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    Default 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

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    Default 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
    Last edited by Bob Armstrong; 08-25-2008 at 08:20 AM.

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    Default Montreal Int. - Rd. 2

    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

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    Default 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

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    Default 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

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    Default Montreal Int. - Rd. 4 Leaders

    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 lead. The other 2 with 3 pts. are : GM Varzuhan Akobian ( USA - 2610 ) and GM Yuri Shulman ( USA - 2623 ).

    Canadian GM Mark Bluvshtein ( 2548 ) won against fellow Canadian IM Thomas Roussel-Roozman ( 2486 ), and is half a point back with 2.5 pts..

    Bob
    Last edited by Bob Armstrong; 08-27-2008 at 08:27 PM.

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    Default Montreal International - Rd. 5 - Shulman Leads

    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 dropped him out of first place, and he is now ½ pt. behind the sole leader, USA GM Yuri Shulman ( 2623 ).who now has 4 pts. Another co-leader, USA GM Hikaru Nakamura ( 2697 ) went down to defeat to 2006 Canadian Champion, IM Igor Zugic ( 2457 ). USA GM Varzuhan Akobian, also tied for first going into Rd. 5, drew as well ( Q + P vs B + N + 3 P’s ), and so also dropped into a tie for second with Charbonneau.

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    Default Montreal Int. - Rd. 6?

    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. 6? Is today a " rest day " or something?

    Bob

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Armstrong
    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. 6? Is today a " rest day " or something?

    Bob
    Check the schedule... http://perso.b2b2c.ca/lesechecauquebec/ronde_6.htm

    Rd 6 is on Saturday, so I guess today is for resting up.

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    Default Montreal Int. - Rd. 6 - Thx (nt )

    Hi Kerry:

    Thx

    Bob

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