Quebec Open 2013 Rd1-GM Sokolov(NED)

Results/Live Games/Quebec Open 2013
Some surprises already as Preotu beat GM Sambuev.

GM Sambuev(left)-Preotu,Razvan(right) about to play

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Bo.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg
1	GM	Bruzon Batista	2689	0	½ - ½	0		Adithya B.	2301
2	FM	Kleinman Michael	2298	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Sokolov Ivan	2650
3	GM	Rozentalis E	2619	0	½ - ½	0	FM	Rodriguez Eric	2290
4	IM	Calugar Arthur	2282	0	1-0	0	GM	Kovalyov Anton	2606
5	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	2559	0	1-0	0	IM	Piasetski Leon	2279
6	FM	Leveille Francois	2279	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	2551
7	GM	Sambuev Bator	2530	0	0 - 1	0		Preotu Razvan	2277
8	FM	Sapozhnikov R	2272	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Chirila Ioan-Cristian	2528
9	GM	Arencibia Walter	2526	0	½ - ½	0	FM	Hamilton Robert	2251
10		Song Michael	2242	0	0 - 1	0	IM	Molner Mackenzie	2501
11	IM	Hambleton Aman	2480	0	1-0	0	FM	Voskanyan Vahagn	2241
12		Kraiouchkine N	2234	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Roussel-Roozmon T	2476
13	GM	Vera Reynaldo	2462	0	1-0	0		Villavieja Butch	2211
14	WIM	Enkhtuul Altanulzii	2202	0	- - +	0	IM	Gerzhoy Leonid	2462
15	IM	Porper Edward	2453	0	1-0	0		Masse Hugues	2187
16		Morin Yves	2185	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Perez Rodriguez Ll	2427
17	FM	Oliva Castaneda	2423	0	1-0	0		Caire Francois	2178
18		Bérubé Antoine	2174	0	0 - 1	0	IM	Kiewra Keaton F	2422
19	IM	Panjwani Raja	2409	0	1-0	0		Ibrahim Anthony	2161
20		Tomb Maroun	2133	0	0 - 1	0	IM	Cheng Bindi	2406
21	FM	Ostrovskiy A	2403	0	1-0	0		Van Heirzeele Daniel	2116
22		Chiku-Ratte	2106	0	0 - 1	0	IM	Wang Richard	2377
23	IM	Perez Garcia	2364	0	1-0	0		Tessier-Desrosiers	2106
24		Lo Ryan	2068	0	0 - 1	0	FM	Thavandiran Shiyam	2338
25	FM	Jiang Louie	2324	0	1-0	0		Zhang Yuanchen	2061
26	FM	Cao Jason	2060	0	1-0	0	FM	Shetty Atulya	2314
27	FM	Chandra Akshat	2312	0	1-0	0		Wan Kevin	2006

Standings(Partial)

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Prov	Pts
1	GM	Sokolov Ivan	NED	2650		1
2	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	LTU	2559		1
3	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	IRI	2551		1
4	GM	Chirila Ioan-Cristian	ROU	2528		1
5	IM	Molner Mackenzie	USA	2501		1
6	IM	Hambleton Aman	CAN	2480	ON	1
7	GM	Roussel-Roozmon Thomas	CAN	2476	QC	1
8	GM	Vera Reynaldo	CUB	2462	FO	1
9	IM	Gerzhoy Leonid	CAN	2462	ON	1
	IM	Porper Edward	CAN	2453	AB	1
	GM	Perez Rodriguez Luis Manuel	CUB	2427		1
	FM	Oliva Castaneda Kevel	CUB	2423	FO	1
	IM	Kiewra Keaton F	USA	2422		1
	IM	Panjwani Raja	CAN	2409	ON	1
	IM	Cheng Bindi	CAN	2406		1
	FM	Ostrovskiy Aleksandr A	USA	2403		1
	IM	Wang Richard	CAN	2377	AB	1
	IM	Perez Garcia Rodney Oscar	CUB	2364		1
	FM	Thavandiran Shiyam	CAN	2338	ON	1
	FM	Jiang Louie	CAN	2324	QC	1
	FM	Chandra Akshat	USA	2312		1
	IM	Calugar Arthur	CAN	2282	ON	1
		Preotu Razvan	CAN	2277	ON	1
	FM	Cao Jason	CAN	2060	BC	1
25	GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	CUB	2689	FO	0.5
	GM	Rozentalis Eduardas	LTU	2619	FO	0.5
	GM	Arencibia Walter	CUB	2526	FO	0.5
		Adithya B.	IND	2301		0.5
	FM	Rodriguez Eric	USA	2290		0.5
	FM	Hamilton Robert	CAN	2251	ON	0.5

Here is GM Sokolov's rd1 game.

Kleinman,M (2298) - Sokolov,I (2650) 
Spanish Breyer[C95] 
COQ Invitational 2013 (1.2), 22.07.2013

Position 1
There seems to be nothing happening. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

21.Ra2