2020 RA March Open February 28, 29 and March 1
2020 RA March Open
An EOCA Grand Prix Event [www.eoca.ca]
Date: February 28, 29 and March 1, 2020
Place: RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa – Riverstone [Gatineau] Room.
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 $600, 2nd $300 3d $150 U2200 $100, U2050 $100
U 1900 – ( rated CFC); 1st $250, 2nd $150 3rd $100; U1750 $100;
U1600 – (rated CFC) 1st $150, 2nd $100 3rd 50; U1300 $50.
Time Control: Game-in-90-plus-30-seconds-a-move.
Entry Fee: Open; $80 if pre-registered, $100 at site;
U1900 $60 if pre-registered, $70 at site;
U1600 $40 if pre-registered, $50 at site
Free entry for GM/WGM & IM/WIM. National Master entry is $60 if registered by February 21 – (one week before event), $80 after that. GM Sambuev is playing.
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 regular player.
CFC or FQE membership is required.
Requesting byes: max of three ½ point byes in the first four rounds.
Organizers: Halldor P. Palsson, RA Chess Club & EOCA
TD: Halldor P. Palsson
Registration: Cheque by February 21, 2020, payable to:
Halldor P. Palsson, 633 Island Park Cr.,Ottawa, Ont. K1Y 3P4 or e-mail & Interac e-transfers to fs889@ncf.ca
Or register in person at the RA Chess Club, February 13, 20, or 27 , 7:00-7:30 PM
Please bring your own equipment if you prefer it – RA Club sets and clocks are provided.
Taking registrations Thursday at the RA
I will be at the RA Chess Club taking entries Thursday night. If you cannot make the chess club drop me an e-mail registration at fs889@ncf.ca and there are no late fees.
Games from round 1 viewer
[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2020.02.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mahdjoubi, Abdelaziz"]
[Black "Demchenko, Sitlana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2
a6 8.Ng3 e5 9.d5 Nd4 10.Bxd4 exd4 11.Nce2 c5 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Nxd4
Qb6 14.Nb3 d5 15.c5 Qc7 16.Be2 h5 17.O-O h4 18.Nh1 Rd8 19.Qe1
h3 20.Qg3 Qe7 21.Rad1 Nh5 22.Qf2 hxg2 23.Rfe1 Nf4 24.Qe3 gxh1Q+
25.Kxh1 Be5 26.exd5 Nxd5 27.Qf2 Qf6 28.Nd2 Bf5 29.Nc4 Bc7 30.Qd4
Qxd4 31.Rxd4 Re8 32.Rdd1 Ne3 33.Nd6 Nxd1 34.Nxe8 Rxe8 0-1
[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2020.02.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Masse, Hugues"]
[Black "Kearnan, Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5
Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.b3 h6 11.Bb2 Kc8 12.Rad1 b6 13.Ne2
Be7 14.h3 c5 15.Nf4 Re8 16.Rfe1 Bc6 17.Nd5 Bf8 18.c4 Kb7 19.Rd3
Rad8 20.Red1 Kc8 21.g4 Ne7 22.Nh4 Bd7 23.f4 h5 24.f5 hxg4 25.hxg4
Nc6 26.Nf3 Nb4 27.Nxb4 cxb4 28.Ng5 Bc5+ 29.Bd4 Rf8 30.Bxc5 bxc5
31.e6 fxe6 32.fxe6 1-0
[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2020.02.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ramesh, Sanjay"]
[Black "Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.e3 b6 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Bd3 a6 9.O-O Bb7 10.a3 Bd6 11.b3 Re8 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.Ne2
Ne4 14.Ng3 g6 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Nd2 Qe7 17.Nc4 b5 18.Nxd6 cxd6
19.Rac1 Bd5 20.Ne2 Nf6 21.Nf4 g5 22.Nxd5 Nxd5 23.Qd2 h5 24.Rc6
g4 25.Qa5 h4 26.Rxa6 Rab8 27.Rc6 h3 28.Qd2 hxg2 29.Kxg2 Kg7 30.Rg1
Rh8 31.Kf1 f5 32.Rg2 Kf7 33.Rc1 Rh3 34.Qe2 Qh4 35.Ke1 Rxe3 36.Rc7+
Ke6 37.Re7+ Kxe7 0-1
[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2020.02.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chiku-Ratte, Olivier Kenta"]
[Black "Donev, Daneil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nbd7
8.Bd3 Nc5 9.Bc2 a5 10.Qd2 Bd7 11.g4 a4 12.Nge2 Qe8 13.Ng3 b5
14.cxb5 Bxb5 15.Bh6 Bd7 16.f3 Qe7 17.Be3 Rfb8 18.Rb1 Rb7 19.Kf2
Rab8 20.Qc1 c6 21.g5 Ne8 22.Bxc5 dxc5 23.Bxa4 cxd5 24.Nxd5 Qd8
25.Bxd7 Qxd7 26.Kg2 Qa4 27.Nc3 Qa6 28.Rf1 Nc7 29.Rf2 Ne6 30.Nd5
Nf4+ 31.Nxf4 exf4 32.Qxf4 Qxa2 33.Re1 Bd4 34.Rfe2 Kg7 35.b4 Qe6
36.bxc5 Bxc5 37.h4 Rb4 38.h5 Bd6 39.Qf6+ Qxf6 40.gxf6+ Kh6 41.e5
Bc7 42.Rc1 Bd8 43.Ne4 gxh5 44.Nd6 Rb2 45.Rxb2 Rxb2+ 46.Kh3 Bb6
47.e6 fxe6 48.f7 Kg7 49.Rc8 1-0
[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2020.02.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xu, Daniel"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Ne7 7.O-O O-O
8.Be3 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.Qd2 Ne6 11.Rad1 Nc6 12.Nxe6 Bxe6 13.Nd5
Re8 14.Bg5 f6 15.Be3 Bf7 16.Bd3 Ne5 17.f4 Ng4 18.Bd4 c6 19.Ne3
Nxe3 20.Qxe3 f5 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qd4+ Qf6 23.Qxf6+ Kxf6 24.exf5
gxf5 25.Rde1 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 a5 27.Kf2 a4 28.Re2 c5 29.a3 Ra6 30.Rd2
Rb6 31.Be2 Ke7 32.g3 Be6 33.Bd3 Bd7 34.Be2 Ra6 35.Ke1 Ra8 36.Bd3
Rf8 37.Kf2 Bc6 38.Rd1 Ke6 39.Re1+ Kf6 40.Rb1 Rb8 41.b4 axb3 42.Rxb3
Ke6 43.Be2 Ra8 44.Bf3 Kd7 45.g4 fxg4 46.Bxg4+ Kc7 47.Rh3 b5 48.cxb5
Bxb5 49.Rxh7+ Kb6 50.Bf3 Bc6 51.Bxc6 Kxc6 52.f5 Rf8 53.Rh5 Kd5
54.Ke2 Ke5 55.Rh3 Rxf5 56.a4 Kd5 57.a5 Kc6 58.a6 Kb6 59.Ra3 Ka7
60.Ra4 d5 61.Ra5 d4 62.Kd3 c4+ 0-1
[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2020.02.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Han, Jonathan"]
[Black "Ning, Alwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3
b5 8.Nd5 Be7 9.c4 b4 10.Nc2 Nf6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Ncxb4 Nxb4 13.Nxb4
Qb6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 f5 16.O-O f4 17.Be2 Kh8 18.Rb1 Bd7 19.Bd2
Rf6 20.Bc3 Raf8 21.Bg4 Bxg4 22.Qxg4 f3 23.g3 Qd8 24.Bd2 Rg6 25.Qh5
Bg5 26.Bxg5 Rxg5 27.Qh4 h6 28.Kh1 Qe8 29.Rfc1 Qg6 30.Rc7 Rg8
31.Rbc1 Rh5 32.Qe7 Qxe4 33.Qxd6 Qd4 34.Qc5 Qxb2 35.d6 e4 36.Qxh5
Qxf2 37.R7c2 Qe3 38.d7 f2 39.Qe2 1-0