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Tuffa wins Roquetas Chess Festival Masters by a mile

Friday, January 15, 2021

From a half-point lead at the end of Round 7, Russian GM Daniil Yuffa won his Rounds 8 and 9 games to win the 2021 Roquetas Chess Festival Masters by the proverbial after his closest pursuers, GM Vitaly Sivuk and IM Tomas Soza bogged down in the homestretch.

Yuffa crushed top seed GM Karen Grigoryan in Round 8, then proceeded to smash FM Francisco Orantes Taboada in the last round to run away with the event with a whopping 1½-point margin. Sivuk and Sosa were beaten in Round 8 by their respective opponents IM Andres Merario Alarcon and GM Jose Fernando Cuenca Jimenez. While both won their last outings, Yuffa was already out of reach.

The final standings: 1. Yuffa, 7½; 2-3. Sivuk, Sosa, 6; 4. Grigoryan, 5½; 5. Cuenca Jimenez, 5; 6. Llanes Garcia, 4½; 7-8. Bernabeu Lopez, Merario Alarcon, 3½; 9. Garrido Outon, 2½; 10. Orantes Taboada, 1.

Yuffa, D (2565)-Grigoryan, KH (2659) [E97]

Roquetas de Mar (8.2) 2021

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 Nf4 11.Bf1 h6 12.c5 g5 13.Nd2 g4 14.Nc4 f5 15.Nb5 Rf6 16.Nxc7 Qxc7 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.e5 dxe5 19.d6 Qd8 20.dxe7 Qxe7 21.Nxe5 Be6 22.Qd2 f3 23.Rad1 fxg2 24.Bc4 Bxc4 25.Nxc4 Qc7 26.Qd5+ Qf7 27.Re7 Qxd5 28.Rxd5 b6 29.Rdd7 Bf8 30.Rxa7 Rd8 31.Red7 Re8 32.cxb6 f4 33.Kxg2 h5 34.Ra5 f3+ 35.Kg3 h4+ 36.Kxh4 Re4 37.Rg5+ Kh8 38.Rxg4 Rff4 39.Ne5 Be7+ 40.Kg3 Rxg4+ 41.Nxg4 1-0

Cuenca Jimenez, JF (2528)-Sosa, T (2529) [D38]

Roquetas de Mar (8.5) 2021

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.a3 Be7 7.e3 0-0 8.b4 Re8 9.Bb2 Bf8 10.Rd1 a6 11.Qc2 b6 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.0-0 Ne7 14.c5 Ng6 15.Ne2 bxc5 16.dxc5 c6 17.Nc1 a5 18.Nb3 axb4 19.axb4 Ba6 20.Na5 Bxd3 21.Rxd3 Qc7 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Nd4 Ra6 24.Ra3 Rb8 25.Ra4 e5 26.Ndxc6 Rxc6 27.Nxc6 Qxc6 28.Rfa1 Qb5 29.c6 Rc8 30.c7 Qb6 31.Ra7 Kg7 32.g3 Bd6 33.R7a6 Qxb4 34.Rb1 Qc5 35.Qxc5 Bxc5 36.Rc6 Ba7 37.Rb7 Ne7 38.Rc2 Ra8 39.Ra2 Nc8 40.Kf1 Kf8 41.Rb8 Rxb8 42.cxb8Q Bxb8 43.Ra8 Kg7 44.Rxb8 Ne7 45.Rd8 d4 46.Rd7 Nf5 47.g4 Nh4 48.Ke2 dxe3 49.Kxe3 Ng6 50.Ra7 Nf4 51.Ke4 Kg6 52.Ra8 h6 53.h4 Ng2 54.h5+ Kg7 55.Kd5 Nf4+ 56.Kd6 Nh3 57.Ra2 Ng5 58.Ke7 Ne4 59.Ra6 Nc3 60.Rd6 Ne4 61.Rc6 Nxf2 62.Rxf6 Nxg4 63.Rxf7+ Kg8 64.Ke6 Ne3 65.Ra7 e4 66.Ra4 Nf1 67.Re4 Kh7 68.Kf6 Nd2 69.Re7 Kg8 70.Kg6 Kf8 71.Rf7 Ke8 72.Rf4 1-0

Sivuk, V (2550)-Bernabeu Lopez, CJ (2410) [E90]

Roquetas de Mar (9.3) 2021

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Be3 c6 7.Nf3 a6 8.h3 b5 9.a3 bxc4 10.Bxc4 d5 11.Bd3 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nd5 13.Bg5 Qb6 14.Qc2 a5 15.Nc5 Nd7 16.Na4 Qc7 17.0-0 e5 18.Be4 Qd6 19.Rfd1 Ba6 20.Rac1 Rfc8 21.dxe5 Bxe5 22.Nxe5 Qxe5 23.Bh6 Qh5 24.Qd2 Ne5 25.Bxd5 cxd5 26.Rxc8+ Rxc8 27.Nb6 Nc4 28.Qxd5 Qxd5 29.Nxd5 Rb8 30.Ne7+ Kh8 31.b3 Ne5 32.Rd5 f6 33.Rxa5 Bb5 34.Bf4 Rb7 35.Nd5 Kg7 36.Bxe5 1-0

Grigoryan, KH (2659)-Merario Alarcon, A (2410) [C54]

Roquetas de Mar (9.4) 2021

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c3 d6 6.0-0 h6 7.h3 0-0 8.Re1 a5 9.Nbd2 a4 10.Nf1 Bd7 11.d4 Bb6 12.Ng3 Re8 13.Be3 Ba7 14.Qc2 Qc8 15.Rad1 Na5 16.Bf1 Nc6 17.Nh4 Qd8 18.Nhf5 Bxf5 19.Nxf5 exd4 20.Bxd4 Nxd4 21.cxd4 g6 22.Nh4 Nd7 23.Nf3 Bb6 24.e5 Nf8 25.Bb5 c6 26.Bxa4 d5 27.b4 Qb8 28.b5 Qa7 29.Bb3 Rac8 30.bxc6 bxc6 31.Qc1 Kh7 32.h4 Ne6 33.Qe3 Red8 34.h5 Kg7 35.Nh4 Qe7 36.g3 Ra8 37.f4 Qb4 38.hxg6 fxg6 39.Kh1 Nxd4 40.Qd3 Nf5 41.Nxf5+ gxf5 42.Qxf5 Rf8 43.Qd7+ Kh8 44.Qxc6 Ra7 45.Qxd5 Bf2 46.Re4 Qc3 47.Qd3 Qc6 48.Kg2 Bxg3 49.Kxg3 Rg7+ 50.Kf2 Qb6+ 51.Qe3 Qg6 52.Qf3 Qb6+ 53.Rdd4 Rg5 54.fxg5 Rxf3+ 55.Kxf3 Qb5 56.Bc4 Qb1 57.Kg2 Qb2+ 58.Be2 1-0

Orantes Taboada, F (2244)-Yuffa, D (2565) [A49]

Roquetas de Mar (9.5) 2021

1.Nf3 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.0-0 g6 6.d4 Bg7 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.Nbd2 0-0 9.Re1 d5 10.Ne5 Nc6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Nf3 Nd7 13.Bf4 Qb7 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.h4 h6 16.Bh3 e6 17.Qc2 Nf6 18.Be5 cxd4 19.Nxd4 Bd7 20.Bg2 Qa6 21.e4 dxe4 22.Bxe4 Nxe4 23.Qxe4 Qc8 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.h5 gxh5 26.Qe5+ f6 27.Qxh5 e5 28.f3 Qc5 29.b4 Qxc3 30.Ne2 Qe3+ 31.Kg2 Qg5 32.Qxg5+ hxg5 33.Nc3 Bc6 34.Kf2 Kf7 35.Ke3 Ke6 36.Rh1 g4 37.Rxd8 Rxd8 38.Rh7 gxf3 39.Rxa7 e4 0-1

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