Hambleton at Sunway Sitges 2017

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Hambleton at Sunway Sitges 2017

Rumours are that he fulfilled all requirements for GM
Congrats.

[Hans Jung]

Re: Hambleton at Sunway Sitges 2017

Another draw round 8 against GM Peralta. Congratulations on your final grandmaster norm Aman! and two extra evenings of celebration before Christmas! What a great present.

[Hans Jung]

Re: Hambleton at Sunway Sitges 2017

You'll have to write a book Aman on the emotions of the long road to the grandmaster title (and secrets of successful beard scrathing).

[Mathieu Cloutier]

Re: Hambleton at Sunway Sitges 2017

OK so... Aman will shave his beard. The big question now... is he willing to wear pants during tournaments?? :p

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Hambleton at Sunway Sitges 2017

Hambleton at Sunway Sitges 2017

December 22, 2017

Round Eight

Round 8, Dec. 22
Hambleton, Aman – Peralta, Fernando
A45 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 cxd4 6.exd4 Bg4 7.c3 a6 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 e6 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.O-O 1/2-1/2

chessbomb kibitzers:

- GL Aman
- Go Hambo
- Can’t understand the draw but ok
- GM Hambleton!
- Congrats Aman, that should clinch his final GM norm
- Yup another genuine Grand
- Disgusting not to have played this game out to 40 moves


Final position with the StockFish evaluation at 0.34



Round Eight Results and Final Round Pairings

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2586 6½ - 6½ GM Kozul Zdenko 2607
2 GM Shankland Samuel 2662 6 - 6 IM Hambleton Aman 2474
3 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2638 6 - 6 GM Peralta Fernando 2556
4 IM Santos Latasa Jaime 2536 6 - 6 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2633
5 GM Bologan Victor 2607 6 - 6 IM Dann Matthias 2517
6 GM Predke Alexandr 2599 6 - 6 IM Gascon Del Nogal Jose Rafael 2479
7 GM Motylev Alexander 2675 5½ - 5½ GM Stella Andrea 2505
8 GM Zubov Alexander 2626 5½ - 5½ GM Manolache Marius 2495
9 IM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2509 5½ - 5½ GM Edouard Romain 2621
10 GM Can Emre 2605 5½ - 5½ IM Cernousek Lukas 2456
11 IM Bilguun Sumiya 2459 5½ - 5½ GM Agrest Evgenij 2600
12 GM Sokolov Ivan 2589 5½ - 5½ GM Narciso Dublan Marc 2456
13 IM Petrov Nikita 2574 5½ - 5½ IM Yankelevich Lev 2435
14 GM Liang Awonder 2573 5½ - 5½ IM Krishna C R G 2421
15 GM Pogorelov Ruslan 2344 5½ - 5½ GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2547
16 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2397 5½ - 5½ IM Asis Gargatagli Hipolito 2531
17 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2598 5 - 5 IM Eggleston David J 2389
18 FM Trepat Herranz Joan 2376 5 - 5 GM Alonso Rosell Alvar 2509
19 FM Valenzuela Gomez Fernando 2385 5 - 5 IM Liu Guanchu 2462
20 IM Akshat Khamparia 2364 5 - 5 IM Saduakassova Dinara 2460
21 FM Arman Deniz 2324 5 - 5 IM Cruz Jonathan 2432
22 IM Raja Harshit 2420 5 - 5 WIM Nandhidhaa Pv 2196

If Awonder, then why not Shankland?

Ranking after Round Eight

Rk. Name FED Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3

1 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 6.5 38.5 42.5 31.5
2 GM Kozul Zdenko CRO 6.5 36.5 41 29.5
3 GM Shankland Samuel USA 6 40 44 29
4 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 6 38.5 42 31
5 GM Predke Alexandr RUS 6 38.5 41.5 28
6 IM Dann Matthias GER 6 38 42 29.5
7 IM Hambleton Aman CAN 6 38 41 30
8 GM Bologan Victor MDA 6 36.5 40 26.5
9 GM Peralta Fernando ARG 6 36.5 39.5 29
10 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 6 34.5 38 28
11 IM Santos Latasa Jaime ESP 6 34.5 38 27.5
12 IM Gascon Del Nogal Jose Rafael VEN 6 33.5 36.5 26.5
13 IM Bilguun Sumiya MGL 5.5 37.5 41 26.5
14 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 5.5 36.5 41 27
15 GM Edouard Romain FRA 5.5 36.5 40.5 27
16 GM Liang Awonder USA 5.5 36 39.5 29.5
17 IM Yankelevich Lev GER 5.5 36 39.5 26
18 GM Sokolov Ivan NED 5.5 35.5 39.5 27.5
19 IM Petrov Nikita RUS 5.5 35.5 39.5 27.5
20 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo CHI 5.5 35.5 39.5 27.5
21 GM Narciso Dublan Marc ESP 5.5 35 38.5 27
22 GM Zubov Alexander UKR 5.5 34 37.5 26
23 IM Asis Gargatagli Hipolito ESP 5.5 34 37 25.5
24 GM Manolache Marius ROU 5.5 33 36.5 26.5
25 GM Can Emre TUR 5.5 32.5 36.5 25
26 IM Krishna C R G IND 5.5 32.5 36 25
27 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag MGL 5.5 32.5 34.5 25
28 IM Santos Ruiz Miguel ESP 5.5 32 35 26
29 IM Cernousek Lukas CZE 5.5 31.5 35 23.5
30 GM Stella Andrea ITA 5.5 31 34.5 25
31 GM Agrest Evgenij SWE 5.5 30 33 22
32 GM Pogorelov Ruslan UKR 5.5 30 32.5 21.5

[Aman Hambleton]

Re: Hambleton at Sunway Sitges 2017

Thanks everyone :)

Making GM has been a goal of mine for awhile... anyone who has been following the Chessbrah channel knows I've been working at it since I became an IM back in 2013. Achieving this title has been, by far, one of the hardest things I've ever had to do.

Not a bad way to end off 2017, we'll see what 2018 has in store!

[Larry Bevand]

Re: Hambleton at Sunway Sitges 2017

Hi Aman,

If it wasn't hard...it would not be worth getting :)

Congratulations!

Larry

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Hambleton at Sunway Sitges 2017

Hambleton at Sunway Sitges 2017

December 23, 2017

Round Nine

Round 9, Dec. 23
Shankland, Samuel – Hambleton, Aman
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack, Yugoslav variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d3 Ngf6 6.Nbd2 e5 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Nxf3 Bc5 9.e3 O-O 10.b3 Re8 11.Bb2 a5 12.a3 Qc7 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.Nd2 Nc5 15.Rae1 Qe7 16.e4 dxe4 17.dxe4 b5 18.Rd1 Ncd7 19.a4 Ba3 20.Bxa3 Qxa3 21.axb5 cxb5 22.Qxb5 Qb2 23.Qd3 Nc5 24.Qe3 Qa3 25.Nc4 Qb4 26.c3 Qxb3 27.Nd6 Na4 28.Nxe8 Rxe8 29.Ra1 Nxc3 30.Rxa5 Qb4 31.Rfa1 h6 32.Ra8 Rxa8 33.Rxa8+ Kh7 34.Ra7 Kg8 35.Qd3 Ncxe4 36.Ra8+ Kh7 37.Kh2 Qe1 38.Ra2 g6 39.Re2 Nc5 40.Qc4 1-0

Position after White’s 22nd move, Qxb5



Round Nine Results

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2586 6½ 1 - 0 6½ GM Kozul Zdenko 2607
2 GM Shankland Samuel 2662 6 1 - 0 6 IM Hambleton Aman 2474
3 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2638 6 1 - 0 6 GM Peralta Fernando 2556
4 IM Santos Latasa Jaime 2536 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2633
5 GM Bologan Victor 2607 6 0 - 1 6 IM Dann Matthias 2517
6 GM Predke Alexandr 2599 6 0 - 1 6 IM Gascon Del Nogal Jose Rafael 2479
7 GM Motylev Alexander 2675 5½ 1 - 0 5½ GM Stella Andrea 2505
8 GM Zubov Alexander 2626 5½ 1 - 0 5½ GM Manolache Marius 2495
9 IM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2509 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Edouard Romain 2621
10 GM Can Emre 2605 5½ 0 - 1 5½ IM Cernousek Lukas 2456
11 IM Bilguun Sumiya 2459 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Agrest Evgenij 2600
12 GM Sokolov Ivan 2589 5½ 1 - 0 5½ GM Narciso Dublan Marc 2456
13 IM Petrov Nikita 2574 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ IM Yankelevich Lev 2435
14 GM Liang Awonder 2573 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ IM Krishna C R G 2421
15 GM Pogorelov Ruslan 2344 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2547
16 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2397 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ IM Asis Gargatagli Hipolito 2531
17 GM Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel 2598 5 1 - 0 5 IM Eggleston David J 2389
18 FM Trepat Herranz Joan 2376 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Alonso Rosell Alvar 2509
19 FM Valenzuela Gomez Fernando 2385 5 ½ - ½ 5 IM Liu Guanchu 2462
20 IM Akshat Khamparia 2364 5 ½ - ½ 5 IM Saduakassova Dinara 2460

Final Standings

Rk. Name FED Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 TB4

1 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 7.5 49 53.5 39 38,0 ...
2 GM Shankland Samuel USA 7 50 54 36 35,0 ...
3 IM Dann Matthias GER 7 47.5 51.5 36.5 35,5 ...
4 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 7 43.5 48 35 34,0 ...
5 IM Gascon Del Nogal Jose Rafael VEN 7 42 45.5 33.5 32,5 ...
6 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 6.5 50 54.5 37.5 36,5 ...
7 GM Kozul Zdenko CRO 6.5 49 53.5 36 35,0 ...
8 GM Motylev Alexander RUS 6.5 46 50.5 33.5 32,5 ...
9 IM Santos Latasa Jaime ESP 6.5 44.5 48.5 34 33,0 ...
10 GM Sokolov Ivan NED 6.5 44.5 48.5 34 33,0 ...
11 GM Zubov Alexander UKR 6.5 44.5 48 32.5 31,5 ...
12 IM Cernousek Lukas CZE 6.5 38.5 42.5 30 29,0 ...
13 GM Predke Alexandr RUS 6 49.5 53 34 33,0 ...
14 IM Hambleton Aman CAN 6 48.5 52 36 35,0 ...
15 IM Bilguun Sumiya MGL 6 47.5 52 32.5 31,5 ...
16 IM Petrov Nikita RUS 6 47 51.5 33.5 32,5 ...
17 GM Edouard Romain FRA 6 46.5 51 33 32,0 ...
18 IM Yankelevich Lev GER 6 46.5 50.5 32 31,0 ...
19 GM Peralta Fernando ARG 6 46 50 35 34,0 ...
20 GM Bologan Victor MDA 6 46 50 32.5 31,5 ...
21 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo CHI 6 45.5 50 33.5 32,5 ...
22 GM Liang Awonder USA 6 45 49 35.5 34,5 ...
23 IM Asis Gargatagli Hipolito ESP 6 44 47.5 31.5 30,5 ...
24 IM Krishna C R G IND 6 42 46 31 30,0 ...
25 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag MGL 6 42 44 31 30,0

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: Hambleton at Sunway Sitges 2017

Rumours are that he fulfilled all requirements for GM
Congrats.

Hi Aman:

Congrads!

You have worked hard for it!

Bob A

[Garland Best]

Re: Hambleton at Sunway Sitges 2017

Congrats Aman! We would love to see you again at the RA Chess Club.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Re: Hambleton at Sunway Sitges 2017

Congratulations! A GM title for Aman Hambleton is great way to close out 2017.

I hope to see you play in Ottawa in 2018.

[Vlad Drkulec]

Re: Hambleton at Sunway Sitges 2017

Congratulations Aman! You seem to be one of the most active top Canadian players this year both in Canada and internationally. Its great to see you close out 2017 on an especially high note.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Hambleton at Sunway Sitges 2017

Hambleton at Sunway Sitges 2017

December 24, 2017

There is a picture of the beard at:

https://www.chess.com/news/view/sunw...to-shave-beard

Peter Doggers says this at the chess.com site:

Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. won the Sunway Sitges Festival's main tournament as the only player to score 7.5/9. It was also the tournament where IM Aman Hambleton scored his final GM norm, so that he can finally shave his beard.

On social media Arvindh didn't get as much attention as one other player: IM Aman Hambleton of Canada. Most fans know him as one of the "Chessbrahs," a group of strong chess playing friends who have been quite successful making fun video streams on Twitch and YouTube. Other "brahs" include GMs Eric Hansen and Robin van Kampen.

When playing in the Reykjavik Open in April of this year, he shared with everyone that he had decided not to shave until he would be a grandmaster. "I was having a bad event in Sweden in March earlier this year and decided to make this bet with myself," he told Chess.com. "A bit for fun, but also to motivate me."

Hambleton immediately scored his second norm in Reykjavik, but after that, things didn't work out in subsequent tournaments. His beard grew bigger and bigger.

In Sitges everything went well. He scored 6/9 and a 2649 performance rating, which included wins against GMs Victor Bologan and Alexandr Predke.

Hambleton, looking back on the beard story: "In the end it did its job, and it made a lot of people follow me on my journey to GM to it turned out to be great publicity. happy"

The 25-year-old player will be Canada's 10th GM, alongside Evgeny Bareev, Mark Bluvshtein, Anton Kovalyov, Eric Hansen, Bator Sambuev, Kevin Spraggett, Alexandre Lesiege, Razvan Preotu, and Dimitri Tyomkin.

He plans to shave his beard during an online Chessbrah stream on New Year's Eve.

An alert reader wrote:

Re: "10th Canadian GM" leaves out:

Duncan Suttles, Pascal Charbonneau and Thomas Roussel-Roozmon

[Emil Smilovici]

Re: Hambleton at Sunway Sitges 2017

Congratulations GM Aman Hambleton!

[Tom O'Donnell]

Re: Hambleton at Sunway Sitges 2017

Hambleton at Sunway Sitges 2017

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An alert reader wrote:

Re: "10th Canadian GM" leaves out:

Duncan Suttles, Pascal Charbonneau and Thomas Roussel-Roozmon

Yanofsky and Biyiasas?