Blog Activity

I am playing in a Tournament Aug 9-11 so there will be limited blog activity.

COQ Invitational 2013 Rd8-GM Sokolov(NED)

Here is a nice opposite color bishop endgame by GM Sokolov from round 8.

GM Sulskis(left)-GM Sokolov(right)

Photo-Preotu Gallery

From Chesstalk
Some notes from Razvan:[Thanks Razvan]

GM Sambuev(left)-Preotu,Razvan(right)

'I saw 18... Nxe5 but I decided to sack the e5 pawn so I can get my knight into the game. I didn't like my position after 18.Bf2 but after I analyzed the game it looked OK.

40. a5 was a mistake. I had less than a minute to make the 40th move and I missed 40. Kf3 which leads to a draw. Playing 2 pawns down against a GM like Sokolov it's not an easy decision to take, especially in time trouble.

King's activity was more important than the a4 pawn. GM Alexander Yermolinsky has a nice presentation on ICC.
Every Russian Schoolboy Knows: TWO PAWNS DOWN BUT ALIVE AND KICKING - part 1'

Preotu,Razvan (2277) - Sokolov,Ivan (2650)
Scotch 4..Bc5[C45]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (8.8), 27.07.2013

Position 1
Black is up a pawn but must avoid the drawing tendancies of the remaining opposite color bishops.

Black to Play

40.a5

CanadaChessNews Top ChessNews Blog 2013-07

July Pageview Data
CanadaChessNews pushed its way to #1 mainly due to the Canadian and Quebec Opens.

Kevin Wan(left)-Luois Jiang(right)

Quebec Open Inv 2013

Photo-Preotu Gallery

July	BCN	CCN	d4CN	e4CN	REOCN	Total
1	98	204	19	25	18	364
2	76	275	37	48	34	470
3	91	282	70	24	27	494
4	72	157	51	49	39	368
5	72	157	51	49	39	368
6	73	129	27	41	37	307
7	84	159	61	42	33	379
8	75	263	46	67	26	477
9	80	200	24	28	13	345
10	254	170	32	16	23	495
11	122	256	93	98	46	615
12	121	270	74	111	54	630
13	154	281	67	77	56	635
14	97	289	46	79	68	579
15	145	349	46	79	32	651
16	139	328	17	23	29	536
17	153	210	55	99	37	554
18	115	251	23	47	51	487
19	71	361	53	63	48	596
20	78	337	24	31	35	505
21	79	357	57	63	42	598
22	112	346	42	58	40	598
23	146	409	34	67	23	679
24	104	300	31	47	43	525
25	115	259	20	30	25	449
26	133	287	49	49	30	548
27	93	319	26	37	45	520
28	99	245	42	28	23	437
29	75	230	46	84	22	457
30	110	180	23	50	56	419
31	113	212	33	45	43	446

CYCC 2013 Under 8 Rd2-Mo,Aidan(CAN)

From Chesstalk-Posted by Hugh Brodie

Young Aiden Mo played a nice attack in the CYCC Under 8 class with a Bxh7+ Sacrifice.

Bxh7+ BOOM!

Photo-Google Images

Mo,Aidan (951) - Zhou,Aiden (1136)
French Advance[C02]
CYCC U08 (2), 10.07.2013

Position 1
White started the attack with Bxh7+!? Evaluate this attacking move.

White to Play

9...0-0

Quebec Open 2013 Rd8-IM Panjwani R(CAN)

TWIC 977
Results/Live Games/Quebec Open 2013 and Photos-Preotu,Rene Gallery
Here is a GM scalp taken by IM Panjwani with subtle RRN-RRB endgame play.

 GM Chirila(left) - IM Panjwani(right)

Chirila,Ioan-Cristian (2528) - Panjwani,Raja (2409)
Queen’s Indian[E16]
COQ Invitational 2013 
Montreal CAN (8.5), 27.07.2013

Position 1
White was looking to simplify the position but black played the surprising  retreat 15..Nb8! and won a pawn.

Black to Play

15.Kxg2

Position 2
The knight dominates the bishop but white has the passed a-pawn for counterplay. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

43.Be1

COQ Invitational 2013-IM Porper

Here is another GM scalp, this time by IM Porper.

More About (Another) Quebec Open Championship

Porper,Edward (2453) - Roussel-Roozmon,Thomas (2476) 
Semi-Slav with quick …a6[D45]
COQ Invitational 2013 
Montreal CAN (9.11), 28.07.2013

Position 1
White has a lead in development, clear targets on the queenside and the move. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

23...Qe7

Quebec Open 2013 Rd6-GM Roussel-Roozman T(CAN)

Here is the attacking game of GM Arencibia from rd6.

From another round

IM Wang(left)-GM Roussel-Roozmon(right)

Photo-Preotu Gallery

Roussel-Roozmon,Thomas (2476) - Arencibia,Walter (2526)
Nimzo-Indian 4.Qc2 c5[E38]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (6.8), 25.07.2013

Position 1
The king-hunt is on. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

20.Rg2

Chess According to the Ottawa Citizen 2013-07

More Botez-Ottawa Citizen

Botez,Alexandra

'World Champion Alexandra Botez of Vancouver is surrounded by mostly men as she concentrates during the final rounds of the Canadian Open Chess Championships held at the National Hotel and Suites in Ottawa, Canada.'

Note there is no actual news or story.

Maccabiah Open 2013(ISR)

Maccabiah 2013-Chess Results
There were four RRs, an open and a junior tournament. See REOChessNews For full article

Overall results

• GM-1-GM Dvoirys won with 6/9.
• GM-2-GM Avrukh won with 6/9.
• IM-1-WIM Efroimski ,FM Ofir and IM Battaglini shared first with 6.5/9.
• IM-2-IM Kaspi won with 6/9.
• Open-Erenberg, Ariel(ISR) and D'Israel Davy(BRA) were equal first with 7.5/9. Unrated Siegal, Matthew(CAN) finished with 4/9.

Open
Erenberg, Ariel(ISR) and D'Israel Davy(BRA) were equal first with 7.5/9. Unrated Siegal, Matthew(CAN) finished with 4/9.

Intense action

Happy group

Photos-Official Site

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1		Erenberg Ariel	ISR	1970	7.5
2		D'Israel Davy	BRA	2210	7.5
3		Petrovski Igor	MKD	2185	7
4		Slonimskij Arkadij	ISR	2187	7
5		Poleg Matan	ISR	2058	7
6		Zlotogorsky Itay	ISR	1942	6.5
7		Kumic Filip	SRB	2243	6.5
8		Tartakovsky Daniel	ISR	1951	6.5
9		Orgad Dan	ISR	2017	6.5
10		Petrovski Alexandar	MKD	2226	6.5
11		Hochman Elnathan	ISR	2021	6.5
12	WIM	Bezgodova Svetlana	RUS	2093	6
13		Nareznoy David	ISR	2090	6
14		Klein Boris	ISR	2096	6
15		Lukovski Lev	GER	1889	6
16		Har Even Abir	ISR	2093	6
17		Vaisberg Michael	ISR	2057	6
18		Grujic Danijela	SRB	2124	6
19		Bronfman Shmuel	ISR	2173	6

Quebec Open 2013 Rd9-IM Hambleton(CAN) and IM Cheng(CAN)

Results/Live Games/Quebec Open 2013 and Photos-Preotu,Rene Gallery
Here are a couple of GM scalps taken in rd9 by IMs Hambleton and Cheng.

Game 1
GM Arencibia avoided a big theory battle with 1.b3.

From a previous round

IM Hambleton(left)

Arencibia,Walter (2526) - Hambleton,Aman (2480)
Larsen 1.b3 e5[A01]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (9.6), 28.07.2013

Position 1
IM Hambleton has the center and the bishop pair to control the game. What do you suggest for black now?

Black to Play

27.Nd3

Game 2
GM Vera allowed black too much activity and fell to an attack.

From a previous round

IM Cheng(left)

Vera,Reynaldo (2462) - Cheng,Bindi (2406)
Grunfeld 8.Rb1 0-0 9.Be2 b6 [D85]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (9.8), 28.07.2013

Position 1
IM Cheng has the better structure and the more active pieces. What do you recommend for black now?

Black to Play

24.Bf1