[Event "XXV European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dancevski, Orce"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. g3 Bd6 11. f4 Nbd7 12. Bg2 g5 13. Bd2 gxf4 14. exf4 dxc4
15. Qxc4 g6 16. Bf3 Nb6 17. Qb3 Qe7 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Kb1 Kb8 20. a3 Rc8 21.
h4 Rhd8 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Nd5 24. Ba5 Bc7 25. Bxc7+ Rxc7 26. Rd3 Rcd7 27.
Rhd1 Rd6 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Qc3 Qf6 30. b4 Qe7 31. Kb2 Qc7 32. Qc4 a6 33. Kc3 f6
34. Qa2 a5 35. Qe2 Qf7 36. Re3 Qd7 37. Red3 Kc7 38. Qe4 Qf7 39. Re1 e5 40. fxe5
fxe5 41. Rf3 Qe6 42. dxe5 a4 43. Qc2 Rxe5 44. Qxa4 0-1

[Event "XXV European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O d6 8. b3 Nbd7
9. Qe2 g6 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Rad1 O-O 12. Rd2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. exd4 Rfe8 15.
Rc2 Rad8 16. Ne4 Qb8 17. Nfd2 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bf3 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21.
Bxd5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Rxd5 23. Ne4 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Rd8 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Ng4
27. g3 Bxb2 28. Qxb2 Qe5 29. Qxe5 Nxe5 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Nd5 Nd7 32. f4 f6 33.
Kf2 Kf7 34. Ke3 a5 35. Kd4 Ke6 36. g4 Kd6 37. h3 b5 38. Nc3 b4 39. Ne4+ Kc6 40.
h4 h6 41. h5 f5 42. Ng3 fxg4 43. hxg6 1-0

[Event "XXV European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Kiik, Kalle"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Qf5 Qc7 16. f4 Nc4 17. b3 g6 18. Qc2 Na3 19. Bxa3 Bxa3 20. Nb5 Qe7 21. Nxa3
Qxa3 22. e4 Rad8 23. Rad1 Qb4 24. e5 Nh5 25. Kh2 Ng7 26. Qf2 a5 27. g4 Qc3 28.
Rc1 Qd2 29. Rc2 Qxf2 30. Rfxf2 Rd4 31. f5 Re8 32. Rc5 a4 33. bxa4 Rxa4 34. Rb2
gxf5 35. Rxb7 Rxa2 36. Rxc6 fxg4 37. hxg4 Ne6 38. Kg3 Ra3+ 39. Kh2 Ng5 40. Rc5
Re3 41. e6 Nxe6 42. Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXV European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. e4
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Nbd7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Kg2 O-O 12. h3 Qa5 13. Re1 Rfb8 14. e5 dxe5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Rb7 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. a4 Kf8 19. Ra3 Ne8 20. Re3 Bh6 21.
Re6 fxe6 22. Bxh6+ Kg8 23. Rb3 1-0

[Event "XXV European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Koerholz, Ludger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe5+ 4. Be2 c6 5. d4 Qc7 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Ne5 Nd7 8.
Bf4 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Qa5 10. a3 e6 11. O-O Nf6 12. Bf3 Be7 13. b4 Qd8 14. Na4 O-O
15. Nc5 Qb6 16. g4 Bg6 17. g5 Nd5 18. c4 f6 19. Bg3 Nc3 20. Qe1 Nb1 21. Rxb1
Bxb1 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 23. Rxb1 fxg5 24. Nd7 1-0

[Event "XXV European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pedersen, Christian Kyndel"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg5 e6 7. Ndb5 Bxb5 8.
Bxb5+ Nc6 9. Qf3 h6 10. Bh4 Rc8 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. e5 Nd7 13. exd6 g5 14. Nd5
gxh4 15. Nf6+ Kd8 16. Nxd7 Qxb5 17. Qf6+ Kxd7 18. Qxf7+ Kd8 19. Qf6+ Kd7 20.
Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXV European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Qg4 f5 6. Qg3 b6 7. Nh3 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Nf4 Bf8 10. a3 c6 11. Nce2 Nc7 12. b3 O-O-O 13. c4 Ne7 14. O-O Rg8 15.
a4 Qe8 16. Qh3 h6 17. a5 Qf7 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ba3 g5 20. Nh5 g4 21. Qh4 f4 22.
Nexf4 Rg5 23. Bxe7 Bxe7 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Nf6 Bxf6 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Ne2 Kb7
28. Qg3 Nb5 29. Ra2 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Kxa8 31. Re1 Kb7 32. h3 Nxd4 33. Nxd4 Qxd4 34.
Re7+ Ka6 35. h4 Rf5 36. Re6 Rf6 37. Rxf6 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Qxf6 39. Qxg4 Qxf2 40. h5
Qe3 41. Qg6 Kb5 42. g4 d4 43. g5 d3 44. Qf5+ Kb4 45. Qg4+ Ka3 46. gxh6 Qxh6 47.
Qa4+ Kb2 48. Qd4+ Kc2 49. Qc4+ Kd2 50. Qb4+ Ke3 51. Qe1+ Kf3 52. Qg3+ Ke2 53.
Qg4+ Ke3 54. Qg1+ Ke4 55. Qh1+ Kf5 56. Qd1 Qe3 57. Kg2 d2 58. h6 Kf4 59. Qf1+
Kg5 60. Qa1 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "XXV European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pasku, Llambi"]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Qb3 Qc8 5. g3 Nc6 6. d5 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Ne5 8.
Qc3 g6 9. f4 Ned7 10. e4 Bg7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Qc2 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Qa6
15. Qe2 Rab8 16. e5 Ne8 17. e6 Nc5 18. exf7+ Rxf7 19. Nc3 Rb4 20. Be3 Qxc4 21.
Qxc4 Rxc4 22. Bxc6 Nc7 23. Rfd1 a6 24. Rac1 Nb3 25. axb3 Rxc6 26. Na4 Rxc1 27.
Rxc1 Nd5 28. Rc8+ Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Bd2 Ke8 31. Bc3 Bf6 32. Kf2 Kd7 33.
Kf3 Kc6 34. Ke4 e6 35. h3 g5 36. Bd2 gxf4 37. gxf4 Ne7 38. Nc3 d5+ 39. Kd3 Nf5
40. Nd1 Kc5 41. Bc3 d4 42. Bd2 Kd5 43. Nf2 Ng3 44. Ba5 h5 45. Bc7 Bg7 46. Bb8
Bh8 47. Bc7 Bf6 48. Bb8 Be7 49. Be5 Bc5 50. Bc7 Be7 51. Be5 Bc5 52. Bc7 Ba7 53.
b4 Kc6 54. Be5 Nf5 55. Ne4 h4 56. Ng5 Kd5 57. Nf3 Bb6 58. b3 Ba7 59. Bc7 Ne3
60. Nxh4 Nd1 61. Ke2 Nc3+ 62. Kd3 Ne4 63. Ke2 Nc3+ 64. Kd3 Ne4 65. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXV European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Barrett, Stephen J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. Nb5 Qb8 8. Be2
a6 9. N5a3 Nf6 10. Nd2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 Rd8 13. f4 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Nxe4
dxe4 16. Nc2 b5 17. Qe1 Be8 18. Kh1 Qb7 19. f5 exf5 20. Ne3 Bb4 21. Qg3 Rd2 22.
Nxf5 Bf8 23. e6 Rxb2 24. exf7+ Kh8 25. Nd6 Qe7 26. fxe8=Q Rxe8 27. Nxe8 Rxe2
28. Qg4 Rb2 29. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "XXV European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cobb, Charles A."]
[Black "Efimov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. a4 b4
9. Nb1 d5 10. d3 Nc6 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. e3 Be7 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Rac1
d4 16. e4 e5 17. h4 Bc8 18. Nh2 g6 19. Rce1 Kh8 20. Bc1 Na5 21. Qd1 Nd7 22. Bh3
f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Ndf3 Bb7 25. Bh6 Rf7 26. Ng5 Rf6 27. Qh5 Rg8 28. Qf7 Rxg5
29. Qxe7 Qc6 30. f3 Rxg3+ 31. Kf2 Rgg6 32. Rg1 Qe6 33. Bg7+ Kg8 34. Bxf6 Qxf6
35. Qxf6 Nxf6 36. Rxe5 Rxg1 37. Kxg1 Nxb3 38. Bxf5 Nd2 39. Rxc5 Ne8 40. Re5 Ng7
41. Re2 Nxf5 42. Rxd2 a5 43. Kf2 h5 44. Nf1 Nxh4 45. Re2 Ng6 46. Re6 Nf4 47.
Rb6 Nxd3+ 48. Ke2 1-0

[Event "XXV European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Michalczak, Thomas"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Be3 Bb7 8. Qe2 b4
9. Nd1 Ngf6 10. Nf2 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. e5 Nd5 15.
g3 Qc7 16. Nd2 f5 17. exf6 exf6 18. f5 Rae8 19. Nfe4 Bh6 20. Nc4 Kh8 21. Rae1
Nb6 22. Qg4 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Qe5 24. Ng5 Qxe1 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Kf2 Re5 27. Nf7+
Rxf7 28. Bxf7 Rxf5+ 29. Ke1 Re5+ 30. Kf1 Rf5+ 31. Ke1 Kg7 32. Bb3 Re5+ 33. Kf1
Rf5+ 34. Ke1 Bc6 35. Qc4 Re5+ 36. Kf2 Rf5+ 37. Ke1 Re5+ 38. Kf2 Be3+ 39. Ke1
Bg5+ 40. Kf2 Be3+ 41. Ke1 Bd4+ 42. Kd2 Bb5 43. Qf7+ Kh6 44. c3 Re2+ 45. Kd1
bxc3 46. bxc3 Bxc3 47. Qf8+ Kg5 48. Qxc5+ Be5 49. Qxb5 axb5 50. Kxe2 Kg4 51.
Be6+ f5 52. Kf2 b4 53. Kg2 Kg5 54. Kf3 Kf6 55. Bg8 h5 56. h3 g5 57. g4 fxg4+
58. hxg4 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "XXV European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1
b6 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf6 17. Qd3 Nf8 18. Bc3 g6 19. Rad1 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Qxd3 21.
Rxd3 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxe6 23. Ree3 Rae8 24. Bf3 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Rc8 26. a5 bxa5 27.
Rc5 a4 28. bxa4 Kf8 29. e4 Rd8 30. e5 Rd4 31. a5 Ra4 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. Ke3 h5 34.
Be2 Ra1 35. Kf4 Re1 36. Bf3 Ra1 37. Kg5 Re1 38. Kh6 Kf8 39. h3 Re3 40. Bxc6
Bxc6 41. Rxc6 Rxe5 42. Rxa6 Rc5 43. Ra8+ Ke7 44. Kg7 Rxc2 45. a6 1-0

[Event "XXV European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Buss, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qe3 Nf6 7. h3 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. Qg5 Nc5 13. Qh4 f6 14. Be3 Qe8 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bd7 17. Nd5 Qf7 18. f4 Ne6 19. Bb6 Rfe8 20. Rac1 Nf8 21. c5
Ba4 22. Rd2 dxc5 23. Rxc5 e6 24. Nc7 Re7 25. Nd5 Rd7 1/2-1/2

