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  • Varennes - some games

    Some round 1 games from the top boards.

    Crosstable at: http://chess-results.com/tnr382050.a...&art=4&flag=30

    Live games are/will be available at: http://lavariante.ca/varen/tfd.htm

    [Event "Varennes op"]
    [Site "Varennes CAN"]
    [Date "2018.10.05"]
    [Round "1.1"]
    [White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
    [Black "Cazelais, Marc"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [ECO "A42"]
    [WhiteElo "2544"]
    [BlackElo "2164"]
    [PlyCount "57"]
    [EventDate "2018.10.05"]
    [EventType "swiss"]
    [EventRounds "5"]
    [EventCountry "CAN"]

    1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nge2 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. h4 f5 8. h5
    gxh5 9. Ng3 Nf6 10. Nxh5 Nxh5 11. Qxh5+ Kf8 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6+ Kf7 14. Be2
    Bd7 15. c5 Ng6 16. c6 bxc6 17. dxc6 Be6 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bc4+ Be6 20. Bxe6+
    Kxe6 21. Qh3+ Kf7 22. Nd5 Rb8 23. b4 Nf4 24. Qf5+ Kg7 25. Nxf4 exf4 26. Qg4+
    Kf7 27. Rh5 Rxb4 28. Rf5+ Ke8 29. Qh5+ 1-0

    [Event "Varennes op"]
    [Site "Varennes CAN"]
    [Date "2018.10.05"]
    [Round "1.2"]
    [White "Tremblay, Rejean"]
    [Black "Gomez Garrido, Camilo Ernesto"]
    [Result "0-1"]
    [ECO "D45"]
    [WhiteElo "2178"]
    [BlackElo "2492"]
    [PlyCount "64"]
    [EventDate "2018.10.05"]
    [EventType "swiss"]
    [EventRounds "5"]
    [EventCountry "CAN"]

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
    b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Nb1 c5 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. a5 O-O 14. Nc4 Rc8 15. Bd3
    Qc7 16. Qe2 Ng4 17. g3 Rfd8 18. h3 Ngf6 19. Nfe5 cxd4 20. exd4 Nxe5 21. dxe5
    Nd5 22. Kh2 Qc6 23. Rg1 Qc5 24. Ne3 Nc7 25. Ng2 Nb5 26. Ne1 Nd4 27. Qe3 Nb3 28.
    Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qxb3 Qxf2+ 30. Ng2 Rc2 31. Be3 Qxg2+ 32. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 0-1

    [Event "Varennes op"]
    [Site "Varennes CAN"]
    [Date "2018.10.05"]
    [Round "1.3"]
    [White "Sambuev, Bator"]
    [Black "Dukic, Zachary"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [ECO "E71"]
    [WhiteElo "2497"]
    [BlackElo "2135"]
    [PlyCount "121"]
    [EventDate "2018.10.05"]
    [EventType "swiss"]
    [EventRounds "5"]
    [EventCountry "CAN"]

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6
    9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Qd2 Ndc5 11. Ng3 Nb4 12. Be2 Bd7 13. h4 a4 14. h5 a3 15. b3 c6
    16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Rd1 Qa5 18. Kf1 Nxa2 19. Nxa2 Qxd2 20. Bxd2 Nxb3 21. Kg2 Nd4
    22. f3 cxd5 23. cxd5 Ba4 24. Rb1 Bb3 25. Nc1 a2 26. Ra1 Rfc8 27. Bd1 Bxd1 28.
    Rxd1 Rc2 29. Nge2 Ra3 30. Nxd4 exd4 31. Kg3 d3 32. Rxa2 Raxa2 33. Nxa2 Rxa2 34.
    Bf4 Ra6 35. Rxd3 b5 36. Rb3 Rb6 37. Be3 Rb7 38. g5 Kf7 39. Kf2 Ke7 40. Ke2 Kd7
    41. Kd3 Ke7 42. Bd2 Ke8 43. Ra3 Bb2 44. Ra8+ Kd7 45. Ra2 Bg7 46. Bb4 Be5 47.
    Ke3 Rc7 48. Ra5 Rc1 49. Bd2 Rb1 50. Ra7+ Kc8 51. f4 Rb3+ 52. Ke2 Bd4 53. Rxh7
    b4 54. f5 gxf5 55. exf5 Rg3 56. f6 Rg2+ 57. Kd3 Be5 58. Rh8+ Kb7 59. f7 Bxh8
    60. f8=Q Be5 61. Bxb4 1-0

    [Event "Varennes op"]
    [Site "Varennes CAN"]
    [Date "2018.10.05"]
    [Round "1.4"]
    [White "Chabot, Roland"]
    [Black "Miranda Mesa, Elier"]
    [Result "0-1"]
    [ECO "D31"]
    [WhiteElo "2128"]
    [BlackElo "2438"]
    [PlyCount "64"]
    [EventDate "2018.10.05"]
    [EventType "swiss"]
    [EventRounds "5"]
    [EventCountry "CAN"]

    1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nf6 7. f3 O-O 8. Nge2
    Nbd7 9. a3 Be7 10. O-O b5 11. Ba2 Bb7 12. Be3 a5 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 cxd5 15.
    Nxb5 Ba6 16. Ned4 Bc5 17. a4 Bxb5 18. axb5 Qb6 19. Bf2 Rfe8 20. Qa4 Nf8 21.
    Rac1 Ne6 22. Nc6 Bxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Nc5 24. Qd4 Qxb5 25. Bxd5 Ne6 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27.
    Qc4 Re1+ 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Qxb2 30. Nxa5 g6 31. Nb3 Ra2 32. Ke1 Qf2+ 0-1

    Last edited by Hugh Brodie; Saturday, 6th October, 2018, 07:42 AM.

  • #2
    Some round 2 games from the top boards. Note the successful win with R+B vs R in the second game.

    [Event "Varennes op"]
    [Site "Varennes CAN"]
    [Date "2018.10.06"]
    [Round "2.1"]
    [White "Talukdar, Rohan"]
    [Black "Kovalyov, Anton"]
    [Result "1/2-1/2"]
    [ECO "B90"]
    [WhiteElo "2279"]
    [BlackElo "2644"]
    [PlyCount "176"]
    [EventDate "2018.10.05"]
    [EventType "swiss"]
    [EventRounds "5"]
    [EventCountry "CAN"]

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
    h5 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. Be2 Qc7 13. c4 a5 14. Rc1 h4 15.
    O-O a4 16. Na1 Nh5 17. Rfd1 Qd8 18. b4 axb3 19. axb3 Nf4 20. Bf1 Bg5 21. Nc2
    Ra2 22. Qc3 Qf6 23. Ra1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 O-O 25. Ra7 Rb8 26. Qd2 Qg6 27. Kh1 Nf6
    28. g3 hxg3 29. hxg3 Qh5+ 30. Kg1 Nh3+ 31. Bxh3 Bxe3+ 32. Nxe3 Qxh3 33. Qh2 Qc8
    34. Qd2 e4 35. f4 b5 36. Kg2 bxc4 37. bxc4 Ng4 38. Nxg4 Qxg4 39. Ra3 Kh7 40.
    Re3 f5 41. Qe2 Qg6 42. g4 Qf6 43. Kg3 Rb2 44. Qe1 g5 45. gxf5 Qh6 46. fxg5
    Qxg5+ 47. Kh3 Qxf5+ 48. Kg3 Qe5+ 49. Kg4 Kg6 50. Qg3 Qg5+ 51. Kh3 Qxg3+ 52.
    Kxg3 Kf5 53. c5 dxc5 54. Rc3 Rb5 55. d6 Ke6 56. Kf4 Kxd6 57. Kxe4 Rb2 58. Ra3
    Kc6 59. Kd3 Rh2 60. Ra8 Kb5 61. Rb8+ Ka4 62. Kc3 Rh4 63. Ra8+ Kb5 64. Rb8+ Kc6
    65. Rc8+ Kd6 66. Rd8+ Kc7 67. Rd5 Kb6 68. Rd8 Rh3+ 69. Kc4 Rh4+ 70. Kc3 Re4 71.
    Rb8+ Kc7 72. Rh8 Kd7 73. Rh5 Kd6 74. Rh8 Re6 75. Rd8+ Kc7 76. Rh8 Re4 77. Rg8
    Rd4 78. Rh8 Kb7 79. Rg8 Rh4 80. Rf8 Kc7 81. Rg8 Kd6 82. Rd8+ Ke6 83. Re8+ Kd7
    84. Rg8 Ke6 85. Re8+ Kf6 86. Rc8 c4 87. Rxc4 Rxc4+ 88. Kxc4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

    [Event "Varennes op"]
    [Site "Varennes CAN"]
    [Date "2018.10.06"]
    [Round "2.2"]
    [White "Gomez Garrido, Camilo Ernesto"]
    [Black "Hirschberg, Valerian"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [ECO "B33"]
    [WhiteElo "2492"]
    [BlackElo "2277"]
    [PlyCount "219"]
    [EventDate "2018.10.05"]
    [EventType "swiss"]
    [EventRounds "5"]
    [EventCountry "CAN"]

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
    Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. b3 Bg5 14. g3 O-O 15.
    Bg2 Be6 16. O-O Qa5 17. h4 Bh6 18. a3 bxa3 19. Rxa3 Qc5 20. Rxa6 Kh8 21. Na3
    Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Nd4 23. Nb5 Nxb5 24. cxb5 Qxb5 25. Rxd6 Qxb3 26. Qxe5 Qb2 27. Qh5
    Bd2 28. Rd1 g6 29. Qd5 Bb4 30. Rd7 Qf6 31. e5 Qb6 32. Rb1 Qe6 33. Qxe6 fxe6 34.
    Bh3 Bc5 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Bxe6 Rb2 37. Rf7 Re2 38. Kg2 Rxe5 39. Bg4 Re7 40.
    Rf8+ Kg7 41. Rc8 Bd4 42. f4 Bf6 43. Bf3 Rd7 44. Be2 Ra7 45. Bc4 Be7 46. Rg8+
    Kh6 47. g4 Bxh4 48. g5+ Bxg5 49. fxg5+ Kxg5 50. Rd8 Rc7 51. Rd5+ Kf6 52. Bd3
    Re7 53. Kf3 Re5 54. Rd8 Re7 55. Kf4 Rc7 56. Be4 Re7 57. Bd5 Kg7 58. Rd6 Rc7 59.
    Ke5 Re7+ 60. Be6 Ra7 61. Rd8 Ra5+ 62. Bd5 Ra7 63. Rb8 Re7+ 64. Kd6 Ra7 65. Ke6
    Rc7 66. Ra8 Kh6 67. Kd6 Rc1 68. Ra7 Rd1 69. Rb7 Rd2 70. Ke6 Rf2 71. Ke5 Re2+
    72. Kf6 Rf2+ 73. Ke7 Kg5 74. Kd6 h5 75. Ke5 h4 76. Be4 Kg4 77. Bxg6 h3 78. Be4
    h2 79. Rg7+ Kh3 80. Bh1 Ra2 81. Bc6 Rf2 82. Bd5 Rd2 83. Bc6 Rf2 84. Kd4 Rf4+
    85. Ke3 Rg4 86. Bd7 h1=Q 87. Rh7+ Kg3 88. Rxh1 Rb4 89. Rg1+ Kh4 90. Bf5 Kh5 91.
    Be4 Kh6 92. Kf4 Rb5 93. Rg6+ Kh5 94. Re6 Rb4 95. Re7 Rb6 96. Ra7 Rd6 97. Ra1
    Kh6 98. Bf5 Rd2 99. Ra7 Rf2+ 100. Ke5 Kg5 101. Rg7+ Kh4 102. Ke4 Rf1 103. Rg4+
    Kh5 104. Ke5 Ra1 105. Rg3 Ra5+ 106. Kf4 Ra4+ 107. Be4 Kh6 108. Rg6+ Kh5 109.
    Rb6 Rc4 110. Rb7 1-0

    [Event "Varennes op"]
    [Site "Varennes CAN"]
    [Date "2018.10.06"]
    [Round "2.3"]
    [White "Masse, Hugues"]
    [Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
    [Result "0-1"]
    [ECO "C18"]
    [WhiteElo "2167"]
    [BlackElo "2497"]
    [PlyCount "146"]
    [EventDate "2018.10.05"]
    [EventType "swiss"]
    [EventRounds "5"]
    [EventCountry "CAN"]

    1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
    Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 dxc3 11. f4 Nbc6 12. Qd3 d4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14.
    Qxd4 Bd7 15. Rg1 Rh8 16. h3 Nf5 17. Qf2 Bc6 18. Bd3 Qa5 19. Be3 Qa4 20. Bxf5
    exf5 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Bxa7 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Qb5 24. Qb6 Qb2 25. Qxb2 cxb2 26. Kd2
    Bxg2 27. Rb1 Rxh3 28. Rxb2 Rxa3 29. Be3 Be4 30. Rb3 Ra1 31. Rc3 Kd7 32. Bf2 Rb1
    33. Be3 Rh1 34. Bf2 Rh2 35. Ke2 Bd5 36. Rc5 Bc6 37. Rc3 Bb5+ 38. Kf3 Rh3+ 39.
    Bg3 Rh1 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. Rb3 Bc6 42. Rd3 Bd5 43. Rc3 Be4 44. Rc8 Rh3 45. Kf2 Kd7
    46. Rc3 b6 47. Rc4 Rh1 48. Ke3 Ra1 49. Rc3 b5 50. Ke2 Bd5 51. Kd2 Bc4 52. Re3
    Kc6 53. Bf2 Rf1 54. Bg3 Rg1 55. Bh4 Rg2+ 56. Kc3 Bd5 57. e6 fxe6 58. Bf6 Bc4
    59. Be5 Kd5 60. Re1 Kc5 61. Bd4+ Kc6 62. Be5 Bd5 63. Rc1 Re2 64. Kd3 Re4 65. c3
    Bc4+ 66. Kd2 Re2+ 67. Kd1 Rh2 68. Bd4 Kd5 69. Ke1 Ke4 70. Be5 Ke3 71. Bd4+ Kxf4
    72. Rd1 e5 73. Bf2 Kf3 0-1

    [Event "Varennes op"]
    [Site "Varennes CAN"]
    [Date "2018.10.06"]
    [Round "2.4"]
    [White "Miranda Mesa, Elier"]
    [Black "Morella, Cabrera Julio An"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [ECO "B27"]
    [WhiteElo "2438"]
    [BlackElo "2211"]
    [PlyCount "115"]
    [EventDate "2018.10.05"]
    [EventType "swiss"]
    [EventRounds "5"]
    [EventCountry "CAN"]

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 d6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O
    Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Be6 12. f3 b6 13. Nd5 Qb7 14. Qd2 Rfc8 15.
    Bg5 Ne8 16. Rfd1 a5 17. a4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Na7 19. Be3 Nf6 20. Nd4 Nd7 21. b4
    axb4 22. Qxb4 Nc5 23. Rb1 Qd7 24. Nb5 Rcb8 25. Nxa7 Qxa7 26. Bb5 Qa5 27. Bc6
    Bc3 28. Qxa5 Rxa5 29. Rdc1 Bf6 30. Rc4 Ra6 31. Bd2 Rd8 32. Kf1 g5 33. Ke2 Kg7
    34. g3 h6 35. f4 Rf8 36. Kf3 Rd8 37. Kg4 Kg6 38. Kf3 h5 39. h3 Rh8 40. Be3 h4
    41. Rg1 hxg3 42. Rxg3 Rh4 43. Kg2 Kh7 44. fxg5 Be5 45. Rf3 Kg7 46. Bf2 Rxe4 47.
    Rxe4 Nxe4 48. Bb5 Ra8 49. Bxb6 Nxg5 50. Ra3 Rc8 51. Bc6 e6 52. a5 exd5 53. Bb7
    Rc2+ 54. Kf1 Rb2 55. Bxd5 Ne6 56. Bxe6 fxe6 57. a6 Rxb6 58. a7 1-0





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    • #3
      Round 3:

      [Event "Varennes op"]
      [Site "Varennes CAN"]
      [Date "2018.10.06"]
      [Round "3.1"]
      [White "Gomez Garrido, Camilo Ernesto"]
      [Black "Ruiz, Sanchez Orlen"]
      [Result "1-0"]
      [ECO "B41"]
      [WhiteElo "2492"]
      [BlackElo "2391"]
      [PlyCount "71"]
      [EventDate "2018.10.05"]
      [EventType "swiss"]
      [EventRounds "5"]
      [EventCountry "CAN"]

      1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nd2 d6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O g6 8. a4
      Bg7 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. N4f3 Nc6 12. Nc4 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8
      15. Ne3 Nc7 16. Nc2 Ne6 17. Be3 Qd6 18. Bc4 Nc7 19. Be2 Bg4 20. h3 Bxf3 21.
      Bxf3 Rd8 22. Qd2 d4 23. cxd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Qxd4 26. Qc2 Ne6 27.
      Rd1 Qf6 28. Bxb7 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 h5 30. Bxa6 Qxb2 31. Bf1 Kg7 32. a5 Qa3 33. a6
      Qa5 34. Qd7 Qa1 35. a7 Nd4 36. Qxd4+ 1-0

      [Event "Varennes op"]
      [Site "Varennes CAN"]
      [Date "2018.10.06"]
      [Round "3.2"]
      [White "Sambuev, Bator"]
      [Black "Diaz Hernandez, Heriberto"]
      [Result "1/2-1/2"]
      [ECO "C68"]
      [WhiteElo "2497"]
      [BlackElo "2353"]
      [PlyCount "88"]
      [EventDate "2018.10.05"]
      [EventType "swiss"]
      [EventRounds "5"]
      [EventCountry "CAN"]

      1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
      Nde2 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Be6 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Ne3 c4 12. Rd1 Rxd1+ 13. Nxd1 Bc5 14.
      Be3 Bd6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Bd2 Ne7 17. Ne3 b5 18. c3 Re8 19. Kd1 c5 20. Ndf5 Nxf5
      21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 Kd7 23. g4 Kc6 24. h3 b4 25. Rg1 a5 26. h4 Re7 27. Be3
      Be5 28. Kc2 a4 29. a3 bxc3 30. bxc3 Rb7 31. f4 Bd6 32. g5 Be7 33. h5 Rd7 34.
      Bd2 Bf8 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. Rg8 Rf7 37. Rg1 Rg7 38. Re1 Re7 39. Be3 Bh6 40. Kd2
      Rb7 41. Kc2 Re7 42. Kd2 Rb7 43. Kc2 Re7 44. Kd2 Rb7 1/2-1/2

      [Event "Varennes op"]
      [Site "Varennes CAN"]
      [Date "2018.10.06"]
      [Round "3.3"]
      [White "Chiku-Ratte, Olivier-Kenta"]
      [Black "Miranda Mesa, Elier"]
      [Result "0-1"]
      [ECO "D12"]
      [WhiteElo "2325"]
      [BlackElo "2438"]
      [PlyCount "118"]
      [EventDate "2018.10.05"]
      [EventType "swiss"]
      [EventRounds "5"]
      [EventCountry "CAN"]

      1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 h6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
      Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Ba5 11. Rab1 Nbd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne2 Bc7 14. Ng3 Re8
      15. Bc3 Ne4 16. Nd2 Ndf6 17. Ndxe4 dxe4 18. Qe2 Nd5 19. Qg4 Qd6 20. Rbe1 Nf6
      21. Qh4 Qd5 22. f3 Bxg3 23. Qxg3 Re7 24. Bb4 Rd7 25. b3 a5 26. Bc5 a4 27. bxa4
      Qxa2 28. Ra1 Qe6 29. Ra3 Nd5 30. a5 exf3 31. Qxf3 Re8 32. Rb1 Qg6 33. Re1 Re4
      34. a6 bxa6 35. Rxa6 f5 36. Qg3 Qe6 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Qb3 f4 39. Qd3 Nxe3 40.
      Ra3 Qg6 41. Ra2 Nxg2 42. Qxe4 Nxe1+ 43. Qxg6+ Kxg6 44. Re2 Nf3+ 45. Kf2 Nxh2
      46. Re6+ Kf5 47. Rxc6 Ng4+ 48. Kf3 Nf6 49. Bd6 g5 50. Rc5+ Kg6 51. Be5 Rf7 52.
      d5 g4+ 53. Kg2 f3+ 54. Kf1 Ne4 55. Rc6+ Kf5 56. Bd4 Rb7 57. Bb6 g3 58. Rxh6
      Rxb6 59. Rxb6 Nd2+ 0-1

      [Event "Varennes op"]
      [Site "Varennes CAN"]
      [Date "2018.10.06"]
      [Round "3.4"]
      [White "Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
      [Black "Langlois-Remillard, Alexis"]
      [Result "1/2-1/2"]
      [ECO "D07"]
      [WhiteElo "2434"]
      [BlackElo "1923"]
      [PlyCount "47"]
      [EventDate "2018.10.05"]
      [EventType "swiss"]
      [EventRounds "5"]
      [EventCountry "CAN"]

      1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. d5 Ne5 5. f4 Ng6 6. e4 e6 7. dxe6 Qxd1+ 8.
      Kxd1 fxe6 9. Bxc4 Bd7 10. Nf3 O-O-O 11. Kc2 h6 12. Rd1 Bc5 13. Rb1 Nf6 14. b4
      Bb6 15. h3 Rhf8 16. g4 Ne8 17. f5 Nd6 18. Bd3 exf5 19. gxf5 Rde8 20. Rf1 Ne7
      21. Bf4 Nf7 22. Kd2 g6 23. a4 a5 24. f6 1/2-1/2




      Comment


      • #4
        Some round 4 games. Sambuev makes a nice Rook sac - forcing a quick mate.

        [Event "Varennes op"]
        [Site "Varennes CAN"]
        [Date "2018.10.07"]
        [Round "4.1"]
        [White "Miranda Mesa, Elier"]
        [Black "Gomez Garrido, Camilo Ernesto"]
        [Result "1-0"]
        [ECO "B50"]
        [WhiteElo "2469"]
        [BlackElo "2492"]
        [PlyCount "57"]
        [EventDate "2018.10.05"]
        [EventType "swiss"]
        [EventRounds "5"]
        [EventCountry "CAN"]

        1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 e6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
        Nbd7 9. f4 Qc7 10. O-O a6 11. a4 b6 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Bxe6+ Ke8 14. Re1 Kd8 15.
        Na3 Ra7 16. Nc4 Qxf4 17. Rad1 Qg5 18. d4 Nh5 19. Bc1 Nf4 20. Qe4 Rf6 21. d5
        Qxg2+ 22. Qxg2 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Nf8 24. Bxc8 Kxc8 25. Bb2 Rg6+ 26. Kh1 Bd8 27. Re8
        Nd7 28. Rf1 Kc7 29. Rf7 1-0

        [Event "Varennes op"]
        [Site "Varennes CAN"]
        [Date "2018.10.07"]
        [Round "4.2"]
        [White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
        [Black "Vera Gonzalez-Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
        [Result "1-0"]
        [ECO "A13"]
        [WhiteElo "2644"]
        [BlackElo "2434"]
        [PlyCount "107"]
        [EventDate "2018.10.05"]
        [EventType "swiss"]
        [EventRounds "5"]
        [EventCountry "CAN"]

        1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
        Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Na4 Rae8
        15. Nc5 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Qc7 17. g3 Re8 18. Qd1 Ne4 19. Rc1 f5 20. b4 Qf7 21. Qb3
        Bxc5 22. bxc5 Na5 23. Qd3 Nc4 24. Bc3 Ng5 25. Bg2 f4 26. gxf4 Ne4 27. Re1 Qxf4
        28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Qxe4 30. Qxe4 dxe4 31. d5 Kf7 32. Kg2 g5 33. Kf1 h5 34.
        Ke2 g4 35. Bd4 Ke7 36. Kd1 Kd7 37. Kc2 Na3+ 38. Kd2 h4 39. Ke3 Nc4+ 40. Kxe4
        Nd2+ 41. Kf5 Nf3 42. Be5 a5 43. Bf4 Ne1 44. Kxg4 Nd3 45. Be3 a4 46. a3 Ne5+ 47.
        Kxh4 Nc4 48. Bc1 b6 49. c6+ Ke7 50. Kg5 b5 51. h4 Nb6 52. d6+ Kxd6 53. h5 Ke7
        54. h6 1-0

        [Event "Varennes op"]
        [Site "Varennes CAN"]
        [Date "2018.10.07"]
        [Round "4.3"]
        [White "Langlois-Remillard, Alexis"]
        [Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
        [Result "0-1"]
        [ECO "A01"]
        [WhiteElo "1923"]
        [BlackElo "2497"]
        [PlyCount "44"]
        [EventDate "2018.10.05"]
        [EventType "swiss"]
        [EventRounds "5"]
        [EventCountry "CAN"]

        1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. e3
        h5 9. Nge2 Bg4 10. d4 h4 11. O-O hxg3 12. hxg3 Rb8 13. Rc1 Ne7 14. b4 Bh6 15.
        Qb3 Kg7 16. Nf4 Rh8 17. c5 Bxf4 18. gxf4 Qd7 19. e4 Bf3 20. Nd5 Rh1+ 21. Bxh1
        Qg4+ 22. Kh2 Rh8# 0-1

        [Event "Varennes op"]
        [Site "Varennes CAN"]
        [Date "2018.10.07"]
        [Round "4.4"]
        [White "Diaz Hernandez, Heriberto"]
        [Black "Chiku-Ratte, Olivier-Kenta"]
        [Result "1/2-1/2"]
        [ECO "B39"]
        [WhiteElo "2353"]
        [BlackElo "2325"]
        [PlyCount "30"]
        [EventDate "2018.10.05"]
        [EventType "swiss"]
        [EventRounds "5"]
        [EventCountry "CAN"]

        1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
        Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 e5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Nd5 Be6 13. Qd2 Bxd5 14. cxd5 f5
        15. Bxd4 fxe4 1/2-1/2





        Comment


        • #5
          Round 5 (last round); Two Canadian GM's (Kovalyov and Sambuev) finished with 4.5/5 to share first place - ahead of the three Cuban GM's who played. 221 total entries - exactly the same as last year.

          [Event "Varennes op"]
          [Site "Varennes CAN"]
          [Date "2018.10.07"]
          [Round "5.1"]
          [White "Sambuev, Bator"]
          [Black "Miranda Mesa, Elier"]
          [Result "1-0"]
          [ECO "B10"]
          [WhiteElo "2497"]
          [BlackElo "2469"]
          [PlyCount "65"]
          [EventDate "2018.10.05"]
          [EventType "swiss"]
          [EventRounds "5"]
          [EventCountry "CAN"]

          1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
          O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 Nb6 10. Bb3 Re8 11. Ne5 Rf8 12. Qf3 Ne8 13. d4 Nd6 14. Bf4 Bf5
          15. Re2 Rc8 16. Rae1 Rc7 17. g4 Bc8 18. Qg3 Bd7 19. Nf3 Nbc8 20. Rxe7 Rxc3 21.
          bxc3 Nxe7 22. Bxd6 Re8 23. c4 Nc8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Be5 f6 26. Bf4 Qe4 27. Be3
          Bf8 28. c5 Bb5 29. Nd2 Qe8 30. Qc7 b6 31. d6+ Kh8 32. Bd5 bxc5 33. dxc5 1-0

          [Event "Varennes op"]
          [Site "Varennes CAN"]
          [Date "2018.10.07"]
          [Round "5.2"]
          [White "Gomez Garrido, Camilo Ernesto"]
          [Black "Kovalyov, Anton"]
          [Result "0-1"]
          [ECO "B94"]
          [WhiteElo "2492"]
          [BlackElo "2644"]
          [PlyCount "118"]
          [EventDate "2018.10.05"]
          [EventType "swiss"]
          [EventRounds "5"]
          [EventCountry "CAN"]

          1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 8.
          Bb3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. f3 h6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. g4 b5 14. Kb1 Bd7 15.
          a3 Qb7 16. h4 b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. g5 Nh5 19. gxh6 gxh6 20. Ba2 Rb8 21. Nb3
          Nxb3 22. Bxb3 a5 23. Bd4 Rf8 24. Ne2 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Rg8 26. Bc4 Rg6 27. c3 e5
          28. Be3 f5 29. exf5 Bxf5+ 30. Bd3 Bxd3+ 31. Rxd3 Ng7 32. Rg1 Rxg1+ 33. Bxg1 Nf5
          34. f4 Kf7 35. fxe5 dxe5 36. Rd5 Ke6 37. Rxa5 Rg8 38. Ra6+ Kd5 39. Ra5+ Ke4 40.
          c4 Nxh4 41. Nc3+ Kf5 42. Bb6 Bb4 43. Ra7 Bxc3 44. bxc3 h5 45. c5 Nf3 46. Rf7+
          Kg4 47. Kc2 h4 48. c6 h3 49. c7 h2 50. Rg7+ Rxg7 51. c8=Q+ Kg3 52. Qh8 Rg4 53.
          Qh5 Rg5 54. Qh6 Kg2 55. Be3 Rg3 56. Bf4 exf4 57. Qe6 h1=Q 58. Qe2+ Kg1 59. Qd1+
          Kh2 0-1

          [Event "Varennes op"]
          [Site "Varennes CAN"]
          [Date "2018.10.07"]
          [Round "5.3"]
          [White "Talukdar, Rohan"]
          [Black "Diaz Hernandez, Heriberto"]
          [Result "1-0"]
          [ECO "C50"]
          [WhiteElo "2279"]
          [BlackElo "2353"]
          [PlyCount "59"]
          [EventDate "2018.10.05"]
          [EventType "swiss"]
          [EventRounds "5"]
          [EventCountry "CAN"]

          1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 a6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. c3
          Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Bd7 14. d4 Rad8 15.
          Ba4 b5 16. Bc2 Na5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Qxh5 exd4 19. e5 Qb6 20. cxd4 Qxd4 21. Rd1
          Qxb2 22. Re2 Qb4 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Qf5 Rfd8 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7
          Qc4 28. Ng3 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Qe6 30. Bf5 1-0

          [Event "Varennes op"]
          [Site "Varennes CAN"]
          [Date "2018.10.07"]
          [Round "5.4"]
          [White "Leon Valdes, Jony Wilson"]
          [Black "Lopez Linares, Linares Lizandro"]
          [Result "1-0"]
          [ECO "D02"]
          [WhiteElo "2304"]
          [BlackElo "2087"]
          [PlyCount "83"]
          [EventDate "2018.10.05"]
          [EventType "swiss"]
          [EventRounds "5"]
          [EventCountry "CAN"]

          1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O h6 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2
          Bd6 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. a3 a5 12. e3 Rfd8 13. f4 Bh7 14. Qe2 Ne4 15.
          Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. g4 f5 18. Kh1 b5 19. Rg1 bxc4 20. gxf5 exf5 21.
          Qxc4+ Kh8 22. d5 cxd5 23. Qxd5 Bf8 24. Qe5 Re8 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Bxd4 Rab8 27.
          Rac1 Rb7 28. Rc6 Rd8 29. a4 Rbd7 30. Bh3 Rxd4 31. exd4 Bg8 32. Rgc1 Rd5 33. Rc8
          Bb4 34. Bf1 Rxd4 35. Bc4 Rxc4 36. bxc4 e3 37. Re8 Bc5 38. Kg2 g5 39. Kf3 g4+
          40. Ke2 Kg7 41. Rxg8+ Kxg8 42. Rd1 1-0







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