V4 Int Open ch-SVK 2013 Rd9-IM Krnan,T(CAN)

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IM Krnan,Tomas(CAN) took clear first with 7.5/9. Hungarians GM Banusz and IM Nagy,Gabor were right behind in a group with 7/9. Krnan was 2.5/4 against the GMs he faced and also obtained a GM norm.

IM Krnan at the Hart House Open 2011

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Hungarian Results

Rk.		Name	FED	FIDE	Pts.	rtg+/-
2	GM	Banusz Tamas	HUN	2588	7	6.6
7	IM	Nagy Gabor	HUN	2449	7	3.7
9	IM	Bokros Albert	HUN	2439	6.5	5.8
11	FM	Korpa Bence	HUN	2308	6.5	20.7
14	GM	Fodor Tamas Jr.	HUN	2455	6.5	-4
15	FM	Gledura Benjamin	HUN	2421	6.5	-7
18	IM	Aczel Gergely	HUN	2451	6	-8.2
19		Nemeth Denes	HUN	2257	6	27
75	WIM	Horvath Julia	HUN	2183	4.5	3.2
90		Rabovszky Gyorgy	HUN	1923	4.5	13.9
92	FM	Pesztericz Laszlo	HUN	2132	4.5	-27.5
99		Lovas Miklos	HUN	1975	4.5	-7.3

Winner IM Krnan's(CAN) Results by Round

Rd.		Name	FIDE	FED	Pts.	Res.
1		Sosovicka Matej	2102	SVK	5.5	s 1
2		Juhar Roman	2213	SVK	5	w 1
3		Oszczanowski Witold	1936	POL	5	s 1
4	GM	Markos Jan	2580	SVK	7	w ½
5	IM	Repkova Eva	2374	SVK	6	s 1
6	IM	Pacher Milan	2455	SVK	6	w 1
7	GM	Petrik Tomas	2512	SVK	6.5	w 1
8	GM	Banusz Tamas	2588	HUN	7	s ½
9	GM	Michalik Peter	2579	SVK	7	w ½

Overall Standings
IM Krnan,Tomas(CAN) took clear first with 7.5/9. Hungarians GM Banusz and IM Nagy,Gabor were right behind in a group with 7/9.

Rk.		Name	FED	FIDE	Pts.	rtg+/-
1	IM	Krnan Tomas	CAN	2411	7.5	27.8
3	GM	Michalik Peter	SVK	2579	7	4.1
4	GM	Markos Jan	SVK	2580	7	4.2
5		Repka Christopher	SVK	2361	7	20.4
2	GM	Banusz Tamas	HUN	2588	7	6.6
7	IM	Nagy Gabor	HUN	2449	7	3.7
6	IM	Cernousek Lukas	CZE	2454	7	2.8
8	GM	Petrik Tomas	SVK	2512	6.5	-1.6
12	FM	Vojtek Vladimir	SVK	2278	6.5	19.6
13	IM	Lanc Alois	SVK	2369	6.5	-6.4
10	IM	Leniart Arkadiusz	POL	2473	6.5	-3.5
9	IM	Bokros Albert	HUN	2439	6.5	5.8
11	FM	Korpa Bence	HUN	2308	6.5	20.7
14	GM	Fodor Tamas Jr.	HUN	2455	6.5	-4
15	FM	Gledura Benjamin	HUN	2421	6.5	-7

Here is IM Krnan's rd7 game with GM Petrik.

Krnan,Tomas (2411) - Petrik,Tomas (2512)
French Winawer [C16]
V4 OPEN
International Championship of Banska Stiavnica (7.2), 12.07.2013

Position 1
The position is tense. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

25...Qg8

Winawer Review 2013-05

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A review of 7 recent games in the French Winawer. Material should be useful to French Defence and/or 1.e4 players. Most games come with  videos.

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Game 1
Robson,R (2620) - Shulman,Y (2570)
FR Winawer 4.ed ed[C15]
ch-USA 2013 Saint Louis USA (6), 09.05.2013

Game 2
Vocaturo,D (2511) - Bruno,Fabi (2428)
FR Winawer 4..b6[C16]
45th Italian Teams 2013 Bratto ITA (2), 28.04.2013

Game 3
Hector,J (2512) - Berg,E (2561)
FR Winawer 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 [C17]
21st Sigeman & Co Malmo SWE (3.2), 24.05.2013

Game 4
This brilliant positional game is my favorite.

IM Artemiev(left)

Aravindh,Chithambaram VR (2328) - Artemiev,V (2524)

FR Winawer 6…Qa5[C18]
The Black Queen Blues Variation
Somov Memorial 2013 Kirishi RUS (6.4), 13.05.2013

Game 5
Franklin,S (2322) - Pert,N (2557)
FR Winawer Poisoned Pawn 12..d4[C19]
4NCL 2012–13 Hinckley ENG (10.116), 05.05.2013

Game 6
Tazbir,M (2555) - Socko,B (2651)
FR Winawer 7.h4 [C19]
ch-POL 2013 Chorzow POL (6.4), 18.04.2013

Game 7
Bartel,Mat (2619) - Socko,B (2651)
FR Winawer 7.a4[C19]
ch-POL 2013 Chorzow POL (8.1), 20.04.2013

Calgary International 2013 Rd8-GM Hansen E(CAN)

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From Rd8
GM Hansen gets back on the winning track with a attacking game against the French Winawer.

Hansen,Eric (2577) - Ebrahim-Shirazi,Behrooz (2063)
French Winawer 4…b6 5.a3 Bf8 6.Bb5+ [C16]
2013 Calgary International Calgary, Alberta (8), 19.05.2013

Position 1
The black king is running to safety. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

22..Kf8

Philadelphia Open 2013 Rd2-IM Hambleton(CAN)

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IM Hambleton got 5.5/9 in the Philadelphia Open. Here is his game against Lisa Schut using the dynamic French Winawer. Hambleton exploited white's uncastled king with a direct attack.

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Here is the feature game.

Schut,L (2289) - Hambleton,A (2463)

French Winawer 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8[C15]

7th Philadelphia Open USA (2), 28.03.2013

Position 1
Black is very active and wants to get at white's uncastled king. What do you recommend?

Black to Play

25.Qf3