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Chess Life Online 2012 April Naroditsky and Shankland Top 3rd Imre Konig Memorial
Chess Life Online 2012 April Naroditsky and Shankland Top 3rd Imre Konig Memorial | Naroditsky and Shankland Top 3rd Imre Konig Memorial |
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| By IM John Donaldson | |
| September 25, 2012 | |
GM Shankland, Photo Richard Shorman
The two youngest participants, 20-year-old Grandmaster Sam Shankland and 16-year-old International Master Daniel Naroditsky, scored 4 points from 6 games to divide $3500 in prize money. This was yet another recent success for Shankland who recently crossed the 2600 FIDE barrier, but he had to play catchup after losing to Naroditsky in round one with White. 6477 27.d7 was a key mistake, Nxe5 Nxd2 28. Qxd2 would have given White enough compensation for the exchange. 
Shankland vs. Naroditsky, Photo Richard Shorman
Shankland's most important victory was against fellow Bay Area Grandmaster Vinay Bhat in round 5 in the Moscow variation of the Semi-Slav when he caught his opponent in a sharp theoretical line. 6476 
GM Walter Browne, Photo Richard Shorman
Thanks go to Tibor Weinberger for sponsoring this event (as well as the first two Konig Memorials), Arun Sharma and Elliott Winslow for relaying moves and Richard Shorman for taking great photos of the event which can be found at chessdryad.com. Final standings: 1-2. IM Naroditsky and GM Shankland 4/6; 3-4. GMs deFirmian and Kraai 3 1/2; 5. GM Anka 3; 6. GM Bhat 2; 7. GM Browne 1. Login as a member to read GM Sam Shankland's September Chess Life Magazine cover story. |