Montreal - Pere Noel 2nd round

[Hugh Brodie]

Games of previous rounds (unedited) can be picked up at: http://royalgame.ca/index.php?option...mid=49&lang=en

The top 2 boards from round 2:

[Event "Pere Noel"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2011.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Castellanos, Renier"]
[Black "Wu, Qiyou"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2005"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. g4 Rfc8 14. Be3 Bc4
15. Nd4 Bxf1 16. Rhxf1 Qa4 17. h4 h5 18. gxh5 Nxh5 19. Rg1 e5 20. Ne2 Rc6 21.
Nc3 Qa5 22. Nd5 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Bf8 24. Rg5 Kh7 25. Rg1 Kg7 26. Bg5 b5 27. c3 a5
28. a3 Rb8 29. Rgd1 Re8 30. Ka2 Kh7 31. Kb3 Kg7 32. Be3 Nf6 33. Bh6+ Kxh6 34.
Nxf6 Ra8 35. h5 Kg7 36. Nd5 Re8 37. hxg6 fxg6 38. Rh2 Kf7 39. Rh8 Rec8 40. Rg1
Bg7 41. Rxc8 Rxc8 42. Rxg6 Kxg6 43. Ne7+ Kg5 44. Nxc8 Bf8 45. c4 bxc4+ 46. Kxc4
Kf4 47. Kd5 Kxf3 48. b4 axb4 49. axb4 Bh6 50. b5 1-0

[Event "Pere Noel"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2011.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhang, Zhiyuan 2066"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator 2578"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2066"]
[BlackElo "2578"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd6 6. O-O Nge7 7. Bg5 f6 8.
Bh4 Bg4 9. Bg3 O-O 10. c3 Ng6 11. Nbd2 Nce7 12. Qc2 Nf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. Bd3
g6 15. Rfe1 Qd7 16. h3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Re2 Rae8 19. Rae1 Nd6 20. b3 Rxe2
21. Rxe2 Re8 22. Qd3 Kf7 23. a4 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Qf5 25. c4 c6 26. c5 Ne8 27. Ne1
Nc7 28. Nd3 Ne6 29. Nf3 Bh6 30. Kf1 Qe4 31. Nde1 Bf4 32. Nc2 h5 33. b4 a6 34.
Ke1 Qf5 35. Kd1 Bh6 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 38. g5 Bxg5 39.
Nxg5+ Nxg5 40. Qe3 Qg4+ 41. Kc1 Qf3 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 cxb5 44. Kb2 Qxe3 45.
Nxe3 Ke6 46. Ka3 Nf3 47. Nc2 Kf5 48. Kb4 Ke4 49. Kc3 f5 50. Na3 Nxd4 51. f3+
Nxf3 52. Nxb5 Ke3 53. Nd6 d4+ 54. Kb4 d3 55. Nc4+ Kd4 56. Kb5 d2 57. Nb2 Ne5
58. Kb6 Nc4+ 59. Nxc4 Kxc4 60. Kxb7 d1=Q 0-1

[Danny Goldenberg]

Re: Montreal - Pere Noel 2nd round

Round 1 games (in PGN) format is available on website: http://royalgame.ca

Very important. For the past few days our website suddenly stopped working under Internet Explorer (and we haven't yet found the error). Therefore, please use any other navigator to view the website

Thanks,

FM Danny Goldenberg

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Montreal - Pere Noel 2nd round

our website suddenly

I wrote you a PM.

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: Montreal - Pere Noel 2nd round

3rd round:

[Event "Pere Noel"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2011.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Prahov, Valentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2131"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 h5 6. Qa4+ c6 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
e4 Qd8 9. Qb3 Bg7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Ng5 e6 12. g4 hxg4 13. d4 Qxd4 14. h5 gxh5
15. Rxh5 b5 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Bxg4 Nf6 18. Be3 Qc4 19. Qxc4 bxc4 20. Rh4 Nxg4 21.
Rxg4 f5 22. Rg2 c3 23. O-O-O cxb2+ 24. Kb1 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Ba6 26. Rd7 Rf7 27.
Nf6+ Rxf6 28. Rgxg7+ Kh8 29. Rh7+ Kg8 30. Rdg7+ Kf8 31. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "Pere Noel"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2011.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Voskanyan, Vahagn"]
[Black "Castellanos, Renier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2498"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nfd2
c5 9. Nc3 Bf5 10. h3 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Rb1 Qd7 13. Kh2 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 Bxc4
15. Bf4 Rad8 16. Qd2 d5 17. b3 Ba6 18. Bg5 d4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ne4 Be7 21.
Rfe1 b6 22. Rbd1 Bb7 23. Qf4 f5 24. Ng5 Bd6 25. Qc1 Bxg2 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Kxg2
Rde8 28. e3 Be5 29. Nf3 Bf6 30. exd4 cxd4 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. a4 Qb7 33. Qb4 Kg7
34. h4 Rc8 35. Rd3 Qe4 36. Qb5 Rc3 37. Qd7+ Kh6 38. Rxc3 dxc3 39. Qd6 c2 40.
Qxf6 c1=Q 41. Qf8+ Kh5 0-1

[Danny Goldenberg]

Re: Montreal - Pere Noel 2nd round

It looks good for ROUND 4: top 8 players play against each other on first 4 boards!

#2 IM Renier CASTELLANOS (2498) vs #1 GM Bator SAMBUEV (2578)
#4 M Nikita KRAIOUCHKINE (2293) vs #3 FM Louie JIANG (2360)
#6 Michael HUMPHREYS (2234) vs #5 M Hugues MASSE (2264)
#8 M Martial LAROCHELLE (2220) vs 7 FM Vahagn VOSKANYAN (2231)

You can follow first two boads live (starting 6pm) from: http://royalgame.ca

Thanks,

FM Danny Goldenberg

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: Montreal - Pere Noel 2nd round

4th round - the underdogs won on boards 1 and 2:

[Event "Pere Noel"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Castellanos, Renier"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
c4 9. Bc2 b5 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Nf1 a5 12. Ng3 h5 13. Be3 h4 14. Nf1 b4 15. N3d2
a4 16. a3 bxc3 17. bxc3 Ra5 18. Qg4 g6 19. Reb1 Kd7 20. Qf3 Rh7 21. Ra2 Ra6 22.
h3 Na5 23. Nh2 Nb3 24. Ng4 Kc7 25. Nf6 Rh8 26. Nf1 Bb7 27. Ng4 Qf8 28. Bc1 Nxc1
29. Rxc1 Bc6 30. Rca1 Qg7 31. Nfe3 Nd7 32. Bd1 Rb6 33. Nc2 Rb3 34. Nb4 Bg5 35.
Re2 Bb7 36. Bc2 Rf8 37. Kh1 Kb8 38. Bxb3 axb3 39. a4 Ka7 40. a5 Rb8 41. Rb2 Ba8
42. Ra4 Qf8 43. Qe2 Qc8 44. Nh2 Be7 45. Qe3 Rb5 46. Nf3 Nb8 47. Kh2 Qe8 48. Nd2
Rb7 49. Ra3 Na6 50. Nxb3 Nxb4 51. cxb4 Rxb4 52. Rc2 Rb5 53. Nd2 Bxa3 54. Qxa3
Qd8 55. Nf3 Rxa5 56. Qb4 Bc6 57. Nxh4 Qb6 58. Qe7+ Bb7 59. Nf3 Qb3 60. Qc7 Rb5
61. Re2 Rb6 62. Re3 Qb4 63. Qxf7 c3 64. Qxg6 Qb2 65. Qg5 Rc6 66. Re1 c2 67. Rc1
Rc7 68. Qd2 Rc4 69. Ne1 Qxd4 70. Qxd4+ Rxd4 71. Rxc2 Rd1 72. Nf3 d4 73. Kg3 Kb6
74. Rc4 d3 75. Rb4+ Kc7 76. Rd4 Kc6 77. Ng5 Ba6 78. Rd6+ Kb5 79. Nxe6 Bb7 80.
Nf4 d2 81. e6 Bc6 82. e7 Be8 83. Rd8 Bf7 84. Nd5 Re1 85. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Pere Noel"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kraiouchkine, Nikita"]
[Black "Jiang, Louie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. d4
b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 c5 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 Nc6 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. Bc4 Nfd5 15.
Rd1 a5 16. Ne5 Nb6 17. Raa1 Nc2 18. dxc5 Nxa1 19. cxb6 Qd6 20. Nf1 Bxe5 21.
Rxd6 exd6 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Qd1 a4 24. Qxa1 a3 25. Qa2 Rfd8 26. b4 Rd6 27. f3
Rxb6 28. b5 Rd6 29. e4 Rd1 30. Kf2 Rd4 31. Ne3 Bc8 32. Bxf7+ Kg7 33. Bd5 Raa4
34. Bb3 Ra5 35. Nc4 Rxb5 36. Qxa3 Rd7 37. Nd6 Rxb3 38. Ne8+ Kf7 39. Qxb3+ 1-0