Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational

Round 8 games....

[Event "St Louis GM"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zierk, Steven"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Bg4 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Nd7 17. Nd5 O-O-O 18. f4 Be6 19. Rd1 Nf6 20. fxe5 Nd7 21. Nf4 Nxe5 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bh3 Kc7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Bxe6 g5 27. Kf2 a5 28. h4 Ke7 29. Bd5 b5 30. Ke3 b4 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Kd2 Nf3+ 33. Ke2 Ne5 34. c3 bxc3 35. bxc3 Kd6 36. Kd2 Kc7 37. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Louis IM"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arias Santana, Mauricio"]
[Black "Hua, Lefong"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 g6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nf3 c6 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. Be2 O-O 9. h4 h6 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Qd2 Ne6 13. Be5 f6 14. Bh2 b5 15. g4 Be8 16. f4 f5 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Bf3 Kh8 19. Nd1 Bf7 20. h5 c5 21. c3 b4 22. Bg3 bxc3 23. bxc3 Rb8 24. Bh4 cxd4 25. cxd4 Nc5 26. Nf2 Ne4 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Be2 Rg8 29. Kf2 Qd7 30. Rhd1 Qe8 31. Rab1 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Bxh5 33. Rb7 Bxe2 34. Qxe2 Qg6 35. Qf1 Rc8 36. Qd1 Bf6 37. Bxf6+ Qxf6 38. Qh5 Rc2+ 39. Ke1 Qc6 40. Rb3 Rxa2 41. Qd1 Qg6 0-1

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational

Round 9 (last round) games....

[Event "St Louis GM"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Black "Burke, John M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. e4 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qxe4 e5 10. dxe5 O-O 11. Bd3 f5 12. Qe2 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. O-O Re8 15. Qf3 Qf6 16. Rb1 Be6 17. b3 Rad8 18. Ba3 Rd7 19. Rbd1 Red8 20. Bc1 Bb2 21. Bxb2 Qxb2 22. Qe3 Bf7 23. Qe2 Qxe2 24. Bxe2 Rd2 25. f4 Kf8 26. Bf3 Ke7 27. Rfe1+ Be6 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Re2 Rxe2 30. Bxe2 Kd6 31. b4 a5 32. a3 axb4 33. axb4 c5 34. b5 Kc7 35. Kf2 Kb6 36. Ke3 Ka5 37. b6 Kxb6 38. Kd2 Ka5 39. Kc3 Ka4 40. Bd3 g6 41. h3 Bd7 42. Be2 h5 43. g3 Ka3 44. h4 Ka2 45. Bd3 Ba4 46. Be2 Kb1 47. Bf3 Bc6 48. Bd1 Kc1 49. Bc2 Be4 50. Bb3 b6 51. Ba4 Bf3 52. Be8 Kd1 53. Bxg6 Bg4 54. Kd3 Ke1 55. Ke3 Kf1 56. Bf7 Kg2 57. Bd5+ Kxg3 58. Be6 Bh3 59. Bd7 Kg4 0-1

[Event "St Louis IM"]
[Site "St Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hua, Lefong"]
[Black "Wang, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 b4 5. e4 d6 6. f4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. h3 Bd7 12. Ne1 Bh6 13. Nb3 a5 14. Bd2 a4 15. Nc1 e5 16. fxe5 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 dxe5 18. Qe3 Qe7 19. Be2 Ng7 20. Ncd3 Na6 21. Nf3 f6 22. Rae1 Ne8 23. Nd2 Rc8 24. Qg3 Nd6 25. Bg4 Nb8 26. Bxd7 Nxd7 27. Qh4 Rf7 28. Re2 Nb6 29. Rc1 Qb7 30. Qf2 Nd7 31. Kh2 Qc7 32. Kg1 Qb7 33. Kh2 Qc7 34. Kg1 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Vadim Tsypin]

Re: Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational

Round 9 results.

GM section

Table 	White 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Black 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Result
1 	IM Gurevich, Daniel 	5.0 	USA 	2471 	GM Ashwin, Jayaram 	5.0 	IND 	2474 	½-½
2 	IM Hambleton, Aman 	3.5 	CAN 	2479 	IM Burke, John M 	5.0 	USA 	2490 	0-1
3 	IM Sturt, Raven 	3.0 	USA 	2446 	IM Zierk, Steven 	4.5 	USA 	2493 	0-1
4 	GM Sadorra, Julio 	3.5 	PHI 	2558 	IM Shetty, Atulya 	1.5 	USA 	2403 	½-½
5 	IM Bartholomew, John 	4.0 	USA 	2444 	GM Chirila, Ioan 	5.0 	ROU 	2557 	½-½

IM section

Table 	White 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Black 	                Score 	Fed. 	Rating 	Result
1 	WIM Wang, Annie 	4.0 	USA 	2295 	FM Larson, Matthew 	4.5 	USA 	2392 	½-½
2 	FM Hua, Lefong 	 	3.5 	CAN 	2310 	Wang, Justin 	 	6.0 	USA 	2254 	½-½
3 	IM Torres Rosas, Luis 	6.0 	MEX 	2353 	IM Arias Santana, M. 	1.5 	CRC 	2308 	½-½
4 	FM Yip, Carissa 	2.5 	USA 	2311 	Grabinsky, Aaron 	4.5 	USA 	2366 	½-½
5 	WGM Foisor, Sabina	3.5 	USA 	2369 	IM Neimer, Vitaly 	4.0 	ISR 	2346 	0-1

Final standings.

GM section

Rank 	Name 	 	 	Score 	Fed. 	M/F 	Rating 	TPR 	W-We 	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	IM Burke, John M 	6.0 	USA 	M 	2490 	2606 	+1.37 	1 	½ 	½ 	½ 	½ 	1 	½ 	½ 	1
2	GM Chirila, Ioan 	5.5 	ROU 	M 	2557 	2553 	-0.03 	0 	1 	1 	½ 	½ 	1 	½ 	½ 	½
3	IM Zierk, Steven 	5.5 	USA 	M 	2493 	2560 	+0.84 	1 	½ 	0 	1 	1 	0 	½ 	½ 	1
4	GM Ashwin, Jayaram 	5.5 	IND 	M 	2474 	2562 	+1.11 	1 	1 	1 	½ 	0 	½ 	½ 	½ 	½
5	IM Gurevich, Daniel 	5.5 	USA 	M 	2471 	2563 	+1.15 	½ 	1 	½ 	1 	½ 	½ 	½ 	½ 	½
6	IM Bartholomew, John 	4.5 	USA 	M 	2444 	2486 	+0.51 	1 	½ 	½ 	0 	½ 	½ 	½ 	½ 	½
7	GM Sadorra, Julio 	4.0 	PHI 	M 	2558 	2430 	-1.55 	0 	½ 	½ 	½ 	½ 	½ 	½ 	½ 	½
8	IM Hambleton, Aman 	3.5 	CAN 	M 	2479 	2402 	-0.96 	½ 	0 	1 	½ 	½ 	0 	½ 	½ 	0
9	IM Sturt, Raven 	3.0 	USA 	M 	2446 	2360 	-1.01 	0 	0 	0 	½ 	½ 	½ 	½ 	1 	0
10	IM Shetty, Atulya 	2.0 	USA 	M 	2403 	2270 	-1.43 	0 	0 	0 	0 	½ 	½ 	½ 	0 	½

IM section

Rank 	Name 	 	 	Score 	Fed. 	M/F 	Rating 	TPR 	W-We 	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	IM Torres Rosas, Luis 	6.5 	MEX 	M 	2353 	2494 	+1.68 	½ 	1 	½ 	½ 	1 	½ 	1 	1 	½
2	Wang, Justin 	 	6.5 	USA 	M 	2254 	2505 	+3.07 	½ 	1 	1 	1 	1 	½ 	0 	1 	½
3	FM Larson, Matthew 	5.0 	USA 	M 	2392 	2367 	-0.34 	½ 	1 	0 	½ 	1 	0 	1 	½ 	½
4	Grabinsky, Aaron 	5.0 	USA 	M 	2366 	2369 	+0.00 	1 	½ 	1 	1 	0 	½ 	½ 	0 	½
5	IM Neimer, Vitaly 	5.0 	ISR 	M 	2346 	2372 	+0.28 	½ 	½ 	½ 	0 	1 	½ 	0 	1 	1
6	WIM Wang, Annie 	4.5 	USA 	F 	2295 	2334 	+0.48 	1 	0 	½ 	1 	0 	½ 	1 	0 	½
7	FM Hua, Lefong 	 	4.0 	CAN 	M 	2310 	2290 	-0.22 	0 	0 	½ 	½ 	½ 	½ 	½ 	1 	½
8	WGM Foisor, Sabina 	3.5 	USA 	F 	2369 	2246 	-1.52 	0 	1 	0 	0 	½ 	½ 	1 	½ 	0
9	FM Yip, Carissa 	3.0 	USA 	F 	2311 	2208 	-1.22 	½ 	0 	½ 	½ 	0 	1 	0 	0 	½
10	IM Arias Santana, M. 	2.0 	CRC 	M 	2308 	2113 	-2.21 	½ 	0 	½ 	0 	0 	½ 	0 	0 	½

Playoff results.

White		Result	Black
Luis Torres	0 - 1	Justin Wang
Justin Wang	1 - 0	Luis Torres

Thank you Aman and Lefong for your valiant fight and exciting chess games. It's been a privilege to root for you from back home in Canada.