Aurora Summer Open 2013 Rd3-Plotkin, M(CAN)

Plotkin,Mark scored an upset victory with the solid Queen's Indian when Song let a slight edge escape with numerous small inaccuracies.

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Here is the feature game.

Song,Michael (2390) - Plotkin,Mark (2223)

Queen’s Indian 8.Bd2 [E18]

Aurora Summer Open
Aurora (3.2), 06.07.2013

Position 1

Black has the more active rook and king; and better control of the center. What do you recommend for black now?

Black to Play

27.Bb6

Aurora Summer Open 2013 Rd5-IM Noritsyn,N(CAN)

Open Results
IM Noritsyn took clear first with a perfect 5/5.

Note
Aurora is an affluent town in York Region, located north of the city of Toronto. It is partially situated on the Oak Ridges Moraine, and is a part of the Greater Toronto Area and Golden Horseshoe of Southern Ontario.

Open section top 3

Photo-Nice Gallery by Zeromskis

Deep thought

Photo-Gallery by Zeromskis

Rank		Name	Rtg	Pts
1	IM	Nikolay Noritsyn	2604	5
2	WIM	Yuanling Yuan	2319	4
3		David Itkin	2151	3½
4	NM	Egidijus Zeromskis	2202	3
5		Allan Munro	2065	3
6	NM	Geordie Derraugh	2297	3
7		Digeng Du	2009	3
8	FM	Jura Ochkoos	2299	2½
9	NM	Michael Song	2390	2½
10		Mark Plotkin	2223	2½
11	NM	Mike Ivanov	2252	2
12		Selvakumar Palanisamy	2011	2
13		Daniel Zotkin	1942	2
14		Dmitry Chernik	1918	1½
15		Nikola Brajkovic	2100	1½
16		Wenlu Yu	2032	1½
17		Joey Zhong	2033	1

Other results-Chesstalk(posted by Zeromskis)
Hanyuan Ye with 4.5 is a clear winner in U2000.
Nicholas Vettese and Mathanhe Kaneshalingam shared first two prizes having 4.5 points in U1600

Joy of victory

Photo-Gallery by Zeromskis

Here is the key rd5 game by Noritsyn and a video of the game by Egidijus Zeromskis.

Song,M (2390) - Noritsyn,N (2604) 
King’s Indian[E81]
Aurora Summer Open (Canada) (5.1), 07.07.2013

Position 1
Black has an extra pawn and slowly ground out the victory.

Black to Play

27.Nf1

Aurora Summer Open 2013 Rd3-IM Noritsyn(CAN)

Standings Open-Great Gallery by Egidijus Zeromskis
IM Noritsyn leads with a perfect 3/3.

WIM Yuanling Yuan

Gallery by Egidijus Zeromskis

Deep thinking

Gallery by Egidijus Zeromskis

Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	Pts
1	1	IM	Nikolay Noritsyn	2604	3
2	4	FM	Jura Ochkoos	2299	2½
3	7		Mark Plotkin	2223	2½
4	11		Allan Munro	2065	2
5	3	WIM	Yuanling Yuan	2319	2
6	8	NM	Egidijus Zeromskis	2202	2
7	17		Dmitry Chernik	1918	1½
8	5	NM	Geordie Derraugh	2297	1½
9	2	NM	Michael Song	2390	1½
10	16		Daniel Zotkin	1942	1½
11	10		Nikola Brajkovic	2100	1½
12	9		David Itkin	2151	1½
13	6	NM	Mike Ivanov	2252	1
14	14		Selvakumar Palanisamy	2011	1
15	15		Digeng Du	2009	1
16	13		Wenlu Yu	2032	½
17	12		Joey Zhong	2033	½