9th Montreal International
Posted by Richard Berube on the Old Chesstalk on August 23, 2008, 16:54:16
The 9th Montreal international chess tournament will take place in the headquarters of the Empresa compagny, 304 Notre-Dame est in Montreal (metro Champ-de-Mars).
Dates : August 24 to september 2 (RR 9 rounds)
Category : 13
Participants : GMs Nakamura, Shulman, Akobian, Mazé, Nataf, Kovalyov, Bluvshtein, Charbonneau and IMs Roussel-Roozmon and Zugic.
Live games on the site.
http://perso.b2b2c.ca/lesechecauquebec/tim2008.htm
9th Montreal International
Note that the rounds for " live games " start at 5:00 PM ( except the last round, which starts at 2:00 pm ).
Bluvshtein and Charbonneau won their first round games.
Bob
2008 Montreal Int. - Rd. 2 - Bluvshtein - Shulman - Draw ?
At move 41, it looks like Shulman's R & B have trapped Bluvshtein's K on the K-side in a perpetual check, and Mark's Q is not in position to help. Though no final result is yet posted , there haven't been any moves for a while. It looks like a draw to me. I'll let you know if it turns out otherwise ( since we patzers are known to fumble the ball from time to time ).
Bob
2008 Montreal Int. - Kovalyov
Hi Peter:
Different situation - Kevin has kept his link to the Canadian Federation. You can live anywhere, yet still play for your home country. Here Kovalyov is still attached to his home country, but is wrongly ( I think ) shown as belonging to the Canadian Federation. Why did the organizers do this?
Bob
2008 Montreal Int. - Kovalyov
Hi again Peter:
Note that Hikaru Nakamura, who is now living in Canada, is shown as with the USA Federation, while Kovalyov is shown as Canadian, not Argentina. Why the discrepancy?
Bob
Montreal Int. - Rd. 3 Leaders
After 3 rounds, GM Hikaru Nakamura ( who now lives in Canada, but still is a member of the USA federation ) and Canadian GM Pascal Charbonneau, 2 time Canadian Champion ( who now lives in USA ), are co-leaders with 2.5 pts..:)
Bluvshtein, who had been sharing the lead, lost to Akobian.:(
Bob