2023 Toronto Open

[John Coleman]

Who is Mahip Singh? Seems like a very strong player.

Oh dear, you jinxed him!

[Hans Jung]

Oh dear, you jinxed him!

I would have played that sacrifice on f3, it just smells right. I think however I would have played 24....Nc4 and taken the white bishop on b2. Then the queen and knight would have had a free hand on the white kingside.
Calugar is a tough as nails calculator and a good defender.

[Hans Jung]

Rd3 Beautiful game by Zach Dukic.

[Hans Jung]

Rd 3 Nice finish by N.N. (Nikolay)

Also nice finish by Dorian Kang.

[Hans Jung]

Rd 4 Another powerful display by GM Sambuev.

[Hans Jung]

What happened in the game Mendes - Kang?

[Hugh Brodie]

Round 4 - either chess-results is wrong, or the labelling of the DGT boards is wrong. Yang-Sambuev and Chilu-Ratte - Dukic on chess-results; Chiku-Ratte - Sambuev and Yang-Dukic on the DGT boards. I think chess-results is correct.

[Hans Jung]

Rd4 Ian Findlay - nice resourceful defence and turnaround.

[Hans Jung]

Rd 4 Mahip Singh - nice endgame to play - the knight did amazing things.

[Erik Malmsten]

Is theere going to be a DGT board for Salim vs Aris this morning?

[Hans Jung]

Maybe they will agree to a draw and then have a contest to see who tells the best stories.

[Hans Jung]

Rd 5 Interesting game this morning Ian Findlay - Aaron Mendes. Seems the wily veteran has cooked up an interesting exchange sacrifice.

[Hans Jung]

Rd 5 On two adjacent DGT boards players sacrificed their queens for two minor pieces. Must be something in the water. Or extra inspiration trying to win.

A stalemate try on board one artfully rejected.

[John Coleman]

Wow, 'crazy rook' sac in Sambuev Calugar. I'm not super sure it would work, I had no time to calculate before Sambuev declined, and Calugar resigned after the next move.

[Hans Jung]

Zach Dukic what an incredible effort!!! My hats off to you. You are the man. (I'd even pay for that kind of entertainment.) Zach - you are THE ENTERTAINER!