Canadian Closed & Zonal Chess Championship was held on August 18th-27th in Toronto. New Canadian champion is IM Igor Zugic who also qualified for the FIDE World Championship. Probably crucial was his win over IM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon. GMs Mark Bluvstein and Pascal Charbonneau have qualified for the FIDE Americas Championship. Thanks to Monroi for providing live broadcast.
Final standings (65 participants):
1. IM Igor Zugic 2467 7.0/9
2-5. GM Mark Bluvshtein 2541, GM Pascal Charbonneau 2501, IM Leonid Gerzhoy and Vicente Lee Jr. 6.5
6-12. IM Tomas Krnan 2399, IM Eric Lawson 2393, FM Goran Milicevic 2305, FM Marat Khassanov 2314, Shiyam Thavandiran 2264, Jonathan Tayar 2214 and Dale Haessel 2195 with 6.0 etc
IM Igor Zugic - IM Thomas Roussel Roozmon
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Qc2 e5 13. h3 e4 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Nb3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rac8 17. Qb2 Nd5 18. Bd2 Rd6 19. f4 exf3 20. Bxf3 Re8 21. Nc5 b6 22. e4 Nxd4 23. Na6 Qc4 24. exd5 Bd3 25. Qb4 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Nxf3 27. Rxf3 Qxb4 28. axb4 Rxd5 29. Nc7 Rxd2 30. Nxe8 a5 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. Nc7 Ra2 33. Nb5 a4 34. Rf4 g6 35. Nc3 Ra1 36. Kh2 a3 37. Ra4 h5 38. Nb5 a2 39. Nc3 Kg7 40. Rxa2 Rc1 41. Ne4 Rc4 42. Re2 h4 43. Nd6 Rc6 44. Rd2 f5 45. Rd4 Kf6 46. Nc4 g5 47. Rd6 Rxd6 48. Nxd6 g4 49. Nc4 Kg5 50. Kg1 f4 51. Ne5 1-0
IM Tomas Krnan - FM Goran Mikanovic
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nxe6 Qb6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nf6 13. Re1 Bxe6 14. Rxe6 Kf7 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Qe2 Qd8 17. Re1 Ra7 18. h4 h6 19. Be3 Rb7 20. h5 Nh7 21. Bb6 Qd7 22. Qd3 Re8 23. Qxh7 Rxb6 24. R1e3 1-0
Article by Jordan S.Berson
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