TWIC 1392 Canadians in Action
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GM Bareev was in excellent form at the World Cup
Bareev-Quizon,D
Slav
FIDE World Cup 2021 Rd1.1
After 40..Ne5(Diagram)
White has a crushing position with a target on c6, the bishop pair, the Bg6 locked out and a chance to just push his kingside majority
What do you recommend for White?
TWIC 1365 Canadians in Action
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Dragun,K-Plotkin,M
Caro-Kann
CCCSA Holiday GM 2020 Rd9
After 20..Nf7(Diagram)
Black has been caught uncastled
What do you recommend for White?
Oakville Winter Chess Ch 2020 IM RR
The lineup is set. More info at Chesstalk thanks to Ken Green
| # | Name | Title | Federation | FIDE Rating |
| 1 | Tomas Krnan | IM | CAN | 2420 |
| 2 | Tangi Migot | IM | FRA | 2384 |
| 3 | Silas Lund | IM | DEN | 2340 |
| 4 | Mark Plotkin | FM | CAN | 2395 |
| 5 | Joshua Posthuma | FM | USA | 2346 |
| 6 | Liran Zhou | FM | USA | 2317 |
| 7 | Eugene Hua | FM | CAN | 2305 |
| 8 | Jason Liang | FM | USA | 2296 |
| 9 | Nicholas Vettese | FM | CAN | 2237 |
| 10 | Jordan Clyde | CAN | 2165 | |
TWIC 1319 Canadians in action
The latest issue of TWIC is now available
selected games features the Chessbrahs
Tang-Hansen,E
Spanish 3..g6
PRO League Group Stage Rd6
Chicago Wind-Canada Chessbrahs
After 22.e5(Diagram)
White is surging forwards and attacks the Nd6
What do you recommend for Black?
TWIC 1318 Canadians in Action
This feature game has one of the Chessbrahs in action
Hansen.E-So,W
Spanish
PRO League Group Stage Rd5
After 32.Rxc7(Diagram)
Black is clearly on the attack but the Qf3 is holding the fort
What do you recommend for Black?
TWIC 1317 Canadians in Action
The latest issue of TWIC is now available
selected games features IM Panjwani in the Gibraltar Open
Panjwani had a strong showing in the Gibraltar Open. Here is a nice win over a GM
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Panjwani-Muzychuk,A
English Opening
Gibraltar Masters 2020 Rd9.30
After 23..Qe8(Diagram)
Black has the worse structure and is behind in development
What do you recommend for White?
Gibraltar 2020-IM Panjwani(CAN)
A great result for Panjwani who finished with 6.5/10
Final Ranking after 10 Rounds
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | |
| 1 | 16 | GM | Esipenko Andrey | RUS | 2654 | 7,5 | 2809 | |
| 2 | 3 | GM | Wang Hao | CHN | 2758 | 7,5 | 2792 | |
| 3 | 46 | GM | Yuffa Daniil | RUS | 2566 | ACP Premium 2020 | 7,5 | 2774 |
| 4 | 22 | GM | Paravyan David | RUS | 2629 | 7,5 | 2760 | |
| 5 | 2 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2770 | 7,5 | 2759 | |
| 6 | 5 | GM | Navara David | CZE | 2717 | ACP Premium 2020 | 7,5 | 2711 |
| 7 | 28 | GM | Yilmaz Mustafa | TUR | 2607 | 7,5 | 2701 | |
| 8 | 13 | GM | Maghsoodloo Parham | IRI | 2674 | 7,0 | 2743 | |
| 56 | GM | Werle Jan | NED | 2545 | 7,0 | 2743 | ||
| 10 | 4 | GM | Topalov Veselin | BUL | 2738 | 7,0 | 2710 | |
| 11 | 48 | GM | Aryan Chopra | IND | 2562 | 7,0 | 2709 | |
| 12 | 27 | GM | Kobalia Mikhail | RUS | 2609 | ACP Premium 2020 | 7,0 | 2684 |
| 13 | 29 | GM | Karthikeyan Murali | IND | 2606 | 7,0 | 2671 | |
| 14 | 10 | GM | Adams Michael | ENG | 2694 | 7,0 | 2668 | |
| 15 | 6 | GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2713 | ACP Premium 2020 | 7,0 | 2667 |
| 16 | 12 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | ENG | 2679 | ACP Premium 2020 | 7,0 | 2654 |
| 17 | 14 | GM | Saric Ivan | CRO | 2655 | ACP Premium 2020 | 7,0 | 2649 |
| 18 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | IND | 2648 | ACP Premium 2020 | 7,0 | 2649 | |
| 19 | 34 | GM | Moussard Jules | FRA | 2600 | 7,0 | 2647 | |
| 20 | 31 | GM | Praggnanandhaa R | IND | 2602 | 7,0 | 2632 | |
| 21 | 23 | GM | Deac Bogdan-Daniel | ROU | 2626 | 7,0 | 2627 | |
| 22 | 75 | GM | Tan Zhongyi | CHN | 2493 | 7,0 | 2600 | |
| 23 | 25 | GM | Vocaturo Daniele | ITA | 2622 | 7,0 | 2567 | |
| 24 | 43 | GM | Peralta Fernando | ARG | 2574 | 6,5 | 2681 | |
| 25 | 11 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | GEO | 2686 | 6,5 | 2679 | |
| 26 | 45 | GM | Sanal Vahap | TUR | 2569 | 6,5 | 2656 | |
| 27 | 7 | GM | Alekseenko Kirill | RUS | 2704 | ACP Premium 2019 | 6,5 | 2654 |
| 28 | 30 | GM | Pichot Alan | ARG | 2606 | 6,5 | 2619 | |
| 29 | 15 | GM | Adhiban B. | IND | 2654 | ACP Premium 2020 | 6,5 | 2617 |
| 30 | 40 | GM | Kadric Denis | BIH | 2585 | ACP Premium 2019 | 6,5 | 2604 |
| 31 | 19 | GM | Donchenko Alexander | GER | 2647 | ACP Premium 2020 | 6,5 | 2601 |
| 35 | GM | Vaibhav Suri | IND | 2593 | 6,5 | 2601 | ||
| 33 | 74 | GM | Lei Tingjie | CHN | 2493 | 6,5 | 2594 | |
| 34 | 21 | GM | Narayanan.S.L | IND | 2637 | 6,5 | 2587 | |
| 35 | 68 | IM | Sadhwani Raunak | IND | 2522 | ACP Premium 2020 | 6,5 | 2577 |
| 36 | 9 | GM | Matlakov Maxim | RUS | 2698 | ACP Premium 2019 | 6,5 | 2568 |
| 37 | 107 | IM | Panjwani Raja | CAN | 2444 | 6,5 | 2567 | |
| 38 | 42 | GM | Idani Pouya | IRI | 2577 | 6,5 | 2551 | |
| 61 | GM | Baron Tal | ISR | 2529 | 6,5 | 2551 | ||
| 40 | 33 | GM | Can Emre | TUR | 2600 | 6,5 | 2550 | |
| 41 | 36 | GM | Kryakvin Dmitry | RUS | 2592 | 6,5 | 2545 |
Player details for CAN
| Rd. | SNo | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts. | Res. | |
| GM Roussel-Roozmon Thomas 2473 CAN Rp:2424 Pts. 6,0 | |||||||
| 1 | 211 | Veltkamp Gerben | 2140 | NED | 3,5 | w 0 | |
| 2 | 191 | WFM | Cholleti Sahajasri | 2202 | IND | 3,5 | s ½ |
| 3 | 179 | WFM | Vidic Teja | 2252 | SLO | 4,0 | w 1 |
| 4 | 176 | FM | Csiki Endre | 2263 | HUN | 4,0 | s ½ |
| 5 | 160 | Judkovsky Yair | 2305 | ISR | 4,5 | w 1 | |
| 6 | 5 | GM | Navara David | 2717 | CZE | 7,5 | s 0 |
| 7 | 146 | IM | Petrov Vladimir Sergeev | 2353 | BUL | 3,5 | w ½ |
| 8 | 141 | IM | Vega Gutierrez Sabrina | 2364 | ESP | 5,5 | s 1 |
| 9 | 149 | GM | Zhukova Natalia | 2338 | UKR | 4,5 | w 1 |
| 10 | 39 | GM | Santos Latasa Jaime | 2586 | ESP | 6,0 | s ½ |
| IM Panjwani Raja 2444 CAN Rp:2567 Pts. 6,5 | |||||||
| 1 | 232 | Skou Niels | 2036 | DEN | 2,5 | s 1 | |
| 2 | 44 | GM | Ramirez Alejandro | 2574 | USA | 6,0 | w ½ |
| 3 | 36 | GM | Kryakvin Dmitry | 2592 | RUS | 6,5 | s ½ |
| 4 | 46 | GM | Yuffa Daniil | 2566 | RUS | 7,5 | w 0 |
| 5 | 175 | WIM | Rakshitta Ravi | 2267 | IND | 4,5 | s ½ |
| 6 | 169 | FM | Sowray Peter J | 2272 | ENG | 4,0 | w 1 |
| 7 | 34 | GM | Moussard Jules | 2600 | FRA | 7,0 | s ½ |
| 8 | 54 | GM | Kaidanov Gregory | 2546 | USA | 5,5 | w 1 |
| 9 | 58 | GM | Muzychuk Anna | 2539 | UKR | 6,0 | w 1 |
| 10 | 42 | GM | Idani Pouya | 2577 | IRI | 6,5 | s ½ |
| FM Plotkin Victor 2267 CAN Rp:2466 Pts. 5,0 | |||||||
| 1 | 49 | GM | Li Di | 2562 | CHN | 5,5 | w ½ |
| 2 | 57 | GM | Gukesh D | 2542 | IND | 6,0 | s 0 |
| 3 | 233 | Raghav Srivathsav V | 2023 | IND | 4,0 | w 1 | |
| 4 | 99 | IM | Paveto Kevin | 2452 | ARG | 4,5 | s 1 |
| 5 | 79 | IM | Raja Harshit | 2482 | IND | 6,0 | w 1 |
| 6 | 40 | GM | Kadric Denis | 2585 | BIH | 6,5 | w ½ |
| 7 | 6 | GM | Le Quang Liem | 2713 | VIE | 7,0 | s 0 |
| 8 | 92 | IM | Ravi Teja S. | 2464 | IND | 6,0 | s ½ |
| 9 | 96 | GM | Batsiashvili Nino | 2456 | GEO | 5,5 | w 0 |
| 10 | 130 | CM | Mullick Raahil | 2382 | IND | 5,0 | s ½ |
| IM Piasetski Leon 2219 CAN Rp:2150 Pts. 4,0 | |||||||
| 1 | – | not paired | – | – | – | – ½ | |
| 2 | 58 | GM | Muzychuk Anna | 2539 | UKR | 6,0 | w 0 |
| 3 | 121 | IM | Percivaldi Martin | 2403 | DEN | 5,0 | s 0 |
| 4 | 233 | Raghav Srivathsav V | 2023 | IND | 4,0 | s ½ | |
| 5 | 230 | WFM | Hng Mei-En Emmanuelle | 2055 | SGP | 3,5 | w 1 |
| 6 | 126 | FM | Gschnitzer Adrian | 2388 | GER | 4,5 | w 0 |
| 7 | 207 | FM | De Abreu Roberto N | 2154 | RSA | 4,0 | s 0 |
| 8 | 223 | WIM | Gagare Shalmali | 2099 | IND | 3,5 | s 1 |
| 9 | 222 | Gonzalez Gonzalez Alfonso | 2100 | ESP | 3,0 | w 1 | |
| 10 | 157 | FM | Pranav Anand | 2309 | IND | 5,0 | s 0 |
TWIC 1307 Canadians in Action
selected games features the St Louis GM Invitational
Thavandiran-Abrahamyan
Queen’s Gambit Accepted
St Louis Inv GM 2019 Rd1
After 21..Bxd5(Diagram)
White has an almost normal IQP attacking position(usually the bishop is on g5)
What do you recommend for White?
Women’s Continental Ch 2019
Maïli-Jade Ouellet won with 7.5/9
Final Ranking after 9 Rounds
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1.Rd | 2.Rd | 3.Rd | 4.Rd | 5.Rd | 6.Rd | 7.Rd | 8.Rd | 9.Rd | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
| 1 | WIM | Ouellet Maili-Jade | 2152 | CAN | 19w1 | 8b1 | 6b1 | 5w½ | 3b1 | 2w½ | 4w½ | 9b1 | 12w1 | 7,5 | 2249 | 0,0 | 44,0 | |
| 2 | WIM | Gonzalez Ochoa Yoana | 2160 | CUB | 13b1 | 3w½ | 7b½ | 11w1 | 5b1 | 1b½ | 9w½ | 8w1 | 4b0 | 6,0 | 2234 | 0,0 | 45,5 | |
| 3 | IM | Ordaz Valdes Lisandra Teresa | 2384 | CUB | 18w1 | 2b½ | 4w1 | 9b½ | 1w0 | 12b1 | 5w½ | 6b½ | 10w1 | 6,0 | 2195 | 0,0 | 44,0 | |
| 4 | WIM | Perez Rodriguez Jennifer | 2239 | PAR | 11b½ | 14w1 | 3b0 | 10w½ | 15b1 | 6w1 | 1b½ | 5b½ | 2w1 | 6,0 | 2183 | 0,0 | 43,0 | |
| 5 | WIM | Forgas Moreno Yaniela | 2310 | CUB | 10w1 | 12b1 | 9w½ | 1b½ | 2w0 | 7b1 | 3b½ | 4w½ | 6w½ | 5,5 | 2215 | 0,0 | 46,0 | |
| 6 | WGM | Linares Napoles Oleiny | 2221 | CUB | 17w1 | 20b1 | 1w0 | 12b½ | 9w1 | 4b0 | 11w1 | 3w½ | 5b½ | 5,5 | 2190 | 0,0 | 42,5 | |
| 7 | WGM | Arribas Robaina Maritza | 2201 | CUB | 16w1 | 9b0 | 2w½ | 17b1 | 12w½ | 5w0 | 18b1 | 13b½ | 11w1 | 5,5 | 2124 | 0,0 | 37,0 | |
| 8 | WIM | Miranda Llanes Yerisbel | 2313 | CUB | 14b½ | 1w0 | 15b½ | 19w1 | 16w1 | 9b½ | 10w1 | 2b0 | 13w1 | 5,5 | 2079 | 0,0 | 38,5 | |
| 9 | WIM | Corrales Jimenez Zenia | 2219 | MEX | 15b1 | 7w1 | 5b½ | 3w½ | 6b0 | 8w½ | 2b½ | 1w0 | 17w1 | 5,0 | 2219 | 0,0 | 45,5 | |
| 10 | CM | Sloan Julia Elizabeth | 2079 | USA | 5b0 | 13w0 | -1 | 4b½ | 18w1 | 14w1 | 8b0 | 16w1 | 3b0 | 4,5 | 2172 | 0,0 | 38,0 | |
| 11 | WFM | Abarca Gonzalez Damaris | 2057 | CHI | 4w½ | 18b½ | 20w1 | 2b0 | 17w1 | 16b½ | 6b0 | 14w1 | 7b0 | 4,5 | 2129 | 0,0 | 37,5 | |
| 12 | WFM | Gutierrez Espinosa Karen | 2142 | CUB | 21b1 | 5w0 | 13b1 | 6w½ | 7b½ | 3w0 | 16b½ | 20w1 | 1b0 | 4,5 | 2106 | 0,0 | 40,0 | |
| 13 | WFM | Parkhurst Casas Miriam | 1936 | MEX | 2w0 | 10b1 | 12w0 | 18b0 | -1 | 19w1 | 17b1 | 7w½ | 8b0 | 4,5 | 2104 | 0,0 | 35,0 | |
| 14 | WFM | Blanco Garcia Liliam Barbara | 2104 | CUB | 8w½ | 4b0 | 18w1 | 16b0 | 20w1 | 10b0 | 21w1 | 11b0 | -1 | 4,5 | 1998 | 0,0 | 32,5 | |
| 15 | WIM | Cosme Contreras Trilce | 2007 | PER | 9w0 | 16b½ | 8w½ | 20b1 | 4w0 | 17b0 | -1 | 19b½ | 21w1 | 4,5 | 1972 | 0,0 | 32,0 | |
| 16 | WFM | Gamboa Alvarado Olga Leticia | 1977 | CRC | 7b0 | 15w½ | 21b1 | 14w1 | 8b0 | 11w½ | 12w½ | 10b0 | 20b½ | 4,0 | 2072 | 0,0 | 34,0 | |
| 17 | WFM | Cardenas Ballester Maydelin | 2014 | CUB | 6b0 | 21w1 | 19b1 | 7w0 | 11b0 | 15w1 | 13w0 | -1 | 9b0 | 4,0 | 2015 | 0,0 | 35,0 | |
| 18 | WIM | Hernandez Alvarez Tania Regla | 2115 | CRC | 3b0 | 11w½ | 14b0 | 13w1 | 10b0 | -1 | 7w0 | 21b1 | 19w0 | 3,5 | 2030 | 0,0 | 34,0 | |
| 19 | Ramirez Toledo Ayleen Maribel | 1805 | MEX | 1b0 | -1 | 17w0 | 8b0 | 21w1 | 13b0 | 20b0 | 15w½ | 18b1 | 3,5 | 1968 | 0,0 | 33,0 | ||
| 20 | WCM | Parkhurst Casas Andrea Ju | 1536 | MEX | -1 | 6w0 | 11b0 | 15w0 | 14b0 | 21b0 | 19w1 | 12b0 | 16w½ | 2,5 | 1998 | 0,0 | 33,5 | |
| 21 | WCM | Sanchez Lopez Keren | 1670 | MEX | 12w0 | 17b0 | 16w0 | -1 | 19b0 | 20w1 | 14b0 | 18w0 | 15b0 | 2,0 | 1963 | 0,0 | 28,5 |
TWIC 1306 Canadians in Action
Zhou-Yang
Sicilian Defence
2nd Ivy League Challenge Rd3.3
After 24..g6(Diagram)
White is clearly on the warpath on the kingside and seems ready to strike. Failing that, Black will be looking to do something on the queenside
What do you recommend for White
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