13th Annual Grand Pacific Open Victoria, 2019

Grand Pacific Open 2019: Premier

photo from official site and more info see event report

GM Gorovets (clear first, center) (along with organizers Paul Leblan, Brian Raymer , Roger Patterson, TD Elliot Raymer

 

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Total
1	GM Andrey Gorovets	2492	W23	W19	W11	W3	W7	D5	5.5
2	Patrick Huang	2046	W26	L10	W45	W30	W17	W7	5.0
3	GM Alexandr Fier	2631	W28	W12	W10	L1	W8	D4	4.5
4	Davaa-Ochir Nyamdorj	2290	W38	W18	D9	D5	W11	D3	4.5
5	WGM Nino Maisuradze	2344	W33	D8	W31	D4	W12	D1	4.5
6	NM Jason Kenney	2259	W25	W45	L7	W39	W10	D8	4.5
7	IM Raymond Kaufman	2362	W20	W32	W6	W9	L1	L2	4.0
8	Brandon Zhu	2099	W35	D5	W13	W14	L3	D6	4.0
9	FM Tanraj S. Sohal	2378	W46	W24	D4	L7	W29	D13	4.0
10	NM Zulfikar Sali	2311	W48	W2	L3	W17	L6	W19	4.0
11	FM John Doknjas	2304	W43	W39	L1	W21	L4	W20	4.0
12	NM Georgi Kostadinov	2205	W21	L3	W29	W26	L5	W18	4.0
13	NM Jeff Reeve	2275	W27	D40	L8	W18	W23	D9	4.0
14	WFM Valeria Gansvind	2119	W15	H—	W44	L8	D20	W21	4.0
15	James Windram	1915	L14	D33	W36	D31	W41	W29	4.0
16	NM Harry Moore	2171	L18	L44	W43	D37	W30	W33	3.5
17	Arpak Worya Mohammed Qanee	2220	D44	W42	W40	L10	L2	D23	3.0
18	Bhavik Dave	1932	W16	L4	W24	L13	W31	L12	3.0
19	Andrew Hemstapat	2198	W36	L1	L21	W27	W39	L10	3.0
20	Michael A. Murray	2024	L7	W37	D34	W40	D14	L11	3.0
21	Daniel Wei	1946	L12	W46	W19	L11	W26	L14	3.0
22	WFM Anne-Marie Velea	2090	L45	W38	D35	W33	H—	U—	3.0
23	Callum Lehingrat	2037	L1	D36	W42	W34	L13	D17	3.0
24	NM Howard Wu	2142	W37	L9	L18	D25	W44	D28	3.0
25	Victor Zheng	1961	L6	W28	L26	D24	W35	D32	3.0
26	Kate Jiang	1810	L2	B—	W25	L12	L21	W41	3.0
27	Tristan Taylor	1971	L13	W41	L30	L19	W46	W40	3.0
28	Aiden Zhou	2040	L3	L25	D38	W47	W37	D24	3.0
29	Neil Doknjas	2102	D42	W47	L12	W44	L9	L15	2.5
30	ZhiQi Ryan Huang	1835	W41	L31	W27	L2	L16	D36	2.5
31	NM Nicholas Schoonmaker	2069	H—	W30	L5	D15	L18	D34	2.5
32	Anand Rishi Chandra	2074	W34	L7	L39	D45	D40	D25	2.5
33	NM Roger Patterson	2019	L5	D15	W47	L22	W45	L16	2.5
34	Gregory Freeze	1878	L32	W48	D20	L23	D43	D31	2.5
35	Ryan Leong	1896	L8	W43	D22	L41	L25	W44	2.5
36	Pavel Trochtchanovitch	1944	L19	D23	L15	D38	W47	D30	2.5
37	Rowan James	1925	L24	L20	W46	D16	L28	W45	2.5
38	Arun Dixit	2000	L4	L22	D28	D36	D42	W39	2.5
39	Maven Zheng	1886	W49	L11	W32	L6	L19	L38	2.0
40	Houshyar Ghandi	1792	B—	D13	L17	L20	D32	L27	2.0
41	Bobby Palacios	2057	L30	L27	W48	W35	L15	L26	2.0
42	H. G. Pitre	1912	D29	L17	L23	D46	D38	D43	2.0
43	Duncan Haines	2003	L11	L35	L16	B—	D34	D42	2.0
44	Jesse Beaudin	1955	D17	W16	L14	L29	L24	L35	1.5
45	Hemant Srinivasan	1883	W22	L6	L2	D32	L33	L37	1.5
46	Andrew Chen	2029	L9	L21	L37	D42	L27	W47	1.5
47	Marionito Jose	1502	H—	L29	L33	L28	L36	L46	0.5
48	Rolando Bince	2011	L10	L34	L41	U—	U—	U—	0.0
49	William Bremner	2095	L39 (F)	U—	U—	U—	U—	U—	0.0

 

Grand Pacific Open 2019: U2000

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot
1	Lucian Wu	1742	W25	W23	D2	D7	W16	W5	5.0
2	Jason Williamson	1850	W3	W16	D1	W6	W5	L4	4.5
3	Charles Wu	1693	L2	W34	W29	W21	W8	D6	4.5
4	Nathan Ping-Ying Wu	1454	L9	W36	W25	D19	W12	W2	4.5
5	Reza Sardari	1725	W35	W18	W7	W9	L2	L1	4.0
6	Jingyun [Ryan] Yang	1531	W24	W8	W21	L2	D9	D3	4.0
7	Chuyang Gu	1828	W20	W17	L5	D1	D11	W16	4.0
8	Leo Lin	1744	W27	L6	W30	W17	L3	W9	4.0

 

Grand Pacific Open 2019: U1700

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot
1	David Crook	1684	W12	W20	W7	W6	W4	D5	5.5
2	Elyjah Kiyooka	1220	H—	W23	W9	D4	W8	W14	5.0
3	Joshua Imoo	1534	L26	W24	W30	W19	W7	W6	5.0
4	Dylan Fox	1319	W14	W5	W8	D2	L1	W9	4.5
5	Haibo Sun	1545	W24	L4	W22	W16	W10	D1	4.5
6	Tyler Cruz	1575	W17	W19	W16	L1	W15	L3	4.0
7	Yu Han [Veronica] Guo	1335	W27	W10	L1	W21	L3	W15	4.0
8	Timur Zaruev	1657	W22	W15	L4	W17	L2	W18	4.0

 

Selected games Thanks to the organizers for the quick input job

Here is the big game

 

Gorovets-Fier

Closed Catalan

GPO Rd4

After 26,Rfd8(Diagram)

Black is up an exchange and the queen is harassing the queenside

What do you recommend for White?

After 26..Rfd8

 

Canadian Zonal 2019 Rds 8-9

Selected games Thanks to Hugh Brodie for PGNs via Chesstalk

GM Bareev won and rd8 and drew with GM Hambleton in rd9

 

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	1	GM	Bareev Evgeny	CAN	2642	On (Toronto)	7,5	0,0	43,5	40,0
2	4	GM	Hambleton Aman	CAN	2484	Qc (Montreal)	6,5	1,0	45,5	41,5
3	3	IM	Noritsyn Nikolay	CAN	2489	On (Richmond Hill)	6,5	0,0	46,5	42,0
4	5	IM	Samsonkin Artiom	CAN	2424	On (Toronto)	6,0	0,0	45,5	40,5
5	9	FM	Plotkin Mark	CAN	2326	On (Thornhill)	6,0	0,0	44,5	40,5
6	6	IM	Thavandiran Shiyam	CAN	2412	On (Milton)	6,0	0,0	44,5	40,5
7	2	GM	Yang Kaiqi	CAN	2505	On (Markham)	5,5	0,0	43,0	39,0
8	20		Dukic Zachary	CAN	2167	On (Fonthill)	5,5	0,0	42,5	38,0
9	18	CM	Doknjas Joshua	CAN	2203	Bc (Surrey)	5,5	0,0	42,0	38,0
10	22		Noritsyn Sergey	CAN	2159	On (Richmond Hill)	5,5	0,0	37,0	33,5
11	7	FM	Chiku-Ratte Olivier Kenta	CAN	2406	Qc (Montreal)	5,0	0,0	42,0	39,0
12	23		Tremblay Rejean	CAN	2146	Qc (Quebec)	5,0	0,0	40,5	36,5
13	16	FM	Findlay Ian	CAN	2233	Ab (Banff)	5,0	0,0	39,5	36,0
14	13	FM	Rodrigue-Lemieux Shawn	CAN	2282	Qc (Montreal)	5,0	0,0	37,5	34,0
15	11	FM	Chen Richard	CAN	2317	On (Ancaster)	4,5	0,0	41,0	36,5
16	12	FM	Plotkin Victor	CAN	2304	On (Thornhill)	4,5	0,0	40,0	36,0
17	36		Rusonik Max	CAN	1900	On (Thornhill)	4,5	0,0	37,0	33,5
18	27		Saha Ananda	CAN	2073	Qc (Montreal)	4,5	0,0	36,5	33,0
19	21		Masse Hugues	CAN	2163	Qc (Brossard)	4,5	0,0	36,5	33,0
20	34		Yao Hou Ji	CAN	2018	On (Ottawa)	4,5	0,0	36,0	33,0
21	26		Li William	CAN	2096	On (Scarborough)	4,5	0,0	35,0	31,5
22	8	FM	Hua Eugene	CAN	2329	On (Waterdown)	4,0	0,0	40,0	37,0
23	14	WGM	Zhou Qiyu	CAN	2246	On (Ottawa)	4,0	0,0	37,0	34,0
24	29		Tanaka Tyler	CAN	2067	QC (Westmount)	4,0	0,0	36,0	32,0
25	10	FM	Vettese Nicholas	CAN	2323	On (Toronto)	4,0	0,0	33,0	30,0
26	19	CM	Gordon David	CAN	2185	On (Ottawa)	3,5	0,0	34,5	32,0
27	30		Wiebe Isaac	CAN	2053	Mb (Winnipeg)	3,5	0,0	34,5	31,5
28	28	CM	Chen Max	CAN	2070	On (Toronto)	3,5	0,0	30,5	27,5
29	25	WFM	Demchenko Svitlana	CAN	2135	On (Ottawa)	3,5	0,0	28,5	25,5
30	33	FM	Munro Allan	TTO	2019	On (Etobicoke)	3,0	0,0	37,5	33,5
31	24	FM	Huang Qiuyu	CAN	2145	Qc (Montreal)	3,0	0,0	33,5	31,0
32	31	CM	Kang Dorian	CAN	2035	On (Aurora)	3,0	0,0	32,5	29,5
33	35	CM	Zhong Kevin	CAN	1987	Qc (Pierrefonds)	2,5	0,0	30,0	27,5
34	32		Javidfard Amirsalar	IRI	2024	On (North York)	2,0	1,0	28,5	26,5
35	15		Desforges Jean	CAN	2235	Nb (Moncton)	2,0	0,0	30,0	27,0
36	17	FM	Gentes Kevin	CAN	2220	Bc (Surrey)	1,5	0,0	31,5	28,5

 

Here is a tremendous battle from round 9

Samsonkin-Dukic,Z

Scotch Gambit 5.Ng5

CAN-ch rd9.3

After 22.Kh1(Diagram)

Black has an extra pawn while White has some activity in return

What do you recommend for Black?

After 22.Kh1

 

Canadian Closed 2019 Rd6-7-GM Bareev in Action

selected games

GM Bareev won with white in rounds 6 and 7

Bareev-Noritsyn

QGA 3.e4 Nf6

CAN-ch Rd7

After 19..Bd6(Diagram)

White has one extra square and two super knights

What do you recommend for White?

After 19..Bd6

Canadian Closed 2019 Rd5

selected games Thanks to Hugh Brodie for PGNs via Chesstalk

GM Bareev got off to a bad start but has started to find his form

 

Bareev-Hua,E

Open Catalan 5..a6 6.Ne5

CAN-ch Rd4

After 25..g5(Diagram)

White has the more active rook and the bishop is well suited to play on both wings in an open position

What do you recommend for White?

After 25..g5

 

Canadian Zonal 2019 Rd2

Thanks to Hugh Brodie and Chesstalk for PGNs

selected games

 

There was a big upset in round 1 as Bareev lost

 

Doknjas,J-Bareev

Modern 4.Be3 a6

CAN-ch

Rd1

After 27..Bc8(Diagram)

Black has some passive minor pieces and his kingside looks vulnerable but at least the Ne4 is doing something

What do you recommend for White?

After 27..Bc8

 

 

GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2019 Rd9-GM Hambleton(CAN)

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

GM Hambleton was the best Canadian with 6/9

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	FED	RtgI	RtgN	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	Rp	n	w	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
1	6	GM	Lupulescu Constantin			ROU	2634	0	7,0	0,0	9	44,5	6	2764	9	7	5,46	1,54	10	15,4
2	3	GM	Firouzja Alireza	U16		IRI	2669	0	7,0	0,0	9	43,5	6	2732	9	7	6,25	0,75	10	7,5
3	2	GM	Grandelius Nils			SWE	2687	0	7,0	0,0	9	41,5	6	2690	9	7	6,86	0,14	10	1,4
4	1	GM	Jones Gawain C B			ENG	2698	0	7,0	0,0	9	41,5	5	2717	9	7	6,62	0,38	10	3,8
5	7	GM	Parligras Mircea-Emilian			ROU	2633	0	7,0	0,0	9	41,0	6	2664	9	7	6,47	0,53	10	5,3
6	11	GM	Petrosian Tigran L.			ARM	2605	0	7,0	0,0	9	41,0	5	2665	9	7	6,28	0,72	10	7,2
7	9	GM	Tari Aryan			NOR	2615	0	7,0	0,0	9	40,5	6	2637	9	7	6,69	0,31	10	3,1
8	12	GM	Gupta Abhijeet			IND	2602	0	7,0	0,0	9	38,5	6	2563	9	7	6,74	0,26	10	2,6
9	8	GM	Hovhannisyan Robert			ARM	2630	0	6,5	0,0	9	44,0	4	2705	9	6,5	5,46	1,04	10	10,4
10	5	GM	Movsesian Sergei			ARM	2637	0	6,5	0,0	9	43,5	5	2662	9	6,5	6,08	0,42	10	4,2
11	4	GM	l’Ami Erwin			NED	2647	0	6,5	0,0	9	43,5	4	2679	9	6,5	6,00	0,50	10	5,0
12	13	GM	Van Foreest Jorden			NED	2598	0	6,5	0,0	9	40,5	5	2585	9	6,5	6,51	-0,01	10	-0,1
13	34	IM	Kevlishvili Robby			NED	2451	0	6,5	0,0	9	39,0	6	2490	9	6,5	5,68	0,82	10	8,2
	36	IM	Korley Kassa			DEN	2440	0	6,5	0,0	9	39,0	6	2559	9	6,5	4,96	1,54	10	15,4
15	32	IM	Loiseau Quentin			FRA	2461	0	6,5	0,0	9	39,0	5	2529	9	6,5	5,51	0,99	10	9,9
16	27	GM	Tang Andrew			USA	2501	2577	6,5	0,0	9	33,5	6	2420	9	6,5	6,83	-0,33	10	-3,3
17	28	GM	Salomon Johan			NOR	2495	0	6,5	0,0	8	40,0	4	2602	8	6	4,61	1,39	10	13,9
18	19	GM	Stefansson Hannes			ISL	2558	0	6,5	0,0	8	37,0	6	2519	8	6	5,75	0,25	10	2,5

 

Player overview for CAN

SNo		Name	RtgI	RtgN	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts.	Rk.	Rp	K	rtg+/-	Group
30	GM	Hambleton Aman	2484	0	CAN	1	1	½	½	0	1	0	1	1	6,0	29	2421	10	-2,30	GAMMA Reykjavik Open
52	IM	Cummings David H.	2338	0	CAN	1	0	1	0	½	1	1	½	0	5,0	65	2357	10	2,00	GAMMA Reykjavik Open
60	FM	Sohal Tanraj	2280	2378	CAN	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	½	4,5	103	2138	20	-29,80	GAMMA Reykjavik Open
70	IM	Piasetski Leon	2222	0	CAN	0	½	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3,5	196	2330	10	7,20	GAMMA Reykjavik Open
77	FM	Dougherty Michael	2183	2238	CAN	0	0	1	½	1	½	1	0	½	4,5	108	1983	20	-43,20	GAMMA Reykjavik Open
88		Abrahams Daniel	2143	2202	CAN	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	½	1	5,5	50	2266	20	30,00	GAMMA Reykjavik Open
114	WFM	Botez Alexandra	2033	2273	CAN	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	5,0	84	2065	20	7,40	GAMMA Reykjavik Open
180		Mcdonald Mike	0	1714	CAN	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3,0	199	1789	0	0,00	GAMMA Reykjavik Open

 

Player details for CAN

Rd.	SNo		Name	RtgI	RtgN	FED	Pts.	Res.	we	w-we	K	rtg+/-
GM Hambleton Aman 2484 CAN Rp:2421 Pts. 6,0
1	92	AGM	Siddharth Jagadeesh	2132	0	SGP	5,0	s 1	0,89	0,11	10	1,10
2	118	WCM	Kakulidis Ellen	2022	0	DEN	4,5	w 1	0,92	0,08	10	0,80
3	11	GM	Petrosian Tigran L.	2605	0	ARM	7,0	s ½	0,34	0,16	10	1,60
4	13	GM	Van Foreest Jorden	2598	0	NED	6,5	w ½	0,34	0,16	10	1,60
5	4	GM	l’Ami Erwin	2647	0	NED	6,5	w 0	0,28	-0,28	10	-2,80
6	105		Birkisson Bjorn Holm	2094	0	ISL	4,5	s 1	0,91	0,09	10	0,90
7	72	CM	Salles Louis	2221	0	FRA	5,0	w 0	0,82	-0,82	10	-8,20
8	87		Laustsen Lars	2155	0	DEN	4,0	s 1	0,88	0,12	10	1,20
9	76	FM	Le Goff Ronan	2186	0	FRA	5,0	w 1	0,85	0,15	10	1,50
IM Cummings David H. 2338 CAN Rp:2357 Pts. 5,0
1	112		Smith Daniel	2047	2132	USA	5,0	s 1	0,85	0,15	10	1,50
2	15	GM	Christiansen Johan-Sebastian	2571	0	NOR	6,0	w 0	0,21	-0,21	10	-2,10
3	96	AGM	Baldursson Hrannar	2122	0	ISL	5,0	s 1	0,78	0,22	10	2,20
4	1	GM	Jones Gawain C B	2698	0	ENG	7,0	w 0	0,10	-0,10	10	-1,00
5	97		Stark Ingo	2120	0	GER	4,5	s ½	0,78	-0,28	10	-2,80
6	120		Bejatovic Bojana	2021	0	MKD	5,0	w 1	0,87	0,13	10	1,30
7	103	WFM	Vidic Teja	2102	0	SLO	5,5	s 1	0,80	0,20	10	2,00
8	21	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	2537	0	IND	6,0	w ½	0,24	0,26	10	2,60
9	10	GM	Lagarde Maxime	2612	0	FRA	6,0	w 0	0,17	-0,17	10	-1,70
FM Sohal Tanraj 2280 CAN Rp:2138 Pts. 4,5
1	120		Bejatovic Bojana	2021	0	MKD	5,0	s 1	0,82	0,18	20	3,60
2	21	GM	Praggnanandhaa R	2537	0	IND	6,0	w 0	0,18	-0,18	20	-3,60
3	104		Schwerteck Michael	2099	0	GER	4,5	s 1	0,74	0,26	20	5,20
4	27	GM	Tang Andrew	2501	2577	USA	6,5	w 0	0,22	-0,22	20	-4,40
5	102		Obrien Matthew	2110	2299	USA	4,5	s 0	0,72	-0,72	20	-14,40
6	153		Lochte Szilvia	1858	0	HUN	4,0	w 1	0,92	0,08	20	1,60
7	130		Esbensen Kai Inge	1985	0	NOR	4,5	s 1	0,85	0,15	20	3,00
8	96	AGM	Baldursson Hrannar	2122	0	ISL	5,0	w 0	0,71	-0,71	20	-14,20
9	124		Johannsson Birkir Isak	2005	0	ISL	4,5	s ½	0,83	-0,33	20	-6,60
IM Piasetski Leon 2222 CAN Rp:2330 Pts. 3,5
1	9	GM	Tari Aryan	2615	0	NOR	7,0	s 0	0,08	-0,08	10	-0,80
2	–		not paired	–	–	–	–	– ½
3	141		Akeya-Price Robert	1931	0	ENG	4,5	w 1	0,85	0,15	10	1,50
4	154	CM	Forster William	1856	2023	NZL	4,5	s 1	0,90	0,10	10	1,00
5	15	GM	Christiansen Johan-Sebastian	2571	0	NOR	6,0	w 1	0,11	0,89	10	8,90
6	16	GM	Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn	2571	0	ISL	6,0	s 0	0,11	-0,11	10	-1,10
7	37	GM	Thorfinnsson Bragi	2436	0	ISL	5,5	w 0	0,23	-0,23	10	-2,30
8	126		Schultze Joerg-Martin Dr.	2000	0	GER	4,5	– 0K
9	–		not paired	–	–	–	–	– 0
FM Dougherty Michael 2183 CAN Rp:1983 Pts. 4,5
1	16	GM	Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn	2571	0	ISL	6,0	w 0	0,09	-0,09	20	-1,80
2	156		Haraldsson Leif	1851	0	SWE	4,5	s 0	0,88	-0,88	20	-17,60
3	170		Jonsson Olafur Gisli	1773	0	ISL	4,0	w 1	0,92	0,08	20	1,60
4	139		Hosdurga Chirag	1941	177	ENG	5,0	s ½	0,80	-0,30	20	-6,00
5	148		Fivelstad Jon Olav	1883	0	NOR	4,0	w 1	0,85	0,15	20	3,00
6	149		Lee Gudmundur Kristinn	1883	0	ISL	4,0	s ½	0,85	-0,35	20	-7,00
7	143		Valtysson Thor	1915	1889	ISL	4,0	w 1	0,83	0,17	20	3,40
8	111	WFM	Nilssen Ellen Fredericia	2048	0	DEN	5,0	s 0	0,68	-0,68	20	-13,60
9	130		Esbensen Kai Inge	1985	0	NOR	4,5	w ½	0,76	-0,26	20	-5,20
Abrahams Daniel 2143 CAN Rp:2266 Pts. 5,5
1	26	GM	Kanarek Marcel	2505	0	POL	6,0	w 1	0,10	0,90	20	18,00
2	24	GM	Sadzikowski Daniel	2523	0	POL	6,0	s 0	0,09	-0,09	20	-1,80
3	39	IM	Astaneh Lopez Alex	2427	0	IRL	5,5	w 0	0,16	-0,16	20	-3,20
4	172		Opasiak Dustin Tennessee	1768	0	POL	4,0	s 1	0,91	0,09	20	1,80
5	38	FM	Suleymenov Alisher	2431	0	KAZ	6,0	s 0	0,16	-0,16	20	-3,20
6	185		Johannesson Haki	1695	0	ISL	4,0	w 1	0,92	0,08	20	1,60
7	142		Fabregas Oliver	1922	0	GER	5,0	s 1	0,78	0,22	20	4,40
8	43	IM	Thorfinnsson Bjorn	2399	0	ISL	5,5	w ½	0,19	0,31	20	6,20
9	126		Schultze Joerg-Martin Dr.	2000	0	GER	4,5	s 1	0,69	0,31	20	6,20
WFM Botez Alexandra 2033 CAN Rp:2065 Pts. 5,0
1	54	FM	Bjornsson Sigurbjorn	2312	0	ISL	5,5	w 0	0,16	-0,16	20	-3,20
2	185		Johannesson Haki	1695	0	ISL	4,0	s 1	0,88	0,12	20	2,40
3	66	FM	Abbas Daniel	2253	0	ENG	5,0	w 0	0,22	-0,22	20	-4,40
4	206		Gudmundsson Thordur	1527	0	ISL	2,0	s 1	0,92	0,08	20	1,60
5	68		Stoyanov Viktor	2238	0	ENG	5,0	w 1	0,24	0,76	20	15,20
6	26	GM	Kanarek Marcel	2505	0	POL	6,0	s 0	0,08	-0,08	20	-1,60
7	180		Mcdonald Mike	0	1714	CAN	3,0	w 1
8	76	FM	Le Goff Ronan	2186	0	FRA	5,0	s 0	0,30	-0,30	20	-6,00
9	173		Gudmundsson Gunnar Erik	1765	0	ISL	4,0	w 1	0,83	0,17	20	3,40
Mcdonald Mike 1714 CAN Rp:1789 Pts. 3,0
1	122		Andersson Lars	2012	0	SWE	4,0	s 0
2	214		Johannessen Theo N	1456	0	NOR	4,0	w 1
3	129		Sigurbjornsson Sigurjon	1986	0	ISL	4,0	s 1
4	94		Bentel Robin	2130	0	GER	4,5	w 0
5	123		Magnusson Magnus	2006	0	ISL	4,5	s 1
6	92	AGM	Siddharth Jagadeesh	2132	0	SGP	5,0	w 0
7	114	WFM	Botez Alexandra	2033	2273	CAN	5,0	s 0
8	134	WFM	Mayrhuber Nikola	1977	0	AUT	4,0	w 0
9	211	WCM	Svergina Sofya	1495	0	RUS	4,0	s 0

 

Hambleton-L’Ami

London System

Rd5

After 16..Nd8(Diagram)

Black has yet to castle and is very passive

What do you recommend for White?

After 16..Nd8

 

Guelph Winter Pro-Am 2019

Selected games

Big thanks to Hugh Brodie for providing PGNs and Chesstalk

Migot won the Open group

 

The big matchup was decided late in the endgame

 

Migot-Plotkin

King’s Indian Attack vs Slav

rd3

 

After 35..Kd5(Diagram)

Black is winning but later lost in a tragic turnaround

After 35..Kd5

 

 

Quebec Ch 2019

Zong Yang Yu is the new Champion, winning the blitz playoff against GM Sambuev

 

Selected games

Thanks to Hugh Brodie for super fast PGNs on Chesstalk and with CANBASE

 

Yu-Sambuev

1.d4 d6

Game 2 final

After 37.Qxf4(Diagram)

Some original shuffling around led to this position

Black has good pressure on the e-file, two nice knights and a blockade on e5 if needed

What do you recommend for Black?

After 37.Qxf4