Montreal Open 2013 Rd2-GM Sambuev

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GM Sambuev leads with 3/3 so far. He won a nice game against the solid Reti in round 2, playing against hanging pawns.

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Rg.	Name	FED	ELO	Points
1	Sambuev Bator	CAN	2562	3
2	Qin Ziyi	CAN	2333	2.5
	Chiku-Ratte Olivier-Kenta	CAN	2263	2.5
	Beaulieu Eric	CAN	2252	2.5
	Masse Hugues	CAN	2169	2.5
6	Hebert Jean	CAN	2421	2
	Kleinman Michael	CAN	2292	2
	Nicula Marius	CAN	2184	2
	Prahov Valentin	CAN	2135	2
	Zhu Hong Rui	CAN	2066	2
11	Ibrahim Anthony	CAN	2157	1.5
	Libersan Thierry	CAN	2143	1.5
	Khashper Arkady	CAN	2134	1.5
	Nikulich Oleksandr	CAN	2117	1.5
	Trahan Daniel	CAN	2115	1.5
	Cardona Misael	CAN	2109	1.5
	Robichaud Louis	CAN	2083	1.5
	Yu Zong Yang	CAN	2070	1.5
	Lopez Linares Lizandro Fernand	CAN	2059	1.5
	Le Duin Thierry	CAN	2015	1.5
	Luo Zhao Yang	CAN	1981	1.5
	Bouchard Jean-Marc	CAN	1979	1.5
	Sprumont Oscar	CAN	1964	1.5
	Barre Michel	CAN	1956	1.5
25	Zhou Qiyu	CAN	2007	1
	Nunez Omar	CAN	1993	1
	Cvetkovic Siméon	CAN	1964	1
	Langlois-Remillard Alexis	CAN	1941	1
29	Dumont Félix	CAN	2144	0.5
	Vidal Liewellyn	CAN	2102	0.5
	Poulin Mathieu	CAN	2080	0.5
	Corriveau Philippe	CAN	2048	0.5
	Gueorguiev Valentin	CAN	1887	0.5
34	Sarrazin-Gendron Roman	CAN	2020	0

Nicula,Marius (2184) - Sambuev,Bator (2562)
Reti-Slav w/Bg4[D11]
Montreal op (2), 07.09.2013

Position 1
White wanted to chase off Be4 with the last move 29.f3. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

29.f3

Isthmia Open 2013 Rd9-GM Sambuev(CAN)

TWIC 981

Here is Sambuev's critical rd9 game against GM Papaioannou,I, who finished 2nd with 7/9.

GM Ioannis Papaioannou
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Papaioannou,I (2624) - Sambuev,B (2524)
Pirc Be3[B07]
3rd Isthmia Open
Vrachati GRE (9.3), 25.08.2013

Position 1
Full contact has been made in the center. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

15..Ra6

Isthmia 2013 Final Standings-GM Sambuev(CAN)

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GM Banikas took clear first with 7.5/9. GM Sambuev finished with 5.5/9.

GM Sambuev

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Standings

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	BANIKAS HRISTOS	GRE	2618	7.5
2	GM	PAPAIOANNOU IOANNIS	GRE	2624	7
3	GM	HALKIAS STELIOS	GRE	2567	7
4	GM	FEDORCHUK SERGEY A.	UKR	2669	7
5	GM	VIDIT SANTOSH GUJRATHI	IND	2563	6.5
6	GM	KOTRONIAS VASILIOS	GRE	2578	6.5
7	GM	PAVLOVIC MILOS	SRB	2511	6.5
8	GM	NIKOLAIDIS IOANNIS	GRE	2570	6.5
9	IM	MOUTOUSIS KONSTANTINOS	GRE	2400	6
10		KOURKOULOS-ARDITIS STAMATIS	GRE	2203	6
11		ZYGOURIS HRISTOS	GRE	2220	6
12	IM	DEBASHIS DAS	IND	2495	6
13		MARTINS DAVID PIRES TAVARES	POR	2179	6
14		KELIRES ANDREAS	CYP	2075	5.5
15	IM	ASHWIN JAYARAM	IND	2478	5.5
16	GM	SAMBUEV BATOR	CAN	2524	5.5
17		NAOUM SPYRIDON	GRE	2186	5.5
18		KRISHNA C.R.G.	IND	2339	5.5
19	GM	KARPATCHEV ALEKSANDR	RUS	2475	5.5
20		PAPASIMAKOPOULOS ALEXANDROS	GRE	2271	5.5
21		TSOLAKIDOU STAVROULA	GRE	1986	5.5
22		TOTH ALEKSANDAR	SRB	2330	5.5
23		SIRIGOS NIKOLAOS	GRE	2216	5.5
24		ARGIROUDIS STAMATIS	GRE	2351	5.5

Here is Sambuev's rd 7 game against the eventual winner.

Tromso World Cup 2013 Rd1-2-GM Sambuev(CAN);GM Hansen(CAN)

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GM Sambuev loses to Morozevich.
GM Hansen draws and is eliminated.

Game 1
GM Morozevich played the whole board and won in model fashion.

27....Bf7

Morozevich,Alexander (2739) - Sambuev,Bator (2524)

Semi-Tarrasch[D41]

FIDE World Cup 2013

Tromso NOR (2.16), 12.08.2013

Game 2
GM Hansen built up a promising position but let it slip away.

34..f5

Hansen,Eric (2584) - Malakhov,Vladimir (2707)
Spanish[C65]
FIDE World Cup 2013
Tromso NOR (2.31), 12.08.2013

Tromso World Cup 2013 Rd1-1-GM Sambuev(CAN);GM Hansen(CAN)

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GM Sambuev beat Morozevich.
GM Hansen lost to Malakhov.

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#.	Player	Fed	FIDE	Res	Player	Fed	FIDE
1	Aronian, Levon	ARM	2813	1-0	Markov, Mikhail	KGZ	2304
2	G., Akash	IND	2340	0-1	Caruana, Fabiano	ITA	2796
3	Kramnik, Vladimir	RUS	2784	1-0	Bwalya, Gillan	ZAM	2341
4	Bjelobrk, Igor	AUS	2341	0-1	Grischuk, Alex.	RUS	2785
5	Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	2772	1-0	Ali, Sebbar	MAR	2371
6	Cori T., Deysi	PER	2434	0-1	Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	2772
7	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2764	1-0	Rahman, Ziaur	BAN	2470
8	Lou, Yiping	CHN	2484	0.5-0.5	Kamsky, Gata	USA	2741
9	Mamedyarov, S.	AZE	2775	1-0	Shoker, Samy	EGY	2489
10	El Gindy, Essam	EGY	2487	0-1	Dominguez, Leinier	CUB	2757
11	Ponomariov, R.	UKR	2756	1-0	Hansen, Torbjorn	NOR	2492
12	Liu, Qingnan	CHN	2500	0.5-0.5	Wang, Hao	CHN	2747
13	Svidler, Peter	RUS	2746	1-0	Ushenina, Anna	UKR	2500
14	Wan, Yunguo	CHN	2512	0.5-0.5	Adams, Michael	ENG	2740
15	Leko, Peter	HUN	2744	1-0	Johannessen, Leif	NOR	2519
16	Sambuev, Bator	CAN	2524	1-0	Morozevich, Alex.	RUS	2739
17	Vitiugov, Nikita	RUS	2719	1-0	Holt, Conrad	USA	2539
18	Salem, Saleh	UAE	2556	0-1	Giri, Anish	NED	2737
19	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2731	0.5-0.5	Duda, Jan	POL	2534
20	Cori, Jorge	PER	2569	0.5-0.5	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	2733
21	Andreikin, Dmitry	RUS	2716	0.5-0.5	Darini, Pouria	IRI	2535
22	Durarbayli, Vasif	AZE	2567	0.5-0.5	Korobov, Anton	UKR	2720
23	Vachier-L., M.	FRA	2719	1-0	Shabalov, Alex.	USA	2546
24	Wei, Yi	CHN	2551	0.5-0.5	Nepomniachtchi, I.	RUS	2723
25	Navara, David	CZE	2715	1-0	Mareco, Sandro	ARG	2561
26	Agdestein, Simen	NOR	2567	0-1	Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	2714
27	Alekseev, Evgeny	RUS	2710	0.5-0.5	Adhiban, B.	IND	2567
28	Paragua, Mark	PHI	2565	0-1	Jakovenko, Dmitry	RUS	2724
29	Le, Quang Liem	VIE	2702	1-0	Barbosa, Oliver	PHI	2571
30	Kaidanov, Gregory	USA	2574	0-1	Areshchenko, Alex.	UKR	2709
31	Malakhov, Vladimir	RUS	2707	1-0	Hansen, Eric	CAN	2584
32	Ramirez, Alejandro	USA	2588	0.5-0.5	Tomashevsky, E.	RUS	2706
33	So, Wesley	PHI	2710	1-0	Ipatov, Alexander	TUR	2584
34	Christiansen, Larry	USA	2584	0-1	Fressinet, Laurent	FRA	2708
35	Riazantsev, Alex.	RUS	2700	0.5-0.5	Felgaer, Ruben	ARG	2586
36	Flores, Diego	ARG	2578	0-1	Vallejo, Francisco	ESP	2706
37	Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	2702	0.5-0.5	Brunello, Sabino	ITA	2607
38	Fier, Alexandr	BRA	2595	0.5-0.5	Wojtaszek, Rad.	POL	2701
39	Moiseenko, Alex.	UKR	2699	1-0	Adly, Ahmed	EGY	2594
40	Hammer, Jon L.	NOR	2605	0.5-0.5	Movsesian, Sergei	ARM	2699
41	Shirov, Alexei	LAT	2696	0.5-0.5	Hou, Yifan	CHN	2609
42	Ortiz, Isan	CUB	2609	1-0	Polgar, Judit	HUN	2696
43	Jobava, Baadur	GEO	2696	1-0	Kravtsiv, Martyn	UKR	2607
44	Nguyen, Ngoc	VIE	2625	1-0	Akopian, Vladimir	ARM	2691
45	Bruzon, Lazaro	CUB	2698	0.5-0.5	Najer, Evgeniy	RUS	2626
46	Robson, Ray	USA	2623	1-0	Volokitin, Andrei	UKR	2688
47	Li, Chao b	CHN	2693	0.5-0.5	Postny, Evgeny	ISR	2628
48	Popov, Ivan	RUS	2644	1-0	Ragger, Markus	AUT	2680
49	Inarkiev, Ernesto	RUS	2693	0.5-0.5	Leitao, Rafael	BRA	2632
50	Melkumyan, Hrant	ARM	2632	0.5-0.5	Granda, Julio	PER	2664
51	Kryvoruchko, Y.	UKR	2678	0-1	Negi, Parimarjan	IND	2643
52	Hracek, Zbynek	CZE	2635	0.5-0.5	Bologan, Viktor	MDA	2672
53	Dreev, Aleksey	RUS	2668	0.5-0.5	Azarov, Sergei	BLR	2636
54	Dubov, Daniil	RUS	2624	1-0	Fedorchuk, Sergey	UKR	2669
55	Onischuk, Alex.	USA	2667	1-0	Iturrizaga, Eduardo	VEN	2660
56	Smeets, Jan	NED	2643	0.5-0.5	Matlakov, Maxim	RUS	2676
57	Shimanov, Alek.	RUS	2623	0.5-0.5	Jones, Gawain C B	ENG	2645
58	Filippov, Anton	UZB	2630	0.5-0.5	Romanov, Evgeny	RUS	2651
59	Safarli, Eltaj	AZE	2660	0-1	Amin, Bassem	EGY	2652
60	Lupulescu, Const.	ROU	2634	0.5-0.5	Sasikiran, Krishnan	IND	2660
61	Zvjaginsev, Vadim	RUS	2659	0.5-0.5	Swiercz, Dariusz	POL	2654
62	Kobalia, Mikhail	RUS	2651	0.5-0.5	Khismatullin, Denis	RUS	2653
63	Yu, Yangyi	CHN	2662	0.5-0.5	Beliavsky, Alex.	SLO	2651
64	Istratescu, A.	FRA	2646	0-1	Lysyj, Igor	RUS	2648

Here is GM Sambuev's key rd1 victory. 

Sambuev introduced the novelty 12.h4!? and got an interesting position with an exchange sacrifice. However, Black defended well and gained the upper hand. 

Sambuev,Bator (2524) - Morozevich,Alexander (2739)
Grunfeld Exchange 7.Bc4 Smyslov[D87]
FIDE World Cup 2013 
Tromso NOR (1.16), 11.08.2013

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

Black to Play

40.d6

Here is GM Hansen's game. 

Hansen had a promising middlegame going but chose an ineffective way to break the kingside down which give white time to offer a queen trade. The ending was a case of three pawns being more valuable than a bishop.

Malakhov,Vladimir (2707) - Hansen,Eric (2584)
Reti vs Grunfeld[A05]
FIDE World Cup 2013 

Tromso NOR (1.31), 11.08.2013

Black was helpless against the sea of pawns.

28.a5