Sunday, March 26, 2006

Pascal C. in La Roche-sur-Yon 2006

This 12th category tournament was held on March 15th-24th in La Roche-sur-Yon, France. All participants were under 26 years old and they were not allowed to offer draws except in obviously drawn positions.

In spite of losses in the last round, Krishnan Sasikiran and Christian Bauer kept their first and second place. Pascal Charbonneau finished 8th after dropping few good-looking positions. His comments on the event and games can be
found here.


Final standings:
1. GM Krishnan Sasikiran (IND 2670) 6.0
2. GM Christian Bauer (FRA 2627) 5.5
3-6. IM Jan Werle (NED 2514), GM Andrei Istratescu (ROM 2618), IM Aurelien Dunis (FRA 2534) and GM Yannick Pelletier (SUI 2579) 5.0
7. IM Sebastien Maze (FRA 2518) 4.5
8. IM Pascal Charbonneau (CAN 2496) 4.0
9. IM Enrique Rodriguez Guerrero (ESP 2464) 3.0
10. FM Denis Rombaldoni (ITA 2292) 2.0


IM Pascal Charbonneau - GM Yannick Pelletier
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3 f5 9. exf6 Rxf6 10. Bg5 Rf7 11. Qh5 h6 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. Nf3 c4 14. Bg6 Nc6 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rfe1 Be8 17. Nh4 Qd6 18. Re3 Bxg6 19. Nxg6 Rf7 20. Rae1 Rf6 21. Qg4 Re8 22. h4 Nd8 23. a4 Kh7 24. h5 Qd7 25. f4 Qxa4 26. R1e2 Rg8 27. Ne7 Rgf8 28. f5 R8f7 29. Ng6 Rxf5 30. Ne5 R7f6 31. Rg3 Rg5 32. Qh4 Qa1+ 0-1


IM Jan Werle - GM Krishnan Sasikiran
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 O-O 12. Qh4 a6 13. b3 Rc7 14. Bh3 Qb8 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Bxf3 17. exf3 b5 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Rd4 b4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 e5 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Qd2 a5 24. Rc6 Rfd8 25. f4 Kf7 26. Ra6 Qb5 27. Raxd6 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 h5 30. Qe5 Qb6 31. Qe3 Qc7 32. h3 h4 33. g4 Qc3 34. Qa7+ Kf8 35. Qa8+ Kf7 36. Qb7+ Kf8 37. Qe4 Kf7 38. Kg2 Qc5 39. Qb7+ Kf8 40. Qa8+ Kf7 41. Qb7+ Kf8 42. Qd7 e5 43. f5 gxf5 44. Qxf5+ Ke7 45. g5 Qd5+ 46. Kh2 Qd6 47. Qh7+ Ke8 48. Qxh4 Qd2 49. Qh8+ Kd7 50. Qg7+ Kc6 51. Qf6+ Kb7 52. g6 Qxa2 53. Qf7+ Ka6 54. g7 1-0


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