2015 RA November Open, November 27,28,29

[Halldor P. Palsson]

2015 RA November Open
An EOCA Grand Prix Event - http://www.eoca.org/2014-15-tourn.html

Date: November 27,28,29, 2015

Place: RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa
Bytown A & B

Rounds: 5, Friday 7:30 PM Saturday & Sunday @ 10 AM & 3 PM.

Type: Regular Swiss

Sections and prizes are based on projected entries.

Open - (rated FIDE & CFC); 1st $400, 2nd $250 3d $150 U2200 $200, U2050 $100
U 1900 – ( rated CFC); 1st $250, 2nd $150 3rd $100; U1750 $100;
U1600 – (rated CFC) 1st $125, 2nd $75 3rd 50.


Time Control: Game-in-90-plus-30-seconds-a-move.

Entry Fee: Open; $60 if pre-registered, $70 at site;
U1900 $60 if pre-registered, $70 at site;
U1600 $40 if pre-registered, $60 at site

Amateur $30 (not eligible for prizes) and for those playing 3 rounds or less.
Free entry for GM/WGM & IM/WIM.

C.F.C. membership is required. FQE=CFC membership.

Requesting byes: max of two ½ point byes in the first four rounds.

Prizes: $$BEN

Organizers: Halldor P. Palsson
TD: Halldor P. Palsson

Registration: Cheque by November 20, 2015, to:
Halldor P. Palsson, 633 Island Park Cr.,Ottawa, Ont. K1Y 3P4 or e-mail fs889@ncf.ca

or register in person at the RA Chess Club, November 19 or 26, 7:00-7:30 PM

Use the RA Chess Club pieces & clocks or if you prefer bring your own.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Re: 2015 RA November Open, November 27,28,29

Entries are starting to trickle in. GM Sambuev and NM Pacey are registered to play in the Open.

I will be taking entries in person at the RA Chess Club this Thursday.

Please email your entries to fs889@ncf.ca if you do not have a chance to drop by the RA.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Pre-registered List

2015 RA November Open


# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Bator Sambuev
2599 146462
2 Kevin Pacey
2219 103715


2015 RA November U1900


# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Ray Kuryliw
1877 105482
2 Michel Girouard
1847 7018573
3 Gordon Ritchie
1780 110972
4 Robert Laszlo
1740 104270
5 Spencer Martin
1704 103276
6 Simon Perkins
1676 107582

2015 RA November U1600


# Name/Rtng/ID
1 John I.F. Lukezich
1557 146765
2 Romy Peters
1525 135706
3 Keven Eyre
1496 135113
4 Paul St. Pierre
1491 107439
5 Yaorui Xu
1346 155473
6 Billy Carroll
1317 150390
7 Pierre Arcand
1118 7105453
8 Dave Westbury
1087 158216
9 Inayat Irfan
999 160614

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Re: Pre-registered List

2015 RA November Open

# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Bator Sambuev
2599 146462
2 Alex Davies
2272 110120
3 Kevin Pacey
2219 103715
4 William G. Doubleday
2082 103754


2015 RA November U1900

# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Ray Kuryliw
1877 105482
2 Michel Girouard
1847 7018573
3 Gordon Ritchie
1780 110972
4 Robert Laszlo
1740 104270
5 Spencer Martin
1704 103276
6 Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo
1703 153225
7 Simon Perkins
1676 107582

2015 RA November U1600


# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Romy Peters
1525 135706
2 Keven Eyre
1496 135113
3 Paul St. Pierre
1491 107439
4 John I.F. Lukezich
1445 146765
5 Yaorui Xu
1346 155473
6 Billy Carroll
1317 150390
7 Pierre Arcand
1118 7105453
8 Daniel Xu
1110 160020
9 Dave Westbury
1087 158216
10 Inayat Irfan
999 160614

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Re: Pre-registered List

2015 RA November Open

# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Bator Sambuev
2599 146462
2 Alex Davies
2272 110120
3 Kevin Pacey
2219 103715
4 Stijn De Kerpel
2196 102011
5 William G. Doubleday
2082 103754
6 Sammy Yao
2073 134979
7 Saeid Sadeghi
2066 139655
8 Ben Kellar
2017 148170

2015 RA November U1900

# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Svitlana Demchenko
1888 156853
2 Ray Kuryliw
1877 105482
3 Michel Girouard
1847 7018573
4 Simon Perkins
1830 107582
5 Fan Yang
1810 155485
6 Robert Laszlo
1740 104270
7 Terrence [Terry] Ju
1714 151396
8 Spencer Martin
1704 103276
9 Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo
1703 153225
10 Lawrence [Larry] Ju
1620 151370
11 Ehsan Forouzandeh
1519 158467

2015 RA November U1600

# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Keven Eyre
1496 135113
2 Paul St. Pierre
1491 107439
3 John I.F. Lukezich
1445 146765
4 Romy Peters
1401 135706
5 Yaorui Xu
1346 155473
6 Billy Carroll
1317 150390
7 Shougan Gu
1176 157631
8 Pierre Arcand
1118 7105453
9 Daniel Xu
1110 160020
10 Dave Westbury
1087 158216
11 Inayat Irfan
999 160614

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Pairings for Round 2

Pairings for Round 2.

These pairings will change if I get additional entries or some no-shows.

2015 RA November Open


Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 2 Alex Davies 1 Bator Sambuev
2 5 William G. Doubleday 3 Kevin Pacey
3 8 Ben Kellar 4 Stijn De Kerpel
4 6 Sammy Yao 7 Saeid Sadeghi


2015 RA November U1900

Bd # Res White # Res Black
5 5 Ray Kuryliw 1 Svitlana Demchenko
6 10 Herb Langer 12 Ehsan Forouzandeh
7 7 Terrence [Terry] Ju 2 Michel Girouard
8 6 Robert Laszlo 8 Spencer Martin
9 3 Simon Perkins 11 Lawrence [Larry] Ju
10 4 Fan Yang 9 Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo


2015 RA November U1600

Bd # Res White # Res Black
11 8 Pierre Arcand 3 John I.F. Lukezich
12 12 Larissa Souchko 1 Keven Eyre
13 11 Inayat Irfan 2 Paul St. Pierre
14 4 Romy Peters 9 Daniel Xu
15 7 Shougan Gu 10 Dave Westbury
5 ½ Yaorui Xu BYE
6 ½ Billy Carroll BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Re: Pairings for Round 4

Pairings for Round 4.

2015 RA November Open

Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 1 Bator Sambuev (2599) 3 Kevin Pacey (2219)
2 7 Saeid Sadeghi (2066) 4 Stijn De Kerpel (2196)
3 2 Alex Davies (2272) 8 Ben Kellar (2017)
4 5 William G. Doubleday (2082) 6 Sammy Yao (2073)


2015 RA November U1900


Bd # Res White # Res Black
5 7 Terrence [Terry] Ju (1714) 1 Svitlana Demchenko (1888)
6 3 Simon Perkins (1830) 2 Michel Girouard (1847)
7 10 Herb Langer (1647) 4 Fan Yang (1810)
8 5 Ray Kuryliw (1800) 6 Robert Laszlo (1740)
9 11 Lawrence [Larry] Ju (1620) 8 Spencer Martin (1704)
10 9 Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo (1703) 12 Ehsan Forouzandeh (1519)


2015 RA November U1600

Bd # Res White # Res Black
11 3 John I.F. Lukezich (1445) 5 Yaorui Xu (1346)
12 1 Keven Eyre (1496) 7 Shougan Gu (1176)
13 6 Billy Carroll (1317) 2 Paul St. Pierre (1491)
14 11 Inayat Irfan (999) 4 Romy Peters (1401)
15 9 Daniel Xu (1110) 8 Pierre Arcand (1118)
16 10 Dave Westbury (1087) 12 Larissa Souchko (981)

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Wall Chart after 3 rounds of play.

2015 RA November Open


# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4
1 Bator Sambuev W 6 B 2 B 4 W 3
2599 146462 1.0 2.0 3.0
2 Alex Davies B 7 W 1 B 3 W 8
2272 110120 0.5 0.5 0.5
3 Kevin Pacey W 8 B 5 W 2 B 1
2219 103715 0.5 1.0 2.0
4 Stijn De Kerpel bye B 8 W 1 B 7
2196 102011 0.5 1.5 1.5
5 William G. Doubleday bye W 3 B 8 W 6
2082 103754 0.5 1.0 1.0
6 Sammy Yao B 1 W 7 bye B 5
2073 134979 0.0 0.0 0.5
7 Saeid Sadeghi W 2 B 6 bye W 4
2066 139655 0.5 1.5 2.0
8 Ben Kellar B 3 W 4 W 5 B 2
2017 148170 0.5 0.5 1.5

2015 RA November U1900


# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4
1 Svitlana Demchenko W 4 B 5 W 10 B 7
1888 156853 1.0 1.5 2.5
2 Michel Girouard W 10 B 7 W 5 B 3
1847 7018573 0.5 1.0 2.0
3 Simon Perkins B 12 W 11 B 8 W 2
1830 107582 0.0 1.0 2.0
4 Fan Yang B 1 W 9 bye B 10
1810 155485 0.0 0.5 1.5
5 Ray Kuryliw B 9 W 1 B 2 W 6
1800 105482 1.0 1.5 1.5
6 Robert Laszlo bye W 8 B 11 B 5
1740 104270 0.5 1.0 1.5
7 Terrence [Terry] Ju bye W 2 B 12 W 1
1714 151396 0.5 1.0 2.0
8 Spencer Martin bye B 6 W 3 B 11
1704 103276 0.5 1.0 1.0
9 Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo W 5 B 4 bye W 12
1703 153225 0.0 0.5 1.0
10 Herb Langer B 2 W 12 B 1 W 4
1647 100319 0.5 1.5 1.5
11 Lawrence [Larry] Ju bye B 3 W 6 W 8
1620 151370 0.5 0.5 1.0
12 Ehsan Forouzandeh W 3 B 10 W 7 B 9
1519 158467 1.0 1.0 1.0


2015 RA November U1600


# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4
1 Keven Eyre bye B 12 W 3 W 7
1496 135113 0.5 1.5 2.0
2 Paul St. Pierre bye B 11 W 5 B 6
1491 107439 0.5 1.5 1.5
3 John I.F. Lukezich W 7 B 8 B 1 W 5
1445 146765 1.0 2.0 2.5
4 Romy Peters B 8 W 9 W 12 B 11
1401 135706 0.0 0.5 1.5
5 Yaorui Xu W 10 bye B 2 B 3
1346 155473 1.0 1.5 2.5
6 Billy Carroll B 9 bye bye W 2
1317 150390 1.0 1.5 2.0
7 Shougan Gu B 3 W 10 W 8 B 1
1176 157631 0.0 1.0 2.0
8 Pierre Arcand W 4 W 3 B 7 B 9
1118 7105453 1.0 1.0 1.0
9 Daniel Xu W 6 B 4 bye W 8
1110 160020 0.0 0.5 1.0
10 Dave Westbury B 5 B 7 W 11 W 12
1087 158216 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Inayat Irfan bye W 2 B 10 W 4
999 160614 0.5 0.5 1.5
12 Larissa Souchko bye W 1 B 4 B 10
981 145490 1.0 1.0 1.0

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Games from Rounds 1-3

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2015.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xu, Daniel"]
[Black "Carroll Billy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1110"]
[BlackElo "1305"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 c6 4.Nc3 b5 5.Bb3 h6 6.d4 Nd7 7.d5 Bb7
8.O-O Ngf6 9.Re1 a5 10.dxc6 Bxc6 11.Bd5 Bxd5 12.Nxd5 Rc8 13.c3
Nc5 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Qe2 Rb8 16.Bd2 g5 17.h3 Rg8 18.Nh2 Qg6 19.Ng4
h5 20.Nh2 g4 21.hxg4 hxg4 22.g3 Qh5 23.Qf1 Rh8 24.Qg2 Nd3 25.Reb1
Bh6 26.Bxh6 Rxh6 27.b4 a4 28.Rd1 Nb2 29.Rd5 Ke7 30.Nf1 Rbh8 31.Rxb5
Qg6 32.f4 Nd3 33.Qe2 Rh1+ 34.Kg2 Qh5 35.Qxd3 Qh2+ 36.Nxh2 R8xh2# 0-1

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2015.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sambuev Bator (CAN)"]
[Black "Yao Sammy (CAN)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nc3
Nc7 8.d3 Nxb5 9.Nxb5 O-O 10.Bg5 a6 11.Nd6 Qc7 12.Nc4 b5 13.Ne3
Bb7 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Qd2 f6 16.exf6 exf6 17.Bh6 Rf7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7
19.Qe3 Nd4 20.Nxd4 Bxd5 21.Ne2 Qe7 22.Nf4 Qxe3 23.Rxe3 Bc6 24.Rae1
a5 25.f3 a4 26.Kf2 b4 27.d4 cxd4 28.Rd3 Bb5 29.Rxd4 Rc8 30.Rc1
Rc4 31.Rxc4 Bxc4 32.b3 axb3 33.cxb3 Be6 34.Rc7 Bf5 35.Nd5 Rf8
36.Nxb4 Be6 37.Ke3 Rb8 38.Na6 Ra8 39.Nc5 Kf7 40.Nxd7 Bxd7 41.Rxd7+
Ke6 42.Rd2 1-0

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2015.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pacey Kevin (CAN)"]
[Black "Kellar Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 c5 2.e4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.dxc5 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nf6 7.Bd3
O-O 8.O-O Qxc5 9.e5 Nd5 10.c4 Nb6 11.Qd2 Kh8 12.Qh6 Rg8 {And we have yet another White to play and crush puzzle! %08DA}
13.Be3 {?! Not bad but White had better.} ( {GM Sambuev spotted:}
13.Ng5 Rg7 14.Nxh7 Kg8 ( {the short exit is:} 14...Rxh7 15.Qf8# )
15.Ng5 {and Black has no good moves.} Nxc4 ( 15...Nc6 16.Re1 )
16.Be3 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Qxe3+ 18.Kh1 Nc6 19.Rxf7 Rxf7 20.Qxg6+ Rg7
21.Qe8# ) Qc7 14.e6 dxe6 15.Bd4+ f6 16.Ng5 Rg7 17.Nxh7 Kg8 18.Nxf6+
{?!/? Wrong man for the job.} ( 18.Bxf6 {and it is all over for Black.}
exf6 ( 18...Rxh7 19.Qxg6+ Kf8 20.Qxh7 Ke8 21.Bg6+ Kd8 22.Rad1+
Qd7 23.Qxe7+ Kc7 24.Qc5+ Nc6 25.Be5+ Kd8 26.Qf8# ) 19.Nxf6+ Kf7
20.Qxg7+ Kxg7 21.Ne8+ {1-0} ) exf6 19.Bxf6 Nc6 20.c5
( 20.Bxg6 ) Na4 21.Bb5 Rh7 22.Qxg6+ Kf8 23.Bh4 Qf7 24.Qg3 Nc3
25.Qxc3 Rxh4 26.Rad1 Ke8 27.Qg3 Rf4 28.Rd2 Bd7 29.Rfd1 Rd8 30.Bxc6
bxc6 31.Qg5 Rf5 32.Qe3 Qf6 33.Qa3 a6 34.Qxa6 Rxc5 35.Qa3 Qc3
36.Qa4 Rd5 37.Rxd5 cxd5 38.Qg4 Qxc2 39.Re1 Qd2 40.Rxe6+ Bxe6
41.Qxe6+ Kf8 42.Qf6+ Ke8 43.Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2015.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sadeghi Saeid"]
[Black "Davies Alex (CAN)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nd2 h6 4.Bh4 d5 5.e3 Be7 6.Ngf3 O-O 7.Bd3
c5 8.c3 Nbd7 9.O-O Re8 10.Ne5 Qb6 11.Rb1 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.Bg3
Nf8 14.Bc2 Bd7 15.Qg4 Bb5 16.Rfe1 Qa6 17.Bf4 Bd3 18.Bxd3 Qxd3
19.e4 Ng6 20.Rbd1 h5 21.Qg3 Qxg3 22.hxg3 Rad8 23.exd5 Rxd5 24.Nf3
Red8 25.Rxd5 Rxd5 26.Kf1 Kf8 27.Ke2 c4 28.Rd1 Rxd1 29.Kxd1 Bc5
30.Ke2 b5 31.Be3 Bb6 32.Bxb6 axb6 33.Ke3 Ke7 34.Ke4 f5+ 35.exf6+
gxf6 36.Nd4 Ne5 37.b4 cxb3 38.axb3 Ng4 39.f3 f5+ 40.Kd3 Ne5+
41.Ke3 b4 42.cxb4 Kd6 43.Ne2 Ng6 44.Nd4 h4 45.g4 fxg4 46.fxg4
Ke5 47.Nf3+ Kd5 48.Nd4 Ne5 49.g5 Ng4+ 50.Kf4 e5+ 51.Kxg4 exd4
52.g6 Ke6 53.g7 Kf7 54.g8Q+ Kxg8 55.Kf4 Kf7 56.Ke4 Ke6 57.Kxd4
Kf5 58.Ke3 Kg4 59.Kf2 b5 60.Kf1 Kf4 61.Kf2 Kg4 62.Kg1 Kg3 63.Kf1
Kg4 64.Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2015.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Doubleday William G (CAN)"]
[Black "Pacey Kevin (CAN)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 Nd5 7.Bxc4
Nxf4 8.exf4 Nb6 9.Bb3 Bd6 10.g3 O-O 11.O-O Bd7 12.Ne5 Bxe5 13.fxe5
Bc6 14.Qg4 g6 15.Rad1 h5 16.Qf4 Kg7 17.h4 Nd5 18.Qg5 Qxg5 19.hxg5
Rad8 20.Ne4 Ne3 21.fxe3 Bxe4 22.Rc1 ( 22.Rf4 Bd5 23.Bc2 Rd7 24.e4
Bc4 25.b3 Be2 26.Rd2 Bg4 27.d5 exd5 28.exd5 Re8 ) Rd7 23.Rc3
Rfd8 24.Rf4 Bc6 25.Rc2 Re7 26.Rh2 Rh8 27.Kf2 Rd7 28.Rfh4 Rdd8
29.g4 hxg4 30.Rxh8 Rxh8 31.Rxh8 Kxh8 32.Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2015.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Davies Alex (CAN)"]
[Black "Sambuev Bator (CAN)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+
Nbxd7 8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nb3 Nce4 11.Nfd4 Qd7 12.f3 Nd6
13.Nc5 Qc8 14.Nd3 O-O 15.Be3 Re8 16.Re1 Bf8 17.c3 Nc4 18.Bf2
g6 19.b3 Nd6 20.Qd2 Bg7 21.Bg3 Qd8 22.Be5 Rc8 23.Rac1 Re7 24.Kh1
Nfe4 25.fxe4 Bxe5 26.Nxe5 Rxe5 27.exd5 Ne4 28.Qb2 Qxd5 29.c4
Qd6 30.Nf3 Re7 31.Rcd1 Qc5 32.Rd4 Rce8 33.Red1 Ng5 34.Qf2 Nxf3
35.gxf3 Re2 36.Qg3 Rxa2 37.Rd8 Rxd8 38.Rxd8+ Kg7 39.Qe1 Rxh2+
( 39...Qg5 40.Qc3+ Kh6 ) 40.Kxh2 Qc7+ {White lost on time.} 0-1

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2015.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kellar Ben"]
[Black "De Kerpel Stijn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 d5 5.e3 c6 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O
8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qb3 Kh8 10.Bd2 Ne4 11.Be1 Qe7 12.Ne2 Nd7 13.Nd2
Qh4 14.f4 Qh6 15.Nf3 Ndf6 16.Bg3 Rb8 17.Rfd1 Bd7 18.Rac1 Be8
19.Ne5 Bh5 20.Be1 g5 21.Bxe4 Nxe4 22.Qd3 Rbe8 23.Bg3 Nxg3 24.hxg3
gxf4 25.gxf4 Qg7 26.Rd2 Rg8 27.Nc3 Qf6 28.Na4 Re7 29.Nc5 Bxc5
30.dxc5 Reg7 31.b4 a6 32.a4 Be8 33.Nf3 Rg3 34.Rf2 R8g7 35.Re1
Bh5 36.Qd4 Qg6 37.Ng5 h6 38.Kh2 Rg4 0-1

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2015.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yao Sammy (CAN)"]
[Black "Sadeghi Saeid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.c4 c6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.O-O e6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Nbd2
Be7 8.Re1 Ne4 9.Nf1 Bb4 10.N3d2 Ndf6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.f3 Nxd2
13.Bxd2 Bxd2 14.Qxd2 O-O 15.e4 dxe4 16.fxe4 Bg6 17.e5 Nd5 18.Ne3
Nxe3 19.Rxe3 Bf5 20.Rb3 Rb8 21.d5 cxd5 22.Qxd5 Qxd5 23.Bxd5 Rfe8
24.Re1 Be6 25.Bxe6 Rxe6 26.Kf2 Kf8 27.Kf3 b6 28.Kf4 Rd8 29.Re2
Rd4+ 30.Kf3 Rd5 31.Ra3 a5 32.Rae3 Ke7 33.Kf4 Kd7 34.h4 Rd4+ 35.Re4
Rxe4+ 36.Kxe4 Rc6 37.Rf2 Ke6 38.Kd4 Rc5 39.Re2 Rd5+ 40.Kc4 b5+
41.Kc3 Rxe5 42.Rxe5+ Kxe5 43.a4 Kd5 44.axb5 Kc5 45.b6 Kxb6 46.g4
Kc5 47.g5 a4 48.h5 h6 49.gxh6 gxh6 50.Kd3 Kb4 51.Ke4 Kb3 52.Kf5
Kxb2 53.Kf6 a3 54.Kxf7 a2 55.Kg6 a1Q 56.Kxh6 Qa8 57.Kh7 Qe4+
58.Kh6 Qe7 59.Kg6 Qf8 60.Kh7 Qf7+ 61.Kh6 Kc3 0-1

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2015.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Langer Herb"]
[Black "Forouzandeh, Ehsan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "1519"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.e3 O-O 6.Nge2 a6 7.O-O
d6 8.a3 Rb8 9.b4 Ba7 10.Bb2 Be6 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.cxd5 Ne7 13.Qb3
Qd7 14.Rac1 h5 15.d4 Rfc8 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Bxe5 Ne8 18.Rfd1 Ng6
19.Bb2 Nd6 20.Nd4 h4 21.Qc3 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 f6 23.gxh4 Kf7 24.h5
Ne7 25.h6 Nb5 26.Qh4 Ng6 27.Qh5 Rh8 28.h7 Rxh7 29.Qxh7 Rh8 30.Bh3
Qe8 31.Be6+ Kf8 32.Qxh8+ Nxh8 33.a4 Nd6 34.Rxc7 Qxa4 35.Ra1 Qb3
36.Bd4 Nhf7 37.Bc5 Kg8 38.Bxd6 Qd3 39.Rxf7 Qg6+ 40.Bg3 Kh7 41.Rxb7
Qd3 42.Re1 Qc3 43.f3 Kh6 44.Kf2 g5 45.Bf5 1-0

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2015.11.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Kerpel Stijn"]
[Black "Sambuev Bator (CAN)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.g3
Ne7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O d6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Bxc6 Rb8 13.Qd2
Qg5 14.Qxg5 ( 14.Rfd1 Qxd2 15.Rxd2 Ba6 16.Rc1 Bxc4 17.b3 Bxc3
18.Rxc3 Be6 {1/2-1/2, Hohler Peter (SUI) 2250 - Godena Michele (ITA) 2510, Aosta (Italy) 1998}
) hxg5 15.Rab1 Rb4 16.Bd5 Bf5 17.a3 Rb6 18.e4 Bd7 19.Rfc1 Rfb8
20.b4 Bxc3 21.Rxc3 c6 22.c5 dxc5 23.Ba2 cxb4 24.axb4 Rxb4 25.Rd1
Be8 26.Re3 Kf8 27.e5 Rb2 28.Bc4 Rb1 29.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 30.Kg2 Rc1
31.Bb3 c5 32.Bd5 c4 33.e6 fxe6 $19 34.Rxe6 c3 35.Bb3 a5 36.Ra6
a4 37.Bxa4 Ra1 0-1

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2015.11.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kellar Ben"]
[Black "Doubleday William G (CAN)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "2028"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 c6 4.b3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O Nbd7 7.d4 O-O
8.Nc3 b6 9.Bb2 Ba6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Re1 Re8 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4
Nd5 14.a3 Rc8 15.Rc1 h6 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Bf8 18.Qg4 Re6 19.Bh3
Rc7 20.f4 Bc8 21.Qf3 Re8 22.f5 Kh8 23.Bf1 a6 24.Qh5 b5 25.Nd6
Ree7 26.Re4 Kg8 27.Bd3 Nf6 28.exf6 Rxe4 29.Bxe4 Qxd6 30.Rd1 Qc5+
31.Bd4 g6 32.Qh4 Qd6 33.fxg6 fxg6 34.Bxg6 Be6 35.Qe4 Bf7 36.Bxf7+
Kxf7 37.Re1 Kg8 38.Qg4+ Kh7 39.Re6 Qxa3 40.Qf5+ Kg8 41.Qg6+ Rg7
42.f7+ Kh8 43.Bxg7+ Bxg7 44.Re8+ 1-0

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2015.11.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pacey Kevin (CAN)"]
[Black "Davies Alex (CAN)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d5 3.e3 g6 4.c4 c6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4
8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nbd7 10.d4 Re8 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nc3 e6 13.g3
Rc8 14.Qd2 a6 15.Rfc1 b5 16.Ne2 Qb6 17.Rxc8 Rxc8 18.Rc1 Rc7 19.Rxc7
Qxc7 20.Bg2 Bf8 21.Qc3 Qxc3 22.Nxc3 Be7 23.Bf1 Kf8 24.Bd3 Nb6
25.f3 Ke8 26.a4 b4 27.Nd1 a5 28.e4 Kd8 29.Kf2 Ne8 30.Ne3 Nd6
31.e5 Ne8 32.f4 f5 33.exf6 Bxf6 34.Ng4 Bg7 35.Ne5 Bxe5 36.dxe5
Ng7 37.g4 Kc7 38.Bd4 Nd7 39.Kg3 Nb8 40.Kh4 Nc6 41.Bc5 h5 42.Bxg6
hxg4 43.hxg4 Kd7 44.Bd3 Ne8 45.Bb5 Nc7 46.g5 Nxb5 47.axb5 Nd8
48.g6 Ke8 49.Kg5 Nb7 50.Kh6 Nxc5 51.g7 Nxb3 52.g8Q+ 1-0

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Re: Games from Rounds 1-3

Congratulations to the winners! Thanks to all the participants for playing in my tournament. We will do it again January 8,9,10 and
I would like to see a few more players at that tournament.

If you left without getting your prize try me at the RA Chess Club this Thursday or e-mail me instructions on how to send you the prize to fs889@ncf.ca


2015 RA November Open

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Bator Sambuev 2599 W6 W7 W5 W3 W2 5.0 $250
2 2 Saeid Sadeghi 2066 D7 W6 H--- W5 L1 3.0 $100
3 3-4 Kevin Pacey 2219 D8 D4 W7 L1 D5 2.5 $60
4 William G. Doubleday 2082 H--- D3 L8 D6 W7 2.5 U2200 $60
5 5-6 Stijn De Kerpel 2196 H--- W8 L1 L2 D3 2.0
6 Sammy Yao 2073 L1 L2 H--- D4 W8 2.0
7 7-8 Alex Davies 2272 D2 L1 L3 W8 L4 1.5
8 Ben Kellar 2017 D3 L5 W4 L7 L6 1.5


2015 RA November U1900


# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1-2 Simon Perkins 1830 L13 W11 W10 D5 W3 3.5 $140
2 Fan Yang 1810 L3 D8 B--- W9 W5 3.5 $140
3 3-4 Svitlana Demchenko 1888 W2 D4 W9 D7 L1 3.0 $30
4 Ray Kuryliw 1800 W8 D3 L5 D6 W7 3.0 $30
5 5-9 Michel Girouard 1847 D9 D7 W4 D1 L2 2.5
6 Robert Laszlo 1740 H--- D10 D11 D4 D8 2.5
7 Terrence [Terry] Ju 1714 H--- D5 W13 D3 L4 2.5
8 Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo 1703 L4 D2 H--- W13 D6 2.5
9 Herb Langer 1647 D5 W13 L3 L2 W12 2.5 U1750 $80
10 10-11 Spencer Martin 1704 H--- D6 L1 W11 U--- 2.0
11 Lawrence [Larry] Ju 1620 H--- L1 D6 L10 W13 2.0
12 12-13 Gerard Felderhof 1631 H--- H--- U--- U--- L9 1.0
13 Ehsan Forouzandeh 1519 W1 L9 L7 L8 L11 1.0


2015 RA November U1600

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 John I.F. Lukezich 1445 W5 W10 D3 W2 W7 4.5 $125
2 2 Yaorui Xu 1346 W12 H--- W7 L1 W3 3.5 $75
3 3-6 Keven Eyre 1496 H--- W6 D1 W5 L2 3.0 $12.50
4 Billy Carroll 1317 W11 H--- H--- L7 W9 3.0 $12.50
5 Shougan Gu 1176 L1 W12 W10 L3 W11 3.0 $12.50
6 Larissa Souchko 981 B--- L3 L8 W12 W10 3.0 $12.50
7 7-9 Paul St. Pierre 1491 H--- W9 L2 W4 L1 2.5
8 Romy Peters 1401 L10 D11 W6 L9 W12 2.5
9 Inayat Irfan 999 H--- L7 W12 W8 L4 2.5
10 10-11 Pierre Arcand 1118 W8 L1 L5 D11 L6 1.5
11 Daniel Xu 1110 L4 D8 H--- D10 L5 1.5
12 12 Dave Westbury 1087 L2 L5 L9 L6 L8 0.0

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Re: Games from Rounds 4-5

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2015.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sadeghi Saeid"]
[Black "De Kerpel Stijn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 d5 5.Bd3 c6 6.Nge2 Bd6 7.Qc2 Ne4
8.O-O O-O 9.f3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Kh8 11.Bd2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.dxe5
Bxe5 14.Be1 Bxh2+ 15.Kxh2 {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2015.11.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sambuev Bator (CAN)"]
[Black "Pacey Kevin (CAN)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.O-O
Nge7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nb3 Bd6 10.c3 Bg4 11.Be2 O-O 12.Nfd4 Bxe2
13.Qxe2 Re8 14.Bg5 Qd7 15.Qh5 {N} ( 15.Bxe7 Bxe7 16.Rad1 Bf6
17.Qc2 Rac8 18.Rd2 g6 19.Nf3 Qg4 20.Qd1 Ne7 21.Nbd4 a6 22.Nc2
Qc4 23.a3 Qc7 24.Ne3 Qb6 25.Qa4 h5 26.Rfd1 Qc6 27.Qb3 Rcd8 28.Nxd5
Nxd5 29.Rxd5 Rxd5 30.Qxd5 Qxd5 31.Rxd5 Re2 32.Rd2 Re4 33.Kf1
b5 34.Rd6 Re6 35.Rxe6 fxe6 36.Ke2 Kf7 37.Kd3 Ke7 38.b3 Kd6 39.Nd2
Kc6 40.Nf3 Kd6 41.Nd4 Be5 42.h3 Kd5 43.Nc2 a5 44.Nd4 a4 45.b4
Bxd4 46.cxd4 g5 47.g4 hxg4 48.hxg4 e5 49.dxe5 Kxe5 50.Ke3 Kd5
51.f4 gxf4+ 52.Kxf4 Kc4 53.g5 Kb3 54.g6 Kxa3 55.g7 Kxb4 56.g8Q
Ka3 57.Ke3 b4 58.Kd2 Kb2 59.Qc4 Ka3 60.Kc1 b3 61.Kb1 {1-0, Russek Guil (MEX) 2376 - MacKay Ian D (SCO) 2289, Novi Sad (Serbia) 1990}
) ( 15.f4 f6 16.Bh4 Ng6 17.Qh5 Nxf4 18.Qf3 Re4 19.Nxc6 Ne2+ 20.Kh1
Rxh4 21.Qxe2 Rxh2+ 22.Kg1 bxc6 23.Rae1 Rh4 24.Qe6+ Qxe6 25.Rxe6
Rd8 26.Nd4 Kf7 27.Rxd6 Rxd6 28.Nf5 Ra4 29.Nxd6+ Ke6 30.Nf5 Rxa2
31.Nxg7+ Ke5 32.Re1+ Kf4 33.Re2 a5 34.Kf2 a4 35.Ne6+ Kg4 36.Nd4
a3 37.bxa3 Rxa3 38.Nxc6 Rxc3 39.Nb4 Rc5 40.Rd2 f5 41.Nxd5 Rc8
42.Ne3+ Kg5 43.Rd5 Kg6 44.Rxf5 Rc3 45.Rb5 Rc6 46.Kg3 Ra6 47.Nd5
Ra2 48.Nf4+ Kh6 49.Kg4 Ra6 50.Re5 Ra4 51.Kf5 Ra2 52.Kf6 Ra5 53.Re3
Ra6+ 54.Ne6 Ra5 55.g4 Ra3 56.g5+ {1-0, Muehlbauer Andreas (GER) 2182 - Trenchev Jolo (BUL) 2225, Bayern (Germany) 2007.04.01}
) Ng6 16.Rae1 Rxe1 17.Rxe1 Re8 18.Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.Qe2 Qe5 20.Qxe5
Ngxe5 21.Nxc6 Nxc6 ( 21...bxc6 22.Kf1 f6 {=} ) 22.Kf1 f5 23.Be3
Kf7 24.h3 b6 25.Ke2 Ke6 26.a4 g6 27.f4 d4 28.Nxd4+ Nxd4+ 29.Bxd4
Bxf4 30.Kd3 Kd6 ( 30...g5 ) 31.b4 Bg3 32.Kc4 $14 Kc6 33.b5+ Kd7
34.Kd5 Bc7 35.c4 g5 36.c5 bxc5 37.Bxc5 Bb8 38.a5 h5 39.Bxa7 Bxa7
40.b6 Bxb6 41.axb6 h4 42.Ke5 g4 43.Kxf5 gxh3 44.gxh3 Kc6 45.Kg5
Kxb6 46.Kxh4 Kc7 47.Kg5 Kd8 48.Kf6 Ke8 49.Kg7 1-0

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2015.11.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Davies Alex (CAN)"]
[Black "Kellar Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 Nc6 7.Bb5
Bg4 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Nbd2 e6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Ne7 12.O-O O-O
13.Bg5 f6 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Qe2 Qd6 16.Bxf6 Rxf6 17.Qe5 Qxe5 18.dxe5
Rf5 19.Rac1 Rb8 20.b3 h6 21.Rfe1 Rf4 22.Rc3 Rfb4 23.Rd1 R8b6
24.Nd4 g5 25.a3 1-0

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2015.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sambuev Bator (CAN)"]
[Black "Sadeghi Saeid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3
Nf6 8.O-O-O Be7 9.Be2 O-O 10.g4 d6 11.g5 Nd7 12.Rhg1 Rd8 13.Qh5
Nf8 14.f4 b5 15.f5 b4 16.Nxc6 bxc3 17.f6 cxb2+ 18.Kb1 1-0

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2015.11.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Davies Alex (CAN)"]
[Black "Doubleday William G (CAN)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "2028"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 e6 7.d3 Nge7
8.O-O O-O 9.Bd2 a6 10.Rb1 b5 11.a3 Rb8 12.g4 f5 13.h3 h6 14.Kh1
Bd7 15.Be3 b4 16.axb4 Rxb4 17.gxf5 exf5 18.e5 Qb8 19.Ne2 Re8
20.c3 Rxb2 21.Rxb2 Qxb2 22.Bc1 Qb8 23.d4 Be6 24.Qa4 dxe5 25.dxe5
Qb5 26.Qxb5 axb5 27.Be3 Bc4 28.Re1 Nd5 29.Bxc5 Bxe2 30.Rxe2 Nxf4
31.Rb2 Nxe5 32.Rxb5 Nxg2 33.Kxg2 Nxf3 34.Kxf3 Bxc3 35.Rb6 Kf7
36.Be3 Bg7 37.Rb5 Re4 38.Rb7+ Kg8 39.Rb8+ Kh7 40.Rb5 Re5 41.Rb7
Rd5 42.Bc1 Kg8 43.Rb8+ Kf7 44.Rb7+ Kf8 45.Rb8+ Ke7 46.Rb7+ Rd7
47.Rb5 Rd3+ 48.Kg2 Rc3 49.Rb7+ Kf8 50.Rxg7 Rc2+ 51.Kg3 Kxg7 0-1

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2015.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yao Sammy (CAN)"]
[Black "Kellar Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 c5 5.O-O Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.d4
Be6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.Bg5 Qd7 10.Ne5 Qc8 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nxc6 bxc6
13.e4 cxd4 14.exd5 dxc3 15.dxe6 O-O 16.exf7+ Rxf7 17.bxc3 Qc7
18.Qg4+ Kf8 19.Qe6 Bd6 20.Rad1 Be5 21.Bxc6 Re7 22.Qd5 Rc8 23.Ba4
Qc4 24.Qa5 Rec7 25.Rd7 Rxd7 26.Bxd7 Rc7 27.Bf5 Bxc3 28.Qa3+ Kg7
29.Qd6 Be5 30.Qd2 Qd4 31.Qe2 Qd8 32.Qg4+ Kh8 33.Rd1 Qe7 34.Be6
Qe8 35.Qf5 Re7 36.Bb3 Bc3 37.Bc2 Qg6 38.Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2015.11.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Kerpel Stijn"]
[Black "Pacey Kevin (CAN)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2161"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 b6
8.cxd5 cxd5 9.b3 Bb7 10.Bb2 e6 11.Rc1 a6 12.Ne5 Nfd7 13.f4 f6
14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.Bf3 f5 16.Ba3 Rf7 17.Qd2 Nf6 18.Rc2 Rc8 19.Rfc1
Rfc7 20.h3 h5 21.Kh2 Rc6 22.Na4 Ng4+ 23.Bxg4 hxg4 24.g3 gxh3
25.Kxh3 g5 26.Rxc6 Rxc6 27.Nb2 gxf4 28.gxf4 Qe8 29.Rxc6 Qh5+
30.Kg2 Qg4+ 31.Kh2 Bxc6 32.Nd3 Bb5 33.Nf2 Qf3 34.Nh3 Bf6 35.Qg2+
Qxg2+ 1/2-1/2