Edmonton International 2014

[Wayne Komer]

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Edmonton International 2014

Round Eight
June 28, 2014
Wang, Richard – Ivanchuk, Vassily
A43 Old Benoni Defence

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. c4 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. g3 d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Nb6 11. O-O Bf5 12. Ra1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nh4 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Rxa6 16. Ne3 Qa8 17. a3 Rb8 18. Rb1 Na4 19. Qc2 Rab6 20. Nc4 Rb3 21. e4 Qa6 22. Nd2 R3b7 23. Qc4 Qxc4 24. Nxc4 Nc3 25. Ra1 Nxe4 26. Na5 Bxb2 27. Bxb2 Rxb2 28. Nc6 Ra8 29. Rfe1 Ra4 30. f3 Ng5 31. Re3 Rc4 32. Nxe7 Kg7 33. Kf1 Rcc2 0-1

Edmonton International 2014
Round Eight
June 28, 2014
Krush, Irina – So, Wesley
A22 English, Bremen, Reverse Dragon

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 f5 11. Na4 Nd5 12. Bc5 Bd6 13. Rc1 Qf6 14. Nd2 Qg6 15. b4 Rad8 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 d5 19. b5 Nd4 20. Nf3 Nxf3 21. Bxf3 e4 22. Bg2 Qf6 23. Rc7 Rf7 24. Qc2 Qe5 25. Rc3 Rff8 26. e3 Rc8 27. d4 Qd6 28. Rc1 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 Rc8 30. Qb2 b6 31. f4 exf3 32. Rxc8 Bxc8 33. Bxf3 a5 34. bxa6 Bxa6 35. Kf2 Qc6 36. Qb3 Bc4 37. Qb4 Kf7 38. h4 Bd3 39. Qb3 Be4 40. Be2 h6 41. Qb5 Qxb5 42. Bxb5 Bc2 43. Ke1 g5 44. Kd2 Be4 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. Kc3 Ke6 47. Ba6 Kd7 48. Kb4 Kc7 49. Be2 Kc6 50. a4 Kc7 51. Kb5 Kb7 52. a5 bxa5 53. Kxa5 Kc6 54. Bb5 Kc7 55. Be2 Kc6 56. Bd1 Bd3 57. Bb3 Be2 58. Bc2 Bg4 59. Ba4 Kc7 60. Kb5 Kd6 61. Kb6 Bh3 62. Bd1 Bg2 63. Kb7 Bh3 64. Bf3 Bf1 65. Kc8 Bh3 66. Kd8 Bg4 67. Bg2 Be2 68. Ke8 Ke6 69. Kf8 g4 70. Kg7 Bd3 71. Kh6 Bc4 72. Kg7 Ke7 73. Kg6 Bd3 74. Kg5 Ke6 75. Kh6 Bb5 76. Kg6 Be8 77. Kg5 Bb5 78. Kg6 Bd3 79. Kg5 Bb5 80. Kg6 ½-½
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After Round Seven yesterday, Edmontonchessclub at chessgames.com said: FM Pechenkin is enjoying a beer around the campfire, very happy to have drawn against GM So. He left early (around 2 a.m.). If he can score 1 out of 2 against GMs Kovalyov and Krush in the final rounds, he will earn his second IM norm.

Panjwani can get a GM norm if he scores 6/9. Also, Pechenkin can get his second IM norm by scoring 4/9.
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Results of Round Eight

Shankland, Samuel- Panjwani 1-0
Kovalyov, Anton – Pechenkin, Valdimir 1-0
Wang, Richard-Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1
Haessel, Dale – Yam, Alex 0.5-0.5
Krush, Irina – So, Wesley 0.5-0.5

Standings After Round Eight

Ivanchuk 7/8
So 6.5/8
Shankland 5.5/8
Panjwani 4.5/8
Kovalyov 4.5/8
Krush 3.5/8
Wang 3/8
Pechenkin 3/8
Yam 1.5/8
Haessel 1.0/8

Matchups for Ninth and Final Round

Panjwani-Kovalyov
Ivanchuk-Shankland
Yam-Wang
So-Haessel
Pechenkin-Krush

Games start one hour early, at 7 p.m. Eastern Time

[Wayne Komer]

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Edmonton International 2014

Ninth and Final Round
June 29, 2014

An interesting situation has arisen.

The tournament is starting one hour earlier than usual today, which is 7:00 p.m. Eastern.

The change caught chessbomb.com off-guard and they were late showing the games.

Even worse, however, the Alex Yam-Richard Wang game.

Yam played 1.e4 and there has been no reply from Wang. As I write this he has 50 minutes left of his 1 hr 30 minutes.

Due to the liberal time forfeit rule in force, he will not lose until one hour has elapsed from the published starting time.

Where is Yang? Are they searching frantically for him?

Stay tuned!

Later: Yang is in the building and is playing with 43 minutes on his clock!

[Wayne Komer]

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Edmonton International 2014

Wesley So has won his game against Dale Haessel and so has 7.5 points.

Vassily Ivanchuk is playing Samuel Shankland and has a slight advantage but has 10 minutes for 15 moves; Shankland has 14 minutes.

Vassily has 7 points and a win will give him the tournament but a draw would give So the edge on tie-break.

Round Nine
Ivanchuk-Shankland
King’s Indian

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. O-O d6 10. b3 Bd7 11. Bb2 Rfc8 12. Nc2 a6 13. Ne3 Qa5 14. Rfb1 Rab8 15. Ncd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 b5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. b4 Qd8 19. c5 dxc5 20. bxc5 Be6 21. Rd1 Bxd5 22. Qc3 Kg8 23. Bxd5 Qc7 24. Rac1 Rd8 (game still in progress)

Ivanchuk’s time trouble is killing me!

[Wayne Komer]

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Edmonton International 2014

Round Nine
June 29, 2014

Richard Wang came to the board with 50 minutes elapsed but within the hour forfeiture time. He went on to beat Alex Yam in 25 moves.

There was a possibility of a tie-break at the top and the rules for that are:

Tie-break: In case of a tie for first place, the cash prizes will be split.

The winner of the tournament will be determined by applying the following tie breaking system. The winner will get his or her name on the trophy:

1. Head to head result
2. Sonnenborn Berger
3. Koya
4. Total Wins
5. Total games played with black.
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Sam Shankland was born in 1991 in Berkeley, California and started playing chess at the age of nine. He became World under 18 co-champion in 2008 and made his final GM norm in 2011.

He had to face Peter Leko in the first round at the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk in August 2010 and he tells of his preparation and experience at:

http://main.uschess.org/content/view/11384/640

On their May 2014 rating list, the top U.S. players were:

1. Hikaru Nakamura, 2. Gata Kamsky, 3. Alexander Onischuk, 4. Timur Gareev, 5. Varuzhan Akobian, 6. Ray Robson, 7. Sergey Erenburg and 8. Sam Shankland.
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Edmonton International
Round Nine
June 29, 2014
Ivanchuk, Vassily – Shankland, Samuel
E60 King’s Indian, 3.Nf3

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. Qd3 Nc6 9. O-O d6 10. b3 Bd7 11. Bb2 Rfc8 12. Nc2 a6 13. Ne3 Qa5 14. Rfb1 Rab8 15. Ncd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 b5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. b4 Qd8 19. c5 dxc5 20. bxc5 Be6 21. Rd1 Bxd5 22. Qc3 Kg8 23. Bxd5 Qc7 24. Rac1 Rd8 25. h4 Rbc8 26. h5 e6 27. h6 Ne5 28. Bb7 b4 29. Qxb4 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rb8 31. c6 Nxc6 32. Qc3 Qe5 33. Qxc6 Qxe2 34. Qd6 Rf8 35. Bxa6 1-0

Ivanchuk wins the game and the tournament.
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Edmonton International
Round Nine
June 29, 2014
So, Wesley – Haessel, Dale
D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defence

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 f5 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nh3 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 e6 13. Nf4 Qe7 14. h4 Bd7 15. Kb1 a5 16. Bb5 Rfd8 17. g4 Nb4 18. gxf5 gxf5 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Rdg1 Kh8 21. h5 Rad8 22. h6 Bf8 23. Nh5 Rxd4 24. Nf6 1-0

Results of today’s games

Yam-Wang 0-1
Pechenkin-Krush 0.5-0.5
Ivanchuk-Shankland 1-0
So-Haessel 1-0
Panjwani-Kovalyov 0-1

Final Standings

Vassily Ivanchuk 8/9
Wesley Ho 7.5/9
Samuel Shankland 5.5/9
Anton Kovalyov 5.5/9
Raja Panjwani 4.5/9
Irina Krush 4/9
Richard Wang 4/9
Vladimir Pechenkin 3.5/9
Alex Yam 1.5/9
Dale Haessel 1/9

[Hugh Siddeley]

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Even worse, however, the Alex Yam-Richard Wang game.

Yam played 1.e4 and there has been no reply from Wang.

Where is Yang? Are they searching frantically for him?

Later: Yang is in the building and is playing with 43 minutes on his clock!

I get that Yam is playing Wang. I just don't get what this dude named Yang has anything to do with it and why they would be searching frantically for him.

[Wayne Komer]

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For "Yang" read “Wang”. Thanks, Hugh.

You know you are getting old when you Yang when you should be Wanging.

[Hugh Siddeley]

Re: Edmonton International 2014

For "Yang" read “Wang”. Thanks, Hugh.

You know you are getting old when you Yang when you should be Wanging.

Oh, I see ;)

Thanks for the updates btw. It was amazing to see how Ivanchuk turned that final middlegame position into a devastating attack!

[Gary Ruben]

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The organizers put together a very good field of players and should be applauded for finding such good competition for some of our top players..

From a spectators point of view, I enjoyed the games I watched.

[Vlad Rekhson]

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I get that Yam is playing Wang. I just don't get what this dude named Yang has anything to do with it and why they would be searching frantically for him.

Richard was quite late. He thought that the last round started at 6 pm like on most other days, but today it started at 5. This issue did not cause a problem for him in first getting to be ahead on the clock and later winning the game!

[Ken MacDonald]

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Thank you very much for, once again, having the games live on the internet!

[Wayne Komer]

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Edmonton International 2014

“Edmontonchessclub” on chessgames.com

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=84301

wraps up the tournament in two comments:

Jun-30-14 – All the GMs, the Organizers, and about 10 chess club players have all gone to a restaurant after the tournament. Ivanchuk is showing a game between Carlsen and Gelfand, for some reason. Wesley So, Vlad Pechenkin and the club players and Ivanchuk’s wife and my wife are watching.

At the other end of the table, Krush, Shankland, Panjwani and Kovalyov are taking about players they don’t like, and why.

Jun-30-14 - Now Ivanchuk, at the restaurant, is demonstrating his win from today over Shankland.
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Peter Doggers on chess.com has a nice write-up on the tournament:

http://www.chess.com/news/ivanchuk-w...809-score-7750

Chess-news.ru has an analysis of Ivanchuk-Shankland with notes by Golubev. When I use google translate to get it into English, some glitch inserts Henry Mancini’s name twice into the results list at the end. Darndest thing I have ever seen!

http://chess-news.ru/node/15918

[Wayne Komer]

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Edmonton International 2014

An analysis of the last round by Colin Crouch in his blog:

“In the end, Vassily showed his great experience and understanding of the game of chess, and Sam, aged half of Ivanchuk's, was unable to hold the balance. It was an impressive game.”

See:

http://crouchnotes.blogspot.co.uk/20...y-wins-in.html