Canadian Closed 2009 - Round 8 Reports!

[Christopher Mallon]

Well we're off! Before the round, those in contention for IM/FM titles voted to do the selection by playoffs rather than statistical tiebreaks in the event of a tie.

Also I tried really hard to get the Monroi's broadcasting this round. I can't seem to find the games anywhere on the Monroi site but it appears to be working on my end. Maybe someone who has more experience with the site can find them?

[Christopher Mallon]

OK unfortunately looks like I have the wrong version of the software on my laptop so no broadcasts today. We'll get it tomorrow for sure though! (Hopefully heh)

So for today you'll have to put up with me

[Eric Hansen]

I understand this is more of a moneymaking scheme by FIDE, but CM titles are also given away at zonals. You may want to announce that as some of the players might be interested even though I think Canada has just one CM as of today.

FIDE Handbook: ≥9 game ≥ 40% = CM title
There is also no limit from what I read. Looks like that would be 4/9, right?

[Christopher Mallon]

Yes, 4/9 would be CM title. The CFC doesn't pay for CM titles (AGM 2006) but the players are welcome to do so if they want the title. There's no limit on these so no need for tiebreakers.

[Christopher Mallon]

Nice thing about having the hub running is I can get up to date games.

Here's how they look for now.

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[Site "Guelph Canada"]
[EventDate "2009.08.08"]
[Date "2009.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Samsonkin, Artiom"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Result "*-*"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. Qc2 Be6 9. Nd4 Qd7 10. f4 Bg4 11. Bd3 g6 12. c5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Rc1 b6 15. cxb6 Qxc2 16. Bxc2 cxb6

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[Date "2009.08.15"]
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[White "Hebert, Jean"]
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[Black "Panjwani, Raja"]
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[Result "*-*"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1 c6 9. Bf1 h6 10. Rb1 Nh7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b4 Qe7 13. c5 Rd8 14. Be3 Ndf8 15. Qc1 h5 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. f3 Ne6 18. Nc4 Ne8 19. Ne2 Bf6 20. Rd1

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[EventDate "2009.08.08"]
[Date "2009.08.15"]
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[White "Gerzhoy, Leonid"]
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[Black "Kaminski, Victor"]
[BlackTitle "-"]
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[Result "*-*"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 d6 6. d5 Nb8 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 e5 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxe5 Nd5 14. cxd5 Bxe5 15. Bg5 Re8 16. Bc4

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[Date "2009.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tayar, Jonathan"]
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[WhiteElo "2436"]
[Black "Sapozhnikov, Roman"]
[BlackTitle "-"]
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[Result "*-*"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Qd2 a6 11. f3 Qc7 12. a4 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Kh1 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Be8

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[Date "2009.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Porper, Edward"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
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[Black "Jiang, Louie"]
[BlackTitle "-"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[Result "*-*"]

1. *

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[Black "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
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1. *

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[White "Martchenko, Alex"]
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[Black "Jung, Hans"]
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[Result "*-*"]

1. *

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[Date "2009.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vincent, Trevor"]
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[WhiteElo "2290"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[BlackTitle "-"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Result "*-*"]

1. *

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[Date "2009.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Haessel, Dale"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[Black "Humphreys, Michael"]
[BlackTitle "-"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[Result "*-*"]

1. *

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[Round "8"]
[White "Morin, Yves"]
[WhiteTitle "-"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[Black "Divljan, Igor"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Result "*-*"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 dxc4 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Bxc4 Nxc4 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. d5 Nb6 14. Qg4 Nxd5 15. Ne4 O-O-O 16. Nd4 Ba4 17. Rd2 Nb4

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[Date "2009.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Plotkin, Victor"]
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[WhiteElo "2366"]
[Black "MacKinnon, Keith"]
[BlackTitle "-"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[Result "*-*"]

1. *

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[Round "8"]
[White "Henry, Liam"]
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[Black "Kaminski, Thomas"]
[BlackTitle "-"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[Result "*-*"]

1. *

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[Round "8"]
[White "Casareno, Erwin"]
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[Black "Arsenault, Nicolas"]
[BlackTitle "-"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[Result "*-*"]

1. *

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[Round "8"]
[White "Me, Kevin"]
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[Black "Calugar, Arthur"]
[BlackTitle "-"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[Result "*-*"]

1. *

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[Round "8"]
[White "Noritsyn, Nikolay"]
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[Black "Qin, Joey"]
[BlackTitle "-"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[Result "*-*"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 c6 7. d4 e5 8. b3 Qa5 9. Qd2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. O-O Qh5 13. Qd1 Qh6 14. Nf3

[Christopher Mallon]

Samsonkin-Bluvshtein draw

[Christopher Mallon]

Norm/Title watch update:

Going into this round, V. Kaminski, Sapozhnikov and Jiang are tied at 4.5 which would qualify them for the FM title (of which we can hand out two).

Sapozhnikov and Jiang are both (up to this round) performing at a level high enough to achieve an IM norm.

It remains to be seen if any of the guys at 4 or 4.5 can make it to 6 for the IM title (7 players in range).

[Christopher Mallon]

Divljan defeats Morin

[Christopher Mallon]

Gerzhoy defeats V. Kaminski

[Christopher Mallon]

Update on the games.

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[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. Qc2 Be6 9. Nd4 Qd7 10. f4 Bg4 11. Bd3 g6 12. c5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Rc1 b6 15. cxb6 Qxc2 16. Bxc2 cxb6 17. Bd1 Bxd1 18. Kxd1 Rac8 19. Ke2 f6 1/2-1/2

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[White "Hebert, Jean"]
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[WhiteElo "2442"]
[Black "Panjwani, Raja"]
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[Result "*-*"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1 c6 9. Bf1 h6 10. Rb1 Nh7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b4 Qe7 13. c5 Rd8 14. Be3 Ndf8 15. Qc1 h5 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. f3 Ne6 18. Nc4 Ne8 19. Ne2 Bf6 20. Rd1 N8c7 21. Qb2 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nf8 23. a4 a6 24. Nc1 Rb8 25. Nd3 Nd7 26. Bd2 Bg7 27. Bc3 f6 28. Qf2 Ne6 29. Nd6 Kh7 30. a5 Nc7 31. Ba1 Nb5 32. Nb2 Nf8 33. Bxb5 axb5 34. Nd3 Be6 35. f4 exf4 36. Nxf4 Nd7 37. Qg3 Bg4 38. Rf1 g5

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[Black "Kaminski, Victor"]
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1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 d6 6. d5 Nb8 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 e5 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxe5 Nd5 14. cxd5 Bxe5 15. Bg5 Re8 16. Bc4 exd5 17. Nxd5 Be6 18. Rfe1 Nc6 19. Rad1 Bf7 20. b3 Kg7 21. Ne3 Bd4 22. Bh6 Kxh6 23. Bxf7 Red8 24. Bd5 Nb4 25. Bxb7 Rab8 26. Ng4 Kg5 27. Bf3 h5 28. h4 Kf4 29. g3 Kf5 30. Rxd4 1-0

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[White "Tayar, Jonathan"]
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[Black "Sapozhnikov, Roman"]
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[Result "*-*"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Qd2 a6 11. f3 Qc7 12. a4 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Kh1 Rfd8 15. Rad1 Be8 16. Qd4 Rac8 17. Qf2 Nc4 18. Bc1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bd3 b4 21. Ne2 d5 22. Ng3 Ne5 23. Be3 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Qc2 25. Nd4 Qxf2 26. Bxf2 e5 27. Ndf5 Bf8 28. d4 g6 29. dxe5 gxf5 30. exf6 fxe4 31. Bd4 Ba4 32. Ra1 Bb5 33. Rfd1 exf3 34. gxf3 Bd7 35. Rg1 Kh8

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[White "Porper, Edward"]
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[Black "Jiang, Louie"]
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[Result "*-*"]

1. *

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[Black "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
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[Result "*-*"]

1. *

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[White "Martchenko, Alex"]
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[Black "Jung, Hans"]
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1. *

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[White "Vincent, Trevor"]
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[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
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1. *

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[Black "Humphreys, Michael"]
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1. *

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[White "Morin, Yves"]
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[Black "Divljan, Igor"]
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[Result "0-1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 dxc4 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Bxc4 Nxc4 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. d5 Nb6 14. Qg4 Nxd5 15. Ne4 O-O-O 16. Nd4 Ba4 17. Rd2 Nb4 18. Nc3 Qc5 19. Kb1 Qa5 20. Qxg7 Nxa2 21. Nde2 Rxd2 22. Qxh8 Rd8 23. Qxh7 Bb3 24. Qxf7 Nb4 0-1

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[Date "2009.08.15"]
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[White "Plotkin, Victor"]
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[Black "MacKinnon, Keith"]
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[Result "*-*"]

1. *

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[Date "2009.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Henry, Liam"]
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[Black "Kaminski, Thomas"]
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[Result "*-*"]

1. *

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[Date "2009.08.15"]
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[White "Casareno, Erwin"]
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[Black "Arsenault, Nicolas"]
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[Result "*-*"]

1. *

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[Date "2009.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Me, Kevin"]
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[WhiteElo "2188"]
[Black "Calugar, Arthur"]
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[Result "*-*"]

1. *

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[Date "2009.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Noritsyn, Nikolay"]
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[Black "Qin, Joey"]
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[Result "*-*"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 c6 7. d4 e5 8. b3 Qa5 9. Qd2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. O-O Qh5 13. Qd1 Qh6 14. Nf3 Ng4 15. h3 Nge5 16. Nh2 Nc5 17. g4 Ned3 18. Qd2 Nxb2 19. Qxb2 Be6 20. Qd2 Rad8 21. Rad1 f5 22. f4 fxg4 23. hxg4 Qh4 24. Bf3 Bf7 25. Rde1 Qf6 26. Ne2 Ne4 27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. g5 Qb2 29. Qxb2 Bxb2 30. Ng3 Re7 31. Re2 Bg7 32. Kf2 d5 33. Rd1 Rde8 34. cxd5 Bxd5 35. Ng4