Although most chess opens have a 9-round format, there are plenty
  that consist of only 6 or 7 rounds. Thus, an 11-round Swiss with
  one day off looks really long. Yet, even such tournament reach
  their conclusion and this is what happened to the Politiken Cup'99,
  which finished in Copenhagen on Wednesday the 14th of July. The
  tournament saw a two-way tie for first between Swedish GM-elect
  Tiger Hillarp-Persson and your author. We scored 8« out of 11
  and finished a half-point ahead of a large group of 11 players on 8
  points. That group included GMs N. de Firmian (USA), S.-B.
  Hansen, L. Schandorff and H. Danielsen (all - Denmark) and Ch.
  Ward (England), as well as IMs E. Mortensen, H i (both -
  Denmark), J. Barkhagen (Sweden), L. McShane (England), FM K.
  Mah (England) and S. Schneider (Sweden).
  
  The tournament was well organized - top games were displayed on
  demonstration screens, while in a special room there was also live
  commentary of most of the interesting games by IM Jens
  Kristiansen. Every day the participants received a free bulletin
  with results and games of the previous round, along with IM
  Kristiansen's annotations. The Danes have a reputation for being
  well-organized with a high level of efficiency. Still, I feel that for
  the smooth running of this tournament, chess players owe respect
  to the efforts by the organizing committee, headed by Lars Bech
  Hansen, Danish chess arbiters and enthusiasts. The only problem,
  in my opinion, was that the playing venue - Egmont College - was
  a bit too small for the tournament. Otherwise everything was fine
  and I am sure that all participants enjoyed their stay in
  Copenhagen - a city with many attractions. And congratulations to
  Stefan Schneider from Sweden and Karl Mah from England, who
  both earned IM-norms at the Politiken Cup
  
  The tournament saw a very dramatic fight. Two players - US
  Champion Nick de Firmian and Danish Champion Sune Berg
  Hansen - were leading the field most of the time and entered the
  final round, with a half-point lead. It looked as if two GMs had
  played better than their rivals and that they would celebrate a fully
  deserved victory. Yet, both of them suffered a defeat at the finish
  and let their respective opponents overtake them. When I think of
  that, a particular phrase, quoted in one of the bulletins and
  attributed to Capablanca, comes to my mind: "It's better to be
  lucky than to be good!" I cannot say for sure whether Tiger
  Hillarp-Persson was very lucky in Copenhagen, but that was
  clearly the case with me. For example, in round 1 I won an
  endgame four pawns downs and later was also lucky on a few
  other occasions. The culmination of my bad play came in round 8,
  when I lost with White in 15 moves... I almost gave up on the idea
  to do well at the tournament then, but fortunately I played
  reasonably well in some significant games; here is the most
  important one:
  
  Nick de Firmian (2598) - Alexander Baburin (2593) [B04]
  Politiken Cup Copenhagen (11), 14.07.1999
  
  1 e4 Nf6 2 e5 Nd5 3 d4 d6 4 Nf3 c6
  This line was popularized by GM Tony Miles and as surprise
  weapon it often works well for Black. Yet, I did not expect to
  surprise Nick (is it possible to surprise a chess pro in the computer
  age?!), as one of the most important games for this line was played
  between Miles and de Firmian himself! That game went: 5 Be2
  dxe5 6 Nxe5 Nd7 7 c4 Nc7 8 Nf3 g6 9 0-0 Bg7 10 Nc3 0-0 11 Re1
  c5 12 d5 b5! 13 cxb5 Nb6 14 Be3 Nbxd5 15 Nxd5 Nxd5 16 Bxc5
  Bxb2 17 Bc4 Bb7 18 Rb1 Bf6 (de Firmian-Miles, Chicago 1994).
  5 c4 Nc7 6 exd6 exd6 7 Nc3 Be7 8 Bd3 Bg4
  Black must bring this bishop out, as otherwise after h2-h3 it may
  lack good squares.
  9 h3 Bh5 10 0-0 Nd7 11 Re1 0-0
  Black can be happy with the results of the opening phase: his
  development is satisfactory and his pawn formation is very elastic.
  12 g4 Bg6 13 Bf4 Re8 14 Bg3 a6 15 a4
  Better was 15 Bxg6 hxg6 16 d5.
  15...a5 16 Qd2 Bxd3 17 Qxd3 Na6 18 Re3 Nb4 19 Qd2 Bf8
  Otherwise the pressure along the e-file might become very
  unpleasant.
  20 Rxe8 Qxe8 21 Re1
  Here Nick offered a draw and although Black is not any better
  here, I declined the offer, as my tournament standing dictated 'all
  or nothing' tactics.
  21...Qd8 22 d5?! (See Diagram)
  
  I don't like this move - it gives the d7-knight an excellent square
  on c5, after which the a4-pawn may become weak. Besides of this,
  in the long run the somewhat exposed position of White's king
  could be a problem for him. Much safer was 22 b3.
  22...Nc5 23 Re3 Qd7! 24 dxc6 bxc6 25 Ne4 Nxe4 26 Rxe4 d5 27
  Re1 Re8 28 Ne5 Qd8 29 cxd5 cxd5
  This position is already better for Black, as his d-pawn may
  become very powerful, while White's pawn majority on the
  queenside is quite useless.
  30 Kh2 Bd6 31 Re3?
  At this point White was already in a serious time trouble, which
  made his defense more difficult. Better was 31 Nf3.
  31...d4! 32 Re4 d3
  Played in accordance with a well-known rule that passed pawns
  must advance! Now it's hard to suggest a decent plan for White.
  33 Kg1 h6!
  This is one of those 'quiet' moves, which are so unpleasant for an
  opponent who is short of time! In many lines it's important for
  Black not to worry about the back-rank weakness.
  34 Re3 Bxe5 35 Rxe5 Rxe5 36 Bxe5 Qd5 37 Bc3 Nc6!-+
  The knight has nothing to do on the queenside and should be
  relocated towards the opposite wing.
  38 Qe3?! Ne5! (See Diagram)
  
  39 f4 d2 40 Bxd2 0-1
  Here White's flag (if an electronic clock has one!) fell, so his last
  move did not count and he lost on time. Yet, White is hopeless
  after 40...Nf3+ and 41...Nxd2. 
  
  The following game may have some theoretical importance:
  
  Luke McShane (2467) - Sune Berg Hansen (2558) [B70]
  Politiken Cup Copenhagen (9), 12.07.1999
  
  1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 6 Bc4 Bg7 7 0-0
  0-0 8 Re1 Nc6 9 h3 Bd7 10 Bg5? Nxd4 11 Qxd4 h6 12 Bd2 Ng4
  13 Qd3 Ne5 14 Qe2 Bxh3!! (See Diagram)
  
  If I remember correctly, Black played this move quickly, which
  suggest that he worked out this tactical idea at home. This sacrifice
  refutes White's play. Previously in this position Black has tried
  14...Nxc4 15 Qxc4 Re8, but after 16 Qd3 Rc8 17 Nd5 Bxb2 18
  Rab1 Bg7 19 Rxb7 e6 20 Ne3 Bc6 21 Rxa7, he eventually lost in
  the game Emms-David, Cappelle la Grande 1997.
  15 gxh3 Qc8 16 Bb3 Qxh3 17 f4 Qg3+ 18 Kf1 Ng4! 19 Qg2
  Nh2+ 20 Kg1 Nf3+ 21 Kf1 Qxg2+ 22 Kxg2 Nxd2
  Black has emerged from tactical complications with two extra
  pawns and went on to win:
  23 Bd5 e6 24 Rad1 exd5 25 Rxd2 Bxc3 26 bxc3 Rac8 27 Rxd5
  Rxc3 28 Rxd6 Rxc2+ 29 Kg3 Rfc8 30 f5 R8c6 31 Rd7 Rxa2 32
  Rxb7 Kg7 33 Rd1 g5 34 Rd3 Rc1 35 Kf3 Rf1+ 36 Ke3 g4 37
  Kd4 Ra4+ 38 Kd5 h5 39 Rc3 Ra5+ 40 Kd4 Rf4 41 Rc8 Ra4+ 42
  Kd5 Raxe4 43 Rcc7 Rd4+ 0-1
  
  Finally, I would like to show one tactical example from the
  Politiken Cup'99:
  
  Adamski,J (2418) - B„cklund,A (2265) [A35]
  Politiken Cup Copenhagen (7), 10.07.1999
   
  1 Nf3 c5 2 c4 Nc6 3 Nc3 g6 4 e3 Bg7 5 d4 d6 6 Be2 Nf6 7 0-0 0-0
  8 d5 Nb8 9 e4 a6 10 Bf4 b5 11 cxb5 axb5 12 Bxb5 Ba6 13 a4
  Nfd7 14 Qe2 Qa5 15 e5 Qb4 16 Bg3 dxe5 17 Nxe5 Bxb5 18 axb5
  Rxa1 19 Rxa1 Nxe5 20 Bxe5 Bxe5 21 Qxe5 Qxb2 22 Rb1 Qc2
  23 h3 Re8 24 d6 Nd7 (See Diagram)
  
  It looks like Black may be able to put up a tough defense here, but
  Polish IM Adamski destroys such an illusion with a nice sacrifice:
  25 Qxe7!! Rxe7 26 dxe7 In this position Black's queen is
  surprisingly helpless... 26...Nf6 27 b6 Qxc3 28 b7 Qe5 29 b8Q+
  1-0