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Canadian Open 2013 Rd5-Part 2
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Part 2 Games 6-10
Highlights
IM Cheng massaged the position until white dropped the e-pawn.
Panjwani,Raja (2517) – Rozentalis,Eduardas (2601)
27.Qd4 R5e6 28.h3 h5 29.Na4 Qxd4 30.Rxd4 g4 31.Nc5 Re5 32.Rc1 gxf3+ 33.Kxf3 Kg7 34.Nd3 Rxe4 35.Rxe4 Nxe4 36.Rxc6 Ng5+ 37.Kg2 Re2+ 38.Kf1 Rd2 39.Nf4 h4 40.gxh4 Nf3 41.Rc3 Nxh4 42.Rxc7 Rxb2 43.Rc4 ½–½
GM Perelshteyn misplayed a pawn sacrifice and eventually had to save a R-RB ending.
48.h4 Rb7 49.Rd5 Kg7 50.Kh3 Rf7 51.Rb5 Bf4 52.h5 g5 53.g3 Be3 54.Re5 Rxf3 55.Kg4 Bd4 56.Rxg5+ Kf6 57.Kxf3 Kxg5 58.g4 h6 59.Kg3 Kf6 60.Kf4 Be5+ 61.Ke4 Ke6 62.Kf3 Bb2 63.Kf4 Bc1+ 64.Ke4 Bg5 65.Kd4 Kd6 66.Ke4 Kc5 67.Kd3 Kd5 68.Ke2 Ke4 69.Kf2 Bf4 70.Ke2 Be3 71.Kd1 Kd3 72.Ke1 Bg5 73.Kf2 Kd2 74.Kf3 Ke1 75.Ke4 Ke2 76.Kd4 Kf3 77.Kd5 Ke3 78.Kc4 Ke4 79.Kc3 Bf4 80.Kc4 Be5 81.Kc5 Bb2 82.Kd6 Ba3+ 83.Kc6 Ke5 84.Kb5 Kd5 85.Ka4 Be7 86.Kb3 Kd4 87.Kc2 Bb4 88.Kb3 ½–½
Samsonkin massaged patiently and eventually won the weak h-pawn in a RRb-RRB ending with opposite color bishops.
29…a5 30.Ke2 Ke8 31.R7d6 a4 32.Bd1 Bc5 33.Rc6 Rxb2+ 34.Rd2 Rxd2+ 35.Kxd2 Rd4+ 36.Ke2 Bd6 37.Bc2 Bxh2 38.Ra6 Bf4 0–1
Sohal had a good position but let it slip away in the maneuvering phase.
45…Qc6 46.Kg2 Qxa4 47.Qd3 Qc6 48.Bd5 Qf6 49.Qd2 Qd6 50.Qa2 Qc5 51.Bxb7 Qxc3 52.Bd5 Qe1 53.g4 h4 54.Qc2 a4 55.Qa2 Bd4 56.Bc6 a3 57.Bd5 c5 58.Qc2 Kf6 59.Qa2 c4 60.Bxc4 Qxe4+ 61.Kg1 Qf3 62.Bd5 Qxh3 63.Bxf7 Qg3+ 64.Kh1 Qf3+ 65.Kh2 Qxf2+ 66.Qxf2+ Bxf2 67.Bd5 e4 0–1
IM Cheng massaged the position until white dropped the e-pawn.
46.Qd3 Rh8 47.Qe2 c4 48.Rd4 Rd8 49.Qd1 Qf6 50.Bb1 Rxd4 51.cxd4 Bd8 52.Qc2 Qxd4 53.Qh7+ Kf8 54.Qxh5 Bb6 55.Qh6+ Ke8 56.Qh7 Qd2 57.Nxg4 Qd1+ 58.Kh2 Qxg4 0–1
Canadian Open 2013 Rd5-Part 1
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Part 1 Games 1-5
The Highlights
Mordiabadi,E-Sambuev,B was the game of the round so far as far as action is concerned but IM Richard Wang got the big result by beating GM Arencibia.
Game 1–Short,N-Hansen,E
GM Short played for a long massage based on better structure and eventually won a pawn. But GM Hansen calmly held the R-R ending for the draw.
Game 2–Sokolov,I-Gerzhoy,L
GM Sokolov built up a nice position and had a vice like grip. However the details of the game are incomplete.
Game 3–Hambleton,A-Bruzon Batista,L
GM Bruzon won a pawn early but could not convert in the RRB-RRB with opposite color bishops ending.
Game 4–Mordiabadi,E-Sambuev,B
This was a real action packed game. GM Sambuev went for the win on the black side of an exchange Slav but took too many risks. The allowed GM Mordiabadi a chance to finish the game with a bloodthirsty attack.
Game 5–Arencibia,W-Wang,R
GM Arencibia allowed the d-pawn to be cut off and surrounded deep in enemy territory and IM Wang converted without incident in a N-N ending where white labored with marooned Nh6.
GM Short played for a long massage based on better structure and eventually won a pawn. But GM Hansen calmly held the R-R ending for the draw.
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Ottawa (5.1), 16.07.2013
27.g3 Rb4 28.Qd5 Qe2 29.Rd2 Qe1+ 30.Kg2 Re4 31.Rd3 Re5 32.Qc4 Rf5 33.Rd8+ Kg7 34.Qc2 Qe7 35.Qc3+ Rf6 36.Rd2 Qe4+ 37.f3 Qb4 38.Rc2 Qxc3 39.Rxc3 Ra6 40.a4 Rb6 41.g4 Kf6 42.Rxc5 Rxb3 43.Rc7 a6 44.Rc6+ Kg7 45.Rxa6 g5 46.Ra5 h6 47.Rf5 Ra3 48.a5
Ra2+ 49.Kg3 Kg6 50.h4 f6 51.h5+ Kg7 52.Rb5 Kg8 53.Rb8+ Kg7 54.Rb7+ Kg8 55.Ra7 Kh8 56.Ra8+ Kg7 57.Ra7+ Kh8 58.Rf7 Rxa5 59.Rxf6 Kg7 60.Rg6+ Kh7 61.Re6 Ra2 62.Re1 Kg7 63.Rf1 Ra3 64.Rf2 Rb3 65.Rd2 Ra3 66.Kf2 Ra7 67.Rd4 Re7 68.Re4 Ra7 69.Re6 Ra3 70.Ke2 Rb3 71.Re7+ Kg8 72.Rd7 Ra3 73.Rd3 Ra6 74.Ke3 Re6+ 75.Kd4 Re7 76.Rc3 Kg7 77.Rc8 Rf7 78.Ke4 Rf4+ 79.Ke3 Rf7 80.Re8 Ra7 81.Ke4 Ra4+ 82.Kd5 Ra5+ 83.Ke6 Ra6+ 84.Kf5 Rf6+ 85.Ke4 Rf4+ 86.Ke3 Ra4 87.Re7+ Kg8 88.Rd7 Rf4 ½–½
GM Sokolov built up a nice position and had a vice like grip. However the details of the game are incomplete.
Dutch Stonewall [A84]
Ottawa (5.2), 16.07.2013
30.Rg2 Na6 31.Bd3 Nxc5 32.Nxf5 exf5 33.Rxc5 Bxc5 34.Qxc5 Kg8… [Black resigned on move 62]1–0
GM Bruzon won a pawn early but could not convert in the RRB-RRB with opposite color bishops ending.
Ottawa (5.3), 16.07.2013
11…Nxe4 12.Bxd8 Nxc3 13.Bxc7 Nxe2 14.Kxe2 Be6 15.Kf2 Bxc4 16.Bxd6 Bxf1 17.Bxe5 Bxg2 18.Rhe1 Bh3 19.Bd4 Red8 20.Rad1 h6 21.Rg1 f6 22.Be3 h5 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Rc1 a6 25.Rc7 b5 26.Rc6 Ra8 27.Rc7 Bf5 28.h4 Kh7 29.Ra7 Rc8 30.Bd4 Rc6 31.Bc3
31…Bd3 32.Rd7 Bc4 33.Bb4 Be6 34.Rd6 Rc2+ 35.Rd2 Rc1 36.Bc3 Rh1 37.Rd4 Kg6 38.Kg2 Rb1 39.Re4 Bd5 40.Re1 Rxe1 41.Bxe1 Kf5 42.Kf2 g5 43.Ke3 Bb3 44.Bf2 Bd1 45.Be1 Ke6 46.f4 gxh4 47.Bxh4 Kf5 48.Kf2 Bb3 49.Kg3 a5 50.Kf3 Bd5+ 51.Kg3 a4 52.Kh2 ½–½
This was a real action packed game. GM Sambuev went for the win on the black side of an exchange Slav but took too many risks. The allowed GM Mordiabadi a chance to finish the game with a bloodthirsty attack.
19.e6 fxe6 20.Be5 0–0 21.e4 g4 22.exf5 gxf3 23.Bc3 Nd5 24.Qxe6+ Rf7 25.Qg6+ Kf8 26.Qxh6+ Ke8 27.Bc4 fxg2 28.Rhe1+ Re7
29.Rxe7+ Nxe7 30.Qh8+ Kd7 31.Be6+ Kc7 32.Be5+ Rd6 33.Rd1 g1Q+ 34.Kxg1 Qf3 35.Bxd6+ Kb6 36.Qd4+ Ka6 37.Qd3+ 1–0
GM Arencibia allowed the d-pawn to be cut off and surrounded deep in enemy territory and IM Wang converted without incident in a N-N ending where white labored with marooned Nh6.
Ottawa (5.5), 16.07.2013
26…Rc7 27.Rd6 Rcxd7 28.Rxb6 Rxd1+ 29.Qf1 e5 30.f3 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Rd7 32.Ke2 Rb7 33.Rxb7+ Nxb7 34.Kd3 Kf7 35.Kc4 Ke6 36.Nc3 f5 37.Nd5 Kd6 38.Nb4 Nc5 39.Nd5 Na4 40.Nf6 Nb6+ 41.Kb3 h6 42.g4 Ke7 43.Ng8+ Kf7 44.Nxh6+ Kg7 45.g5
45..Nd5 46.Kc4 Nf4 47.h4 Ng2 48.Kd5 Nxh4 49.Kxe5 Nxf3+ 50.Kf4 Nd4 51.Ke5 Nc6+ 52.Kd6 Nb4 53.a4 a5 54.Kc5 Nc2 55.Kd5 Ne3+ 56.Ke6 f4 0–1
Canadian Open 2013 Rd3-Part 2
Part 2 Games 8-15
There were two notable upsets as Jason Cao beat IM Porper and James Fu beat IM Bindi Cheng.
The strong central break 20.d5! decided the game.
20.d5 exd5 21.exd5 N6xd5 22.Nxd5 Nxd5 23.Nxc6 bxc6 24.Rxc6 Nxe3 25.Rxd8 Raxd8 26.Qxe3 Bb4 27.Bd5+ Kh8 28.Qe5 Rfe8 29.Re6 Bg6 30.Rxe8+ Rxe8 31.Qc7 Bh5 32.Bc4 Kh7 33.Bd3 Bg6 34.g4 Rf8 35.Qc2 Rf6 36.h4 h5 37.Bxf5 Bxf5 38.gxf5 Kg8 39.Kg2 Kh7 40.Kf3 Kg8 41.Ke4 Kh7 42.Qc8 Rf8 43.Qc6 Rf6 44.Qe8 Rh6 45.Kd5 Rd6+ 46.Kc4 Rh6 47.Kb5 Rf6 48.Qxh5+ Rh6 49.Qe8 Rf6 50.Qe4 Kh6 51.Kc4 Kh7 52.Kd3 Kh6 53.Ke2 Kh7 54.Kf3 Kh6 55.Kg4 Kh7 56.Kg5 Kg8 57.h5 Rh6 58.Qe8+ Kh7 59.Kg4 Rf6 60.Kf3 Rh6 61.Ke4 Rf6 62.Ke5 Bd6+ 63.Kd5 Bb4 64.Qc8 Rh6 65.Qc2 Rf6 66.h6 Kg8 67.hxg7 Kxg7 68.Qc7+ Kf8 69.Ke5 Rf7 70.Qd8+ Kg7 71.f6+ Kh7 72.Ke6 1–0
Black played a typical small combination(10..Nfe4) early for a nice position.
10…Nfxe4 11.Nxe4 Bf5 12.Bd3 Bxe4 13.Bxe4 f5 14.Bg5 Bf6 15.Bxf5 Bxg5 16.Be6+ Nxe6 17.dxe6 Bh4+ 18.Ke2 Bf6 19.h4 Qe7 20.h5 Qxe6 21.Qe4 Qf5 22.Qd5+ Kh8 23.Rad1 Rad8 24.Qxb7 e4 0–1
GM Moradiabadi failed to grind out a victory in a R-BN ending.
66.Rxa6
66…Nd8 67.Kg3 Be2 68.Ra5+ Kf6 69.Re5 Bg4 70.Rd5 Ne6 71.b4 Be2 72.b5 h4+ 73.Kxh4 Bc4 74.Rh5 Nxf4 75.b6 Ng6+ 76.Kg4 Ba6 77.Ra5 Bb7 78.Ra7 Be4 79.Rc7 Ne7 80.Kf4 Bh1 81.b7 Ng6+ 82.Ke3 Bxb7 83.Rxb7 Ne7 (… DRAW on move 125.) ½–½
GM Chirila won a delicately played ending.
41…Ne5 42.Rxb1 Bxb1 43.Bb3 Bd3+ 44.Ke1 Ke7 45.Nb7 Be4 46.Nxa5 Bxg2 47.Ke2 Bf3+ 48.Ke3 h5 49.Ba4 h4 50.Nc4 h3 51.Nxe5 h2 52.Nc6+ Kd6 0–1
Black blundered an exchange early and the conversion was without incident.
19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Nd6 Qd7 21.Nxc8 Rxc8 22.Rc1 Rd8 23.Qe2 f4 24.Rfe1 Kf7 25.Qh5+ Kg8 26.Qg4 fxg3 27.hxg3 Kf7 28.Rc2 Nd5 29.Rce2 Re8 30.Qh5+ Kg8 31.Qh3 Nc7 32.d5 Bxb2 33.Rxb2 Qxd5 34.Rbe2 Nb5 35.Rxe6 Rf8 36.R6e5 Qc6 37.Qg2 1–0
This was one of the big upsets of the round. IM Cheng won a pawn early but let the game sip away. Then followed a tense phase where the advantage swung back and forth until Fu finally prevailed.
34..d3 35.Rh5 Be5+ 36.Kh1 Rg7 37.Bd1 Nc2 38.Re4 Rf7 39.Rh6 Qa8 40.Qh5 Ree7 41.Rg6 Qa1 42.Reg4 Bg7 43.Rg1 Ne1 44.Bxb3 Re5 45.Qg4 hxg6 46.Bxf7 Qa8 47.Rxe1 1–0
Black had no counterplay for the whole game while GM Vera conducted a model attack.
37.Bxg6 Nxg6 38.Qxg6+ hxg6 39.Rh8+ Kf7 40.R1h7+ 1–0
After opposite side castling only Cao was doing any real attacking to score a nice upset victory over IM Porper.
Here is the postgame analysis by the players-official site
23.N2g3 Nxg3 24.Rxg3 Qc4 25.b3 Qc7 26.h5 Rg8 27.Qe7 1–0
Vancouver Sun-Sohal,Tanraj(CAN)
GM first then Doctor-Vancouver Sun
‘Tanraj Sohal hopes to become a doctor but, first things first, he’d like to be a grandmaster in chess.
Sohal, a Grade 11 student at Fleetwood Park in Surrey, is well on his way to that goal. The 16-year-old just snagged his eighth national title at the Canadian Chess Challenge in Ottawa.
The competition pits the best provincial school age players in two days of timed round robin play.
“The games were pretty quick,” said Sohal, who holds the title of national master.
He said his second round, against a player from Ontario was the most intense.
“No game is easy. If you lose one game, you know you are not going to come in first. You can’t make any mistakes.”
Competing is a lot of pressure, said Sohal, but he loves the game. Earlier, Sohal snagged the top title at the B.C. open, meaning he was the best player in the province of any age group.
Sohal started playing in Grade 1, and found the endless puzzles and possibilities of the game kept him engaged and wanting to play more.
“It’s creative. Your whole personality can be seen in your game. If you’re a risk-taker in life you’ll be a lot more attacking, more willing to weaken yourself for the chance to win. If you’re cautious, you’ll be more positional, not attacking but being careful and going after others’ weaknesses.”
Sohal describes himself as a combination of the two, with a “pretty universal style.”
He admires grandmaster and No. 1 ranked player Magnus Carlsen, a Norwegian that has been credited with bringing back the cachet chess hadn’t enjoyed since the 1970s, when American grandmaster Bobby Fischer achieved celebrity status after routing Russian Boris Spassky.
Like anyone his age, Sohal loves computer games, but he’s more likely to spend hours a day playing chess online.(more)’
Canadian Chess Challenge May19-20, 2013: Sohal Wins Again(!)
Chess Wiz-Kid Sohal Just Keeps Winning!
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Tanraj Sohal has won the 2013 Canadian Chess Championship held in Ottawa, Ontario on May 19-20, 2013 in his grade level.
Opening Ceremony(With Bagpipes)
Video by Chess and Math.
Sohal, a sixteen-year old Grade 11 student from Surrey, has won won the Canadian Chess Championship trophy in his grade level for the eighth time. He earlier won the 2013 Fraser Valley Regional in Surrey and BC Provincial Chess Championship held in Richmond, BC.
The Canadian Chess Challenge is the annual event where each province is represented by their 12 Provincial Champions (one player from Grades 1 to 12).
Canadian Chess Challenge is organized and sponsored by the Chess’n Math Association, Canada’s National Scholastic Chess Organization. Each player plays 9 round robin matches over two days in their respective grade against each of the provincial champions.
Results-Chess and Math
Ontario finished first overall, Quebec 2nd and BC third.
| Province | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario | ON | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Quebec | QC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| British Columbia | BC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Alberta | AB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| New Brunswick | NB | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 4 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | NL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Nova Scotia | NS | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Manitoba | MB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| Saskatchewan | SK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
| Prince Edward Island | PEI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sohal,T(CAN) Wins Webster Scholarship
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Tanraj Sohal(CAN) won a $56,000 scholarship.
And the winners of the 2013 SP National Open for Girls and Boys are…
K-2 boys:
K-2 girls:
3-5 boys:
3-5 girls:
6-8 boys:
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9-12 boys:
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BC Open 2013
Open Section Victoriachessclub BCOpen 2013Sohal took clear first with a perfect 5/5.
‘The 2013 BC Open took place at the Executive Plaza Hotel in Richmond on the new BC Day holiday weekend 9 to 11 February. The event drew 79 players from four countries which is close to a 30 year record; surpassed only by a 1984 event and 2 events during the Fischer boom years.(more)-see website
| # | Name | Rtng | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanraj S Sohal | 2205 | 5.0 |
| 2 | Alfred Pechisker | 2242 | 4.5 |
| 3 | Jack [kun] Cheng | 2222 | 4.0 |
| 4 | James Chan | 2160 | 4.0 |
| 5 | Butch Villavieja | 2304 | 3.5 |
| 6 | Alisher Sanetullaev | 2169 | 3.5 |
| 7 | John Doknjas | 2094 | 3.5 |
| 8 | Roger Patterson | 2084 | 3.5 |
| 9 | HECTOR VELAZQUEZ | 2021 | 3.5 |
| 10 | Matthew Herdin | 1976 | 3.5 |
| 11 | Jason Kenney | 2250 | 3.0 |
| 12 | Jason Cao | 2223 | 3.0 |
| 13 | Yifei Han | 2129 | 3.0 |
| 14 | Ruining [ray] Wu | 2042 | 3.0 |
| 15 | Darko Dimitrijevic | 2027 | 3.0 |
| 16 | Yiming Han | 1926 | 3.0 |
| 17 | Max Gedajlovic | 1789 | 3.0 |
| 18 | Richard Ingram | 2009 | 2.5 |
| 19 | Joe Soliven | 2001 | 2.5 |
| 20 | Robert North | 1910 | 2.5 |
| 21 | Joe Roback | 1885 | 2.5 |
| 22 | George Kosinski | 1865 | 2.5 |
| 23 | Paul Leblanc | 1828 | 2.5 |
| 24 | Joanne Foote | 1699 | 2.5 |
Under 1800
Hector Rathburn took clear first with 4.5/5.
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| # | Name | Rtng | Tot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hector Rathburn | 1650 | 4.5 |
| 2 | Mau-seng Lee | 1758 | 4.0 |
| 3 | Constantin Rotariu | 1749 | 4.0 |
| 4 | Andrew Hoyer | 1586 | 4.0 |
| 5 | Duncan Haines | 1532 | 4.0 |
| 6 | Peter Thompson | 1795 | 3.5 |
| 7 | Karl [lizhe] Cui | 1729 | 3.5 |
| 8 | Dilip Panjwani | 1660 | 3.5 |
| 9 | Subinoy Biswas | 1776 | 3.0 |
| 10 | Kent Cronin | 1769 | 3.0 |
| 11 | Ashley Tapp | 1485 | 3.0 |
| 12 | Doug Sly | 1468 | 3.0 |
| 13 | Nicholas Peters | 1367 | 3.0 |
| 14 | Yekta Saremi | 1320 | 3.0 |
Position 1
Black has just attack the queen with 24…Rb7. What do you recommend for white?
White to Play
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