2019 RA Fall Open September 27, 28 & 29
2019 RA Fall Open
An EOCA Grand Prix Event, see schedule at www.eoca.ca
Date: September 27, 28 & 29
Place: RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa
Gatineau Room, subject to change.
Rounds: 5, Friday 7:30 PM Saturday & Sunday @ 10 AM & 3 PM.
Type: Regular Swiss
Prizes: $$BEN. Sections and prizes are based on projected entries.
Open - (rated FIDE & CFC); 1st $600, 2nd $300 3rd $150: U2200 $100 & U2050 $100;
U 1900 – (rated CFC); 1st $250, 2nd $150 3rd $75; 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, $80 at site;
U1600 $40 if pre-registered, $50 at site.
Free entry for GM/WGM & IM/WIM. National Master $60 if entered by e-mail by September 13th. GM Bator 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.
Play as Amateur for $30, and for those playing 3 rounds or less. Amateurs are not eligible for prizes & may be used as floaters.
C.F.C. membership is required. FQE=CFC membership.
Requesting byes: max of three ½ point byes in the first four rounds.
Organizers: EOCA, RA Chess Club, Halldor P. Palsson
TD: Halldor P. Palsson
Registration: Cheque by September 20, 2019, to:
Halldor P. Palsson, 633 Island Park Cr., Ottawa, Ont. K1Y 3P4 or by e-mail fs889@ncf.ca
or register in person at the RA Chess Club, September 12, 19 or 26, 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 Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2019.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mahdjoubi, Abdelaziz"]
[Black "Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Ne2 e6 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h5 7.Bd3 Bxd3
8.Qxd3 Nd7 9.Nd2 c5 10.c3 Ne7 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.Ng5 Qb6 13.Nxe6 fxe6
14.Qg6+ Kd8 15.Qxe6 cxd4 16.Bg5+ Be7 17.Nf5 Bxg5 18.hxg5 Re8
19.Qg6 Ndxe5 20.Qxg7 Nf3+ 21.Kf1 Qb5+ 0-1
[Event "RA Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2019.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xu, Daniel"]
[Black "Plotkin, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3
Nbd7 8.Bd3 Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nge2 g6 11.O-O-O Ndf6 12.Ng3 Nxg3
13.hxg3 Be6 14.f3 O-O-O 15.Kb1 h5 16.Na4 Qc7 17.Nc5 Rhe8 18.Qf2
Kb8 19.Ka1 Bc8 20.b4 b6 21.Nb3 Qe7 22.Rc1 Bd7 23.Rhe1 Qxb4 24.Nc5
Bc8 25.Rc2 Qa3 26.Rb1 Kc7 27.Rb3 Qa5 28.Rb5 Qa3 29.Rb3 Qa5 30.Rb5 1/2-1/2
[Event "RA Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2019.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ning, Alwin"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Nb5 Bc5 7.Nd6+
Ke7 8.Nf5+ Kf8 9.Be3 Qb6 10.Bxc5+ Qxc5 11.Qd6+ Qxd6 12.Nxd6 Nd4
13.Na3 Ke7 14.Nxc8+ Rhxc8 15.c3 Ne6 16.Rd1 d6 17.Nc4 Rc6 18.Ne3
Rd8 19.Bc4 Nc7 20.Ke2 g6 21.Rd2 b5 22.Nd5+ Nfxd5 23.Bxd5 Rb6
24.h4 h6 25.Ke3 Ne8 26.Rf1 Nf6 27.f4 Ng4+ 28.Ke2 Rc8 29.f5 g5
30.hxg5 hxg5 31.Rh1 Nf6 32.a3 a5 33.Rh3 g4 34.Rg3 Rg8 35.Rd1
Nh5 36.Re3 Rbb8 37.Rh1 Rh8 38.Kf2 g3+ 39.Kf3 Nf4 40.Rxh8 Rxh8
41.Re1 Nxd5 42.exd5 Kf6 43.Kxg3 Kxf5 44.Kf3 Rh4 45.g3 Rh2 46.Rb1
e4+ 47.Ke3 Ke5 48.a4 bxa4 49.Ra1 Rxb2 50.Rxa4 f5 51.Rxa5 Rg2
52.c4 Rxg3+ 53.Kd2 f4 54.Ra8 Kd4 55.Re8 Rg2+ 56.Ke1 f3 57.c5
dxc5 58.d6 Ke3 59.Kf1 Rd2 0-1
[Event "RA Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2019.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chiku-Ratte, Olivier Kenta"]
[Black "Donev, Danail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 O-O 6.Ng3 e5 7.d5 Nbd7
8.Be2 a5 9.h4 h5 10.Bg5 Nc5 11.Bxh5 gxh5 12.Nxh5 Kh8 13.Nxg7
Kxg7 14.Qf3 Rg8 15.h5 Ncd7 16.Qf5 Kh8 17.Rh3 Rxg5 18.Qxg5 Qg8
19.Qe3 Nc5 20.Rg3 Qh7 21.Qg5 Ncxe4 22.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 23.Re3 Qf4 24.Qxf4
exf4 25.Re7 Kg7 26.Rxc7 Nxh5 27.Kd2 Rb8 28.Re1 Nf6 29.Ree7 Bd7
30.a4 Bxa4 31.Rxf7+ Kg6 32.Rg7+ Kf5 33.Rcf7 b5 34.c5 dxc5 35.g4+
fxg3 36.Rxg3 Rb6 37.Ke3 b4 38.f4 Re6+ 39.dxe6 Kxe6 40.Rxf6+ Kxf6
41.Rg5 c4 42.Rxa5 Bd7 43.Kd4 Be6 44.Ra6 Kf5 45.Rxe6 Kxe6 46.Kxc4
Kf5 47.Kxb4 Kxf4 48.Kc5 1-0
[Event "RA Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2019.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dukic, Zachary"]
[Black "Sadeghi, Saeid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nc4
Qc7 8.Qf3 Nb6 9.Bf4 Qd7 10.O-O-O Qg4 11.Qxg4 Bxg4 12.f3 Be6 13.Na5
Nfd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bd2 O-O-O 16.Bd3 g6 17.Rhe1 Bg7 18.c3 Rhe8
19.g4 h5 20.Rxe6 fxe6 21.Bxg6 Rf8 22.g5 Nf4 23.Be4 e5 24.Bxf4
Rxf4 25.d5 cxd5 26.Bxd5 Kc7 27.c4 e6 28.Bxb7 Rxd1+ 29.Kxd1 Rh4
30.Be4 Rxh2 31.Nb3 Rxb2 32.Nc5 Rb6 33.Nd3 h4 34.Ke1 Rb1+ 35.Kf2
Ra1 36.Kg2 Rxa2+ 37.Kh3 a5 38.Kxh4 Rh2+ 39.Kg3 Rh8 40.Nc5 Bf8
41.Nxe6+ Kd6 42.Nd8 Kc7 43.Nf7 Rh1 44.Bc2 Rc1 45.Bb3 Rc3 46.Bd1
e4 47.g6 Rc1 48.Ng5 Rxd1 49.Ne6+ Kd6 50.Nxf8 e3 51.c5+ Ke7 0-1
[Event "RA Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2019.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Liang, Jason"]
[Black "Han, Johnathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 a6 6.c4 e6 7.Nc3 Be7
8.Be2 Nc6 9.Nc2 Qc7 10.Be3 O-O 11.O-O b6 12.Rc1 Bb7 13.Qe1 Rac8
14.Qg3 Rfd8 15.Rfd1 Nd7 16.Bf2 Qb8 17.Ne3 Nce5 18.Bf1 Nf6 19.Qh3
Ng6 20.g3 Bc6 21.a4 a5 22.Be2 Nd7 23.b3 Nc5 24.Rb1 Bf6 25.Na2
Be8 26.Qf1 Ne5 27.Nc1 Nc6 28.Ng4 Be7 29.Qe1 h5 30.Ne3 Bf6 31.Ng2
g6 32.Nf4 Nb4 33.Qd2 Qc7 34.Na2 Nc6 35.Nc3 Nb4 36.Na2 Nc6 37.Kg2
Kg7 38.Be3 Qe7 39.h3 Ne5 40.Nc3 Bc6 41.Rh1 Rh8 42.h4 Qb7 43.Nh3
Kg8 44.Nf2 Kg7 45.Rhd1 Rhd8 46.Kf1 Be8 47.Bd4 Qe7 48.Nh3 Nc6
49.Be3 Nb4 50.Nf4 Bc6 51.Bf2 Be5 52.Be3 Qf6 53.Na2 Nxa2 54.Qxa2
Bxf4 55.Bxf4 Nxe4 56.Kg2 Nc3 57.Qb2 Nxd1 58.Bh6+ Kxh6 59.Qxf6
Ne3+ 60.Kf2 Nf5 61.Bd3 Rd7 62.g4 Ng7 63.Qg5+ Kh7 64.gxh5 Nf5
65.hxg6+ fxg6 66.h5 Rg7 67.Rg1 Rcg8 68.hxg6+ Rxg6 69.Qh5+ 1-0
Games from round 2 - Viewer
[Event "RA Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2019.09.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yao, Hou Ji"]
[Black "Xu, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.f3 h5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Kb1 b5 12.Be2 Nb6 13.a3
Nc4 14.Bxc4 bxc4 15.Nc1 Rb8 16.N1e2 Qb7 17.Na4 d5 18.Qa5 d4 19.Bc1
Qb5 20.Bd2 Bd7 21.Qxb5 Bxb5 22.Nac3 dxc3 23.Bxc3 Nd7 24.f4 Bc6
25.fxe5 Bxe4 26.Ng3 Bxg2 27.Rhe1 Bh3 28.Ne4 Be6 0-1
[Event "RA Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2019.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Victor"]
[Black "Krolczyk, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O Ngf6 5.Re1 e5 6.c3 Be7 7.d4
O-O 8.Nbd2 cxd4 9.cxd4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.N2f3 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5
13.g4 Bg6 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.exf5 Qa5 16.Nd4 a6 17.Bf1 Nfd7 18.Bf4
Rfe8 19.Bg2 Bh4 20.Re2 Qb6 21.Rc1 Nc5 22.Rc3 h6 23.Be3 Qd8 24.b4
Na4 25.Qxa4 1-0
[Event "RA Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2019.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Black "Sadeghi, Saeid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O e6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 Be7 7.c4
O-O 8.d3 c6 9.Nbd2 Bh5 10.Rc1 Re8 11.Re1 Bf8 12.d4 Bg6 13.Nh4
e5 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.cxd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5
Rxe5 19.Nf3 Rh5 20.Qd3 Qb6 21.g4 Rh6 22.Qxd5 g5 23.Red1 Rd6 24.Qxg5
Rg6 25.Qf5 Rf6 26.Qd5 Rd6 27.Qc4 Rc6 28.Qf4 Rf6 29.Qc7 Qe6 30.Qc4
Qb6 31.g5 Rc6 32.Qf4 Bc5 33.Ne5 Qc7 34.Rd7 Bxf2+ 35.Kxf2 Qb6+
36.Kg2 1-0
[Event "RA Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2019.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saha, Ananda"]
[Black "Chiku-Ratte, Olivier Kenta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 e5 5.dxe6 Bxe6 6.e4 Nc6 7.Bb5
Qb6 8.Nf3 Nxe4 9.Qd3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rfe1 Rad8
13.Bxc6 Qxc6 14.Bg5 Qd7 15.Rad1 Rfe8 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Qe4 h6 18.a4
Qd7 19.Qf4 Qc6 20.h3 b6 21.Rd3 Bd5 22.Red1 Bxf3 23.Rxf3 Rd7 24.Rg3
Kf8 25.Rdd3 Qe4 26.Qc1 Qe1+ 27.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 28.Kh2 Re2 29.Rgf3
Rxc2 30.g4 d5 31.Rf4 Ke7 32.Kg3 Kd6 33.h4 f6 34.Rf5 Kc6 35.g5
hxg5 36.hxg5 fxg5 37.Kg4 d4 38.cxd4 Rxd4+ 39.Rxd4 cxd4 40.Kf3
Rc5 41.Rf7 Re5 42.Rxg7 d3 43.Rg6+ Kc5 44.Rg8 d2 45.Rd8 Rd5 46.Rxd5+
Kxd5 47.Ke2 d1Q+ 48.Kxd1 Kc4 0-1
[Event "RA Fall Open"]
[Site "Ottawa "]
[Date "2019.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Liang, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark " "]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O Bd6
8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ne5 O-O 10.f4 c5 11.Rf3 Ne4 12.Rh3 g6 13.Bd2 Nd7
14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Bc4 cxd4 16.Nxf7 Rxf7 17.Bxf7+ Kxf7 18.Rxh7+
Kg8 19.Rh3 Nf6 20.exd4 Qd7 21.Rg3 Kf7 22.Rg5 Nd5 23.Qb3 Qb5 24.Qh3
Rg8 25.f5 Qxb2 26.Rf1 Qxd4+ 27.Kh1 Qd3 28.fxg6+ Ke8 29.Qxd3 exd3
30.h4 Be7 31.Re1 Kd7 32.Rg4 Bc5 33.Rf1 Be3 34.Rf7+ Kd6 35.Bxe3
Nxe3 36.Rd4+ Bd5 37.h5 Ke5 38.Rxd3 Ke4 39.Rxd5 Kxd5 40.Kh2 Ng4+
41.Kh3 Ne5 42.Rf6 Nd7 43.Rf5+ Ke6 44.Rf7 b5 45.Kh4 a5 46.Kg5
Nc5 47.Ra7 Ne4+ 48.Kf4 Nf6 49.Ra6+ Ke7 50.Kg5 Ne4+ 51.Kf5 Nd6+
52.Ke5 Nc4+ 53.Kf4 Rf8+ 54.Kg5 a4 55.Ra7+ Ke6 56.g7 Rg8 57.h6
Nd6 58.Kg6 Ne8 59.h7 Nf6 60.Ra6+ Ke7 61.Rxf6 1-0