2014 RA Fall Open Ottawa September 19-21

[Halldor P. Palsson]

2014 RA Fall Open
An EOCA Grand Prix Event

Date: September 19-21, 2014

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 $50 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 three rounds.

Prizes: $$BEN

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

Registration: Cheque by September 5, 2013, 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, August 28, September 4, 11 or 18, 7:00-7:30 PM

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

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Re: 2014 RA Fall Open Ottawa September 19-21

Bump.

Reminder to send in those e-mail entries.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

First Pre-Registered List

To pre-register and avoid late fees please e-mail your entry to: fs889@ncf.ca

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

2014 RA Fall Open


# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Armando Valdizon
2232 101864 (2127) (2603110)
2 Robert Gelblum
2226 104272 (2077) (2617480)
3 William G Doubleday
2138 103754 (2059) (2682419)
4 Ramon J Cova
2104 153227 (2062) (2617803)
5 Danail Donev
2038 143574 (1968) (2604094)
6 Michael Yang
1997 (1997)
7 Ben Kellar
1940 148170 (2620928)


2014 RA Fall U1900


# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Luc Villeneuve
1807 123745 (2618788)
2 Alex Danilov
1798 101895 (1850) (2603926)
3 Dan Kearnan
1784 137473
4 Gerhard Roth
1731 110166 (2612135)
5 Terrence [terry] Ju
1647 151396
6 Marcel Laurin
1636 100337 (2604906)
7 Fernando Echavarria-hidalgo
1620 153225 (2617528)
8 Konstantin Vlasenko
1620 154795


2014 RA Fall U1600


# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Lawrence [larry] Ju
1571 151370
2 John If Lukezich
1415 146765 (2620944)
3 Billy Carroll
1284 150390

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Re: 2014 RA Fall Open Ottawa September 19-21

GM Bator Sambuev will not be playing in the RA Fall Open.

I will be taking registrations at the RA Chess Club starting at 7 PM.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Pre-Registered List

If you are playing e-mail fs889@ncf.ca to pre-register. If you do not - $10 late fee will be charged. See you at the RA tomorrow night.


2014 RA Fall Open


# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Armando Valdizon
2232 101864 (2127) (2603110)
2 Robert Gelblum
2226 104272 (2077) (2617480)
3 John Upper
2198 101925 (2037) (2606437)
4 Kevin Wan
2187 147460 (2032) (2610191)
5 William G Doubleday
2138 103754 (2059) (2682419)
6 Christian Collins
2114 111166 (2075) (2603055)
7 Ramon J Cova
2104 153227 (2062) (2617803)
8 Danail Donev
2038 143574 (1968) (2604094)
9 Brian Profit
2029 105444 (2617625)
10 Michael Yang
1997 (1997) (6002072)
11 Saeid Sadeghi
1987 139655 (2020) (2606810)
12 Ben Kellar
1940 148170 (2620928)
13 Emil Smilovici
1919 111290 (1871) (2606321)


2014 RA Fall U1900


# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Gordon Ritchie
1812 110972 (2000) (2608529)
2 Luc Villeneuve
1807 123745 (2618788)
3 Alex Danilov
1798 101895 (1850) (2603926)
4 Dan Kearnan
1784 137473
5 Jacob Krolczyk
1765 120860 (2618001)
6 Gerhard Roth
1731 110166 (2612135)
7 Herb Langer
1703 100319 (2617536)
8 Terrence [terry] Ju
1647 151396
9 Marcel Laurin
1636 100337 (2604906)
10 Romy Peters
1627 135706 (2605589)
11 Fernando Echavarria-hidalgo
1620 153225 (2617528)
12 Konstantin Vlasenko
1620 154795
13 Lawrence [larry] Ju
1571 151370


2014 RA Fall U1600


# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Sam Marin
1552 156145
2 Svitlana Demchenko
1533 7104400
3 Fan Yang
1465 155485
4 John If Lukezich
1415 146765 (2620944)
5 Paul St Pierre
1395 107439
6 Benjamin Yu
1334 155488
7 Kyle Wang
1315 155486
8 Billy Carroll
1284 150390
9 Yaorui Xu
1246 155473
10 Ethan Wu
1095 155489

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Round 1 Pairings

Pairings for Round 1.
2014 RA Fall Open


Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 10 Brian Profit (0.0) 1 Armando Valdizon (0.0)
2 2 Robert Gelblum (0.0) 11 Michael Yang (0.0)
3 12 Nicholas Vettese (0.0) 3 Patrick Kirby (0.0)
4 4 John Upper (0.0) 13 Ben Kellar (0.0)
5 14 Emil Smilovici (0.0) 6 William G Doubleday (0.0)
6 7 Christian Collins (0.0) 15 Gordon Ritchie (0.0)
5 ½ Kevin Wan (0.0) BYE
8 ½ Ramon J Cova (0.0) BYE
9 ½ Danail Donev (0.0) BYE


Pairings for Round 1.
2014 RA Fall U1900


Bd # Res White # Res Black
8 2 Luc Villeneuve (0.0) 9 Romy Peters (0.0)
9 8 Marcel Laurin (0.0) 3 Alex Danilov (0.0)
10 4 Dan Kearnan (0.0) 10 Fernando Echavarria-hidalgo (0.0)
11 11 Konstantin Vlasenko (0.0) 5 Gerhard Roth (0.0)
6 ½ Herb Langer (0.0) BYE
1 ½ Gordon Ritchie (0.0) BYE
12 ½ Lawrence [larry] Ju (0.0) BYE
7 ½ Terrence [terry] Ju (0.0) BYE


Pairings for Round 1.
2014 RA Fall U1600


Bd # Res White # Res Black
15 6 Benjamin Yu (0.0) 1 Sam Marin (0.0)
16 2 Svitlana Demchenko (0.0) 7 Kyle Wang (0.0)
17 8 Billy Carroll (0.0) 3 Fan Yang (0.0)
18 4 John If Lukezich (0.0) 9 Yaorui Xu (0.0)
19 10 Ethan Wu (0.0) 11 Felix Trofinenco (0.0)
5 ½ Paul St Pierre (0.0) BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Re: Round 2 Pairings

Pairings for Round 2.
2014 RA Fall Open


LOOKING for an odd man for the OPEN SECTION.

Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 7 Christian Collins (1.0) 2 Robert Gelblum (1.0)
2 1 Armando Valdizon (0.5) 14 Emil Smilovici (1.0)
3 3 Patrick Kirby (0.5) 9 Danail Donev (0.5)
4 5 Kevin Wan (0.5) 10 Brian Profit (0.5)
5 8 Ramon J Cova (0.5) 12 Nicholas Vettese (0.5)
6 6 William G Doubleday (0.0) 11 Michael Yang (0.0)
13 1 Ben Kellar (0.0) BYE
4 ½ John Upper (1.0) BYE
15 ½ Gordon Ritchie (0.0) BYE


Pairings for Round 2.
2014 RA Fall U1900


Bd # Res White # Res Black
8 5 Gerhard Roth (1.0) 8 Marcel Laurin (1.0)
9 9 Romy Peters (1.0) 1 Gordon Ritchie (0.5)
10 7 Terrence [terry] Ju (0.5) 4 Dan Kearnan (0.5)
11 10 Fernando Echavarria-hidalgo (0.5) 6 Herb Langer (0.5)
12 12 Lawrence [larry] Ju (0.5) 2 Luc Villeneuve (0.0)
13 3 Alex Danilov (0.0) 11 Konstantin Vlasenko (0.0)


Pairings for Round 2.
2014 RA Fall U1600


Bd # Res White # Res Black
15 1 Sam Marin (1.0) 4 John If Lukezich (1.0)
16 10 Ethan Wu (1.0) 2 Svitlana Demchenko (1.0)
17 3 Fan Yang (0.0) 5 Paul St Pierre (0.5)
18 7 Kyle Wang (0.0) 6 Benjamin Yu (0.0)
11 1 Felix Trofinenco (0.0) BYE
8 ½ Billy Carroll (1.0) BYE
9 ½ Yaorui Xu (0.0) BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Games from round 1

[Event "2014 RA Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smilovici, Emil"]
[Black "Doubleday William G (CAN)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2028"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Be3
Qc7 8.Qf3 Bb4 9.Bg5 Ne5 10.Qe3 Neg4 11.Qd4 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 h6 13.Bh4
e5 14.Qd3 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Qxc3+ 16.Kd1 d5 17.Qd3 Qc6 18.Qb5 O-O
19.Qxc6 bxc6 20.Be2 f5 21.f3 Ne3+ 22.Kd2 Nxg2 23.Bf2 Nf4 24.Nc5
e4 25.Bd4 Ne6 26.c3 Rf7 27.Rab1 Nxc5 28.Bxc5 Be6 29.Rb2 Rd8 30.f4
g5 31.Bh5 Rg7 32.Bd4 Rc7 33.Be5 Rcd7 34.Bf6 Rc8 35.fxg5 hxg5
36.Bxg5 c5 37.Rg1 d4 38.Be7+ Kh7 39.Bf6 Rg8 40.Rxg8 Kxg8 41.Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "2014 RA Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelblum Bob"]
[Black "Yang Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "1997"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 d5 4.Qe2 dxe4 5.dxe4 Nc6 6.c3 e5 7.Qc2
Qc7 8.Bc4 Bg4 9.Be3 Nf6 10.Nbd2 a6 11.h3 Bh5 12.O-O Be7 13.Rae1
h6 14.Nh4 g5 15.Nf5 Bf8 16.g3 Bg6 17.a3 Qd7 18.g4 Bxf5 19.exf5
O-O-O 20.b4 Nd5 21.Ne4 Nxe3 22.Rxe3 cxb4 23.axb4 Qc7 24.Qa2 Rd7
25.Nf6 Rd8 26.Bxf7 Kb8 27.Ne4 Bg7 28.Nc5 Bf6 29.Bc4 Qb6 30.Ne4
Ne7 31.Be6 Rhf8 32.Rb1 Qc6 33.c4 Nc8 34.b5 axb5 35.cxb5 Qb6 36.Ra3 1-0

[Event "2014 RA Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Upper John (CAN)"]
[Black "Kellar Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "1940"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O Nc6 6.b3 cxd4 7.Nxd4
Bc5 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.c4 O-O 10.Ba3 Bxa3 11.Nxa3 a5 12.cxd5 cxd5
13.Nc4 Ba6 14.Nb2 Rc8 15.Nd3 Ne4 16.Rc1 Nc3 17.Qd2 d4 18.Rfe1
Qd6 19.f4 f6 20.Bf3 e5 21.Nf2 Qb6 22.Kg2 Bb7 23.Qd3 Rfe8 {Black is very close to winning, Houdini 4 is at -1.7 %08DA}
24.fxe5 fxe5 25.Ne4 Bxe4
{? We have all seen this movie before. Black is trying to flag White who is
playing on the 30 seconds he gets for each move. Bad moves are played and
Black goes from close to winning to losing in 4 or 5 moves.}
( {Simly winning is:} 25...Nxa2 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Ng5 g6 28.b4
a4 29.Ra1 Nxb4 30.Qa3 Qb5 $19 {Houdini 4 is at over -3 and White cannot hold out for long down two pawns and the position.}
31.Bxb7 Qxb7+ 32.Qf3 Nd5 33.Kg1 Rc3 34.Qg2 a3 35.Rf1 Qd7 36.Ne4
Re3 ) 26.Bxe4 g6 27.Rf1 Nxa2 {?/??} ( 27...Kg7 28.Rf3 Rf8 ) 28.Rxc8
Rxc8 29.Qf3 {Houdini 4 gives White +4 so he is winning at this point.}
Kh8 30.Qf7 Nc3 31.Qe7 Qd8 32.Qxe5+ Kg8 33.Qe6+ Kh8 34.Rf7 Nxe4
35.Qe5+ Nf6 36.Rxf6 Z0 ( {Black loses his queen for a rook:}
36...Kg8 37.Qe6+ Kh8 38.Rf7 Rc5 39.Rd7 Qa8+ 40.Kg1 Qf8 41.Rf7
Qd8 42.Re7 Rc1+ 43.Kg2 Qa8+ 44.Kh3 Qf8 45.Re8 Rf1 46.Rxf8+ Rxf8
47.Qe5+ Kg8 48.Qxd4 ) 1-0

[Event "RA Fall Open U1900"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Laurin Marcel"]
[Black "Danilov Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.c4 Bb7 4.Nc3 e6 5.a3 d5 6.Qc2 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O
8.e3 c6 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Ng5 h6 11.h4 c5 12.Be5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Ng4
14.Bh7+ Kh8 15.Bg8 f5 16.exf6 Nxf6 17.Nf7+ Rxf7 18.Bxf7 Qd6 19.O-O-O
Qe5 20.cxd5 exd5 21.Qd3 Ng4 22.Rd2 d4 23.exd4 cxd4 24.Qxd4 Qf5
25.Qd7 Bxg2 26.Qxf5 1-0

[Event "RA Fall Open U1900"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Profit Brian"]
[Black "Valdizon Armando (CAN)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 e6 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3
d5 8.Nc5 O-O 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Bb5 Ne7 11.O-O b6 12.Nd3 Qd6 13.Nde5
c5 14.c3 a6 15.Ba4 cxd4 16.cxd4 b5 17.Bc2 Bd7 18.Qd3 g6 19.Rfe1
Rac8 20.Rac1 Bxe5 21.Nxe5 Rc7 22.Qd2 Nc6 23.Nxc6 Rxc6 24.Bd3
Rfc8 25.Rxc6 Rxc6 26.h4 Qe7 27.Re5 Qxh4 28.Be2 Qf6 29.Re3 Qf4
30.g3 Qc7 31.Rc3 Rxc3 32.bxc3 Kg7 33.f4 g5 34.Kh2 gxf4 35.gxf4
Be8 36.Bg4 Kf6 37.Qe3 Qd6 38.Qe5+ Qxe5 39.fxe5+ Ke7 40.Kg3 Bg6
41.Kf4 h6 42.a3 Bf7 43.Bh3 Kf8 44.Kg4 Kg7 45.Kh4 Kg6 46.Bg4 Kg7
47.Bh3 Kf8 48.Kg4 Bg6 49.Kf4 Kf7 50.Bg4 Bc2 51.Bh5+ Ke7 52.Bg4
Kd7 53.Bh3 Bg6 54.Bg4 Bf7 55.Bh3 Kc6 56.Ke3 Kb6 57.Kd2 Ka5 58.Kc1
Ka4 59.Kb2 a5 60.Bg4 b4 61.Bd1+ Kb5 62.Be2+ Ka4 63.Bd1+ {drawn on move 79 - rest of the score illegible.}
1/2-1/2

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Re: Games from round 1 & 2

[Event "RA Fall Open U1900"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Laurin Marcel"]
[Black "Danilov Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.c4 Bb7 4.Nc3 e6 5.a3 d5 6.Qc2 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O
8.e3 c6 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Ng5 h6 11.h4 c5 12.Be5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Ng4
14.Bh7+ Kh8 15.Bg8 f5 16.exf6 Nxf6 17.Nf7+ Rxf7 18.Bxf7 Qd6 19.O-O-O
Qe5 20.cxd5 exd5 21.Qd3 Ng4 22.Rd2 d4 23.exd4 cxd4 24.Qxd4 Qf5
25.Qd7 Bxg2 26.Qxf5 1-0

[Event "RA Fall Open U1900"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Profit Brian"]
[Black "Valdizon Armando (CAN)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 e6 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3
d5 8.Nc5 O-O 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Bb5 Ne7 11.O-O b6 12.Nd3 Qd6 13.Nde5
c5 14.c3 a6 15.Ba4 cxd4 16.cxd4 b5 17.Bc2 Bd7 18.Qd3 g6 19.Rfe1
Rac8 20.Rac1 Bxe5 21.Nxe5 Rc7 22.Qd2 Nc6 23.Nxc6 Rxc6 24.Bd3
Rfc8 25.Rxc6 Rxc6 26.h4 Qe7 27.Re5 Qxh4 28.Be2 Qf6 29.Re3 Qf4
30.g3 Qc7 31.Rc3 Rxc3 32.bxc3 Kg7 33.f4 g5 34.Kh2 gxf4 35.gxf4
Be8 36.Bg4 Kf6 37.Qe3 Qd6 38.Qe5+ Qxe5 39.fxe5+ Ke7 40.Kg3 Bg6
41.Kf4 h6 42.a3 Bf7 43.Bh3 Kf8 44.Kg4 Kg7 45.Kh4 Kg6 46.Bg4 Kg7
47.Bh3 Kf8 48.Kg4 Bg6 49.Kf4 Kf7 50.Bg4 Bc2 51.Bh5+ Ke7 52.Bg4
Kd7 53.Bh3 Bg6 54.Bg4 Bf7 55.Bh3 Kc6 56.Ke3 Kb6 57.Kd2 Ka5 58.Kc1
Ka4 59.Kb2 a5 60.Bg4 b4 61.Bd1+ Kb5 62.Be2+ Ka4 63.Bd1+ {drawn on move 79 - rest of the score illegible.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "2014 RA Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kirby Patrick (CAN)"]
[Black "Donev Danail (CAN)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.Nbd2 d6 6.e4 Nbd7 7.Bd3
Nh5 8.Nc4 d5 9.exd5 Nf4 10.Ne3 Nf6 11.c4 b5 12.cxb5 N6xd5 13.O-O
Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Bb7 15.Nxd5 Qxd5 16.Rfc1 Rac8 17.Rc5 Qd6 18.Ne5
Bxe5 19.Rxe5 Qxb4 20.Ba3 Qa5 21.Bxe7 Rfe8 22.a4 f5 23.Qb3+ Kg7
24.Rae1 Qd2 25.Bb4 Qg5 26.d5 Rxe5 27.Rxe5 Rd8 28.Re7+ Kh6 29.Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "2014 RA Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wan Kevin (CAN)"]
[Black "Profit Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2006"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Nf3
b6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.a4 Bxb5 10.axb5 a5 11.bxa6 Rxa6 12.Rxa6 Nxa6
13.Qe2 Nb8 14.Qb5+ Nd7 15.O-O Ne7 16.Bg5 h6 17.Bxe7 Kxe7 18.c4
dxc4 19.Qxc4 Rc8 20.Rd1 cxd4 21.Qxd4 Rd8 22.Qb4+ Nc5 23.Rxd8
Kxd8 24.Qg4 Qd7 25.g3 g6 26.Qh4+ Ke8 27.Qxh6 Qd1+ 28.Kg2 Qxc2
29.Qh8+ Ke7 30.Qh4+ Ke8 31.Qh8+ Ke7 32.Qf6+ Ke8 33.Ng5 Qf5 34.Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2014 RA Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Collins Chris (CAN)"]
[Black "Gelblum Bob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Be3 Nc6 9.Nb3 Bd7 10.f4 Rc8 11.Bf3 Qc7 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5
Na5 14.Nxa5 Qxa5 15.c3 Rc4 16.Re1 Ra4 17.a3 Rc4 18.Qd2 Ba4 19.Bf2
Re8 20.Re4 Rxe4 21.Bxe4 Bb3 22.Re1 b6 23.Bf3 Bc4 24.Bh4 Kf8 25.Kh1
Qc5 26.Bf2 Qc7 27.g4 e5 28.dxe6 fxe6 29.Bg3 e5 30.Bd5 Bxd5+ 31.Qxd5
Qc5 32.Qxc5 bxc5 33.fxe5 Bxe5 34.Rf1+ Kg7 35.Bxe5+ Rxe5 36.Rd1
d5 37.c4 dxc4 38.Rd7+ Kf6 39.Rxa7 Re1+ 40.Kg2 Re2+ 41.Kg3 Rxb2
42.Ra5 Ke5 43.Rxc5+ Kd4 44.Rc7 c3 45.Rd7+ Ke3 46.Rxh7 c2 47.Rc7
Kd2 48.Kf4 Rb3 ( 48...Rb5 49.a4 Ra5 50.Rd7+ Kc3 51.Rc7+ Kd3 52.Rd7+
Kc4 53.Rc7+ Rc5 ) 49.Rxc2+ Kxc2 50.Kg5 Rxa3 51.Kxg6 Rh3 52.g5
Kd3 53.Kf6 Ke4 54.g6 Rxh2 55.g7 Rg2 56.Kf7 Rf2+ 57.Kg6 Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Round 4 Pairings

Pairings for Round 4. 2014 RA Fall Open: 2014 RA Fall Open


Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 5 Kevin Wan (2.0) 15 Emil Smilovici (2.5)
2 1 Armando Valdizon (2.0) 7 Christian Collins (2.0)
3 2 Robert Gelblum (2.0) 3 Patrick Kirby (2.0)
4 12 Nicholas Vettese (2.0) 4 John Upper (1.5)
5 6 William G Doubleday (1.0) 9 Danail Donev (1.5)
6 11 Michael Yang (1.0) 8 Ramon J Cova (1.0)
7 14 Ben Kellar (1.0) 13 Curtis Barlow Wilkes (0.0)
16 ½ Gordon Ritchie (1.0) BYE
10 ½ Brian Profit (1.0) BYE


Pairings for Round 4. 2014 RA Fall Open: 2014 RA Fall U1900


Bd # Res White # Res Black
8 8 Marcel Laurin (2.5) 1 Gordon Ritchie (2.0)
9 5 Gerhard Roth (2.0) 9 Romy Peters (2.0)
10 3 Alex Danilov (1.5) 2 Luc Villeneuve (1.5)
11 12 Lawrence [larry] Ju (1.5) 11 Konstantin Vlasenko (1.0)
12 7 Terrence [terry] Ju (0.5) 6 Herb Langer (1.0)
10 ½ Fernando Echavarria-hidalgo (1.5) BYE
4 ½ Dan Kearnan (1.5) BYE


Pairings for Round 4. 2014 RA Fall Open: 2014 RA Fall U1600


Bd # Res White # Res Black
15 1 Sam Marin (3.0) 8 Billy Carroll (2.0)
16 3 Fan Yang (2.0) 2 Svitlana Demchenko (2.0)
17 5 Paul St Pierre (1.0) 4 John If Lukezich (2.0)
18 7 Kyle Wang (1.0) 10 Ethan Wu (1.0)
19 6 Benjamin Yu (0.5) 11 Felix Trofinenco (1.0)
9 ½ Yaorui Xu (1.5) BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Round 5 Pairings

Pairings for Round 5. 2014 RA Fall Open: 2014 RA Fall Open


Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 12 Nicholas Vettese (3.0) 1 Armando Valdizon (3.0)
2 5 Kevin Wan (3.0) 2 Robert Gelblum (3.0)
3 9 Danail Donev (2.5) 15 Emil Smilovici (2.5)
4 3 Patrick Kirby (2.0) 11 Michael Yang (2.0)
5 7 Christian Collins (2.0) 14 Ben Kellar (1.5)
6 4 John Upper (1.5) 6 William G Doubleday (1.0)
7 8 Ramon J Cova (1.0) 13 Curtis Barlow Wilkes (0.5)
16 ½ Gordon Ritchie (1.5) BYE
10 ½ Brian Profit (1.5) BYE

Pairings for Round 5. 2014 RA Fall Open: 2014 RA Fall U1900


Bd # Res White # Res Black
8 9 Romy Peters (2.5) 8 Marcel Laurin (3.0)
9 5 Gerhard Roth (2.5) 12 Lawrence [larry] Ju (2.5)
10 6 Herb Langer (2.0) 2 Luc Villeneuve (2.0)
11 11 Konstantin Vlasenko (1.0) 10 Fernando Echavarria-hidalgo (2.0)
7 1 Terrence [terry] Ju (0.5) BYE
1 ½ Gordon Ritchie (2.5) BYE
4 ½ Dan Kearnan (2.0) BYE




Pairings for Round 5. 2014 RA Fall Open: 2014 RA Fall U1600


Bd # Res White # Res Black
15 3 Fan Yang (2.5) 1 Sam Marin (4.0)
16 2 Svitlana Demchenko (2.5) 5 Paul St Pierre (2.0)
17 9 Yaorui Xu (2.0) 7 Kyle Wang (2.0)
18 4 John If Lukezich (2.0) 6 Benjamin Yu (1.5)
19 11 Felix Trofinenco (1.0) 8 Billy Carroll (2.0)
10 1 Ethan Wu (1.0) BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Standings and Prizes

2014 RA Fall Open


# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[P] Prize
1 Robert Gelblum 104272 2226 W12 D8 D4 W5 D3 3.5 2183 $143.75
2 Armando Valdizon 101864 2232 D9 D7 W12 W8 D4 3.5 2159 $143.75
3 Kevin Wan 147460 2187 H--- D9 W14 W7 D1 3.5 2105.5 $143.75
4 Nicholas Vettese 154199 1962 D5 W11 D1 W15 D2 3.5 2038 $143.75
5 Patrick Kirby 107850 2214 D4 W6 D8 L1 W12 3.0 2193.5
6 Danail Donev 143574 2038 H--- L5 W9 W13 D7 3.0 2086 U2050 $75
7 Emil Smilovici 111290 1919 W13 D2 W15 L3 D6 3.0 2059 U2200 $100
8 Christian Collins 111166 2114 W10 D1 D5 L2 D14 2.5 2038
9 Brian Profit 105444 2029 D2 D3 L6 H--- H--- 2.0 2189
10 Gordon Ritchie 110972 1812 L8 H--- H--- H--- H--- 2.0 2084
11 Ramon J Cova 153227 2104 H--- L4 H--- L12 W16 2.0 2083
12 Michael Yang 1997 L1 W13 L2 W11 L5 2.0 2068
13 William G Doubleday 103754 2138 L7 L12 W16 L6 W15 2.0 2019.5
14 Ben Kellar 148170 1940 L15 B--- L3 D16 D8 2.0 1973.5
15 John Upper 101925 2198 W14 H--- L7 L4 L13 1.5 2111
16 Curtis Barlow Wilkes 154444 1951 U--- U--- L13 D14 L11 0.5 1896


2014 RA Fall U1900


# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[P] Prize
1 Marcel Laurin 100337 1636 W9 D3 W8 D2 W7 4.0 1720.5 $175.00
2 Gordon Ritchie 110972 1812 H--- W7 H--- D1 H--- 3.0 Amateur
3 Gerhard Roth 110166 1731 W12 D1 D4 D7 D5 3.0 1729 Amateur
4 Luc Villeneuve 123745 1807 L7 W5 D3 D9 W10 3.0 1686.5 $175/2=$87.50
5 Lawrence [larry] Ju 151370 1571 H--- L4 B--- W12 D3 3.0 1643.5 $175/2=$87.50
6 Fernando Echavarria-hidalgo 153225 1620 D8 D10 D9 H--- W12 3.0 1578 Amateur
7 Romy Peters 135706 1627 W4 L2 W10 D3 L1 2.5 1778.5 U1750 $75
8 Dan Kearnan 137473 1784 D6 W11 L1 H--- H--- 2.5 1706
9 Alex Danilov 101895 1798 L1 W12 D6 D4 U--- 2.0 1753.5
10 Herb Langer 100319 1703 H--- D6 L7 W11 L4 2.0 1657.5
11 Terrence [terry] Ju 151396 1647 H--- L8 L12 L10 B--- 1.5 1547
12 Konstantin Vlasenko 154795 1620 L3 L9 W11 L5 L6 1.0 1649.5


2014 RA Fall U1600


# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[P] Prize
1 Sam Marin 156145 1552 W10 W5 W2 W4 D3 4.5 1400 $150.00
2 Svitlana Demchenko 7104400 1533 W6 W9 L1 D3 W7 3.5 1403 $100.00
3 Fan Yang 155485 1465 L4 W7 W11 D2 D1 3.0 1390 $18.75
4 Billy Carroll 150390 1284 W3 H--- H--- L1 W11 3.0 1358 $18.75
5 John If Lukezich 146765 1415 W8 L1 W9 L7 W10 3.0 1305 $18.75
6 Kyle Wang 155486 1315 L2 D10 D7 W9 W8 3.0 1268 $18.75
7 Paul St Pierre 107439 1395 H--- L3 D6 W5 L2 2.0 1450
8 Yaorui Xu 155473 1246 L5 H--- W10 H--- L6 2.0 1315
9 Ethan Wu 155489 1095 W11 L2 L5 L6 B--- 2.0 1310
10 Benjamin Yu 155488 1334 L1 D6 L8 W11 L5 1.5 1329
11 Felix Trofinenco 955 L9 B--- L3 L10 L4 1.0 1289.5

[Halldor P. Palsson]

The rest of the games I have

[Event "2014 RA Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelblum Bob"]
[Black "Vettese Nicholas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.Qe2 Nf6
7.Rd1 Rc8 8.h3 a6 9.b3 g6 10.Bb2 Bg7 11.d3 O-O 12.Nbd2 Rfd8 13.Nc4
Qc7 14.e5 dxe5 15.Ncxe5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Qc6 17.Bb2 Nd5 18.Bxg7 Kxg7
19.Re1 Nf6 20.Qe5 Rd5 21.Qc3 Qc7 22.Re2 Re8 23.Rae1 Qd7 24.Re5
Rxe5 25.Rxe5 b6 26.g4 a5 27.d4 cxd4 28.Qxd4 Qxd4 29.Nxd4 Rd8
30.c3 e6 31.Kf1 Nd5 32.Nb5 Nf4 33.Nd4 Nd5 34.Nb5 Nf4 35.Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2014 RA Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smilovici, Emil"]
[Black "Upper John (CAN)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Be2 Nc6 7.c3
Bd6 8.O-O Nge7 9.Re1 O-O 10.Ng5 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 h6 12.Nf3 Ng6 13.Be3
a6 14.Na3 Qf6 15.Nc2 Rae8 16.Qf1 Kh7 17.Bd2 Bf4 18.Ne3 Bxe3 19.Rxe3
Rxe3 20.Bxe3 Nce7 21.Re1 Nf5 22.Bd2 Nd6 23.Ne5 Qf5 24.Qe2 Re8
25.Qf3 Nxe5 26.Qxf5+ Nxf5 27.Rxe5 Rxe5 28.dxe5 g5 29.f4 Kg6 30.g4
Ng3 31.f5+ Nxf5 32.gxf5+ Kxf5 33.Be1 c5 ( 33...Kxe5 34.Bg3+ Ke4
35.Bxc7 Kf3 36.h4 g4 37.h5 g3 38.Bd6 f5 39.Be5 Kg4 40.a4 f4 {=} )
34.Bg3 b5 35.Kf2 Ke4 36.Ke2 h5 37.Bf2 d4 38.cxd4 cxd4 39.Kd2
h4 40.Bg1 Kxe5 41.Kd3 Kf4 42.Kxd4 Kg3 43.Be3 g4 44.hxg4 h3 45.Ke4
Kxg4 46.Bf4 1-0

[Event "2014 RA Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Valdizon Armando (CAN)"]
[Black "Collins Chris (CAN)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 c5 6.d5 h6 7.Bf4 Nh5
8.Be3 O-O 9.g4 Nf6 10.f3 e6 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.O-O-O
Nd4 ( 13...Kh7 14.Qxd6 Qxd6 15.Rxd6 Nd4 {=/} $15 ) 14.Bxh6 Qa5
15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Kb1 ( 16.h4 Rh8 17.h5 Nxh5 $16 ) Nd7 17.Nb5 Qxd2
18.Rxd2 Ne5 ( 18...Nxb5 19.cxb5 Ne5 20.Rxd6 Rfd8 21.Rxd8 Rxd8
22.Be2 Rd2 23.Kc1 Rd4 24.b3 Nd3+ 25.Bxd3 Rxd3 26.Kc2 c4 $14 {/=} )
19.Nxd4 1-0

[Event "RA Fall Open U1900"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Laurin Marcel"]
[Black "Ritchie Gordon (CAN)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2019"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.h3 Bf5 4.Bf4 e6 5.e3 Bd6 6.Ne5 Ne4 7.Nd2
Nd7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Ndf3 Bb4+ 10.Ke2 f6 11.Bxe4 dxe4 12.Ng4 Bxg4
13.hxg4 exf3+ 14.gxf3 e5 15.Qd3 exf4 16.Qc4+ Rf7 17.Rxh7 Nf8
18.Rh8+ Kxh8 19.Qxf7 Qe7 20.Rh1+ Nh7 21.Qg6 Kg8 22.Qxh7+ Kf7
23.Qh5+ Ke6 24.Qf5+ Kf7 25.Qh5+ Ke6 26.Qf5+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2014 RA Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wan Kevin (CAN)"]
[Black "Smilovici, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2006"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5
Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.b3 a5 10.Bb2 h6 11.Nbd2 Be6 12.c4 c5 13.Ne4
b6 14.Rfd1+ Kc8 15.h3 Be7 16.g4 Nh4 17.Nxh4 Bxh4 18.f4 g6 19.Kg2
Be7 20.Ng3 Rg8 21.a4 Kb7 22.Kf3 Bh4 23.Ne4 Be7 24.Nc3 Rgd8 25.Nd5
Bh4 26.Ke4 c6 27.Ne3 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Rd8 29.Rxd8 Bxd8 30.f5 Bc8
31.e6 gxf5+ 32.gxf5 fxe6 33.f6 e5 34.Bxe5 Bxf6 35.Bxf6 Bxh3 36.Bb2
h5 37.Kf4 Be6 38.Kg5 Bf7 39.Be5 Ka6 40.Bc7 Kb7 41.Bd8 Ka6 42.Kf6
Be8 43.Ke7 Bg6 44.Kd7 Kb7 45.Kd6 Bd3 46.Ke6 Ka6 47.Ke5 Kb7 48.Kf4
Ka6 49.Kf3 Kb7 50.Kf2 Ka6 51.Ke1 Be4 52.Kd2 Kb7 53.Nf1 Bg6 54.Ng3
Ka6 55.Ne2 Kb7 56.Nf4 Bf7 57.Kd3 Ka6 58.Ke4 Kb7 59.Kf5 Ka6 60.Kf6
Bg8 61.Kg7 Bxc4 62.bxc4 b5 63.Nd3 bxc4 64.Nxc5+ Ka7 65.Bxa5 h4
66.Ne4 h3 67.Nf2 h2 68.Kf6 Ka6 69.Bc3 Kb6 70.Ke5 Kc5 71.Ke4 1-0

[Event "2014 RA Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelblum Bob"]
[Black "Kirby Patrick (CAN)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.a4 b4 9.d3 d6 10.c3 Rb8 11.Nbd2 Na5 12.Ba2 c5 13.Nc4 Nxc4
14.Bxc4 Qc7 15.h3 bxc3 16.bxc3 Bb7 17.Bd2 Kh8 18.Bb3 Nd7 19.g4
Nf6 20.Kh1 d5 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.Kg1 Bd6 23.Ng5 Nf6 24.Ne4 Nxe4
25.dxe4 c4 26.Bc2 Bc5 27.Be3 Bxe3 28.Rxe3 Rfd8 29.Qe1 Rd6 30.Rd1
Rbd8 31.Rxd6 Qxd6 32.Qb1 Ba8 33.Re1 Rb8 34.Qc1 Qg6 35.Qe3 h5
36.f3 Rb2 {?!} ( 36...Bc6 ) 37.Re2 Bc6 38.Rd2 Kh7 ( 38...Ra2 )
39.Qe2 Qe6 {?!} ( {Black wins with:} 39...Qh6 40.gxh5 Bxa4 $19 )
40.Qd1 Qe7 41.Kg2 Qc5 42.Qe1 Qa3 43.Qh4 g6 44.Qf6 Qxc3 45.Qxf7+
Kh6 46.Qf8+ Kh7 47.Qe7+ Kh6 48.g5# 1-0

[Event "2014 RA Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Peters R"]
[Black "Laurin Marcel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bf4 Bf5 5.Nbd2 e6 6.e3 a6 7.Ne5
Nxe5 8.Bxe5 Nd7 9.Bg3 h5 10.h3 g5 11.Qb3 h4 12.Bh2 b6 13.Be2
c5 14.c4 Nf6 15.cxd5 exd5 16.Be5 Rh6 17.Bf3 c4 18.Qc3 b5 19.a3
a5 20.O-O b4 21.axb4 Bxb4 22.Qc1 Bd3 23.Re1 Qd7 24.Bxf6 Rxf6
25.Bg4 Bf5 26.e4 Bxg4 27.hxg4 Kf8 28.Qd1 Bxd2 29.Qxd2 Qxg4 30.Rxa5
Rxa5 31.Qxa5 h3 32.g3 Qf3 33.Qd8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "2014 RA Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kellar Ben"]
[Black "Wan Kevin (CAN)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1940"]
[BlackElo "2006"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3
Bf5 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Nbd7 10.O-O h6 11.Bh4 O-O 12.Rfe1 Re8 13.Rad1
Qb6 14.Re2 a5 15.Ne1 Qa6 16.f3 Qb6 17.Bf2 Nf8 18.e4 Ng6 19.Qd2
dxe4 20.fxe4 Ng4 21.Bg3 Bg5 22.Qd3 Rad8 23.h3 N6e5 24.Na4 Qb4
25.Qb3 Rxd4 26.hxg4 Qxb3 0-1

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Final Thoughts!

I would like to thank all the players who participated in the tournament for making it a nice event. Congratulations to the prize winners! For me it was nice to see some players coming back to the arena from long breaks.

The NEXT Ottawa open chess tournament is at the RA Centre starting Friday October 31st at 7:30 PM. I hope to see more of you playing in that event.

To plan your participation in Eastern Ontario Chess Association events this season go to www.eoca.org and look at the tournament schedule and pencil in some events into your diary.