Server24 Chess Festival Ortisei 2013 Rd7-GM Hansen E(CAN), Hambleton A(CAN)

Standings

In a key top matchup, GM Volkov beat GM Burmakin to take clear first with 6/7. GM Hansen is in second with Khenkin and Nisipeanu. IM Hambleton is in a group with 5/7. Oussedik(CAN) has 3.5.

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	Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
GM	Volkov Sergey	RUS	2613	6
GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	ROU	2667	5.5
GM	Khenkin Igor	GER	2601	5.5
GM	Hansen Eric	CAN	2577	5.5
IM	Warakomski Tomasz	POL	2488	5
IM	Collutiis Duilio	ITA	2465	5
IM	Hambleton Aman	CAN	2461	5
GM	Levin Felix	GER	2497	5
GM	Kveinys Aloyzas	LTU	2479	5
GM	Burmakin Vladimir	RUS	2575	4.5
IM	Codenotti Marco	ITA	2390	4.5
GM	Sundararajan Kidambi	IND	2428	4.5
FM	Bertagnolli Alexander	ITA	2329	4.5
FM	Cocchi Andrea	ITA	2304	4.5
IM	Solomon Kenny	RSA	2414	4.5
FM	Friedrich Norbert	GER	2312	4.5
GM	Popilski Gil	ISR	2515	4.5
WGM	Szczepkowska-Horowska Karina	POL	2375	4
IM	Saravanan V.	IND	2371	4
WGM	Fierro Baquero Martha	ECU	2365	4
FM	Boscolo Federico	ITA	2314	4
IM	Stella Andrea	ITA	2463	4
IM	Vezzosi Paolo	ITA	2274	4
CM	Krulich Roman	MNC	2229	4
	Zucchelli Massimo	ITA	2186	4
	Burrows Martin P	ENG	2137	4
	Messina Roberta	ITA	2020	4
CM	Herbold Manfred	GER	2091	3.5
FM	De Santis Alessio	ITA	2276	3.5
	Oussedik Elias	CAN	2058	3.5
CM	Panjkovic Aleksandar	SRB	2147	3.5
	Koziol Kamil	POL	2008	3.5
	Curien Nicolas	SUI	2204	3.5
	Roesch Mario	GER	2045	3.5
	Paltrinieri Nicholas	ITA	2174	3.5
	Bernardi Ruben	ITA	2079	3.5
WFM	Vargas Gabriela	PAR	2099	3.5

Results

GM Hansen and IM Hambleton both won. In a key top matchup, GM Volkov beat GM Burmakin to take clear first with 6/7.

Bo.		Name	FED	Rtg	Result		Name	FED	Rtg
1	IM	Collutiis Duilio	ITA	2465	½ - ½	GM	Nisipeanu	ROU	2667
2	GM	Volkov Sergey	RUS	2613	1-0	GM	Burmakin V	RUS	2575
3	FM	Bertagnolli A	ITA	2329	0 - 1	GM	Khenkin Igor	GER	2601
4	GM	Hansen Eric	CAN	2577	1-0	IM	Codenotti M	ITA	2390
5		Zucchelli Massimo	ITA	2186	0 - 1	GM	Levin Felix	GER	2497
6	IM	Saravanan V.	IND	2371	0 - 1	IM	Warakomski T	POL	2488
7	WGM	Szczepkowska- Horowska	POL	2375	0 - 1	GM	Kveinys Aloyzas	LTU	2479
8	IM	Hambleton Aman	CAN	2461	1-0	WGM	Fierro Baquero	ECU	2365
9	GM	Popilski Gil	ISR	2515	1-0	FM	Boscolo F	ITA	2314
10	IM	Stella Andrea	ITA	2463	½ - ½	IM	Vezzosi Paolo	ITA	2274
11	FM	De Santis Alessio	ITA	2276	0 - 1	GM	Sundararajan K	IND	2428
12	IM	Solomon Kenny	RSA	2414	1-0		Curien Nicolas	SUI	2204

Here is Hambleton's rd7 game.

Hambleton,Aman (2461) - Fierro,Baquero (2365)
KID Saemish 8…Bd7 Panno[E84]
II Server24 Chess Festival Ortisei 2013
Ortisei (BZ) ITA (7.8), 07.06.2013

Position 1

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

White to Play

28...Nd4

Server24 Chess Festival Ortisei 2013 Rd4-GM Hansen(CAN)

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Here is GM Hansen's fine round 4 game. Black obtained the knight pair to play against white's IQP and white collapsed in an attempt to create some kingside play.

Herbold,Manfred (2091) - Hansen,Eric (2577)
SI 2.c3 Nf6[B22] II Server24 Chess Festival Ortisei 2013 
Ortisei (BZ) ITA (4.3), 04.06.2013

Position 1

Black has an extra pawn and has big pressure on the kingside. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

33.Bd6

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There are 135 games from the May blog posts. Some of the events covered include

• FSGM-Berczes David and Atabayev(TKM) shared first with 9/12.
• EICC Legnica 2013-GMs Almasi, Berkes Balogh etc
• Contintal Ch Bolivia 2013-IM Hambleton finished with 6.5/11. GM Granda Zuniga was clear first with 9.5/11.
• Calgary International 2013: 2013-06-GM Wesley So won with 8/9. GM Hansen scored 6/9 and was in a 3-way tie for 2nd.
• Philadelphia 2013: 
• Chicago Open 2013-GM Robson took first on tiebreaks with 7/9.
• e2e4 Sunningdale Open 2013-IM Hambleton took clear first with 6.5/7.
• Keres Memorial 2013-IM Orlov took clear first with 5.5/6.

Server24 Chess Festival Ortisei(ITA) 2013 Rd6-GM Hansen E(CAN),IM Hambleton A(CAN)

Standings
GMs Nisipeanu and Volkov share the lead with 5/6. GM Hansen follows in a group with 4.5/6 after making a draw with Nisipeanu. IM Hambleton with to raise his score to 4/6. Oussedik(CAN) has 2.5/6 after losing to an IM.

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Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	ROU	2667	5
2	GM	Volkov Sergey	RUS	2613	5
3	GM	Khenkin Igor	GER	2601	4.5
4	GM	Hansen Eric	CAN	2577	4.5
5	GM	Burmakin Vladimir	RUS	2575	4.5
6	IM	Collutiis Duilio	ITA	2465	4.5
7	IM	Codenotti Marco	ITA	2390	4.5
8	FM	Bertagnolli Alexander	ITA	2329	4.5
9	IM	Warakomski Tomasz	POL	2488	4
10	WGM	Szczepkowska-Horowska Karina	POL	2375	4
11	GM	Levin Felix	GER	2497	4
12	WGM	Fierro Baquero Martha	ECU	2365	4
13	IM	Hambleton Aman	CAN	2461	4
14	GM	Kveinys Aloyzas	LTU	2479	4
15	IM	Saravanan V.	IND	2371	4
16	FM	Boscolo Federico	ITA	2314	4
17		Zucchelli Massimo	ITA	2186	4
18	GM	Sundararajan Kidambi	IND	2428	3.5
19	CM	Herbold Manfred	GER	2091	3.5
20	IM	Stella Andrea	ITA	2463	3.5
21	FM	Cocchi Andrea	ITA	2304	3.5
22	FM	De Santis Alessio	ITA	2276	3.5
23	IM	Solomon Kenny	RSA	2414	3.5
24		Curien Nicolas	SUI	2204	3.5
25	FM	Friedrich Norbert	GER	2312	3.5
26	IM	Vezzosi Paolo	ITA	2274	3.5
27		Koziol Kamil	POL	2008	3.5
28	GM	Popilski Gil	ISR	2515	3.5

Results Rd6
Hansen held with black against the leader GM Nisipeanu while Hambleton won on board 10. Oussedik lost to IM Vezzosi Paolo.

Bo.		Name	FED	FIDE	Result		Name	FED	FIDE
1	GM	Nisipeanu	ROU	2667	½ - ½	GM	Hansen Eric	CAN	2577
2	IM	Warakomski T	POL	2488	0 - 1	GM	Volkov Sergey	RUS	2613
3	GM	Khenkin Igor	GER	2601	½ - ½	IM	Codenotti Marco	ITA	2390
4	GM	Burmakin Vladimir	RUS	2575	1-0	IM	Solomon Kenny	RSA	2414
5	GM	Levin Felix	GER	2497	½ - ½	WGM	Szczepkowska-Horowska	POL	2375
6	GM	Kveinys Aloyzas	LTU	2479	½ - ½	IM	Saravanan V.	IND	2371
7	FM	Cocchi Andrea	ITA	2304	0 - 1	IM	Collutiis Duilio	ITA	2465
8	GM	Sundararajan K	IND	2428	0 - 1	FM	Bertagnolli Alexander	ITA	2329
9	FM	De Santis Alessio	ITA	2276	½ - ½	IM	Stella Andrea	ITA	2463
10		Spornberger M	ITA	2257	0 - 1	IM	Hambleton Aman	CAN	2461
11	FM	Herzog Adolf	AUT	2401	0 - 1		Zucchelli Massimo	ITA	2186
12	WGM	Fierro Baquero M	ECU	2365	1-0		Roesch Mario	GER	2045
13	FM	Boscolo Federico	ITA	2314	1-0		Messina Roberta	ITA	2020
14		Curien Nicolas	SUI	2204	½ - ½	FM	Friedrich Norbert	GER	2312
15		Spornberger A	ITA	2073	0 - 1	GM	Popilski Gil	ISR	2515
16	IM	Vezzosi Paolo	ITA	2274	1-0		Oussedik Elias	CAN	2058

Here is Hambleton's rd6 spectacular attacking victory. This was a model defence against the attempted King's Indian Attack followed by a nice attack and a not quite perfect finish.

Spornberger,Maximilian (2257) - Hambleton,Aman (2461)
French Defence-KIA[A08]
II Server24 Chess Festival Ortisei 2013
Ortisei (BZ) ITA (6.10), 06.06.2013

Position 1
The attack is in full swing on the kingside. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

35.Qf2

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Server24 Chess Festival Ortisei 2013 Rd5-GM Hansen E(CAN), Hambleton A(CAN)

Results and Gallery
GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter stills has clear first with 4.5/5. GM Hansen has 4/5 while IM Hambleton has 3/5.

Result of too much chess

Thinking hard

Round 5 Standings

Roesch Mario(GER-2045) and Messina Roberta(ITA-2020) are doing well with 3/5.

Rk.		Name	FED	FIDE	Pts.
1	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	ROU	2667	4.5
2	GM	Khenkin Igor	GER	2601	4
3	GM	Volkov Sergey	RUS	2613	4
4	IM	Warakomski Tomasz	POL	2488	4
5	GM	Hansen Eric	CAN	2577	4
6	IM	Codenotti Marco	ITA	2390	4
7	GM	Burmakin Vladimir	RUS	2575	3.5
8	WGM	Szczepkowska-Horowska Karina	POL	2375	3.5
9	GM	Levin Felix	GER	2497	3.5
10	GM	Sundararajan Kidambi	IND	2428	3.5
11	IM	Collutiis Duilio	ITA	2465	3.5
12	IM	Solomon Kenny	RSA	2414	3.5
13	GM	Kveinys Aloyzas	LTU	2479	3.5
14	IM	Saravanan V.	IND	2371	3.5
15	FM	Cocchi Andrea	ITA	2304	3.5
16	FM	Bertagnolli Alexander	ITA	2329	3.5
17		Spornberger Maximilian	ITA	2257	3
18	IM	Stella Andrea	ITA	2463	3
19	WGM	Fierro Baquero Martha	ECU	2365	3
20	FM	Herzog Adolf	AUT	2401	3
21	IM	Hambleton Aman	CAN	2461	3
22		Curien Nicolas	SUI	2204	3
23	FM	Boscolo Federico	ITA	2314	3
24	FM	De Santis Alessio	ITA	2276	3
25		Roesch Mario	GER	2045	3
26	FM	Friedrich Norbert	GER	2312	3
27		Zucchelli Massimo	ITA	2186	3
28		Messina Roberta	ITA	2020	3

Round 5 Results by Board
GM Hansen drew GM Khenkin while IM Hambleton drew FM De Santis.

Bo.		Name	FED	Rtg	Result		Name	FED	FIDE
1	GM	Volkov Sergey	RUS	2613	½ - ½	GM	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	ROU	2667
2	GM	Hansen Eric	CAN	2577	½ - ½	GM	Khenkin Igor	GER	2601
3	IM	Warakomski T	POL	2488	1-0	GM	Burmakin Vladimir	RUS	2575
4	IM	Saravanan V.	IND	2371	½ - ½	GM	Levin Felix	GER	2497
5	FM	Bertagnolli A	ITA	2329	½ - ½	GM	Kveinys Aloyzas	LTU	2479
6	IM	Collutiis Duilio	ITA	2465	½ - ½	WGM	Szczepkowska-Horowska K	POL	2375
7	IM	Codenotti Marco	ITA	2390	1-0		Curien Nicolas	SUI	2204
8	GM	Popilski Gil	ISR	2515	0 - 1	FM	Cocchi Andrea	ITA	2304
9	IM	Hambleton Aman	CAN	2461	½ - ½	FM	De Santis Alessio	ITA	2276
10	GM	Sundararajan K	IND	2428	1-0	IM	Vezzosi Paolo	ITA	2274
11	IM	Solomon Kenny	RSA	2414	1-0	CM	Herbold Manfred	GER	2091
12	FM	Friedrich Norbert	GER	2312	½ - ½		Spornberger Maximilian	ITA	2257
13		Paltrinieri Nicholas	ITA	2174	0 - 1	IM	Stella Andrea	ITA	2463
14		Meertens Martin	GER	2165	0 - 1	FM	Herzog Adolf	AUT	2401
15	WGM	Fierro Baquero M	ECU	2365	1-0	WFM	Gutierrez Leonela	VEN	2090

Here is Canadian player-Oussedik's rd3 game

One small misstep allowed GM Levin to take over but the game had to be won twice.

Oussedik,E (2058) - Levin,F (2497)
Queen’s Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 a6 [D30]
2nd Server24 Open Ortisei ITA (3.7), 03.06.2013

Position 1
Black has fantastic piece activity and the bishop pair to compensate for the isolated QP. What do you recommend for black now?

Black to Play

26.Bd1

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