Benasque 2013 Rd8-FM Humphreys M(CAN)

Canadian Results
FARINE and FM HUMPHREYS are the top Canadians with 5/8. FARINE will gain 50+ elo points so far.

Rk.		Name	FED	FDE	Pts.	Rtg+/-
117	FM	HUMPHREYS Michael	CAN	2183	5	-2.3
118		FARINE Jonathan	CAN	1886	5	53.4
270		FERREIRA Alex	CAN	1981	3.5	-12.8
391		ABBARIN Shabnam	CAN	0	1.5

Overall Standings
ITURRIZAGA remains in clear first with 7.5/8. GMs Delchev and Rodshtein share 2-3rd with 7/9.

More on Ni Hua-3rd Hainan Danzhou GM 2012
Bu Xiangzhi and former Asian champion Ni Hua shared the first place with 6.0 points each, but Bu grabs the winner's trophy on better tie-break. Bu repeated the success from the 1st Hainan Danzhou Super Tournament.

Rk.		Name	FED	FIDE	Pts.	Rtg+/-
1	GM	ITURRIZAGA Eduardo	VEN	2642	7.5	17.2
3	GM	DELCHEV Aleksander	BUL	2614	7	12.2
2	GM	RODSHTEIN Maxim	ISR	2641	7	12.1
6	GM	LALIC Bogdan	CRO	2489	6.5	2
8	GM	UBILAVA Elizbar	ESP	2490	6.5	7.9
5	GM	SHYAM Sundar M.	IND	2505	6.5	10.5
7	GM	NEELOTPAL Das	IND	2445	6.5	12.1
4	GM	GRANDA ZUNIGA Julio E	PER	2679	6.5	4.1
21	GM	MOVSZISZIAN Karen	ARM	2499	6	6.2
14	GM	GEORGIEV Kiril	BUL	2636	6	-2
9	GM	NI Hua	CHN	2661	6	1.9
20	IM	GUERRA MENDEZ Jose Angel	CUB	2505	6	6.5
15	IM	FORCEN ESTEBAN Daniel	ESP	2493	6	12.5
18	GM	MOSKALENKO Viktor	ESP	2529	6	4.6
19	FM	FENOLLAR JORDA Manuel	ESP	2397	6	30.1
27		GARCIA LOPEZ Miguel Angel	ESP	2251	6	26.4
28	IM	GARZA MARCO Sergio	ESP	2462	6	2.4
30	FM	LILLO CASTANY Victor	ESP	2328	6	6.6
31	IM	ALEXANDROVA Olga	ESP	2449	6	-7.8
26	GM	DEEPAN Chakkravarthy J.	IND	2468	6	2.9
24	IM	KJARTANSSON Gudmundur	ISL	2444	6	1.8
10	GM	ZOLER Dan	ISR	2538	6	2
13	GM	GOLOD Vitali	ISR	2578	6	2.4
12	GM	VOCATURO Daniele	ITA	2536	6	7.3
16	IM	BURG Twan	NED	2479	6	8.7
22	GM	CORI Jorge	PER	2543	6	2.3
25	WGM	CORI T. Deysi	PER	2439	6	6.4
17	GM	KHARITONOV Alexandr	RUS	2538	6	5.3
23	GM	BURMAKIN Vladimir	RUS	2559	6	-2.5
29	GM	KOVCHAN Alexander	UKR	2577	6	-6.7
11	IM	NARODITSKY Daniel	USA	2486	6	14.8

Here is ITURRIZAGA's key rd8 victory.

NI,Hua (2661) - ITURRIZAGA,Eduardo (2642)

Siclian Kan-King’s Indian Attack [B40]

Benasque Open (Spain) (8.1), 11.07.2013

Position 1
Black offered the b-pawn with 15...Bd7. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

15...Bd7