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  • 2015 National Capital Open October 23,24,25

    2015 National Capital Open
    An EOCA Grand Prix Event

    Date: October 23,24,25, 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 and may change.

    Over 2200 - (rated FIDE & CFC); 1st $400, 2nd $250 3d $150.
    Over 2200 Only runs if 8 or more pay to enter.

    U2200 – (rated FIDE & CFC); 1st $300, 2nd $200 3rd $100
    U1900 – (rated CFC); 1st $200, 2nd $150 3rd $100; U1750 $100;
    U1600 – (rated CFC) 1st $150, 2nd $100 3rd 50.

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

    Entry Fee: Over 2200 $80 if pre-registered, $100 at site;
    U2200 $60 if pre-registered, $80 at site;
    U1900 $60 if pre-registered, $80 at site;
    U1600 $50 if pre-registered, $70 at site.

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

    Amateur $30. Amateurs are not eligible for prizes or Over 2200 section.
    Free entry for GM/WGM & IM/WIM. GM Bator Sambuev is playing in this event.

    CFC or FQE membership is required.

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

    Prizes: $$BEN

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

    Registration: Cheque by October 16, 2015, payable to:
    Halldor P. Palsson, 633 Island Park Cr.,Ottawa, Ont. K1Y 3P4 or e-mail fs889@ncf.ca your entry to escape late fee.

    Or register in person at the RA Chess Club, October 8, 15, or 22, 7:00-7:30 PM

    If you prefer your own equipment bring it. RA Chess Club equipment is available.

  • #2
    Over 2200 Deadline is Tuesday October 20

    If you want to play in an Over 2200 section in the National Capital Open in Ottawa please e-mail ahead and register. I will be taking entries in person at the RA Chess Club this Thursday.

    As of October 20th I will merge the Over 2200 and the U2200 sections into one Open section if I do not have 8 registrations for the Over 2200.

    Comment


    • #3
      Preregistered List

      2015 National Capital Open

      2015 National Capital Over 2200

      # Name/Rtng/ID
      1 Bator Sambuev
      2599 146462
      2 Kevin Wan
      2325 147460
      3 Hong Rui Zhu
      2320 148238
      4 Robert Gelblum
      2261 104272
      5 Francesco Dunne
      2212 146453

      If I do not get 8 registrations this section will be merged with U2200 as of midnight October 20th.

      2015 National Capital U2200

      1 Saeid Sadeghi
      2044 139655
      2 William G. Doubleday
      2031 103754
      3 Dean Tester
      1995 124866

      2015 National Capital U1900

      # Name/Rtng/ID
      1 Ray Kuryliw
      1877 105482
      2 Alex Danilov
      1843 101895
      3 Mark Eberle
      1776 107233
      4 Robert Laszlo
      1740 104270
      5 Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo
      1722 153225
      6 Nathan Joshua
      1672 7051895
      7 Ronan Uthayakumar
      1658 158398

      2015 National Capital U1600

      # Name/Rtng/ID
      1 Romy Peters
      1525 135706
      2 Dave Westbury
      1087 158216
      3 Inayat Irfan
      unr.

      Comment


      • #4
        New Preregistered List

        The Over 2200 section will not run. I will be taking entries at the RA
        Chess Club Thursday starting at 7 PM.

        Pre-registered are:

        2015 National Capital Open

        # Name/Rtng/ID
        1 Bator Sambuev
        2599 146462
        2 Kevin Wan
        2325 147460
        3 Robert Gelblum
        2261 104272
        4 Francesco Dunne
        2212 146453
        5 Kevin Pacey
        2168 103715
        6 Saeid Sadeghi
        2044 139655
        7 William G. Doubleday
        2031 103754
        8 Dean Tester
        1995 124866


        2015 National Capital U1900

        # Name/Rtng/ID
        1 Ray Kuryliw
        1877 105482
        2 Alex Danilov
        1843 101895
        3 Mark Eberle
        1776 107233
        4 Robert Laszlo
        1740 104270
        5 Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo
        1722 153225
        6 Joey Orozco
        1700 148825
        7 Simon Perkins
        1676 107582
        8 Nathan Joshua
        1672 7051895
        9 Ronan Uthayakumar
        1658 158398


        2015 National Capital U1600

        # Name/Rtng/ID
        1 Romy Peters
        1525 135706
        2 Dave Westbury
        1087 158216
        3 Daniel Xu
        1037 160020
        4 Inayat Irfan
        unr.

        Comment


        • #5
          Round 2 Pairings

          Pairings for Round 2. 2015 National Capital: 2015 National Capital Open


          Bd # Res White # Res Black
          1 5 Francesco Dunne 1 Bator Sambuev
          2 2 Kevin Wan 6 Kevin Pacey
          3 14 Gabriel Brown 4 Mate Marinkovic
          4 3 Robert Gelblum 9 Ramon J. Cova
          5 7 Danail Donev 15 Janet Peng
          6 13 Dean Tester 10 Saeid Sadeghi
          7 11 William G. Doubleday 12 Halldor Peter Palsson
          8 ½ Dusan Simic BYE





          Pairings for Round 2. 2015 National Capital: 2015 National Capital U1900


          Bd # Res White # Res Black
          8 6 Simon Perkins 1 Ray Kuryliw
          9 2 Mark Eberle 7 Terrence [Terry] Ju
          10 9 Ronan Uthayakumar 3 Robert Laszlo
          11 5 Joey Orozco 10 Lawrence [Larry] Ju
          8 1 Nathan Joshua BYE
          4 ½ Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo BYE





          Pairings for Round 2. 2015 National Capital: 2015 National Capital U1600


          Bd # Res White # Res Black
          15 5 Kousihan Balachandran 4 Daniel Xu
          16 2 Paul St. Pierre 6 Shougan Gu
          17 7 Inayat Irfan 1 Romy Peters
          3 1 Dave Westbury BYE

          Comment


          • #6
            Re: Round 4 Pairings

            Pairings for Round 4 2015 National Capital Open

            Bd # Res White # Res Black
            1 6 Kevin Pacey 1 Bator Sambuev
            2 2 Kevin Wan 14 Gabriel Brown
            3 3 Robert Gelblum 4 Mate Marinkovic
            4 5 Francesco Dunne 10 Saeid Sadeghi
            5 7 Danail Donev 11 William G. Doubleday
            6 8 Dusan Simic 15 Janet Peng
            7 13 Dean Tester 9 Ramon J. Cova
            12 ½ Halldor Peter Palsson BYE

            Pairings for Round 4. 2015 National Capital U1900

            Bd # Res White # Res Black
            9 7 Terrence [Terry] Ju 8 Nathan Joshua
            10 9 Ronan Uthayakumar 11 Lawrence [Larry] Ju
            11 2 Mark Eberle 6 Simon Perkins
            12 10 Herb Langer 1 Ray Kuryliw
            13 3 Robert Laszlo 4 Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo
            5 ½ Joey Orozco BYE

            Pairings for Round 4. 2015 National Capital U1600

            Bd # Res White # Res Black
            15 5 Kousihan Balachandran 2 Paul St. Pierre
            16 4 Daniel Xu 6 Shougan Gu
            17 3 Dave Westbury 1 Romy Peters
            7 1 Inayat Irfan BYE

            Comment


            • #7
              Games from Rounds 1-3

              [Event "National Capital Open"]
              [Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
              [Date "2015.10.23"]
              [Round "1"]
              [White "Sambuev Bator (CAN)"]
              [Black "Simic Dusan"]
              [Result "1-0"]
              [ECO "C00"]
              [WhiteElo "2599"]
              [BlackElo "2133"]
              [Annotator ""]
              [Source ""]
              [Remark ""]

              1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 cxb4 5.a3 Nc6 6.axb4 Bxb4 7.c3
              Be7 8.d4 Nh6 9.Bxh6 gxh6 10.h4 Bd7 11.Qd2 Bf8 12.Bd3 Na5 13.Qf4
              Nc4 14.Bxc4 dxc4 15.Nbd2 Bc6 16.Nxc4 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Qc7 18.Nd2
              a6 19.O-O Be7 20.Ne4 Rg8 21.Rab1 Rb8 22.Qh5 Rg6 23.f4 Qc6 24.Rbe1
              b5 25.f5 exf5 26.Qxf5 Qe6 27.Nd6+ Kd7 28.Qxf7 Rxg2+ 29.Kxg2 Qg4+
              30.Kf2 Rf8 31.Ke3 Rxf7 32.Rxf7 Kd8 33.Ref1 Qxh4 34.Ne4 Qh3+ 35.R1f3
              Qh1 36.Nf6 Qe1+ 37.Kf4 Qb1 38.Ne4 Qb3 39.Rg7 a5 40.Rfg3 a4 41.Rg8+
              Kd7 42.R3g7 Qd1 43.Nf6+ 1-0

              [Event "National Capital Open"]
              [Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
              [Date "2015.10.23"]
              [Round "1"]
              [White "Pacey Kevin (CAN)"]
              [Black "Tester, Dean"]
              [Result "1-0"]
              [ECO "D61"]
              [WhiteElo "2161"]
              [BlackElo "1995"]
              [Annotator ""]
              [Source ""]
              [Remark ""]

              1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 O-O 7.Qc2
              Re8 8.O-O-O c6 9.Kb1 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Bd3 Nf8 12.h4 Nd5 13.Nxd5
              exd5 14.Ne5 Bb7 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Bxe7 Rxe7 17.Qxc6 Rb8 18.Rc1
              Ne6 19.Qc2 h6 20.Bf5 b4 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Qc6 Qf8 23.f4 Qf5+ 24.Ka1
              Qe4 25.Qd6 Rbb7 26.Rc8+ Kh7 27.h5 Qxg2 28.Rhc1 Qf3 29.Qd8 Qxh5
              30.Rg1 Re8 31.Qxe8 Qxe8 32.Rxe8 1-0

              [Event "National Capital Open"]
              [Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
              [Date "2015.10.23"]
              [Round "1"]
              [White "Marinkovic Mate (CAN)"]
              [Black "Doubleday William G (CAN)"]
              [Result "1-0"]
              [ECO "D30"]
              [WhiteElo "2130"]
              [BlackElo "2028"]
              [Annotator ""]
              [Source ""]
              [Remark ""]

              1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Nf3 c6 4.b3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bb2 Qe7
              8.d4 Nbd7 9.Ne5 a6 10.Nd2 Re8 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4
              Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bc5 15.Qc2 g6 16.h4 Bd7 17.h5 Qg5 18.Kg2 Qxh5 19.f4
              Qh6 20.Rh1 Qg7 21.g4 Rad8 22.Kf3 Be7 23.g5 Bc8 24.Rh6 Bb4 25.Qh2
              Rd2 26.Qh4 Rxb2 27.Rh1 Rxa2 28.Rxh7 Qxh7 29.Qxh7+ Kf8 30.Rd1
              Rd2 31.Rxd2 Bxd2 32.Qh8+ Ke7 33.Qf6+ Kd7 34.Qxf7+ Re7 35.Qxg6
              Kc7 36.Qf6 Bb4 37.g6 1-0

              [Event "National Capital Open"]
              [Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
              [Date "2015.10.23"]
              [Round "1"]
              [White "Palsson Halldor Peter (CAN)"]
              [Black "Dunne Francesco"]
              [Result "0-1"]
              [ECO "A41"]
              [WhiteElo "1984"]
              [BlackElo "2212"]
              [Annotator ""]
              [Source ""]
              [Remark ""]

              1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f3 Be7 6.e4 O-O 7.Bd3 f4
              8.Bd2 Nh5 9.Qe2 Bh4+ 10.Kd1 c5 11.Kc2 Na6 12.a3 Bd7 13.Rf1 Nc7
              14.Be1 a6 15.g4 fxg3 16.hxg3 Nxg3 17.Bxg3 Bxg3 18.Qg2 Bf4 19.Nge2
              Qe7 20.Nxf4 Rxf4 21.Ne2 Rf7 22.Qh2 g6 23.f4 ( 23.Rfg1 Rg7 24.Ng3
              Kh8 $15 ) exf4 24.e5 ( 24.Nxf4 Qe5 25.Rfg1 Raf8 26.Nh3 Qd4 $17 )
              Qxe5 25.Bxg6 $19 hxg6 26.Rxf4 Bf5+ 27.Kc1 Rg7 0-1

              [Event "National Capital Open"]
              [Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
              [Date "2015.10.23"]
              [Round "1"]
              [White "Sadeghi Saeid"]
              [Black "Wan Kevin (CAN)"]
              [Result "0-1"]
              [ECO "D36"]
              [WhiteElo "2098"]
              [BlackElo "2325"]
              [Annotator ""]
              [Source ""]
              [Remark ""]

              1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Qc2
              c6 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.Nge2 Re8 10.f3 h6 11.Bh4 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.e4
              dxe4 14.fxe4 Ng4 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Rf3 c5 17.Raf1 Rf8 18.Bc4 Ngf6
              19.Bd5 Bxd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.exd5 Rac8 22.dxc5 Rxc5 23.Nc3 Nf6
              24.Qd3 Rd8 25.b4 Rc7 26.Rxf6 gxf6 27.Ne4 Qe5 28.d6 Rc6 29.Nxf6+
              Kf8 30.Nh7+ Kg7 31.Qf3 Qd4+ 32.Kh1 Rcxd6 33.Qxf7+ Kh8 34.h3
              ( 34.Nf6 Qd3 $15 ) Qg7 35.Nf8 Qxf7 36.Rxf7 Kg8 0-1

              [Event "National Capital Open"]
              [Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
              [Date "2015.10.23"]
              [Round "2"]
              [White "Dunne Francesco"]
              [Black "Sambuev Bator (CAN)"]
              [Result "0-1"]
              [ECO "C03"]
              [WhiteElo "2212"]
              [BlackElo "2599"]
              [Annotator ""]
              [Source ""]
              [Remark ""]

              1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3
              Be7 8.O-O c4 9.Bc2 b5 10.Re1 Nb6 11.Nf1 a5 12.Ng3 h5 13.h3 b4
              14.Nh2 g6 15.Ne2 Kd7 16.g3 Kc7 17.f4 Bd7 18.Kg2 a4 19.Nf3 b3
              20.Bb1 a3 21.axb3 axb2 22.Bxb2 cxb3 23.Qxb3 Na5 24.Qc2 Ba4 25.Qd3
              ( 25.Rxa4 Nxa4 26.Qxa4 Nc4 27.Qb3 Qb8 $17 ) Nbc4 26.Bc1 Qd7 27.Bc2
              Bxc2 28.Qxc2 Rhb8 29.Kf2 Ra7 30.Nd2 Rab7 31.Nxc4 Nxc4 32.Rh1
              Qc6 33.g4 Rh8 34.Ng3 Bh4 35.g5 Rhb8 36.Ra2 Kc8 37.Kf3 Bxg3 38.Kxg3
              Rb3 39.Kh2 R8b5 40.h4 Nb6 41.Ra3 Qc4 42.Rg1 Rxa3 43.Bxa3 Rb3
              44.Bb2 Na4 45.Ba1 Ra3 46.Qc1 Ra2+ 47.Rg2 Rxg2+ 48.Kxg2 Qe2+ 49.Kg1
              Nb6 50.Qa3 Qg4+ 51.Kh1 Qxh4+ 52.Kg2 Qg4+ 53.Kh1 Qf3+ 54.Kg1 Qe3+
              55.Kh1 Qe4+ 56.Kg1 Qb1+ 57.Kg2 Qc2+ 58.Kg1 Qa4 59.Qc1 Qa2 60.Qd1
              Nc4 0-1

              [Event "National Capital Open"]
              [Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
              [Date "2015.10.23"]
              [Round "2"]
              [White "Brown Gabriel"]
              [Black "Marinkovic Mate (CAN)"]
              [Result "1-0"]
              [ECO "A25"]
              [WhiteElo "1983"]
              [BlackElo "2130"]
              [Annotator ""]
              [Source ""]
              [Remark ""]

              1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Rb1 Be6 7.b4 Qd7
              8.b5 Nd8 9.e4 c6 10.Be3 Ne7 11.Qd2 O-O 12.h4 f5 13.Nge2 d5 14.bxc6
              bxc6 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Bc5 Rc8 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Nxd5 Qd6 19.Qb4
              Qxb4+ 20.Rxb4 Nc6 21.Rb1 Rb8 22.O-O f4 23.Ndxf4 exf4 24.Bxc6
              fxg3 25.fxg3 Rxf1+ 26.Rxf1 Rb2 27.Nf4 Bd4+ 28.Kh1 Bg4 29.Bd5+
              Kg7 30.Be6 Be2 31.Nxe2 Rxe2 32.Bd5 Rxa2 33.Rf7+ Kh6 34.Rd7 Be5
              35.Bg8 g5 36.Rxh7+ Kg6 37.h5+ Kf5 38.c5 Rc2 39.Rxa7 Kg4 40.Ra2
              Bb2 41.Bb3 Rf2 42.Kg1 Kxg3 43.c6 Rh2 44.c7 Bd4+ 45.Kf1 Rh1+ 46.Ke2
              Rh2+ 47.Kd1 Rh1+ 48.Kc2 Rh2+ 49.Kb1 Rh1+ 50.Bd1 1-0

              [Event "National Capital Open"]
              [Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
              [Date "2015.10.23"]
              [Round "2"]
              [White "Gelblum Robert"]
              [Black "Cova R"]
              [Result "1-0"]
              [ECO "A39"]
              [WhiteElo "2261"]
              [BlackElo "0"]
              [Annotator ""]
              [Source ""]
              [Remark ""]

              1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4
              cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6 9.Nc2 d6 10.Rb1 Be6 11.Ne3 Nd7 12.Ned5 Qa5 13.a3
              Rfc8 14.Bd2 Qd8 15.b3 Rab8 16.Be3 a6 17.a4 Nf6 18.Bb6 Qd7 19.Qd2
              Bh3 20.e4 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Kf8 22.h3 Ne5 23.f4 Nc6 24.Rbe1 Qe8 25.Re2
              Nd7 26.Be3 Qd8 27.Bg1 Qa5 28.Rc1 Nc5 29.Rb1 Qd8 30.g4 Ne6 31.Bb6
              Qe8 32.Rf1 Ned4 33.Ref2 Nxb3 34.Qd1 Nc5 35.Qd2 e6 36.Ne3 Qe7
              37.f5 gxf5 38.exf5 f6 39.Re1 e5 40.Ned5 Qd7 41.h4 h6 42.Rh1 Nd4
              43.g5 Nxf5 44.gxf6 Bxf6 45.Nxf6 Qg7+ 46.Kf1 Qxf6 47.Nd5 Ng3+
              48.Kg2 Qxf2+ 49.Qxf2+ 1-0

              [Event "National Capital Open"]
              [Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
              [Date "2015.10.23"]
              [Round "2"]
              [White "Wan Kevin (CAN)"]
              [Black "Pacey Kevin (CAN)"]
              [Result "1/2-1/2"]
              [ECO "B09"]
              [WhiteElo "2325"]
              [BlackElo "2161"]
              [Annotator ""]
              [Source ""]
              [Remark ""]

              1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+
              Nfxd7 8.Be3 Nc6 9.d5 Nb4 10.a3 Na6 11.Qd3 O-O 12.g4 c4 13.Qd2
              Nac5 14.Bd4 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 e5 16.dxe6 Nxe6 17.Qd2 Nf6 18.g5 Nh5
              19.f5 Nc5 20.O-O-O Qb6 21.Qd4 Rfe8 22.Qxc4 Rac8 23.Qd5 Nf4 24.Qxd6
              Qxd6 25.Rxd6 Nxe4 26.Nxe4 Rxe4 27.f6 Ne6 28.Rhd1 Re2 29.R1d2
              Re3 30.R6d3 Re4 31.Rd7 Re3 32.R7d3 Re4 33.h4 h6 34.c3 Rf4 35.Nd4
              Nc5 36.Rh3 Ne4 37.Rg2 Nf2 38.Rf3 Rxd4 39.Rgxf2 Rxh4 40.gxh6 Rxh6
              41.Rd2 g5 42.Rd7 Rc6 43.Rxb7 Rcxf6 44.Rxf6 Rxf6 45.Kd2 a6 46.c4
              g4 47.Rb3 Rf2+ 48.Kd1 Rf5 49.Rc3 Rg5 50.Ke2 Re5+ 51.Kf2 Kf8 52.Kg3
              f5 53.Kf4 Re2 54.b4 Rf2+ 55.Kg3 Rf1 56.b5 axb5 57.cxb5 Rb1 58.a4
              Rb4 59.Rc5 Rxa4 60.Rxf5+ Ke7 61.Rg5 Rb4 1/2-1/2

              [Event "National Capital Open"]
              [Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
              [Date "2015.10.23"]
              [Round "3"]
              [White "Sambuev Bator (CAN)"]
              [Black "Wan Kevin (CAN)"]
              [Result "1-0"]
              [ECO "C05"]
              [WhiteElo "2599"]
              [BlackElo "2325"]
              [Annotator ""]
              [Source ""]
              [Remark ""]

              1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 cxd4
              8.cxd4 Qb6 9.g3 Be7 10.h4 f6 11.Bh3 Nd8 12.Kf1 O-O 13.Kg2 a5
              14.Ne2 a4 15.Nc3 Qa6 16.exf6 Nxf6 17.a3 b5 18.Qe2 b4 19.Qxa6
              Bxa6 20.Nxa4 bxa3 21.bxa3 Ne4 22.Nb6 Ra7 23.Be3 Bb7 24.a4 Bb4
              25.Rhc1 Ba5 26.Nd7 Rf7 27.Nc5 Nxc5 28.Rxc5 Rc7 29.Kf2 Bb6 30.Rxc7
              Bxc7 31.Bd2 Bc6 32.a5 Bd7 33.Ne5 Bb5 34.Rc1 Kf8 35.Rc5 Be8 36.Bf1
              Bd6 37.Rc8 Ke7 38.a6 Bd7 39.Nxd7 Kxd7 40.Rc2 Bc7 41.Bb4 {Black resigned.}
              Z0 ( {Black has to get the King over to f7:} 41...Ke8 42.Bc5
              Ra8 43.Bb5+ Kf7 44.a7 ) ( 41...Bb6 42.Bb5+ {loses a piece.} Nc6
              43.Rxc6 Bxd4+ 44.Kf3 ) 1-0

              [Event "National Capital Open"]
              [Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
              [Date "2015.10.23"]
              [Round "3"]
              [White "Marinkovic Mate (CAN)"]
              [Black "Donev Danail (CAN)"]
              [Result "1-0"]
              [ECO "A20"]
              [WhiteElo "2130"]
              [BlackElo "1945"]
              [Annotator ""]
              [Source ""]
              [Remark ""]

              1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.d4
              exd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Nf6 10.Qa4+ c6 11.Rd1 Qb6 12.Be3 Bc5
              13.Bxc5 Qxc5 14.Nc3 O-O 15.Qd4 Qxd4 16.Rxd4 Be6 17.Rad1 Rac8
              18.e4 Rc7 19.f4 Bc8 20.e5 Nd7 21.Ne4 Nb6 22.Nc5 Re8 23.b4 Kf8
              24.a4 Ke7 25.a5 Nd7 26.Ne4 Nb8 27.f5 Rd7 28.Nd6 Red8 29.f6+ gxf6
              30.exf6+ Kxf6 31.Bh3 Rxd6 32.Rxd6+ Rxd6 33.Rxd6+ Ke7 34.Rh6 Bxh3
              35.Rxh3 Na6 36.Rxh7 Nxb4 37.Rh8 b5 38.Ra8 Nd5 39.Rxa7+ Ke6 40.Rb7
              b4 41.a6 1-0

              [Event "National Capital Open"]
              [Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
              [Date "2015.10.24"]
              [Round "3"]
              [White "Pacey Kevin (CAN)"]
              [Black "Gelblum Robert"]
              [Result "1-0"]
              [ECO "E20"]
              [WhiteElo "2161"]
              [BlackElo "2261"]
              [Annotator ""]
              [Source ""]
              [Remark ""]

              1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.g3 Ne4 7.Qc2
              Qa5 8.Ndb5 d5 9.f3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bc5 11.Bf4 Na6 12.Nd6+ Ke7 13.Nxc8+
              Raxc8 14.Rb1 Bb6 15.Rb5 Qa3 16.Bc1 Qd6 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Bg5+ f6
              19.Bf4 Qc6 20.Rb3 Nc5 21.Ra3 Ne6 22.Bh3 Qc5 23.Bxe6 Kxe6 24.Rb3
              g5 25.Bd2 Qf2+ 26.Kd1 Qg2 27.Re1 Rc4 28.g4 Kd6 29.Qf5 Ke7 30.Bxg5
              Rf8 31.Qe5+ Kf7 32.Bxf6 Rc7 33.Rxb6 axb6 34.Qxc7+ Kxf6 35.Qxb6+
              Kg7 36.Qxb7+ Rf7 37.Qxd5 Qxh2 38.Qd4+ Kg8 39.Kc1 Qh6+ 40.Qd2
              Qb6 41.Rd1 Qc5 42.Qd8+ 1-0

              Comment


              • #8
                Wall Chart after 3 rounds of play.

                Wall Chart. 2015 National Capital Open

                # Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4
                1 Bator Sambuev W 8 B 5 W 2 B 6
                2599 146462 1.0 2.0 3.0
                2 Kevin Wan B 10 W 6 B 1 W 14
                2325 147460 1.0 1.5 1.5
                3 Robert Gelblum bye W 9 B 6 W 4
                2261 104272 0.5 1.5 1.5
                4 Mate Marinkovic W 11 B 14 W 7 B 3
                2225 141393 1.0 1.0 2.0
                5 Francesco Dunne B 12 W 1 B 11 W 10
                2212 146453 1.0 1.0 1.5
                6 Kevin Pacey W 13 B 2 W 3 W 1
                2168 103715 1.0 1.5 2.5
                7 Danail Donev B 14 W 15 B 4 W 11
                2128 143574 0.0 1.0 1.0
                8 Dusan Simic B 1 bye bye W 15
                2071 109808 0.0 0.5 1.0
                9 Ramon J. Cova bye B 3 bye B 13
                2065 153227 0.5 0.5 1.0
                10 Saeid Sadeghi W 2 B 13 bye B 5
                2044 139655 0.0 1.0 1.5
                11 William G. Doubleday B 4 W 12 W 5 B 7
                2031 103754 0.0 1.0 1.5
                12 Halldor Peter Palsson W 5 B 11 bye bye
                2020 106856 0.0 0.0 0.5
                13 Dean Tester B 6 W 10 B 15 W 9
                1995 124866 0.0 0.0 0.5
                14 Gabriel Brown W 7 W 4 bye B 2
                1983 127626 1.0 2.0 2.5
                15 Janet Peng bye B 7 W 13 B 8
                1813 147928 0.5 0.5 1.0

                Wall Chart. 2015 National Capital U1900


                # Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4
                1 Ray Kuryliw W 4 B 6 W 5 B 10
                1841 105482 0.5 0.5 1.0
                2 Mark Eberle B 8 W 7 B 11 W 6
                1776 107233 0.5 1.0 1.5
                3 Robert Laszlo bye B 9 W 7 W 4
                1740 104270 0.5 1.0 1.0
                4 Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo B 1 bye W 9 B 3
                1722 153225 0.5 1.0 1.0
                5 Joey Orozco bye W 11 B 1 bye
                1700 148825 0.5 0.5 1.0
                6 Simon Perkins bye W 1 B 8 B 2
                1676 107582 0.5 1.5 1.5
                7 Terrence [Terry] Ju bye B 2 B 3 W 8
                1675 151396 0.5 1.0 2.0
                8 Nathan Joshua W 2 bye W 6 B 7
                1672 7051895 0.5 1.5 2.5
                9 Ronan Uthayakumar bye W 3 B 4 W 11
                1658 158398 0.5 1.0 2.0
                10 Herb Langer bye bye bye W 1
                1638 100319 0.5 1.0 1.5
                11 Lawrence [Larry] Ju bye B 5 W 2 B 9
                1563 151370 0.5 1.5 2.0


                Wall Chart. 2015 National Capital U1600

                # Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4
                1 Romy Peters W 5 B 7 W 2 B 3
                1525 135706 0.0 1.0 1.0
                2 Paul St. Pierre bye W 6 B 1 B 5
                1491 107439 0.5 1.0 2.0
                3 Dave Westbury B 6 bye W 7 W 1
                1087 158216 0.0 1.0 1.5
                4 Daniel Xu W 7 B 5 bye W 6
                1037 160020 1.0 1.5 2.0
                5 Kousihan Balachandran B 1 W 4 B 6 W 2
                1032 157629 1.0 1.5 2.0
                6 Shougan Gu W 3 B 2 W 5 B 4
                981 157631 1.0 1.5 2.0
                7 Inayat Irfan B 4 W 1 B 3 bye
                unr. 0.0 0.0 0.5

                Comment


                • #9
                  Wall Chart after 5 rounds of play.

                  2015 National Capital Open


                  # Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5
                  1 Bator Sambuev W 8 B 5 W 2 B 6 W 4 $350
                  2599 146462 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0
                  2 Kevin Wan B 10 W 6 B 1 W 14 W 8
                  2325 147460 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.5 3.5 $110
                  3 Robert Gelblum bye W 9 B 6 bye ----
                  2261 104272 0.5 1.5 1.5 2.0 U2.0
                  4 Mate Marinkovic W 11 B 14 W 7 B 5 B 1
                  2225 141393 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
                  5 Francesco Dunne B 12 W 1 B 11 W 4 B 15
                  2212 146453 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.0
                  6 Kevin Pacey W 13 B 2 W 3 W 1 B 14
                  2168 103715 1.0 1.5 2.5 2.5 3.5 $110
                  7 Danail Donev B 14 W 15 B 4 W 9 W 10
                  2128 143574 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5
                  8 Dusan Simic B 1 bye bye W 15 B 2
                  2071 109808 0.0 0.5 1.0 2.0 2.0
                  9 Ramon J. Cova bye B 3 bye B 7 W 11
                  2065 153227 0.5 0.5 1.0 2.0 2.0
                  10 Saeid Sadeghi W 2 B 13 bye W 11 B 7
                  2044 139655 0.0 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5
                  11 William G. Doubleday B 4 W 12 W 5 B 10 B 9
                  2031 103754 0.0 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 $60
                  12 Halldor Peter Palsson W 5 B 11 bye B 13 bye
                  2020 106856 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5 2.0
                  13 Dean Tester B 6 W 10 B 15 W 12 bye
                  1995 124866 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.0
                  14 Gabriel Brown W 7 W 4 bye B 2 W 6
                  1983 127626 1.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 2.5
                  15 Janet Peng bye B 7 W 13 B 8 W 5
                  1813 147928 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.5

                  2015 National Capital U1900

                  # Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5
                  1 Ray Kuryliw W 4 B 6 W 5 B 10 W 8
                  1841 105482 0.5 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 $55
                  2 Mark Eberle B 8 W 7 B 12 W 6 ----
                  1776 107233 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 U1.5
                  3 Robert Laszlo bye B 9 W 7 W 4 B 10
                  1740 104270 0.5 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.5
                  4 Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo B 1 bye W 9 B 3 W 11
                  1722 153225 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
                  5 Joey Orozco bye W 12 B 1 bye ----
                  1700 148825 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.5 U1.5
                  6 Simon Perkins bye W 1 B 8 B 2 W 12
                  1676 107582 0.5 1.5 1.5 2.5 3.0 $55
                  7 Terrence [Terry] Ju bye B 2 B 3 W 8 W 9
                  1675 151396 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.5 $150
                  8 Nathan Joshua W 2 bye W 6 B 7 B 1
                  1672 7051895 0.5 1.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
                  9 Ronan Uthayakumar bye W 3 B 4 W 12 B 7
                  1658 158398 0.5 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.0 $55 Cheque is in the mail!
                  10 Herb Langer bye bye bye W 1 W 3
                  1638 100319 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.0
                  11 Gerard Felderhof ---- ---- ---- ---- B 4
                  1631 104191 U0.0 U0.0 U0.0 U0.0 0.0
                  12 Lawrence [Larry] Ju bye B 5 W 2 B 9 B 6
                  1563 151370 0.5 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 U1750 $60


                  2015 National Capital U1600

                  # Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5
                  1 Romy Peters W 5 B 7 W 2 B 3 B 6
                  1525 135706 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
                  2 Paul St. Pierre bye W 6 B 1 B 5 W 7
                  1491 107439 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 $100
                  3 Dave Westbury B 6 bye W 7 W 1 B 4
                  1087 158216 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.5
                  4 Daniel Xu W 7 B 5 bye W 6 W 3
                  1037 160020 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.5 Playing as Amateur.
                  5 Kousihan Balachandran B 1 W 4 B 6 W 2 bye
                  1032 157629 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.0 3.0 $60 cheque is in the mail!
                  6 Shougan Gu W 3 B 2 W 5 B 4 W 1
                  981 157631 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.5 Playing as Amateur.
                  7 Inayat Irfan B 4 W 1 B 3 bye B 2
                  unr. 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5 1.5

                  Comment


                  • #10
                    Games from rounds 4-5

                    [Event "National Capital Open"]
                    [Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
                    [Date "2015.10.24"]
                    [Round "4"]
                    [White "Pacey Kevin (CAN)"]
                    [Black "Sambuev Bator (CAN)"]
                    [Result "0-1"]
                    [ECO "A27"]
                    [WhiteElo "2161"]
                    [BlackElo "2599"]
                    [Annotator ""]
                    [Source ""]
                    [Remark ""]

                    1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bf4
                    Nf6 8.Rc1 O-O 9.e3 Nh5 10.Bg3 d6 11.Be2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Bd7 13.Bg4
                    Bxg4 14.Qxg4 Qb8 15.Qe2 Qb4 16.O-O Rfb8 17.Rc2 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Qc5
                    19.Qd3 a5 20.Qd4 Qxd4 21.exd4 {?!} ( {White gets a better version of the rook ending with:}
                    21.cxd4 Rb4 22.Rfc1 ( 22.c5 d5 23.g4 a4 24.f3 Kg7 25.Rd1 a3 26.Kf2
                    Rb2 27.Rdd2 Rab8 28.Ke2 Kf6 29.Rc3 ) Rab8 23.Kf1 {=/} $15 Rb1
                    24.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 25.Ke2 h5 26.Kd3 g5 27.Kc3 h4 28.gxh4 gxh4 29.Rb2
                    Rg1 30.f3 ) a4 22.c5 a3 23.Re2 Rb2 24.Re7 Rxa2 25.Rxc7 dxc5 26.Re1
                    Rb2 {White resigned.} 27.Z0 ( 27.Ra1 a2 28.Kh2 cxd4 29.cxd4 Rb1 ) 0-1

                    [Event "National Capital Open"]
                    [Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
                    [Date "2015.10.25"]
                    [Round "4"]
                    [White "Dunne Francesco"]
                    [Black "Marinkovic Mate (CAN)"]
                    [Result "0-1"]
                    [ECO "B40"]
                    [WhiteElo "2212"]
                    [BlackElo "2130"]
                    [Annotator ""]
                    [Source ""]
                    [Remark ""]

                    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.c3 Qc7
                    8.Qe2 O-O 9.d4 d5 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.e5 Nd7 12.Rd1 Re8 13.h4 f6 14.Bh3
                    Nf8 15.h5 cxd4 16.cxd4 fxe5 17.dxe5 Bd7 18.Nc3 Rec8 19.h6 g6
                    20.Qd2 Rd8 21.Nxd5 exd5 22.Qxd5+ Be6 23.Bxe6+ Kh8 24.Bd7
                    ( 24.Qb3 ) Rxd7 25.Qf7 Qxf2+ 26.Kh1 Qxf3+ 27.Kh2 Qh5+ 28.Kg2
                    Qe2+ 29.Kh3 Qh5+ 30.Kg2 Bd6 31.Qf6+ Kg8 32.exd6 Rf7 33.Qc3 Ne6 0-1

                    [Event "National Capital Open"]
                    [Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
                    [Date "2015.10.25"]
                    [Round "4"]
                    [White "Wan Kevin (CAN)"]
                    [Black "Brown Gabriel"]
                    [Result "1-0"]
                    [ECO "B90"]
                    [WhiteElo "2325"]
                    [BlackElo "1983"]
                    [Annotator ""]
                    [Source ""]
                    [Remark ""]

                    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3
                    Be7 8.Bc4 Qc7 9.Qd3 O-O 10.O-O-O b5 11.Bd5 Nc6 12.Bxc6 Qxc6 13.Bg5
                    Rd8 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 Be6 16.g4 Bxd5 17.Qxd5 Rac8 18.Rd2 Qxd5
                    19.Rxd5 Rc4 20.Re1 h6 21.Re3 Kf8 22.b3 Rc6 23.c3 Ke7 24.Red3
                    Rdc8 25.Kb2 Ke6 26.h3 Be7 27.Ne1 Bh4 28.Rf3 Rc5 29.Ng2 Bd8 30.Rd2
                    a5 31.Rfd3 R5c6 32.Rd1 b4 33.c4 Bb6 34.Ne3 Bxe3 35.Rxe3 a4 36.Rd5
                    axb3 37.axb3 Ra8 38.Rb5 Rca6 39.Rxb4 Ra2+ 40.Kc3 Rxf2 41.Rb6
                    Raa2 42.Rd3 Rac2+ 43.Kb4 Rce2 44.Rdxd6+ Ke7 45.Kc5 Rxe4 46.Rb7+
                    Ke8 47.Rb8+ Ke7 48.Rb7+ Ke8 49.Rc6 Rd4 50.b4 Rfd2 51.Rcc7 Rf4
                    52.Re7+ Kd8 53.Rxf7 Rxf7 54.Rxf7 e4 55.Rf4 e3 56.Re4 e2 57.b5
                    Kd7 58.Kb4 Kd6 59.Kc3 Ra2 60.Kd3 Kc5 61.Re5+ Kd6 62.Rxe2 Ra3+
                    63.Kd4 Rxh3 64.c5+ Kd7 65.c6+ Kd8 ( 65...Kd6 66.Rc2 ) 66.Kc5
                    h5 67.Kb6 Rc3 68.Kb7 hxg4 69.Rd2+ 1-0

                    [Event "National Capital Open"]
                    [Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
                    [Date "2015.10.25"]
                    [Round "5"]
                    [White "Wan Kevin (CAN)"]
                    [Black "Simic Dusan"]
                    [Result "1-0"]
                    [ECO "B47"]
                    [WhiteElo "2325"]
                    [BlackElo "2133"]
                    [Annotator ""]
                    [Source ""]
                    [Remark ""]

                    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O
                    a6 8.a3 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bd6 10.g3 Be5 11.Qd3 O-O 12.Bd2 d5 13.exd5
                    exd5 14.Nd1 Bh3 15.Re1 Rfd8 16.f4 Bd6 17.Nf2 Bd7 18.Bc3 Ne4 19.Bd4
                    Bc5 20.c3 f5 21.Nxe4 fxe4 22.Qe3 Rac8 23.Red1 Be6 24.Bxc5 Qxc5
                    25.Qxc5 Rxc5 26.Rd4 Rcc8 27.Kf2 Kf8 28.Rad1 Ke7 29.Ke3 g6 30.c4
                    dxc4 31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Rxd8 Kxd8 33.Kxe4 b5 34.Kd4 Kc7 35.Kc5 Bf5
                    36.a4 Bd3 37.Bd1 Bf1 38.axb5 axb5 39.Bf3 Kd8 40.Bc6 Ke7 41.Bxb5 1-0

                    [Event "National Capital Open"]
                    [Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
                    [Date "2015.10.25"]
                    [Round "5"]
                    [White "Sambuev Bator (CAN)"]
                    [Black "Marinkovic Mate (CAN)"]
                    [Result "1-0"]
                    [ECO "B48"]
                    [WhiteElo "2599"]
                    [BlackElo "2130"]
                    [Annotator ""]
                    [Source ""]
                    [Remark ""]

                    1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3
                    Ne5 8.Qg3 d6 9.f4 Nc4 10.Bxc4 Qxc4 11.O-O-O b5 12.Kb1 Bb7 13.e5
                    dxe5 14.fxe5 Ne7 15.Rhf1 Ng6 16.h4 b4 17.Na4 Bd5 18.b3 Qc7 19.h5
                    Nxe5 20.Bf4 f6 21.Qh3 Kf7 22.h6 g6 23.Bxe5 Qxe5 24.Nb6 Rd8 25.Nc6
                    Bxc6 26.Rxd8 Qc7 27.Nc4 Bxg2 28.Rxf8+ Rxf8 29.Qxg2 Rd8 30.Qe4
                    Rd5 31.Ne3 Re5 32.Rxf6+ Kxf6 33.Ng4+ Kg5 34.Nxe5 Kxh6 35.Nd3
                    a5 36.Nf4 Qf7 37.Qe3 Qf5 38.Nxe6+ g5 39.Nd4 Qf1+ 40.Kb2 Kh5 41.Qe4
                    h6 42.Nf5 Qf4 43.Qe8+ Kg4 44.Nxh6+ Kf3 45.Qf7 g4 46.Qxf4+ Kxf4
                    47.Nxg4 Kxg4 48.c4 Kf4 49.a3 Ke4 50.axb4 axb4 51.Kc2 1-0

                    [Event "National Capital Open"]
                    [Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
                    [Date "2015.10.25"]
                    [Round "5"]
                    [White "Brown Gabriel"]
                    [Black "Pacey Kevin (CAN)"]
                    [Result "0-1"]
                    [ECO "D12"]
                    [WhiteElo "1983"]
                    [BlackElo "2161"]
                    [Annotator ""]
                    [Source ""]
                    [Remark ""]

                    1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.Qxb6
                    axb6 8.Bd2 h6 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Be7 11.a3 O-O 12.b4 dxc4 13.Bxc4
                    b5 14.Bb3 Rfd8 15.Rfe1 Bg4 16.e4 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Nb6 18.Be3 Nc4
                    19.Bxc4 bxc4 20.Reb1 g5 21.a4 e5 22.dxe5 Rd3 23.Nd1 Nd7 24.Nb2
                    Rc3 25.Bd4 Rc2 26.Rc1 Rxc1+ 27.Rxc1 b5 28.axb5 cxb5 29.Bc3 Ra3
                    30.Nd1 Rb3 31.Ne3 Bxb4 32.Bxb4 Rxb4 33.Ng4 h5 34.Nh6+ Kg7 35.Nf5+
                    Kh7 36.Rd1 Nxe5 37.Rd6 Nxf3+ 38.Kf1 Rb1+ 39.Ke2 g4 40.Ke3 c3
                    41.Rh6+ Kg8 42.Ne7+ Kf8 43.Nf5 Ke8 44.Rc6 b4 45.Nd4 Re1+ 46.Ne2
                    Rxe2+ 0-1

                    Comment


                    • #11
                      Re: 2015 National Capital Open October 23,24,25

                      Thanks to Halldor for organizing another fine tournament and to Bator (no surprise), Terry (Wow!) and Paul on their victories.

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