WYCC Round 2

I played against Sebastian Kaphle (2152 Fide) as black. I had a hard time preparing since he plays random lines and only had 4 games as white vs the Caro Kann. We started off with an unusual line, that I was ready for. 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5. He checked me on b5 with the bishop and exchanged his knight for my bishop. Fritz says I equalized right away. It was =/+ by the time I had my development finished. I got a break with e5 and many supporting pieces, unfortunately I underestimated his threat of attacking my isolated d5 pawn. After a series of moves he got a nice tactic, that if I reacted any other way, I lose. After 50 minutes of thinking on ONE move, I found a combination that could lead to a draw. (I was inferior at that point). He took off my defenders and won my pawn on d5, but after exchanging the d-file rooks, I got my e-file rook to the second rank and pinned his pieces together in a bind. I offered a draw at that point and he declined. Down a pawn with opposite bishops was an easy draw I could accomplish. After an hour, he finally traded off king-side pawns and we had a 3 way repetition draw. It feels like I'm playing decently, hopefully I continue to play well and maybe hit my new goal of 6.5/11. ;)
Sometimes the internet is down, and since I update usually after dinner, if it's down I have to wait 'til morning. If this ever happens, I will wake up a bit earlier and post which will be around 8-9:00 PM Mountain Time Zone. Hopefully it is up and I'll be trying to post as frequently and soon as possible.
I get disconnected every few sessions so it is hard for me to post videos/photos. I will though, be uploading some media maybe on the free day which is Sunday. See you all tomorrow!
For the first round, the Canadian team only got 6/21! But round 2 was completely different. Check out the results below.

Results: (Got from www.2009cyct.blogspot.com)

Under 8 (Open)

ERENBERG Ariel ISR 0-1 WAN Kevin CAN
ZHANG Yuanchen 0 CAN 0 Bye

Under 8 (Girls)
LIU Jiaxin CAN 1-0 BULBUL Doga Su TUR

Under 10 (Open)

AZIMI Khashayar 1796 IRI 0-1 KONG Dezheng CAN
GRAIF William CAN 1-0 SIROKOV Jevgenijs LAT

Under 10 (Girls)

Giblon Melissa CAN 1-0 Romo Herrera Ibarrola Maria Fe MEX

Under 12 (Open)

FM Wagdy Andro 1895 EGY 0-1 Wang Richard 2044 CAN
Samardzic Nikola 1713 CRO 1-0 Qian Jack CAN

Under 12 (Girls)

Baghirova Khatin Mahammad Qizi 1809 AZE .5- .5 Giblon Rebecca CAN

Under 14 (Open)

Kaphle Sebastian 2152 GER .5-.5 Zhang David 1998 CAN
Vicente Joao Vasco Reis 1736 POR 0-1 Kaminski Thomas 2112 CAN
Itkin David CAN 1-0 Boztuna Mehmet 1785 TUR

Under 14 (Girls)

Bea Boglarka 2042 HUN 1-0 WCM Botez Alexandra CAN

Under 16 (Open)

Raznikov Danny 2290 ISR 1-0 Wang Jesse B J 1976 CAN
Szalay Karoly 2128 CAN 1-0 Litvinov Konstantin 1841 RUS


Under 16 (Girls)

Kagramanov Dalia 1835 CAN 1-0 Kane Marta LAT
Lam Karen CAN 0-1 WFM Gameel Amal 1825 YEM

Under 18 (Open)

FM Karayev Assylkhan 2275 KAZ .5-.5 FM Hansen Eric 2409 CAN
Kaminski Victor 2235 CAN .5-.5 Kristinsson Bjarni J 2023 ISL
Me Kevin 2119 CAN 0-1 Wais Abdul Khalid AFG

Under 18 (Girls)

WGM Vojinovic Jovana 2319 MNE .5-.5 Du Jasmine CAN