Canadian Open 2013 Rd4-Part 2

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Part 2 Games 9-16

The Highlights
My favorites were games 10(GM Moradiabadi) and 14(GM Perelsteyn) which both featured some slowed paced but purposeful maneuvering.

Game 9-Rozentalis,E(2601) - Yam,A(2367)
GM Rozentalis finished the game with a nice Nxf7! sacrifice for the attack.

Game 10-Miller,E(2234) - Moradiabadi,E(2557) 
GM Moradiabadi slowly improved his position and then pushed the passed c-pawn for a nice positional victory.

Game 14-De Kerpel,S(2157) - Perelsteyn,E(2571) 
GM Perelsteyn built up his position with an impressive maneuvering display before unleashing a little combination.

Game 15-Cheng,Bindi (2516) - Zhou,Qiyu (2160) 
IM Cheng got a nice dark square bind and duly converted an extra pawn in the R-R ending.

GM Bruzon watching games in the Victoria room

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Game 9
GM Rozentalis played a nice Nxf7! sacrifice for the attack.

Rozentalis,Eduardas (2601) - Yam,Alex (2367)
Scandinavian 2...Nf6 [B01]

Canadian Open 2013 (4.9), 15.07.2013

 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.0–0 0–0 7.h3 b6 8.Re1 Bb7 9.Bg5 Re8 10.Bb3 c5 11.c3 Nd7 12.Na3 cxd4 13.cxd4 a6 14.Nc4 Nf8 15.Qd2 Nf6 16.Nce5 Bd5 17.Bh6 Ne6 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Qe3 h6 

19...h6

20.Nxf7 Kxf7 21.Qxh6 Rg8 22.Bxd5 Nxd5 23.Ne5+ Ke8 24.Qh7 1–0

Game 10
GM Moradiabadi slowly improved his position and then pushed the passed c-pawn for a nice positional victory.

Miller,Evgeny (2234) - Moradiabadi,Elshan (2557) 
Sicilian 2.c3 Nf6[B22]

Canadian Open 2013 (4.10), 15.07.2013

 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 d6 7.a3 Bd7 8.Bd3 Bc6 9.0–0 Nd7 10.Qe2 Rc8 11.b4 a6 12.Ra2 Be7 13.Rc2 0–0 14.Bd2 N5b6 15.Re1 dxe5 16.dxe5 Bd5 17.Bc1 Re8 18.Nbd2 Rxc2 19.Bxc2 Qc7 20.Bb3 Rc8 21.Bb2 Qb8 22.h3 h6 23.Qd3 Bxb3 24.Qxb3 Nd5 25.Bd4 Qc7 26.Bb2 b5 27.Rc1 Qb7 28.Rxc8+ Qxc8 29.Qd3 N7b6 30.Ne4 Nc4 31.Qb3 Qb7 32.Ned2 Qc6 33.Nxc4 bxc4 34.Qc2 

34.Qc2 

34...c3 35.Bc1 Qc4 36.Ne1 Bd8 37.Qd3 Qb3 38.Qc2 Qc4 39.Qd3 Qc6 40.Nf3 Bb6 41.Kf1 a5 42.bxa5 Bxa5 43.Kg1 Bb6 44.Kf1 Qc5 45.Qc2 Qc4+ 46.Kg1 Bc5 47.Ne1 Bd4 48.Qd3 Qc5 49.Qe2 Qb6 50.Nf3 Qb1 51.Qf1 Bc5 52.g3 c2 53.Kg2 Nc3 54.Qc4 Qxc1 55.Qxc3 Qd1 0–1

Game 11
A case of trapping the queen.

Kiewra,Keaton (2423) - Chernik,Dmitry (1918) 
King's Indian Classical Nge2[E72]

Canadian Open 2013 (4.11), 15.07.2013

 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nc3 0–0 6.e4 e5 7.Nge2 Re8 8.d5 Na6 9.0–0 Bd7 10.h3 Re7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Be3 Qe8 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.Rab1 Rb8 15.Bxa7 Rd8 16.Be3 b5 17.cxb5 Bxb5 18.Nxb5 Qxb5 19.Nc3 Qb4 20.Rfe1 Ra8 21.Qc2 h5

21...h5

22.a3 Qa5 23.b4 Qxa3 24.Rb3 1–0

Game 12
Black took no risks and got the draw.

Derraugh,Geordie (2297) - Perez Garcia,Rodney Oscar (2464) 
Italian 7.Bd2[C54]

Canadian Open 2013 (4.12), 15.07.2013

 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.c3 Nf6 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nbxd2 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Qb3 Nce7 11.0–0 0–0 12.Rfe1 c6 13.Ne4 Qb6 14.Nc3 Qxb3 15.Bxb3 Be6 16.Ng5 Bd7 17.Re5 h6 18.Nf3 Be6 19.Rae1 Rad8 

19...Rad8

20.g3 Nc7 21.Na4 Ng6 22.R5e3 Nd5 23.R3e2 Nc7 24.Bxe6 Nxe6 25.Nc5 Nxc5 26.dxc5 Rd5 27.Ne5 Nxe5 28.Rxe5 Rd2 29.R1e2 Rfd8 30.Kg2 ½–½

Game 13
White had a nice position but could not get more than a draw.

Du,Digeng (2009) - Oliva Castaneda,Kevel (2399) 
King's Indian g3 8.b3[E63]

Canadian Open 2013 (4.13), 15.07.2013

 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 0–0 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.0–0 a6 8.b3 Rb8 9.Nd5 Nh5 10.Bb2 e6 11.Nc3 Ne7 12.Rc1 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Qc2 b4 15.Na4 Ba6 16.Rfd1 Rb7 17.Ne1 Ra7 18.Nd3 Qb8 19.Qd2 Bb5 20.Nxb4 Bxa4 21.bxa4 Rxa4 22.a3 Nf6 23.Rc4 Ra7 24.Rdc1 d5 25.R4c2 Nd7 26.Qd3 Qb6 27.Qd2 Rb8 28.e3 Nf6 29.Rc5 Ne8 30.Qc2 Nd6 

30...Nd6

31.Rxc7 Nc4 32.Rxa7 Qxa7 33.Ra1 Nxb2 34.Qxb2 Qa4 35.Rc1 Bf8 36.Bf1 Nf5 37.Qc3 Bxb4 38.axb4 Qxb4 39.Qxb4 Rxb4 40.Bd3 ½–½

Game 14
GM Perelsteyn built up his position with an impressive maneuvering display before unleashing a little combination.

De Kerpel,Stijn (2157) - Perelsteyn,Eugene (2571) 
Sicilian Hyper-Accelerated Dragon 2..g6[B27]

Canadian Open 2013 (4.14), 15.07.2013

 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.c3 Qxc5 6.Na3 d6 7.Nb5 a6 8.Nbd4 Nf6 9.Bd3 0–0 10.0–0 Nbd7 11.h3 b6 12.Qe2 Bb7 13.Nb3 Qc7 14.Kh1 Rfe8 15.c4 Rac8 16.Bf4 Qb8 17.Rab1 Qa8 18.Rfe1 a5 19.Nbd2 Nc5 20.Bc2 Nh5 21.Bg5 h6 22.Bh4 Nf4 23.Qe3 e5 24.Bg3 Nfe6 25.Qa3 Rf8 26.b4 axb4 27.Qxb4 Bc6 28.a3 f5 29.exf5 gxf5 30.Nh4 Nd4 31.Rbc1 

31.Rbc1 

31..Nxc2 32.Rxc2 Nd3 33.Qb1 Nxe1 34.Qxe1 Qxa3 35.Nb1 Qd3 0–1

Game 15
IM Cheng got a nice dark square bind and duly converted an extra pawn in the R-R ending.

10 Seconds with IM Bindi Cheng

Cheng,Bindi (2516) - Zhou,Qiyu (2160) 
Trompovsky 2..e6[A46]

Canadian Open 2013 (4.15), 15.07.2013

 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.c3 d5 6.Nd2 c5 7.Ngf3 Nc6 8.Bb5 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Qa4 Bd7 11.Ne5 Qd8 12.0–0 Bd6 13.Nd3 cxd4 14.Qxd4 0–0 15.e5 Be7 16.b4 Qc7 17.Nb3 f6 18.f4 Rae8 19.Rae1 fxe5 20.Nxe5 Bd6 21.Nc5 Bc8 

21...Bc8

22.h4 Rf5 23.g3 Bxe5 24.Rxe5 Rxe5 25.Qxe5 Qxe5 26.fxe5 Re7 27.Kg2 Ra7 28.Rf4 a5 29.a4 Ra8 30.Kf2 Ba6 31.Nxe6 Bc4 32.Nc5 axb4 33.cxb4 Re8 34.e6 d4 35.Rxd4 Bxe6 36.Nxe6 Rxe6 37.a5 Re7 

37...Re7

38.Rf4 Ra7 39.Ke3 c5 40.bxc5 Rxa5 41.Kd4 g5 42.hxg5 hxg5 43.Re4 Kf7 44.Kd5 Ra1 45.g4 Rd1+ 46.Rd4 Rf1 47.Kd6 Ke8 48.Rd5 Rf6+ 49.Kc7 Rf7+ 50.Kb6 Rf1 51.c6 Rb1+ 52.Kc7 1–0

Game 16
IM Porper won a pawn and converted without problems.

Porper,Edward (2494) - Kenney,Jason (2159) [D16]

Canadian Open 2013 (4.16), 15.07.2013

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 e5 6.Nxe5 Be6 7.e3 Bb4 8.Nxc4 c5 9.Ne5 0–0 10.Bd3 cxd4 11.exd4 Nd5 12.Bd2 Nc6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.0–0 Rb8 15.Ne4 Bxd2 16.Qxd2 Qb6 17.Ng5 g6 18.Nf3 Qb4 19.Qh6 Rfe8 20.Be4 Qf8 21.Qxf8+ Rxf8 22.Ne5 Nf6 23.Bxc6 Rxb2 24.Rab1 Rfb8 25.Rxb2 Rxb2 26.h3 Bd5 27.Bxd5 Nxd5 28.Rc1 Ra2

28...Ra2

29.Rc5 Nf4 30.Rc8+ Kg7 31.Rc7 Ne2+ 32.Kh2 Nxd4 33.Rxf7+ Kg8 34.Rxa7 h5 35.a5 Rxf2 36.Nxg6 Ra2 37.a6 Nf5 38.Kg1 h4 39.Nf4 Ng3 40.Ra8+ Kh7 41.a7 Ne4 42.Kf1 Ra1+ 43.Ke2 Nc3+ 44.Kf3 Nb5 45.Kg4 Ra4 46.Rf8 Rxa7 47.Kxh4 Nd6 48.Rf6 Nf7 49.Re6 Ra4 50.g3 Kg7 51.Kg4 Nh6+ 52.Kf3 Nf5 53.Nh5+ Kg8 54.Re4 1–0