European Individual Championships

[David G Congalton]

A second draw against a GM for Alan Tate today.

[pgn][Event "13th EICC round_3"]
[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2012.03.22"]
[Round "3.123"]
[White "Tate, Alan"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Qxd5 Rb8 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O d6 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Rad1
Be6 15. Qd3 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Rxb2 17. Bxa7 Qa8 18. Bd4 Rc8 19. Qd3 Bxd4 20. Qxd4
Rbxc2 21. Qxd6 Qxa2 22. Qf6 Qb2 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxd8+ Kg7 25. g3 Rd2 26. Qa8
h6 27. Qc6 g5 28. Qe4 Qd4 29. Qxd4+ Rxd4 30. h3 h5 31. Kg2 h4 32. Ra1 hxg3 33.
Kxg3 Kg6 34. Ra5 Rd3+ 35. f3 f5 36. Ra8 Rd1 37. Rg8+ Kh6 38. Rh8+ Kg7 39. Ra8
Rg1+ 40. Kf2 Rh1 41. Kg3 Rg1+ 42. Kf2 Rh1 43. Kg3 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

Round 4 brings a fourth GM to the table.

119 123 GM Lintchevski Daniil 2564 v FM Tate Alan 2350 262