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  • #46
    Re : Re: Re : Re: Reykjavik Open

    Originally posted by Emil Smilovici View Post
    The youngest Gm today.

    The youngest GM ever remains Sergey Karjakin - 12 years and 7 months (exactly!) when he became a GM in 2002.
    Indeed. Wei Yi 'only' clocks in as the 4th youngest GM in history (albeit he is now, by far, the youngest GM on the planet), right behind Magnus Carlsen who holds down the #3 spot.

    The Wikipedia entry on the subject is rather intriguing, detailing that back in 1950 David Bronstein established the record then of the youngest GM ever at the age of 26!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_prodigy

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    • #47
      Re: Reykjavik Open

      Originally posted by Egidijus Zeromskis View Post
      Aman, who put salt in your engine?
      Rp 2261
      Aman won his game today (Round 10) against Andrew J Muir.
      He is now 6.5/10 ... moving up!
      ...Mike Pence: the Lord of the fly.

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      • #48
        Re: Reykjavik Open

        Time to light the afterburners, Aman. Go, Aman, Go!:D

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        • #49
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          Originally posted by Gordon Ritchie View Post
          Time to light the afterburners, Aman. Go, Aman, Go!:D
          The tournament finished today. Assuming Bassim Amin wins his won (+18.69)endgame, there was a 3-way tie for 1st between the aforementioned Amin, Pavel Eljanov, and Wesley So, all at 8/10. The 13-year-old, now a GM, Wei Yi, finished a 1/2 point back at 7.5/10.

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          • #50
            Re : Reykjavik Open

            Bassem Amin did indeed win that endgame to join Eljanov and So at 8/10. Of course, if I was the TD, I'd give both Eljanov and So double zeroes for their 3-move draw and declare Amin the sole winner (:

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            • #51
              Re: Reykjavik Open

              If I am reading the results correctly, Aman tied for 22 with 6.5 points. That may sound disappointing but I count at least a dozen GMs at the same score. He does drop a dozen rating points but has no doubt gained from the experience of a very tough, high-class tournament.
              Congratulations, Aman.

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              • #52
                Re: Reykjavik Open

                Yes congratulations Aman! Tough tournament.

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                • #53
                  Re: Reykjavik Open

                  One more game - still can't find the other rounds.

                  [Event "Reykjavik Open 2013"]
                  [Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
                  [Date "2013.02.27"]
                  [Round "10.29"]
                  [White "Muir, Andrew J"]
                  [Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
                  [Result "0-1"]
                  [WhiteTitle "IM"]
                  [BlackTitle "FM"]
                  [WhiteElo "2313"]
                  [BlackElo "2472"]
                  [ECO "E53"]
                  [Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
                  [Variation "4.e3, main line with ...c5"]
                  [WhiteFideId "2400138"]
                  [BlackFideId "2606577"]
                  [EventDate "2013.02.19"]

                  1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
                  dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rac1 h6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
                  15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Rxc3 18. Bxb7 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Re8 20. Qf3 Qd2
                  21. Rf1 Qxb2 22. g3 Bc5 23. Bd5 Qe5 24. Bb3 Kg7 25. Bc2 Rd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.
                  Qxd1 f5 28. Bb3 b5 29. Qf3 a5 30. Kg2 Qe4 31. Qxe4 fxe4 32. Bd5 f5 33. g4 Kf6
                  34. gxf5 Kxf5 35. Bc6 b4 36. Kf1 Ke5 37. Ke2 Kd4 38. h4 h5 39. Be8 Be7 40. Bxh5
                  a4 41. Bf7 Bxh4 42. Be6 Bg5 43. Bf7 Kc3 44. Bd5 Kb2 45. Ke1 b3 46. axb3 a3 47.
                  b4 a2 48. Bxa2 Kxa2 49. Ke2 Kb3 50. f3 e3 51. b5 Kc4 52. b6 Kd4 53. b7 Bf4 54.
                  Kd1 Kd3 55. Ke1 Bg3+ 0-1

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                  • #54
                    Re: Reykjavik Open

                    Originally posted by Hugh Brodie View Post
                    One more game - still can't find the other rounds.

                    [Event "Reykjavik Open 2013"]
                    [Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
                    [Date "2013.02.27"]
                    [Round "10.29"]
                    [White "Muir, Andrew J"]
                    [Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
                    [Result "0-1"]
                    [WhiteTitle "IM"]
                    [BlackTitle "FM"]
                    [WhiteElo "2313"]
                    [BlackElo "2472"]
                    [ECO "E53"]
                    [Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
                    [Variation "4.e3, main line with ...c5"]
                    [WhiteFideId "2400138"]
                    [BlackFideId "2606577"]
                    [EventDate "2013.02.19"]

                    1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
                    dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rac1 h6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
                    15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Rxc3 18. Bxb7 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Re8 20. Qf3 Qd2
                    21. Rf1 Qxb2 22. g3 Bc5 23. Bd5 Qe5 24. Bb3 Kg7 25. Bc2 Rd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.
                    Qxd1 f5 28. Bb3 b5 29. Qf3 a5 30. Kg2 Qe4 31. Qxe4 fxe4 32. Bd5 f5 33. g4 Kf6
                    34. gxf5 Kxf5 35. Bc6 b4 36. Kf1 Ke5 37. Ke2 Kd4 38. h4 h5 39. Be8 Be7 40. Bxh5
                    a4 41. Bf7 Bxh4 42. Be6 Bg5 43. Bf7 Kc3 44. Bd5 Kb2 45. Ke1 b3 46. axb3 a3 47.
                    b4 a2 48. Bxa2 Kxa2 49. Ke2 Kb3 50. f3 e3 51. b5 Kc4 52. b6 Kd4 53. b7 Bf4 54.
                    Kd1 Kd3 55. Ke1 Bg3+ 0-1
                    An instructive game for the kids and us adults on how Aman handled the opposite coloured bishop ending.

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                    • #55
                      Re: Reykjavik Open

                      Did anybody catch this interview by one of Canada's own, by the way?

                      On a side note, I am not a big fan of YouTube transcripts as of yet. Some examples from this video include: "spaziano happy dot com by septic tanks" - umm, no thanks; and "what's on tap to just be a space station about yourself" - stellar!

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                      • #56
                        Re: Reykjavik Open

                        Aman (if I may), congratulations on a nice showing. Do you perchance have your game with Omarsson? It is listed as "lost" by the tournament size and TWIC and others.

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                        • #57
                          Re: Reykjavik Open

                          Originally posted by Kenneth Regan View Post
                          Aman (if I may), congratulations on a nice showing. Do you perchance have your game with Omarsson? It is listed as "lost" by the tournament size and TWIC and others.
                          Pretty fortunate for me! I moved too quickly and blundered early with 7. ... Nbd7 instead of the known theory 7. ... Bd7. So I had to sacrifice a pawn and play from behind the entire game... I was pleased to draw.

                          Here is the awful creature:

                          [Event "Reykjavik Open"]
                          [Site "?"]
                          [Date "2013.02.20"]
                          [Round "2"]
                          [White "Omarsson, Dadi"]
                          [Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
                          [Result "1/2-1/2"]
                          [ECO "C03"]
                          [WhiteElo "2212"]
                          [BlackElo "2472"]
                          [PlyCount "83"]
                          [SourceDate "2009.08.18"]

                          1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 h6 4. c3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8.
                          O-O c4 9. b3 Be7 10. bxc4 dxc4 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bd3 Be6 14. c4 Bb4
                          15. Qb3 Ba5 16. Ba3 Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Qxd4 18. Nf3 Qf4 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Ne5 Qd4
                          21. Rad1 Qc5 22. a4 Qa5 23. Qb5 Qxa4 24. Ra1 Qxb5 25. cxb5 Nc8 26. Rec1 Rd8 27.
                          Bc4 Bxc4 28. Nxc4 Kf8 29. Ne3 Ne8 30. Nf5 Ncd6 31. Rd1 g6 32. Nxd6 Rxd6 33.
                          Rdc1 a6 34. bxa6 bxa6 35. Rc8 Re6 36. Ra8 Kg7 37. R8xa6 Re2 38. Kf1 Rb2 39. g3
                          Nf6 40. R1a2 Rb5 41. Kg2 Ne4 42. R6a5 1/2-1/2

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                          • #58
                            Re: Reykjavik Open

                            Thank you very much! I am passing this on to Mark Crowther and to the organizers.

                            I didn't know there was a "Chebanenko" line of the Tarrasch French. I played 1...b6 when I was your age, even against people like Rafael Vaganian, and lacked the crucial guidance to study the superior 1..a6, 2...b5! strategy.

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                            • #59
                              Re: Reykjavik Open

                              deleted.....
                              Last edited by Hugh Brodie; Sunday, 17th March, 2013, 12:59 AM. Reason: My question was answered.

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