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Thee will be a Lexus Brilliancy prize of Blue Jay tickets, Deliotte prize of Michael Buble concert tickets for the best game of the Canadian Open. There's also the CN Tower upset award (meal at the top of the CN tower), Strategy Games triva contest ($100 gift certificate),Mark's Best Dressed ($100 Mark's Clothing Gift Certificate) and some lucky draw prize to be announced.
Which games have been the most enjoyble so far? Lawrence Day's fist round was O.K. and Vinny Puri hung on against Shabalov. These two have already been posted on chesstalk:
"An interesting Grunfeld, where Black was being squashed, but won. 36.Rc6 is better, I think."
[Event "Canadian Open Chess Championship"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2010.07.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronov, Yuri"]
[Black "Drkulec, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "2301"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackELO "2038"]
[BlackTitle ""]
[Source "MonRoi"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 c5 9.Nf3 Qa5 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qxd2 12.Nxd2 Rd8 13.Nb3 Nc6 14.d5 Ne5 15.Be2 f5 16.f4 Nf7 17.e5 Rxd5 18.Rc7 Rd7 19.Rc2 Rd8 20.Kf2 Be6 21.Rc7 Rd7 22.Rhc1 Bf8 23.Bf3 Nd8 24.Rxd7 Bxd7 25.Nc5 Bc6 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.Rd1 Kf7 28.Rd7 Ne6 29.Na6 Bh6 30.g3 g5 31.Kf3 gxf4 32.gxf4 Ke8 33.Rc7 Kf7 34.Rxc6 Bxf4 35.Rxe6 Bxe3 36.Kxe3 Kxe6 37.Nc7 Kd7 38.Nxa8 e6 39.Kf4 h6 40.Ke3 Kc6 41.Kd4 Kb7 42.Kc5 Kxa8 43.Kd6 f4 44.Kxe6 f3 45.Kd7 f2 46.e6 f1Q 47.e7 Qb5 48.Kd8 Qd5 49.Kc7 Qe6 50.Kd8 Qd6 51.Kc8 Qxe7 0-1
[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
Which games have been the most enjoyble so far? Lawrence Day's fist round was O.K. and Vinny Puri hung on against Shabalov. These two have already been posted on chesstalk:
"An interesting Grunfeld, where Black was being squashed, but won. 36.Rc6 is better, I think."
[Event "Canadian Open Chess Championship"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2010.07.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronov, Yuri"]
[Black "Drkulec, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "2301"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackELO "2038"]
[BlackTitle ""]
[Source "MonRoi"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 c5 9.Nf3 Qa5 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qxd2 12.Nxd2 Rd8 13.Nb3 Nc6 14.d5 Ne5 15.Be2 f5 16.f4 Nf7 17.e5 Rxd5 18.Rc7 Rd7 19.Rc2 Rd8 20.Kf2 Be6 21.Rc7 Rd7 22.Rhc1 Bf8 23.Bf3 Nd8 24.Rxd7 Bxd7 25.Nc5 Bc6 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.Rd1 Kf7 28.Rd7 Ne6 29.Na6 Bh6 30.g3 g5 31.Kf3 gxf4 32.gxf4 Ke8 33.Rc7 Kf7 34.Rxc6 Bxf4 35.Rxe6 Bxe3 36.Kxe3 Kxe6 37.Nc7 Kd7 38.Nxa8 e6 39.Kf4 h6 40.Ke3 Kc6 41.Kd4 Kb7 42.Kc5 Kxa8 43.Kd6 f4 44.Kxe6 f3 45.Kd7 f2 46.e6 f1Q 47.e7 Qb5 48.Kd8 Qd5 49.Kc7 Qe6 50.Kd8 Qd6 51.Kc8 Qxe7 0-1
[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