A record-breaking achievement
After remarkably finishing in second place at the American Cup, Alice Lee was interviewed by Tatiana Flores. The teenager was asked when she expected to make her last IM norm. A confident Alice Lee replied:
I’m playing a few tournaments from the end of May through the summer, so I’m hoping to get my final norm in one of those.
Attack like a Super Grandmaster
In this Fritztrainer: “Attack like a Super GM” with Gukesh we touch upon all aspects of his play, with special emphasis on how you can become a better attacking player.
At the Canadian Transnational Championship, a 9-round Swiss open held in Montreal on 6-11 June, the youngster reached her goal. After facing eight GMs and one IM, she collected 4½ points from 9 games and achieved a 2531 rating performance. This was enough to secure her third and final IM norm, thus breaking a record, as no other girl from the United States had ever won the title at such a young age.
Having achieved this goal at 13, the sky is the limit for the girl from Minneapolis. Flores also asked her about her long-term goals, and Lee maturely replied:
I would definitely say that I’d like to become a GM, especially since I think it’s within reach if I keep improving. However, that’s like a really big goal that won’t happen for another three years, so for the moment I’m trying to focus on smaller goals, trying to improve my chess. [...] I still have goals I’d like to achieve.
The winner of the Canadian Transnational Championship was the Latvian GM Toms Kantans. He scored 7½/9 points and finished a full point ahead of Polish GM Mateusz Bartel and Canadian IM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux.
Final standings
Master Class Vol.2: Mihail Tal
On this DVD Dorian Rogozenco, Mihail Marin, Oliver Reeh and Karsten Müller present the 8. World Chess Champion in video lessons: his openings, his understanding of chess strategy, his artful endgame play, and finally his immortal combinations.
| 1 |
14 |
|
GM |
Kantans, Toms |
|
LAT |
2486 |
7,5 |
| 2 |
3 |
|
GM |
Bartel, Mateusz |
|
POL |
2609 |
6,5 |
|
16 |
|
IM |
Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn |
|
CAN |
2469 |
6,5 |
| 4 |
1 |
|
GM |
Liang, Awonder |
|
USA |
2651 |
6 |
|
7 |
|
GM |
Bosiocic, Marin |
|
CRO |
2543 |
6 |
|
8 |
|
GM |
Matviishen, Viktor |
|
UKR |
2538 |
6 |
|
19 |
|
IM |
Noritsyn, Nikolay |
|
CAN |
2462 |
6 |
| 8 |
2 |
|
GM |
Bruzon Batista, Lazaro |
|
USA |
2617 |
5,5 |
|
5 |
|
GM |
Meshkovs, Nikita |
|
LAT |
2573 |
5,5 |
|
6 |
|
GM |
Lenderman, Alexandr |
|
USA |
2566 |
5,5 |
|
10 |
|
GM |
Almeida Quintana, Omar |
|
CUB |
2520 |
5,5 |
|
15 |
|
GM |
Preotu, Razvan |
|
CAN |
2475 |
5,5 |
|
24 |
|
IM |
Heimann, Mark |
|
USA |
2426 |
5,5 |
|
33 |
|
IM |
Plotkin, Mark |
|
CAN |
2341 |
5,5 |
| 15 |
4 |
|
GM |
Neiksans, Arturs |
|
LAT |
2605 |
5 |
|
11 |
|
GM |
Moradiabadi, Elshan |
|
USA |
2520 |
5 |
|
12 |
|
GM |
Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula |
|
ROU |
2504 |
5 |
|
21 |
|
IM |
Posthuma, Joshua |
|
USA |
2457 |
5 |
|
22 |
|
GM |
Sambuev, Bator |
|
CAN |
2448 |
5 |
|
26 |
|
IM |
Msellek, Ilyass |
|
MAR |
2405 |
5 |
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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 e6 10.Bd2 Ngf6 11.0-0-0 Be7 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Nf6 14.Qe2 a5 15.Rhg1 Qd5 16.Kb1 Qe4 17.Qf1 Ng4 18.Re1 Qf5 19.Qe2 0-0 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Bxh4 22.g3 Be7 23.g4 Qh7 24.Rg3 Rfd8 25.Rh1 Rd4 26.f3 Bb4 27.Be3 Rd5 28.g5 h5 29.g6 fxg6 30.Bg5 Rf8 31.a3 Bc5 32.f4 Rf7 33.Ka2 Kf8 34.Rd3 Rfd7 35.Rxd5 Rxd5 36.c4 Rd4 37.Rd1 Qg8 38.b4 axb4 39.axb4 Qf7 40.bxc5 Qd7 41.Rxd4 Qxd4 42.Kb3 Qxc5 43.Qd3 Qb6+ 44.Kc2 Kg8 45.Qxg6 Qf2+ 46.Kc3 Qe1+ 47.Kc2 Qe2+ 48.Kb3 Qe3+ 49.Kb4 Qb6+ 50.Kc3 Qe3+ 51.Kc2 ½–½
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| Ilyass Msellek | - | Awonder Liang | - | ½–½ | | B19 | Round 1: Ilyass Msellek - Awonder Liang | |
| Lazaro Bruzon Batista | - | Alice Lee | - | ½–½ | | D10 | Round 1: Lazaro Bruzon Batista - Alice Lee | |
| Varun Krishnan | - | Mateusz Bartel | - | 0–1 | | C45 | Round 1: Varun Krishnan - Mateusz Bartel | |
| Arturs Neiksans | - | Edward Song | - | ½–½ | | C42 | Round 1: Arturs Neiksans - Edward Song | |
| Mateusz Bartel | - | Toms Kantans | - | 1–0 | | B92 | Round 2: Mateusz Bartel - Toms Kantans | |
| Nikita Meshkovs | - | Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux | - | ½–½ | | E06 | Round 2: Nikita Meshkovs - Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux | |
| Razvan Preotu | - | Alexandr Lenderman | - | ½–½ | | C43 | Round 2: Razvan Preotu - Alexandr Lenderman | |
| Marin Bosiocic | - | Thomas Roussel-Roozmon | - | 0–1 | | C65 | Round 2: Marin Bosiocic - Thomas Roussel-Roozmon | |
| Gergely-Andras-Gyula Szabo | - | Mateusz Bartel | - | ½–½ | | B12 | Round 3: Gergely-Andras-Gyula Szabo - Mateusz Bartel | |
| Thomas Roussel-Roozmon | - | Elshan Moradiabadi | - | ½–½ | | E46 | Round 3: Thomas Roussel-Roozmon - Elshan Moradiabadi | |
| Mark Heimann | - | Awonder Liang | - | 0–1 | | D37 | Round 3: Mark Heimann - Awonder Liang | |
| Lazaro Bruzon Batista | - | Andy Woodward | - | ½–½ | | B90 | Round 3: Lazaro Bruzon Batista - Andy Woodward | |
| Kassa Korley | - | Nikita Meshkovs | - | ½–½ | | A05 | Round 3: Kassa Korley - Nikita Meshkovs | |
| Alexandr Lenderman | - | Nikolay Noritsyn | - | ½–½ | | D31 | Round 3: Alexandr Lenderman - Nikolay Noritsyn | |
| Awonder Liang | - | Gergely-Andras-Gyula Szabo | - | 1–0 | | C77 | Round 4: Awonder Liang - Gergely-Andras-Gyula Szabo | |
| Mateusz Bartel | - | Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux | - | ½–½ | | B12 | Round 4: Mateusz Bartel - Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux | |
| Elshan Moradiabadi | - | Viktor Matviishen | - | ½–½ | | E15 | Round 4: Elshan Moradiabadi - Viktor Matviishen | |
| Thomas Roussel-Roozmon | - | Omar Almeida Quintana | - | ½–½ | | A41 | Round 4: Thomas Roussel-Roozmon - Omar Almeida Quintana | |
| Nikolay Noritsyn | - | Lazaro Bruzon Batista | - | ½–½ | | C50 | Round 4: Nikolay Noritsyn - Lazaro Bruzon Batista | |
| Nikita Meshkovs | - | Bator Sambuev | - | 0–1 | | A40 | Round 4: Nikita Meshkovs - Bator Sambuev | |
| Mateusz Bartel | - | Awonder Liang | - | ½–½ | | C85 | Round 5: Mateusz Bartel - Awonder Liang | |
| Viktor Matviishen | - | Thomas Roussel-Roozmon | - | ½–½ | | D35 | Round 5: Viktor Matviishen - Thomas Roussel-Roozmon | |
| Omar Almeida Quintana | - | Andy Woodward | - | ½–½ | | D91 | Round 5: Omar Almeida Quintana - Andy Woodward | |
| Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux | - | Elshan Moradiabadi | - | 1–0 | | C07 | Round 5: Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux - Elshan Moradiabadi | |
| Bator Sambuev | - | Razvan Preotu | - | 0–1 | | D12 | Round 5: Bator Sambuev - Razvan Preotu | |
| Lazaro Bruzon Batista | - | Kassa Korley | - | ½–½ | | D32 | Round 5: Lazaro Bruzon Batista - Kassa Korley | |
| Awonder Liang | - | Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux | - | ½–½ | | B10 | Round 6: Awonder Liang - Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux | |
| Razvan Preotu | - | Marin Bosiocic | - | ½–½ | | B12 | Round 6: Razvan Preotu - Marin Bosiocic | |
| Andy Woodward | - | Mateusz Bartel | - | ½–½ | | D30 | Round 6: Andy Woodward - Mateusz Bartel | |
| Omar Almeida Quintana | - | Viktor Matviishen | - | 0–1 | | E15 | Round 6: Omar Almeida Quintana - Viktor Matviishen | |
| Thomas Roussel-Roozmon | - | Toms Kantans | - | 0–1 | | E16 | Round 6: Thomas Roussel-Roozmon - Toms Kantans | |
| Joshua Posthuma | - | Lazaro Bruzon Batista | - | ½–½ | | A56 | Round 6: Joshua Posthuma - Lazaro Bruzon Batista | |
| Toms Kantans | - | Awonder Liang | - | 1–0 | | C45 | Round 7: Toms Kantans - Awonder Liang | |
| Viktor Matviishen | - | Razvan Preotu | - | | | C07 | Round 7: Viktor Matviishen - Razvan Preotu | |
| Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux | - | Andy Woodward | - | 1–0 | | B52 | Round 7: Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux - Andy Woodward | |
| Mateusz Bartel | - | Nikolay Noritsyn | - | ½–½ | | A04 | Round 7: Mateusz Bartel - Nikolay Noritsyn | |
| Marin Bosiocic | - | Vyom Vidyarthi | - | 1–0 | | D17 | Round 7: Marin Bosiocic - Vyom Vidyarthi | |
| Nikita Meshkovs | - | Alice Lee | - | 1–0 | | D45 | Round 7: Nikita Meshkovs - Alice Lee | |
| Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux | - | Viktor Matviishen | - | ½–½ | | C47 | Round 8: Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux - Viktor Matviishen | |
| Toms Kantans | - | Marin Bosiocic | - | 1–0 | | B12 | Round 8: Toms Kantans - Marin Bosiocic | |
| Awonder Liang | - | Mark Plotkin | - | 1–0 | | B30 | Round 8: Awonder Liang - Mark Plotkin | |
| Elshan Moradiabadi | - | Lazaro Bruzon Batista | - | ½–½ | | C67 | Round 8: Elshan Moradiabadi - Lazaro Bruzon Batista | |
| Razvan Preotu | - | Mateusz Bartel | - | 0–1 | | C55 | Round 8: Razvan Preotu - Mateusz Bartel | |
| Mark Heimann | - | Arturs Neiksans | - | 1–0 | | B42 | Round 8: Mark Heimann - Arturs Neiksans | |
| Viktor Matviishen | - | Toms Kantans | - | 0–1 | | D85 | Round 9: Viktor Matviishen - Toms Kantans | |
| Nikolay Noritsyn | - | Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux | - | ½–½ | | B10 | Round 9: Nikolay Noritsyn - Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux | |
| Mateusz Bartel | - | Mark Heimann | - | 1–0 | | C65 | Round 9: Mateusz Bartel - Mark Heimann | |
| Lazaro Bruzon Batista | - | Awonder Liang | - | ½–½ | | C84 | Round 9: Lazaro Bruzon Batista - Awonder Liang | |
| Marin Bosiocic | - | Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez | - | 1–0 | | D43 | Round 9: Marin Bosiocic - Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez | |
| Arturs Neiksans | - | Bator Sambuev | - | ½–½ | | C55 | Round 9: Arturs Neiksans - Bator Sambuev | |
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