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It’s summertime, and some of our Annex players have had notable results in out-of-town events (Thanks, Erik Malmsten!):

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Benasque 2013 Open, Spain

There were 428 players in the 2013 Benasque Open including 36 GMs, 5 WGMs, 25 IMs – and 5 Annex players!

• Michael Humphreys 2183 6/10 +5 FIDE rating points.
  (He defeated a 2342 player but lost to a GM and an IM.)
• Jonathan Farine 1886 5/9 +44 FIDE rating points!
  (Lost to a WGM and scored 2.5/4 against experts.)
• Alex Ferreira 1981 5/10 -11 points. (Lost to a GM and an IM.)
• Carlos Romero Alfonso 1848 4.5/10 +3 points.
  
  The guys all forfeited a round? Slept in?
• Shabnam Abbarin 1.5/8 – enough to get her started towards her first FIDE rating.

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2013 Canadian Youth CC, Ottawa

Congratulations to:

• Harmony Zhu, who came clear first in Under-8 Girls with a perfect score of 6.0/6
• Daniel Zotkin, tied for first in U12 Boys with 5
• Zehn Nasir, U16 Boys, 4
• Nicholas Vettese, U10 Boys, 3.5
• Alexandre Michelashvili, U14 Boys, 3.5
• Vlad Nitu, U14 Boys, 3
• and Toronto Closed Reserves Champion Mark Plotkin, U16 Boys, 3

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2013 Canadian Open, Ottawa

NM Geordie Derraugh and many local masters are currently playing in the Canadian Open. The official site has .pgn games, results, etc. – and a multimedia page!

Here are Geordie’s Round-3 draw against our friend, GM Elshan Moradiabadi and his Round-4 draw against Cuban IM Rodney Oscar Perez Garcia. (He also drew IM Bindi Cheng in Round 6. Through 6 rounds, he’s +3 -0 =3 for 4.5/6. Wow!)

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