2023 National Capital Open November 3, 4, 5

[Halldor P. Palsson]

2023 National Capital Open
An EOCA Grand Prix Event, see website at www.eoca.ca

Date: November 3, 4, 5, 2023
Place: RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa – Clark Hall.
Rounds: 5, Friday 7:00 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 $1000, 2nd $600 3rd $400: U2200 $200 & U2050 $200;
U 1900 – (rated CFC); 1st $600, 2nd $400 3rd $200; U1750 $200;
U1600 – (rated CFC) 1st $600, 2nd $400 3rd 200; U1300 $200

Time Control: Game-in-90-plus-30-seconds-a-move.

Entry Fee: Open $100 if pre-registered, $120 at site;
U1900 $80 if pre-registered, $100 at site;
U1600 $60 if pre-registered, $80 at site.
Free entry for GM/WGM & IM/WIM. CFC National Master is $80 if entered by e-mail by October 26. 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

CFC or FQE membership is required.

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

Prizes: $$BEN

Organizers: EOCA, RA Chess Club, TD: Halldor P. Palsson

Registration: Halldor P. Palsson by e-mail & Interac e-transfers to fs889@ncf.ca

In person at the RA Chess Club October 26 & November 2


If you prefer your own equipment please bring it. RA Chess Club equipment is available.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Pre-registered 140, my capacity is 140. NO MORE ENTRIES CAN BE ACCEPTED.

2023 National Capital Open

# Name ID Rating Total
1 GM Bator Sambuev 146462 2575 0.0
2 IM Sai Krishna G V 2501 0.0
3 IM Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte 148376 2425 0.0
4 FM Johnathan Han 161709 2418 0.0
5 FM Daniel Xu 160020 2376 0.0
6 IM Eric Lawson 123478 2334 0.0
7 Ryan Sowa 150020 2304 0.0
8 Ryan Campbell 175910 2260 0.0
9 Sebastien Azar 167031 2253 0.0
10 Vincent Latorre 162297 2239 0.0
11 Neil Moses 170949 2179 0.0
12 Emanuel Kot 167543 2160 0.0
13 Etienne Latreille 154563 2145 0.0
14 Aayush Ajith 167780 2131 0.0
15 Saeid Sadeghi 139655 2112 0.0
16 Jonath Joseph 171981 2110 0.0
17 Hugo Guillemette 167806 2097 0.0
18 Derek Wang 166573 2094 0.0
19 Alessio Di Matteo 165337 2066 0.0
20 Ryan Yunhui Zhong 166737 2035 0.0
21 Michael Shi 167348 2020 0.0
22 Ben Kellar 148170 2017 0.0
23 Mark Nassar 185266 2014 0.0
24 Maxim Rousskikh 173654 1995 0.0
25 Eric Qian 167975 1982 0.0
26 Helmut Fritzsche 145427 1962 0.0
27 Savas Marin Stoica 167056 1947 0.0
28 Alexander Stopic 160017 1930 0.0
29 Henry Hughes-Dupuy 160188 1922 0.0
30 April Yunwei Zhong 167271 1914 0.0
31 Wah Sing [joseph] Leung 167606 1902 0.0
32 Lucy Gao 161206 1896 0.0
33 Jacob Jolicoeur 184193 1894 0.0
34 Michel Desjardins 131936 1884 0.0
35 Oliver Byl 174403 1865 0.0
36 Anais Chloe Fiset 173894 1857 0.0
37 Elber Zhu 174325 1829 0.0
38 Philip Xu 167580 1818 0.0

2023 National Capital Open: 2023 National Capital U1900

# Name ID Rating Total
1 Thomas Guillemette 172489 1898 0.0
2 Denys Lohozynskyi 180309 1842 0.0
3 Ashley Qian 168050 1797 0.0
4 Douglas Graham 169362 1777 0.0
5 Vladimir Dukkardt 163375 1769 0.0
6 Daniel Kearnan 137473 1757 0.0
7 Lucas Pitre 157622 1745 0.0
8 Arnaud Jutras 172491 1741 0.0
9 Justin Huang 166068 1728 0.0
10 Iassen Pelev 153414 1717 0.0
11 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi 155558 1701 0.0
12 Valentyna Lohozynska 180308 1692 0.0
13 Aris Marghetis 107391 1690 0.0
14 Aarush Ajith 167781 1681 0.0
15 Ankita Jain 163409 1669 0.0
16 Jacob Stephen Burton 167700 1655 0.0
17 Anton Gribanov 171361 1639 0.0
18 Babacar Sonko 177467 1611 0.0
19 Stefaniia Shevtsova 185025 1602 0.0
20 Edison Zhu 174324 1559 0.0
21 Ting En Ryan Wu 172850 1542 0.0
22 Cristian Scrieciu 179493 1526 0.0

2023 National Capital Open: 2023 National Capital U1600

# Name ID Rating Total
1 Raja Ravi Kiran Reddy Karra 160649 1595 0.0
2 Grant Schaper 132741 1569 0.0
3 Justin Jean 141554 1537 0.0
4 Spencer Martin 103276 1535 0.0
5 Noah Witmer 175301 1522 0.0
6 Samuel Filion 182218 1500 0.0
7 Simon Perkins 107582 1493 0.0
8 Yves Filion 146488 1492 0.0
9 Anuj Radia 183825 1490 0.0
10 Cody Griffiths 172958 1475 0.0
11 Justin Wen 174383 1470 0.0
12 Stephane Legault 107017 1468 0.0
13 Shuwen Tan 177847 1453 0.0
14 Christopher Sailus 156624 1450 0.0
15 Alois Clerc 176395 1441 0.0
16 William Gao 162775 1430 0.0
17 Randy Taylor 175695 1430 0.0
18 Jeremy Sztuka 162452 1427 0.0
19 Devon Pollard 183157 1393 0.0
20 Damien Lamontagne 173310 1392 0.0
21 Alexander Hodgins 181627 1385 0.0
22 Caspar Sun 177019 1374 0.0
23 Tom Leschinski 182035 1370 0.0
24 Zipei Liu 177533 1354 0.0
25 Romy Peters 135706 1352 0.0
26 Aaron Sethi 184769 1307 0.0
27 Xiangbin Wang 175680 1304 0.0
28 John Hay 162669 1297 0.0
29 Nathaniel Lays 181990 1273 0.0
30 Sachen Gombu 155110 1273 0.0
31 Greg Garber 158478 1268 0.0
32 Alain Brisebois 179131 1260 0.0
33 Paul Shedden 182259 1246 0.0
34 Victor Samuel 112306 1244 0.0
35 Parker Thompson 184493 1222 0.0
36 Jonathan Cao 180255 1220 0.0
37 Gregory Marcelin 181507 1217 0.0
38 Daniel Ribero Pinto 177775 1205 0.0
39 Eric Moore 174350 1203 0.0
40 Sébastien Belliveau 175567 1197 0.0
41 Lwazi Bhebhe 179270 1195 0.0
42 Daniel Vanderveen 182089 1195 0.0
43 John If Lukezich 146765 1183 0.0
44 Stephane Sonko 177904 1182 0.0
45 Siddhaarth Aravinthan 181781 1170 0.0
46 Katherine Leung 172773 1160 0.0
47 Anton Karpov 181778 1157 0.0
48 Ozan Cecen 183051 1154 0.0
49 Erik Laska 176968 1149 0.0
50 Pierre Arcand 160146 1127 0.0
51 Sasha Ioffine 177593 1091 0.0
52 Danny Nguyen 180472 1077 0.0
53 Laurent Bergeron-Collin 184914 1064 0.0
54 Daniel Davydov 173336 1062 0.0
55 Anthony McCormick 184334 1056 0.0
56 Niam Moses 171947 1047 0.0
57 Noah Stelmach 182515 1046 0.0
58 Dylan Linus Sy 184482 1045 0.0
59 Iain Wong 179340 1013 0.0
60 Justin Hum 181353 988 0.0
61 Hao En Colin Wu 175981 969 0.0
62 Anya Jain 182589 969 0.0
63 Andrew Svensson 143414 946 0.0
64 Adhvik Aravinthan 181782 943 0.0
65 Ian Luo 185294 901 0.0
66 Subaru Ishii 184385 884 0.0
67 Ojayit Basu 184818 865 0.0
68 Naomi Tominaga 169826 720 0.0
69 Anvi Jain 182592 652 0.0
70 Scott Hefkey 179023 646 0.0
71 Ryan Daoust 184335 unr. 0.0
72 Greg Khachatryan 174013 unr. 0.0
73 Ryan Ward 184426 unr. 0.0
74 Mohammadreza Mohseni 184900 unr. 0.0
75 Thanish Karuvarasan 181868 unr. 0.0
76 Eric Muddiman 185301 unr. 0.0
77 Jonathan Deslauriers 185191 unr. 0.0
78 Simon Al Aranji-Rouleau unr. 0.0
79 Brian Batchelar 169909 unr. 0.0
80 Gwenael Laurent-Guy 182074 unr. 0.0
81 Solomon Wb 184837 unr. 0.0

[Halldor P. Palsson]

2023 National Capital Open -- Advance bye summary - Half point byes.

Fritzsche, Helmut - Rnds: 1
Gao, Lucy - Rnds: 1
Guillemette, Hugo - Rnds: 1
Joseph, Jonath - Rnds: 1
Kot, Emanuel - Rnds: 1
Lawson, Eric - Rnds: 1
Leung, Wah Sing [joseph] - Rnds: 1
Rousskikh, Maxim - Rnds: 4
Sadeghi, Saeid - Rnds: 1
Stoica, Savas Marin - Rnds: 1

2023 Nationa Capital U1900 -- Advance bye summary - Half point byes.

Gribanov, Anton - Rnds: 1
Guillemette, Thomas - Rnds: 1
Jutras, Arnaud - Rnds: 1
Mahdjoubi, Abdelaziz - Rnds: 4
Marghetis, Aris - Rnds: 3 4 5z


2023 National Capital U1600 -- Advance bye summary - Half point byes.

Batchelar, Brian - Rnds: 4
Gao, William - Rnds: 1
Lamontagne, Damien - Rnds: 1
Leung, Katherine - Rnds: 1
Marcelin, Gregory - Rnds: 1
Svensson, Andrew - Rnds: 1
Sztuka, Jeremy - Rnds: 2

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Pairings for Round 1.

2023 National Capital Open

Board # Res White # Res Black
1 20 Ryan Yunhui Zhong (2035 0.0) 1 GM Bator Sambuev (2575 0.0)
2 2 IM Sai Krishna G V (2501 0.0) 21 Michael Shi (2020 0.0)
3 22 Ben Kellar (2017 0.0) 3 IM Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte (2425 0.0)
4 4 FM Johnathan Han (2418 0.0) 23 Mark Nassar (2014 0.0)
5 24 Maxim Rousskikh (1995 0.0) 5 FM Daniel Xu (2376 0.0)
6 7 Ryan Sowa (2304 0.0) 25 Eric Qian (1982 0.0)
7 28 Alexander Stopic (1930 0.0) 8 Ryan Campbell (2260 0.0)
8 9 Sebastien Azar (2253 0.0) 29 Henry Hughes-Dupuy (1922 0.0)
9 30 April Yunwei Zhong (1914 0.0) 10 Vincent Latorre (2239 0.0)
10 11 Neil Moses (2179 0.0) 33 Jacob Jolicoeur (1894 0.0)
11 34 Michel Desjardins (1884 0.0) 13 Etienne Latreille (2145 0.0)
12 14 Aayush Ajith (2131 0.0) 35 Oliver Byl (1865 0.0)
13 36 Anais Chloe Fiset (1857 0.0) 18 Derek Wang (2094 0.0)
14 19 Alessio Di Matteo (2066 0.0) 37 Elber Zhu (1829 0.0)
38 1 Philip Xu (1818 0.0) Playing one round in U1900 BYE
15 ½ Saeid Sadeghi (2112 0.0) BYE
17 ½ Hugo Guillemette (2097 0.0) BYE
6 ½ IM Eric Lawson (2334 0.0) BYE
16 ½ Jonath Joseph (2110 0.0) BYE
26 ½ Helmut Fritzsche (1962 0.0) BYE
27 ½ Savas Marin Stoica (1947 0.0) BYE
31 ½ Wah Sing [joseph] Leung (1902 0.0) BYE
32 ½ Lucy Gao (1896 0.0) BYE
12 ½ Emanuel Kot (2160 0.0) BYE

Pairings for Round 1.
2023 National Capital Open: 2023 National Capital U1900

Board # Res White # Res Black
16 2 Denys Lohozynskyi (1842 0.0) 14 Aris Marghetis (1690 0.0)
17 13 Valentyna Lohozynska (1692 0.0) 3 Philip Xu (1818 0.0)
18 4 Ashley Qian (1797 0.0) 15 Aarush Ajith (1681 0.0)
19 16 Ankita Jain (1669 0.0) 5 Douglas Graham (1777 0.0)
20 6 Vladimir Dukkardt (1769 0.0) 17 Jacob Stephen Burton (1655 0.0)
21 19 Babacar Sonko (1611 0.0) 7 Daniel Kearnan (1757 0.0)
22 8 Lucas Pitre (1745 0.0) 20 Stefaniia Shevtsova (1602 0.0)
23 21 Edison Zhu (1559 0.0) 10 Justin Huang (1728 0.0)
24 11 Iassen Pelev (1717 0.0) 22 Ting En Ryan Wu (1542 0.0)
25 23 Cristian Scrieciu (1526 0.0) 12 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi (1701 0.0)
1 ½ Thomas Guillemette (1898 0.0) BYE
9 ½ Arnaud Jutras (1741 0.0) BYE
18 ½ Anton Gribanov (1639 0.0) BYE

Pairings for Round 1.
2023 National Capital Open: 2023 National Capital U1600

Board # Res White # Res Black
26 1 Raja Ravi Kiran Reddy Karra (1595 0.0) 43 Daniel Vanderveen (1195 0.0)
27 44 John If Lukezich (1183 0.0) 2 Grant Schaper (1569 0.0)
28 3 Justin Jean (1537 0.0) 45 Stephane Sonko (1182 0.0)
29 46 Siddhaarth Aravinthan (1170 0.0) 4 Spencer Martin (1535 0.0)
30 5 Noah Witmer (1522 0.0) 48 Anton Karpov (1157 0.0)
31 49 Ozan Cecen (1154 0.0) 6 Samuel Filion (1500 0.0)
32 7 Simon Perkins (1493 0.0) 50 Erik Laska (1149 0.0)
33 51 Pierre Arcand (1127 0.0) 8 Yves Filion (1492 0.0)
34 9 Anuj Radia (1490 0.0) 52 Sasha Ioffine (1091 0.0)
35 53 Danny Nguyen (1077 0.0) 10 Cody Griffiths (1475 0.0)
36 11 Justin Wen (1470 0.0) 54 Laurent Bergeron-Collin (1064 0.0)
37 55 Daniel Davydov (1062 0.0) 12 Stephane Legault (1468 0.0)
38 13 Shuwen Tan (1453 0.0) 56 Anthony McCormick (1056 0.0)
39 57 Niam Moses (1047 0.0) 14 Christopher Sailus (1450 0.0)
40 15 Alois Clerc (1441 0.0) 58 Noah Stelmach (1046 0.0)
41 59 Dylan Linus Sy (1045 0.0) 17 Randy Taylor (1430 0.0)
42 18 Jeremy Sztuka (1427 0.0) 60 Iain Wong (1013 0.0)
43 61 Justin Hum ( 988 0.0) 19 Devon Pollard (1393 0.0)
44 21 Alexander Hodgins (1385 0.0) 62 Hao En Colin Wu ( 969 0.0)
45 63 Anya Jain ( 969 0.0) 22 Caspar Sun (1374 0.0)
46 23 Tom Leschinski (1370 0.0) 65 Adhvik Aravinthan ( 943 0.0)
47 66 Ian Luo ( 901 0.0) 25 Romy Peters (1352 0.0)
48 26 Tyler Lagace (1327 0.0) 67 Subaru Ishii ( 884 0.0)
49 68 Ojayit Basu ( 865 0.0) 27 Aaron Sethi (1307 0.0)
50 28 Xiangbin Wang (1304 0.0) 69 Naomi Tominaga ( 720 0.0)
51 70 Anvi Jain ( 652 0.0) 29 John Hay (1297 0.0)
52 30 Nathaniel Lays (1273 0.0) 71 Scott Hefkey ( 646 0.0)
53 72 Ryan Daoust (unr. 0.0) 31 Sachen Gombu (1273 0.0)
54 32 Greg Garber (1268 0.0) 73 Greg Khachatryan (unr. 0.0)
55 74 Ryan Ward (unr. 0.0) 33 Alain Brisebois (1260 0.0)
56 34 Paul Shedden (1246 0.0) 75 Mohammadreza Mohseni (unr. 0.0)
57 76 Thanish Karuvarasan (unr. 0.0) 35 Victor Samuel (1244 0.0)
58 36 Parker Thompson (1222 0.0) 77 Eric Muddiman (unr. 0.0)
59 78 Jonathan Deslauriers (unr. 0.0) 37 Jonathan Cao (1220 0.0)
60 39 Daniel Ribero Pinto (1205 0.0) 79 Simon Al Aranji-Rouleau (unr. 0.0)
61 80 Brian Batchelar (unr. 0.0) 40 Eric Moore (1203 0.0)
62 41 Sébastien Belliveau (1197 0.0) 81 Gwenael Laurent-Guy (unr. 0.0)
63 82 Solomon Wb (unr. 0.0) 42 Lwazi Bhebhe (1195 0.0)
38 ½ Gregory Marcelin (1217 0.0) BYE
24 ½ Zipei Liu (1354 0.0) BYE
16 ½ William Gao (1430 0.0) BYE
20 ½ Damien Lamontagne (1392 0.0) BYE
47 ½ Katherine Leung (1160 0.0) BYE
64 ½ Andrew Svensson ( 946 0.0) BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

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[Halldor P. Palsson]

[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.5"]
[Event "2023 National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa, Canada"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Krishna G V, Sai"]
[Black "Shi, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 min plus 30 sec/move"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]

1. e4 {[%clk 01:30:40]} {[%emt 00:00:19]} e5 {[%clk 01:30:54]} {[%emt
00:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%clk 01:31:05]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} Nc6 {[%clk 01:31:19]}
{[%emt 00:00:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%clk 01:31:32]} {[%emt 00:00:03]} Nf6 {[%clk
01:31:42]} {[%emt 00:15:03]} 4. O-O {[%clk 01:31:56]} Nxe4 {[%clk 01:32:04]} 5.
d4 {[%clk 01:32:23]} Nd6 {[%clk 01:32:28]} 6. Ba4 {[%clk 01:32:50]} exd4 {[%clk
01:17:18]} {[%emt 00:01:11]} 7. c3 {[%clk 01:33:17]} {[%emt 00:00:03]} Be7
{[%clk 01:17:01]} {[%emt 00:00:47]} 8. cxd4 {[%clk 01:32:17]} {[%emt 00:01:30]}
O-O {[%clk 01:15:14]} {[%emt 00:02:17]} 9. d5 {[%clk 01:26:26]} {[%emt
00:14:54]} Nb8 {[%clk 01:12:00]} 10. Nc3 {[%clk 01:18:55]} {[%emt 00:03:12]}
Nf5 {[%clk 00:55:13]} {[%emt 00:17:16]} 11. d6 {[%clk 01:19:23]} {[%emt
00:00:03]} Nxd6 {[%clk 00:49:30]} {[%emt 00:08:02]} 12. Nd5 {[%clk 01:07:44]}
{[%emt 00:15:48]} Nc6 {[%clk 00:27:18]} {[%emt 00:17:14]} 13. Re1 {[%clk
01:03:34]} {[%emt 00:04:40]} Re8 {[%clk 00:24:32]} {[%emt 00:03:16]} 14. Bc2
{[%clk 00:57:14]} {[%emt 00:06:49]} Bf6 {[%clk 00:15:13]} {[%emt 00:09:49]} 15.
Bf4 {[%clk 00:45:47]} {[%emt 00:11:57]} Rxe1+ {[%clk 00:14:04]} {[%emt
00:01:39]} 16. Qxe1 {[%clk 00:46:14]} {[%emt 00:00:02]} Ne7 {[%clk 00:07:38]}
{[%emt 00:06:57]} 17. Nxf6+ {[%clk 00:39:43]} {[%emt 00:34:35]} gxf6 {[%clk
00:08:02]} 18. Bxd6 {[%clk 00:32:22]} cxd6 {[%clk 00:07:11]} 19. Qe4 {[%clk
00:32:49]} Ng6 {[%clk 00:06:59]} 20. Re1 {[%clk 00:33:08]} d5 {[%clk 00:03:35]}
21. Qe8+ {[%clk 00:33:19]} Qxe8 {[%clk 00:03:59]} 22. Re4 Qe6 23. Rxe6 {[%clk
00:33:45]} Nf8 {[%clk 00:04:09]} 24. Re8 {[%clk 00:31:50]} Kg7 {[%clk
00:00:44]} 25. Bb3 {[%clk 00:32:04]} Ne6 {[%clk 00:00:34]} 26. Nd4 {[%clk
00:32:17]} Kg6 {[%clk 00:00:53]} 27. Nf5 {[%clk 00:26:03]} Kg5 {[%clk
00:01:06]} {[%emt 00:02:07]} 28. Ne7 {[%clk 00:26:21]} 1-0



[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.5"]
[Event "2023 National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa, Canada"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Zhong, Ryan Yunhui"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 min plus 30 sec/move"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2578"]

1. e4 {[%clk 01:30:57]} {[%emt 00:00:01]} e5 {[%clk 01:30:32]} {[%emt
00:00:28]} 2. Nf3 {[%clk 01:31:19]} {[%emt 00:00:10]} Nc6 {[%clk 01:30:56]}
{[%emt 00:00:04]} 3. d4 {[%clk 01:31:43]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} exd4 {[%clk
01:31:20]} {[%emt 00:15:01]} 4. Nxd4 {[%clk 01:32:03]} Nf6 {[%clk 01:31:46]} 5.
Nc3 {[%clk 01:32:24]} Nxe4 {[%clk 01:31:58]} 6. Nxe4 {[%clk 01:32:48]} Qe7
{[%clk 01:32:23]} 7. f3 {[%clk 01:33:12]} d5 {[%clk 01:32:35]} 8. Bb5 {[%clk
01:33:37]} Bd7 {[%clk 01:32:30]} 9. Bxc6 {[%clk 01:33:49]} bxc6 {[%clk
01:31:55]} 10. O-O {[%clk 01:33:47]} dxe4 {[%clk 01:32:16]} 11. Re1 {[%clk
01:32:45]} O-O-O {[%clk 01:31:36]} 12. Rxe4 {[%clk 01:25:28]} Qf6 {[%clk
01:31:08]} {[%emt 00:00:33]} 13. Qe2 {[%clk 01:20:56]} {[%emt 00:05:01]} c5
{[%clk 01:27:33]} {[%emt 00:04:02]} 14. Nb5 {[%clk 01:12:57]} {[%emt 00:11:04]}
Qa6 {[%clk 01:26:49]} 15. Nc3 {[%clk 01:08:52]} {[%emt 00:03:17]} Qxe2 {[%clk
01:27:04]} {[%emt 00:00:15]} 16. Rxe2 {[%clk 01:09:12]} {[%emt 00:00:10]} Bf5
{[%clk 01:23:14]} {[%emt 00:13:14]} 17. Bf4 {[%clk 01:04:04]} c4 {[%clk
01:21:22]} 18. Nb5 {[%clk 00:58:04]} {[%emt 00:05:35]} Bc5+ {[%clk 01:15:53]}
{[%emt 00:06:02]} 19. Kf1 {[%clk 00:57:59]} {[%emt 00:00:33]} Rhe8 {[%clk
01:15:21]} {[%emt 00:01:01]} 20. Rxe8 {[%clk 00:54:23]} {[%emt 00:04:07]} Rxe8
{[%clk 01:14:57]} {[%emt 00:10:07]} 21. Rc1 {[%clk 00:54:10]} Rd8 {[%clk
01:10:30]} 22. Nxc7 {[%clk 00:49:20]} {[%emt 00:01:47]} Rd4 {[%clk 01:01:23]}
{[%emt 00:09:35]} 23. Na6 {[%clk 00:46:01]} {[%emt 00:03:52]} Bf8 {[%clk
00:57:02]} {[%emt 00:04:50]} 24. Be3 {[%clk 00:44:01]} {[%emt 00:02:31]} Rd5
{[%clk 00:56:29]} {[%emt 00:00:57]} 25. b4 {[%clk 00:43:44]} {[%emt 00:00:52]}
Bd6 {[%clk 00:54:13]} {[%emt 00:02:46]} 26. g4 {[%clk 00:38:38]} {[%emt
00:05:37]} Bg6 {[%clk 00:53:41]} {[%emt 00:05:37]} 27. Nc5 {[%clk 00:36:32]} f5
{[%clk 00:50:48]} {[%emt 00:01:23]} 28. h3 {[%clk 00:32:31]} {[%emt 00:04:32]}
f4 {[%clk 00:47:27]} {[%emt 00:07:33]} 29. Bf2 {[%clk 00:32:48]} Rd2 {[%clk
00:47:32]} 30. Ke1 {[%clk 00:32:45]} c3 {[%clk 00:45:31]} 31. a3 {[%clk
00:30:56]} {[%emt 00:02:20]} Bxc5 {[%clk 00:40:08]} {[%emt 00:05:52]} 32. bxc5
{[%clk 00:31:18]} {[%emt 00:00:08]} Kc7 {[%clk 00:38:29]} {[%emt 00:02:07]} 33.
a4 {[%clk 00:29:20]} {[%emt 00:34:42]} a5 {[%clk 00:38:15]} 34. Rd1 {[%clk
00:22:22]} Rxc2 {[%clk 00:38:14]} 35. Bd4 {[%clk 00:22:45]} Kc6 {[%clk
00:37:27]} 36. Kf1 {[%clk 00:21:23]} Bf7 {[%clk 00:36:28]} 37. Rb1 {[%clk
00:16:00]} Bc4+ {[%clk 00:33:27]} 38. Kg1 {[%clk 00:15:53]} Kd5 {[%clk
00:33:12]} 39. Bxg7 {[%clk 00:14:31]} Kxc5 {[%clk 00:33:18]} 40. Be5 {[%clk
00:12:36]} Be2 {[%clk 00:32:11]} 41. Bxf4 {[%clk 00:11:15]} {[%emt 00:00:12]}
Bxf3 {[%clk 00:31:17]} {[%emt 00:01:24]} 42. Rb5+ {[%clk 00:10:18]} {[%emt
00:01:28]} Kd4 {[%clk 00:27:50]} {[%emt 00:03:54]} 43. Rxa5 {[%clk 00:10:34]}
{[%emt 00:00:17]} Rg2+ {[%clk 00:27:58]} {[%emt 00:00:21]} 44. Kf1 {[%clk
00:10:53]} {[%emt 00:00:12]} Ke4 {[%clk 00:26:23]} {[%emt 00:02:02]} 45. Bg5
{[%clk 00:07:17]} {[%emt 00:04:08]} Ra2 {[%clk 00:24:10]} {[%emt 00:02:42]} 46.
Kg1 {[%clk 00:05:37]} {[%emt 00:02:11]} Rg2+ {[%clk 00:20:29]} {[%emt
00:04:11]} 47. Kf1 {[%clk 00:05:59]} {[%emt 00:00:08]} Rh2 {[%clk 00:20:50]}
{[%emt 00:00:06]} 48. h4 {[%clk 00:05:35]} {[%emt 00:00:57]} Bxg4 {[%clk
00:19:25]} {[%emt 00:01:54]} 49. Rc5 {[%clk 00:05:55]} {[%emt 00:00:11]} Kd3
{[%clk 00:19:29]} {[%emt 00:00:22]} 50. Bf6 {[%clk 00:04:57]} {[%emt 00:01:31]}
c2 {[%clk 00:19:37]} {[%emt 00:00:19]} 51. Bg5 {[%clk 00:05:24]} {[%emt
00:00:07]} Bh3+ {[%clk 00:13:06]} {[%emt 00:07:01]} 52. Kg1 {[%clk 00:05:45]}
{[%emt 00:00:09]} Rg2+ {[%clk 00:13:30]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} 53. Kh1 {[%clk
00:06:04]} {[%emt 00:00:12]} Rg4 {[%clk 00:13:50]} {[%emt 00:00:08]} 54. a5
{[%clk 00:04:03]} {[%emt 00:02:33]} Bg2+ {[%clk 00:12:12]} {[%emt 00:02:07]} 55.
Kg1 {[%clk 00:04:27]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} Bd5+ {[%clk 00:12:02]} {[%emt
00:00:39]} 56. Kf2 {[%clk 00:04:12]} {[%emt 00:00:46]} Rxg5 {[%clk 00:11:33]}
{[%emt 00:00:59]} 57. hxg5 {[%clk 00:04:37]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} Bc4 {[%clk
00:11:59]} {[%emt 00:00:03]} 58. a6 {[%clk 00:03:52]} {[%emt 00:01:15]} c1=Q
{[%clk 00:12:20]} {[%emt 00:00:08]} 59. a7 {[%clk 00:04:17]} {[%emt 00:00:05]}
Qe3+ {[%clk 00:12:23]} {[%emt 00:00:26]} 60. Kg2 {[%clk 00:04:40]} {[%emt
00:00:07]} Qxc5 {[%clk 00:12:43]} {[%emt 00:00:09]} 0-1



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stopic Alexander"]
[Black "Campbell Ryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 a6 6.Be2 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Be2 Bb7 9.O-O Nbd7 10.a3 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.b4 Qxd1 13.Rxd1
Nb3 14.Rb1 Nxc1 15.Rbxc1 O-O 16.Nxb5 axb5 17.Rc7 Bxf3 18.Bxf3
Bd8 19.Rxf7 Kxf7 20.Bxa8 Be7 21.Bc6 Rb8 22.e4 Rb6 23.Bd7 Nxd7
24.Rxd7 Ra6 25.Rb7 Rxa3 26.f3 Rb3 27.Rxb5 Rxb4 28.Ra5 Rb2 29.h3
Bd6 30.Kf1 Bg3 31.Ra1 h5 32.Rc1 h4 33.Ra1 Kf6 34.Rc1 Ke5 35.Rd1
Kf4 36.Ra1 Bf2 37.Ra6 Bb6 38.Ra8 Kg3 39.Re8 Rf2+ 40.Ke1 Ba5+
41.Kd1 Kxg2 42.Rxe6 Rxf3 43.Ke2 Rxh3 44.e5 Rg3 45.Ra6 Bd8 46.e6
h3 0-1



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Han Johnathan (CAN)"]
[Black "Nassar Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4
e5 8.Bg5 a6 9.Na3 b5 10.Nd5 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.c3 O-O 13.Nc2
Rb8 14.h4 a5 15.Nce3 g6 16.g3 Bg7 17.h5 Be6 18.a3 Ne7 19.Bh3
Nxd5 20.Nxd5 Qg5 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Bxe6 fxe6 23.Ne3 d5 24.exd5
e4 25.dxe6 Rf3 26.Qd6 Rd8 27.e7 Rxd6 28.e8Q+ Rf8 29.Qxe4 Qd8
30.O-O Re8 31.Qg4 Qb6 32.Rad1 Rde6 33.Nd5 Qc5 34.Nf4 1-0



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhong, April Yunwei"]
[Black "Latorre Vincent (CAN)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 Nf6 7.Qe2
b5 8.Bc2 e5 9.h3 Be7 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.d3 O-O 12.Nbd2 Be6 13.Nf1
h6 14.Ng3 Rad8 15.Nf5 Bxf5 16.exf5 Rfe8 17.Be3 d5 18.d4 exd4
19.cxd4 cxd4 20.Nxd4 Bc5 21.Nxc6 Qxc6 22.Rac1 d4 23.Bb1 dxe3
24.Rxd8 Rxd8 0-1



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kellar Ben"]
[Black "Chiku-Ratte Olivier-kenta (CAN)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.d4 dxc4 6.a4 a5 7.Na3
Nb6 8.O-O g6 9.Ne5 Be6 10.e3 Nfd7 11.Nf3 Bd5 12.Qc2 Nf6 13.Ne5
Bg7 14.Naxc4 Nxc4 15.Nxc4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 h5 17.h4 O-O 18.Bd2 c5
19.Bxa5 Rxa5 20.Nxa5 Qxa5 21.Qxc5 Qa8 22.Qxe7 Re8 23.Qb4 b5+
24.Kg1 bxa4 25.Qxa4 Qc8 26.Rfc1 Qf5 27.Qc6 Kh7 28.Rc5 Qd3 29.Qf3
Re7 30.Rd1 Qb3 31.Re5 Ra7 32.Rd2 Ra1+ 33.Kg2 Qb4 34.Qe2 Qb7+
35.d5 Qc7 36.d6 Qc1 37.Kf3 Qh1+ 38.Kf4 Bh6+ 0-1



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rousskikh Maxim"]
[Black "Xu, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1961"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Ngf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 e6 7.O-O
Be7 8.d4 b5 9.Bc2 Bb7 10.a4 O-O 11.Re1 Qb6 12.e5 Nd5 13.Bg5 Bxg5
14.Bxh7+ Kxh7 15.Nxg5+ Kg8 16.Qh5 N5f6 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.dxc5 dxc5
19.Qh3 Rfd8 20.axb5 axb5 21.Rxa8 Bxa8 22.Na3 Rd2 23.c4 b4 24.Nb5
Qd8 25.Qb3 Ng4 26.Nh3 Qb8 27.Qg3 Qxg3 28.hxg3 Rxb2 29.f3 Nf6
30.Rd1 Ra2 31.Rd8+ Kh7 32.Nd6 b3 33.f4 b2 0-1



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Azar Sebastien"]
[Black "Hughes-Dupuy Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 Qe7 6.O-O a6 7.Ba4
b5 8.Bb3 d6 9.Nbd2 h6 10.a4 Rb8 11.axb5 axb5 12.Bd5 Nd8 13.d4
Bb6 14.Re1 O-O 15.Bb3 Bb7 16.Bc2 Ne6 17.Nf1 Kh7 18.Ng3 g6 19.h3
Ng7 20.Qd2 Ng8 21.b3 c5 22.Bb2 c4 23.bxc4 bxc4 24.Ba3 Rfd8 25.dxe5
Qe6 26.exd6 Ne8 27.Red1 Ngf6 28.Nd4 Qe5 29.f4 Qe6 30.Kh2 Qd7
31.Rab1 Ba8 32.Re1 Ba7 33.Rxb8 Bxb8 34.Kg1 Ng7 35.f5 Re8 36.e5
Nd5 37.Bc1 g5 38.f6+ 1-0



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sowa Ryan"]
[Black "Qian, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Qc2 c6 7.O-O b6
8.Nbd2 Bb7 9.e4 Na6 10.b3 c5 11.exd5 exd5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Rd1
Qc7 14.Bb2 Rac8 15.Be5 Qd7 16.Rac1 Ne6 17.Qb2 Rfd8 18.Nf1 Qe8
19.Nh4 Ng4 20.Nf5 Nxe5 21.Qxe5 Bf6 22.Qe2 g6 23.Nh6+ Kg7 24.Ng4
Bg5 25.f4 Be7 26.cxd5 Rxc1 27.Qb2+ f6 28.Qxc1 Bc5+ 29.Kh1 Nd4
30.Qc4 Nf5 31.Qc3 Qf7 32.Nge3 Nxe3 33.Nxe3 Bxe3 34.Qxe3 Bxd5
35.Kg1 Rd7 36.Bxd5 {Cannot follow scoresheets. Game was drawn 25 moves later.}
1/2-1/2

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Pairings for Round 2.

2023 National Capital Open

Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 1 GM Bator Sambuev (2575 1.0) 9 Sebastien Azar (2253 1.0)
2 10 Vincent Latorre (2239 1.0) 2 IM Sai Krishna G V (2501 1.0)
3 3 IM Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte (2425 1.0) 11 Neil Moses (2179 1.0)
4 18 Derek Wang (2094 1.0) 4 FM Johnathan Han (2418 1.0)
5 5 FM Daniel Xu (2376 1.0) 14 Aayush Ajith (2131 1.0)
6 8 Ryan Campbell (2260 1.0) 19 Alessio Di Matteo (2066 1.0)
7 6 IM Eric Lawson (2334 0.5) 38 Philip Xu (1818 1.0)
8 26 Helmut Fritzsche (1962 0.5) 7 Ryan Sowa (2304 0.5)
9 25 Eric Qian (1982 0.5) 12 Emanuel Kot (2160 0.5)
10 13 Etienne Latreille (2145 0.5) 27 Savas Marin Stoica (1947 0.5)
11 15 Saeid Sadeghi (2112 0.5) 31 Wah Sing [joseph] Leung (1902 0.5)
12 32 Lucy Gao (1896 0.5) 16 Jonath Joseph (2110 0.5)
13 17 Hugo Guillemette (2097 0.5) 34 Michel Desjardins (1884 0.5)
14 29 Henry Hughes-Dupuy (1922 0.0) 20 Ryan Yunhui Zhong (2035 0.0)
15 21 Michael Shi (2020 0.0) 28 Alexander Stopic (1930 0.0)
16 33 Jacob Jolicoeur (1894 0.0) 22 Ben Kellar (2017 0.0)
17 23 Mark Nassar (2014 0.0) 30 April Yunwei Zhong (1914 0.0)
18 35 Oliver Byl (1865 0.0) 24 Maxim Rousskikh (1995 0.0)
37 1 Elber Zhu (1829 0.0) BYE
36 ½ Anais Chloe Fiset (1857 0.0) BYE

Pairings for Round 2. 2023 National Capital Open: 2023 National Capital U1900
Bd # Res White # Res Black
19 11 Iassen Pelev (1717 1.0) 2 Denys Lohozynskyi (1842 1.0)
20 13 Valentyna Lohozynska (1692 1.0) 4 Ashley Qian (1797 1.0)
21 5 Douglas Graham (1777 1.0) 19 Babacar Sonko (1611 1.0)
22 21 Edison Zhu (1559 1.0) 8 Lucas Pitre (1745 1.0)
23 1 Thomas Guillemette (1898 0.5) 23 Cristian Scrieciu (1526 1.0)
24 18 Anton Gribanov (1639 0.5) 6 Vladimir Dukkardt (1769 0.5)
25 17 Jacob Stephen Burton (1655 0.5) 9 Arnaud Jutras (1741 0.5)
26 7 Daniel Kearnan (1757 0.0) 15 Aarush Ajith (1681 0.0)
27 10 Justin Huang (1728 0.0) 16 Ankita Jain (1669 0.0)
28 12 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi (1701 0.0) 20 Stefaniia Shevtsova (1602 0.0)
29 14 Aris Marghetis (1690 0.0) 22 Ting En Ryan Wu (1542 0.0)
3 0 Philip Xu (1818 0.0) BYE

Pairings for Round 2. 2023 National Capital Open: 2023 National Capital U1600
Bd # Res White # Res Black
30 29 John Hay (1297 1.0) 1 Raja Ravi Kiran Reddy Karra (1595 1.0)
31 30 Nathaniel Lays (1273 1.0) 3 Justin Jean (1537 1.0)
32 31 Sachen Gombu (1273 1.0) 5 Noah Witmer (1522 1.0)
33 32 Greg Garber (1268 1.0) 7 Simon Perkins (1493 1.0)
34 8 Yves Filion (1492 1.0) 36 Parker Thompson (1222 1.0)
35 35 Victor Samuel (1244 1.0) 11 Justin Wen (1470 1.0)
36 12 Stephane Legault (1468 1.0) 39 Daniel Ribero Pinto (1205 1.0)
37 42 Lwazi Bhebhe (1195 1.0) 13 Shuwen Tan (1453 1.0)
38 14 Christopher Sailus (1450 1.0) 41 Sébastien Belliveau (1197 1.0)
39 17 Randy Taylor (1430 1.0) 49 Ozan Cecen (1154 1.0)
40 19 Devon Pollard (1393 1.0) 74 Ryan Ward (unr. 1.0)
41 52 Sasha Ioffine (1091 1.0) 21 Alexander Hodgins (1385 1.0)
42 58 Noah Stelmach (1046 1.0) 23 Tom Leschinski (1370 1.0)
43 25 Romy Peters (1352 1.0) 78 Jonathan Deslauriers (unr. 1.0)
44 27 Aaron Sethi (1307 1.0) 80 Brian Batchelar (unr. 1.0)
45 75 Mohammadreza Mohseni (unr. 1.0) 28 Xiangbin Wang (1304 1.0)
46 67 Subaru Ishii ( 884 1.0) 2 Grant Schaper (1569 0.5)
47 4 Spencer Martin (1535 0.5) 44 John If Lukezich (1183 0.5)
48 10 Cody Griffiths (1475 0.5) 46 Siddhaarth Aravinthan (1170 0.5)
49 16 William Gao (1430 0.5) 38 Gregory Marcelin (1217 0.5)
50 20 Damien Lamontagne (1392 0.5) 47 Katherine Leung (1160 0.5)
51 22 Caspar Sun (1374 0.5) 53 Danny Nguyen (1077 0.5)
52 24 Zipei Liu (1354 0.5) 63 Anya Jain ( 969 0.5)
53 6 Samuel Filion (1500 0.0) 64 Andrew Svensson ( 946 0.5)
54 60 Iain Wong (1013 0.0) 9 Anuj Radia (1490 0.0)
55 62 Hao En Colin Wu ( 969 0.0) 15 Alois Clerc (1441 0.0)
56 65 Adhvik Aravinthan ( 943 0.0) 26 Tyler Lagace (1327 0.0)
57 33 Alain Brisebois (1260 0.0) 59 Dylan Linus Sy (1045 0.0)
58 69 Naomi Tominaga ( 720 0.0) 34 Paul Shedden (1246 0.0)
59 37 Jonathan Cao (1220 0.0) 61 Justin Hum ( 988 0.0)
60 40 Eric Moore (1203 0.0) 66 Ian Luo ( 901 0.0)
61 43 Daniel Vanderveen (1195 0.0) 68 Ojayit Basu ( 865 0.0)
62 45 Stephane Sonko (1182 0.0) 70 Anvi Jain ( 652 0.0)
63 48 Anton Karpov (1157 0.0) 71 Scott Hefkey ( 646 0.0)
64 50 Erik Laska (1149 0.0) 72 Ryan Daoust (unr. 0.0)
65 73 Greg Khachatryan (unr. 0.0) 51 Pierre Arcand (1127 0.0)
66 54 Laurent Bergeron-Collin (1064 0.0) 76 Thanish Karuvarasan (unr. 0.0)
67 77 Eric Muddiman (unr. 0.0) 55 Daniel Davydov (1062 0.0)
68 56 Anthony McCormick (1056 0.0) 79 Simon Al Aranji-Rouleau (unr. 0.0)
69 81 Gwenael Laurent-Guy (unr. 0.0) 57 Niam Moses (1047 0.0)
82 1 Solomon Wb (unr. 0.0) BYE
18 ½ Jeremy Sztuka (1427 1.0) BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.5"]
[Event "2023 National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa, Canada"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Krishna G V, Sai"]
[Black "Shi, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 min plus 30 sec/move"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]

1. e4 {[%clk 01:30:40]} {[%emt 00:00:19]} e5 {[%clk 01:30:54]} {[%emt
00:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%clk 01:31:05]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} Nc6 {[%clk 01:31:19]}
{[%emt 00:00:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%clk 01:31:32]} {[%emt 00:00:03]} Nf6 {[%clk
01:31:42]} {[%emt 00:15:03]} 4. O-O {[%clk 01:31:56]} Nxe4 {[%clk 01:32:04]} 5.
d4 {[%clk 01:32:23]} Nd6 {[%clk 01:32:28]} 6. Ba4 {[%clk 01:32:50]} exd4 {[%clk
01:17:18]} {[%emt 00:01:11]} 7. c3 {[%clk 01:33:17]} {[%emt 00:00:03]} Be7
{[%clk 01:17:01]} {[%emt 00:00:47]} 8. cxd4 {[%clk 01:32:17]} {[%emt 00:01:30]}
O-O {[%clk 01:15:14]} {[%emt 00:02:17]} 9. d5 {[%clk 01:26:26]} {[%emt
00:14:54]} Nb8 {[%clk 01:12:00]} 10. Nc3 {[%clk 01:18:55]} {[%emt 00:03:12]}
Nf5 {[%clk 00:55:13]} {[%emt 00:17:16]} 11. d6 {[%clk 01:19:23]} {[%emt
00:00:03]} Nxd6 {[%clk 00:49:30]} {[%emt 00:08:02]} 12. Nd5 {[%clk 01:07:44]}
{[%emt 00:15:48]} Nc6 {[%clk 00:27:18]} {[%emt 00:17:14]} 13. Re1 {[%clk
01:03:34]} {[%emt 00:04:40]} Re8 {[%clk 00:24:32]} {[%emt 00:03:16]} 14. Bc2
{[%clk 00:57:14]} {[%emt 00:06:49]} Bf6 {[%clk 00:15:13]} {[%emt 00:09:49]} 15.
Bf4 {[%clk 00:45:47]} {[%emt 00:11:57]} Rxe1+ {[%clk 00:14:04]} {[%emt
00:01:39]} 16. Qxe1 {[%clk 00:46:14]} {[%emt 00:00:02]} Ne7 {[%clk 00:07:38]}
{[%emt 00:06:57]} 17. Nxf6+ {[%clk 00:39:43]} {[%emt 00:34:35]} gxf6 {[%clk
00:08:02]} 18. Bxd6 {[%clk 00:32:22]} cxd6 {[%clk 00:07:11]} 19. Qe4 {[%clk
00:32:49]} Ng6 {[%clk 00:06:59]} 20. Re1 {[%clk 00:33:08]} d5 {[%clk 00:03:35]}
21. Qe8+ {[%clk 00:33:19]} Qxe8 {[%clk 00:03:59]} 22. Re4 Qe6 23. Rxe6 {[%clk
00:33:45]} Nf8 {[%clk 00:04:09]} 24. Re8 {[%clk 00:31:50]} Kg7 {[%clk
00:00:44]} 25. Bb3 {[%clk 00:32:04]} Ne6 {[%clk 00:00:34]} 26. Nd4 {[%clk
00:32:17]} Kg6 {[%clk 00:00:53]} 27. Nf5 {[%clk 00:26:03]} Kg5 {[%clk
00:01:06]} {[%emt 00:02:07]} 28. Ne7 {[%clk 00:26:21]} 1-0


[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.5"]
[Event "2023 National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa, Canada"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Zhong, Ryan Yunhui"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 min plus 30 sec/move"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2578"]

1. e4 {[%clk 01:30:57]} {[%emt 00:00:01]} e5 {[%clk 01:30:32]} {[%emt
00:00:28]} 2. Nf3 {[%clk 01:31:19]} {[%emt 00:00:10]} Nc6 {[%clk 01:30:56]}
{[%emt 00:00:04]} 3. d4 {[%clk 01:31:43]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} exd4 {[%clk
01:31:20]} {[%emt 00:15:01]} 4. Nxd4 {[%clk 01:32:03]} Nf6 {[%clk 01:31:46]} 5.
Nc3 {[%clk 01:32:24]} Nxe4 {[%clk 01:31:58]} 6. Nxe4 {[%clk 01:32:48]} Qe7
{[%clk 01:32:23]} 7. f3 {[%clk 01:33:12]} d5 {[%clk 01:32:35]} 8. Bb5 {[%clk
01:33:37]} Bd7 {[%clk 01:32:30]} 9. Bxc6 {[%clk 01:33:49]} bxc6 {[%clk
01:31:55]} 10. O-O {[%clk 01:33:47]} dxe4 {[%clk 01:32:16]} 11. Re1 {[%clk
01:32:45]} O-O-O {[%clk 01:31:36]} 12. Rxe4 {[%clk 01:25:28]} Qf6 {[%clk
01:31:08]} {[%emt 00:00:33]} 13. Qe2 {[%clk 01:20:56]} {[%emt 00:05:01]} c5
{[%clk 01:27:33]} {[%emt 00:04:02]} 14. Nb5 {[%clk 01:12:57]} {[%emt 00:11:04]}
Qa6 {[%clk 01:26:49]} 15. Nc3 {[%clk 01:08:52]} {[%emt 00:03:17]} Qxe2 {[%clk
01:27:04]} {[%emt 00:00:15]} 16. Rxe2 {[%clk 01:09:12]} {[%emt 00:00:10]} Bf5
{[%clk 01:23:14]} {[%emt 00:13:14]} 17. Bf4 {[%clk 01:04:04]} c4 {[%clk
01:21:22]} 18. Nb5 {[%clk 00:58:04]} {[%emt 00:05:35]} Bc5+ {[%clk 01:15:53]}
{[%emt 00:06:02]} 19. Kf1 {[%clk 00:57:59]} {[%emt 00:00:33]} Rhe8 {[%clk
01:15:21]} {[%emt 00:01:01]} 20. Rxe8 {[%clk 00:54:23]} {[%emt 00:04:07]} Rxe8
{[%clk 01:14:57]} {[%emt 00:10:07]} 21. Rc1 {[%clk 00:54:10]} Rd8 {[%clk
01:10:30]} 22. Nxc7 {[%clk 00:49:20]} {[%emt 00:01:47]} Rd4 {[%clk 01:01:23]}
{[%emt 00:09:35]} 23. Na6 {[%clk 00:46:01]} {[%emt 00:03:52]} Bf8 {[%clk
00:57:02]} {[%emt 00:04:50]} 24. Be3 {[%clk 00:44:01]} {[%emt 00:02:31]} Rd5
{[%clk 00:56:29]} {[%emt 00:00:57]} 25. b4 {[%clk 00:43:44]} {[%emt 00:00:52]}
Bd6 {[%clk 00:54:13]} {[%emt 00:02:46]} 26. g4 {[%clk 00:38:38]} {[%emt
00:05:37]} Bg6 {[%clk 00:53:41]} {[%emt 00:05:37]} 27. Nc5 {[%clk 00:36:32]} f5
{[%clk 00:50:48]} {[%emt 00:01:23]} 28. h3 {[%clk 00:32:31]} {[%emt 00:04:32]}
f4 {[%clk 00:47:27]} {[%emt 00:07:33]} 29. Bf2 {[%clk 00:32:48]} Rd2 {[%clk
00:47:32]} 30. Ke1 {[%clk 00:32:45]} c3 {[%clk 00:45:31]} 31. a3 {[%clk
00:30:56]} {[%emt 00:02:20]} Bxc5 {[%clk 00:40:08]} {[%emt 00:05:52]} 32. bxc5
{[%clk 00:31:18]} {[%emt 00:00:08]} Kc7 {[%clk 00:38:29]} {[%emt 00:02:07]} 33.
a4 {[%clk 00:29:20]} {[%emt 00:34:42]} a5 {[%clk 00:38:15]} 34. Rd1 {[%clk
00:22:22]} Rxc2 {[%clk 00:38:14]} 35. Bd4 {[%clk 00:22:45]} Kc6 {[%clk
00:37:27]} 36. Kf1 {[%clk 00:21:23]} Bf7 {[%clk 00:36:28]} 37. Rb1 {[%clk
00:16:00]} Bc4+ {[%clk 00:33:27]} 38. Kg1 {[%clk 00:15:53]} Kd5 {[%clk
00:33:12]} 39. Bxg7 {[%clk 00:14:31]} Kxc5 {[%clk 00:33:18]} 40. Be5 {[%clk
00:12:36]} Be2 {[%clk 00:32:11]} 41. Bxf4 {[%clk 00:11:15]} {[%emt 00:00:12]}
Bxf3 {[%clk 00:31:17]} {[%emt 00:01:24]} 42. Rb5+ {[%clk 00:10:18]} {[%emt
00:01:28]} Kd4 {[%clk 00:27:50]} {[%emt 00:03:54]} 43. Rxa5 {[%clk 00:10:34]}
{[%emt 00:00:17]} Rg2+ {[%clk 00:27:58]} {[%emt 00:00:21]} 44. Kf1 {[%clk
00:10:53]} {[%emt 00:00:12]} Ke4 {[%clk 00:26:23]} {[%emt 00:02:02]} 45. Bg5
{[%clk 00:07:17]} {[%emt 00:04:08]} Ra2 {[%clk 00:24:10]} {[%emt 00:02:42]} 46.
Kg1 {[%clk 00:05:37]} {[%emt 00:02:11]} Rg2+ {[%clk 00:20:29]} {[%emt
00:04:11]} 47. Kf1 {[%clk 00:05:59]} {[%emt 00:00:08]} Rh2 {[%clk 00:20:50]}
{[%emt 00:00:06]} 48. h4 {[%clk 00:05:35]} {[%emt 00:00:57]} Bxg4 {[%clk
00:19:25]} {[%emt 00:01:54]} 49. Rc5 {[%clk 00:05:55]} {[%emt 00:00:11]} Kd3
{[%clk 00:19:29]} {[%emt 00:00:22]} 50. Bf6 {[%clk 00:04:57]} {[%emt 00:01:31]}
c2 {[%clk 00:19:37]} {[%emt 00:00:19]} 51. Bg5 {[%clk 00:05:24]} {[%emt
00:00:07]} Bh3+ {[%clk 00:13:06]} {[%emt 00:07:01]} 52. Kg1 {[%clk 00:05:45]}
{[%emt 00:00:09]} Rg2+ {[%clk 00:13:30]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} 53. Kh1 {[%clk
00:06:04]} {[%emt 00:00:12]} Rg4 {[%clk 00:13:50]} {[%emt 00:00:08]} 54. a5
{[%clk 00:04:03]} {[%emt 00:02:33]} Bg2+ {[%clk 00:12:12]} {[%emt 00:02:07]} 55.
Kg1 {[%clk 00:04:27]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} Bd5+ {[%clk 00:12:02]} {[%emt
00:00:39]} 56. Kf2 {[%clk 00:04:12]} {[%emt 00:00:46]} Rxg5 {[%clk 00:11:33]}
{[%emt 00:00:59]} 57. hxg5 {[%clk 00:04:37]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} Bc4 {[%clk
00:11:59]} {[%emt 00:00:03]} 58. a6 {[%clk 00:03:52]} {[%emt 00:01:15]} c1=Q
{[%clk 00:12:20]} {[%emt 00:00:08]} 59. a7 {[%clk 00:04:17]} {[%emt 00:00:05]}
Qe3+ {[%clk 00:12:23]} {[%emt 00:00:26]} 60. Kg2 {[%clk 00:04:40]} {[%emt
00:00:07]} Qxc5 {[%clk 00:12:43]} {[%emt 00:00:09]} 0-1


[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stopic Alexander"]
[Black "Campbell Ryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 a6 6.Be2 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Be2 Bb7 9.O-O Nbd7 10.a3 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.b4 Qxd1 13.Rxd1
Nb3 14.Rb1 Nxc1 15.Rbxc1 O-O 16.Nxb5 axb5 17.Rc7 Bxf3 18.Bxf3
Bd8 19.Rxf7 Kxf7 20.Bxa8 Be7 21.Bc6 Rb8 22.e4 Rb6 23.Bd7 Nxd7
24.Rxd7 Ra6 25.Rb7 Rxa3 26.f3 Rb3 27.Rxb5 Rxb4 28.Ra5 Rb2 29.h3
Bd6 30.Kf1 Bg3 31.Ra1 h5 32.Rc1 h4 33.Ra1 Kf6 34.Rc1 Ke5 35.Rd1
Kf4 36.Ra1 Bf2 37.Ra6 Bb6 38.Ra8 Kg3 39.Re8 Rf2+ 40.Ke1 Ba5+
41.Kd1 Kxg2 42.Rxe6 Rxf3 43.Ke2 Rxh3 44.e5 Rg3 45.Ra6 Bd8 46.e6
h3 0-1


[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Han Johnathan (CAN)"]
[Black "Nassar Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4
e5 8.Bg5 a6 9.Na3 b5 10.Nd5 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.c3 O-O 13.Nc2
Rb8 14.h4 a5 15.Nce3 g6 16.g3 Bg7 17.h5 Be6 18.a3 Ne7 19.Bh3
Nxd5 20.Nxd5 Qg5 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Bxe6 fxe6 23.Ne3 d5 24.exd5
e4 25.dxe6 Rf3 26.Qd6 Rd8 27.e7 Rxd6 28.e8Q+ Rf8 29.Qxe4 Qd8
30.O-O Re8 31.Qg4 Qb6 32.Rad1 Rde6 33.Nd5 Qc5 34.Nf4 1-0


[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhong, April Yunwei"]
[Black "Latorre Vincent (CAN)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 Nf6 7.Qe2
b5 8.Bc2 e5 9.h3 Be7 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.d3 O-O 12.Nbd2 Be6 13.Nf1
h6 14.Ng3 Rad8 15.Nf5 Bxf5 16.exf5 Rfe8 17.Be3 d5 18.d4 exd4
19.cxd4 cxd4 20.Nxd4 Bc5 21.Nxc6 Qxc6 22.Rac1 d4 23.Bb1 dxe3
24.Rxd8 Rxd8 0-1


[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kellar Ben"]
[Black "Chiku-Ratte Olivier-kenta (CAN)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.d4 dxc4 6.a4 a5 7.Na3
Nb6 8.O-O g6 9.Ne5 Be6 10.e3 Nfd7 11.Nf3 Bd5 12.Qc2 Nf6 13.Ne5
Bg7 14.Naxc4 Nxc4 15.Nxc4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 h5 17.h4 O-O 18.Bd2 c5
19.Bxa5 Rxa5 20.Nxa5 Qxa5 21.Qxc5 Qa8 22.Qxe7 Re8 23.Qb4 b5+
24.Kg1 bxa4 25.Qxa4 Qc8 26.Rfc1 Qf5 27.Qc6 Kh7 28.Rc5 Qd3 29.Qf3
Re7 30.Rd1 Qb3 31.Re5 Ra7 32.Rd2 Ra1+ 33.Kg2 Qb4 34.Qe2 Qb7+
35.d5 Qc7 36.d6 Qc1 37.Kf3 Qh1+ 38.Kf4 Bh6+ 0-1


[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rousskikh Maxim"]
[Black "Xu, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1961"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 Ngf6 5.Qe2 a6 6.Ba4 e6 7.O-O
Be7 8.d4 b5 9.Bc2 Bb7 10.a4 O-O 11.Re1 Qb6 12.e5 Nd5 13.Bg5 Bxg5
14.Bxh7+ Kxh7 15.Nxg5+ Kg8 16.Qh5 N5f6 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.dxc5 dxc5
19.Qh3 Rfd8 20.axb5 axb5 21.Rxa8 Bxa8 22.Na3 Rd2 23.c4 b4 24.Nb5
Qd8 25.Qb3 Ng4 26.Nh3 Qb8 27.Qg3 Qxg3 28.hxg3 Rxb2 29.f3 Nf6
30.Rd1 Ra2 31.Rd8+ Kh7 32.Nd6 b3 33.f4 b2 0-1


[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Azar Sebastien"]
[Black "Hughes-Dupuy Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 Qe7 6.O-O a6 7.Ba4
b5 8.Bb3 d6 9.Nbd2 h6 10.a4 Rb8 11.axb5 axb5 12.Bd5 Nd8 13.d4
Bb6 14.Re1 O-O 15.Bb3 Bb7 16.Bc2 Ne6 17.Nf1 Kh7 18.Ng3 g6 19.h3
Ng7 20.Qd2 Ng8 21.b3 c5 22.Bb2 c4 23.bxc4 bxc4 24.Ba3 Rfd8 25.dxe5
Qe6 26.exd6 Ne8 27.Red1 Ngf6 28.Nd4 Qe5 29.f4 Qe6 30.Kh2 Qd7
31.Rab1 Ba8 32.Re1 Ba7 33.Rxb8 Bxb8 34.Kg1 Ng7 35.f5 Re8 36.e5
Nd5 37.Bc1 g5 38.f6+ 1-0


[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sowa Ryan"]
[Black "Qian, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Qc2 c6 7.O-O b6
8.Nbd2 Bb7 9.e4 Na6 10.b3 c5 11.exd5 exd5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Rd1
Qc7 14.Bb2 Rac8 15.Be5 Qd7 16.Rac1 Ne6 17.Qb2 Rfd8 18.Nf1 Qe8
19.Nh4 Ng4 20.Nf5 Nxe5 21.Qxe5 Bf6 22.Qe2 g6 23.Nh6+ Kg7 24.Ng4
Bg5 25.f4 Be7 26.cxd5 Rxc1 27.Qb2+ f6 28.Qxc1 Bc5+ 29.Kh1 Nd4
30.Qc4 Nf5 31.Qc3 Qf7 32.Nge3 Nxe3 33.Nxe3 Bxe3 34.Qxe3 Bxd5
35.Kg1 Rd7 36.Bxd5 {Cannot follow scoresheets. Game was drawn 25 moves later.}
1/2-1/2

[Halldor P. Palsson]

[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sambuev Bator (CAN)"]
[Black "Azar Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O
dxc4 8.Nxc4 b5 9.Nce5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Bb7 11.Bd2 a5 12.Be2 O-O 13.Rc1
Qb6 14.a4 Rfd8 15.Qb3 Bb4 16.Bxb4 bxa4 17.Qxa4 axb4 18.Qb3 Nd5
19.Rc5 Qc7 20.Rfc1 Rdc8 21.Bf3 Qb6 22.g3 Ra5 23.Bxd5 exd5 24.Qxd5
Rxc5 25.Qxf7+ Kh8 26.Rxc5 Qa6 27.Qe6 h6 28.Nf7+ Kh7 29.Qf5+ g6
30.Qd7 1-0



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Campbell Ryan"]
[Black "Di Matteo Alesso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.Qf3
Ne7 8.Nc3 Nbc6 9.Qg3 Ng6 10.h4 Bb8 11.f4 h5 12.Be3 b5 13.e5 Rh6
14.O-O-O f5 15.exf6 Qxf6 16.Rhf1 Nce7 17.Qf3 d5 18.g3 Ba7 19.Bxa7
Rxa7 20.Qe3 Rc7 21.Rde1 Kf7 22.f5 exf5 23.Nxd5 Qd6 24.Nxc7 Qxc7
25.Nd4 Kg8 26.Nxf5 1-0



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Xu, Daniel"]
[Black "Aayush Ajith "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.Be3 Be6 9.Qd2 h5 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.Be2 Bh4+ 13.g3
Be7 14.O-O Bh3 15.Rf2 Nd7 16.Na5 Qc7 17.c4 f5 18.Bd3 Nf6 19.b4
Qd7 20.Bc2 h4 21.Bb3 hxg3 22.hxg3 f4 23.gxf4 e4 24.Qe2 Qf5 25.Rh2
Qg6+ 26.Kh1 Nh5 27.Rg1 Ng3+ 28.Rxg3 Qxg3 29.fxe4 Bg4 30.Rxh8+
Kf7 0-1



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang Derek"]
[Black "Han Johnathan (CAN)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2013"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.Nf3 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nxd4 Nc6 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.e3 Bg7 7.Be2
O-O 8.O-O d5 9.Bf3 dxc4 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Qa4 Be6 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Qxc6
Qxc6 14.Bxc6 Rab8 15.e4 Ng4 16.Ba4 Ne5 17.Bc2 Nc6 18.Rb1 Nb4
19.Ba4 Nd3 20.Bc2 Nxc1 21.Rdxc1 Rfd8 22.Rd1 Rxd1+ 23.Nxd1 Rd8
24.Ne3 Bh6 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.exd5 Rxd5 27.Rd1 Rb5 28.b3 c3 29.Kf1
Bd2 30.Rb1 Rd5 31.Rd1 Ra5 32.a4 Rh5 33.h3 a5 34.Rb1 Rh4 35.Rd1
Kg7 36.Ke2 Kf6 37.Rb1 Rb4 38.Rd1 e5 39.Rb1 Ke6 40.Rd1 Kd6 41.Rb1
Kc5 42.Rd1 Rd4 43.Ra1 Kb4 44.f3 h5 45.g3 Rd8 46.Rb1 Rd6 47.Kf2
Bh6 48.Rd1 Rxd1 49.Bxd1 Ka3 50.Ke2 Kb2 51.Kd3 f5 52.b4 axb4 53.a5
b3 54.a6 c2 55.Bxc2 bxc2 56.a7 c1Q 57.a8B Qc2# 0-1



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fritzsche Helmut (GER)"]
[Black "Sowa Ryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.c3 e5 5.dxe5 dxe4 6.Qe2 Nxe5 7.Qxe4
Bd6 8.f4 Nf6 9.Qe2 O-O 10.fxe5 Bxe5 11.Qxe5 Re8 12.Qxe8+ Qxe8+
13.Be2 Bf5 14.Nc4 Qe4 15.Ne3 Re8 16.Nxf5 Qxg2 17.Ng3 Ne4 18.Nxe4
Rxe4 19.Bd2 Rxe2+ 0-1



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Latorre Vincent (CAN)"]
[Black "Krishna G V, Sai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 g6 7.Re1 Bg7
8.d4 O-O 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Qc2 Nh5 12.Be3 Nf4 13.Nd2
Kh8 14.Kh1 Ne6 15.a4 f5 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Rad1 Qf6 18.f3 Rg8 19.Bd3
Nd8 20.f4 e4 21.Bf1 Be6 22.Nb3 b6 23.Nd4 Bf7 24.a5 Nb7 25.axb6
axb6 26.Ra1 c5 27.Nb3 Qc6 28.Nd2 Nd6 29.Be2 Bf6 30.Rg1 Be6 31.Rxa8
Rxa8 32.h3 Qd7 33.g4 Rg8 34.Qd1 Qc7 35.Rg2 Ra8 36.Qf1 Ra4 37.g5
hxg5 38.fxg5 Be5 39.Bf4 Qg7 40.g6 e3 41.Bxe5 Qxe5 42.Nf3 Qf4
43.g7+ Kg8 44.Qd1 Ra7 45.Rg6 Rxg7 46.Rxe6 Qg3 47.Qg1 Ne4 48.Rxe4
Qxh3+ 49.Qh2 Qxh2+ 50.Nxh2 fxe4 51.Ng4 Kf7 52.Bc4+ Kg6 53.Nxe3
Kg5 54.Kg2 Rd7 55.b3 Kf4 56.Nd5+ Rxd5 57.Bxd5 Ke3 58.Kg3 Kd3
59.Kf4 Kxc3 60.Kxe4 1/2-1/2



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chiku-Ratte Olivier-kenta (CAN)"]
[Black "Moses Neil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.O-O
O-O 8.Nbd2 Re8 9.Rd1 Qe7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 e5 13.Bg5
f6 14.Be3 exd4 15.Qxe7 Rxe7 16.Nxd4 Be5 17.Nf5 Re8 18.Nd6 Re7
19.Bh3 Bxd6 20.Rxd6 Kf7 21.Bf1 Ne5 22.h3 Bf5 23.f4 Nd7 24.Kf2
Nb6 25.b3 Rae8 26.Bc5 h5 27.Rd2 Rd7 28.Rxd7+ Nxd7 29.Be3 c5 30.Rd1
b6 31.Be2 Bxh3 32.Bxh5+ g6 33.Bf3 Be6 34.g4 Rc8 35.Bc1 Rc7 36.Bb2
Nf8 37.Rh1 Rd7 38.Ke3 Ke7 39.Rh8 Rd8 40.g5 fxg5 41.fxg5 Kf7 42.Bf6
Rd7 43.Bc6 Rd6 44.Be4 Rd1 45.Bd3 Bf5 46.Be2 Rd6 47.Rh1 Nd7 48.Bc3
a5 49.Rh7+ Ke6 50.Rh8 Bb1 51.a3 Kf5 52.Rh1 Bc2 53.Rg1 Ne5 54.Rc1
Kxg5 55.Bxe5 Re6 56.Rg1+ Kf5 57.Bg4+ Kxe5 58.Bxe6 Kxe6 59.Kd2
Bf5 60.Re1+ Kd6 61.Re8 Kd7 62.Rg8 Kc6 63.Rg7 Bb1 64.Rf7 Bf5 65.Rf6+
Kc7 66.Kc3 Kb7 67.b4 axb4+ 68.axb4 cxb4+ 69.Kxb4 Kc7 70.Kb5 Bd7+
71.Ka6 Bf5 72.Kb5 Bd7+ 73.Kb4 Bf5 74.Kc3 Bb1 75.Kd4 Bf5 76.Kd5
Bd3 77.Rf7+ Kb8 78.Re7 Bf1 79.Kd4 Bh3 80.Kc3 Bf5 81.Kb4 Kc8 82.Kb5
Bd3 83.Kc6 Kb8 84.Kxb6 Kc8 85.c5 1-0



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.11.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lawson Eric (CAN)"]
[Black "Xu Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Qb6 7.O-O cxd4
8.cxd4 Nge7 9.Na3 Nf5 10.Nc2 Be7 11.Bd3 g6 12.b3 f6 13.Bxf5 gxf5
14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Bg5 Qd8 16.Qd2 O-O 17.Rfe1 Bxg5 18.Nxg5 Qf6 19.Nf3
Rac8 20.Nb4 Kh8 21.Nxc6 Bxc6 22.Rac1 Rc7 23.Ne5 Rfc8 24.Qf4 h6
25.h4 Kh7 26.Rc3 Qg7 27.Rg3 Qf8 28.Nxc6 Rxc6 29.h5 Re8 30.Rg6
Re7 31.Re3 Re8 32.Reg3 Re7 33.Qe5 Qf7 34.Kh2 Rec7 35.f4 Rc3 36.Qxe6
Qxe6 37.Rxe6 Rxg3 38.Kxg3 Rc3+ 39.Kf2 Rc2+ 40.Re2 Rc7 41.Re5
Rc2+ 42.Kg3 Rxa2 43.Rxf5 Kg7 44.Rxd5 b6 45.Rd7+ Kf6 46.Rd6+ Kg7
47.Rd7+ Kf6 48.Rh7 Ra3 49.Kg4 b5 50.Rxh6+ Kg7 51.Rc6 a5 52.Rc7+
Kh6 53.Kh4 Ra1 54.g4 Rh1+ 55.Kg3 Rd1 56.Rc5 Rd3+ 57.Kh4 1-0

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Pairings for Round 3. 2023 National Capital Open: 2023 National Capital Open
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 4 FM Johnathan Han (2418 2.0) 1 GM Bator Sambuev (2575 2.0)
2 8 Ryan Campbell (2260 2.0) 3 IM Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte (2425 2.0)
3 14 Aayush Ajith (2131 2.0) 2 IM Sai Krishna G V (2501 1.5)
4 16 Jonath Joseph (2110 1.5) 6 IM Eric Lawson (2334 1.5)
5 7 Ryan Sowa (2304 1.5) 13 Etienne Latreille (2145 1.5)
6 31 Wah Sing [joseph] Leung (1902 1.5) 10 Vincent Latorre (2239 1.5)
7 12 Emanuel Kot (2160 1.5) 17 Hugo Guillemette (2097 1.5)
8 28 Alexander Stopic (1930 1.0) 5 FM Daniel Xu (2376 1.0)
9 9 Sebastien Azar (2253 1.0) 24 Maxim Rousskikh (1995 1.0)
10 11 Neil Moses (2179 1.0) 29 Henry Hughes-Dupuy (1922 1.0)
11 37 Elber Zhu (1829 1.0) 18 Derek Wang (2094 1.0)
12 19 Alessio Di Matteo (2066 1.0) 33 Jacob Jolicoeur (1894 1.0)
13 38 Philip Xu (1818 1.0) 15 Saeid Sadeghi (2112 0.5)
14 23 Mark Nassar (2014 0.5) 32 Lucy Gao (1896 0.5)
15 30 April Yunwei Zhong (1914 0.5) 25 Eric Qian (1982 0.5)
16 34 Michel Desjardins (1884 0.5) 26 Helmut Fritzsche (1962 0.5)
17 27 Savas Marin Stoica (1947 0.5) 36 Anais Chloe Fiset (1857 0.5)
18 20 Ryan Yunhui Zhong (2035 0.0) 35 Oliver Byl (1865 0.0)
19 22 Ben Kellar (2017 0.0) 21 Michael Shi (2020 0.0)

Pairings for Round 3. 2023 National Capital Open: 2023 National Capital U1900
Bd # Res White # Res Black
20 4 Ashley Qian (1797 2.0) 11 Iassen Pelev (1717 2.0)
21 8 Lucas Pitre (1745 2.0) 19 Babacar Sonko (1611 2.0)
22 17 Jacob Stephen Burton (1655 1.5) 1 Thomas Guillemette (1898 1.5)
23 2 Denys Lohozynskyi (1842 1.0) 15 Aarush Ajith (1681 1.0)
24 13 Valentyna Lohozynska (1692 1.0) 5 Douglas Graham (1777 1.0)
25 6 Vladimir Dukkardt (1769 1.0) 21 Edison Zhu (1559 1.0)
26 22 Ting En Ryan Wu (1542 1.0) 10 Justin Huang (1728 1.0)
27 12 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi (1701 1.0) 18 Anton Gribanov (1639 1.0)
28 9 Arnaud Jutras (1741 0.5) 23 Cristian Scrieciu (1526 1.0)
29 20 Stefaniia Shevtsova (1602 0.0) 16 Ankita Jain (1669 0.0)
14 ½ Aris Marghetis (1690 0.0) BYE
3 0 Philip Xu (1818 0.0) BYE
7 0 Daniel Kearnan (1757 0.0) BYE

Pairings for Round 3. 2023 National Capital Open: 2023 National Capital U1600
Bd # Res White # Res Black
30 3 Justin Jean (1537 2.0) 27 Aaron Sethi (1307 2.0)
31 5 Noah Witmer (1522 2.0) 39 Daniel Ribero Pinto (1205 2.0)
32 13 Shuwen Tan (1453 2.0) 52 Sasha Ioffine (1091 2.0)
33 41 Sébastien Belliveau (1197 2.0) 17 Randy Taylor (1430 2.0)
34 78 Jonathan Deslauriers (unr. 2.0) 19 Devon Pollard (1393 2.0)
35 28 Xiangbin Wang (1304 2.0) 58 Noah Stelmach (1046 2.0)
36 1 Raja Ravi Kiran Reddy Karra (1595 1.5) 67 Subaru Ishii ( 884 2.0)
37 4 Spencer Martin (1535 1.5) 20 Damien Lamontagne (1392 1.5)
38 8 Yves Filion (1492 1.5) 24 Zipei Liu (1354 1.5)
39 36 Parker Thompson (1222 1.5) 10 Cody Griffiths (1475 1.5)
40 11 Justin Wen (1470 1.5) 29 John Hay (1297 1.5)
41 35 Victor Samuel (1244 1.5) 18 Jeremy Sztuka (1427 1.5)
42 53 Danny Nguyen (1077 1.5) 6 Samuel Filion (1500 1.0)
43 9 Anuj Radia (1490 1.0) 42 Lwazi Bhebhe (1195 1.0)
44 43 Daniel Vanderveen (1195 1.0) 14 Christopher Sailus (1450 1.0)
45 15 Alois Clerc (1441 1.0) 45 Stephane Sonko (1182 1.0)
46 49 Ozan Cecen (1154 1.0) 16 William Gao (1430 1.0)
47 21 Alexander Hodgins (1385 1.0) 48 Anton Karpov (1157 1.0)
48 23 Tom Leschinski (1370 1.0) 50 Erik Laska (1149 1.0)
49 51 Pierre Arcand (1127 1.0) 25 Romy Peters (1352 1.0)
50 26 Tyler Lagace (1327 1.0) 75 Mohammadreza Mohseni (unr. 1.0)
51 57 Niam Moses (1047 1.0) 30 Nathaniel Lays (1273 1.0)
52 61 Justin Hum ( 988 1.0) 31 Sachen Gombu (1273 1.0)
53 74 Ryan Ward (unr. 1.0) 32 Greg Garber (1268 1.0)
54 80 Brian Batchelar (unr. 1.0) 33 Alain Brisebois (1260 1.0)
55 34 Paul Shedden (1246 1.0) 77 Eric Muddiman (unr. 1.0)
56 38 Gregory Marcelin (1217 1.0) 82 Solomon Wb (unr. 1.0)
57 76 Thanish Karuvarasan (unr. 1.0) 40 Eric Moore (1203 1.0)
58 2 Grant Schaper (1569 0.5) 56 Anthony McCormick (1056 1.0)
59 47 Katherine Leung (1160 0.5) 22 Caspar Sun (1374 0.5)
60 44 John If Lukezich (1183 0.5) 63 Anya Jain ( 969 0.5)
61 64 Andrew Svensson ( 946 0.5) 46 Siddhaarth Aravinthan (1170 0.5)
62 68 Ojayit Basu ( 865 0.0) 37 Jonathan Cao (1220 0.0)
63 70 Anvi Jain ( 652 0.0) 54 Laurent Bergeron-Collin (1064 0.0)
64 55 Daniel Davydov (1062 0.0) 69 Naomi Tominaga ( 720 0.0)
65 59 Dylan Linus Sy (1045 0.0) 73 Greg Khachatryan (unr. 0.0)
66 71 Scott Hefkey ( 646 0.0) 60 Iain Wong (1013 0.0)
67 72 Ryan Daoust (unr. 0.0) 62 Hao En Colin Wu ( 969 0.0)
68 79 Simon Al Aranji-Rouleau (unr. 0.0) 65 Adhvik Aravinthan ( 943 0.0)
69 66 Ian Luo ( 901 0.0) 81 Gwenael Laurent-Guy (unr. 0.0)
7 ½ Simon Perkins (1493 2.0) BYE
12 ½ Stephane Legault (1468 1.0) BYE