2013 Ottawa RA November Open

[Halldor P. Palsson]

2013 RA November Open
An EOCA Grand Prix Event

Date: November 8-9-10, 2013
Place: RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa.
Rounds: 5, Friday 7:30 PM Saturday & Sunday @ 10 AM & 3 PM.

Type: Regular Swiss

Sections and prizes are based on projected entries and may change.

Open - (rated FIDE & CFC); 1st $400, 2nd $200 3d $100: U2200 $100;
U 1900 – ( rated CFC); 1st $200, 2nd $125 3rd $75; 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 $50 if pre-registered, $60 at site.

Add $20 if playing up a section. A player must be 100 points or less from the rating floor for the section he wants to play up in.

Amateur entry is $30. Amateur entrants are not eligible for prizes. Amateur entrants will be used in a higher or a lower section, if needed, to avoid giving a BYE to a player.

Free entry for GM/WGM & IM/WIM if entered by e-mail by November 4.
GM Bator Sambuev will not be playing in this event.

CFC or FQE membership is required.

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 4, 2013, payable 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, October 24, 31 or November 7, 7:00-7:30 PM

Please bring your own equipment if you prefer it – RA Club sets and clocks are provided.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Re: 2013 Ottawa RA November Open

I will be taking registrations at the RA Chess Club this Thursday.

If you are out of town or cannot make the RA, please e-mail your entry to fs889@ncf.ca and no late fee applies.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

PRE-REGISTERED for the 2013 Ottawa RA November Open

Please e-mail me at fs889@ncf.ca to void late fee if you are not able to show up at the RA Chess Club this Thursday
at 7-7:30.

2013 RA November Open


# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Kevin Pacey
2266 103715 (2179) (2600455)
2 Miladin Djerkovic
2244 101065 (2179) (919101)
3 David Filipovich
2241 103521 (2103) (2600706)
4 Robert Gelblum
2227 104272 (2102) (2617480)
5 Qiyu Zhou
2121 151707 (1902) (505161)
6 Brian Profit
2106 105444 (2617625)
7 Michel Desjardins
1987 131936 (1947) (2601427)
8 David Forget
1885 142032 (1954) (2604345)


2013 RA November U1900


# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Anthony Ivanenko
1840 141306
2 Jacob Krolczyk
1836 120860
3 Curtis Barlow Wilkes
1825 154444
4 Gordon Ritchie
1809 110972 (2019) (2608529)
5 David Fei
1752 154794
6 Dan Kearnan
1720 137473


RA November U1600


# Name/Rtng/ID
1 F Lukezich John I
1378 146765
2 Kayla Qi
unr.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Re: PRE-REGISTERED for the 2013 Ottawa RA November Open

We are in BYTOWN A & B - same location as last time.

U1600 will be combined with U1900 unless there are 3 or more entries tonight.

2013 RA November Open


# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Kevin Pacey
2266 103715 (2179) (2600455)
2 Miladin Djerkovic
2244 101065 (2179) (919101)
3 David Filipovich
2241 103521 (2103) (2600706)
4 Robert Gelblum
2227 104272 (2102) (2617480)
5 Yuxuan Qin
2180
6 Agastya Kalra
2123 137927 (1919) (2604744)
7 Qiyu Zhou
2121 151707 (1902) (505161)
8 Brian Profit
2106 105444 (2617625)
9 Kevin Wan
2027 147460 (2006) (2610191)
10 Michel Desjardins
1987 131936 (1947) (2601427)
11 Emil Smilovici
1980 111290 (1897) (2606321)
12 David Forget
1885 142032 (1954) (2604345)


2013 RA November U1900


# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Anthony Ivanenko
1840 141306
2 Jacob Krolczyk
1836 120860
3 Curtis Barlow Wilkes
1825 154444
4 David Fei
1752 154794
5 Alex Danilov
1751 101895 (1875) (2603926)
6 Herb Langer
1723 100319 (2617536)


2013 RA November U1600


# Name/Rtng/ID
1 F Lukezich John I
1378 146765
2 Andrew Svensson
1161 143414
3 Kayla Qi
unr.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Round 2 Pairings

Round 2 is at 10 AM.


Pairings for Round 2.
2013 RA November Open


Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 7 Qiyu Zhou (1.0) 2 Miladin Djerkovic (1.0)
2 4 Robert Gelblum (1.0) 8 Brian Profit (1.0)
3 3 David Filipovich (0.5) 9 Kevin Wan (0.5)
4 13 David Forget (0.5) 5 Yuxuan Qin (0.5)
5 1 Kevin Pacey (0.0) 10 Saeid Sadeghi (0.0)
6 6 Agastya Kalra (0.0) 12 Emil Smilovici (0.0)
14 ½ Jiehan Zhou (0.5) BYE
11 ½ Michel Desjardins (0.5) BYE

Pairings for Round 2.
2013 RA November U1900


Bd # Res White # Res Black
7 7 David Fei (1.0) 5 Eric Van Dusen (1.0)
8 6 Alex Danilov (1.0) 8 Herb Langer (1.0)
9 10 Andrew Svensson (0.5) 3 Curtis Barlow Wilkes (0.5)
10 9 F Lukezich John I (0.0) 1 Anthony Ivanenko (0.0)
11 2 Jacob Krolczyk (0.0) 11 Kayla Qi (0.0)
4 ½ Jiehan Zhou (0.5) BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Wallchart with Round 2 Pairings

SwissSys Wall Chart. 2013 ra november: 2013 RA November Open


# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2
1 Kevin Pacey B 8 W 10
2266 103715 (2179) (2600455) 0.0
2 Miladin Djerkovic W 6 B 7
2244 101065 (2179) (919101) 1.0
3 David Filipovich bye W 9
2241 103521 (2103) (2600706) 0.5
4 Robert Gelblum B 10 W 8
2227 104272 (2102) (2617480) 1.0
5 Yuxuan Qin W 11 B 13
2180 0.5
6 Agastya Kalra B 2 W 12
2123 137927 (1919) (2604744) 0.0
7 Qiyu Zhou W 12 W 2
2121 151707 (1902) (505161) 1.0
8 Brian Profit W 1 B 4
2106 105444 (2617625) 1.0
9 Kevin Wan bye B 3
2027 147460 (2006) (2610191) 0.5
10 Saeid Sadeghi W 4 B 1
2005 139655 (2053) (2606810) 0.0
11 Michel Desjardins B 5 bye
1987 131936 (1947) (2601427) 0.5
12 Emil Smilovici B 7 B 6
1980 111290 (1897) (2606321) 0.0
13 David Forget bye W 5
1885 142032 (1954) (2604345) 0.5
14 Jiehan Zhou bye bye
1797 152984 (2616823) 0.5


SwissSys Wall Chart. 2013 ra november: 2013 RA November U1900


# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2
1 Anthony Ivanenko W 7 B 9
1840 141306 0.0
2 Jacob Krolczyk B 8 W 11
1836 120860 0.0
3 Curtis Barlow Wilkes bye B 10
1825 154444 0.5
4 Jiehan Zhou bye bye
1797 152984 (2616823) 0.5
5 Eric Van Dusen W 9 B 7
1791 112806 (2606445) 1.0
6 Alex Danilov B 11 W 8
1751 101895 (1875) (2603926) 1.0
7 David Fei B 1 W 5
1741 154794 1.0
8 Herb Langer W 2 B 6
1723 100319 (2617536) 1.0
9 F Lukezich John I B 5 W 1
1378 146765 0.0
10 Andrew Svensson bye W 3
1161 143414 0.5
11 Kayla Qi W 6 B 2
unr. 0.0

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Round 4 Pairings

Pairings for Round 4.
2013 RA November Open


Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 2 Miladin Djerkovic (2.0) 4 Robert Gelblum (3.0)
2 9 Kevin Wan (2.0) 7 Qiyu Zhou (2.0)
3 3 David Filipovich (1.5) 5 Yuxuan Qin (1.5)
4 10 Halldor Peter Palsson (1.5) 12 Michel Desjardins (1.5)
5 1 Kevin Pacey (1.0) 14 David Forget (1.5)
6 11 Saeid Sadeghi (1.0) 6 Agastya Kalra (1.0)
8 ½ Brian Profit (1.0) BYE
13 ½ Emil Smilovici (0.5) BYE
15 ½ Jiehan Zhou (1.0) BYE

Pairings for Round 4.
2013 RA November U1900


Bd # Res White # Res Black
9 1 David Fei (3.0) 6 Alex Danilov (2.5)
10 7 Herb Langer (2.0) 2 Anthony Ivanenko (2.0)
11 4 Curtis Barlow Wilkes (1.5) 8 Eric Van Dusen (2.0)
12 3 Jacob Krolczyk (1.0) 9 F Lukezich John I (1.0)
13 10 Andrew Svensson (0.5) 11 Kayla Qi (0.0)
5 ½ Jiehan Zhou (1.0) BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

2013 Ottawa RA November Open Wall Chart with Round 4 Pairings.

SwissSys Wall Chart. 2013 ra november: 2013 RA November Open


# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4
1 Kevin Pacey B 8 W 11 B 9 W 14
2266 103715 (2179) (2600455) 0.0 1.0 1.0
2 Miladin Djerkovic W 6 B 7 W 8 W 4
2244 101065 (2179) (919101) 1.0 1.0 2.0
3 David Filipovich bye W 9 B 12 W 5
2241 103521 (2103) (2600706) 0.5 1.0 1.5
4 Robert Gelblum B 11 W 8 W 7 B 2
2227 104272 (2102) (2617480) 1.0 2.0 3.0
5 Yuxuan Qin W 12 B 14 W 10 B 3
2180 0.5 1.0 1.5
6 Agastya Kalra B 2 W 13 W 14 B 11
2123 137927 (1919) (2604744) 0.0 0.5 1.0
7 Qiyu Zhou W 13 W 2 B 4 B 9
2121 151707 (1902) (505161) 1.0 2.0 2.0
8 Brian Profit W 1 B 4 B 2 bye
2106 105444 (2617625) 1.0 1.0 1.0
9 Kevin Wan bye B 3 W 1 W 7
2027 147460 (2006) (2610191) 0.5 1.0 2.0
10 Halldor Peter Palsson bye bye B 5 W 12
2019 106856 (1978) (2603136) 0.5 1.0 1.5
11 Saeid Sadeghi W 4 B 1 B 13 W 6
2005 139655 (2053) (2606810) 0.0 0.0 1.0
12 Michel Desjardins B 5 bye W 3 B 10
1987 131936 (1947) (2601427) 0.5 1.0 1.5
13 Emil Smilovici B 7 B 6 W 11 bye
1980 111290 (1897) (2606321) 0.0 0.5 0.5
14 David Forget bye W 5 B 6 B 1
1885 142032 (1954) (2604345) 0.5 1.0 1.5
15 Jiehan Zhou bye bye ---- bye
1797 152984 (2616823) 0.5 1.0 U1.0


SwissSys Wall Chart. 2013 ra november: 2013 RA November U1900


# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4
1 David Fei B 2 W 8 B 4 W 6
1877 154794 1.0 2.0 3.0
2 Anthony Ivanenko W 1 B 9 W 5 B 7
1840 141306 0.0 1.0 2.0
3 Jacob Krolczyk B 7 W 11 B 8 W 9
1836 120860 0.0 1.0 1.0
4 Curtis Barlow Wilkes bye B 10 W 1 W 8
1825 154444 0.5 1.5 1.5
5 Jiehan Zhou bye bye B 2 bye
1797 152984 (2616823) 0.5 1.0 1.0
6 Alex Danilov B 11 W 7 bye B 1
1751 101895 (1875) (2603926) 1.0 2.0 2.5
7 Herb Langer W 3 B 6 W 10 W 2
1723 100319 (2617536) 1.0 1.0 2.0
8 Eric Van Dusen W 9 B 1 W 3 B 4
1721 112806 (2606445) 1.0 1.0 2.0
9 F Lukezich John I B 8 W 2 B 11 B 3
1378 146765 0.0 0.0 1.0
10 Andrew Svensson bye W 4 B 7 W 11
1161 143414 0.5 0.5 0.5
11 Kayla Qi W 6 B 3 W 9 B 10
unr. 0.0 0.0 0.0

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Some Games

[Event "RA November Open U1900"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "2013.11.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanenko Anthony"]
[Black "Fei David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "1860"]
[BlackElo "1741"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6
7.Bc4 Bf5 8.c3 e6 9.O-O Be7 10.Bg5 O-O 11.h3 Nd5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7
13.Qd2 h6 14.Rfe1 Qd6 15.Bxd5 cxd5 16.Re3 Qf4 17.Rae1 Rac8 18.Qe2
Qc7 19.Nh4 Qf4 20.Nf3 Qc7 21.Ne5 Qd8 22.Rg3 Qh4 23.Qe3
( 23.Nd7 Rfe8 24.Qe5 Bg6 ) Rc7 24.Ng4 Bxg4 25.Rxg4 Qf6 26.Qg3
Rfc8 27.Re5 g6 28.f4 Kh7 29.h4 h5 30.Rgg5 Kh6 31.Qe3 Kg7 32.Qg3
( 32.f5 exf5 33.Rexf5 Re7 34.Qg3 Qb6 35.Rxh5 $16 ) Kf8 33.Qf3
Rd8 34.g4 hxg4 35.Qxg4 Ke7 36.Qg3 Kd7 37.b3 Kc8 38.a4 Kb8 39.Kg2
Rdc8 40.Re3 Ka8 41.b4 Qd8 42.Qe1 Qd6 43.Kf3 Qa6 44.a5 Qc4 45.Rg3
Rh8 46.Kg4 Rcc8 47.Qb1 Rh5 48.Rg2 Rch8 49.Rh3 f5+ 50.Kf3 Qxc3+
51.Kf2 Qxh3 0-1

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "2013.11.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Profit Brian"]
[Black "Pacey Kevin (CAN)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.Nc3 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qh4 e6 6.e4 d6 7.O-O-O
Be7 8.f4 Bd7 9.Nf3 Qa5 10.Qe1 a6 11.Kb1 b5 12.e5 b4 13.exf6 gxf6
14.Ne4 fxg5 15.Nxd6+ Bxd6 16.Rxd6 b3 17.Qxa5 bxc2+ 18.Kxc2 Nxa5
19.Nxg5 Ke7 20.Rxa6 Rac8+ 21.Kb1 Nc4 22.Bxc4 Rxc4 23.Rd1 Rxf4
24.Ra7 Rd8 25.Nxh7 f6 26.Nf8 Kxf8 27.Raxd7 Rxd7 28.Rxd7 Rf2 29.a4
Rxg2 30.a5 Ke8 31.Rh7 Rg1+ 32.Ka2 Rg4 33.Kb3 Rg5 34.a6 Rb5+ 35.Kc3
Rc5+ 36.Kb4 Rc2 37.b3 1-0

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pacey Kevin (CAN)"]
[Black "Sadeghi, Saeid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 c6 3.Qf3 e6 4.d4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Qxd4 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.Ne2
Qd8 8.Bd2 Nbd7 9.Bc3 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 e5 11.Ng3 Qf6 12.Qxf6 gxf6
13.O-O-O Nc5 14.Kb1 Bg7 15.Bb4 Bf8 16.Bf5 Bxf5 17.Nxf5 Ne4 18.Rhe1
Nxf2 19.Nd6+ Bxd6 20.Rxd6 a5 21.Bc5 Ng4 22.h3 b6 23.Ba3 b5 24.Bc5 1-0

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelblum Robert"]
[Black "Profit Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Qe2 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O
8.e5 Nd7 9.c4 dxc4 10.dxc4 Nd4 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Nd2 Qb6 13.Nf3
Rd8 14.b3 f6 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.Bg5 Nf8 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Rad1 e5
19.Nh4 Ng6 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.Kh1 Re8 22.f4 Kg7 23.fxe5 Rxe5 24.Qf2
Re3 25.c5 1-0

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Qin Yuxuan"]
[Black "Palsson Halldor Peter (CAN)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.f4
Nbc6 8.Nf3 Qa5 9.Bd2 Qa4 10.Be3 Nf5 11.Bf2 O-O 12.g4 Nfe7 13.g5
Nf5 14.Bd3 Bd7 15.h4 f6 16.Qd2 fxe5 17.fxe5 Nfxd4 18.Nxd4 cxd4
19.cxd4 Rxf2 20.Qxf2 Rf8 21.Bxh7+ Kxh7 22.Qxf8 Qxd4 23.Ke2
( 23.g6+ Kxg6 24.Rb1 Kh7 25.Qf1 Qxe5+ 26.Qe2 Qc7 27.Qd3+ $16 {1.66 or close to winning.}
) Qxe5+ ( 23...Qe4+ {=} ) 24.Kf2 Qd4+ 25.Kg2 Qg4+ 26.Kh2 Qe2+
27.Kg3 e5 28.Qf3 Qxf3+ 29.Kxf3 Nd4+ 30.Kf2 Nxc2 31.Ra2 Nd4 32.h5
Bc6 33.Re1 e4 34.Ke3 Ne6 35.g6+ Kh6 36.Rf2 Z0 ( 36...d4+ 37.Ke2
Bb5+ 38.Kd1 Ba4+ ( 38...Nc5 39.Rf8 Ba4+ 40.Ke2 Bb5+ ) 39.Ke2 ) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wan Kevin"]
[Black "Pacey Kevin (CAN)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 f6 4.f4 Nh6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.c3 Qd7 7.Bd3 Be4
8.Qe2 f5 9.Be3 Nf7 10.Nbd2 e6 11.a3 Be7 12.c4 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 dxc4
14.Nxc4 g5 15.O-O-O g4 16.Ne1 b5 17.Nd2 Qd5 18.Nc2 Qxg2 19.Qxb5
Rd8 20.Nb1 O-O 21.Nc3 Rb8 22.Qa4 Rfd8 23.Rdg1 Qf3 24.Rf1 Qg2
25.Rhg1 Qxh2 26.Qxc6 Rb6 27.Qh1 Qxh1 28.Rxh1 Rb3 29.d5 exd5 30.Nd4
Bc5 31.Kc2 Rb6 32.Rh5 Rg6 33.Rxf5 Bb6 34.e6 Nd6 35.Rxd5 g3 36.f5
g2 37.Rg1 Rg3 38.Bf2 1-0

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelblum Robert"]
[Black "Zhou Qiyu (CAN)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O Be7 7.e5
Nd5 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Nb6 10.Bb3 O-O 11.Bf4 d5 12.exd6 Bxd6
13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Qxd6 cxd6 15.Nc3 Be6 16.Rad1 Rad8 17.Rfe1 d5
18.Rd4 Rd7 19.Na4 Nxa4 20.Bxa4 Rc7 21.Bb3 Rd7 22.Red1 Rfd8 23.f3
Kf8 24.a4 a5 25.Kf2 f6 26.c3 g6 27.Bc2 Ke7 28.Ra1 Rc8 29.Bd3
Kf7 30.Ra3 b6 31.Rb3 Rd6 32.Ke3 Bd7 33.h4 h5 34.Ra3 Bc6 35.Ra1
Re8+ 36.Kf2 Rd7 {draw offer} 37.Rg1 g5 38.g4 Rh8 39.gxh5 Rxh5
40.hxg5 Rxg5 41.Rdg4 Rxg4 42.Rxg4 Rd8 43.Bf5 Bd7 44.Bxd7 Rxd7
45.Ke3 Ke6 46.Kd4 Rh7 47.b3 Rh2 48.c4 Rd2+ 49.Kc3 Rf2 50.cxd5+
Kxd5 51.Rd4+ Ke5 52.Re4+ Kf5 53.Re3 Kf4 54.Re6 Rxf3+ 55.Kc4 Kg3
56.Rxb6 f5 57.Rg6+ Kf2 58.Ra6 f4 59.Rxa5 Rh3 60.Rf5 f3 61.a5
Kg2 62.a6 f2 63.Rxf2+ Kxf2 64.b4 Ke3 ( 64...Ra3 65.b5 Ra4+ 66.Kc5
Ke3 {=} ) 65.a7 Rh8 66.b5 Ke4 67.b6 Rc8+ 68.Kb5 Kd5 69.b7 Rc5+
70.Kb4 Rc4+ 71.Kb3 Kc6 72.b8Q 1-0

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Final Standings

2013 RA November Open


# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[P] Prize
1 Robert Gelblum 104272 2227 W15 W13 W7 D6 D2 4.0 2153.5 $300
2 Kevin Wan 147460 2027 H--- D3 W10 W7 D1 3.5 2183.5 $125
3 David Filipovich 103521 2241 H--- D2 D8 W9 W6 3.5 2131.5 $125
4 Agastya Kalra 137927 2123 L6 D12 D11 W15 W10 3.0 2003 $100
5 Halldor Peter Palsson 106856 2019 H--- H--- D9 W8 H--- 3.0 1975.5
6 Miladin Djerkovic 101065 2244 W4 L7 W13 D1 L3 2.5 2209.5
7 Qiyu Zhou 151707 2121 W12 W6 L1 L2 D9 2.5 2159
8 Michel Desjardins 131936 1987 D9 H--- D3 L5 D11 2.0 2150
9 Yuxuan Qin 2180 D8 D11 D5 L3 D7 2.0 2148.5
10 Kevin Pacey 103715 2266 L13 W15 L2 W11 L4 2.0 2133.5
11 David Forget 142032 1885 H--- D9 D4 L10 D8 2.0 2015.5
12 Emil Smilovici 111290 1980 L7 D4 L15 H--- W14 2.0 1954
13 Brian Profit 105444 2106 W10 L1 L6 H--- U--- 1.5 2152.5
14 Jiehan Zhou 152984 1797 H--- H--- U--- H--- L12 1.5 1911
15 Saeid Sadeghi 139655 2005 L1 L10 W12 L4 U--- 1.0 2090.5


2013 RA November U1900


# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[P] Prize
1 David Fei 154794 1877 W3 W2 W7 W6 W5 5.0 1758.5 $150
2 Eric Van Dusen 112806 1721 W8 L1 W4 D7 D3 3.0 1753 $60
3 Anthony Ivanenko 141306 1840 L1 W8 W9 D5 D2 3.0 1723 $80
4 Jacob Krolczyk 120860 1836 L5 W11 L2 W8 W7 3.0 1552 $80
5 Herb Langer 100319 1723 W4 L6 W10 D3 L1 2.5 1747
6 Alex Danilov 101895 1751 W11 W5 H--- L1 U--- 2.5 1679
7 Curtis Barlow Wilkes 154444 1825 H--- W10 L1 D2 L4 2.0 1741
8 F Lukezich John I 146765 1378 L2 L3 W11 L4 W10 2.0 1545 $60
9 Jiehan Zhou 152984 1797 H--- H--- L3 H--- U--- 1.5 1801
10 Andrew Svensson 143414 1161 H--- L7 L5 W11 L8 1.5 1482.5
11 Kayla Qi unr. L6 L4 L8 L10 U--- 0.0 1549.5

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Games from rounds 4 & 5

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Palsson Halldor Peter (CAN)"]
[Black "Desjardins Michel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "1984"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 b6
8.Qe2 Bb7 9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Nc3 Qc7 11.e4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bd6 13.Bxe6
Bxh2+ 14.Kh1 O-O ( 14...fxe6 15.Nxe6 Qc6 16.Nxg7+ Kf7 17.Kxh2 )
15.Bxd7 Nxd7 16.Nf3 {White gets two pieces for a rook.} Z0
( 16...Be5 17.Rxd7 Qxd7 18.Nxe5 Qe6 19.Nd3 Qc4 20.Nf4 Qxe2 21.Nfxe2
{Houdini3 gives White} $14 {/} $16 {and 0.92.} ) 1-0

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pacey Kevin (CAN)"]
[Black "Forget David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Ne7 6.Bd3 dxe4 7.Bxe4
c5 8.Nf3 Nbc6 9.O-O O-O 10.Bxh7+ Kxh7 11.Ng5+ Kg8 {??}
( {Black has a draw with:} 11...Kg6 12.Qd3+ f5 13.Qg3 f4 14.Bxf4
Nf5 15.Qg4 {=} Nh6 16.Qg3 Nf5 ) 12.Qh5 Re8 13.Qh7+ Kf8 14.Qh8+
Ng8 15.Nh7+ Ke7 16.Qxg7 ( 16.Bg5+ f6 17.Qxg7+ ) Kd7 17.Bg5 Nce7
18.dxc5 1-0

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Djerkovic Miladin (CAN)"]
[Black "Gelblum Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Be3 e6 7.Bc4
Be7 8.Bb3 a6 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.O-O-O O-O 11.g4 Na5 12.g5 Nxb3+ 13.axb3
Nd7 14.Rhg1 b5 15.Qh5 Bb7 16.f4 g6 17.Qh3 b4 18.Nd5 exd5 19.Nf5
gxf5 20.Bd4 Rfc8 21.Rd2 Ne5 22.exf5 Ng6 23.fxg6 fxg6 24.Qe6+
Kf8 25.f5 Bxg5 26.Rxg5 Qe7 27.Bg7+ Ke8 28.Qxe7+ Kxe7 29.fxg6
hxg6 30.Rxg6 Rg8 31.Bf6+ ( 31.h4 Kf7 32.Rdg2 $16 {/+-} ) Kf7
32.Rxg8 Rxg8 33.Bd4 Rg4 34.Kd1 Bc8 35.Ke2 Bf5 36.Kf3 Rh4 37.Kg3
Rg4+ 38.Kf3 Rh4 39.Bb6 Ke6 40.Bd8 Rh3+ 41.Kg2 Rh8 42.Ba5 Rh4
43.Re2+ Kd7 44.Kg3 Rg4+ 45.Kf3 Rh4 46.Rf2 Ke6 47.Kg3 Rg4+ 48.Kf3
Rh4 49.Bd8 Rh8 50.Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kalra Agastya"]
[Black "Pacey Kevin (CAN)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Nf3 Bg4
7.Be2 e6 8.c3 Bd6 9.h3 Bh5 10.Nd2 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Bf4 12.Ne4 Bxc1
13.Rxc1 f5 14.Nd2 Qd5 15.O-O Nd7 16.Nb3 Rg8 17.f4 Nf6 18.c4 Qe4
19.Qf2 O-O-O 20.Rfe1 Rxg2+ 21.Qxg2 Qxf4 22.Qf2 Rg8+ 23.Kf1 Qh6
24.Rc3 f4 25.d5 Nh5 26.Qxa7 Ng3+ 27.Rxg3 Rxg3 28.Qa8+ Kd7 29.Nc5+
Ke7 30.d6+ Kxd6 31.Qd8+ Kxc5 32.Re5+ Kxc4 33.b3+ Rxb3 34.axb3+
Kxb3 35.Qb6+ Kc3 36.Rc5+ Kd3 37.Qb3+ Ke4 1-0

[Event "RA November Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Filipovich, David"]
[Black "Djerkovic, Miladin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "John"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. f4 Ne7 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nc6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxc6 Rad8 19. d5 Bh3 (19... Rd6) 20.
Rf2 h5 21. Qc3 Qg6 22. Qxc4 h4 23. Qc3 Rd6 24. Re1 Rfd8 25. Rfe2 Qh5 26. Re5 f5
27. Re6 Bg4 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Re6 Bf3 30. Rxd6 hxg3 31. hxg3 Qh1+ 32. Kf2 Qg2+
33. Ke3 Qe2+ 34. Kd4 Qf2+ 35. Ke5 Qe2+ 36. Kxf5 Qe4+ 37. Kg5 Qe7+ 38. Rf6 Kh7
39. Qe5 (39. d6 $1) 39... Qd8 40. Qf5+ Kh8 41. Qh3+ Kg8 42. Qe6+ Kh7 43. Kf5
gxf6 44. Qf7+ 1-0

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Next Ottawa tournament is January 10-12, 2014

The next tournament at the RA Centre is January 10-12, 2014. I hope to see more players come out for that event.

Participation in the Open section seems to be at near normal levels. However, we have seen a marked decline in the U1900 & the U1600 sections here in Ottawa. We will try to canvass players at those levels to see if we need to adjust how we run those sections to get them to come out and play.