And the Champions are…
Congratulations to David Anton and Sabrina Vega for winning the Spanish Absolute Title and Women’s Title respectively. Tournament leader Alexi Shirov risked everything with a super-sharp opening against Jaime Santos , but it did not lead to the desired outcome.
Meanwhile, David Anton deconstructed Manuel Candelario in convincing fashion. That put Anton and Santos with 7.5 points each, with the former taking the title on tiebreak.
[Event "85th ESP-ch 2020"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2020.9.8"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Santos Latasa, Jaime"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "D45"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2
O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.a3 Rc8 12.b4 c5{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} 13.bxc5
Bxf3 14.cxd6 Nd5 15.gxf3 Qg5+ 16.Kh1 Qh5 17.Be2 Nxc3 18.Rg1 Rfd8
( 18...Nf6 19.Bb2 Na4 20.Qd2 Rfd8 21.e4 Rxd6 22.e5 {1-0, Sethuraman,S 2653 – Shirov,A 2682 , Edmonton CAN 22/ 6/2016 11th Edmonton}
)
19.e4 e5 20.Be3 Nxe2 21.Qxe2 exd4 22.Rg5 Qh6 23.Bf4 Qf6 24.Rf5
d3 25.Qe1 Qb2 26.Kg2 Nf8 27.Rd5 Ng6 28.Bg3 h5 29.h3 h4 30.Bh2
Rc2 31.Rd1 Qxa3 32.R1xd3 Qb2 33.Qe3{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} Rd7 34.f4 Re2 35.Qf3 Re1
36.Rd1 Rxd1 37.Qxd1 Qb4 38.Qd3 Qc4 39.Qxc4 bxc4 40.f5 Nf8 41.Rc5
f6 42.Rxc4 a5 43.Rc8 Kf7 44.Ra8 Rb7 45.Rxa5 Nd7 46.Ra2 g5 47.fxg6+
Kxg6 48.Rc2 Rb5 49.Rc7{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} 1-0
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[Event "85th ESP-ch 2020"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2020.9.8"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Perez Candelario, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "E71"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2
a6 8.d5 Na5 9.Ng3 c5 10.Rc1 h5 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.f4{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} b5 13.b3 Nb6
14.Nb1 bxc4 15.bxc4 e5 16.O-O h4 17.Ne2 f5 18.Nd2 Nd7 19.Nf3
Qe7 20.Bd2 Nb7 21.Qc2 Nd8 22.exf5 e4 23.Bxe4 Rb8 24.Nc3 Nf6 25.Bd3
gxf5 26.Bxf5 Bxf5 27.Qxf5 Rb2 28.Rce1 Qf7 29.Rb1 Qb7 30.Rxb2
Qxb2 31.Rb1 Qa3 32.Ng5 Re8 33.Rb3{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} 1-0
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Sabrina Vega managed to draw an inferior ending against gm Salvador Del Rio after 74 moves of play, finishing with a very respectable 6 points. Definitely a worthy champion! Congrulations!
[Event "85th ESP-ch 2020"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2020.9.8"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Del Rio De Angelis, Salvador G."]
[Black "Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Eco "D31"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nge2
g6 8.O-O Bg7 9.f3 c5 10.Nf4 cxd4 11.exd4 O-O 12.Be3 Re8 13.Bf2
Nf8 14.Qb3 Ne6 15.Nfe2 Qa5 16.Rab1 Nc7 17.Rfc1 Bh6 18.Rd1 Be3
19.Bxe3 Rxe3 20.Rbc1 Re8 21.Kf2 Rb8 22.Nb5 Nxb5 23.Qxb5 Qd8 24.Qc5
a6 25.Qc7 Be6 26.h4 Re7 27.Qxd8+ Rxd8{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} 28.Rc5 Kf8 29.Rdc1 Nd7
30.Rc7 Nb6 31.Nf4 Rxc7 32.Rxc7 Rd7 33.Rc1 Ke7 34.b3 Kd6 35.h5
Re7 36.g4 Bd7 37.h6 Na8 38.Be2 Bc6 39.Nd3 Bb5 40.Rc8 Re8 41.Rxe8
Bxe8 42.g5 Nc7 43.Nf4 Ne6 44.Nxe6 fxe6 45.Bd3 Bf7 46.Ke3 Be8
47.Kd2 Bf7 48.Bc2 Be8 49.Kc3 Kc6 50.Kb4{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} Kb6 51.Bd3 Bf7 52.Bf1
Be8 53.Bh3 Bf7 54.Bg4 Bg8 55.Kc3 Kc6 56.a3 Bf7 57.Bh3 Bg8 58.Bf1
Bf7 59.Kd3 Kd6 60.Ke3 Be8 61.Bd3 Bf7 62.a4 a5 63.Bb5 Bg8 64.Ke2
Bf7 65.Kf2 Bg8 66.Ke3 Bf7 67.b4 b6{[#] <strong style="color:red;"></strong>} 68.bxa5 bxa5 69.Kf4 Bg8 70.Be8
Ke7 71.Bb5 Kd6 72.Be8 Ke7 73.Bb5 Kd6 74.Be8 1/2-1/2
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