Edmonton International 2013 Rd7, Hansen E(CAN)

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GM Bruzon leads with 6.5/7. GM Short is second with 4.5/7 and GM Hansen is third with 4/7.

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Game 1

GM Hansen eventually broke through on the kingside in a tense middlegame.

Perez Garcia,Rodney (back left) - Hansen,Eric (back right)

Perez Garcia,Rodney (2364) - Hansen,Eric (2577)

Reti Reversed Benoni[A09]

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Edmonton - Canada (7), 29.06.2013

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.g3 a5 6.b5 Nh6 7.Bg2 0–0 8.d3 c5 9.bxc6 Nxc6 10.Na3 b6 11.0–0 Rb8 12.Nb5 Nf5 13.Rb1 Qd7 14.a4 Bb7 15.Ba3 h5 16.Nd2 Ne5 17.Ne4 h4 18.c5 Bc6 19.cxb6 Rxb6 20.Qd2 Ra8 21.Bc5 Rbb8 22.Rb2 Bh6 23.Qc2 hxg3 24.hxg3 

Black to play

24.hg

24...Ne3 25.fxe3 Bxe3+ 26.Nf2 Qg4 0–1

Game 2
GM Short's bishops slowly took over the board and the last ditch attempt at an attack with 30.e5 amounted to nothing.

Gardner,Robert (l) - Short,Nigel (r)

Gardner,Robert (2213) - Short,Nigel (2682)

Nimzo-Indian 4..b6 5Nge2[E44]

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Edmonton - Canada (7), 29.06.2013

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Nge2 Ne4 6.Bd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2 Nc6 8.a3 Be7 9.Nf4 Bb7 10.Bd3 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Be2 0–0 13.0–0 Re8 14.Nfd5 Bf8 15.f4 Ng6 16.e4 d6 17.Rae1 a6 18.Bd3 c6 19.Ne3 b5 20.Nf5 Ne7 21.Nxe7+ Bxe7 22.cxb5 axb5 23.Bb1 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 b4 25.axb4 Qxb4 26.Qc2 g6 27.f5 Ba6 28.fxg6 hxg6 29.Rf3 Bc4 30.e5 

Black to play

30.e5

30...Bf8 31.Re4 Rxe5 32.h4 Rxe4 33.Qxe4 d5 34.Qf4 Qe7 35.h5 Bg7 36.g3 gxh5 37.Qf5 d4 38.Qh7+ Kf8 39.Ne4 Ra1 0–1

Game 3
An uneventful equal game.

Wang,Richard (l) - Porper,Edward (r)

Wang,Richard (2371) - Porper,Edward (2424)

Catalan Closed[E06]

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Edmonton - Canada (7), 29.06.2013

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 0–0 6.0–0 c6 7.Qc2 b6 8.Nbd2 Bb7 9.e4 Na6 10.a3 Qc8 11.Re1 Re8 12.e5 Nd7 13.h4 c5 14.dxc5 Naxc5 15.b4 Ne4 16.Bb2 a5 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Ng5 axb4 19.axb4 Bxb4 20.Rxa8 Bxa8 21.Rd1 Nc5 22.Nxe4 Nxe4 23.Bxe4 h6 24.Qd3 Bc5 25.Bc1 Qa6 26.Be3 Qa4 27.Bxa8 Bxe3 28.Be4 Bc5 

White to play

28..Bc5

29.Qd7 Qxd7 30.Rxd7 g6 ½–½

Game 4
GM Bruzon gave an exchange for a pawn and then advanced his two passed pawns for a straightforward victory.

Bruzon,Lazaro (2687) - Mikhalevski,Victor (2551)

Spanish Open 9.Nbd2 Nc5[C83]

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Edmonton - Canada (7), 29.06.2013

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0! Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 d4 12.Nb3 d3 13.Bb1 Nxb3 14.axb3 Bf5 15.Re1 0–0! 16.Be3 Bg6 17.Bd4 Nxd4 18.cxd4 Bb4 19.Re3 d2 20.Bxg6 fxg6 21.Rd3 Rf4 22.d5 Re4 23.Rxd2 Bxd2 24.Qxd2 Qc8 25.d6 Qb7 26.dxc7 h6 27.Rc1 Kh7 28.Qd7 Rc8 

White to play

28...Rc7

29.h4 Rf4 30.e6 Rff8 31.Rc6 Rf4 32.h5 Rf6 33.hxg6+ Rxg6 34.Ne5 Rf6 35.e7 Rxc6 36.Nxc6 Qa8 37.Qf5+ 
1–0

Game 5
Black got a strong knight and a pawn for the exchange for an impregnable position.

Bruzon,Lazaro (back left) - Mikhalevski,Victor (back right)

Haessel,Dale (front left) - Doroshenko,Maxim (front right)

Haessel,Dale (2171) - Doroshenko,Maxim (2336)

English vs Nimzo-Indian[A17]

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Edmonton - Canada (7), 29.06.2013

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0–0! 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.g3 Bb7 8.Bg2 d6 9.0–0! Nbd7 10.b4 Qe7 11.Bb2 c5 12.d4 Rac8 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Rfd1 Nb6 15.Qb3 cxb4 16.axb4 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Rxc4 18.b5 Qc7 19.Bc6 d5 20.Ra6 Nfd7 21.Qa2 Rc2 22.Qa1 Rxb2 23.Qxb2 Nb8 24.Ra2 a5 25.Qd4 Nxc6 26.bxc6 Qxc6 27.Rxa5 Nc4 28.Ra7 Nd6 29.Qb4 h5 30.Rda1 Ne4 

White to play

30...Ne4

31.f3 Nf6 32.Rb7 Qc2 33.Kf2 Qf5 34.Raa7 e5 35.Rc7 e4 36.Kg2 h4 37.g4 Qf4 38.Qa3 ½–½