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  • 2012 Ottawa Winter Open November 16-18

    2012 Ottawa Winter Open
    An EOCA Grand Prix Event

    Date: November 16-17-18, 2012
    Place: RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa - Courtside rooms 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.

    Open - (rated FIDE & CFC); 1st $400, 2nd $200 3d $100: U2200 $100;
    U 1900 – ( rated CFC); 1st $200, 2nd $125 3rd $75; U1750 $100;
    U1600 – (rated CFC) 1st $125, 2nd $75 3rd 50.


    Time Control: Game-in-90-plus-30-seconds-a-move, or SD/120 with analog clock

    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.

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

    Amateur entry is $30. Amateur entrants are not eligible for prizes. Amateur entrants will be used in a higher or a lower section, if needed, to avoid giving a BYE to a player.

    Free entry for GM/WGM & IM/WIM if entered by e-mail by November 12th.

    CFC or FQE membership is required.

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

    Prizes: $$BEN

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

    Registration: Cheque by November 12, 2012, payable 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, on Thursdays, November 1, 8, or 15th 7:00-7:30 PM

    Please bring your own equipment – RA Club sets and clocks are provided.
    Last edited by Halldor P. Palsson; Wednesday, 31st October, 2012, 06:30 PM. Reason: EOCA U1900 rule for grand prix.

  • #2
    Re: 2012 Ottawa Winter Open November 16-18

    Hi there, I believe the second section should actually be U1900 (as opposed to U2000) ?

    **** edit **** since corrected by Halldor & Raymond, thanks!
    Last edited by Aris Marghetis; Wednesday, 31st October, 2012, 10:51 PM. Reason: since corrected

    Comment


    • #3
      Re: 2012 Ottawa Winter Open November 16-18

      I will be taking entries at the RA Chess Club tomorrow.

      Pre-registration also accepted via e-mail at fs889@ncf.ca for those not frequenting the RA.

      Comment


      • #4
        Pre-registered for 2012 Ottawa Winter Open November 16-18

        I will be at the RA Chess Club Thursday at 7 PM to take entries. If you cannot make the RA, please e-mail me at fs889@ncf.ca to enter to avoid paying the late fee.

        Ottawa Winter Open: Open and U 2200
        # Name/Rtng/ID
        1 Bator Sambuev
        2700 146462 (2536) (4128290)
        2 Aman Hambleton
        2546 129797 (2226) (2606577)
        3 Mihnea Voloaca
        2327 120516 (2238) (2603160)
        4 Robert Gelblum
        2223 104272
        5 David Forget
        2041 142032 (2052) (2604345)
        6 Michel Desjardins
        1988 131936 (1983) (2601427)
        7 Mike Sun
        1948 142224 (2614642)

        Ottawa Winter Open: U 1900
        # Name/Rtng/ID
        1 Robert Laszlo
        1826 104270 (2604892)
        2 Jean Bigras
        1782 106651 (2609550)
        3 Herb Langer
        1725 100319
        4 Jeff Zhang
        1545 148924 (2610639)
        5 Konstantin Vlasenko
        unr.


        Ottawa Winter Open: U 1600
        # Name/Rtng/ID
        1 John If Lukezich
        1503 146765
        2 Ksenia Vlasenko
        1465
        3 Curtis Barlow Wilkes
        1432 154444
        4 Keven Eyre
        1422 135113 (2604205)
        5 Terrence [terry] Ju
        1274 151396
        6 Billy Carroll
        1224 150390
        7 Lawrence [larry] Ju
        1156 151370
        Last edited by Halldor P. Palsson; Wednesday, 14th November, 2012, 01:01 AM. Reason: updating ratings.

        Comment


        • #5
          Pre-Registered in Ottawa Winter Open November 16-18

          Please arrive before 7:15 PM to pay and/or enter the tournament. If you e-mail me at fs889@ncf.ca before 4PM on Friday you do not have to pay a $10late fee at the site.

          Ottawa Winter Open: Open and U 2200
          # Name/Rtng/ID
          1 Bator Sambuev
          2700 146462 (2536) (4128290)
          2 Aman Hambleton
          2546 129797 (2226) (2606577)
          3 Mihnea Voloaca
          2327 120516 (2238) (2603160)
          4 John Upper
          2280 101925 (2027) (2606437)
          5 Armando Valdizon
          2244 101864 (2098) (2603110)
          6 Robert Gelblum
          2223 104272
          7 Kevin Wan
          2132 147460 (2610191)
          8 Danail Donev
          2070 143574 (2604094)
          9 Emil Smilovici
          2046 111290 (2606321)
          10 David Forget
          2041 142032 (2052) (2604345)
          11 Agastya Kalra
          2005 137927 (1828) (2604744)
          12 Michel Desjardins
          1988 131936 (1983) (2601427)
          13 Mike Sun
          1948 142224 (2614642)
          14 Joseph Bellissimo
          1916 147544 (1802) (2609843)

          Ottawa Winter Open: U 1900
          # Name/Rtng/ID
          1 Ryan Yang
          1847 151429
          2 Francois Nadeau
          1844 126735 (2611600)
          3 Robert Laszlo
          1826 104270 (2604892)
          4 Jean Bigras
          1782 106651 (2609550)
          5 Alan Tomalty
          1780 112353 (2606380)
          6 Adam Adriaanse
          1740 152504
          7 Gordon Ritchie
          1732 110972 (2019) (2608529)
          8 Herb Langer
          1725 100319
          9 Jeff Zhang
          1545 148924 (2610639)
          10 Konstantin Vlasenko
          unr.


          Ottawa Winter Open: U 1600
          # Name/Rtng/ID
          1 John If Lukezich
          1503 146765
          2 Ksenia Vlasenko
          1465
          3 Curtis Barlow Wilkes
          1432 154444
          4 Keven Eyre
          1422 135113 (2604205)
          5 Terrence [terry] Ju
          1274 151396
          6 Shreyas Sreeraman
          1247 146416
          7 Billy Carroll
          1224 150390
          8 Lawrence [larry] Ju
          1156 151370
          9 Michael Zhang
          1088 151543

          Comment


          • #6
            2012 Ottawa Winter Open Pairings Round 2, 10 AM

            Pairings for Round 2. Ottawa Winter Open: U 1900
            Bd # Res White # Res Black
            1 6 Jean Bigras 2 Francesco Dunne
            2 3 Ryan Yang 4 Francois Nadeau
            3 1 Gabrielle Nadeau 7 Alan Tomalty
            4 12 Vasudev Parkkot 5 Robert Laszlo
            5 9 Gordon Ritchie 8 Adam Adriaanse
            6 13 Konstantin Vlasenko 10 Herb Langer
            11 1 Jeff Zhang BYE


            Pairings for Round 2. Ottawa Winter Open: U 1600
            Bd # Res White # Res Black
            1 8 Billy Carroll 1 Srikanth Rapaka
            2 2 John If Lukezich 10 Michael Zhang
            3 5 Keven Eyre 4 Curtis Barlow Wilkes
            4 9 Lawrence [larry] Ju 3 Ksenia Vlasenko
            5 6 Terrence [terry] Ju 7 Shreyas Sreeraman


            Pairings for Round 2. Ottawa Winter Open: Open and U 2200
            Bd # Res White # Res Black
            1 1 Bator Sambuev 3 Mihnea Voloaca
            2 5 Armando Valdizon 2 Aman Hambleton
            3 11 Emil Smilovici 12 David Forget
            4 7 Robert Gelblum 13 Saeid Sadeghi
            5 10 Danail Donev 8 Kevin Wan
            6 9 Joseph Bellissimo 14 Agastya Kalra
            4 ½ John Upper BYE
            6 ½ Mate Marinkovic BYE
            15 ½ Michel Desjardins BYE
            16 ½ Mike Sun BYE

            Comment


            • #7
              2012 Ottawa Winter Open Wallcharts

              Ottawa Winter Open: U 1900
              # Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2
              1 Gabrielle Nadeau B 8 W 7
              1897 126666 (1670) (2682486) 0.5
              2 Francesco Dunne W 9 B 6
              1848 146453 (2614618) 1.0
              3 Ryan Yang B 10 W 4
              1847 151429 1.0
              4 Francois Nadeau W 11 B 3
              1844 126735 (2611600) 1.0
              5 Robert Laszlo bye B 12
              1826 104270 (2604892) 0.5
              6 Jean Bigras B 13 W 2
              1782 106651 (2609550) 1.0
              7 Alan Tomalty bye B 1
              1780 112353 (2606380) 0.5
              8 Adam Adriaanse W 1 B 9
              1740 152504 0.5
              9 Gordon Ritchie B 2 W 8
              1732 110972 (2019) (2608529) 0.0
              10 Herb Langer W 3 B 13
              1725 100319 0.0
              11 Jeff Zhang B 4 bye
              1545 148924 (2610639) 0.0
              12 Vasudev Parkkot bye W 5
              unr. 0.5
              13 Konstantin Vlasenko W 6 W 10
              unr. 0.0


              Ottawa Winter Open: U 1600
              # Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2
              1 Srikanth Rapaka W 7 B 8
              1538 151908 1.0
              2 John If Lukezich bye W 10
              1503 146765 0.5
              3 Ksenia Vlasenko B 8 B 9
              1465 0.0
              4 Curtis Barlow Wilkes W 9 B 5
              1432 154444 0.5
              5 Keven Eyre bye W 4
              1422 135113 (2604205) 0.5
              6 Terrence [terry] Ju B 10 W 7
              1274 151396 0.0
              7 Shreyas Sreeraman B 1 B 6
              1247 146416 0.0
              8 Billy Carroll W 3 W 1
              1224 150390 1.0
              9 Lawrence [larry] Ju B 4 W 3
              1156 151370 0.5
              10 Michael Zhang W 6 B 2
              1088 151543 1.0


              Open and U 2200
              # Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2
              1 Bator Sambuev B 8 W 3
              2700 146462 (2536) (4128290) 1.0
              2 Aman Hambleton W 9 B 5
              2546 129797 (2226) (2606577) 1.0
              3 Mihnea Voloaca B 10 B 1
              2327 120516 (2238) (2603160) 1.0
              4 John Upper W 11 bye
              2280 101925 (2027) (2606437) 0.5
              5 Armando Valdizon B 14 W 2
              2244 101864 (2098) (2603110) 1.0
              6 Mate Marinkovic W 15 bye
              2243 141393 (2106) (2605201) 1.0
              7 Robert Gelblum B 16 W 13
              2223 104272 0.0
              8 Kevin Wan W 1 B 10
              2132 147460 (2610191) 0.0
              9 Joseph Bellissimo B 2 W 14
              2107 147544 (1802) (2609843) 0.0
              10 Danail Donev W 3 W 8
              2070 143574 (2604094) 0.0
              11 Emil Smilovici B 4 W 12
              2046 111290 (2606321) 0.5
              12 David Forget bye B 11
              2041 142032 (2052) (2604345) 0.5
              13 Saeid Sadeghi bye B 7
              2013 139655 (2126) (2606810) 0.5
              14 Agastya Kalra W 5 B 9
              2005 137927 (1828) (2604744) 0.0
              15 Michel Desjardins B 6 bye
              1988 131936 (1983) (2601427) 0.0
              16 Mike Sun W 7 bye
              1948 142224 (2614642) 1.0

              Comment


              • #8
                2012 Ottawa Winter Open - Games

                [Event "2012 Ottawa Winter Open "]
                [Site "RA Centre"]
                [Date "2012.11.16"]
                [Round "1"]
                [White "Wan, Kevin"]
                [Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
                [Result "0-1"]
                [ECO "C08"]
                [WhiteElo "0"]
                [BlackElo "0"]
                [Annotator ""]
                [Source ""]
                [Remark ""]

                1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+
                Nbxd7 8.O-O Be7 9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 Qb6 11.Ne5 Rfd8 12.Ndf3 Nxe5
                13.Nxe5 Rac8 14.Re1 Bf8 15.Rc1 Ne4 16.Qf3 f6 17.Ng4 cxd4 18.Red1
                h5 19.Bxd4 hxg4 20.Bxb6 gxf3 21.Bxd8 Rxd8 22.gxf3 Nc3 23.Rd2
                b5 24.a4 bxa4 25.bxa4 a5 26.Ra1 Bb4 27.Kg2 Nxa4 0-1

                [Event "2012 Ottawa Winter Open "]
                [Site "RA Centre"]
                [Date "2012.11.16"]
                [Round "1"]
                [White "Hambelton< Aman"]
                [Black "Belissimo"]
                [Result "1-0"]
                [ECO "D06"]
                [WhiteElo "0"]
                [BlackElo "0"]
                [Annotator ""]
                [Source ""]
                [Remark ""]

                1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.cxd5 Bxb1 4.Qa4+ c6 5.Rxb1 Qxd5 6.e3 Nd7 7.Nf3
                Nb6 8.Qc2 Nf6 9.Bd3 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.e4 Qh5 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Ne5
                Nbd7 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.Be2 Qh4 16.g3 Qh3 17.Bf1 Qh5 18.Be2 Qh3
                19.Bf1 Qh5 20.Kg2 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Nd7 22.Be2 Qg6 23.h4 f6 24.exf6
                Nxf6 25.Qb3 Qxe4+ 26.Bf3 Qb4 27.Qxe6+ Kh8 28.a3 Qc5 29.b4 Qb5
                30.Qxe7 Re8 31.Qc5 Qa4 32.b5 Rac8 33.bxc6 bxc6 34.Rb7 Nd5 35.Rd4
                Nxf4+ 36.gxf4 Qa6 37.Rxa7 Qb5 38.Qxb5 cxb5 39.Rdd7 Rc3 40.Bd5
                Rc5 41.f5 Rf8 42.f6 Rxf6 43.Rd8+ Rf8 44.Rxf8# 1-0

                [Event "2012 Ottawa Winter Open "]
                [Site "RA Centre"]
                [Date "2012.11.16"]
                [Round "1"]
                [White "Sun, Mike"]
                [Black "Gelblum, Robert"]
                [Result "1-0"]
                [ECO "C06"]
                [WhiteElo "0"]
                [BlackElo "0"]
                [Annotator ""]
                [Source ""]
                [Remark ""]

                1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4
                8.cxd4 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Bf4 Bxf4 13.Nxf4
                Ne4 14.g3 Qf6 15.h4 Bd7 16.Re1 g5 17.Nxg5 Nxg5 18.hxg5 Qxg5 19.Nxe6
                Bxe6 20.Rxe6 Qg7 21.Qh5 Rf7 22.Rae1 Nxd4 23.Re8+ Rf8 24.Bxh7+
                Qxh7 25.Rxf8+ Rxf8 26.Qxd5+ Qf7 27.Qxd4 Qxa2 28.Qg4+ Kh8 29.Re5
                Qb1+ 30.Kg2 1-0
                Last edited by Halldor P. Palsson; Saturday, 17th November, 2012, 05:02 PM. Reason: Wan-Sambuev was reversed.

                Comment


                • #9
                  Re: 2012 Ottawa Winter Open November 16-18

                  Should Sambuev-Wan be 1-0 (not 0-1), or should the names be reversed?

                  I think my question was answered - the crosstable shows Sambuev as Black, so reverse the names.

                  Comment


                  • #10
                    Re: 2012 Ottawa Winter Open rd2 wallchart

                    SwissSys Wall Chart. Ottawa Winter Open: U 1900
                    # Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3
                    1 Gabrielle Nadeau B 8 W 7 B 11
                    1897 126666 (1670) (2682486) 0.5 1.0
                    2 Francesco Dunne W 9 B 6 W 3
                    1848 146453 (2614618) 1.0 1.5
                    3 Ryan Yang B 10 W 4 B 2
                    1847 151429 1.0 2.0
                    4 Francois Nadeau W 11 B 3 B 8
                    1844 126735 (2611600) 1.0 1.0
                    5 Robert Laszlo bye B 12 W 6
                    1826 104270 (2604892) 0.5 1.5
                    6 Jean Bigras B 13 W 2 B 5
                    1782 106651 (2609550) 1.0 1.5
                    7 Alan Tomalty bye B 1 W 12
                    1780 112353 (2606380) 0.5 1.0
                    8 Adam Adriaanse W 1 B 9 W 4
                    1740 152504 0.5 1.5
                    9 Gordon Ritchie B 2 W 8 bye
                    1732 110972 (2019) (2608529) 0.0 0.0
                    10 Herb Langer W 3 B 13 bye
                    1725 100319 0.0 1.0
                    11 Jeff Zhang B 4 bye W 1
                    1545 148924 (2610639) 0.0 1.0
                    12 Vasudev Parkkot bye W 5 B 7
                    unr. 0.5 0.5
                    13 Konstantin Vlasenko W 6 W 10 bye
                    unr. 0.0 0.0


                    SwissSys Wall Chart. Ottawa Winter Open: U 1600
                    # Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3
                    1 Srikanth Rapaka W 7 B 8 W 10
                    1538 151908 1.0 2.0
                    2 John If Lukezich bye W 10 bye
                    1503 146765 0.5 0.5
                    3 Ksenia Vlasenko B 8 B 9 W 5
                    1465 0.0 0.5
                    4 Curtis Barlow Wilkes W 9 B 5 W 8
                    1432 154444 0.5 1.5
                    5 Keven Eyre bye W 4 B 3
                    1422 135113 (2604205) 0.5 0.5
                    6 Terrence [terry] Ju B 10 W 7 bye
                    1274 151396 0.0 0.0
                    7 Shreyas Sreeraman B 1 B 6 W 9
                    1247 146416 0.0 1.0
                    8 Billy Carroll W 3 W 1 B 4
                    1224 150390 1.0 1.0
                    9 Lawrence [larry] Ju B 4 W 3 B 7
                    1156 151370 0.5 1.0
                    10 Michael Zhang W 6 B 2 B 1
                    1088 151543 1.0 2.0


                    SwissSys Wall Chart. Ottawa Winter Open: Open and U 2200
                    # Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3
                    1 Bator Sambuev B 8 W 3 B 2
                    2700 146462 (2536) (4128290) 1.0 2.0
                    2 Aman Hambleton W 9 B 5 W 1
                    2546 129797 (2226) (2606577) 1.0 2.0
                    3 Mihnea Voloaca B 10 B 1 W 16
                    2327 120516 (2238) (2603160) 1.0 1.0
                    4 John Upper W 11 bye B 8
                    2280 101925 (2027) (2606437) 0.5 1.0
                    5 Armando Valdizon B 14 W 2 B 13
                    2244 101864 (2098) (2603110) 1.0 1.0
                    6 Mate Marinkovic W 15 bye B 11
                    2243 141393 (2106) (2605201) 1.0 1.5
                    7 Robert Gelblum B 16 W 13 B 14
                    2223 104272 0.0 0.5
                    8 Kevin Wan W 1 B 10 W 4
                    2132 147460 (2610191) 0.0 1.0
                    9 Joseph Bellissimo B 2 W 14 W 10
                    2107 147544 (1802) (2609843) 0.0 0.0
                    10 Danail Donev W 3 W 8 B 9
                    2070 143574 (2604094) 0.0 0.0
                    11 Emil Smilovici B 4 W 12 W 6
                    2046 111290 (2606321) 0.5 1.5
                    12 David Forget bye B 11 W 15
                    2041 142032 (2052) (2604345) 0.5 0.5
                    13 Saeid Sadeghi bye B 7 W 5
                    2013 139655 (2126) (2606810) 0.5 1.0
                    14 Agastya Kalra W 5 B 9 W 7
                    2005 137927 (1828) (2604744) 0.0 1.0
                    15 Michel Desjardins B 6 bye B 12
                    1988 131936 (1983) (2601427) 0.0 0.5
                    16 Mike Sun W 7 bye B 3
                    1948 142224 (2614642) 1.0 1.5

                    Comment


                    • #11
                      Re: 2012 Ottawa Winter Open rd2 wallchart

                      very fast updates... thanks!

                      Comment


                      • #12
                        Games from rds 1-2 of the Ottawa Winter Open

                        [Event "2012 Ottawa Winter Open "]
                        [Site "RA Centre"]
                        [Date "2012.11.16"]
                        [Round "1"]
                        [White "Wan, Kevin"]
                        [Black "Sambuev Bator"]
                        [Result "0-1"]
                        [ECO "C08"]
                        [WhiteElo "2132"]
                        [BlackElo "2700"]
                        [Annotator ""]
                        [Source ""]
                        [Remark ""]

                        1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+
                        Nbxd7 8.O-O Be7 9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 Qb6 11.Ne5 Rfd8 12.Ndf3 Nxe5
                        13.Nxe5 Rac8 14.Re1 Bf8 15.Rc1 Ne4 16.Qf3 f6 17.Ng4 cxd4 18.Red1
                        h5 19.Bxd4 hxg4 20.Bxb6 gxf3 21.Bxd8 Rxd8 22.gxf3 Nc3 23.Rd2
                        b5 24.a4 bxa4 25.bxa4 a5 26.Ra1 Bb4 27.Kg2 Nxa4 0-1

                        [Event "2012 Ottawa Winter Open "]
                        [Site "RA Centre"]
                        [Date "2012.11.16"]
                        [Round "1"]
                        [White "Hambelton Aman"]
                        [Black "Belissimo Joseph"]
                        [Result "1-0"]
                        [ECO "D06"]
                        [WhiteElo "2700"]
                        [BlackElo "2107"]
                        [Annotator ""]
                        [Source ""]
                        [Remark ""]

                        1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.cxd5 Bxb1 4.Qa4+ c6 5.Rxb1 Qxd5 6.e3 Nd7 7.Nf3
                        Nb6 8.Qc2 Nf6 9.Bd3 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.e4 Qh5 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Ne5
                        Nbd7 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.Be2 Qh4 16.g3 Qh3 17.Bf1 Qh5 18.Be2 Qh3
                        19.Bf1 Qh5 20.Kg2 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Nd7 22.Be2 Qg6 23.h4 f6 24.exf6
                        Nxf6 25.Qb3 Qxe4+ 26.Bf3 Qb4 27.Qxe6+ Kh8 28.a3 Qc5 29.b4 Qb5
                        30.Qxe7 Re8 31.Qc5 Qa4 32.b5 Rac8 33.bxc6 bxc6 34.Rb7 Nd5 35.Rd4
                        Nxf4+ 36.gxf4 Qa6 37.Rxa7 Qb5 38.Qxb5 cxb5 39.Rdd7 Rc3 40.Bd5
                        Rc5 41.f5 Rf8 42.f6 Rxf6 43.Rd8+ Rf8 44.Rxf8# 1-0

                        [Event "2012 Ottawa Winter Open "]
                        [Site "RA Centre"]
                        [Date "2012.11.16"]
                        [Round "1"]
                        [White "Sun, Mike"]
                        [Black "Gelblum, Robert"]
                        [Result "1-0"]
                        [ECO "C06"]
                        [WhiteElo "2223"]
                        [BlackElo "0"]
                        [Annotator ""]
                        [Source ""]
                        [Remark ""]

                        1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4
                        8.cxd4 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Bf4 Bxf4 13.Nxf4
                        Ne4 14.g3 Qf6 15.h4 Bd7 16.Re1 g5 17.Nxg5 Nxg5 18.hxg5 Qxg5 19.Nxe6
                        Bxe6 20.Rxe6 Qg7 21.Qh5 Rf7 22.Rae1 Nxd4 23.Re8+ Rf8 24.Bxh7+
                        Qxh7 25.Rxf8+ Rxf8 26.Qxd5+ Qf7 27.Qxd4 Qxa2 28.Qg4+ Kh8 29.Re5
                        Qb1+ 30.Kg2 1-0

                        [Event "2012 Ottawa Winter Open "]
                        [Site "RA Centre"]
                        [Date "2012.11.16"]
                        [Round "1"]
                        [White "Donev Donail"]
                        [Black "Voloaca Mihnea (CAN)"]
                        [Result "0-1"]
                        [ECO "C45"]
                        [WhiteElo "2070"]
                        [BlackElo "2233"]
                        [Annotator ""]
                        [Source ""]
                        [Remark ""]

                        1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2
                        Nd5 8.c4 Ba6 9.Nd2 g6 10.b3 Bg7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.O-O-O Rfe8 13.Nf3
                        Nb6 14.Qd2 Bb7 15.Be2 d5 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Qf4 Nd7 18.Rhe1 Nxe5
                        19.Bb5 Qc5+ 20.Kb1 Qxb5 21.Nxe5 Re7 22.Ng4 Rxe1 23.Rxe1 Qd3+
                        24.Kc1 d4 25.Rd1 Qf5 26.Nh6+ Bxh6 27.Qxh6 c5 28.f3 Re8 29.Qd2
                        Ba6 30.Re1 Rc8 31.Re4 Bb5 32.Qf4 Qd7 33.Qe5 Bc6 34.Qe7 Qf5 35.Re5
                        Qf4+ 36.Kd1 Re8 37.Qxe8+ Bxe8 38.Rxe8+ Kg7 39.b4 cxb4 40.Re4
                        Qxh2 41.Bxd4+ Kh6 42.Be3+ g5 43.Rxb4 Qxg2 44.Bxa7 Qxa2 45.Be3
                        Kg6 46.Rb6+ Kh5 47.Ke1 Qd5 48.Kf2 f5 49.Rb4 f4 50.Bc1 Qc5+ 51.Kg2 0-1

                        [Event "2012 Ottawa Winter Open "]
                        [Site "RA Centre"]
                        [Date "2012.11.16"]
                        [Round "1"]
                        [White "Upper John (CAN)"]
                        [Black "Smilovici Emil"]
                        [Result "1/2-1/2"]
                        [ECO "D00"]
                        [WhiteElo "1997"]
                        [BlackElo "2046"]
                        [Annotator ""]
                        [Source ""]
                        [Remark ""]

                        1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nd2 Bd6 5.c3 O-O 6.Bd3 Bxf4 7.exf4
                        Qd6 8.Qf3 c5 9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.Qg3 Bd7 11.Ne2 Bb5 12.O-O Bxd3 13.Qxd3
                        Nc6 14.a4 Rfd8 15.h3 a5 16.Rfd1 Qb6 17.Qb5 Ra6 18.Ra3 Na7 19.Qxb6
                        Rxb6 20.Nc4 Ra6 21.Rb3 Nc6 22.Na3 Rb8 23.Nd4 Nxd4 24.Rxd4 g6
                        25.f3 Nd7 26.Kf2 Rb6 27.Rxb6 Nxb6 28.Ke2 Kf8 29.Nc2 Nc4 30.b3
                        Nd6 31.b4 Rc8 32.bxa5 Rxc3 33.Ne3 Rc5 34.Rb4 Rxa5 35.Ng4 b5 36.axb5
                        Rxb5 37.Ra4 Rb2+ 38.Kf1 Nc4 39.Ra8+ Kg7 40.Ra7 h5 41.Ne5 Nxe5
                        42.fxe5 g5 43.Rc7 h4 44.Ra7 Kg6 45.Rc7 Rb8 46.Kf2 Rd8 47.Ke3
                        Rf8 48.Rc2 Kf5 49.Kd4 Kf4 50.Ra2 Kg3 51.Ke3 f6 52.Ra4 f5 53.f4
                        g4 54.Ra2 Rb8 55.Kd4 Rb4+ 56.Kc5 Rxf4 57.Kd6 gxh3 58.gxh3 Rf2
                        59.Ra3+ Rf3 60.Rxf3+ Kxf3 61.Kxe6 d4 62.Kxf5 d3 63.e6 d2 64.e7
                        d1Q 65.e8Q Qd5+ 66.Qe5 Qd7+ 67.Kg5 Qxh3 68.Qf4+ Kg2 69.Qxh4 Qxh4+
                        70.Kxh4 1/2-1/2

                        [Event "2012 Ottawa Winter Open "]
                        [Site "RA Centre"]
                        [Date "2012.11.16"]
                        [Round "2"]
                        [White "Smilovici Emil"]
                        [Black "Forget David"]
                        [Result "1-0"]
                        [ECO "C18"]
                        [WhiteElo "2046"]
                        [BlackElo "0"]
                        [Annotator ""]
                        [Source ""]
                        [Remark ""]

                        1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4
                        O-O 8.Bd3 Nbc6 9.Qh5 Ng6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.O-O c4 12.Be2 f6 13.exf6
                        gxf6 {N} ( 13...Rxf6 ) 14.Bh6 Nf4 15.Qg4+ Kh8 1-0

                        [Event "2012 Ottawa Winter Open "]
                        [Site "RA Centre"]
                        [Date "2012.11.17"]
                        [Round "2"]
                        [White "Sambuev Bator"]
                        [Black "Voloaca Mihnea (CAN)"]
                        [Result "1-0"]
                        [ECO "D05"]
                        [WhiteElo "2700"]
                        [BlackElo "2327"]
                        [Annotator ""]
                        [Source ""]
                        [Remark ""]

                        1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.b3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Bb2
                        Qc7 8.c4 O-O 9.Nc3 a6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Rc1 b6 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Nxd5
                        Nxd5 14.Bxh7+ Kxh7 15.Qxd5 Nf6 16.Qg5 Qe7 17.Rc4 Rd8 18.Rh4+
                        Kg8 19.e4 Ne8 20.Qh5 f6 21.e5 Bxe5 22.Bxe5 Bb7 23.Bc3 Rd5 24.Qh7+
                        Kf7 25.Re1 Qd7 26.Rf4 Qc6 27.h4 Rad8 28.h5 R8d6 29.Qg6+ 1-0

                        [Event "2012 Ottawa Winter Open "]
                        [Site "RA Centre"]
                        [Date "2012.11.17"]
                        [Round "2"]
                        [White "Valdizon Armando (CAN)"]
                        [Black "Hambelton Aman"]
                        [Result "0-1"]
                        [ECO "E11"]
                        [WhiteElo "2113"]
                        [BlackElo "2546"]
                        [Annotator ""]
                        [Source ""]
                        [Remark ""]

                        1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O
                        c6 8.Qc2 b6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Rc1 Ba6 11.Bf4 Nbd7 12.Nc3 Nh5 13.Be3
                        Rc8 14.Qa4 Nb8 15.Ne5 Qe8 16.Bf3 Nf6 17.Qd1 Nfd7 18.Nd3 Nc6 19.a3
                        Na5 20.b4 Nc4 21.b5 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Bb7 23.Qb3 Bg5 24.Nd1 g6 25.Rxc8
                        Qxc8 26.Rc1 Qb8 27.Nb4 Qd6 28.Rc3 h5 29.Qc2 h4 30.gxh4 Bxh4 31.Rc7
                        Nc5 32.Rxc5 bxc5 33.dxc5 Qc7 34.c6 Bc8 35.Qa4 Bg5 36.Nc2 Kg7
                        37.Qg4 Bf6 38.a4 Rh8 0-1

                        [Event "2012 Ottawa Winter Open "]
                        [Site "RA Centre"]
                        [Date "2012.11.17"]
                        [Round "2"]
                        [White "Gelblum, Robert"]
                        [Black "Sadeghi Saeid"]
                        [Result "1/2-1/2"]
                        [ECO "A07"]
                        [WhiteElo "0"]
                        [BlackElo "2013"]
                        [Annotator ""]
                        [Source ""]
                        [Remark ""]

                        1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.O-O Ngf6 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 Bc5 7.h3
                        Bh5 8.Qe1 O-O 9.e4 dxe4 10.dxe4 e5 11.Kh1 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 c6 13.b3
                        Re8 14.Bb2 Qc7 15.a3 a5 16.Nd2 Nf8 17.f4 Bd4 18.Bxd4 exd4 19.Qf2
                        Rad8 20.e5 Nd5 21.Bxd5 cxd5 22.Nf3 Ne6 23.b4 g6 24.Rae1 axb4
                        25.axb4 Qc3 26.f5 Ng7 27.Nxd4 Nh5 28.Kg2 Ng7 29.e6 fxe6 30.fxe6
                        Rf8 31.Nf3 Rde8 32.e7 Rf7 33.Qe2 Rfxe7 34.Qxe7 Rxe7 35.Rxe7 Nf5
                        36.Re8+ Kg7 37.Rfe1 Qc7 38.R8e5 Qxc2+ 39.R1e2 Qc4 40.g4 Nd6 41.Re7+
                        Kf8 42.R7e3 Ne4 43.Nd2 Nxd2 44.Rxd2 Qxb4 45.Rxd5 Qb2+ 46.Kg3
                        b5 47.g5 Qb1 48.Rd8+ Kf7 49.Rd7+ Kf8 50.Rd8+ Kf7 51.Rd7+ Kf8
                        52.Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

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                        • #13
                          Re: 2012 Ottawa Winter Open November 16-18

                          http://budapestchesnews.blogspot.hu/

                          Sambuev's Rd2 game with very brief notes added.

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                          • #14
                            2012 Ottawa Winter Open RD 4 Pairings

                            Pairings for Round 4. Ottawa Winter Open: U 1900
                            Bd # Res White # Res Black
                            1 3 Ryan Yang 5 Robert Laszlo
                            2 7 Alan Tomalty 8 Adam Adriaanse
                            3 1 Gabrielle Nadeau 2 Francesco Dunne
                            4 4 Francois Nadeau 10 Herb Langer
                            5 11 Jeff Zhang 13 Konstantin Vlasenko
                            6 12 Vasudev Parkkot 9 Gordon Ritchie
                            6 ½ Jean Bigras BYE



                            Round 4. Ottawa Winter Open: U 1600
                            Bd # Res White # Res Black
                            1 4 Curtis Barlow Wilkes 1 Srikanth Rapaka
                            2 10 Michael Zhang 7 Shreyas Sreeraman
                            3 5 Keven Eyre 2 John If Lukezich
                            4 9 Lawrence [larry] Ju 8 Billy Carroll
                            5 3 Ksenia Vlasenko 6 Terrence [terry] Ju


                            Round 4. Ottawa Winter Open: Open and U 2200
                            Bd # Res White # Res Black
                            1 6 Mate Marinkovic 2 Aman Hambleton
                            2 1 Bator Sambuev 4 John Upper
                            3 5 Armando Valdizon 3 Mihnea Voloaca
                            4 7 Robert Gelblum 11 Emil Smilovici
                            5 16 Mike Sun 8 Kevin Wan
                            6 13 Saeid Sadeghi 9 Joseph Bellissimo
                            7 12 David Forget 14 Agastya Kalra
                            8 15 Michel Desjardins 10 Danail Donev
                            Last edited by Halldor P. Palsson; Sunday, 18th November, 2012, 10:01 AM. Reason: Repair re: Bigras withdrawal from U 1900 section

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                            • #15
                              2012 Ottawa Winter Open Games Round 3

                              [Event "2012 Ottawa Winter Open"]
                              [Site "RA Centre"]
                              [Date "2012.11.17"]
                              [Round "3"]
                              [White "Hambelton Aman"]
                              [Black "Sambuev Bator"]
                              [Result "1-0"]
                              [ECO "D31"]
                              [WhiteElo "2546"]
                              [BlackElo "2700"]
                              [Annotator ""]
                              [Source ""]
                              [Remark ""]

                              1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Qc2 f5 6.Bd3 Nh6 7.Bd2 O-O
                              8.Nf3 Nd7 9.h3 Qe7 10.O-O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Bd3 b4 13.Na4
                              c5 14.e4 Bb7 15.e5 Bb8 16.Bg5 Qf7 17.Nxc5 Rc8 18.Kb1 Nxc5 19.dxc5
                              Qf8 20.Qb3 Nf7 21.Qxe6 Re8 22.Qxf5 g6 23.Qd7 Bxf3 24.gxf3 Nxg5
                              25.Qd5+ Kh8 26.Qxa8 Bxe5 27.Qd5 Nxf3 28.Bb5 Rc8 29.Rd3 Qxc5 30.Qxc5
                              Rxc5 31.Rxf3 Rxb5 32.Rf7 a5 33.Rd1 Kg8 34.Rfd7 Bf6 35.R1d5 Rb8
                              36.Rxa5 Bg7 37.Raa7 Bf8 38.Rxh7 Re8 39.Rhf7 Re2 40.Rf6 Bc5 41.Rxg6+
                              Kf8 42.Rf6+ Ke8 43.Raa6 Ke7 44.Rh6 Kf7 45.Rh7+ Kg8 46.Rc7 Bf8
                              47.Ra8 Rxf2 48.Rcc8 1-0

                              [Event "2012 Ottawa Winter Open"]
                              [Site "RA Centre"]
                              [Date "2012.11.17"]
                              [Round "3"]
                              [White "Kalra Agastya (CAN)"]
                              [Black "Gelblum, Robert"]
                              [Result "0-1"]
                              [ECO "B90"]
                              [WhiteElo "1782"]
                              [BlackElo "2223"]
                              [Annotator ""]
                              [Source ""]
                              [Remark ""]

                              1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2
                              e6 8.O-O Be7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.a5 c5 12.e5 dxe5 13.Qxd8
                              Rxd8 14.Na4 Rb8 15.b3 Nd7 16.Rfd1 Bb7 17.Rd2 Bc6 18.Rad1 Bxa4
                              19.bxa4 Nf6 20.Rxd8+ Bxd8 21.Bxc5 Bxa5 22.Bxa6 Ne4 23.Ba7 Rb2
                              24.c4 Nc3 25.Ra1 Ne2+ 26.Kf1 Nd4 27.Bxd4 exd4 28.Rd1 e5 29.Bb5
                              Kf8 30.c5 Rc2 31.c6 Ke7 32.f3 Kd6 33.h4 g6 34.Bd3 Rxc6 35.Rb1
                              f5 36.h5 Rc3 37.Ke2 e4 38.fxe4 fxe4 39.Bb5 Rc2+ 40.Kf1 d3 41.hxg6
                              hxg6 42.Be8 e3 0-1

                              [Event "2012 Ottawa Winter Open"]
                              [Site "RA Centre"]
                              [Date "2012.11.17"]
                              [Round "3"]
                              [White "Smilovici Emil"]
                              [Black "Marinkovic Mate"]
                              [Result "0-1"]
                              [ECO "B47"]
                              [WhiteElo "2046"]
                              [BlackElo "2243"]
                              [Annotator ""]
                              [Source ""]
                              [Remark ""]

                              1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Ndb5 Qb8 7.g3
                              a6 8.Nd4 Bc5 9.Be3 Qa7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bxc5 Qxc5 12.Qd3 d5 13.e5
                              Ne7 14.O-O-O O-O 15.Qd4 Qa5 16.Qa4 Qc7 17.f4 Bd7 18.Qa3 c5 19.Bh3
                              Rfb8 20.Rhe1 Rb4 21.b3 a5 22.f5 c4 23.bxc4 Qxc4 24.Bf1 Qc5 25.fxe6
                              fxe6 26.Bg2 Rc8 27.Rd3 Rb1+ 28.Kd2 Qxa3 29.Rxb1 Qc5 30.Ke2 Nf5
                              31.Rf1 Nd4+ 32.Kd2 Nb5 33.Rff3 d4 34.Nxb5 Bxb5 0-1

                              [Event "2012 Ottawa Winter Open"]
                              [Site "RA Centre"]
                              [Date "2012.11.17"]
                              [Round "3"]
                              [White "Wan, Kevin"]
                              [Black "Upper John (CAN)"]
                              [Result "0-1"]
                              [ECO "C01"]
                              [WhiteElo "2132"]
                              [BlackElo "2280"]
                              [Annotator ""]
                              [Source ""]
                              [Remark ""]

                              1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 c6 6.Be2 Bd6 7.O-O
                              O-O 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Re8 10.Bg3 Bxg3 11.hxg3 Bg4 12.Ne5 Bxe2 13.Nxe2
                              Qb6 14.b3 Ne4 15.c4 Na6 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Nf4 Rad8 18.a3 Nc7 19.Qd3
                              Nb5 20.Nf3 g5 21.Ne2 Rc8 22.b4 Nbc3 23.Nc1 a5 24.Nd2 axb4 25.axb4
                              Qxb4 26.Ncb3 Nxd2 27.Nxd2 Qxd4 28.Qxd4 Ne2+ 29.Kh2 Nxd4 30.Rab1
                              Rc2 31.Nf3 Nxf3+ 32.gxf3 Re7 33.Kg2 d4 34.Rfd1 Rd7 35.Rd3 Rc3
                              36.Rd2 d3 0-1

                              [Event "2012 Ottawa Winter Open U 1900"]
                              [Site "RA Centre"]
                              [Date "2012.11.16"]
                              [Round "1"]
                              [White "Dunne Francesco"]
                              [Black "Ritchie Gordon (CAN)"]
                              [Result "1-0"]
                              [ECO "B01"]
                              [WhiteElo "1848"]
                              [BlackElo "2019"]
                              [Annotator ""]
                              [Source ""]
                              [Remark ""]

                              1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.g3 Bg4 7.Bf4
                              Qb6 8.Qd3 Nc6 9.O-O-O O-O-O 10.Bg2 Nb4 11.Qe2 e6 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4
                              Bg6 14.Rd2 Nfd5 15.Nxd5 {Black to play and win with some flair!}
                              {%08DA} Nxd5 {That was not it.} ( 15...Nxa2+ {%05Black is winning after:}
                              16.Kb1 ( 16.Kd1 exd5 17.Ke1 Qxb2 $19 ) Rxd5 17.Kxa2 Ra5+ 18.Kb1
                              Ba3 $19 ) 16.Bh2 Nc3 17.Qc4 Bb4 18.bxc3 Ba3+ 19.Kd1 Be4 20.Qb3
                              Qa5 21.Nh4 Bd5 22.c4 Bxg2 23.Nxg2 Bd6 24.Bxd6 Rxd6 25.c5 Rc6
                              26.Ne3 b5 27.a3 Rd8 28.Qb4 1-0

                              [Event "2012 Ottawa Winter Open"]
                              [Site "RA Centre"]
                              [Date "2012.11.17"]
                              [Round "3"]
                              [White "Voloaca Mihnea (CAN)"]
                              [Black "Sun, Mike"]
                              [Result "1-0"]
                              [ECO "A37"]
                              [WhiteElo "2327"]
                              [BlackElo "1948"]
                              [Annotator ""]
                              [Source ""]
                              [Remark ""]

                              1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 b6 6.O-O Bb7 7.Re1
                              Nf6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Bg5 Qc8 11.Rc1 Nxd4 12.Bxb7 Qxb7
                              13.Qxd4 d6 14.Qd3 Rfd8 15.e4 Nd7 16.Nd5 Nc5 17.Qe2 Re8 18.b4
                              Ne6 19.Be3 Rac8 20.Qd2 Nc7 21.Bd4 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 Ne6 23.Qe3 Qa6
                              24.Qe2 Nd4 25.Qd3 Ne6 26.Rc2 Nc7 27.h4 h5 28.Kg2 Qb7 29.Kh2 Kg7
                              30.Qc3+ e5 31.Nxc7 Rxc7 32.Qd3 Rd7 33.Rd1 Red8 34.a3 Qc6 35.Rdc1
                              Qb7 36.Kg1 Kg8 37.Kf1 Kg7 38.Ke2 Kg8 39.f3 b5 40.Qd5 bxc4 41.Qxb7
                              Rxb7 42.Rxc4 Rbd7 43.Rc8 Rxc8 44.Rxc8+ Kg7 45.Rc6 d5 46.exd5
                              Rxd5 47.Ra6 Rd7 48.Ke3 f6 49.b5 Kf7 50.a4 Ke7 51.Rc6 Rd6 52.Rc7+
                              Rd7 53.Rc8 f5 54.Rg8 Kf7 55.Rb8 Ke7 56.a5 Ke6 57.a6 Rc7 58.b6
                              axb6 59.Rxb6+ Kd5 60.Rxg6 Rc3+ 61.Ke2 Ra3 62.Rf6 f4 63.gxf4 exf4
                              64.Rxf4 Ke5 65.Rf8 Rxa6 66.Kf2 Rf6 67.Rxf6 Kxf6 68.f4 Kg6 69.Ke3
                              Kf5 70.Kf3 Kg6 71.Ke4 Kg7 72.Ke5 Kg6 73.Ke6 Kg7 74.f5 Kh7 75.f6
                              Kg8 76.Ke7 1-0

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