From Chesstalk Some notes from Razvan:[Thanks Razvan]
GM Sambuev(left)-Preotu,Razvan(right)
'I saw 18... Nxe5 but I decided to sack the e5 pawn so I can get my knight into the game. I didn't like my position after 18.Bf2 but after I analyzed the game it looked OK.
40. a5 was a mistake. I had less than a minute to make the 40th move and I missed 40. Kf3 which leads to a draw. Playing 2 pawns down against a GM like Sokolov it's not an easy decision to take, especially in time trouble.
Results GM Bruzon won while GM Sokolov lost their respective key matchups.
Bo.
Name
Rtg
Result
Name
Rtg
1
GM
Bruzon Batista Lazaro
2689
1-0
GM
Sulskis Sarunas
2559
2
GM
Rozentalis Eduardas
2619
½ - ½
GM
Chirila Ioan-Cristian
2528
3
GM
Vera Reynaldo
2462
½ - ½
IM
Gerzhoy Leonid
2462
4
GM
Sokolov Ivan
2650
0 - 1
GM
Kovalyov Anton
2606
5
GM
Sambuev Bator
2530
0 - 1
GM
Moradiabadi Elshan
2551
6
GM
Arencibia Walter
2526
½ - ½
FM
Ostrovskiy Aleksandr
2403
7
IM
Wang Richard
2377
½ - ½
IM
Molner Mackenzie
2501
8
IM
Hambleton Aman
2480
1-0
FM
Shetty Atulya
2314
9
IM
Perez Garcia Rodney r
2364
½ - ½
GM
Roussel-Roozmon s
2476
10
FM
Jiang Louie
2324
0 - 1
GM
Perez Rodriguez l
2427
11
FM
Oliva Castaneda Kevel
2423
1-0
IM
Cheng Bindi
2406
12
IM
Panjwani Raja
2409
1-0
FM
Thavandiran Shiyam
2338
13
Kraiouchkine Nikita
2234
½ - ½
IM
Porper Edward
2453
14
IM
Kiewra Keaton F
2422
½ - ½
Preotu Razvan
2277
15
FM
Leveille Francois
2279
½ - ½
IM
Piasetski Leon
2279
16
FM
Chandra Akshat
2312
1-0
Villavieja Butch
2211
17
Masse Hugues
2187
0 - 1
Adithya B.
2301
18
FM
Kleinman Michael
2298
½ - ½
Zhang Yuanchen
2061
19
Song Michael
2242
1-0
FM
Rodriguez Eric
2290
20
Tomb Maroun
2133
½ - ½
IM
Calugar Arthur
2282
21
Chiku-Ratte Olivier
2106
1-0
FM
Sapozhnikov Roman
2272
22
Van Heirzeele Daniel
2116
1-0
FM
Hamilton Robert
2251
23
FM
Voskanyan Vahagn
2241
1-0
Caire Francois
2178
24
Bérubé Antoine
2174
1-0
Zhou Qiyu
1902
25
FM
Cao Jason
2060
1-0
Tessier-Desrosiers
2106
26
Wan Kevin
2006
½ - ½
Morin Yves
2185
27
Lo Ryan
2068
0 - 1
Ibrahim Anthony
2161
Game 1 GM Sulskis gave a piece to open up the kingside but the attempted attack was easily fended off. Bruzon,Lazaro (2689) - Sulskis,Sarunas (2559) Spanish Open 9.Be3[C83] COQ Invitational 2013 Montreal CAN (5.1), 24.07.2013 Position 1
26...Re6
Game 2 GM Chirila could not find a way to exploit white's loose kingside.
Rozentalis,Eduardas (2619) - Chirila,Ioan-Cristian (2528) Vienna [C26] COQ Invitational 2013 Montreal CAN (5.2), 24.07.2013 Position 1
18.Kg3
Game 3 GM Vera got nowhere against the solid Slav. Vera,Reynaldo (2462) - Gerzhoy,Leonid (2462) Slav Exchange Nge2[D10] COQ Invitational 2013 Montreal CAN (5.3), 24.07.2013 Position 1
20...Rac8
Game 4 GM Sokolov lost control of an equal ending. Sokolov,Ivan (2650) - Kovalyov,Anton (2606) Nimzo-Indian 4.e3[E42] COQ Invitational 2013 Montreal CAN (5.4), 24.07.2013
Position 1
52.Kd1
Standings GM Bruzon takes the sole lead with 4.5/5.
Results/Live Games/Quebec Open 2013 and Photos-Preotu,Rene Gallery Here are the games from the top 4 boards. Thanks to Hugh Brodie for regularly and promptly posting the PGNs on Chesstalk. Game 1 Sulskis,S-Sokolov,I An uneventful draw has neither side took any risks. Game 2 Roussel-Roozmon-Bruzon,L GM Bruzon sacrifice queenside pawn in Benko Gambit style and eventually converted and extra exchange. Game 3 Cheng,B-Rozentalis,E Cheng sacrificed a pawn early but hit a brick defensive wall. Eventually GM Rozentalis consolidated and converted a nice QB-QB ending with opposite color bishops. Game 4 Chirila,I-Ostrovskiy GM Chirila kept grinding away at an equal QB-QB position until his persistence was rewarded.
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Game 1 An uneventful draw has neither side took any risks
Game 3 IM Cheng sacrificed a pawn early but hit a brick defensive wall. Eventually GM Rozentalis consolidated and converted a nice QB-QB ending with opposite color bishops.
