Canadian Open 2013 Rd5-Part 3

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Part 3 Games 11-15

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Round 6: Hansen(left) - Moradiabadi(right)

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Highlights

Game 11-Vera-Fu
GM Vera saved a lost position after being a clear exchange down.

Game 12-Ivanov,M-Porper
Ivanov tried Hector's pet line but the ending was unfavorable.

Game 13-Cao,J-Perez Rodriguez
An uneventful draw.

Game 14-Perez Garcia,R-Marinkovic,M
An uneventful draw.

Game 15-Pacey,K-Calugar,A
Calugar came back from a bad position to win in a R-R ending.

Game 11
GM Vera saved a lost position after being a clear exchange down.

Vera,Reynaldo (2514) - Fu,James (2257)

Grunfeld g3[D77]

Canadian Open 2013

Ottawa (5.11), 16.07.2013

 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0–0 0–0 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Rd1 c6 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.e4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Qxe4 e5 13.d5 Nf6 14.Qc2 cxd5 15.cxd5 e4 16.Ne1 Bg4 17.Bf4 Rc8 18.Qb3 Bxd1 19.Rxd1 Qb6 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.Bh3 

21.Bh3 

21...Rcd8 22.d6 Nd7 23.Bg5 f6 24.Be3 f5 25.g4 Re5 26.gxf5 gxf5 27.Ng2 Rf8 28.b4 Re6 29.Nh4 Re5 30.Bf4 Rb5 31.a3 Be5 32.Bf1 Bxf4 33.Bxb5 Ne5 34.d7 Bg5 35.Rd5 Nxd7 36.Bxd7 Bxh4 37.Bxf5 Ra8 38.Bxe4 Rxa3 39.Rd7 Ra4 40.Bxh7+ Kf8 41.b5 Ra1+ 42.Kg2 Ra2 43.Rxb7 Bxf2 44.Kf3 Bc5 45.h4 Rb2 46.Bd3 Rf2+ 47.Kg3

47.Kg3

47...Rf7 48.Rb8+ Kg7 49.Rd8 Rf8 50.Rd7+ Rf7 51.Rd5 Kh6 52.Kg4 Rg7+ 53.Kf5 Rf7+ 54.Ke5 Be7 55.Ke6 Rg7 56.h5 Bc5 57.Bg6 Re7+ 58.Kf6 Re1 59.Rd7 Rf1+ 60.Bf5 1–0

Game 12
Ivanov tried Hector's pet line but the ending was unfavorable.

Ivanov,Mike (2252) - Porper,Edward (2494)

French Winawer 4.Nge2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 [C15]

Canadian Open 2013

Ottawa (5.12), 16.07.2013

 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.g4 e5 7.Nxe4 Bxg4 8.Rg1 Bf5 9.N2g3 Bg6 10.dxe5 Qxd1+ 11.Kxd1 Nc6 12.f4 f5 13.Nc3 0–0–0+ 14.Bd3 Bc5 15.Re1 Nh6 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.Rxe3 Ng4 18.Re2 Nd4 19.Rd2 Nf3 20.h3 Nxd2 21.Kxd2 Nf2 22.Ke3 Nxd3 23.cxd3 Rd7 24.d4 c6 25.h4 Rf8 26.Rd1 Bf7 27.Rd2 g6 28.Nge2 Rfd8 

28...Rfd8

29.Na4 b6 30.b4 Kb7 31.Nec3 Bb3 32.Rd3 h6 33.Rd2 Rg8 34.Rg2 Rdg7 35.Nb2 g5 36.hxg5 hxg5 37.fxg5 Rxg5 38.Rxg5 Rxg5 39.Ne2 Rg4 40.Nf4 Kc7 41.Nbd3 Bc4 42.Ne1 Rg1 43.Nfg2 Rf1 44.Nf3 Bd5 45.Ngh4 Bxf3 46.Nxf3 Ra1 47.Nh4 Rxa3+ 48.Kf4 Rb3 49.Nxf5 Rxb4 50.Kg5 Rb1 51.e6 Rf1 52.Kf6 a5 53.Ke5 Rxf5+ 54.Kxf5 Kd8 55.Kf6 Ke8 0–1

Game 13
An uneventful draw.

Cao,Jason (2239) - Perez Rodriguez,Luis Manuel (2480)

Philidor[C41]

Canadian Open 2013

Ottawa (5.13), 16.07.2013

 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.Qf3 c5 9.Nf5 Bxf5 10.Qxf5 Qd7 11.Qf3 Qg4 12.Qxg4 Nxg4 13.Nd5 0–0–0 14.f3 Ne5 15.Bg5 f6 16.Bf4 Ng6 17.Bg3 Ne7 18.0–0–0 Nxd5 19.exd5 g6 20.c4 Kd7 21.Kc2 Kc8 22.Kc1 

22.Kc1 

22...Kd7 23.Kc2 Kc8 24.Kc1 Kd7 25.Kc2 ½–½

Game 14
An uneventful draw.

Perez Garcia,Rodney Oscar (2464) - Marinkovic,Mate (2231) 
Sicilian 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 [B22]

Canadian Open 2013

Ottawa (5.14), 16.07.2013

 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qe4 d6 8.Nbd2 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Qxe5 Bd7 11.Be2 Bc6 12.Nf3 Be7 13.Nd4 Bf6 14.Nxc6 Bxe5 15.Nxd8 Rxd8 16.Bd2 Nf4 17.g3 Nxe2 18.Kxe2 Kd7 19.Bg5 f6 20.Be3 Kc6 21.Rhd1 Bc7 

21...Bc7

22.b3 e5 23.c4 a5 24.a3 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rd8 26.Rxd8 Bxd8 27.Kd3 Be7 28.Bd2 b6 29.b4 axb4 30.axb4 b5 31.g4 ½–½

Game 15
Calugar came back from a bad position to win in a R-R ending.

Pacey,Kevin (2223) - Calugar,Arthur (2418)

English Anti-Grunfeld[A16]

Canadian Open 2013

Ottawa (5.15), 16.07.2013

 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Nd7 7.Bc4 e6 8.Qd4 Rg8 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Rd1 e5 12.Qe3 Nb6 13.Bd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Bg4 15.0–0 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 0–0–0 17.Qe3 Kb8 18.Rfe1 Rge8 19.c4 f5 

19...f5

20.f4 e4 21.c5 h6 22.b4 g5 23.Rf1 gxf4 24.Qxf4 e3 25.Rfe1 Qe4 26.g3 Qxf4 27.gxf4 Re4 28.a3 Kc8 29.Re2 a5 30.b5 Rxf4 31.Rxe3 Rc4 32.c6 bxc6 33.bxc6 Rxc6 34.dxc6 Rxd1+ 35.Kf2 Kd8 36.Re5 Rd2+ 37.Ke3 Rxh2 38.Rxa5 Rc2 39.Kf4 Rxc6 40.Kxf5 Rd6 41.a4 Kd7 42.Ra7 Kc6 43.a5 h5 44.Kg5 Rd5+ 45.Kh4 Rf5 46.Kg3 Rc5 

46...Rc5

47.Kh4 Kb5 48.Ra8 Rc4+ 49.Kxh5 Ra4 50.Rb8+ Kxa5 51.Kg5 c5 52.Kf5 Rd4 53.Ke5 Rd1 54.Ke4 c4 55.Ke3 c3 56.Rc8 Kb4 57.Ke2 Rd7 58.Rb8+ Ka3 59.Rc8 Kb2 60.Rb8+ Kc2 61.Rb6 Re7+ 62.Kf2 Kd2 63.Rd6+ Kc1 64.Rd8 c2 65.Rb8 Re5 66.Rb7 Kd2 67.Rd7+ Kc3 68.Rc7+ Kd3 69.Rd7+ Kc4 
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Canadian Open 2013 Rd3-Part 1

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Part 1 Games 1-7
GM Hansen and IM Hambleton won nice games this round. Hansen defended a Grunfeld while Hambleton beat the Grunfeld.

News is beginning to seep on the event. 

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Alexandra Botez and IM Aman Hambleton analyzing.

GM Arencibia

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Game 1
An uneventful draw in the solid Caro-Kann.

Perez Garcia,Rodney Oscar (2464) - Bruzon Batista,Lazaro (2758)

Caro-Kann[B16]

Canadian Open 2013 (3.1), 14.07.2013

 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.c4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Qa5 10.a3 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 Nd7 13.Rhe1 0–0–0 14.Kc3 Rhg8 15.g3 h5 16.Rad1 f5 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Bxe2 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Rxe2 

20.Rxe2 

20...Rd1 21.h4 Kc7 22.f4 Rc1+ 23.Kb3 a5 24.Rd2 Rg1 25.Rd3 b6 26.a4 Rc1 27.Rc3 Rd1 28.Kc2 Ra1 29.Ra3 Rxa3 30.bxa3 c5 ½–½

Game 2
An opposite color bishops attack.

Short,Nigel (2697) - Calugar,Arthur (2418)

Sicilian 3.b3[B50]

Canadian Open 2013 (3.2), 14.07.2013

 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.b3 d6 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bb5 e5 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d3 Bg7 9.0–0 0–0 10.Kh1 Nh5 11.Ng1 Nf4 12.Nce2 Ne6 13.f4 Nd4 14.h3 f5 15.fxe5 Bxe5 16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Nf3 c5 19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.Qf3 Qd6 21.Qg3 Qd5 22.Rae1 e4 23.c4 Qc6 24.dxe4 Bxe4 25.Rxf8+ Rxf8 26.Kg1 Re8 27.Ba3 a6 28.Kh2 Kg7 29.Qf4 Kg8 30.Re2 Kg7 31.Bc1 Kg8 32.Qg3 Bf5 33.Rf2 Qd7 34.Bh6 Qe6 35.Qc7 Qd7 36.Qxc5 Rc8 37.Qe5 Re8 38.Qf4 d3 

38...d3 

39.g4 Re2 40.gxf5 d2 41.Rxe2 d1Q 42.Qb8+ Qd8 43.Re8+ 1–0

Game 3
Sambuev held the single weakness RB-RB ending.

Perez Garcia,Rodney Oscar (2399) - Sambuev,Bator (2688) Tarassch[D34]

Canadian Open 2013 (3.3), 14.07.2013

 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.0–0 Be7 8.Nc3 0–0 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Na4 Be7 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Rc1 Re8 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Ne4 15.Nc3 Qd7 16.Re1 Bg5 17.e3 b6 18.Qa4 Qxa4 19.Nxa4 Rac8 20.Nc3 Nxc3 21.Rxc3 Rxc3 22.Bxc3 Be4 23.Rd1 Rd8 24.Kf1 Bxg2+ 25.Kxg2 

25.Kxg2

25...f5 26.Bd4 Rc8 27.Bc3 Rd8 28.Kf3 Kf7 29.h4 Be7 30.a3 h5 31.Be5 Rc8 32.Bc3 Rd8 33.Kf4 g6 34.Be5 Rc8 35.Rxd5 Rc2 36.f3 Ke6 37.Rb5 Rc4+ 38.e4 Bf8 39.Ke3 fxe4 40.fxe4 a6 41.Rd5 Rc2 42.Bd4 Bh6+ 43.Kf3 Bc1 44.Bxb6 Rxb2 45.Bd4 ½–½

Game 4
Black's knight was a spectator as the kingside came under attack.

Sokolov,Ivan (2642) - Sapozhnikov,Roman (2396)

King’s Indian[E70]

Canadian Open 2013 (3.4), 14.07.2013

 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.h3 0–0 7.Bd3 e6 8.Nge2 exd5 9.exd5 Nbd7 10.f4 Ne8 11.0–0 f5 12.Be3 Nc7 13.Kh2 Nf6 14.a3 a5 15.Bf2 Bd7 16.Kh1 Be8 17.Bh4 Qb8 18.a4 Na6 19.Ra3 Nb4 20.Bb1 Bd7 21.Ng1 Qc7 22.Nf3 Rae8 23.Qc1 Bh6 24.Ng5 Bxg5 25.Bxg5 Qd8 26.Nb5 Bxb5 27.axb5 Qc7 28.Re1 Ne4 29.Rae3 Qd7 30.Bh6 Rf7 31.Bxe4 fxe4 32.Rxe4 Rfe7 33.Rxe7 Rxe7 34.Qc3 Rxe1+ 35.Qxe1 b6 36.Qh4 Kf7 37.Bg5 h5 

37...h5 

38.Bd8 Ke8 39.Bxb6 1–0

Game 5

Plotkin,Victor (2394) - Arencibia,Walter (2610)

Scotch Four Knights[C47]

Canadian Open 2013 (3.5), 14.07.2013

 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Qe2+ Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Bf4 Bg4 12.Qd2 c5 13.h3 Be6 14.Rad1 Qb6 15.b3 Rad8 16.Na4 Qc6 17.Qa5 c4 18.Be2 Bf5 19.Qxa7 Rfe8 20.Bf3 Bxc2 21.Rde1 Ne4 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.Re3 Bd3 24.Rc1 Ba3 25.Rd1 Qf6 26.Bg3 Ra8 27.Qb6 Qe7 28.Qc7 f5 29.Qxe7 Bxe7 30.Nb6 Rxa2 31.Nxc4 Bxc4 32.bxc4 Bc5 33.Rb3 f4 34.Bh4 g5 35.Rb5 Re5 36.Rd5 Rxd5 37.cxd5 

37.cxd5 

37...e3 38.fxe3 Bxe3+ 39.Kf1 gxh4 40.d6 Rd2 41.Rh5 Rxd6 42.Rxh4 Kg7 43.Rh5 Rd1+ 44.Ke2 Rd2+ 45.Kf1 Rf2+ 46.Kg1 h6 47.Re5 Kf6 48.Re8 h5 49.Rf8+ Kg5 50.Rg8+ Kh4 51.Re8 Rf3+ 52.Kh2 Rf1 0–1

Game 6
GM Hansen brought back a line from the 70s and used the dark squares on the long diagonal to score a nice victory. This was one of the best games of the round.

Song,Michael (2390) - Hansen,Eric (2587)

Grunfeld Russian System 7..Bg4[D98]

Canadian Open 2013 (3.6), 14.07.2013

 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0–0 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7 9.0–0–0 Nb6 10.Qc5 e5 11.d5 N8d7 12.Qa3 Nc8 13.h3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 a6 15.h4 h5 16.f4 exf4 17.Bxf4 Nd6 18.Bg5 Qe8 19.f3 b5 20.Nb1 Nb6 21.b3

21.b3

21...f5 22.exf5 Rxf5 23.Bh3 Rxd5 24.Rxd5 Nxd5 25.Qc5 Qe5 26.Qc2 Kh7 27.Rg1 Nb4 0–1

Game 7

Hambleton,Aman (2580) - Kleinman,Michael (2367)

Grunfeld 5.Bd2[D85]

Canadian Open 2013 (3.7), 14.07.2013

 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 Bg7 6.e4 Nb6 7.Be3 0–0 8.h3 e5 9.d5 c6 10.Qb3 cxd5 11.exd5 e4 12.Rd1 Bd7 13.Nge2 Na6 14.Nf4 Re8 15.Be2 Rc8 16.Qa3 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.0–0 Qc8 19.d6 Be5 

19...Be5 

20.Ncd5 Kg7 21.Bxa7 Qc6 22.Qe3 Bxb2 23.Bd4+ Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Re5 25.Rxc4 Qxc4 26.Rc1 Qxa2 27.Qc3 1–0