115 players including three local GM's! Here are a few top-board games - more to follow.
[Event "Pere Noel"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. c3 Ne4 11. Nbd4 O-O 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Be3
Rc8 15. a4 Na5 16. Nd2 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 Nc4 19. Re2 Re4 20. Nf5 Nxe3
21. Nxe3 Qg5 22. Qd3 Rce8 23. Rae1 h5 24. Nd1 Qg6 25. Qb5 R8e5 26. Rxe4 Rxe4
27. Rxe4 Qxe4 28. Kf1 d4 29. cxd4 Qxd4 30. Qxh5 Qxa4 31. Qd5 g6 32. h3 Bd4 33.
Qf3 Qb4 34. Qe2 a5 35. h4 Qc5 36. Qd3 b5 37. g3 a4 38. Ke2 b4 39. f4 Kg7 40.
Kd2 a3 41. Qb3 axb2 0-1
[Event "Pere Noel"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Durette, Francis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Re8 10. f3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nf4 12. Rf2 Nxe2+ 13. Rxe2 Ne5 14. b3 a5 15.
Rc1 Bd7 16. Ndb5 Bc6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Re7 19. Qd1 Rd7 20. Rd2 g5 21. Nd4
Ng6 22. Rdc2 Be5 23. Nf5 Bf4 24. Qd2 a4 25. b4 Rc8 26. b5 Bxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Ne5
28. h4 f6 29. Rc3 Ra8 30. Nd4 Qe7 31. hxg5 fxg5 32. Ne6 c6 33. bxc6 bxc6 34.
dxc6 Nxc6 35. Rxc6 Qxe6 36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37. Rxc8+ Kf7 38. Qxg5 Qg6 39. Qxg6+ hxg6
40. Ra8 Rb7 41. Rxa4 Rb2 42. Ra5 Ke6 43. Kh2 Kf6 44. Kg3 Ke6 45. Kh3 Rf2 46. a4
Ra2 47. g3 Ra3 48. Kg4 Kf6 49. Ra8 Kf7 50. a5 Ke6 51. a6 1-0
[Event "Pere Noel"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gauthier, Denis"]
[Black "Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4
Bg7 9. e3 O-O 10. h3 Qe7 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Rb8 13. Qd2 Ne8 14. Rfe1 Nc7 15.
a5 Re8 16. e4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Rad1 g5 20. Rf1 Bd7 21. f4
gxf4 22. Rxf4 Nb5 23. Nxb5 axb5 24. Rdf1 Re7 25. Bg4 Bxg4 26. Rxg4+ Kh8 27.
Rgf4 Rf8 28. Kh1 f6 29. Qf2 Ref7 30. Qe2 c4 31. Qd2 Rg8 32. R1f2 Rg6 33. Qe3
Rfg7 34. Rf5 Qe7 35. Qd4 Rf7 36. R2f4 Kg7 37. Qb6 Qd7 38. Kh2 Rf8 39. Qd4 Qd8
40. Qc3 Qc7 41. h4 Kg8 42. Rxf6 Rfxf6 43. Rxf6 Qg7 44. Rf2 Rg4 45. Qh3 Qe5+ 46.
Kg1 Qxe4 47. Qc3 Qb1+ 48. Rf1 Qg6 49. Qf3 Qg7 50. Rf2 Rd4 51. Qh5 Qg6 52. Qf3
Qg7 53. Qh5 Re4 54. Qf5 Re1+ 55. Kh2 Qe5+ 56. Qxe5 Rxe5 57. Rd2 Re3 58. Kg1 h5
59. Kf2 Rb3 60. Ke2 Kg7 61. Kd1 Kf6 62. Kc2 Ke5 63. Rf2 Kxd5 64. Rf5+ Ke4 65.
Rxh5 d5 66. Rh7 Rg3 67. Rxb7 Rxg2+ 68. Kb1 d4 69. a6 Rg1+ 70. Ka2 Rg6 71. Rxb5
Rxa6+ 72. Kb1 Rg6 73. h5 Rg1+ 74. Kc2 Rg2+ 75. Kd1 Kd3 76. Ke1 Rh2 77. Kf1 Kc2
78. Rb4 Kd3 79. Rb5 Kc2 80. Rb4 c3 81. bxc3 dxc3 82. Rb5 Kd1 83. Rd5+ Rd2 84.
Re5 Rd6 85. Re1+ Kd2 86. Re2+ Kd3 0-1
[Event "Pere Noel"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Fillion, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. a4 a5 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb7 14. Bg5 Bf6 15.
Qh4 Re8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ng5 Nf8 18. Ra3 Qe7 19. Rb3 Qc7 20. Ne4 Red8 21. Nf6+
Kg7 22. Ng4 h5 23. Qf6+ Kh7 24. Rh3 1-0
[Event "Pere Noel"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Black "Prahov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. Bf4 Bd7 7. cxd5 Nb4 8.
Qb3 Nbxd5 9. Bg5 Nb6 10. e4 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Kg7 13. Ne5 Ng8 14. Be3 f6
15. Nd3 f5 16. Nf4 Qc8 17. exf5 gxf5 18. a4 c6 19. Rac1 Nf6 20. Bf3 Bd6 21.
Rfe1 Re8 22. Bd2 Nbd5 23. Nd3 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Qc7 25. g3 Rad8 26. c4 e5 27. dxe5
Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Bf4 Rde8 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Qc3 1-0
[Event "Pere Noel"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. c3 Ne4 11. Nbd4 O-O 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Be3
Rc8 15. a4 Na5 16. Nd2 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 Nc4 19. Re2 Re4 20. Nf5 Nxe3
21. Nxe3 Qg5 22. Qd3 Rce8 23. Rae1 h5 24. Nd1 Qg6 25. Qb5 R8e5 26. Rxe4 Rxe4
27. Rxe4 Qxe4 28. Kf1 d4 29. cxd4 Qxd4 30. Qxh5 Qxa4 31. Qd5 g6 32. h3 Bd4 33.
Qf3 Qb4 34. Qe2 a5 35. h4 Qc5 36. Qd3 b5 37. g3 a4 38. Ke2 b4 39. f4 Kg7 40.
Kd2 a3 41. Qb3 axb2 0-1
[Event "Pere Noel"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Durette, Francis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Re8 10. f3 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nf4 12. Rf2 Nxe2+ 13. Rxe2 Ne5 14. b3 a5 15.
Rc1 Bd7 16. Ndb5 Bc6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Re7 19. Qd1 Rd7 20. Rd2 g5 21. Nd4
Ng6 22. Rdc2 Be5 23. Nf5 Bf4 24. Qd2 a4 25. b4 Rc8 26. b5 Bxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Ne5
28. h4 f6 29. Rc3 Ra8 30. Nd4 Qe7 31. hxg5 fxg5 32. Ne6 c6 33. bxc6 bxc6 34.
dxc6 Nxc6 35. Rxc6 Qxe6 36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37. Rxc8+ Kf7 38. Qxg5 Qg6 39. Qxg6+ hxg6
40. Ra8 Rb7 41. Rxa4 Rb2 42. Ra5 Ke6 43. Kh2 Kf6 44. Kg3 Ke6 45. Kh3 Rf2 46. a4
Ra2 47. g3 Ra3 48. Kg4 Kf6 49. Ra8 Kf7 50. a5 Ke6 51. a6 1-0
[Event "Pere Noel"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gauthier, Denis"]
[Black "Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4
Bg7 9. e3 O-O 10. h3 Qe7 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Rb8 13. Qd2 Ne8 14. Rfe1 Nc7 15.
a5 Re8 16. e4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Rad1 g5 20. Rf1 Bd7 21. f4
gxf4 22. Rxf4 Nb5 23. Nxb5 axb5 24. Rdf1 Re7 25. Bg4 Bxg4 26. Rxg4+ Kh8 27.
Rgf4 Rf8 28. Kh1 f6 29. Qf2 Ref7 30. Qe2 c4 31. Qd2 Rg8 32. R1f2 Rg6 33. Qe3
Rfg7 34. Rf5 Qe7 35. Qd4 Rf7 36. R2f4 Kg7 37. Qb6 Qd7 38. Kh2 Rf8 39. Qd4 Qd8
40. Qc3 Qc7 41. h4 Kg8 42. Rxf6 Rfxf6 43. Rxf6 Qg7 44. Rf2 Rg4 45. Qh3 Qe5+ 46.
Kg1 Qxe4 47. Qc3 Qb1+ 48. Rf1 Qg6 49. Qf3 Qg7 50. Rf2 Rd4 51. Qh5 Qg6 52. Qf3
Qg7 53. Qh5 Re4 54. Qf5 Re1+ 55. Kh2 Qe5+ 56. Qxe5 Rxe5 57. Rd2 Re3 58. Kg1 h5
59. Kf2 Rb3 60. Ke2 Kg7 61. Kd1 Kf6 62. Kc2 Ke5 63. Rf2 Kxd5 64. Rf5+ Ke4 65.
Rxh5 d5 66. Rh7 Rg3 67. Rxb7 Rxg2+ 68. Kb1 d4 69. a6 Rg1+ 70. Ka2 Rg6 71. Rxb5
Rxa6+ 72. Kb1 Rg6 73. h5 Rg1+ 74. Kc2 Rg2+ 75. Kd1 Kd3 76. Ke1 Rh2 77. Kf1 Kc2
78. Rb4 Kd3 79. Rb5 Kc2 80. Rb4 c3 81. bxc3 dxc3 82. Rb5 Kd1 83. Rd5+ Rd2 84.
Re5 Rd6 85. Re1+ Kd2 86. Re2+ Kd3 0-1
[Event "Pere Noel"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Fillion, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. a4 a5 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Bb7 14. Bg5 Bf6 15.
Qh4 Re8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ng5 Nf8 18. Ra3 Qe7 19. Rb3 Qc7 20. Ne4 Red8 21. Nf6+
Kg7 22. Ng4 h5 23. Qf6+ Kh7 24. Rh3 1-0
[Event "Pere Noel"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Black "Prahov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. d4 e6 6. Bf4 Bd7 7. cxd5 Nb4 8.
Qb3 Nbxd5 9. Bg5 Nb6 10. e4 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Kg7 13. Ne5 Ng8 14. Be3 f6
15. Nd3 f5 16. Nf4 Qc8 17. exf5 gxf5 18. a4 c6 19. Rac1 Nf6 20. Bf3 Bd6 21.
Rfe1 Re8 22. Bd2 Nbd5 23. Nd3 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Qc7 25. g3 Rad8 26. c4 e5 27. dxe5
Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Bf4 Rde8 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Qc3 1-0
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