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Canadian Open Rd1
The Rd1 report has been upgraded.
13 games were just added, all lightly annotated.
Total 14 games that were posted as PGNs by Haldor Palsson on another thread.
My favorite was the IM Gerzhoy win.
I could use some pics if anyone has some free time and a camera :)
Michael, you may want to change your blog details about him as Bob Armstrong is facing some problems continuing with his blog. He posted something about it over here ...
Originally posted by Bob Armstrong
But I am afraid that I have run into a technological glitch. There are no computers any longer in the common area as in 2007, when I also did a blog. And I have no laptop. Mario has kindly lent me the use of his laptop to do this. But I am unused to a laptop, and it is simply taking too much time to do it. The last three years were tournaments in Toronto, and so I was able to type quickly then on my desktop. Mario has offered to let me use it, but it is simply too hard, with lots of little things going wrong, and I will have to have it much too long, when Mario could be using it. Maybe in future, I will invest in a laptop, and then once used to it, I’ll be able to do it at a reasonable speed.
Thanks
Thanks to all those who complimented me on my blog effort, and encouraged me. It is always fun to do, and it seems people felt it was worth the effort. So I’ll just bid adieu, until I may resurface at some future date.
Bob Armstrong, ex-blogger
It's too bad. I was rather looking forward to his reports.
Last edited by Nigel Hanrahan; Sunday, 14th July, 2013, 02:32 PM.
Reason: add a link, add a quote, you know the drill
Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.
V4 OPEN SVK Final standings
IM Krnan,Tomas(CAN) took clear first with 7.5/9. Hungarians GM Banusz and IM Nagy,Gabor were right behind in a group with 7/9. Krnan was 2.5/4 against the GMs he faced.
Krnan,Tomas (2411) - Petrik,Tomas (2512)
French Winawer [C16]
V4 OPEN
International Championship of Banska Stiavnica (7.2), 12.07.2013
Canadian Open Rd2
2 part summary-17 games
All games on PGN viewer, all decisive games lightly annotated.
Yes Hans, GM Hansen's dramatic win was included.
Canadian Open rd3 Standings
These are the standings(unofficial) as far I could make out sorted by point total and then player rating. The official wallchart is sorted by rating so it's hard to see who is in front.
There is a large group of players including GM Hansen and IM Hambleton with 3/3.
Canadian Open Rd3 games Part I and II
15 games available on PGN viewer
Big upsets
James Fu beat IM Bindi Cheng in an action packed game
Jason Cao beat IM Porper in a fine game
Nice games by
GM Hansen
IM Hambleton
GM Vera
etc
I only analyzed a few of the games though.
Yes Hans, I did the Hansen game; and the Hambleton game...
The two H's performed admirably. Its nice to see the Grunfeld handled so well on both sides. Thanks to Michael S. for resigning at the right time so I could work out Eric's wonderful attack with Q+2N's+Gufeld B+R and my morning coffee! Dream variations in the morning! Thanks very much Michael!
Canadian Open Rd4 Report(2 Parts)
16 games on PGN viewer; most with notes. Hans, see game #3 for the Hansen game.
Part 1 Games 1-8
Game 1
GM Short got a slight edge in RRN-RRB ending and won nicely with the tricky Spanish Cozio variation.
Game 2
GM Sokolov found a nice way to exploit f2 to win a pawn for a nice victory against the Spanish 6.d3.
Game 3(Hansen-Vera)
GM Hansen avoided a big theory duel with 3.Bb5+ and got a nice bind on the dark squares. Black gave a pawn for some attempted counterplay but really got nothing but a lost position.
Game 4
IM Gerzhoy ground out a nice RRB-RRB ending with opposite color bishops.
Game 6
This was a titanic battle between two of Canada's rising talents. IM Wang survived IM Hambleton's attacking tries on the kingside and got a winning queen ending. Just as the win was in sight, Wang made slipped up and allowed Hambleton to get a perpetual.
Game 7
GM Bruzon got a nice bind on the whole board and finished the game with a kingside attack.
Game 8
GM Sambuev got the better side of a long forcing line and won a pawn and with it the game.
Part 2 Games 9-18
Game 10
GM Moradiabadi slowly improved his position and then pushed the passed c-pawn for a nice positional victory.
Game 14
GM Perelsteyn built up his position with an impressive maneuvering display before unleashing a little combination.
Game 15
IM Cheng got a nice dark square bind and duly converted an extra pawn in the R-R ending.
Canadian Open-Breaking News on Rd7
The leaders clashed and GM Hansen defended for a draw against Sokolov,I. Thanks to Emil Smilovici for posting the PGN on Chesstalk. Hansen had to defend but got the draw in the end.
Sokolov,I (2642) - Hansen,E (2587)
Queeen’s Gambit Declined[D66]
Canadian Open 2013
CAN (7.1), 19.07.2013
Canadian Open Rd5 Part 1 Games 1-5
The Highlights
Mordiabadi,E-Sambuev,B was the game of the round so far as far as action is concerned but IM Richard Wang got the big result by beating GM Arencibia.
Game 1-Short,N-Hansen,E
GM Short played for a long massage based on better structure and eventually won a pawn. But GM Hansen calmly held the R-R ending for the draw.
Game 2-Sokolov,I-Gerzhoy,L
GM Sokolov built up a nice position and had a vice like grip. However the details of the game are incomplete.
Game 3-Hambleton,A-Bruzon Batista,L
GM Bruzon won a pawn early but could not convert in the RRB-RRB with opposite color bishops ending.
Game 4-Mordiabadi,E-Sambuev,B
This was a real action packed game. GM Sambuev went for the win on the black side of an exchange Slav but took too many risks. The allowed GM Mordiabadi a chance to finish the game with a bloodthirsty attack.
Game 5-Arencibia,W-Wang,R
GM Arencibia allowed the d-pawn to be cut off and surrounded deep in enemy territory and IM Wang converted without incident in a N-N ending where white labored with marooned Nh6.
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