Continental Championships Uruguay

[Hans Jung]

http://chess-results.com/tnr169788.aspx?lan=1 This is GM Eric Hansen's next event. I counted over 20 GMs. Good Luck Eric!

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: Continental Championships Uruguay

GM Anton Kovalyov is also playing.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Continental Championships Uruguay

American Continental Championship

Montevideo, Uruguay
May 15 – May 24, 2015

The 10th American Continental is an 11-round Swiss FIDE tournament. The top seed is Peruvian GM Julio Granda Zuniga.

After two rounds, Eric Hansen has 2 points from games with Gabriel Kimelman (URU) and Rafael Muniz (URU).

Anton Kovalyov has 1.5 from games with Rodrigo Benoit (URU) and Marcelo Lanzilotta (URU).

I haven’t been able to find Eric’s two games online so give a couple from Lenderman. The American GMs in Uruguay are Lenderman, Kaidanov, Yermolinsky and Shabalov.

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round 1, May 15
Benoit, Rodrigo – Kovalyov, Anton
E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Qb3 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. f3 Na6 11. O-O-O d5 12. Kb1 e5 13. Nc2 d4 14. exd4 exd4 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Bf4 Nc5 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Bxb8 Qxb8 19. Bd3 Qc7 20. Na1 Rb8 21. Qc2 Bc6 22. Ka2 g6 23. Rb1 Kg7 24. h4 h5 25. Qc1 Re8 26. Nb3 Re3 27. Nxa5 Qxa5 28. Qc2 Nd7 29. Rbd1 Ne5 30. b3 Qc3 31. Qxc3 dxc3 32. Bf1 Bd7 33. b4 Ba4 34. Rc1 Nc6 35. f4 c2 36. Rh3 Re4 37. Rf3 Nd4 38. Bd3 Re8 39. Rf2 Re3 40. Bxc2 Nxc2 41. Rcxc2 Bxc2 42. Rxc2 Kf6 43. Kb2 Ke6 44. b5 Kf5 45. Rc3 Re2+ 46. Rc2 Re3 47. Rc3 Re2+ 48. Rc2 ½-½

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round 1, May 15
Lenderman, Aleksandr – Daneri, Martin
A61 Benoni Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bf4 a6 8.a4 Bg7 9.h3 O-O 10.e3 Qe7 11.Nd2 Nh5 12.Bh2 f5 13.Be2 f4 14.Bxh5 fxe3 15.fxe3 gxh5 16.Nce4 Be5 17.Qxh5 Bxh2 18.Rxh2 Rf5 19.Qh6 Re5 20.Qxd6 Bf5 21.Nf6+ Kf7 22.Qxe7+ Rxe7 23.Ng4 Bxg4 24.hxg4 Rxe3+ 25.Kf2 Rd3 26.Nc4 Kg8 27.Nb6 Ra7 28.Re1 Rd2+ 29.Kg1 Rxb2 30.a5 1-0

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round 2, May 16
Van Riemsdijk, Herman – Lenderman, Aleksandr
C13 French, Classical

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bd3 c6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. Bf4 Re8 10. Ng3 Bd6 11. Qd2 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 Nbd7 13. Rae1 Nf8 14. Rxe8 Nxe8 15. Nd1 Ne6 16. Qe3 Nf6 17. c3 Bd7 18. f4 Qf8 19. f5 Ng5 20. Qf4 Re8 21. Ne3 Qe7 22. Re1 Qd8 23. Nc2 Qa5 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. a3 Qa4 26. Ne3 Qb3 27. Qf2 Qb6 28. Qe2 Bd7 29. h3 c5 30. dxc5 Qxc5 31. Qf2 Nge4 32. Bxe4 Nxe4 33. Nxe4 dxe4 34. Kh2 f6 35. Qf4 Bc6 36. Nc2 Qe7 37. Nd4 e3 38. Qg3 e2 39. Ne6 Bd5 40. Qe3 Bxe6 41. fxe6 Qd6+ 42. g3 Qe5 0-1

[Eric Hansen]

Re: Continental Championships Uruguay

http://chess-results.com/tnr169788.aspx?lan=1 This is GM Eric Hansen's next event. I counted over 20 GMs. Good Luck Eric!

Thanks Hans. 2/2 so far but feeling a bit sick. no air-conditioning is making it extremely hard to sleep at night!

first video blog from Uruguay is posted for those interested in behind the scenes : https://youtu.be/VGQbA_jO2DU

[John Upper]

Re: Continental Championships Uruguay

Thanks Hans. 2/2 so far but feeling a bit sick. no air-conditioning is making it extremely hard to sleep at night!

first video blog from Uruguay is posted for those interested in behind the scenes : https://youtu.be/VGQbA_jO2DU

This year the top games are live online at various sites, including chessdom:

https://arena.chessdom.com/#/stream_...ments/show/769


PS: Eric, don't send the Iceland games until after the Continental is over. Play well and we're happy to wait. :o

[Wayne Komer]

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Continental Championship Uruguay

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round 1, May 15, 2015
Kimelman, Gabriel – Hansen, Eric
A25 English, Sicilian Reversed

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 a6 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.a3 Ba7 8.b4 Bf5 9.d4 Qd7 10.Nd5 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.exd4 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 c6 14.Bf3 Qe6+ 15.Be2 Qe4 16.O-O Qxd4 17.Bf4 O-O 18.Bxd6 Rfe8 19.Qxd4 Bxd4 20.Ra2 Re6 21.c5 Rae8 22.Bc4 Re1 23.Kg2 h5 24.a4 Rxf1 25.Bxf1 Re1 26.f3 Rb1 27.b5 cxb5 28.axb5 axb5 29.h3 b4 30.g4 b3 31.Ra8+ Kh7 32.Bc4 b2 33.Ba2 Rg1+ 34.Kh2 Be6 35.Bxe6 fxe6 0-1

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round 2, May 16, 2015
Hansen, Eric – Muniz, Rafael
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Adams Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 exf4 9.Bxf4 Nc6 10.Qe2 Be7 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.g4 Ne5 13.Kb1 O-O 14.g5 Nfd7 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Rfc8 17.h4 a5 18.a4 b5 19.Qxb5 Rcb8 20.Qe2 Rb4 21.Rd4 Rab8 22.Rh3 Qb7 23.Qd1 Bf8 24.h5 Nb6 25.Bb5 Rxd4 26.Qxd4 Nxd5 27.Bxe5 dxe5 28.Qxe5 Nb4 29.g6 Rc8 30.c3 Qg2 31.Qf5 hxg6 32.hxg6 Qg1+ 33.Nc1 Qxg6 34.Qxg6 fxg6 35.Bd7 Rc6 36.cxb4 1-0

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round 2, May 16, 2015
Kovalyov, Anton – Lanzilotta, Marcelo
A39 Reti/English, Symmetrical, Modern Line

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 O-O 9.O-O d6 10.Qd3 Rb8 11.Bd2 Be6 12.Rac1 Re8 13.b3 Bd7 14.Rfd1 Bc6 15.e4 a6 16.Bf4 Qa5 17.h3 Nd7 18.Bd2 Qd8 19.Nd5 e6 20.Nb4 Qc7 21.Bf4 Be5 22.Bxe5 dxe5 23.Nxc6 Nc5 24.Qd6 Qxc6 25.Qxe5 Rbd8 26.Qg5 Qb6 27.Qe3 Qb4 28.e5 a5 29.Rd6 a4 30.bxa4 Nxa4 31.Qb3 Qa5 32.Qb5 Qxb5 33.cxb5 b6 34.Rc4 Rxd6 35.exd6 Nc5 36.a4 Rb8 37.a5 1-0

[Wayne Komer]

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Continental Championship Uruguay

Round Four, May 17, 2015
Hansen, Eric – Barbosa, Evandro Amorim
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Qf3 Bd6 8. O-O-O Be5 9. g3 Nf6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. f4 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 d6 14. Qd2 b5 15. Bg2 Bb7 16. a3 Rfd8 17. Rd1 Ne8 18. Bf1 Nf6 19. e5 Nd5 20. exd6 Rxd6 21. Bg2 Rc8 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. f5 Rc6 24. Re1 h6 25. Re3 a5 26. Kb1 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. Rxb4 Qa5 29. Ra4 Qb6 30. Qd4 Qb7 31. Ra7 Qb8 32. Nxd5 exd5 33. Ree7 Rc4 34. Qxd5 1-0

The Round Three game is not immediately available online.

Round Three

Supi, Luis Paulo – Hansen, Eric 0.5-0.5
Choma, Ernani Francisco – Kovalyov, Anton 0.5-0.5

Round Four

Hansen, Eric – Barbosa, Evandro Amorim 1-0
Kovalyov, Anton – Fernandez, Maria Flrencia 1-0

Round Five Pairings

Pichot, Alan (3.5) – Hansen, Eric (3.5)
Escalante, Brian Sebas (3) – Kovalyov, Anton (3)

Ranking After Round Four

1. Santiago (BRA) 4.0

2. Cori (PER) 3.5

3. Pichot (ARG) 3.5

4. Hansen (CAN) 3.5

5. Iturrizaga (VEN) 3.5

6. Bachmann (PAR) 3.5

7. Hevia (CUB) 3.5

8. El Debs (BRA) 3.5

9. Perez (ARG) 3.5

10. Felgaer (ARG) 3.5

11. Shabalov (USA) 3.5

12. Cordova (PER) 3.0

13. Quesada (CUB) 3.0

14. Lenderman (USA) 3.0

19. Granda Zuniga (PER) 3.0

37. Kovalyov (CAN) 3.0

42. Yermolinsky (USA) 2.5

[Eric Hansen]

Re: Continental Championships Uruguay

This year the top games are live online at various sites, including chessdom:

https://arena.chessdom.com/#/stream_...ments/show/769


PS: Eric, don't send the Iceland games until after the Continental is over. Play well and we're happy to wait. :o

thanks John- I am awful :(

new vlogs :
#2https://youtu.be/sAfe_OBY60o
#3https://youtu.be/yqPtLQdgGjA

still no air conditioning- very rough for canadians

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Continental Championships Uruguay

Continental Championship Uruguay

(ChessBase) - The tournament is an eleven-round competition played at 40 moves in 90 minutes followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game and a 30-second increment as of move one. The first round was on May 15 with rounds every day until round eleven on May 24, including a double-round on May 17. Play typically starts at 5PM.

The players are fighting for one of the four qualifying spots to the next FIDE World Cup.

Although there are tiebreak scoring systems in place, starting with direct encounter, Buchholz, and more, in the event of a draw at the top, the top four qualifiers will be decided by a rapid tiebreak match or tournament, depending on the number, starting at 15 minutes plus a ten-second increment.

The prizes are US$5000 for first, $3400 for second, $2400 for third with prizes all the way to 20th place. Note that as FIDE events of this caliber, all norms scored count double, thus a player who scores a norm at the end of the competition will be considered to have earned two norms, not one.

The Round 3 games are now online:

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round 3, May 17, 2015
Supi, Luis Paulo – Hansen, Eric
E46 Nimzo-Indian, Reshevsky Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nf4 c6 9.Bd3 Na6 10.O-O Nc7 11.b4 a6 12.f3 Re8 13.Kh1 Bf8 14.Bd2 Ne6 15.Nfe2 g6 16.Be1 Nh5 17.Bc2 Bg7 18.Bf2 Bd7 19.e4 1/2-1/2

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round 3, May 17, 2015
Choma, Ernani – Kovalyov, Anton
E06 Catalan, Closed

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 c6 7.Qc2 b6 8.Nbd2 Bb7 9.e4 Na6 10.a3 dxc4 11.Nxc4 b5 12.e5 bxc4 13.Ng5 g6 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Ne4 Bxd4 16.Bh6 Bg7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qc3+ f6 19.Rfd1 Qe7 20.Nd6 Rad8 21.Nxb7 Qxb7 22.Qxc4 Nc7 23.Qxc6 Qxc6 24.Bxc6 f5 25.f4 1/2-1/2

Round Five Results

Pichot-Hansen 0.5-0.5
Escalante-Kovalyov 0.5-0.5

Standing After Five Rounds

1. Bachmann PAR 4.5
2. Cori PER 4.5
3. Felgaer Ruben ARG 4.0
4. Pichot ART 4.0
5. Hansen CAN 4.0
6. Iturrizaga VEN 4.0
7. Shabalov USA 4.0
8. El Debs BRA 4.0
9. Lenderman USA 4.0
34. Kovalyov CAN 3.5

Round Six Pairings

Hansen, Eric (4) – Alonso, Salvador (4)
Kovalyov, Anton (3.5) – Terry, Renato (3.5)

[Hans Jung]

Re: Continental Championships Uruguay

Hang in there Eric! Doing great so far and I am enjoying the games and the videos.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Continental Championships Uruguay

Continental Championship Uruguay

Round Six Results

Hansen, Eric – Alonso, Salvador 0.5-0.5
Kovalyov, Anton – Terry, Renato 1-0

Round Seven Pairings

Matamoros, Franco (4.5) – Kovalyov, Anton (4.5)
Santiago, Yago (4.5) – Hansen, Eric (4.5)

Ranking after Round Six

1. Cori (PER) 5.5
2. Lenderman (USA) 5.0
3. Shabalov (USA) 5.0
4. Pichot (ARG) 5.0
5. El Debs (BRA) 5.0
6. Hevia (CUB) 5.0
7. Di Berardino (BRA) 5.0
8. Bachmann (PAR) 4.5
9. Santiago (BRA) 4.5
10. Hansen (CAN) 4.5
11. Mareco (ARG) 4.5
12. Perez (ARG) 4.5
13. Granda Zuniga (PER) 4.5
14. Flores (ARG) 4.5
15. Mekhitarian (BRA) 4.5
16. Alonso (ARG) 4.5
17. Matamoros (ECU) 4.5
18. Yermolinsky (USA) 4.5
19. Gonzalez (CUB) 4.5
20. Kovalyov (CAN) 4.5

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round Four, May 17, 2015
Hansen, Eric – Barbosa, Evandro
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Qf3 Bd6 8.O-O-O Be5 9.g3 Nf6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.f4 Bxd4 12.Bxd4 Nxd4 13.Rxd4 d6 14.Qd2 b5 15.Bg2 Bb7 16.a3 Rfd8 17.Rd1 Ne8 18.Bf1 Nf6 19.e5 Nd5 20.exd6 Rxd6 21.Bg2 Rc8 22.Bxd5 Bxd5 23.f5 Rc6 24.Re1 h6 25.Re3 a5 26.Kb1 b4 27.axb4 axb4 28.Rxb4 Qa5 29.Ra4 Qb6 30.Qd4 Qb7 31.Ra7 Qb8 32.Nxd5 exd5 33.Ree7 Rc4 34.Qxd5 1-0

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round Four, May 17, 2015
Kovalyov, Anton – Fernandez, Maria
E92 King’s Indian, Gligorich-Taimanov System

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 Nc6 10.Nc2 Nh5 11.g4 Nf6 12.h3 a5 13.Qd2 b6 14.Bg5 Bb7 15.Rd1 h6 16.Be3 Nb4 17.Nd4 Nxe4 18.fxe4 Bxe4 19.O-O Qh4 20.Bf3 Bd3 21.Bg2 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 Rad8 23.a3 Na6 24.Nf3 Qe7 25.Nd5 Qf8 26.Bd4 Nc5 27.Bxg7 Qxg7 28.Nd4 Rf8 29.Nc6 Ne6 30.Nf6+ Kh8 31.Nxd8 Rxd8 32.Bd5 g5 33.Nh5 Qe5 34.Rf5 1-0

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round Five, May 18, 2015
Pichot, Alan – Hansen, Eric
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.h3 Ne7 8.d4 Bb6 9.Re1 Ng6 10.Nbd2 c6 11.Bd3 Re8 12.Nf1 Nh5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Bc4 1/2-1/2

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round Five, May 18, 2015
Escalante Ramirez, Brian – Kovalyov, Anton
B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.a4 b6 10.Nh4 Bb7 11.Bf3 g6 12.O-O Rc8 13.g3 Qc4 14.Re1 h6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Ng2 Qb4 17.Ra3 Be7 18.Rb3 Qc5 19.Ne3 O-O 20.Re2 Rb8 21.Rd2 Rfc8 22.Bg2 Kg7 23.Qe2 h5 24.h4 Bf8 25.Qd1 Bc6 26.Bh3 Rc7 27.Qf3 Rcb7 28.Bf1 b5 29.axb5 axb5 30.Ncd5 Nxd5 31.Nxd5 Bxd5 32.Rxd5 Qxc2 33.Rdxb5 Rxb5 34.Rxb5 Rxb5 35.Bxb5 Qxb2 36.Qd3 Be7 37.Bc4 Qb8 38.Qd5 Qf8 39.Kg2 Bd8 40.Qb7 Ba5 41.Bd5 Bc3 42.Qb3 Bd4 43.Qb7 Qe8 44.Qc7 Bc5 45.Qb7 Kf6 46.Bc6 Qd8 47.Bd5 Qf8 48.Qd7 Kg7 49.Qb7 Qe8 50.Qc7 Kf6 51.Bc6 Qe7 52.Qxe7+ Kxe7 53.Bd5 f5 54.Bc6 Kf6 55.f3 Bb4 56.Bd5 Be1 57.Kh3 f4 58.g4 g5 59.hxg5+ Kxg5 60.gxh5 Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Continental Championships Uruguay

Continental Championship Uruguay

Round Seven Results

Matamoros, Franco – Kovalyov, Anton 0.5-0.5
Santiago, Yago – Hansen, Eric 0-1

Round Eight Pairings

Hansen, Eric (5.5) – Lenderman, Aleksandr (6)
Kovalyov, Anton (5) – Rodriguez, Andres (5)

Ranking after Round Seven

1. Shabalov (USA) 6.0
2. Lenderman (USA) 6.0
3. Cori (PER) 5.5
4. Hansen (CAN) 5.5
5. Pichot (ARG) 5.5
6. El Debs (BRA) 5.5
7. Di Berardino (BRA) 5.5
8. Yermolinsky (USA) 5.5
9. Flores (ARG) 5.5
10. Bachmann (PAR) 5.0
11. Iturrizaga (VEN) 5.0
12. Perez (ARG) 5.0
13. Mareco (ARG) 5.0
14. Mekhitarian (BRA) 5.0
15. Quesada (CUB) 5.0
16. Hevia (CUB) 5.0
17. Matamoros (ECU) 5.0
18. Molina (BRA) 5.0
19. Kaidanov (USA) 5.0
20. Gonzalez (CUB) 5.0
21. Henriquez (CHI) 5.0
22. Starke (BRA) 5.0
23. Kovalyov (CAN) 5.0

The Americans are going to the top of the leader board and Eric is playing Lenderman tomorrow. Play starts at 5 p.m.

No Round Six or Round Seven games available online this evening.

ChessBase has a description and photos of Round Six – mostly about football at:

http://en.chessbase.com/post/america...s-and-football

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Continental Championships Uruguay

Continental Championships Uruguay

May 21, 2015

Round Eight has just started with Eric Hansen against Aleksandr Lenderman and Anton Kovalyov versus Rodriguez. Just watching on chessbomb.

Later: Both wins. Good going guys!

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round Eight, May 21, 2015
Hansen, Eric – Lenderman, Aleksandr
A90 Dutch Stonewall

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O c6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 b6 9. Qc1 Bb7 10. Ba3 Bxa3 11. Qxa3 Nbd7 12. cxd5 Qxa3 13. Nxa3 exd5 14. Rfc1 a5 15. Nc2 Ne4 16. Nce1 Ke7 17. Nd3 Rhc8 18. Rc2 c5 19. Rac1 a4 20. Bh3 g6 21. g4 axb3 22. axb3 Kf6 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Nf4 Rg8+ 25. Kf1 Ra3 26. Nh5+ Ke6 27. Nh4 Nd6 28. Ng3 Rg5 29. Rc3 cxd4 30. Rc7 Rxb3 31. Nhxf5 1-0

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round Eight, May 21, 2015
Kovalyov, Anton – Rodriguez, Andres
A04 Reti, Dutch

1. Nf3 f5 2. b3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bb2 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. e3 Qe8 10. Nc4 b5 11. Na3 Rb8 12. c4 bxc4 13. Nxc4 Ba6 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Re1 Nb4 16. a3 Na2 17. Rc2 Rxb3 18. Nfd2 Rd3 19. Qb1 Qf7 20. Nxe4 Bxc4 21. Nd2 Ba6 22. Bf1 Qd5 23. Ba1 Rxa3 24. Nc4 Ra4 25. Rxa2 Rxa2 26. Qxa2 Bb7 27. f3 g5 28. Bg2 f4 29. gxf4 gxf4 30. e4 Qf7 31. d5 Bxa1 32. Rxa1 e6 33. dxe6 Qxe6 34. Na5 Bc8 35. Nc6 Qxa2 36. Rxa2 Bb7 37. Ne7+ Kf7 38. Rxa7 Bxe4 39. fxe4 Kxe7 40. Rxc7+ Ke6 41. Kf2 Rf6 42. Kf3 Ke5 43. Ra7 Rf8 44. Ra5+ Ke6 45. Rh5 Rf6 46. Bh3+ Ke7 47. Ra5 Kf7 48. Bf5 Ke7 49. Kxf4 Rf8 50. Ra7+ Ke8 51. Rh7 Rf6 52. Rg7 1-0

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Continental Championships Uruguay

Continental Championships Uruguay

Ranking after Round Eight

1. Cori (PER) 6.5
2. Hansen (CAN) 6.5
3. Flores (ARG) 6.5
4. Shabalov (USA) 6.0
5. Lenderman (USA) 6.0
6. Quesada (CUB) 6.0
7. Matamoros (ECU) 6.0
8. Di Berardino (BRA) 6.0
9. Yermolinsky (USA) 6.0
10. Mareco (ARG) 6.0
11. Kovalyov (CAN) 6.0
12. Gonzalez (CUB) 6.0
13. Bachmann (PAR) 5.5
14. Pichot (ARG) 5.5
15. Granda Zuniga (PER) 5.5

Round Nine Pairings

Cori, Jorge (6.5) – Hansen, Eric (6.5)
Kovalyov, Anton (6) – Flores, Diego (6.5)
Quesada, Yuniesky (6) – Gonzalez, Vidal (6)
Lenderman, Aleksandr (6) – Matamoros, Carlos (6)
Mareco, Sandro (6) – Di Berardino, Rafael (6)
Yermolinsky, Alex (6) – Shabalov, Alexander (6)

Round Nine starts at 5:00 p.m.
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The organizers are still behind in issuing the game scores.

Round Six Games

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round Six, May 19, 2015
Hansen, Eric – Alonso, Salvador
B30 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack (5.Re1)

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 f6 14.Be3 Nf5 15.Bc5 Re8 16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Qd2 Bh6 18.Re1 Qd8 19.Qe2 Bd7 20.Qd3 Bf8 21.Bxf8 Kxf8 22.Na4 a5 23.Qd2 Kf7 24.Bd3 Ng7 25.Qc3 Ne6 26.Qd2 Qb8 27.c4 Qf4 28.Qc3 d4 29.Qc2 Ng5 30.Nc5 Re8 31.Rxe8 Bxe8 32.h4 Qxh4 33.Qd2 Qg4 34.Be2 Nh3+ 35.Kf1 Qf4 36.Qxf4 Nxf4 37.Nb3 Nxe2 38.Kxe2 Ke6 1/2-1/2

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round Six, May 19, 2015
Kovalyov, Anton – Terry, Renato
A41 Modern Defence, 4.g3

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 e4 6.Ng5 f5 7.f3 exf3 8.exf3 h6 9.Nh3 g5 10.O-O Nf6 11.Re1+ Kf7 12.Nc3 Re8 13.Be3 Nc6 14.Qd2 Bd7 15.Rad1 Ne7 16.Nf2 c6 17.Nd3 Kg8 18.Bf2 Ng6 19.c5 d5 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Nh7 22.f4 Be6 23.Ne2 Bf8 24.Qc2 Qd7 25.Nd4 g4 26.h3 h5 27.hxg4 hxg4 28.Bf1 Be7 29.Bd3 Rf8 30.Kg2 b6 31.cxb6 c5 32.Bb5 Qc8 33.Nc6 Rf7 34.Bxc5 Bxc5 35.Qxc5 Kh8 36.Qd6 axb6 37.Nd4 Nf8 38.Rc1 1-0

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Continental Championships Uruguay

Continental Championships Uruguay

Round Nine, May 22, 2015

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round Nine, May 22, 2015
Cori, Jorge - Hansen, Eric
A37 English, Symmetrical Variation

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Bf5 7.d3 Qd7 8.Rb1 Bh3 9.Bxh3 Qxh3 10.Nd5 Qd7 11.Bd2 e6 12.Bc3 Bxc3 13.Nxc3 Nf6 14.d4 O-O 15.Qd2 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.Qxd4 Qe7 18.Rfd1 Rfd8 19.Rd3 Rac8 20.Rbd1 a6 21.Qf4 Rc6 22.b3 Kg7 23.a4 h6 24.Qd2 Rd7 25.a5 b6 26.axb6 Rxb6 27.c5 Rxb3 28.cxd6 Qd8 29.Qf4 Qa5 30.Nd5 Qxd5 31.Rxd5 exd5 32.Qe5 Rb8 33.Rxd5 Re8 34.Qb2 Re6 35.Rd4 Rdxd6 36.Rxd6 Rxd6 37.Kg2 Re6 38.f3 Kg8 39.Kf2 Kh7 40.Qd4 Kg8 41.e4 Kh7 42.e5 Ng8 43.f4 h5 44.h3 Ne7 45.g4 hxg4 46.hxg4 Kg7 47.Kg3 Nc6 48.Qc3 Ne7 49.Qc7 Kg8 50.Kh4 Kg7 51.Kg5 Nd5 52.Qc5 Ne7 53.f5 gxf5 54.gxf5 Nxf5 55.Kxf5 Rg6 56.Ke4 Re6 57.Kd5 Rg6 58.Qd6 Re6 59.Kc6 Kg6 60.Kb7 a5 61.Qd3+ Kg7 62.Qg3+ Kh7 63.Kc7 a4 64.Kd7 a3 65.Qd3+ Kg7 66.Qxa3 Rxe5 67.Qg3+ Kf6 68.Qf4+ Rf5 69.Qd4+ Kg5 70.Ke7 Kh5 71.Kf8 Kg5 72.Kg7 Kh5 73.Qe4 Kg5 74.Qg2+ Kf4 75.Kf8 Ke5 76.Ke7 Kf4 77.Kd6 Ke3 78.Qg4 Rf4 79.Qg5 Ke4 80.Qg2+ Kf5 81.Ke7 Ke5 82.Qe2+ Kd5 83.Qd3+ 1-0

Endgame database: White wins in 30 moves after 83..Ke5.

Eric had a sizeable gallery of supporters on chessbomb. It seems that Cori was always short of time but the increments kept him going.

Stockfish didn’t like 25…b6, it preferred d5 and it thought that 29…Qa5 was inferior to h5.

Still, a fighting game that I wish had gone on for another hour!

American Continental
Montevideo, 2015
Round Nine, May 22, 2015
Kovalyov, Anton – Flores, Diego
A39 English, Ultra Symmetrical, Main Line

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d4 O-O 7.O-O d6 8.dxc5 dxc5 9.Be3 Be6 10.Bxc5 Qa5 11.Ba3 Rfd8 12.Qb3 Qa6 13.Nb5 Rac8 14.Rad1 Rxd1 15.Rxd1 Na5 16.Qa4 Bxc4 17.Nfd4 Rd8 18.Nc7 Qb6 19.Nde6 Rxd1+ 20.Qxd1 Bxe6 21.Qd8+ Bf8 22.Bxe7 Nd7 23.Nxe6 Qxe6 24.Bxf8 Nc6 25.Bxc6 Nxf8 26.Bxb7 Qxa2 27.Qd2 Qe6 28.Bd5 Qf6 29.Kg2 Nd7 30.b3 Nb6 31.e4 Qe5 32.h4 h6 33.b4 g5 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.Qd3 Kg7 36.Bb3 Nc8 37.Qd5 Qxd5 38.Bxd5 g4 39.f4 gxf3+ 40.Kxf3 Nb6 41.Ke3 f5 42.Kd4 fxe4 43.Bxe4 Kf6 44.Bc6 Nc8 45.Bd7 Nd6 46.Kd5 Nf7 47.Bb5 Kg5 48.Be2 Nh6 49.g4 Ng8 50.Ke6 Nf6 51.Kd6 Ne4+ 52.Kc6 Nc3 53.Bf3 Kf4 54.Kb7 Kxf3 55.g5 Kf4 56.g6 Nd5 57.g7 Ne7 58.b5 Kf5 59.Kxa7 Kf6 60.g8=B Nxg8 1/2-1/2

Anton had the better game of it but slipped with 54. Kb7. Bd5 was recommended.