Maccabiah Open 2013(ISR)

Maccabiah 2013-Chess Results
There were four RRs, an open and a junior tournament. See REOChessNews For full article

Overall results

• GM-1-GM Dvoirys won with 6/9.
• GM-2-GM Avrukh won with 6/9.
• IM-1-WIM Efroimski ,FM Ofir and IM Battaglini shared first with 6.5/9.
• IM-2-IM Kaspi won with 6/9.
• Open-Erenberg, Ariel(ISR) and D'Israel Davy(BRA) were equal first with 7.5/9. Unrated Siegal, Matthew(CAN) finished with 4/9.

Open
Erenberg, Ariel(ISR) and D'Israel Davy(BRA) were equal first with 7.5/9. Unrated Siegal, Matthew(CAN) finished with 4/9.

Intense action

Happy group

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Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1		Erenberg Ariel	ISR	1970	7.5
2		D'Israel Davy	BRA	2210	7.5
3		Petrovski Igor	MKD	2185	7
4		Slonimskij Arkadij	ISR	2187	7
5		Poleg Matan	ISR	2058	7
6		Zlotogorsky Itay	ISR	1942	6.5
7		Kumic Filip	SRB	2243	6.5
8		Tartakovsky Daniel	ISR	1951	6.5
9		Orgad Dan	ISR	2017	6.5
10		Petrovski Alexandar	MKD	2226	6.5
11		Hochman Elnathan	ISR	2021	6.5
12	WIM	Bezgodova Svetlana	RUS	2093	6
13		Nareznoy David	ISR	2090	6
14		Klein Boris	ISR	2096	6
15		Lukovski Lev	GER	1889	6
16		Har Even Abir	ISR	2093	6
17		Vaisberg Michael	ISR	2057	6
18		Grujic Danijela	SRB	2124	6
19		Bronfman Shmuel	ISR	2173	6

Quebec Open 2013 Rd9-IM Hambleton(CAN) and IM Cheng(CAN)

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Here are a couple of GM scalps taken in rd9 by IMs Hambleton and Cheng.

Game 1
GM Arencibia avoided a big theory battle with 1.b3.

From a previous round

IM Hambleton(left)

Arencibia,Walter (2526) - Hambleton,Aman (2480)
Larsen 1.b3 e5[A01]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (9.6), 28.07.2013

Position 1
IM Hambleton has the center and the bishop pair to control the game. What do you suggest for black now?

Black to Play

27.Nd3

Game 2
GM Vera allowed black too much activity and fell to an attack.

From a previous round

IM Cheng(left)

Vera,Reynaldo (2462) - Cheng,Bindi (2406)
Grunfeld 8.Rb1 0-0 9.Be2 b6 [D85]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (9.8), 28.07.2013

Position 1
IM Cheng has the better structure and the more active pieces. What do you recommend for black now?

Black to Play

24.Bf1

Quebec Open 2013 Rd9-Top 4 Boards

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• GM Bruzon beat IM Gerzhoy's French Defence is spectacular fashion. 
• GM Rozentalis could not convert a promising position against GM Moradiabadi and had to settle for a draw. 
• GM Sulskis played a marathon but got nowhere in a fascinating Q+P vs. RBN battle against GM Kovalyov.

Youngsters getting ready

Kleinman(left)-Thavandiren(right)

Preotu,R(left)-Shetty(right)

Top Finishers
GM Bruzon took clear first with a last round win over IM Gerzhoy with a score of 7/9. GMs Rozentalis, Moradiabadi and Kovalyov shared second with 6.5/9.

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Total
1	GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	CUB	2689	7
2	GM	Rozentalis Eduardas	LTU	2619	6.5
3	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	IRI	2551	6.5
4	GM	Kovalyov Anton	ARG	2606	6.5
5	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	LTU	2559	6
6	GM	Sokolov Ivan	NED	2650	6
7	IM	Hambleton Aman	CAN	2480	6
8	IM	Cheng Bindi	CAN	2406	6
9	IM	Panjwani Raja	CAN	2409	6

Game 1
The solid Queen's Indian proved its worth and yielded GM Rozentalis a solid equal position to play from. Rozentalis won a pawn and then another but but could not covert two extra pawns in the RB-RN ending.

GM Moradiabadi(left)-GM Rozentalis(right)

Moradiabadi,E (2551) - Rozentalis,E (2619)
Queen’s Indian 8.Bd2[E17]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (9.1), 28.07.2013

Position 1
Black has the better structure. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

42.Rd8

Game 2
GM Brunzon won with strong attacking play after black closed the position and went for an interesting kingwalk.

Brunzon,L (2691) - Gerzhoy,L (2462)
French Tarrasch 3…Nf6[C05]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (9.2), 28.07.2013

Position 1
The position is closed. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

16...bc

Game 3
GM Sambuev made an enterprising exchange sacrifice for dark square play but neither side could make any real progress in the resulting closed position.

Panjwani,R (2409) - Sambuev,B (2530)
King’s Indian Classical 9.Ne1[E92]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (9.3), 28.07.2013

Position 1
Black has close to a fortress with good compensation for the exchange. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

27..Be5

Game 4
The ever popular 6.Bg5 Najdorf was the scene of the action. GM Sulskis could not convert a promising position and the game was drawn after 118 moves.

Sulskis,S(left)-Kovalyev,A(right) 

Sulskis,S (2559) - Kovalyev,A (2606)
Sicilian Najdorf 6.Bg5 Nbd7[B94]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (9.4), 28.07.2013

Position 1
White has a Q for RB+P. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

24...Re6

Position 2

White tried hard to crack black's position by pushing the g-pawn but black held firm and later had to play accurately to ensure the RBN did not coordinate and overwhelm the queen.

Black to Play

51.g4

Quebec Open 2013 Rd9-Results and Standings

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Standings
GM Bruzon took clear first with a last round win over IM Gerzhoy with a score of 7/9. GMs Rozentalis, Moradiabadi and Kovalyov shared second with 6.5/9.

Results

Board 1

GM Moradiabadi(left)-GM Rozentalis(right)

Top Finishers

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Total
1	GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	CUB	2689	7
2	GM	Rozentalis Eduardas	LTU	2619	6.5
3	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	IRI	2551	6.5
4	GM	Kovalyov Anton	ARG	2606	6.5
5	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	LTU	2559	6
6	GM	Sokolov Ivan	NED	2650	6
7	IM	Hambleton Aman	CAN	2480	6
8	IM	Cheng Bindi	CAN	2406	6
9	IM	Panjwani Raja	CAN	2409	6

Results
GM Bruzon beat Gerzhoy's French Defence is spectacular fashion. Rozentalis could not convert a promising position against Moradiabadi and had to settle for a draw. GM Sulskis played a marathon but got nowhere in a fascinating Q+P vs. RBN battle against GM Kovalyov.

More GM scalps were taken on the lower boards:
IM Cheng beat GM Vera
IM Hambleton beat GM Arencibia
IM Porper beat GM Roussel-Roozmon

Board 3

GM Sulskis(left)-GM Kovalyov(right)

Bo.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg
1	GM	Moradiabadi	2551	6	½ - ½	6	GM	Rozentalis	2619
2	GM	Bruzon Batista	2689	6	1-0	5½	IM	Gerzhoy Leonid	2462
3	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	2559	5½	½ - ½	6	GM	Kovalyov Anton	2606
4	IM	Panjwani Raja	2409	5½	½ - ½	5	GM	Sambuev Bator	2530
5	GM	Sokolov Ivan	2650	5	1-0	5	FM	Ostrovskiy	2403
6	GM	Arencibia Walter	2526	5	0 - 1	5	IM	Hambleton A	2480
7	GM	Perez Rodriguez	2427	5	½ - ½	5	IM	Molner M	2501
8	GM	Vera Reynaldo	2462	5	0 - 1	5	IM	Cheng Bindi	2406
9	FM	Oliva Castaneda	2423	5	0 - 1	4½	GM	Chirila	2528
10	IM	Perez Garcia	2364	4½	½ - ½	4½	IM	Kiewra Keaton F	2422
11	IM	Porper Edward	2453	4	1-0	4½	GM	Roussel-Roozmon	2476
12	IM	Wang Richard	2377	4	1-0	4	FM	Rodriguez Eric	2290
13	FM	Kleinman Michael	2298	4	½ - ½	4	FM	Thavandiran	2338
14	FM	Jiang Louie	2324	4	1-0	4	IM	Calugar Arthur	2282
15		Preotu Razvan	2277	4	0 - 1	4	FM	Shetty Atulya	2314
16	FM	Leveille Francois	2279	3½	½ - ½	4		Song Michael	2242
17		Morin Yves	2185	3½	0 - 1	3½		Adithya B.	2301
18		Zhang Yuanchen	2061	3½	0 - 1	3½	IM	Piasetski Leon	2279
19		Bérubé Antoine	2174	3½	0 - 1	3½	FM	Sapozhnikov	2272
20	FM	Cao Jason	2060	3½	1-0	3½		Kraiouchkine	2234
21	FM	Voskanyan Vahagn	2241	3	0 - 1	3		Ibrahim Anthony	2161
22		Masse Hugues	2187	3	1-0	3		Wan Kevin	2006
23		Lo Ryan	2068	2	0 - 1	3		Tomb Maroun	2133
24		Chiku-Ratte	2106	2½	1-0	2½		Villavieja Butch	2211
25		Caire Francois	2178	2	½ - ½	2½		Zhou Qiyu	1902

Final Standings

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Total
1	GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	CUB	2689	7
2	GM	Rozentalis Eduardas	LTU	2619	6.5
3	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	IRI	2551	6.5
4	GM	Kovalyov Anton	ARG	2606	6.5
5	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	LTU	2559	6
6	GM	Sokolov Ivan	NED	2650	6
7	IM	Hambleton Aman	CAN	2480	6
8	IM	Cheng Bindi	CAN	2406	6
9	IM	Panjwani Raja	CAN	2409	6
10	IM	Gerzhoy Leonid	CAN	2462	5.5
11	GM	Chirila Ioan-Cristian	ROU	2528	5.5
12	IM	Molner Mackenzie	USA	2501	5.5
13	GM	Perez Rodriguez Luis Manuel	CUB	2427	5.5
14	GM	Sambuev Bator	CAN	2530	5.5
15	FM	Ostrovskiy Aleksandr A	USA	2403	5
16	IM	Perez Garcia Rodney Oscar	CUB	2364	5
17	GM	Arencibia Walter	CUB	2526	5
18	IM	Wang Richard	CAN	2377	5
19	FM	Oliva Castaneda Kevel	CUB	2423	5
20	GM	Vera Reynaldo	CUB	2462	5
21	FM	Shetty Atulya	USA	2314	5
22	IM	Porper Edward	CAN	2453	5
23	IM	Kiewra Keaton F	USA	2422	5
24	FM	Jiang Louie	CAN	2324	5
25	GM	Roussel-Roozmon Thomas	CAN	2476	4.5
26		Adithya B.	IND	2301	4.5
27	FM	Thavandiran Shiyam	CAN	2338	4.5
28		Song Michael	CAN	2242	4.5
29	FM	Cao Jason	CAN	2060	4.5
30	IM	Piasetski Leon	CAN	2279	4.5
31	FM	Kleinman Michael	CAN	2298	4.5
32	FM	Sapozhnikov Roman	CAN	2272	4.5
33		Preotu Razvan	CAN	2277	4
34	IM	Calugar Arthur	CAN	2282	4
35	FM	Leveille Francois	CAN	2279	4
36	FM	Rodriguez Eric	USA	2290	4
37		Tomb Maroun	LIB	2133	4
38		Masse Hugues	CAN	2187	4
39		Ibrahim Anthony	CAN	2161	4
40		Kraiouchkine Nikita	CAN	2234	3.5
41		Zhang Yuanchen	CAN	2061	3.5
42		Bérubé Antoine	CAN	2174	3.5
43		Chiku-Ratte Olivier Kenta	CAN	2106	3.5
44		Morin Yves	CAN	2185	3.5
45	FM	Chandra Akshat	USA	2312	3
46	FM	Voskanyan Vahagn	CAN	2241	3
47		Wan Kevin	CAN	2006	3
48		Zhou Qiyu	CAN	1902	3
49		Van Heirzeele Daniel	BEL	2116	2.5
50		Villavieja Butch	PHI	2211	2.5
51		Caire Francois	CAN	2178	2.5
52	FM	Hamilton Robert	CAN	2251	2
53		Lo Ryan	CAN	2068	2
54		Tessier-Desrosiers Olivier	CAN	2106	1