 Ivan Shaparinov with a miniature win in round one of the Gibraltar Masters, a great start for the Bulgarian, he joins us in our studio to tell us how it happened. Ivan, an 18 move bullet win with the black pieces today, things could not have gone better. Yeah, I think this is the quickest win I had here in Gibraltar for sure but maybe in all my life, I don't know, I didn't remember a quickest game so and it was kind of theoretical game, so I can show, so okay till here Kunifor is a rare move but nowadays it's, the people are playing this move quite often, so 97, this is the choice of Nipomiasci lately, he's playing 97, because the most normal move is 27 and they're like probably thousands of games, so okay 97, 93, so here I think the main move is Bishop e2, c5, castle, and this is the famous game, Carson against Nipomiasci, so I think they just took, Bishop g4, so this is the main, this is the main theory, but okay my opponent played Q3, move that I checked, but it's not the most popular move, but okay it's kind of interesting way to play, so the whole idea is that here after b6 the white wants to play e5 and just try to play direct attack with h4, h5, and actually I analyzed this and it looked very unpleasant for black, I mean black needs to play really carefully to not be worse, and the only way is b5, because otherwise the attack is very strong, h5, Ng5, maybe on some point c4 and Qh3 is coming, so okay b5 is typical that you just try to disturb your opponent on the other side, so the whole point is that if white continues with h5 I can just play b4 and if you take here I can take there and then the center is collapsing, so this is the whole point of the idea. But this is interesting that black must play b5 to generate counterplay because okay the knight on d7 is very passive and you don't have any counterplay, but actually it's very logical because when it's going on the flank attack you need to do something on the other side, or here b5 is the main idea that you want to break the center with b4, and it should be b5 is very concrete because now after b5 I have to rebate, and the whole point is that okay b5 to look very logical, just go back, but I just win very nice pawn here, or first I take on x3, maybe better, then I take N95 and the point is that the rook on a1 cannot escape, so d, b5. Well this is a very beautiful line. Yeah, this is the whole point of the b5 move. And the rook is just lost. So you're just winning, so this is the point that white cannot play b2, and actually here what I remembered it was that his force draw, but rook b1 is the only move, and okay black can play on a4 win with b6, but this position actually is not very clear after rook b1, and now I think it was something like b4, cast immediately, and very good compensation in h5. So the main move that I wanted to play after rook b1 is taking on f3, takes, bishop takes c5, so this is very congruent. This is crazy. Yeah, this is crazy, but this is like force draw because the point is that black wants to rook b5, queen d3 and then mate. And then mate. So the only way is queen c5, queen d3, very nice move, and this is probably a kind of draw-ish end game, which, okay, still black is a little bit better after rook c8 probably, but it's very close to be a draw. And white needs to know all of this to get here. Yeah, but I think the most difficult move is rook b1, and it's very difficult because bishop c6 looks interesting, also maybe bishop b4 looks natural, but okay, white can play rook b2 and kind of surviving, but simply to make rook b1 is very difficult. And he actually took a long time in this position before he made the mistake with queen a4. He started to think I was sure he would not find it, because if you don't see it immediately, then it's very difficult. So it's something you need to be prepared with, actually. Yeah, it's actually his only move, otherwise you just lost. But this is the kind of approach you're looking for in an open tournament in round one to complicate things with the black pieces? No, I just played my normal opening, green fold that I played lately, and okay, he wanted to surprise him because he never played this line, and okay, I was better prepared. So, I mean, he really needed to be more careful because, okay, 97 I never played, but it's one of the main moves nowadays. And okay, so he continues with queen a4, and then it's just okay. It's already gone wrong for white. With everything, more or less, because here, even I can take him here, and then b6, okay, I decide to play here. Here also I have this very nice move, and I even saw this, but okay, it's also very nice, nice c3. Sorry. Take, bishop takes, and now a very important move, c takes d4, and I think still black is probably winning. So here, he just took queen f3, it's bad, but okay, if he takes with the pawn, he's just 95, attacking the bishop and the pawn c3, and this looks hopeless. So queen f3 takes, c4 is just desperate, but probably after h5, okay, if I take on c3, maybe he takes on g6 and some counter play, but here a very simple move is queen d5, attacking everything. And everything is under control. So you need to take, and then I attack the bishop, and attack the pawn on c3, and after c4, knight c3, black is just completely winning because the pawn e5 is hanging, and the bishop on b5 also. So basically here again very nice. So actually after queen a4, it went pretty, a big mistake for white. Coming into round one, winning in 18 moves with the black pieces, and in this style in preparation, relax start. Of course, of course, no, it's always good to win, and when you don't spend a lot of energy, it's even better. And you are here for the seventh time back in Gibraltar. What is it that keeps you coming back? What is it that you enjoy about Gibraltar? I enjoy very much the tournament, the conditions are very nice, and the how atmosphere is good, and I mean the people are nice, so it's always good to pleasure to be here. You actually mentioned to me that nowadays it feels like it's because of Antonetta that you're... Of course, of course, I'm because of her, of course, but I enjoy really the tournament. So I always when I had the opportunity to play, I wanted to play very good tournament, strong and very nice to be here. And give me some insight, when a player like you, one of our top-sees, is going into round one with a player who is around 2400, you're black, but you obviously want to keep your chances alive. What is the approach to your game then? Okay, I tried different things in the years. I remember one year, like two, three years ago, I lost the first round, so I played very sharp line, and I was completely outplayed, so this time I decided just to play my normal opening, and if he is very well-prepared, he will make a draw, but obviously it's not so easy to be so well-prepared. So the idea was to test his preparation. Yeah, I just wanted to play the normal lines, and we'll see what we'll get. Well, it worked out well for you. Yeah, this time, yes. All the best for tomorrow, and we hope to have you back in our studio. Okay, thanks. Thank you, Yvonne.