2017 National Capital Open, November 10, 11, 12

[Ted Hsu]

Re: 2017 National Capital Open, November 10, 11, 12

I second that appreciation of Halldor!

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Re: 2017 National Capital Open, November 10, 11, 12

Is there any way you can format your lists better? If it's a pre-reg list - we only need the names, ratings, and section - no need for multiple lines for each player.

My posting permissions have been changed to HTML code off so I am screwed when it comes to this formatting game.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Re: 2017 National Capital Open, November 10, 11, 12

See pre-registered below.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Re: 2017 National Capital Open, November 10, 11, 12

2017 National Capital Open

# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Bator Sambuev 2618 146462 (4128290)
2 Leonid Gerzhoy 2560 142916 (2806126)
3 David Gordon 2314 106629 (2602431)
4 Zachary Dukic 2251 149507 (2617188)
5 Kevin Zhong 2090 7105652
6 Fan Yang 2078 155485 (2626055)
7 Curtis Peterson 2067 123052
8 Robert Villeneuve 2056 101284 (2620685)
9 Daniel Xu 1950 160020 (2627345)
10 Anthony Atanasov 1909 156079 (2623897)
11 Z. Chang Alexander 1905 9105176
12 Jr Guipi Bopala Prince Eric 1826 9103780

2017 National Capital U1900

# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Gordon Ritchie 1810 110972 (2608529)
2 Alex Danilov 1780 101895 (2603926)
3 Jean Bigras 1704 106651 (2609550)
4 Herb Langer 1673 100319 (2617536)
5 Rene Poulin 1672 104280 (2605635)
6 Derek Chen 1501 156690 (2629410)
7 Matthew Zhu 1501 160019

2017 National Capital U1600

# Name/Rtng/ID
1 John I.F. Lukezich 1384 146765 (2620944)
2 Vincent Qin 1384 161708
3 Alexandre Khan 1370 163542
4 Victor Samuel 1352 112306
5 Simon Celer-Matas 1292 165088
6 Pierre Arcand 1274 7105453
7 Amy Ai 1208 161127
8 Richard Feng 1133 160022
9 Alina Chen 965 161622
10 Eric Weitzman unr. 7107253
11 N. Pascual-Meagher unr. 162147
12 Mark Lepine unr. 165186

I will be taking entries at the RA Chess Club tonight.

If you cannot make it to the RA please e-mail your entry to fs889@ncf.ca and there is no late fee.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Re: 2017 National Capital Open, November 10, 11, 12

I have 54 players registered. 18 in Open, 17 U1900 and 19 U1600. I will post list when I get home from the RA Chess club.

The tournament will be in the Canada Room. If you are playing registering by e-mail to fs889@ncf.ca saves the $10 late fee.

2017 National Capital Open

# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Bator Sambuev
2618 146462 (4128290)
2 Leonid Gerzhoy
2560 142916 (2806126)
3 David Gordon
2314 106629 (2602431)
4 Zachary Dukic
2251 149507 (2617188)
5 Sam Marin
2224 156145 (2622955)
6 Svitlana Demchenko
2222 156853 (14149893)
7 Kevin Zhong
2090 7105652
8 Fan Yang
2078 155485 (2626055)
9 Curtis Peterson
2067 123052
10 Robert Villeneuve
2056 101284 (2620685)
11 David Fei
2051 154794 (2620855)
12 Christian Collins
2049 111166 (2603055)
13 Daniel Xu
1950 160020 (2627345)
14 Anthony Atanasov
1909 156079 (2623897)
15 Emil Smilovici
1908 111290 (2606321)
16 Z. Chang Alexander R.
1905 9105176
17 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi
1877 155558 (2626071)
18 Jr Guipi Bopala Prince Eric
1826 9103780

2017 National Capital U1900

# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Mario Thibault
1832 7053640
2 Gordon Ritchie
1810 110972 (2608529)
3 Victor Bilodeau
1807 7019978
4 Ray Kuryliw
1800 105482 (2604833)
5 Savio Joseph Benher
1756 161296 (2629453)
6 Kamal Balazadeh
1752 153228
7 Spencer Martin
1746 103276 (2616882)
8 Lawrence [Larry] Ju
1717 151370
9 Marcel Laurin
1710 100337 (2604906)
10 Jean Bigras
1704 106651 (2609550)
11 Herb Langer
1673 100319 (2617536)
12 Rene Poulin
1672 104280 (2605635)
13 Romy Peters
1623 135706 (2605589)
14 Simon Perkins
1608 107582 (2618737)
15 Alwin Ning
1537 161716
16 Derek Chen
1501 156690 (2629410)
17 Matthew Zhu
1501 160019

2017 National Capital U1600

# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Raja Ravi Kiran Karra
1521 160649
2 Alexander Stopic
1433 160017 (2630036)
3 John I.F. Lukezich
1384 146765 (2620944)
4 Vincent Qin
1384 161708
5 Keven Eyre
1373 135113 (2604205)
6 Alexandre Khan
1370 163542
7 Victor Samuel
1352 112306
8 Oswin Ning
1323 161715
9 Simon Celer-Matas
1292 165088
10 Pierre Arcand
1274 7105453
11 Johnathan Han
1211 161709
12 Amy Ai
1208 161127
13 Richard Feng
1133 160022
14 Dave Westbury
1046 158216
15 Alina Chen
965 161622
16 Wahida Chowdhury
856 162289
17 Eric Weitzman
unr. 7107253
18 Nicholas Pascual-Meagher
unr. 162147
19 Mark Lepine
unr. 165186

[Denis Gauthier]

Re: 2017 National Capital Open, November 10, 11, 12

"Player must be 100 points or less from the rating floor for the section he wants to play up in."
That means the open section is not.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Re: 2017 National Capital Open, November 10, 11, 12

"Player must be 100 points or less from the rating floor for the section he wants to play up in."
That means the open section is not.

The so called Open section has 20 entries and the tournament is at 57.

I am sorry if restricted entry into Open sections is preventing you from playing in tournaments.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Round 2 Pairings

2017 National Capital Open

Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 6 Francesco Dunne (2214 1.0) 1 Bator Sambuev (2618 1.0)
2 2 David Gordon (2314 1.0) 5 Svitlana Demchenko (2222 1.0)
3 4 Sam Marin (2224 1.0) 9 Fan Yang (2078 1.0)
4 7 Kevin Zhong (2090 0.5) 10 Rachel Miller (2078 1.0)
5 18 Z. Chang Alexander R. (1905 0.5) 11 Curtis Peterson (2067 0.5)
6 21 Jr Guipi Bopala Prince Eric (1826 0.5) 3 Zachary Dukic (2251 0.0)
7 12 Robert Villeneuve (2056 0.0) 17 Emil Smilovici (1908 0.0)
8 16 Anthony Atanasov (1909 0.0) 14 Christian Collins (2049 0.0)
9 19 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi (1877 0.0) 15 Daniel Xu (1950 0.0)
20 1 Daniel Lavergne (1831 0.0) BYE
13 ½ David Fei (2051 0.5) BYE
8 ½ Saeid Sadeghi (2090 1.0) BYE

2017 National Capital U1900

Bd # Res White # Res Black
10 6 Kamal Balazadeh (1752 1.0) 9 Marcel Laurin (1710 1.0)
11 8 Lawrence [Larry] Ju (1717 1.0) 15 Simon Perkins (1608 1.0)
12 10 Jean Bigras (1704 0.5) 1 Mario Thibault (1832 0.5)
13 3 Victor Bilodeau (1807 0.5) 17 Derek Chen (1501 0.5)
14 13 Etienne Latreille (1668 0.5) 4 Ray Kuryliw (1800 0.5)
15 12 Rene Poulin (1672 0.5) 5 Savio Joseph Benher (1756 0.5)
16 16 Alwin Ning (1537 0.0) 7 Spencer Martin (1746 0.0)
17 18 Matthew Zhu (1501 0.0) 14 Romy Peters (1623 0.0)
11 ½ Herb Langer (1673 0.5) BYE
2 ½ Gordon Ritchie (1810 0.5) BYE

2017 National Capital U1600

Bd # Res White # Res Black
17 8 Victor Samuel (1352 1.0) 1 Raja Ravi Kiran Karra (1521 1.0)
18 19 Eric Weitzman (unr. 1.0) 3 Alexander Stopic (1433 1.0)
19 21 Mark Lepine (unr. 1.0) 5 John I.F. Lukezich (1384 1.0)
20 6 Vincent Qin (1384 1.0) 14 Sanjay Ramesh (1191 1.0)
21 2 Alexandre Khan (1440 0.5) 13 Amy Ai (1208 0.5)
22 15 Richard Feng (1133 0.5) 11 Pierre Arcand (1274 0.5)
23 17 Alina Chen (965 0.5) 7 Keven Eyre (1373 0.0)
24 12 Johnathan Han (1211 0.0) 9 Oswin Ning (1323 0.0)
25 10 Simon Celer-Matas (1292 0.0) 20 Nicholas Pascual-Meagher (unr. 0.0)
16 1 Dave Westbury (1046 0.0) BYE
18 ½ Wahida Chowdhury (856 0.0) BYE
4 ½ Jeremy Sztuka (1414 0.0) BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Round 4 Pairings

Pairings for Round 4.
2017 National Capital Open

Bd # Res White # # Res Black
1 9 Fan Yang (2078 2.5) 1 Bator Sambuev (2618 2.5)
2 5 Svitlana Demchenko (2222 2.5) 10 Rachel Miller (2078 2.5)
3 2 David Gordon (2314 2.0) 3 Zachary Dukic (2251 2.0)
4 4 Sam Marin (2224 1.5) 7 Kevin Zhong (2090 2.0)
5 6 Francesco Dunne (2214 1.5) 13 David Fei (2051 1.5)
6 18 Z. Chang Alexander R. (1905 1.5) 8 Saeid Sadeghi (2090 1.5)
7 11 Curtis Peterson (2067 1.5) 14 Christian Collins (2049 1.5)
8 12 Robert Villeneuve (2056 1.0) 15 Daniel Xu (1950 1.0)
9 16 Anthony Atanasov (1909 1.0) 17 Emil Smilovici (1908 1.0)
10 21 Jr Guipi Bopala Prince Eric (1826 0.5) 20 Daniel Lavergne (1831 1.0)
19 1 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi (1877 0.0) BYE

Pairings for Round 4. 2017 National Capital U1900

Bd # Res White # Res Black
11 10 Jean Bigras (1704 2.5) 8 Lawrence [Larry] Ju (1717 3.0)
12 2 Gordon Ritchie (1810 2.0) 9 Marcel Laurin (1710 2.0)
13 6 Kamal Balazadeh (1752 2.0) 11 Herb Langer (1673 2.0)
14 4 Ray Kuryliw (1800 1.5) 17 Derek Chen (1517 2.0)
15 13 Etienne Latreille (1668 1.5) 7 Spencer Martin (1746 1.5)
16 5 Savio Joseph Benher (1756 1.0) 3 Victor Bilodeau (1807 1.0)
17 15 Simon Perkins (1608 1.0) 12 Rene Poulin (1672 1.0)
18 1 Mario Thibault (1832 0.5) 14 Romy Peters (1623 0.5)
16 1 Alwin Ning (1537 0.5) BYE
18 ½ Matthew Zhu (1501 1.5) BYE


Pairings for Round 4. 2017 National Capital U1600

Bd # Res White # Res Black
20 19 Eric Weitzman (unr. 3.0) 2 Alexandre Khan (1440 2.5)
21 13 Amy Ai (1208 2.5) 21 Mark Lepine (unr. 2.5)
22 14 Sanjay Ramesh (1191 2.0) 1 Raja Ravi Kiran Karra (1521 2.0)
23 6 Vincent Qin (1384 2.0) 3 Alexander Stopic (1433 2.0)
24 7 Keven Eyre (1373 1.5) 4 Jeremy Sztuka (1414 1.5)
25 5 John I.F. Lukezich (1384 1.5) 15 Richard Feng (1133 1.5)
26 8 Victor Samuel (1352 1.0) 17 Alina Chen (965 1.5)
27 16 Dave Westbury (1046 1.0) 9 Oswin Ning (1323 1.0)
28 10 Simon Celer-Matas (1292 1.0) 12 Johnathan Han (1211 1.0)
11 1 Pierre Arcand (1274 0.5) BYE
20 ½ Nicholas Pascual-Meagher (unr. 0.0) BYE
18 ½ Wahida Chowdhury (856 0.5) BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Wallchart after round 3

2017 National Capital Open:

# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4
1 Bator Sambuev W 12 B 6 W 5 B 9
2618 146462 (4128290) 1.0 2.0 2.5
2 David Gordon B 14 W 5 B 11 W 3
2314 106629 (2602431) 1.0 1.0 2.0
3 Zachary Dukic W 8 B 21 W 12 B 2
2251 149507 (2617188) 0.0 1.0 2.0
4 Sam Marin B 15 W 9 B 10 W 7
2224 156145 (2622955) 1.0 1.5 1.5
5 Svitlana Demchenko W 16 B 2 B 1 W 10
2222 156853 (14149893) 1.0 2.0 2.5
6 Francesco Dunne B 17 W 1 B 14 W 13
2214 146453 (2614618) 1.0 1.0 1.5
7 Kevin Zhong bye W 10 B 15 B 4
2090 7105652 0.5 1.0 2.0
8 Saeid Sadeghi B 3 bye W 9 B 18
2090 139655 (2606810) 1.0 1.5 1.5
9 Fan Yang W 19 B 4 B 8 W 1
2078 155485 (2626055) 1.0 1.5 2.5
10 Rachel Miller W 20 B 7 W 4 B 5
2078 158466 (7401302) 1.0 1.5 2.5
11 Curtis Peterson bye B 18 W 2 W 14
2067 123052 0.5 1.5 1.5
12 Robert Villeneuve B 1 W 17 B 3 W 15
2056 101284 (2620685) 0.0 1.0 1.0
13 David Fei bye bye bye B 6
2051 154794 (2620855) 0.5 1.0 1.5
14 Christian Collins W 2 B 16 W 6 B 11
2049 111166 (2603055) 0.0 1.0 1.5
15 Daniel Xu W 4 B 19 W 7 B 12
1950 160020 (2627345) 0.0 1.0 1.0
16 Anthony Atanasov B 5 W 14 B 19 W 17
1909 156079 (2623897) 0.0 0.0 1.0
17 Emil Smilovici W 6 B 12 W 21 B 16
1908 111290 (2606321) 0.0 0.0 1.0
18 Z. Chang Alexander R. bye W 11 B 20 W 8
1905 9105176 0.5 0.5 1.5
19 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi B 9 W 15 W 16 bye
1877 155558 (2626071) 0.0 0.0 0.0
20 Daniel Lavergne B 10 bye W 18 B 21
1831 102780 (2610035) 0.0 1.0 1.0
21 Jr Guipi Bopala Prince Eric bye W 3 B 17 W 20
1826 9103780 0.5 0.5 0.5

2017 National Capital U1900

# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4
1 Mario Thibault bye B 10 W 13 W 14
1832 7053640 0.5 0.5 0.5
2 Gordon Ritchie W 11 bye B 15 W 9
1810 110972 (2608529) 0.5 1.0 2.0
3 Victor Bilodeau B 12 W 17 B 11 B 5
1807 7019978 0.5 1.0 1.0
4 Ray Kuryliw bye B 13 W 10 W 17
1800 105482 (2604833) 0.5 1.5 1.5
5 Savio Joseph Benher W 13 B 12 B 17 W 3
1756 161296 (2629453) 0.5 1.0 1.0
6 Kamal Balazadeh B 14 W 9 B 8 W 11
1752 153228 1.0 2.0 2.0
7 Spencer Martin W 15 B 16 W 18 B 13
1746 103276 (2616882) 0.0 1.0 1.5
8 Lawrence [Larry] Ju B 16 W 15 W 6 B 10
1717 151370 1.0 2.0 3.0
9 Marcel Laurin W 18 B 6 W 12 B 2
1710 100337 (2604906) 1.0 1.0 2.0
10 Jean Bigras bye W 1 B 4 W 8
1704 106651 (2609550) 0.5 1.5 2.5
11 Herb Langer B 2 bye W 3 B 6
1673 100319 (2617536) 0.5 1.0 2.0
12 Rene Poulin W 3 W 5 B 9 B 15
1672 104280 (2605635) 0.5 1.0 1.0
13 Etienne Latreille B 5 W 4 B 1 W 7
1668 154563 0.5 0.5 1.5
14 Romy Peters W 6 B 18 W 16 B 1
1623 135706 (2605589) 0.0 0.0 0.5
15 Simon Perkins B 7 B 8 W 2 W 12
1608 107582 (2618737) 1.0 1.0 1.0
16 Alwin Ning W 8 W 7 B 14 bye
1537 161716 0.0 0.0 0.5
17 Derek Chen bye B 3 W 5 B 4
1517 156690 (2629410) 0.5 1.0 2.0
18 Matthew Zhu B 9 W 14 B 7 bye
1501 160019 0.0 1.0 1.5

2017 National Capital U1600

# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4
1 Raja Ravi Kiran Karra W 10 B 6 W 19 B 14
1521 160649 1.0 2.0 2.0
2 Alexandre Khan B 11 W 8 B 21 B 19
1440 163542 1.0 2.0 2.5
3 Alexander Stopic W 12 B 19 W 10 B 6
1433 160017 (2630036) 1.0 1.0 2.0
4 Jeremy Sztuka B 14 bye W 18 B 7
1414 162452 0.0 0.5 1.5
5 John I.F. Lukezich W 16 B 21 bye W 15
1384 146765 (2620944) 1.0 1.0 1.5
6 Vincent Qin B 18 W 1 B 9 W 3
1384 161708 1.0 1.0 2.0
7 Keven Eyre W 19 B 11 B 16 W 4
1373 135113 (2604205) 0.0 0.5 1.5
8 Victor Samuel B 20 B 2 W 14 W 17
1352 112306 1.0 1.0 1.0
9 Oswin Ning W 21 B 12 W 6 B 16
1323 161715 0.0 1.0 1.0
10 Simon Celer-Matas B 1 W 20 B 3 W 12
1292 165088 0.0 1.0 1.0
11 Pierre Arcand W 2 W 7 B 17 bye
1274 7105453 0.0 0.5 0.5
12 Johnathan Han B 3 W 9 B 20 B 10
1211 161709 0.0 0.0 1.0
13 Amy Ai bye W 14 B 15 W 21
1208 161127 0.5 1.5 2.5
14 Sanjay Ramesh W 4 B 13 B 8 W 1
1191 162979 1.0 1.0 2.0
15 Richard Feng bye W 17 W 13 B 5
1133 160022 0.5 1.5 1.5
16 Dave Westbury B 5 bye W 7 W 9
1046 158216 0.0 1.0 1.0
17 Alina Chen bye B 15 W 11 B 8
965 161622 0.5 0.5 1.5
18 Wahida Chowdhury W 6 bye B 4 bye
856 162289 0.0 0.5 0.5
19 Eric Weitzman B 7 W 3 B 1 W 2
unr. 7107253 1.0 2.0 3.0
20 Nicholas Pascual-Meagher W 8 B 10 W 12 bye
unr. 162147 0.0 0.0 0.0
21 Mark Lepine B 9 W 5 W 2 B 13
unr. 165186 1.0 2.0 2.5

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Games from rounds 1-3

[Event "2017 National Capital Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Villeneuve, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.11"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d6 3. d5 Ne5 4. Nxe5 dxe5 5. g3 e6 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Bg2
exd5 9. cxd5 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Nxc5 Qxc5
15. Rc1 Qb6 16. Qc2 c6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc6 Rb8 19. b3 Qa5 20. Qc7 Rb5 21.
Qxa5 Rxa5 22. Rc2 Bf5 23. e4 Be6 24. Rd1 Ra3 25. Bf1 a5 26. Bb5 Bg4 27. Rd5 f6
28. Kg2 Bh5 29. Rc7 Bg6 30. Bd3 f5 31. Rdd7 fxe4 32. Rxg7+ Kh8 33. Bb1 Rg8 34.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. Re7 1-0

[Event "2017 National Capital Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xu, Daniel"]
[Black "Marin, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O h6 7. h3 Re8 8. a3
d6 9. Na4 Bb6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Be3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Qh5 f5 15.
Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qf3 f4 17. Bxf4 Qxf3 18. Nxf3 exf4 19. Rfe1 Bd5 20. Nd2 Nd4 21.
c3 Nb3 22. Nxb3 Bxb3 23. d4 Kf7 24. f3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Kf2 Rxe1 27. Kxe1
Ke6 28. Kd2 Bc4 29. Ke1 Bd3 30. b3 Kd5 31. h4 Bc2 32. b4 Kc4 0-1

[Event "2017 National Capital Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Collins, Chris"]
[Black "Gordon, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bc4 Ba6 7. Qd3 Bxc4
8. Qxc4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14.
b3 Rac8 15. g3 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Rxc4 18. Nxb6 Rxc2 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20.
Nc4 f6 21. Rd1 Be7 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Nxd2 Kf7 24. f3 Ke6 25. Kf2 Kd5 26. Ke3 f5
27. Kd3 h5 28. h3 Bb4 29. Nc4 e4+ 30. fxe4+ fxe4+ 31. Ke3 g5 32. g4 Bc5+ 33.
Ke2 hxg4 34. hxg4 Kd4 35. Kd2 a6 36. a3 Bf8 37. Ke2 Be7 38. Kd2 Bc5 39. Ne3 Ke5
40. b4 Ba7 41. Ng2 Kd4 42. a4 Kc4 43. b5 a5 44. Ne3+ Kb3 45. Nd5 Bb8 46. Ke3
Kxa4 47. Kxe4 Kxb5 48. Kd4 a4 49. Kc3 Be5+ 50. Kc2 Kc5 51. Ne3 Kd4 52. Nd1 a3
53. Nc3 Kc4 54. Na2 Bb2 0-1

[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dukic, Zach"]
[Black "Sadeghi, Saeid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Ne4
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe1 Bd6 17. c4 Qe7 18. Rh3 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. b4 Bxb4
21. Ka1 Bxd2 22. Nxd2 Qd6 23. Rh1 Qd4+ 24. Kb1 Rd7 25. Qe2 Qd3+ 26. Qxd3 Rxd3
27. Kc2 Rhd8 28. f3 R3d4 29. g4 Nd7 30. Rhe1 Nb6 31. Kc3 Nxc4 0-1

[Event "2017 National Capital U1900"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Laurin, Marcel"]
[Black "Zhu, Mathew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1501"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Nc6 7. Bf4 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Nb5 Ne8 10. Bd3 a6 11. Nc3 f6 12. Qc2 g6 13. h4 Ng7 14. h5 f5 15. hxg6
hxg6 16. Bh6 Rf7 17. g4 Bd7 18. g5 Be8 19. Ne2 Nh5 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. exf4 Rh7
22. Ke2 Rc8 23. Qd2 Na5 24. Rag1 Ba4 25. Qe3 Qb6 26. Kf1 Be8 27. Kg2 Bf7 28.
Rc1 Nc6 29. b4 Bf8 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Rxh7 Kxh7 32. Rh1+ Kg7 33. Ne5 1-0

[Event "National Capital U1900"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Peters, Romy"]
[Black "Balazadeh, Kamal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Qe2 a6 11. Ne5 b5 12. Ndf3 b4 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Ne5 Qc7
15. Bd2 a5 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. Bg5 Ne4 18. Bd2 Bxe5 19. dxe5 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21.
Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Bb7 23. Qe5 Qf8 24. f3 Rg6 25. Kf2 Rxg2+ 26. Ke3 Qxf3+ 27.
Kd4 Rxd2+ 28. Kc4 Qd3+ 29. Kc5 Rc8+ 30. Kb6 Qa6# 0-1

[Event "National Capital U1900"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dunne, F."]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.11"]

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. c3 Re8 16. Re1 Bf8 17. Bg5 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Nd7 19. Be7 Qc4 20. Bxf8
Nxf8 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. Qg3 Qb6 23. Qf2 Re8 24. Re1 Qa6 25. a3 f6 26. Ng4 Rxe1+
27. Qxe1 Qb6 28. Qg3 Kf7 29. Ne3 Nb5 30. Nef5 Ne6 31. Qf2 Nexd4 32. Nxd4 Nd6
33. b3 Qc5 34. Qe3 Qc8 35. Kf2 a6 36. Ke2 h5 37. Kd2 b5 38. Qf4 Qd7 39. Qe3 a5
40. Qd3 a4 41. bxa4 bxa4 42. Qh7 Nc4+ 43. Kc1 Qb7 44. Qxh5+ Ke7 45. Nf5+ Ke6
46. Nd4+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "National Capital U1900"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gordon, David"]
[Black "Demchenko, Svitlana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 Be7 4. Nd2 d5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Be3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. f4
Qb6 9. Qb3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4 11. Ngf3 a5 12. Be2 O-O 13. Rc1 a4 14. Qd3 a3 15.
b3 Be7 16. h4 Nb4 17. Qb1 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Ne5 Bd7 20. g4 Bb5 21. Bf3 Rac8
22. Kf2 Bd6 23. Kg3 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Bxd7 25. Bg2 e5 26. fxe5 Bxe5+ 27. dxe5 Qxe3+
28. Nf3 Nd3 0-1

[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marin, Sam"]
[Black "Yang, Fan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nf3 d6 7. Rb1 O-O 8. b4
Re8 9. O-O h6 10. Ne1 Ne7 11. Qb3 c6 12. e4 Be6 13. Nc2 Nd7 14. Ne3 f5 15. Bh3
Kh7 16. Qc2 Rf8 17. f4 Rc8 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Qe2 Qe8 21. Bb2 Qg6
22. Rbe1 Rce8 23. Qf2 exf4 24. Qxf4 Be5 25. Qf2 f4 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27. Qxa7 fxg3
28. Rxf8 Nxf8 (28... gxh2+ 29. Kh1 Nxf8 $19) 29. Qxb7+ Kh8 30. Rxe5 dxe5 31.
Ne4 gxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Qh5+ 33. Kg1 Rg6+ 34. Kf1 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qh2+ 36. Nf2 Rf6 37.
Qb6 Qh5+ (37... Ne6) 38. Ke1 Rg6 39. Qb8 Rg1+ 40. Kd2 Qg5+ 41. Ke2 Qh5+ 42. Kd2
Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhong, Kevin"]
[Black "Miller, Rachel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O Ba7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. h3 d6 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. Qe2 d4 14. Ng3 b5 15. Nh4
dxc3 16. bxc3 b4 17. Ba4 Bd7 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. cxb4 Nxe4 20. dxe4 Qxh4 21. Nf5
Qf6 22. Qf3 Kh7 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 a5 25. a3 Reb8 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27. Rac1
Rba8 28. Rc3 Bd7 29. Ng3 Qd6 30. Qc1 c5 31. Rd1 Qc7 32. Rd5 Rc8 33. Nh5 Be6 34.
Rg3 Rg8 35. Rdd3 Qe7 36. Qc3 c4 37. Qxa5 cxd3 38. Rxd3 Qg5 39. Ng3 h5 40. Kh2
h4 41. Ne2 Bc4 42. Re3 Bxe2 43. Rxe2 Qf4+ 44. Kg1 Rc8 45. Re1 Rc2 46. Qb6 Rc1
47. Qb4 Rc2 48. Qb6 Rc1 49. Qb4 Rc2 50. Qb6 Rc1 51. Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Capital U1900"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balazadeh, Kamal"]
[Black "Laurin, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 h6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. Qe2 a6 8. Be3 b5
9. Bd3 Ne7 10. O-O-O Nc8 11. g4 Ncb6 12. g5 g6 13. Rhg1 h5 14. h4 d5 15. Nd2 b4
16. axb4 Bxb4 17. Ndb1 Qe7 18. f4 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 dxe4 20. Nxe4 O-O 21. Ng3 Nd5
22. Bd2 a5 23. Nxh5 Rfb8 24. Nf6+ N7xf6 25. gxf6 Nxf6 26. f5 Be4 27. Bxe4 exf5
28. Bd3 Qd7 29. Qe5 Qa4 30. Bc3 Ng4 31. Rxg4 Re8 32. Qxf5 Re6 33. d5 Re2 34.
Rxa4 1-0

[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sadeghi, Saeid"]
[Black "Yang, Fan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D66"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
b6 9. Rc1 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. f4 cxd4 14. exd4 Ne4 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. f5 Nf6 18. Qf3 a6 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Qf4 Rac8 21.
Re5 Rxe5 22. dxe5 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rd1 Qc6 25. Re1 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Qd4 27. f6
g5 28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. Rxe3 Rc5 30. h4 Rxe5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Kh2 Kh7 33. Nd1 Rf5
34. Kg3 Rxf6 35. Nf2 Re6 36. Kg4 Kg6 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Demchenko, Svitlana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bb2 b6
9. Nc3 Bb7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 Rfd8 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. Qh5 Nxe5 15.
Bxb7 Rab8 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rfc1 Nc4 18. Qg4 Qg5 19. Rxc4 Rxb7 20. Qf3 Qd5 21.
e4 Qg5 22. h4 Qg6 23. Rd1 Rbd7 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rc8+ Rd8 26. h5 Qg5 27. Rc7 a5
28. h6 e5 29. hxg7 Kxg7 30. Qf4 Qxf4 31. gxf4 Kf8 32. Bxe5 Bd6 33. Bxd6+ Rxd6
34. Rc2 Rg6+ 35. Kh2 Rg4 36. e5 Rxf4 37. Kg3 Re4 38. f4 a4 39. Kg4 axb3 40.
axb3 Kg7 41. Rc4 Re1 42. Rb4 Rg1+ 43. Kf3 h5 44. f5 Rf1+ 45. Ke4 h4 46. Kd5
Rxf5 47. Rxh4 f6 48. Re4 Kf7 49. b4 Ke7 50. b5 Kd7 51. Re1 Rxe5+ 52. Rxe5 fxe5
1/2-1/2

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Final Standings

2017 National Capital Open

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Bator Sambuev 2618 W16 W9 D2 W5 W6 4.5 $500
2 2 Svitlana Demchenko 2222 W17 W3 D1 D6 W8 4.0 $300
3 3-4 David Gordon 2314 W18 L2 W12 D8 W9 3.5 $70
4 Sam Marin 2224 W19 D5 L6 W10 W12 3.5 $70
5 5-7 Fan Yang 2078 W20 D4 W11 L1 D10 3.0 $50
6 Rachel Miller 2078 W21 D10 W4 D2 L1 3.0 $50
7 Z. Chang Alexander 1905 H--- L12 W21 D11 W16 3.0 U2050 $100
8 8-15 Zachary Dukic 2251 L11 W15 W16 D3 L2 2.5
9 Francesco Dunne 2214 W14 L1 D18 W13 L3 2.5
10 Kevin Zhong 2090 H--- D6 W19 L4 D5 2.5
11 Saeid Sadeghi 2090 W8 H--- L5 D7 D14 2.5
12 Curtis Peterson 2067 H--- W7 L3 W18 L4 2.5
13 David Fei 2051 H--- H--- H--- L9 W18 2.5
14 Emil Smilovici 1908 L9 L16 W15 W17 D11 2.5
15 Jr Guipi Bopala Prince Eric 1826 H--- L8 L14 W21 W20 2.5
16 16-17 Robert Villeneuve 2056 L1 W14 L8 W19 L7 2.0
17 Anthony Atanasov 1909 L2 L18 W20 L14 W19 2.0
18 18 Christian Collins 2049 L3 W17 D9 L12 L13 1.5
19 19-21 Daniel Xu 1950 L4 W20 L10 L16 L17 1.0
20 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi 1877 L5 L19 L17 B--- L15 1.0
21 Daniel Lavergne 1831 L6 B--- L7 L15 U--- 1.0

2017 National Capital U1900

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1-2 Lawrence [Larry] Ju 1717 W10 W6 W4 L2 W7 4.0 $260
2 Jean Bigras 1704 H--- W18 W3 W1 D4 4.0 $260
3 3 Ray Kuryliw 1800 H--- W5 L2 W15 W8 3.5 $140
4 4-6 Kamal Balazadeh 1752 W17 W8 L1 D9 D2 3.0
5 Etienne Latreille 1668 D12 L3 W18 D13 W9 3.0
6 Simon Perkins 1608 W13 L1 L7 W14 W15 3.0 $120 U1750
7 7-10 Gordon Ritchie 1810 D9 H--- W6 D8 L1 2.5
8 Marcel Laurin 1710 W16 L4 W14 D7 L3 2.5
9 Herb Langer 1673 D7 H--- W11 D4 L5 2.5
10 Alwin Ning 1537 L1 L13 D17 B--- W16 2.5
11 11-16 Victor Bilodeau 1807 D14 D15 L9 L12 W17 2.0
12 Savio Joseph Benher 1756 D5 D14 L15 W11 U--- 2.0
13 Spencer Martin 1746 L6 W10 D16 D5 U--- 2.0
14 Rene Poulin 1672 D11 D12 L8 L6 W19 2.0
15 Derek Chen 1517 H--- D11 W12 L3 L6 2.0
16 Matthew Zhu 1501 L8 W17 D13 H--- L10 2.0
17 17 Romy Peters 1623 L4 L16 D10 W18 L11 1.5
18 18-19 Mario Thibault 1832 H--- L2 L5 L17 U--- 0.5
19 Gerard Felderhof 1568 H--- U--- U--- U--- L14 0.5

2017 National Capital U1600

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Alexandre Khan 1440 W18 W11 D2 W8 W5 4.5 $240
2 2 Mark Lepine unr. W6 W10 D1 W4 D3 4.0 $140
3 3-4 Vincent Qin 1384 W21 L5 W6 W9 D2 3.5 $80 Not paid yet.
4 Amy Ai 1208 H--- W7 W16 L2 W8 3.5 U1300 $80
5 5-8 Raja Ravi Kiran Karra 1521 W15 W3 L8 W7 L1 3.0
6 Oswin Ning 1323 L2 W12 L3 W17 W13 3.0
7 Sanjay Ramesh 1191 W13 L4 W11 L5 W14 3.0
8 Eric Weitzman unr. W14 W9 W5 L1 L4 3.0
9 9-12 Alexander Stopic 1433 W12 L8 W15 L3 D11 2.5
10 John I.F. Lukezich 1384 W17 L2 H--- D16 D12 2.5
11 Victor Samuel 1352 W20 L1 L7 W19 D9 2.5
12 Johnathan Han 1211 L9 L6 W20 W15 D10 2.5
13 13-17 Jeremy Sztuka 1414 L7 H--- W21 D14 L6 2.0
14 Keven Eyre 1373 L8 D18 W17 D13 L7 2.0
15 Simon Celer-Matas 1292 L5 W20 L9 L12 W18 2.0
16 Richard Feng 1133 H--- W19 L4 D10 U--- 2.0
17 Dave Westbury 1046 L10 B--- L14 L6 W19 2.0
18 18-20 Pierre Arcand 1274 L1 D14 L19 B--- L15 1.5
19 Alina Chen 965 H--- L16 W18 L11 L17 1.5
20 Nicholas Pascual-Meagher unr. L11 L15 L12 H--- W21 1.5
21 21 Wahida Chowdhury 856 L3 H--- L13 H--- L20 1.0

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Re: Games from rounds 4-5

[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Peterson, Curtis"]
[Black "Gordon, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d4 cxd4 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qxd4 d5 7. Ne5 e6 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. Nc4 Bc5 11. Qf4 Qb8 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Nxd7 Bxf4 14. Nxb8 Bxb8
15. Ba3 Be5 16. c3 Kd7 17. Bb2 Rhd8 18. Nd2 Rac8 19. Nc4 Bb8 20. Rfd1 Ke8 21.
Ba3 Ba6 22. Ne3 Bxe2 23. Re1 Bd3 24. Rad1 Be4 25. f3 Bg6 26. Bf1 Bd6 27. Bb2
Be7 28. Ba6 Rc5 29. a4 Kf8 30. b4 Rc7 31. g4 d4 32. g5 dxe3 33. gxf6 Bxf6 34.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 35. Rxe3 Rd7 36. Re2 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Bd3 38. Bxd3 Rxd3 39. Rc2 Bf6 40.
Kf2 Ke8 41. Ke2 Rd5 42. c4 Rh5 43. Kd3 Rh3 44. Ke4 Rh4+ 45. Kd3 Bxb2 46. Rxb2
Rf4 47. c5 bxc5 48. bxc5 Kd7 49. Rb7+ Kc6 50. Rxa7 Rxf3+ 51. Kd4 Rf4+ 52. Ke5
g5 53. Ra8 Kxc5 54. Rc8+ Kb4 55. Rh8 Kxa4 56. Rxh7 Kb5 57. Rh5 Rf5+ 58. Ke4 Kc6
59. Rh7 Kd6 60. Rh6 Rf4+ 61. Ke3 f5 62. Rg6 Rh4 63. Rxg5 Rxh2 64. Rg8 Ke5 0-1

[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miller, Rachel"]
[Black "Marin, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 e6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. e5 d5 8. d3
Ne7 9. O-O h5 10. Na4 Qa5 11. c4 Rb8 12. b3 Nf5 13. Qe1 Qxe1 14. Rxe1 Bf8 15.
Ba3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bb2 c5 18. Ba3 Bd7 19. Nxc5 Rc8 20. Nxd7 Bxa3 21.
Nf6+ Ke7 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Nxd5+ Ke6 24. Nf6 Rc2 25. Kf1 Rhc8 26. Ne4 Bc1 27.
Ng5+ Ke7 28. g3 Bb2 29. Rab1 Rxh2 30. Nf3 Rhc2 31. Re4 Rd8 32. Re2 Rxe2 33.
Kxe2 Bc3 34. Nd2 a5 35. Ne4 Bb4 36. Rc1 Rd7 37. Rc4 Rd5 38. Kf3 Ba3 39. Nf6 Rc5
40. Rxd4 Rc2 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. Ra7 {Everything wins. 42 Rd8 and 42 Rd5 are good
moves here.} (42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. g4 hxg4+ 45. Nxg4+ Kh7 46. Nf6+ Kh6
47. Ne8 Kh7 48. Rg7+ Kh6 49. Rxf7 $18) 42... Bb4 43. a3 Be1 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45.
Ne4 Ra2 46. a4 Rb2 47. d4 Rxb3+ 48. Ke2 Bxg3 49. Nxg3 Rxg3 50. d5 Rb3 51. d6
Rb7 52. Rxa5 Rd7 53. Rd5 Kf8 54. a5 Ke8 55. a6 Ra7 56. d7+ 1-0

[Event "National Capital U1900"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Laurin, Marcel"]
[Black "Poulin, Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1672"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. a3 Nc5
9. Bf3 a5 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 Nd3+ 13. Kd2 Nxb4 14. Nge2 b6 15.
Qb2 Na6 16. Ra1 Nc5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Ra7 Ne8 19. Qb8 Qg5+ 20. Kc2 Bg4 21. Nb5
Bxf3 22. gxf3 Bh6 23. Kb3 Qd2 24. Nec3 Qxf2 25. Nxc7 Nxc7 26. Qxc7 Qxf3 27.
Qxd6 Be3 28. Qxe5 Bd4 29. Qg3 Qf6 30. Rb7 Ra8 31. Rb8+ Rxb8+ 32. Qxb8+ Kg7 33.
Qg3 Be5 34. Qe3 Qb6+ 35. Nb5 f6 36. Qh3 Qa5 37. Qd7+ Kh6 38. Qh3+ Kg5 39. Qe3+
Kg4 40. Qxc5 Qa1 41. h3+ Kxh3 42. Qe3+ Kg4 43. Nc3 h5 44. Qd2 Qa6 45. Qg2+ Bg3
46. Qe2+ Kf4 47. Qd3 Qd6 48. Ne2+ Kg4 49. Qxg3+ Qxg3+ 50. Nxg3 Kxg3 51. d6 h4
52. d7 h3 53. d8=Q h2 54. Qxf6 h1=Q 55. Qxg6+ Kf4 56. Qf5+ Ke3 57. Qg5+ Kd4 58.
Qd5+ Ke3 59. Qg5+ Kd4 60. Qd2+ Ke5 61. Qd5+ Kf4 62. Kb4 Qb1+ 63. Kc5 Qg1+ 64.
Kc6 Qa7 65. Qf5+ Ke3 66. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Peterson, Curtis"]
[Black "Collins, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. e4 O-O 11. c3 Ne7 12. Ne3 Kh7 13. g4 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15.
Nh4 fxg4 16. Be4+ Kh8 17. Nd5 1-0

[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yang, Fan"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O-O
8. Be3 e5 9. d5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Rxd5 11. Qe1 Qxe1 12. Rfxe1 f6 13. c4 Rd7 14. a3
Be7 15. b4 Bf5 16. Rec1 Rhd8 17. c5 e4 18. b5 exf3 19. bxc6 fxe2 20. cxd7+ Rxd7
21. Re1 Bd3 22. f3 Rd5 23. Rac1 Kd7 24. Kf2 Kc6 25. Rc3 Ba6 26. Rxe2 Bxe2 27.
Kxe2 Bxc5 28. Bf4 b5 29. g4 a5 30. h4 h6 0-1

[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gordon, David"]
[Black "Dukic, Zach"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe6
Bxe6 9. Qxd8+ Bxd8 10. Nxe5 h6 11. Be3 Bc7 12. Nd3 b6 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Nc6
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. O-O-O Ke7 17. Bd3 Nb4 18. Rhe1 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Rad8 20. Rde3
Rd6 21. f4 Kf7 22. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Marin, Sam"]
[Black "Zhong, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. Qxc3
cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Be7 11. Bf4 Bf6 12. Rd1 O-O 13. O-O Ne7 14. Be5 Nd5
15. Qd3 b6 16. Ba2 Bb7 17. Bb1 g6 18. Rfe1 Qe7 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Be4 Kg7 21. h4
Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nc3 23. Qxc3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bxe4 25. Ng5 Bb7 26. Qb4 Qxb4 27. axb4
h6 28. Nxf7 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Kxf7 30. Rd7+ Kf8 31. Rh7 Rd8 32. Rh8+ Ke7 33. Rxh6
Rd4 34. Kg3 Rxb4 35. Rxg6 Kf7 36. Rf6+ Ke7 37. h5 Rxb2 38. h6 Rd2 39. Rg6 Rd1
40. h7 1-0

[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Demchenko, Svitlana"]
[Black "Miller , Rachel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Nce7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 c6 13. Ndf3 Qb6 14.
Rfe1 h6 15. Nd3 Bf5 16. Nc5 Qxb3 17. Bxb3 b6 18. Ne4 Be6 19. Rac1 Nf4 20. Bxe6
Nxe6 21. Ned2 Rfd8 22. Nb3 Kf8 23. g3 a5 24. a4 Rac8 25. Rc4 Rd6 26. Rec1 f6
27. R4c2 Rcd8 28. Kf1 Ra8 29. Ra1 Ke8 30. Ke2 g5 31. g4 Rad8 32. Rd2 Kd7 33. h4
Nf4+ 34. Kd1 Kc8 35. Kc2 gxh4 36. Nxh4 Ne6 37. Rad1 Kb7 38. Ng2 f5 39. f3 fxg4
40. fxg4 Nd5 41. Rf1 Ndf4 42. Rxf4 Nxf4 43. Nxf4 Rg8 44. Rg2 Rf6 45. Nd3 h5 46.
Ne5 hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Capital U1900"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ritchie, Gordon"]
[Black "Laurin, Marcel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 h6 7. Ne5 g5 8. Bg3 h5
9. h4 g4 10. a3 Bh6 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Qe7 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Qd3 Ne4 15. Nxe4
fxe4 16. Qe2 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 f6 18. Bg3 b5 19. c3 a5 20. O-O O-O 21. Bf4 Bxf4 22.
exf4 f5 23. g3 a4 24. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fei, David"]
[Black "Collins, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Bc4 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qe5+ Qe7 11. Qxh8 Qb4+ 12. c3 Qxc4 13. Qxh7 Ne7 14.
Bg5 Bg4 15. f3 exf3 16. O-O-O O-O-O $4 (16... Qxa2 $19) 17. gxf3 Bxf3 18. Qh3+
1-0

[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Miller , Rachel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nb5 Qc6 6. N1c3 a6 7. a4 Bb4 8.
Qd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Ba3 Kg8 12. c4 Qc7 13. Rb1 Nc6 14. Qb6
Qxb6 15. Rxb6 h5 16. Bd3 Ne5 17. f4 Nxd3+ 18. cxd3 h4 19. Ke2 h3 20. g3 Rh5 21.
Bb2 Ra5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Ra1 Rc5 24. d4 Rc6 25. c5 a5 26. Kd3 Ra6 27. Rxa6
bxa6 28. Rb1 Kh7 29. Rb8 e5 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Nxc8 exf4 32. gxf4 Kg6 33. Nb6
Kh5 34. Nxd7 Kg4 35. Ke3 f5 36. c6 fxe4 37. c7 f5 38. c8=Q Kh5 39. Ne5 Kh4 40.
Qh8# 1-0

[Event "National Capital U1900"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ju, Lawrence"]
[Black "Ritchie, Gordon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 d5 6. Bd2 c5 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 h6 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rcd1 Rc8
15. Bb3 a6 16. Ne5 Nf8 17. f4 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qc5 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Na4 b5 21. Bb6
Qb8 22. Nc3 Bxg2+ 23. Qxg2 Qxb6 24. f5 Bb4 25. Rg1 Nh5 26. Ne4 Be7 27. f6 g6
28. fxe7 Rxe7 29. Qf3 Ng7 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Qf4 Qb7+ 32. Bd5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dukic, Zach"]
[Black "Demchenko, Svitlana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Bh6 Bf8 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. f4 Kg7 15.
Qf3 b5 16. e5 Nd7 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Bxb5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Rb8 21.
Rad1 Qa7 22. Ba4 Nf6 23. Qe2 Bb7 24. Rd2 h5 25. Qe5 Rbd8 26. Rfd1 Qb6 27. h3
Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Qxb2 29. Bb3 Rc8 30. Rd3 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Qf1 32. Rg3 Rd8 33. Bxe6
Rd2 34. Qg5 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dunne, Francesco"]
[Black "Gordon, david"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
g4 Bg6 9. Bf4 f6 10. e5 Nb6 11. Qe2 Nd5 12. Bd2 Nb4 13. Rc1 c4 14. d4 Nxc2+ 15.
Rxc2 Bxc2 16. Qxc4 h5 17. g5 Qd7 18. e6 Qd6 19. d5 cxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxe6+ 21. Be3
Kf7 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. g6+ Bxg6 24. Qb3 Bc2 25. Qxb7 Rb8 26. Qxb8 Qxd5 27. O-O Ba4
28. Qxa7 Bd7 29. Kh2 e5 30. Ne2 Be7 31. Nc3 Qe6 32. Rd1 Qxh3+ 33. Kg1 Bg4 0-1

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Re: 2017 National Capital Open, November 10, 11, 12

I would like to thank all of you for participating in this tournament. It was a great pleasure to be your tournament director and for once exceed the advertised prize fund.

The next tournament at the RA is December 8-10. I hope to see you attend that event.

GM Sambuev is not playing in this tournament.

[Alex Starks]

Re: 2017 National Capital Open, November 10, 11, 12

Thank you for great job organizing this and other tournaments.Do you know when Grandprix standings will be updated?