Edmonton International 2013 Rd9-Hansen E(CAN)

Standings and Results-Gallery by Vlad Rekhson
GM Bruzon won with 8/9
GM Short 6/9
IM Wang 5.5/9

Thanks to Vlad Rekhson for a great event. The gallery, daily reports, game transmission and collecting/uploading of PGNs made this an easy event to report on.

GM Bruzon(left) receiving first prize

GM Short(left) getting second prize

IM Richard Wang(left) getting third prize

The Edmonton International players

Game 1
Black too many liberties with the kingside pawns and quickly collapsed.

Hansen,Eric(left) - Porper,Edward (right) 

Hansen,Eric (2577) - Porper,Edward (2424) 

Caro-Kann Advance 4.Nf3(Short's Variation)[B12]

8th Edmonton International

Edmonton - Canada (9), 01.07.2013

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.0–0 Nd7 7.Nbd2 Bg6 8.Nh4 c5 9.c3 Qb6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Nf3 Nf5 12.Qa4 a6 13.Rd1 c4 14.Qc2 Qc6 15.g3 f6 16.h4 g5 

16...g5

17.hxg5 fxe5 18.dxe5 Qb6 19.Nd4 Bc5 20.Nxf5 exf5 21.Bf3 Qg6 22.Rxd5 0–0–0 23.Bf4 1–0

Game 2

Haessel,Dale(left) - Short Nigel(right) 

Haessel,Dale (2171) - Short Nigel (2682) 

English Defence[A10]

8th Edmonton International

Edmonton - Canada (9), 01.07.2013

1.Nf3 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 Bxf3 5.exf3 c5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Nc6 8.Qd3 Rc8 9.f4 Qc7 10.Nb5 Qb8 11.Bg2 Nf6 12.0–0 a6 13.Nc3 Be7 14.b3 0–0 15.Bb2 Rfd8 16.Rfd1 Ne8 17.f5 Nd6 18.fxe6 dxe6 19.Qe2 Bf6 20.Ne4 Bxb2 21.Qxb2 Nf5 22.Qa3 a5 23.Nc3 Ncd4 24.Qb2 h5 25.Rd3 Rc7 26.Rad1 Rcd7 27.Kh1 Qc7 28.Qd2 Rd6 29.Qg5 b5 30.c5 R6d7 31.Ne4 Kf8 32.Qxh5 Rd5 33.Qh8+ Ke7 34.Qh7 Qb8 35.Nd6 Rh8 36.Nxf5+ Nxf5 37.Qxh8 Qxh8 38.Bxd5 exd5 39.Rxd5 Qa8 40.Kg1 g6 41.Rd7+ Ke8 42.Rc7 Qe4 43.Rc8+ Ke7 44.c6 

44.c6 

44...Kf6 45.Rcd8 Qc2 46.R1d2 Qc1+ 47.Rd1 Qc3 48.R8d3 Qc2 49.R3d2 Qc3 50.Rd3 Qb2 51.R3d2 Qc3 52.Rd3 Qxc6 53.g4 Qe4 54.gxf5 Qxf5 55.Rd6+ Kg7 56.R6d4 Qc8 57.Kg2 Kh6 58.R1d3 Qc6+ 59.f3 f5 60.Rd2 Qc3 61.R2d3 Qe1 62.a4 b4 63.Rd8 Qe2+ 64.Kg3 Qe1+ 65.Kg2 Kg5 66.R8d4 Qe2+ 67.Kg1 f4 68.Rd8 Qb2 69.R8d7 Qe2 70.R3d5+ Kh6 71.Rd3 Kg5 72.R3d5+ Kh6 73.Rd3 ½–½

Game 3

Perez Garcia,Rodney (2364) - Mikhalevski,Victor (2551)

Sicilian 3.Bb5+ Bd7 [B52]

8th Edmonton International

Edmonton - Canada (9), 01.07.2013

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.0–0 Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ng8 11.Nbd2 Nge7 12.Nb3 Nf5 13.Bd2 Be7 14.Rc1 0–0 15.g4 Nh6 16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.Nc5 Bxc5 18.Rxc5 f5 19.exf6 Rxf6 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Rxe5 Raf8 22.Rc2 Rf4 23.h3 Qe7 

23..Qe7 

24.Qe1 Qh4 25.Rh5 Qf6 26.Re5 Qh4 27.Rh5 Qf6 28.Re5 Qg6 29.Rce2 Rxg4+ 30.hxg4 Qxg4+ 31.Kf1 Qh3+ 32.Kg1 Qg4+ 33.Kf1 Qh3+ ½–½

Game 4
Black lost his way in a strong position-21..Qe7! would have left Doroshenko in control.

Wang,Richard (2371) - Doroshenko,Maxim (2336)

Old Indian 8.Qc2[A55]

8th Edmonton International

Edmonton - Canada (9), 01.07.2013

 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 c6 7.0–0 a6 8.Qc2 0–0 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Bg5 Re8 11.Bh4 Nf8 12.c5 dxc5 13.Bg3 cxd4 14.Bxe5 Qa5 15.Bxd4 Ne6 16.Bc4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bg4 18.f3 Qe5 19.Nce2 Bd6 20.g3 c5 21.Qb3 

21.Qb3 

21...cxd4 22.Bxf7+ Kf8 23.Bxe8 Be6 24.Qxb7 Rxe8 25.Qxa6 g5 26.Rac1 d3 27.Qxd3 Bc5+ 28.Kh1 g4 29.Nf4 gxf3 30.Nxe6+ Rxe6 31.Qxf3 Qxe4 32.Qxe4 Nxe4 33.Kg2 Be3 34.Rc7 Bg5 35.Re1 h6 36.Rc4 Nc5 37.Rf1+ 1–0

Game 5
GM Bruzon could not exploit the good knight vs. bad bishop middlegame.

Bruzon,Lazaro (2687) - Gardner,Robert (2213)

Philidor 3.f3 e5[B07]

8th Edmonton International

Edmonton - Canada (9), 01.07.2013

 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 e5 4.d5 Be7 5.c4 0–0 6.Nc3 Ne8 7.Be3 Bg5 8.Bf2 f5 9.h4 Be7 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Bd3 a5 12.Nge2 Nd7 13.Ne4 Nc5 14.Bxc5 dxc5 15.Qc2 Bxe4 16.Bxe4 h6 17.g3 Nd6 18.a4 Ra6 19.Ra3 Rb6 20.Re3 Nxe4 21.fxe4 Rbf6 22.Nc3 Qd7 23.Qe2 R8f7 24.Rh2 Qe8 25.Kd2 

25.Kd2 

25...Rf1 26.Kc2 R7f6 27.Rd3 Qf7 28.Qg4 Qe8 29.Rhd2 h5 30.Qe2 Qf7 31.Qg2 Bf8 32.Qh3 g6 33.Rd1 R1f2+ 34.R3d2 Rb6 35.Qc8 Kh7 36.Kb1 Rb4 37.Qh3 Bh6 38.Re2 Qf3 39.Qd7+ Bg7 40.Rc2 Rf1 41.Rxf1 Qxf1+ 42.Rc1 Qd3+ 43.Rc2 Qf1+ 44.Rc1 Qd3+ 45.Rc2 Qf1+ ½–½

Reserves

Botez won with 5/5.

Botez(left)

Botez,A(left) and GM Hansen(right)

Edmonton International 2013 Rd8-GM Hansen E(CAN)

Results and Standings-Great Photo Gallery by Vlad Rekhson
GM Bruzon remains in the lead with a massive 7.5/8 score.

Bruzon Just keeps on winning. He defeated Doroshenko when the latter got too ambitious on the kingside but Bruzon had to win the game twice. GM Short beat GM Hansen after the latter had a fully satisfactory position but overlooked a simple tactic. 

More About Edmonton-The West Edmonton Mall

Perez Garcia(l) and Bruzon(r)

One of the world's largest shopping mall. It has 800 stores and nine world-class attractions including Galaxyland Amusement park,World Waterpark, Deep Sea Adventure,Sealife, Sea LionsRock Adventure Golf,Ice place.



Game 1
Gardner had his king caught uncastled and then fatally exposed his pieces.

Gardner,Robert (2213) - Haessel,Dale (2171)

Grunfeld 5.Bg5[D91]

8th Edmonton International

Edmonton - Canada (8), 30.06.2013

Black to play

20.Nxe5

20...Rae8 21.Nc6 Rxe7 22.Bxe7 Qxc3 0–1

Game 2
GM Hansen had a fully satisfactory position but overlooked a simple tactic.

Short,Nigel (l) - Hansen,Eric (r)

Short,Nigel (2682) - Hansen,Eric (2577)

Spanish Arkangelsk[C77]

8th Edmonton International

Edmonton - Canada (8), 30.06.2013

White to play

22...Ne6

Game 3
GM Bruzon keeps on winning. Doroshenko got too ambitious on the kingside but Bruzon had to win the game twice.

Doroshenko,Maxim (2336) - Bruzon,Lazaro (2687)

Benoni g3[A62]

8th Edmonton International

Edmonton - Canada (8), 30.06.2013

Black to play

26.Bf4

Game 4

IM Wang held on for the draw in an equal B-N ending.

Mikhalevski,Victor (2551) - Wang,Richard (2371)

English Symmetrical[A31]

8th Edmonton International

Edmonton - Canada (8), 30.06.2013

White to play

44..Nxa3

Game 5

IM Porper defended stubbornly for the draw down a piece for two pawns.

Porper,Edward (l) - Perez Garcia,Rodney (r)

Porper,Edward (2424) - Perez Garcia,Rodney (2364)

Reti [A14]

8th Edmonton International

Edmonton - Canada (8), 30.06.2013

Black to play

30.Kg3

Reserves Group
Botez,A leads the reserves with 4/4 or 12pts(3-1-0 system).

Botez,Alexandra

Edmonton International 2013 Rd7, Hansen E(CAN)

Official Site-Great Photo Gallery(by Vlad Rekhson)
GM Bruzon leads with 6.5/7. GM Short is second with 4.5/7 and GM Hansen is third with 4/7.

More About Edmonton



Game 1

GM Hansen eventually broke through on the kingside in a tense middlegame.

Perez Garcia,Rodney (back left) - Hansen,Eric (back right)

Perez Garcia,Rodney (2364) - Hansen,Eric (2577)

Reti Reversed Benoni[A09]

8th Edmonton International

Edmonton - Canada (7), 29.06.2013

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.g3 a5 6.b5 Nh6 7.Bg2 0–0 8.d3 c5 9.bxc6 Nxc6 10.Na3 b6 11.0–0 Rb8 12.Nb5 Nf5 13.Rb1 Qd7 14.a4 Bb7 15.Ba3 h5 16.Nd2 Ne5 17.Ne4 h4 18.c5 Bc6 19.cxb6 Rxb6 20.Qd2 Ra8 21.Bc5 Rbb8 22.Rb2 Bh6 23.Qc2 hxg3 24.hxg3 

Black to play

24.hg

24...Ne3 25.fxe3 Bxe3+ 26.Nf2 Qg4 0–1

Game 2
GM Short's bishops slowly took over the board and the last ditch attempt at an attack with 30.e5 amounted to nothing.

Gardner,Robert (l) - Short,Nigel (r)

Gardner,Robert (2213) - Short,Nigel (2682)

Nimzo-Indian 4..b6 5Nge2[E44]

8th Edmonton International

Edmonton - Canada (7), 29.06.2013

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Nge2 Ne4 6.Bd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2 Nc6 8.a3 Be7 9.Nf4 Bb7 10.Bd3 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Be2 0–0 13.0–0 Re8 14.Nfd5 Bf8 15.f4 Ng6 16.e4 d6 17.Rae1 a6 18.Bd3 c6 19.Ne3 b5 20.Nf5 Ne7 21.Nxe7+ Bxe7 22.cxb5 axb5 23.Bb1 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 b4 25.axb4 Qxb4 26.Qc2 g6 27.f5 Ba6 28.fxg6 hxg6 29.Rf3 Bc4 30.e5 

Black to play

30.e5

30...Bf8 31.Re4 Rxe5 32.h4 Rxe4 33.Qxe4 d5 34.Qf4 Qe7 35.h5 Bg7 36.g3 gxh5 37.Qf5 d4 38.Qh7+ Kf8 39.Ne4 Ra1 0–1

Game 3
An uneventful equal game.

Wang,Richard (l) - Porper,Edward (r)

Wang,Richard (2371) - Porper,Edward (2424)

Catalan Closed[E06]

8th Edmonton International

Edmonton - Canada (7), 29.06.2013

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 0–0 6.0–0 c6 7.Qc2 b6 8.Nbd2 Bb7 9.e4 Na6 10.a3 Qc8 11.Re1 Re8 12.e5 Nd7 13.h4 c5 14.dxc5 Naxc5 15.b4 Ne4 16.Bb2 a5 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Ng5 axb4 19.axb4 Bxb4 20.Rxa8 Bxa8 21.Rd1 Nc5 22.Nxe4 Nxe4 23.Bxe4 h6 24.Qd3 Bc5 25.Bc1 Qa6 26.Be3 Qa4 27.Bxa8 Bxe3 28.Be4 Bc5 

White to play

28..Bc5

29.Qd7 Qxd7 30.Rxd7 g6 ½–½

Game 4
GM Bruzon gave an exchange for a pawn and then advanced his two passed pawns for a straightforward victory.

Bruzon,Lazaro (2687) - Mikhalevski,Victor (2551)

Spanish Open 9.Nbd2 Nc5[C83]

8th Edmonton International

Edmonton - Canada (7), 29.06.2013

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0! Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Be7 11.Bc2 d4 12.Nb3 d3 13.Bb1 Nxb3 14.axb3 Bf5 15.Re1 0–0! 16.Be3 Bg6 17.Bd4 Nxd4 18.cxd4 Bb4 19.Re3 d2 20.Bxg6 fxg6 21.Rd3 Rf4 22.d5 Re4 23.Rxd2 Bxd2 24.Qxd2 Qc8 25.d6 Qb7 26.dxc7 h6 27.Rc1 Kh7 28.Qd7 Rc8 

White to play

28...Rc7

29.h4 Rf4 30.e6 Rff8 31.Rc6 Rf4 32.h5 Rf6 33.hxg6+ Rxg6 34.Ne5 Rf6 35.e7 Rxc6 36.Nxc6 Qa8 37.Qf5+ 
1–0

Game 5
Black got a strong knight and a pawn for the exchange for an impregnable position.

Bruzon,Lazaro (back left) - Mikhalevski,Victor (back right)

Haessel,Dale (front left) - Doroshenko,Maxim (front right)

Haessel,Dale (2171) - Doroshenko,Maxim (2336)

English vs Nimzo-Indian[A17]

8th Edmonton International

Edmonton - Canada (7), 29.06.2013

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0–0! 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.g3 Bb7 8.Bg2 d6 9.0–0! Nbd7 10.b4 Qe7 11.Bb2 c5 12.d4 Rac8 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Rfd1 Nb6 15.Qb3 cxb4 16.axb4 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Rxc4 18.b5 Qc7 19.Bc6 d5 20.Ra6 Nfd7 21.Qa2 Rc2 22.Qa1 Rxb2 23.Qxb2 Nb8 24.Ra2 a5 25.Qd4 Nxc6 26.bxc6 Qxc6 27.Rxa5 Nc4 28.Ra7 Nd6 29.Qb4 h5 30.Rda1 Ne4 

White to play

30...Ne4

31.f3 Nf6 32.Rb7 Qc2 33.Kf2 Qf5 34.Raa7 e5 35.Rc7 e4 36.Kg2 h4 37.g4 Qf4 38.Qa3 ½–½