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TWIC 941(HUN-CAN) INDEX
Introduction
TWIC is the work of Mark Crowther TheWeekInChess. The big event was the just completed WYCC in Maribor.
FIDE WCh Women World Cup 2012 WWCh Chess2012
GM Hoang was eliminated in round 2 of the KO.
Hoang Thanh Trang 0.5
Kosintseva,T 1.5
WYCC 2012
Wycc2012.com
Chess-results WYCC Maribor 2012
Canadian Pictures FB TeamCanadaAtWYCC2012
WYCC BU18 2012
GM Swiercz D(POL) won with 9/11. Blium Benjamin played the role of the forgotten man in the super tough U18 Open but came away with a creditable 3.5/11.
Final Ranking crosstable after 11 Rounds
Rk. Name Rtg FED Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 Rp
1 GM Swiercz D 2611 POL 9.0 0.0 74.0 77.0 2655
2 GM Gabuzyan H 2500 ARM 8.5 0.0 74.0 79.0 2664
3 GM Cori Jorge 2531 PER 8.0 0.0 73.0 78.0 2588
4 IM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2456 POL 8.0 0.0 70.0 74.5 2537
5 IM Idani Pouya 2462 IRI 8.0 0.0 68.5 73.0 2552
6 Nagy Gabor 2408 HUN 8.0 0.0 67.5 72.5 2552
7 FM Drozdowski K 2392 POL 8.0 0.0 67.0 72.0 2547
8 IM Kovalev Vladislav 2484 BLR 8.0 0.0 64.0 69.5 2449
106 Blium Benjamin 0 CAN 3.5 0.0 47.0 49.5 1818
WYCC BU16 2012
IM Eliseev(RUS) won with 9/11. Four Canadians led by Sohal Tanraj tried to climb one of the mountains of the WYCC. Sohal did well to score 6/11 in a tough field.
Final Ranking crosstable after 11 Rounds
Rk. Name Rtg FED Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 IM Eliseev Urii 2495 RUS 9.0 0.0 73.5 79.5
2 FM Girish A. K 2367 IND 8.5 0.0 72.0 78.0
3 IM Chigaev M 2457 RUS 8.0 0.0 71.5 76.5
4 FM Harutyunian TK 2334 ARM 8.0 0.0 71.0 75.5
5 Ladva Ottomar 2224 EST 8.0 0.0 66.5 68.5
16 Amstadt Aron 2273 HUN 7.5 0.0 61.0 65.5
49 Sohal Tanraj 2108 CAN 6.0 0.0 57.5 60.0
58 Semianiuk K 2102 CAN 5.5 0.0 60.0 62.5
85 Itkin David 2058 CAN 4.5 0.0 57.0 61.0
96 Florea Alexandru 2013 CAN 4.5 0.0 51.0 53.5
WY BU14 2012
FM Troff(USA) took first on tiebreak with 9/11. IM Wang(CAN) was =3rd. Preotu, Razvan(CAN) and Zsirai, Peter(HUN) did very well to get 7/11.
Final Ranking crosstable after 11 Rounds
Rk. Name Rtg FED Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 FM Troff Kayden W 2350 USA 9.0 1.0 68.0 73.0
2 FM Aravindh C 2311 IND 9.0 0.0 70.5 76.5
3 IM Wang Richard 2356 CAN 8.5 0.0 69.5 75.5
4 Saiyn Zhanat 2197 KAZ 8.5 0.0 66.0 70.0
5 CM Petrosyan Manuel 2281 ARM 8.5 0.0 64.5 69.0
23 Preotu Razvan 2086 CAN 7.0 0.0 68.0 72.0
28 Zsirai Peter 2195 HUN 7.0 0.0 63.0 68.5
35 FM Antal Tibor Kende 2353 HUN 6.5 0.0 67.0 72.0
73 Plotkin Mark 1928 CAN 1276.0 0.0 55.5 59.5
78 Shi Diwen 1777 CAN 5.5 0.0 61.5 63.5
106 Doknjas John 1900 CAN 5.0 0.0 55.5
127 Thanabalachandran Kajan 0 CAN 4.5 0.0 50.0 52.0
WYCC GU18 2012
WGM Goryachkina(RUS) took clear first with 9.5/11. Varga,K(HUN) was =3rd with 8/11. Lee Melissa put in a good effort and got 3.5/11.
Final Ranking crosstable after 11 Rounds
Rk. Name Rtg FED Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 WGM Goryachkina A 2378 RUS 9.5 0.0 71.5 75.5
2 WIM Schut Lisa 2281 NED 8.5 0.0 68.5 73.0
3 Severina Maria 2196 RUS 8.0 0.0 72.0 77.0
4 WIM Nguyen Thi Mai Hung 2269 VIE 8.0 0.0 65.5 70.0
5 WIM Varga Klara 2191 HUN 8.0 0.0 65.5 69.5
74 Lee Melissa 1565 CAN 3.5 0.0 45.5 48.0
WY GU16 2012
WFM Styazhkina(RUS) and Rodionova Polina(RUS) tied for first with 9/11. Horvath(HUN) got 6.5/11. Kalyadina(CAN) got 6/11.
Final Ranking crosstable after 11 Rounds
Rk. Name Rtg FED Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 WFM Styazhkina Anna 2113 RUS 9.0 1.0 75.5 80.5
2 Rodionova Polina 2040 RUS 9.0 0.0 69.5 73.5
3 WFM Xiao Yiyi 2136 CHN 8.5 0.0 72.5 78.0
4 WIM Saduakassova Dinara 2297 KAZ 8.5 0.0 71.5 76.5
5 Lei Tingjie 2231 CHN 8.0 0.0 75.079.0
6 Imnadze Nato 2070 GEO 8.0 0.0 67.5 71.0
7 WIM Khademalsharieh S 2303 IRI 8.0 0.0 65.5 69.5
8 WFM Osmanodja Filiz 2206 GER 8.0 0.0 64.5 69.0
30 Horvath IK 1846 HUN 6.5 0.0 57.5 62.0
39 Kalaydina RV 1934 CAN 6.0 0.0 61.0 64.5
UT Dallas Fall GM Inv 2012(In Progress)
Calugar,A(CAN) 1/6. The University has an outstanding chess program that Calugar is now part of on a scholarship.
1 Iotov,V 2570 -1 -1 +1 -½ +½ -1 5.0/6
2 Chirila,I 2506 -1 +½ -1 +½ -1 -½ 4.5/6
3 Sadorra,J 2546 -1 +0 -1 +1 -½ +½ 4.0/6
4 Pavlovic,MilosM 2477 +1 -½ +½ -1 +½ -½ 4.0/6
5 Onischuk,Al 2676 -½ +½ -½ +½ -½ +1 3.5/6
6 Bercys,S 2418 +0 -½ +1 -½ +½ +½ 3.0/6
7 Holt,C 2496 +½ -½ +0 +½ -½ +1 3.0/6
8 Getz,A 2316 +0 -1 +0 -½ +½ -0 2.0/6
9 Calugar,A 2312 +0 +½ -0 +0 -½ +0 1.0/6
10 Hughes,T 2289 -0 +0 -0 -0 +0 -0 0. 0/6
Fide Rating/Title: ELO 2308/IM
USCF Rating: 2453
Major: Computer Science
Scholarship: Chess I
Photo and bio UT Dallas Chess Team
22nd World Seniors Open 2012(In progress) Worldseniors2012 Chessdom
Piasetski,L(CAN) 2298 5.0/7
1 Kristiansen,Jen 2429 -½ +1 -1 +1 -½ +1 -1 6.0/7
2 Sveshnikov,E 2507 +1 -½ +1 -1 +½ -1 +½ 5.5/7
3 Vaisser,A 2540 -1 +1 -½ +1 -1 +½ -½ 5.5/7
4 Okhotnik,V 2433 +1 -½ +1 -1 +½ -1 +½ 5.5/7
5 Rantanen,Y 2346 +1 -½ +1 -½ +½ -1 -1 5.5/7
11 Piasetski,L(CAN) 2298 -½ +1 -½ +1 -½ -1 +½ 5.0/7
67 Zybura,Andre 1977 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3.0/7
69 Finlay,Ian(CAN) 1902 -½ +0 -½ +0 +1 -1 +0 3.0/7
86 Doubleday,W(CAN) 2039 +0 -1 -0 +1 -0 +0 -½ 2.5/7
97 Maheux,Pierre 0 0 -1 0 -½ +½ 0 2.0/7
FSGM Nov 2012
Szabo,Krisz clear first with 8/12
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Szabo,Krisz1 2541 -13 ** ½½ ½½ ½½ 1½ 1½ 11 8.0/12
2 Bakre,T 2481 -5 ½½ ** ½½ ½½ ½½ 1½ 1½ 7.0/12
3 Varga,Zo 2456 -5 ½½ ½½ ** ½½ ½½ 1½ 10 6.5/12 38.00
4 Gledura,B 2336 +134 ½½ ½½ ½½ ** 10 ½½ 1½ 6.5/12 37.25
5 Hagen,Andr 2418 -19 0½ ½½ ½½ 01 ** ½½ 01 5.5/12
6 Arngrimsson,D 2386 -11 0½ 0½ 0½ ½½ ½½ ** 1½ 5.0/12
7 Kharous,E 2367 -84 00 0½ 01 0½ 10 0½ ** 3.5/12
Average elo: 2426; Category: 8
gm = 8.76 m = 6.36
FSIM Nov 2012
Liu Guanchu won convincingly with 9/11.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1 Liu Guanchu 2233 +309 * 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 9.0/11
2 Massoni,M 2381 +56 0 * 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8.0/11
3 Kojima,S 2339 +29 0 0 * 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7.0/11
4 Hou,Qiang 2289 +18 ½ ½ 0 * 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 6.0/11 29.75
5 Kislik,E 2413 -116 0 1 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6.0/11 29.00
6 Aryan,C 2051 +246 ½ 0 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5.5/11
7 Szeberenyi,A 2347 -108 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5.0/11
8 Holm,S 2274 -60 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 * ½ 1 1 0 4.5/11 23.25
9 Wittmann,W 2245 -29 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 4.5/11 20.75
10 Battey,A 2362 -190 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 4.0/11
11 Stigar,P 2290 -146 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 3.5/11
12 Atnilov,M 2099 +23 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ * 3.0/11
FSFMA Nov 2012
IM Szalanczy,E clear first with 8/10
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Szalanczy,E 2237 +121 ** ½1 ½1 1½ 1½ 11 8.0/10
2 Schenkerik,C 2074 +147 ½0 ** ½½ 1½ 11 10 6.0/10
3 Farkas,R 2107 +71 ½0 ½½ ** ½½ ½½ 11 5.5/10
4 Juracsik,J 2157 -57 0½ 0½ ½½ ** ½½ 1½ 4.5/10
5 Egri,L2 2134 -65 0½ 00 ½½ ½½ ** 1½ 4.0/10
6 Atnilov,Bo 2118 -217 00 01 00 0½ 0½ ** 2.0/10
FSFMB Nov 2012
FM Mayer,I won easily with 9/10.
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Mayer,I 2047 +290 ** 1½ 1½ 11 11 11 9.0/10
2 Marcu,Simon 1901 +191 0½ ** 1½ 1½ 01 11 6.5/10
3 Csetneki,M 1834 +199 0½ 0½ ** 0½ 11 11 5.5/10
4 Burghardt,Michael xxxx 00 0½ 1½ ** 10 11 5.0/10
5 Tessedik,K 1893 -120 00 10 00 01 ** 0 2.0/9
6 Havaskori,L 1950 -327 00 00 00 00 1 ** 1.0/9
FSFMC Nov 2012
Nemeth,O clear first with 7.5/10. Mihajlova,D(ENG) clear 2nd with 7/10 with some very aggressive play.
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Nemeth,O 1790 -103 ** 01 ½ 1 01 11 11 7.5/10
2 Mihajlova,D 1445 +266 10 ** 01 10 11 11 7.0/10
3 Schmidt,Wolfgang 1390 +185 ½0 10 ** 11 01 ½0 5.0/10
4 Merk,Andras 1498 +21 10 01 00 ** 0½ 11 4.5/10 19.75
5 Szalay,T 1804 -345 00 00 10 1½ ** 11 4.5/10 14.75
Amator Cup Rd4 2012-11
I lost embarassingly quickly within a few minutes of the start of the round to a simple tactical oversight. Now I am at a modest 2.5/4.
At the end of Rd3 the standings were
- Katona,J 1.5
- Bodgrogi,M 0.5
- Zilahi,G 2
- Nagy,L 1
- Yip,M 2.5
- Bodgrogi,L 2.5
- Szili,A 0
- Szkabey,G 1
- Czibulka,Z 2
- Molnar,L 2
When I left
- Bodrogi,L had a very good position against Szlabey,G
- Katona had Q+N vs Nagy,L’s Q+B in a good N vs bad B almost ending.
- Szili,A had R vs the B+N of Molnar in a compex ending.
Here’s my game.
Warning!! It’s painful to go through.
Czibulka,Z (2053) – Yip,M (2085)
1.d4 d6 2.g3 e5[A41]
Amator Cup (4), 19.11.2012
An early queenless game has arisen where white has given up the bishop pair to compromise black’s kingside pawns. How do you assess the position. White should black do? This is more a question of understanding than anything else. I was not sharp in this game. Can you do better?
Black to Play
Critical Position 2
Black has fallen asleep. What about you? White is on the move-what should white do?
White to Play
CONCLUSIONS
I first felt a bit disgusted but the routine after losing a game must be to take an objective look at the game to see what really happened.
- The Bxh6 plan took me by surprise but should not have caused any problems.
- 13…a5 was a bit casual and caused by my superficial knowledge of the 2.g3 queenless game. Now I am more familiar with the specific ideas, and the necessity of black to find and active defence before white can settle in with Be4/Nf5 or Bf5 etc. Play changed from quiet building to concrete considerations without my noticing. This was the real cause of the loss.
- 16…Be7?? Here the inexplicable needs explaining as this is just not an acceptable blunder. I just did not use any kind of hard thought to figure out what my opponent was up to. This is a breakdown of self-discipline rather than lack of tactical ability.
So the real causes of the loss have been dug out and improvements found and documented. The knowledge gap is filled. Now it is time to reapply myself for the remainder of the tournament.
World Seniors 2012-11 Rd6 Standings
IM Piasetski Leon(CAN 2298) 4.5/6 is the top Canadian so far.
Rank after Round 6
Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 GM Balashov Yuri S RUS 2475 5.0 0.0 19.0 0.0
2 GM Vaisser Anatoly FRA 2540 5.0 0.0 18.5 0.0
3 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny LAT 2507 5.0 0.0 17.5 0.0
4GM Okhotnik Vladimir FRA 2433 5.0 0.0 17.5 0.0
5 IM Kristiansen Jens DEN 2429 5.0 0.0 17.0 0.0
6 GM Suba Mihai ROU 2418 4.5 0.0 18.0 0.0
7 GM Rantanen Yrjo A. FIN 2348 4.5 0.0 16.0 0.0
8 IM Kakageldyev Amanmurad TKM 2375 4.5 0.0 16.0 0.0
9 IM Piasetski Leon CAN 2298 4.5 0.0 15.0 0.0
10 IM Karasev Vladimir I RUS 2376 4.5 0.0 15.0 0.0
11 Acers Jude USA 2214 4.5 0.0 14.5 0.0
12 IM Zhelnin Vladimir V RUS 2459 4.0 0.0 18.0 0.0
13 IM Sharif Mehrshad FRA 2462 4.0 0.0 16.0 0.0
14 GM Timoscenko Gennadij SVK 2490 4.0 0.0 16.0 0.0
IM Stepovoj Vladimir RUS 2346 4.0 0.0 16.0 0.0
16 GM Pushkov Nikolai RUS 2404 4.0 0.0 15.5 0.0
17 GM Jansa Vlastimil CZE 2451 4.0 0.0 15.0 0.0
18 Gutkin Boris ISR 2289 4.0 0.0 15.0 0.0
19 GM Cebalo Miso CRO 2403 4.0 0.0 14.5 0.0
20 IM Filipenko Alexander V RUS 2321 4.0 0.0 14.0 0.0
21 FM Malmdin Nils-Ake SWE 2296 4.0 0.0 13.5 0.0
22 FM Gruzmann Boris RUS 2323 4.0 0.0 12.5 0.0
23 Staub Gerhard GER 2074 4.0 0.0 12.0 0.0
24 IM Pritchett Craig W SCO 2348 3.5 0.0 16.0 0.0
25 FM Sorensen Bent DEN 2294 3.5 0.0 14.5 0.0
26 Batakovs Olegs LAT 2109 3.5 0.0 14.0 0.0
27 FM Kunz Konstantin GER 2247 3.5 0.0 14.0 0.0
28 Schouten Nico NED 2227 3.5 0.0 13.5 0.0
29 Meizlin Yaacov ISR 2122 3.5 0.0 13.5 0.0
30 Nukin Tolegen KAZ 2203 3.5 0.0 13.5 0.0
31 White Alastair F SCO 2096 3.5 0.0 13.5 0.0
32 FM Sasu-Ducsoara Adrian-Florian ROU 2170 3.5 0.0 13.5 0.0
33 Beltz Robert GER 2105 3.5 0.0 13.5 0.0
34 Vrhovnik Damir CRO 2114 3.5 0.0 13.0 0.0
35 FM Hohler Peter SUI 2218 3.5 0.0 13.0 0.0
36 Kierzek Matthias Dr. GER 2172 3.5 0.0 13.0 0.0
37 Gamboa Anibal VEN 2174 3.5 0.0 13.0 0.0
38 IM Van Riemsdijk Herman C. BRA 2388 3.5 0.0 12.5 0.0
39 FM Giulian Philip M SCO 2269 3.5 0.0 12.5 0.0
40 FM Zhelesny Stanislav RUS 2127 3.5 0.0 12.5 0.0
41 Tsalicoglou Jacque RSA 0 3.5 0.0 12.5 0.0
42 FM Markovic Lazar BIH 2197 3.5 0.0 12.0 0.0
43 Morriss Pete IRL 1982 3.5 0.0 11.5 0.0
44 Kaloskambis Mihail GRE 2032 3.5 0.0 11.0 0.0
45 Frick Christoph GER 2264 3.5 0.0 11.0 0.0
46 IM Zakharchenko Arnold UKR 2194 3.5 0.0 11.0 0.0
47 Nielsen Poul Erik DEN 2093 3.5 0.0 11.0 0.0
48 Baeta Marcio Netto BRA 2066 3.5 0.0 10.5 0.0
49 Sokolov Yury RUS 1947 3.5 0.0 10.5 0.0
50 Davydov Mihail GER 2034 3.5 0.0 10.0 0.0
51 Sinelnikov Igor RUS 2090 3.5 0.0 9.5 0.0
52 Kolbak Jens DEN 2273 3.0 0.0 13.0 0.0
53 Dekan Hans GER 2169 3.0 0.0 13.0 0.0
54 FM Valenti Giuseppe ITA 2169 3.0 0.0 12.5 0.0
55 IM Archangelsky Mikhail RUS 2197 3.0 0.0 12.0 0.0
56 Rakhimberdiyev Atalyk KAZ 2133 3.0 0.0 12.0 0.0
57 IM Skalkotas Nikolaos GRE 2177 3.0 0.0 12.0 0.0
58 Yuksel Mustafa TUR 2052 3.0 0.0 9.5 0.0
59 Schneider Alexander GER 2031 3.0 0.0 9.5 0.0
60 Bondar Leonid USA 2023 3.0 0.0 9.0 0.0
61 Zybura Andre CAN 1977 3.0 0.0 9.0 0.0
62 Maman Emanuel ISR 1941 3.0 0.0 8.0 0.0
63 Finlay Ian CAN 1902 3.0 0.0 8.0 0.0
64 Bornand Herbert SUI 0 3.0 0.0 7.0 0.0
65 Blaushtain Boris ISR 2092 2.5 0.0 11.5 0.0
66 Dogantug Ahmet Ismail TUR 2138 2.5 0.0 11.5 0.0
67 Benson Lachlan AUS 2021 2.5 0.0 10.0 0.0
68 Krstic Slobodan AUS 2004 2.5 0.0 9.0 0.0
69 Choong Mark SIN 1948 2.5 0.0 9.0 0.0
70 De Andres Gonalons Fernando ESP 2072 2.5 0.0 9.0 0.0
71 Baumgarten Werner GER 1981 2.5 0.0 9.0 0.0
72 Schwertel Johann GER 2038 2.5 0.0 8.5 0.0
73 Guaglianone Mario ITA 2017 2.5 0.0 8.5 0.0
74 Andreas Guenter GER 1995 2.5 0.0 8.5 0.0
75 Bianco Diaz Rogelio Jose VEN 0 2.5 0.0 8.0 0.0
76 Fereday Andrew RSA 1915 2.5 0.0 6.0 0.0
77 Lujic Simo SRB 1927 2.5 0.0 5.5 0.0
78 Doubleday William G. CAN 2039 2.0 0.0 8.0 0.0
79 Voon Richard AUS 1949 2.0 0.0 8.0 0.0
80 Pihlajamaki Antti FIN 1925 2.0 0.0 8.0 0.0
81 Rubinstein Mark ISR 1986 2.0 0.0 7.5 0.0
82 Neumann Horst GER 1912 2.0 0.0 7.5 0.0
83 El Gheiadi I. LBA 2208 2.0 0.0 7.0 0.0
84 Belokopyt Boris RUS 1962 2.0 0.0 6.5 0.0
85 Keze Arnis RUS 1718 2.0 0.0 6.5 0.0
86 Rave Avraham ISR 1838 2.0 0.0 6.0 0.0
87 Haupt Joachim GER 1864 2.0 0.0 6.0 0.0
88 Borwell Alan P SCO 2039 2.0 0.0 6.0 0.0
89 Patola Eero FIN 1949 2.0 0.0 5.5 0.0
90 Strohbusch Frank Dr. GER 1864 2.0 0.0 5.5 0.0
91 Maheux Pierre CAN 0 2.0 0.0 5.5 0.0
92 Filzmaier Bruno AUT 1903 2.0 0.0 5.0 0.0
93 Alavi Mir Mahmood IRI 1918 2.0 0.0 4.5 0.0
94 Nielsen Peter DEN 1733 2.0 0.0 4.5 0.0
95 Zharokov Biket KAZ 1934 1.5 0.0 6.5 0.0
96 Prammer Franz AUT 1859 1.5 0.0 6.0 0.0
97 Sevenyuk Alexey BLR 1921 1.5 0.0 5.0 0.0
98 Urbanc Vinko SLO 1916 1.5 0.0 4.5 0.0
99 Hmooda Elhabib LBA 0 1.5 0.0 4.0 0.0
100 Cooper Nigel NZL 1753 1.5 0.0 3.5 0.0
101 Rahmani Behrouz IRI 1727 1.5 0.0 3.0 0.0
102 Barboza Mauro URU 2063 1.0 0.0 5.0 0.0
103 Ferreira Alexander BRA 1708 1.0 0.0 3.0 0.0
104 Scholtyssek Werner GER 1835 1.0 0.0 3.0 0.0
105 Lachat Martin SUI 1675 1.0 0.0 2.0 0.0
106 Altykenov Toleugali KAZ 1589 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
WYCC 2012 Canada Final Goodbye
The Big Goodbye!!
(More games to come later on the blog when they become available)
Quick note
I just found this nice article on the US Team.
….every coach is assigned 7 students….'(more) Uschess Article
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
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