[Event "IX C.to Europeo"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Berczes, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bc4 Nd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. h4 Be7 13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Nfg5 Bxe4
15. Bxe4 Rc8 16. Bd3 Qd6 17. g4 c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. f4 Rfd8 20. Rhe1 Bd6 21.
Nxf7 Kxf7 22. g5 Nd5 23. Qxe6+ Kf8 24. Qf5+ Nf6 25. gxf6 Qxf5 26. Bxf5 Rc5 27.
Bxh7 gxf6 28. Rg1 Kf7 29. h5 Bc7 30. Rxd8 Bxd8 31. h6 f5 32. Bg8+ Kf8 33. h7
Bf6 34. Bb3 1-0

[Event "IX C.to Europeo"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 a6 8.
O-O-O Qb6 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Qe3 Rc8 11. Kb1 h6 12. Bf4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Rxc3 14. Qxc3
e5 15. Rb4 Qxf2 16. Bf3 exf4 17. e5 dxe5 18. Qxe5+ Be7 19. Rxb7 Kf8 20. Re1 Qc5
21. Qb8+ Be8 22. Rexe7 Qxe7 23. Rxe7 Kxe7 24. Qb4+ Ke6 25. Qc4+ Ke5 26. Qc5+
Ke6 27. Qb6+ Ke5 28. Qa5+ 1-0

[Event "IX C.to Europeo"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Qg4
g6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Na3 Ne5 11. f4 Nxd3 12. cxd3 b5 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. Ba5 Qd7 15.
Rac1 O-O 16. Rc7 Qe8 17. Nc2 Bd8 18. Rc3 Bb7 19. Nb4 d5 20. e5 d4 21. Rc2 Nd5
22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd8 Bxb3 24. axb3 Qxd8 25. Qe4 Rc8 26. Rcf2 Qd7 27. g4 Qc6
28. Qxc6 Rxc6 29. Kg2 a5 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. Kf3 a4 32. Ke4 Rcc8 33. bxa4 bxa4 34.
Kxd4 Rcb8 35. Ke4 Rb4+ 36. d4 Rab8 37. f5 gxf5+ 38. gxf5 exf5+ 39. Rxf5 Rd8 40.
Rg1+ Kf8 41. Rgf1 Rbxd4+ 42. Ke3 Rd3+ 43. Ke2 Rd2+ 44. Ke3 R8d3+ 45. Ke4 Rd4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "IX C.to Europeo"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Black "Monev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. c3 Nc6 8. Kh1
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. c4 Nf6 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. Nc3 O-O 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Rac8 19. Re1 g6 20. Re2 Rfd8 21.
Rc1 Rc7 22. Qe3 c5 23. Bc2 Rd4 24. Ba4 Re4 25. Qxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Rc8 27. Re2
Rd8 28. h3 a5 29. Bc6 Rd4 30. b3 Qd6 31. Bf3 Kg7 32. Rce1 Rd2 33. g3 Qd3 34.
Kg2 Qc2 35. Rxd2 Qxd2 36. Re2 Qc3 37. Re3 Qa1 38. Re2 e5 39. Rd2 e4 40. Be2 Qe1
41. Rc2 f5 42. Bf1 Qd1 43. Re2 Qd4 44. f3 e3 45. f4 h6 46. h4 g5 47. hxg5 hxg5
48. fxg5 Kg6 49. Kh2 Kxg5 50. Bg2 Kg4 51. Bf1 Kf3 52. Rg2 Qd1 53. Kg1 Qe1 54.
a3 Qc1 55. a4 Qe1 56. b4 axb4 57. a5 Qa1 58. a6 b3 59. a7 Qxa7 60. g4 f4 61. g5
Ke4 62. g6 Qg7 0-1

[Event "IX C.to Europeo"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aveskulov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 d5 11. d4 dxe4 12. Nxe5 c5 13. Nd2 cxd4 14. Nxe4 dxc3 15.
Qf3 Bb7 16. b4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 f5 19. Qb1 c2 20. Qb2 Nc4 21. Nxc4
bxc4 22. Qxc2 Rc8 23. Bd2 Bf6 24. Rac1 Qd3 25. Qxd3 cxd3 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Re3
Rc2 28. Rxd3 Rxa2 29. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX C.to Europeo"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Galopoulos, Nikolaos"]
[Black "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. a3 b6 10. Qc2 e5 11. Ne1 Ne8 12. b4 Nb7 13. Nd3 f5 14. Rb1 f4 15. Qd1
Nf6 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. f3 g5 18. Nf2 h5 19. Qd3 Rf7 20. h3 Bh6 21. Bd2 Nd7 22.
Rb5 Nb6 23. Qc2 Bd7 24. Rb2 g4 25. fxg4 Qh4 26. Nb1 Na5 27. gxh5 Kh7 28. Bxa5
f3 29. Bxf3 Rxf3 30. Bd2 Rg8 31. Bxh6 Rgg3 32. Kh2 Bxh3 33. gxh3 Rxf2+ 0-1

[Event "IX C.to Europeo"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Braun, Arik"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Nc3 b5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Ng5 Bb7 12. Bd2 b4 13. Nce4 Be7 14. axb4 axb4
15. Qc2 h6 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Nh7 Nxh7 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Qb6 20. h3 Rfc8
21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Rc1 Kg8 23. Qb3 Rc8 24. Qd1 c5 25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. Bxb7 Qxb7
27. Rxc5 Bxc5 28. Qb3 Qe4 29. f3 Qe5 30. Kf2 Bd6 31. Qd3 Be7 32. Qd4 Qa5 33.
Ke2 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX C.to Europeo"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Black "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. d4
Ba7 9. h3 Bb7 10. d5 Ne7 11. b3 O-O 12. c4 Ng6 13. Nc3 bxc4 14. bxc4 Nd7 15.
Ne2 a5 16. Nc3 Ba6 17. Nb5 Bc5 18. a4 Nb6 19. Qd3 Qd7 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 c6
22. Na3 Rac8 23. Nd2 Qc7 24. Rac1 Ne7 25. Qc3 cxd5 26. Qxa5 Nxc4 27. Qxa6 Nxd2
28. exd5 e4 29. Rf2 Qc5 30. Re1 Qxa3 31. Rxd2 f5 32. Qb7 Ng6 33. Rf2 Ne5 34.
Ree2 Qc5 35. Kh2 Rc7 36. Qb3 Qc3 37. Qb6 Qc5 38. Qb3 Qa5 39. Bxe4 fxe4 40.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Qb8+ Kf7 42. Rf2+ Kg6 43. Qe8+ Kh6 44. Qd8 g6 45. Qh4+ Kg7 46.
Qf6+ Kh6 47. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX C.to Europeo"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Jianu, Vlad-Cristian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 Qc7 11. g4 Ne5 12. Be3 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Nce2 d5
15. g5 dxe4 16. gxf6 exd3 17. fxe7 dxe2 18. Qxe2 Ng6 19. Rhg1 Rg8 20. Nb3 a5
21. Nc5 Bc6 22. Bg5 Nxe7 23. Nxe6 Qb7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Nc7+ Kf8 26. Qxe7+ Kxe7
27. Rge1+ 1-0

[Event "IX C.to Europeo"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Black "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 e5 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Qe7 14. Qc2 b6 15.
Nf3 Bg4 16. Rae1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nf6 18. Bd2 Nh5 19. f4 Qh4 20. Qd3 f5 21. Bxh5
Qxh5 22. Nb5 Bxb2 23. Bxa5 bxa5 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 a6 26. Nc7 Rab8 27. Qf3
Qh4 28. Qf4 Qh5 29. e6 g5 30. Qf3 g4 31. Qf4 g3 32. Qxg3+ Kh8 33. Kh1 Rg8 34.
Qf3 Rg4 35. Qxf5 Qh3 36. Qf3 Qh5 37. Re4 Be5 38. Rxe5 Qxe5 39. Qxg4 Qxc7 40.
Qg6 1-0

[Event "IX C.to Europeo"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Black "Vegh, Endre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Be3 d6 4. h4 h5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Nh3 Nd7 8. d5 b4
9. Nd1 c5 10. a3 bxa3 11. Rxa3 Ngf6 12. f3 O-O 13. Ra5 Nb6 14. c4 Nfd7 15. b3
Ne5 16. Be2 e6 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Ne3 Nc6 20. Ra3 Nd4 21. Bd1 Nd7
22. Nf4 Rfe8 23. O-O Nb6 24. Nd3 Nd7 25. Nf4 Nb6 26. Nc2 Bd7 27. Ne2 Nxe2+ 28.
Bxe2 Bc6 29. Rd1 Re6 30. b4 cxb4 31. Qxb4 Bf8 32. Qd2 Ree8 33. Bf4 Rad8 34. c5
Nc8 35. Nb4 Bb7 36. c6 Bxc6 37. Rc1 Ne7 38. Nxc6 Nxc6 39. Rac3 Qb6+ 40. Be3 Bh6
41. Bxb6 Bxd2 42. Bxd8 Nxd8 43. R1c2 Bxc3 44. Rxc3 Ne6 45. Ra3 Nf4 46. Bf1 Re7
47. Ra6 Rd7 48. Bb5 Rb7 49. Bc4 Rc7 50. Bf1 Rd7 51. Kf2 Kf8 52. Ke3 Ne6 53. Bc4
Ke7 54. Ra3 Nc7 55. Ra5 Ne6 56. g4 hxg4 57. fxg4 Rc7 58. Bd3 Kf6 59. Rd5 Rc6
60. h5 gxh5 61. gxh5 Rc5 62. Rxd6 Rxh5 63. Ra6 Rh3+ 64. Kd2 Ke5 65. Ra5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "IX C.to Europeo"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bb2 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. f4 c5 12. Qe1 cxd4 13. exd4 Bb4 14. a3 Bxd2 15.
Qxd2 Ne4 16. Qe3 f6 17. Rac1 Qd8 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. b4 Rfc8 20. c5 Bc6 21. Qe2
b5 22. a4 a6 23. a5 f5 24. g4 fxg4 25. Qxg4 Rf8 26. Rcd1 Rf6 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28.
d5 Rg6 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. dxc6 Qxc6 31. Rd6 Qb7 32. Re1 Qf7 33. Rxe4 Qf5 34.
Rdxe6 Rd8 35. Bc3 Rd1+ 36. Be1 Qg4+ 37. Kh1 Rc1 38. Re2 Qxf4 39. Kg2 Qg5+ 40.
Bg3 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "IX C.to Europeo"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 c6 15.
Be3 Qc7 16. Nd2 g6 17. f4 c5 18. Rc1 Bg7 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. d5 Rf8 21. c4 b4 22.
Rf1 Ne8 23. Ba4 Nb6 24. Bxe8 Raxe8 25. Nb3 Nd7 26. a3 bxa3 27. bxa3 Rb8 28. Qd2
Rfc8 29. Nh1 Ba8 30. Qc3 Rb6 31. Nf2 Rcb8 32. Qa5 Bf8 33. Nd3 Rc8 34. Rb1 Bd6
35. Rb2 Rcb8 36. Rfb1 R8b7 37. Qe1 Qb8 38. Qc3 Nf6 39. Nd2 Nd7 40. Nb3 Nf6 41.
Nd2 Nd7 42. Rxb6 Rxb6 43. Rxb6 Qxb6 44. Nb3 f5 45. a4 f4 46. Bf2 g5 47. a5 Qc7
48. Qe1 Bb7 49. Qe2 h6 50. h4 Kg7 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Qg4 Be7 53. Qe6 Bd6 54. Qg4
Be7 55. Bh4 Qd8 56. d6 Bf6 57. Nbxc5 Nxc5 58. Nxc5 Qxd6 59. Nxb7 Qe7 60. Bxg5
Bxg5 61. c5 Kh6 62. Nd6 Kg6 63. Qf5+ Kg7 64. Qc8 Qa7 65. Nb7 Be7 66. Kh2 Kg6
67. Kh3 Bxc5 68. Qxc5 Qa8 69. Qd6+ Kh7 70. Qd7+ Kg6 71. Qf5+ Kh6 72. Qf6+ Kh7
73. Qf7+ Kh6 74. Nd6 f3 75. Nf5+ Kg5 76. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "IX C.to Europeo"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kokolias, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Rb8 4. Bg2 b5 5. d3 g6 6. Be3 d6 7. f4 b4 8. e5 Nxe5
9. fxe5 bxc3 10. bxc3 Bg7 11. Rb1 Rxb1 12. Qxb1 Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. d4 Nh6
15. exd6 exd6 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Kd2 Nf5 18. Bf4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd6 Rd8
21. Bc7 Rd7 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bh3 gxf4 25. Bxd7 Be3+ 26. Kd3 Bxd7
27. c4 Kg7 28. Rf1 Bh3 29. Rd1 Bf5+ 30. Kc3 f3 0-1

[Event "IX C.to Europeo"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Iotov, Valentin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. e3
b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. axb5 cxb5 12. Nxb5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Bxc4 O-O
15. O-O Rc8 16. Rfd1 Bd5 17. b3 a6 18. Nc3 Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX C.to Europeo"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Black "Cao, Sang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne7 10. Nde2 b5 11. g4 d6 12. Kb1 Bc5 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg5 Be6
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qh6 Rc8 17. Qg7 Ng6 18. f4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Nxf4 20. Qxh8+ Ke7
21. Qxh7 Ba3 22. Nd5+ Bxd5 23. exd5 Bxb2 24. c3 Qxc3 25. Bd3 Qa3 26. Rhe1+ Be5
27. Rxe5+ dxe5 28. Bc2 Qd6 29. Bb3 Ne2 30. Rf1 Nd4 31. g5 f5 32. Qg7 Nxb3 33.
axb3 Qxd5 34. Qf6+ Ke8 35. Qxf5 Rc3 36. Ka1 Rxb3 37. Qc8+ Ke7 38. Qc1 Qd4+ 39.
Ka2 Qa4+ 0-1

[Event "IX C.to Europeo"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Qh5 Nf6 9. Re1+ Kf8 10. Qe2 Ng4 11. h3 Qh4 12. Qf3 Nf6 13. Nc3 c6 14. Ne2 Ne8
15. Bf4 Qf6 16. Bxd6+ Nxd6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Ng3 h5 19. h4 Bg4 20. Re3 f5 21.
Ne2 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Kg7 23. Rae1 Kf6 24. Re7 Rae8 25. Rxe8 Nxe8 26. Re5 Nd6 27.
g3 b5 28. Kg2 a5 29. f3 a4 30. Kf2 Rg8 31. a3 Rg7 32. Re1 Rg8 33. Re5 Rg7 34.
Re1 Rg8 35. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "IX C.to Europeo"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Goumas, Georgios"]
[Black "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Bd3 Qb6 12. Rhe1 Ng4 13. Bh4 Nxh2 14. Be2
h5 15. Rh1 b4 16. Nb1 Bxe4 17. Rxh2 Rc8 18. Bd3 Bd5 19. Bf2 Qb7 20. Qe2 Ra8 21.
Bc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Rc8 23. Qd4 Be7 24. Nd2 d5 25. Nf3 Rc4 26. Qxg7 Rf8 27. Nd4
a5 28. Kb1 a4 29. Bh4 a3 30. Bxe7 Qxe7 31. Rh3 axb2 32. Re3 Rc3 33. Re2 Kd7 34.
Nxe6 Ra8 35. Rxd5+ Kc8 36. Qg8+ Kb7 37. Nd8+ Rxd8 1-0

[Event "IX C.to Europeo"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f4 b5 8. a3
d6 9. g4 h6 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Bd2 g6 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. g5 hxg5 14. e5 dxe5 15.
Bxg6 exd4 16. Qxe6+ Kd8 17. Qxf7 Nf8 18. fxg5 Qxf7 19. Bxf7 dxc3 20. Bxc3+ Ke7
21. Bb3 Be6 22. Rhe1 Ne8 23. Bb4+ Kf7 24. Bxe6+ Nxe6 25. Rd7+ Kg6 26. Rxe6+ Kf5
27. Re2 Rc8 28. Kb1 Rc7 29. Rd8 Kxg5 30. Rdxe8 Rxe8 31. Rxe8 Rf7 32. Re6 Rf1+
33. Ka2 Rf2 34. Kb3 1-0

[Event "IX C.to Europeo"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Black "Reutsky, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Ned2 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qe2 Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Qd7 12. Qc4 cxd4 13. Ne5 b5 14. Qb3
Qb7 15. O-O-O Na6 16. Qg3 f6 17. Qg7 O-O-O 18. Nf7 Rdg8 19. Qh6 Rg6 20. Qf4 Rg4
21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Qxd6 Nc7 23. Nb3 Rd8 24. Qe7 Qxg2 25. h3 Rg6 26. Qc5 e5 27.
Qxa7 Qb7 28. Qc5 Qd5 29. Qe7 h6 30. Rhe1 Qd6 31. Qf7 Rdg8 32. f4 R8g7 33. fxe5
Qd8 34. Qxg6 Rxg6 35. e6 Rg8 36. Nxd4 Qd5 37. e7 Qxa2 38. Nxf5 Qa1+ 39. Kd2
Qxb2 40. e8=Q+ Rxe8 41. Nd6+ Kd7 42. Nxe8 Nxe8 43. Ke3+ Nd6 0-1

[Event "IX C.to Europeo"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 Qc7 11. g4 h5 12. gxh5 Nxh5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxe7
Qxe7 15. Ne2 O-O-O 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. Qe1 Kb8 18. Nxc6+ Qxc6 19. Rg1 g6 20. Rg2
Nf4 21. Rgd2 e5 22. Qe3 Rd7 23. Qb3 Rc8 24. a3 Ka8 25. Qb4 d5 26. Qa5 Rcd8 27.
exd5 Nxd5 28. Rd3 f6 29. Bh3 f5 30. Qe1 Qe6 31. Bf1 Nb6 32. Qa5 Rxd3 33. Bxd3
Rd5 34. Qb4 Ka7 35. Re1 Qc6 36. Qb3 Rc5 37. Bf1 Nd5 38. Rd1 Qb6 39. Bc4 Rxc4
40. Qxc4 Ne3 41. Qe2 Nxd1 42. Qxd1 Qe3 43. Qd5 f4 44. h4 e4 45. fxe4 f3 46. Ka2
f2 47. Qc4 Qf4 48. Qf1 Kb8 49. b3 b5 50. Kb2 Kc7 51. a4 Kd6 52. axb5 axb5 53.
Kc3 Qe3+ 54. Kb2 Qe1 55. e5+ Qxe5+ 56. Ka2 Qe1 0-1

[Event "IX C.to Europeo"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hagesaether, Arne"]
[Black "Rombaldoni, Axel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. exd5 exd5 7. Qe2 Qd6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Be3 g6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 cxb5 13. Bxh8 f6 14. Rd1
Kf7 15. O-O Kg8 16. Ne4 Qe6 17. Bxf6 dxe4 18. Be5 Qc4 19. Qf2 Nf5 20. b3 Qc5
21. Rd8 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Kf7 23. Rfd1 Bc5+ 24. Ke2 Ne3 25. R1d7+ Bxd7 26. Rxa8
Bg4+ 27. Kf2 Nc4+ 28. Ke1 Nxe5 29. fxe5 Bb4+ 30. Kf2 Bd2 31. e6+ Ke7 32. Ra7+
Kxe6 0-1

