Dreev Wins CENTO Open 2011

 

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15 February 2011, Kuala Lumpur – At the CENTO 1st International Chess Open in Bologna, Italy, Dreev Aleksev took first prize beating David Alberto and Salvador Roland on tie-break points.

 

Here is a game between Dreev and Naumkin in the eighth round of the Cento 1st International Chess Open in Bologna, Italy, which brought in an important point for Dreev. Dreev had the white queen placed at a8 and one advanced b-pawn threatening to queen. While the black king is hemmed-in at h8 trapped by the bishop at g8 and two pawns. Strangely, the black’s two rooks are on the 7th rank but they should be on the 8th rank protecting the king. The Dutch Defence transpired during the game.

 

Links:

• 1st Cento Open (Cento ITA)
  Sat 5th Feb 2011 - Sun 13th Feb 2011 - Official Site
• 1st Open (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games

Dreev, David, Salvador Share Lead At CENTO

13 February 2011, Kuala Lumpur – At the CENTO 1st International Chess Open 2011 in Bologna, Italy, there is a three-way joint leadership between Dreev Aleksev, David Alberto and Salvador Roland, all scoring 6.5 points after 8 rounds of play.

During the sixth round game between IM Kenny Solomon of South Africa (2425) and the second seeded, GM Ivan Sokolov (2657) from Bosnia Herzegovina, of the Cento 1st International Chess Open 2011, Sokolov suffered a surprise defeat and it caused him to lose steam in the tournament. The game can be replayed in the game viewer below:-

Links:

• Official website
• Chessdom report
• TWIC

David Leads At CENTO Italy

10 February 2011, Kuala Lumpur – At the CENTO 1st International Open in Bologna Italy, Alberto David is the clear leader scoring 5 points after the fifth round of play.

David beat Caprio Guido in the fifth round. Caprio was the fourth round leader.

In second place is now Dreev Aleksey with 4.5 points, third is Danielian Elina, the lady GM from Armenia, also scoring 4.5 points. In fourth position is Delchev Aleksander from Bulgaria with 4.5 points, too.

Here is the fifth round game between Caprio Guido (the fourth round leader) and David Alberto (the fifth round leader) of the CENTO 1st International Open 2011 in Bologna, Italy.

Links:

• Official website
• Chessdom report
• TWIC