2018 RA December Open, December 7,8,9
2018 RA December Open
An EOCA Grand Prix Event - http://www.eoca.ca
Date: December 7,8,9, 2018
Place: RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa,
Gatineau Rom
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 $100, 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 before December 6th.
GM Sambuev is playing.
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: EOCA, RA Chess Club & Halldor P. Palsson is TD.
Registration: Cheque by November 30, 2018 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 29 or December 6, 7:00-7:30 PM
Use the RA Chess Club pieces & clocks or if you prefer bring your own.
Games from round 1 viewer
[Event "RA December Open "]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2018.12.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xu, Daniel"]
[Black "Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Nbxd2 d6 7.e3
O-O 8.Bd3 Qe7 9.Ne4 Nbd7 10.O-O b6 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.Qc2 Bb7 13.Ng5
h6 14.Nh7 Rfd8 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.Be4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4
c5 19.Rfd1 d5 20.cxd5 exd5 21.Qe5 Qxe5 22.dxe5 Ra7 23.Rd3 Re7
24.f4 g5 25.g3 Kg7 26.Rad1 Red7 27.Rb3 Rb7 28.Rbd3 Rbd7 29.Rb3 1/2-1/2
[Event "RA December Open "]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2018.12.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Upper, John"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.e3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.d4 d6 6.dxe5 Nxe5 7.Nxe5
Bxe5 8.Bd2 Ne7 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Nf5 11.Rc1 c6 12.b3 Re8 13.g3
h5 14.Bf3 h4 15.Ne2 hxg3 16.hxg3 Ng7 17.Nf4 Ne6 18.Nxe6 Bxe6
19.Bc3 Qf6 20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.Qe2 a5 22.Rfd1 Kg7 23.Bg4 Rh8 24.Kg2
Bxg4 25.Qxg4 Rh2+ 26.Kxh2 Qxf2+ 27.Kh3 Rh8+ 28.Qh4 Rxh4+ 29.gxh4
Qxe3+ 0-1
[Event "RA December Open "]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2018.12.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Han, Jonathan"]
[Black "Demchenko, Svitlana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f3
Nc6 8.Qd2 Be7 9.O-O-O h5 10.Be2 b5 11.Nb3 Ne5 12.g3 Bb7 13.Rdg1
d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Bd4 Nxc3 16.Qxc3 Qxc3 17.Bxc3 Nxf3 18.Rd1
f6 19.Na5 Be4 20.a3 Rc8 21.Bd3 Bd5 22.Bb4 h4 23.g4 h3 24.Bf1
Nd4 25.Rxd4 Bxh1 26.a4 e5 0-1
[Event "RA December U1900"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2018.12.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Laurin, Marcel"]
[Black "Lemieux, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Bc5 4.e3 d6 5.Bd2 Bf5 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.Be2
O-O 8.h3 Bg6 9.Nf3 e4 10.Nh2 Ne5 11.O-O Nfd7 12.Na4 f5 13.b4
b5 14.Nb2 Bb6 15.cxb5 Nb8 16.a4 a6 17.bxa6 Nxa6 18.a5 Ba7 19.Bxa6
f4 20.exf4 Qh4 21.Be3 Bh5 22.Qd2 Nf3+ 23.gxf3 Qxh3 24.Be2 Rf6
25.f5 exf3 26.Bxf3 Bxf3 27.Nxf3 Qxf3 28.Qd1 Qh3 29.Bxa7 Rh6 0-1
[Event "RA December Open"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2018.12.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dukic, Zach"]
[Black "Donev, Danail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Qc7 8.Qe2 b5 9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Bb4 11.O-O-O Bxc3 12.exf6 gxf6
13.Nf5 Be5 14.Bh4 Nc6 15.Ng7+ Kf8 16.Nh5 Bb7 17.Qd2 Rc8 18.Qh6+
Ke8 19.Bxf6 Nd4 20.c3 Bd5 21.Rxd4 Bxd4 22.Bxd4 Rf8 23.Nf6+ Ke7
24.Qg5 1-0
[Event "RA December Open"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2018.12.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chiku-Ratte, Olivier Kenta"]
[Black "Yao, Houji"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3
c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5
Nc6 14.d5 Na5 15.h3 Bd7 16.Qd3 b6 17.Bxe7 Rfc8 18.Bb4 Nc4 19.Nd4
Qa6 20.f4 b5 21.Kh1 Qb6 22.e5 a5 23.Be7 Rab8 24.Bf3 b4 25.Nc6
Bxc6 26.dxc6 Ne3 27.Rfc1 Nf5 28.Bc5 Qb5 29.Qxb5 Rxb5 30.g4 Nh4
31.Be2 1-0
Games from round 2 Viewer
[Event "RA December U1900"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stopic, Alexander"]
[Black "Laurin, Marcel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nge2 d6 7.O-O
Bd7 8.d4 cxd4 9.exd4 Qc8 10.Be3 Bh3 11.Qb3 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 O-O 13.Qc2
Nb4 14.Qb3 Nc6 15.Qc2 Qd7 16.Qd2 d5 17.b3 Rac8 18.c5 Rfd8 19.Bh6
Ne4 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Rfd1 Qg4 23.Qc3 Qxe2 24.d5+
Kg8 25.Re1 Qf3+ 26.Qxf3 exf3+ 27.Kxf3 Nd4+ 0-1
[Event ""]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Dukic, Zach"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.c3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Ne2 d6 7.O-O Nc6
8.h3 Qc7 9.Be3 Nd7 10.Na3 a6 11.Qd2 b5 12.Nc2 Bb7 13.Bh6 Na5
14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.b3 Nf6 16.d5 e6 17.g4 exd5 18.exd5 Rae8 19.Ng3
Re5 20.Ne3 Qe7 21.Rae1 {Black resigned.} Z0 ( 21...Qd8 22.f4
Ree8 23.g5 $16 {/+- Black is a lot worse.} ) 1-0
[Event ""]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sadeghi, Saeid"]
[Black "Xu, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Qa5+ 5.c3 Nf6 6.d5 Qb6 7.Bc1
e6 8.e4 exd5 9.exd5 Be7 10.Na3 d6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.c4 Qb4+ 13.Kf2
Nbd7 14.f4 a6 15.Qc2 Re8 16.Nf3 Bf8 17.h3 g6 18.Bd2 Qb6 19.Bc3
Nxd5 20.Bxg6 fxg6 21.cxd5 Bg7 22.Nc4 Qc7 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Qc3+
Nf6 25.g4 Kf7 26.Ng5+ Kg7 27.Rae1 Bd7 28.Ne4 ( 28.Nxh7 {+-} )
Rxe4 29.Rxe4 Kf7 30.Re2 b5 31.Ne3 {??} ( 31.Rhe1 Rf8 32.Re7+
Kg8 33.Nd2 {+-} ) Ne4+ 0-1
[Event "RA December Open"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Black "Gordon, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.Nbd2 e5 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Nc4 f6 10.Re1 Be6 11.Nh4 Qd7 12.Be4 f5 13.Bg2
Bxh4 14.gxh4 e4 15.dxe4 Ndb4 16.Na3 Qf7 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Be3 Rad8
19.Qe2 Nxc2 20.Nxc2 Bd3 21.Qg4 Bxc2 22.Bxc5 Rfe8 23.Qg5 h6 24.Qg3
Rd3 25.Qg4 Ne5 26.Qb4 Nf3+ 27.Bxf3 Rxe1+ 28.Rxe1 Qxf3 29.Qc4+
Kh7 30.Be3 Qc6 31.Qxc6 bxc6 32.Bxa7 Rd1 33.Rxd1 Bxd1 34.Kf1 Kg6
35.Bd4 Kf7 36.Ke1 Bg4 37.Kd2 g6 38.Kc3 Ke6 39.h5 Bxh5 40.Bg7
Kd5 41.Bxh6 Kc5 42.a4 Be2 43.Bf4 Bf1 44.Bc7 Be2 45.b4+ Kd5 46.Kd2
Bc4 47.Ke3 Ba6 48.Kf4 Bd3 49.Bb6 Ke6 50.Kg5 Kf7 51.a5 Kg7 52.h4
Bb5 53.f4 Bd3 54.Be3 Kf7 55.f5 Bxf5 56.h5 Kg7 57.h6+ 1-0
[Event "RA December Open"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yao, Houji"]
[Black "Han, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3
Be7 8.g4 b5 9.Qd2 Bb7 10.O-O-O Nc6 11.g5 Nd7 12.h4 Rc8 13.Kb1
Qc7 14.Bh3 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Ne5 16.Qf2 O-O 17.f4 Nc4 18.Rhe1 e5 19.Bxc8
Rxc8 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 exd4 22.Qxd4 Bf8 23.h5 Qd7 24.c3 Qf5+
25.Qe4 Qg4 26.h6 Qh5 27.b3 Nb6 28.Qd4 Rc5 29.Re8 Qg6+ 30.Kb2
a5 31.f5 Qxg5 32.hxg7 Qg2+ 33.Ka1 Qxg7 34.Rg1 f6 35.Rxg7+ Kxg7
36.Qg4+ Kf7 37.Qh5+ Kg7 38.Qg4+ Kf7 39.Rb8 Nxd5 40.Qe4 Ne7 41.Qe6+
Kg7 42.Qxd6 Rxf5 43.Qd8 Ng6 44.Rb7+ Kh6 45.Qd3 Rg5 46.Qh3+ Rh5
47.Qe3+ Rg5 48.Qh3+ Rh5 49.Qe3+ Rg5 50.Rxb5 Ne5 51.Rxa5 Kg6 52.Qe4+
Kh6 53.Ra7 Bg7 54.a4 Ng6 55.Qe3 Ne5 56.a5 Ng4 57.Qf4 Ne5 58.a6
Kg6 59.Qe4+ Kh6 60.Qh1+ Kg6 61.Rxg7+ Kxg7 62.a7 Nc6 63.a8Q Ra5+
64.Qxa5 Nxa5 65.Qd5 1-0
[Event "RA December Open"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2018.12.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Demchenko, Svitlana"]
[Black "Chiku-Ratte, Olivier Kenta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
a6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.O-O-O h5 10.g3 Qc7 11.h3 b5 12.Rg1 Bb7 13.g4
hxg4 14.hxg4 Nb6 15.Bd3 Nc4 16.Bxc4 Qxc4 17.Nb3 Qc7 18.Bd4 Rc8
19.g5 Nh5 20.Bxg7 Nxg7 21.Qd4 Rh7 22.Rd2 Ne6 23.Qe3 Rh3 24.Ne2
Rh2 25.f4 Qc4 26.f5 Nc5 27.Nxc5 Rxc5 28.fxg6 fxg6 29.Nc3 Rxd2
30.Qxd2 b4 31.Na4 Re5 32.b3 Qxe4 33.Kb1 a5 34.Qh2 Qe3 35.Rg3
Qd4 36.Rg1 Be4 37.Nb2 Rf5 38.Rd1 Qf2 39.Qxf2 Rxf2 40.Rc1 d5 41.Na4
Rg2 42.Nc5 Rxg5 43.Nxe4 dxe4 44.Re1 Re5 45.Kc1 e3 46.Kd1 Kd7
47.Ke2 Rc5 48.Kd1 Rc3 49.Rg1 Rc5 50.Rxg6 e2+ 51.Kxe2 Rxc2+ 52.Kd3
Rxa2 53.Kc4 e6 54.Rg5 Kd6 55.Rb5 Ke7 56.Re5 Kf6 57.Re1 Kf5 58.Rf1+
Ke5 59.Re1+ Kd6 60.Rd1+ Kc6 61.Re1 Rc2+ 62.Kd4 Kd6 63.Ra1 Rc5
64.Ke4 Kc6 65.Kd4 Kb6 66.Re1 e5+ 67.Ke4 Rc3 68.Rb1 a4 69.bxa4
Ka5 70.Kxe5 Rd3 71.Ke4 Rd8 72.Ra1 b3 73.Ke3 Kb4 74.Rb1 Ka3 75.Ra1+
Kb2 76.Rf1 Ka2 77.a5 b2 78.Rf2 Ka1 0-1