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Sunday, July 28, 2013

Quebec Open 2013 Rd9-Top 4 Boards

Results/Live Games/Quebec Open 2013 and Photos-Preotu,Rene Gallery
  • GM Bruzon beat IM Gerzhoy's French Defence is spectacular fashion. 
  • GM Rozentalis could not convert a promising position against GM Moradiabadi and had to settle for a draw. 
  • GM Sulskis played a marathon but got nowhere in a fascinating Q+P vs. RBN battle against GM Kovalyov.
Youngsters getting ready
Kleinman(left)-Thavandiren(right)

Preotu,R(left)-Shetty(right)

Top Finishers
GM Bruzon took clear first with a last round win over IM Gerzhoy with a score of 7/9. GMs Rozentalis, Moradiabadi and Kovalyov shared second with 6.5/9.


Rk.NameFEDRtgTotal
1GMBruzon Batista LazaroCUB26897
2GMRozentalis EduardasLTU26196.5
3GMMoradiabadi ElshanIRI25516.5
4GMKovalyov AntonARG26066.5
5GMSulskis SarunasLTU25596
6GMSokolov IvanNED26506
7IMHambleton AmanCAN24806
8IMCheng BindiCAN24066
9IMPanjwani RajaCAN24096

Game 1
The solid Queen's Indian proved its worth and yielded GM Rozentalis a solid equal position to play from. Rozentalis won a pawn and then another but but could not covert two extra pawns in the RB-RN ending.


GM Moradiabadi(left)-GM Rozentalis(right)

Moradiabadi,E (2551) - Rozentalis,E (2619)
Queen’s Indian 8.Bd2[E17]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (9.1), 28.07.2013


Position 1
Black has the better structure. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play


42.Rd8

Game 2
GM Brunzon won with strong attacking play after black closed the position and went for an interesting kingwalk.

Brunzon,L (2691) - Gerzhoy,L (2462)
French Tarrasch 3…Nf6[C05]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (9.2), 28.07.2013


Position 1
The position is closed. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play
16...bc

Game 3
GM Sambuev made an enterprising exchange sacrifice for dark square play but neither side could make any real progress in the resulting closed position.

Panjwani,R (2409) - Sambuev,B (2530)
King’s Indian Classical 9.Ne1[E92]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (9.3), 28.07.2013


Position 1
Black has close to a fortress with good compensation for the exchange. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play


27..Be5

Game 4
The ever popular 6.Bg5 Najdorf was the scene of the action. GM Sulskis could not convert a promising position and the game was drawn after 118 moves.


Sulskis,S(left)-Kovalyev,A(right) 

Sulskis,S (2559) - Kovalyev,A (2606)
Sicilian Najdorf 6.Bg5 Nbd7[B94]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (9.4), 28.07.2013


Position 1
White has a Q for RB+P. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play


24...Re6

Position 2
White tried hard to crack black's position by pushing the g-pawn but black held firm and later had to play accurately to ensure the RBN did not coordinate and overwhelm the queen.

Black to Play

51.g4



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