TWIC 1229 Canadians in Action

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Selected games

Many Canadians played in the Chicago Open

GM Kovalyov finished just out of the big prizes with 6.5/9

Chicago Open 2018 Standings – Open Section

Final Standings

#	Name	Rtng	Team	Club	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Tot	TB1	Prize	Amount
1	GM Alex Shimanov	2625		RUS	W55	W18	D26	L8	W85	W36	W17	W6	D3	7.0	42.5	1st-3rd/Bonus	$6133.34
2	GM Andrey Stukopin	2580		RUS	W63	D27	D75	W50	W25	D14	D24	W39	W8	7.0	39	1st-3rd	$5833.34
3	GM Awonder Liang	2561		USA	W64	L20	W66	W78	W53	D9	W46	W10	D1	7.0	39	1st-3rd	$5833.34
4	GM Anton Kovalyov	2660		CAN	D54	D85	W72	W38	L8	W55	W20	W24	D7	6.5		4th-8th	$840.00
5	GM Samuel Sevian	2613		USA	W58	L37	W62	W29	D24	D48	W28	D15	W25	6.5		4th-8th	$840.00
6	GM Alexander Shabalov	2564		USA	W56	D38	W31	D53	W37	D46	W14	L1	W21	6.5		4th-8th	$840.00
7	GM Sergei Azarov	2560		BLR	W65	W39	D8	D48	W45	H—	D21	W17	D4	6.5		4th-8th	$840.00
8	IM Dionisio Aldama	2432		MEX	W121	W52	D7	W1	W4	D21	D10	W9	L2	6.5		4th-8th	$840.00

Gerzhoy-Li,Rui Feng

Semi-Slav Anti-Meran

Rd5

After 14.Ne2(Diagram)

The opening is not yet over and Black has only a modest looking position

What do you recommend for Black now?

After 14.Ne2

Kovalyov-Hong,A

Reti Opening

Rd4

After 55..Ne7(Diagram)

Black has less space and a pair of clumsy knights

What do you recommend for White?

After 55..Ne7

Pattern Recognition in Chess-Qiyu Zhou(CAN)

Qiyu Zhou article on Chessbase

‘..It is very evident that there is a correlation between the strength in chess of a player and their ability to recall a position in chess using short-term memory. Using statistical analysis, it was determined experienced players are able to recall positions much better than casual and novice players.(more) ‘

Scarborough CC Ch 2018 Rd8

Selected games

Thanks to Hugh Brodie for taking care of PGNs and Canbase

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Southam,D-Noorali

Queen’s Gambit Declined

Rd7

After 62..Kc7(Diagram)

White is much better based on pawn islands and structure alone

What do you recommend for White now?

After 62..Kc7

Keres Memorial 2018 May 19-21-FM Sohal(CAN) and IM Kriventsov(CAN)

for more info see Official site

FM Sohal and IM Kriventsov shared first with 5/6

2018 Paul Keres Memorial: Premier

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot	Prize
1	FM Sohal, Tanraj S.	2364	W27	W22	W3	D2	W4	D5	5.0	950.00
2	IM Kriventsov, Stanislav	2289	W19	W14	W29	D1	W7	D4	5.0	950.00
3	Sali, Zulfikar	2264	W33	W17	L1	W29	W21	D6	4.5	200.00
4	Nyamdorj, Davaa-Ochir	2246	W15	W24	W7	W13	L1	D2	4.5	200.00
5	IM Orlov, Georgi	2526	L14	D18	W30	W15	W12	D1	4.0
6	FM Findlay, Ian	2314	D18	D31	W27	W22	D8	D3	4.0
7	IM Kaufman, Raymond	2303	W28	W12	L4	W31	L2	W16	4.0
8	MacKinnon, Keith	2282	W25	D13	D31	W16	D6	D9	4.0
9	Hemstapat, Andrew	2242	W34	L29	W17	D12	W13	D8	4.0
10	Kitsis, Stan	2197	D30	W36	L13	D11	W19	W17	4.0	400.00
11	Hui, Jeremy	2225	L29	W33	D19	D10	W28	D14	3.5
12	Wu, Howard	2172	W35	L7	W32	D9	L5	W24	3.5
13	Cheng, Louis	2112	W32	D8	W10	L4	L9	W22	3.5
14	Schnabel, Bennett	2101	W5	L2	L21	W23	W31	D11	3.5
15	Ferguson, Peter	1947	L4	W26	D23	L5	W30	W28	3.5
16	Blaha, Jiri	2189	L31	B—	W24	L8	W29	L7	3.0
17	Sadoughian-Zadeh, Farshad	2090	W21	L3	L9	W33	W25	L10	3.0
18	Moura, Eduardo	2055	D6	D5	L22	D30	D23	W29	3.0
19	Zhou, Aiden	2030	L2	W35	D11	H—	L10	W31	3.0
20	Soliven, Joe	1896	L22	L27	L28	W26	W35	W33	3.0
21	FM Yoos, Jack	2361	L17	W25	W14	H—	L3	U—	2.5
22	Pechisker, Alfred	2239	W20	L1	W18	L6	D24	L13	2.5
23	Patterson, Roger	2103	D36	D30	D15	L14	D18	D25	2.5
24	Verdon, Norman	2082	W26	L4	L16	W32	D22	L12	2.5
25	Tang, Edward	2002	L8	L21	W35	W27	L17	D23	2.5
26	FM Gentes, Kevin	2348	L24	L15	L33	L20	W32	W35	2.0
27	Balka, Richard	2090	L1	W20	L6	L25	D33	D30	2.0
28	Zhu, Brandon	2053	L7	L32	W20	X34	L11	L15	2.0
29	Botez, Andrea	1880	W11	W9	L2	L3	L16	L18	2.0
30	James, Rowan	1880	D10	D23	L5	D18	L15	D27	2.0
31	Gu, Chuyang	1862	W16	D6	D8	L7	L14	L19	2.0
32	Angelvette, Duane	1500	L13	W28	L12	L24	L26	B—	2.0
33	Lehingrat, Callum	1957	L3	L11	W26	L17	D27	L20	1.5
34	Jacobsen, Henrik	1940	L9	H—	H—	F28	U—	U—	1.0
35	Wu, Lucian	1782	L12	L19	L25	B—	L20	L26	1.0
36	Morgan, Scott	2090	D23	L10	U—	U—	U—	U—	0.5

2018 Paul Keres Memorial: U2000

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Chung, Alec	1872	W31	D16	W12	W11	W9	4.5
2	Li, Kevin	1851	D32	W34	W17	W10	W4	4.5
3	Williamson, Jason	1908	W30	W14	B—	L4	W18	4.0
4	Dhall, Deepanshu	1840	W26	W36	W6	W3	L2	4.0
5	Leong, Ryan	1819	W33	L6	W24	W35	W16	4.0

Selected games

The organisers did a great job doing PGNs for the tournament

Sali-Yoos

Sicilian Defence

Rd5

After 42..Kh7(Diagram)

White is up a pawn with a lock on the dark squares and the enemy d-pawn firmly blockaded

What do you recommend for White now?

After 42..Kh7

Scarborough Chess Club Ch Toronto 2018

Selected games

Thanks to Hugh Brodie for the PGNs and keeping CANBASE up to date

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Zheng,K-Ning,E

Rd4

After 15.Qb3(Diagram)

White has some pressure on the queenside going.

What do you recommend for Black?

After 15.Qb3

 

 

 

43rd Annual Keres Memorial 2018 May 19-21

Official site

$5000 Guaranteed Prize Fund

 

When: Saturday May 19- Monday May 21 (Victoria Day weekend) 2018

Where: Executive Airport Plaza Hotel, 7311 Westminster Hwy, Richmond, BC, V6X

Sections: Premier Section (FIDE rated), U2000 Section, U1600 Section. U1100 Section.

Time Control: G/100 + 30 sec increment

Rounds: Saturday 12:00 noon, 5:00pm,  Sunday 10:00am, 5:00pm, Monday 10:00am, 3:00pm

Prizes: $5000 Guaranteed Prize Fund

Premier Section: $1200, $700, $400; Top U2200 $400  Top BC player qualifies for the BC Closed

U2000 Section: $650, $400; Top U1800 $200

 U1600 Section: $300, $200, Top U1400 $100

U1100 Section: $150, $100

Top Scoring Unrated (any section) $150, $50

Prizes will be paid out by PayPal or cheque within 48 hours after the event.