2024 Canadian Closed

[Hans Jung]

After round 3: Super hot players Shiyam Thavandiran, Nicholas Vettese, Antony Atanasov, Koosha Jaferian.

[Hans Jung]

Incredible performances by Anthony Atanasov and Koosha Jaferian. Congratulations both! Onwards and upwards.

[Hans Jung]

After rd 3 standings IM Thavandiran, IM Vettese, FM Anthony Atanasov Tied for first with perfect scores of three. IM Shawn RL, GM Sambuev, IM Noritsyn, IM Sai Krishna, CM Koosha Jaferian all with 2.5 out of three.

[Hans Jung]

CM?? Koosha Jaferian - really?? Hard to believe.

[Hans Jung]

Special note of congratulations to Shiyam Thavandiran and Nicholas Vettese! Guys, I'm impressed!!

[Hans Jung]

Women's after two.

Maili-Jade Ouellet, Yunshan Li, Yilin Li, Svitlana Demchenko, WIM Pham, WCM Zhong, WFM Golubeva, WCM Laksshana all tied for first with a perfect two.

[Hans Jung]

This fan is greatly enjoying all the games I can see on the display boards.

[Salim Belcadi]

Sergey Noritsyn's live rating is above 2200. Technical question to Victor Plotkin (or Aris on anyone else) - can he claim the CM title already?

Edit - he did cross 2200 a while ago already - but the question stands for live ratings vs CM title.

[Victor Plotkin]

Live or interim ratings are good for any title, not only for the CM.

Many players are not interested in CM title at all.

[Hans Jung]

Rd 4 The game Shawn RL vs Nicholas Vettese was on the edge of the chair exciting. Shawn played the discovered attack 26.Ne3 and Nicholas continued the attack with dxe3, after the expected 27.Qxf7+, exf2+ 28.Rxf2 Bd4 29.Bxb7 continuing the attack with Qg3+ had great possibilities. Unfortunately Nicholas played 29....Rf8 allowing Shawn a chance to regroup. As played Shawn retained the extra bishop and survived the attack.

[Hans Jung]

Rd 4 Anthony Atanasov vs Shiyam Thavandiran on board one. Shiyam was up two pawns at the end but the deciding factor was the weakened black king position. Draw.

[Hans Jung]

Rd 4 GM Sambuev vs IM Sai Krishna In a tough defensive position Black blundered with 29...Qh5 allowing the zwischenzug 30.Bg4. Win for GM Sambuev

[Hans Jung]

Rd4 Koosha Jaferian vs Nikolay Noritsyn The cat and mouse play back and forth was interrupted by 26.Qf6 missing g3! with tactical break through. Nice attack by Nikolay.

[Hans Jung]

Nice finish by Joshua Terry.

[Hans Jung]

After 3 in the women's, three way tie for first WFM Golubeva, Yunshan Li, and WIM Pham. Four close behind at 2.5, Svitlana Demchenko, Maili - Jade Ouellet, Morgen Mills, and Kate Jiang