2017 RA December Open, December 8,9,10

[Halldor P. Palsson]

2017 RA December Open
An EOCA Grand Prix Event - http://www.eoca.ca

Date: December 8,9,10, 2017

Place: RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa
Rom TBA

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 $40 if pre-registered, $50 at site

Amateur $30 (not eligible for prizes) and for those playing 3 rounds or less.
Free entry for GM/WGM & IM/WIM. NM $50 if registered by November 30th.

C.F.C. membership is required. FQE=CFC membership.

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

Prizes: $$BEN

Organizers: Halldor P. Palsson and TD.

Registration: Cheque by November 30, 2017 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, November 30 or December 7, 7:00-7:30 PM

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

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Pre-Registered List As of December 3

Just a reminder that an e-mail with name, cfc/fqe #, section playing in and any byes saves you $10 in late fee on site.
I will be taking entries at the RA Chess Club on Thursday.

2017 RA December Open

# Name/Rtng/ID
1 David Gordon
2291 106629 (2602431)
2 Dusan Simic
2134 109808 (908150)
3 Robert Villeneuve
2046 7022320
4 William G. Doubleday
2040 103754 (2682419)
5 Jikai Zhang
2039 164111 (1631608)
6 Christian Collins
2015 111166 (2603055)

2017 RA December U1900

# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Ray Kuryliw
1888 105482 (2604833)
2 Victor Bilodeau
1767 7019978
3 Kamal Balazadeh
1764 153228
4 Marcel Laurin
1710 100337 (2604906)
5 Romy Peters
1605 135706 (2605589)
6 Vincent Qin
1501 161708


2017 RA December U1600

# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Alexandre Khan
1582 163542
2 Paul St. Pierre
1494 107439 (2629070)
3 Alexander Stopic
1391 160017 (2630036)
4 John I.F. Lukezich
1366 146765 (2620944)
5 Victor Samuel
1364 112306
6 Johnathan Han
1270 161709
7 Simon Celer-Matas
1267 165088
8 Pierre Arcand
1257 7105453
9 Valori Ethier
1257 103661
10 Jeremie Kimble
1022 157710
11 Chris Wu
unr. 165802

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Pre-registered as of December 6

We are in the CANADA ROOM again!

Taking registrations at the RA Chess Club tomorrow night or via e-mail fs889@ncf.ca
E-mail ahead and sva yourself a $10 late fee at site.

2017 RA December Open

# Name/Rtng/ID
1 David Gordon
2291 106629 (2602431)
2 Dusan Simic
2134 109808 (908150)
3 Robert Villeneuve
2046 7022320
4 William G. Doubleday
2040 103754 (2682419)
5 Jikai Zhang
2039 164111 (1631608)
6 Christian Collins
2015 111166 (2603055)

2017 RA December U1900

# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Ray Kuryliw
1888 105482 (2604833)
2 Victor Bilodeau
1767 7019978
3 Kamal Balazadeh
1764 153228
4 Marcel Laurin
1710 100337 (2604906)
5 Romy Peters
1605 135706 (2605589)
6 Vincent Qin
1501 161708

2017 RA December U1600

# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Alexandre Khan
1582 163542
2 Paul St. Pierre
1494 107439 (2629070)
3 Santiago Pascual-Meagher
1418 162146
4 Alexander Stopic
1391 160017 (2630036)
5 John I.F. Lukezich
1366 146765 (2620944)
6 Victor Samuel
1364 112306
7 Johnathan Han
1270 161709
8 Simon Celer-Matas
1267 165088
9 Pierre Arcand
1257 7105453
10 Valori Ethier
1257 103661
11 Jeremie Kimble
1022 157710
12 Chris Wu
unr. 165802

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Round 2 Pairings

2017 RA December Open

Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 2 Svitlana Demchenko (2288 1.0) 12 Jikai Zhang (2039 1.0)
2 11 William G. Doubleday (2040 1.0) 5 Fan Yang (2114 1.0)
3 14 Daniel Xu (1906 1.0) 1 David Gordon (2291 0.5)
4 6 Adam Adriaanse (2088 0.5) 9 Saeid Sadeghi (2050 0.5)
5 10 Robert Villeneuve (2046 0.5) 3 Kevin Pacey (2195 0.0)
6 4 Dusan Simic (2134 0.0) 7 Danail Donev (2073 0.0)
13 1 Christian Collins (2015 0.0) BYE
8 ½ David Fei (2057 0.5) BYE


2017 RA December U1900

Bd # Res White # Res Black
7 10 Romy Peters (1605 1.0) 1 Ray Kuryliw (1888 1.0)
8 11 Alexandre Khan (1582 1.0) 6 Marcel Laurin (1710 1.0)
9 13 Vincent Qin (1501 1.0) 9 Rene Poulin (1683 1.0)
10 2 Alex Danilov (1821 0.0) 3 Victor Bilodeau (1767 0.5)
11 7 Oswin Ning (1696 0.0) 4 Kamal Balazadeh (1764 0.0)
12 5 Etienne Latreille (1725 0.0) 8 Herb Langer (1685 0.0)
12 1 Alwin Ning (1509 0.0) BYE

2017 RA December U1600

Bd # Res White # Res Black
13 9 Daniel Labib (1276 1.0) 3 Paul St. Pierre (1494 1.0)
14 7 John I.F. Lukezich (1366 1.0) 10 Johnathan Han (1270 1.0)
15 14 Sanjay Ramesh (1232 1.0) 8 Victor Samuel (1364 1.0)
16 2 Raja Ravi Kiran Karra (1509 0.5) 17 Jeremie Kimble (1022 1.0)
17 4 Santiago Pascual-Meagher (1418 0.5) 11 Simon Celer-Matas (1267 0.5)
18 6 Keven Eyre (1376 0.5) 13 Valori Ethier (1257 0.5)
19 15 Dave Westbury (1027 0.0) 1 Denis Lemieux (1525 0.0)
20 16 Martin de Zuviria (1026 0.0) 5 Alexander Stopic (1391 0.0)
21 12 Pierre Arcand (1257 0.0) 18 Chris Wu (unr. 0.0)

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Round 4 Pairings

2017 RA December Open

Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 12 Jikai Zhang (2039 2.5) 5 Fan Yang (2114 2.5)
2 13 Christian Collins (2015 2.0) 1 David Gordon (2291 2.0)
3 2 Svitlana Demchenko (2288 2.0) 10 Robert Villeneuve (2046 2.0)
4 6 Adam Adriaanse (2088 1.5) 14 Daniel Xu (1906 2.0)
5 4 Dusan Simic (2134 1.5) 9 Saeid Sadeghi (2050 1.5)
6 8 David Fei (2057 1.0) 11 William G. Doubleday (2040 1.0)
7 1 Danail Donev (2073 0.0) BYE


2017 RA December U1900

Bd # Res White # Res Black
7 6 Marcel Laurin (1710 2.0) 10 Romy Peters (1605 3.0)
8 11 Alexandre Khan (1582 2.0) 1 Ray Kuryliw (1888 2.0)
9 5 Etienne Latreille (1725 1.5) 13 Vincent Qin (1501 2.0)
10 8 Herb Langer (1685 1.5) 4 Kamal Balazadeh (1764 1.5)
11 9 Rene Poulin (1683 1.5) 3 Victor Bilodeau (1767 1.0)
12 2 Alex Danilov (1821 1.0) 12 Alwin Ning (1509 1.0)
7 1 Oswin Ning (1696 0.0) BYE

2017 RA December U1600

Bd # Res White # Res Black
13 3 Raja Ravi Kiran Karra (1509 2.5) 4 Paul St. Pierre (1494 2.5)
14 15 Sanjay Ramesh (1232 2.5) 2 Denis Lemieux (1525 2.0)
15 14 Valori Ethier (1257 2.0) 6 Alexander Stopic (1391 2.0)
16 7 Keven Eyre (1376 2.0) 8 John I.F. Lukezich (1366 2.0)
17 11 Johnathan Han (1270 1.5) 18 Jeremie Kimble (1022 1.5)
18 19 Chris Wu (unr. 1.0) 9 Victor Samuel (1364 1.0)
19 12 Simon Celer-Matas (1267 1.0) 10 Daniel Labib (1276 1.0)
20 16 Dave Westbury (1027 0.0) 13 Pierre Arcand (1257 1.0)
17 1 Martin de Zuviria (1026 0.0) BYE
5 ½ Santiago Pascual-Meagher (1418 1.5) BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Final Standings

2017 RA December Open

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1-2 Svitlana Demchenko 2288 W12 D2 D4 W7 W6 4.0 $260
2 Jikai Zhang 2039 W11 D1 W5 W4 D3 4.0 $260
3 3-4 David Gordon 2291 D5 W10 D7 W9 D2 3.5 $100
4 Fan Yang 2114 W9 W8 D1 L2 W5 3.5 U2200 $80
5 5-10 Adam Adriaanse 2088 D3 W6 L2 W10 L4 2.5
6 Saeid Sadeghi 2050 H--- L5 W12 W11 L1 2.5
7 Robert Villeneuve 2046 H--- W14 D3 L1 D11 2.5
8 William G. Doubleday 2040 W14 L4 L10 W13 D12 2.5
9 Christian Collins 2015 L4 B--- W13 L3 D10 2.5
10 Daniel Xu 1906 B--- L3 W8 L5 D9 2.5 U2050 $60
11 11 Dusan Simic 2134 L2 W12 H--- L6 D7 2.0
12 12 Danail Donev 2073 L1 L11 L6 B--- D8 1.5
13 13 David Fei 2057 H--- H--- L9 L8 U--- 1.0
14 14 Kevin Pacey 2195 L8 L7 --- --- --- 0.0

2017 RA December U1900

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Romy Peters 1605 W6 W2 W5 W4 D3 4.5 $250
2 2 Ray Kuryliw 1888 W8 L1 W3 W5 W6 4.0 $150
3 3 Vincent Qin 1501 W13 W11 L2 W7 D1 3.5 $100
4 4-5 Marcel Laurin 1710 W10 L5 W12 L1 W9 3.0
5 Alexandre Khan 1582 W7 W4 L1 L2 W10 3.0 U1750 $80
6 6-8 Kamal Balazadeh 1764 L1 W13 D11 W8 L2 2.5
7 Etienne Latreille 1725 L5 D8 W10 L3 W13 2.5
8 Herb Langer 1685 L2 D7 W13 L6 W11 2.5
9 9-10 Victor Bilodeau 1767 H--- L12 H--- W11 L4 2.0
10 Alwin Ning 1509 L4 B--- L7 W12 L5 2.0
11 11 Rene Poulin 1683 W12 L3 D6 L9 L8 1.5
12 12-13 Alex Danilov 1821 L11 W9 L4 L10 --- 1.0
13 Oswin Ning 1696 L3 L6 L8 B--- L7 1.0


2017 RA December U1600

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1-2 Raja Ravi Kiran Karra 1509 D18 W15 W4 W9 D3 4.0 $150
2 Alexander Stopic 1391 L5 W14 W12 W10 W7 4.0 $150
3 3-5 Denis Lemieux 1525 L4 W19 W11 W5 D1 3.5 $25
4 Johnathan Han 1270 W3 D7 L1 W15 W9 3.5 $25
5 Sanjay Ramesh 1232 W2 W8 D9 L3 W11 3.5 U1300 $50
6 6-8 Keven Eyre 1376 H--- D10 W13 L7 W12 3.0
7 John I.F. Lukezich 1366 W19 D4 H--- W6 L2 3.0
8 Victor Samuel 1364 W14 L5 L10 W16 W13 3.0
9 9-10 Paul St. Pierre 1494 W13 W12 D5 L1 L4 2.5
10 Valori Ethier 1257 D11 D6 W8 L2 D15 2.5
11 11-16 Santiago Pascual-Meagher 1418 D10 W18 L3 H--- L5 2.0
12 Daniel Labib 1276 W16 L9 L2 W18 L6 2.0
13 Pierre Arcand 1257 L9 W16 L6 W19 L8 2.0
14 Martin de Zuviria 1026 L8 L2 L17 B--- W19 2.0
15 Jeremie Kimble 1022 B--- L1 D18 L4 D10 2.0
16 Chris Wu unr. L12 L13 W19 L8 W18 2.0
17 17-18 Gerard Felderhof 1581 U--- U--- W14 U--- U--- 1.0
18 Simon Celer-Matas 1267 D1 L11 D15 L12 L16 1.0
19 19 Dave Westbury 1027 L7 L3 L16 L13 L14 0.0

I would like to thank all the participants for playing in the tournament.
The next RA tournament is January 19,20,21, 2018.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Games

[Event "RA December Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pacey, Kevin"]
[Black "Doubleday, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Rc1
Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 f5 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 g5 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 e5 15.
d5 Nf6 16. f3 exf3 17. gxf3 (17. Nxf3) 17... Bd7 18. Kh1 Rf7 19. e4 f4 20. a3
Rg7 21. b4 (21. Rg1) 21... Kh8 22. c5 Rag8 23. b5 Qf7 24. dxc6 (24. Nc4) 24...
bxc6 25. Nc4 Qe6 26. Nd6 g4 27. Nf5 Rg6 28. fxg4 Nxg4 29. b6 axb6 30. cxb6 Qb3
31. Ne7 Qxb6 32. Rg1 R6g7 33. h3 Nf2+ 34. Kh2 Rxe7 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Qh5 Nd3
37. Rg1+ Rg7 0-1

[Event "RA December U1900"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Laurin, Marcel"]
[Black "Ning , Alwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1509"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. a3 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. dxc5 Qxb2 7. Be5 Qxa1 8.
Bxa1 Bxc5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 11. Ne5 Nb6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd2 Bxa3 14.
Ng4 Nfd7 15. Nh6+ Kh8 16. Ng4 f6 17. f4 Rac8 18. Rf3 Nc4 19. Rh3 Nxd2 20. Qxd2
Rc4 21. Qd3 f5 22. Qxa3 fxg4 23. Qe7 Rg8 24. Rxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qxd7 Rxc2 26. Bd4
a5 27. Qf7 Kh6 28. Qxg8 1-0

[Event "RA December Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhang, Jikai"]
[Black "Simic, Dusan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bc5
Nd7 9. Ba3 Nd4 10. c3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 c5 12. b4 O-O 13. bxc5 Re8 14. O-O Qc7 15.
Bb5 Re6 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. c4 Ra6 18. Qb3 b6 19. Nc3 Bf8 20. Nd5 Qb7 21. Bb2 Bg7
22. f4 Ba4 23. Qf3 bxc5 24. Bxe5 f6 25. Rab1 Qd7 26. Nc7 Rc8 27. Nxa6 fxe5 28.
fxe5 Bxe5 29. Kh1 Qe7 30. Qd3 Bc6 31. Qa3 Bd4 32. Rbe1 Bxe4 33. Qf3 Re8 34.
Rxe4 Qxe4 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Nc7 Rg8 37. Ne6 h6 38. Nxd4 Qxd4 39. Qxa7 Qxc4 40.
Rf7 1-0

[Event "RA December Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Donev, Danail"]
[Black "Demchenko, Svitlana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nd7 5. Bc4 a6 6. a4 e6 7. Qd2 Ne7 8. Bh6
O-O 9. h4 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Kh8 11. h5 Ng8 12. Qd2 g5 13. O-O-O h6 14. e5 b5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 Ra1+ 17. Nb1 Bb7 18. f4 Qa8 19. Ne2 Bd5 20. Nec3 Nb6 21.
fxg5 Ne7 22. Qf4 Nf5 23. g4 Bxh1 24. gxf5 Qf3 25. Qd2 Qxh5 26. gxh6 Rg8 27.
fxe6 fxe6 28. exd6 cxd6 29. Qf4 Nd5 30. Be2 Nxf4 31. Bxh5 Bg2 32. Be2 Nxe2+ 33.
Nxe2 Bf3 34. Kd2 Ra2 35. Nbc3 Rxb2 36. Rf1 Bg4 37. Rf7 Bf5 38. Ke3 Rxc2 39. Nb5
Rg2 40. Nbc3 Rh2 41. d5 Rxh6 42. dxe6 Rxe6+ 43. Kf4 Bg6 44. Rd7 Bd3 45. Nd4
Rf6+ 46. Ke3 Rxc3 47. Kd2 Ra3 0-1

[Event "RA December Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Villeneuve, Robert"]
[Black "Pacey, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nf6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. e5 Bxg2 11. exf6 Bb7 12. fxg7 Bxg7 13. Nf5 Be5 14. Nxd6+
Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qf6 16. Bf4 Qf5 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "RA December U1600"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ethier, Valori"]
[Black "Pascual-Meagher, Santiago"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "1257"]
[BlackElo "1418"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Nf6 4. dxc7 Qxc7 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. e3 Ng4 7. Bb5+ Nd7
8. d4 Bxh2 9. Rxh2 Nxh2 10. Nxh2 Qxh2 11. Qf3 Qh1+ 12. Kd2 O-O 13. Bxd7 Bxd7
14. Qxb7 Bg4 15. Nc3 Qh6 16. Qe4 Bh5 17. b3 Rad8 18. Ba3 Rfe8 19. Qd3 Bg6 20.
Qe2 Rxd4+ 21. Kc1 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Kb2 Qf2 24. Rc1 Rd2 25. Ka1 Rxc2 26.
Rd1 Rd2 27. Rc1 Qe3 28. Nd5 Rxa2+ 29. Kxa2 Qe6 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Rc8+ Qxc8 32.
Nxc8+ Ke8 33. Nxa7 Be4 34. g3 h5 35. Bd6 Kd7 36. Bf4 f6 37. Nb5 g5 38. Be3 Bd5
39. Nd4 Kd6 40. Kb2 h4 41. gxh4 Bxb3 42. Kxb3 gxh4 43. Nf5+ Ke5 44. Nxh4 Ke4
45. Ng2 f5 46. Bb6 Kf3 47. Ne1+ Kg3 48. Bg1 f4 49. Nd3 f3 50. Bf2+ Kg2 51. Kc3
Kf1 52. Kd4 Ke2 53. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RA December Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Demchenko, Svitlana"]
[Black "Zhang, Jikai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. Nc3 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. Be3
Nf6 9. f3 Bd6 10. Kh1 b4 11. Na4 h5 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. f4 Ng4 14. Bb6 Qb8 15. h3
g5 16. e5 Ncxe5 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Bg1 Bc6 19. Nc5 Bh2 20. Bd4 Be5 21. Bg1 Bh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "RA December Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Xu, Daniel"]
[Black "Gordon, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb5 Qe7 11. Nbd4 Bg4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. a3 Ne4 14. Nd2 Nxf2
15. Rxf2 Qxe3 16. Ne4 Qxe4 17. Bxg4 Rfe8 18. Kf1 Bxf2 19. Kxf2 f5 20. Be2 Re6
21. Qd3 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Rae8 23. Bf1 Re1 24. g3 Qg4 25. h3 Qxh3 26. b4 Rxf1+ 27.
Qxf1 Qxg3+ 28. Kh1 Re4 0-1

[Event "RA December U1900"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khan, Alexander"]
[Black "Laurin, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bd3 d6 5. Be3 Ne7 6. Nge2 a6 7. Qd2 h6 8. O-O-O
b5 9. f4 Nd7 10. Rhg1 Nb6 11. d5 c5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Nd4 d5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Bxb6 Qxb6 16. exd5 Bc5 17. Rge1 b4 18. dxc6 bxc3 19. Qxc3 O-O 20. Qb3 Qc7 21.
Qc4 Bd6 22. g3 Rfb8 23. Qd4 Be7 24. Qe4 Bf6 25. b3 Bc3 26. Re2 Qa5 27. Qa4 Qxa4
28. bxa4 Rb4 29. Re4 Rb2 30. Rc4 Bf6 31. c7 Rc8 32. Be4 g5 33. f5 g4 34. fxe6
Rb6 35. exf7+ Kf8 36. c3 Bg5+ 37. Kc2 Rf6 38. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "RA December Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhong, Jikai"]
[Black "Adriaanse, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8. Qf3
Nbd7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. h4 Qc7 11. Be2 b5 12. Qg3 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. Nf5 g6 15.
Nxe7+ Kg7 16. Nxd5 Qc5 17. Qf4 1-0

[Event "RA December Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adriianse, Adam"]
[Black "Sadeghi, Saeid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Qd3 g6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
Qxe4 Bg7 9. Qe3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Bd2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qxe5
Re8 15. Qxe8+ Qxe8+ 16. Be3 Qe5 17. O-O-O Bf5 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Rd4 c5 20. Rd5
Qe4 21. b3 b6 22. Rhd1 Re8 23. g3 Kg7 24. h4 Kg6 25. Rd6+ Re6 26. Rd8 Kg7 27.
R1d3 a5 28. Bd2 Qh1+ 29. Kb2 Re2 30. Ka3 Rxf2 31. Bc3+ Kg6 32. Rg8+ Kh5 33.
Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "RA December Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Collins, Chris"]
[Black "Fei, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Be3 a6 12. Nc3 f5 13. f3 Bh4+ 14. g3 f4 15.
Bf2 fxg3 16. hxg3 Bg5 17. Ne4 Bh6 18. Rxh6 gxh6 19. Qd2 Bf5 20. Qxh6 Bxe4 21.
fxe4 Qa5+ 22. Kf1 Qd8 23. Bg4 Qf6 24. Qxf6 Rxf6 25. b4 a5 26. b5 h5 27. Be6+
Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Rh1 Nd7 30. Rxh5 Nf8 31. Rh8 Re8 32. Bf5 Kf7 33. Be3 Kg7
34. Rh1 Ng6 35. Bh6+ Kf7 36. Bg5 Nf8 37. Bxf6 Kxf6 38. Rh6+ Ke7 39. g4 Rd8 40.
a4 b6 41. g5 Kf7 42. Kf3 Kg7 43. Rf6 Nh7 44. Bxh7 Kxh7 45. Kg4 Kg7 46. Kf5 Rc8
47. Rxd6 Rxc4 48. Rd7+ Kf8 49. Kf6 Ke8 50. Ke6 Rxe4 51. Rh7 Kf8 52. d6 Kg8 53.
Rb7 Rf4 54. Rb8+ Kg7 55. d7 Rf7 56. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "RA December U1900"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Laurin, Marcel"]
[Black "Danilov, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1821"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e4 O-O 7. Bxc4 Bg4 8.
Be2 c6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Qa5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. a3 e5 13. b4 Qc7 14. Bg3 Rfe8
15. Rc1 Qd8 16. d5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bh6 19. Rc3 Rc8 20. Rd3 Qb6 21.
Rfd1 Nf6 22. Qb3 Bf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Rd6 Rc6 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. Qc4 Qb5 27.
Qd4 Qe5 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Rd4 a5 30. Rc4 axb4 31. axb4 Kg7 32. Kf1 g5 33. Ke2
h5 34. Kd3 Re6 35. Rc5 Kh6 36. e5 Nd7 37. Ra5 Nxe5+ 38. Kd4 Nxf3+ 39. gxf3 Re2
(39... Kg6 40. Kc5 f5 41. Ra6 Kf6 42. Rxc6 g4 $19) 40. Rc5 Rd2+ 41. Ke5 Re2+
42. Kd6 Re6+ 43. Kc7 Re2 44. Rxc6+ Kg7 45. b5 Rxf2 46. b6 Rb2 47. b7 g4 48.
hxg4 hxg4 49. fxg4 f3 50. b8=Q Rxb8 51. Kxb8 f6 52. Rc5 1-0

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Games 2

[Event "RA December Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yang, Fan"]
[Black "Demchenko, Svitlana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 Nf6 7. Be3 b5 8. f3
Bb7 9. Be2 h5 10. Qd2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Be3 Qb7
15. Rd1 Nd7 16. Nb3 Rd8 17. Bg5 Nf6 18. c4 bxc4 19. Na5 Qc7 20. Nxc4 Be7 21.
Qc3 O-O 22. O-O Rc8 23. Rc1 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Ne4 25. fxe4 Bxg5 26. Rc2 Bf6 27. Qf3
Bxb2 28. Kh1 Qa5 29. Rxb2 Rxc4 30. Rb7 Rc3 31. Qf4 e5 32. Qf5 Rc7 33. Rxc7 Qxc7
34. Qxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RA December Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gordon, David"]
[Black "Villeneuve, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. e4 e6 4. Nf3 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 Qf6 6. Be2 exd5 7. exd5 Qxf3
8. Bxf3 Bc5 9. O-O Ne7 10. Nc3 d6 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Bh5 h6 13. Be3 Kf8 14. Bxc5
dxc5 15. Re2 Re8 16. Rae1 Bd7 17. b3 a6 18. Bf3 Nf5 19. Bg4 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 g6
21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. f4 f6 23. Kf2 Kf7 24. Nd1 c6 25. Ne3 cxd5 26. Nxd5 Bc6 27.
Nc3 Rd8 28. g3 Rd6 29. Ke1 b5 30. Rd2 Re6+ 31. Re2 Rd6 32. a3 b4 33. axb4 cxb4
34. Na2 a5 35. c3 bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RA December U1900"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Laurin, Marcel"]
[Black "Peters, Romy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1721"]
[BlackElo "1605"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. a3 Bd6 5. Bg3 Bxg3 6. hxg3 Qe7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ne4 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Qg4 g6 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14.
O-O-O h5 15. Qxe4 Bc6 16. Qf4 Bxg2 17. Rhg1 Bc6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+
20. Kxd1 b6 21. Kc1 Kb7 22. Ne2 g5 23. Qf6 Qxf6 24. exf6 Be4 25. Nd4 h4 26. f3
h3 27. fxe4 h2 28. Kd2 h1=Q 29. Kd3 Qf1+ 30. Kd2 Qxf6 31. c3 Qf2+ 32. Ne2 c5
33. c4 a6 34. Kd3 Qf1 35. Kd2 Qb1 0-1

[Event "RA December Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhang, Jikai"]
[Black "Yang, Fan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Nd5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nb6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Bf4 Kh8 12. c4 d6 13. Rd1 Be6 14. exd6
Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qxd6 cxd6 17. Rxd6 Nxc4 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Bxc4 Rac8 20.
Na3 Rc6 21. Re1 Rfc8 22. Bb3 g6 23. f3 Kg7 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Bxe6 Rd8 26. b4
Kf6 27. Bb3 Ke5 28. b5 Kd4 29. Kf2 a5 30. g4 Kc3 31. Nc2 g5 32. h4 h6 33. h5 b6
34. Ne3 Kb4 35. Nf5 Rh8 36. Ke3 Kxb5 37. Ke4 a4 38. Be6 Kb4 39. Ke5 Ka3 40. Kf6
Re8 41. Nxh6 1-0

[Event "RA December Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adriaanse, Adam"]
[Black "Xu, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Rfc1 Bb7 12. h3 h6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. a3 Qb6 15. Qe2
Ne4 16. Nd2 f5 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Qa5 20. Rc7 Bc8 21. Bxe4
fxe4 22. Qg4 Qxd2 23. Qxe6+ Kh7 24. Qxe7 Qd1+ 25. Kh2 Qxa4 26. Be5 Rg8 27. Rxc8
Nxe5 28. Rxg8 Kxg8 29. dxe5 Qc6 30. e6 d4 31. Qf7+ Kh7 32. exd4 Qd6+ 33. g3
Qxd4 34. e7 e3 35. e8=Q 1-0

[Event "RA December Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Demchenko, Svitlana"]
[Black "Villeneuve, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d5 Ne5 4. Nxe5 dxe5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. cxd5 Nf6 8.
g3 Bc5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. b3 Qe7 12. Qc2 a6 13. Bb2 Bd6 14. Nd1 Bd7 15.
Ne3 g6 16. Nc4 Rfe8 17. f4 Ng4 18. h3 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Nf2+ 20. Rxf2 Bxf2 21. Nxe5
c5 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Bxc6 Rac8 25. Qc3 f6 26. Qf3 Qxe2 27. Qd5+
Qe6 28. Qxe6+ Rxe6 29. Bd7 Re2 30. Bxc8 Rxb2 31. Bxa6 Bxg3 32. Bc4+ Kf8 33. a4
Bxf4 34. a5 Bb8 35. a6 Ba7 36. Rd1 Ke7 37. Rd5 f5 38. Rb5 Kf6 39. Rb7 Bd4 40.
b4 f4 41. b5 Kg5 42. a7 f3 43. Re7 Kh4 44. Re4+ Kg3 45. Rg4+ Kxh3 46. Bf1+ Kxg4
47. a8=Q Be5 48. Qe4+ Bf4 49. Qxg6+ Kh4 50. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "RA December Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Collins, Chris"]
[Black "Gordon, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Qf3 Rb8 11. Nc3 Bd4 12. Rad1 g5 13. Bg3 Rxb2 14. Bb3 Ba6
15. Na4 (15. Rxd4 exd4 16. Be5 Bxf1 17. Bxf6 dxc3 18. Bxd8 Rb1) 15... Rxb3 16.
axb3 Bxf1 17. c3 Bb5 18. cxd4 Bxa4 19. Bxe5 Bxb3 20. Rc1 (20. Qxb3 Nxe4) 20...
Nxe4 21. Qxe4 d6 22. Bg3 Bd5 23. Qf5 Re8 24. h3 Re6 25. Ra1 Qb6 26. Rd1 a5 27.
h4 Qd8 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Ra1 Kg7 30. Qc2 Qf6 31. Qd2 Re4 32. Qxa5 Rxd4 33. Qc7
Rd2 34. Re1 Ra2 35. Qxd6 Qxd6 36. Bxd6 Kg6 37. Bc5 f5 38. Kh2 Rc2 39. Be3 f4
40. Rc1 Re2 41. Bc5 Kf5 42. Kg1 g4 43. Kf1 Ra2 44. Kg1 g3 45. f3 Rb2 46. Kf1
Ra2 47. Kg1 Bc4 48. Kh1 Bb5 49. Kg1 Ke5 50. Bb6 Rb2 51. Re1+ Be2 52. Bc5 Kd5
53. Bf8 Rd2 54. Bb4 Rc2 55. Bf8 c5 56. Bh6 Ke5 57. Bf8 Kd4 58. Ra1 c4 59. Bd6
Ke3 60. Bc5+ Kd3 61. Bd6 Bxf3 62. gxf3 Ke3 63. Re1+ Kxf3 64. Rf1+ Kg4 65. Rxf4+
Kh3 66. Rf1 (66. Be7 Rc1+ 67. Rf1 Rc3 68. Bf6 $11 {JKU}) 66... Rg2+ 67. Kh1 Rd2
68. Bxg3 Kxg3 0-1

[Event "RA December U1900"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bilodeau, Victor"]
[Black "Laurin, Marcel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1767"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. h3 Bf5 4. Bf4 e6 5. e3 h6 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. O-O g5 8. Bh2 g4
9. hxg4 Bxg4 10. Be2 Rg8 11. Ne5 Bh3 12. Ng4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 h5 14. Bg3 hxg4 15.
Bxg4 f5 16. Bh5+ Kd7 17. Qf3 Bd6 18. Kh2 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Rxg3 20. Qf2 (20. Qxg3
Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Qxg3+ 22. Kh1 Qh2#) 20... Qh4# 0-1

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Games 3

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gordon, David"]
[Black "Zhang, Jikai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bg3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ngf3
Qe7 9. Ne5 cxd4 10. exd4 Nd7 11. Qe2 Bxe5 12. dxe5 f5 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Qh5 g6
15. Qh4 e5 16. Qxf6 Nxf6 17. O-O Nh5 18. Rfe1 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bf5 20. Bb5 Rfe8
21. Nf3 e4 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Rec8 24. Rec1 Kf7 25. Kf1 Ke6 26. Ke2 a6 27.
Ba4 Rc4 28. Rxc4 dxc4 29. Ke3 Kd5 30. Rh1 h5 31. Bd1 b5 32. Rh4 b4 33. g4 hxg4
34. Bxg4 c3 35. bxc3 bxc3 36. Bd1 Kc4 37. Bb3+ Kb4 38. g4 g5 39. Rh5 Bxg4 40.
Rxg5 Bf3 41. Rc5 Rh8 42. Rc4+ Kb5 43. Rxc3 Rh3 44. Rc5+ Kb4 45. Rg5 a5 46. Rg3
Rh1 47. Rg8 Re1+ 48. Kf4 Rf1 49. Rb8+ Kc3 50. d5 Rxf2 51. Rc8+ Kb4 52. Rc2 Rf1
53. Rc4+ Kb5 54. a4+ Kb6 55. Rc6+ Kb7 56. Bc4 Rf2 57. Ba6+ Ka7 58. Bb5 Be2+ 59.
Kxe4 Bxb5 60. axb5 Kb7 61. Ra6 Ra2 62. Ke5 a4 63. Kd6 a3 64. Kd7 Ra1 65. d6 a2
66. Ra3 Kb6 67. Kd8 Rd1 68. Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RA December Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sadeghi, Saeid"]
[Black "Demchenko, Svitlana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. c4 Nd7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Be2
g5 9. Qd3 Bg7 10. d5 Nc5 11. Qc2 Qg6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Bd3 f5 14. O-O-O b5 15. f3
f4 16. Nb3 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 e5 20. Kb2 Bd7 21. Qe2 a5
22. Ra1 a4 23. b4 g4 24. h3 gxh3 25. gxh3 Kh8 26. Rag1 Qh5 27. Rg2 Rg8 28. Rhg1
Bxh3 29. Rxg8+ Rxg8 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. Bb5 Qg5 32. Ka3 Bg2 33. Qc4 Qg7 34. Qc6
Bxf3 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Bd3 Bg4 37. c4 f3 38. Qxa4 f2 39. Qc2 Qf7 40. Bf1 Qf3+
41. Ka4 Bd7+ 42. b5 Qe3 43. c5 dxc5 44. d6 cxd6 45. Qc4 Qd4 46. Ka5 Qxc4 47.
Bxc4 h5 48. Kb6 h4 49. Kc7 Bxb5 50. Bxb5 h3 0-1

[Event "RA December Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yang, Fan"]
[Black "Adriaanse, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 Nf6 7. Be3 b5 8. f3
Bb7 9. Be2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qd2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rac1 Nd7
15. f4 Nf6 16. Bd3 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Qb7 18. h3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Nb3 Rac8 21.
Qf2 Qd5 22. Nd4 Bf6 23. Rfd1 Qb7 24. Rd2 Rd7 25. Rcd1 Rcd8 26. c3 h6 27. Qe2 e5
28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Qg4 Bg6 30. Re1 Bf6 31. Rf2 Re7 32. Rd2 Rde8 33. Qg3 Bg5 34.
Rde2 Bf6 35. Qf2 Qd5 36. Rd2 Qc4 37. Rdd1 Re4 38. Nf3 Bh5 39. Nd2 Qa4 40. b3
Qxa3 41. Nxe4 {Black flagged.} 1-0

[Event "RA December Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Villeneuve, Robert"]
[Black "Simic, Dusan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 f6 11. Kg2 O-O 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Ne2 f5 14. h3 Qd8 15.
g4 Nb6 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. a3 Rc8 18. gxf5 exf5 19. Rg1 Kh8 20. Kh2 g6 21. Ne2 Qe8
22. h4 Nd8 23. Qf1 Ne6 24. Qh3 Ng7 25. Ng3 Rc6 26. Bd2 Nc4 27. Rab1 a6 28. Rgd1
Nxd2 29. Rxd2 Ne6 30. Ne2 Ng7 31. Ng3 Qd8 32. Ng5 Be6 33. Rg2 Bc8 34. Kg1 Qb6
35. Nf3 Qc7 36. Rf1 Rc1 37. Rgf2 Rc6 38. Qh2 Qb6 39. Rc2 Rxc2 40. Qxc2 Bd7 41.
Rf2 Rc8 42. Qd2 Qd6 43. Rh2 Qb6 44. Rf2 1/2-1/2