Monthly Archives: May 2016

Qiyu Zhou(CAN)-More Than Just a ChessPlayer

The World U14 Girls Champion

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Qiyu Zhou The Player

 

Colonel By Secondary School Track and Field Team in Belleville , Ontario Photo from Qiyu Zhou on FB

Zalakaros Chess Festival HUN Open Ch May 2016-IM Piasetski(CAN)

Pairings-Round 1 2016/05/27 at 15:00

IM Piasetski Leon has trekked from Vancouver to play.

IM Piasetski,L(CAN)

 

Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 57 IM Del Rey Diego 2388 0 0 GM Efimenko Zahar 2656 1
2 2 GM Rakhmanov Aleksandr 2654 0 0 IM Tompa Janos 2384 58
3 59 IM Hnydiuk Aleksander 2381 0 0 GM Ivanisevic Ivan 2646 3
4 4 GM Kravtsiv Martyn 2641 0 0 IM Nitin S. 2377 60
5 61 IM Paschall William M. 2377 0 0 GM Romanov Evgeny 2641 5
6 6 GM Perunovic Milos 2639 0 0 IM Kohlweyer Bernd 2373 62
7 63 GM Fogarasi Tibor 2372 0 0 GM Berkes Ferenc 2636 7
8 8 GM Onischuk Vladimir 2628 0 0 FM Skawinski Arkadiusz 2367 64
9 65 Havasi Gergo 2367 0 0 GM Banusz Tamas 2621 9
10 10 GM Papp Gabor 2596 0 0 FM Baskin Robert 2359 66
11 67 FM Dolana Andrei-Theodor 2354 0 0 GM Prohaszka Peter 2593 11
12 12 GM Vajda Levente 2581 0 0 FM Nihal Sarin 2349 68
13 69 FM Kozak Adam 2347 0 0 GM Erdos Viktor 2577 13
14 14 GM Medvegy Zoltan 2553 0 0 IM Pataki Gyozo 2345 70
15 71 FM Thakur Akash 2345 0 0 GM Szabo Gergely-Andras-Gyula 2548 15
16 16 GM Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G 2541 0 0 FM Blazeka Matej 2341 72
17 73 FM Plichta Kamil 2336 0 0 GM Shyam Sundar M. 2530 17
18 18 GM Horvath Jozsef 2528 0 0 FM Tesik Csaba 2333 74
19 75 FM Spalir Jernej 2330 0 0 IM Svane Rasmus 2526 19
20 20 IM Miron Lucian-Costin 2524 0 0 Raja Harshit 2329 76
21 77 Barski Radoslaw 2324 0 0 GM Horvath Adam 2515 21
22 22 GM Harika Dronavalli 2514 0 0 FM Wukits Rene 2320 78
23 79 FM Marosi Levente 2318 0 0 IM Andersen Mads 2505 23
24 24 IM Aczel Gergely 2502 0 0 FM Mesaros Florian 2318 80
25 81 Loos Roland 2316 0 0 IM Deac Bogdan-Daniel 2501 25
26 26 GM Mihok Oliver 2498 0 0 FM Szabo Attila 2315 82
27 83 FM Tate Alan 2307 0 0 IM Nemeth Miklos 2482 27
28 28 GM Sundararajan Kidambi 2469 0 0 WGM Kulon Klaudia 2304 84
29 85 FM Gorcsi Gabor 2304 0 0 IM Narayanan Srinath 2469 29
30 30 GM Romanishin Oleg M 2464 0 0 IM Gazik Igor 2302 86
31 87 WIM Warakomska Anna 2298 0 0 IM Korpa Bence 2461 31
32 32 IM Aryan Chopra 2459 0 0 IM Piasetski Leon 2292 88
33 89 FM Krstulovic Alex 2292 0 0 GM Czebe Attila 2454 33
34 34 GM Smith Bryan G 2453 0 0 Balint Vilmos 2289 90
35 91 Horvath Dominik 2286 0 0 IM Puranik Abhimanyu 2452 35
36 36 IM Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel 2448 0 0 FM Tarhon Brian 2285 92
37 93 IM Saravanan V. 2272 0 0 IM Nguyen Piotr 2446 37
38 38 IM Kreisl Robert 2439 0 0 IM Vegh Endre 2271 94
39 95 WIM Efroimski Marsel 2268 0 0 IM Nagy Gabor 2439 39
40 40 FM Gazik Viktor 2433 0 0 FM Dankhazi Andras 2267 96
41 97 Peczely Sebastian Zsombor 2255 0 0 GM Lalic Bogdan 2431 41
42 42 FM Nguyen Thai Dai Van 2431 0 0 FM Damia Angelo 2254 98
43 99 IM Hardicsay Peter 2245 0 0 IM Butkiewicz Lukasz 2429 43
44 44 FM Livaic Leon 2428 0 0 FM Hristodoulou Panagiotis 2245 100
45 101 IM Rigo Janos 2238 0 0 IM Vertetics Attila 2425 45
46 46 IM Kantor Gergely 2424 0 0 Gyurkovics Bence Dr. 2233 102
47 103 IM Szalanczy Emil 2218 0 0 IM Dragnev Valentin 2423 47
48 48 IM Konopka Michal 2418 0 0 Paszewski Mateusz 2218 104
49 105 Tirelli Mauro 2217 0 0 IM Nasuta Grzegorz 2413 49
50 50 IM Karavade Eesha 2409 0 0 IM Boguszlavszkij Jevgenyij 2212 106
51 107 Laliena Solanes Luis 2205 0 0 IM Meszaros Tamas 2409 51
52 52 GM Cebalo Miso 2407 0 0 WIM Michelle Catherina P 2179 108
53 109 WIM Goczo Melinda 2175 0 0 FM Csonka Balazs 2400 53
54 54 IM Ben Artzi Ido 2399 0 0 Nemec Vjekoslav 2175 110
55 111 Balokas Dimitrios 2170 0 0 FM Costachi Mihnea 2397 55
56 56 GM Farago Ivan 2391 0 0 Laza Szabolcs 2168 112
57 113 Skuhala Jernej 2142 0 0 bye

NBA: Raptors Beat Cavs to Even Series 2-2

Full Story on TSN.ca

Toronto Raptors 105-Cleveland Cavaliers 99

Eastern Conference Finals Best of 7 series is now tied 2-2.

NBA Toronto Wins! and Some Chess

Raptors Crush Heat in Game 7

Final score 116-89.

Pic and story TSN.ca

Yeah!

Trois Rivieres Mauricie Open

Here is a game from one of the winners, Chiku-Ratte.

Chiku-Ratte-GachetRd3

Benoni(A69)

Four Pawns Attack

After 37.Bxd6(Diagram)

Black has a tough defensive decision to make but it was possible to save this position.

After 37.Bxd6

Trois Rivieres 2016-IM Hébert, IM Duong and Chiku-Ratte

Thanks to Hugh Brodie for getting games and Chesstalk for news.

There was a 3-way tie for first “Won by IM’s Hébert and Duong, and Chiku-Ratte (4/5)”-Brodie

3 Games

In round 1 , there was some action in

Hirschberg-Gelet

White got a crushing game and then things got more exiting than I was expecting.

After 44Re1(Diagram)

Black must do something about the attack on Qe4.

After 44.Re1

Quebec Senior Ch 2016-FM Barbeau,S

Here a game from the Quebec Senior Champion.

Gauthier,D-Barbeau,S

Bf4 Grunfeld(D93)

After 18.Bf4(Diagram)

Black’s next move is not obvious.

After 18.Bh4

Quebec Senior Ch 2016-FM Barbeau,S

Final Ranking after 5 Rounds

FM Barbeau,S took clear first with 5/5.

Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Club/City Pts.
1 1 FM BARBEAU Sylvain CAN 2306 Montréal 5,0
2 7 GAUTHIER Denis CAN 1931 Longueuil 4,0
18 BRUNET Guy CAN 1540 Montréal 4,0
4 13 LAMOUREUX Yvon CAN 1624 Montréal 3,5
5 4 NUNEZ Omar CAN 1965 Montréal 3,0
6 MORIN Louis CAN 1932 Montréal 3,0
8 LESAGE Philippe CAN 1745 Laval 3,0
9 MILLETTE Sylvain CAN 1725 Montréal 3,0
10 JEAN Robert CAN 1699 Montréal 3,0
10 3 ABREU Cordero José Leonardo CAN 2055 Montréal 2,5
5 MARCHAND Jacques CAN 1935 Montréal 2,5
12 NICA Ion CAN 1685 Montréal 2,5
23 BRULE Daniel CAN 1501 Repentigny 2,5
27 PINCINCE Jacques CAN 1416 Beloeil 2,5
15 2 SULLIVAN Neil CAN 2111 Montréal 2,0
14 MICHAUD Luc CAN 1608 Val-D’or 2,0
16 LEMIEUX Serge CAN 1579 Chambly 2,0
20 BUREAU Robert CAN 1526 Laval 2,0
22 SONN Eric CAN 1513 Montréal 2,0
28 LANGLOIS Jean-Marie CAN 1356 Pabos 2,0
21 17 BEDARD Michel CAN 1556 Beloeil 1,5
19 MOLLOY Francis CAN 1533 Pabos 1,5
24 BERGERON Jean-Guy CAN 1433 Longueuil 1,5
24 11 DUMOUCHEL Alain CAN 1691 Châteauguay 1,0
21 DUBREUIL Raymond CAN 1522 Saint-Mathias-Sur-Richelieu 1,0
25 NANESCU Marin CAN 1433 Montréal 1,0
26 TAYLOR Paul CAN 1421 Mont-St-Hilaire 1,0
28 15 BLOUIN François CAN 1600 Saint-Ambroise-De-Kildare 0,5

Gauthier,D-Sullivan,N rd3

Henning-Schara Gambit(D31)

Thanks to Hugh Brodie for maintaining CANBASE and Chesstalk for the news.

After 16..Nfd5(Diagram)

Black chose took on b4 with a knight and White built up an attack in normal fashion by sacrificing the b-pawn. Here White missed a not so obvious way to increase the pressure

After 16..Nfd5

McGill Open 2016-IM Hambleton

CanBase update now has McGill Open games. The Canadian database is meticulously updated by Hugh Brodie.

See also Chesstalk for Canada’s chess news.

Here is Wilkin-Hambleton Rd3

After 24.Ne4(Diagram)

Wilkins-Hambleton after 24.Ne4