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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
10th Edmonton International Tournament
Pentala Harikrishna7.5/9(+6 -0 =3)[games]
Wang Hao6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Surya Shekhar Ganguly6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Vassily Ivanchuk6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Samuel Shankland6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Aman Hambleton4/9(+3 -4 =2)[games]
Vladimir Pechenkin3/9(+2 -5 =2)[games]
Agnieszka Matras-Clement2/9(+2 -7 =0)[games]
Dale R Haessel2/9(+2 -7 =0)[games]
Robert Gardner1/9(+0 -7 =2)[games]

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
10th Edmonton International (2015)

Pentala Harikrishna won at Edmonton, held between June 20th - 28th. The 9th Edmonton International (2014) and 11th Edmonton International (2016) were their previous and next tournaments.

Websites: http://edmonton-international.com/2... (which also included games from the 2016 edition), http://www.chess.ca/crosstable?tour... (Canadian Federation crosstable), https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... (FIDE crosstable), https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... (tournament advertisement).

 page 2 of 2; games 26-45 of 45  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. S Shankland vs V Pechenkin 1-026201510th Edmonton InternationalA04 Reti Opening
27. A Matras-Clement vs Ganguly  0-142201510th Edmonton InternationalC03 French, Tarrasch
28. A Hambleton vs D Haessel 0-180201510th Edmonton InternationalA34 English, Symmetrical
29. R Gardner vs Wang Hao 0-137201510th Edmonton InternationalD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
30. Harikrishna vs Ivanchuk  ½-½41201510th Edmonton InternationalE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
31. V Pechenkin vs A Matras-Clement  1-045201510th Edmonton InternationalD34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
32. Ivanchuk vs A Hambleton  ½-½37201510th Edmonton InternationalC07 French, Tarrasch
33. Ganguly vs Harikrishna  ½-½36201510th Edmonton InternationalE53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
34. Wang Hao vs S Shankland 1-051201510th Edmonton InternationalC07 French, Tarrasch
35. D Haessel vs R Gardner 1-045201510th Edmonton InternationalE12 Queen's Indian
36. R Gardner vs S Shankland 0-125201510th Edmonton InternationalE46 Nimzo-Indian
37. A Matras-Clement vs Wang Hao  0-130201510th Edmonton InternationalC55 Two Knights Defense
38. Harikrishna vs V Pechenkin  1-032201510th Edmonton InternationalC03 French, Tarrasch
39. D Haessel vs Ivanchuk  0-134201510th Edmonton InternationalA70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3
40. A Hambleton vs Ganguly 0-134201510th Edmonton InternationalD20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
41. S Shankland vs A Matras-Clement  1-029201510th Edmonton InternationalD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
42. Ganguly vs D Haessel 1-021201510th Edmonton InternationalA48 King's Indian
43. Wang Hao vs Harikrishna  ½-½67201510th Edmonton InternationalA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
44. Ivanchuk vs R Gardner 1-030201510th Edmonton InternationalB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
45. V Pechenkin vs A Hambleton  0-147201510th Edmonton InternationalA30 English, Symmetrical
 page 2 of 2; games 26-45 of 45  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Jun-28-15  Edmontonchessclub: <Hemateme> Basically, Chucky takes care of Chucky. I'll help if he asks, but he doesn't really appreciate offers of help. He waits until hr really needs something, then asks.
Jun-28-15  Edmontonchessclub: <Hemateme> Also, he's here with his wife. So maybe Mrs. Chucky secures his luggage.
Jun-28-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  HeMateMe: He was robbed in Brazil. Thugs swiped his luggage right out in front of a hotel. I figure it's too cold to run in Edmonton (hypothermia), so the players are probably safe. Carry on.
Jun-28-15  siggemannen: all the favourites won today, no changes in the top
Jun-28-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  PhilFeeley: <HeMateMe> Too cold in Edmonton? In June (soon July)?? Are you serious? Basic geography would tell you Edmonton would enjoy warm weather this time of year, sometimes even hitting 30C+.
Jun-28-15  epistle: Wesley should have played here instead. So his mothers could have tea together.
Jun-28-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  perfidious: With all the invocations of that person in recent weeks, one would think that on seeing the word 'mother', we have seen half the vocabulary of these stalkers, as was once said of baseball player Alex Johnson.
Jun-28-15  kia0708: Thank you for the link.

<Lots of photos from the tournament are here: https://www.facebook.com/TheEdmonto...

Jun-28-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  HeMateMe: <PhilFeeley: > relax, dude. You're too literal.
Jun-28-15  Edmontonchessclub: In the final round, Wang can tie for 1st if he can beat Harikrishna. Wang has white.

The final round starts one hour earlier than other rounds: 23:00 GMT, 7 PM Eastern, 5 PM local time.

Jun-28-15  Edmontonchessclub: Local Edmonton player FM Vladimir Pechenkin can get an IM norm if he can win his final round game. He has white against IM Aman Hambleton.
Jun-28-15  Edmontonchessclub: The final round is live:
http://edmonton-international.com/G...

Also on chess24, chessdom and chessbomb.

Jun-28-15  dumbgai: Gardner sure has guts, going for such complicated tactics against Ivanchuk. Looks like he's getting the worst of it, though.
Jun-28-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  Gregor Samsa Mendel: The three mismatches this round have turned out according to expectations.
Jun-28-15  dumbgai: Wang is pressing Harikrishna. His d- and e-pawns are advanced and looking very dangerous.
Jun-29-15  Edmontonchessclub: GM Harikrishna Pentala drew his long last round game, and won the tournament. Ivanchuk, Wang and Ganguly tied for 2nd.
All five GMs, Haessel, Gardner, Matras-Clement and a bunch of other regular Edmonton Chess Club players went to a restaurant, Boston Pizza, 17 people in all. The chess club bought beer and pizza, (and sangria for Ganguly, cranberry juice for Ivanchuk, water for Pentala) and the five GMs sat in the middle of the long table and analysed Shankland's last round game, with Shankland's opponent, WIM Matras-Clement, occasionally jumping in.

Now the tournament is over, I'm back at home, enjoying the fact that it went off without a problem, and most people seemed to enjoy it. My wife is expecting our first baby any day now, so I'll concentrate on her now. See you next year!

Jun-29-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  HeMateMe: Nice reporting, ECC! You seem to have a lot of driving experience, so I imagine you'll have no trouble getting your wife to the hospital safely when the big moment arrives!
Jun-29-15  epistle: Sometimes it is the husband who panics when the time arrives and is driven to the hospital by the wife
Jun-29-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  Penguincw: Just a (pointless) observation I see: assuming <cg>'s standings table is correct, I see that there's no "1" in any of the W-L-D columns. For example, at Norway Chess (2015), Topalov has one loss, MVL, Caruana and others have one win, etc. Here, none of that. So apparently, if you win a game, you're going to win at least one more. ;)

P.S. Good fighting spirit by Dale R Haessel and Agnieszka Matras-Clement (no draws)!

Jun-29-15  rookpawn101: Well done ECC and thanks for your regular updates about the tournament. It wish more tournament organizers follow your lead and give us insights of what goes on behind the curtains. Wishing all the best to you and your precious little one.
Jun-29-15  boz: <HeMateMe: Nice reporting, ECC! You seem to have a lot of driving experience, so I imagine you'll have no trouble getting your wife to the hospital safely when the big moment arrives!>

I am reminded of the time I drove my wife to the hospital with our first and only child. The road was riddled with pot holes and I hit every one.

Jun-29-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  FSR: Not a single Sicilian in the whole tournament. How often do you see that? White played 1.e4 12 times, but Black never responded with 1...c5.
Jun-30-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  PhilFeeley: I assume from the results that no one got their IM or GM norm?
Jun-30-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  FSR: <PhilFeeley> I believe that is right. Pechenkin would have gotten an IM norm if he had beaten Hambleton in the last round, but he lost.
Jun-30-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  Check It Out: <Edmontonchessclub> Thanks for the reporting and congrats on your child to come!
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