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  • Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational

    "The Saint Louis Chess Club is proud to host the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational. The invitational brings together players from around the world to compete for cash prizes and the chance to earn Grandmaster and International Master titles. "

    Dates: November 17-22, 2017.
    Format: Two 10 player round-robins.
    Time control: Game in 90 minutes with a 30-second increment.

    Two great Canadian players are pursuing their norms:
    • IM Aman Hambleton is seeking his last, third, GM norm;
    • FM Lefong Hua is seeking his second IM norm.


    Good luck Aman and Lefong!

    Games live:

  • #2
    Re: Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational

    Round 1 results.

    GM section
    Code:
    Table 	White 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Black 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Result
    1 	GM Chirila, Ioan-Cr. 	0.0 	ROU 	2557 	GM Ashwin, Jayaram 	0.0 	IND 	2474 	0-1
    2 	IM Shetty, Atulya 	0.0 	USA 	2403 	IM Bartholomew, John 	0.0 	USA 	2444 	0-1
    3 	IM Zierk, Steven 	0.0 	USA 	2493 	GM Sadorra, Julio Cat.	0.0 	PHI 	2558 	1-0
    4 	IM Burke, John M 	0.0 	USA 	2490 	IM Sturt, Raven 	0.0 	USA 	2446 	1-0
    5 	IM Gurevich, Daniel 	0.0 	USA 	2471 	IM Hambleton, Aman 	0.0 	CAN 	2479 	½-½
    IM section
    Code:
    Table 	White 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Black 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Result
    1 	IM Neimer, Vitaly 	0.0 	ISR 	2346 	FM Larson, Matthew 	0.0 	USA 	2392 	½-½
    2 	Grabinsky, Aaron 	0.0 	USA 	2366 	WGM Foisor, Sabina-Fr. 	0.0 	USA 	2369 	1-0
    3 	IM Arias Santana, M. 	0.0 	CRC 	2308 	FM Yip, Carissa 	0.0 	USA 	2311 	½-½
    4 	Wang, Justin 	 	0.0 	USA 	2254 	IM Torres Rosas, Luis 	0.0 	MEX 	2353 	½-½
    5 	WIM Wang, Annie 	0.0 	USA 	2295 	FM Hua, Lefong 	 	0.0 	CAN 	2310 	1-0

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    • #3
      Re: Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational

      Canadian games from Round 1 (games are daily at noon and 6 pm EST except round 9 Wed. at noon) :

      [Event "St Louis GM"]
      [Site "St Louis"]
      [Date "2017.11.17"]
      [Round "1"]
      [White "Gurevich, Daniel"]
      [Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
      [Result "1/2-1/2"]

      1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 c6 11. a3 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. h4 g6 14. h5 g5 15. Ne2 Nd7 16. Ng3 Bg7 17. Nf5 a5 18. Nd2 Re8 19. f3 c5 20. O-O Qb6 21. f4 g4 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Qe2 Qxb2 24. Qxg4 Kh8 25. Rab1 Qf6 26. Rb5 Bf8 27. Rf3 Ne4 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Rg3 Bxa3 30. Rb6 Re6 31. Rxb7 a4 32. Ra7 Ree8 33. Rc7 Bb2 34. Nd6 Qxd6 35. Rxf7 Rg8 36. Qf5 Bg7 37. Rg6 Qxg6 38. hxg6 a3 39. Qh5 Rge8 40. Rxg7 Kxg7 41. Qd5 Kxg6 42. Qd6+ Kf7 43. Qd7+ Kf6 44. Qd4+ Kf7 45. Qd7+ Kf6 46. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

      [Event "St Louis IM"]
      [Site "St Louis"]
      [Date "2017.11.17"]
      [Round "1"]
      [White "Wang, Anne"]
      [Black "Hua, Lefong"]
      [Result "1-0"]

      1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. O-O Ne5 13. h3 h6 14. Qc2 g5 15. f4 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Nd7 18. Nf3 Nde5 19. Qd2 Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 Qe7 21. Raf1 Rf8 22. Kh1 Bd7 23. R3f2 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nxb5 Bxb5 26. Bxb5 Rab8 27. Qe2 Rb6 28. b3 Qg5 29. Bh2 Ne5 30. Rf5 Qg6 31. R5f4 Rfb8 32. Bc4 R6b7 33. Rh4 Re8 34. Bb5 Ree7 35. Ba4 Rb4 36. Qa6 Kh7 37. Bxe5 Rxe5 38. Rg4 Rg5 39. Bd7 Rxg4 40. Bxg4 Kg8 41. Qc8+ Bf8 42. Be6 1-0

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      • #4
        Re: Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational

        Round 2. Both Canadians have had Black in their first two games....

        [Event "St Louis GM"]
        [Site "St Louis"]
        [Date "2017.11.18"]
        [Round "2"]
        [White "Ashwin, Jayaraml"]
        [Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
        [Result "1-0"]

        1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. h3 a6 12. a4 Nh5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bc1 f5 15. Ng5 f4 16. Ne6 fxg3 17. Nxf8 gxf2+ 18. Rxf2 Nxf8 19. Ra3 Bd4 20. e3 Be5 21. Ne2 Nd7 22. Rf1 Ndf6 23. e4 Bd7 24. Raf3 Rf8 25. Bh6 Rf7 26. b3 Be8 27. Qc2 Nd7 28. Rxf7 Bxf7 29. Bd2 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Bc3 b4 32. Bxe5 Nxe5 33. Nc1 Qg5 34. Qf2 Qe7 35. Qe3 Nf6 36. Nd3 Nfd7 37. Nf4 Kg7 38. Qg3 g5 39. h4 g4 40. h5 h6 41. Qf2 Kh7 42. Ra1 Qg5 43. Ne6 Qxh5 44. Ra6 c4 45. bxc4 b3 46. Rxd6 b2 47. Qxb2 g3 48. Rxd7 Qd1+ 49. Bf1 Nf3+ 50. Kg2 Ne1+ 51. Kxg3 Qf3+ 52. Kh2 Qh5+ 53. Bh3 Nf3+ 54. Kg3 Qh4+ 55. Kxf3 Qxh3+ 56. Kf4 Qh4+ 57. Ke3 1-0

        [Event "St Louis IM"]
        [Site "St Louis"]
        [Date "2017.11.18"]
        [Round "2"]
        [White "Larson, Matthew"]
        [Black "Hua, Lefong"]
        [Result "1-0"]

        1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nfd7 12. Qc2 Ne5 13. Be2 f5 14. f4 Nf7 15. Bd2 Nd7 16. Rae1 a6 17. a4 Qh4 18. Kh2 Rae8 19. Bf3 Nd8 20. b3 Qf6 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. g4 fxg4 23. hxg4 Ne5 24. fxe5 Qh4+ 25. Kg2 Bxe5 26. Rf2 Bg3 27. Nd1 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Bxf2 29. Nxf2 Qg3 30. Bg2 Rf8 31. Bh6 Re8 32. Ne4 Qh4 33. Bg5 Rf8+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Nf7 36. Qd2 Qa1 37. Bf6 Ne5 38. Kh3 Rf7 39. g5 Qb1 40. Bxe5 dxe5 41. d6 Qxb3+ 42. Ng3 Qxa4 43. Bd5 Qd7+ 44. Kh2 b5 45. Ne4 Kf8 46. Bxf7 Kxf7 47. Nf6 1-0

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        • #5
          Re: Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational

          Round 3:

          [Event "St Louis GM"]
          [Site "St Louis"]
          [Date "2017.11.18"]
          [Round "3"]
          [White "Hambleton, Aman"]
          [Black "Sturt, Raven"]
          [Result "1-0"]

          1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Ne5 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. f4 Nb8 13. Rf3 Nfd7 14. Rh3 g6 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Ndf3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Ng5 h5 19. Qg3 f5 20. e4 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Qg7 22. Nd6 Qh6 23. Rf1 Kh7 24. Qe3 c4 25. Rg3 Nc5 26. Rg5 Nd3 27. b3 Rad8 28. h4 Nc5 29. bxc4 dxc4 30. Qe2 Rd7 31. Qxc4 Rfd8 32. Rf3 Rg8 33. Qe2 Rdg7 34. c4 Rf8 35. Qe3 Kh8 36. Rfg3 Kh7 37. Kh2 Rd8 38. f5 Rdg8 39. f6 Rd7 40. f7 Rf8 41. Qf3 Nb7 42. Rxg6 Qxg6 43. Rxg6 Kxg6 44. Nxb7 Rfxf7 45. Qe4+ Kh6 46. Nd6 Rg7 47. Qe3+ Kh7 48. Ne8 1-0

          [Event "St Louis IM"]
          [Site "St Louis"]
          [Date "2017.11.18"]
          [Round "3"]
          [White "Hua, Lefong"]
          [Black "Torres Rosas, Luis Carlos"]
          [Result "1/2-1/2"]

          1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. h3 Ne8 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Qd2 b5 15. Be2 b4 16. Nd1 Nc7 17. Nf2 Re8 18. Rad1 Nb6 19. b3 Kh8 20. Bc4 Nxc4 21. bxc4 Na8 22. e5 Nb6 23. Qc2 f5 24. Nd3 Nd7 25. Rfe1 Qc7 26. Bf2 Kg8 1/2-1/2

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          • #6
            Re: Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational

            Complete results of Rounds 2 and 3.

            GM section
            Code:
            Table 	White 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Black 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Result
            1 	GM Ashwin, Jayaram 	1.0 	IND 	2474 	IM Hambleton, Aman 	0.5 	CAN 	2479 	1-0
            2 	IM Sturt, Raven 	0.0 	USA 	2446 	IM Gurevich, Daniel 	0.5 	USA 	2471 	0-1
            3 	GM Sadorra, Julio 	0.0 	PHI 	2558 	IM Burke, John M 	1.0 	USA 	2490 	½-½
            4 	IM Bartholomew, John 	1.0 	USA 	2444 	IM Zierk, Steven 	1.0 	USA 	2493 	½-½
            5 	GM Chirila, Ioan 	0.0 	ROU 	2557 	IM Shetty, Atulya 	0.0 	USA 	2403 	1-0 
            
            1 	IM Shetty, Atulya 	0.0 	USA 	2403 	GM Ashwin, Jayaram 	2.0 	IND 	2474 	0-1
            2 	IM Zierk, Steven 	1.5 	USA 	2493 	GM Chirila, Ioan 	1.0 	ROU 	2557 	0-1
            3 	IM Burke, John M 	1.5 	USA 	2490 	IM Bartholomew, John 	1.5 	USA 	2444 	½-½
            4 	IM Gurevich, Daniel 	1.5 	USA 	2471 	GM Sadorra, Julio 	0.5 	PHI 	2558 	½-½
            5 	IM Hambleton, Aman 	0.5 	CAN 	2479 	IM Sturt, Raven 	0.0 	USA 	2446 	1-0
            IM section
            Code:
            Table 	White 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Black 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Result
            1 	FM Larson, Matthew 	0.5 	USA 	2392 	FM Hua, Lefong 	 	0.0 	CAN 	2310 	1-0
            2 	IM Torres Rosas, Luis 	0.5 	MEX 	2353 	WIM Wang, Annie 	1.0 	USA 	2295 	1-0
            3 	FM Yip, Carissa 	0.5 	USA 	2311 	Wang, Justin 	 	0.5 	USA 	2254 	0-1
            4 	WGM Foisor, Sabina 	0.0 	USA 	2369 	IM Arias Santana, M. 	0.5 	CRC 	2308 	1-0
            5 	IM Neimer, Vitaly 	0.5 	ISR 	2346 	Grabinsky, Aaron 	1.0 	USA 	2366 	½-½
            
            1 	Grabinsky, Aaron 	1.5 	USA 	2366 	FM Larson, Matthew 	1.5 	USA 	2392 	1-0
            2 	IM Arias Santana, M. 	0.5 	CRC 	2308 	IM Neimer, Vitaly 	1.0 	ISR 	2346 	½-½
            3 	Wang, Justin 	 	1.5 	USA 	2254 	WGM Foisor, Sabina 	1.0 	USA 	2369 	1-0
            4 	WIM Wang, Annie 	1.0 	USA 	2295 	FM Yip, Carissa 	0.5 	USA 	2311 	½-½
            5 	FM Hua, Lefong 	 	0.0 	CAN 	2310 	IM Torres Rosas, Luis 	1.5 	MEX 	2353 	½-½

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            • #7
              Re: Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational

              Round 4 games - Aman gets a half point stolen from him after his opponent sacs two Rooks for a stalemate:

              [Event "St Louis GM"]
              [Site "St Louis"]
              [Date "2017.11.19"]
              [Round "4"]
              [White "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
              [Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
              [Result "1/2-1/2"]

              1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Ndc5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b6 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Rfd1 Nc5 16. Qg3 Qe4 17. Bg5 Bb7 18. Nf3 Qg6 19. Nh4 Qh5 20. Bf6 Qh6 21. f3 Rfe8 22. Bg5 Qh5 23. Bf6 Qh6 24. Qg4 g6 25. Bg5 Qf8 26. Bf6 b5 27. Rd4 Bd5 28. Qf4 Nd7 29. Nf5 exf5 30. Rxd5 Nxf6 31. exf6 Re6 32. Qd4 a6 33. Rd1 h5 34. Qh4 Rae8 35. Qg5 Qa3 36. R5d3 Qc5+ 37. Rd4 Qxc3 38. h4 Qe3+ 39. Qxe3 Rxe3 40. a4 bxa4 41. Kf2 R3e6 42. Rxa4 Rxf6 43. Rd7 Rc6 44. Kg3 Re2 45. Ra7 Rcc2 46. Rd4 Rxg2+ 47. Kf4 Rgd2 48. Rb4 Rb2 49. Rc4 Rdc2 50. Rd4 Rb8 51. Rdd7 Rf8 52. Rxa6 Kg7 53. Kg5 Rg2+ 54. Kf4 Rg1 55. Raa7 Rh1 56. Kg5 Rh3 57. Ra6 Rg3+ 58. Kf4 Rg2 59. Raa7 Rb2 60. Ra6 Kh6 61. Ke5 Rb5+ 62. Kf4 Rb4+ 63. Kg3 f4+ 64. Kh3 Rb3 65. Kg2 Rb2+ 66. Kh3 Rf2 67. Rxg6+ Kxg6 68. Rd6+ Kf5 69. Rd5+ Kf6 70. Rd6+ Ke5 71. Rd5+ Kxd5 1/2-1/2

              [Event "St Louis GM"]
              [Site "St Louis"]
              [Date "2017.11.19"]
              [Round "4"]
              [White "Yip, Carissa"]
              [Black "Hua, Lefong"]
              [Result "1/2-1/2"]

              1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rae1 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Rad8 17. Nd5 e6 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. a4 a6 20. f5 Qe5 21. Nd5 Nh5 22. Re3 exd5 23. exd5 Nf4 24. Qd2 Bxd5 25. Rxe5 Bxg2+ 26. Qxg2 Nxg2 27. Re7 Nh4 28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Rexf7+ Rxf7 30. Rxf7+ Kh6 31. Rxb7 Re8 32. Bc4 Re4 33. b3 a5 34. Rb5 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Ne5 37. Bf1 Rc1 38. c4 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 Rc3+ 40. Kf2 Kg5 41. Rb6 Kf4 42. Rxd6 Rf3+ 43. Ke2 Rxb3 44. Rd4+ Kf5 45. Rd5 Kf4 46. Rd4+ 1/2-1/2

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              • #8
                Re: Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational

                Round 5 games....

                [Event "St Louis GM"]
                [Site "St Louis"]
                [Date "2017.11.19"]
                [Round "5"]
                [White "Bartholomew, John"]
                [Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
                [Result "1/2-1/2"]

                1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nbd7 7. Qb3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nb6 9. Rg1 Nxc4 10. Qxc4 c6 11. Nc3 Nd5 12. Be5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 f6 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bg3 Qd5 16. e4 Qb5 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. f4 g4 19. Bh4 Be7 20. Rxg4 f5 21. Bxe7 fxg4 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. h3 h5 24. hxg4 hxg4 25. Qe3 Rh8 26. f5 Rh3 27. Qf4 Qc4+ 28. Kb1 Qe2 29. Rc1 Rf3 30. Qxg4 exf5 31. exf5 Qd3+ 32. Ka1 Qxf5 33. Qxf5+ Rxf5 34. Rc2 Kd7 35. Kb1 Kd6 36. Rd2 Kd5 37. Kc2 Rf4 38. Kc3 Rf3+ 39. Kc2 Rf4 40. Kc3 Rf3+ 41. Kc2 1/2-1/2

                [Event "St Louis IM"]
                [Site "St Louis"]
                [Date "2017.11.19"]
                [Round "5"]
                [White "Hua, Lefong"]
                [Black "Foisor, Sabina-Francesca"]
                [Result "1/2-1/2"]

                1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. h3 Be6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. Rc1 g6 16. Na4 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Ng7 18. Qc2 1/2-1/2

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                • #9
                  Re: Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational

                  Complete results of Rounds 4 and 5.

                  GM section
                  Code:
                  Table 	White 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Black 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Result
                  1 	GM Ashwin, Jayaram 	3.0 	IND 	2474 	IM Sturt, Raven 	0.0 	USA 	2446 	½-½
                  2 	GM Sadorra, Julio 	1.0 	PHI 	2558 	IM Hambleton, Aman 	1.5 	CAN 	2479 	½-½
                  3 	IM Bartholomew, John 	2.0 	USA 	2444 	IM Gurevich, Daniel 	2.0 	USA 	2471 	0-1
                  4 	GM Chirila, Ioan 	2.0 	ROU 	2557 	IM Burke, John M 	2.0 	USA 	2490 	½-½
                  5 	IM Shetty, Atulya 	0.0 	USA 	2403 	IM Zierk, Steven 	1.5 	USA 	2493 	0-1
                  
                  1 	IM Zierk, Steven 	2.5 	USA 	2493 	GM Ashwin, Jayaram 	3.5 	IND 	2474 	1-0
                  2 	IM Burke, John M 	2.5 	USA 	2490 	IM Shetty, Atulya 	0.0 	USA 	2403 	½-½
                  3 	IM Gurevich, Daniel 	3.0 	USA 	2471 	GM Chirila, Ioan 	2.5 	ROU 	2557 	½-½
                  4 	IM Hambleton, Aman 	2.0 	CAN 	2479 	IM Bartholomew, John 	2.0 	USA 	2444 	½-½
                  5 	IM Sturt, Raven 	0.5 	USA 	2446 	GM Sadorra, Julio 	1.5 	PHI 	2558 	½-½
                  IM section
                  Code:
                  Table 	White 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Black 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Result
                  1 	FM Larson, Matthew 	1.5 	USA 	2392 	IM Torres Rosas, Luis 	2.0 	MEX 	2353 	½-½
                  2 	FM Yip, Carissa 	1.0 	USA 	2311 	FM Hua, Lefong 	 	0.5 	CAN 	2310 	½-½
                  3 	WGM Foisor, Sabina 	1.0 	USA 	2369 	WIM Wang, Annie 	1.5 	USA 	2295 	0-1
                  4 	IM Neimer, Vitaly 	1.5 	ISR 	2346 	Wang, Justin 	 	2.5 	USA 	2254 	0-1
                  5 	Grabinsky, Aaron 	2.5 	USA 	2366 	IM Arias Santana, M. 	1.0 	CRC 	2308 	1-0
                  
                  1 	IM Arias Santana, M. 	1.0 	CRC 	2308 	FM Larson, Matthew 	2.0 	USA 	2392 	0-1
                  2 	Wang, Justin 	 	3.5 	USA 	2254 	Grabinsky, Aaron 	3.5 	USA 	2366 	1-0
                  3 	WIM Wang, Annie  	2.5 	USA 	2295 	IM Neimer, Vitaly 	1.5 	ISR 	2346 	0-1
                  4 	FM Hua, Lefong 	 	1.0 	CAN 	2310 	WGM Foisor, Sabina 	1.0 	USA 	2369 	½-½
                  5 	IM Torres Rosas, Luis 	2.5 	MEX 	2353 	FM Yip, Carissa 	1.5 	USA 	2311 	1-0

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                  • #10
                    Re: Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational

                    I just want to wish Aman and Lefong all the best. Good to see them in action in St. Louis again.

                    Comment


                    • #11
                      Re: Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational

                      I hadnt seen the games until now. Wild games by Aman. What a fighter you are Aman! Keep it up.

                      Comment


                      • #12
                        Re: Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational

                        Round 6 games....

                        [Event "St Louis GM"]
                        [Site "St Louis"]
                        [Date "2017.11.20"]
                        [Round "6"]
                        [White "Chirila, Ioan-Cristian"]
                        [Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
                        [Result "1-0"]

                        1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 c5 6. c3 Bg7 7. Qb3 cxd4 8. Ne5 d5 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Rd1 e6 12. Bf4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qd7 14. a4 Bc6 15. a5 Qb7 16. a6 Qd7 17. e3 Ne8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Rc8 21. Nc3 f6 22. Bf4 g5 23. d5 gxf4 24. dxe6 Qc6 25. e7+ Rf7 26. Rd8 f5 27. Qd5 Qc7 28. Nb5 1-0

                        [Event "St Louis IM"]
                        [Site "St Louis"]
                        [Date "2017.11.20"]
                        [Round "5"]
                        [White "Neimer, Vitaly"]
                        [Black "Hua, Lefong"]
                        [Result "1/2-1/2"]

                        1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Be3 Bg7 11. Rd1 Qf5 12. Bb5 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qxc6 Rfc8 15. Qa4 Rab8 16. O-O Rxb2 17. Rd3 a5 18. Rfd1 h5 19. h3 1/2-1/2

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                        • #13
                          Re: Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational

                          Round 7 games....

                          [Event "St Louis GM"]
                          [Site "St Louis"]
                          [Date "2017.11.20"]
                          [Round "7"]
                          [White "Hambleton, Aman"]
                          [Black "Shetty, Atulya"]
                          [Result "1/2-1/2"]

                          1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 6. e3 a6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 Ba7 9. h3 Bf5 10. b3 h6 11. g4 Bh7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Rfd1 e4 16. Nh2 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Ne5 18. Nf1 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 exf3 20. Nd2 Bg6 21. Kh2 Rd8 22. Nxf3 Rxd1 23. Nxd1 c6 24. Kg2 Bc2 25. Nc3 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Bd6 Bb6 28. Kg3 f6 29. Nd2 Bd3 30. Kf3 Kf7 31. Bb4 g6 32. Bc3 f5 33. e4 fxe4+ 34. Nxe4 Ke6 35. Bd2 h5 36. Be3 hxg4+ 37. hxg4 Ke5 38. Bf4+ Ke6 39. Be3 Ke5 40. Nc3 Ba5 41. Bf4+ Kd4 42. Ne2+ Kc5 43. Ke3 Bc2 44. Nd4 Bb1 45. a3 Bd2+ 46. Kxd2 Kxd4 47. Be3+ Ke4 48. Kc3 Bd3 49. Kb4 Bc2 50. c5 Bd1 51. Ka5 Bxb3 52. Kb6 a5 53. Kxa5 Bc4 54. Kb6 Ba6 55. f4 Kd5 56. Kc7 Ke6 57. Bd4 Kf7 58. a4 Ke6 59. a5 Kf7 60. Kd6 Bb5 1/2-1/2

                          [Event "St Louis IM"]
                          [Site "St Louis"]
                          [Date "2017.11.20"]
                          [Round "7"]
                          [White "Hua, Lefong"]
                          [Black "Grabinsky, Aaron"]
                          [Result "1/2-1/2"]

                          1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. a3 Be7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Qd8 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O a6 13. Be3 Bd6 14. Qh5 Nd7 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. Qh4 Be7 17. Rad1 g6 18. Bg5 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qxe7 Nxe7 21. Be4 Rb8 22. d5 Nf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. f4 b5 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Rd4 Kf7 27. Re1 Rb7 28. Kf2 Rg8 29. g3 Rc7 30. Red1 Ke7 31. R1d2 Bb7 32. Re2 Kf7 33. Red2 Ke7 34. Re2 Rc5 35. Red2 Bc6 36. Na2 a5 37. b4 axb4 38. Nxb4 Be8 39. Rd6 h5 40. h4 Rc3 41. R6d3 Rc1 42. Rd1 Rc4 43. Rd4 Rc3 44. R4d3 Rxd3 45. Rxd3 Bd7 46. Rc3 Kd6 47. Rd3+ Ke7 48. Rc3 Ra8 49. Ke3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

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                          • #14
                            Re: Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational

                            Complete results of Rounds 6 and 7.

                            GM section
                            Code:
                            Table 	White 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Black 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Result
                            1 	GM Ashwin, Jayaram 	3.5 	IND 	2474 	GM Sadorra, Julio 	2.0 	PHI 	2558 	½-½
                            2 	IM Bartholomew, John 	2.5 	USA 	2444 	IM Sturt, Raven 	1.0 	USA 	2446 	½-½
                            3 	GM Chirila, Ioan 	3.0 	ROU 	2557 	IM Hambleton, Aman 	2.5 	CAN 	2479 	1-0
                            4 	IM Shetty, Atulya 	0.5 	USA 	2403 	IM Gurevich, Daniel 	3.5 	USA 	2471 	½-½
                            5 	IM Zierk, Steven 	3.5 	USA 	2493 	IM Burke, John M 	3.0 	USA 	2490 	0-1 
                            
                            1 	IM Burke, John M 	4.0 	USA 	2490 	GM Ashwin, Jayaram 	4.0 	IND 	2474 	½-½
                            2 	IM Gurevich, Daniel 	4.0 	USA 	2471 	IM Zierk, Steven 	3.5 	USA 	2493 	½-½
                            3 	IM Hambleton, Aman 	2.5 	CAN 	2479 	IM Shetty, Atulya 	1.0 	USA 	2403 	½-½
                            4 	IM Sturt, Raven 	1.5 	USA 	2446 	GM Chirila, Ioan 	4.0 	ROU 	2557 	½-½
                            5 	GM Sadorra, Julio 	2.5 	PHI 	2558 	IM Bartholomew, John 	3.0 	USA 	2444 	½-½
                            IM section
                            Code:
                            Table 	White 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Black 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Result
                            1 	FM Larson, Matthew 	3.0 	USA 	2392 	FM Yip, Carissa 	1.5 	USA 	2311 	0-1
                            2 	WGM Foisor, Sabina 	1.5 	USA 	2369 	IM Torres Rosas, Luis 	3.5 	MEX 	2353 	½-½
                            3 	IM Neimer, Vitaly 	2.5 	ISR 	2346 	FM Hua, Lefong 	 	1.5 	CAN 	2310 	½-½
                            4 	Grabinsky, Aaron 	3.5 	USA 	2366 	WIM Wang, Annie 	2.5 	USA 	2295 	½-½
                            5 	IM Arias Santana, M. 	1.0 	CRC 	2308 	Wang, Justin 	 	4.5 	USA 	2254 	½-½
                            
                            1 	Wang, Justin 	 	5.0 	USA 	2254 	FM Larson, Matthew 	3.0 	USA 	2392 	0-1
                            2 	WIM Wang, Annie 	3.0 	USA 	2295 	IM Arias Santana, M. 	1.5 	CRC 	2308 	1-0
                            3 	FM Hua, Lefong 	 	2.0 	CAN 	2310 	Grabinsky, Aaron 	4.0 	USA 	2366 	½-½
                            4 	IM Torres Rosas, Luis 	4.0 	MEX 	2353 	IM Neimer, Vitaly 	3.0 	ISR 	2346 	1-0
                            5 	FM Yip, Carissa 	2.5 	USA 	2311 	WGM Foisor, Sabina 	2.0 	USA 	2369 	0-1

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                            • #15
                              Re: Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational

                              Rounds 8 results.

                              GM section
                              Code:
                              Table 	White 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Black 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Result
                              1 	GM Ashwin, Jayaram 	4.5 	IND 	2474 	IM Bartholomew, John 	3.5 	USA 	2444 	½-½
                              2 	GM Chirila, Ioan 	4.5 	ROU 	2557 	GM Sadorra, Julio 	3.0 	PHI 	2558 	½-½
                              3 	IM Shetty, Atulya 	1.5 	USA 	2403 	IM Sturt, Raven 	2.0 	USA 	2446 	0-1
                              4 	IM Zierk, Steven 	4.0 	USA 	2493 	IM Hambleton, Aman 	3.0 	CAN 	2479 	½-½
                              5 	IM Burke, John M 	4.5 	USA 	2490 	IM Gurevich, Daniel 	4.5 	USA 	2471 	½-½
                              IM section
                              Code:
                              Table 	White 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Black 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Result
                              1 	FM Larson, Matthew 	4.0 	USA 	2392 	WGM Foisor, Sabina 	3.0 	USA 	2369 	½-½
                              2 	IM Neimer, Vitaly 	3.0 	ISR 	2346 	FM Yip, Carissa 	2.5 	USA 	2311 	1-0
                              3 	Grabinsky, Aaron 	4.5 	USA 	2366 	IM Torres Rosas, Luis 	5.0 	MEX 	2353 	0-1
                              4 	IM Arias Santana, M. 	1.5 	CRC 	2308 	FM Hua, Lefong 	 	2.5 	CAN 	2310 	0-1
                              5 	Wang, Justin 	 	5.0 	USA 	2254 	WIM Wang, Annie 	4.0 	USA 	2295 	1-0

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