Montreal Open

[Hugh Brodie]

The Montreal Open is being held this weekend - attracting 125 players - equally devided amongst three sections.

Noted players include IM Jean Hebert and French IM Arnaud Rainfray, Sylvain Barbeau, Hugues Masse, Nikita Kraiouchkine, Steve Bolduc, Serge Lacroix, etc. (as well as Claude Lalumiere and Cendrina Bilodeau-Savaria).

Some games:

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.09.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Libersan, Thierry"]
[Black "Rainfray, Arnaud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Nb8 12. Nc2 Bb7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nce3 O-O
15. Rxa4 Nd7 16. b4 Bg5 17. Nc4 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Nb6 Qf4 20. Nxa8 Qxe4+
21. Be2 Qxg2 22. Rf1 Qc6 23. Ra3 Rxa8 24. c4 Qb6 25. Qa4 a5 26. b5 d5 27. cxd5
Bxd5 28. Rc3 Rd8 29. Qg4 Bd2+ 30. Kxd2 Be6+ 0-1

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.09.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barbeau, Sylvain"]
[Black "Le Duin, Thierry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2013"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Be2 Nxd5 5. d4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bf6 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. c5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. Rfe1 a6 16. Bf4 Qd8 17. Ne5 Nb8 18. Bf3 c6 19. Ng4 Be7 20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21.
Bd6 Qd8 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Qf4 Be6 24. g3 Nd7 25. h4 Qb8 26. Qd2 Bxg4 27. Bxg4
Nf6 28. Bf5 Qc7 29. Re1 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Qe3+ Kf8 32. Kg2 h6 33. b4 Kg8
34. Qe5 Qd8 35. f3 Ne8 36. Kf2 Kf8 37. a4 Kg8 38. Bh3 Kf8 39. Qf5 a5 40. Qc8
Qf6 41. Ke3 Qe7+ 42. Kd2 Qf6 43. Ke3 Qe7+ 44. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.09.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hebert, Jean"]
[Black "Robichaud, Louis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2057"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 d6 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Be2 g5 8. Bg3 c5
9. h4 g4 10. d5 Qa5 11. Bd3 b5 12. Nge2 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Nbd7 14. O-O Nb6 15. Bb5
Bb7 16. Nf4 c4 17. f3 a6 18. Bc6 Bxc6 19. dxc6 e5 20. Nfe2 gxf3 21. gxf3 Qc5
22. Qd2 Qxc6 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. e4 Nh7 25. Bf2 f5 26. Qe3 Rb8 27. Qd2 Nc8 28.
Qd5+ Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxb2 30. Ra5 fxe4 31. fxe4 h5 32. Be3 Bf6 33. Rxa6 Rb8 34.
Rc6 Bxh4 35. Rxf8+ Nxf8 36. Rxc4 Ne6 37. a4 Bd8 38. Rc6 Kf7 39. Ng3 Ke8 40.
Nxh5 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Levkovsky, Alexandre"]
[Black "Kraiouchkine, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d4 fxe4 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. dxe5 c6 7. Bc4 Qa5+ 8.
Nc3 Qxe5 9. Bxg8 Rxg8 10. Qe2 d5 11. f3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d4 14. f4 Qd5
15. O-O-O c5 16. b4 b6 17. Bb2 Bb7 18. Qg4 g6 19. Qh4 g5 20. Qxh7 gxf4 21. Rhf1
O-O-O 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Rxf4 Rd7 24. Qh3 Qxa2 25. Rf5 Bd5 26. Qa3 Qc4 27. g3 e3
28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. cxd3 Kc7 30. Ba3 Kc6 31. Rf6+ Rd6 32. Rdf1 Rh8 33. Rxd6+ Kxd6
34. h4 Rg8 35. h5 Rxg3 36. Rf6+ Ke5 37. Rg6 Rxg6 38. hxg6 c4 39. dxc4 Bxc4 40.
Bb4 Kd5 41. g7 Kc6 42. Kc2 Kb5 43. Be1 Bg8 44. Kd3 Kc5 45. Ba5 Bh7+ 46. Ke2 Kd5
47. Bb4 Ke4 48. Ba5 d3+ 49. Ke1 Kd4 50. Kd1 Kc4 51. Kc1 Kb3 52. Kd1 Kb2 53. Bc7
d2 54. Be5+ Kb1 0-1

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chabot, Roland"]
[Black "Fragniere, Thierry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 Qe7 7. e3 Ngxe5
8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nb3 b6 12. a3 Bc5 13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. b4
cxb4 15. axb4 Bb7 16. Qd4 a6 17. c5 Nc6 18. Qc3 d5 19. Bf3 Na7 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21.
Bxe5 Nb5 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. Rd2 f6 24. Bb2 Kf7 25. h4 g6 26. g4 h6 27. Kg2 Ke6
28. g5 hxg5 29. hxg5 fxg5 30. Rh1 Kf7 31. Rh7+ Kf8 32. Kg3 a5 33. bxa5 Rxa5 34.
Rd1 Raa8 35. Rdh1 g4 36. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carrier, Claude"]
[Black "Ibrahim, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 f5
15. exf5 e4 16. Qe2 Bxf5 17. cxb5 d5 18. Rab1 Qg5 19. Qe3 Qg6 20. Bc2 d4 21.
Qg3 axb5 22. Qxg6 Bxg6 23. Nxb5 Rxa2 24. Bb3 Ra5 25. Bc4 Rb8 26. Nc7 Rc8 27. b4
Re5 28. Rbc1 Rxc7 0-1

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Le Duin, Thierry"]
[Black "Larochelle, Martial"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2013"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. Bc4 Nbd7 7. O-O Qe8 8.
c3 e5 9. a3 b6 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Re1 e4 12. Nh4 d5 13. Be2 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
g3 Bxh4 16. gxh4 Qe7 17. h5 Qh4 18. f4 gxh5 19. Bxh5 Nf6 20. Be2 Kh8 21. Kh1
Rg8 22. Nf1 Qh3 0-1

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bolduc, Steve"]
[Black "Fareh, Youness"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Qa5 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Ne4 11. Bh4 Qxc3 12. Rc1 Qa3 13. Qc2 Nef6 14. e4 b5
15. Bxb5 O-O 16. Bxc6 Rb8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ng5 g6 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qc6 Nb6 21.
e6 Bxe6 22. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nardone, Raul"]
[Black "Hebert, Jean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Qa5+ 8.
Nc3 Qxe5+ 9. Be2 h5 10. Be3 Bc5 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. O-O Rb8 13. Na4 Qe5 14. Re1
O-O 15. Bf3 Qf4 16. b3 d5 17. g3 Qf5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rc1 h4 20. Nc5 hxg3 21.
hxg3 Rd8 22. Nd3 Ne4 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Bb7 25. Kg2 e5 26. Rc7 e4 27. Bh5 g6
28. Bg4 Qe5 29. Qc1 d4 30. Rh1 e3+ 0-1

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rainfray, Arnaud"]
[Black "Ramaswamy, Kishor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E57"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Qd3 b6 11. a3 Be7 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Ba2 Rc8 14. Bf4 Qd7 15.
Rad1 Rfd8 16. Bg5 Nb8 17. Ne5 Qe8 18. Nxf7 Qc6 19. d5 Kxf7 20. Rxe6 Qd7 21. d6
Qxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kxe6 23. Qe3+ Kf7 24. Qxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Forget, Luc"]
[Black "Masse, Hugues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Ne5 12. Qb3 a5 13. a4 Kh8 14. Rd1 f5
15. f4 Ned7 16. h4 fxe4 17. h5 gxh5 18. Bxh5 Nf6 19. Bg6 Qd6 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21.
Rxh7+ Kg8 22. Bxe4 Nd7 23. Bd4 Nf6 24. Qg3 Rf7 25. Bg6 Raf8 26. Bxf7+ Rxf7 27.
Rh6 Qb4+ 28. Bc3 Qe4+ 29. Kf1 Nxd5 30. Rg6 Nxf4 31. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.09.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Houska, Jiri"]
[Black "Leutschaft, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 a6 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 f6 13. Be3 Qf7 14. b3
O-O 15. f4 Ne7 16. Be2 a5 17. Bf3 a4 18. Kb2 Rfe8 19. Rhe1 c6 20. Qxd6 Nf5 21.
Qc5 axb3 22. axb3 Qc7 23. g3 g6 24. Bf2 Bf7 25. Qb6 Qc8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. g4
Ne7 28. c4 Ra6 29. Rd8 Rxb6 30. Bxb6 Qe6 31. Rxe8+ Kf7 32. Rb8 Qd7 33. Rd8 Qe6
34. Rb8 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.09.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Larochelle, Martial"]
[Black "Girouard, Michel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "1859"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Rc1 a5 11. b3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd4+
Kg8 15. f4 b6 16. f5 Bb7 17. f6 exf6 18. Rxf6 Ne6 19. Qf2 Kg7 20. Rf1 Qe7 21.
Qxb6 Rac8 22. Qe3 Nc5 23. Qd4 Qe5 24. Rxd6 Rfe8 25. Bf3 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27.
Bxe4 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.09.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Masse, Hugues"]
[Black "Libersan, Thierry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 a6 7. a4 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7
9. h3 O-O 10. Nf3 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Re1 b6 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. Rad1
Rad8 16. Bc4 Nh5 17. Bh2 Ne5 18. Be2 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Nf6 20. e5 dxe5 21. d6 Qb8
22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Bxe5 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Bxe5 26. Qg5 f6 27. Nxf6+
Bxf6 28. Qxf6 Rf8 29. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.09.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hebert, Jean"]
[Black "Forget, Luc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nf5 Re8 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Bf4 Nc7 13. Rc1 d6 14. Ne3 Qd7 15.
Qd3 Rab8 16. Rfd1 b5 17. b4 a6 18. Ncxd5 Nfxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 h6 21. e4
Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Qb7 23. Qxb7 Rxb7 24. Rc6 Ra8 25. Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Rcxd6 Rc7 27.
Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Kh7 29. Rd6 Rc4 30. a3 a5 31. bxa5 Ra4 32. a6 Rxa3 33. h4
h5 34. Kg2 g6 35. Rb6 Kg7 36. e5 b4 37. f4 b3 38. f5 gxf5 39. Kf3 b2+ 40. Kf4
Rxa6 41. Rxb2 Kg6 42. Rb8 Ra4+ 43. Kf3 Kg7 44. Rb6 Re4 45. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Larry Bevand]

Re: Montreal Open

Hugh is providing better updates on the French site on this event.

Basically, there are 125 players, and the most of the top players have been dethroned so far.

Looks like a good event!


Hopefully we will see complete results on this site tomorrow.

Larry

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: Montreal Open

More games...

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2008.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fragniere, Thierry"]
[Black "Masse, Hugues"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2008.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Bf4 Nd7 9. Nd5 Nb6 10. Qc5 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 b6 14. Qd4
c5 15. Qe3 Qxd5 16. Be2 Bb7 17. Bf3 Qd7 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. O-O Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Rfe8
21. Rd5 Rad8 22. Rfd1 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 f6 24. Rd1 fxe5 25. Qd5+ Qf7 26. Bg5 Qxd5
27. Rxd5 e4 28. b3 Bd4 29. Rd7 Rf8 30. Be3 Rf7 31. Rd8+ Rf8 32. Rd7 Bxe3 33.
fxe3 Rf7 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Re8 Rd7 36. Rxe4 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Kf3 Rxa2 39.
Re7+ Kg8 40. h4 Ra3 41. Rb7 Rxb3 42. Rxa7 Rb1 43. Rc7 Rb4 44. e4 c4 45. e5 Rb5
46. Rxc4 Rxe5 47. Rc7 Rf5+ 48. Ke4 Rf7 49. Rc8+ Rf8 50. Rc7 Rb8 51. Kd4 b5 52.
Kc3 b4+ 53. Kb3 h5 54. g3 Rb6 55. Rd7 Kf8 56. Rc7 Ke8 57. Rg7 Kf8 58. Rc7 Kg8
59. Rd7 Re6 60. Rd3 Re4 61. Rf3 Kg7 62. Rd3 Kf6 63. Rf3+ Ke5 64. Ka4 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2008.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Le Duin, Thierry"]
[Black "Morin, Louis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1967"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2008.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 c5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Ne5 Ba6 10. Qe2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nfd7 12. f4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. O-O-O f6
15. exf6 Nxf6 16. h3 e5 17. Kb1 e4 18. Qe2 c4 19. g4 b5 20. Rhf1 Nd7 21. Rxf8+
Rxf8 22. Rf1 b4 23. Rxf8+ Qxf8 24. Qf1 Qxf1+ 25. Nxf1 a5 26. Ng3 g6 27. Ne2 Kf7
28. Kc2 Ke6 29. b3 Nb6 30. Nf4+ Kd6 31. h4 cxb3+ 32. axb3 bxc3 33. Kxc3 a4 34.
bxa4 Nxa4+ 35. Kd2 Nb6 36. h5 gxh5 37. Nxh5 Nd7 38. Ke2 Ke7 39. Nf4 Kf6 40. Kf2
Kg5 41. Kg3 Nb6 42. Nh3+ Kf6 43. Kf4 h6 44. Ng1 Nd7 45. Ne2 Nf8 46. Nc3 Ng6+
47. Kg3 Ke6 48. Nb5 Kd7 49. Kh3 Kc6 50. Nc3 Kd6 51. Ne2 Ke6 52. Ng3 Kf6 53. Nf5
Kg5 54. Nd6 h5 55. Nf7+ Kf6 56. gxh5 Kxf7 57. hxg6+ Kxg6 58. Kg4 Kh6 59. Kf5
Kh5 60. Ke5 Kg4 61. Kxd5 Kf3 62. Kc4 Kxe3 63. d5 Kf2 64. d6 e3 65. d7 e2 66.
d8=Q e1=Q 67. Qh4+ Ke2 68. Qxe1+ Kxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2008.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ramaswamy, Kishor"]
[Black "Robichaud, Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2057"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e4 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Nh5 9. Bc4 e6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Bb3 a5 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 b6 15.
Nd2 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bb7 17. a4 Qe7 18. Nf1 Rad8 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Qf6 21. Qd3
Bc8 22. Ne3 Rfe8 23. Ba6 Bxa6 24. Qxa6 Rd7 25. Ng4 Qd8 26. Qd3 Rde7 27. Rxe7
Qxe7 28. Ne3 Qe4 29. Qxe4 Rxe4 30. g4 Kh7 31. Kf1 Be5 32. Ke2 Bf4 33. Kd3 Re5
34. Kd4 Bxe3+ 35. fxe3 f5 36. gxf5 Rxf5 37. b4 Rf2 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. g4 Rg2 40.
Kc4 Rxg4+ 41. Kb5 h5 42. Kxa5 Rc4 43. Ka6 h4 44. Kb7 Rxa4 45. Rxa4 Kg6 46. Kxc7
h3 47. Kxd6 h2 48. Ra1 g4 49. Kc7 g3 50. d6 g2 51. d7 g1=Q 52. Rxg1+ hxg1=Q 53.
d8=Q Qxe3 54. Qd4 Qg3+ 55. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2008.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Larochelle, Martial"]
[Black "Kraiouchkine, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e4 8.
Ng1 Bf5 9. Qa4 Qd5 10. Rb1 Bc5 11. d4 Bb6 12. Rb5 Qd7 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Rxf5 Qxf5
15. Bxe4 Qh5 16. Nf3 f5 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. Ng5 Nd8 19. h4 c6 20. Bf3 Qe8 21. g4
Qd7 22. gxf5 Qxf5 23. e4 Qd7 24. e5 Rf5 25. Bg4 g6 26. h5 Qd5 27. Qe4 Qxe4+ 28.
Nxe4 Kg7 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Rg1+ Kf7 31. Nd6+ Ke6 32. Rg8 Rb8 33. Rf8 c5 34.
Nxf5 cxd4 35. cxd4 Nc6 36. Ng7+ Kd5 37. Rxb8 Nxb8 38. Bb2 Nc6 39. Nf5 Ke6 40.
Ng7+ Kf7 41. d5 Kxg7 42. dxc6 bxc6 43. e6+ Kf8 44. f4 Ke7 45. f5 Bg1 46. Ke2
Bh2 47. Ba3+ Kf6 48. Bc5 a6 49. Kf3 Be5 50. Ke4 Bg3 51. e7 Kf7 52. f6 Bc7 53.
Kf5 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2008.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Houska, Jiri"]
[Black "Jiang, Louie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2162"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. Ng3 a5 15.
Kb1 Nb6 16. Nf5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. f4 a4 19. Nc1 g6 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. f5 f6
22. h4 Qa5 23. h5 b3 24. cxb3 axb3 25. Qxa5 Rxa5 26. axb3 Ba6 27. hxg6 Bb7 28.
gxf6+ Nxf6 29. Nd3 Bxe4 30. Nf7 hxg6 31. fxg6 Rd5 32. Bh6+ Kxg6 33. Bxf8 Kxf7
34. Bxe7 Rxd3 35. Ka2 Kxe7 36. Rxd3 Bxd3 37. Ka3 e4 38. Kb4 Nd5+ 39. Ka5 e3 40.
b4 Nc7 41. Rh3 e2 42. Re3+ Kd7 43. b3 Nd5 44. Rxd3 e1=Q 45. Rxd5 Kc6 0-1

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2008.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fareh, Youness"]
[Black "Nunez, Omar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "2012"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 e5 4. d3 Be7 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. Qh5+ g6
8. Qh6 Nc6 9. c3 d6 10. h4 Qe7 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Nd2 O-O-O 13. Ne4 Bg7 14. Qg5
Qf7 15. Bd2 b6 16. h5 d5 17. h6 dxe4 18. hxg7 Qxg7 19. dxe4 Kb7 20. Bc4 Na5 21.
Be2 Be6 22. b3 Nc6 23. Rd1 Rd7 24. Bc1 Rf7 25. f3 a6 26. Qh6 Qxh6 27. Rxh6 Rd8
28. Bd3 Rfd7 29. Ke2 b5 30. Bg5 Rf8 31. Rdh1 Bg8 32. b4 Nd8 33. Be3 Ne6 34. Bc2
Nf4+ 35. Bxf4 Bc4+ 36. Ke1 Rxf4 37. Rxh7 Rxh7 38. Rxh7 Bxa2 39. Re7 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2008.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leutschaft, Martin"]
[Black "Hebert, Jean"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
c5 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qc7 12. Bg5 Rfe8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qd3+ Kg8 17. Qxd7 Qxd7 18. Rxd7 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bxf3 20.
gxf3 Reb8 21. Be3 Bd4 22. Rxb8+ Rxb8 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Rb2 25. Rd8+ Kh7
26. Rd7 Rxa2 27. Rxf7 Rc2 28. Rxa7 Rxc4 29. Re7 Rc6 30. Re8 Kg6 31. Rf8 Rc5 32.
Kg2 Rg5+ 33. Kf1 Rh5 34. Kg2 Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2008.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Forget, Luc"]
[Black "Bolduc, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 g6 9. g4 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Nf3 Ra6 13. Qe2 Qa8 14. Rb1 e6
15. Rd1 Re8 16. g5 Nxd5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Qb5 Ne5 19. Nxd5 Ra4 20. a3 Rd4 21.
Rxd4 Nxf3 22. Ra4 Nh4+ 23. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2008.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Levkovsky, Alexandre"]
[Black "Ramaswamy, Kiran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Bf3 O-O 9. c4 Ne5 10. Qc2 Nfg4 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Bxg4 Qxd4 13. Be2 Nxc4 14. Bxc4
Qxb2 15. Qxb2 Bxb2 16. Nd2 Bxa1 17. Rxa1 Re8 18. Bb5 Be6 19. Bxe8 Rxe8 20. Nb3
f6 21. Be3 a6 22. Rc1 b5 23. Bd2 d5 24. Nc5 Bf7 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. a3 Bc4 27.
Bb4 Ra8 28. Ba5 Ra7 29. Rd1 Kf7 30. Rd8 b4 31. Bb6 b3 32. Bxa7 b2 33. Rd1 Ba2
34. Nxa6 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2008.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barbeau, Sylvain"]
[Black "Ibrahim, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be3 b6 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Bh6 e5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. O-O Re8 13. a3 Qe7 14. Ne2 a5
15. Nh2 Nf8 16. f4 exf4 17. Qxf4 Ne6 18. Qd2 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Rf4 h5 21.
Raf1 Be6 22. Nf3 c5 23. Ng5 Ra7 24. Nxe6+ Qxe6 25. Qf2 Ree7 26. Rf6 Qe5 27.
Rxb6 c4 28. dxc4 Qc5 29. Qf6+ Kh7 30. Rb5 1-0