8th Foxwoods Open

This tournament with 117 participants took place on April 12th-16th. IM Eugene Perelshteyn scored his third and final GM norm, good news for Boston chess fans. IM Eugene Perelshteyn, GM Alex Stripunsky, GM Alexander Ivanov and GM Alexander Shabalov have qualified for the next US championship.


Final standings:
1-3. GM Ilya Smirin, GM Loek Van Wely (tiebreak winner) and IM Eugene Perelshteyn 7 points out of 9 rounds
4-8. GM Alex Stripunsky, GM Alexander Ivanov, GM Alexander Shabalov, GM Jaan Ehlvest and GM Yury Shulman 6.5/9 etc

Serbian GM Dejan Antic tied 9th place with 6 points.


GM Loek Van Wely - GM Sergey Kudrin
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Rb1 a6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Bb3 Qc7 14. f4 Ng4 15. Bc1 c4 16. Bc2 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. e5 Nh6 19. Ba3 Rfe8 20. Bd6 Qc8 21. Nd4 Nf7 22. Ba3 Bc6 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Qd4 Red8 25. Qb6 Qxb6+ 26. Rxb6 Rd2 27. Rf2 Rad8 28. Bc1 1-0

GM Loek Van Wely - GM Joseph Gallagher
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3 h6 9. Ne1 c6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Rd1 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f3 Be6 14. d5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nc7 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. b3 Rfd8 18. a4 f5 19. Nc2 f4 20. Bf2 g5 21. h3 h5 22. Rfe1 g4 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Kf1 Kg6 25. Ke2 Bf6 26. Nb4 g3 27. Bg1 Qh7 28. Nd5 Rd7 29. Kd3 Bd8 30. Kc2 Qf7 31. Qb4 Rc8 32. Re2 a6 33. Red2 Rc6 34. Kb2 Kg5 35. a5 Kg6 36. Bb6 Qg8 37. Bxd8 Qxd8 38. Nb6 Re7 1-0


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