Bacrot-Inarkiev produce the "blunder of the tournament" (Bacrot), which sadly ended the most exciting game of the round. "This is the result of the Sofia rule," Inarkiev said afterwards, "he has used all his energy and in that position he had already spent a lot of time."


Bacrot E. (2705)
Inarkiev E. (2684)
Ruy Lopez C69
FIDE GP (11)
Baku, 2008
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Nf3 Qxe4 8. d3 Qg4 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Re1 h6 11. h3 Qh5 12. Re5 g5 13. Ne2 Qg6 14. Ned4 Bd7 15. Qe2 f6 16. Ne6 Kf7 17. d4 Bd6 18. Nc5 fxe5 19. Nxd7 Qf5 20. Ndxe5+ Kg7 21. Nc4 Rf8 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Qe7+ 0-1