The 7th round of the Cappelle La Grande Open was played today. The ten players that arrived as leaders faced each other. Sergey Fedorchuk and Alexei Fedorov won their games rather quickly, and Sanan Sjugirov joined them later at the top.

Sergey Fedorchuk defeated the young Canadian talent Eric Hansen.

The game was of a very positional nature, with both sides keeping healthy pawn structures and exchanging the minor pieces early in the game. Eventually, Fedorchuk managed to get an extra pawn thanks to his active rook. The Ukrainian simplified to a queen’s endgame with a passed pawn on the a-file. Hansen resigned on move 38.

Hansen commented: “Opponent avoided all my preparation with a simple but clever move order. Really have to patch up those opening holes.”

Alexei Fedorov defeated the surprise of the tournament, untitled Lukasz Jurmala.

Fedorov played the slow Giuoco Piano variation and did not force matters at all. He simplified the position and overtook the young Polish in a pawn endgame thanks to his active king.

Sanan Sjugirov defeated Spaniard GM Renier Vasquez in 51 moves.

Vasquez played the Slav defense and took white’s c4 pawn early in the game. The young Russian played patiently and waited for the right moment to strike back. Black’s bad light-squared bishop remained passive on e8 giving Sjugirov the chance to activate his pieces in the center. Sanan won a pawn and converted his advantage without much trouble.

Standings after 7 rounds:

1 g SJUGIROV Sanan 2646 RUS 6
2 g FEDOROV Alexei 2576 BLR 6
3 g FEDORCHUK Sergey 2643 UKR 6






4 g VOROBIOV Evgeny 2584 RUS 5,5
5 g RODSHTEIN Maxim 2616 ISR 5,5
6 g DJUKIC Nikola 2538 MNE 5,5
7 g GHARAMIAN Tigran 2661 FRA 5,5
8 m GRIGORYAN Karen H. 2531 ARM 5,5
9 g NEGI Parimarjan 2638 IND 5,5
10 g BURMAKIN Vladimir 2577 RUS 5,5






11 m INDJIC Aleksandar 2502 SRB 5
12 g VAZQUEZ IGARZA Renier 2565 ESP 5
13 g PETKOV Vladimir 2559 BUL 5
14 g AZAROV Sergei 2627 BLR 5
15 g GUREVICH Mikhail 2581 TUR 5
16 g ZHIGALKO Andrey 2588 BLR 5
17 g HANSEN Eric 2557 CAN 5
18 g JIANU Vlad-Cristian 2500 ROU 5
19 g DANIN Alexandre 2578 RUS 5
20 g KOVACEVIC Aleksandar 2563 SRB 5
21 g FLORES RIOS Mauricio 2481 CHI 5
22 m BLOMQVIST Erik 2465 SWE 5
23 g KHARITONOV Alexandr 2536 RUS 5
24 g KRAVTSIV Martyn 2597 UKR 5
25
JARMULA Lukasz 2164 POL 5
26 g DANIELIAN Elina 2466 ARM 5
27 g LALIC Bogdan 2478 CRO 5
28 g EINGORN Vereslav S 2547 UKR 5
29 m LAGARDE Maxime 2529 FRA 5
30 m RAZNIKOV Danny 2463 ISR 5
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar March 1, 2013 Daily News, Major Tournaments 2 Comments
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