Isthmia(GRE) 2013 Rd7-GM Sambuev(CAN)

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GMs BANIKAS, HALKIAS and FEDORCHUK share the lead with 6/7. GM Banikas beat GM Sambuev to take a share of the lead. GM Sambuev now has 5/7.

GM Sambuev

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Standings

GMs BANIKAS, HALKIAS and FEDORCHUK share the lead with 6/7.

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	BANIKAS HRISTOS	GRE	2618	6
2	GM	HALKIAS STELIOS	GRE	2567	6
3	GM	FEDORCHUK SERGEY A.	UKR	2669	6
4	GM	PAPAIOANNOU IOANNIS	GRE	2624	5.5
5	GM	VIDIT SANTOSH GUJRATHI	IND	2563	5.5
6	IM	MOUTOUSIS KONSTANTINOS	GRE	2400	5
7	GM	KOTRONIAS VASILIOS	GRE	2578	5
8		KOURKOULOS-ARDITIS STAMATIS	GRE	2203	5
9	GM	SAMBUEV BATOR	CAN	2524	5
10	IM	DEBASHIS DAS	IND	2495	5
11	GM	PAVLOVIC MILOS	SRB	2511	5
12	GM	NIKOLAIDIS IOANNIS	GRE	2570	5
13		SIRIGOS NIKOLAOS	GRE	2216	5
14		KELIRES ANDREAS	CYP	2075	4.5
15	IM	NESTOROVIC NIKOLA	SRB	2462	4.5
16	IM	ASHWIN JAYARAM	IND	2478	4.5
17	GM	KARPATCHEV ALEKSANDR	RUS	2475	4.5
18		TSOLAKIDOU STAVROULA	GRE	1986	4.5
19		PAPASIMAKOPOULOS ALEXANDROS	GRE	2271	4.5
20		SIDIROPOULOS NIKOLAOS	GRE	2106	4.5
21		TOTH ALEKSANDAR	SRB	2330	4.5
22		PAPAKONSTANTINOU DIMITRIOS	GRE	1860	4.5

Results Rd7
GM Banikas beat GM Sambuev to take a share of the lead.

Bo.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result		Name	Rtg
1	GM	PAPAIOANNOU IOANNIS	2624	5	½ - ½	GM	HALKIAS STELIOS	2567
2	GM	FEDORCHUK SERGEY A.	2669	5	1-0	IM	MOUTOUSIS K	2400
3	GM	BANIKAS HRISTOS	2618	5	1-0	GM	SAMBUEV BATOR	2524
4	IM	DEBASHIS DAS	2495	4½	½ - ½	GM	KOTRONIAS VASILIOS	2578
5	GM	VIDIT SANTOSH GUJRATHI	2563	4½	1-0	GM	KARPATCHEV A	2475
6		ANAGNOSTOPOULOS K	2097	4	0 - 1	GM	NIKOLAIDIS IOANNIS	2570
7		NAOUM SPYRIDON	2186	4	0 - 1	GM	PAVLOVIC MILOS	2511
8	IM	ASHWIN JAYARAM	2478	4	½ - ½		KELIRES ANDREAS	2075
9		KOURKOULOS-ARDITIS S	2203	4	1-0		KRISHNA C.R.G.	2339
10		PAPASIMAKOPOULOS A	2271	4	½ - ½		PAPAKONSTANTINOU D	1860
11		SIRIGOS NIKOLAOS	2216	4	1-0		TSAKNAKIS ZISIS	1793
12		TOTH ALEKSANDAR	2330	3½	1-0		TSEKMES DIMITRIOS	1825
13	IM	NESTOROVIC NIKOLA	2462	3½	1-0		SIMEONIDIS IOANNIS	2226

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Many Parents See Competitive Activities As Not Just Important, But Essential For Their Children’s Success
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A participant takes part in the 2013 

North American Youth Chess Championships in Toronto. 

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'..The countdown signals the start of Round 2 of the 2013 North American Youth Chess Championship run by the Chess ‘N Math Association this weekend, drawing hundreds of young people ages 7 to 18. It’s also last call for hovering parents, sending them scrambling for the door, some of them eying the double-rows of gleaming trophies at the front of the room before slipping out..(more)' see complete article

An Iranian in Toronto-GM Elshan Moradiabadi:Chessbase Article

An Iranian in Toronto-by GM Elshan Moradiabadi

A great article.

From left to right: Sanja Vukosavljevic (president of the Hart Chess club at the University of Toronto), Heidi Winick (Ted’s wife), Marcus Wilker (president of Annex, he gave me a hard time in our simul), your reporter GM Elshan Moradiabadi, George Supol (charming treasure and vice president of Annex with stories), Ted Winick (simply a man of great ideas).

'As a professional chess player for over a decade, exploring new places has always been a part of my nature. I have always wanted to visit Canada. Why is that? Is it the chess or the country? 

Curiosity was the primary reason. I wanted to see for myself the similarity and differences between the “melting pot” and the “cultural mosaic”, both terms which I learned as I researched the country for a prospective trip. 

I was further encouraged after I realized that I might be able to meet several ex-colleagues from high school and university who had taken up residence in Canada.' (More) see complete article

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

Report by Chessbase

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

Cleveland Open (U1500) 2013-Windsor Players Win-Jeffrey Zhu(CAN)

From Chesstalk-John Coleman/Cleveland Open 2013
Windsor players did very well at the Cleveland Open.

Windsor players in Cleveland.

Back: (from left to right) Henry Zhang, Stefano Lee, 

Joshua Mathews, Jeremy Mathews, Jeffrey Zhu

Front: Max Zhu

(Lily Zhou is missing from the photo since she is still playing her last game.)

Photo-Guang-Chong Zhu 

Under 1500
Jeffrey Zhu scored 4½/5 to take clear first in the 37-player U1500 section at the Cleveland Open. Jeffrey won $1,200 US, to go with the $1,000 he won in Chicago in July. 

Jeffrey Zhu in Cleveland

Photo-From Guang-Chong Zhu(dad)
(Via John Coleman)

Henry Zhang of Windsor tied for second, winning $433. Jeremy Mathews picked up $33 for his 4th place tie. 

Standings

#	Name	Rtng	St	Total	Prize
1	Jeffrey Zhu	1368	ON	4.5	$1,200.00
2	Jackie M Simmons	1499	OH	4	$433.33
3	Alexander Sax	1467	PA	4	$433.33
4	Henry Zhang	1218	ON	4	$433.33
5	Jeremy John Mathews	1470	ON	3.5	$33.33
6	Kevin Fitzgibbons	1426	PA	3.5	$33.33
7	Richard P Han	1390	OH	3.5	$33.33
8	Keith Brackenridge	1382	OH	3.5	$33.33
9	James O neil	1294	MI	3.5	$33.33
10	Diamond Abdus-shakoor	1290	MO	3.5	$33.33
11	Senthil Sowrirajan	1457	OH	3
12	Richard Tho Hayes	1386	OH	3
13	Kunal Dattatraya Borde	1318	OH	3

Under 1200
In the junior u1200 section, Joshua Mathews (Jeremy's brother) tied for first with 4.5, winning $225. Max Zhu (Jeffrey's brother) scored 3/5.

Other Sections
Other Windsor players included Lily Zhou scoring 2½/5 in the u1800 section, and Stefano Lee scoring 2½/5 in the junior u1200 section.

Mixed Doubles
Lily Zhou and Jeffrey Zhu came 2nd in mixed-double teams competition.

Lily Zhou(l) and Jeffrey Zhu(r)

Photo-Guang-Chong Zhu 

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

Report-Chessbase/Official Site
GM Sambuev beat Morozevich.
GM Hansen lost to Malakhov.

GM Hansen


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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