Canadian Closed 2009 - Round 5 Reports!

[Christopher Mallon]

Morin defeats Casareno

[Christopher Mallon]

Thavandiran defeats Divljan

[Christopher Mallon]

[Event "Canadian Closed 2009"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kevin Me"]
[Black "Tomas Krnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[Source "MonRoi"]
[EventDate ""]
[TimeSpend "13559"]


1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.c4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.c5 Nd5 8.Bc4 c6 9.O-O O-O 10.Bxd5 cxd5 11.h3 Nc6 12.Re1 Bf5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bf4 g5 15.Be5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 e6 17.Nd4 Bg6 18.Ncb5 Qd7 19.Nd6 b6 20.b4 bxc5 21.bxc5 a6 22.Qg4 Rab8 23.a3 Rb2 24.Rac1 Qc7 25.h4 gxh4 26.f3 Kh7 27.Qxh4 Ra2 28.Re3 Rb8 29.f4 Qa5 30.Qe1 Qc7 31.g4 1/2-1/2


[Event "Canadian Closed 2009"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Round "5"]
[White "S. Thavandiran"]
[Black "Igor Divljan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Source "MonRoi"]
[EventDate ""]
[TimeSpend "16453"]


1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd2 Rc8 11.Nc4 Bxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd4 13.Qd3 Qa5 14.c3 Rxc4 15.Qxc4 Nxb5 16.Qc8 Qd8 17.Qxb7 Qb6 18.Qc8 Ke7 19.O-O Nc7 20.Rad1 Bg7 21.Qh3 Ne6 22.Qd3 Rd8 23.b4 Nf4 24.Qf3 Qb5 25.Rfe1 Qc4 26.g3 Ne6 27.Rd5 Rd7 28.Qe3 Nc7 29.Ra5 a6 30.a4 d5 31.Rc5 Qxe4 32.Qxe4 dxe4 33.Rc6 Kd8 34.Rb1 Kc8 35.b5 Kb7 36.c4 f5 37.c5 Bf8 38.Rb6 Ka7 39.Rf6 Ne6 40.c6 Re7 41.b6 Kb8 42.c7 Kb7 43.Rd1 Bg7 44.Rxe6 Rxe6 45.Rd8 1-0

[Christopher Mallon]

Haessel defeats Calugar

[Christopher Mallon]

Jiang - Gerzhoy draw.

[Event "Canadian Closed 2009"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Round "5"]
[White "Louie Jiang"]
[Black "Leonid Gerzhoy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Source "MonRoi"]
[EventDate ""]
[TimeSpend "17281"]


1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 Nc6 6.c4 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Qa5 11.Rc1 Be6 12.b3 Rfc8 13.Nb5 Qxd2 14.Kxd2 Nd7 15.g3 a5 16.Nc3 Bxc3 17.Rxc3 a4 18.Rc2 axb3 19.axb3 Nc5 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Be2 Ra3 22.Rb2 f5 23.e5 g5 24.Rd1 f4 25.gxf4 gxf4 26.Ke1 Kf7 27.Bd3 Rg8 28.Bxh7 Rg5 29.Be4 Rxe5 30.Kf2 Rh5 31.Kg1 Rg5 32.Kh1 b6 33.Rg1 Rxg1 34.Kxg1 Kf6 35.h4 Bf7 36.Kf2 Ra1 37.Bb1 Bh5 38.Kg2 Ke5 39.Re2 Kd4 40.Bf5 Kc3 41.Bg4 Bg6 42.Rxe7 Bd3 43.h5 Kxb3 44.h6 Kxc4 45.h7 Bxh7 46.Rxh7 Rd1 47.Be6 Kc3 48.Rb7 Rd6 49.Bf5 Rh6 50.Be4 c4 51.Rf7 Kb2 52.Rxf4 c3 53.Rf7 c2 54.Bxc2 Kxc2 55.Kg3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Christopher Mallon]

We now have a NINE way tie for first!

[Event "Canadian Closed 2009"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hans Jung"]
[Black "Victor Kaminski"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[Source "MonRoi"]
[EventDate ""]
[TimeSpend "18396"]


1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.h3 Bg7 6.e5 f6 7.Qe2 fxe5 8.Nxe5 d6 9.Ng4 e5 10.d3 Ne7 11.Qf3 Rf8 12.Qe4 h5 13.Nh2 Bf5 14.Qe2 Nd5 15.O-O Kf7 16.Nf3 Bf6 17.Na3 Re8 18.Nc4 e4 19.dxe4 Rxe4 20.Qd3 Kg8 21.Ncd2 Rb4 22.Qa6 Nc7 23.Qe2 Bxb2 24.Bxb2(=) Rxb2 25.Ne4 Rb4 26.Ng3 Be6 27.Qd2 Qf8 28.Qg5 Kh7 29.Nh4 Qh6 30.Qe7 Qg7 31.Nxg6 Kxg6 32.Qxd6 Re8 33.Qxc5 Rb5 34.Qxc6 Qd7 35.Qe4 Bf5 36.Qf3 Bxc2 37.Rfc1 Rc5 38.Nxh5 Qc6 39.Nf4 Kg7 40.Qg4 Kf7 41.Qh4 Qf6 42.Qxf6 Kxf6 43.Nd3 Rc4 44.Nb4 Rxb4 45.Rxc2 Ne6 46.Re1 Nd4 47.Rxe8 Nxc2 48.Rc8 Nd4 49.h4 Ra4 50.h5 Ne2 51.Kf1 Nf4 52.Rc6 Kg5 53.h6 Rxa2 54.Kg1 Rd2 55.h7 Rd8 56.Ra6 Rh8 57.Rxa7 Kh6 58.g3 Nh5 59.g4 Nf6 60.Ra6 Kg5 61.f4 Kxf4 62.Rxf6 Kxg4 1/2-1/2


[Event "Canadian Closed 2009"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Round "5"]
[White "M. Humphreys"]
[Black "Nikolay Noritsyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Source "MonRoi"]
[EventDate ""]
[TimeSpend "18560"]


1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 a6 4.f3 e5 5.e4 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.Be3 Be7 8.Nge2 h5 9.h4 Kf8 10.g3 g6 11.Bh3 Kg7 12.Qd2 Qa5 13.a4 Ne8 14.Kf2 Nc7 15.Rhb1 Ne8 16.Nc1 Qd8 17.b3 Nf8 18.Bxc8 Qxc8 19.Nd3 a5 20.Rh1 f5 21.Raf1 Nf6 22.Bg5 N8d7 23.Ke1 Qc7 24.Kd1 Raf8 25.Nf2 Qd8 26.Be3 Ng8 27.Nh3 Nh6 28.Bg5 Nf7 29.Be3 Nf6 30.Bg5 Nh7 31.Be3 Nf6 32.Bg5 Nh7 33.Be3 Qd7 34.Rfg1 Nf6 35.Ng5 Nxg5 36.Bxg5 fxe4 37.Bxf6 Rxf6 38.f4 exf4 39.Nxe4 f3 40.Nxf6 Bxf6 41.Qf4 Rf8 42.Qxf3 Bd4 43.Qe4 Re8 44.Qf4 Bxg1 45.Rxg1 Qf5 46.Qxf5 gxf5 47.Re1 Re4 48.Kd2 Kf6 49.Re3 Ke5 50.Kd3 b6 51.Rf3 Rd4 52.Ke3 Rg4 53.Kd3(=) Kf6 54.Re3 Kf7 55.Rf3 Rd4 56.Ke2 Kf6 57.Re3 Re4 58.Kd3 Ke5 59.Rf3 Rd4 60.Ke3 Kf6 61.Ke2 Rg4 62.Kd3 Rd4 63.Ke2 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

We now have a NINE way tie for first!

In a case of the final tie, will it be resolved according to 810 (http://www.chess.ca/section_8.htm)?

[Christopher Mallon]

In case of a tie for first, yes.
Tiebreak for the IM and FM titles to be awarded will be by FIDE rules, which is Avg. of Opponents Ratings.

Interesting point I discovered today while researching other things on the FIDE site... you can get a norm in this event for IM even if you don't play enough IMs to normally qualify - a 2451 performance rating gets you the norm. AND it counts as a 13 game norm, even though we only have 9 rounds.