18. c5 Nd5+ 19. Kd3 1/2-1/2
[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Nikolov, Petar V."]
[Black "Ramadanov, Esat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d3 Bg4 7. c3 c6 8. Kh1
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Nd5 10. Ne4 Qb6 11. d4 Bf5 12. Ng3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 N5f6
15. e4 e5 16. f5 Rad8 17. b3 exd4 18. cxd4 c5 19. Bb2 Ne8 20. dxc5 dxc5 21.
Bxg7 Nxg7 22. Qc2 Qc7 23. Qf2 Ne5 24. Rad1 Nd3 25. Qe3 Nb2 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Be2 Qe5 28. Qf3 c4 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Qxf7+ Kh7 31. Rf4 1-0
[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.21"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Kolev, Hristo"]
[Black "Banev, Simeon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "1420"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. e3 h6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qe1
Bxc2 9. Bh3 Bd3 10. Ne2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Ne4 12. Bg4 Qe7 13. Kg2 h5 14. Bh3 g5 15.
g4 hxg4 16. Bxg4 f5 17. Bh3 g4 18. Bxg4 fxg4 19. Ng1 Rxh2# 0-1
[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Dimitrov, Ivan"]
[Black "Stoyanov, Stoyan Orl."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "1843"]
[BlackElo "1834"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. O-O
c6 9. Be3 Na6 10. a3 Ng4 11. Bd2 f5 12. h3 Nf6 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Bg5 fxe4 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf5 18. Qh4 Qxh4 19. Nxh4 Be6 20. g4 e4 21.
Rab1 Rad8 22. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxb2 24. Ng2 Bxa3 25. Ne3 Bc5 26. Kg2 a5 27.
Ra1 b6 28. h4 Rd8 29. g5 Rd2 30. Bg4 Kf7 31. Bxe6+ Kxe6 0-1
[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Balimezova, Margarita"]
[Black "Nikolov, Petar V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "1753"]
[BlackElo "1728"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 a6 7. a3 O-O 8. cxd5
exd5 9. h3 b5 10. b4 Be6 11. Bd3 Rb8 12. O-O Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ne2 Nd6 15.
Qc2 Nc4 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 a5 18. Nf4 axb4 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Ng6+ Kg8 21.
Nxe7+ Nxe7 22. axb4 Nc6 23. Ng5 Rf5 24. Nxe6 g6 25. Qc3 Kf7 26. Nxc7 1-0
[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.21"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Ramadanov, Esat"]
[Black "Banev, Simeon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "1605"]
[BlackElo "1420"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. g3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Ng4 12. Be1 Rxh2 13. Rxh2 Nxh2 14. Be2 Nf6
15. c5 Be7 16. f3 g5 17. Bf2 g4 18. Rh1 Nxf3 19. Bxf3 gxf3 20. Rh8+ Bf8 21. Qd1
O-O-O 22. Qxf3 Be7 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. g4 Qh8 25. Bg3 g5 26. Be5 Qh6 27. Qg3 Nd7
28. Bc7 Qh4 29. Kd2 Qxg3 30. Bxg3 f5 31. gxf5 exf5 32. Ke2 Nf6 33. Kf3 Ne4 34.
Nxe4 dxe4+ 35. Kf2 b6 36. b4 bxc5 37. bxc5 Kd7 38. Be5 Ke6 39. Bc7 Kd5 40. a3
Kc4 41. Ba5 Kb3 42. Bb4 Ka4 43. Kg3 a5 44. Bc3 Kxa3 45. Bxa5 Kb3 46. Kf2 Kc4
47. Bb6 Kd5 48. Bc7 Ke6 49. Bg3 Kf6 50. Be5+ Kg6 51. Bg3 Kh5 52. Bd6 Bd8 53.
Bg3 Kg4 54. Bh2 Kh3 55. Bg3 g4 56. Bf4 Bh4+ 57. Kg1 Bd8 1/2-1/2
[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.21"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Brezalieva, Steliyana"]
[Black "Kolev, Hristo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1416"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Nd4 4. e3 Nf5 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 Nf6 7. e4 Ne7 8. Bg5 Nh5
9. Qxh5 g6 10. Qh4 Bg7 11. Nf3 Rg8 12. Bxe7 1-0
[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Stoyanov, Stoyan Orl."]
[Black "Balimezova, Margarita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "1834"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nf3 f6 7. h3 Be6 8.
e4 a5 9. Be3 Kc7 10. O-O-O Na6 11. a3 Bc5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Kc2 a4 14. Be2 Nh6
15. Nd2 Rhd8 16. b4 1/2-1/2
[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.21"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Dimitrov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ramadanov, Esat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "1843"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nc6 9. f3 d5 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. fxe4 Bxd4 14.
Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 Be6 16. Rhd1 Rac8 17. b3 Kg7 18. Kb2 f5 19. Bf3 Rc7 20. e5
Rfc8 21. R1d2 b6 22. c4 Rc5 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Rd8 25. b4 Rc7 26. a4 g5 27.
Kb3 Kg6 28. d6 exd6 29. Rxd6+ Rxd6 30. exd6 Rd7 31. Kc4 Kf6 32. Kd5 f4 33. Kc6
Rd8 34. Kc7 Rf8 35. d7 Rf7 36. Kc8 Rf8+ 37. d8=Q+ 1-0
[Event "2nd open BEROE"]
[Site "Stara Zagora"]
[Date "2016.02.21"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Banev, Simeon"]
[Black "Nikolov, Petar V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1420"]
[BlackElo "1728"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. c3 c6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. e4 Nbd7 8. Bh2
c5 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1 g6 12. Nc4 Ne8 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Re2 b5 15. Nxd6
Nxd6 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17. Bxb5 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bb8 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. g3 Ne5 21. Ba4
Rfd8 22. Bb3 Rxd4 0-1