Nice GM scalp in Round 2 of the Canadian Open by a Canadian Junior

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  • Nice GM scalp in Round 2 of the Canadian Open by a Canadian Junior

    From the game featuring FM Aman Hambleton vs GM Vladimir Malaniuk:

    Black just played 27..Kg7-h7?, find White's move:



    White uncorked 28. Nxc6! after which Black's position crumbled.

    There followed 28..bxc6 29. Qxf6 Rxf6 30. Re7+ Kh8 31. Rxc7 and Black was positionally toast (in view of the remaining light-squared bishops and Black having 5 of 6 pawns on the light squares compared to 0 of 7 for White).

    Just last year at the PwC Aman and I were only separated by one rating position. We sat one board apart for most of the event. Since then I've lost about 150 rating points and he's become an FM knocking off GM's, sheesh...

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    Re: Nice GM scalp in Round 2 of the Canadian Open by a Canadian Junior

    Nice. It took me a couple of minutes to find the solution (and that knowing that there was a solution). My first thought was Ne5xg6, but you just don't win a lot of games giving up your queen for sawdust. Then I looked at h4-h5, but that, praiseworthy though it might turn out, wasn't going to change much. I wasted a few milliseconds on moves like Rc1-d1 and Ne5-d7 and Bf3xd5.

    Just days ago, Aman also won the strong CYCC U-18. Peter Biyiasas had a theory about improvement by young players. Executive summary: improvement does not go in straight lines. More detail: every player goes through the old Greek thesis - antithesis - synthesis in his chess understanding. Biyiasas figured that a player would reach a plateau, then his strength would go down but after the synthesis, he would find a new plateau at a much higher level. That was long before computers, but sometimes the old patterns still work.

    Can somebody post the complete game score?

    Thanks!

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      Re: Nice GM scalp in Round 2 of the Canadian Open by a Canadian Junior

      Originally posted by Jonathan Berry View Post

      Can somebody post the complete game score?

      Thanks!
      The games are available at www.monroi.com

      [Event "Canadian Open Chess Championship"]
      [Site "Toronto"]
      [Date "2010.07.11"]
      [Round "2"]
      [White "Hambleton, Aman"]
      [Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
      [Result "1-0"]
      [WhiteELO "2315"]
      [WhiteTitle "FM"]
      [BlackELO "2551"]
      [BlackTitle "GM"]
      [Source "MonRoi"]

      1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.h4 e6 5.g3 c6 6.Nf3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bh3 Bd6 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Bf4 Nh5 11.e3 Nxf4 12.exf4 Nd7 13.O-O Rf6 14.Qd3 Nf8 15.a3 a5 16.Rfd1 g6 17.Rac1 Ne6 18.Bg2 Rf8 19.Bf3 Be7 20.Qd2 Kg7 21.Re1 Bd6 22.Na4 h6 23.Bg2 Bc7 24.Nc5 Nxc5 25.dxc5 a4 26.Qd4 Qf6 27.Bf3 Kh7 28.Nxc6 bxc6 29.Qxf6 Rxf6 30.Re7 Kh8 31.Rxc7 Re6 32.Rc3 Ba6 33.Re3 Rxe3 34.fxe3 Bb5 35.Rb7 Rd8 36.Rc7 Rb8 37.g4 fxg4 38.Bxg4 Bd3 39.Rc8 Rxc8 40.Bxc8 Kg7 41.Bd7 Bb5 42.Kf2 Kf7 43.Ke1 Ke7 44.Bg4 Kf6 45.Kd2 g5 46.fxg5 hxg5 47.h5 Kg7 48.Kc3 Kh6 49.b3 axb3 50.Kxb3 Bc4 51.Kc3 Bb5 52.Kb4 Bd3 53.a4 Kg7 54.Bd7 Be2 55.Bxc6 g4 56.Bxd5 Bf3 57.Be6 g3 58.Bh3 1-0

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