Skopje Open 2023: Turnir prepun taktičkih bisera

Prvo kolo turnira Open Skopje 2023 donijelo nam je mnoštvo taktičkih udara i raznolikih šahovskih motiva koji su gledaoce ostavili bez daha. Neke od partija su bile poput umjetničkog djela, slikovito prikazujući kreativnost šahovskog svijeta. Treba čestitati igračima na hrabrosti i kreativnosti koju su pokazali za šahovskom tablom, pružajući pravu poslasticu za publiku koja cijeni izazov i uživa u šahovskom spektaklu.
Evo moj lični izbor partija prvog kola:

Safarli,Eltaj (2609) – Ivanovic,Marko (2302) [C60]

Skopje OPEN 2023 – A, December 6th–12th Hotel  (1), 06.12.2023

 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bg7 8.h3 Ne7 9.0–0 Be6 10.Nc3 0–0 11.Re1 h6 12.Bf4 a5 13.Rc1 Kh7 14.Na4 f5 15.Nc5 Bg8 16.exf5 Nxf5 17.Be5 b6 18.Bxg7 Nxg7 19.Ne4 Bxa2 20.Ne5 Be6 21.Rxc6 Rc8 22.Ng3 Rf6 23.d5 Bf5 24.Qd4 Rd6 25.Nf7 Rxd5 26.Qf4 Qd7 27.Qxh6+ Kg8

28.Ng5 1–0

Veljanoski,Andrej (2300) – Romanov,Evgeny (2561) [B41]

Skopje OPEN 2023 – A, December 6th–12th Hotel  (1), 06.12.2023

 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.f3 Bd6 8.g3 Nc6 9.Be3 h5 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 h4 12.g4 Be5 13.Qd2 0–0 14.Bd3 d5 15.cxd5 exd5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Re8 18.Be4

18…Bxg4 19.0–0 Bh3 20.Rfe1 Qd6 21.Kh1 Rac8 22.Rac1 Rxc1 23.Qxc1 f5 24.Bc5 Qg6 25.Rg1 Qh5 26.Rg5 Qh6 27.Be3 Qf6 28.Bd3 Bxb2 29.Qg1 Qc3 0–1

Kesidis,Odyseas (2282) – Ivanisevic,Ivan (2529) [B28]

Skopje OPEN 2023 – A, December 6th–12th Hotel  (1), 06.12.2023

 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 e6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Qxd4 8.Nxd4 Bd6 9.Nd2 Ne7 10.Nc4 Bc7 11.Bf3 0–0 12.Be3 Nd5 13.Bd2 Nc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.0–0–0 a5 16.Rhe1 f6 17.Be3 Ba6 18.Be2 Rfd8 19.g3 a4 20.Bc5 e5 21.Kc2 Bc8 22.Ne3 Be6 23.c4 Nxe3+ 24.Bxe3 Bf5+ 25.Kc1 Rdb8 26.Bc5 Ba5 27.Rg1 Rb7 28.g4 Bg6 29.Bd3 Bb4 30.Bxg6 Bxc5 31.Be4 Rab8 32.Rd2 Bd4 33.Bxc6 Rxb2 34.Rxb2 Rxb2 35.Bxa4 Rxf2 36.Bb3 Kf8 37.h4 Ke7 38.h5 Kd6 39.Rg3 e4 40.Kd1 Ke5 41.g5 Kf4 42.g6

42…Kxg3 43.gxh7 e3 44.h8Q e2+ 45.Kd2 Bc3+ 46.Kd3 e1Q 47.Qxg7+ Kh2 48.c5 Rf4 0–1

Djuric,Stefan (2221) – Kilic,Eray (2448) [B51]

Skopje OPEN 2023 – A, December 6th–12th Hotel  (1), 06.12.2023

 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.0–0 a6 5.Bxd7+ Bxd7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 e5 8.Qd3 Rc8 9.Qb3 Qc7 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Be7 13.Be3 Nf6 14.Rac1 b5 15.a4 Qc4 16.axb5 axb5 17.Qxc4 bxc4 18.Rfd1 0–0 19.Ra1 Rb8 20.Ra7 Rfe8 21.Bc1 Kf8 22.Nd2 Rec8 23.Nb1 Rc5 24.Nc3 Bd8 25.Ra4 Rcc8 26.Kf1 Bb6 27.Bg5 Ne8 28.Ra2 Bd4 29.Bd2 Nf6 30.f4 Rc5 31.fxe5 dxe5 32.d6 h6 33.Na4 Rd5 34.c3 Ba7 35.Ke2 Rxd6 36.Be1 Rxd1 37.Kxd1 Nd5 38.Bg3 f6 39.Ke2 Rb5 40.b4 cxb3 41.Rb2 Ra5 42.Rd2 Ke7 43.c4 Rxa4 44.Rxd5 b2 45.Rb5 Bd4 46.Kd3

46…Ra1 0–1

Tomic,Aleksandar (2400) – Kantorik,Marian (2201) [A01]

Skopje OPEN 2023 – A, December 6th–12th Hotel  (1), 06.12.2023

 1.b3 c5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 e5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nf3 e4 6.Ne5 Nxe5 7.Bxe5 d6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Nc3 Bf5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Bg2 Qe6 12.h4 h6 13.h5 Bh7 14.d3 exd3 15.Bxb7 Rb8 16.Bc6+ Kd8 17.Bd5 Qe5 18.Kd2 g5 19.hxg6 Bg7 20.Rc1 fxg6 21.f4 Qe7 22.Qf3 Qc7 23.Kxd3 Qa5 24.Rh2 Re8 25.g5 h5 26.Re2 Qc7 27.Rd2 Qe7 28.Bc6 Rf8 29.Rcd1 Bg8 30.Kc2 Kc7

31.Rxd6 Qxd6 32.Nb5+ Rxb5 33.Rxd6 1–0

Tadic,Stefan (2386) – Djokic,Mihailo (2170) [B01]

Skopje OPEN 2023 – A, December 6th–12th Hotel  (1), 06.12.2023

 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.d4 c6 6.Nf3 e6 7.0–0 Be7 8.Bd2 Qc7 9.Re1 0–0 10.Qe2 Re8 11.Rad1 Bf8 12.Ne5 Nd5 13.Qf3 Bd6 14.Ne4 Bxe5 15.dxe5 Qxe5 16.Bg5 Qc7 17.Bxd5 cxd5

18.Nf6+ gxf6 19.Bxf6 Qxc2 20.Rd3 Kf8 21.Qg3 Re7 22.Rc3 Qxc3 23.Bxe7+ Kxe7 24.bxc3 Bd7 25.Qg5+ Ke8 26.f4 a5 27.f5 h6 28.Qxh6 Kd8 29.Qf8+ Kc7 30.f6 Ra6 31.Qxf7 Nc6 32.Qg8 1–0

Iskos,Alexandros (2153) – Djurovic,Peko (2359) [B31]

Skopje OPEN 2023 – A, December 6th–12th Hotel  (1), 06.12.2023

 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.0–0 Nd7 8.a4 e5 9.Be3 Qe7 10.Na3 Nf8 11.Nc4 f6 12.Qd2 Ne6 13.Rab1 0–0 14.b4 Nd4 15.Nxd4 cxd4 16.Bh6 Be6 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.f4 exf4 19.Rxf4 Bxc4 20.dxc4 Rad8 21.Re1 c5 22.b5 Rfe8 23.e5 f5 24.g4 fxg4 25.hxg4 Qe6 26.Qe2 b6 27.Rf6

27…Qxe5 28.Rxg6+ hxg6 29.Qxe5+ Rxe5 30.Rxe5 Kf6 31.Re4 g5 32.Kf2 d3 33.cxd3 Rxd3 34.a5 bxa5 35.Re8 a4 36.Ra8 Rd7 37.b6 axb6 38.Rxa4 Ke5 39.Ra6 Rd6 40.Ke3 Rh6 41.Ra8 Rh3+ 42.Kf2 Kf4 43.Rf8+ Kxg4 44.Rf6 Rb3 45.Re6 Rb2+ 46.Kf1 Kf3 47.Rf6+ Kg3 48.Rd6 Rb1+ 49.Ke2 g4 50.Rg6 Kh3 51.Kf2 Rb2+ 52.Kf1 g3 53.Rh6+ Kg4 54.Rg6+ Kf3 55.Rf6+ Ke4 56.Rg6 g2+ 57.Kg1 Kd4 58.Rg4+ Kc3 59.Rf4 Kb4 60.Rg4 Rc2 61.Rg6 Kxc4 62.Rxb6 Kc3 63.Rb8 c4 64.Rb7 Rd2 65.Rb8 Kd3 0–1

Pastar,Slaven (2357) – Alexieva,Silvia (2152) [A04]

Skopje OPEN 2023 – A, December 6th–12th Hotel  (1), 06.12.2023

 1.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 e5 4.d3 h6 5.c4 Nge7 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nd2 Be6 8.Nf1 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ne3 Nxe3 11.Bxe3 Qd7 12.Qa4 Rc8 13.0–0 Be7 14.Rfc1 0–0 15.a3 Rfd8 16.Rab1 a6 17.Kf1 f5 18.b4 cxb4 19.axb4 e4 20.dxe4 Nxb4 21.Qxd7 Rxd7 22.Bh3 Rf8 23.Na4 Na2 24.Nc5 Nxc1 25.Nxe6 Rd1+ 26.Kg2 Rc8 27.Bxf5 b5

28.Nxg7 Rc6 29.Ne6 Bf6 30.h4 Kf7 31.Nc5 Be7 32.Nd3 Ke8 33.e5 Ba3 34.e6 Rc4 35.Bxh6 b4 36.Bg5 b3 37.h5 Be7 38.Bxc1 Bf6 39.Rxb3 Rcxc1 40.Nxc1 Rxc1 41.Rb8+ Ke7 42.Rb7+ Ke8 43.Bg6+ Kd8 44.Rd7+ Kc8 45.Rf7 1–0

Skvortsova,Alena (2137) – Sukovic,Andrej (2341) [B50]

Skopje OPEN 2023 – A, December 6th–12th Hotel  (1), 06.12.2023

 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.0–0 Bg7 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.Re1 0–0 8.h3 e5 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Qb6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bf1 d5 14.Nc3 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Rxe4 Bf5 17.Rc4 Rfe8 18.Qf3 Qa5 19.Be3 Bxb2 20.Rd1 Rad8 21.a4 Rd5 22.g4 Be6 23.Rxc6 Qxa4 24.Rd6

24…Qxd1 25.Qxd1 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 a5 27.Bb5 Rb8 28.Bc6 Bb3 29.Rd2 Bc1 30.Rd7 Bxe3 31.fxe3 Rb6 32.Bf3 Rb4 33.Ra7 Ra4 34.Rb7 Ra1+ 35.Kf2 a4 36.Bc6 Be6 37.Bd7 Bd5 38.Rb5 Bb3 39.g5 Kg7 40.Rb7 h6 41.h4 hxg5 42.hxg5 Kf8 43.Ra7 a3 44.Ba4 Be6 0–1

Mammadova,Narmin (2306) – Sabirov,Rafael (2119) [B22]

Skopje OPEN 2023 – A, December 6th–12th Hotel  (1), 06.12.2023

 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.a3 Bd7 8.Bd3 Bc6 9.0–0 Be7 10.Qe2 Nd7 11.b4 a6 12.Bd2 b5 13.Rc1 Qb6 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.Rxc3 h6 16.Rac1 Bd5 17.exd6 Bxd6 18.Be4 Qb7 19.Rc6 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Nf6 21.Qe2 Rd8 22.Ne5 0–0 23.Ng4 Nxg4 24.Qxg4 Kh8 25.Qh5 Bb8 26.Bxh6 Rd5 27.Bg5+ Kg8 28.Qg4 f5 29.Qe2 e5 30.dxe5 Bxe5 31.Re6 Qb8 32.Qa2 Bxh2+ 33.Kh1 Rc8 34.Qxd5 Rxc1+ 35.Bxc1 Kh8

36.Rh6+ gxh6 37.Bb2+ Kh7 38.Qf7# 1–0

Papaioannou,Dimitrios (1938) – Ciric,Pavle (2104) [C07]

Skopje OPEN 2023 – A, December 6th–12th Hotel  (1), 06.12.2023

 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.Qe2 e5 10.exd5 cxd5 11.c4 Ne7 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nc4 Bb4+ 14.Bd2 0–0 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.Qe4+ Kg8 17.Qxd5 Bxd2+ 18.Qxd2 Bb5 19.Nd6 Ba6 20.0–0–0 Qb6 21.h4 Rad8 22.Rh3 e4 23.Rb3 Qc5+ 24.Rc3 Qe5 25.Qg5 f5 26.Qg3 Qf6 27.Rc7 Bd3 28.Nb7 Rc8 29.Nc5

29…f4 30.Qxg7+ Qxg7 31.Rxg7+ Kxg7 32.b4 a5 33.Kb2 Rfe8 34.a3 Kf6 35.Kc3 Rg8 36.Rg1 axb4+ 37.axb4 Ra8 38.f3 Rg3 39.Nxd3 Ra3+ 40.Kd4 exd3 41.Ke4 d2 0–1

Jovanovski,Teodor (2102) – Unsal,Gorkem (1916) [D35]

Skopje OPEN 2023 – A, December 6th–12th Hotel  (1), 06.12.2023

 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bf4 c6 9.Nf3 Nh5 10.Be5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 g5 12.0–0 Ng7 13.Nd4 c5 14.Nde2 Be6 15.Rc1 h5 16.f4 gxf4 17.exf4 c4 18.Bc2 Bc5+ 19.Kh1 Be3 20.f5 Bc8 21.Nxd5 Bxc1 22.Nf6+ Ke7 23.Qxc1 Kf8 24.Qf4 Qc7 25.Nc3 Ne8 26.Ncd5 Qc5 27.e6 Nxf6 28.e7+ Ke8 29.Nxf6+ Kxe7 30.Re1+ Kxf6 31.Qh4+ Kg7 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.Qd8+ Kg7

34.f6+ Kh6 35.Qxh8+ Kg5 36.Qg7+ Kf4 37.Qg3# 1–0

Koljevic,Nikolina (2039) – Valitov,Ilshat (1802) [B07]

Skopje OPEN 2023 – A, December 6th–12th Hotel  (1), 06.12.2023

 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f3 Bg7 5.Be3 0–0 6.Qd2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.0–0–0 Nfd7 9.g4 Na6 10.h4 Ndc5 11.h5 Qe7 12.g5 Bd7 13.Qh2 Bh8 14.Kb1 Rab8 15.Bb5 Bxb5 16.Nxb5 a4 17.a3 Rfd8 18.c4 Rd7 19.Nh3 c6 20.Nc3 Kf8 21.Nf2 Ke8 22.Ng4 Kd8 23.Qh4 Kc7 24.Bc1 Rdd8 25.Rh2 Ra8 26.Qg3 Nb8 27.Ne3 Qe8 28.Rdh1 Bg7 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.Rh7 Bf8 31.Ng4 Nbd7 32.Be3 Nb3 33.f4 Ra6 34.fxe5 dxe5 35.Rf1 Bc5 36.Rfxf7 Bxe3 37.Qxe3 Kb8

38.Nf6 cxd5 1–0

Velkoski,Stojan (2035) – Cirkovic,Vuk (1748) [C43]

Skopje OPEN 2023 – A, December 6th–12th Hotel  (1), 06.12.2023

 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.0–0 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nc5 8.Nc3 c6 9.Ne2 Be7 10.b3 0–0 11.Bb2 f6 12.c4 fxe5 13.cxd5 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Bf5 15.Qg3 Qxd5 16.Rad1 Qf7 17.Bxe5 Rad8 18.Nd4 Bg6 19.f4 Bh5 20.Nf5 Rxd1 21.Nh6+ Kh8 22.Nxf7+ Rxf7 23.Rxd1 Bxd1 24.Qc3 Bg4 25.Qc4 Rf8 26.h3 Bc8 27.Qd4 Rf7 28.Qxa7 h6 29.Qb8 Rf8 30.Qc7 Bc5+ 31.Kh2 Rg8

32.Bxg7+ 1–0