Quebec Open 2013 Rd2-GM Sokolov(NED)

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GM Sokolov won again and shares the lead with five others with 2/2. IM Richard Wang scored a big upset with a victory over GM Vera.

IM Piasetski(right) before start of Rd1

Photo-Preotu,Rene Gallery

Bo.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	GM	Sokolov Ivan	2650	1	1-0	1	IM	Panjwani Raja	2409	19
2	IM	Kiewra Keaton F	2422	1	0 - 1	1	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	2559	5
3	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	2551	1	½ - ½	1	FM	Ostrovskiy A	2403	21
4	GM	Chirila Ioan-Cristian	2528	1	½ - ½	1	IM	Perez Garcia	2364	23
5	IM	Molner Mackenzie	2501	1	½ - ½	1	FM	Jiang Louie	2324	25
6	IM	Cheng Bindi	2406	1	½ - ½	1	IM	Hambleton A	2480	11
7	GM	Roussel-Roozmon	2476	1	1-0	1	FM	Chandra Akshat	2312	27
8	IM	Wang Richard	2377	1	1-0	1	GM	Vera Reynaldo	2462	13
9	IM	Gerzhoy Leonid	2462	1	1-0	1	IM	Calugar Arthur	2282	31
10	FM	Thavandiran Shiyam	2338	1	½ - ½	1	IM	Porper Edward	2453	15
11	GM	Perez Rodriguez	2427	1	1-0	1	FM	Cao Jason	2060	53
12		Preotu Razvan	2277	1	1-0	1	FM	Oliva Castaneda	2423	17
13	FM	Rodriguez Eric	2290	½	0 - 1	½	GM	Bruzon	2689	1
14	FM	Hamilton Robert	2251	½	0 - 1	½	GM	Rozentalis E	2619	3
15		Adithya B.	2301	½	0 - 1	½	GM	Arencibia Walter	2526	9
16	GM	Kovalyov Anton	2606	0	1-0	0		Morin Yves	2185	43
17		Caire Francois	2178	0	0 - 1	0	GM	Sambuev Bator	2530	7
18	FM	Shetty Atulya	2314	0	1-0	0		Bérubé Antoine	2174	45
19		Ibrahim Anthony	2161	0	0 - 1	0	FM	Kleinman Michael	2298	29
20	IM	Piasetski Leon	2279	0	1-0	0		Tomb Maroun	2133	47
21		Van Heirzeele Dl	2116	0	½ - ½	0	FM	Leveille Francois	2279	33
22		Tessier-Desrosiers	2106	0	0 - 1	0	FM	Sapozhnikov R	2272	35
23		Zhang Yuanchen	2061	0	½ - ½	0		Song Michael	2242	37
24	FM	Voskanyan Vahagn	2241	0	½ - ½	0		Chiku-Ratte	2106	49
25		Wan Kevin	2006	0	0 - 1	0		Kraiouchkine N	2234	39
26		Villavieja Butch	2211	0	1-0	0		Lo Ryan	2068	51
27		Masse Hugues	2187	0	1-0	0		Zhou Qiyu	1902	55

Standings(Partial)
GM Sokolov won again and shares the lead with five others with 2/2.

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Prov	Pts
1	GM	Sokolov Ivan	NED	2650		2
	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	LTU	2559		2
	GM	Roussel-Roozmon Thomas	CAN	2476	QC	2
		Preotu Razvan	CAN	2277	ON	2
5	IM	Gerzhoy Leonid	CAN	2462	ON	2
	IM	Wang Richard	CAN	2377	AB	2
7	GM	Perez Rodriguez Luis Manuel	CUB	2427		2
8	GM	Chirila Ioan-Cristian	ROU	2528		1.5
	IM	Porper Edward	CAN	2453	AB	1.5
10	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	IRI	2551		1.5
	IM	Molner Mackenzie	USA	2501		1.5
	IM	Hambleton Aman	CAN	2480	ON	1.5
	FM	Ostrovskiy Aleksandr A	USA	2403		1.5
	FM	Jiang Louie	CAN	2324	QC	1.5
15	IM	Cheng Bindi	CAN	2406		1.5
	IM	Perez Garcia Rodney Oscar	CUB	2364		1.5
	FM	Thavandiran Shiyam	CAN	2338	ON	1.5
18	GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	CUB	2689	FO	1.5
	GM	Rozentalis Eduardas	LTU	2619	FO	1.5
	GM	Arencibia Walter	CUB	2526	FO	1.5
21	GM	Vera Reynaldo	CUB	2462	FO	1
	FM	Cao Jason	CAN	2060	BC	1
23	IM	Calugar Arthur	CAN	2282	ON	1
24		Masse Hugues	CAN	2187	QC	1
25	GM	Sambuev Bator	CAN	2530	QC	1
	FM	Oliva Castaneda Kevel	CUB	2423	FO	1
	IM	Kiewra Keaton F	USA	2422		1
	IM	Panjwani Raja	CAN	2409	ON	1
	FM	Chandra Akshat	USA	2312		1
	FM	Kleinman Michael	CAN	2298	QC	1
	IM	Piasetski Leon	CAN	2279	BC	1
		Kraiouchkine Nikita	CAN	2234	QC	1
33	FM	Sapozhnikov Roman	CAN	2272	ON	1
34	GM	Kovalyov Anton	CAN	2606	QC	1
	FM	Shetty Atulya	USA	2314		1
		Villavieja Butch	PHI	2211	BC	1

Here is Sokolov's rd2 game in a 4.e3 Nimzo-Indian, a line which he also has written a nice book on.

Sokolov,I (2650) - Panjwani,R (2409)
Nimzo-Indian 4.e3[E46]
COQ 2013 (2.1), 22.07.2013

Position 1

White clearly wants to attack on the kingside. What do you recommend for white now?

White to Play

27...Kh8