Monthly Archives: November 2012
Ottawa Winter Open 2012-11 Results
Aman Hambleton took clear first in the Open section with a perfect score 5-0 and took home CAN$400. GM Sambuev was 2nd with 4/5.
Under 1900-Adam Adriaanse took first with 4.5/5.
Under 1600-Srikanth Rapaka took first with 4.5/5
Open and U 2200
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 Aman Hambleton 129797 2546 W14 W6 W2 W7 W3 5.0 $400 1st
2 Bator Sambuev 146462 2700 W8 W3 L1 W4 W7 4.0 $200 2nd
3 Mihnea Voloaca 120516 2327 W9 L2 W12 W6 L1 3.0 $50 3rd
4 John Upper 101925 2280 D13 H— W8 L2 W10 3.0 Amateur
5 Robert Gelblum 104272 2223 L12 D10 W11 W13 D6 3.0 $50 3rd
6 Armando Valdizon 101864 2244 W11 L1 W10 L3 D5 2.5
7 Mate Marinkovic 141393 2243 W16 H— W13 L1 L2 2.5
8 Kevin Wan 147460 2132 L2 W9 L4 D12 W14 2.5 U2200 $100
9 Danail Donev 143574 2070 L3 L8 L14 W16 W13 2.0
10 Saeid Sadeghi 139655 2013 H— D5 L6 W14 L4 2.0
11 Agastya Kalra 137927 2005 L6 W14 L5 W15 U— 2.0
12 Mike Sun 142224 1948 W5 H— L3 D8 U— 2.0
13 Emil Smilovici 111290 2046 D4 W15 L7 L5 L9 1.5
14 Joseph Bellissimo 147544 2107 L1 L11 W9 L10 L8 1.0
15 David Forget 142032 2041 H— L13 D16 L11 U— 1.0
16 Michel Desjardins 131936 1988 L7 H— D15 L9 U— 1.0
Ottawa Winter Open: U 1900
Adam Adriaanse took first with 4.5/5.
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 Adam Adriaanse 152504 1740 D4 W9 W12 W6 W3 4.5 Amateur
2 Herb Langer 100319 1870 L3 W11 H— W12 W7 3.5 $162.50
3 Ryan Yang 151429 1847 W2 W12 D7 W5 L1 3.5 $162.50
4 Gabrielle Nadeau 126666 1897 D1 D6 W10 D7 D5 3.0
5 Robert Laszlo 104270 1783 H— W13 W8 L3 D4 3.0
6 Alan Tomalty 112353 1780 H— D4 W13 L1 W11 3.0
7 Francesco Dunne 146453 1848 W9 D8 D3 D4 L2 2.5
8 Jean Bigras 106651 1782 W11 D7 L5 H— U— 2.0
9 Gordon Ritchie 110972 1732 L7 L1 H— W13 D12 2.0
10 Jeff Zhang 148924 1545 L12 B— L4 L11 W13 2.0
11 Konstantin Vlasenko unr. L8 L2 B— W10 L6 2.0
12 Francois Nadeau 126735 1844 W10 L3 L1 L2 D9 1.5
13 Vasudev Parkkot unr. H— L5 L6 L9 L10 0.5
Ottawa Winter Open: U 1600
Srikanth Rapaka took first with 4.5/5
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 Srikanth Rapaka 151908 1538 W5 W7 W6 W2 D3 4.5 $125
2 Curtis Barlow Wilkes 154444 1432 D8 W3 W7 L1 W5 3.5 $75
3 Keven Eyre 135113 1422 H— L2 W9 W10 D1 3.0 $50/3
4 Terrence [terry] Ju 151396 1274 L6 L5 B— W9 W7 3.0 $50/3
5 Shreyas Sreeraman 146416 1247 L1 W4 W8 W6 L2 3.0 $50/3
6 Michael Zhang 151543 1088 W4 W10 L1 L5 H— 2.5
7 Billy Carroll 150390 1224 W9 L1 L2 W8 L4 2.0
8 Lawrence [larry] Ju 151370 1156 D2 D9 L5 L7 W10 2.0
9 Ksenia Vlasenko 1465 L7 D8 L3 L4 B— 1.5
10 John If Lukezich 146765 1503 H— L6 H— L3 L8 1.0
Hambelton Aman (2546) – Belissimo Joseph (2107)
Baltic Defence 2..Bf5 [D06]
2012 Ottawa Winter Open RA Centre (1), 16.11.2012
White has the bishop pair but is there more?
White to Play
WYCC 2012 Player Overview HUN
The Hungarian team was full of big point getters. Juhasz Judit 1710 led the way with 8.5/11. Nagy, Gabor(U18 Open) and Varga,Klara(U18 Girls) also did well with 8/11.
SNo Name Rtg FED Rd11 Pts. Rk. Rp Group
1 Juhasz Judit 1710 HUN 1 8.5 3 1451 U08 Girls
13 Karacsonyi Kata 1240 HUN ½ 6 33 1247 U08 Girls
68 Rahimkulov Margarita 0 HUN 1 5 63 1164 U08 Girls
21 Karacsonyi Gellert 1517 HUN 1 7 24 1302 U08 Open
11 Lengyel Andrea 1722 HUN ½ 6.5 36 1434 U10 Girls
18 Kocsis Anett 1659 HUN 1 7 24 1463 U10 Girls
79 Breznyan Annamaria 0 HUN ½ 4 108 1210 U10 Girls
3 Kozak Adam 2036 HUN 1 7 31 1779 U10 Open
19 Krstulovic Alex 1881 HUN 1 6 68 1555 U10 Open
45 Kelemen David 1770 HUN ½ 5.5 86 1570 U10 Open
97 Bakos Balazs 1559 HUN 1 5.5 102 1449 U10 Open
62 Erseki Tamara 1624 HUN 1 5.5 57 1544 U12 Girls
15 Marosi Levente 2079 HUN ½ 5.5 102 1680 U12 Open
137 Halaszi Csaba P 1551 HUN 1 4 159 1337 U12 Open
10 Gal Hanna K 2027 HUN 0 7.5 10 2041 U14 Girls
6 Antal Tibor K 2353 HUN 0 6.5 35 2193 U14 Open
32 Zsirai Peter 2195 HUN 1 7 28 2156 U14 Open
46 Peczely Sebastian Z 2092 HUN 1 5.5 81 1958 U14 Open
58 Horvath Ilona K 1846 HUN 1 6.5 30 1976 U16 Girls
26 Amstadt Aron 2273 HUN 1 7.5 16 2302 U16 Open
21 Nagy Gabor 2408 HUN 1 8 6 2552 U18 Open
13 Varga Klara 2191 HUN 1 8 5 2305 U18 Girls
WYCC 2012 Player Overview for CAN Rd11
IM Richard Wang did excellently with 8.5/11 as did Zhu Harmony(7.5/11) and Zhou Qiyu(7/11).
Credit all photos to the great FB page(s) TeamCanadaAtWYCC2012. Must have been a small army of photographers.
SNo Name Rtg FED Rd11 Pts. Rk. Rp Group
Under 8
81 Tan Kylie 0 CAN 1 6 38 1236 U08 Girls
91 Zhu Harmony 0 CAN 0 7.5 8 1438 U08 Girls
62 Doknjas Neil 0 CAN 1 5 80 1191 U08 Open
129 Washimkar Arhant 0 CAN 0 5.5 64 1359 U08 Open
Under 10
66 Nguyen Duy Thien An 0 CAN 0 6 48 1457 U10 Girls
126 Zhou Lily 0 CAN ½ 5.5 65 1414 U10 Girls
140 Doknjas Joshua 0 CAN 0 5.5 85 1776 U10 Open
Under 12
15 Zhou Qiyu 1857 CAN ½ 7 17 1870 U12 Girls
121 Tapp Ashley 0 CAN 0 4.5 96 1503 U12 Girls
22 Cao Jason 2038 CAN 0 5.5 87 1760 U12 Open
163 Cheung Lukas 0 CAN 0 4 156 1604 U12 Open
Under 14
90 Giblon Melissa 1586 CAN ½ 4 97 1387 U14 Girls
115 Pobereshnikova Agniya 0 CAN 0 4 103 1547 U14 Girls
4 Wang Richard 2356 CAN 1 8.5 3 2379 U14 Open
49 Preotu Razvan 2086 CAN 1 7 23 2152 U14 Open
85 Plotkin Mark 1928 CAN 1 6 73 1740 U14 Open
92 Doknjas John 1900 CAN 0 5 106 1880 U14 Open
117 Shi Diwen 1777 CAN 0 5.5 78 1902 U14 Open
171 Thanabalachandran Kajan 0 CAN 0 4.5 127 1673 U14 Open
Under 16
45 Kalaydina RV 1934 CAN ½ 6 39 2029 U16 Girls
60 Xiao Alice Huanyi 1843 CAN 0 4 87 1783 U16 Girls
86 Giblon Rebecca 1701 CAN 1 5 68 1768 U16 Girls
55 Sohal Tanraj 2108 CAN ½ 6 49 2119 U16 Open
59 Semianiuk Konstantin 2102 CAN ½ 5.5 58 2074 U16 Open
68 Itkin David 2058 CAN 0 4.5 85 1971 U16 Open
80 Florea Alexandru 2013 CAN 0 4.5 96 1896 U16 Open
Under 18
75 Lee Melissa 1565 CAN 0 3.5 74 1564 U18 Girls
110 Blium Benjamin 0 CAN 1 3.5 106 1818 U18 Open
Ottawa Winter Open 2012-11 U1900(In Progress)
Dunne Francesco (1848) – Ritchie Gordon (2019) [B01]
2012 Ottawa Winter Open U 1900 RA Centre (1), 16.11.2012
White has just played the meek 16.Bh2. There is something in the air. Can you find it?
Black to Play
Ottawa Winter Open 2012-11 (In Progress)
Hambelton got the upset win over GM Sambuev in Rd3.
Hambelton Aman (2546) – Sambuev Bator (2700) (Raings are CFC not FIDE)
Delayed Stonewall(A85)
2012 Ottawa Winter Open RA Centre (3), 17.11.2012
Black has taken some risks in the opening to generate winning chances but now the queenside flank action is beginning to take shape. How should white respond? This is more a question of strategic understanding than tactics.
White to Play
Amator Cup Rd2 2012-11
This was my rescheduled Rd2 game which I won. Now I have 2.5/3. The game was played at 11am but came after yesterday’s 70-move marathon so I was not feeling so energetic.
Szili,A (1935) – Yip,M (2085)
Philidor Defence Ending[C41]
Amator Cup (2), 18.11.2012
The queenless game came early for black but now deep into the maneuvering phase black needs to make progress to exploit the better structure. What do you suggest?
- Take the a-file
- Advance on the kingside with …f6 and g5 say to aim for …g4 later
- Activate the king with …Kf6 with the …Ke5 plan
- Something else? Is there a hidden tactic perhaps?
Black to Play
Zhu,H(CAN) Rd10 WYCC 2012 Under 8G Maribor
The key game of Harmony Zhu.
Harmony Zhu FB TeamCanadaAtWYCC2012
Zhu,H – Batkhishig,U [E11]
WYCCh U08G Maribor(10), 18.11.2012
Black gave up the bishop pair early and white swooped in on the queenside and won the a-pawn. After was a farily uneventful conversion.
White to Play
Ottawa Winter Open 2012-11 16th-18th
GM Sambuev won Rd 1-2. Tournament is in progress.
Here is his Rd2. game.
Sambuev Bator (2700) – Voloaca Mihnea (CAN) (2327) [D05]
2012 Ottawa Winter Open RA Centre (2), 17.11.2012
Critical Position 1
White is on the hunt for the king. What’s next?
White to Play
Amator Cup Rd3 2012-11-17
My game was the last to finish again so I have only a minimal idea of what happened in the tournament. I’ll do up a more detailed post soon. Tomorrow I have my rescheduled Rd2 game for 11.am while everyone else has an off day.
I won my first game, but managed to miss many things.
Yip,M (2085) – Szlabey,G (1935) [A84]
Amator Cup (3), 17.11.2012
Critical Position 1
The opening has gone will and white has a massive attack. Black has just played 15..Ng8. What do you suggest?
White to Play
Critical Position 2
Black has just played 16..Nxh6. The attack still rages, I was having trouble finding a way to end the game.
White to Play
WYCC 2012(CAN) People Behind the Scenes
Let’s not forget the Canadian Delegation working hard behind the scenes.
Pics and detailed captions from FB TeamCanadaAtWYCC2012
Victoria Doknjas, Team Canada 2012 Lead Photographer and Journalist. This is Victoria’s (John, Joshua and Neil’s Mom) third time as a Team Canada Photographer. She created and manages the “Team Canada at WYCC 2012” Facebook page, which included interviews with IM Richard Wang, FM Jason Cao, Qiyu Zhou, and GM Eric Hansen. Victoria also designed this year’s logo for the Team Canada’s polo shirts. Victoria has been sharing photo duties with Zhixiang Wang and George Zhou, and has been covering both tournament halls, including other areas of general interest.
Andrew Giblon, Team Canada 2012 Head of Delegation. Andrew (Melissa and Rebecca’s Dad) is an experience HoD (with multiple years serving as either HoD or assistant Hod). Andrew helped coordinate the Team prior to leaving for Maribor, Slovenia, as well as keeping the Team up to date and resolving issues on site. This is often a thankless job with literally countless tasks and problems to resolve. So, we are fortunate to have such a capable and experienced person like Andrew on our Team helping.
Victor Itkin, Team Canada 2012 Assistant Head of Delegation. Victor (David’s Dad) has been compiling stats and info about the Team during each round as part of the Team updates; and providing general support such as, stepping up to pick up and distribute the Team IDs and because there was 400+ Euros outstanding before the Team IDs would be released – Victor paid the amount in order for the Team to get their IDs on a timely basis.
Andrew Peredun, Team Canada 2012 Coach. Andrew P. is an accomplished chess coach and high rated player. He has previous coaching experience with Team Canada and the kids have benefitted from his game analysis and prep.
Edward Porper, Team Canada 2012 Coach. Edward was on this year Canadian Olympic Team and is one of the highest rated players in Canada. This is Edward’s first tour of duty as a Team Canada Coach. The kids have benefitted from his game analysis and prep.
Zhixiang Wang, Team Canada 2012 Photographer. This is Zhixiang’s (Richard’s Dad) second time as a Team Canada Photographer. Zhixiang has an excellent eye for details and that is apparent in the photos that he has taken of the U10 Open, U12 Open/Girls, U14 Open/Girls, U16 Open/Girls, and U18 Open/Girls. He has been excellent to work with on the Team Canada Photo Team.
George Zhou, Team Canada 2012 Photographer. This is George’s (Lily’s Dad) second time as a Team Canada Photographer. George has captured excellent shots of the U8 Open/U8 Girls, and U10 Girls sections; and has been great to work with on the Team Canada Photo Team.
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