Montreal Class Ch 2013 Rd5

Here is the critical Rd5 game of GM Sambuev which he won in strong positional style.

Kleinman,Michael (2288) - Sambuev,Bator (2576)
3.Nd2 Be7[C03]
Championnat par classe du Québec A (5.1), 20.01.2013

Position 1
Black has won a pawn but how to convert it? What do you suggest for black?

Black to Play

32.Kf2

Montreal Class Ch 2013 Final Standings

A great event took place in Montreal. GM Sambuev took top honors in the Open section.

Two young players battle it out

Photo see gallery fqechecs championnat-par-classe 2013

Standings Open Montreal Class Ch 2013 Standings
GM took clear first with 4.5/5. IM Hambleton was clear 2nd with 4/5 and continues to perform strongly.

	Nom	Rating	Tot	Prix
1	Bator Sambuev	2576	4,5	750,00
2	Aman Hambleton	2370	4,0	400,00
3	Michael Kleinman	2288	3,5	125,00
4	Raven Sturt	2283	3,5	125,00
5	Keith Mackinnon	2316	3,0
6	Marius Nicula	2207	3,0
7	Félix Dumont	2121	3,0
8	C.-Ratte Olivier-Kenta	2226	2,5
9	Louis Robichaud	2032	2,5	62,50
10	Misael Cardona	2031	2,5	62,50
11	Thierry Libersan	2128	2,0
12	Valentin Prahov	2121	2,0
13	Lizandro Fernando L. Linares	2066	2,0
14	Yuan Chen Zhang	2031	2,0
15	Paul Weston	2010	2,0
16	Bertrand Auger	1978	2,0
17	Valentin Gueorguiev	1938	1,5
18	Jean Hébert	2417	0,0
19	Alain Dumouchel	2020	0,0

B Section(20 Players)

Erick Gilbert took clear first with 4.4/5.

	Nom	Cote	Tot	Prix
1	Erick Gilbert	1737	4,5	400,00
2	Jonathan Turcotte	1935	4,0	225,00
3	Jean-Marc Bouchard	1857	3,5	130,00
4	Carl Martin	1955	3,0
5	Maximo Alcantara	1882	3,0
6	Mike Sun	1801	3,0
7	José Heredia	1766	3,0	42,50
8	Theo Mathews	1587	3,0	42,50

C Section(22 Players)

Ananda Saha won clear first with 4.5/5.

	Nom	Cote	Tot	Prix
1	Ananda Saha	1655	4,5	300,00
2	Ihor Ptitsyn	1484	4,0	125,00
3	Maili-Jade Ouellet	1423	4,0	125,00
4	Marc-Éric Plante	1676	3,5
5	Jean-Pierre Cloutier	1559	3,5
6	Marc-André Joanis	1654	3,0
7	Chahin Fiouzi	1566	3,0
8	Sang Kil Kay	1511	3,0
9	Jean-Guy Bergeron	1509	3,0
10	Hou Han Zhang	1427	3,0	75,00

D Section(28 Players)
Simon Jacques and Sasha Koulenovitch shared first with 4.5/5.

	Nom	Cote	Tot	Prix
1	Simon Jacques	1370	4,5	187,50
2	Sasha Koulenovitch	1365	4,5	187,50
3	Vincent Vlasblom	1253	4,0	67,50
4	Carl Montreuil	1190	4,0	67,50
5	Valentino Perna	1180	3,5

Canadian Jr Ch 2012 Rd1

Here is the only decisive game from Rd1 won by Michael Kleinman.

FM Kleinman,Michael

Background

'Michael is the most talented and hard-working of the three chess-playing Kleinman brothers who make up the "Norsemen". Kleinman is third on the Ontario under-18 list and eighth on the national Junior list.

He earned the FM title in 2011, and has been improving rapidly, gaining some 150 rating points in the last year, when he tied for 3rd-5th in the Canadian Youth U-18 chess championship with 4.5/7, won the 2011 Ontario Junior, and tied for 1st-3rd with Roman Sapozhnikov and Nikolay Noritsyn at the Guelph Fall ProAm.

In 2010, he was the Ontario 2010 Closed champion.(more)' See Cjcc 2012

Song,Michael(2322)-Kleinman,Michael(2368)
Grunfeld g3 7.Qb3 Qb6[D78]
2012–13 Canadian Junior Chess Championship Toronto(1),26.12.2012

Position 1
The Rb7 can be considered active or out of play. Black will soon play ...e5 to undermine the c-pawn and the central pawn chain will collapse. What do you suggest for white?

White to Play

17...Na6

Position 2

The ending is very complicated. Ne7 is trapped and Rb7 is out of play. The central pawn chain is also being undermined in light of the coming ...ed. What should white do?

White to Play

21...Kf8