Benasque 2013 Rd9-FM Humphreys M(CAN)

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There is one more round to play but the action is heating up.

GMs ITURRIZAGA, Eduardo and RODSHTEIN, Maxim is tied for first with 8/9. GM DELCHEV Aleksander is in clear third with 7.5/9.

FM HUMPHREYS is the top Canadian point getter with 6/9 but the big story now is Jonathan Farine(CAN) who has gained 51 elo points so far.

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Canadian Results
FM HUMPHREYS is the top point getter with 6/9 but the big story now is Jonathan Farine who has gained 51 elo points so far.

Rk.		Name	FED	RtgI	Pts.	rtg+/-
76	FM	HUMPHREYS Michael	CAN	2183	6	8.4
172		FARINE Jonathan	CAN	1886	5	51
268		FERREIRA Alex	CAN	1981	4	-15.4
398		ABBARIN Shabnam	CAN	0	1.5

Overall Standings
GMs ITURRIZAGA, Eduardo and RODSHTEIN, Maxim is tied for first with 8/9. GM DELCHEV Aleksander is in clear third with 7.5/9

Rk.		Name	FED	RtgI	Pts.	rtg+/-
1	GM	ITURRIZAGA Eduardo	VEN	2642	8	16.8
2	GM	RODSHTEIN Maxim	ISR	2641	8	15.3
3	GM	DELCHEV Aleksander	BUL	2614	7.5	12.6
7	GM	KHARITONOV Alexandr	RUS	2538	7	9.3
10	GM	BURMAKIN Vladimir	RUS	2559	7	1.3
5	GM	GRANDA ZUNIGA Julio E	PER	2679	7	1.6
12	GM	CORI Jorge	PER	2543	7	6
6	GM	VOCATURO Daniele	ITA	2536	7	11
8	GM	ZOLER Dan	ISR	2538	7	4.3
13	GM	NEELOTPAL Das	IND	2445	7	12.7
9	FM	FENOLLAR JORDA Manuel	ESP	2397	7	40.3
15	GM	UBILAVA Elizbar	ESP	2490	7	7.3
11	IM	GUERRA MENDEZ Jose Angel	CUB	2505	7	8.4
14	GM	LALIC Bogdan	CRO	2489	7	4.5
4	GM	NI Hua	CHN	2661	7	4.8
16	IM	NARODITSKY Daniel	USA	2486	6.5	16.1
32	GM	KOVCHAN Alexander	UKR	2577	6.5	-7.9
33	GM	FIRMAN Nazar	UKR	2526	6.5	-9.1
35	GM	ANDERSSON Ulf	SWE	2557	6.5	-2.6
24	GM	NAUMKIN Igor	RUS	2443	6.5	9.5
29	GM	NISIPEANU Liviu-Dieter	ROU	2670	6.5	-12.3
19	IM	BURG Twan	NED	2479	6.5	10.8
30	IM	TAN Matthew	NED	2435	6.5	8.9
36		ARON Teh Eu Wen	MAS	2145	6.5	35.7
18	GM	GOLOD Vitali	ISR	2578	6.5	1.1
31	GM	STEINGRIMSSON Hedinn	ISL	2557	6.5	-6.8
21	GM	SHYAM Sundar M.	IND	2505	6.5	7.3
17	GM	VAZQUEZ IGARZA Renier	ESP	2571	6.5	5.2
22	IM	FORCEN ESTEBAN Daniel	ESP	2493	6.5	13.7
23	GM	ARIZMENDI MARTINEZ Julen Luis	ESP	2580	6.5	-6.9
25	IM	CASTELLANOS RODRIGUEZ Renier	ESP	2504	6.5	-0.2
26	GM	ILLESCAS CORDOBA Miguel	ESP	2613	6.5	-8
27	GM	DE LA VILLA GARCIA Jesus Mari	ESP	2472	6.5	4.4
34	IM	ARRIBAS LOPEZ Angel	ESP	2494	6.5	-0.5
28	GM	GORDON Stephen J	ENG	2521	6.5	-2.9
20	GM	GEORGIEV Kiril	BUL	2636	6.5	-4.1

MOVSZISZIAN,Karen (2499) - NI,Hua (2661)

Sicilan Closed 6.Nf3 e5[B25]

Benasque Open 

Benasque (Spain) (9.5), 12.07.2013

Position 1
Black has a clear extra pawn and is looking to consolidate. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

28.Rd1