This week's Canadian Tactic comes from the 2014 PanAms, the North American University Championship, held on South Padre Island, Texas in December. In round 1, GM Anton Kovalyov had Black against an opponent he outrated by nearly 900 points. Instead of going for complications, Anton played his slow QID (3...b6, 4...c6, 5...d5) and slowly equalized. Late in the middlegame, possibly with White in time trouble, they reached the following position:
