Continental Championships Uruguay

[Wayne Komer]

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Continental Championships Uruguay

Round Nine, May 22, 2015

Ranking After Round Nine

1. Cori (PER) 7.5
2. Mareco (ARG) 7.0
3. Matamoros (ECU) 7.0
4. Quesada (CUB) 7.0
5. Flores (ARG) 7.0
6. Shabalov (USA) 6.5
7. Hansen (CAN) 6.5
8. Bachmann (PAR) 6.5
9. Kovalyov (CAN) 6.5
10. Yermolinsky (USA) 6.5
11. Kaidanov (USA) 6.5
12. Lujan (ARG) 6.5
13. Lenderman (USA) 6.0
14. Perez (ARG) 6.0
15. Granda Zuniga (PER) 6.0

Pairings for Round Ten

1. Cori, Jorge (7.5) – Mareco, Sandro (7)
2. Flores, Diego (7) – Quesada, Yuniesky (7)
3. Matamoros, Carlos (7) – Bachmann, Axel (6.5)
4. Yermolinsky, Alex (6.5) – Kovalyov, Anton (6.5)
5. Hansen, Eric (6.5) – Lujan, Carolina (6.5)
6. Shabalov, Alexander (6.5) – Kaidanov, Gregory (6.5)
7. Granda Zuniga, Julio (6) – Rodriguez, Andres (6)

After this, one round remains, Round Eleven starting at 09:30 on Sunday, May 24.
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Round Seven Games

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round Seven, May 20, 2015
Matamoros, Carlos – Kovalyov, Anton
A14 English, Neo-Catalan Declined

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 c6 7.Nbd2 b6 8.Qc2 Bb7 9.e4 Na6 10.a3 c5 11.exd5 exd5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.b4 Ne6 14.Bb2 Rc8 15.Ne5 Nd7 16.Qf5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Qd7 18.cxd5 Bxd5 19.Ne4 Nc5 20.Qxd7 Nxd7 21.Bd6 Bxe4 22.Bxe7 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Rfe8 24.Rfe1 f6 25.Bd6 Kf7 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Rc1 1/2-1/2

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round Seven, May 20, 2015
Santiago, Yago – Hansen, Eric
E20 Nimzo-Indian, Kmoch Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nh5 7.Nh3 f5 8.Bg5 Qe8 9.g4 Nf6 10.gxf5 exf5 11.Nf4 d6 12.h4 Nh5 13.Nxh5 Qxh5 14.Qd2 Nc6 15.c5 dxc5 16.d5 Na5 17.Rd1 h6 18.Bf4 Nc4 19.Qa2 Nd6 20.c4 Bd7 21.Rh3 Rae8 22.Qc2 Re7 23.Kf2 Ne4+ 24.Kg1 Qg6+ 25.Bg2 Ba4 26.Qc1 Bxd1 27.fxe4 fxe4 28.Rg3 Qf6 29.Bxh6 Bxe2 30.Be3 b6 31.Bh3 Qxh4 32.Qe1 Rf3 33.Be6+ Kh7 34.Bf2 Qh5 35.Be3 0-1

[Wayne Komer]

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Continental Championships Uruguay

May 22, 2015

ChessBase has a feature article on Round Eight with photos of Eric Hansen playing Aleksander Lenderman, of Anton Kovalyov and of Carolina Lujan, whom Eric is playing tomorrow.

http://en.chessbase.com/post/am-cont...predictability

[Wayne Komer]

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Continental Championships Uruguay

Round Ten, May 23, 2015

Two Wins!

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round Ten, May 23, 2015
Yermolinsky, Alex – Kovalyov, Anton
A17 English, Nimzo-English Opening

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.d3 O-O 7.e4 d5 8.e5 Nfd7 9.cxd5 Bxd5 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 c5 12.d4 h6 13.Nh4 Bxg2 14.Nxg2 Nc6 15.Re1 Re8 16.Nf4 cxd4 17.cxd4 Nf8 18.Be3 Ne7 19.Qg4 Nfg6 20.Nxg6 Nxg6 21.h4 Kf8 22.Qe4 Kg8 23.Qg4 Kf8 24.Qe4 Ne7 25.Rac1 Kg8 26.h5 Qd7 27.Rc2 Rac8 28.Rec1 Rxc2 29.Rxc2 Rc8 30.Kg2 Rxc2 31.Qxc2 Qd5+ 32.f3 Nc6 33.g4 b5 34.Kg3 a5 35.a3 b4 36.axb4 axb4 37.Qa4 b3 38.Qa1 Nb4 39.Qc3 Nc2 40.Bf2 Qb7 0-1

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round Ten, May 23, 2015
Hansen, Eric – Lujan, Carolina
B30 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 d5 7.d3 g6 8.exd5 exd5 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bg7 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Bg5 Be6 14.Qd2 Re8 15.Na4 a5 16.Rad1 Qb8 17.b3 Nf5 18.Bf4 Qa7 19.Be5 Bh6 20.Qc3 Bf8 21.Qf3 h5 22.h3 Be7 23.Bd3 Rad8 24.Qf4 Kh7 25.Re2 Bf8 26.Rde1 Bh6 27.Qf3 Bg5 28.Bb2 Rg8 29.Re5 Kh6 30.g4 Nd4 31.Qg3 Bf4 32.Qg2 h4 33.g5+ Kg7 34.Rxe6 fxe6 35.Rxe6 Rd6 36.Qg4 Rxe6 37.Qxf4 Qf7 38.Bxd4+ Kf8 39.Bf6 Rxf6 40.gxf6 Qe6 41.Nc5 Qe1+ 42.Kg2 g5 43.Qf5 1-0

chessbomb’s clocks were messed up but it looked like time trouble caused some questionable moves. The brotherhood were kibitzing and in the comments after a bad patch when Eric came out on top, one said, “the chessbrah physique was too much”.

Standings and pairings to follow when they are available.

Eric speaking Spanish at an interview:

http://fuajedrez.org/Noticias/ID/403...o#.VWEX3mBZ-0I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=123&v=o1DovtgsHoo

[Felix Dumont]

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It looks like both Eric and Anton are well placed to qualify for the World Cup! Tomorrow's game will be worth watching!

[Wayne Komer]

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Continental Championships Uruguay

Round Ten, May 23, 2015

Standing After Round Ten

1. Mareco, Sandro (ARG) 2581 8.0 points
2. Cori, Jorge (PER) 2609 7.5 points
3. Quesada, Yuniesky (CUB) 2645 7.5 points
4. Hansen, Eric (CAN) 2580 7.5 points
5. Matamoros, Carlos (ECU) 2525 7.5 points
6. Flores, Diego (ARG) 2567 7.5 points
7. Kovalyov, Anton (CAN) 2613 7.5 points
8. Shabalov, Alexander (USA) 2523 7.0 points
9. Perez, Federico (ARG) 2533 7.0 points
10. Bachmann, Axel (PAR) 2636 7.0 points
11. Granda Zuniga, Julio (PER) 2650 7.0 points
12. Hevia, Antonio (CUB) 2535 7.0 points
13. Iturrizaga, Eduardo (VEN) 2613 7.0 points
14. Felgaer, Ruben (ARG) 2582 7.0 points
15. Kaidanov, Gregory (USA) 2566 7.0 points
16. Terry, Renato (PER) 2464 7.0 points

Eleventh Round Pairings

1. Mareco (8) – Flores (7.5)
2. Quesada (7.5) – Matamoros (7.5)
3. Kovalyov (7.5) – Cori (7.5)
4. Granda Zuniga (7) – Hansen (7.5)
5. Bachmann (7) – Perez (7)
6. Iturrizaba (7) – Shabalov (7)
7. Kaidanov (7) – Felgaer (7)
8. Terry (7) – Gonzalez (7)
9. Hevia (7) – Alonso (7)
10. Henriquez (6.5) – Cori, Deysi (7)
11. Lujan (6.5) – Yermolinsky (6.5)

The Eleventh and Final Round begins at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, May 24, 2015.

[Felix Dumont]

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Anton and Eric would both be qualified for the World Cup if they won today. If they draw, the tiebreaks will decide (not quite sure what they are).
Anton seems to have very good results with White so far, so we can hope he continues this way. Eric is playing with Black against the highest-rated player of the tournament, so a win will not be easy, but at least he seems to have Robin Van Kampen to help him prepare :)

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Continental Championships Uruguay

Continental Championships Uruguay

Round 11, May 24, 2015

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round Eleven, May 24, 2015
Granda Zuniga, Julio – Hansen, Eric
A34 English, Symmetrical Variation

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 Nc6 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.exd4 d5 10.c5 b6 11.a3 Ba6 12.Bf4 bxc5 13.dxc5 Nd7 14.Bd6 Re8 15.b4 Bc4 16.Rb1 Nce5 17.Nd4 Bxf1 18.Bxf1 a6 19.Na4 Qc8 20.Nb3 Nc6 21.Nb6 Nxb6 22.cxb6 Rb8 23.Bc7 Be5 24.Bxb8 Qxb8 25.Na5 Qxb6 26.Qa4 Nxa5 27.Qxe8+ Kg7 28.Rc1 Nb3 29.Rc8 Nd4 30.Kg2 1-0

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round Eleven, May 24, 2015
Kovalyov, Anton – Cori, Jorge
D12 QGD Slav, 4.e3 Bf5

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.g3 Be7 9.Bd2 a6 10.O-O O-O 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Qb3 Qb6 14.Qxb6 Nxb6 15.f3 Rfe8 16.Bd3 c5 17.Rad1 Nfd7 18.Ne2 cxd4 19.exd4 Bf6 20.b3 Nf8 21.Kg2 Ne6 22.Be3 g5 23.Bg1 Nc8 24.f4 gxf4 25.Nxf4 Nxf4+ 26.Rxf4 Nd6 27.Rff1 Bd8 28.Rfe1 Rxe1 29.Rxe1 Rc8 30.Re5 Rc3 31.Rxd5 Be7 32.Re5 Bf6 33.Rd5 Be7 34.Be2 Rc2 35.Kf1 Rxa2 36.Be3 Ra1+ 37.Kg2 Ra2 38.Kf1 Ra1+ 39.Kg2 Ra2 40.Kf1 Ra1+ 41.Kg2 Re1 42.Kf3 Rb1 43.Bf4 Rxb3+ 44.Kg2 Rb2 45.Kf1 Rb1+ 46.Kg2 Rb2 47.Kf1 Rb6 48.Bf3 Kf8 49.Rc5 Rb4 50.Rc7 Rxd4 51.Bxd6 Bxd6 52.Rxb7 a5 53.Ke2 a4 54.Ke3 Rb4 55.Rxb4 Bxb4 56.Bd5 a3 57.g4 Be7 58.h3 g6 59.Kf4 f6 60.h4 Bd6+ 61.Ke4 Kg7 62.h5 f5+ 63.gxf5 g5 64.Kf3 Kf6 65.Kg4 Bf8 66.Ba2 Bh6 67.Bb3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

Ranking After Round Eleven

1. Mareco, Sandro (ARG) 8.5
2. Quesada, Yuniesky (CUB) 8.5
3. Cori, Jorge (PER) 8.0
4. Perez, Federico (ARG) 8.0
5. Flores, Diego (ARG) 8.0
6. Granda Zuniga, Julio (PER) 8.0
7. Kovalyov, Anton (CAN) 8.0
8. Iturrizaga, Eduardo (VEN) 8.0
9. Matamoros, Carlos (ECU) 7.5
10. Hansen, Eric (CAN) 7.5

Cori- Hansen from Round Nine is analyzed at:

http://en.chessbase.com/post/am-cont...h-and-football

[Felix Dumont]

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Mareco, Cori and Granda Zuniga are already qualified for the World Cup. I believe this means Perez, Flores, Iturrizaga and Kovalyov will play in a round-robin tournament (rapid games) for the remaining 3 spots... So, as long as Kovalyov doesn't finish last in this tournament, he is qualified for the World Cup!

Eric's game was very sharp today ; it is very unfortunate he couldn't win. He might now want to try to qualify in the Canadian Zonal instead.

[Felix Dumont]

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Turns out there are 8 players tied at 8.0, not 6 as in Wayne's post. This means that only 3 of 6 players will be qualified for the World Cup. Live games are here : https://arena.chessdom.com/#/stream_...ments/show/769

[Wayne Komer]

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Continental Championships Uruguay

Montevideo, May 24, 2015

Final Standings

1. Mareco, Sandro (ARG) 8.5
2. Quesada, Yuniesky (CUB) 8.5
3. Cori, Jorge (PER) 8.0
4. Flores, Diego (ARG) 8.0
5. Perez, Federico (ARG) 8.0
6. Granda Zuniga, Julio (PER) 8.0
7. Kovalyov, Anton (CAN) 8.0
8. Iturrizaga, Eduardo (VEN) 8.0
9. Gonzalez, Yuri (CUB) 8.0
10. Alonso, Salvador (ARG) 8.0
11. Matamoros, Carlos (ECU) 7.5
12. Hansen, Eric (CAN) 7.5
13. Felgaer, Ruben (ARG) 7.5
14. Kaidanov, Gregory (USA) 7.5
15. Henriquez, Cristobal (CHI) 7.5
16. Martinez, Martin (COL) 7.5
17. Paveto, Kevin (ARG) 7.5
18. Shabalov, Alexander (USA) 7.0
19. Lenderman (USA) 7.0
20. Bachmann, Axel (PAR) 7.0

I suppose that there were still a couple of games going on when I gave the rankings before. I apologize.

The official table is at:

http://chess-results.com/tnr169788.a...flag=30&wi=984

[Felix Dumont]

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It seems like GM Kovalyov qualified for the World Cup, scoring 3/5 in the tiebreaks (he probably could have won his last game, but a draw was sufficient). It will be interesting to see who will be the second Canadian at the World Cup (winner of the Canadian Zonal).

[Andy Shaw]

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It seems like GM Kovalyov qualified for the World Cup, scoring 3/5 in the tiebreaks (he probably could have won his last game, but a draw was sufficient). It will be interesting to see who will be the second Canadian at the World Cup (winner of the Canadian Zonal).

Do we know who is playing? Is there a website and pre-registration list?

[Felix Dumont]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_World_Cup_2015

[Andy Shaw]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_World_Cup_2015

My apologies for the confusion. I was talking about the Canadian Zonal.

[Hans Jung]

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Eric was so close. I enjoyed his games and videos. He is really making an effort and its eventually going to pay off. The bonus is I'll probably get to see him at the Canadian Championship. Congratulations also to GM Anton Kovalyov.