Quebec Open 2013 Rd9-Top 4 Boards

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• GM Bruzon beat IM Gerzhoy’s French Defence is spectacular fashion. 
• GM Rozentalis could not convert a promising position against GM Moradiabadi and had to settle for a draw. 
• GM Sulskis played a marathon but got nowhere in a fascinating Q+P vs. RBN battle against GM Kovalyov.

Youngsters getting ready

Kleinman(left)-Thavandiren(right)

Preotu,R(left)-Shetty(right)

Top Finishers
GM Bruzon took clear first with a last round win over IM Gerzhoy with a score of 7/9. GMs Rozentalis, Moradiabadi and Kovalyov shared second with 6.5/9.

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Total
1	GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	CUB	2689	7
2	GM	Rozentalis Eduardas	LTU	2619	6.5
3	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	IRI	2551	6.5
4	GM	Kovalyov Anton	ARG	2606	6.5
5	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	LTU	2559	6
6	GM	Sokolov Ivan	NED	2650	6
7	IM	Hambleton Aman	CAN	2480	6
8	IM	Cheng Bindi	CAN	2406	6
9	IM	Panjwani Raja	CAN	2409	6

Game 1
The solid Queen’s Indian proved its worth and yielded GM Rozentalis a solid equal position to play from. Rozentalis won a pawn and then another but but could not covert two extra pawns in the RB-RN ending.

GM Moradiabadi(left)-GM Rozentalis(right)

Moradiabadi,E (2551) – Rozentalis,E (2619)
Queen’s Indian 8.Bd2[E17]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (9.1), 28.07.2013

Position 1
Black has the better structure. What do you recommend for black?

Black to Play

42.Rd8

Game 2
GM Brunzon won with strong attacking play after black closed the position and went for an interesting kingwalk.

Brunzon,L (2691) – Gerzhoy,L (2462)
French Tarrasch 3…Nf6[C05]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (9.2), 28.07.2013

Position 1
The position is closed. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

16…bc

Game 3
GM Sambuev made an enterprising exchange sacrifice for dark square play but neither side could make any real progress in the resulting closed position.

Panjwani,R (2409) – Sambuev,B (2530)
King’s Indian Classical 9.Ne1[E92]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (9.3), 28.07.2013

Position 1
Black has close to a fortress with good compensation for the exchange. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

27..Be5

Game 4
The ever popular 6.Bg5 Najdorf was the scene of the action. GM Sulskis could not convert a promising position and the game was drawn after 118 moves.

Sulskis,S(left)-Kovalyev,A(right) 

Sulskis,S (2559) – Kovalyev,A (2606)
Sicilian Najdorf 6.Bg5 Nbd7[B94]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (9.4), 28.07.2013

Position 1
White has a Q for RB+P. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

24…Re6

Position 2

White tried hard to crack black’s position by pushing the g-pawn but black held firm and later had to play accurately to ensure the RBN did not coordinate and overwhelm the queen.

Black to Play

51.g4

Quebec Open 2013 Rd8-Top 4 Boards

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Standings
GMs Bruzon, Moradiabadi, Rozentalis and Kovalyov share the lead with 6/8.

Results
GMs Kovalyov and Moradiabadi ground out a couple of tough wins but in the the amazing game IM Gerzhoy-GM Sulskis, Gerzhoy had an absolutely crushing position in the ending and did not win.

Game 1
An uneventful draw with the Berlin defence

Rozentalis,E (left) – Bruzon,L (right) 

Rozentalis,E (2619) – Bruzon,L (2691) 
Berlin Defence 5.Re1[C67]
COQ Invitational 2013 
Montreal CAN (8.1), 27.07.2013

Position 1
The RN-RN ending is completely level.

Black to Play

22.Rxe5

Game 2
GM Kovalyev earned a tough victory eventually converting an extra pawn.

Kovalyev,A (2606) – Arencibia,W (2526) 

English 1.c4 e5[A20]
COQ Invitational 2013 
Montreal CAN (8.2), 27.07.2013

Position 1
White has a pawn for the exchange. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

38…Ba3

Game 3
IM Gerzhoy let a victory slip through his fingers after failing to convert an extra pawn.

Gerzhoy,L(left) – Sulskis,S(right) 

Gerzhoy,L (2462) – Sulskis,S (2559) 
Queen’s Indian[E14]
COQ Invitational 2013 
Montreal CAN (8.3), 27.07.2013

Position 1
White had a completely winning position and still did not win.

White to Play

66…Na8

Game 4
GM Moradiabadi converted a RRN-RRB ending with a better structure and 2-0 queenside majority.

Moradiabadi,E (2551) – Hambleton,A (2480)
English Hedgehog [A30]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (8.4), 27.07.2013

Position 1
White’s passed b-pawn carried the day.

White to Play

42…Bxa3

Quebec Open 2013 Rd7-Top 4 Boards; Results and Standings

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Standings
GMs Bruzon and Rozentalis share the lead with 5/5/7. IMs Hambleton and Gerzhoy are in a group of 6 players with 5/7. Jason Cao has 3/7.

Results
GM Rozentalis converted a nice queen ending for the victory which put him in shared first with GM Bruzon. IM Hambleton had to defend a 103-move marathon before earning a tough draw against GM Moradiabadi.

Action from an earlier round

GM Sulskis(left)-GM Sokolov(right)

Game 1
A professional draw. GM Bruzon got nothing from the opening, middlegame or ending. Neither did GM Kovalyev.

Bruzon,L (2691) – Kovalyev,A (2606)
Closed Catalan/Queen’s Indian g3[E07]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (7.1), 27.07.2013

Position 1
The ending is equal with the bishop pair giving white no advantage in the blocked position.

White to Play

31…f5

Game 2

GM Rozentalis,E(right)

Rozentalis,E (2619) – Panjwani,R (2409)
Sicilian 3.Bb5 Nf6[B30]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (7.2), 27.07.2013

Position 1
White had the better structure in the Q-Q ending which GM Rozentalis conducted in model fashion. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

30…Qxc1

Game 3
IM Hambleton pressed hard but got nowhere and eventually held on for a 103-move draw in a R-RN(no pawns) ending.

Hambleton,A (2480) – Sulskis,S (2559)
Slav 4.e3 Bg4[D11]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (7.3), 27.07.2013

Position 1
Both sides are playing for mutual attacks. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

23…Qa5

Position 2

The ending is equal but black managed to make some progress and won a pawn.

Black to Play

36.Rxh6

Game 4
The solid Catalan produced an even game that was eventually drawn in a RN-RB ending.

Gerzhoy,L (2462) – Moradiabadi,E (2551)
Catalan Open 5…Nc6[E04]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (7.4), 27.07.2013

Position 1
The strong Nc5 gave enough compensation for the pawn but no more.

White to Play

19.Nc5

Results
GM Rozentalis converted a nice queen ending for the victory which put him in shared first with GM Bruzon. IM Hambleton had to defend a 103-move marathon before earning a tough draw against GM Moradiabadi.

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Bo.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg
1	GM	Bruzon	2689	5	½ – ½	4½	GM	Kovalyov Anton	2606
2	GM	Rozentalis Eduardas	2619	4½	1-0	4½	IM	Panjwani Raja	2409
3	IM	Hambleton Aman	2480	4½	½ – ½	4½	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	2559
4	IM	Gerzhoy Leonid	2462	4½	½ – ½	4½	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	2551
5	GM	Arencibia Walter	2526	4	1-0	4½	GM	Chirila Ioan-Cristian	2528
6	IM	Perez Garcia r	2364	4	½ – ½	4	FM	Ostrovskiy A	2403
7	GM	Sokolov Ivan	2650	3½	½ – ½	3½	IM	Cheng Bindi	2406
8	FM	Oliva Castaneda	2423	3½	½ – ½	3½	IM	Molner Mackenzie	2501
9	GM	Vera Reynaldo	2462	3½	½ – ½	3½	FM	Shetty Atulya	2314
10	FM	Leveille Francois	2279	3½	0 – 1	3½	GM	Perez Rodriguez	2427
11	GM	Sambuev Bator	2530	3	1-0	3	IM	Piasetski Leon	2279
12	FM	Kleinman Michael	2298	3	½ – ½	3	GM	Roussel-Roozmon	2476
13	IM	Wang Richard	2377	3	1-0	3		Adithya B.	2301
14		Bérubé Antoine	2174	3	0 – 1	3	FM	Thavandiran Shiyam	2338
15	FM	Jiang Louie	2324	3	0 – 1	3		Preotu Razvan	2277
16	FM	Chandra Akshat	2312	3	0 – 1	3	IM	Calugar Arthur	2282
17		Kraiouchkine Nikita	2234	3	0 – 1	2½	IM	Kiewra Keaton F	2422
18		Song Michael	2242	2½	½ – ½	2½	IM	Porper Edward	2453
19		Chiku-Ratte	2106	2½	0 – 1	2½	FM	Rodriguez Eric	2290
20	FM	Voskanyan Vahagn	2241	2½	½ – ½	2½	FM	Sapozhnikov Roman	2272
21		Van Heirzeele	2116	2½	– – +	2½		Zhang Yuanchen	2061
22		Wan Kevin	2006	2	1-0	2	FM	Hamilton Robert	2251
23		Morin Yves	2185	2	½ – ½	2		Tomb Maroun	2133
24		Ibrahim Anthony	2161	2	0 – 1	2	FM	Cao Jason	2060
25		Masse Hugues	2187	1½	1-0	1½		Lo Ryan	2068
26		Villavieja Butch	2211	1½	1-0	1		Caire Francois	2178
27		Zhou Qiyu	1902	1	+ – –	1		Tessier-Desrosiers	2106

Standings
GMs Bruzon and Rozentalis share the lead with 5/5/7. IMs Hambleton and Gerzhoy are in a group of 6 players with 5/7. Jason Cao has 3/7.

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Rk.		Name	FED	Rating	Total
1	GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	CUB	2689	5.5
2	GM	Rozentalis Eduardas	LTU	2619	5.5
3	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	IRI	2551	5
4	IM	Gerzhoy Leonid	CAN	2462	5
5	IM	Hambleton Aman	CAN	2480	5
6	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	LTU	2559	5
7	GM	Kovalyov Anton	ARG	2606	5
8	GM	Arencibia Walter	CUB	2526	5
9	GM	Chirila Ioan-Cristian	ROU	2528	4.5
10	FM	Ostrovskiy Aleksandr A	USA	2403	4.5
11	IM	Perez Garcia Rodney Oscar	CUB	2364	4.5
12	GM	Perez Rodriguez Luis Manuel	CUB	2427	4.5
13	IM	Panjwani Raja	CAN	2409	4.5
14	GM	Sokolov Ivan	NED	2650	4
15	IM	Cheng Bindi	CAN	2406	4
16	GM	Vera Reynaldo	CUB	2462	4
17	FM	Oliva Castaneda Kevel	CUB	2423	4
18	IM	Calugar Arthur	CAN	2282	4
		Preotu Razvan	CAN	2277	4
20	IM	Wang Richard	CAN	2377	4
21	IM	Molner Mackenzie	USA	2501	4
22	GM	Sambuev Bator	CAN	2530	4
23	FM	Shetty Atulya	USA	2314	4
24	FM	Thavandiran Shiyam	CAN	2338	4
25	GM	Roussel-Roozmon Thomas	CAN	2476	3.5
26	IM	Kiewra Keaton F	USA	2422	3.5
27	FM	Rodriguez Eric	USA	2290	3.5
28	FM	Leveille Francois	CAN	2279	3.5
29	FM	Kleinman Michael	CAN	2298	3.5
30		Zhang Yuanchen	CAN	2061	3.5
31		Adithya B.	IND	2301	3
32	FM	Jiang Louie	CAN	2324	3
33		Song Michael	CAN	2242	3
34	IM	Porper Edward	CAN	2453	3
35	FM	Chandra Akshat	USA	2312	3
36	IM	Piasetski Leon	CAN	2279	3
37		Kraiouchkine Nikita	CAN	2234	3
38	FM	Cao Jason	CAN	2060	3
39		Bérubé Antoine	CAN	2174	3
40	FM	Voskanyan Vahagn	CAN	2241	3
41	FM	Sapozhnikov Roman	CAN	2272	3
42		Wan Kevin	CAN	2006	3

Quebec Open 2013 Rd6-Top 4 Boards

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GM Bruzon is in clear first with 5/6. IMs Hambleton, Panjwani and Gerzhoy are in a group of 8 with 4.5/6. 

GM Sulskis won a marathon game in the only decisive game on the top 4 boards. There was plenty of action in Chirila-Gerzhoy with black on the attack in the Semi-Slav but the top two boards produced only quiet draws.

Game 1
An uneventual draw.

Moradiabadi,E(left) – Bruzon,L(right)

Moradiabadi,E (2551) – Bruzon,L (2691) [E18]
COQ Invitational 2013 
Montreal CAN (6.1), 26.07.2013

Position 1
Bruzon could have pressed for more with 18…f4!? but let the game fizzled out to a quick draw.

White to Play

18.Bf1

Game 2
GM Rozentalis was happy with a solid risk-free equality.

Kovalyov,A (2606) – Rozentalis,E (2619) 

Nimzo-English[A17]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (6.2), 26.07.2013

Position 1
The ending was equal but black could have tried for more in the middlegame with 18…Qe7!?

Black to Play

18.f4

Game 3
A short action packed game.

Chirila,I (2528) – Gerzhoy, (2462) 
Semi-Slav Marshall Gambit 8.Ne2[D31]
COQ Invitational 2013 
Montreal CAN (6.3), 26.07.2013

Position 1
Black has given a rook but has white’s king exposed in the center. What do you recommend for black now?

Black to Play

16.Ng3

Game 4
This was a marathon with many interesting moments in the RRN-RRN ending.

Sulskis,S (2559) – Oliva Castenada,K (2423)
King’s Indian Classical h3[E90]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (6.4), 26.07.2013

Position 1
A sharp and complex RNN-RNN ending has arisen. What do you recommend for white?

White to Play

40…e3

Quebec Open 2013 Rd5 Results; Standings and Top 4 Boards

Results/Live Games/Quebec Open 2013
Photos-Gallery from Rene Preotu
Again thanks to Hugh Brodie for promptly posting the PGNs on Chesstalk and Rene Preotu for the nice pics.

GM Bruzon takes the sole lead with 4.5/5 after he won while GM Sokolov lost to GM Kovalyev in their respective key matchups.

Rd4

Masse,H(Left)-IM Panjwani(right)

Rd5

FM Leveille(left)-IM Piasetski(right)

Results
GM Bruzon won while GM Sokolov lost their respective key matchups.

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Bo.		Name	Rtg	Result		Name	Rtg
1	GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	2689	1-0	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	2559
2	GM	Rozentalis Eduardas	2619	½ – ½	GM	Chirila Ioan-Cristian	2528
3	GM	Vera Reynaldo	2462	½ – ½	IM	Gerzhoy Leonid	2462
4	GM	Sokolov Ivan	2650	0 – 1	GM	Kovalyov Anton	2606
5	GM	Sambuev Bator	2530	0 – 1	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	2551
6	GM	Arencibia Walter	2526	½ – ½	FM	Ostrovskiy Aleksandr	2403
7	IM	Wang Richard	2377	½ – ½	IM	Molner Mackenzie	2501
8	IM	Hambleton Aman	2480	1-0	FM	Shetty Atulya	2314
9	IM	Perez Garcia Rodney r	2364	½ – ½	GM	Roussel-Roozmon s	2476
10	FM	Jiang Louie	2324	0 – 1	GM	Perez Rodriguez l	2427
11	FM	Oliva Castaneda Kevel	2423	1-0	IM	Cheng Bindi	2406
12	IM	Panjwani Raja	2409	1-0	FM	Thavandiran Shiyam	2338
13		Kraiouchkine Nikita	2234	½ – ½	IM	Porper Edward	2453
14	IM	Kiewra Keaton F	2422	½ – ½		Preotu Razvan	2277
15	FM	Leveille Francois	2279	½ – ½	IM	Piasetski Leon	2279
16	FM	Chandra Akshat	2312	1-0		Villavieja Butch	2211
17		Masse Hugues	2187	0 – 1		Adithya B.	2301
18	FM	Kleinman Michael	2298	½ – ½		Zhang Yuanchen	2061
19		Song Michael	2242	1-0	FM	Rodriguez Eric	2290
20		Tomb Maroun	2133	½ – ½	IM	Calugar Arthur	2282
21		Chiku-Ratte Olivier	2106	1-0	FM	Sapozhnikov Roman	2272
22		Van Heirzeele Daniel	2116	1-0	FM	Hamilton Robert	2251
23	FM	Voskanyan Vahagn	2241	1-0		Caire Francois	2178
24		Bérubé Antoine	2174	1-0		Zhou Qiyu	1902
25	FM	Cao Jason	2060	1-0		Tessier-Desrosiers	2106
26		Wan Kevin	2006	½ – ½		Morin Yves	2185
27		Lo Ryan	2068	0 – 1		Ibrahim Anthony	2161

Game 1
GM Sulskis gave a piece to open up the kingside but the attempted attack was easily fended off.

Bruzon,Lazaro (2689) – Sulskis,Sarunas (2559)
Spanish Open 9.Be3[C83]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (5.1), 24.07.2013

Position 1

26…Re6

Game 2
GM Chirila could not find a way to exploit white’s loose kingside.

Rozentalis,Eduardas (2619) – Chirila,Ioan-Cristian (2528)
Vienna [C26]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (5.2), 24.07.2013

Position 1

18.Kg3

Game 3
GM Vera got nowhere against the solid Slav.

Vera,Reynaldo (2462) – Gerzhoy,Leonid (2462)
Slav Exchange Nge2[D10]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (5.3), 24.07.2013

Position 1

20…Rac8

Game 4
GM Sokolov lost control of an equal ending.

Sokolov,Ivan (2650) – Kovalyov,Anton (2606)
Nimzo-Indian 4.e3[E42]
COQ Invitational 2013
Montreal CAN (5.4), 24.07.2013

Position 1

52.Kd1

Standings
GM Bruzon takes the sole lead with 4.5/5.

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Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Total
1	GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	CUB	2689	4.5
2	IM	Gerzhoy Leonid	CAN	2462	4
3	GM	Chirila Ioan-Cristian	ROU	2528	4
4	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	IRI	2551	4
5	GM	Rozentalis Eduardas	LTU	2619	4
6	GM	Kovalyov Anton	ARG	2606	4
7	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	LTU	2559	3.5
8	IM	Hambleton Aman	CAN	2480	3.5
	GM	Vera Reynaldo	CUB	2462	3.5
10	GM	Perez Rodriguez Luis Manuel	CUB	2427	3.5
11	FM	Oliva Castaneda Kevel	CUB	2423	3.5
12	IM	Panjwani Raja	CAN	2409	3.5
13	GM	Sokolov Ivan	NED	2650	3
14	IM	Perez Garcia Rodney Oscar	CUB	2364	3
15	FM	Ostrovskiy Aleksandr A	USA	2403	3
16	IM	Wang Richard	CAN	2377	3
17	GM	Roussel-Roozmon Thomas	CAN	2476	3
18	IM	Molner Mackenzie	USA	2501	3
19	GM	Arencibia Walter	CUB	2526	3
20		Preotu Razvan	CAN	2277	2.5
21	IM	Cheng Bindi	CAN	2406	2.5
22	FM	Jiang Louie	CAN	2324	2.5
23	FM	Shetty Atulya	USA	2314	2.5
24	IM	Piasetski Leon	CAN	2279	2.5
25		Adithya B.	IND	2301	2.5
	FM	Leveille Francois	CAN	2279	2.5
27	IM	Kiewra Keaton F	USA	2422	2.5
28	IM	Porper Edward	CAN	2453	2.5
29		Song Michael	CAN	2242	2.5
30	FM	Thavandiran Shiyam	CAN	2338	2.5
31		Kraiouchkine Nikita	CAN	2234	2.5
32		Van Heirzeele Daniel	BEL	2116	2.5
33		Chiku-Ratte Olivier Kenta	CAN	2106	2.5
34	GM	Sambuev Bator	CAN	2530	2.5
35	FM	Chandra Akshat	USA	2312	2.5
36	IM	Calugar Arthur	CAN	2282	2
37	FM	Kleinman Michael	CAN	2298	2
38	FM	Cao Jason	CAN	2060	2
39		Zhang Yuanchen	CAN	2061	2
40		Tomb Maroun	LIB	2133	2
41	FM	Voskanyan Vahagn	CAN	2241	2
42		Bérubé Antoine	CAN	2174	2
43	FM	Rodriguez Eric	USA	2290	1.5
44		Masse Hugues	CAN	2187	1.5
45		Villavieja Butch	PHI	2211	1.5
46	FM	Sapozhnikov Roman	CAN	2272	1.5
47	FM	Hamilton Robert	CAN	2251	1.5
48		Ibrahim Anthony	CAN	2161	1.5

Quebec Open 2013 Rd3-GMs Bruzon, Sokolov,Roussel-Roozmon(CAN) and Sulskis

Results/Live Games/Quebec Open 2013 and Photos-Preotu,Rene Gallery
GM Sulskis(LTU) takes the early sole lead with 3/3. An upset but not really a surprise was IM Bindi Cheng beating GM Arencibia.

FM Ostrovskiy(left)-IM Molner(right)

Games can be played through at Live Games.

Game 1
GM Bruzon won a pawn against Preotu and converted smoothly.

Bruzon,Lazaro (2689) – Preotu,Razvan (2277)

Pirc g3[B07]

COQ Invitational 2013 MontrealCAN (3.1), 22.07.2013

 1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 0–0 5.Ne2 d6 6.Nbc3 e5 7.h3 c6 8.a4 exd4 9.Nxd4 d5 10.exd5 cxd5 11.0–0 Nc6 12.Be3 Re8 13.Re1 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Rxe1+ 15.Qxe1 Bf5 16.Qd1 Be6 17.a5 Qd7 18.Qf3 Ne4 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Qxe4 Rc8 22.c3 b5 23.h4 h5 24.Qe3 Qc7 25.a6 Rb8 26.b4 Qb6 27.Qe5+ Kh7 28.Rd1 Rc8 29.Bb7 Re8

29…Re8

30.Qc5 Qxc5 31.bxc5 Re7 32.c6 Rc7 33.f3 Kg7 34.Kf2 Kf6 35.Ke3 Ke7 36.Kf4 Bb3 37.Rd4 Ke6 38.Rd8 Bd5 39.Bc8+ Kf6 40.Rxd5 Rxc8 41.Rd6+ Ke7 42.Ke5 Rc7 43.Kd5 1–0

Game 2
GM Sokolov could not break IM Gerzhoy’s Queen’s Gambit Declined down in an action filled game. Sokolov missed 27.Bxe3!! winning outright and played 27.Be1. Then later Gerzhoy also missed 33…Bd6! with the win. The drama was completed with Sokolov’s spectacular drawing line-34.Rf8+!.

Sokolov,Ivan (2650) – Gerzhoy,Leonid (2462)

Quen’s Gambit Declined Exchange Nge2[D31]

COQ Invitational 2013 Montreal CAN (3.2), 22.07.2013

 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd2 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 0–0 9.Nge2 Re8 10.Ng3 Nf8 11.0–0 Ng4 12.Nce2 Qh4 13.h3 Nf6 14.f4 Bd7 15.Rf3 Re7 16.Nc3 Rae8 17.a3 Nh5 18.Nxh5 Qxh5 19.f5 Qh4 20.Raf1 Qf6 21.Kh1 Bb8 22.e4 Qxd4 23.f6 Rxe4 24.fxg7 Ng6 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Rxf7 e3 

26…e3

27.Be1 Qd6 28.g3 Bxh3 29.R1f6 Qe5 30.Qb3 Be6 31.Qxb7 e2 32.Nxe2 Bd5+ 33.Kg1 Qxe2 

33…Qxe2 

34.Rf8+ Nxf8 35.gxf8Q+ Rxf8 36.Rxf8+ Kxf8 37.Qxb8+ Kf7 38.Qxa7+ Kg6 39.Qf2 Qe4 40.Kf1 Bc4+ 41.Kg1 ½–½

Game 3
GM Sulskis won a pawn and converted in a QR-QR ending.

Sulskis,Sarunas (2559) – Perez Rodriguez,Luis Manuel (2427)

Two Knights Defence[C58]

COQ Invitational 2013 MontrealCAN (3.3), 22.07.2013

 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Qe2 Bd6 8.Nc3 0–0 9.Bxd7 Qxd7 10.Nce4 Be7 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Ne4 Be7 13.c4 c6 14.Nc3 Bb4 15.0–0 Bxc3 16.dxc3 cxd5 17.Rd1 d4 18.Qxe5 Nc6 19.Qg3 Qe6 20.b3 Rad8 21.Bg5 Rd6 22.Be3 Qd7 23.cxd4 Nxd4 24.Bxd4 Rxd4 25.Qf3 Rd8 26.Rxd4 Qxd4 27.Re1 Qd2 28.Kf1 Qxa2 29.Qxb7 g6 

29…g6 

30.g3 a5 31.c5 a4 32.c6 Qxb3 33.c7 Qc4+ 34.Kg2 Rf8 35.Rd1 1–0

Game 4
IM Wang could not breach the defensive wall of GM Roussel-Roozmon.

Wang,Richard (2377) – Roussel-Roozmon,Thomas (2476)

Queen’s Indian 4.e3[E14]

COQ Invitational 2013 MontrealCAN (3.4), 22.07.2013

 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 b6 5.0–0 Bb7 6.c4 Be7 7.Nc3 a6 8.b3 cxd4 9.exd4 d5 10.Bb2 0–0 11.Qe2 Nc6 12.Rfd1 Re8 13.Rac1 Bd6 14.g3 Rc8 15.cxd5 exd5 16.Qf1 b5 17.Qh3 h6 18.Re1 Rc7 

18…Rc7

19.Rxe8+ Qxe8 20.Re1 Re7 21.Rxe7 Nxe7 22.Ne5 Bc8 23.Qg2 Be6 24.Qf3 Qc8 25.Ne2 Bf5 26.Bxf5 Qxf5 27.Qxf5 Nxf5 28.f3 Kf8 29.g4 Ne7 30.Kf2 Ke8 ½–½

Results

IM Bindi Cheng beat GM Arencibia.

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Bo.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg
1	GM	Sokolov Ivan	2650	2	½ – ½	2	IM	Gerzhoy Leonid	2462
2	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	2559	2	1-0	2	GM	Perez Rodriguez l	2427
3	IM	Wang Richard	2377	2	½ – ½	2	GM	Roussel-Roozmon	2476
4	GM	Bruzon Batista	2689	1½	1-0	2		Preotu Razvan	2277
5	GM	Rozentalis E	2619	1½	1-0	1½	IM	Porper Edward	2453
6	IM	Perez Garcia	2364	1½	½ – ½	1½	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	2551
7	FM	Jiang Louie	2324	1½	0 – 1	1½	GM	Chirila Ioan-Cristian	2528
8	GM	Arencibia Walter	2526	1½	0 – 1	1½	IM	Cheng Bindi	2406
9	FM	Ostrovskiy A	2403	1½	1-0	1½	IM	Molner Mackenzie	2501
10	IM	Hambleton Aman	2480	1½	1-0	1½	FM	Thavandiran Shiyam	2338
11	FM	Kleinman Michael	2298	1	0 – 1	1	GM	Kovalyov Anton	2606
12	GM	Sambuev Bator	2530	1	½ – ½	1	IM	Calugar Arthur	2282
13	GM	Vera Reynaldo	2462	1	1-0	1	IM	Piasetski Leon	2279
14	FM	Oliva Castaneda	2423	1	1-0	1	FM	Sapozhnikov Roman	2272
15	FM	Cao Jason	2060	1	0 – 1	1	IM	Kiewra Keaton F	2422
16	IM	Panjwani Raja	2409	1	½ – ½	1		Villavieja Butch	2211
17		Kraiouchkine Nikita	2234	1	0 – 1	1	FM	Shetty Atulya	2314
18	FM	Chandra Akshat	2312	1	½ – ½	1		Masse Hugues	2187
19		Song Michael	2242	½	1-0	½		Adithya B.	2301
20	FM	Voskanyan Vahagn	2241	½	0 – 1	½	FM	Rodriguez Eric	2290
21	FM	Leveille Francois	2279	½	1-0	½		Zhang Yuanchen	2061
22		Chiku-Ratte	2106	½	1-0	½	FM	Hamilton Robert	2251
23		Morin Yves	2185	0	½ – ½	½		Van Heirzeele Daniel	2116
24		Lo Ryan	2068	0	½ – ½	0		Caire Francois	2178
25		Bérubé Antoine	2174	0	½ – ½	0		Tessier-Desrosiers	2106
26		Zhou Qiyu	1902	0	1-0	0		Ibrahim Anthony	2161
27		Tomb Maroun	2133	0	1-0	0		Wan Kevin	2006

Standings
GM Sulskis takes the early sole lead with 3/3.

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Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Prov	Pts
1	GM	Sulskis Sarunas	LTU	2559		3
2	IM	Wang Richard	CAN	2377	AB	2.5
3	GM	Roussel-Roozmon Thomas	CAN	2476	QC	2.5
	IM	Gerzhoy Leonid	CAN	2462	ON	2.5
	IM	Cheng Bindi	CAN	2406		2.5
6	GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	CUB	2689	FO	2.5
7	GM	Sokolov Ivan	NED	2650		2.5
	GM	Chirila Ioan-Cristian	ROU	2528		2.5
	FM	Ostrovskiy Aleksandr A	USA	2403		2.5
10	IM	Hambleton Aman	CAN	2480	ON	2.5
11	GM	Rozentalis Eduardas	LTU	2619	FO	2.5
12	GM	Moradiabadi Elshan	IRI	2551		2
13		Preotu Razvan	CAN	2277	ON	2
14	IM	Perez Garcia Rodney Oscar	CUB	2364		2
15	GM	Vera Reynaldo	CUB	2462	FO	2
16	GM	Perez Rodriguez Luis Manuel	CUB	2427		2
	IM	Kiewra Keaton F	USA	2422		2
18	FM	Oliva Castaneda Kevel	CUB	2423	FO	2
19	GM	Kovalyov Anton	ARG	2606	QC	2
20	FM	Shetty Atulya	USA	2314		2
21	IM	Calugar Arthur	CAN	2282	ON	1.5
22	IM	Molner Mackenzie	USA	2501		1.5
	IM	Porper Edward	CAN	2453	AB	1.5
24		Masse Hugues	CAN	2187	QC	1.5
25	FM	Rodriguez Eric	USA	2290		1.5
26	FM	Thavandiran Shiyam	CAN	2338	ON	1.5
	FM	Jiang Louie	CAN	2324	QC	1.5
28	GM	Sambuev Bator	CAN	2530	QC	1.5
		Villavieja Butch	PHI	2211	BC	1.5
30	FM	Leveille Francois	CAN	2279	QC	1.5
31	IM	Panjwani Raja	CAN	2409	ON	1.5
	FM	Chandra Akshat	USA	2312		1.5
33	GM	Arencibia Walter	CUB	2526	FO	1.5
		Chiku-Ratte Olivier Kenta	CAN	2106	QC	1.5
35		Song Michael	CAN	2242	ON	1.5
36	FM	Cao Jason	CAN	2060	BC	1
37	IM	Piasetski Leon	CAN	2279	BC	1
38		Van Heirzeele Daniel	BEL	2116		1
39	FM	Sapozhnikov Roman	CAN	2272	ON	1
40	FM	Kleinman Michael	CAN	2298	QC	1
		Kraiouchkine Nikita	CAN	2234	QC	1
42		Tomb Maroun	LIB	2133		1
		Zhou Qiyu	CAN	1902		1