Qyuebec Open - more top boards from rounds 6, 7, and 8

[Hugh Brodie]

[Event "Quebec op inv."]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Bruzon, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2013.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Rad1 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Be4 12. Qa4 d6 13. Rfe1 Qd7 14. Qa3 a5 15.
b3 Nc6 16. Qb2 Qf7 17. a3 Ne7 18. Bf1 Bb7 19. Bg2 Be4 20. Bf1 Bb7 21. Bg2 Be4
22. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec op inv."]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2013.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O Bb7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 Ne4 8.
Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. e4 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 a6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Ne2 Rc8
15. Rc1 b5 16. c5 d6 17. cxd6 Bxd6 18. f4 Bb4 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Red1 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Nb8 22. Nc1 Kf8 23. Nb3 Ke8 24. a3 Be7 25. Bd4 g6 26. Rd2 Nd7 27. e5 Bxg2
28. Kxg2 h5 29. Kf3 Rc4 30. Na5 Rc7 31. b4 Rc1 32. Bb2 Rc7 33. Bd4 Rc1 34. Nb3
Rc4 35. Rd3 Rc2 36. Nd2 Kd8 37. Ke2 Kc8 38. Kd1 Rc6 39. Nb3 Bd8 40. Be3 Rc4 41.
Nd2 Rc6 42. Ne4 Be7 43. Kd2 Kc7 44. Kd1 Kc8 45. Kd2 Kc7 46. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec op inv."]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chirila, Ioan-Cristian"]
[Black "Gerzhoy, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2013.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+
8. Ne2 Na6 9. Bf8 Ne7 10. Bxg7 Nb4 11. Bxh8 e5 12. a3 Nd3+ 13. Kd2 Bf5 14. f3
Qxc4 15. Qc2 Qh4 16. Ng3 Qh6+ 17. Kd1 O-O-O 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. Qxd3 Ne3+ 20. Ke2
Rxd3 21. Kxd3 Qd6+ 22. Kc3 Qd4+ 23. Kb3 Qd5+ 24. Kc3 a5 25. Re1 Qd4+ 26. Kb3
Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec op inv."]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Oliva, Kevel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2013.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6
9. Be3 Nd7 10. Bd3 Nac5 11. Bc2 Nb6 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Rg1 c6 14. Nd2 a4 15. Rg3
Qe7 16. a3 cxd5 17. exd5 Rfc8 18. Kf1 Kh8 19. Kg1 f5 20. gxf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5
gxf5 22. Kh1 Nbd7 23. Rag1 Rg8 24. Nb5 Raf8 25. Bg5 Nf6 26. f4 e4 27. Nf3 Qd7
28. Nh4 Ne8 29. Qh5 Qf7 30. Qxf7 Rxf7 31. Bh6 Nd3 32. Bxg7+ Rgxg7 33. Rxg7 Rxg7
34. Nxf5 Rf7 35. Nh6 Rg7 36. Nf5 Rf7 37. Rg5 Rf6 38. Ne7 Ng7 39. f5 Nxb2 40. c5
e3 41. cxd6 e2 42. Rg1 Nd3 43. d7 Rf8 44. Nd6 Ne5 45. f6 Nh5 46. f7 Nf6 47.
d8=R Rxd8 48. Ne8 Nxf7 49. Nxf6 Ng5 50. Kg2 Rf8 51. h4 Ne6 52. dxe6 Rxf6 53.
Re1 Rxe6 54. Nd5 Re5 55. Nf4 Re3 56. Rxe2 Rxa3 57. Re8+ Kg7 58. Re7+ Kf6 59.
Rxb7 Kf5 60. Ne2 Ra2 61. Kf3 Ra3+ 62. Kg2 Ra2 63. Kf3 Ra3+ 64. Kf2 Ra2 65. Rb4
Ra3 66. Ng3+ Ke5 67. Rb7 Kf4 68. Rb4+ Ke5 69. h5 Kf6 70. Kg2 Kg5 71. Kh3 Ra1
72. Rb5+ Kf6 73. Ne4+ Kg7 74. Rb7+ Kh6 75. Kg4 Rc1 76. Rb6+ Kg7 77. h6+ Kf7 78.
Ng5+ Ke7 79. Nxh7 a3 80. Ra6 Rg1+ 81. Kf5 1-0

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: Qyuebec Open - more top boards from rounds 6, 7, and 8

[Event "Quebec op inv."]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bruzon, Lazaro"]
[Black "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3 Ba6
9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. Bb2 b5 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. a3 Nb6 13. Nf3 Qc8 14. Rc1 Qb7 15. Na2
Rfc8 16. Nb4 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Rc8 18. Qb1 Nbd7 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Nxa6 Qxa6 21. Nd2
Qb6 22. e3 a6 23. Bf3 g6 24. Kg2 Bd6 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Qc7 27. Bb2 Nb6 28.
Bd1 Be7 29. Qc2 Qxc2 30. Bxc2 Nfd7 31. Kf3 f5 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. f3 Nb8 34. g4 Bd6
35. h3 Nc6 36. e4 Ne7 37. e5 Bc7 38. f4 Bd8 39. Nf3 Nc6 40. g5 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec op inv."]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Panjwani, Raja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bg4 8.
h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Ne6 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Qd1 Qc7 12. f4 O-O-O 13. O-O e6 14. Ne4 Be7
15. a4 f6 16. Bxd4 Rxd4 17. Qg4 f5 18. Qxg7 Rdd8 19. Nf6 c4 20. Kh2 cxd3 21.
Qf7 Bxf6 22. Qxe6+ Qd7 23. Qxf6 dxc2 24. Rac1 Qd3 25. Rf2 Rhg8 26. Qh4 Qe3 27.
Rfxc2 Rxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Rd2+ 29. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 30. Qf2 Qxc1 31. Kg3 Qc4 32. Kh4 Kd7
33. Qg3 Ke8 34. Kh5 Qf7+ 35. Kh6 a5 36. h4 b5 37. axb5 cxb5 38. h5 a4 39. Qg2
Qc4 40. Kxh7 Qxf4 41. Qc6+ Kd8 42. Qxb5 Qg5 43. Qb8+ Kd7 44. Qd6+ Kc8 45. h6 f4
46. Qf8+ Kd7 47. Qg7+ Qe7 48. Qxe7+ Kxe7 49. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Quebec op inv."]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "206"]
[EventDate "2013.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Bd2 e5 13. O-O-O dxc4 14. g5 Nd5
15. Bxc4 exd4 16. exd4 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 b5 18. Ba2 b4 19. Qd3 bxa3 20. h4 Qb6 21.
Bc3 Bb4 22. Bxb4 Qxb4 23. bxa3 Qa5 24. h5 Qxg5+ 25. Kc2 gxh5 26. Rdg1 Qf4 27.
Rxh5 Qxf2+ 28. Kc3 Rfb8 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qxg7+ Ke7 31. Qxf7+ Qxf7 32. Re1+ Kd6
33. Bxf7 Rh8 34. Re6+ Kc7 35. Rhh6 Rxh6 36. Rxh6 Rf8 37. Bc4 Rf3+ 38. Bd3 Nf6
39. Kc4 Kb6 40. Rh1 Nd5 41. Rc1 Re3 42. Rb1+ Ka5 43. Rb7 a6 44. Rh7 Nf4 45. Bf5
Rxa3 46. Be4 Ra4+ 47. Kc5 Ne6+ 48. Kxc6 Nxd4+ 49. Kd5 Nb5 50. Ke5 Rd4 51. Bb7
Rd6 52. Rh1 Kb6 53. Bxa6 Kxa6 54. Rb1 Rd8 55. Rc1 Kb6 56. Ke6 Rd3 57. Rc4 Nd6
58. Rc1 Ne4 59. Ke5 Nc3 60. Ra1 Kc5 61. Ra5+ Nb5 62. Ke4 Rd8 63. Ke5 Re8+ 64.
Kf5 Kc4 65. Kf6 Re1 66. Ra4+ Kd5 67. Ra5 Rb1 68. Ra2 Nd4 69. Ra5+ Kd6 70. Ra6+
Nc6 71. Kf5 Kd5 72. Kf4 Rb4+ 73. Kf5 Kd6 74. Kg5 Re4 75. Kf5 Rc4 76. Ra1 Ne7+
77. Kg5 Re4 78. Ra6+ Ke5 79. Ra5+ Nd5 80. Ra8 Nc7 81. Ra5+ Ke6 82. Ra7 Nb5 83.
Ra5 Nd6 84. Ra6 Rc4 85. Kh5 Rf4 86. Kg5 Rd4 87. Rc6 Ra4 88. Kh5 Ke5 89. Kg5
Nf7+ 90. Kg6 Kd5 91. Rc1 Rf4 92. Ra1 Ke6 93. Ra6+ Nd6 94. Kg5 Rd4 95. Rc6 Ra4
96. Kh5 Ke5 97. Kg5 Nf7+ 98. Kg6 Nd8 99. Rc1 Rg4+ 100. Kh5 Rg2 101. Re1+ Kf6
102. Rf1+ Kg7 103. Kh4 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec op inv."]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gerzhoy, Leonid"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2013.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Nc3 a6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
Qxc4 Qd6 15. e3 Rxb2 16. Rab1 Rb6 17. Ne4 Qd5 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. Nc5 a5 20. Rb3
Bf5 21. Rc1 Rfb8 22. f3 h5 23. Kf2 a4 24. Rxb6 cxb6 25. Nxa4 b5 26. Nc3 Bd3 27.
e4 Bc4 28. exd5 cxd5 29. Rb1 Ra8 30. h4 Ra3 31. Nxb5 Rxa2+ 32. Ke3 Re2+ 33. Kf4
Rd2 34. Nd6 f6 1/2-1/2

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: Qyuebec Open - more top boards from rounds 6, 7, and 8

[Event "Quebec op inv."]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "Arencibia, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2013.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d4 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nge2 Na6 8. O-O
c6 9. Rb1 Nc7 10. b4 Be6 11. b5 Bxc4 12. bxc6 b5 13. a4 a6 14. d5 Rb8 15. Rb4
Qe8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxc4 bxc4 18. Qa4 Qf7 19. Qxc4 Kh8 20. Rd1 Rb6 21. f3
Rfb8 22. Qd3 Qh5 23. e4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Rb3 25. Rf1 Bd8 26. h3 Qg6 27. Rf5 Nce8
28. Kh2 Ba5 29. Qc2 Nc7 30. Nd1 Bb6 31. Bd2 Rb1 32. Rg5 Qe8 33. Rf5 Qc8 34. Bc3
Qa6 35. Rf1 Bc5 36. Nc1 Qc4 37. Re1 Qb5 38. Nd3 Ba3 39. Bb2 Rxb2 40. N1xb2 Qb3
41. Re2 Qxc2 42. Rxc2 Rb3 43. Rd2 Bxb2 44. Nxb2 Rb4 45. Rc2 Kg8 46. Nc4 Nfe8
47. Bf1 Kf8 48. Kg2 Ke7 49. Rb2 Rxb2+ 50. Nxb2 Na8 51. Nc4 Kd8 52. Kf3 Kc7 53.
Kg4 Kd8 54. h4 Ke7 55. Kf3 Kd8 56. Bh3 Kc7 57. Bf5 Nf6 58. g4 h6 59. Bg6 Nb6
60. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Quebec op inv."]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Bruzon, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Bf4 d5 14. Bd3
g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Qe2 c6 17. Be5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Re1 Qd6
21. Nb3 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 f6 23. Re2 Kf7 24. Nc5 Nd6 25. f3 Re8 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 27.
Kf2 b6 28. Nd3 Kd7 29. g4 g5 30. Ke3 h6 31. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec op inv."]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gerzhoy, Leonid"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2013.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 d5 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 c5
9. Nc3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Re1 Re8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. a3 g6 16. b4 Bf6 17. Qd2 Qd6 18. Qh6 Bg7 19. Qh4 Qf6 20. Qh3 Qd6 21. Bb5
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rd8 23. Qg3 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Kf8 25. Ne5 Nb8 26. f4 Rc8 27. Bd3 f6
28. Nf3 Nc6 29. g4 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Kf2 Ne7 32. g5 Bc8 33. gxf6 Bxf6 34.
Ne5 Bf5 35. Be2 h5 36. a4 Kd8 37. a5 Kc7 38. a6 h4 39. b5 Be4 40. Bf3 Bxe5 41.
fxe5 Bxf3 42. Kxf3 Nf5 43. Kg4 Kd7 44. Kg5 Ke6 45. Kxg6 Ne3 46. Kg5 Nxg2 47.
Kg4 Kf7 48. Bc1 Ne1 49. Ba3 Nc2 50. Bc5 Ne3+ 51. Kxh4 Nc4 52. Bb4 Ke6 53. Kg5
Kf7 54. Kh6 Ne3 55. Kh7 Nc4 56. Kh8 Ne3 57. Bd6 Ke6 58. Bb8 Nc2 59. Bxa7 Nxd4
60. Bxb6 Nxb5 61. Bd4 Kf7 62. a7 Nc7 63. Kh7 Na8 64. Kh6 Nc7 65. Kg5 Ke6 66.
Kf4 Na8 67. Ke3 Kd7 68. Kd3 Kc6 69. Kc3 Nc7 70. Kb4 Kb7 71. Kc5 Kxa7 72. Kc6+
Kb8 73. Kd7 Kb7 74. Bc5 Na6 75. Bd6 d4 76. e6 d3 77. e7 d2 78. e8=Q d1=Q 79.
Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec op inv."]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2013.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2013.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Nc3 a6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Qc7 8. Bb2
b6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Bb7 11. Rfd1 d6 12. Rac1 Nbd7 13. e4 Rac8 14. h3 Rfe8
15. Nd2 Qb8 16. Nf1 Bf8 17. Ne3 h5 18. Re1 Bc6 19. b4 b5 20. a3 Qb7 21. Ncd5
Qa8 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. e5 dxe5 25. Qxe5 Bxg2 26. Nxg2 Qd5 27. Qe2
Qf5 28. Ne3 Qxh3 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Qxb5 Bh6 31. Qf1 Qxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Ra8 33. Rc3
f5 34. Ke2 Bg7 35. Rb3 Rec8 36. Rh1 Ra6 37. b5 Ra5 38. Rd1 Bf8 39. Ra1 Ra4 40.
b6 Rb8 41. b7 Ra7 42. Rab1 Bxa3 43. Nc4 Bc5 44. Ne5 Ra2+ 45. R1b2 Rxb2+ 46.
Rxb2 Bd4 47. Nc6 Bxb2 48. Nxb8 Be5 49. Nd7 Bc7 50. Ke3 Kg7 51. b8=Q Bxb8 52.
Nxb8 Kg6 53. Nc6 f6 54. Kf3 e5 55. Nd8 Kg5 56. Ne6+ Kg6 57. Kg2 f4 58. gxf4 Kf5
59. Ng7+ Kxf4 60. Nxh5+ Kg5 61. Ng3 f5 62. Kf3 Kg6 63. Nf1 Kf6 64. Nd2 Kg5 65.
Nc4 Kf6 66. Ke3 Ke6 67. Kd3 Kd5 68. Ne3+ Ke6 69. Kc4 f4 70. Nc2 Kf5 71. Kd5 Kg4
72. Ke4 1-0