naka -svidler game drawn

Naka against shulman
2008
file photo of these blog




Naka win his first round game against GM Karpov, won his second game against french GM Lagrave.His third round game in Donostia goes against GM Svidler, a tough opponent with 3 russian championship belt tucked in his belly.chessgames.com chess kibitzes circle around the idea that Naka should play for a draw, Naka has a negative score against Svidler after all.

And the game was drawn.


I'm online at ICC and playchess.com monitoring the progress of the game and kibitzes when the game was played, I feel that the no hold bar kibitzing at both site when the game get heated eliminate hypocrites opinion, since the patzer and the GM's whos both crazy about the game have a free hand in voicing there opinion about the progress of the game.The only time x tal ICC admin intervene in the discussion is when the porn video of Paris hilton got into the discussion.


With thousand of other blog who gonna post the pgn and game replayer of this game its better for me to shorten this blog by not posting it at all.

At ICC

After svidler move 24.b4 I kibitz:

timhortonsknigt kibitzes: naka could offer draw here
timhortonsknigt kibitzes: its equal


Sobreviviente(IM) kibitzes: good call timhortonsknight

GM CARUANA KIBITZ AT ICC


Adaptation(GM) kibitzes: most likely equal
Adaptation(GM) kibitzes: after a6 what does White do?

united breaks guitar

Lets go off chess topic for a while.

A video that went viral at you tube.Hitting half a million hits in less than 2 days.Lucky for this guy who know how to sing, at least he get back real good against this airline company.

GM Nakamura beat karpov at Donostia

naka playing against GM Pascal Charbonneau
2008
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After winning the US championship and sharing the first prize with GM Najer in the world open,GM Nakamura once again is making a statement at Donostia by beating the former World Champion Anatoly Karpov in there first round match up.


[Event "European Cultural City 2016 Tournament"]
[Site "Donostia-San Sebastian/Spain"]
[Date "2009.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "Robot 3"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:0"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. e3
Nxc5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. a4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 Qe8 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15.
Nd4 Rc8 16. Qf1 h6 17. Bg3 Kh8 18. h3 Bd8 19. b4 Ncd7 20. Rac1 Be7 21. Na2 Ra8
22. f3 Nd5 23. Qe1 Bg5 24. Bf2 Qe7 25. h4 Bf6 26. e4 Nf4 27. Qd2 Bxd4 28. Bxd4
b5 29. Bf1 e5 30. Bf2 Bc8 31. Rc7 Qe6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Nc3 Qg6 34. Be3 Qg3 35.
Bxf4 exf4 36. Rxd7 Bxd7 37. Qxd7 Qxh4 38. Qd2 Rad8 39. Nd5 f5 40. e5 Rfe8 41.
Qe2 Re6 42. Rd4 Qg3 43. Nc7 Rxd4 44. Nxe6 Rxb4 45. Qc2 Ra4 46. Qd2

Naka miss the force mate

(46. Qc8+
Kh7 47. Nf8+ Kg8 48. Ng6+ Kh7 49. Ne7 Qf2+ 50. Kxf2 Ra2+ 51. Be2 Ra8 52. Qxa8
h5 53. Qe8 g5 54. Qg6+ Kh8 55. Qh6#)



46... Ra1 47. Nxf4 Kh7 48. Nd3 Qh4 49. f4
Qe7 50. Qb4 Qxb4 51. Nxb4 g5 52. Kf2 Kg7 53. Nc6 Ra2+ 54. Ke3 Ra3+ 55. Kf2 Ra4
56. fxg5 Rf4+ 57. Ke1 hxg5 58. Bxb5 Kf7 59. Ke2 Ke6 60. Kd3 Kd5 61. Ne7+ Kc5
62. Bc6 Rd4+ 63. Ke3 Rb4 64. Bd7 Re4+ 65. Kf3 1-0

My Montreal Biodome visit

A Lemur




A porcupine




A Capybara


I spend time visiting Montreal Biodome today and im so amazed by the beauty of wild creatures living at the dome.

The Canadian Lynx look so beautiful, mysterious and fierce I likened myself to this wild cat.The picture of Capybara,Lemur and porcupine are only of good quality pics i got.Someday ill surely upgrade to a first class camera.

A lot lot more could be seen there from piranha to whales to anaconda to penguins.How I wish my 4 year old nephew hara mia is with me during the time of my visit at the biodome.


In Chess!


2009 Torch Real Estate Cup China Chess League Division A (Qi Lu Chess Club/Qingdao bank)May 2009

1.Wesley So-GM Peng Xiang Zhang (2638) 0-1


2.Zhaojun (2560)-Wesley So draw


3.Wesley So-GM WU WENJIN (2412)1-0


4.XU HANBING 2339 - Wesley So ??? 0-1


5.Wesley So (PHI)- WangChen1-0


6.Xu Deshun draw Wesley So (PHI)

Grandmaster Wesley So draw his 6th round assignment for the bank of Qingdao.A bit lucky may I say since GM Inarkiev lost his game to Wesley team mate of 2300 plus strength.Bank of Qingdao lost its 6th round match against Qingdao 3-2.

Anton Kovalyov won the Quebec invitational chess championship 2009

Anton Kovalyov new Champion du QuébecLe Championnat Invitation of Quebec 2009, an international event this year, ended on June 27th by the coronation of Anton Kovalyov, young GM of 17 years. Younger champion of Quebec since Alexander Lesiège, Anton won at the MI RENIER CASTELLANOS, other master newly installed in Quebec, to end with 7,5 points on 9. It outstripped GM Mark Bluvshtein by 0,5 point, this one lowering pavilion in front of GM Vinay Bhat. Thomas Roussel-Roozmon also well made ending 4th. It so succeeded in outstripping the 4th invited GM, Bator Sambuev. The four first achieve the International Tournament of Montreal:Anton Kovalyov 7,5Mark Bluvshtein 7Vinay Bhat 6,5Thomas Roussel-Roozmon 5,5.

Source:http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/index.php?typ=actu&categorie=1&id=2035

4 finalist who will be joining the tourneo international de montreal.

1.Anton Kovalyov 7,5
2.Mark Bluvshtein 7
3.Vinay Bhat 6,5
4.Thomas Roussel-Roozmon 5,5.


Round 9 games


[Event "Quebec Invitational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ye, Ling Feng"]
[Black "Hua, Lefong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[Annotator "Hob"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 c4 6. d4 Nxe4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 Nef6 10. Re1 a6 11. Ng5 Nb6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Ne4 Nbd5 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6
15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Ne4 Bd7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qf3 O-O-O 19. a4 Kb8 20. b4 Bc6 21.
Qe2 Bd5 22. c4 Bxd4 23. Ra3 Rc8 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. cxd5 Bd4 26. dxe6 fxe6 27.
Qxe6 Rhf8 28. Ra2 Rf6 29. Qe4 Qb6 30. Rf1 Rcf8 31. Qe1 d5 32. Re2 {Draw 1/2-1/2
} 1/2-1/2




[Event "Quebec Invitational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Barbeau, Sylvain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "Hob"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qh5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Neg5 O-O-O 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bg5 Rd7 13. Rxe6 Bd6 14.
h3 Rf7 15. Bd2 Rhf8 16. Ng5 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rxf2 18. Ne4 R2f5 19. Rxd6 cxd6 20.
Nxd6+ Kc7 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. c3 dxc3 23. Bxc3 g6 24. g4 Rf7 25. Kg2 Rd7 26. Rf1
Kd6 27. Kg3 Ke7 28. h4 Rd5 29. Kf4 Rc5 30. Re1+ Kf7 31. Re4 Nd8 32. Ra4 a6 33.
Rb4 h5 34. g5 b5 35. a4 Ne6+ 36. Ke3 Rf5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Re4 Rc5 39. Bf6 Rc7
40. Re5 Rb7 41. b4 Rd7 42. Rxb5 Nc7 43. Rc5 Nd5+ 44. Ke4 Nxb4 45. Bd4 Re7+ 46.
Be5 Re6 47. Kf3 Nd3 48. Rc7+ Re7 49. Rxe7+ Kxe7 50. Ke4 {Draw 1/2-1/2} 1/2-1/2




[Event "Quebec Invitational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leveille, Francois"]
[Black "Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Hob"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Bc5 9. Nb3 Ba7 10. Bg5 Ne5 11. Qe2 d6 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. h3 h6 14. Bc1 b5 15. Qd2
Nc4 16. Qe1 Rc8 17. Ne2 O-O 18. Nf4 a5 19. a3 a4 20. Na1 Bc6 21. Qe2 Qb7 22.
Rfe1 e5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 b4 25. axb4 Qxb4 26. b3 Na3 27. c3 Qc5 28. bxa4
Nb1 29. Be3 Nxc3 30. Qa6 Qc7 31. Qxa7 Qxa7 32. Bxa7 Nxd1 33. Rxd1 Ra8 34. Be3
Rxa4 35. Nb3 Rb8 36. Nd2 Rb5 37. Nf1 Raa5 38. Bd2 Ra2 39. Ne3 Rbb2 40. Be1 Ra4
41. Rc1 Rba2 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Rd8 Ra1 44. Kf1 Ne4 45. g4 Nc5 46. Rxd6 Nd3 47.
Nc2 Nxe1 48. Nxe1 Rd4 49. Ke2 Ra2+ 50. Ke3 Ra3+ 51. Ke2 Ra2+ 52. Ke3 Ra3+ {
Draw 1/2-1/2} 1/2-1/2




[Event "Quebec Invitational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier"]
[Black "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Hob"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N5c3 Be7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Re1 Ne5 12. Nd2 Nfd7 13. Nf1 a6 14. Bg3 Rc8
15. Ne3 Nf6 16. f3 Nh5 17. Bf2 Bg5 18. Qd4 Nf4 19. Rad1 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 Bxe3 21.
Bxe3 Nxc4 22. Bf2 Rc6 23. b3 Ne5 24. Red2 Qc7 25. Ne2 h6 26. Bg3 Re8 27. Qb4 a5
28. Qa3 Ba6 29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Rd7 Qc8 31. Ng3 Rc2 32. Qd6 Qc3 33. Kh1 Bb5 34.
Rd8 Kh7 35. Rxe8 Bxe8 36. h3 Qc5 37. Qd8 Qf2 38. Rg1 Bb5 39. a4 Qxg3 40. axb5
Qf2 41. Qf8 Kg6 42. Qe7 Rb2 43. Qd6 Qd4 44. Rd1 Qf2 45. Rg1 Rxb3 46. Qxe5 Qc5
47. Qg3+ Qg5 {Black wins 0-1} 0-1



[Event "Quebec Invitational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Bhat, Vinay S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Hob"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qb8 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 Ned7
15. g3 Bc7 16. Be3 Re8 17. Rac1 a6 18. b4 Bd6 19. a3 a5 20. Qb3 axb4 21. axb4
Ne5 22. Bg5 Bf8 23. Nf5 Re6 24. Nd4 Re8 25. f4 Nc4 26. e5 Ra3 27. Qb1 Nd5 28.
Nxd5 cxd5 29. Bf3 h6 30. Bh4 Qa7 31. Kh1 Rxf3 32. Nxf3 d4 33. Rf1 Qa3 {Black
wins 0-1} 0-1

Quebec invitational chess championship 2009 round 8 games

CANADIAN FIDE MASTER FRANCOIS LEVEILLE
2009


[Event "Quebec Invitational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.06.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Hob"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. Bc2 a6 8. O-O
c5 9. d5 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 Ba6 12. Nec3 Ne8 13. Rb1 Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Qb6
15. a4 Nc7 16. Bd3 Ne5 17. Be2 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nxc7 Qxc7 20. f4 Nd7 21. b3
Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Qb7 23. Bb5 Ra7 24. Bb2 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 Nf6 26. Re2 Kh8 27. Bc4 Rf7
28. Qd3 Qc8 29. Re6 Ng8 30. Qc3+ Rg7 31. a5 Nf6 32. a6 Ne4 33. Qd3 Qg8 34. g3
Qf7 35. Kg2 Qh5 36. Re1 Kg8 37. Qe3 Ra8 38. Ra1 Qe8 39. Qd3 Ra7 40. Bb5 Qb8 41.
Re1 Qb6 42. R1xe4 fxe4 43. Rxe4 Qa5 44. Bc4 Qa1 45. Qe2 Kf8 46. g4 Qf6 47. g5
Qf5 48. h4 h6 49. Kg3 Rf7 50. Qe3 Ra8 51. Re6 h5 52. Qf3 Qb1 53. Kg2 Qc2+ 54.
Re2 Qf5 55. Rf2 Kg7 56. Bd3 Qd7 57. Qxh5 Rh8 58. Qg6+ Kf8 59. Qe6 Qa7 60. Bg6
Rhh7 61. Bxh7 Rxh7 62. Qc8+ Kf7 63. Qb7 Qxb7 64. axb7 Rh8 65. Ra2 Rb8 66. Ra7
e6 67. dxe6+ Kxe6 68. h5 Kf5 69. h6 {White wins 1-0} 1-0




[Event "Quebec Invitational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.06.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Hob"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d4 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. Rfd1 Nd7 12. Rac1 Qe7 13. b4 g6 14. h4 Bg7 15.
h5 Rad8 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. b5 Rfe8 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Nb8 20. Nf4 Qf6 21. Kg2
c5 22. bxc6 Nxc6 23. d5 exd5 24. Qxd5 Na5 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. f3 Kf8 27. Rh1 Qe5
28. Qd2 Nxc4 29. Rxc4 d5 30. Qb4+ Kg8 31. Nxd5 Rxd5 32. g4 Rb5 33. Qd2 Rd5 34.
Qc2 b5 35. Rc8 a5 36. a3 {Draw 1/2-1/2} 1/2-1/2



[Event "Quebec Invitational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.06.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hua, Lefong"]
[Black "Leveille, Francois"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[Annotator "Hob"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
Qe7 9. O-O Re8 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6
15. Bd3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Bc8 {Draw 1/2-1/2} 1/2-1/2



[Event "Quebec Invitational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.06.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bhat, Vinay S"]
[Black "Ye, Ling Feng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[Annotator "Hob"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Qa5 9. Nd2 Be7 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bg3 a6 12. Be2 d4 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. c5 Qd8 15. Na4
dxe3 16. fxe3 Nd5 17. Bf2 Bg5 18. Qd2 f5 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Qe7 21. O-O Bd7
22. Nd2 Bf6 23. Qc2 e5 24. b4 e4 25. Rad1 Be6 26. Nc4 Bxc4 27. Bxc4+ Kh8 28.
Rd6 Be5 29. Rd5 Qc7 30. h3 a5 31. b5 Ne7 32. b6 Bh2+ 33. Kh1 Qc6 34. Rfd1 Bb8
35. Rd8 Be5 36. Rxf8+ Rxf8 37. Bb3 f4 38. exf4 Bxf4 39. Re1 e3 40. Bxe3 Bg3 41.
Rd1 Qf6 42. Qd2 Nf5 43. Bg5 Qe5 44. Qd5 Qe2 45. Bc4 Qc2 46. Qd8 Bd6 47. Rxd6
Ng3+ 48. Kh2 {White wins 1-0} 1-0



[Event "Quebec Invitational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.06.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barbeau, Sylvain"]
[Black "Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "Hob"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 Rb8 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. g4 b5 10. h3 b4 11. Ne2 a5 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rb1 a4 14. Qe1 Ba6 15. b3
axb3 16. axb3 Ra8 17. f5 Nce5 18. fxg6 Nxf3+ 19. Rxf3 fxg6 20. Rxf8+ Nxf8 21.
Qf2 Bb7 22. Rf1 Qe8 23. Nf4 Ra2 24. h4 Ra1 25. g5 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Bc8 27. Nd5
Qf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Kf2 Be6 30. Nf4 Bd7 31. Be2 Be5 32. Bf3 {Draw 1/2-1/2}
1/2-1/2

GM Wesley So win his 5th game assignment for bank of Quingdao

Round 5


4 Team Bank of Qingdao 青岛银行 1.5-3.5 2 Team Chongqing 重庆


Wesley So (PHI) 苏伟利 1-0 Wang Chen 王晨
　　Tong Yuanming 童渊铭 0-1 Zhang Zhong (SIN) 章钟
　　Liu Qingnan 刘庆南 0.5-0.5 Liangchong 梁充
　　Vera Nebolsina (RUS) 维拉 0-1 Tan Zhongyi 谭中怡
　　Sun Fanghui 孙方卉 0-1 Huang Qian 黄茜　

Wesley once again emerge victorious,this time against Wang Chen elo 2387 in Chinese leaugue competition.

Game result above as posted in chinese site blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews.

According to NM Glen Bordonada kibitz at chessgames.com "Wesley said he has only two games in China: June 25 and July 7. But he will be in China from June 24 to July 8 to save on fare. I do not yet know how to access his games if they are on the internet"


Just a recapped about Wesleys past game in these team competition.


2009 Torch Real Estate Cup China Chess League Division A
(Qi Lu Chess Club/Qingdao bank)May 2009

1.Wesley So-GM Pengxiang Zhang (2638) 0-1
2.Zhao jun (2560)-Wesley So draw
3.Wesley So-GM WU WENJIN (2412)1-0
4.XU HANBING 2339 - Wesley So ??? 0-1

Quebec invitational chess championship 2009 round 7 games

Grandmaster Bluvhstien versus Barbeau, Sylvain


[Event "Quebec Invitational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Barbeau, Sylvain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "Hob"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Bg4 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Qd4 Nh5 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14.
Rd1 f5 15. f4 Rxd1+ 16. Nxd1 Ng4 17. Bc1 Kh8 18. h3 Ngf6 19. e5 Nd5 20. Bxh5
gxh5 21. Ke2 Bh6 22. Kf3 Kg7 23. Re1 Kf7 24. Ne3 Ke6 25. Nxd5 Kxd5 26. Be3 a6
27. Rd1+ Ke6 28. Bb6 Rf7 29. Bxc7 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 31. Bd6 Ke6 32. b3 Kd5 33.
Bb4 Ke6 34. Kg3 h4+ 35. Kf3 Kd7 36. Ke3 Ke6 37. a4 Kd7 38. Kd4 Ke6 39. Kc5 Bf8+
40. Kc4 Bh6 41. Bd2 Bf8 42. b4 Be7 43. Be3 Bf8 44. f3 h5 45. Bd2 Be7 46. Be1
Bf8 47. Bxh4 Bh6 48. Kc5 Bxf4 49. Kb6 Bd2 50. Kxb7 Kxe5 51. Kxa6 Bxb4 52. Bg5
f4 53. Kb5 Kd5 {White wins 1-0} 1-0




[Event "Quebec Invitational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier"]
[Black "Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Hob"]
[PlyCount "280"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Nf1 Nb8 12. d4 Nbd7 13. Ng3 c5 14. d5 Qc7 15. h3
c4 16. Be3 a5 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Bh6 Bc8 19. Nh4 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Qe7 21. Nf3 Re8 22.
Nd2 Ba6 23. Rf1 Nfd7 24. Qe3 b4 25. Rfb1 Reb8 26. b3 cxb3 27. axb3 Qd8 28. c4
Bc8 29. Ngf1 Qf6 30. Bd1 h5 31. Nh2 Nb6 32. Nhf3 Kg7 33. Rb2 Ra6 34. Rba2 Rba8
35. Bc2 Bd7 36. Ne1 a4 37. bxa4 Bxa4 38. Bxa4 Nbxa4 39. Nc2 Rb8 40. Rb1 Rab6
41. Raa1 b3 42. Na3 b2 43. Ra2 Rb3 44. Nxb3 Rxb3 45. Qe1 Qf4 46. Nb5 Nxe4 47.
Rxa4 Nd2 48. c5 Qxa4 49. Qxd2 Rxb5 50. cxd6 Qa2 51. Qc2 Qxd5 52. Rxb2 Rxb2 53.
Qxb2 Qxd6 54. Qb7 h4 55. f3 Qd1+ 56. Kh2 Qd4 57. Kh1 Qf4 58. Qc8 Qd4 59. Qb7
Kf6 60. Qc8 Kg5 61. Qc1+ Kh5 62. Qc7 Qd1+ 63. Kh2 Qd5 64. Qe7 Qe6 65. Qd8 Qf5
66. Kh1 Qf4 67. Qe7 Kh6 68. Qd8 Kg7 69. Qe7 Qf6 70. Qd7 Qg5 71. Qc7 Qf4 72. Qe7
Kh6 73. Qd8 f6 74. Qg8 Kg5 75. Qc8 Qd4 76. Qc1+ Kh5 77. Qc6 Qf4 78. Qc8 Qf5 79.
Qc1 Qe6 80. Qd1 Kh6 81. Qc1+ g5 82. Qe3 Kg6 83. Kh2 f5 84. Kh1 e4 85. fxe4 fxe4
86. Kg1 Qd5 87. Kh1 Qd3 88. Qb6+ Kf5 89. Qc5+ Kf4 90. Qf2+ Ke5 91. Qc5+ Qd5 92.
Qe3 Kf6 93. Qf2+ Qf5 94. Qb6+ Qe6 95. Qe3 Kg6 96. Kg1 Qf5 97. Qb6+ Kh5 98. Qd4
Qe6 99. Qe3 Qd5 100. Kh1 Qd3 101. Qa7 Qf1+ 102. Kh2 Qf4+ 103. Kh1 Kg6 104. Qa6+
Qf6 105. Qc4 Qa1+ 106. Kh2 Qe5+ 107. Kh1 Qa1+ 108. Kh2 Qe5+ 109. Kh1 e3 110.
Qc6+ Kg7 111. Qd7+ Kf8 112. Qd8+ Kf7 113. Qd7+ Qe7 114. Qd5+ Kf8 115. Qa8+ Kg7
116. Qa1+ Kh7 117. Kg1 Qc5 118. Qb1+ Kh6 119. Qa1 e2+ 120. Kh1 Qe7 121. Qh8+
Kg6 122. Qg8+ Kf6 123. Qh8+ Kf5 124. Qc8+ Kf4 125. Qc1+ Qe3 126. Qc7+ Ke4 127.
Qb7+ Kd3 128. Qb1+ Kd2 129. Qa2+ Kd1 130. Qa4+ Ke1 131. Qa1+ Kd2 132. Qa2+ Kd3
133. Qb3+ Ke4 134. Qc4+ Ke5 135. Qc7+ Kf6 136. Qc6+ Qe6 137. Qc3+ Kg6 138. Qe1
Kh6 139. Kg1 Qe3+ 140. Kh1 Kh5 {Black wins 0-1} 0-1



[Event "Quebec Invitational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "Bhat, Vinay S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Hob"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O Bh5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 a5 12. a3 Rc8 13. Rfc1 b5 14. Qc2 c5 15.
Qd3 Qb6 16. e3 Rfd8 17. Qf1 Bg6 18. Nh4 Bh5 19. Nhf3 Bg6 20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4
Ne4 22. Rca1 Nxd2 23. Nxd2 Bf6 24. Bc3 Qb8 25. Rxa5 {Draw 1/2-1/2} 1/2-1/2



[Event "Quebec Invitational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leveille, Francois"]
[Black "Ye, Ling Feng"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[Annotator "Hob"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qe2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. g4 Bb7 11. Bg2 Nb6 12. Rhe1 Qc4 13. Rd3 Be7 14. e5 Bxg2
15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bh6 Bb7 17. Nf5 b4 18. b3 Qc7 19. Ng7+ Kd8 20. Ne4 Kc8 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Nxd6+ Bxd6 23. Qxe6+ Kb8 24. Rxd6 Ka7 25. Qxf6 Rac8 26. c4 bxc3
27. f5 Rhe8 28. Ree6 Rxe6 29. Qxe6 Re8 30. Qxe8 Qxd6 31. Be3 Qa3+ 32. Kc2 Qb2+
33. Kd3 c2 34. Bxb6+ Kxb6 35. Qe3+ Kb5 36. Qe8+ Bc6 37. Qb8+ Kc5 38. Qf8+ Kb6
39. Qb8+ Bb7 40. Qd6+ Bc6 41. Qb8+ Bb7 42. Qd6+ {Draw 1/2-1/2} 1/2-1/2




[Event "Quebec Invitational"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Hua, Lefong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[Annotator "Hob"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d6 7. h3 Nf6 8. d5
Nb8 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bg5 Re8 12. a3 a6 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qc7 15.
b4 b6 16. Re1 Bb7 17. Bf4 Rac8 18. Bh2 Qb8 19. Bf1 b5 20. cxb5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5
Rxc1 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Qxc1 Rxe1 24. Nxe1 axb5 25. Bxb5 Nf8 26. Bf1 Ne6 27.
Qd2 Nd4 28. Nc2 Nxc2 29. Qxc2 Be5 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. Qc5 Qe8 32. b5 {White wins
1-0} 1-0

Quebec invitational chess championship 2009 round 7 images

The imposing Parc Olympic stadium. A bloc away from the tourney site.





IM Castillanes-IM Roozmon



Francoise Laveille-Ling fang yi





For tourney game result and standing check out the official website
Fédération québecoise des échecs

Pop star Michael Jackson dead

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop giant Michael Jackson, who took to the stage as a child star and set the world dancing to exuberant rhythms for decades, died on Thursday, TMZ website reported. He was 50.

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Montreal 2009 Open Chess Championship

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11.09.2009


The 2009 vintage Montreal Open Championship will be held September 11-12-13.  We invite you all to come and share with us our passion for a top quality Championship competition.  Our new website reflects the vision of the organisation : we want to make this competition an event well publicised and well attended by many from all over America.  Please visit our chat room and do not hesitate to discuss on line with us.

BECOME THE 2009 MONTREAL CHAMPION


The 89th edition of the Montreal Championship features a guaranteed prize fund of $5000. On this site, you'll find information on motel lodging for as low as $15 per person a night (shared), taxes included. It also features a Forum where some free lodging is publicized, directions to the playing site, a list of advanced entries and profiles of star players who have confirmed their participation. Make sure to tell your friends!


Enrich your RESUME with the prestigious title of « 2009 Montreal Champion », as our event is endorsed by the City of Montreal.  You will be handed a certificate with their logo confirming your title.



Recrunet Inc.,  (www.recrunet.ca), a Montreal-based head hunter firm, proud partner of this Championship event and producer of the website guarantees the 5 000$ total prize fund of which 1 300 $ will go the Champion.


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10th International Festival d'échecs de Montréal

GM Shulman 2008 TIM Champion.



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A super strong number of GM's will be participating in this years International Festival d'échecs de Montréal 2009.

Among are Étienne Bacrot from France who earlier this year won massive Aeroflot Open /his co winner in this tournament Aleksandr Moiseenko is also joining, if you guys remember few months back GM Moiseenko told me about his participation in this tourney at ICC.Grandmaster Moiseenkoo is also the Canandian Open Champion 2008, that win might be the reason he got this years invitation at TIM.

Also among to play are 2008 European Champion Sergei Tiviakov,Alexander Onischuk (US ch. 2006), who also won this year's Moscow Open,Yuri Shulman who is last years International Festival d'échecs de Montréal champion,Arkady Naiditsch from Germany,and french GM Sébastien Mazé who last year also join TIM.

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Chessdom - 10th International Festival d'échecs de Montréal

GM Nakamura set 3500 elo high at playchess.com

Cheers! GM Nakamura alias star wars of playchess.com for setting an elo rating of 3500 at blitz time pool of playchess.com.


This is a highest rating ever set at the site.

The great Raffael who they say is GM Kasparov behind it is trailing behind.

Quebec invitational chess championship 2009

CIQ: Kovalyov and Bluvshtein still perfect after 4 rondesLe Invitation Championship in Quebec 2009, an international event this year, began June 19 at 17:30. Note the location: Auberge Universel 5000 Sherbrooke Street East (metro Viau). Spectators are welcome. Four GMs, 2 MI, 3MF are ranks. A départage will take place between Ling Feng Ye and Hugues Massé for the last place disponible.Suivez parties live at: http://perso.b2b2c.ca/lesechecauquebec/tfd1.htmDétails Fédération québécoise des échecs10-06-2009

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GM Nakamura will be at Corus A 2010

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Two latest great news about GM Nakamura.He will be playing at Corus A 2010 and his book on bullet chess " One Minute To Mate" is available for everybody.

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Quebec invitational chess championship 2009

Video taken at the tournament site 6/22/09.

Anton Kovalyov in early lead at Quebec Invitational Chess Championship

Grandmaster Anton Kovalyov





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Chessdom - Anton Kovalyov in early lead at Quebec Invitational Chess Championship

IM Oliver Barbosa @ 2009 NY International

The 2009 NY International. date: June 19-23, 9 Rounds

An Extremely Strong Tournament:

46 players rated over 2200, including seven GMs and fourteen IMs, representing over ten different national chess federations!







1.Spot report of Marshall chess club after round 4.

Barbosa, 4-0, Leads 56-Player Field;
Arnold, Shankland, Stripunsky
Are One Half-Point Back


2.Spot report of Marshall chess club after round 6.


Barbosa Steamroller Slowed By Epic Draw With Stripunsky; Shankland Slays Harper's Dragon To Join In 2-Way Tie For The Lead!


The following are the games of IM Barbosa at the 2009 NY International.


[Event "ICC 120 60 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.06.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "*IM_Barbosa"]
[Black "*GM_Stripunsky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Opening "Sicilian defense"]
[ECO "B40"]
[NIC "SI.43"]
[Time "00:45:43"]
[TimeControl "7200+60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. h4 a5 11. Bf4 b4 12. Nbd2 a4 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Ba6
15. Nf1 c4 16. d4 c3 17. Qe3 Rc8 18. N1h2 Na5 19. Bg5 Re8 20. Ng4 Nf8 21.
Bxe7 Qxe7 22. h5 h6 23. Nfh2 Nc4 24. Qxc3 Nxe5 25. Qa5 Nxg4 26. Nxg4 Ra8 27.
Ne3 Qg5 28. Qxa4 Qxh5 29. Qc6 Rec8 30. Qd6 Qg5 31. Rab1 Qf6 32. Rb6 Bc4 33.
Rd1 Be2 34. Rd2 Bf3 35. Rd3 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Ng6 37. Rb7 Rd8 38. Qb4 h5 39. Qd2
Ra4 40. Nf1 h4 41. Nh2 Rf8 42. Nf3 hxg3 43. fxg3 Rc4 44. Rc3 Rxc3 45. Qxc3
Ne7 46. Qb4 Nc6 47. Qc5 Rc8 48. Ne5 Ne7 49. Rc7 Rxc7 50. Qxc7 Nf5 51. Qc3
Nd6 52. Qc6 Qd8 53. a4 Nf5 54. Qc3 f6 55. Nd3 Ne3+ 56. Kf3 Nc4 57. Qb4 e5
58. Kf2 Qd7 59. dxe5 Qf5+ 60. Kg1 Qf3 61. Qe1 Ne3 62. Qf2 Qd1+ 63. Qe1 Qf3
64. Qf2 Qd1+ 65. Qe1 Qf3 {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2






[Event "ICC 120 60 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.06.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "*IMMarcArnold"]
[Black "*IMOliverBarbos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Opening "Neo-Grünfeld, 6.O-O, main line"]
[ECO "D79"]
[NIC "KI.80"]
[Time "17:54:40"]
[TimeControl "7200+60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Nc3 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 Qd5 11. Be3 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Bh6 Re8 14.
Qa4 Nc6 15. Qxe4 Qxb2 16. Rfb1 Qf6 17. Qf4 Nd4 18. Qxf6 exf6 19. Rd1 Nxe2+
20. Kf1 Bf5 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Bc6 Bh3+ 23. Bg2 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Rbd8 25. Rxd8
Rxd8 26. Rb1 g5 27. h4 gxh4 28. gxh4 Nd4 29. Rd1 a6 30. Rd3 Rd6 31. Rg3+ Kh8
32. Bf8 Rd5 33. Bg7+ Kg8 34. Bh6+ Kh8 35. Bg7+ Kg8 36. Bxf6+ Kf8 37. h5 Ne2
38. Bg7+ Kg8 39. Rg4 f5 40. Rg5 Nf4+ 41. Kf3 Ne6 42. Rg1 Kf7 43. Bh6 Rd3+
44. Kg2 Ra3 45. Rb1 Kf6 46. Rb7 Rxa2 47. Rxh7 f4 48. Kh3 Ra3+ 49. Kg4 Ra1
50. Ra7 Rg1+ 51. Kf3 Ke5 {Game drawn} 1/2-1/2




[Event "ICC 120 60 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.06.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "*IM_Barbosa"]
[Black "*GM_Ehlvest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[ECO "A05"]
[NIC "QP.11"]
[Time "08:09:53"]
[TimeControl "7200+60"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. d4 dxc4 7. O-O c6 8.
a4 a5 9. e4 Nfd7 10. Be3 Na6 11. Qe2 Nb6 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Rad1 Nb4 14. f4 Ra6
15. Kh1 Qc8 16. Qf2 Bh3 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. d5 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Nd7 20. Bc5 Nxe5
21. Bxe7 Nbd3 22. Qe2 Re8 23. d6 Rb6 24. Rd2 Rb3 25. Nd1 Qe6 26. Ne3 Rxe7
27. dxe7 Qxe7 28. Nxc4 Nxc4 29. Rxd3 Rxb2 30. Qg4 Ne5 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Rd8
Kh6 33. Re8 Qg5 34. Rf4 f5 35. Rxe5 {White wins} 1-0





[Event "ICC 120 60 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.06.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "*GrigoryBraylov"]
[Black "*IMOliverBarbos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "243"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Opening "Sicilian defense"]
[ECO "B40"]
[NIC "SI.43"]
[Time "17:36:16"]
[TimeControl "7200+60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O b6 8. Re1
Bb7 9. e5 Nd7 10. c3 Qc7 11. a3 h6 12. b4 a6 13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qc2 Na5 15.
Nd4 b5 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. f4 g6 18. Rc1 O-O 19. Be3 Na4 20. Qf2 Qd7 21. Ra2 Rc7
22. Rac2 Kh7 23. g4 Nc6 24. Nb3 f6 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. Bxc5 Be7
28. Bxe7 Qxe7 29. Rf1 Qd6 30. Qg3 a5 31. Rcf2 Rcf7 32. h4 Kg7 33. Qe3 Bc8
34. d4 b4 35. axb4 axb4 36. h5 gxh5 37. gxh5 Kh7 38. Qd3+ Kh8 39. cxb4 Qxb4
40. f5 exf5 41. Nc3 Qxd4 42. Qxd4+ Nxd4 43. Nxd5 f4 44. Rd1 Ne6 45. Nb6 Ng5
46. Rd6 Be6 47. Rd4 f3 48. Bf1 Rf4 49. Rxf4 Rxf4 50. Rc2 Ne4 51. Bd3 f2+ 52.
Kg2 Bg4 53. Rc1 Nd2 54. Nd5 Rf3 55. Be2 Bh3+ 56. Kh2 f1=Q 57. Bxf1 Nxf1+ 58.
Kg1 Ng3 59. Rc6 Ne2+ 60. Kh2 Bf1 61. Rxh6+ Kg7 62. Rg6+ Kf7 63. Rf6+ Rxf6
64. Nxf6 Kxf6 65. h6 Kg6 66. h7 Kxh7 67. Kh1 Kg6 68. Kh2 Kg5 69. Kh1 Kg4 70.
Kh2 Bh3 71. Kh1 Nd4 72. Kh2 Kh4 73. Kh1 Kg3 74. Kg1 Nf3+ 75. Kh1 Bg2#
{Black wins}
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Quebec invitational chess championship 2009

Quebec invitational chess championship 2009 is being held at the cozy Auberge Universal Hotel.

I just been to the tournament site, actually id been there an hour before the game started.As I observed, every single detail as to how the tournament would proceed come to close scrutiny of the organizers.

This is the 2nd day of the tournament/round 2 games.Besides seeing the regulars of Canadian chess scene, i've got a chance to see in person GM Vinay Bhat of India and IM Renier Castellanos of Spain.

Heres some of the pictures id taken from the site.






GM Vinay Bhat











IM Renier Castellanos (Spain)

Raffael of playchess.com

Some say its Grandmaster Gary Kasparov who is behind the handle Raffael at playchess.com.

Heres two of his game i observed recently at playchess.com.

In blitz world only two player could gather such numerous observer in their games,only starwars/smallville alias Grandmaster Nakamura and the famous raffael.


[Event "4m + 1s, unrated"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.06.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "G-Unitworld"]
[Black "Raffael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2009.06.18"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[TimeControl "240+1"]

1. d4 {1} d5 {2} 2. Nf3 {2} Nf6 {2} 3. c4 {1} c6 {1} 4. e3 {1} a6 {3} 5. Nbd2 {
2} Bf5 {3} 6. Nh4 {8} Be6 {24} 7. Qc2 {9} g6 {3} 8. Bd3 {2} Bg7 {1} 9. O-O {1}
O-O {1} 10. b3 {1} c5 {3} 11. Bb2 {7} Nc6 {4} 12. Nhf3 {38} Nb4 {23} 13. Qb1 {2
} Nxd3 {45} 14. Qxd3 {0} dxc4 {1} 15. bxc4 {1} b5 {2} 16. Rfc1 {17} cxd4 {62}
17. Bxd4 {21} bxc4 {49} 18. Nxc4 {0} Rb8 {3} 19. Nce5 {3} Bd5 {11} 20. Qxa6 {4}
Ra8 {2} 21. Qe2 {2} Qa5 {3} 22. Nc6 {7} Bxc6 {2} 23. Rxc6 {0} Qa4 {2} 24. Qc2 {
5} Nd5 {3} 25. Bxg7 {3} Kxg7 {1} 26. Qb2+ {7} Nf6 {3} 27. Rb6 {4} Rfc8 {2} 28.
Nd4 {5} Qa3 {1} 29. Qxa3 {. 32} Rxa3 {1} 30. h3 {0} Ne4 {2} 31. Rb7 {2} Kf6 {1}
32. Rb2 {8} Rca8 {2} 33. Nc2 {5} R3a4 {1} 34. a3 {2} g5 {1} 35. Rb4 {3} e6 {1}
36. Kf1 {3} h5 {1} 37. Ke2 {1} g4 {1} 38. hxg4 {3} hxg4 {1} 39. f3 {0} gxf3+ {1
} 40. gxf3 {0} Ng3+ {1} 41. Kf2 {2} Nf5 {1} 42. e4 {1} Rxb4 {2} 43. axb4 {3}
Rc8 {1} 44. Ra2 {5} Nd6 {1} 45. Ne3 {2} Rc3 {2} 46. Rb2 {1} Rxe3 {1} 47. Rd2 {
18} Rxe4 {1} 48. Rxd6 {3} Rxb4 {1} 49. Kg3 {1} Kg5 {2} 50. Rd7 {1} f5 {1} 51.
Rg7+ {1} Kf6 {1} 52. Rc7 {0} e5 {1} 53. Rc8 {4} Rb1 {3} 54. Rc7 {3} Rg1+ {2}
55. Kf2 {1} Rg7 {1} 56. Rc6+ {1} Kg5 {1} 57. Ke3 {1} Rd7 {1} 58. Rc8 {1} Ra7 {1
} 59. Rg8+ {2} Kf6 {1} 60. Rf8+ {1} Kg6 {1} 61. Re8 {3} Ra3+ {1} 62. Ke2 {0}
Kf6 {0} 63. Rf8+ {1} Kg5 {1} 64. Rb8 {4} Ra2+ {1} 65. Ke3 {2} f4+ {1} 66. Ke4 {
1} Re2+ {1} 67. Kd5 {0} Re3 {1} 68. Rg8+ {2} Kh4 {1} 69. Rg6 {5} Kh3 {1} 70.
Rg8 {3} Re2 {1} 71. Rg7 {1} e4 {1} 72. fxe4 {10} f3 {1} 73. Rf7 {1} f2 {1} 74.
e5 {1} Kg3 {1} 75. e6 {4} Re1 {1} 76. Rxf2 {2} Kxf2 {1} 77. Kd6 {0} Rxe6+ {1}
78. Kxe6 {(Lag: Av=0.55s, max=2.8s) 0} 1/2-1/2




[Event "4m + 1s, unrated"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.06.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Raffael"]
[Black "G-Unitworld"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.06.18"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[TimeControl "240+1"]

1. d4 {2} Nf6 {1} 2. c4 {1} e6 {1} 3. Nf3 {1} Bb4+ {1} 4. Bd2 {5} Qe7 {1} 5.
Bxb4 {8} Qxb4+ {1} 6. Nbd2 {1} Qxb2 {22} 7. e4 {6} Nc6 {9} 8. e5 {4} Ng8 {3} 9.
Rb1 {2} Qxa2 {4} 10. Qc1 {8} Qa4 {63} 11. Be2 {11} Nb4 {16} 12. O-O {8} a5 {7}
13. Bd1 {4} Qc6 {2} 14. Qa3 {5} Ra6 {12} 15. Ba4 {6} Qb6 {1} 16. c5 {7} Qa7 {3}
17. Bb5 {1} Ne7 {4} 18. Ng5 {11} Nec6 {3} 19. Qf3 {6} O-O {8} 20. Qe4 {1} g6 {5
} 21. Qh4 {1} h5 {1} 22. Nde4 {1} Kg7 {8} 23. Nf6 {7} Rh8 {2} 24. Qf4 {1} Nd8 {
13} 25. Nxh5+ {31} Rxh5 {23} 26. Qf6+ {1} Kg8 {0} 27. Qxd8+ {G-Unitworld
resigns (Lag: Av=0.47s, max=1.9s) 2} 1-0

Iran after election 2009

If you watch the clip closely, you will see at the end part of it, a riot policeman captured by protesters, a policeman already strip of his gun whose fate depend upon an angry mob.You will also see a group of young man and woman who rescue him from the mob, this probably are students and also check the kind gesture of one guy in offering him water.

A group of motorcycle riding riot policeman charging in the rear would create confusion among the protester in the first assault but you cant do the same method twice in dispersing these protester,its easy for angry protester to topple down a running motorcycle and maule a policeman, and remember their facing here the angry youth of Iran, probably the leaders of this march are the most brilliant amongst Iranian youth.

Wesley will play once more in Chinese league!

The last time Wesley played in Chinese league, he got two win,1 draw and one loss.The loss come from GM Peng Xiang Zhang elo 2638,a draw from Zhao jun elo 2560, and a win from two lower rated chinese master of elo rating less than 2400.

Once again Wesley is bound to play in Chinese league,as confirmed by Mrs Leny So at chessgames.com Wesley So page, the tournament will be held on June 26 until July 6, 2009.

Wesley got an invitation from UAE to play for a 5 game match against GM Salem but limited time for visa preparation prevented Wesley from accepting it.

Wesley to play at Corus B

A letter from Corus Organizer inviting GM So to play in next year Corus B as posted by Mrs So at Wesley So page chessgames.com.


From: Jeroen van den Berg To: ELEANOR SO Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 21:41:09 Subject: Corsa 2010



Dear Wesley and Eleanor,


It is my pleasure to invite Wesley So for the Gransmaster Group B of the Corsa Chess Tournament 2010. We will try to make a strong group with 14 players, mainly talented, young players. I hope and expect Category 14/15 at least (14 players).

We can offer Wesley an appearance fee of 1.800 euro, including travel costs. We can also offer Wesley a hotel room for 2 persons, as well as breakfast for two persons. The dates are: 15-31 January 2010.

Please let me know if Wesley is ready to accept this offer. In case of a positive reply, I will prepare the contract and send it to you.

Best regards,


Jeroen van den Berg,
Director Corsa Chess Tournament



As stated by Jeroen van den Berg, Corus B will be composed of players of category 14 to 15 tournament strength player and this will be set of young and talented GM's.

GM So rightfully belong to this strength level (Cat 14- 2575-2600 elo /Cat 15- 2600-2625elo.)
and lets see how his raw talent would clash against the best juniors in the world.

This is a challenge to Wesley to emerge strong despite our lack of resources.

I'll post visayan brain doctor kibitz at my personal at chessgames.com summarizing the failings of our masters through generation/Philippine chess history.Failing due to our government lack of support and a solid chess program.

"IM Rodolfo Tan Cardoso in his days was actually touted to be one of Fischer's rivals. He never even got to a GM title, although he should have. IM Rodriguez was of GM caliber I believe, but he never got anywhere either. GM Torre got as far as the Candidates only. GM Balinas had to practice law. IM Yap's life ended in a tragedy. GM Antonio is still giving it a shot, after all these years, and still not making it to Candidates."

We got politicians who like to ride high to the accomplishment of somebody like Wesley, but we know all what kind of bad air they are.

Wesley good luck! I hope you crush them all.If you will make it, then this is something bigger compared to the accomplishment set by Fabiano Caruana in Corus B last year because you did it all by yourself and with out a backing of team coach/second to support you.



Chess Tournaments FIDE Categories
go up 25 each - ave tournament rating
Category 18 - 2675-2700

so
Cat 17 2650-2675
Cat 16 2625-2650
Cat 15 2600-2625
Cat 14 2575-2600
Cat 13 2550-2575
Cat 12 2525-2550
Cat 11 2500-2525
Cat 10 2475-2500
Cat 9 2450-2475
Cat 8 2425-2450
Cat 7 2400-2425
Cat 6 2375-2400
Cat 5 2350-2375
Cat 4 2325-2350
Cat 3 2300-2325
Cat 2 2275-2300
Cat 1 2250-2275

Rex Sinquefield got Fischers library for 50 gran

Rex Sinquefield, founder and board president of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, purchased the auctioned fischers library.



Concerning these auctioned items, Fischer made a vulgar protest about it when he was still alive.

Here is Fischers side of the story.Ill post some of the passages from his tirades.Here is it as I quoate from the book Bobby fischer the wandering king.





" I paid for 12 years the cost of that storage space in Pasadena until I was blue in the face.Those damned ---have now stolen everything.It was worth millions.There are so many tremendously valuable things there.A letter from President Nixon,all the stuff from Marcos,his letter inviting me,things from my mother and sister,my photo album,a telegram from Kissenger,posters,books,files,contracts.Those damned --- stole everyhting."

'It's business as usual for the ----- liar,embezzler and thief Bob Ellesworth.For this hardened,heartless ----- criminal robbing all of Bobby Fischer's belongings in storage was a "piece of cake".Like taking candy from a baby.Hardly worth losing any sleep over.As a--- he is convinced of the superiority of his "race",and even more importantly he knows that the fix is on and that the police won't touch him!

What happened at barangay Wesley So?

If any of you remembered my posted blog "The Filipino chess fans and Grandmaster Wesley So".

In that blog entry I discussed the phenominal number of members that join the page of GM Wesley So at chessgames.com.

Now i want to make a follow up post on it.


I actually started kibitzing at Wesley So page at chessgames.com at its 10 first pages,I started to become a fan of Wesley So when i saw one of his game being featured at the game of the day feature of Chessgames.com.

During that time, theres few of us regulars kibitzing in that page and the issue being discussed is solely addressed in chess.

After GM So got his final GM norm and won the tournament in Dubai,coupled with a win at Corus C , Wesley So page at chessgames.com jus got flooded of membership.

Anybody im sure would find it amazing how such a number of enthusiastic chessfan would gather and kibitz everyday to the point that additional and additional pages keep on turning and surpassing the pages of other popular Grandmasters.


Its hard for me to say if the members who lately are active in kibitzing at wesley so page got things out of control in there bid to surpass the most popular page/most kibitz GM page at chessgames.com.

It might be that the most zealot of the Wesley So fan who had time to do it spam the page,or topic go out of chess and instead focus on basketball, footall and tinikling which has nothing to do with Wesley So and his career.

Here is the posting guidelines of chessgames.com when it comes to posting kibitz.

No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language.
No spamming, advertising, or duplicating posts.
No personal attacks against other users.
Nothing in violation of United States law.

This afternoon chessgames user ohiochess fan, one of the most respected kibitzer at chessgames.com lodge a complaint at chessgames.com chessforum saying.


OhioChessFan: Have you had a look recently at the Wesley So page? I understand you don't wish to come down hard on kibitizing, but that page is sprawling like kudzu. He is way too important to the chess world to see Team Rosters of hundreds of people repeatedly posted and pages and pages of votes for game moves and lists of basketball players and idle chitchat and this and that littering his forum.

On a happier note, it rocks that Magnus took the World Game offer seriously.


Chessgames.com reply to the complaint is.


chessgames.com: OhioChessFan: Have you had a look recently at the Wesley So page?
Not until you mentioned it, and we concur it is definitely getting out of hand. Even more bothersome is when we flipped back a few days there seems to be what looks like a correspondence game using his player page as a vehicle for move voting--although we're not quite sure what was going on there.
Thanks for bringing this to our attention, and remember you can always use the "Whistle" function to bring things like this to administrator's attention. This is especially important on Wesley's page because nobody on our staff can speak a word of Tagalog.


I hope that if ever theres a violation only a warning should be given, I hope no membership will get banned,no post delition will happen nor the page dont get shut off to everybody.A warning is ok to first offender.

Bobby Fischer visit to the Philippines in 1967 for "Beat Bobby Fischer" chess matches

Again a newly posted Bobby fischer video in You tube, featuring his 1967 chess game in the Philippine.


Bobby Fischer later said:

"I am not a world champion then, but they (filipinos) accepted me like a world champion.

Dr. Hawley Crippen proven innocent 99 years after he was hanged

A DNA test done by US scientists proved that the body found by authorities inside the home of Dr. Hawley Crippen contained male DNA.

The DNA discovery "proves he should be vindicated," British-Italian lawyer Giovanni Di Stefano told Canwest News Service in January, predicting that British officials eventually would have to comply with the Crippen family's petition to overturn the conviction after 99 years. "This family has been shamed long enough, and this man did not kill his wife."

Dr. Crippen was hanged in 1910 for murdering his wife.

Click here for news full detail.
'Killer' gets his day in court - 99 years after he was hanged

For a man to suffer conviction and death for the crime he did not done.

Reading these story in the morning paper makes me remember The tragic short story written by Leo Tolstoy "God Sees the Truth, But Waits."

Thrash talk after a blitz game

The following is my game at 15 minute time pool at Free Internet Chess Server and the trash talk i engage with my opponent after the game.

Be among patzers till Grandmasters trash talk exist during and after a blitz game,some say its a culture among blitz player.



[Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2009.06.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "timhortonsknight"]
[Black "fregen"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "1495"]
[BlackElo "1697"]
[ECO "B02"]
[TimeControl "900"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ne4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O h6
8. d4 c5 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxe5 11. f4 Nc4 12. Bc1 Bc5 13. c3 Qb6 14. Nd2
Bxd4+ 15. cxd4 Qxd4+ 16. Kh1 Nf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qxf2 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Qa4+ Kf8
20. h3 Qf1+ 21. Kh2 g5 22. b3 gxf4 23. Ba3+ Kg8 24. Rxf1 Rh7 25. Qxc4 f3 26.
Qg4+ Rg7 27. Qxf3 Rc8 28. Bb2 Rc2 *





Final Position

6k1/pp3pr1/4p2p/8/8/1P3Q1P/PBr3PK/5R2 w - - 0 29


He lost his queen at this point after which he offered a draw, i feel its not a draw since he blundered his queen and im winning this game so I refused the draw offer.

r4k1r/pp3p2/4p2p/6p1/Q1p2P2/1P5P/P5PK/R1B2q2 b - - 0 22



After he resign, he started talking crap.His main argument is i lost the game already by position before he lost his queen so he think its fair to draw the game, my point of refusing a draw is that, why would i draw a game when im winning already besides im accepting humbly all my lost game, so why i throw away a win?


fregen: i hate playing dirty crap like you

fregen: what a piece of debris you are

timhortonsknight: fuck you

fregen: shut your dirty mouth, worm

timhortonsknight: why i would agree to a draw when your lossing

timhortonsknight: fagoot

timhortonsknight: moroon

fregen: you lost the game, you piece of #$%&

timhortonsknight: how i loss a game?

fregen: why didnt you resign when it was over?

fregen: coward.

timhortonsknight: why i would resign?

timhortonsknight: tell me

fregen: because it was lost for you

timhortonsknight: how i lost it?

fregen: by losing all your material

timhortonsknight: you lost your queen because your an idiot

fregen: yes.

timhortonsknight: idiot

fregen: so what?

fregen: i know i am.

fregen: i cannot believe what i am talking.

timhortonsknight: be nice next time

timhortonsknight: chess is all about lossing and winning

fregen: i would try.

fregen: lol

fregen: actually, it is not

fregen: you were dead before i made that one blunder.

timhortonsknight: so i am allowed to blunder and you were nopt?

fregen: some people are just good at boring you out after they lost, thats why i dont like standard.

fregen: what is nopt?

timhortonsknight: not

fregen: sure you are.

timhortonsknight: have a good day

timhortonsknight: bye for now

timhortonsknight: i hope you win next time we play

fregen: also, it was possible you didnt know you were lost, so why resign?

fregen: sorry for my talk.

timhortonsknight: ok no problem

fregen: tx




We ended the fight in a peacefull manner, this is something that admins of Free Internet Chess Server is not allowing, attacking somebody personally, but anyways i feel theres no reason to get the attention of the admins over these since we ended our argument in a peacefull manner.

Pinoy chess curriculum

Ill base my reaction on the video posted by GMA news regarding the Philippine chess curriculum.According to Department of education secretary Lapuz the chess subject will be incorporated to the existing Physical education curriculumn.The chess subject will be teach to grade 3,grade 6 and high school but for a while it would be implemented first in grade 3 level.

Yesterday, i got a chance to talk with my mother, she's a retired public school teacher.You know I come from the family of teachers, My grandfather is also a retired public school teacher and a lot of the member of our family is in teaching profession.Though my work is health care related but as a matter of love to teaching i took my diploma course in teaching at West visayas state university before i leave the country.

Nanay told me that Physical education curriculumn called "mapea" is composed of the subject of music,arts and physical education and during her time the time allotted for the subject to be teach is half hour.As the news provide it is one hour now.Secretary Lapuz of Deped said the existing subjects will still be teach but chess will be incorporated in the curriculumn.

I find it awkward to imagine how a grade 3 teacher in public school would teach chess.These female teacher in public school don't know how to play chess, almost all of them.The GMA news further say that Dep Ed give order to Division Supervisors to look for mentors to help them teach the curriculumn.

Still quite complicated for me.A grade 3 class in public elementary school with 50 pupil studying chess with out a chessboard with a grade 3 public school teacher probably wondering how this game is played staying on the sides and a barangay chess player probably a tambay acting as a mentor.

Considering the curriculumn is teach in one hour and the chess subject is teach together with music,arts and physical education then chess would have its lion share of 15 minute per session.

I'm too critical, maybe its a product of playing chess.

According to Joseph Morong GMA news correspondent, Grandmaster like Eugene Torre is expecting that out of this program the country will produce more Grandmasters.A vision that authorities of official chess organization in the country is sharing.




Is chess present in inter school competition among public school?

The answer is yes! Though there's no formal instruction on how the game is played, but during the barangay meet/inter barangay public school contest, the game of chess is included together with baseball,volleyball,declamation ,singing and dancing contest.

I am a product of public school,chess contest exist during my time, until now.I once represent my Barangay elementary school in the game of chess.

The winner in interbarangay school competition will compete with the pilot school in town and those who will win will compete in provincial level contest.

Chess is around and getting played by elementary public school student.


Wesley So is a product of a private school.The improvement of his chess skill is due to private chess clinic.




Check out the canadian chess n math curriculumn for elementary grade.

About "Chess'n Math Association / Association Échecs et Maths"