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The final 9th round was played tonight, and USA GM Yuri Shulman ended up in first, after leading for much of the tournament, a full point ahead of 2nd/4th ( 6.5 pts. ). In 2nd/4th at 5.5 pts. were ...

1 - GM Nakamura Hikaru 2697 USA * ½ 1 - ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 5
2 - GM Shulman Yuri 2623 USA ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ - 6
3 - GM Akobian Varuzhan 2610 USA 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 0 -...

U.S.A GM Yuri Shulman drew in Rd. 7 , to stay in first place ( 5 pts. ), 1/2 pt. ahead of Canadian GM Mark Bluvshtein ( 2548 ) who also drew ( with USA GM Hikaru Nakamura - 2697 - Nakamura could not...

After 6 rounds, USA GM Yuri Shulman, held onto the lead by half a point ( 4.5 pts. ), with a draw against 2nd/3rd placer USA GM Varzuhan Akobian, who remains tied for 2nd/3rd. Tied with him now is...

Hi Kerry:

Thx

Bob

It's 5:40 pm, Friday, and I went to the official site and under " live games " it is still showing yesterday's Rd. 5 games. The rounds start at 5:00 pm.

Does anyone know what's happening with Rd....

It is interesting to note that in covering the Montreal International, the Susan Polgar Blog and The Week in Chess both show Kovalyov's federation as Argentina ( not Canada as the Montreal organizers...

2 time Canadian Champion, GM Pascal Charbonneau ( 2499 ), who now lives in USA, and who was tied for the lead going into Rd. 5, had a rather quiet draw with Canadian GM Mark Bluvshtein ( 2548 ). This...

The co-leaders going into Rd. 4, GM Hikaru Nakamura ( USA - 2697 ) and GM Pascal Charbonneau ( Canada - 2499 ), 2 time Canadain Champion, played each other and drew, ending up in a 4-way tie for the...

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...

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

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...

Posted by Stephen Wright on the Old ChessTalk on August 26, 2008, 0:19:13, in reply to "9th Montreal International"

Why, in the Canadian Open and now in the International, is Kovalyov being...

In the column for " Federation " , Anton Kovalyov is shown as " Canadian ". But I just checked with the FIDE site, and his federation is still shown as " Argentina ", where he just played in the...

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...

Can. GM Mark Bluvshtein ( 2548 ) is playing GM Yuri Shulman ( 2623 ) in Rd. 2 ( he is in a three-way tie for first ). At move 31, he is up Q vs R + B + P. Should be an interesting middle game.

Bob

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

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...