Philadelphia Open (2010)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Gata Kamsky, Alexander Shabalov, Jaan Ehlvest, Varuzhan Akobian, Nick DeFirmian, Alexander Ivanov, Ray Robson, Mark Paragua, Samuel Shankland, Sergey Kudrin, Alexander Stripunsky, Alonso Zapata, Joshua E Friedel, Jake Kleiman, Mikheil Kekelidze, Robert Andrew Hungaski, Vladimir Romanenko, Amon Simutowe, Angelo Young, Yurij Lapshun, Siddharth Ravichandran, Justin Sarkar, John Bartholomew, Jay R Bonin, Thomas J Bartell, Mladen Vucic, Emory A Tate, Ilye Figler, Andrew Karklins, Mauricio Uribe, Alec S Getz, Michael Langer, Shinsaku Uesugi, Dov Gorman, Iryna Zenyuk, Erik F Santarius, Alexander Solomon Barnett, Oladapo Oluto Adu, Ravshan Khamroev, William J Aramil, Michael Thaler, Arthur Shen, David A Hua, Christopher Wu, Luis Belliard Alonzo, Paul Vianna, Vadim Kudryavtsev, Sohrab Samimi, Kenneth Holroyd, Stephen Sandager, Stuart Finney, Andrew Ding, Mike Lucente, Segev Weiss, George Tom, E Rodriguez, Andre Harding, Julian Chan, Darrian Robinson, Manuel Valerio Nieto, Peter Hess

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 77  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. M Langer vs George Tom   1-0 30 2010 Philadelphia Open B32 Sicilian 2. C Wu vs Shabalov   0-1 61 2010 Philadelphia Open C50 Giuoco Piano 3. P Vianna vs D Hua 1-0 22 2010 Philadelphia Open A04 Reti Opening 4. S Sandager vs Kamsky 0-1 26 2010 Philadelphia Open D85 Grunfeld 5. V Romanenko vs S Samimi   1-0 36 2010 Philadelphia Open E92 King's Indian 6. P Hess vs L Belliard   0-1 39 2010 Philadelphia Open B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 7. J Bartholomew vs J Chan   ½-½ 45 2010 Philadelphia Open A90 Dutch 8. Stripunsky vs E Santarius 1-0 39 2010 Philadelphia Open A13 English 9. S Weiss vs I Zenyuk ½-½ 64 2010 Philadelphia Open A48 King's Indian 10. A Zapata vs P Vianna   0-1 55 2010 Philadelphia Open C05 French, Tarrasch 11. O Adu vs J Friedel   0-1 41 2010 Philadelphia Open A20 English 12. Ehlvest vs T Bartell   ½-½ 41 2010 Philadelphia Open E17 Queen's Indian 13. I Figler vs Stripunsky   0-1 37 2010 Philadelphia Open A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System 14. A Getz vs S Ravichandran 1-0 35 2010 Philadelphia Open B01 Scandinavian 15. Robson vs S Uesugi 1-0 54 2010 Philadelphia Open B33 Sicilian 16. V Romanenko vs J Kleiman   ½-½ 31 2010 Philadelphia Open E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation 17. P Vianna vs R Hungaski   0-1 58 2010 Philadelphia Open A15 English 18. A Young vs Kamsky 0-1 40 2010 Philadelphia Open A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System 19. Shabalov vs M Thaler   ½-½ 33 2010 Philadelphia Open B42 Sicilian, Kan 20. E Rodriguez vs Ehlvest 0-1 33 2010 Philadelphia Open A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 21. W J Aramil vs A Ivanov   ½-½ 24 2010 Philadelphia Open A40 Queen's Pawn Game 22. A Barnett vs Robson   0-1 47 2010 Philadelphia Open B83 Sicilian 23. L Belliard vs V Romanenko   0-1 46 2010 Philadelphia Open E12 Queen's Indian 24. A Ding vs S Sandager 0-1 27 2010 Philadelphia Open D85 Grunfeld 25. J Friedel vs D Gorman   ½-½ 66 2010 Philadelphia Open B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 77    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Apr-09-10    Birthday Boy: Happy Birthday!!! Philidelphia Open!!! goodjob by Kamsky. Apr-09-10    laskersteinitz: Kamsky will play the loser of the Anand-Topalov match in the first round of the next Candidates tournament. He needs to stay on top of his game as much as possible. Winning tournaments like these is expected, but still quite impressive and a good omen. Apr-09-10    laskersteinitz: A heartfelt thank you to Chessgames.com for posting this tournament! Apr-09-10    HowDoesTheHorsieMove: A news report from the Philippines states that Kamsky edged out Robson, Stripunsky and Kudrin on tie-break points. Apr-09-10    laskersteinitz: That's correct. It's not clear what tie-break system was used though. (http://www.philadelphiaopen.net/) Apr-13-10    Tabanus: Philadelphia Open (USA) 31 March - 4 April 2010, final ranking crosstable: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr322... Apr-14-10    mikejaqua: Actually this looked like a rather poor performance by Kamsky. Four draws in 9 games, against opponents rated more than 100 point lower than him? Not impressive. His Rp was 2663 if I read it right. That's not gonna get him anywhere against Anand or Topa. Apr-14-10    waustad: If it was SB, it might make a big difference where he started and when the first draws were. Robson started as the 5th rated and drew a his first game one round earlier, so Kamsky did a little better on tiebreaks by playing opponents who were ranked a little higher at several points during the tournament.

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