2024 Ottawa Winter Open January 19,20,21

[Halldor P. Palsson]

2024 Ottawa Winter Open
An EOCA Grand Prix Event [www.eoca.ca]

Date: January 19, 20, 21, 2024
Place: RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, Ontario

Room(s): Courtside A & B.

Rounds: 5, Friday 7:00 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 $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.


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.

Free entry for GM/WGM & IM/WIM. CFC National Master entry fee is $80 if entered by e-mail by January 11th. GM Bator Sambuev and U18 North American Youth Champion IM-elect Johnathan Han are 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: to: Halldor P. Palsson by e-mail to fs889@ncf.ca. Please Interac etransfer entry fees to Halldor P Palsson at fs889@ncf.ca

Use the RA Chess Club pieces & clocks or if you prefer bring your own.

Schedule of RA weekend tournaments;
March 1,2,3, 2024 Ottawa March Open Courtside A & B
June 14,15,16, 2024 Eastern Ontario Open Clark Hall

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Pre-registered 118 my capacity is 124.

2024 Ottawa Winter Open

# Name ID Rating Total
1 GM Bator Sambuev 146462 2576 0.0
2 IM Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte 148376 2448 0.0
3 IM Eric Lawson 123478 2365 0.0
4 FM Daniel Xu 160020 2350 0.0
5 Vincent Latorre 162297 2317 0.0
6 Rafael Adam 165899 2262 0.0
7 Sebastien Azar 167031 2243 0.0
8 Leo Lin 163510 2241 0.0
9 Hugues Masse 125461 2239 0.0
10 IM Thanh Nha Duong 107950 2232 0.0
11 Isaac Wiebe 146995 2231 0.0
12 Emanuel Kot 167543 2180 0.0
13 Ananda Saha 155219 2178 0.0
14 Etienne Latreille 154563 2168 0.0
15 Hugo Guillemette 167806 2152 0.0
16 Neil Moses 170949 2146 0.0
17 Derek Wang 166573 2103 0.0
18 Maxim Rousskikh 173654 2070 0.0
19 Michael Shi 167348 2056 0.0
20 Sanjay Ramesh 162979 2042 0.0
21 Alessio Di Matteo 165337 2035 0.0
22 Carina D'Souza 167600 2033 0.0
23 Barron Jiyu Jiang 165891 2005 0.0
24 Ryan Yunhui Zhong 166737 1998 0.0
25 Alexander Stopic 160017 1993 0.0
26 Joshua Myers 145333 1986 0.0
27 Ben Kellar 148170 1972 0.0
28 Iassen Pelev 153414 1940 0.0
29 Stefan Lanceman 155035 1934 0.0
30 Jacob Jolicoeur 184193 1926 0.0
31 Anthony Masse-Garneau 158468 1919 0.0
32 Anais Chloe Fiset 173894 1898 0.0
33 April Yunwei Zhong 167271 1868 0.0


2024 Ottawa Winter Open: 2024 Ottawa Winter U1900

# Name ID Rating Total
1 Marc Nassar 185266 1885 0.0
2 Gilbert Mercure 164472 1830 0.0
3 Ryan Zhuoyuan Xu 174722 1809 0.0
4 Eric Cloutier 167746 1801 0.0
5 Troy Dana 166087 1801 0.0
6 Thomas Swenson 179332 1800 0.0
7 Elber Zhu 174325 1787 0.0
8 Nicolas Dupont-Mageau 156184 1784 0.0
9 Alan Tomalty 112353 1755 0.0
10 Vladimir Dukkardt 163375 1742 0.0
11 Johan Kenneth Moleta 153217 1716 0.0
12 Cristian Scrieciu 179493 1712 0.0
13 Douglas Graham 169362 1704 0.0
14 Anuj Radia 183825 1669 0.0
15 Thomas Nicholson 179405 1661 0.0
16 Jacob Stephen Burton 167700 1658 0.0
17 Babacar Sonko 177467 1644 0.0
18 Simon Vandenbosch 177988 1576 0.0
19 Raunak Amit Ramasan 1567 0.0
20 Sophia Currie 179031 1561 0.0
21 Alois Clerc 176395 1557 0.0
22 Edison Zhu 174324 1536 0.0
23 Justin Wen 174383 1525 0.0
24 Simon Perkins 107582 1521 0.0
25 Samuel Filion 182218 1507 0.0
26 Daniel Harrison 169834 1501 0.0

2024 Ottawa Winter Open: 2024 Ottawa Winter U1600

# Name ID Rating Total
1 Drake Lalonde 146414 1589 0.0
2 Justin Jean 141554 1542 0.0
3 Randy Taylor 175695 1470 0.0
4 Jonathan Deslauriers 185191 1462 0.0
5 Herb Langer 100319 1446 0.0
6 Yves Filion 146488 1446 0.0
7 Cody Griffiths 172958 1430 0.0
8 Anton Karpov 181778 1424 0.0
9 Christopher Sailus 156624 1423 0.0
10 Stephane Sonko 177904 1412 0.0
11 Raymond Dickson 104296 1391 0.0
12 Romy Peters 135706 1377 0.0
13 Jeremy Sztuka 162452 1361 0.0
14 Brendan Williams 173812 1357 0.0
15 Shuwen Tan 177847 1353 0.0
16 Gregory Marcelin 181507 1348 0.0
17 Mohammadreza Mohseni 184900 1339 0.0
18 Grant Schaper 132741 1339 0.0
19 Eric Muddiman 185301 1333 0.0
20 Ondrej Pacin 105834 1323 0.0
21 Zipei Liu 177533 1321 0.0
22 Alexander Hodgins 181627 1318 0.0
23 Lwazi Bhebhe 179270 1294 0.0
24 Mila Aung-Thwin 175148 1288 0.0
25 Brian Batchelar 169909 1286 0.0
26 Sébastien Belliveau 175567 1257 0.0
27 Subaru Ishii 184385 1252 0.0
28 John If Lukezich 146765 1186 0.0
29 Eric Moore 174350 1182 0.0
30 Noah Stelmach 182515 1168 0.0
31 Mathieu Mallette 179386 1161 0.0
32 Thanish Karuvarasan 181868 1141 0.0
33 Pierre Arcand 160146 1130 0.0
34 Michael Barry Jr Lafer 180471 1129 0.0
35 Jim Wright 105417 1102 0.0
36 Brian Melaschenko-Bolger 167557 1102 0.0
37 Siddhaarth Aravinthan 181781 1093 0.0
38 Justin Hum 181353 1074 0.0
39 Ryan Ward 184426 1058 0.0
40 Dave Westbury 158216 1045 0.0
41 Anastasia Auger 183149 1013 0.0
42 Scott Davidson 184276 1006 0.0
43 Anna Loevenich 171547 1005 0.0
44 Thomas Zhang 180290 1000 0.0
45 Laurent Bergeron-Collin 184914 931 0.0
46 Andrew Svensson 143414 918 0.0
47 Iain Wong 179340 913 0.0
48 Adhvik Aravinthan 181782 885 0.0
49 Gwenael Laurent-Guy 182074 800 0.0
50 Achille Collin 184913 750 0.0
51 Alena Zeng 180212 709 0.0
52 Deyaan Seyyon Karthik 185438 632 0.0
53 Lucas Breen 184909 unr. 0.0
54 Emile D'Souza 181546 unr. 0.0
55 Sameer D'Souza 186068 unr. 0.0
56 Somanathan Damodaran unr. 0.0
57 Danielle Piche unr. 0.0
58 Josh Siderius unr. 0.0
59 Dylan Wolfe 186338 unr. 0.0

[Halldor P. Palsson]

2024 Ottawa Winter Open -- Advance bye summary - Half and zero point byes.
Guillemette, Hugo - Rnds: 1
Kellar, Ben - Rnds: 2
Kot, Emanuel - Rnds: 1
Zhong, April Yunwei - Rnds: 1
Zhong, Ryan Yunhui - Rnds: 1

2024 Ottawa Winter U1900 -- Advance bye summary - Half and zero point byes.

Currie, Sophia - Rnds: 1 5z
Nicholson, Thomas - Rnds: 4 5z
Perkins, Simon - Rnds: 3
Xu, Ryan Zhuoyuan - Rnds: 1

2024 Ottawa Winter U1600 -- Advance bye summary - Half and zero point byes.

Lafer, Michael Barry Jr - Rnds: 1
Langer, Herb - Rnds: 1
Mallette, Mathieu - Rnds: 4 5z
Moore, Eric - Rnds: 4
Piche, Danielle - Rnds: 2 4
Zeng, Alena - Rnds: 1 3

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Pairings for Round 1. 2024 Ottawa Winter Open: 2024 Ottawa Winter Open
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 17 Derek Wang (2103 0.0) 1 GM Bator Sambuev (2576 0.0)
2 2 IM Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte (2448 0.0) 18 Maxim Rousskikh (2070 0.0)
3 19 Michael Shi (2056 0.0) 3 IM Eric Lawson (2365 0.0)
4 4 FM Daniel Xu (2350 0.0) 20 Sanjay Ramesh (2042 0.0)
5 21 Alessio Di Matteo (2035 0.0) 5 Vincent Latorre (2317 0.0)
6 6 Rafael Adam (2262 0.0) 22 Carina D'Souza (2033 0.0)
7 23 Barron Jiyu Jiang (2005 0.0) 7 Sebastien Azar (2243 0.0)
8 8 Leo Lin (2241 0.0) 25 Alexander Stopic (1993 0.0)
9 26 Joshua Myers (1986 0.0) 9 Hugues Masse (2239 0.0)
10 10 IM Thanh Nha Duong (2232 0.0) 27 Ben Kellar (1972 0.0)
11 28 Iassen Pelev (1940 0.0) 11 Isaac Wiebe (2231 0.0)
12 13 Ananda Saha (2178 0.0) 29 Stefan Lanceman (1934 0.0)
13 30 Jacob Jolicoeur (1926 0.0) 14 Etienne Latreille (2168 0.0)
14 16 Neil Moses (2146 0.0) 31 Anthony Masse-Garneau (1919 0.0)
32 1 Anais Chloe Fiset (1898 0.0) BYE
15 ½ Hugo Guillemette (2152 0.0) BYE
24 ½ Ryan Yunhui Zhong (1998 0.0) BYE
12 ½ Emanuel Kot (2180 0.0) BYE
33 ½ April Yunwei Zhong (1868 0.0) BYE

Pairings for Round 1.
2024 Ottawa Winter Open: 2024 Ottawa Winter U1900

Bd # Res White # Res Black
15 14 Anuj Radia (1669 0.0) 1 Marc Nassar (1885 0.0)
16 2 Gilbert Mercure (1830 0.0) 15 Thomas Nicholson (1661 0.0)
17 16 Jacob Stephen Burton (1658 0.0) 4 Eric Cloutier (1801 0.0)
18 5 Troy Dana (1801 0.0) 17 Babacar Sonko (1644 0.0)
19 18 Simon Vandenbosch (1576 0.0) 6 Thomas Swenson (1800 0.0)
20 7 Elber Zhu (1787 0.0) 19 Raunak Amit Ramasan (1567 0.0)
21 21 Alois Clerc (1557 0.0) 8 Nicolas Dupont-Mageau (1784 0.0)
22 9 Alan Tomalty (1755 0.0) 22 Edison Zhu (1536 0.0)
23 23 Justin Wen (1525 0.0) 10 Vladimir Dukkardt (1742 0.0)
24 11 Johan Kenneth Moleta (1716 0.0) 24 Simon Perkins (1521 0.0)
25 25 Samuel Filion (1507 0.0) 12 Cristian Scrieciu (1712 0.0)
26 13 Douglas Graham (1704 0.0) 26 Daniel Harrison (1501 0.0)
3 ½ Ryan Zhuoyuan Xu (1809 0.0) BYE
20 ½ Sophia Currie (1561 0.0) BYE

Pairings for Round 1.
2024 Ottawa Winter Open: 2024 Ottawa Winter U1600

Bd # Res White # Res Black
27 1 Drake Lalonde (1589 0.0) 29 Noah Stelmach (1168 0.0)
28 30 Mathieu Mallette (1161 0.0) 2 Justin Jean (1542 0.0)
29 3 Randy Taylor (1470 0.0) 31 Thanish Karuvarasan (1141 0.0)
30 32 Pierre Arcand (1130 0.0) 4 Jonathan Deslauriers (1462 0.0)
31 6 Yves Filion (1446 0.0) 35 Brian Melaschenko-Bolger (1102 0.0)
32 36 Siddhaarth Aravinthan (1093 0.0) 7 Cody Griffiths (1430 0.0)
33 8 Anton Karpov (1424 0.0) 37 Justin Hum (1074 0.0)
34 38 Ryan Ward (1058 0.0) 9 Christopher Sailus (1423 0.0)
35 10 Stephane Sonko (1412 0.0) 39 Dave Westbury (1045 0.0)
36 40 Anastasia Auger (1013 0.0) 11 Raymond Dickson (1391 0.0)
37 12 Romy Peters (1377 0.0) 41 Scott Davidson (1006 0.0)
38 42 Anna Loevenich (1005 0.0) 13 Brendan Williams (1357 0.0)
39 14 Shuwen Tan (1353 0.0) 43 Thomas Zhang (1000 0.0)
40 44 Laurent Bergeron-Collin ( 931 0.0) 15 Gregory Marcelin (1348 0.0)
41 16 Mohammadreza Mohseni (1339 0.0) 45 Danielle Piche ( 923 0.0)
42 46 Andrew Svensson ( 918 0.0) 17 Grant Schaper (1339 0.0)
43 18 Eric Muddiman (1333 0.0) 47 Iain Wong ( 913 0.0)
44 48 Adhvik Aravinthan ( 885 0.0) 19 Ondrej Pacin (1323 0.0)
45 20 Zipei Liu (1321 0.0) 49 Gwenael Laurent-Guy ( 800 0.0)
46 50 Achille Collin ( 750 0.0) 21 Alexander Hodgins (1318 0.0)
47 22 Lwazi Bhebhe (1294 0.0) 52 Deyaan Seyyon Karthik ( 632 0.0)
48 53 Lucas Breen (unr. 0.0) 23 Mila Aung-Thwin (1288 0.0)
49 24 Brian Batchelar (1286 0.0) 54 Emile D'Souza (unr. 0.0)
50 55 Sameer D'Souza (unr. 0.0) 25 Sébastien Belliveau (1257 0.0)
51 26 Subaru Ishii (1252 0.0) 56 Somanathan Damodaran (unr. 0.0)
52 57 Josh Siderius (unr. 0.0) 27 John If Lukezich (1186 0.0)
53 28 Eric Moore (1182 0.0) 58 Dylan Wolfe (unr. 0.0)
5 ½ Herb Langer (1446 0.0) BYE
33 ½ Michael Barry Jr Lafer (1129 0.0) BYE
34 ½ Jim Wright (1102 0.0) BYE
51 ½ Alena Zeng ( 709 0.0) BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Live game link:

https://view.livechesscloud.com/#104...f-956b4e52bfa1

[Halldor P. Palsson]

[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[Event "2024 Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa, Canada"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Wang, Derek"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 Min plus 30 sec move"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2578"]

1. d4 {[%clk 01:30:59]} {[%emt 00:05:36]} Nf6 {[%clk 01:30:14]} {[%emt
00:00:46]} 2. Bf4 {[%clk 01:31:21]} {[%emt 00:00:09]} d6 {[%clk 01:28:09]}
{[%emt 00:02:34]} 3. Nc3 {[%clk 01:31:39]} {[%emt 00:00:12]} Nc6 {[%clk
01:25:31]} {[%emt 00:03:08]} 4. e3 {[%clk 01:31:07]} {[%emt 00:01:03]} g6
{[%clk 01:25:10]} {[%emt 00:01:53]} 5. h3 {[%clk 01:30:08]} {[%emt 00:00:27]}
Bg7 {[%clk 01:25:19]} {[%emt 00:00:21]} 6. Nf3 {[%clk 01:30:27]} {[%emt
00:00:12]} O-O {[%clk 01:25:14]} {[%emt 00:00:34]} 7. Be2 {[%clk 01:30:36]}
{[%emt 00:00:21]} Bf5 {[%clk 01:20:24]} {[%emt 00:05:19]} 8. O-O {[%clk
01:28:55]} {[%emt 00:02:10]} Re8 {[%clk 01:18:18]} {[%emt 00:02:36]} 9. Nh4
{[%clk 01:15:53]} {[%emt 00:13:32]} Bd7 {[%clk 01:17:46]} {[%emt 00:01:00]} 10.
Nf3 {[%clk 01:12:56]} {[%emt 00:03:29]} e5 {[%clk 01:13:45]} {[%emt 00:04:30]}
11. dxe5 {[%clk 01:10:32]} {[%emt 00:02:54]} Nxe5 {[%clk 01:13:29]} {[%emt
00:00:46]} 12. Nxe5 {[%clk 01:09:32]} {[%emt 00:01:31]} dxe5 {[%clk 01:13:43]}
{[%emt 00:00:15]} 13. Bg5 {[%clk 01:09:44]} {[%emt 00:00:17]} h6 {[%clk
01:12:25]} {[%emt 00:01:49]} 14. Bxf6 {[%clk 01:08:06]} {[%emt 00:02:08]} Bxf6
{[%clk 01:12:45]} {[%emt 00:00:10]} 15. Bc4 {[%clk 01:07:01]} {[%emt 00:01:35]}
Bf5 {[%clk 01:08:45]} {[%emt 00:14:03]} 16. e4 {[%clk 01:06:31]} Qxd1 {[%clk
01:04:57]} 17. Raxd1 {[%clk 01:06:39]} Bc8 {[%clk 01:04:29]} 18. Rd3 {[%clk
01:04:20]} c6 {[%clk 01:00:49]} {[%emt 00:04:02]} 19. Rf3 {[%clk 01:01:00]}
{[%emt 00:03:51]} Kg7 {[%clk 01:00:43]} {[%emt 00:02:27]} 20. Rd1 {[%clk
01:01:22]} Rf8 {[%clk 00:59:36]} 21. Rfd3 {[%clk 00:51:58]} {[%emt 00:09:49]}
b5 {[%clk 00:53:17]} {[%emt 00:06:48]} 22. Bb3 {[%clk 00:52:24]} {[%emt
00:00:05]} Be7 {[%clk 00:53:33]} {[%emt 00:00:12]} 23. a4 {[%clk 00:48:14]}
{[%emt 00:04:41]} b4 {[%clk 00:51:15]} {[%emt 00:02:46]} 24. Nb1 {[%clk
00:47:29]} {[%emt 00:01:17]} f5 {[%clk 00:50:57]} {[%emt 00:00:47]} 25. Nd2
{[%clk 00:45:07]} {[%emt 00:02:52]} Bc5 {[%clk 00:50:30]} {[%emt 00:00:55]} 26.
Rf3 {[%clk 00:39:40]} {[%emt 00:06:00]} Rd8 {[%clk 00:47:02]} {[%emt 00:03:56]}
27. Rd3 {[%clk 00:36:34]} {[%emt 00:03:37]} Bd4 {[%clk 00:43:30]} {[%emt
00:03:58]} 28. Bc4 {[%clk 00:34:01]} {[%emt 00:03:07]} Rf8 {[%clk 00:41:33]}
{[%emt 00:02:26]} 29. Rf3 {[%clk 00:30:31]} {[%emt 00:04:01]} Bxb2 {[%clk
00:40:15]} {[%emt 00:01:48]} 30. Nb3 {[%clk 00:28:32]} {[%emt 00:02:29]} a5
{[%clk 00:28:58]} {[%emt 00:11:46]} 31. Rd6 {[%clk 00:27:25]} {[%emt 00:01:38]}
Ra7 {[%clk 00:28:46]} {[%emt 00:00:39]} 32. Rg3 {[%clk 00:17:02]} {[%emt
00:38:49]} g5 {[%clk 00:25:19]} 33. Re3 {[%clk 00:13:53]} fxe4 {[%clk
00:18:11]} 34. Rxe4 {[%clk 00:13:54]} Rd7 {[%clk 00:16:56]} 35. Rxd7+ {[%clk
00:10:55]} Bxd7 {[%clk 00:17:12]} 36. Re2 {[%clk 00:09:06]} Bc3 {[%clk
00:13:38]} 37. Nc5 {[%clk 00:03:30]} {[%emt 00:05:47]} Bf5 {[%clk 00:12:58]}
{[%emt 00:01:03]} 38. g4 {[%clk 00:02:48]} {[%emt 00:01:19]} Bc8 {[%clk
00:12:49]} {[%emt 00:00:39]} 39. Ne6+ {[%clk 00:02:47]} {[%emt 00:00:31]} Bxe6
{[%clk 00:13:12]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} 40. Bxe6 {[%clk 00:03:16]} {[%emt
00:00:02]} Rd8 {[%clk 00:12:45]} {[%emt 00:00:57]} 41. f3 {[%clk 00:01:13]}
{[%emt 00:02:33]} Rd1+ {[%clk 00:12:31]} {[%emt 00:00:43]} 42. Kg2 {[%clk
00:01:38]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} Kf6 {[%clk 00:11:28]} {[%emt 00:01:32]} 43. Bb3
{[%clk 00:00:52]} {[%emt 00:05:33]} Ke7 {[%clk 00:10:12]} 0-1



[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[Event "2024 Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa, Canada"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Chiku-Ratte, Olivier Kenta"]
[Black "Rousskikh, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 Min plus 30 sec move"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2070"]

1. d4 {[%clk 01:03:53]} {[%emt 00:27:04]} d5 {[%clk 01:30:52]} {[%emt
00:00:09]} 2. c4 {[%clk 01:04:18]} {[%emt 00:00:04]} c6 {[%clk 01:31:17]}
{[%emt 00:00:05]} 3. Nf3 {[%clk 01:04:44]} {[%emt 00:00:04]} Nf6 {[%clk
01:31:40]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} 4. Qb3 {[%clk 01:05:10]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} dxc4
{[%clk 01:32:02]} {[%emt 00:00:09]} 5. Qxc4 {[%clk 01:05:35]} {[%emt 00:00:05]}
Bf5 {[%clk 01:32:24]} {[%emt 00:00:08]} 6. g3 {[%clk 01:05:59]} {[%emt
00:00:05]} e6 {[%clk 01:32:32]} {[%emt 00:00:22]} 7. Bg2 {[%clk 01:06:25]}
{[%emt 00:00:04]} Be7 {[%clk 01:32:28]} {[%emt 00:00:33]} 8. O-O {[%clk
01:06:51]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} O-O {[%clk 01:31:07]} {[%emt 00:01:51]} 9. Rd1
{[%clk 01:05:49]} {[%emt 00:01:31]} h6 {[%clk 01:25:51]} {[%emt 00:05:46]} 10.
e3 {[%clk 01:02:56]} {[%emt 00:03:23]} Nbd7 {[%clk 01:18:48]} {[%emt 00:07:33]}
11. Qe2 {[%clk 01:02:34]} {[%emt 00:00:53]} Qb6 {[%clk 01:12:38]} {[%emt
00:19:36]} 12. Nc3 {[%clk 01:01:40]} Rfd8 {[%clk 01:06:33]} 13. h3 {[%clk
00:59:33]} Ne4 {[%clk 00:55:06]} {[%emt 00:10:20]} 14. Ne1 {[%clk 00:48:52]}
{[%emt 00:10:27]} Nef6 {[%clk 00:47:26]} {[%emt 00:08:10]} 15. e4 {[%clk
00:47:39]} {[%emt 00:01:42]} Bg6 {[%clk 00:44:53]} {[%emt 00:03:03]} 16. a3
{[%clk 00:40:31]} {[%emt 00:07:39]} c5 {[%clk 00:31:13]} {[%emt 00:14:09]} 17.
e5 {[%clk 00:38:39]} {[%emt 00:02:22]} Nd5 {[%clk 00:30:31]} {[%emt 00:01:12]}
18. Bxd5 {[%clk 00:28:45]} {[%emt 00:10:24]} cxd4 {[%clk 00:25:06]} {[%emt
00:05:56]} 19. Na4 {[%clk 00:28:57]} {[%emt 00:00:18]} Qa5 {[%clk 00:25:28]}
{[%emt 00:00:08]} 20. Bb3 {[%clk 00:26:49]} {[%emt 00:02:38]} Qxe5 {[%clk
00:25:17]} {[%emt 00:00:42]} 21. Qxe5 {[%clk 00:27:00]} {[%emt 00:00:18]} Nxe5
{[%clk 00:25:41]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} 22. Bf4 {[%clk 00:26:48]} {[%emt 00:00:42]}
Nc6 {[%clk 00:24:53]} {[%emt 00:01:17]} 23. Rac1 {[%clk 00:18:42]} {[%emt
00:08:36]} Rac8 {[%clk 00:19:46]} {[%emt 00:34:37]} 24. Ba2 {[%clk 00:14:40]}
b6 {[%clk 00:18:02]} 25. b4 {[%clk 00:13:55]} e5 {[%clk 00:17:44]} 26. Bd2
{[%clk 00:12:14]} Kh7 {[%clk 00:14:05]} 27. Bc4 {[%clk 00:10:42]} Bd6 {[%clk
00:13:42]} 28. Ba6 {[%clk 00:09:54]} Rc7 {[%clk 00:14:06]} 29. Nb2 {[%clk
00:10:14]} Nb8 {[%clk 00:12:48]} 30. Rxc7 {[%clk 00:10:23]} Bxc7 {[%clk
00:13:16]} 31. Bb7 {[%clk 00:10:31]} b5 {[%clk 00:11:36]} 32. Rc1 {[%clk
00:08:59]} Bb6 {[%clk 00:11:16]} 33. Rc8 {[%clk 00:08:31]} Rxc8 {[%clk
00:11:38]} 34. Bxc8 {[%clk 00:08:58]} e4 {[%clk 00:12:00]} 35. Bf4 {[%clk
00:08:05]} {[%emt 00:00:53]} Nc6 {[%clk 00:12:12]} {[%emt 00:00:19]} 36. Bd7
{[%clk 00:07:29]} {[%emt 00:01:06]} Ne7 {[%clk 00:12:10]} {[%emt 00:00:31]} 37.
Bxb5 {[%clk 00:07:56]} {[%emt 00:00:03]} Nd5 {[%clk 00:12:07]} {[%emt
00:00:33]} 38. Ng2 {[%clk 00:06:41]} {[%emt 00:01:45]} f5 {[%clk 00:10:15]}
{[%emt 00:02:22]} 39. Bc4 {[%clk 00:06:36]} {[%emt 00:00:35]} Nc3 {[%clk
00:08:33]} {[%emt 00:02:12]} 40. Be6 {[%clk 00:05:21]} {[%emt 00:01:45]} Bd8
{[%clk 00:06:05]} {[%emt 00:02:58]} 41. Be5 {[%clk 00:04:18]} {[%emt 00:05:48]}
Ne2+ {[%clk 00:06:18]} 42. Kf1 {[%clk 00:04:43]} d3 {[%clk 00:06:41]} 43. Nf4
{[%clk 00:04:38]} Nxf4 {[%clk 00:04:14]} 44. Bxf4 {[%clk 00:05:04]} Bf6 {[%clk
00:04:21]} {[%emt 00:00:13]} 45. Nc4 {[%clk 00:05:31]} {[%emt 00:00:04]} Bc3
{[%clk 00:04:33]} {[%emt 00:00:18]} 46. Ne3 {[%clk 00:05:23]} {[%emt 00:00:37]}
1-0



[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Lin Leo (CAN)"]
[Black "Stopic Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "?"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Ne5 e6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxd7
Qxd7 8.c3 Bd6 9.O-O Nf6 10.Nd2 O-O 11.Re1 a6 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.Nf3
e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.g3 Rfe8 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Rad8
19.Qa4 Qd7 20.Qh4 Qg4 21.Qxg4 Nxg4 22.Bb6 Rb8 23.Rad1 Nf6 24.a4
Nd7 25.Ba7 Rbd8 26.Bf5 Nf6 27.Bb6 Ra8 28.a5 g6 29.Bh3 Bd6 30.Rxe8+
Rxe8 31.Bg2 Re2 32.Bxd5 Nxd5 33.Rxd5 Be5 34.Kf1 1-0



[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shi Mihael"]
[Black "Lawson Eric (CAN)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bxd7+ Bxd7 6.c3 Nf6 7.Qe2
e6 8.Rd1 Be7 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.a4 Bc6 12.Nc3 d5 13.Ne5
Rc8 14.f3 Be8 15.Be3 Kh8 16.Qd3 Ng8 17.f4 Nf6 18.Rac1 Bb4 19.exd5
Bxc3 20.Rxc3 Nxd5 21.Rxc8 Qxc8 22.Qa3 Bxa4 23.Rc1 Qe8 24.Bd2
Bb5 25.Bb4 Rg8 26.Rc8 f6 27.Rxe8 Bxe8 28.Nd3 Bb5 29.Nc5 Nxf4
30.Nxb7 Ne2+ 31.Kf2 Nxd4 32.Nd6 h6 33.Nxb5 axb5 34.Bc3 Rd8 35.Qa5
Rd5 36.Bxd4 Rxd4 37.Qxb5 e5 38.b4 Rd2+ 39.Kg3 Rb2 40.Qc5 Kh7
41.Qc3 Ra2 42.b5 e4 43.b6 e3 44.b7 e2 45.b8Q Ra3 46.Qb1+ 1-0



[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Di Matteo Alesso"]
[Black "Latorre Vincent (CAN)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.Be3
e5 8.O-O c6 9.Re1 Qe7 10.d5 c5 11.h3 Kh8 12.a3 Ng8 13.b4 b6 14.Bd3
h6 15.Qc2 Nb8 16.g4 Nd7 17.Ne2 Bf6 18.Ng3 Bg5 19.Qd2 Bxe3 20.Qxe3
Ndf6 21.Kg2 Ne8 22.Rh1 Ng7 23.Rag1 f5 24.gxf5 gxf5 25.exf5 Nxf5
26.Bxf5 Bxf5 27.Re1 Bh7 28.h4 Qg7 29.h5 Nf6 30.Qc3 Ng4 31.Ref1
Rf4 32.Nh4 Raf8 33.f3 Rxc4 34.Qb3 Rc2+ 35.Kg1 Ne3 36.Ng6+ Qxg6
37.Rh3 Qg5 38.Kh1 Nxf1 0-1



[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Xu, Daniel"]
[Black "Ramesh, Sanjay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.Bxc4
e6 8.Nf3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 b6 11.a3 Bb7 12.Ba2 Rc8 13.Qd3
Nd5 14.Bb1 g6 15.Bh6 Re8 16.Ba2 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Bf6 18.Rad1 Ne7
19.Ne5 Nf5 20.Bf4 Bg5 21.Bg3 Nxg3 22.Qxg3 Bf6 23.Qh3 Qc7 24.Rd3
Bxe5 25.Rxe5 Qd6 26.Qh6 Qxa3 27.Qd2 Qd6 28.h4 f6 29.Re1 Kg7 30.h5
Rcd8 31.hxg6 hxg6 32.Rh3 g5 33.Qd3 f5 34.Qe3 Kg6 35.Rg3 Qe7 36.Bxe6
Qf6 37.c4 f4 38.Qd3+ Kg7 39.Rh3 Rxe6 40.Qh7+ Kf8 41.Rxe6 Qxe6
42.Qxb7 Qf6 43.d5 g4 44.Ra3 Re8 45.Qh7 f3 46.Qb1 fxg2 47.Kxg2
Re2 48.Qf1 Rc2 49.Re3 a5 50.Qe1 a4 51.Re8+ Kf7 52.Ra8 Qf3+ 53.Kg1
Re2 54.Ra7+ Ke8 55.Qf1 Qe4 56.Kh2 Re1 57.Qg2 Qf4+ 58.Qg3 Qh6+
59.Kg2 Qh1# 0-1



[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Duong, Thanh Nha"]
[Black "Kellar Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c4 O-O 7.cxd5
cxd5 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Nxd5 Nxe5 12.Bg5 f6
13.Bf4 Kh8 14.Bxe5 fxe5 15.Qb3 e6 16.Nc3 Rb8 17.Rad1 Qe7 18.h4
b5 19.Ne4 Rb6 20.Ng5 h6 21.Ne4 Bb7 22.Qd3 b4 23.b3 Bd5 24.Rc1
Rd8 25.Rfd1 Rbb8 26.Qa6 Bf8 27.e3 Qf7 28.Qe2 Rdc8 29.Qb2 Qf5
30.Nd2 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 Bc5 32.Nf3 Bf8 33.Qxe5+ Bg7 34.Qxf5 exf5
35.Rxc8+ Rxc8 36.h5 gxh5 37.Rd5 Rc2 38.Ra5 Bf8 39.Rxa7 Bc5 40.Rc7
Rc3 41.Ne5 Bd4 42.Nc4 Bf6 43.Rf7 Bg7 44.Rxf5 Rc2 45.Ra5 Bc3 46.Nd6
Be1 47.Ne4 Kg7 48.Ra6 Rc7 49.f4 Rc2+ 50.Kf3 h4 51.gxh4 Bxh4 52.Kg4
Bd8 53.Ra7+ Kf8 54.Ra8 Ke7 55.Ng3 Bb6 56.e4 Rg2 57.Kh3 Rf2 58.Nf5+
Kd7 59.Kg3 h5 60.Ra6 Bc5 61.Ra5 Rc2 62.e5 Bb6 63.Rb5 Kc6 64.Rxb4
Rxa2 65.Ne7+ Kc5 66.Rc4+ Kb5 67.Nd5 Bf2+ 68.Kf3 Be1 69.Nc3+ 1-0



[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Myers Joshua"]
[Black "Masse Hugues (CAN)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.h3 Qf6 6.d3 Ne7 7.Be3
Bd7 8.Nbd2 Ng6 9.g3 Qe6 10.Nb3 b6 11.Qe2 f6 12.Nfd2 Bd6 13.a4
a5 14.Nc4 c5 15.Nbd2 O-O 16.h4 Ne7 17.f3 Nc6 18.c3 Rfd8 19.g4
Be7 20.b3 Be8 21.Bf2 Bf7 22.Kd1 Rd7 23.Kc2 Rad8 24.Nb2 Kh8 25.Rag1
Bf8 26.g5 Ne7 27.h5 Bg8 28.gxf6 gxf6 29.Be3 Bf7 30.f4 exf4 31.Bxf4
Nc6 32.Ndc4 Bg7 33.h6 Bf8 34.Qh2 Bd6 35.Bxd6 cxd6 36.Qh3 Ne5
37.Qxe6 Bxe6 38.Rg3 f5 39.exf5 Bxf5 40.Nxe5 dxe5 41.Re1 e4 42.dxe4
Rd2+ 43.Kc1 Be6 44.c4 Rh2 45.Nd3 Rxh6 46.Nf4 Rf8 47.Rf3 Re8 48.Rfe3
Rf8 49.Nd5 Rb8 50.Rf3 Rg6 51.Ne7 Rg7 52.Nd5 Rg6 53.Ne7 1/2-1/2



[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Adam Rafael (CAN)"]
[Black "D'souza Carina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d6 6.d4 Nc6 7.d5 Nb8
8.Nc3 c5 9.e4 Nbd7 10.Ne1 a6 11.f4 b5 12.Qe2 Ne8 13.a4 bxc4 14.a5
Ra7 15.Qxc4 Nc7 16.Nd3 Nb5 17.Be3 Nd4 18.Rfc1 Rc7 19.Kh1 Re8
20.Ra3 e5 21.dxe6 fxe6 22.b4 cxb4 23.Qxb4 Nc6 24.Qa4 Ne7 25.Qb3
Kh8 26.Ne2 Rxc1+ 27.Bxc1 e5 28.Qb4 Nf8 29.Nc3 Ne6 30.Be3 Nc6
31.Qb6 Ned4 32.Ra2 Be6 33.Nd5 Bxd5 34.exd5 Qxb6 35.axb6 Nb8 36.fxe5
dxe5 37.Nc5 Nf5 38.Bf2 Bf8 39.Nxa6 Bd6 40.Nxb8 Rxb8 41.Ra7 Rc8
42.Be4 Rb8 43.Rd7 Bb4 44.Bxf5 gxf5 45.b7 e4 46.Ba7 e3 47.Bxb8
e2 48.Rd8+ Kg7 49.Re8 Kf7 50.Rxe2 1-0



[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Jiang, Barron Jiyu"]
[Black "Azar Sebastien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3
Bg7 8.f3 O-O 9.Qd2 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Bd4
e5 14.Bc5 Rd8 15.O-O Be6 16.Qe1 f5 17.b4 Nxb4 18.Nb5 cxb5 19.Qxb4
a5 20.Qxb5 Rdb8 21.Bd6 Rxb5 22.Bxc7 Rc5 23.Rd6 Bf7 24.Rd7 Rxc2
25.Bd1 Rc3 26.a4 Bf6 27.Bb6 Be6 28.Rd6 Kf7 29.Rf2 Be7 30.Rdd2
Bc5 31.Bxc5 Rxc5 32.Rc2 Rac8 33.Rb2 R8c7 34.Rfd2 Kf6 35.Kf2 Kg5
36.Rd6 Bf7 37.Ra6 Rd7 38.Be2 Rdc7 39.Rb5 Rc2 40.Rxe5 Ra2 41.h4+
Kxh4 42.f4 Rcc2 43.g3+ Kh3 44.Ra7 Bg8 45.Rg7 Rc8 46.Rxa5 Re8
47.Re5 Rb8 48.Ree7 h5 49.Rxg6 Bc4 50.Rg5 Bxe2 51.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 52.Kxe2
Rb2+ 53.Kd3 Ra2 54.Rxh5+ Kxg3 55.Rxf5 Rxa4 56.Ke3 Ra3+ 57.Ke4
Ra4+ 58.Ke5 Kf3 59.Rh5 Ra5+ 60.Ke6 Rxh5 61.f5 Ke4 62.f6 Rh6 63.Ke7
Ke5 64.f7 Re6+ 65.Kd8 Ra6 66.f8Q Ra8+ 67.Ke7 Rxf8 68.Kxf8 1/2-1/2

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Pairings for Round 2.

2024 Ottawa Winter Open:

Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 1 GM Bator Sambuev (2576 1.0) 13 Ananda Saha (2178 1.0)
2 11 Isaac Wiebe (2231 1.0) 2 IM Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte (2448 1.0)
3 5 Vincent Latorre (2317 1.0) 16 Neil Moses (2146 1.0)
4 19 Michael Shi (2056 1.0) 6 Rafael Adam (2262 1.0)
5 20 Sanjay Ramesh (2042 1.0) 8 Leo Lin (2241 1.0)
6 31 Jacob Jolicoeur (1926 1.0) 10 IM Thanh Nha Duong (2232 1.0)
7 7 Sebastien Azar (2243 0.5) 33 Anais Chloe Fiset (1898 1.0)
8 9 Hugues Masse (2239 0.5) 24 Ryan Yunhui Zhong (1998 0.5)
9 12 Emanuel Kot (2180 0.5) 26 Joshua Myers (1986 0.5)
10 15 Hugo Guillemette (2152 0.5) 27 Milos Petrovic (1974 0.5)
11 34 April Yunwei Zhong (1868 0.5) 23 Barron Jiyu Jiang (2005 0.5)
12 3 IM Eric Lawson (2365 0.0) 21 Alessio Di Matteo (2035 0.0)
13 22 Carina D'Souza (2033 0.0) 4 FM Daniel Xu (2350 0.0)
14 14 Etienne Latreille (2168 0.0) 25 Alexander Stopic (1993 0.0)
15 30 Stefan Lanceman (1934 0.0) 17 Derek Wang (2103 0.0)
16 18 Maxim Rousskikh (2070 0.0) 29 Iassen Pelev (1940 0.0)
32 1 Anthony Masse-Garneau (1919 0.0) BYE
28 ½ Ben Kellar (1972 0.0) BYE

Pairings for Round 2.

2024 Ottawa Winter Open: 2024 Ottawa Winter U1900

Bd # Res White # Res Black
17 1 Marc Nassar (1885 1.0) 9 Alan Tomalty (1755 1.0)
18 4 Eric Cloutier (1801 1.0) 11 Johan Kenneth Moleta (1716 1.0)
19 13 Douglas Graham (1704 1.0) 5 Troy Dana (1801 1.0)
20 6 Thomas Swenson (1800 0.5) 25 Samuel Filion (1507 1.0)
21 19 Raunak Amit Ramasan (1567 0.5) 2 Gilbert Mercure (1830 0.5)
22 15 Thomas Nicholson (1661 0.5) 3 Ryan Zhuoyuan Xu (1809 0.5)
23 20 Sophia Currie (1561 0.5) 7 Elber Zhu (1787 0.5)
24 8 Nicolas Dupont-Mageau (1784 0.5) 18 Simon Vandenbosch (1576 0.5)
25 10 Vladimir Dukkardt (1742 0.5) 21 Alois Clerc (1557 0.5)
26 12 Cristian Scrieciu (1712 0.0) 23 Justin Wen (1525 0.5)
27 22 Edison Zhu (1536 0.0) 14 Anuj Radia (1669 0.0)
28 24 Simon Perkins (1521 0.0) 16 Jacob Stephen Burton (1658 0.0)
29 17 Babacar Sonko (1644 0.0) 26 Daniel Harrison (1501 0.0)

Pairings for Round 2.

2024 Ottawa Winter Open: 2024 Ottawa Winter U1600

Bd # Res White # Res Black
30 2 Justin Jean (1542 1.0) 20 Zipei Liu (1321 1.0)
31 23 Mila Aung-Thwin (1288 1.0) 3 Randy Taylor (1470 1.0)
32 7 Cody Griffiths (1430 1.0) 22 Lwazi Bhebhe (1294 1.0)
33 9 Christopher Sailus (1423 1.0) 24 Brian Batchelar (1286 1.0)
34 25 Sébastien Belliveau (1257 1.0) 10 Stephane Sonko (1412 1.0)
35 13 Brendan Williams (1357 1.0) 40 Anastasia Auger (1013 1.0)
36 47 Iain Wong ( 913 1.0) 14 Shuwen Tan (1353 1.0)
37 15 Gregory Marcelin (1348 1.0) 50 Achille Collin ( 750 1.0)
38 57 Somanathan Damodaran (unr. 1.0) 16 Mohammadreza Mohseni (1339 1.0)
39 17 Grant Schaper (1339 1.0) 58 Josh Siderius (unr. 1.0)
40 33 Michael Barry Jr Lafer (1129 0.5) 1 Drake Lalonde (1589 0.5)
41 4 Jonathan Deslauriers (1462 0.5) 34 Jim Wright (1102 0.5)
42 5 Herb Langer (1446 0.5) 32 Pierre Arcand (1130 0.5)
43 37 Justin Hum (1074 0.5) 6 Yves Filion (1446 0.5)
44 35 Brian Melaschenko-Bolger (1102 0.5) 8 Anton Karpov (1424 0.5)
45 59 Dylan Wolfe (unr. 0.5) 12 Romy Peters (1377 0.5)
46 19 Ondrej Pacin (1323 0.5) 56 William Morin (unr. 0.5)
47 41 Scott Davidson (1006 0.5) 28 Eric Moore (1182 0.5)
48 29 Noah Stelmach (1168 0.5) 48 Adhvik Aravinthan ( 904 0.5)
49 11 Raymond Dickson (1391 0.0) 51 Alena Zeng ( 709 0.5)
50 42 Anna Loevenich (1005 0.0) 18 Eric Muddiman (1333 0.0)
51 21 Alexander Hodgins (1318 0.0) 44 Laurent Bergeron-Collin ( 931 0.0)
52 43 Thomas Zhang (1000 0.0) 26 Subaru Ishii (1252 0.0)
53 27 John If Lukezich (1186 0.0) 46 Andrew Svensson ( 918 0.0)
54 49 Gwenael Laurent-Guy ( 800 0.0) 30 Mathieu Mallette (1161 0.0)
55 31 Thanish Karuvarasan (1141 0.0) 53 Lucas Breen (unr. 0.0)
56 52 Deyaan Seyyon Karthik ( 632 0.0) 36 Siddhaarth Aravinthan (1093 0.0)
57 54 Emile D'Souza (unr. 0.0) 38 Ryan Ward (1058 0.0)
58 39 Dave Westbury (1045 0.0) 55 Sameer D'Souza (unr. 0.0)
45 ½ Danielle Piche ( 923 0.0) BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[Event "2024 Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa, Canada"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Wang, Derek"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 Min plus 30 sec move"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "2578"]

1. d4 {[%clk 01:30:59]} {[%emt 00:05:36]} Nf6 {[%clk 01:30:14]} {[%emt
00:00:46]} 2. Bf4 {[%clk 01:31:21]} {[%emt 00:00:09]} d6 {[%clk 01:28:09]}
{[%emt 00:02:34]} 3. Nc3 {[%clk 01:31:39]} {[%emt 00:00:12]} Nc6 {[%clk
01:25:31]} {[%emt 00:03:08]} 4. e3 {[%clk 01:31:07]} {[%emt 00:01:03]} g6
{[%clk 01:25:10]} {[%emt 00:01:53]} 5. h3 {[%clk 01:30:08]} {[%emt 00:00:27]}
Bg7 {[%clk 01:25:19]} {[%emt 00:00:21]} 6. Nf3 {[%clk 01:30:27]} {[%emt
00:00:12]} O-O {[%clk 01:25:14]} {[%emt 00:00:34]} 7. Be2 {[%clk 01:30:36]}
{[%emt 00:00:21]} Bf5 {[%clk 01:20:24]} {[%emt 00:05:19]} 8. O-O {[%clk
01:28:55]} {[%emt 00:02:10]} Re8 {[%clk 01:18:18]} {[%emt 00:02:36]} 9. Nh4
{[%clk 01:15:53]} {[%emt 00:13:32]} Bd7 {[%clk 01:17:46]} {[%emt 00:01:00]} 10.
Nf3 {[%clk 01:12:56]} {[%emt 00:03:29]} e5 {[%clk 01:13:45]} {[%emt 00:04:30]}
11. dxe5 {[%clk 01:10:32]} {[%emt 00:02:54]} Nxe5 {[%clk 01:13:29]} {[%emt
00:00:46]} 12. Nxe5 {[%clk 01:09:32]} {[%emt 00:01:31]} dxe5 {[%clk 01:13:43]}
{[%emt 00:00:15]} 13. Bg5 {[%clk 01:09:44]} {[%emt 00:00:17]} h6 {[%clk
01:12:25]} {[%emt 00:01:49]} 14. Bxf6 {[%clk 01:08:06]} {[%emt 00:02:08]} Bxf6
{[%clk 01:12:45]} {[%emt 00:00:10]} 15. Bc4 {[%clk 01:07:01]} {[%emt 00:01:35]}
Bf5 {[%clk 01:08:45]} {[%emt 00:14:03]} 16. e4 {[%clk 01:06:31]} Qxd1 {[%clk
01:04:57]} 17. Raxd1 {[%clk 01:06:39]} Bc8 {[%clk 01:04:29]} 18. Rd3 {[%clk
01:04:20]} c6 {[%clk 01:00:49]} {[%emt 00:04:02]} 19. Rf3 {[%clk 01:01:00]}
{[%emt 00:03:51]} Kg7 {[%clk 01:00:43]} {[%emt 00:02:27]} 20. Rd1 {[%clk
01:01:22]} Rf8 {[%clk 00:59:36]} 21. Rfd3 {[%clk 00:51:58]} {[%emt 00:09:49]}
b5 {[%clk 00:53:17]} {[%emt 00:06:48]} 22. Bb3 {[%clk 00:52:24]} {[%emt
00:00:05]} Be7 {[%clk 00:53:33]} {[%emt 00:00:12]} 23. a4 {[%clk 00:48:14]}
{[%emt 00:04:41]} b4 {[%clk 00:51:15]} {[%emt 00:02:46]} 24. Nb1 {[%clk
00:47:29]} {[%emt 00:01:17]} f5 {[%clk 00:50:57]} {[%emt 00:00:47]} 25. Nd2
{[%clk 00:45:07]} {[%emt 00:02:52]} Bc5 {[%clk 00:50:30]} {[%emt 00:00:55]} 26.
Rf3 {[%clk 00:39:40]} {[%emt 00:06:00]} Rd8 {[%clk 00:47:02]} {[%emt 00:03:56]}
27. Rd3 {[%clk 00:36:34]} {[%emt 00:03:37]} Bd4 {[%clk 00:43:30]} {[%emt
00:03:58]} 28. Bc4 {[%clk 00:34:01]} {[%emt 00:03:07]} Rf8 {[%clk 00:41:33]}
{[%emt 00:02:26]} 29. Rf3 {[%clk 00:30:31]} {[%emt 00:04:01]} Bxb2 {[%clk
00:40:15]} {[%emt 00:01:48]} 30. Nb3 {[%clk 00:28:32]} {[%emt 00:02:29]} a5
{[%clk 00:28:58]} {[%emt 00:11:46]} 31. Rd6 {[%clk 00:27:25]} {[%emt 00:01:38]}
Ra7 {[%clk 00:28:46]} {[%emt 00:00:39]} 32. Rg3 {[%clk 00:17:02]} {[%emt
00:38:49]} g5 {[%clk 00:25:19]} 33. Re3 {[%clk 00:13:53]} fxe4 {[%clk
00:18:11]} 34. Rxe4 {[%clk 00:13:54]} Rd7 {[%clk 00:16:56]} 35. Rxd7+ {[%clk
00:10:55]} Bxd7 {[%clk 00:17:12]} 36. Re2 {[%clk 00:09:06]} Bc3 {[%clk
00:13:38]} 37. Nc5 {[%clk 00:03:30]} {[%emt 00:05:47]} Bf5 {[%clk 00:12:58]}
{[%emt 00:01:03]} 38. g4 {[%clk 00:02:48]} {[%emt 00:01:19]} Bc8 {[%clk
00:12:49]} {[%emt 00:00:39]} 39. Ne6+ {[%clk 00:02:47]} {[%emt 00:00:31]} Bxe6
{[%clk 00:13:12]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} 40. Bxe6 {[%clk 00:03:16]} {[%emt
00:00:02]} Rd8 {[%clk 00:12:45]} {[%emt 00:00:57]} 41. f3 {[%clk 00:01:13]}
{[%emt 00:02:33]} Rd1+ {[%clk 00:12:31]} {[%emt 00:00:43]} 42. Kg2 {[%clk
00:01:38]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} Kf6 {[%clk 00:11:28]} {[%emt 00:01:32]} 43. Bb3
{[%clk 00:00:52]} {[%emt 00:05:33]} Ke7 {[%clk 00:10:12]} 0-1

[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[Event "2024 Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa, Canada"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Chiku-Ratte, Olivier Kenta"]
[Black "Rousskikh, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 Min plus 30 sec move"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2070"]

1. d4 {[%clk 01:03:53]} {[%emt 00:27:04]} d5 {[%clk 01:30:52]} {[%emt
00:00:09]} 2. c4 {[%clk 01:04:18]} {[%emt 00:00:04]} c6 {[%clk 01:31:17]}
{[%emt 00:00:05]} 3. Nf3 {[%clk 01:04:44]} {[%emt 00:00:04]} Nf6 {[%clk
01:31:40]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} 4. Qb3 {[%clk 01:05:10]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} dxc4
{[%clk 01:32:02]} {[%emt 00:00:09]} 5. Qxc4 {[%clk 01:05:35]} {[%emt 00:00:05]}
Bf5 {[%clk 01:32:24]} {[%emt 00:00:08]} 6. g3 {[%clk 01:05:59]} {[%emt
00:00:05]} e6 {[%clk 01:32:32]} {[%emt 00:00:22]} 7. Bg2 {[%clk 01:06:25]}
{[%emt 00:00:04]} Be7 {[%clk 01:32:28]} {[%emt 00:00:33]} 8. O-O {[%clk
01:06:51]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} O-O {[%clk 01:31:07]} {[%emt 00:01:51]} 9. Rd1
{[%clk 01:05:49]} {[%emt 00:01:31]} h6 {[%clk 01:25:51]} {[%emt 00:05:46]} 10.
e3 {[%clk 01:02:56]} {[%emt 00:03:23]} Nbd7 {[%clk 01:18:48]} {[%emt 00:07:33]}
11. Qe2 {[%clk 01:02:34]} {[%emt 00:00:53]} Qb6 {[%clk 01:12:38]} {[%emt
00:19:36]} 12. Nc3 {[%clk 01:01:40]} Rfd8 {[%clk 01:06:33]} 13. h3 {[%clk
00:59:33]} Ne4 {[%clk 00:55:06]} {[%emt 00:10:20]} 14. Ne1 {[%clk 00:48:52]}
{[%emt 00:10:27]} Nef6 {[%clk 00:47:26]} {[%emt 00:08:10]} 15. e4 {[%clk
00:47:39]} {[%emt 00:01:42]} Bg6 {[%clk 00:44:53]} {[%emt 00:03:03]} 16. a3
{[%clk 00:40:31]} {[%emt 00:07:39]} c5 {[%clk 00:31:13]} {[%emt 00:14:09]} 17.
e5 {[%clk 00:38:39]} {[%emt 00:02:22]} Nd5 {[%clk 00:30:31]} {[%emt 00:01:12]}
18. Bxd5 {[%clk 00:28:45]} {[%emt 00:10:24]} cxd4 {[%clk 00:25:06]} {[%emt
00:05:56]} 19. Na4 {[%clk 00:28:57]} {[%emt 00:00:18]} Qa5 {[%clk 00:25:28]}
{[%emt 00:00:08]} 20. Bb3 {[%clk 00:26:49]} {[%emt 00:02:38]} Qxe5 {[%clk
00:25:17]} {[%emt 00:00:42]} 21. Qxe5 {[%clk 00:27:00]} {[%emt 00:00:18]} Nxe5
{[%clk 00:25:41]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} 22. Bf4 {[%clk 00:26:48]} {[%emt 00:00:42]}
Nc6 {[%clk 00:24:53]} {[%emt 00:01:17]} 23. Rac1 {[%clk 00:18:42]} {[%emt
00:08:36]} Rac8 {[%clk 00:19:46]} {[%emt 00:34:37]} 24. Ba2 {[%clk 00:14:40]}
b6 {[%clk 00:18:02]} 25. b4 {[%clk 00:13:55]} e5 {[%clk 00:17:44]} 26. Bd2
{[%clk 00:12:14]} Kh7 {[%clk 00:14:05]} 27. Bc4 {[%clk 00:10:42]} Bd6 {[%clk
00:13:42]} 28. Ba6 {[%clk 00:09:54]} Rc7 {[%clk 00:14:06]} 29. Nb2 {[%clk
00:10:14]} Nb8 {[%clk 00:12:48]} 30. Rxc7 {[%clk 00:10:23]} Bxc7 {[%clk
00:13:16]} 31. Bb7 {[%clk 00:10:31]} b5 {[%clk 00:11:36]} 32. Rc1 {[%clk
00:08:59]} Bb6 {[%clk 00:11:16]} 33. Rc8 {[%clk 00:08:31]} Rxc8 {[%clk
00:11:38]} 34. Bxc8 {[%clk 00:08:58]} e4 {[%clk 00:12:00]} 35. Bf4 {[%clk
00:08:05]} {[%emt 00:00:53]} Nc6 {[%clk 00:12:12]} {[%emt 00:00:19]} 36. Bd7
{[%clk 00:07:29]} {[%emt 00:01:06]} Ne7 {[%clk 00:12:10]} {[%emt 00:00:31]} 37.
Bxb5 {[%clk 00:07:56]} {[%emt 00:00:03]} Nd5 {[%clk 00:12:07]} {[%emt
00:00:33]} 38. Ng2 {[%clk 00:06:41]} {[%emt 00:01:45]} f5 {[%clk 00:10:15]}
{[%emt 00:02:22]} 39. Bc4 {[%clk 00:06:36]} {[%emt 00:00:35]} Nc3 {[%clk
00:08:33]} {[%emt 00:02:12]} 40. Be6 {[%clk 00:05:21]} {[%emt 00:01:45]} Bd8
{[%clk 00:06:05]} {[%emt 00:02:58]} 41. Be5 {[%clk 00:04:18]} {[%emt 00:05:48]}
Ne2+ {[%clk 00:06:18]} 42. Kf1 {[%clk 00:04:43]} d3 {[%clk 00:06:41]} 43. Nf4
{[%clk 00:04:38]} Nxf4 {[%clk 00:04:14]} 44. Bxf4 {[%clk 00:05:04]} Bf6 {[%clk
00:04:21]} {[%emt 00:00:13]} 45. Nc4 {[%clk 00:05:31]} {[%emt 00:00:04]} Bc3
{[%clk 00:04:33]} {[%emt 00:00:18]} 46. Ne3 {[%clk 00:05:23]} {[%emt 00:00:37]}
1-0

[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Lin Leo (CAN)"]
[Black "Stopic Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "?"]
[WhiteElo "2241"]
[BlackElo "1851"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Ne5 e6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxd7
Qxd7 8.c3 Bd6 9.O-O Nf6 10.Nd2 O-O 11.Re1 a6 12.Bd3 Qc7 13.Nf3
e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.g3 Rfe8 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Rad8
19.Qa4 Qd7 20.Qh4 Qg4 21.Qxg4 Nxg4 22.Bb6 Rb8 23.Rad1 Nf6 24.a4
Nd7 25.Ba7 Rbd8 26.Bf5 Nf6 27.Bb6 Ra8 28.a5 g6 29.Bh3 Bd6 30.Rxe8+
Rxe8 31.Bg2 Re2 32.Bxd5 Nxd5 33.Rxd5 Be5 34.Kf1 1-0

[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shi Mihael"]
[Black "Lawson Eric (CAN)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bxd7+ Bxd7 6.c3 Nf6 7.Qe2
e6 8.Rd1 Be7 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.a4 Bc6 12.Nc3 d5 13.Ne5
Rc8 14.f3 Be8 15.Be3 Kh8 16.Qd3 Ng8 17.f4 Nf6 18.Rac1 Bb4 19.exd5
Bxc3 20.Rxc3 Nxd5 21.Rxc8 Qxc8 22.Qa3 Bxa4 23.Rc1 Qe8 24.Bd2
Bb5 25.Bb4 Rg8 26.Rc8 f6 27.Rxe8 Bxe8 28.Nd3 Bb5 29.Nc5 Nxf4
30.Nxb7 Ne2+ 31.Kf2 Nxd4 32.Nd6 h6 33.Nxb5 axb5 34.Bc3 Rd8 35.Qa5
Rd5 36.Bxd4 Rxd4 37.Qxb5 e5 38.b4 Rd2+ 39.Kg3 Rb2 40.Qc5 Kh7
41.Qc3 Ra2 42.b5 e4 43.b6 e3 44.b7 e2 45.b8Q Ra3 46.Qb1+ 1-0

[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Di Matteo Alesso"]
[Black "Latorre Vincent (CAN)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.Be3
e5 8.O-O c6 9.Re1 Qe7 10.d5 c5 11.h3 Kh8 12.a3 Ng8 13.b4 b6 14.Bd3
h6 15.Qc2 Nb8 16.g4 Nd7 17.Ne2 Bf6 18.Ng3 Bg5 19.Qd2 Bxe3 20.Qxe3
Ndf6 21.Kg2 Ne8 22.Rh1 Ng7 23.Rag1 f5 24.gxf5 gxf5 25.exf5 Nxf5
26.Bxf5 Bxf5 27.Re1 Bh7 28.h4 Qg7 29.h5 Nf6 30.Qc3 Ng4 31.Ref1
Rf4 32.Nh4 Raf8 33.f3 Rxc4 34.Qb3 Rc2+ 35.Kg1 Ne3 36.Ng6+ Qxg6
37.Rh3 Qg5 38.Kh1 Nxf1 0-1

[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Xu, Daniel"]
[Black "Ramesh, Sanjay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.Bxc4
e6 8.Nf3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 b6 11.a3 Bb7 12.Ba2 Rc8 13.Qd3
Nd5 14.Bb1 g6 15.Bh6 Re8 16.Ba2 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Bf6 18.Rad1 Ne7
19.Ne5 Nf5 20.Bf4 Bg5 21.Bg3 Nxg3 22.Qxg3 Bf6 23.Qh3 Qc7 24.Rd3
Bxe5 25.Rxe5 Qd6 26.Qh6 Qxa3 27.Qd2 Qd6 28.h4 f6 29.Re1 Kg7 30.h5
Rcd8 31.hxg6 hxg6 32.Rh3 g5 33.Qd3 f5 34.Qe3 Kg6 35.Rg3 Qe7 36.Bxe6
Qf6 37.c4 f4 38.Qd3+ Kg7 39.Rh3 Rxe6 40.Qh7+ Kf8 41.Rxe6 Qxe6
42.Qxb7 Qf6 43.d5 g4 44.Ra3 Re8 45.Qh7 f3 46.Qb1 fxg2 47.Kxg2
Re2 48.Qf1 Rc2 49.Re3 a5 50.Qe1 a4 51.Re8+ Kf7 52.Ra8 Qf3+ 53.Kg1
Re2 54.Ra7+ Ke8 55.Qf1 Qe4 56.Kh2 Re1 57.Qg2 Qf4+ 58.Qg3 Qh6+
59.Kg2 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Duong, Thanh Nha"]
[Black "Kellar Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.c4 O-O 7.cxd5
cxd5 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Nxd5 Nxe5 12.Bg5 f6
13.Bf4 Kh8 14.Bxe5 fxe5 15.Qb3 e6 16.Nc3 Rb8 17.Rad1 Qe7 18.h4
b5 19.Ne4 Rb6 20.Ng5 h6 21.Ne4 Bb7 22.Qd3 b4 23.b3 Bd5 24.Rc1
Rd8 25.Rfd1 Rbb8 26.Qa6 Bf8 27.e3 Qf7 28.Qe2 Rdc8 29.Qb2 Qf5
30.Nd2 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 Bc5 32.Nf3 Bf8 33.Qxe5+ Bg7 34.Qxf5 exf5
35.Rxc8+ Rxc8 36.h5 gxh5 37.Rd5 Rc2 38.Ra5 Bf8 39.Rxa7 Bc5 40.Rc7
Rc3 41.Ne5 Bd4 42.Nc4 Bf6 43.Rf7 Bg7 44.Rxf5 Rc2 45.Ra5 Bc3 46.Nd6
Be1 47.Ne4 Kg7 48.Ra6 Rc7 49.f4 Rc2+ 50.Kf3 h4 51.gxh4 Bxh4 52.Kg4
Bd8 53.Ra7+ Kf8 54.Ra8 Ke7 55.Ng3 Bb6 56.e4 Rg2 57.Kh3 Rf2 58.Nf5+
Kd7 59.Kg3 h5 60.Ra6 Bc5 61.Ra5 Rc2 62.e5 Bb6 63.Rb5 Kc6 64.Rxb4
Rxa2 65.Ne7+ Kc5 66.Rc4+ Kb5 67.Nd5 Bf2+ 68.Kf3 Be1 69.Nc3+ 1-0

[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Myers Joshua"]
[Black "Masse Hugues (CAN)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.h3 Qf6 6.d3 Ne7 7.Be3
Bd7 8.Nbd2 Ng6 9.g3 Qe6 10.Nb3 b6 11.Qe2 f6 12.Nfd2 Bd6 13.a4
a5 14.Nc4 c5 15.Nbd2 O-O 16.h4 Ne7 17.f3 Nc6 18.c3 Rfd8 19.g4
Be7 20.b3 Be8 21.Bf2 Bf7 22.Kd1 Rd7 23.Kc2 Rad8 24.Nb2 Kh8 25.Rag1
Bf8 26.g5 Ne7 27.h5 Bg8 28.gxf6 gxf6 29.Be3 Bf7 30.f4 exf4 31.Bxf4
Nc6 32.Ndc4 Bg7 33.h6 Bf8 34.Qh2 Bd6 35.Bxd6 cxd6 36.Qh3 Ne5
37.Qxe6 Bxe6 38.Rg3 f5 39.exf5 Bxf5 40.Nxe5 dxe5 41.Re1 e4 42.dxe4
Rd2+ 43.Kc1 Be6 44.c4 Rh2 45.Nd3 Rxh6 46.Nf4 Rf8 47.Rf3 Re8 48.Rfe3
Rf8 49.Nd5 Rb8 50.Rf3 Rg6 51.Ne7 Rg7 52.Nd5 Rg6 53.Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Adam Rafael (CAN)"]
[Black "D'souza Carina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d6 6.d4 Nc6 7.d5 Nb8
8.Nc3 c5 9.e4 Nbd7 10.Ne1 a6 11.f4 b5 12.Qe2 Ne8 13.a4 bxc4 14.a5
Ra7 15.Qxc4 Nc7 16.Nd3 Nb5 17.Be3 Nd4 18.Rfc1 Rc7 19.Kh1 Re8
20.Ra3 e5 21.dxe6 fxe6 22.b4 cxb4 23.Qxb4 Nc6 24.Qa4 Ne7 25.Qb3
Kh8 26.Ne2 Rxc1+ 27.Bxc1 e5 28.Qb4 Nf8 29.Nc3 Ne6 30.Be3 Nc6
31.Qb6 Ned4 32.Ra2 Be6 33.Nd5 Bxd5 34.exd5 Qxb6 35.axb6 Nb8 36.fxe5
dxe5 37.Nc5 Nf5 38.Bf2 Bf8 39.Nxa6 Bd6 40.Nxb8 Rxb8 41.Ra7 Rc8
42.Be4 Rb8 43.Rd7 Bb4 44.Bxf5 gxf5 45.b7 e4 46.Ba7 e3 47.Bxb8
e2 48.Rd8+ Kg7 49.Re8 Kf7 50.Rxe2 1-0

[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Jiang, Barron Jiyu"]
[Black "Azar Sebastien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3
Bg7 8.f3 O-O 9.Qd2 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Bd4
e5 14.Bc5 Rd8 15.O-O Be6 16.Qe1 f5 17.b4 Nxb4 18.Nb5 cxb5 19.Qxb4
a5 20.Qxb5 Rdb8 21.Bd6 Rxb5 22.Bxc7 Rc5 23.Rd6 Bf7 24.Rd7 Rxc2
25.Bd1 Rc3 26.a4 Bf6 27.Bb6 Be6 28.Rd6 Kf7 29.Rf2 Be7 30.Rdd2
Bc5 31.Bxc5 Rxc5 32.Rc2 Rac8 33.Rb2 R8c7 34.Rfd2 Kf6 35.Kf2 Kg5
36.Rd6 Bf7 37.Ra6 Rd7 38.Be2 Rdc7 39.Rb5 Rc2 40.Rxe5 Ra2 41.h4+
Kxh4 42.f4 Rcc2 43.g3+ Kh3 44.Ra7 Bg8 45.Rg7 Rc8 46.Rxa5 Re8
47.Re5 Rb8 48.Ree7 h5 49.Rxg6 Bc4 50.Rg5 Bxe2 51.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 52.Kxe2
Rb2+ 53.Kd3 Ra2 54.Rxh5+ Kxg3 55.Rxf5 Rxa4 56.Ke3 Ra3+ 57.Ke4
Ra4+ 58.Ke5 Kf3 59.Rh5 Ra5+ 60.Ke6 Rxh5 61.f5 Ke4 62.f6 Rh6 63.Ke7
Ke5 64.f7 Re6+ 65.Kd8 Ra6 66.f8Q Ra8+ 67.Ke7 Rxf8 68.Kxf8 1/2-1/2

[Halldor P. Palsson]

[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[Event "2024 Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa, Canada"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Saha, Ananda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 Min plus 30 sec move"]
[WhiteClock "00:20:19"]
[BlackClock "00:01:40"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2178"]

1. Nf3 {[%clk 01:30:42]} {[%emt 00:00:16]} d5 {[%clk 01:27:23]} {[%emt
00:03:38]} 2. d4 {[%clk 01:30:54]} {[%emt 00:00:18]} Nf6 {[%clk 01:27:10]}
{[%emt 00:00:43]} 3. c4 {[%clk 01:31:17]} {[%emt 00:00:08]} e6 {[%clk
01:27:29]} {[%emt 00:00:11]} 4. Nc3 {[%clk 01:31:29]} {[%emt 00:00:18]} Be7
{[%clk 01:27:43]} {[%emt 00:00:16]} 5. Bg5 {[%clk 01:31:49]} {[%emt 00:00:10]}
O-O {[%clk 01:27:57]} {[%emt 00:00:17]} 6. e3 {[%clk 01:32:08]} {[%emt
00:00:10]} h6 {[%clk 01:28:05]} {[%emt 00:00:22]} 7. Bh4 {[%clk 01:32:30]}
{[%emt 00:00:07]} b6 {[%clk 01:28:16]} {[%emt 00:00:20]} 8. Qb3 {[%clk
01:32:11]} {[%emt 00:00:49]} dxc4 {[%clk 01:18:08]} {[%emt 00:10:39]} 9. Bxc4
{[%clk 01:31:48]} {[%emt 00:00:53]} Nc6 {[%clk 01:17:47]} {[%emt 00:00:51]} 10.
Be2 {[%clk 01:31:16]} {[%emt 00:01:02]} Bb7 {[%clk 01:15:04]} {[%emt 00:03:13]}
11. O-O {[%clk 01:31:11]} {[%emt 00:00:35]} Nd5 {[%clk 01:05:41]} {[%emt
00:09:53]} 12. Bxe7 {[%clk 01:27:26]} {[%emt 00:04:15]} Ncxe7 {[%clk 01:05:10]}
{[%emt 00:01:02]} 13. Rac1 {[%clk 01:26:51]} {[%emt 00:01:04]} Nxc3 {[%clk
00:57:26]} {[%emt 00:08:15]} 14. Rxc3 {[%clk 01:25:17]} {[%emt 00:02:03]} Nd5
{[%clk 00:57:45]} {[%emt 00:00:10]} 15. Rc2 {[%clk 01:25:04]} {[%emt 00:00:42]}
a5 {[%clk 00:53:28]} {[%emt 00:04:49]} 16. a3 {[%clk 01:23:57]} {[%emt
00:01:37]} a4 {[%clk 00:43:26]} {[%emt 00:10:32]} 17. Qc4 {[%clk 01:23:18]}
{[%emt 00:01:08]} Qd6 {[%clk 00:40:13]} {[%emt 00:03:45]} 18. Rfc1 {[%clk
01:19:29]} {[%emt 00:04:19]} Rfc8 {[%clk 00:36:57]} {[%emt 00:03:46]} 19. Qd3
{[%clk 01:05:32]} {[%emt 00:14:26]} Nf6 {[%clk 00:27:59]} {[%emt 00:09:29]} 20.
Nd2 {[%clk 01:03:54]} {[%emt 00:02:04]} Rd8 {[%clk 00:17:56]} {[%emt 00:10:37]}
21. Nc4 {[%clk 00:57:58]} {[%emt 00:06:25]} Qe7 {[%clk 00:15:29]} {[%emt
00:02:57]} 22. Qd1 {[%clk 00:56:12]} {[%emt 00:02:08]} Be4 {[%clk 00:12:44]}
{[%emt 00:03:23]} 23. Rd2 {[%clk 00:52:17]} {[%emt 00:04:25]} Bd5 {[%clk
00:12:04]} {[%emt 00:01:10]} 24. Bf3 {[%clk 00:48:20]} {[%emt 00:04:26]} Ne4
{[%clk 00:04:23]} {[%emt 00:08:11]} 25. Rdc2 {[%clk 00:46:11]} {[%emt
00:04:50]} Qh4 {[%clk 00:03:22]} 26. Qe2 {[%clk 00:43:54]} {[%emt 00:02:07]}
Rab8 {[%clk 00:02:33]} {[%emt 00:01:19]} 27. g3 {[%clk 00:31:02]} {[%emt
00:13:21]} Qf6 {[%clk 00:03:01]} {[%emt 00:00:03]} 28. Ne5 {[%clk 00:31:07]}
{[%emt 00:00:25]} c5 {[%clk 00:03:02]} {[%emt 00:01:10]} 29. Bg2 {[%clk
00:31:14]} Rd6 {[%clk 00:01:37]} {[%emt 00:01:38]} 30. f3 {[%clk 00:25:52]}
{[%emt 00:06:01]} Ng5 {[%clk 00:01:25]} {[%emt 00:00:33]} 31. h4 {[%clk
00:21:00]} {[%emt 00:05:21]} cxd4 {[%clk 00:01:54]} {[%emt 00:00:02]} 32. Rc8+
{[%clk 00:20:31]} {[%emt 00:07:29]} Rxc8 {[%clk 00:00:54]} 33. Rxc8+ {[%clk
00:20:54]} Rd8 {[%clk 00:00:43]} 34. hxg5 {[%clk 00:21:05]} Qxg5 {[%clk
00:00:37]} 35. Rxd8+ {[%clk 00:20:53]} Qxd8 {[%clk 00:01:06]} 36. exd4 {[%clk
00:21:14]} Qg5 {[%clk 00:01:12]} 37. Qe1 {[%clk 00:20:59]} Qf5 {[%clk
00:01:00]} 38. Qc3 {[%clk 00:20:31]} {[%emt 00:00:23]} Qb1+ {[%clk 00:00:47]}
{[%emt 00:00:43]} 39. Kh2 {[%clk 00:20:33]} {[%emt 00:00:28]} f6 {[%clk
00:00:42]} {[%emt 00:00:35]} 40. Nd3 {[%clk 00:20:35]} {[%emt 00:00:28]} Qd1
{[%clk 00:00:35]} {[%emt 00:00:37]} 41. Nf4 {[%clk 00:20:36]} {[%emt 00:00:28]}
Bb3 {[%clk 00:00:54]} {[%emt 00:00:13]} 42. Qc8+ {[%clk 00:20:27]} {[%emt
00:00:38]} Kh7 {[%clk 00:01:22]} {[%emt 00:00:02]} 43. Nxe6 {[%clk 00:20:24]}
{[%emt 00:00:33]} Bxe6 {[%clk 00:01:31]} {[%emt 00:00:21]} 44. Qxe6 {[%clk
00:20:47]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} Qxd4 {[%clk 00:01:57]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} 45. Qe4+
{[%clk 00:20:19]} {[%emt 00:00:58]} 1-0



[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[Event "2024 Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa, Canada"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wiebe, Isaac"]
[Black "Chiku-Ratte, Olivier Kenta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 Min plus 30 sec move"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2231"]
[BlackElo "2448"]

1. Nf3 {[%clk 01:29:41]} {[%emt 00:02:49]} Nf6 {[%clk 01:27:45]} {[%emt
00:01:44]} 2. c4 {[%clk 01:30:03]} {[%emt 00:00:08]} g6 {[%clk 01:28:02]}
{[%emt 00:00:13]} 3. Nc3 {[%clk 01:30:28]} {[%emt 00:00:04]} Bg7 {[%clk
01:28:29]} {[%emt 00:00:04]} 4. e4 {[%clk 01:30:53]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} d6
{[%clk 01:28:55]} {[%emt 00:00:04]} 5. d4 {[%clk 01:31:18]} {[%emt 00:00:04]}
O-O {[%clk 01:29:21]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} 6. Be2 {[%clk 01:31:44]} {[%emt
00:00:04]} e5 {[%clk 01:27:43]} {[%emt 00:02:09]} 7. d5 {[%clk 01:30:39]}
{[%emt 00:01:34]} Na6 {[%clk 01:24:21]} {[%emt 00:03:51]} 8. Bg5 {[%clk
01:30:42]} {[%emt 00:00:27]} h6 {[%clk 01:19:37]} {[%emt 00:05:15]} 9. Be3
{[%clk 01:30:29]} {[%emt 00:00:43]} Nh5 {[%clk 01:07:57]} {[%emt 00:12:10]} 10.
g3 {[%clk 01:24:04]} {[%emt 00:06:55]} Nf6 {[%clk 01:01:00]} {[%emt 00:07:27]}
11. Nd2 {[%clk 01:20:24]} {[%emt 00:04:09]} Nh7 {[%clk 00:40:32]} {[%emt
00:20:59]} 12. O-O {[%clk 01:03:29]} {[%emt 00:17:26]} f5 {[%clk 00:36:38]}
{[%emt 00:04:25]} 13. f3 {[%clk 01:03:43]} {[%emt 00:00:15]} f4 {[%clk
00:36:40]} {[%emt 00:00:29]} 14. Bf2 {[%clk 01:03:58]} {[%emt 00:00:13]} Ng5
{[%clk 00:35:21]} {[%emt 00:01:50]} 15. g4 {[%clk 00:56:13]} {[%emt 00:10:01]}
Nh3+ {[%clk 00:34:04]} {[%emt 00:00:02]} 16. Kg2 {[%clk 00:56:42]} Nxf2 {[%clk
00:34:28]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} 17. Rxf2 {[%clk 00:56:54]} {[%emt 00:00:18]} Qh4
{[%clk 00:34:09]} {[%emt 00:00:49]} 18. Rf1 {[%clk 00:56:34]} {[%emt 00:00:51]}
Qe7 {[%clk 00:27:46]} {[%emt 00:06:53]} 19. Rb1 {[%clk 00:54:28]} {[%emt
00:02:36]} h5 {[%clk 00:24:14]} {[%emt 00:04:03]} 20. h3 {[%clk 00:53:54]}
{[%emt 00:01:04]} Kf7 {[%clk 00:23:21]} {[%emt 00:01:23]} 21. Rh1 {[%clk
00:51:42]} {[%emt 00:02:41]} Rh8 {[%clk 00:20:15]} {[%emt 00:03:37]} 22. Qe1
{[%clk 00:45:51]} {[%emt 00:06:21]} Bf6 {[%clk 00:20:26]} {[%emt 00:00:18]} 23.
b4 {[%clk 00:41:35]} {[%emt 00:04:46]} Bh4 {[%clk 00:17:45]} {[%emt 00:03:11]}
24. Qg1 {[%clk 00:40:40]} {[%emt 00:01:25]} Nb8 {[%clk 00:17:40]} {[%emt
00:00:36]} 25. c5 {[%clk 00:40:09]} {[%emt 00:01:00]} a6 {[%clk 00:12:00]}
{[%emt 00:09:02]} 26. Nc4 {[%clk 00:38:31]} Nd7 {[%clk 00:12:16]} 27. Na4
{[%clk 00:35:19]} {[%emt 00:03:12]} Nf6 {[%clk 00:03:27]} {[%emt 00:09:19]} 28.
cxd6 {[%clk 00:32:12]} {[%emt 00:03:37]} cxd6 {[%clk 00:03:56]} {[%emt
00:00:01]} 29. Qb6 {[%clk 00:32:09]} {[%emt 00:00:33]} Ne8 {[%clk 00:03:37]}
{[%emt 00:00:49]} 30. Rbc1 {[%clk 00:31:10]} {[%emt 00:01:29]} Bg3 {[%clk
00:02:16]} {[%emt 00:01:50]} 31. Nc3 {[%clk 00:22:39]} {[%emt 00:09:00]} Kf6
{[%clk 00:01:14]} {[%emt 00:01:33]} 32. a4 {[%clk 00:20:39]} {[%emt 00:08:05]}
Rh7 {[%clk 00:01:22]} 33. a5 {[%clk 00:19:47]} Kg5 {[%clk 00:01:15]} 34. b5
{[%clk 00:12:50]} {[%emt 00:04:12]} axb5 {[%clk 00:00:48]} {[%emt 00:00:58]} 35.
Nxb5 {[%clk 00:13:09]} {[%emt 00:00:10]} Ra6 {[%clk 00:01:02]} {[%emt
00:00:16]} 36. Qg1 {[%clk 00:12:32]} {[%emt 00:01:07]} Bd7 {[%clk 00:01:00]}
{[%emt 00:00:33]} 37. Rb1 {[%clk 00:11:39]} {[%emt 00:01:23]} hxg4 {[%clk
00:01:15]} {[%emt 00:00:15]} 38. hxg4 {[%clk 00:11:57]} {[%emt 00:00:12]} Rxh1
{[%clk 00:01:24]} {[%emt 00:00:22]} 39. Qxh1 {[%clk 00:12:09]} {[%emt
00:00:17]} Nf6 {[%clk 00:01:05]} {[%emt 00:00:49]} 40. Nc7 {[%clk 00:11:04]}
{[%emt 00:01:36]} Ra7 {[%clk 00:01:09]} {[%emt 00:00:26]} 41. Qh8 {[%clk
00:11:24]} {[%emt 00:00:08]} Bxg4 {[%clk 00:00:47]} {[%emt 00:00:53]} 42. Nb5
{[%clk 00:10:23]} {[%emt 00:01:32]} Ra8 {[%clk 00:00:46]} {[%emt 00:00:31]} 43.
Qxa8 {[%clk 00:10:07]} {[%emt 00:00:46]} Bh3+ {[%clk 00:01:11]} {[%emt
00:00:05]} 44. Kg1 {[%clk 00:10:35]} {[%emt 00:00:02]} Qh7 {[%clk 00:01:31]}
{[%emt 00:00:11]} 45. Qa7 {[%clk 00:02:00]} {[%emt 00:09:05]} Bd7 {[%clk
00:01:00]} {[%emt 00:01:01]} 0-1



[Event "Ottawa Winter Open U1600"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lafer, Michael Bary"]
[Black "Lalonde, Drake"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1488"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 cxd4 10.cxd4 f6 11.a3 fxe5 12.dxe5 Qc7 13.Qe2
a6 14.Nf1 b5 15.Qc2 g6 16.Bh6 Rf7 17.Bxg6 Rxf3 18.Bxh7+ Kh8 19.Qg6 1-0



[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.19"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Jiang, Barron Jiyu"]
[Black "Azar Sebastien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3
Bg7 8.f3 O-O 9.Qd2 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Bd4
e5 14.Bc5 Rd8 15.O-O Be6 16.Qe1 f5 17.b4 Nxb4 18.Nb5 cxb5 19.Qxb4
a5 20.Qxb5 Rdb8 21.Bd6 Rxb5 22.Bxc7 Rc5 23.Rd6 Bf7 24.Rd7 Rxc2
25.Bd1 Rc3 26.a4 Bf6 27.Bb6 Be6 28.Rd6 Kf7 29.Rf2 Be7 30.Rdd2
Bc5 31.Bxc5 Rxc5 32.Rc2 Rac8 33.Rb2 R8c7 34.Rfd2 Kf6 35.Kf2 Kg5
36.Rd6 Bf7 37.Ra6 Rd7 38.Be2 Rdc7 39.Rb5 Rc2 40.Rxe5 Ra2 41.h4+
Kxh4 42.f4 Rcc2 43.g3+ Kh3 44.Ra7 Bg8 45.Rg7 Rc8 46.Rxa5 Re8
47.Re5 Rb8 48.Ree7 h5 49.Rxg6 Bc4 50.Rg5 Bxe2 51.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 52.Kxe2
Rb2+ 53.Kd3 Ra2 54.Rxh5+ Kxg3 55.Rxf5 Rxa4 56.Ke3 Ra3+ 57.Ke4
Ra4+ 58.Ke5 Kf3 59.Rh5 Ra5+ 60.Ke6 Rxh5 61.f5 Ke4 62.f6 Rh6 63.Ke7
Ke5 64.f7 Re6+ 65.Kd8 Ra6 66.f8Q Ra8+ 67.Ke7 Rxf8 68.Kxf8 1/2-1/2



[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Lawson Eric (CAN)"]
[Black "Di Matteo Alesso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Qd3
Nc6 8.Be2 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Qd3 O-O 11.O-O d6 12.Kh1 Bd7 13.Bg5
Kh8 14.a3 b5 15.cxb5 axb5 16.b4 Ba7 17.Rac1 Qb7 18.Qxd6 Bb8 19.Qxf8+ 1-0



[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Jolicoeur Jacob"]
[Black "Duong, Thanh Nha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7
7.Bd3 Nd7 8.Be3 d5 9.Qd2 Nc5 10.Bxc5 Bxc5 11.O-O-O O-O 12.h4
h6 13.Qf4 Bd6 14.Qa4 c6 15.c4 Be6 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.Nd4 Qf6 18.Nxe6
fxe6 19.Rhe1 a6 20.Qd7 Be5 21.c3 Rf7 22.Qa4 Rc8 23.Kb1 Rc6 24.Re2
Rb6 25.Kc2 Rc6 26.Kb1 Rfc7 27.Rde1 Bxc3 28.bxc3 Rb6+ 29.Kc1 Qxc3+
30.Bc2 Qb2+ 31.Kd1 Qa1+ 32.Kd2 Qc3+ 33.Kc1 Rcc6 34.Re3 Qb2+ 35.Kd2
Rb4 36.Rb1 Qd4+ 37.Bd3 Rxa4 38.Rxb7 Rxa2+ 0-1



[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Kot Emmanuel"]
[Black "Myers Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2114"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.Ne4
Nxe4 8.Bxe4 Nd7 9.O-O Nf6 10.Bd3 e6 11.c4 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 c6 13.Be3
Be7 14.Rad1 O-O 15.Bf4 Qb4 16.b3 Rad8 17.Bd2 Qa3 18.Bc3 Bb4 19.Ba1
Be7 20.Bb1 Qa5 21.h3 Qg5 22.Bc3 Qh5 23.g4 Qh4 24.Rfe1 g6 25.Qe3
h5 26.g5 Nh7 27.f4 e5 28.fxe5 Bxg5 29.Qd3 Be7 30.Re4 Qg5+ 31.Kh1
Qf5 32.Rf1 Qe6 33.Ref4 Bg5 34.R4f3 Bh6 35.Kg2 Bg7 36.Qc2 Rd7
37.h4 Rfd8 38.Rf4 Nf8 39.Re4 Qe8 40.Qf2 Ne6 41.Rd1 Bh6 42.Ba5
Rc8 43.Bb6 Ng7 44.b4 Qe7 45.a3 Nf5 46.Ba2 Kh7 47.Rde1 Rg8 48.d5
Qe8 49.Kh1 Qc8 50.Bc5 Rdd8 51.e6 fxe6 52.Rxe6 Rde8 53.Bb1 Ng7
54.Bxg6+ 1-0



[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Masse Hugues (CAN)"]
[Black "Zhong Ryan Yunhui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.Bg3
O-O 8.Bd3 b6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Bb7 12.Qa4 Rc8 13.dxc5
Bxc5 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.O-O Rfd8 16.Rfe1 Nb8 17.Bh4 f6 18.Bxb7 Qxb7
19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Rxe6 Qf7 21.Re1 Nd7 22.Qxa7 Qd5 23.Qa4 Ra8 24.Qb3
Qxb3 25.axb3 Ra2 26.b4 Bd6 27.Rb1 g5 28.Bg3 Bxg3 29.hxg3 g4 30.Rd1
Nf8 31.Nh2 h5 32.Rb1 Nd7 33.Nf1 Ne5 34.Ne3 Nd3 35.Nd5 Nxb2 36.Nxb6
Nd3 37.b5 Ra7 38.Nd5 Kf7 39.b6 Rb7 40.Rb5 Ke6 41.Nf4+ Nxf4 42.gxf4
h4 43.Kh2 Kd6 44.c4 Kc6 45.Rf5 Rf7 46.c5 Rg7 47.Rxf6+ Kxc5 48.Rf5+
Kxb6 49.Rg5 Rh7 50.Rxg4 h3 51.g3 Kc6 52.Rh4 Rg7 53.Kxh3 Kd6 54.g4
Ke6 55.Rh6+ Kf7 56.Kh4 Rg8 57.Ra6 Rb8 58.f5 Rb7 59.Kg5 Kg7 60.Rh6
Rb5 61.f3 Ra5 62.Rb6 Ra7 63.Rg6+ Kf7 64.Rh6 Ra5 65.Rh7+ Kg8 66.Kg6
Ra6+ 67.f6 Rb6 68.Ra7 Rb8 69.Rg7+ Kh8 70.Rh7+ Kg8 71.f7+ 1-0



[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Guillemette Hugo"]
[Black "Petrovic Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.d3 Ne7 6.O-O d5 7.c4
Ng6 8.Ng5 f6 9.Nh3 dxe4 10.dxe4 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 e5 12.Be3 Bxh3 13.gxh3
Nh4 14.Nd2 Rb8 15.b3 Bd6 16.f3 Ke7 17.Kf2 Rhd8 18.Rg1 Ng6 19.Rg4
Kf7 20.Rag1 Rg8 21.Nb1 Nf4 22.Rd1 Rgd8 23.Nc3 Nxh3+ 24.Kf1 Nf4
25.Rh4 h6 26.Na4 Ne6 27.Rg4 Be7 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Nb2 Nd4 30.Bxd4
Rxd4 31.Ke2 h5 32.Rg1 f5 33.Nd3 fxe4 34.Nxe5+ Ke6 35.Nxc6 exf3+
36.Kxf3 Rd7 37.Rxg7 a6 38.Rxe7+ Rxe7 39.Nxe7 Kxe7 40.Kf4 Kf6
41.h4 a5 42.a3 Ke6 43.Kg5 Ke5 44.Kxh5 Kf5 45.Kh6 Kf6 46.h5 Kf7
47.Kg5 Kg7 48.Kf5 1-0



[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Latorre Vincent (CAN)"]
[Black "Moses Neil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 d6 5.d3 Be7 6.a4 Nf6 7.Nd2 Bg4
8.f3 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.O-O O-O 11.Ne2 Nh5 12.Nc4 d5 13.Ne3 Qd7
14.Ng4 Nf4 15.Be3 h5 16.Nf2 d4 17.Bd2 Qe8 18.g3 Qg6 19.Kh1 Nxe2
20.Qxe2 h4 21.Ng4 Qh5 22.f4 g6 23.Kg2 exf4 24.gxf4 Kg7 25.h3
Rf7 26.Rf2 Bd6 27.Raf1 Ne7 28.Rf3 Ng8 29.Kh1 Raf8 30.Qg2 Kh8
31.R1f2 b6 32.Qf1 Bc7 33.e5 Bd8 34.Qe2 Qf5 35.Kg2 Kh7 36.Rf1
Nh6 37.R3f2 Be7 38.Nh2 Qh5 39.Qxh5 gxh5 40.Nf3 Nf5 41.Ng5+ Bxg5
42.fxg5 Kg6 43.Rf3 Rd8 44.Re1 Rd5 45.Re4 a6 46.Rf1 Rc7 47.b3
b5 48.axb5 axb5 49.Ra1 Rc6 50.Ra8 c4 51.bxc4 bxc4 52.Ra2 cxd3
53.cxd3 Rb5 54.Be1 Kxg5 55.Rd2 Rcc5 56.Bf2 Rxe5 57.Bxd4 Rxe4
58.dxe4 Nxd4 59.Rxd4 Kf4 60.e5+ Kxe5 61.Rxh4 Kf6 62.Ra4 Kg5 63.h4+
Kf5 64.Kg3 Rb3+ 65.Kf2 e5 66.Rc4 Rd3 67.Rc8 Kg4 68.Rc5 e4 69.Re5
Kxh4 70.Rxe4+ Kh3 71.Rf4 h4 72.Rf3+ 1/2-1/2



[Event "Ottawa Winter Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shi Mihael"]
[Black "Adam Rafael (CAN)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2024"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.c3 d6 6.Nbd2 g6 7.O-O Bg7
8.Re1 O-O 9.Nf1 d5 10.Bb3 Re8 11.Ne3 dxe4 12.dxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxd8
Rxd8 14.Nd5 Nc5 15.Nxc7 Rb8 16.Be3 Nxb3 17.axb3 a6 18.Bb6 Rd3
19.Ne8 Bg4 20.Nxg7 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Kxg7 22.Rad1 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Re8
24.Bc5 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Nxd8 26.Bd6 Nc6 27.f4 e4 28.b4 Kf6 29.f3 Kf5
30.Kf2 g5 31.Ke3 exf3 32.Kxf3 Nd8 33.fxg5 hxg5 34.Ke3 Nc6 35.b3
Ke6 36.Bc7 f5 37.Kf3 Ne5+ 38.Ke3 Nc6 39.Kf3 Kf6 40.Kg3 Ne7 41.Bd8
Ke6 42.Kf3 Kd7 43.Bb6 Nd5 44.Bd4 Ke6 45.h3 Nf6 46.c4 Ne4 47.Ke3
Kf7 48.b5 axb5 49.cxb5 Ke6 50.Bb6 Ke5 51.Bc7+ Kd5 52.Bd8 Ke5
53.Bc7+ Nd6 54.b6 Kd5 55.Bd8 Nf7 56.Bc7 Ne5 57.Bd8 f4+ 58.Kf2
Nf7 59.Bf6 Ke6 60.Bd4 Kf5 61.Kf3 Ne5+ 62.Ke2 Ke4 63.Bc5 f3+ 64.Kf1
Nd3 65.Be7 Kf4 66.Bd6+ Kf5 67.Bc7 g4 68.hxg4+ Kxg4 69.Bd6 Kf5
70.Bf8 Ke4 71.Bh6 Nc5 72.Kf2 Nxb3 73.Bg7 Nc5 74.Bf6 Nd3+ 75.Kf1
Ne5 76.Bd8 Ng4 77.Bg5 Kf5 78.Be7 Kf4 79.Bd6+ Ke3 80.Bc5+ Ke4
81.Be7 Ne3+ 82.Kf2 Nc4 83.Bd8 Nd6 84.Bc7 Nf7 85.Bb8 Nh6 86.Bd6
Ng4+ 87.Kf1 Kd3 88.Bc7 Ke3 89.Bd6 f2 0-1

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Pairings for Round 3. 2024 Ottawa Winter Open: 2024 Ottawa Winter Open
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 6 Rafael Adam (2262 2.0) 1 GM Bator Sambuev (2576 2.0)
2 2 IM Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte (2448 2.0) 10 IM Thanh Nha Duong (2232 2.0)
3 5 Vincent Latorre (2317 1.5) 12 Emanuel Kot (2180 1.5)
4 16 Neil Moses (2146 1.5) 7 Sebastien Azar (2243 1.5)
5 8 Leo Lin (2241 1.5) 15 Hugo Guillemette (2152 1.5)
6 20 Sanjay Ramesh (2042 1.5) 9 Hugues Masse (2239 1.5)
7 23 Barron Jiyu Jiang (2005 1.5) 3 IM Eric Lawson (2365 1.0)
8 4 FM Daniel Xu (2350 1.0) 18 Maxim Rousskikh (2070 1.0)
9 32 Anthony Masse-Garneau (1919 1.0) 11 Isaac Wiebe (2231 1.0)
10 13 Ananda Saha (2178 1.0) 19 Michael Shi (2056 1.0)
11 33 Anais Chloe Fiset (1898 1.0) 14 Etienne Latreille (2168 1.0)
12 17 Derek Wang (2103 1.0) 31 Jacob Jolicoeur (1926 1.0)
13 24 Ryan Yunhui Zhong (1998 0.5) 27 Milos Petrovic (1974 0.5)
14 28 Ben Kellar (1972 0.5) 26 Joshua Myers (1986 0.5)
15 21 Alessio Di Matteo (2035 0.0) 34 April Yunwei Zhong (1868 0.5)
16 29 Iassen Pelev (1940 0.0) 22 Carina D'Souza (2033 0.0)
17 25 Alexander Stopic (1993 0.0) 30 Stefan Lanceman (1934 0.0)




Pairings for Round 3. 2024 Ottawa Winter Open: 2024 Ottawa Winter U1900
Bd # Res White # Res Black
18 25 Samuel Filion (1507 2.0) 1 Marc Nassar (1885 2.0)
19 3 Ryan Zhuoyuan Xu (1809 1.5) 11 Johan Kenneth Moleta (1716 1.5)
20 21 Alois Clerc (1557 1.5) 4 Eric Cloutier (1801 1.5)
21 5 Troy Dana (1801 1.5) 19 Raunak Amit Ramesan (1567 1.5)
22 7 Elber Zhu (1787 1.5) 13 Douglas Graham (1704 1.5)
23 9 Alan Tomalty (1755 1.0) 23 Justin Wen (1525 1.0)
24 26 Daniel Harrison (1501 1.0) 16 Jacob Stephen Burton (1658 1.0)
25 2 Gilbert Mercure (1830 0.5) 12 Cristian Scrieciu (1712 0.5)
26 15 Thomas Nicholson (1661 0.5) 6 Thomas Swenson (1800 0.5)
27 18 Simon Vandenbosch (1576 0.5) 10 Vladimir Dukkardt (1742 0.5)
28 14 Anuj Radia (1669 0.5) 20 Sophia Currie (1561 0.5)
29 17 Babacar Sonko (1644 0.0) 22 Edison Zhu (1536 0.5)
8 ½ Nicolas Dupont-Mageau (1784 1.5) BYE
24 ½ Simon Perkins (1521 0.0) BYE




Pairings for Round 3.

2024 Ottawa Winter Open: 2024 Ottawa Winter U1600

Bd # Res White # Res Black
30 15 Shuwen Tan (1353 2.0) 2 Justin Jean (1542 2.0)
31 4 Randy Taylor (1470 2.0) 16 Gregory Marcelin (1348 2.0)
32 17 Mohammadreza Mohseni (1339 2.0) 8 Cody Griffiths (1430 2.0)
33 26 Sébastien Belliveau (1257 2.0) 10 Christopher Sailus (1423 2.0)
34 58 Josh Siderius (unr. 2.0) 14 Brendan Williams (1357 2.0)
35 20 Ondrej Pacin (1323 1.5) 3 Michael Barry Jr Lafer (1488 1.5)
36 29 Eric Moore (1182 1.5) 5 Jonathan Deslauriers (1462 1.5)
37 35 Brian Melaschenko-Bolger (1102 1.5) 6 Herb Langer (1446 1.5)
38 7 Yves Filion (1446 1.5) 30 Noah Stelmach (1168 1.5)
39 11 Stephane Sonko (1412 1.0) 31 Mathieu Mallette (1161 1.0)
40 13 Romy Peters (1377 1.0) 32 Thanish Karuvarasan (1141 1.0)
41 36 Siddhaarth Aravinthan (1093 1.0) 18 Grant Schaper (1339 1.0)
42 19 Eric Muddiman (1333 1.0) 39 Dave Westbury (1045 1.0)
43 38 Ryan Ward (1058 1.0) 22 Alexander Hodgins (1318 1.0)
44 23 Lwazi Bhebhe (1294 1.0) 47 Iain Wong ( 913 1.0)
45 40 Anastasia Auger (1013 1.0) 24 Mila Aung-Thwin (1288 1.0)
46 25 Brian Batchelar (1286 1.0) 57 Somanathan Damodaran (unr. 1.0)
47 27 Subaru Ishii (1252 1.0) 59 Dylan Wolfe (unr. 1.0)
48 50 Achille Collin ( 750 1.0) 28 John If Lukezich (1186 1.0)
49 45 Danielle Piche ( 923 0.5) 33 Pierre Arcand (1130 0.5)
50 1 Drake Lalonde (1589 0.5) 37 Justin Hum (1074 0.5)
51 9 Anton Karpov (1424 0.5) 41 Scott Davidson (1006 0.5)
52 34 Jim Wright (1102 0.5) 48 Adhvik Aravinthan ( 904 0.5)
53 46 Andrew Svensson ( 918 0.0) 12 Raymond Dickson (1391 0.0)
54 52 Deyaan Seyyon Karthik ( 632 0.0) 42 Anna Loevenich (1005 0.0)
55 53 Lucas Breen (unr. 0.0) 43 Thomas Zhang (1000 0.0)
56 44 Laurent Bergeron-Collin ( 931 0.0) 54 Emile D'Souza (unr. 0.0)
55 1 Sameer D'Souza (unr. 0.0) BYE
21 ½ Zipei Liu (1321 1.0) BYE
51 ½ Alena Zeng ( 709 1.5) BYE
56 ½ William Morin (unr. 0.5) BYE SEE TD to play in rounds 4 and 5
49 ½ Gwenael Laurent-Guy ( 800 0.0) BYE