Nov-14-15 European Team Championship (2015) 
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Edmontonchessclub: No Carlsen in the second round, either. I hope he plays a game. |
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Jul-21-15 Ivanchuk vs R Gardner, 2015
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Edmontonchessclub: Ivanchuk sacs two exchanges to get a massive attack. |
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Jun-29-15 10th Edmonton International (2015) 
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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 ... |
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Jun-27-15 D Haessel vs R Gardner, 2015
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Edmontonchessclub: FM Haessel, with two wins in a row, moves out of last place. |
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Jun-27-15 Adams vs V Pechenkin, 2009
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Edmontonchessclub: No, even a GM wouldn't play it instantly. There's no harm in checking things twice, and calmly drawing with ...Kf8, as Pechenkin did after a minute.
That's the professional way.
An amateur might show off by playing ...Kf8 instantly. |
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Jun-27-15 V Pechenkin vs H Wang, 2015
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Edmontonchessclub: A double pawn sac by Hao Wang! |
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Jun-27-15 H Wang vs Shankland, 2015 
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Edmontonchessclub: King hunt! |
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Jun-27-15 R Gardner vs H Wang, 2015
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Edmontonchessclub: Also, 24...d4! opening lines against Gardner's exposed king. |
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Jun-25-15 D Haessel vs Harikrishna, 2015 
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Edmontonchessclub: 21...Re5!, nice exchange sac. |
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Jun-21-15 Robert Gardner 
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Edmontonchessclub: He beat GM Kovalyov at the 2012 Edmonton International
R Gardner vs A Kovalyov, 2012 |
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