Gashimov Wins Reggio Emilia
The historic city of Reggio Emilia in Italy has hosted an annual chess tournament since 1958, held over each New Year.
The 2010/11 edition ran from 28 Dec - 6 Jan and produced some sparkling chess, with the Azerbaijani Vugar Gashimov (pictured) emerging as the tournament winner.
Francisco Vallejo Pons also had a strong showing, but just missed out by virtue of a weaker tie-break score. Gashimov's only loss was a wild first round defeat to Nigel Short. The Englishman won his first two hair-raising games, but slumped to a poor result overall.
The final cross-table:
| Gashimov, Vugar | AZE | 2733 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ESP | 2698 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Movsesian, Sergei | SVK | 2721 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5 |
| Navara, David | CZE | 2708 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 2764 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Caruana, Fabiano | ITA | 2709 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4½ |
| Onischuk, Alexander | USA | 2683 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4½ |
| Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2700 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Short, Nigel D | ENG | 2680 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | 1 | 3½ |
| Godena, Michele | ITA | 2549 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1½ |
All the games and round-by-round reports can be found at this page of the official website.
A selection of the games can be replayed below.
