Canadian Olympians in Barcelona

[Ilia Bluvshtein]

Our Olympians, Leonid Gerzhoy and Mark Bluvshtein, are playing in Barcelona, tournament A.
Real fight begins today.

Official website: http://www.cotxeres.org/open/
Live Games: http://www.directefcde.org/Sants2010/tfd.html
Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr37045.aspx?lan=2

[Fred McKim]

We'll be following your results. Good luck Mark and Leonid !!

[Bob Armstrong]

A third Canadian is also playing - Antoine Berube ( 2140 ), ranked # 178/359.

Bob

[Bob Armstrong]

For Rd. 4 ( Monday, Aug. 23 ):

1. Mark is on second board ! - he and his opponent each have 3/3 pts.:

2 6 GM Bluvshtein, Mark ( 2583 ) 3 3 IM Khmelniker, Ilya ( Israel - 2483 ) 25

2. Leonid is on Bd. 21 - he and his opponent each have 2 1/2 pts.:

21 92 Kadric, Denis ( Boznia & Herzegovina - 2263 ) 2½ 2½ IM Gerzhoy, Leonid ( 2471 ) 29

3. Antoine is on Bd. 102 - he and his opponent have 1 pt.:

102 178 Berube, Antoine 1 1 Julbe Canet, Josep ( Spain - 2025 ) 262

Live broadcast of a number of the top boards begins at about 10:30 AM EDT.

Bob

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

The Mark's path might be followed at his blog
http://markbluvshtein.wordpress.com

At this moment there are three first commented games.

[Bob Armstrong]

Rd. 4 Results ( Monday, Aug. 23 ):

1. Mark has 3 1/2 /4 pts.:

2 6 GM Bluvshtein, Mark ( 2583 ) 1/2 1/2 IM Khmelniker, Ilya ( Israel - 2483 ) 25

2. Leonid's result is still not posted - one of only 2 still outstanding:

21 92 Kadric, Denis ( Boznia & Herzegovina - 2263 ) 2½ 2½ IM Gerzhoy, Leonid ( 2471 ) 29

3. Antoine has 2/4 pts.:

102 178 Berube, Antoine 1 - 0 Julbe Canet, Josep ( Spain - 2025 ) 262

Bob

[Bob Armstrong]

Leonid drew in Rd. 4, and has 3 pts.

Rd. 5 Pairings ( Tuesday, Aug. 24 ):

1. Mark has 3 1/2 pts, and is on Bd. 5:

5 41 IM Leniart, Arkadiusz ( Poland - 2423 ) 3½ 3½ GM Bluvshtein. Mark ( 2583 ) 6

2. Leonid has 3 pts. and is on Bd. 22:

22 29 IM Gerzhoy, Leonid ( 2471 ) 3 3 FM Thompson, Ian D ( England - 2268 ) 91

3. Antoine has 2 pts. and is on Bd. 102:

102 316 Quero Ortega, Juan ( Spain - 1918 ) 2 2 Berube, Antoine ( 2140 ) 178

Bob

[Bob Armstrong]

In Rd. 5 today, Mark has drawn early ( move 22 ), with the Black pieces, with what I think is a worse position:

5 41 IM Leniart, Arkadiusz ( Poland - 2423 ) ½ ½ GM Bluvshtein, Mark ( 2583 ) 6

Mark now has 4/5 pts. ( 3 wins; 2 draws ). He is initially ranked 6th.

[Bob Armstrong]

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