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Sponsored by SAP Software, The Chess Federation of Canada, University of
Guelph,
Ontario Chess Association and South Western Ontario Chess League
At the University of Guelph, just outside of the heart of “The Royal City,” Canada’s top players were in the heat of battle, each struggling to secure the Zonal title and a berth in this year’s World Cup. The city itself, established in 1827, was named in honour of the House of Hanover (the Hanoverians), which descended from the House of Welf (traditionally rendered as Guelf or Guelph in English). With King George IV sitting on the British throne at the time, this tie to his ancestral family can be said to have been made in his honour specifically. Historically, composed of a population of largely German extraction, the city features many architectural fancies, not the least of which is...
...the Church
of Our Lady Immaculate, which was modelled after...
... the Kölner Dom, the Cologne
Cathedral in Cologne, Germany
The tournament, housed in the University Centre’s Peter Clark Hall, played host to 29 of the best Canada has to offer, topped by Grandmaster Bator Sambuev. Despite the GM affixed to his name, Bator was left chasing IM Eric Hansen, Alberta’s provincial champion, after seven rounds. Once the nine round tournament had ended, the two emerged in a two-way tie for first. By agreement, Eric was declared Canada’s official nominee to the World Cup, though they still engaged in a playoff to secure the outright Canadian Champion’s title and a guaranteed spot on Canada’s Olympic team.
After two tiebreak games, played at a rate of 15 minutes with a five second increment, Bator emerged victorious with a 1.5-0.5 score. Unfortunately for Eric, his chances seemed good in the first game, but he was only able to secure a draw.
The winner on tiebreak: GM Bator Sambuev, rated 2750
Tied for first with 7.5/9: IM Eric Hansen 2572, who is now
Canada’s nominee for the 2011 World Cup
# | Name | C-Rtg | Rd1 | Rd2 | Rd3 | Rd4 | Rd5 | Rd6 | Rd7 | Rd8 | Rd9 | Tot |
1 | GM Bator Sambuev | 2750 | W15 | W6 | D5 | D2 | D3 | W21 | W9 | W4 | W7 | 7.5 |
2 | IM Eric Hansen | 2572 | W13 | W25 | D21 | D1 | W11 | W4 | D3 | W5 | W9 | 7.5 |
3 | IM Leonid Gerzhoy | 2629 | D7 | D29 | W27 | W12 | D1 | W6 | D2 | W8 | D5 | 6.5 |
4 | IM Nikolay Noritsyn | 2584 | W10 | L8 | W18 | W26 | W5 | L2 | W6 | L1 | W14 | 6.0 |
5 | IM Raja Panjwani | 2450 | W20 | W24 | D1 | W21 | L4 | W12 | W10 | L2 | D3 | 6.0 |
6 | Arthur Calugar | 2401 | W28 | L1 | W13 | W7 | W10 | L3 | L4 | W21 | W12 | 6.0 |
7 | Michael Kleinman | 2301 | D3 | W23 | D9 | L6 | D8 | W19 | W18 | W12 | L1 | 5.5 |
8 | FM Robert Hamilton | 2370 | W16 | W4 | L12 | L11 | D7 | W22 | W14 | L3 | W10 | 5.5 |
9 | FM Shiyam Thavandiran | 2463 | W22 | D27 | D7 | L10 | W15 | W26 | L1 | W11 | L2 | 5.0 |
10 | FM Hans Jung | 2289 | L4 | W28 | W24 | W9 | L6 | W11 | L5 | W13 | L8 | 5.0 |
11 | Morgon Mills | 2056 | L25 | B--- | W15 | W8 | L2 | L10 | W26 | L9 | W19 | 5.0 |
12 | Victor Plotkin | 2422 | D23 | W17 | W8 | L3 | W27 | L5 | W21 | L7 | L6 | 4.5 |
13 | Miladin Djerkovic | 2280 | L2 | W16 | L6 | D14 | L19 | W23 | W27 | L10 | W18 | 4.5 |
14 | Roman Sapozhnikov | 2451 | L26 | L18 | W20 | D13 | W17 | W27 | L8 | W16 | L4 | 4.5 |
15 | FM Michael Dougherty | 2312 | L1 | W20 | L11 | W24 | L9 | L18 | W29 | W26 | D17 | 4.5 |
16 | John Upper | 2169 | L8 | L13 | B--- | D25 | D20 | D29 | W22 | L14 | W28 | 4.5 |
17 | David Filipovich | 2174 | D29 | L12 | W23 | L22 | L14 | B--- | W25 | D19 | D15 | 4.5 |
18 | Michael Humphreys | 2273 | L21 | W14 | L4 | D19 | D25 | W15 | L7 | W20 | L13 | 4.0 |
19 | Zi Yi [Joey] Qin | 2353 | L27 | L22 | W28 | D18 | W13 | L7 | W24 | D17 | L11 | 4.0 |
20 | FM Dale Haessel | 2233 | L5 | L15 | L14 | W23 | D16 | D28 | B--- | L18 | W27 | 4.0 |
21 | IM Artiom Samsonkin | 2561 | W18 | W26 | D2 | L5 | W22 | L1 | L12 | L6 | U--- | 3.5 |
22 | Josh Guo | 2272 | L9 | W19 | D29 | W17 | L21 | L8 | L16 | W28 | U--- | 3.5 |
23 | Vladimir Drkulec | 2202 | D12 | L7 | L17 | L20 | B--- | L13 | L28 | W25 | W24 | 3.5 |
24 | Matthew Nicholson | 2020 | B--- | L5 | L10 | L15 | W28 | W25 | L19 | D27 | L23 | 3.5 |
25 | FM Michael Barron | 2328 | W11 | L2 | L26 | D16 | D18 | L24 | L17 | L23 | B--- | 3.0 |
26 | Réjean Tremblay | 2238 | W14 | L21 | W25 | L4 | W29 | L9 | L11 | L15 | U--- | 3.0 |
27 | David Itkin | 2160 | W19 | D9 | L3 | W29 | L12 | L14 | L13 | D24 | L20 | 3.0 |
28 | Nikola Anastasovski | 2190 | L6 | L10 | L19 | B--- | L24 | D20 | W23 | L22 | L16 | 2.5 |
29 | FM Christian Stevens | 2378 | D17 | D3 | D22 | L27 | L26 | D16 | L15 | U--- | U--- | 2.0 |
Samsonkin,Artiom (2561) - Sambuev,Bator (2750)
2011 Canadian Closed Guelph Canada (6), 09.05.2011
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Qe2+ Be7
8.dxc5 0-0 9.Nb3 Re8 10.Bxd7 Nbxd7 11.0-0 Nxc5 12.Nxc5 Bxc5 13.Qd3 Qb6 14.c3
Ng4 15.Qf5 Qg6 16.Qxd5
16...Bxf2+ 17.Rxf2 Rad8 18.Qb5 a6 19.Qb3 Nxf2 20.Kxf2 Re2+ 21.Kxe2 Qxg2+ 22.Ke3 Re8+ 23.Kf4 h6 24.h4 h5 25.Ne5 Qh2+ 26.Kf3 Rxe5 27.Qc4 Qh3+ 28.Kf2 b5 29.Qd4 Qh2+ 30.Kf3 Qe2+ 31.Kg3 Re4 32.Qd8+ Kh7 33.Qd2 Rg4+ 34.Kh3 0-1.
The reigning Canadian Junior Champion, Roman Sapozhnikov
Champion of Guelph, FIDE Master Christian Stevens
Former Canadian Champion, International Master Nikolay Noritsyn
Canada’s newest IM-elect, Arthur Calugar
FM-elect, Victor Plotkin
FM-elect and Champion of Ontario, Michael Kleinman
This final video has interviews with the players who tied for first: Bator
Sambuev and Eric Hansen
Michael von Keitz