Festival International d’échecs (Mont-Royal) 2017

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

GM BAKRE Tejas was clear first with 7,5/9. GMs Sambuev,B and MIKHALEVSKI Victor shared 2nd with 7/9

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	5	GM	BAKRE Tejas	IND	2449	7,5
2	1	GM	SAMBUEV Bator	CAN	2626	7,0
	2	GM	MIKHALEVSKI Victor	ISR	2600	7,0
4	3	FM	CHIKU-RATTÉ Olivier Kenta	CAN	2492	6,5
5	10	IM	KAUFMAN Raymond	USA	2261	6,0
6	4	FM	YU Zong Yang	CAN	2479	5,5
	6	FM	LÉVEILLÉ Francois	CAN	2310	5,5
	9		HUANG Qiuyu	CAN	2265	5,5
	11	FM	VOSKANYAN Vahagn	CAN	2255	5,5
10	8	FM	RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX Shawn	CAN	2285	5,0
	13		ROBICHAUD Louis	CAN	2152	5,0
	19		MARIN Sam	CAN	2024	5,0
13	12	IM	DUONG Thanh Nha	CAN	2251	4,5
	14		SAHA Ananda	CAN	2144	4,5
	16		DURETTE Francis	CAN	2094	4,5
	17		JOHNSON-CONSTANTIN Matthieu	CAN	2048	4,5
	23		ABBAS Talal	CAN	1923	4,5
	24		HAJI GHANBARI Nader	IRI	1859	4,5
	27		YAGIZ Bora	TUR	1837	4,5
20	21		GAUTHIER Denis	CAN	1944	3,5
	22		GUIPI BOPALA Prince Éric Jr.	CAN	1941	3,5
	25		JOANIS Marc-André	CAN	1849	3,5
	29		GOLDNER John	CAN	1766	3,5
24	7		LOPEZ LINARES Lizandro F.	CAN	2290	3,0
	26		VIGNALOU Joseph	CAN	1848	3,0
	28		STEINBERG Ellis	CAN	1815	3,0
27	15		BASSEL Charaf	LBN	2109	2,5
	30		GIL Bernardo José	CAN	1762	2,5
29	18		KURTZ Eric M	USA	2033	1,0
	20		GAGNON Boris	CAN	1962	1,0
	31		NICA Ion	CAN	1743	1,0

 

Sambuev Games(lightly annotated)

Thanks to Hugh Brodie for the PGNs and Chesstalk

Sambuev-Mikhalevski Rd5

After 26..Rbc8(Diagram)

After 26..Rbc8(Diagram)

Sambuev-Yu Rd9

After 20.Ne5(Diagram)

White should Black do now?

After 20.Ne5

 

Canadian Open 2017

Thanks to Hugh Brodie for providing PGNs via Chesstalk.

Round 6

Here is a truly action packed game.

Hambleton-Vovk

Sicilian Dragon g3(B70)

After 33..Nce5(Diagram)

Black’s kingside is asking for trouble.

After 33..Nce5