Canadian Open 2013 Rd5-Part 2

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Part 2 Games 6-10

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Highlights

Game 6-Panjwani-Rozentalis

GM Rozentalis held the draw with professional efficiency.

Game 7-Perelshteyn,E-Kiewra

GM Perelshteyn misplayed a pawn sacrifice and eventually had to save a R-RB ending.

Game 8-Djerkovic-Samsonkin

Samsonkin massaged patiently and eventually won the weak h-pawn in a RRb-RRB ending with opposite color bishops.

Game 9-Sohal-Chirila

Sohal had a good position but let it slip away in the maneuvering phase.

Game 10-Villavieja-Cheng
IM Cheng massaged the position until white dropped the e-pawn.

Game 6

GM Rozentalis held the draw with professional efficiency.

Panjwani,Raja (2517) - Rozentalis,Eduardas (2601)

Reti vs Queen’s Gambit[A13]

Canadian Open 2013

Ottawa (5.6), 16.07.2013

 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 Bc6 7.0–0 Be7 8.Qc2 0–0 9.d3 a5 10.Nc3 Na6 11.a3 Nc5 12.Be3 Ng4 13.Bxc5 Bxc5 14.d4 Bxd4 15.Rad1 e5 16.Nxd4 exd4 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Qe4 Nf6 19.Qxd4 Qc8 20.Qc4 Qb7 21.Rd2 Rae8 22.e3 Re5 23.Rfd1 Rfe8 24.e4 Qb6 25.Kg2 h6 26.f3 g5 

26...g5

27.Qd4 R5e6 28.h3 h5 29.Na4 Qxd4 30.Rxd4 g4 31.Nc5 Re5 32.Rc1 gxf3+ 33.Kxf3 Kg7 34.Nd3 Rxe4 35.Rxe4 Nxe4 36.Rxc6 Ng5+ 37.Kg2 Re2+ 38.Kf1 Rd2 39.Nf4 h4 40.gxh4 Nf3 41.Rc3 Nxh4 42.Rxc7 Rxb2 43.Rc4 ½–½

Game 7
GM Perelshteyn misplayed a pawn sacrifice and eventually had to save a R-RB ending.

Perelshteyn,Eugene (2571) - Kiewra,Keaton (2423)

King’s Indian 5..c6[E70]

Canadian Open 2013

Ottawa (5.7), 16.07.2013

 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 0–0 5.Nf3 c6 6.e5 Ne8 7.Bf4 d6 8.h3 Nd7 9.exd6 Nxd6 10.c5 Nf5 11.Be2 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 e5 13.Ne6 fxe6 14.Be3 Qa5 15.0–0 Nxc5 16.Qd6 Nd7 17.Qxe6+ Kh8 18.Rad1 Nc5 19.Qc4 Ne6 20.b4 Qc7 21.Bc5 Rf4 22.Ne4 Nd4 23.Bxd4 exd4 24.Bd3 Bf5 25.Nc5 b6 26.Bxf5 bxc5 27.Bd3 cxb4 28.Qxb4 Rb8 29.Qc4 c5 30.Rc1 Bf8 31.Rfe1 Qf7 32.Qc2 Bd6 33.Bc4 Qf5 34.Qxf5 Rxf5 35.Re6 Bf8 36.Ra6 Rb2 37.Rf1 Rb4 38.Rc1 Bh6 39.Rc2 Rb1+ 40.Kh2 Rc1 41.Rxc1 Bxc1 42.f3 Re5 43.Rxa7 Re3 44.Rd7 Rc3 45.Bb3 c4 46.Rxd4 cxb3 47.axb3 Rxb3 

47...Rxb3 

48.h4 Rb7 49.Rd5 Kg7 50.Kh3 Rf7 51.Rb5 Bf4 52.h5 g5 53.g3 Be3 54.Re5 Rxf3 55.Kg4 Bd4 56.Rxg5+ Kf6 57.Kxf3 Kxg5 58.g4 h6 59.Kg3 Kf6 60.Kf4 Be5+ 61.Ke4 Ke6 62.Kf3 Bb2 63.Kf4 Bc1+ 64.Ke4 Bg5 65.Kd4 Kd6 66.Ke4 Kc5 67.Kd3 Kd5 68.Ke2 Ke4 69.Kf2 Bf4 70.Ke2 Be3 71.Kd1 Kd3 72.Ke1 Bg5 73.Kf2 Kd2 74.Kf3 Ke1 75.Ke4 Ke2 76.Kd4 Kf3 77.Kd5 Ke3 78.Kc4 Ke4 79.Kc3 Bf4 80.Kc4 Be5 81.Kc5 Bb2 82.Kd6 Ba3+ 83.Kc6 Ke5 84.Kb5 Kd5 85.Ka4 Be7 86.Kb3 Kd4 87.Kc2 Bb4 88.Kb3 ½–½

Game 8
Samsonkin massaged patiently and eventually won the weak h-pawn in a RRb-RRB ending with opposite color bishops.

Djerkovic,Miladin (2287) - Samsonkin,Artiom (2557)

Scandinavian 3..Qd5[B01]

Canadian Open 2013

Ottawa (5.8), 16.07.2013

 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bd2 Bg4 7.Nb5 Qb6 8.c4 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.Qxb7 Qe4+ 12.Qxe4 Nxe4 13.Be3 e6 14.Bd3 Nc5 15.Bc2 Rb8 16.0–0–0 Bd6 17.Bxc5 Bxc5 18.Ba4+ Kf8 19.Rd7 Bd6 20.Rd1 h5 21.c5 Bxc5 22.Rxc7 Bb6 23.Rcd7 Rh6 24.f3 Rg6 25.g3 h4 26.g4 Rf6 27.R1d3 Rf4 28.Bb3 h3 29.Kd1 

29.Kd1 

29...a5 30.Ke2 Ke8 31.R7d6 a4 32.Bd1 Bc5 33.Rc6 Rxb2+ 34.Rd2 Rxd2+ 35.Kxd2 Rd4+ 36.Ke2 Bd6 37.Bc2 Bxh2 38.Ra6 Bf4 0–1

Game 9
Sohal had a good position but let it slip away in the maneuvering phase.

Sohal - GM Chirila

Sohal,Tanraj S (2263) - Chirila,Ioan Cristian (2519)

Grunfeld 4.Bg5[D80]

Canadian Open 2013

Ottawa (5.9), 16.07.2013

 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Qb1 Qd5 9.Nf3 Qa5 10.Qc2 Nd7 11.e4 Bg7 12.Be2 Nb6 13.0–0 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 e5 16.d5 0–0 17.Be7 Rfe8 18.Bb4 Qa4 19.Qb1 Bf8 20.Bd1 Qd7 21.Bg4 Qd8 22.Ba5 Qd6 23.a4 Rab8 24.Qa2 h5 25.Be2 Rec8 26.Rfc1 Nd7 27.Bxc4 Qf6 28.Bb4 Nc5 29.Qe2 Qf4 30.Re1 a5 31.Bxc5 Bxc5 32.Rad1 Rd8 33.Rd3 Rd6 34.Rf3 Qg5 35.Kh2 Kg7 36.Rd1 Rbd8 37.Qd2 Qe7 38.Rb1 Bb6 39.Qe2 Rf6 40.Rxf6 Qxf6 41.Rf1 Qe7 42.Rd1 Qa3 43.d6 Rxd6 44.Rxd6 Qxd6 45.g3 

45.g3 

45...Qc6 46.Kg2 Qxa4 47.Qd3 Qc6 48.Bd5 Qf6 49.Qd2 Qd6 50.Qa2 Qc5 51.Bxb7 Qxc3 52.Bd5 Qe1 53.g4 h4 54.Qc2 a4 55.Qa2 Bd4 56.Bc6 a3 57.Bd5 c5 58.Qc2 Kf6 59.Qa2 c4 60.Bxc4 Qxe4+ 61.Kg1 Qf3 62.Bd5 Qxh3 63.Bxf7 Qg3+ 64.Kh1 Qf3+ 65.Kh2 Qxf2+ 66.Qxf2+ Bxf2 67.Bd5 e4 0–1

Game 10
IM Cheng massaged the position until white dropped the e-pawn.

Villavieja,Butch (2275) - Cheng,Bindi (2516)

Sicilian 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 [B22]

Canadian Open 2013

Ottawa (5.10), 16.07.2013

 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Qc2 dxc5 6.Bg5 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bc4 0–0 9.0–0 Qc7 10.Nbd2 Nh5 11.Rfe1 b6 12.Bd5 Bb7 13.Rad1 Kh8 14.a4 h6 15.Bh4 e6 16.Ba2 g5 17.Bg3 Nxg3 18.hxg3 g4 19.Nh2 Ne5 20.Nc4 h5 21.Qc1 Nxc4 22.Bxc4 Qe5 23.Qe3 Rad8 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Nf1 Qf6 26.Qe2 Bh6 27.e5 Qf5 28.Ba6 Bc6 29.Bb5 Ba8 30.Bc4 Kg7 31.Bb5 Bg5 32.Bc4 Bh6 33.Ra1 Kg8 34.Re1 Bg7 35.Bb5 Qg5 36.Bc4 Kf8 37.Bb3 Bb7 38.a5 Bc6 39.axb6 axb6 40.Qa6 Rb8 41.Qd3 Bxe5 42.Qe2 Bf6 43.Rd1 Be7 44.Bc2 Kg7 45.Ne3 b5 

45...b5

46.Qd3 Rh8 47.Qe2 c4 48.Rd4 Rd8 49.Qd1 Qf6 50.Bb1 Rxd4 51.cxd4 Bd8 52.Qc2 Qxd4 53.Qh7+ Kf8 54.Qxh5 Bb6 55.Qh6+ Ke8 56.Qh7 Qd2 57.Nxg4 Qd1+ 58.Kh2 Qxg4 0–1

Canadian Open 2013 Rd4-Part 2

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Part 2 Games 9-16

The Highlights
My favorites were games 10(GM Moradiabadi) and 14(GM Perelsteyn) which both featured some slowed paced but purposeful maneuvering.

Game 9-Rozentalis,E(2601) - Yam,A(2367)
GM Rozentalis finished the game with a nice Nxf7! sacrifice for the attack.

Game 10-Miller,E(2234) - Moradiabadi,E(2557) 
GM Moradiabadi slowly improved his position and then pushed the passed c-pawn for a nice positional victory.

Game 14-De Kerpel,S(2157) - Perelsteyn,E(2571) 
GM Perelsteyn built up his position with an impressive maneuvering display before unleashing a little combination.

Game 15-Cheng,Bindi (2516) - Zhou,Qiyu (2160) 
IM Cheng got a nice dark square bind and duly converted an extra pawn in the R-R ending.

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Game 9
GM Rozentalis played a nice Nxf7! sacrifice for the attack.

Rozentalis,Eduardas (2601) - Yam,Alex (2367)
Scandinavian 2...Nf6 [B01]

Canadian Open 2013 (4.9), 15.07.2013

 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.0–0 0–0 7.h3 b6 8.Re1 Bb7 9.Bg5 Re8 10.Bb3 c5 11.c3 Nd7 12.Na3 cxd4 13.cxd4 a6 14.Nc4 Nf8 15.Qd2 Nf6 16.Nce5 Bd5 17.Bh6 Ne6 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Qe3 h6 

19...h6

20.Nxf7 Kxf7 21.Qxh6 Rg8 22.Bxd5 Nxd5 23.Ne5+ Ke8 24.Qh7 1–0

Game 10
GM Moradiabadi slowly improved his position and then pushed the passed c-pawn for a nice positional victory.

Miller,Evgeny (2234) - Moradiabadi,Elshan (2557) 
Sicilian 2.c3 Nf6[B22]

Canadian Open 2013 (4.10), 15.07.2013

 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 d6 7.a3 Bd7 8.Bd3 Bc6 9.0–0 Nd7 10.Qe2 Rc8 11.b4 a6 12.Ra2 Be7 13.Rc2 0–0 14.Bd2 N5b6 15.Re1 dxe5 16.dxe5 Bd5 17.Bc1 Re8 18.Nbd2 Rxc2 19.Bxc2 Qc7 20.Bb3 Rc8 21.Bb2 Qb8 22.h3 h6 23.Qd3 Bxb3 24.Qxb3 Nd5 25.Bd4 Qc7 26.Bb2 b5 27.Rc1 Qb7 28.Rxc8+ Qxc8 29.Qd3 N7b6 30.Ne4 Nc4 31.Qb3 Qb7 32.Ned2 Qc6 33.Nxc4 bxc4 34.Qc2 

34.Qc2 

34...c3 35.Bc1 Qc4 36.Ne1 Bd8 37.Qd3 Qb3 38.Qc2 Qc4 39.Qd3 Qc6 40.Nf3 Bb6 41.Kf1 a5 42.bxa5 Bxa5 43.Kg1 Bb6 44.Kf1 Qc5 45.Qc2 Qc4+ 46.Kg1 Bc5 47.Ne1 Bd4 48.Qd3 Qc5 49.Qe2 Qb6 50.Nf3 Qb1 51.Qf1 Bc5 52.g3 c2 53.Kg2 Nc3 54.Qc4 Qxc1 55.Qxc3 Qd1 0–1

Game 11
A case of trapping the queen.

Kiewra,Keaton (2423) - Chernik,Dmitry (1918) 
King's Indian Classical Nge2[E72]

Canadian Open 2013 (4.11), 15.07.2013

 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nc3 0–0 6.e4 e5 7.Nge2 Re8 8.d5 Na6 9.0–0 Bd7 10.h3 Re7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Be3 Qe8 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.Rab1 Rb8 15.Bxa7 Rd8 16.Be3 b5 17.cxb5 Bxb5 18.Nxb5 Qxb5 19.Nc3 Qb4 20.Rfe1 Ra8 21.Qc2 h5

21...h5

22.a3 Qa5 23.b4 Qxa3 24.Rb3 1–0

Game 12
Black took no risks and got the draw.

Derraugh,Geordie (2297) - Perez Garcia,Rodney Oscar (2464) 
Italian 7.Bd2[C54]

Canadian Open 2013 (4.12), 15.07.2013

 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.c3 Nf6 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nbxd2 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Qb3 Nce7 11.0–0 0–0 12.Rfe1 c6 13.Ne4 Qb6 14.Nc3 Qxb3 15.Bxb3 Be6 16.Ng5 Bd7 17.Re5 h6 18.Nf3 Be6 19.Rae1 Rad8 

19...Rad8

20.g3 Nc7 21.Na4 Ng6 22.R5e3 Nd5 23.R3e2 Nc7 24.Bxe6 Nxe6 25.Nc5 Nxc5 26.dxc5 Rd5 27.Ne5 Nxe5 28.Rxe5 Rd2 29.R1e2 Rfd8 30.Kg2 ½–½

Game 13
White had a nice position but could not get more than a draw.

Du,Digeng (2009) - Oliva Castaneda,Kevel (2399) 
King's Indian g3 8.b3[E63]

Canadian Open 2013 (4.13), 15.07.2013

 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 0–0 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.0–0 a6 8.b3 Rb8 9.Nd5 Nh5 10.Bb2 e6 11.Nc3 Ne7 12.Rc1 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Qc2 b4 15.Na4 Ba6 16.Rfd1 Rb7 17.Ne1 Ra7 18.Nd3 Qb8 19.Qd2 Bb5 20.Nxb4 Bxa4 21.bxa4 Rxa4 22.a3 Nf6 23.Rc4 Ra7 24.Rdc1 d5 25.R4c2 Nd7 26.Qd3 Qb6 27.Qd2 Rb8 28.e3 Nf6 29.Rc5 Ne8 30.Qc2 Nd6 

30...Nd6

31.Rxc7 Nc4 32.Rxa7 Qxa7 33.Ra1 Nxb2 34.Qxb2 Qa4 35.Rc1 Bf8 36.Bf1 Nf5 37.Qc3 Bxb4 38.axb4 Qxb4 39.Qxb4 Rxb4 40.Bd3 ½–½

Game 14
GM Perelsteyn built up his position with an impressive maneuvering display before unleashing a little combination.

De Kerpel,Stijn (2157) - Perelsteyn,Eugene (2571) 
Sicilian Hyper-Accelerated Dragon 2..g6[B27]

Canadian Open 2013 (4.14), 15.07.2013

 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.c3 Qxc5 6.Na3 d6 7.Nb5 a6 8.Nbd4 Nf6 9.Bd3 0–0 10.0–0 Nbd7 11.h3 b6 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.Nb3 Qc7 14.Kh1 Rfe8 15.c4 Rac8 16.Bf4 Qb8 17.Rab1 Qa8 18.Rfe1 a5 19.Nbd2 Nc5 20.Bc2 Nh5 21.Bg5 h6 22.Bh4 Nf4 23.Qe3 e5 24.Bg3 Nfe6 25.Qa3 Rf8 26.b4 axb4 27.Qxb4 Bc6 28.a3 f5 29.exf5 gxf5 30.Nh4 Nd4 31.Rbc1 

31.Rbc1 

31..Nxc2 32.Rxc2 Nd3 33.Qb1 Nxe1 34.Qxe1 Qxa3 35.Nb1 Qd3 0–1

Game 15
IM Cheng got a nice dark square bind and duly converted an extra pawn in the R-R ending.

10 Seconds with IM Bindi Cheng

Cheng,Bindi (2516) - Zhou,Qiyu (2160) 
Trompovsky 2..e6[A46]

Canadian Open 2013 (4.15), 15.07.2013

 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.c3 d5 6.Nd2 c5 7.Ngf3 Nc6 8.Bb5 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Qa4 Bd7 11.Ne5 Qd8 12.0–0 Bd6 13.Nd3 cxd4 14.Qxd4 0–0 15.e5 Be7 16.b4 Qc7 17.Nb3 f6 18.f4 Rae8 19.Rae1 fxe5 20.Nxe5 Bd6 21.Nc5 Bc8 

21...Bc8

22.h4 Rf5 23.g3 Bxe5 24.Rxe5 Rxe5 25.Qxe5 Qxe5 26.fxe5 Re7 27.Kg2 Ra7 28.Rf4 a5 29.a4 Ra8 30.Kf2 Ba6 31.Nxe6 Bc4 32.Nc5 axb4 33.cxb4 Re8 34.e6 d4 35.Rxd4 Bxe6 36.Nxe6 Rxe6 37.a5 Re7 

37...Re7

38.Rf4 Ra7 39.Ke3 c5 40.bxc5 Rxa5 41.Kd4 g5 42.hxg5 hxg5 43.Re4 Kf7 44.Kd5 Ra1 45.g4 Rd1+ 46.Rd4 Rf1 47.Kd6 Ke8 48.Rd5 Rf6+ 49.Kc7 Rf7+ 50.Kb6 Rf1 51.c6 Rb1+ 52.Kc7 1–0

Game 16
IM Porper won a pawn and converted without problems.

Porper,Edward (2494) - Kenney,Jason (2159) [D16]

Canadian Open 2013 (4.16), 15.07.2013

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 e5 6.Nxe5 Be6 7.e3 Bb4 8.Nxc4 c5 9.Ne5 0–0 10.Bd3 cxd4 11.exd4 Nd5 12.Bd2 Nc6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.0–0 Rb8 15.Ne4 Bxd2 16.Qxd2 Qb6 17.Ng5 g6 18.Nf3 Qb4 19.Qh6 Rfe8 20.Be4 Qf8 21.Qxf8+ Rxf8 22.Ne5 Nf6 23.Bxc6 Rxb2 24.Rab1 Rfb8 25.Rxb2 Rxb2 26.h3 Bd5 27.Bxd5 Nxd5 28.Rc1 Ra2

28...Ra2

29.Rc5 Nf4 30.Rc8+ Kg7 31.Rc7 Ne2+ 32.Kh2 Nxd4 33.Rxf7+ Kg8 34.Rxa7 h5 35.a5 Rxf2 36.Nxg6 Ra2 37.a6 Nf5 38.Kg1 h4 39.Nf4 Ng3 40.Ra8+ Kh7 41.a7 Ne4 42.Kf1 Ra1+ 43.Ke2 Nc3+ 44.Kf3 Nb5 45.Kg4 Ra4 46.Rf8 Rxa7 47.Kxh4 Nd6 48.Rf6 Nf7 49.Re6 Ra4 50.g3 Kg7 51.Kg4 Nh6+ 52.Kf3 Nf5 53.Nh5+ Kg8 54.Re4 1–0