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  • London Chess Classic FIDE Open

    London Chess Classic FIDE Open

    December 3, 2017

    There is a concurrent nine-round open with the Classic Masters.

    There are 288 players entered, and among them three Canadians. The starting rank:

    Starting rank

    No. Name Rtg

    1 GM Motylev Alexander 2675
    2 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2672
    3 GM Iturrizaga Edoardo 2665
    4 GM Nabaty Tamir 2657
    5 GM Jones Gawain 2654
    6 GM Grandelius Nils 2647
    7 GM Sethuraman Sp 2646
    8 GM McShane Luke J 2640
    9 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2633
    10 GM Maze Sebastien 2614
    11 GM Cornette Matthieu 2606
    12 GM Hawkins Jonathan 2579
    13 GM Moussard Jules 2576
    14 GM Donchenko Alexander 2569
    15 GM Batchuluun Tsegmed 2568
    16 GM Le Roux Jean-Pierre 2560
    17 GM Mikhalevski Victor 2545
    18 GM Vishnu Prasanna V 2536
    19 GM Kiriakov Petr 2528
    20 GM Handke Florian 2526
    21 GM Kotronias Vasilios 2524
    22 IM Nihal Sarin 2507
    23 IM Stany G.A. 2502
    24 GM Fernandez Daniel H 2500
    25 GM Vakhidov Jahongir 2500
    26 IM Bellaiche Anthony 2499
    27 GM Fodor Tamas Jr 2496
    28 GM Hector Jonny 2493
    29 GM Gormally Daniel W 2477
    30 IM Elsness Frode 2477
    31 IM Hambleton Aman 2474
    32 GM Abergel Thal 2464
    33 IM Bilguun Sumiya 2459
    34 IM Zhou Yang-Fan 2459
    35 GM Williams Simon K 2453
    36 IM Bartholomew John 2448
    37 IM Cawdery Daniel 2447
    38 GM Gallagher Joseph G. 2446
    39 GM Hebden Mark L 2445
    40 IM Das Sayantan 2442
    41 GM Wells Peter K 2441
    42 GM Cherniaev Alexander 2436
    43 IM Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo 2422
    44 IM Krishna Crg 2421
    45 IM Raja Harshit 2420
    46 GM Sundararajan Kidambi 2419
    47 Arjun Kalyan 2419
    48 Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2419
    49 GM Arkell Keith C 2416
    50 GM Hansen Torbjorn R 2408
    51 IM Houska Jovanka 2407
    52 IM Martins David Pt 2400
    53 FM Baenziger Fabian 2400
    54 GM McDonald Neil R 2397
    55 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2397
    56 IM Van Delft Merijn 2393
    57 IM Milliet Sophie 2392
    58 Akash Pc Iyer 2390
    59 FM Sai Agni Jeevitesh J 2384
    60 Zujev Oleg 2381
    61 WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung 2380
    62 IM Bates Richard A 2378
    63 FM Gourlay Iain 2378
    64 FM Gumularz Szymon 2376
    65 IM Krishna Teja N 2368
    66 FM Sowray Peter J 2357
    67 IM Beinoras Mindaugas 2353
    68 GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan E 2350
    69 Stauskas Lukas 2349
    70 IM Quillan Gary 2344
    71 FM Fenil Shah 2324
    72 FM Radovanovic Jovica 2320
    73 FM Paterek Michal 2315
    74 FM Jackson James P 2314
    75 FM Murphy Conor E 2313
    76 FM Derakhshani Borna 2298
    77 Vignesh B 2287
    78 FM Risting Eivind Olav 2279
    79 Ojas Kulkarni 2278
    80 FM Perez Flavio 2276
    81 FM Lyell Mark 2264
    82 Merriman John 2263
    83 Soham Das 2263
    84 Marzano Carlo 2261
    85 Ronka Erik 2260
    86 Globus Or 2253
    87 Lercel Michal 2244
    88 FM Richardson John R 2243
    89 WIM Yuan Yuanling 2243
    90 FM Duncan Chris R 2242
    91 FM Britton Richard L 2239
    92 Blasco Coll Andreu 2236
    93 CM Bremner Adam 2231
    94 FM Cordes Hans-Joerg Dr 2227
    95 Barj Julien 2226
    96 Bukojemski Adam 2224
    97 FM Stigar Petter 2214
    98 Guelsen Taylan 2213
    99 FM Ledger Dave J 2209
    100 Semprun Martinez Fernando 2205
    136 Abrahams Daniel 2130

    Round Three Pairings and Results of First Two Rounds

    Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

    1 IM Zhou Yang-Fan 2459 2 - 2 GM Motylev Alexander 2675
    2 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2672 2 - 2 IM Bartholomew John 2448
    3 GM Williams Simon K 2453 2 - 2 GM Jones Gawain 2654
    4 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2633 2 - 2 GM Hebden Mark L 2445
    5 IM Das Sayantan 2442 2 - 2 GM Maze Sebastien 2614
    6 GM Cornette Matthieu 2606 2 - 2 GM Wells Peter K 2441
    7 GM Cherniaev Alexander 2436 2 - 2 GM Hawkins Jonathan 2579
    8 GM Moussard Jules 2576 2 - 2 GM Sundararajan Kidambi 2419
    9 IM Raja Harshit 2420 2 - 2 GM Donchenko Alexander 2569
    10 Arjun Kalyan 2419 2 - 2 GM Mikhalevski Victor 2545
    11 Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2419 2 - 2 GM Handke Florian 2526
    12 GM Kotronias Vasilios 2524 2 - 2 FM Sai Agni Jeevitesh J 2384
    13 IM Houska Jovanka 2407 2 - 2 IM Nihal Sarin 2507
    14 Akash Pc Iyer 2390 2 - 2 GM Fernandez Daniel H 2500
    15 GM Vakhidov Jahongir 2500 2 - 2 FM Gourlay Iain 2378
    16 IM Bates Richard A 2378 2 - 2 IM Bellaiche Anthony 2499
    17 GM Fodor Tamas Jr 2496 2 - 2 IM Beinoras Mindaugas 2353
    18 FM Gumularz Szymon 2376 2 - 2 GM Hector Jonny 2493
    19 GM Gormally Daniel W 2477 2 - 2 Globus Or 2253
    20 FM Sowray Peter J 2357 2 - 2 IM Elsness Frode 2477
    21 IM Quillan Gary 2344 2 - 2 GM Abergel Thal 2464
    22 GM Iturrizaga Edoardo 2665 1½ - 2 FM Britton Richard L 2239
    23 GM Nabaty Tamir 2657 1½ - 1½ Guelsen Taylan 2213
    24 GM Grandelius Nils 2647 1½ - 1½ Kett Timothy J 2204
    25 GM Le Roux Jean-Pierre 2560 1½ - 1½ WIM Navrotescu Andreea-Cristiana 2193
    26 IM Hambleton Aman 2474 1½ - 1½ Ilfeld Etan 2186
    44 Abrahams Daniel 2130 1½ - 1½ FM Derakhshani Borna 2298
    65 WIM Yuan Yuanling 2243 1 - 1 Ditmas Hugh 2004

  • #2
    Re: London Chess Classic FIDE Open

    London Chess Classic FIDE Open 2017

    December 3, 2017

    Some Round One games

    London Chess Classic Open
    Round 1, Nov. 2
    Rysbayeva, Algerim (2118) – Motylev, Alexander (2675)
    B32 Sicilian, Labourdonnais-Loewenthal variation

    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Qe7 8.Qxe7+ Ngxe7 9.Nc3 d5 10.Bd3 Nb4 11.a3 Nxd3+ 12.cxd3 Be6 13.Bd2 d4 14.Na4 Rc8 15.b4 Rc6 16.Rc1 Bd7 17.Nc5 b6 18.Nxd7 Rxc1+ 19.Bxc1 Kxd7 20.Kd2 h5 21.Bb2 h4 22.f4 f6 23.f5 g6 24.fxg6 Nxg6 25.Rf1 Ke7 26.a4 Rg8 27.g3 hxg3 28.hxg3 Rh8 29.Rf2 Ke6 30.Kc2 Ne7 31.b5 axb5 32.axb5 Rg8 33.Rf3 Nc8 34.Kb3 Nd6 35.Kb4 Ra8 36.Bc1 Ra1 37.Bh6 Rh1 38.Bf8 Rb1+ 39.Ka4 Ra1+ 40.Kb4 Rb1+ 41.Ka4 Nxb5 42.Bg7 Nc3+ 43.Ka3 Kf7 44.Bxf6 b5 45.Bd8+ Ke6 46.Rf6+ Kd7 47.Ba5 Ra1+ 48.Kb4 Ra4+ 49.Kc5 Rxa5 50.g4 Ra1 51.g5 Rc1 0-1

    Round 1, Nov. 2
    Sargissian, Gabriel (2672) – Kwon, Sehyun (2117)
    D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.e3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Be2 Be6 12.O-O a6 13.Rfb1 Rfb8 14.Rb2 b5 15.Qd1 Na5 16.Nd2 Nc4 17.Rbb1 Bf5 18.Rc1 Nxd2 19.Qxd2 Bd7 20.Bf3 Bc6 21.Qb2 a5 22.Qa3 Rd8 23.Rab1 a4 24.Qc5 Qd6 25.Be2 Qxc5 26.dxc5 Rab8 27.Rd1 Be8 28.Rd4 c6 29.g4 f6 30.Bd3 Bf7 31.Kf1 Re8 32.Ke2 Kf8 33.h4 g5 34.Rh1 Ke7 35.a3 Rh8 36.e4 Rbd8 37.Kd2 Be6 38.Re1 Kf7 39.h5 Rd7 40.exd5 Bxd5 41.Bg6+ Kg7 42.Bf5 Rc7 43.Be6 Rd8 44.Re3 Kf8 45.Red3 Ke7 46.Bxd5 cxd5 47.Rxd5 Rxd5 48.Rxd5 Ke6 49.Rf5 Rd7+ 50.Ke3 Rc7 51.Ke4 Rd7 52.c6 Rc7 53.Rc5 Kd6 54.Kd4 Rxc6 55.Rxc6+ Kxc6 56.c4 Kb6 57.cxb5 Kxb5 58.Kd5 Kb6 59.Ke6 1-0

    Round 1, Nov. 2
    Bates, Caspar (2112) – Iturrizaga, Edoardo (2665)
    E00 Queen’s Pawn game

    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.e3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O c5 9.d5 exd5 10.cxd5 d6 11.e4 a6 12.a4 Nbd7 13.Nd2 Ne8 14.f4 f5 15.exf5 gxf5 16.Nf3 Nc7 17.Qb3 Kh8 18.Bd2 Nf6 19.Bxf5 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Ng5 c4 22.Qc2 Rxa1 23.Rxa1 h6 24.Ne6 Nxe6 25.Bxe6 Qb6+ 26.Kh1 Qf2 27.Qc1 b4 28.Be3 Qh4 29.Ra7 bxc3 30.Rxb7 Ne4 31.Rxg7 Kxg7 32.Kg1 Qf6 33.Qd1 Kh7 34.Qc2 cxb2 35.Qxe4+ Qg6 36.f5 Qf6 37.Bd4 b1=Q+ 38.Qxb1 Qxd4+ 39.Kf1 Kh8 40.g3 c3 41.Qc1 Kg7 42.Ke2 Rb8 43.Kf3 Rb2 0-1

    Round 1, Nov. 2
    Hambleton, Aman (2474) – Gudenas, Motiejus (2023)
    A20 English, Kingside Fianchetto

    1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bc5 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Re8 7.e3 d6 8.d4 Bb6 9.h3 Bf5 10.g4 Bg6 11.b3 Qe7 12.Bb2 Rad8 13.g5 Nh5 14.Nd5 Qd7 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Nh4 f6 17.gxf6 gxf6 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.Qxh5 gxh5 20.Nxf6+ Kf7 21.Nxd7 Rxd7 22.Rfd1 Red8 23.Rxd7+ Rxd7 24.Be4 Kf6 25.Kf1 Ba5 26.a3 Rd2 27.Rb1 1-0

    Round 1, Nov. 2
    Yuan, Yuanling (2243) – Gopakumar, Siddharth (1808)
    B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.f3 Qb6 9.Nb3 e6 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Be3 Qc7 12.O-O-O b5 13.g4 Nd7 14.f4 Bb7 15.Bg2 Nc5 16.Qf2 b4 17.Ne2 Na5 18.Nxc5 dxc5 19.e5 Rc8 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.f5 exf5 22.gxf5 c4 23.Bb6 b3 24.axb3 Nxb3+ 25.cxb3 cxb3+ 26.Nc3 Bb4 27.Qd4 Bxc3 28.bxc3 b2+ 29.Kb1 O-O 30.Rhg1 1-0

    Round 1, Nov. 2
    Abrahams, Daniel (2130) – Othman, Wael (1343)
    A10 English Opening

    1.c4 d6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Rb1 O-O 7.b4 Bf5 8.d3 Ng4 9.Qb3 Nd7 10.O-O h6 11.h3 Nge5 12.Nd4 c5 13.Nxf5 gxf5 14.b5 b6 15.Bxa8 Qxa8 16.Nd5 Qd8 17.Bd2 Kh7 18.a4 e6 19.Nf4 Ng6 20.Nh5 Bh8 21.Qa3 Nf6 22.Nxf6+ Bxf6 23.a5 Rg8 24.axb6 Qxb6 25.Qa6 Qb8 26.b6 axb6 27.Rxb6 Qa8 28.Rfb1 f4 29.Qxa8 Rxa8 30.Bxf4 Nxf4 31.gxf4 Rg8+ 32.Kf1 Be7 33.Rb7 Re8 34.Rd7 Kg6 35.Rbb7 Kf6 36.e4 e5 37.f5 Bf8 38.h4 Re7 39.Rxd6+ Re6 40.Rdd7 Re7 41.Rb6+ Kg7 42.f6+ Kg8 43.fxe7 Bxe7 44.Rxe7 Kf8 45.Rbb7 h5 46.Rxf7+ Kg8 47.Rfc7 1-0

    Comment


    • #3
      Re: London Chess Classic FIDE Open

      London Chess Classic FIDE Open 2017

      December 4, 2017

      Rounds 2 & 3

      Canadian Results


      Round 2, Nov. 3
      Guelsen, Taylan (2213) – Hambleton, Aman (2474)
      A45 Queen’s Pawn game

      1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.b4 a5 6.c3 axb4 7.cxb4 b6 8.Bxb8 Rxb8 9.Bb5+ Ke7 10.c6 Qd6 11.a3 g6 12.Nd2 Ne8 13.Rc1 Nc7 14.Be2 Bg7 15.Qb3 b5 16.Ngf3 Rb6 17.O-O Rxc6 18.Nd4 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Bd7 20.Qc3 Rc8 21.Nf5+ exf5 22.Qxg7 Ne6 23.Qb2 Rxc1+ 24.Qxc1 f4 25.Nf3 d4 26.Nxd4 Nxd4 27.exd4 Qxd4 28.Kf1 Kd6 29.Bf3 g5 30.Ke1 Qe5+ 31.Kf1 h6 32.Qd1+ Ke7 33.h3 Be6 34.Qc1 Bc4+ 35.Kg1 Qd4 36.Bc6 Kd6 37.Bf3 Ke7 38.Bc6 h5 39.a4 bxa4 40.Bxa4 g4 41.hxg4 hxg4 42.Qd1 Qxd1+ 43.Bxd1 g3 44.Ba4 f6 45.Bd1 Bb5 46.Bf3 Kd6 47.Bh5 Ke5 48.fxg3 fxg3 49.Bd1 Kd4 50.Bh5 Kc3 51.Bd1 Kxb4 52.Bh5 Kc3 53.Bd1 Kd2 54.Bh5 Be2 55.Be8 Ke3 56.Bc6 f5 57.Bd7 f4 58.Bc6 Bd3 59.Be8 Ba6 60.Bc6 Be2 61.Be8 Bg4 62.Bc6 Bf5 63.Bf3 Be4 64.Bh5 Bd5 65.Bg4 Kd2 66.Bh5 Ke3 67.Bg4 f3 68.gxf3 Bxf3 69.Bxf3 Kxf3 70.Kf1 g2+ 71.Kg1 Kg3 1/2-1/2

      Round 2, Nov. 3
      Nihal, Sarin (2507) – Yuan, Yuanling (2243)
      A45 Queen’s Pawn game

      1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Qd2 c6 6.O-O-O b5 7.f3 Qa5 8.Kb1 b4 9.Nce2 Be6 10.Nc1 h5 11.h4 Nbd7 12.Nh3 Nb6 13.Nb3 Qa4 14.Ng5 Bc4 15.e5 dxe5 16.Bxe5 O-O 17.Bd3 Qb5 18.Rhe1 a5 19.Nc5 a4 20.g4 b3 21.cxb3 axb3 22.a3 Rfd8 23.gxh5 Nxh5 24.Bxg7 Nxg7 25.Qf4 Nh5 26.Qe4 Nd5 27.Nxf7 Bxd3+ 28.Nxd3 1-0

      Round 2, Nov. 3
      Vo, Thi Kim Phung (2380) – Abrahams, Daniel (2130)
      E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical

      1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Qc7 6.a3 Bxc5 7.b4 Be7 8.Nb5 Qc6 9.Nf3 d6 10.Nfd4 Qd7 11.e4 a6 12.Nc3 b6 13.f3 Bb7 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Rc1 Nbd7 16.Qf2 Rc8 17.Nb3 O-O 18.Be2 Rfe8 19.O-O Bd8 20.Rfd1 Qb8 21.Na4 Ba8 22.c5 b5 23.Nc3 Bc7 24.g3 d5 25.exd5 Nxd5 26.Nxd5 Bxd5 27.Nd4 Ne5 28.a4 Nc4 29.Bf1 h5 30.axb5 axb5 31.Ne2 h4 32.Bf4 hxg3 33.hxg3 e5 34.Rxd5 exf4 35.g4 Qa8 36.Rh5 g6 37.Rh3 Kg7 38.Nd4 Qa3 39.Rb1 Rb8 40.Nc6 Ra8 41.Bxc4 bxc4 42.Qd4+ f6 43.Qd7+ Kg8 44.Ne7+ Rxe7 45.Qxe7 Qe3+ 46.Qxe3 fxe3 47.Rb2 c3 48.Re2 Rd8 49.f4 Bxf4 50.Kg2 Rd4 51.b5 Rc4 52.Rc2 Rxc5 53.Kf3 Be5 54.Kxe3 Rxb5 55.Ra2 Kf7 56.Rh7+ Ke6 57.Ra6+ Kd5 58.Kd3 g5 59.Rh8 Kc5 60.Rc8+ Kb4 61.Kc2 Rc5 62.Ra4+ Kxa4 63.Rxc5 Kb4 64.Rc8 Bd4 65.Kd3 Be5 66.Rc6 Kb5 67.Rc4 Kb6 68.Ke4 Ka5 69.Ke3 Kb6 70.Kd3 Kb5 71.Rc8 Kb4 72.Rc6 Kb5 73.Rc4 Kb6 74.Kc2 Ka5 75.Kb3 Kb5 76.Rc8 Bd4 77.Rc7 Be5 78.Rc4 Ka5 79.Rb4 Bd6 80.Re4 Be5 81.Rb4 Bd6 82.Rc4 Be5 83.Rc8 Kb5 84.Rc4 1/2-1/2

      Round 3, Nov. 3
      Hambleton, Aman (2474) – Ilfeld, Etan (2186)
      D00 Queen’s Pawn, Mason variation

      1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.c4 c6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Qb3 b6 7.Bxb8 Rxb8 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qa4 b5 10.Qd1 Bb4 11.Bd3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 O-O 14.Ne2 Re8 15.O-O Ne4 16.f3 Nd6 17.Ng3 f5 18.Rae1 Qg5 19.Rf2 Re6 20.Nf1 Rbe8 21.Rfe2 Nc4 22.h3 Qg6 23.Kf2 a5 24.Nh2 a4 25.Nf1 Rf8 26.Kg1 Rfe8 27.Kh2 R8e7 28.Ng3 Nd6 29.Qc2 Re8 30.Nf1 Nc4 31.Qd3 R8e7 32.Ng3 Nd6 33.Qb1 Re8 34.Qc1 Nc4 35.Nf1 R8e7 36.Qb1 Re8 37.Kg1 R8e7 38.Kf2 Re8 39.Qd3 R8e7 40.g4 Nd6 41.Kg1 fxg4 42.Qxg6 Rxg6 43.hxg4 h5 44.Nh2 Rf7 45.Rf1 hxg4 46.Nxg4 Ne4 47.Rg2 Nxc3 48.a3 b4 49.axb4 a3 50.Ne5 Rxg2+ 51.Kxg2 a2 52.Ra1 Ra7 53.Nxc6 Ra3 54.Na5 Ra4 55.Nc6 Ra3 56.Na5 Ra4 57.Nc6 Ra3 58.Na5 1/2-1/2

      Round 3, Nov. 3
      Yuan, Yuanling (2243) – Ditmas, Hugh (2004)
      D30 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

      1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.b3 Ne7 6.Bb2 Ng6 7.O-O f6 8.e5 Be7 9.d3 O-O 10.Nbd2 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 fxe5 12.Bxe5 d6 13.Bb2 e5 14.Qe2 Bg5 15.Ne4 Bf4 16.Bc1 Qe7 17.Be3 Be6 18.Rae1 Rf7 19.Qd2 Raf8 20.c3 Bc8 21.Qe2 g6 22.Kh1 Ba6 23.a3 Rf5 24.Ng3 Qh4 25.Bxf4 Rxf4 26.Qe3 Qe7 27.b4 cxb4 28.axb4 Qf7 29.Ra1 Bc8 30.Rxa7 Qb3 31.Ne2 R4f7 32.Ra5 Bf5 33.Qd2 Kg7 34.h3 h6 35.Kg1 Rb8 36.f4 Qe6 37.fxe5 dxe5 38.Qe3 Re7 39.Ng3 Rb5 40.Ra8 Qd7 41.Nxf5+ gxf5 42.Qg3+ Kf6 43.Rg8 e4 44.Rg6+ Kf7 45.Rg7+ 1-0

      Round 3, Nov. 3
      Abrahams, Daniel (2130) – Derakhshani, Borna (2298)
      A22 English Bremen, Smyslov System

      1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O c6 7.d3 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Re8 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Qxc3 a5 11.b4 d5 12.Bg5 d4 13.Qb2 c5 14.bxa5 Rxa5 15.Nd2 Qc7 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 b6 18.Bd2 Ra7 19.Rfb1 Bb7 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.a4 e4 22.Qc2 exd3 23.Qxd3 Ne5 24.Qb3 Qe4 25.Qxb6 Rae7 26.Bf4 Qxe2 27.Bxe5 Rxe5 28.a5 d3 29.a6 d2 30.a7 Qe1+ 31.Kg2 Qe4+ 32.Kg1 Qe1+ 33.Kg2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

      Round 4 Results

      27. Lercel, Michal – Hambleton, Aman 0-1
      28. Gallagher, Joseph – Yuan, Yuanling 0-1
      49. Ristin, Elvind – Abrahams, Daniel 1-0

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      • #4
        Re: London Chess Classic FIDE Open

        London Chess Classic FIDE Open

        December 5, 2017

        Round 5 Results/Pairings

        Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

        1 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2633 4 1 - 0 4 IM Nihal Sarin 2507
        2 GM Vakhidov Jahongir 2500 4 1 - 0 3½ GM Jones Gawain 2654
        3 IM Bilguun Sumiya 2459 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ GM Grandelius Nils 2647
        4 GM Cornette Matthieu 2606 3½ 1 - 0 3½ IM Bartholomew John 2448
        5 IM Zhou Yang-Fan 2459 3½ 0 - 1 3½ GM Hawkins Jonathan 2579
        6 Akash Pc Iyer 2390 3½ 0 - 1 3½ GM Donchenko Alexander 2569
        7 GM Fodor Tamas Jr 2496 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ IM Elsness Frode 2477
        8 IM Houska Jovanka 2407 3 0 - 1 3 GM Motylev Alexander 2675
        9 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2672 3 1 - 0 3 GM Hansen Torbjorn R 2408
        10 FM Baenziger Fabian 2400 3 ½ - ½ 3 GM Iturrizaga Edoardo 2665
        11 GM Nabaty Tamir 2657 3 1 - 0 3 GM McDonald Neil R 2397
        12 Zujev Oleg 2381 3 0 - 1 3 GM Maze Sebastien 2614
        13 GM Moussard Jules 2576 3 1 - 0 3 IM Milliet Sophie 2392
        14 GM Le Roux Jean-Pierre 2560 3 1 - 0 3 FM Sai Agni Jeevitesh J 2384
        15 IM Bates Richard A 2378 3 0 - 1 3 GM Handke Florian 2526
        16 GM Kotronias Vasilios 2524 3 1 - 0 3 IM Krishna Teja N 2368
        17 FM Gumularz Szymon 2376 3 ½ - ½ 3 GM Fernandez Daniel H 2500
        18 GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan E 2350 3 ½ - ½ 3 IM Bellaiche Anthony 2499
        19 IM Quillan Gary 2344 3 0 - 1 3 GM Hector Jonny 2493
        20 GM Gormally Daniel W 2477 3 0 - 1 3 WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung 2380
        21 IM Hambleton Aman 2474 3 1 - 0 3 FM Derakhshani Borna 2298
        22 FM Radovanovic Jovica 2320 3 0 - 1 3 GM Abergel Thal 2464
        23 GM Williams Simon K 2453 3 ½ - ½ 3 FM Risting Eivind Olav 2279
        24 IM Cawdery Daniel 2447 3 1 - 0 3 Globus Or 2253
        25 IM Das Sayantan 2442 3 1 - 0 3 Rocco Federico 2120
        26 FM Jackson James P 2314 3 1 - 0 3 GM Wells Peter K 2441
        27 GM Cherniaev Alexander 2436 3 0 - 1 3 CM Kwon Sehyun 2117
        28 Soham Das 2263 3 ½ - ½ 3 IM Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo 2422
        29 WIM Yuan Yuanling 2243 3 0 - 1 3 IM Raja Harshit 2420
        30 FM Britton Richard L 2239 3 0 - 1 3 GM Sundararajan Kidambi 2419
        31 Stanisz Patryk 2150 3 0 - 1 2½ GM Mikhalevski Victor 2545
        32 IM Stany G.A. 2502 2½ 1 - 0 2½ Megalios Konstantinos 2203
        33 Luncasu Raul-Ionut 2191 2½ 0 - 1 2½ IM Krishna Crg 2421
        34 Arjun Kalyan 2419 2½ ½ - ½ 2½ CM Willmoth Robert F 2202
        35 Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2419 2½ 1 - 0 2½ Oyama Akito 2185
        36 GM Arkell Keith C 2416 2½ 1 - 0 2½ IM Mozes Ervin 2177
        37 Osborne Marcus E 2175 2½ 0 - 1 2½ IM Martins David Pt 2400
        38 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2397 2½ 1 - 0 2½ Brozel Sacha 2168
        39 Healey Michael W 2163 2½ 0 - 1 2½ IM Van Delft Merijn 2393
        40 Cumming Rhys 2162 2½ 0 - 1 2½ FM Gourlay Iain 2378
        81 Abrahams Daniel 2130 2 1 - 0 2 Gu In Jung 1664

        Round 6 Pairings

        Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

        1 GM Vakhidov Jahongir 2500 5 - 5 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2633
        2 GM Hawkins Jonathan 2579 4½ - 4½ GM Cornette Matthieu 2606
        3 GM Donchenko Alexander 2569 4½ - 4 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2672
        4 GM Motylev Alexander 2675 4 - 4 IM Hambleton Aman 2474
        5 IM Elsness Frode 2477 4 - 4 GM Nabaty Tamir 2657
        6 GM Abergel Thal 2464 4 - 4 GM Grandelius Nils 2647
        7 GM Maze Sebastien 2614 4 - 4 IM Bilguun Sumiya 2459
        8 IM Cawdery Daniel 2447 4 - 4 GM Moussard Jules 2576
        9 GM Sundararajan Kidambi 2419 4 - 4 GM Le Roux Jean-Pierre 2560
        10 GM Handke Florian 2526 4 - 4 IM Das Sayantan 2442
        11 CM Kwon Sehyun 2117 4 - 4 GM Kotronias Vasilios 2524
        12 IM Nihal Sarin 2507 4 - 4 IM Raja Harshit 2420
        13 WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung 2380 4 - 4 GM Fodor Tamas Jr 2496
        14 GM Hector Jonny 2493 4 - 4 FM Jackson James P 2314
        15 GM Iturrizaga Edoardo 2665 3½ - 3½ Akash Pc Iyer 2390
        16 GM Jones Gawain 2654 3½ - 3½ FM Gumularz Szymon 2376
        17 GM Mikhalevski Victor 2545 3½ - 3½ FM Sowray Peter J 2357
        18 FM Gourlay Iain 2378 3½ - 3½ IM Stany G.A. 2502
        19 GM Fernandez Daniel H 2500 3½ - 3½ GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan E 2350
        20 IM Bellaiche Anthony 2499 3½ - 3½ FM Murphy Conor E 2313
        21 FM Fenil Shah 2324 3½ - 3½ IM Zhou Yang-Fan 2459
        22 FM Paterek Michal 2315 3½ - 3½ GM Williams Simon K 2453
        23 IM Bartholomew John 2448 3½ - 3½ Soham Das 2263
        24 IM Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo 2422 3½ - 3½ Bukojemski Adam 2224
        25 IM Krishna Crg 2421 3½ - 3½ FM Ledger Dave J 2209
        26 FM Risting Eivind Olav 2279 3½ - 3½ Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2419
        27 FM Perez Flavio 2276 3½ - 3½ GM Arkell Keith C 2416
        28 IM Martins David Pt 2400 3½ - 3½ Klingher Dominic 2153
        29 Kett Timothy J 2204 3½ - 3½ FM Baenziger Fabian 2400
        30 Bansal Rohan 1971 3½ - 3½ IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2397
        31 IM Van Delft Merijn 2393 3½ - 3½ Hand Freddie 2139
        32 WIM Yuan Yuanling 2243 3 - 3 GM Vishnu Prasanna V 2536
        33 Blasco Coll Andreu 2236 3 - 3 GM Gormally Daniel W 2477
        34 GM Wells Peter K 2441 3 - 3 FM Duncan Chris R 2242
        35 Semprun Martinez Fernando 2205 3 - 3 GM Cherniaev Alexander 2436
        36 Brooks Phil J 2192 3 - 3 Arjun Kalyan 2419
        37 GM Hansen Torbjorn R 2408 3 - 3 FM Britton Richard L 2239
        38 CM Willmoth Robert F 2202 3 - 3 IM Houska Jovanka 2407
        39 GM McDonald Neil R 2397 3 - 3 CM Bremner Adam 2231
        40 IM Milliet Sophie 2392 3 - 3 Barj Julien 2226
        52 Merriman John 2263 3 - 3 Abrahams Daniel 2130

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        • #5
          Re: London Chess Classic FIDE Open

          Motylev, Alexander (RUS) - Hambleton, Aman (CAN)
          ½-½
          London Chess Classic Open 2017 round 06

          1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Qd4 e5 12. Qd3 Nf6 13. Rad1 Bc5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Qd6 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. c4 bxc4 18. Qxc4 Qxc4 19. Bxc4 Rc8 20. Bd3 Rc5 21. d6 O-O 22. Rfe1 g6 23. b4 Rd5 24. Bc2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bc6 26. Re1 f6 27. Rc1 a5 28. bxa5 Ra8 29. Bb3+ Kf8 30. Rc5 Rb8 31. Bc2 Kf7 32. f4 Ke6 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. a6 Kxd6 35. Ra5 Rb2 36. a7 Ba8 37. Bd3 Rxg2+ 38. Kf1 Rb2 39. Bc4 Rd2 40. Rb5 Rc2 41. Bg8 Rc7 42. Ra5 h6 43. h4 Rc8 44. Bb3 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Kf2 Rf8+ 47. Kg1 g4 48. Rb5 Rc8 49. Rb8 Kc7 50. Rb5 g3 51. Bd5 Bxd5 52. Rxd5 d6 53. Kg2 Ra8 54. Ra5 Kb6 55. Rd5 Kc6 56. Ra5 Kb7 57. Rd5 Rd8 58. Ra5 Rg8 59. Rd5 Rg6 60. Ra5 Ka8 61. Ra4 Rg7 62. Ra6 Rg6 63. Ra4 Rg7 64. Ra6 Rxa7 65. Rxd6 Rxa3 66. Re6 Re3 67. Re7 Kb8 68. Rg7 e4 69. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 70. Kxg3 e3 71. Kf3 e2 72. Kxe2 ½-½

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          • #6
            Re: London Chess Classic FIDE Open

            London Chess Classic FIDE Open 2017

            December 6, 2017

            Rounds 4 & 5

            Canadian Results


            Round 4, Dec. 4
            Lercel, Michal (2244) – Hambleton, Aman (2474)
            B40 Sicilian Defence

            1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 d5 4.Nbd2 Bd6 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nh4 f6 9.f4 Bd7 10.exd5 exd5 11.c3 Be6 12.Re1 Qd7 13.Qe2 Bf7 14.Ndf3 h6 15.f5 Rfe8 16.Qf1 d4 17.c4 Nb4 18.Re2 b5 19.Ne1 bxc4 20.dxc4 Nec6 21.a3 Rxe2 22.Qxe2 Re8 23.Qd1 Rxe1+ 24.Qxe1 Nc2 25.Qd1 Nxa1 26.Bd2 Ne5 27.Qxa1 Nxc4 28.Bc1 d3 29.b3 Be5 30.Qa2 d2 0-1

            Round 5, Dec. 5
            Hambleton, Aman (2474) – Derakhshani, Borna (2298)
            A22 English, Bremen, reverse Dragon

            1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 6.e3 Nc6 7.Nge2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 f6 10.b3 a5 11.Bb2 Be6 12.fxe5 fxe5 13.Rxf8+ Bxf8 14.Be4 Nd7 15.Na4 Bg4 16.Qe1 Qe8 17.Nec3 Nf6 18.Bg2 Rd8 19.h3 Be6 20.Rd1 Nb4 21.Qe2 Nd3 22.Ba1 Qg6 23.Qf3 Bd7 24.Nd5 Bc6 25.Nxf6+ gxf6 26.Qg4 Qxg4 27.hxg4 Bxa4 28.bxa4 Nc5 29.Kf1 b6 30.Ke2 Nxa4 31.g5 fxg5 32.Bxe5 Bg7 33.Bxc7 Rc8 34.Bd6 Bf6 35.Be4 Rd8 36.Ba3 b5 37.Bc6 b4 38.Bxb4 axb4 39.Bxa4 h5 40.Rh1 h4 41.gxh4 gxh4 42.d4 Kg7 43.Kd3 Kg6 44.Kc4 Be7 45.e4 Kg5 46.e5 Kf4 47.Rf1+ Ke3 48.d5 h3 49.d6 Bh4 50.Rh1 Ke4 51.Rxh3 Bg5 52.Rh5 1-0

            Round 4, Dec. 4
            Gallagher, Joseph (2446) - Yuan, Yuanling (2243)
            B50 Sicilian

            1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nbd7 5.d3 g6 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.d4 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Qc2 Nxf3+ 11.Bxf3 Be6 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.Nf1 Rad8 14.Ne3 Rfe8 15.h3 Bd7 16.Qb3 Be6 17.Qa4 a6 18.Qa5 Bc8 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Rxd5 f5 21.Bf4 fxe4 22.Re1 b6 23.Qa4 Qf7 24.Rxe4 Rxe4 25.Qxe4 Re8 26.Qxe8+ Qxe8 27.Rxd6 b5 0-1

            Round 5, Dec. 5
            Yuan, Yuanling (2243) – Raja, Harshit (2420)
            B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack

            1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 12.g5 Nh5 13.Kb1 Nb6 14.Rg1 b4 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 a5 17.Qf2 Nd7 18.Qh4 g6 19.Bh3 Qc7 20.Bg4 Ng7 21.Nd2 a4 22.Bxd7 Qxd7 23.Qxb4 Rab8 24.Qa3 Nf5 25.Bf2 Qb7 26.Ne4 Rfc8 27.Nc3 Rc4 28.Rg4 Qc8 29.Rxc4 Qxc4 30.Ne4 Bxg5 31.Qd3 Qb4 32.Qc3 Qxc3 33.Nxc3 a3 34.b3 Ne3 35.Rd3 Nc4 36.Nd1 Nd2+ 37.Ka1 f5 38.Be1 Nf1 39.Nf2 Bh4 40.Rd1 Nxh2 41.Rd3 Nf1 42.c4 Re8 43.b4 e4 44.fxe4 fxe4 45.Rxa3 Rf8 46.Nd3 exd3 47.Bxh4 d2 48.Rd3 Rf3 49.Rd4 Rf4 50.Rd3 Rxh4 51.c5 Rxb4 52.cxd6 Rb6 53.d7 Rd6 54.Kb2 Rxd7 55.d6 Ne3 0-1

            Round 4, Dec. 4
            Ristin, Elvind (2279) – Abrahams, Daniel (2130)
            A45 Trompovsky Attack

            1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.c3 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.e5 Qe7 8.f4 d6 9.Nf3 c5 10.O-O Bd7 11.Nbd2 cxd4 12.Ne4 dxe5 13.fxe5 O-O 14.cxd4 Nc6 15.a3 Qd8 16.Qd2 Be8 17.Qe3 Qb6 18.Nf6+ Kh8 19.Rad1 Rd8 20.Be4 Ne7 21.Ng5 Nf5 22.Bxf5 exf5 23.Ngh7 Bb5 24.Nxf8 Bxf8 25.Rf3 Kg7 26.Rh3 h5 27.Rxh5 1-0

            Round 5, Dec. 5
            Abrahams, Daniel (2130) – Gu, In Jung (1664)
            A16 English, Anglo-Grunfeld Defence

            1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.d3 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.a3 Nd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.Bh6 Bg7 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.Rc1 e5 14.b4 c6 15.Qb3 Be6 16.Qb2 f6 17.Ne4 Bd5 18.Nc5 Qe7 19.e4 Be6 20.f4 exf4 21.Rxf4 Rad8 22.Rcf1 Bc8 23.d4 Nd7 24.Nd3 b6 25.Nf2 c5 26.dxc5 bxc5 27.Ng4 cxb4 28.axb4 Ba6 29.Ra1 Qd6 30.Qf2 h5 31.Ne3 Qb6 32.Nd5 Qxf2+ 33.Rxf2 Nb8 34.Nc7 Bc4 35.Rxa7 Rf7 36.Rc2 Nc6 37.Ra1 Rxc7 38.Rxc4 Rdc8 39.Rac1 1-0

            Results of Round 6

            Motylev, Alexander – Hambleton, Aman 0.5-0.5
            Yuan, Yuanling – Vishnu, Prasanna 0-1
            Merriman, John – Abrahams, Daniel 1-0

            Round Seven Pairings

            15. Hambleton 4.5 – 4.5 Martins, David
            58. Mitra, Roman 3 – 3 Yuan, Yuanling
            78. Abrahams, Daniel 3 – 3 Jacobs, Robert

            Comment


            • #7
              Re: London Chess Classic FIDE Open

              I was enjoying the Aman game - what an incredible fight. Aman looked much better (probably winning somewhere) in a fascinating endgame against one of the top 100 in the world. So close! Keep up the fine fighting play Aman!

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              • #8
                Re: London Chess Classic FIDE Open

                Yuanling Yuan played the Dragon against Joe Gallagher and won a nice game with an alert loose piece combo at the end. A GM scalp to boot! (rd 4) I enjoyed that one.

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                • #9
                  Re: London Chess Classic FIDE Open

                  London Chess Classic FIDE Open 2017

                  December 7, 2017

                  They are very slow in getting out the games of the lower boards in the Open.

                  Two Hambleton games though. The Motylev game is given again for completeness:

                  Round 6, Dec. 6
                  Motylev, Alexander (2675) – Hambleton, Aman (2474)
                  B48 Sicilian, Taimanov variation

                  1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.a3 b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6 9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Bd6 11.Qd4 e5 12.Qd3 Nf6 13.Rad1 Bc5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Qd6 16.Bxc5 Qxc5 17.c4 bxc4 18.Qxc4 Qxc4 19.Bxc4 Rc8 20.Bd3 Rc5 21.d6 O-O 22.Rfe1 g6 23.b4 Rd5 24.Bc2 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Bc6 26.Re1 f6 27.Rc1 a5 28.bxa5 Ra8 29.Bb3+ Kf8 30.Rc5 Rb8 31.Bc2 Kf7 32.f4 Ke6 33.fxe5 fxe5 34.a6 Kxd6 35.Ra5 Rb2 36.a7 Ba8 37.Bd3 Rxg2+ 38.Kf1 Rb2 39.Bc4 Rd2 40.Rb5 Rc2 41.Bg8 Rc7 42.Ra5 h6 43.h4 Rc8 44.Bb3 g5 45.hxg5 hxg5 46.Kf2 Rf8+ 47.Kg1 g4 48.Rb5 Rc8 49.Rb8 Kc7 50.Rb5 g3 51.Bd5 Bxd5 52.Rxd5 d6 53.Kg2 Ra8 54.Ra5 Kb6 55.Rd5 Kc6 56.Ra5 Kb7 57.Rd5 Rd8 58.Ra5 Rg8 59.Rd5 Rg6 60.Ra5 Ka8 61.Ra4 Rg7 62.Ra6 Rg6 63.Ra4 Rg7 64.Ra6 Rxa7 65.Rxd6 Rxa3 66.Re6 Re3 67.Re7 Kb8 68.Rg7 e4 69.Rxg3 Rxg3+ 70.Kxg3 e3 71.Kf3 e2 72.Kxe2 1/2-1/2

                  Round 7, Dec. 7
                  Hambleton, Aman (2474) – Martins, David P (2400)
                  A90 Dutch Defence

                  1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nh3 c6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Nd2 Be7 9.Nf3 Ne4 10.Qc1 Nd7 11.Rd1 h6 12.Ne5 Qe8 13.f3 Nef6 14.Nd3 g5 15.Bd2 Bd6 16.Nhf2 Nh5 17.e4 dxe4 18.fxe4 f4 19.g4 f3 20.e5 Bc7 21.Bf1 c5 22.gxh5 cxd4 23.Re1 Qxh5 24.Bh3 Qg6 25.Kh1 b6 26.Rg1 Bd8 27.Nf4 Rxf4 28.Bxf4 1-0

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                  • #10
                    Re: London Chess Classic FIDE Open

                    London Chess Classic FIDE Open 2017

                    December 8, 2017

                    Canadian Round Six Games

                    Round 6, Dec. 6
                    Yuan, Yuanling (2243) – Vishnu, Prasanna V (2536)
                    B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack

                    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 Be7 9.Qd2 h5 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.Be2 Bh4+ 13.g3 Be7 14.c4 Nd7 15.Na5 Qc7 16.b4 O-O 17.O-O Nf6 18.Bd3 Bh3 19.Rfe1 h4 20.Rac1 Qd7 21.Bf2 Rae8 22.Bb1 hxg3 23.hxg3 Bf5 24.c5 Bxb1 25.Rxb1 Bd8 26.Nc4 e4 27.fxe4 Nxe4 28.Qd3 Nxf2 29.Kxf2 Rxe1 30.Rxe1 dxc5 31.bxc5 Qb5 32.Qd4 Bf6 33.Ne5 Rc8 34.Rc1 Bxe5 35.Qxe5 Re8 36.Qg5 Qd3 37.Kg1 f6 38.Qf4 Re4 39.Qf2 Re2 40.Qf4 g5 41.Qb8+ Kg7 42.Qxb7+ Kh6 43.Qb3 Qd4+ 44.Kh1 Qe4+ 0-1

                    Round 6, Dec. 6
                    Merriman, John (2263) – Abrahams, Daniel (2130)
                    E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer variation

                    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.Rb1 Nc6 8.Ng3 O-O 9.f3 d5 10.Kf2 cxd4 11.exd4 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nb8 13.cxd5 Qxd5 14.Bb2 Ba6 15.Bxa6 Nxa6 16.Qa4 Nb8 17.c4 Qc6 18.Qb3 Nbd7 19.Rhd1 Rfc8 20.Rbc1 Rab8 21.Nf1 Qd6 22.g3 h5 23.Ne3 h4 24.a4 Nh5 25.Nf1 Ndf6 26.Kg2 Rd8 27.Ba3 Qc6 28.Qb5 Rbc8 29.Ne3 Qc7 30.Qg5 hxg3 31.hxg3 g6 32.Nf1 Nh7 33.Qb5 a6 34.Qxa6 Ra8 35.Qb5 Ra5 36.Qb4 Rg5 37.Qe1 N7f6 38.Rc3 Ra8 39.Bc1 Rga5 40.d5 exd5 41.cxd5 Qd7 42.d6 Nd5 43.Rcd3 Qxd6 44.Qd2 Nhf6 45.Ne3 Nxe3+ 46.Qxe3 Rd5 47.Bb2 Rxd3 48.Rxd3 Qc6 49.Qd4 Kg7 50.Qd6 Qc2+ 51.Rd2 Qf5 52.g4 Qg5 53.Rd5 Qh4 54.g5 1-0

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                    • #11
                      Re: London Chess Classic FIDE Open

                      London Chess Classic FIDE Open 2017

                      December 8, 2017

                      Round 8 Pairings/Results


                      Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

                      1 GM Nabaty Tamir 2657 6 ½ - ½ 6½ GM Melkumyan Hrant 2633
                      2 GM Motylev Alexander 2675 5½ 1 - 0 5½ GM Le Roux Jean-Pierre 2560
                      3 GM Handke Florian 2526 5½ 0 - 1 5½ GM Sargissian Gabriel 2672
                      4 GM Grandelius Nils 2647 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Kotronias Vasilios 2524
                      5 GM Maze Sebastien 2614 5½ 1 - 0 5½ IM Stany G.A. 2502
                      6 IM Nihal Sarin 2507 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Cornette Matthieu 2606
                      7 GM Hawkins Jonathan 2579 5½ 1 - 0 5½ GM Vakhidov Jahongir 2500
                      8 WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung 2380 5½ 1 - 0 5½ GM Moussard Jules 2576
                      9 GM Donchenko Alexander 2569 5½ 1 - 0 5½ IM Hambleton Aman 2474
                      10 GM Mikhalevski Victor 2545 5 ½ - ½ 5½ GM Hector Jonny 2493
                      11 GM Fernandez Daniel H 2500 5 ½ - ½ 5 IM Houska Jovanka 2407
                      12 IM Cawdery Daniel 2447 5 1 - 0 5 FM Baenziger Fabian 2400
                      13 GM McDonald Neil R 2397 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Cherniaev Alexander 2436
                      14 IM Van Delft Merijn 2393 5 ½ - ½ 5 IM Raja Harshit 2420
                      15 IM Krishna Teja N 2368 5 ½ - ½ 5 Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2419
                      16 Globus Or 2253 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Arkell Keith C 2416
                      17 GM Hansen Torbjorn R 2408 5 0 - 1 5 FM Gumularz Szymon 2376
                      18 GM Jones Gawain 2654 4½ 1 - 0 5 FM Jackson James P 2314
                      19 IM Beinoras Mindaugas 2353 4½ 0 - 1 4½ GM Vishnu Prasanna V 2536
                      20 IM Bellaiche Anthony 2499 4½ 0 - 1 4½ FM Sowray Peter J
                      51 Guelsen Taylan 2213 4 ½ - ½ 4 Abrahams Daniel 2130
                      56 Kim Jinsoo 1986 4 ½ - ½ 3½ WIM Yuan Yuanling 2243


                      Round 9 Pairings

                      Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

                      1 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2633 7 - 6½ GM Motylev Alexander 2675
                      2 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2672 6½ - 6½ GM Hawkins Jonathan 2579
                      3 GM Donchenko Alexander 2569 6½ - 6½ GM Nabaty Tamir 2657
                      4 WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung 2380 6½ - 6½ GM Maze Sebastien 2614
                      5 GM Hector Jonny 2493 6 - 6 GM Grandelius Nils 2647
                      6 GM Cornette Matthieu 2606 6 - 6 IM Cawdery Daniel 2447
                      7 GM Kotronias Vasilios 2524 6 - 6 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2397
                      8 FM Gumularz Szymon 2376 6 - 6 IM Nihal Sarin 2507
                      9 IM Raja Harshit 2420 5½ - 5½ GM Jones Gawain 2654
                      10 GM Moussard Jules 2576 5½ - 5½ IM Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo 2422
                      11 GM Le Roux Jean-Pierre 2560 5½ - 5½ Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2419
                      12 GM Arkell Keith C 2416 5½ - 5½ GM Mikhalevski Victor 2545
                      13 GM Vishnu Prasanna V 2536 5½ - 5½ GM Sundararajan Kidambi 2419
                      14 IM Houska Jovanka 2407 5½ - 5½ GM Handke Florian 2526
                      15 IM Stany G.A. 2502 5½ - 5½ IM Martins David Pt 2400
                      16 Zujev Oleg 2381 5½ - 5½ GM Fernandez Daniel H 2500
                      17 GM Vakhidov Jahongir 2500 5½ - 5½ GM McDonald Neil R 2397
                      18 GM Gormally Daniel W 2477 5½ - 5½ IM Van Delft Merijn 2393
                      19 IM Hambleton Aman 2474 5½ - 5½ FM Sai Agni Jeevitesh J 2384
                      20 GM Williams Simon K 2453 5½ - 5½ IM Krishna Teja N 2368
                      57 Abrahams Daniel 2130 4½ - 4½ Oyama Akito 2185
                      58 Lee Kyungseok 1975 4½ - 4½ IM Mozes Ervin 2177
                      59 WIM Maroroa Sue Y 2111 4 - 4 FM Richardson John R 2243
                      60 WIM Yuan Yuanling 2243 4 - 4 Manole Stefan 2081

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                      • #12
                        Re: London Chess Classic FIDE Open

                        Hambleton, Aman (CAN) - Sai Agni Jeevitesh, J (IND)

                        1-0

                        London Chess Classic Open 2017 round 09


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                        1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e4 O-O 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O a5 8. d3 h6 9. h3 Nh7 10. f4 exf4 11. gxf4 f5 12. Be3 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nf6 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Rae1 a4 16. Kh2 Ra5 17. Bf3 Qd7 18. Qg2 Nb4 19. Rd1 a3 20. b3 c6 21. Bb6 Ra8 22. Bd4 Qf7 23. c5 d5 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Nb5 Re7 26. Nd6 Qf8 27. Bc3 Nc6 28. Bxd5+ Be6 29. Bf3 Rd8 30. d4 Ne4 31. Bxe4 1-0

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                        • #13
                          Re: London Chess Classic FIDE Open

                          London Chess Classic FIDE Open 2017

                          December 9, 2017

                          Canadian Round Seven Games

                          Round 7, Dec. 7
                          Abrahams, Daniel (2130) – Jacobs, Robert (1739)
                          A04 Reti, Dutch

                          1.Nf3 f5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.c4 Be7 7.d3 O-O 8.Nbd2 d6 9.O-O Qe8 10.e4 f4 11.Qe2 Nbd7 12.Ng5 Nc5 13.d4 h6 14.Nh3 fxg3 15.dxc5 gxh2+ 16.Kxh2 bxc5 17.Rg1 e5 18.Bf3 Bc8 19.Rg3 Kh8 20.Rag1 Rg8 21.Qe3 Nh7 22.Bg4 Bxg4 23.Rxg4 Qh5 24.Qg3 Bg5 25.Nf3 Bf4 26.Rxf4 exf4 27.Bxg7+ 1-0

                          Round 7, Dec. 7
                          Mitra, Roman C (2100) – Yuan, Yuanling (2243)
                          B20 Sicilian, Keres variation

                          1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nf6 3.Nbc3 d6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 Nc6 8.h3 Rb8 9.a4 a6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Qd2 Re8 12.g4 b5 13.axb5 axb5 14.f4 b4 15.Nd1 Nd7 16.c3 Na5 17.Qc2 bxc3 18.bxc3 Bb7 19.f5 Ne5 20.Ng3 Ra8 21.g5 Ba6 22.Nb2 Reb8 23.f6 exf6 24.gxf6 Bf8 25.c4 Qb6 26.Rf2 Nb3 27.Rd1 Bc8 28.Qc3 Ra2 29.Rdf1 Nd4 30.Nd1 Rxf2 31.Nxf2 Ra8 32.Ra1 Rb8 33.Rf1 Be6 34.Kh1 Ra8 35.Qd2 Nb3 36.Qb2 Qb4 37.Rb1 Ra3 38.Bf1 Nc6 39.Ne2 Qa5 40.Nc1 Ncd4 41.Kg2 h5 42.Nd1 Qe1 43.Qxa3 Qxd1 44.Nxb3 Qf3+ 45.Kh2 Nc2 46.Bg2 Qxe3 47.Qc1 Qxd3 48.Qf1 Qc3 49.Qf3 Qxc4 50.Nd2 Qd4 51.Nf1 Qe5+ 52.Kh1 Nd4 53.Qf2 Bh6 54.Ne3 Bg5 55.Rf1 Bxe3 56.Qxe3 Nf5 57.Rxf5 gxf5 58.Qg5+ Kf8 59.exf5 Qxf5 60.Qg7+ Ke8 61.Qh8+ Kd7 62.Qa8 Qb1+ 63.Kh2 Qb6 64.Bb7 Kc7 65.Bg2 d5 66.Qe8 Qd6+ 67.Kh1 c4 68.Qa4 Qc5 69.Qc2 Qd4 70.Qa2 Qxf6 71.Qa7+ Kd6 72.Qb8+ Ke7 73.Qb4+ Ke8 74.Qb8+ Qd8 75.Qe5 h4 76.Qh8+ Kd7 77.Qd4 Kd6 78.Qf4+ Kc5 79.Qf3 Kb5 80.Qc3 Qa5 81.Qe5 Kc6 82.Qd4 Qe1+ 83.Kh2 Qg3+ 84.Kh1 c3 85.Qb4 Qd3 86.Qa3 Qb1+ 87.Kh2 Qb8+ 88.Kh1 Qb1+ 89.Kh2 c2 90.Bxd5+ Bxd5 91.Qc5+ Kb7 92.Qc7+ Ka6 93.Qa5+ Kb7 94.Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

                          Final position (after 94.Qc7+)

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                            Re: London Chess Classic FIDE Open

                            London Chess Classic FIDE Open 2017

                            December 11, 2017

                            Round 8, Dec. 8
                            Donchenko, Alexander (2569) – Hambleton, Aman (2474)
                            A20 English Opening

                            1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 e4 4.Nd4 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nc2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Qe5 8.Bg2 Bf5 9.O-O Na6 10.Ne3 Bg6 11.d4 exd3 12.exd3 Qc7 13.d4 Be7 14.d5 O-O 15.dxc6 bxc6 16.Qa4 Nc5 17.Qxc6 Qxc6 18.Bxc6 Rac8 19.Bg2 Nd3 20.Ned5 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 Bc5 22.Be3 Rfe8 23.Bh3 Rcd8 24.Bxc5 Nxc5 25.Nf4 Rd2 26.Rac1 Bc2 27.b4 Na4 28.Bd7 Rb8 29.Rxc2 Rxc2 30.Bxa4 Rxa2 31.Bc6 Rxb4 32.Rd1 Rb8 33.Rd7 Rf8 34.h4 g6 35.Bd5 Ra1+ 36.Kg2 Ra3 37.Nh3 h6 38.Nf4 Ra6 39.Nd3 Rf6 40.Ne5 a5 41.Ng4 1-0

                            Round 9, Dec. 9
                            Hambleton, Aman (2474) – Sai Agni Jeevitesh (2384)
                            A20 English, Kingside Fianchetto

                            1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e4 O-O 6.Nge2 d6 7.O-O a5 8.d3 h6 9.h3 Nh7 10.f4 exf4 11.gxf4 f5 12.Be3 Bxc3 13.Nxc3 Nf6 14.Qe2 Re8 15.Rae1 a4 16.Kh2 Ra5 17.Bf3 Qd7 18.Qg2 Nb4 19.Rd1 a3 20.b3 c6 21.Bb6 Ra8 22.Bd4 Qf7 23.c5 d5 24.exd5 cxd5 25.Nb5 Re7 26.Nd6 Qf8 27.Bc3 Nc6 28.Bxd5+ Be6 29.Bf3 Rd8 30.d4 Ne4 31.Bxe4 1-0

                            Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

                            Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts.

                            1 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2672 7.5
                            GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2633 7.5
                            GM Maze Sebastien FRA 2614 7.5
                            4 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 2675 7
                            GM Nabaty Tamir ISR 2657 7
                            GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2647 7
                            GM Cornette Matthieu FRA 2606 7
                            GM Donchenko Alexander GER 2569 7
                            GM Kotronias Vasilios GRE 2524 7
                            10 GM Jones Gawain ENG 2654 6.5
                            GM Hawkins Jonathan ENG 2579 6.5
                            GM Vishnu Prasanna V IND 2536 6.5
                            GM Handke Florian GER 2526 6.5
                            IM Nihal Sarin IND 2507 6.5
                            IM Stany G.A. IND 2502 6.5
                            GM Vakhidov Jahongir UZB 2500 6.5
                            GM Gormally Daniel W ENG 2477 6.5
                            IM Hambleton Aman CAN 2474 6.5
                            IM Bartholomew John USA 2448 6.5
                            GM Wells Peter K ENG 2441 6.5
                            GM Cherniaev Alexander RUS 2436 6.5
                            WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung VIE 2380 6.5
                            FM Gumularz Szymon POL 2376 6.5
                            24 GM Moussard Jules FRA 2576 6
                            GM Le Roux Jean-Pierre FRA 2560 6
                            79 WIM Yuan Yuanling CAN 2243 5
                            112 Abrahams Daniel CAN 2130 4.5

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