Category Archives: Aurora Summer Open 2013

Aurora Summer Open 2013 Rd3-Plotkin, M(CAN)

Plotkin,Mark scored an upset victory with the solid Queen’s Indian when Song let a slight edge escape with numerous small inaccuracies.

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Here is the feature game.

Song,Michael (2390) – Plotkin,Mark (2223)
Queen’s Indian 8.Bd2 [E18]
Aurora Summer Open
Aurora (3.2), 06.07.2013

Position 1
Black has the more active rook and king; and better control of the center. What do you recommend for black now?

Black to Play

27.Bb6

Aurora Summer Open 2013 Rd5-IM Noritsyn,N(CAN)

Open Results
IM Noritsyn took clear first with a perfect 5/5.

Note
Aurora is an affluent town in York Region, located north of the city of Toronto. It is partially situated on the Oak Ridges Moraine, and is a part of the Greater Toronto Area and Golden Horseshoe of Southern Ontario.

Open section top 3
Photo-Nice Gallery by Zeromskis

Deep thought

Rank Name Rtg Pts
1 IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2604 5
2 WIM Yuanling Yuan 2319 4
3 David Itkin 2151
4 NM Egidijus Zeromskis 2202 3
5 Allan Munro 2065 3
6 NM Geordie Derraugh 2297 3
7 Digeng Du 2009 3
8 FM Jura Ochkoos 2299
9 NM Michael Song 2390
10 Mark Plotkin 2223
11 NM Mike Ivanov 2252 2
12 Selvakumar Palanisamy 2011 2
13 Daniel Zotkin 1942 2
14 Dmitry Chernik 1918
15 Nikola Brajkovic 2100
16 Wenlu Yu 2032
17 Joey Zhong 2033 1

Other results-Chesstalk(posted by Zeromskis)
Hanyuan Ye with 4.5 is a clear winner in U2000.
Nicholas Vettese and Mathanhe Kaneshalingam shared first two prizes having 4.5 points in U1600

Joy of victory


Here is the key rd5 game by Noritsyn and a video of the game by Egidijus Zeromskis.


Song,M (2390) – Noritsyn,N (2604) 
King’s Indian[E81]
Aurora Summer Open (Canada) (5.1), 07.07.2013

Position 1
Black has an extra pawn and slowly ground out the victory.

Black to Play


27.Nf1

Aurora Summer Open 2013 Rd3-IM Noritsyn(CAN)

Standings OpenGreat Gallery by Egidijus Zeromskis
IM Noritsyn leads with a perfect 3/3.

WIM Yuanling Yuan
Gallery by Egidijus Zeromskis


Deep thinking
Gallery by Egidijus Zeromskis


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Rank SNo. Name Rtg Pts
1 1 IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2604 3
2 4 FM Jura Ochkoos 2299
3 7 Mark Plotkin 2223
4 11 Allan Munro 2065 2
5 3 WIM Yuanling Yuan 2319 2
6 8 NM Egidijus Zeromskis 2202 2
7 17 Dmitry Chernik 1918
8 5 NM Geordie Derraugh 2297
9 2 NM Michael Song 2390
10 16 Daniel Zotkin 1942
11 10 Nikola Brajkovic 2100
12 9 David Itkin 2151
13 6 NM Mike Ivanov 2252 1
14 14 Selvakumar Palanisamy 2011 1
15 15 Digeng Du 2009 1
16 13 Wenlu Yu 2032 ½
17 12 Joey Zhong 2033 ½