[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Re8 10.d4 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5 
16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 c4 18.axb5 axb5 19.Nd4 Ne5 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.Nxb5 Rc8 22.
Re3 Ba6 23.Nc3 Ned3 24.Bxd3 Nxd3 25.Nf3 Qb7 26.Re2 Be7 27.Nd4 Bf6 28.Nf5 
Qb3 29.Rc2 Rd8 30.Be3 Nxb2 31.Qd2 Nd3 32.Bd4 Be5 33.Bxe5 dxe5 34.Ra2 Bb5 
35.Ra1 Bd7 36.Ne3 Rc8 37.Ra7 Nc5 38.Qc1 Qb6 39.Qa3 Qb3 40.Qa1 Kh7 41.Kh2 
Qb6 42.Nxc4 Qf6 43.Qf1 Be8 44.d6 Qd8 45.Nd5 Bb5 46.Rxf7 Nxe4 47.Nc7 Bxc4 
48.Qxc4 Nxd6 49.Ne6 Nxc4 0-1

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D55"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3 O-O 8.Rc1 c6
9.Be2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nd7 11.O-O e5 12.Ne4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Be5 14.f4 Bc7 15.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 16.Ne6 Qe8 17.Nxc7 Qxe4 18.Nxa8 Qxe3+ 19.Rf2 Nf6 20.Qe1 Qxe1+ 
21.Rxe1 Nd5 22.Re8+ Rf8 23.Rfe2 b5 24.R2e5 a6 25.f5 Bb7 26.Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.
Rxd5 cxd5 28.Nc7 Kf7 29.Kf2 d4 30.g4 g5 31.fxg6+ Kxg6 32.Ne6 Bc8 33.Nxd4 
Bxg4 34.Kg3 Kg5 35.h4+ Kh5 36.a3 Bd7 37.Nf3 Bc8 38.Ne5 Bb7 39.b4 Bc8 40.
Nc6 Bd7 41.Nb8 Bc8 42.Nc6 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D37"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 c5 8.cxd5 
Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.O-O c4 11.b3 Nb6 12.bxc4 dxc4 13.Qc2 Be6 14.Rab1 Rc8 
15.a4 a5 16.Ng5 Bxg5 17.Bxg5 f6 18.Bh4 c3 19.Bd3 h6 20.Bb5 Nd5 21.Qe4 Qd6 
22.Bg3 Qe7 23.Rbc1 Nb4 24.d5 Nxd5 25.Rfd1 Rfd8 26.Rd4 f5 27.Qe5 Qf6 28.
Qxf6 gxf6 29.h3 Kf7 30.Bc4 Ke7 31.e4 Nf4 32.Rxd8 Rxc4 33.Bxf4 Kxd8 34.exf5
Bxf5 35.Be3 c2 36.g4 Be4 37.Bb6+ Kd7 38.Bxa5 Rd4 0-1

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "D11"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Nbd7 
9.h4 dxc4 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.g5 Nd5 12.Bxc4 Bb4 13.Bd2 Qe7 14.a3 Nxc3 15.bxc3
Ba5 16.f4 O-O-O 17.Qb3 Nb6 18.Bd3 Kb8 19.Ke2 Qd7 20.Be4 f6 21.gxf6 gxf6 
22.Rag1 e5 23.fxe5 fxe5 24.Rg5 exd4 25.Rxa5 Rhe8 26.Bg2 dxe3 27.Bc1 Qd3+ 
28.Ke1 e2 29.Bf4+ Ka8 30.Kf2 Rf8 31.Qb4 Nc4 32.Rxa7+ Kxa7 33.Qa4+ Kb6 34.
Qb4+ Ka6 35.Qa4+ Na5 36.Bf3 b5 {The attack has been repelled and now White
will have to pay for all his middlegame sins.} 0-1

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.Nbd2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.e3 cxd4 8.cxd4 a6
9.Bg2 Be7 10.O-O d6 11.a4 O-O 12.axb5 axb5 13.Qb3 Ra5 14.Rfc1 h6 15.Bxf6 
Bxf6 16.Ne4 Be7 17.d5 Qa8 18.Rab1 exd5 19.Nc3 d4 20.Nd5 dxe3 21.Rxc6 exf2+
22.Kxf2 Bxc6 23.Nxe7+ Kh8 24.Re1 Be4 25.Nh4 Qa7+ 26.Re3 Ra4 27.Nhf5 Qc5 
28.Bxe4 Rxe4 29.Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "A22"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Qe7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.e4 d6 8.d3 a6 9.
Qb3 Bc5 10.Na4 Ba7 11.Nb6 Bxb6 12.Qxb6 c5 13.Ne1 Bg4 14.f3 Be6 15.Bg5 Nbd7
16.Qa5 h6 17.Bd2 Nb8 18.Nc2 Nc6 19.Qc3 b5 20.Ne3 Nd4 21.Rae1 Rab8 22.Qc1 
bxc4 23.dxc4 Qd7 24.Rf2 Rfe8 25.Bc3 a5 26.Qd1 a4 27.Bf1 Ra8 28.Bd3 Kh8 29.
Kh1 Qb7 30.h4 Rf8 31.Kh2 Qd7 32.Ref1 Rae8 33.a3 Ra8 34.Qd2 Nb3 35.Qd1 Nd4 
36.Rg1 Rae8 37.Qf1 Qd8 38.Qd1 Qd7 39.Nd5 Bxd5 40.cxd5 Rc8 41.Re1 Ra8 42.
Bf1 Qe7 43.Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "166"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 
a6 9.Na3 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5 f5 12.g3 fxe4 13.Bg2 Bg7 14.Bxe4 Be6 15.
O-O O-O 16.c3 f5 17.Bg2 Rb8 18.Nc2 a5 19.a3 Kh8 20.Qe2 Qd7 21.Rad1 e4 22.
f3 Nd4 23.Nxd4 Bxd5 24.Qd2 b4 25.axb4 axb4 26.fxe4 bxc3 27.bxc3 fxe4 28.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 29.Qe3 Qe7 30.Bh3 Qe5 31.Re1 Rf6 32.Bg2 Rf7 33.Rb1 Bb7 34.Ne2 
d5 35.Rb6 Qc7 36.Rb1 Be5 37.Nd4 Ba6 38.Bf1 Bc4 39.Bxc4 Qxc4 40.Ne6 Qa6 41.
Nd4 h6 42.Ne2 Kh7 43.Rf1 Rxf1+ 44.Kxf1 Qa1+ 45.Kg2 Qe1 46.Qf2 Qxf2+ 47.
Kxf2 Kg6 48.Ke3 Kf5 49.h3 Bf6 50.Nd4+ Ke5 51.Kd2 Bg5+ 52.Ke2 Bc1 53.Nb5 
Ke6 54.Nd4+ Kf6 55.Nb5 Ke5 56.Nd4 Ba3 57.Nc2 Bc5 58.Ne3 Ke6 59.Ng4 Bf8 60.
Ne3 Bg7 61.Kd2 Be5 62.g4 Bf4 63.Ke2 Bg5 64.Nf5 Ke5 65.Ne3 Kd6 66.Nf5+ Kc5 
67.Ne3 Bf4 68.Ng2 Bc7 69.Ne3 Ba5 70.Nd1 Kd6 71.Ke3 Ke5 72.Ke2 Ke6 73.Ke3 
Bb6+ 74.Ke2 Kf6 75.Ne3 Bxe3 76.Kxe3 Kg5 77.Kf2 Kf4 78.Kg2 Ke3 79.h4 Kf4 
80.g5 hxg5 81.h5 Kf5 82.Kg3 Kf6 83.Kg4 Kg7 0-1

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "D35"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 c6 7.h3 O-O 8.Bf4 
Bd6 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.e3 b6 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.Be2 Nbd7 13.O-O c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Rfd1 Rac8 16.Qf5 Rfd8 17.Qe5 Qxe5 18.Nxe5 a5 19.Bg4 Nxg4 20.hxg4 Ne6 21.
Ne2 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 d4 23.Nxd4 Nxd4 24.exd4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D70"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 
Nc6 9.O-O-O Qd6 10.Nb5 Qd7 11.Kb1 Rd8 12.d5 a6 13.dxc6 Qxd2 14.Rxd2 Rxd2 
15.Bxd2 axb5 16.cxb7 Bxb7 17.Bxb5 f5 18.exf5 Bd5 19.Ne2 Bxa2+ 20.Kc2 gxf5 
21.Bc3 Bc4 22.Bxc4+ Nxc4 23.Nd4 Ne3+ 24.Kd3 Nxg2 25.Nxf5 Nf4+ 26.Kc4 Bxc3 
27.bxc3 Kf7 28.Re1 Ng6 29.Nd4 Ra2 30.h3 Rh2 31.Ne6 Kf6 32.Nxc7 Rxh3 33.
Nd5+ Kf7 34.Rf1 Nh4 35.f4 Nf5 36.Kb4 h5 37.c4 Rd3 38.Nb6 h4 39.c5 Rd2 40.
Kc3 Rg2 41.Rh1 Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "E99"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5 11.Be3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Rc1 Ng6 14.Nb5 b6 15.b4 a6 16.
Nc3 Rf7 17.Nd3 h5 18.c5 Bf8 19.cxb6 cxb6 20.b5 a5 21.Na4 Nc5 22.Ndxc5 dxc5
23.d6 Be6 24.Bxc5 bxc5 25.Nxc5 Bxa2 26.Qa4 Bxd6 27.Qxa2 Bxc5+ 28.Kh1 Bd4 
29.Bc4 Ra7 30.Bxf7+ Rxf7 31.Qd5 Qxd5 32.exd5 Ne7 33.d6 Nf5 34.Rc8+ Kg7 35.
Rc6 a4 36.Rfc1 a3 37.Ra6 a2 38.Rxa2 Nxd6 39.b6 Bxb6 40.Rc6 Rc7 41.Rxc7+ 
Bxc7 42.Ra7 Ne8 43.g3 Kg6 44.Kg2 Bd6 45.Ra6 Kf5 46.Rc6 g4 47.gxf4 exf4 48.
fxg4+ hxg4 49.h3 g3 50.Kf3 Be5 51.Rh6 Ng7 52.h4 Ne6 53.Rh5+ Kf6 54.Kg2 Nd4
55.Kh3 f3 56.Rh8 g2 57.Rg8 Ne2 58.Rg6+ Kxg6 59.h5+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "C84"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bd7 
9.c3 O-O 10.Bc2 b4 11.Re1 Re8 12.h3 Bf8 13.Nbd2 g6 14.Nc4 bxc3 15.bxc3 d5 
16.Ne3 dxe4 17.dxe4 Na5 18.Qe2 Nh5 19.Rd1 Nf4 20.Qe1 Bd6 21.Rb1 f6 22.h4 
Rf8 23.g3 Ne6 24.Nd5 Qe8 25.Qe2 Bxa4 26.Bxa4 Qxa4 27.Bh6 Rf7 28.Nh2 Nb3 
29.Ng4 Nbc5 30.Ngxf6+ Kh8 31.h5 g5 32.Rb4 Qa3 33.Rdb1 c6 34.Ng4 cxd5 35.
exd5 Qxc3 36.dxe6 Nxe6 37.Rc4 Qa5 38.Qe4 Rd8 39.Rc6 Qd2 40.Qc4 Re7 41.Rbb6
e4 42.Kg2 e3 43.Nxe3 Bxg3 44.Kxg3 Nd4 45.Kg2 Nxc6 46.Rxc6 Qd7 47.Ng4 Qf5 
48.Qc3+ Kg8 49.Nf6+ Kf7 50.Qc4+ Re6 51.Rc7+ Kxf6 52.Bg7# 1-0

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "A45"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nd2 h6 4.Bh4 c5 5.e4 d5 6.e5 g5 7.Bg3 Nfd7 8.h4 g4 9.
dxc5 h5 10.Bb5 Nc6 11.Ne2 Nxc5 12.O-O a6 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.c4 a5 15.Nd4 Qb6
16.Qc2 Nd7 17.Qd3 Ba6 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Qg6+ Kd8 20.Qxe6 Be7 21.Rfd1 d4 22.
c5 Nxc5 23.Qf7 Ra7 24.Rac1 Rd7 25.e6 Rd5 26.Nc4 Bxc4 27.Rxc4 Rf8 28.Qg6 
Nb7 29.Qe4 Nd6 30.Bxd6 Rxd6 31.Rcxd4 Rxd4 32.Rxd4+ Kc8 33.g3 Qc5 34.Rd2 
Kb7 35.Rd7+ Kb6 36.Qe2 Rd8 37.Rxd8 Bxd8 38.Qd2 Be7 39.a3 Qe5 40.Qd7 Qd6 
41.Qe8 Qxe6 42.b4 axb4 43.axb4 Qe5 44.Kf1 Bd6 45.Qd8+ Bc7 46.Qd2 Bd6 0-1

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.c4 Bb4+ 8.Nbd2 
O-O 9.O-O Bf5 10.Nb3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nc6 12.Bd3 Bg6 13.a3 Bd6 14.Re1 f5 15.
Qc2 Kh8 16.Be3 Qf6 17.Nc5 Bxc5 18.dxc5 Rae8 19.Rad1 Bh5 20.Be2 f4 21.Bc1 
a5 22.Qc4 Re7 23.h3 Rfe8 24.Kf1 h6 25.Qc2 Nxf2 26.Kxf2 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Qh4+ 
28.Kf1 Qxh3+ 29.Kf2 Qg3+ 30.Kf1 Re5 31.Bxf4 Qxf4 32.Qc4 Re4 33.Qb5 Qg3 0-1

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "E39"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6 8.e4 Nc6
9.b4 Nd4 10.Qd2 Nxf3+ 11.gxf3 Be7 12.Rg1 Kh8 13.Bb2 a5 14.b5 d6 15.O-O-O 
Rg8 16.Kb1 Bb7 17.h4 Qc7 18.h5 h6 19.Na4 e5 20.Qe3 Bd8 21.Bd3 Nd7 22.f4 
Bf6 23.fxe5 Bxe5 24.Bxe5 Nxe5 25.Nxb6 Rae8 26.Nd5 Bxd5 27.exd5 Nxd3 28.
Qxd3 Re5 29.Rde1 Rxh5 30.Qd4 Qc8 31.Kb2 Kh7 32.Re7 Rf5 33.f4 g5 34.fxg5 
Rgxg5 35.Rge1 Rg4 36.Qd3 Kg7 37.Qc3+ Kg6 38.b6 Qc5 39.b7 Rg2+ 40.Ka1 Rf3 
41.b8=Q {In the end it becomes clear, that the black pieces have come to 
show their strength simply too late.} 1-0

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "A22"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Bxc3 5.bxc3 d6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O Re8 8.Ne1 
c6 9.d3 h6 10.Rb1 d5 11.Qb3 b6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nc2 Nc6 14.h3 Bb7 15.Nb4 
Na5 16.Qb2 d4 17.c4 Rc8 18.Bxb7 Nxb7 19.e4 dxe3 20.Bxe3 Qd7 21.Kh2 Nd6 22.
Rbc1 Nf5 23.Rfd1 h5 24.Qe2 h4 25.Nc2 b5 26.Qf3 bxc4 27.dxc4 hxg3+ 28.fxg3 
Qe6 29.c5 Red8 30.Bf2 e4 31.Qb3 Qe5 32.Ne3 Rxd1 33.Qxd1 Rxc5 34.Nc4 Qc7 
35.Bxc5 Qxg3+ 36.Kh1 Qxh3+ 37.Kg1 Qg3+ 38.Kf1 Ng4 39.Qd8+ Kh7 40.Qd5 Qf3+ 
41.Ke1 Ng3 42.Rc2 f5 43.Kd2 Nf6 44.Qd8 Ne2 45.Ke1 f4 46.Rxe2 Qc3+ 47.Kd1 
Qxc4 48.Qd4 Qb5 49.Rh2+ Kg6 50.Kc2 a5 51.Be7 Qc6+ 52.Qc5 Qa4+ 53.Kc1 f3 
54.Bxf6 Kxf6 55.Rd2 g6 56.Rd6+ Kg7 57.Rd8 1-0

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.Bg5 exd4
9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Qxf6 gxf6 13.a3 Bc5 14.Nc3 c6 15.e3
Ke7 16.Na4 h5 17.h4 Rg8 18.Rfc1 Ra7 19.Bf3 Bg4 20.Bxg4 Rxg4 21.Kf1 Ra8 22.
b3 Ke6 23.Nc3 Ke7 24.Ne2 Rgg8 25.Nf4 Rh8 26.Nd3 Bb6 27.Rab1 Kd7 28.Rc2 Bc7
29.Nf4 Rae8 30.b4 axb4 31.axb4 Ra8 32.b5 Ra4 33.Rbb2 Ra5 34.Kg2 Ra4 35.Kf3
Raa8 36.Ra2 Rxa2 37.Rxa2 d5 38.bxc6+ bxc6 39.cxd5 c5 40.Ra6 Bxf4 41.Kxf4 
Rc8 42.Rc6 Rxc6 43.dxc6+ Kxc6 44.g4 c4 45.e4 Kd6 46.f3 Ke6 47.Ke3 Ke5 48.
gxh5 f5 49.h6 f4+ 50.Kd2 Kf6 51.h5 1-0

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "D80"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.h4 Bg7 6.e3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxc3 8.bxc3 
Qxd5 9.Qf3 Qxf3 10.Nxf3 Nc6 11.Rb1 Na5 12.Bb5+ Bd7 13.Ke2 Rc8 14.Bxd7+ 
Kxd7 15.Rb5 b6 16.dxc5 Rxc5 17.Rxc5 bxc5 18.Rd1+ Ke6 19.e4 Bxc3 20.Be3 Bf6
21.h5 Rc8 22.h6 Nc4 23.Bf4 Nb2 24.Rd5 c4 25.Ra5 Nd3 26.Be3 Rb8 27.Nd4+ Kd7
28.Kd2 Rb7 29.g4 e6 30.f3 Bd8 31.Ra4 Nb2 32.Ra6 Bb6 33.Nc2 Nd3 34.Bxb6 
axb6 35.g5 Nf4 36.Ne3 Kc6 37.Ng4 Kb5 38.Ra8 Rc7 39.Nf6 c3+ 40.Kc2 Ne2 41.
Rd8 Kc4 42.Nd7 Nd4+ 43.Kc1 c2 44.Nxb6+ Kd3 {White can't stop ...e3 and 
...e2, so he resigned. A good start for my first game of the new year! 
This also marked my comeback from a difficult -2 position in the 
tournament, finally finishing with a decent +1 and shared second place.} 
0-1

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O 
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Kb1 b6 12.Bb5 Bb7 13.h4 Na5 14.Bd4 Rac8 15.Ng5
Nc4 16.Qe2 h6 17.Bxc4 dxc4 18.Bxc5 Bxc5 19.Nge4 Bb4 20.Nd6 Rcd8 21.Rh3 
Bxd6 22.Nb5 Qc6 23.Nxd6 Qxg2 24.Qe3 Be4 25.Rc1 f5 26.Rg3 Qh2 27.Qg1 Qxg1 
28.Rcxg1 Rd7 29.Rg6 Re7 30.Rxh6 c3 31.bxc3 Bf3 32.Rhg6 Bg4 33.Rg5 Kh7 34.
h5 Kh6 35.Rh1 Rd8 36.c4 Bf3 37.Rh2 Bg4 38.Kb2 Rb8 39.Kc3 Rd8 40.Kd4 Rb8 
41.Ke3 Kh7 42.Kf2 Rh8 43.Kg3 Kg8 44.h6 Rh7 45.Rg6 Bd1 46.c3 Bg4 47.Kf2 Kf8
48.Ke3 gxh6 49.Rhxh6 Rxh6 50.Rxh6 Kg7 51.Rh2 Rd7 52.Kd4 Bf3 53.Rh3 Bg4 54.
Rh1 Bf3 55.Rg1+ Bg4 56.c5 bxc5+ 57.Kxc5 Rc7+ 58.Kb4 Rc6 59.Nb5 Kf8 60.a4 
a5+ 61.Kxa5 Rc4 62.Nd4 Rxc3 63.Rb1 Rc8 64.Rb6 Kf7 65.Nxe6 Rc4 66.Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "B42"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O e5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 
Qxf6 9.Nf5 g6 10.Ne3 Bc5 11.Nd5 Qd8 12.b4 Ba7 13.a4 d6 14.a5 Be6 15.Bc4 
O-O 16.Qd3 Nc6 17.c3 Ne7 18.Nd2 Rc8 19.Rac1 Kg7 20.Kh1 Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Qe7 
1/2-1/2

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D31"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.g4 Be6 8.h4 Nd7 
9.g5 h6 10.g6 Ngf6 11.gxf7+ Bxf7 12.Bd3 Nh5 13.Be5 O-O 14.Qg4 Nhf6 15.Qg3 
Nh5 16.Qg4 Nhf6 17.Qg3 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "E20"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 
cxd4 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.a3 Be7 11.O-O Ne5 12.b3 a6 13.Rfd1 Qc7 14.Ne4 f5 15.Nc3
Rb8 16.e4 fxe4 17.Nxe4 b6 18.Qe2 Bb7 19.f4 Nc6 20.Nf3 Na5 21.Rd3 Bxe4 22.
Qxe4 Nb7 23.b4 Nd6 24.Qe2 Nf7 25.Qd2 Rfd8 26.Re1 a5 27.Qc3 axb4 28.axb4 
Rbc8 29.Nd2 Nd6 30.Rc1 Nxc4 31.Nxc4 1-0

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B41"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.e5 Nd5 8.O-O 
Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bxc3 10.Ba3 Qa5 11.Bd6 Nc6 12.Nxc6 dxc6 13.f4 Bxa1 14.Qxa1 Qd2
15.Bd3 Qe3+ 16.Kh1 Bd7 17.Qb2 b5 18.a4 Rc8 19.f5 exf5 20.e6 Qxe6 21.Qxg7 
Qxd6 22.Qxh8+ Qf8 23.Qxh7 Kd8 24.Bxf5 Bxf5 25.Qxf5 Kc7 26.c4 Kb6 27.Rb1 b4
28.a5+ Kc7 29.c5 Rb8 30.Qe5+ Kc8 31.Qf5+ Kc7 32.Qf4+ Kc8 33.Rxb4 Rxb4 34.
Qxb4 Qh6 35.Qc4 Kd8 36.h4 f5 37.Qd4+ Kc8 38.Qc4 Kd8 39.Kh2 Ke7 40.Qd4 Qh5 
41.Kh3 Qg6 42.Qe3+ Kd7 43.Qd2+ Ke8 44.Qf4 Qf6 45.Qd6 Qc3+ 46.Kh2 Qxa5 47.
Qxc6+ Kf7 48.Qd5+ Kf6 49.Qd6+ Kf7 50.Qd7+ Kf6 51.Qc6+ Kf7 52.Qb7+ Kg8 53.
Qc8+ Kg7 54.Qxf5 {h5, � g5, h6} 1-0

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.c3 Nbd7 
9.Bh2 Qe8 10.a4 a6 11.Na3 e5 12.Nc4 Ne4 13.Nfd2 Nxd2 14.Nxd2 Kh8 15.Qc2 f5
16.Rfe1 g5 17.Bd3 Qg6 18.f3 Rae8 19.Rf1 d5 20.a5 c5 21.g4 e4 22.fxe4 dxe4 
23.Be2 f4 24.axb6 Qxb6 25.Qb3 Qa7 26.Bb5 cxd4 27.Bxd7 dxe3 28.Nc4 Rd8 29.
Ba4 Rd2 30.Qxb7 Qxb7 31.Rxf4 gxf4 32.Nxd2 exd2 33.Bxf4 Rxf4 34.Bc6 Qb6+ 
0-1

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Qb6 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Qxb2
9.Rb1 Qa3 10.f5 a6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Be2 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Kh1 cxd4 15.Nxd4 
Ndxe5 16.Rb3 Rxf1+ 17.Bxf1 Qd6 18.Nxc6 Nxc6 19.Na4 b5 20.Nb6 Rb8 21.Bf4 e5
22.Nxc8 Rxc8 23.Bg3 Qe6 24.Rb1 e4 25.a4 bxa4 26.Bxa6 Rf8 27.c3 a3 28.Be2 
Bd6 29.Bh4 Rb8 30.Rxb8+ Bxb8 31.Qa2 Qd6 32.Bg3 Qc5 0-1

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[ECO "B43"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.O-O Bb4 8.Qd3 
Nc6 9.Kh1 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bc5 11.Qd2 h6 12.f4 d6 13.Qe1 Bd7 14.Qg3 Bd4 15.Bf3
Qc4 16.Bd2 Bc6 17.Rae1 O-O-O 18.Be2 Qc5 19.Bd3 g5 20.Qf3 Rhg8 21.Na4 g4 
22.Qe2 Qh5 23.Bc3 Bxc3 24.Nxc3 Qc5 25.e5 Nd7 26.Ne4 Bxe4 27.Bxe4 d5 28.Bd3
Kb8 29.Rb1 Rc8 30.b4 Qd4 31.Qe1 Nb6 32.b5 axb5 33.Rxb5 Rc7 34.Qa5 Nd7 35.
Rfb1 Qa7 36.Qb4 Nc5 37.Bh7 Rgc8 38.Ra5 Na6 39.Qd6 Ka8 40.Rb6 Rc6 41.Raxa6 
bxa6 42.Rxc6 Rb8 43.c3 {We have seen perfect strategic and tactical play 
by White from move 21 and then his energetic attack!} 1-0

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "D15"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.h3 Bxf3 
9.Qxf3 b4 10.Ne2 e5 11.Ng3 g6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Qf4 Bd6 15.Qh6 
Rg8 16.Rc1 Ned7 17.Qh4 a5 18.Bb5 Kf8 19.O-O Kg7 20.Bxd7 Nxd7 21.Qd4+ Nf6 
22.Rc6 Re8 23.f4 Bb8 24.Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O c6 10.h4 Re8 11.Bd3 d5 12.Ng5 Nf8 13.h5 Bf6 14.Nf3 Bg4 15.
Rde1 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Ne6 17.f4 h6 18.a3 Qa5 19.Qd1 Nc5 20.Bf5 Na4 21.Qd3 Nc5 
22.Qd1 Qb5 23.Qe2 Qa4 24.Qd1 Ne4 25.Bxe4 Rxe4 26.Rhg1 Rae8 27.Rg3 Kh8 28.
Reg1 Qc4 29.Kb1 c5 30.Qd3 b6 31.Qxc4 Rxc4 32.Rd1 d4 33.cxd4 cxd4 34.b3 
dxe3 35.bxc4 exf2 36.Rf3 Re1 37.Kc1 Bd4 38.c3 Be3+ 39.Kc2 f5 40.a4 a5 41.
c5 Bxc5 {...and the Petroff defense won again. ...und die Russische 
Verteidigung gewann erneut.} 0-1

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[ECO "A20"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Bc5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e3 Nge7 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O a6 8.h3 Ba7
9.Kh2 Be6 10.Nd5 Bd7 11.b3 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Ne7 13.d4 Nf5 14.Bb2 Re8 15.Rc1 
Rc8 16.a4 a5 17.Qd2 Bb6 18.Rc2 Qg5 19.Qd3 Qg6 20.Rd1 Rcd8 21.e4 Nxd4 22.
Nxd4 exd4 23.Bxd4 Bxd4 24.Qxd4 c5 25.dxc6 Bxc6 26.Rc4 Qh5 27.Qd2 h6 28.Rd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[ECO "C67"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 h5 11.Rd1 Be7 12.Ne2 Bd7 13.Bg5 Rd8 14.Nf4 Bc8 
15.Rxd8+ Kxd8 16.Rd1+ Ke8 17.g3 Rh7 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Ng5 Rh6 20.h4 c5 21.c3
a5 22.Rd2 Be6 23.Ngxe6 fxe6 24.Kg2 Nc6 25.Re2 Nd8 26.Kh3 Nf7 27.Re3 Kd7 
28.f3 b6 29.a3 Kc6 30.g4 hxg4+ 31.Kxg4 Kd7 32.h5 Rh8 33.Rd3+ Kc6 34.Ng6 
Re8 35.f4 b5 36.a4 Nh6+ 37.Kg5 Nf7+ 38.Kh4 b4 39.c4 Nh6 40.Kg5 Nf7+ 41.Kg4
Nh6+ 42.Kh4 Nf7 43.f5 exf5 44.Rd5 b3 45.Kg3 Ng5 46.Kf4 Ne6+ 47.Kxf5 Nd4+ 
48.Ke4 Ne6 49.Rd3 Ng5+ 50.Ke3 Ne6 51.Rxb3 Nd4 52.Rd3 Rb8 53.b3 Kd7 54.Ke4 
c6 55.Nh4 Ke6 56.Rg3 Kf7 57.Nf5 Ne6 58.Rd3 Ng5+ 59.Kf4 Ne6+ 60.Kg4 Nd4 61.
Nxd4 cxd4 62.Rxd4 Rxb3 63.Rd7+ Ke6 64.Rxg7 Rb4 65.h6 Rxc4+ 66.Kh5 Rc1 67.
Rg4 1-0

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia it"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[ECO "A16"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[PlyCount "133"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 Nxc3 5.bxc3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.Rb1 Nc6 8.h4
h6 9.Nf3 O-O 10.O-O e5 11.d3 Kh7 12.Nd2 f5 13.Ba3 Rf6 14.Qc2 Qe8 15.e3 b6 
16.d4 Ba6 17.Rfe1 e4 18.c4 Rc8 19.Qa4 Nb8 20.Qxe8 Rxe8 21.Rec1 Nd7 22.Nb3 
Rf7 23.Bb4 c5 24.Bd2 g5 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.a4 cxd4 27.exd4 f4 28.a5 f3 29.Bf1
Kg6 30.axb6 Bf6 31.Re1 Rh8 32.Rxe4 Rfh7 33.Rh4 gxh4 34.Bd3+ Kg7 35.Bxh7 
Kxh7 36.Ra1 Bxc4 37.Rxa7 Bxb3 38.Rxd7+ Kg6 39.Bf4 hxg3 40.Bxg3 Ba4 41.Rd6 
Rg8 42.b7 Kf5 43.Ra6 Bxd4 44.b8=Q Rxb8 45.Bxb8 Bc2 46.Kh2 Bd3 47.Ra4 Be5+ 
48.Bxe5 Kxe5 49.Kg3 Be2 50.Kg4 Kf6 51.Kf4 Bd1 52.Ra6+ Kf7 53.Ke5 Be2 54.
Rf6+ Kg7 55.Kf5 Bd3+ 56.Kg5 Be2 57.Rf4 Kg8 58.Kh6 Bd1 59.Rd4 Be2 60.Rd7 
Kf8 61.Kg5 Ke8 62.Ra7 Kf8 63.Kf4 Kg8 64.Ra3 Kf7 65.Rxf3 Bxf3 66.Kxf3 Kf6 
67.Kf4 1-0
