Tromso World Cup 2013 Rd1-1-GM Sambuev(CAN);GM Hansen(CAN)

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GM Sambuev beat Morozevich.
GM Hansen lost to Malakhov.

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Aronian(ARM)-Markov(KGZ)


Bjelobrk(AUS)-Grischuk(RUS)

#.	Player	Fed	FIDE	Res	Player	Fed	FIDE
1	Aronian, Levon	ARM	2813	1-0	Markov, Mikhail	KGZ	2304
2	G., Akash	IND	2340	0-1	Caruana, Fabiano	ITA	2796
3	Kramnik, Vladimir	RUS	2784	1-0	Bwalya, Gillan	ZAM	2341
4	Bjelobrk, Igor	AUS	2341	0-1	Grischuk, Alex.	RUS	2785
5	Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	2772	1-0	Ali, Sebbar	MAR	2371
6	Cori T., Deysi	PER	2434	0-1	Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	2772
7	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2764	1-0	Rahman, Ziaur	BAN	2470
8	Lou, Yiping	CHN	2484	0.5-0.5	Kamsky, Gata	USA	2741
9	Mamedyarov, S.	AZE	2775	1-0	Shoker, Samy	EGY	2489
10	El Gindy, Essam	EGY	2487	0-1	Dominguez, Leinier	CUB	2757
11	Ponomariov, R.	UKR	2756	1-0	Hansen, Torbjorn	NOR	2492
12	Liu, Qingnan	CHN	2500	0.5-0.5	Wang, Hao	CHN	2747
13	Svidler, Peter	RUS	2746	1-0	Ushenina, Anna	UKR	2500
14	Wan, Yunguo	CHN	2512	0.5-0.5	Adams, Michael	ENG	2740
15	Leko, Peter	HUN	2744	1-0	Johannessen, Leif	NOR	2519
16	Sambuev, Bator	CAN	2524	1-0	Morozevich, Alex.	RUS	2739
17	Vitiugov, Nikita	RUS	2719	1-0	Holt, Conrad	USA	2539
18	Salem, Saleh	UAE	2556	0-1	Giri, Anish	NED	2737
19	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2731	0.5-0.5	Duda, Jan	POL	2534
20	Cori, Jorge	PER	2569	0.5-0.5	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	2733
21	Andreikin, Dmitry	RUS	2716	0.5-0.5	Darini, Pouria	IRI	2535
22	Durarbayli, Vasif	AZE	2567	0.5-0.5	Korobov, Anton	UKR	2720
23	Vachier-L., M.	FRA	2719	1-0	Shabalov, Alex.	USA	2546
24	Wei, Yi	CHN	2551	0.5-0.5	Nepomniachtchi, I.	RUS	2723
25	Navara, David	CZE	2715	1-0	Mareco, Sandro	ARG	2561
26	Agdestein, Simen	NOR	2567	0-1	Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	2714
27	Alekseev, Evgeny	RUS	2710	0.5-0.5	Adhiban, B.	IND	2567
28	Paragua, Mark	PHI	2565	0-1	Jakovenko, Dmitry	RUS	2724
29	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	2702	1-0	Barbosa, Oliver	PHI	2571
30	Kaidanov, Gregory	USA	2574	0-1	Areshchenko, Alex.	UKR	2709
31	Malakhov, Vladimir	RUS	2707	1-0	Hansen, Eric	CAN	2584
32	Ramirez, Alejandro	USA	2588	0.5-0.5	Tomashevsky, E.	RUS	2706
33	So, Wesley	PHI	2710	1-0	Ipatov, Alexander	TUR	2584
34	Christiansen, Larry	USA	2584	0-1	Fressinet, Laurent	FRA	2708
35	Riazantsev, Alex.	RUS	2700	0.5-0.5	Felgaer, Ruben	ARG	2586
36	Flores, Diego	ARG	2578	0-1	Vallejo, Francisco	ESP	2706
37	Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	2702	0.5-0.5	Brunello, Sabino	ITA	2607
38	Fier, Alexandr	BRA	2595	0.5-0.5	Wojtaszek, Rad.	POL	2701
39	Moiseenko, Alex.	UKR	2699	1-0	Adly, Ahmed	EGY	2594
40	Hammer, Jon L.	NOR	2605	0.5-0.5	Movsesian, Sergei	ARM	2699
41	Shirov, Alexei	LAT	2696	0.5-0.5	Hou, Yifan	CHN	2609
42	Ortiz, Isan	CUB	2609	1-0	Polgar, Judit	HUN	2696
43	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	2696	1-0	Kravtsiv, Martyn	UKR	2607
44	Nguyen, Ngoc	VIE	2625	1-0	Akopian, Vladimir	ARM	2691
45	Bruzon, Lazaro	CUB	2698	0.5-0.5	Najer, Evgeniy	RUS	2626
46	Robson, Ray	USA	2623	1-0	Volokitin, Andrei	UKR	2688
47	Li, Chao b	CHN	2693	0.5-0.5	Postny, Evgeny	ISR	2628
48	Popov, Ivan	RUS	2644	1-0	Ragger, Markus	AUT	2680
49	Inarkiev, Ernesto	RUS	2693	0.5-0.5	Leitao, Rafael	BRA	2632
50	Melkumyan, Hrant	ARM	2632	0.5-0.5	Granda, Julio	PER	2664
51	Kryvoruchko, Y.	UKR	2678	0-1	Negi, Parimarjan	IND	2643
52	Hracek, Zbynek	CZE	2635	0.5-0.5	Bologan, Viktor	MDA	2672
53	Dreev, Aleksey	RUS	2668	0.5-0.5	Azarov, Sergei	BLR	2636
54	Dubov, Daniil	RUS	2624	1-0	Fedorchuk, Sergey	UKR	2669
55	Onischuk, Alex.	USA	2667	1-0	Iturrizaga, Eduardo	VEN	2660
56	Smeets, Jan	NED	2643	0.5-0.5	Matlakov, Maxim	RUS	2676
57	Shimanov, Alek.	RUS	2623	0.5-0.5	Jones, Gawain C B	ENG	2645
58	Filippov, Anton	UZB	2630	0.5-0.5	Romanov, Evgeny	RUS	2651
59	Safarli, Eltaj	AZE	2660	0-1	Amin, Bassem	EGY	2652
60	Lupulescu, Const.	ROU	2634	0.5-0.5	Sasikiran, Krishnan	IND	2660
61	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	RUS	2659	0.5-0.5	Swiercz, Dariusz	POL	2654
62	Kobalia, Mikhail	RUS	2651	0.5-0.5	Khismatullin, Denis	RUS	2653
63	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2662	0.5-0.5	Beliavsky, Alex.	SLO	2651
64	Istratescu, A.	FRA	2646	0-1	Lysyj, Igor	RUS	2648

Here is GM Sambuev's key rd1 victory. 

Sambuev introduced the novelty 12.h4!? and got an interesting position with an exchange sacrifice. However, Black defended well and gained the upper hand. 

Sambuev,Bator (2524) - Morozevich,Alexander (2739)
Grunfeld Exchange 7.Bc4 Smyslov[D87]
FIDE World Cup 2013 
Tromso NOR (1.16), 11.08.2013

Position 1
The position is tense. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

40.d6

Here is GM Hansen's game. 

Hansen had a promising middlegame going but chose an ineffective way to break the kingside down which give white time to offer a queen trade. The ending was a case of three pawns being more valuable than a bishop.

Malakhov,Vladimir (2707) - Hansen,Eric (2584)
Reti vs Grunfeld[A05]
FIDE World Cup 2013 

Tromso NOR (1.31), 11.08.2013

Black was helpless against the sea of pawns.

28.a5

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I am playing in a Tournament Aug 9-11 so there will be limited blog activity.

COQ Invitational 2013 Rd8-GM Sokolov(NED)

Here is a nice opposite color bishop endgame by GM Sokolov from round 8.

GM Sulskis(left)-GM Sokolov(right)

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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.

King's activity was more important than the a4 pawn. GM Alexander Yermolinsky has a nice presentation on ICC.
Every Russian Schoolboy Knows: TWO PAWNS DOWN BUT ALIVE AND KICKING - part 1'

Preotu,Razvan (2277) - Sokolov,Ivan (2650)
Scotch 4..Bc5[C45]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (8.8), 27.07.2013

Position 1
Black is up a pawn but must avoid the drawing tendancies of the remaining opposite color bishops.

Black to Play

40.a5

CanadaChessNews Top ChessNews Blog 2013-07

July Pageview Data
CanadaChessNews pushed its way to #1 mainly due to the Canadian and Quebec Opens.

Kevin Wan(left)-Luois Jiang(right)

Quebec Open Inv 2013

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July	BCN	CCN	d4CN	e4CN	REOCN	Total
1	98	204	19	25	18	364
2	76	275	37	48	34	470
3	91	282	70	24	27	494
4	72	157	51	49	39	368
5	72	157	51	49	39	368
6	73	129	27	41	37	307
7	84	159	61	42	33	379
8	75	263	46	67	26	477
9	80	200	24	28	13	345
10	254	170	32	16	23	495
11	122	256	93	98	46	615
12	121	270	74	111	54	630
13	154	281	67	77	56	635
14	97	289	46	79	68	579
15	145	349	46	79	32	651
16	139	328	17	23	29	536
17	153	210	55	99	37	554
18	115	251	23	47	51	487
19	71	361	53	63	48	596
20	78	337	24	31	35	505
21	79	357	57	63	42	598
22	112	346	42	58	40	598
23	146	409	34	67	23	679
24	104	300	31	47	43	525
25	115	259	20	30	25	449
26	133	287	49	49	30	548
27	93	319	26	37	45	520
28	99	245	42	28	23	437
29	75	230	46	84	22	457
30	110	180	23	50	56	419
31	113	212	33	45	43	446

CYCC 2013 Under 8 Rd2-Mo,Aidan(CAN)

From Chesstalk-Posted by Hugh Brodie

Young Aiden Mo played a nice attack in the CYCC Under 8 class with a Bxh7+ Sacrifice.

Bxh7+ BOOM!

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Mo,Aidan (951) - Zhou,Aiden (1136)
French Advance[C02]
CYCC U08 (2), 10.07.2013

Position 1
White started the attack with Bxh7+!? Evaluate this attacking move.

White to Play

9...0-0

Quebec Open 2013 Rd8-IM Panjwani R(CAN)

TWIC 977
Results/Live Games/Quebec Open 2013 and Photos-Preotu,Rene Gallery
Here is a GM scalp taken by IM Panjwani with subtle RRN-RRB endgame play.

 GM Chirila(left) - IM Panjwani(right)

Chirila,Ioan-Cristian (2528) - Panjwani,Raja (2409)
Queen’s Indian[E16]
COQ Invitational 2013 
Montreal CAN (8.5), 27.07.2013

Position 1
White was looking to simplify the position but black played the surprising  retreat 15..Nb8! and won a pawn.

Black to Play

15.Kxg2

Position 2
The knight dominates the bishop but white has the passed a-pawn for counterplay. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

43.Be1

COQ Invitational 2013-IM Porper

Here is another GM scalp, this time by IM Porper.

More About (Another) Quebec Open Championship

Porper,Edward (2453) - Roussel-Roozmon,Thomas (2476) 
Semi-Slav with quick …a6[D45]
COQ Invitational 2013 
Montreal CAN (9.11), 28.07.2013

Position 1
White has a lead in development, clear targets on the queenside and the move. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

23...Qe7

Quebec Open 2013 Rd6-GM Roussel-Roozman T(CAN)

Here is the attacking game of GM Arencibia from rd6.

From another round

IM Wang(left)-GM Roussel-Roozmon(right)

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Roussel-Roozmon,Thomas (2476) - Arencibia,Walter (2526)
Nimzo-Indian 4.Qc2 c5[E38]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (6.8), 25.07.2013

Position 1
The king-hunt is on. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

20.Rg2

Chess According to the Ottawa Citizen 2013-07

More Botez-Ottawa Citizen

Botez,Alexandra

'World Champion Alexandra Botez of Vancouver is surrounded by mostly men as she concentrates during the final rounds of the Canadian Open Chess Championships held at the National Hotel and Suites in Ottawa, Canada.'

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