Montreal Open - congrats to the winner Aman Hambleton

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    Montreal Open - congrats to the winner Aman Hambleton

    Some games from rounds 3, 4, and 5 - followed by the final crosstable of the top section. (is Joey Qin really a female? :-) )

    [Event "Montreal op"]
    [Site "Montreal CAN"]
    [Date "2012.09.08"]
    [Round "3"]
    [White "Hebert, Jean"]
    [Black "Kovalyov, Anton"]
    [Result "1/2-1/2"]
    [ECO "E12"]
    [WhiteElo "2424"]
    [BlackElo "2593"]
    [PlyCount "94"]
    [EventDate "2012.09.07"]
    [EventType "swiss"]
    [EventRounds "5"]
    [EventCountry "CAN"]

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. e3 d5 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. exd4
    Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Qe2 g6 14. Rac1 dxc4
    15. bxc4 Nh5 16. g3 Bf6 17. Qe3 Bg7 18. Bf1 Re8 19. Nb3 Nf6 20. Bg2 Ne7 21. Ne5
    Nf5 22. Qe2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 h5 24. h3 Nd7 25. Nf3 a5 26. Nbd2 Nc5 27. dxc5 Bxb2
    28. Rb1 Bxa3 29. cxb6 Bb4 30. Red1 Qxb6 31. Ne4 e5 32. Rd5 Rcd8 33. g4 hxg4 34.
    hxg4 Nd4 35. Nxd4 exd4 36. Qf3 Kg7 37. Rh1 Rxd5 38. cxd5 Qd8 39. g5 Rxe4 40.
    Qxe4 Qxg5+ 41. Kf3 Bc5 42. Ke2 a4 43. Qe8 d3+ 44. Kf1 Qc1+ 45. Kg2 Qg5+ 46. Kf1
    Qc1+ 47. Kg2 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

    [Event "Montreal op"]
    [Site "Montreal CAN"]
    [Date "2012.09.08"]
    [Round "3"]
    [White "Kleinman, Michael"]
    [Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
    [Result "0-1"]
    [ECO "A31"]
    [WhiteElo "2394"]
    [BlackElo "2468"]
    [PlyCount "108"]
    [EventDate "2012.09.07"]
    [EventType "swiss"]
    [EventRounds "5"]
    [EventCountry "CAN"]

    1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. f3 e6 7. e4 d6 8. Be2
    a6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rfc1 O-O 13. Kh1 Rfe8 14. a4 Rab8
    15. Bf1 Ne5 16. Qf2 h5 17. b4 Ba8 18. Rab1 h4 19. Nb3 Ng6 20. a5 bxa5 21. Nxa5
    d5 22. cxd5 Bxb4 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. dxc6 Ba3 25. Rc2 Bd6 26. Bb6 Qxc6 27. Bxa6
    Be5 28. Nd1 Qd6 29. Rd2 Qa3 30. Bf1 Rec8 31. Ne3 Bf4 32. Rd3 Qe7 33. Rdb3 Nh5
    34. Be2 Qg5 35. Nf1 Rc2 36. Be3 Rxb3 37. Rxb3 Bxe3 38. Rxe3 Ngf4 39. g3 hxg3
    40. hxg3 Nxe2 41. Rxe2 Rxe2 42. Qxe2 Nxg3+ 43. Nxg3 Qxg3 44. Qd3 e5 45. Qb3 g6
    46. Qd3 Kg7 47. Qc3 Kh6 48. Qb3 f6 49. Qe3+ Kh5 50. Qe2 Kh4 51. Qe3 g5 52. Qe2
    g4 53. f4 Qf3+ 54. Qxf3 gxf3 0-1

    [Event "Montreal op"]
    [Site "Montreal CAN"]
    [Date "2012.09.09"]
    [Round "4"]
    [White "Hambleton, Aman"]
    [Black "Sapozhnikov, Roman"]
    [Result "1/2-1/2"]
    [ECO "A41"]
    [WhiteElo "2468"]
    [BlackElo "2470"]
    [PlyCount "45"]
    [EventDate "2012.09.07"]
    [EventType "swiss"]
    [EventRounds "5"]
    [EventCountry "CAN"]

    1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 f5 4. e4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nge2 Bf5 7. Ng3 Bg6 8. h4
    h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. h5 Bh7 13. Ngxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf6
    15. Bd3 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Bg5 18. Ke2 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Qg5 20. Rh3 Rf6
    21. Rf1 Rxf1 22. Kxf1 Rf8+ 23. Ke2 1/2-1/2

    [Event "Montreal op"]
    [Site "Montreal CAN"]
    [Date "2012.09.09"]
    [Round "4"]
    [White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
    [Black "MacKinnon, Keith"]
    [Result "1/2-1/2"]
    [ECO "A37"]
    [WhiteElo "2593"]
    [BlackElo "2301"]
    [PlyCount "150"]
    [EventDate "2012.09.07"]
    [EventType "swiss"]
    [EventRounds "5"]
    [EventCountry "CAN"]

    1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
    d6 9. Rb1 a5 10. Bd2 f6 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nd5 Rb8 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 b5 15.
    bxc5 bxc4 16. Rxb8 Qxb8 17. dxc4 dxc5 18. Be3 Rd8 19. Qa4 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Nd4 21.
    Bxd4 cxd4 22. Nd3 Qd6 23. Nb4 f5 24. Nc6 Nxc6 25. dxc6 e4 26. Rc1 Bh6 27. c7
    Rc8 28. Rc6 Qe5 29. Qa6 Rxc7 30. Qc4+ Rf7 31. Re6 Qc7 32. Qxd4 Rd7 33. Re8+ Bf8
    34. Qf6 Rd1+ 35. Bf1 Qf7 36. Qe5 h5 37. Kg2 Kh7 38. e3 Bg7 39. Re7 Bxe5 40.
    Rxf7+ Kh6 41. Re7 Bf6 42. Re6 Kg7 43. h4 Bc3 44. Rc6 Be5 45. Bb5 Rb1 46. Rc5
    Bd6 47. Rd5 Be7 48. Be8 Rb8 49. Bc6 Rb6 50. Ba4 Rb4 51. Ra5 Rb6 52. Ra7 Kf7 53.
    Rc7 Rd6 54. Bb3+ Kf6 55. Bg8 Rd8 56. Bb3 Rd3 57. Ba4 Rd8 58. Kf1 Rb8 59. Rc6+
    Kf7 60. Ke2 Rd8 61. Bb3+ Kg7 62. Rc7 Kf6 63. Rb7 Rd6 64. Ba4 Rd8 65. Bc6 Bc5
    66. Rb5 Bd6 67. Bd5 Rb8 68. Rxb8 Bxb8 69. f3 Bxg3 70. fxe4 fxe4 71. Bxe4 Bxh4
    72. Bxg6 Kxg6 73. Kf3 Kf5 74. e4+ Ke5 75. Kg2 Kxe4 1/2-1/2

    [Event "Montreal op"]
    [Site "Montreal CAN"]
    [Date "2012.09.09"]
    [Round "5"]
    [White "Hebert, Jean"]
    [Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
    [Result "0-1"]
    [ECO "A43"]
    [WhiteElo "2424"]
    [BlackElo "2468"]
    [PlyCount "100"]
    [EventDate "2012.09.07"]
    [EventType "swiss"]
    [EventRounds "5"]
    [EventCountry "CAN"]

    1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 Qa5+ 5. Bd2 b4 6. c4 d6 7. g3 g6 8. Bg2 Bg7
    9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bc1 O-O 12. Ra2 Qc7 13. b3 Bb7 14. e4 Rae8 15. Nh4
    e6 16. Nd2 a5 17. f4 exd5 18. exd5 Bc8 19. Bf3 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Ndf6 21. Bxh5 Nxh5
    22. f5 Ng7 23. Ndf3 Be3 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Re2 Bxc1 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Qxc1 Nf5
    28. Ng2 Qg7 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Bd7 31. g4 Nd4 32. Nxd4 Qxd4 33. h3 Qd3 34.
    Qh4 Kf7 35. Qxh7+ Ke8 36. Kh2 Kd8 37. Qh4+ Kc7 38. Qe7 Qxb3 39. Qf8 Qxc4 40.
    Qa8 b3 41. Qa7+ Kc8 42. Qa8+ Kc7 43. Qa7+ Kd8 44. Qxa5+ Ke7 45. Qd2 Qd4 46. Qh6
    Be8 47. Nf4 Qf2+ 48. Kh1 b2 49. Qg7+ Bf7 50. Nxg6+ Kd7 0-1

    [Event "Montreal op"]
    [Site "Montreal CAN"]
    [Date "2012.09.09"]
    [Round "5"]
    [White "Nicula, Marius"]
    [Black "Kovalyov, Anton"]
    [Result "0-1"]
    [ECO "E06"]
    [WhiteElo "2196"]
    [BlackElo "2593"]
    [PlyCount "96"]
    [EventDate "2012.09.07"]
    [EventType "swiss"]
    [EventRounds "5"]
    [EventCountry "CAN"]

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Ne5
    Bb7 9. e4 a5 10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Qe2 Bb4 13. exd5 cxd5 14. a3 Bxd2 15.
    Qxd2 Ba8 16. f3 a4 17. Qd3 Bb7 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. bxa4 Nac7 20. Rfc1 Ra8 21. Qb3
    Ne8 22. f4 Nd6 23. Nc6 Qd7 24. Ne5 Qe7 25. Nc4 Nf5 26. Re1 Rfd8 27. Rac1 Qd7
    28. Ne5 Qxa4 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. Qxa4 Rxa4 31. Rc7 f6 32. Nc6 Rc4 33. g4 Rxc6 34.
    Rxc6 Bxc6 35. gxf5 exf5 36. Re6 Rc8 37. Rd6 Be4 38. Rxb6 Rc2 39. a4 Rg2+ 40.
    Kf1 Rxh2 41. a5 h5 42. a6 h4 43. a7 h3 44. d5 Bxd5 45. Rd6 Bg2+ 46. Kg1 Rh1+
    47. Kf2 Rb1 48. Kg3 Rxb2 0-1

    Code:
    # 	        Name 	     ID 	Rtng 	Cls 	Sex 	Rd 1 	Rd 2 	Rd 3 	Rd 4 	Rd 5 	Tot
1 	MF Hambleton, Aman 	129797 	2468 	  	  	+32 	+21 	+17 	=5 	+10 	4,5
2 	GMI Kovalyov, Anton 	142449 	2593 	  	  	+36 	+4 	=10 	=7 	+12 	4,0
3 	Qin, Zi Yi [Joey] 	134989 	2422 	  	F 	+9 	=30 	+14 	=10 	+11 	4,0
4 	MN Kraiouchkine, Nikit  135223 	2310 	  	  	+20 	-2 	+25 	+22 	+14 	4,0
5 	MF Sapozhnikov, Roman 	138609 	2470 	  	  	+24 	=11 	+31 	=1 	=7 	3,5
6 	MF Jiang, Louie 	133987 	2368 	  	  	+37 	-14 	=12 	+32 	+18 	3,5
7 	MacKinnon, Keith 	133701 	2301 	  	  	H--- 	+29 	+13 	=2 	=5 	3,5
8 	MN Masse, Hugues 	125461 	2246 	  	  	=15 	H--- 	=9 	+19 	+17 	3,5
9 	Yu, Zong Yang 	        153480 	2043 	  	F 	-3 	+35 	=8 	+31 	+22 	3,5
10 	MI Hebert, Jean 	101280 	2424 	  	  	+19 	+22 	=2 	=3 	-1 	3,0
11 	Sturt, Raven 	        153485 	2275 	  	  	+33 	=5 	+30 	=17 	-3 	3,0
12 	MF Nicula, Marius 	128271 	2196 	  	  	=27 	+15 	=6 	+16 	-2 	3,0
13 	Robichaud, Louis 	105065 	2136 	  	  	H--- 	+34 	-7 	=29 	+27 	3,0
14 	Chiku-Ratte, Olivier Ke48376 	2112 	  	  	+35 	+6 	-3 	+21 	-4 	3,0
15 	Zhu, Hong Rui 	        148238 	2036 	  	  	=8 	-12 	=23 	+36 	+29 	3,0
16 	Beaulieu, Pierre 	128277 	2000 	  	  	-18 	B--- 	+36 	-12 	+30 	3,0
17 	Kleinman, Michael 	132631 	2394 	  	  	+25 	+18 	-1 	=11 	-8 	2,5
18 	Libersan, Thierry 	122046 	2101 	  	  	+16 	-17 	=29 	+30 	-6 	2,5
19 	Cloutier, Mathieu 	142404 	2059 	  	  	-10 	+26 	H--- 	-8 	+33 	2,5
20 	Zhang, Yuanchen 	148449 	2038 	  	  	-4 	-36 	X39 	=24 	+32 	2,5
21 	MN Bolduc, Steve 	102959 	2221 	  	  	+26 	-1 	+27 	-14 	U--- 	2,0
22 	Galbadrakh, Enkh-Amar 	  	2169 	  	  	+39 	-10 	+37 	-4 	-9 	2,0
23 	Roy, Myriam 	        139360 	2068 	  	F 	-29 	=27 	=15 	=33 	=25 	2,0
24 	Poulin, Mathieu 	135176 	2060 	  	  	-5 	-37 	+28 	=20 	=26 	2,0
25 	Wu, Qi You 	        148361 	2043 	  	  	-17 	+39 	-4 	=26 	=23 	2,0
26 	Le Duin, Thierry 	144425 	2030 	  	  	-21 	-19 	+35 	=25 	=24 	2,0
27 	Gueorguiev, Valentin 	148294 	2000 	  	  	=12 	=23 	-21 	+37 	-13 	2,0
28 	Gauthier, Denis 	101089 	2000 	  	  	H--- 	-31 	-24 	=35 	+34 	2,0
29 	Auger, Bertrand 	105909 	2000 	  	  	+23 	-7 	=18 	=13 	-15 	2,0
30 	MN Ibrahim, Anthony 	110380 	2215 	  	  	+38 	=3 	-11 	-18 	-16 	1,5
31 	MN Tomb, Maroun 	130071 	2209 	  	  	=34 	+28 	-5 	-9 	U--- 	1,5
32 	Desjardins, Michel 	131936 	2059 	  	  	-1 	=38 	+34 	-6 	-20 	1,5
33 	Forget, Luc 	        112389 	2037 	  	  	-11 	H--- 	=38 	=23 	-19 	1,5
34 	Yun, Chang 	        149639 	2000 	  	F 	=31 	-13 	-32 	+38 	-28 	1,5
35 	Bleau, John 	        111867 	2000 	  	  	-14 	-9 	-26 	=28 	B--- 	1,5
36 	Lepine, Cedric 	        144456 	2062 	  	  	-2 	+20 	-16 	-15 	U--- 	1,0
37 	Gagnon, Serge 	        105070 	2039 	  	  	-6 	+24 	-22 	-27 	U--- 	1,0
38 	Ramaswamy, Kiran 	126039 	2006 	  	  	-30 	=32 	=33 	-34 	U--- 	1,0
39 	Bouchard, Jean Marc 	103565 	2000 	  	  	-22 	-25 	F20 	U--- 	U--- 	0,0
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  • #2
    Re: Montreal Open - congrats to the winner Aman Hambleton

    Impressive. Another tournament win from Mr. Aman. He recently won the Toronto Labor Day tournament and now this week he captures first place at the Montreal Open. He also put in a memorable performance at the World Junior capturing an IM norm last month.

    Could he be Canada's next great player?

    Norm

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    • #3
      Re: Montreal Open - congrats to the winner Aman Hambleton

      Congratulations Aman - keep the roll going !! IM coming up??

      Bob

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      • #4
        Re: Montreal Open - congrats to the winner Aman Hambleton

        Well done Aman. Very nice work it seems.
        ...Mike Pence: the Lord of the fly.

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        • #5
          Re: Montreal Open - congrats to the winner Aman Hambleton

          Congratulations to Aman.

          Originally posted by Bob Armstrong View Post
          IM coming up??
          In case he'll go to tournaments without girls :D


          *-*-*
          What was a secret that the last round pairing did not produce Aman vs Anton? Is a color more important than a rating?

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          • #6
            Re: Montreal Open - congrats to the winner Aman Hambleton

            Congrats Aman!!!!

            And congrats to Joey Qin on his recent sex change... Or should I now say "her" recent sex change? :D
            No matter how big and bad you are, when a two-year-old hands you a toy phone, you answer it.

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            • #7
              Re: Montreal Open - congrats to the winner Aman Hambleton

              Aman Hambleton 2400+ IM during 2013 is my prediction. fantastic performance! hope to see him on the 2014 Tromso team

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              • #8
                Re: Montreal Open - congrats to the winner Aman Hambleton

                Congrats Aman! No small feat. Keep it up, IM title comin soon!!

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                • #9
                  Re: Montreal Open - congrats to the winner Aman Hambleton

                  Aman is on a roll! Keep up the great chess, Aman. :D

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                  • #10
                    Re: Montreal Open - congrats to the winner Aman Hambleton

                    Very good tournament Aman. Congratulations on clear first. Not your fault that you did not get to play Anton in the last round as everyone expected you would. Very nice win over Jean Hebert with black. Keith was impressed by your play.

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                    • #11
                      Re: Montreal Open - congrats to the winner Aman Hambleton

                      Originally posted by Don MacKinnon View Post
                      Very good tournament Aman. Congratulations on clear first. Not your fault that you did not get to play Anton in the last round as everyone expected you would. Very nice win over Jean Hebert with black. Keith was impressed by your play.
                      Hello Don. It was good to see your son playing again. A few years ago I thought he was the next junior who was going to "take over" Canadian Chess but it seems Mr.Aman has taken his spot.

                      It was good to see your son have a good tournament after a horrific Canadian Open.

                      Norm

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                      • #12
                        Re: Montreal Open - congrats to the winner Aman Hambleton

                        I asked the organizers about the pairings in the last 2 rounds, particulary why Anton and I did not play... They were very helpful and took the time to show me the rules that were followed. It was a question of colour conflict, which would have created 2 or 3 more problems down the pairing sheet with other players. The way the pairings were done minimized the conflicts in each round. It seemed inevitable with so many players at the same number of points in successive rounds. Nonetheless, I was upset not to have a game with Kovalyov this tournament, but I'm sure we will play soon enough.

                        Egidijus - We'll see. Sometimes they are a much appreciated distraction

                        Don - Thanks! It was good to see Keith playing again as well, he had quite a good tournament staying undefeated and drawing Kovalyov... he also had good chances for a win in the last round against Sapozhnikov but managed a draw.

                        Thanks to everyone for the support and encouragement. :)

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                        • #13
                          Re: Montreal Open - congrats to the winner Aman Hambleton

                          Hi Aman,

                          It seems that you cannot be stopped! Way to go.
                          Hopefully the next time you come to Oriole, we are doing a fundraising for you to go to Chess Olympiad!

                          Corinna

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