Benasque 2013 Rd7-FM Humphreys M(CAN)

Canadian Results
Humphreys and Farine have 4/7.

Rk.		Name	FED	FIDE	Pts.	rtg+/-
165	FM	HUMPHREYS Michael	CAN	2183	4	-6.3
172		FARINE Jonathan	CAN	1886	4	30
315		FERREIRA Alex	CAN	1981	2.5	-15.9
376		ABBARIN Shabnam	CAN	0	1.5

Overall Standings
GM ITURRIZAGA(VEN) is in clear first with 6.5/7 after beating GM Granda Zuniga in the key matchup.

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Rk.		Name	FED	FIDE	Pts.	rtg+/-
1	GM	ITURRIZAGA Eduardo	VEN	2642	6.5	11.9
4	GM	DELCHEV Aleksander	BUL	2614	6	8.7
3	GM	NI Hua	CHN	2661	6	7.2
7	IM	GUERRA MENDEZ Jose Angel	CUB	2505	6	10
5	FM	FENOLLAR JORDA Manuel	ESP	2397	6	32.5
2	GM	RODSHTEIN Maxim	ISR	2641	6	9.7
6	WGM	CORI T. Deysi	PER	2439	6	8.8
19	GM	MOVSZISZIAN Karen	ARM	2499	5.5	4.4
14	GM	GEORGIEV Kiril	BUL	2636	5.5	-0.2
23	GM	LALIC Bogdan	CRO	2489	5.5	-4
8	GM	VAZQUEZ IGARZA Renier	ESP	2571	5.5	8.6
12	IM	FORCEN ESTEBAN Daniel	ESP	2493	5.5	11.3
16	GM	MOSKALENKO Viktor	ESP	2529	5.5	5.3
18	GM	GOMEZ ESTEBAN Juan Mario	ESP	2462	5.5	7.9
20	GM	ANTON GUIJARRO David	ESP	2564	5.5	-0.5
22	GM	DEL RIO DE ANGELIS Salvador G	ESP	2505	5.5	1.2
26	GM	UBILAVA Elizbar	ESP	2490	5.5	1.8
21	GM	SHYAM Sundar M.	IND	2505	5.5	6.1
24	GM	DEEPAN Chakkravarthy J.	IND	2468	5.5	2
25	GM	NEELOTPAL Das	IND	2445	5.5	6.3
15	GM	GOLOD Vitali	ISR	2578	5.5	3.6
10	GM	VOCATURO Daniele	ITA	2536	5.5	8.2
17	IM	BURG Twan	NED	2479	5.5	8
9	GM	GRANDA ZUNIGA Julio E	PER	2679	5.5	2.5
13	GM	KHARITONOV Alexandr	RUS	2538	5.5	6
11	IM	NARODITSKY Daniel	USA	2486	5.5	14.1
29	IM	BARRIA ZUNIGA Daniel	CHI	2428	5	9
28	IM	CASTELLANOS RODRIGUEZ Renier	ESP	2504	5	1.5
30	GM	ARIZMENDI MARTINEZ Julen Luis	ESP	2580	5	-8.1
32	GM	DE LA VILLA GARCIA Jesus Mari	ESP	2472	5	4.2
35		DIAZ HERRERO Alvaro	ESP	2153	5	27.8
38	IM	PARDO SIMON David	ESP	2445	5	-1.7
42	IM	MASCARO MARCH Pedro	ESP	2418	5	1.9
43		GARCIA LOPEZ Miguel Angel	ESP	2251	5	15.1
47		SANZ RODERO Mikel	ESP	2138	5	27
49	IM	GARZA MARCO Sergio	ESP	2462	5	1.1
50	GM	CIFUENTES PARADA Roberto	ESP	2464	5	-5.5
51	IM	ANTOLI ROYO Joaquin Miguel	ESP	2413	5	-5.4
53	FM	LILLO CASTANY Victor	ESP	2328	5	-3.6
54	IM	ALEXANDROVA Olga	ESP	2449	5	-10.3
55	FM	MARTIN FUENTES Alberto	ESP	2302	5	-0.3
56	FM	ALVAREZ FERNANDEZ Enrique	ESP	2384	5	-15.8
58		ROCHE SIMON Manuel Angel	ESP	2122	5	18.5
59		GONZALEZ AGUIRRE Luis	ESP	2135	5	18.1
60		MARTIN DUQUE Jesus	ESP	2271	5	5.8
61		ESPLUGAS ESTEVE Vicenc	ESP	2239	5	-1.5
46	IM	MILLIET Sophie	FRA	2396	5	1.7
37	IM	ROEDER Matthias	GER	2408	5	7.3
57	FM	BUCHENAU Frank	GER	2259	5	7.2
33	IM	KJARTANSSON Gudmundur	ISL	2444	5	-0.6
40	GM	STEINGRIMSSON Hedinn	ISL	2557	5	-6.9
27	GM	ZOLER Dan	ISR	2538	5	-1.2
41	IM	TAN Matthew	NED	2435	5	4.6
34	GM	CORI Jorge	PER	2543	5	-0.9
52	IM	ZAWADZKI Stanislaw	POL	2425	5	-4.8
36	GM	NISIPEANU Liviu-Dieter	ROU	2670	5	-11.1
31	GM	NAUMKIN Igor	RUS	2443	5	11.6
39	GM	BURMAKIN Vladimir	RUS	2559	5	-5.6
45	GM	ANDERSSON Ulf	SWE	2557	5	-3.2
44	GM	FIRMAN Nazar	UKR	2526	5	-8.7
48	GM	KOVCHAN Alexander	UKR	2577	5	-9.7

Here is the key ITURRIZAGA-GRANDA ZUNIGA game.

Position 1
GM GRANDA ZUNIGA hung a piece with 22...Rc7?

White to Play

22...Rc7

Edmonton International 2013 Rd5-Hansen E(CAN)

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GM Bruzon beat GM Hansen in the key game of the round.

Game 1
GM won the war of microns in a complex RRNN-RRNN ending.

Bruzon,Lazaro (l) - Hansen,Eric (r)

Bruzon,Lazaro (2687) - Hansen,Eric (2577)

Catalan Open 10.Bd2 Bd6[E05]

8th Edmonton International

Edmonton - Canada (5), 27.06.2013

23...Nd5

Game 2
GM massaged his way to victory exploiting a better structure and more active pieces.

Doroshenko,Maxim (l) - Short,Nigel (r)

Doroshenko,Maxim (2336) - Short,Nigel (2682)

Slav Slow[D12]

8th Edmonton International

Edmonton - Canada (5), 27.06.2013

43.Rb8

Game 3
White's poor structure eventually cost the game after some adventures.

Haessel,Dale (2171) - Porper,Edward (2424)

Slav …a5[D15]

8th Edmonton International

Edmonton - Canada (5), 27.06.2013

35.Qb4

Ottawa RA Club Spring Open Rd5-Sambuev

White used the simple plan of point everything at the enemy king and attack. However, there was some excitement along the way. Sambuev eventually took clear first in the tournament with a perfect 5-0 score.

Sambuev,Bator (2700) - Marinkovic,Mate (2215)
Slav 4.e3 Bg4 [D11]
Spring Open, Open/U2200 RA Centre (5), 17.02.2013

Position 1
White is clearly aiming to pry open the kingside for a direct attack. What should white do now?


White to Play

24..Nc2