Two leaders in both sections after round II.
The second round brought a lot of emotional games with many ups and downs. Most of the top games were very equal.
In the open section Croatia and Ukraine are leading after winning their matches 2,5-1,5. There are four teams with one victory and one draw – Turkey, Czech Republic, Germany and unexpectedly – starting with number 14 – Israel.
In the girls section we have also two leaders – Ukraine and Estonia. Slovenia, Poland, Serbia and Slovenia II are sharing 3rd-6th place. The biggest surprise of the round was the German team loosing to Slovenia II.
Let's take a look at the most interesting ideas of the round:
Position above appeared in the game between Jana Schneider (GER) and Monika Rozman (SLOII). White is slightly better because of the pawn structure on the queenside. What is wrong with 1.Bxa7? White couldn't find an answer to this question and felt into a trap.
1...c5! 2.Bxc5 Qxc5!! 3.Qxc5 (3.Rxc5 Rd1+ 4.Qf1 Bd4+) Qxc5 4.Rxc5 Bd4+ black is winning.
Nice piece sacrifice has been found by Marina Gajcin (SRB):
15... Nxb2! If White takes the knight, black is winning 16.Kxb2 Nxd5 17.exd5 Qb4+ 18.Kc2 (18.Ka1 a3) Bf5+ 19.Bd3 Qc4+! The game continued: 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Kxb2 Be6 18. a3 Bc4 19. Qg5 Qd7 20. Nh3 Bxf1 21. Rhxf1 Ra5! 22. Qc1 Rb5+ 23. Ka2 Rb3 24. Nf4 Qb5 25. Rf2 Nc4 26. Rd3 Rxd3 0-1
Queen has been unexpectedly trapped in the position below:
Jacobsen (DEN) – Gorodetzky (ISR)
16... Bg4 17. Bxf6 Qe6! -+
