Turneul Regilor in Bazna, Romania is taking place from June 15 to 27.

Round 1 results:

Vaganian – Mecking 1-0
Portisch – Khalifman 0-1
Andersson – Suba ½–½
A.Sokolov – Ribli ½–½
Beliavsky – Timman ½–½
Chiburdanidze – Bye

GM Vaganian Rafael – GM Mecking Henrique
Turneul Regilor

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qb3 0-0 7.Bg2 Qb6 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Qxc4 Na6 10.e4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Qb4 13.Be2 Qxc4 14.Bxc4 Nc7 15.Bf4 Rac8 16.Bb3 Rfd8 17.Rfd1 Rd7 18.Rac1 Rdd8 19.Kg2 e6 20.g4 h6 21.Be3 a6 22.f4 Nb5 23.Kf3 Nxc3 24.bxc3 b5 25.c4 a5 26.a4 bxc4 27.Rxc4 Nd7 28.Rdc1 Rb8 29.Bd1 Nb6 30.Rxc6 Bxd4 31.h4 Bxe3 32.Kxe3 Rd7 33.g5 hxg5 34.hxg5 Kf8 35.Rc7 Ke7 36.R1c5 Ra8 37.Be2 Ra7 38.Rxa7 Rxa7 39.Bb5 Na8 40.Kd4 f6 41.Rc8 Nc7 42.Kc5 e5 43.Kb6 Nxb5 44.axb5 Rd7 45.Rc6 fxg5 46.fxg5 a4 47.Rc3 Rd4 48.Ka7 Rxe4 49.b6 Rb4 50.b7 Kd6 51.b8Q+ Rxb8 52.Kxb8 e4 53.Ra3 Ke5 54.Kc7 Kf4 55.Kd6 e3 56.Rxa4+ Kxg5 57.Ke5 1-0

Here are the pairings for round 2:

GM Mecking Henrique (0) – GM Portisch Lajos (0)
GM Timman Jan (0.5) – GM Vaganian Rafael (1)
GM Ribli Zoltan (0.5) – GM Beliavsky Alexander (0.5)
GM Suba Mihai (0.5) – GM Sokolov Andrei (0.5)
GM Chiburdanidze Maia (0) – GM Andersson Ulf (0.5)
Khalifman – Bye

Here is the official website.

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