Cuban Grandmaster Lazaro Bruzon maintained the lead after six rounds of play in the 2013 Quebec Open in Montréal.
Yesterday he drew GM Elshan Moradiabadi with black pieces for the overnight count of 5,0/6 points. As many as eight players are sharing the second place half a point behind the leader.
The Quebec Open Championship 2013 is taking place on 21-28th July at the beautiful venue in Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, 3200 Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal.
The tournament is being held in six sections: Invitational, Open, Section A (U2200), Section B (U1700), Section C (U1300 and unrated) and Mini-COQ.
This is the third event in the Canadian chess tour after the Edmonton International and Canadian Open in Ottawa. The total prize fund is 18,000$ guaranteed.
2013 Quebec Open playing venue
Round 6 top results:
GM Moradiabadi Elshan 2551 – GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 2689 ½ – ½
GM Kovalyov Anton 2606 – GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2619 ½ – ½
GM Chirila Ioan-Cristian 2528 – IM Gerzhoy Leonid 2462 ½ – ½
GM Sulskis Sarunas 2559 – FM Oliva Castaneda Kevel 2423 1 – 0
GM Perez Rodriguez Luis Manuel 2427 – IM Hambleton Aman 2480 0 – 1
IM Panjwani Raja 2409 – GM Vera Reynaldo 2462 1 – 0
IM Molner Mackenzie 2501 – GM Sokolov Ivan 2650 ½ – ½
GM Roussel-Roozmon Thomas 2476 – GM Arencibia Walter 2526 0 – 1
Round 6 standings:
1. GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro CUB 2689 – 5
2-9. GM Chirila Ioan-Cristian ROU 2528, GM Moradiabadi Elshan IRI 2551, IM Gerzhoy Leonid CAN 2462, GM Sulskis Sarunas LTU 2559, IM Hambleton Aman CAN 2480, GM Rozentalis Eduardas LTU 2619, GM Kovalyov Anton ARG 2606 and IM Panjwani Raja CAN 2409 – 4.5
10-12. FM Ostrovskiy Aleksandr A USA 2403, IM Perez Garcia Rodney Oscar CUB 2364 and GM Arencibia Walter CUB 2526 – 4
13-20. GM Sokolov Ivan NED 2650, IM Cheng Bindi CAN 2406, GM Perez Rodriguez Luis Manuel CUB 2427, FM Oliva Castaneda Kevel CUB 2423, IM Molner Mackenzie USA 2501, FM Shetty Atulya USA 2314, GM Vera Reynaldo CUB 2462 and FM Leveille Francois CAN 2279 – 3.5 etc 55 players
Round 7 top pairings:
GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 2689 – GM Kovalyov Anton 2606
GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2619 – IM Panjwani Raja 2409
IM Hambleton Aman 2480 – GM Sulskis Sarunas 2559
IM Gerzhoy Leonid 2462 – GM Moradiabadi Elshan 2551
GM Arencibia Walter 2526 – GM Chirila Ioan-Cristian 2528
IM Perez Garcia Rodney Oscar 2364 – FM Ostrovskiy Aleksandr A 2403
GM Sokolov Ivan 2650 – IM Cheng Bindi 2406
