2018 RA March Open March 2-3-4

[Halldor P. Palsson]

2018 RA March Open
An EOCA Grand Prix Event [www.eoca.ca]

Date: March 2-3-4, 2018
Place: RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa – TBD.
Rounds: 5, Friday 7:30 PM Saturday & Sunday @ 10 AM & 3 PM.

Type: Regular Swiss

Sections and prizes are based on projected entries and may change.

Open - (rated FIDE & CFC); 1st $400, 2nd $200, 3d $100: U2200 $100;
U1900 – ( rated CFC); 1st $200, 2nd $125, 3rd $75; U1750 $100;
U1600 – (rated CFC) 1st $150, 2nd $100, 3rd 50.

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

Entry Fee: Open $60 if pre-registered, $70 at site;
U1900 $60 if pre-registered, $70 at site;
U1600 $40 if pre-registered, $60 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.

Amateur entry is $30. Amateur entrants are not eligible for prizes. Amateur entrants will be used in a higher or a lower section, if needed, to avoid giving a BYE to a regular player.

Free entry for GM/WGM & IM/WIM if entered by e-mail by February 22th.

CFC or FQE membership is required.

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

Prizes: $$BEN

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

Registration: Cheque by February 22, 2018, payable to:
Halldor P. Palsson, 633 Island Park Cr.,Ottawa, Ont. K1Y 3P4 or e-mail fs889@ncf.ca

Or register in person at the RA Chess Club, February 15, 22 or March 1, 7:00-7:30 PM

Please bring your own equipment if you prefer it – RA Club sets and clocks are provided.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

I will be taking registrations at the RA Chess Club the next two Thursdays.

Not at the club? Please send your registration by e-mail to fs889@ncf.ca & there is no late fee.

2018 RA March Open

# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Bator Sambuev
2581 146462 (4128290)
2 Olivier-kenta Chiku-ratte
2460 9101838
3 David Gordon
2292 7095725
4 Svitlana Demchenko
2270 156853 (14149893)
5 Qiuyu Huang
2264 156151 (2619903)
6 Zachary Dukic
2254 7104979
7 Francesco Dunne
2212 146453 (2614618)
8 Rachel Miller
2163 158466 (7401302)
9 Tyler Tanaka
2158 7105159
10 Fan Yang
2134 155485 (2626055)
11 Paul H. Beckwith
2113 106106 (2601800)
12 Ben Kellar
2103 148170 (2620928)
13 Dusan Simic
2091 109808 (908150)
14 Saeid Sadeghi
2072 139655 (2606810)
15 Robert Villeneuve
2062 101284 (2620685)
16 Daniel Xu
2058 160020 (2627345)
17 Danail Donev
2034 143574 (2604094)
18 William G. Doubleday
1981 103754 (2682419)
19 David Fei
1962 154794 (2620855)
20 Dan Kearnan
1921 137473 (2628082)
21 Ray Kuryliw
1914 105482 (2604833)
22 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi
1902 155558 (2626071)
23 Z. Chang Alexander R.
1901 9105176

2018 RA March U1900

# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Richard Lemieux
1884 104158
2 Andre Bastien
1866 110528
3 Alex Danilov
1792 101895 (2603926)
4 Alexandre Khan
1787 163542
5 Jan Huus
1769 112601
6 Victor Bilodeau
1763 7019978
7 Kamal Balazadeh
1750 153228
8 Jay Serdula
1737 103877 (2626233)
9 Marcel Laurin
1715 100337 (2604906)
10 Herb Langer
1710 100319 (2617536)
11 Romy Peters
1662 135706 (2605589)
12 Randika Balasooriya
1623 150499
13 Oswin Ning
1603 161715
14 Alexander Stopic
1601 160017 (2630036)
15 Alwin Ning
1516 161716

2018 RA March U1600

# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Johnathan Han
1432 161709
2 Alexander Dukkardt
1408 161263
3 Jeremy Sztuka
1405 162452
4 Sanjay Ramesh
1365 162979
5 John I.F. Lukezich
1361 146765 (2620944)
6 Vladimir Dukkardt
1278 163375
7 Pierre Arcand
1192 160146
8 Simon Celer-Matas
1189 165088
9 Jeremie Kimble
1097 157710
10 Andrew Svensson
1075 143414
11 Joyce Deng
996 7105581

[Halldor P. Palsson]

2018 RA March Open

# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1
1 Bator Sambuev W 11
2581 146462 (4128290)
2 Olivier-kenta Chiku-ratte B 12
2460 9101838
3 David Gordon W 13
2292 7095725
4 Svitlana Demchenko B 15
2270 156853 (14149893)
5 Qiuyu Huang bye
2264 156151 (2619903)
6 Zachary Dukic W 16
2254 7104979
7 Francesco Dunne B 17
2212 146453 (2614618)
8 Rachel Miller W 18
2163 158466 (7401302)
9 Tyler Tanaka B 21
2158 7105159
10 Fan Yang W 22
2134 155485 (2626055)
11 Paul H. Beckwith B 1
2113 106106 (2601800)
12 Ben Kellar W 2
2103 148170 (2620928)
13 Dusan Simic B 3
2091 109808 (908150)
14 Saeid Sadeghi bye
2072 139655 (2606810)
15 Robert Villeneuve W 4
2062 101284 (2620685)
16 Daniel Xu B 6
2058 160020 (2627345)
17 Danail Donev W 7
2034 143574 (2604094)
18 William G. Doubleday B 8
1981 103754 (2682419)
19 David Fei bye
1962 154794 (2620855)
20 Dan Kearnan bye
1921 137473 (2628082)
21 Ray Kuryliw W 9
1914 105482 (2604833)
22 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi B 10
1902 155558 (2626071)
23 Z. Chang Alexander R. bye
1901 9105176

2018 RA March U1900

# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1
1 Richard Lemieux W 12
1884 104158
2 Andre Bastien bye
1866 110528
3 Alex Danilov B 13
1792 101895 (2603926)
4 Alexandre Khan W 14
1787 163542
5 Pierre Lesage B 15
1786 104103 (2629356)
6 Harold Ferderber W 16
1770 104809
7 Jan Huus bye
1769 112601
8 Victor Bilodeau bye
1763 7019978
9 Ehsan Forouzandeh B 17
1762 158467 (2622688)
10 Kamal Balazadeh W 18
1750 153228
11 Jay Serdula B 19
1737 103877 (2626233)
12 Marcel Laurin B 1
1715 100337 (2604906)
13 Herb Langer W 3
1710 100319 (2617536)
14 Etienne Latreille B 4
1697 154563
15 Romy Peters W 5
1662 135706 (2605589)
16 Randika Balasooriya B 6
1623 150499
17 Oswin Ning W 9
1603 161715
18 Alexander Stopic B 10
1601 160017 (2630036)
19 Alwin Ning W 11
1516 161716

2018 RA March U1600

# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1
1 Johnathan Han W 8
1432 161709
2 Alexander Dukkardt B 9
1408 161263
3 Jeremy Sztuka W 10
1405 162452
4 Sanjay Ramesh bye
1365 162979
5 Lee Wasmund B 11
1363 107497
6 John I.F. Lukezich W 13
1361 146765 (2620944)
7 Santiago Pascual-Meagher bye
1330 162146
8 Vladimir Dukkardt B 1
1278 163375
9 Pierre Arcand W 2
1192 160146
10 Simon Celer-Matas B 3
1189 165088
11 Jeremie Kimble W 5
1097 157710
12 Andrew Svensson bye
1075 143414
13 Joyce Deng B 6
996 7105581

[Halldor P. Palsson]

2018 RA March Open

Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 1 Bator Sambuev (2581 0.0) 11 Paul H. Beckwith (2113 0.0)
2 12 Ben Kellar (2103 0.0) 2 Olivier-kenta Chiku-ratte (2460 0.0)
3 3 David Gordon (2292 0.0) 13 Dusan Simic (2091 0.0)
4 15 Robert Villeneuve (2062 0.0) 4 Svitlana Demchenko (2270 0.0)
5 6 Zachary Dukic (2254 0.0) 16 Daniel Xu (2058 0.0)
6 17 Danail Donev (2034 0.0) 7 Francesco Dunne (2212 0.0)
7 8 Rachel Miller (2163 0.0) 18 William G. Doubleday (1981 0.0)
8 21 Ray Kuryliw (1914 0.0) 9 Tyler Tanaka (2158 0.0)
9 10 Fan Yang (2134 0.0) 22 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi (1902 0.0)
14 ½ Saeid Sadeghi (2072 0.0) BYE
5 ½ Qiuyu Huang (2264 0.0) BYE
19 ½ David Fei (1962 0.0) BYE
23 ½ Z. Chang Alexander R. (1901 0.0) BYE
20 ½ Dan Kearnan (1921 0.0) BYE

2018 RA March U1900

Bd # Res White # Res Black
10 1 Richard Lemieux (1884 0.0) 12 Marcel Laurin (1715 0.0)
11 13 Herb Langer (1710 0.0) 3 Alex Danilov (1792 0.0)
12 4 Alexandre Khan (1787 0.0) 14 Etienne Latreille (1697 0.0)
13 15 Romy Peters (1662 0.0) 5 Pierre Lesage (1786 0.0)
14 6 Harold Ferderber (1770 0.0) 16 Randika Balasooriya (1623 0.0)
15 17 Oswin Ning (1603 0.0) 9 Ehsan Forouzandeh (1762 0.0)
16 10 Kamal Balazadeh (1750 0.0) 18 Alexander Stopic (1601 0.0)
17 19 Alwin Ning (1516 0.0) 11 Jay Serdula (1737 0.0)
8 ½ Victor Bilodeau (1763 0.0) BYE
7 ½ Jan Huus (1769 0.0) BYE
2 ½ Andre Bastien (1866 0.0) BYE

2018 RA March U1600

Bd # Res White # Res Black
21 1 Johnathan Han (1432 0.0) 8 Vladimir Dukkardt (1278 0.0)
22 9 Pierre Arcand (1192 0.0) 2 Alexander Dukkardt (1408 0.0)
23 3 Jeremy Sztuka (1405 0.0) 10 Simon Celer-Matas (1189 0.0)
24 11 Jeremie Kimble (1097 0.0) 5 Lee Wasmund (1363 0.0)
25 6 John I.F. Lukezich (1361 0.0) 13 Joyce Deng (996 0.0)
4 ½ Sanjay Ramesh (1365 0.0) BYE
7 ½ Santiago Pascual-Meagher (1330 0.0) BYE
12 ½ Andrew Svensson (1075 0.0) BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Pairings for Round 2

2018 RA March Open

Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 9 Tyler Tanaka (2158 1.0) 1 Bator Sambuev (2581 1.0)
2 4 Svitlana Demchenko (2270 1.0) 10 Fan Yang (2134 1.0)
3 18 William G. Doubleday (1981 1.0) 6 Zachary Dukic (2254 1.0)
4 5 Qiuyu Huang (2264 0.5) 17 Danail Donev (2034 0.5)
5 7 Francesco Dunne (2212 0.5) 19 David Fei (1962 0.5)
6 14 Saeid Sadeghi (2072 0.5) 20 Dan Kearnan (1921 0.5)
7 2 Olivier-kenta Chiku-ratte (2460 0.0) 23 Z. Chang Alexander R. (1901 0.5)
8 15 Robert Villeneuve (2062 0.0) 3 David Gordon (2292 0.0)
9 16 Daniel Xu (2058 0.0) 8 Rachel Miller (2163 0.0)
10 11 Paul H. Beckwith (2113 0.0) 21 Ray Kuryliw (1914 0.0)
22 1 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi (1902 0.0) BYE
13 ½ Dusan Simic (2091 1.0) BYE
12 ½ Ben Kellar (2103 1.0) BYE



2018 RA March U1900

Bd # Res White # Res Black
10 8 Ehsan Forouzandeh (1762 1.0) 1 Richard Lemieux (1884 1.0)
11 15 Randika Balasooriya (1623 1.0) 9 Kamal Balazadeh (1750 1.0)
12 5 Pierre Lesage (1786 0.5) 18 Alwin Ning (1516 1.0)
13 2 Andre Bastien (1866 0.5) 14 Romy Peters (1662 0.5)
14 7 Jan Huus (1769 0.5) 4 Alexandre Khan (1787 0.5)
15 13 Etienne Latreille (1697 0.5) 6 Harold Ferderber (1770 0.0)
16 10 Jay Serdula (1737 0.0) 12 Herb Langer (1710 0.0)
17 11 Marcel Laurin (1715 0.0) 16 Oswin Ning (1603 0.0)
17 1 Alexander Stopic (1601 0.0) BYE
3 ½ Alex Danilov (1792 1.0) BYE

2018 RA March U1600

Bd # Res White # Res Black
21 9 Pierre Arcand (1192 1.0) 1 Johnathan Han (1432 1.0)
22 11 Jeremie Kimble (1097 1.0) 6 John I.F. Lukezich (1361 1.0)
23 7 Santiago Pascual-Meagher (1330 0.5) 3 Jeremy Sztuka (1405 0.5)
24 10 Simon Celer-Matas (1189 0.5) 4 Sanjay Ramesh (1365 0.5)
25 2 Alexander Dukkardt (1408 0.0) 12 Andrew Svensson (1075 0.5)
26 5 Lee Wasmund (1363 0.0) 8 Vladimir Dukkardt (1278 0.0)
13 1 Joyce Deng (996 0.0) BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Beckwith, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Bg3 c5 12. cxd5 Nxg3 13. hxg3 cxd4 14. Nxd4
exd5 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Nc5 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. Rad1 Re8 19. Ndb5 Bxc3 20. Nxc3
d4 21. Qc4 d3 22. b4 Ne6 23. Rxd3 Qf6 24. Ne4 Qg6 25. Nd6 Rf8 26. Rfd1 Ng5 27.
e4 Nh7 28. e5 Qe6 29. Qxe6 fxe6 30. Rc1 Rfd8 31. Rc7 Nf8 32. Rf3 Nd7 33. Nf7
Rac8 34. Rxa7 Ra8 35. Rb7 Rab8 36. Nxd8 1-0

[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Villeneuve, Robert"]
[Black "Demchenko, Svitlana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Qb3 e6 9. d5 Nf6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bxe6+ Bxe6 13. Qxe6+ Kh8 14. O-O
Nbd7 15. Be3 Qh5 16. Qc4 Ng4 17. h3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Rac8 19. Qd3 Nc5 20. Qd5 Qxd5
21. Nxd5 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Bg7 23. Rfc1 b6 24. Nf4 Rce8 25. Nd5 Rf5 26. Nc7 Rxe3
27. Nb5 Bh6 28. Rd1 Rf7 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Ra8 Re2 31. Rxa7 Rxa7 32. Nxa7 Nd3 33.
Nc8 Be3+ 34. Kh2 Nf4 35. Re1 Rxg2+ 36. Kh1 Re2 37. Rxe2 Nxe2 38. Ne5 Bd4 39.
Nc4 b5 40. Na3 b4 41. Nc2 Bc5 0-1

[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kellar, Ben"]
[Black "Chiku-ratte, Olivier Kenta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 Rb8 8. Rb1
a6 9. b4 e5 10. b5 axb5 11. cxb5 Ne7 12. a4 h6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Rfc1
Qd7 16. e4 Bh3 17. Bh1 Nh5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Nf4 20. Ne1 Rbc8 21. Rb4 Qg4
22. Bf3 Qg5 23. Rc4 b6 24. Qd1 f5 25. Bxd6 Bf8 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. d6 Red8 28.
Rxc7 Rb8 29. Qb3 Qf6 30. gxf4 exf4 31. d7 Qg5+ 32. Kh1 Bg4 33. Qd5 h5 34. Rc8
Qe7 35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Qd4+ Kh6 38. Qh8+ Kg5 39. d8=Q Bxf3+ 40.
Nxf3+ 1-0

[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gordon, David"]
[Black "Simic, Dusan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 Be7 4. Nd2 d5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Be3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Ne2
b6 9. Ng3 Bb7 10. f4 g6 11. a3 Qc7 12. Bd3 c4 13. Bc2 b5 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Qe2
h5 16. Nf3 Rdf8 17. Nh1 Kb8 18. Nf2 Bd8 19. Rae1 Be7 20. g3 Nb6 21. h3 Bc8 22.
Kg2 Ka8 23. Rh1 Bd7 24. Rh2 Rb8 25. Reh1 Na4 26. Bc1 Na5 27. Nd1 Nb3 28. Bxb3
cxb3 29. Nd2 b4 30. axb4 Bb5 31. Qe3 g5 32. Nxb3 gxf4 33. gxf4 Rbg8+ 34. Kf3
Bh4 35. Rg1 Rxg1 36. Qxg1 Qc4 37. Nd2 Qd3+ 38. Ne3 Qh7 39. Rg2 Bd3 40. Rg7 Qh6
41. Rg8+ Kb7 42. Rxh8 Qxh8 43. Nd1 Nb6 44. b3 Nc8 45. Ke3 Qh7 46. Nf2 Bc2 47.
Nf3 Bxf2+ 48. Kxf2 Bxb3 49. Qe1 Qf5 50. Ng5 Ne7 51. Qe2 Bc4 52. Qd1 Ng6 53. Qd2
Ne7 54. Qe3 Qc2+ 55. Qd2 Qf5 56. Qd1 Ng6 57. Kf3 Bb5 58. Kg3 h4+ 59. Kf3 Bd3
60. Qe1 Bc4 61. Be3 Bd3 62. Qc1 Bb5 63. Qg1 Qc2 64. Qe1 Qf5 65. Qd2 Bc4 66. Bf2
Qb1 67. Kg4 Qf5+ 68. Kh5 Be2+ 69. Kh6 Nxf4 70. Kg7 Qxg5+ 71. Kxf7 Bh5+ 0-1

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Pairings for Round 3.

2018 RA March Open

Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 1 Bator Sambuev (2581 2.0) 4 Svitlana Demchenko (2270 2.0)
2 13 Dusan Simic (2091 1.5) 5 Qiuyu Huang (2264 1.5)
3 19 David Fei (1962 1.5) 6 Zachary Dukic (2254 1.5)
4 18 William G. Doubleday (1981 1.5) 12 Ben Kellar (2103 1.5)
5 10 Fan Yang (2134 1.0) 2 Olivier-kenta Chiku-ratte (2460 1.0)
6 3 David Gordon (2292 1.0) 11 Paul H. Beckwith (2113 1.0)
7 8 Rachel Miller (2163 1.0) 14 Saeid Sadeghi (2072 1.0)
8 20 Dan Kearnan (1921 1.0) 9 Tyler Tanaka (2158 1.0)
9 22 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi (1902 1.0) 7 Francesco Dunne (2212 0.5)
10 17 Danail Donev (2034 0.5) 15 Robert Villeneuve (2062 0.0)
11 21 Ray Kuryliw (1914 0.0) 16 Daniel Xu (2058 0.0)



2018 RA March U1900

Bd # Res White # Res Black
13 9 Kamal Balazadeh (1750 2.0) 18 Alwin Ning (1516 2.0)
14 1 Richard Lemieux (1884 1.5) 2 Andre Bastien (1866 1.5)
15 3 Alex Danilov (1792 1.5) 8 Ehsan Forouzandeh (1762 1.5)
16 13 Etienne Latreille (1697 1.5) 7 Jan Huus (1769 1.0)
17 4 Alexandre Khan (1787 1.0) 15 Randika Balasooriya (1623 1.0)
18 16 Oswin Ning (1603 1.0) 10 Jay Serdula (1737 1.0)
19 17 Alexander Stopic (1601 1.0) 5 Pierre Lesage (1786 0.5)
20 14 Romy Peters (1662 0.5) 11 Marcel Laurin (1715 0.0)
21 6 Harold Ferderber (1770 0.0) 12 Herb Langer (1710 0.0)


2018 RA March U1600

Bd # Res White # Res Black
22 2 Johnathan Han (1432 2.0) 8 Santiago Pascual-Meagher (1330 1.5)
23 11 Simon Celer-Matas (1189 1.0) 3 Alexander Dukkardt (1408 1.0)
24 5 Sanjay Ramesh (1365 1.0) 10 Pierre Arcand (1192 1.0)
25 9 Vladimir Dukkardt (1278 1.0) 14 Joyce Deng (996 1.0)
26 13 Andrew Svensson (1075 0.5) 4 Jeremy Sztuka (1405 0.5)
27 1 Gerard Felderhof (1571 0.0) 6 Lee Wasmund (1363 0.0)
12 ½ Jeremie Kimble (1097 1.0) BYE
7 ½ John I.F. Lukezich (1361 2.0) BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Demchenko, Svitlana"]
[Black "Yang, Fan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Ne5 O-O 6. Nd2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Bg3 Qc7 11. f4 Rfe8 12. Qf3 a5 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Qh3 g6 15. Nxf7
Kxf7 16. Bxf6 Kxf6 17. Qxh7 Rg8 18. g4 Rg7 19. g5+ Kf7 20. Bxg6+ Kf8 21. Qh8+
Rg8 22. Qh6+ Rg7 23. f5 exf5 24. Qh8+ Rg8 25. Rxf5+ 1-0

[Event "RA March U1900"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Laurin, Marcel"]
[Black "Ning, Oswin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. h3 Bf5 7. a3 e6 8. Bf4
a6 9. e3 Be7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. g4 Qb6 13. b4 Rac8 14. O-O Na7 15.
Ne5 Rfd8 16. Rfc1 Bd6 17. Rc2 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd7 19. Bg3 Rc4 20. Rac1 Rdc8 21.
Kg2 Qc6 22. f3 Nb6 23. Be1 Nb5 24. Bd2 Na4 25. Nxd5 exd5 0-1

[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Doubleday, William"]
[Black "Dukic, Zach"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E71"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Na6 8. Qd2 h5
9. Nf3 c5 10. d5 e6 11. Rd1 exd5 12. cxd5 Re8 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. O-O Rb8 15. Bf4
Bf8 16. Rfe1 Nc7 17. Bb1 b5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 b4 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Ne4 Nxe4
22. Bxe4 Bd6 23. Bg5 Nb5 24. Bd3 Nc7 25. Bb1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Be4 Be5 28.
Bf3 Bd4 29. Be3 Nb5 30. a4 bxa3 31. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Nxd4 33. bxa3 Nxf3+ 34.
gxf3 Qxd5 35. Qa5 Qf5 36. Qxa7 c4 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Qb2+ Kh7 39. Qd4 Qb1+ 40.
Kg2 Qb5 41. Qf6 Kg8 42. Qd8+ Kg7 43. Qd4+ Kh7 44. Qf6 Qd7 45. a4 Qc7 46. Qc3
Qc5 47. a5 Qb5 48. Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Huang, Qiuyu"]
[Black "Donev, Danail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Qf3
b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Rhe1 Be7 13. a3 O-O-O 14. Kb1 h6
15. Bh4 Rhe8 16. Bf2 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Bd4 b4 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Rf1 Nc5 21. Na2
Qa4 22. c3 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Bf8 24. Qe3 Bc6 25. Nc1 Bb5 26. b3 Qa3 27. Rf2 Rd7 28.
Ra2 Qe7 29. Nd3 Rb7 30. Nc5 Rb6 31. Ne4 Rc6 32. Nd6+ Rxd6 33. Bc5 Qd7 34. Bxd6
Bxd6 35. exd6 Qxd6 36. c4 Bd7 37. c5 Qc6 38. Qd3 Kb7 39. Ra4 f6 40. Rb4+ Ka7
41. Rb6 Qc8 42. Kb2 Bb5 43. Qxb5 1-0

[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tanaka, Tyler"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.03"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. h3 a6 7. Be2 c5 8. Be3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Rfd1 Rfc8 13. Rac1 b5 14. Nb3 Qd8
15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 Ne5 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Qe2 Qb7 19. Bd4 Nc6 20. Be3 Nb4
21. a3 Na2 22. Nxa2 Qxb3 23. Nc3 Rc4 24. Rd4 Rac8 25. Rcd1 Nd7 26. Rxc4 Rxc4
27. Rc1 Bxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. bxc3 Kg7 30. Qd3 Qxa3 31. Bd4+ e5 32. Be3 Nf6
33. Bg5 Ng8 34. Be3 h6 35. Qc4 Nf6 36. Qc6 g5 37. Qc4 Qa8 38. f3 Qa1+ 39. Kf2
Qb2+ 40. Kg1 Qb1+ 41. Kf2 Qc2+ 42. Kg1 Kg6 43. Kh2 Qd1 44. Bf2 Qd2 45. Bg3 h5
46. h4 g4 47. Qc8 gxf3 48. Qf5+ Kg7 49. Qg5+ Qxg5 50. hxg5 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Demchenko, Svitlana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Qc2 f5 13. f3 exf3 14. Rxf3
Nf6 15. Nf4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Ng6+ 1-0

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Pairings for Round 4.

2018 RA March Open

Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 6 Zachary Dukic (2254 2.5) 1 Bator Sambuev (2581 3.0)
2 2 Olivier-kenta Chiku-ratte (2460 2.0) 18 William G. Doubleday (1981 2.5)
3 9 Tyler Tanaka (2158 2.0) 3 David Gordon (2292 2.0)
4 4 Svitlana Demchenko (2270 2.0) 13 Dusan Simic (2091 2.0)
5 5 Qiuyu Huang (2264 2.0) 14 Saeid Sadeghi (2072 2.0)
6 12 Ben Kellar (2103 1.5) 19 David Fei (1962 1.5)
7 17 Danail Donev (2034 1.0) 8 Rachel Miller (2163 1.0)
8 20 Dan Kearnan (1921 1.0) 10 Fan Yang (2134 1.0)
9 11 Paul H. Beckwith (2113 1.0) 22 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi (1902 1.0)
10 16 Daniel Xu (2058 0.5) 15 Robert Villeneuve (2062 0.5)
21 1 Ray Kuryliw (1914 0.5) BYE
7 ½ Francesco Dunne (2212 1.5) BYE

2018 RA March U1900

Bd # Res White # Res Black
13 2 Andre Bastien (1866 2.5) 9 Kamal Balazadeh (1750 3.0)
14 8 Ehsan Forouzandeh (1762 2.5) 4 Alexandre Khan (1787 2.0)
15 16 Oswin Ning (1603 2.0) 13 Etienne Latreille (1697 2.0)
16 18 Alwin Ning (1516 2.0) 1 Richard Lemieux (1884 1.5)
17 10 Jay Serdula (1737 1.0) 3 Alex Danilov (1792 1.5)
18 5 Pierre Lesage (1786 1.5) 7 Jan Huus (1769 1.5)
19 12 Herb Langer (1710 1.0) 17 Alexander Stopic (1601 1.0)
20 15 Randika Balasooriya (1623 1.0) 14 Romy Peters (1662 1.0)
21 11 Marcel Laurin (1715 0.5) 6 Harold Ferderber (1770 0.0)

2018 RA March U1600

Bd # Res White # Res Black
22 7 John I.F. Lukezich (1361 2.5) 2 Johnathan Han (1432 2.5)
23 8 Santiago Pascual-Meagher (1330 2.0) 5 Sanjay Ramesh (1365 2.0)
24 9 Vladimir Dukkardt (1278 2.0) 11 Simon Celer-Matas (1189 1.5)
25 3 Alexander Dukkardt (1408 1.5) 12 Jeremie Kimble (1097 1.5)
26 14 Joyce Deng (996 1.0) 10 Pierre Arcand (1192 1.0)
27 6 Lee Wasmund (1363 0.5) 13 Andrew Svensson (1075 0.5)
4 ½ Jeremy Sztuka (1405 1.5) BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Doubleday, William"]
[Black "Kellar, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Nf3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6
8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.Qb3 Qc7 10.Bd2 Bd6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.O-O-O O-O 13.e4
dxe4 14.fxe4 Ng4 15.e5 Be7 16.Bd3 Nf2 17.Bxg6 Qd7 18.Bxf7+ Kh8
19.e6 Qxd4 20.Kb1 Nxd1 21.Rxd1 Na6 22.Bg5 Qb4 23.Bxe7 Qxe7 24.Nd5
Qh4 25.Ne7 Qe4+ 26.Ka1 Qxg2 27.Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simic, Dusan"]
[Black "Huang, Qiuyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d3 Nf6 3.Nbd2 c5 4.e4 Nc6 5.g3 dxe4 6.dxe4 Bg4 7.h3
Bh5 8.Bg2 e6 9.O-O h6 10.Re1 Be7 11.Qe2 Nd4 12.Qd3 Nxf3+ 13.Nxf3
Qxd3 14.cxd3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 O-O-O 16.Be2 Nd7 17.f4 Nb8 18.Be3 Nc6
19.Rac1 b6 20.Kf2 g5 21.f5 Bf6 22.fxe6 fxe6 23.Rb1 Rhf8 24.Kg2
a5 25.Bg4 Kd7 26.Bd2 Ke7 27.Be2 Ne5 28.Bc3 Nxd3 29.Rf1 c4 30.Bxd3
Rxd3 31.e5 Bg7 32.Rxf8 Kxf8 33.Re1 Kg8 34.Re4 Rd5 35.Kf3 Kf7
36.h4 Kg6 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.g4 b5 39.Bxa5 Bxe5 40.Re2 Kf6 41.Be1
Rd3+ 42.Kg2 Bf4 43.Rc2 Rd1 44.Bf2 e5 45.Kf3 Rd3+ 46.Ke4 Bg3 47.a4
bxa4 48.Rxc4 Rb3 49.Rc6+ Ke7 50.Bxg3 Rxg3 51.Kf5 e4 52.Re6+ Kf7
53.Rxe4 Rb3 54.Kxg5 Rxb2 55.Rxa4 Rb6 56.Ra7+ Kg8 57.Kh5 Rc6 58.g5
Rb6 59.g6 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fei, David"]
[Black "Dukic, Zach"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e3 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.O-O e5 7.d3 Nbd7
8.Bd2 a5 9.Ne1 Re8 10.e4 Nc5 11.Be3 Ne6 12.Nc2 Nd7 13.Qd2 Ndc5
14.g3 Nd4 15.Bxd4 exd4 16.Nb5 Ne6 17.f4 c6 18.Nba3 Nc5 19.g4
f5 20.exf5 gxf5 21.g5 Be6 22.Ne1 Qe7 23.Bf3 d5 24.cxd5 Bxd5 25.Bxd5+
cxd5 26.Ng2 Qe2 27.Rad1 Qxd2 28.Rxd2 Re3 29.Rfd1 Ne6 30.Nc2 Rh3
31.Re2 Kf7 32.Kf2 Bf8 33.Rxe6 Kxe6 34.Nxd4+ Kd7 35.Nxf5 Rc8 36.Rd2
Bb4 37.Re2 Rxd3 38.Nge3 Bc5 39.Ng7 Bd4 40.Ngf5 Bb6 41.Ng7 Rg8
42.Nh5 Bd4 43.Nf6+ Bxf6 44.gxf6 h5 45.Nf5 Rf8 46.Re7+ Kd8 47.f7
Rd2+ 48.Ke3 Rxb2 49.Kd4 Rb6 50.Ke5 d4 51.Re6 Rb5+ 52.Kf6 Rxf7+
53.Kxf7 Rxf5+ 54.Kg6 Rxf4 55.Kxh5 Rf2 56.h4 Kc7 57.Re4 d3 58.Kg4
Rxa2 59.Rd4 d2 60.Kf3 Ra4 0-1

[Event "RA March U1900"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Peters, Romy"]
[Black "Laurin, Marcel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.b3 Nf6 6.Bb2 a6 7.Be2 e6
8.O-O b5 9.a3 h5 10.Bd3 Ng4 11.h3 Bb7 12.Ne2 Qf6 13.c4 dxc4 14.bxc4
Ne7 15.Ng3 Nf5 16.Ne4 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 Ngxe3 18.fxe3 Nxe3 19.Qe2
Nxf1 20.Bxa8 O-O 21.Bb7 bxc4 22.Qxf1 Rb8 23.Ne5 Qxf1+ 24.Kxf1
Rxb7 25.Nxc4 c5 26.Rd1 cxd4 27.Ke1 e5 28.g4 hxg4 29.hxg4 Rb3
30.g5 f5 31.gxf6 Bxf6 32.Ke2 Kg7 33.Rd3 Rb8 34.Rh3 e4 35.Bc1
d3+ 36.Kd1 Rb1 37.Nd2 Ra1 38.Nb3 Ra2 39.Re3 Bg5 40.Rxe4 Bxc1
41.Nxc1 Rxa3 42.Rd4 Ra1 43.Rxd3 Ra5 44.Nb3 Ra2 45.Rd5 Kf6 46.Nd2
Ke6 47.Rc5 Ra4 48.Ke2 Rd4 49.Ra5 Rd6 50.Ne4 Rb6 51.Nc5+ Kd6 52.Ne4+
Kc7 53.Kf3 Kb7 54.Rg5 Rc6 55.Nc5+ Kb6 56.Nd7+ Kc7 57.Nf8 Rf6+
58.Ke3 Rxf8 59.Rxg6 Ra8 60.Kd3 a5 61.Kc4 Rb8 62.Kc5 a4 63.Rg7+
Kd8 64.Kc6 Rb3 65.Kd6 Rd3+ 66.Kc5 a3 67.Ra7 Rb3 68.Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Pairings for Round 5.

2018 RA March Open

Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 1 Bator Sambuev (2581 4.0) 2 Olivier-kenta Chiku-ratte (2460 3.0)
2 4 Svitlana Demchenko (2270 3.0) 5 Qiuyu Huang (2264 3.0)
3 3 David Gordon (2292 2.5) 12 Ben Kellar (2103 2.5)
4 6 Zachary Dukic (2254 2.5) 9 Tyler Tanaka (2158 2.5)
5 18 William G. Doubleday (1981 2.5) 11 Paul H. Beckwith (2113 2.0)
6 14 Saeid Sadeghi (2072 2.0) 10 Fan Yang (2134 2.0)
7 13 Dusan Simic (2091 2.0) 17 Danail Donev (2034 2.0)
8 22 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi (1902 1.0) 16 Daniel Xu (2058 1.5)
9 21 Ray Kuryliw (1914 1.5) 20 Dan Kearnan (1921 1.0)
8 1 Rachel Miller (2163 1.0) BYE

2018 RA March U1900

Bd # Res White # Res Black
13 9 Kamal Balazadeh (1750 4.0) 4 Alexandre Khan (1787 3.0)
14 1 Richard Lemieux (1884 2.5) 13 Etienne Latreille (1697 2.5)
15 8 Ehsan Forouzandeh (1762 2.5) 2 Andre Bastien (1866 2.5)
16 7 Jan Huus (1769 2.5) 16 Oswin Ning (1603 2.5)
17 19 Alwin Ning (1516 2.0) 12 Herb Langer (1710 2.0)
18 5 Pierre Lesage (1786 1.5) 15 Randika Balasooriya (1623 2.0)
19 6 Harold Ferderber (1770 1.0) 17 Alexander Stopic (1601 1.0)
20 14 Romy Peters (1662 1.0) 18 Gerard Felderhof (1571 0.0)



2018 RA March U1600

Bd # Res White # Res Black
22 5 Sanjay Ramesh (1365 3.0) 2 Johnathan Han (1432 3.0)
23 10 Pierre Arcand (1192 2.0) 7 John I.F. Lukezich (1361 3.0)
24 6 Lee Wasmund (1363 1.5) 8 Santiago Pascual-Meagher (1330 2.0)
25 11 Simon Celer-Matas (1189 1.5) 12 Jeremie Kimble (1097 1.5)
26 13 Andrew Svensson (1075 0.5) 14 Joyce Deng (996 1.0)
1 1 Gerard Felderhof (1571 0.5) BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

[Event "RA March U1900"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tanaka, Tyler"]
[Black "Gordon, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3
Be7 8.Nc4 b5 9.Ne3 Nf6 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O Rb8 12.Ncd5 Be6 13.c3
a5 14.Qf3 Qd7 15.Rd1 Rfc8 16.Be2 Bd8 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Nd5 Bxd5
19.Rxd5 Ne7 20.Rd1 Qc6 21.Qd3 Rd8 22.Bf3 g6 23.g3 Bg7 24.Kg2
Qc7 25.h4 Qc4 26.Bg5 f6 27.Be3 Qxd3 28.Rxd3 Kf7 29.Rad1 Ke6 30.Bc5
Nc8 31.Bg4+ f5 32.Bh3 h5 33.f3 Bf8 34.Kf2 Be7 35.Ke2 Nb6 36.Bxb6
Rxb6 37.Rd5 Rdb8 38.Kd3 Rc6 39.Rc1 Rc5 40.Rxc5 dxc5 41.Rd1 Rd8+
42.Ke2 Rxd1 43.Kxd1 Kf6 44.exf5 gxf5 45.g4 fxg4 46.fxg4 hxg4
47.Bxg4 Kg6 48.h5+ Kg5 49.Be2 b4 50.cxb4 cxb4 51.Kd2 a4 52.Ke3
Kf5 53.Bd3+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dukic, Zach"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.h4 a6 10.Kb1 Qc7 11.Be2 Rd8 12.f4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4
b5 14.a3 Bb7 15.Bf3 Rac8 16.Rhe1 h6 17.Qf2 Kf8 18.e5 dxe5 19.Rxd8+
Bxd8 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.fxe5 f5 23.Ne2 Qe4 24.Nd4 Qxh4
25.g3 Qg4 26.c3 Kg7 27.Nc2 Bg5 28.Nd4 Rd8 29.Ka2 Rd5 30.Nf3 Rd3
31.Nxg5 hxg5 32.Qa7 Qc4+ 33.Kb1 Qd5 34.Qe7 Qd8 35.Qxd8 Rxd8 36.Kc2
Kg6 37.Kb3 Rd2 38.c4 bxc4+ 39.Kc3 Rg2 40.Rd1 g4 0-1

[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Demchenco, Svitlana"]
[Black "Simic, Dusan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c6 4.e3 Bf5 5.c4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 e6 7.O-O
Be7 8.Qb3 b5 9.Be2 h6 10.a4 b4 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Nc4 O-O 13.Nce5
Be4 14.Rac1 c5 15.Rfd1 Bd5 16.Bc4 cxd4 17.Bxd5 Nxd5 18.Rxd4 Nxe5
19.Nxe5 Qe8 20.Nc6 Rc8 21.Rdc4 Nxf4 22.exf4 Bf6 23.Qxb4 Qd7 24.g3
Qd5 25.Qb5 Kh8 26.Qxd5 exd5 27.R4c2 Rc7 28.b4 Re8 29.Rd1 Rd7
30.Rcd2 d4 31.b5 Re6 32.Rd3 Red6 33.Kf1 g5 34.fxg5 hxg5 35.f3
a6 36.Nb8 Rc7 37.Nxa6 Rc4 38.a5 Ra4 39.b6 Rd8 40.Nc5 Rc4 41.Ne4
Be7 42.Ra1 f5 43.Nf2 Rb4 44.Rdd1 Ra8 45.Ra2 Rxb6 46.axb6 Rxa2
47.Re1 Bc5 48.b7 Bd6 49.b8Q+ Bxb8 50.Re8+ Kg7 51.Rxb8 1-0

[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chiku-ratte, Olivier-kenta"]
[Black "Doubleday, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nc3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Be2 Bb7 9.O-O a6 10.Qc2 c5 11.Rd1 Qb6 12.a3 Be7 13.e4 cxd4
14.Nxd4 Rc8 15.Bf3 Ne5 16.Qe2 O-O 17.Be3 Qc7 18.Rac1 Qb8 19.Bf4
Bd6 20.Bg3 Nxf3+ 21.Nxf3 Bxg3 22.hxg3 e5 23.Nh4 Rfd8 24.Nf5 Rxd1+
25.Rxd1 Rd8 26.f3 Qc7 27.g4 g6 28.Ne3 h6 29.Kh2 Rd4 30.Nc2 Kg7
31.g3 Rxd1 32.Nxd1 Qd6 33.Nde3 Qc5 34.Qd2 Qb6 35.Qc3 Qd6 36.Nb4
Kg8 37.Kg2 Kf8 38.Kf2 Ke7 39.Ke2 Kf8 40.Nd3 Nd7 41.Nf1 f6 42.Qc1
Kg7 43.Nd2 Qc6 44.Qxc6 Bxc6 45.f4 g5 46.Ke3 Kf7 47.Kf3 Ke6 48.Nf1
Kf7 49.Ne3 Kg6 50.Nf5 Ba8 51.b4 h5 52.gxh5+ Kxh5 53.Nc5 g4+ 54.Ke3
Nb6 55.Nd6 exf4+ 56.Kxf4 Nc4 57.Nxc4 bxc4 58.Ke3 Kg5 59.Kd4 f5
60.exf5 Kxf5 61.Kxc4 Bg2 62.Kd4 Bf1 63.a4 Be2 64.Kd5 Bf3+ 65.Kd6
Be2 66.Nxa6 Bxa6 67.b5 Bb7 68.Kc7 Bd5 69.b6 Ke4 70.b7 Bxb7 71.Kxb7
Kf3 72.a5 Kxg3 73.a6 Kh2 74.a7 g3 75.a8Q g2 76.Qh8+ Kg3 77.Qg7+
Kf2 78.Qf6+ Kg3 79.Qg5+ Kf2 80.Qf4+ Ke1 81.Qg3+ Kf1 82.Qf3+ 1-0

[John Upper]

[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Dukic, Zach"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.h4 a6 10.Kb1 Qc7 11.Be2 Rd8 12.f4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4
b5 14.a3 Bb7 15.Bf3 Rac8 16.Rhe1 h6 17.Qf2 Kf8 18.e5 dxe5 19.Rxd8+
Bxd8 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.fxe5 f5 23.Ne2 Qe4 24.Nd4 Qxh4
25.g3 Qg4 26.c3 Kg7 27.Nc2 Bg5 28.Nd4 Rd8 29.Ka2 Rd5 30.Nf3 Rd3
31.Nxg5 hxg5 32.Qa7 Qc4+ 33.Kb1 Qd5 34.Qe7 Qd8 35.Qxd8 Rxd8 36.Kc2
Kg6 37.Kb3 Rd2 38.c4 bxc4+ 39.Kc3 Rg2 40.Rd1 g4 0-1


Are the players' names are reversed in this one?

[Halldor P. Palsson]

[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Demchenko, Svitlana"]
[Black "Huang, Qiuyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3
d6 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Bd7 10.f3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 a5 12.Qd2 Bc6 13.b3
Nd7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Rab1 Be5 16.a3 e6 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Ra3 19.bxc5
Rxc3 20.Bd4 Ra3 21.Rfd1 Qa5 22.cxd6 Bxd6 23.Qxa5 Rxa5 24.Ra1
Rfa8 25.Rxa5 Rxa5 26.Bb6 Bc5+ 27.Bxc5 Rxc5 28.Kf2 e5 29.g4 h6
30.Ra1 Kf8 31.Ke3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Chiku-ratte, Olivier-kenta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.g3 Nf6 2.Bg2 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Ne2 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.c3 Nbd7
8.h3 Qc7 9.Be3 Rb8 10.Nd2 b6 11.f4 Bb7 12.g4 e5 13.dxe5 dxe5
14.f5 Ne8 15.c4 gxf5 16.Rxf5 Nd6 17.Rf2 b5 18.cxb5 Nxb5 19.Nf1
Nd4 20.Nfg3 Rfe8 21.Qc1 Re6 22.Nh5 Nxe2+ 23.Rxe2 Rd6 24.Rf2 Rc8
25.Qc3 c4 26.Raf1 Rf8 27.Rc1 Rc6 28.Rf5 Rc8 29.Bxa7 Ra8 30.Be3
Rxa2 31.Rcf1 f6 32.Nxg7 Kxg7 33.g5 Raa6 34.Qe1 Nf8 35.Qh4 Qd8
36.gxf6+ Rxf6 37.Bh6+ Kf7 38.Rxf6+ Rxf6 39.Qxf6+ Qxf6 40.Rxf6+
Kxf6 41.Bxf8 Kg5 42.Kf2 h5 43.Bg7 1-0

[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gordon, David"]
[Black "Kellar, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.Ne5
O-O 8.Bd3 Qc7 9.Ndf3 Bd7 10.O-O c4 11.Bc2 b5 12.b4 cxb3 13.axb3
a5 14.Qd3 Rfb8 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.Ne5 Qc7 17.Nxc6 Qxc6 18.Be5 Bxe5
19.dxe5 Ne4 20.f3 Nxc3 21.Qxh7+ Kf8 22.Bd3 Qc5 23.Rae1 a4 24.f4
a3 25.f5 exf5 26.Rxf5 a2 27.Ref1 Qxe3+ 28.Kh1 Ra7 29.Qh8+ Ke7
30.Qxb8 f6 31.exf6+ gxf6 32.Rxf6 a1Q 33.Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "RA March Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dukic, Zach"]
[Black "Tanaka, Tyler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.Bb3 Ne5 12.Kb1 Re8 13.h4
h5 14.g4 hxg4 15.h5 Nxh5 16.Bh6 Rc5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.f4 Nc4 19.Qf2
{A Dukic move in a highly booked up affair.} ( {My database had two games where White went}
19.Bxc4 {and lost both games.} Rxc4 20.f5 Rh8 21.Nd5
( 21.Qe2 Rxc3 22.Rxh5 gxh5 23.bxc3 Qb6+ 24.Kc1 e5 25.fxe6 Bxe6
26.e5 d5 27.Qe3 Qd8 28.Rf1 Rh6 29.Rf6 Rg6 30.Qf4 Qe7 31.Kd1 g3
32.Qh4 Bg4+ 33.Kc1 Qxe5 34.Rxg6+ Kxg6 35.Qh1 Qe4 36.Qg1 Qf4+
37.Kb2 Qf2 {0-1, Hill Alistair (ENG) 2077 - Bourached Anthony (IRL) 1949, Torquay (England) 2013.08.02}
) e5 22.f6+ Nxf6 23.Rxh8 Qxh8 24.Nf5+ Bxf5 25.Nxf6 Rd4 26.Qe2
Kxf6 27.Rxd4 exd4 28.Qd1 Qe8 29.exf5 gxf5 30.a3 Qe3 31.Qh1 g3
32.Qh8+ Ke7 {0-1, Horvat Sasa (CRO) 2130 - Vlaic Branko (CRO) 2259, Kastela (Croatia) 2002}
) e6 20.Nde2 Qe7 21.Ng3 Rh8 22.e5 Nxe5 23.fxe5 Rxe5 24.Nge4 Bc6
25.Qd4 Rd8 26.Rhg1 Bxe4 27.Nxe4 Nf6 28.Nxf6 Qxf6 29.Qxg4 Rf5
30.Bc4 Rf4 31.Qe2 Rf2 32.Qe3 d5 33.Bd3 b6 34.Rgf1 Rxf1 35.Rxf1
Qe7 36.Bxg6 d4 37.Qe5+ f6 38.Qg3 Qd6 39.Qh4 1-0

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Bator had Black. He won his last round and another 5/5 is in the books!

[Halldor P. Palsson]

2018 RA March Open
# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Bator Sambuev 2581 W10 W9 W3 W5 W6 5.0 $500
2 2-5 David Gordon 2292 L12 W22 W10 D9 W11 3.5 $102.50 each
3 Svitlana Demchenko 2270 W22 W7 L1 W12 D4 3.5
4 Qiuyu Huang 2264 H--- W13 D12 W16 D3 3.5
5 Zachary Dukic 2254 W19 D8 W20 L1 W9 3.5
6 6-8 Olivier-kenta Chiku-ratte 2460 L11 W23 W7 W8 L1 3.0
7 Fan Yang 2134 W18 L3 L6 W21 W16 3.0 U2200 $100 not paid
8 William G. Doubleday 1981 W15 D5 W11 L6 D10 3.0 U2050 $100 not paid
9 9-13 Tyler Tanaka 2158 W17 L1 W21 D2 L5 2.5
10 Paul H. Beckwith 2113 L1 W17 L2 W18 D8 2.5
11 Ben Kellar 2103 W6 H--- L8 W20 L2 2.5
12 Dusan Simic 2091 W2 H--- D4 L3 D13 2.5
13 Danail Donev 2034 D14 L4 D22 W15 D12 2.5
14 14-18 Francesco Dunne 2212 D13 L20 W18 H--- U--- 2.0
15 Rachel Miller 2163 L8 W19 L16 L13 B--- 2.0
16 Saeid Sadeghi 2072 H--- D21 W15 L4 L7 2.0
17 Ray Kuryliw 1914 L9 L10 D19 B--- D21 2.0
18 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi 1902 L7 B--- L14 L10 W19 2.0
19 19-21 Daniel Xu 2058 L5 L15 D17 W22 L18 1.5
20 David Fei 1962 H--- W14 L5 L11 U--- 1.5
21 Dan Kearnan 1921 H--- D16 L9 L7 D17 1.5
22 22-23 Robert Villeneuve 2062 L3 L2 D13 L19 U--- 0.5
23 Z. Chang Alexander R. 1901 H--- L6 U--- U--- U--- 0.5

2018 RA March U1900

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1-2 Alexandre Khan 1787 D7 D4 W12 W10 W2 4.0 $270
2 Kamal Balazadeh 1750 W13 W12 W14 W3 L1 4.0 $270
3 3-4 Andre Bastien 1866 H--- W17 W5 L2 W10 3.5 $70
4 Jan Huus 1769 H--- D1 D7 W9 W11 3.5 $70 not paid
5 5-7 Richard Lemieux 1884 W19 D10 L3 W14 D7 3.0
6 Herb Langer 1710 L8 L16 W15 W13 W14 3.0
7 Etienne Latreille 1697 D1 W15 D4 D11 D5 3.0 U1750 $100
8 8-11 Alex Danilov 1792 W6 H--- L10 W16 U--- 2.5
9 Pierre Lesage 1786 D17 L14 W13 L4 W12 2.5
10 Ehsan Forouzandeh 1762 W11 D5 W8 L1 L3 2.5
11 Oswin Ning 1603 L10 W19 W16 D7 L4 2.5
12 12-14 Randika Balasooriya 1623 W15 L2 L1 W17 L9 2.0
13 Alexander Stopic 1601 L2 B--- L9 L6 W15 2.0
14 Alwin Ning 1516 W16 W9 L2 L5 L6 2.0
15 15-18 Harold Ferderber 1770 L12 L7 L6 W19 L13 1.0
16 Jay Serdula 1737 L14 W6 L11 L8 U--- 1.0
17 Romy Peters 1662 D9 L3 D19 L12 L18 1.0
18 Gerard Felderhof 1571 U--- U--- U--- U--- W17 1.0
19 19 Marcel Laurin 1715 L5 L11 D17 L15 U--- 0.5


2018 RA March U1600
# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1-2 Johnathan Han 1432 W5 W9 D4 D2 W3 4.0 $140
2 John I.F. Lukezich 1361 W10 W13 H--- D1 W9 4.0 $140 not paid
3 3-5 Sanjay Ramesh 1365 H--- D7 W9 W4 L1 3.0 $20 each
4 Santiago Pascual-Meagher 1330 H--- W8 D1 L3 W12 3.0
5 Vladimir Dukkardt 1278 L1 W12 W10 W7 U--- 3.0
6 6-7 Alexander Dukkardt 1408 L9 W14 D7 W13 U--- 2.5
7 Simon Celer-Matas 1189 D8 D3 D6 L5 W13 2.5
8 8-10 Jeremy Sztuka 1405 D7 L4 W14 H--- U--- 2.0
9 Pierre Arcand 1192 W6 L1 L3 W10 L2 2.0
10 Joyce Deng 996 L2 B--- L5 L9 W14 2.0
11 11-13 Gerard Felderhof 1571 U--- U--- D12 U--- B--- 1.5
12 Lee Wasmund 1363 L13 L5 D11 W14 L4 1.5
13 Jeremie Kimble 1097 W12 L2 H--- L6 L7 1.5
14 14 Andrew Svensson 1075 H--- L6 L8 L12 L10 0.5

[David Gordon]

Thanks to Halldor for organizing and directing EOCA.ca's latest offering, The RA March Open.

There are now just 3 events left in the (Eastern Ontario Chess Association) EOCA Grand Prix for the 2017-2018 season.

Highlights of the Grand Prix Standings after 7 events are as follows.
U1600
1st:Alexandre Khan 20.5pts
2nd:Alexander Stopic 17.5pts
3rd:Raja Ravi Kiran Karra 15.5pts

U1900
1st:Ray Kuryliw 21pts
2nd:Herb Langer 17.5pts
3rd:Kamal Balazadeh 12.5pts

U2200
1st:William Doubleday 14.5pts
2nd:Saeid Sadeghi 13pts
3rd:Robert Villeneuve 12.5pts

Top Section
1st:Dave Gordon 22.5pts
2nd:Svitlana Demchenko 18.5pts
3rd:William Doubleday 14.5pts

Our chess tour travels South to Canada's first capital city, Kingston,
for the Kingston Open on March 23-25 before venturing to Arnprior for the
Arnprior Open in its usual May 5-6 timeslot.

EOCA.ca for further info