[Event "It (open)"] [Site "masterchessopen.com Nice (France)"] [Round "2"] [White "Todorov Ognjan (BUL)"] [Black "Mitkov Nikola (MKD)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2343"] [BlackElo "2539"] [ECO "D02"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: 2.Nf3 Nf6"] { Todorov Ognjan (BUL) +1 =0 -1 Mitkov Nikola (MKD) +2 =1 -2 } 1.d4 { 1 } 1...d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.Qb3 b6 ( 7...O-O 8.O-O b6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Rc1 Ba6 11.Bf1 Ne4 12.Bb4 Nd6 13.Na3 Bb7 14.Bxd6 Bxd6 15.Nb5 Nc6 16.Nxd6 Qxd6 17.Rc3 Rfc8 { 1/2-1/2, Malaniuk Vladimir P 2580 - Tiviakov Sergei 2655 , Montecatini Terme 1995 It (open) } ) 8.Nc3 ( 8.Bf4 Nbd7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.e4 dxe4 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.Nxe4 Qc7 14.Nf6+ Kh8 15.O-O-O Rd8 16.Qf3 Bb7 17.Qh5 gxf6 18.exf6 Nxf6 19.Bxc7 Nxh5 20.Bxd8 Bxd8 21.Rd7 Bg5+ 22.f4 Bc8 23.Rxf7 Kg8 24.Bxc6 Kxf7 25.Bxa8 Be7 26.Rd1 Nf6 27.Bf3 a5 { ...1-0, Delchev Aleksander 2521 - Maksimenko Andrei 2515 , Pula 1999 Ch Croatia (team) (2nd league) } ) 8...O-O 9.O-O Ba6 10.cxd5 cxd5 { ?/= } 11.Rac1 { N } ( 11.Ne5 Bb7 ( 11...Nfd7 12.Nxf7 Rxf7 13.Nxd5 Nc6 14.Nxe7+ Nxe7 15.Qa4 Bxe2 16.Bxa8 Qxa8 17.Qxd7 Nf5 18.Qa4 Bb5 19.Qxb5 Nxd4 20.Qd3 Nf3+ 21.Qxf3 Qxf3 22.a4 Qb3 23.Bc3 Rd7 24.h4 h6 25.Rfe1 Kf7 26.Re4 g5 27.Rae1 Rd1 28.hxg5 hxg5 29.a5 Rxe1+ 30.Rxe1 b5 { ...1/2-1/2, Iljushin Alexei 2509 - Kacheishvili Giorgi 2564 , Golden Sands 2000 Ch World (universities) } ) 12.Bf4 Nfd7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Rfd1 Nc6 15.e4 Na5 16.Qc2 Rac8 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Qe2 Bb4 20.Qb5 Nc6 21.Qxd5 Qg4 22.Qg2 Rfd8 23.d5 Ne7 24.h3 Qf5 25.d6 Bxc3 26.dxe7 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Bf6 28.Re1 Qd7 29.Qb7 { 1-0, Hansen Lars Bo 2560 - Gurevich Mikhail 2605 , Wijk aan Zee 1993 It (open) "Hoogovens" } ) ( 11.Rfc1 Nc6 12.Nb5 Qd7 13.a4 Rfc8 14.Bf4 Ne8 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Rc5 17.e4 d4 18.Bf1 Bb7 19.Rd1 Bxe4 20.Rxd4 Rxb5 21.Rxd7 Rxb3 22.Rxe7 Bc6 23.Bg2 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Rxb2 25.Rd1 Rb4 26.Rdd7 Rxa4 27.Rxf7 Rc4 28.Rfe7 Rc6 29.Rxa7 Rxa7 30.Rxa7 Nc7 { ...1/2-1/2, Djachkov Sergej 2295 - Tiviakov Sergei 2655 , Elista 1995 Ch Russia } ) 11...Bc4 ( 11...Bb7 12.Nb5 Nc6 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.Qe3 Bc5 16.Qf4 a5 17.Bc3 Ba6 18.a4 Bxb5 19.axb5 Qe7 20.Rcd1 Rac8 21.e4 d4 22.Bxd4 Bxd4 23.Rxd4 Rc5 24.Qd2 Nxe5 25.f4 Ng6 26.Qd3 Rfc8 27.Rd7 Qe8 28.Rb7 Qxb5 29.Rd1 Qxb2 30.f5 Rc2 31.Bf1 { ...0-1, Filippov Valerij 2616 - Mitkov Nikola 2534 , Las Vegas 2002 It "North American Open" } ) 12.Qa4 Qd7 13.Rfe1 Qxa4 14.Nxa4 Nbd7 15.Ne5 Bxa2 16.Nc3 Bb3 17.Nc6 Bd8 18.Nb5 a5 19.Bf4 Ba4 20.Nba7 b5 21.Nxd8 Rxa7 22.Nc6 Ra6 23.Ne7+ Kh8 24.Rc7 b4 25.Rec1 h6 26.Bf1 Bb5 27.h4 { ?! } ( 27.Nc8 { !? } 27...g5 28.Nd6 gxf4 29.Nxb5 { } ) 27...Raa8 { ?! } ( 27...Rfa8 { !? } 28.Nc8 Ne8 29.Rb7 Bc6 { } ) 28.e3 { ?! } ( 28.Nc8 { !? } 28...Ne8 29.Ra7 Rxa7 30.Nxa7 { } ) 28...Bxf1 { } {#R} 0-1