2022 National Capital Open November 4, 5, 6

[Halldor P. Palsson]

2022 National Capital Open
An EOCA Grand Prix Event, see website at www.eoca.ca

Date: November 4, 5, 6, 2022
Place: RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa – Courtside A&B.
Rounds: 5, Friday 7:00 PM Saturday & Sunday @ 10 AM & 3 PM.
Type: Regular Swiss
Prizes: $$BEN. Sections and prizes are based on projected entries.
Open - (rated FIDE & CFC); 1st $600, 2nd $400 3rd $200: U2200 $200 & U2050 $200;
U 1900 – (rated CFC); 1st $400, 2nd $200 3rd $100; U1750 $200;
U1600 – (rated CFC) 1st $400, 2nd $200 3rd100;

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

Entry Fee: Open $100 if pre-registered, $120 at site;
U1900 $80 if pre-registered, $100 at site;
U1600 $60 if pre-registered, $80 at site.
Free entry for GM/WGM & IM/WIM. CFC National Master is $80 if entered by e-mail by October 27. GM Bator Sambuev is playing.

Add $20 if playing up a section. A player must be 100 points or less from the rating floor for the section he wants to play up in

CFC or FQE membership is required.

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

Prizes: $$BEN

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

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

In person at the RA Chess Club October 27 & November 3


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

[Halldor P. Palsson]

2022 National Capital Open

# Name/Rating/ID
1 IM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux
2527 155300 (2345) (2620049)
2 GM Bator Sambuev
2518 146462 (2641) (4128290)
3 IM Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte
2459 148376 (2357) (2614782)
4 IM Tangi Migot
2437 168224 (2410) (662445)
5 Daniel Xu
2299 160020 (2160) (2627345)
6 Javier Cortes Orihuela
2281 162676 (2270) (3414329)
7 IM Thanh Nha Duong
2267 107950 (2285) (2601079)
8 Richard Zheng
2257 156835 (2184) (2624893)
9 Johnathan Han
2251 161709 (2040) (2629631)
10 David Gordon
2231 106629 (2246) (2602431)
11 Ananda Saha
2222 155219 (2112) (2619644)
12 Etienne Latreille
2213 154563 (1916) (2634279)
13 Vishruth Sharma
2161 156776 (1846) (2621215)
14 Rafael Adam
2129 165899 (1812) (2630958)
15 Ilia Batorshyn
2126 167504 (1963) (2633140)
16 Vincent Latorre
2109 162297 (1926) (2636891)
17 Derek Wang
2095 166573 (1646) (2636115)
18 Daniel Labib
2090 162841 (1868) (2637090)
19 Jake Van Rooy
2089 152635 (2038) (2622670)
20 Isaac Wiebe
2084 146995 (2147) (2623862)
21 Ben Kellar
2066 148170 (1998) (2620928)
22 Sebastien Azar
2053 167031 (1992) (2640198)
23 Emanuel Kot
2021 167543 (1988) (2640376)
24 Jonathan Turcotte
2007 148314 (2071) (2615193)
25 Matthew Zhu
1998 160019 (1784) (2633434)
26 Danail Donev
1991 143574 (2106) (2604094)
27 Eric Qian
1971 167975 (1646) (2637774)
28 Henry Hughes
1963 160188 (1653) (329219082)
29 Vaibhav Bhat
1963 175783 (2242) (5060931)
30 Brian Zhang
1947 167959 (1611) (2637545)
31 Marc Andre Jutras
1923 131943 (1858) (2647095)
32 Frank Rauch
1916 9017662 (1958)
33 Alexander Stopic
1898 160017 (1742) (2630036)
34 Rachel Zihan Wang
1876 163408 (1759) (2628325)
35 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi
1858 155558 (1894) (2626071)
36 Zhou Fang
1836 170276 (1713) (2647150)
37 Jonath Joseph
1815 171981 (1578) (329105368)

2022 National Capital Open: 2022 National Capital U1900

# Name/Rating/ID
1 Aris Marghetis
1869 107391 (1905) (2611058)
2 William Landstrom
1774 162880 (1705) (2633540)
3 Thomas Knechtel
1773 172307 (1578) (172307)
4 Daniel Varro
1769 171270 (1695) (17008891)
5 Mario Thibault
1762 102205 (1802) (2610620)
6 Joshua Myers
1762 145333 (1689) (2613000)
7 Anais Chloe Fiset
1729 173894 (1179) (2640503)
8 Herb Langer
1718 100319 (1896) (2617536)
9 Ray Kuryliw
1713 105482 (1840) (2604833)
10 Douglas Graham
1709 169362 (1319) (2636182)
11 Maxim Rousskikh
1707 173654 (1525)
12 Elber Zhu
1707 174325 (1577)
13 Spencer Martin
1705 103276 (1800) (2616882)
14 Dan Kearnan
1703 137473 (1780) (2628082)
15 Michelle Zhang
1693 170960 ( 719) (2637677)
16 Ryan [Zhuoyuan] Xu
1664 174722 (1674) (329105250)
17 Babacar Sonko
1646 177467
18 Gabriel Pestieau
1645 177236
19 Jing Yao Yang
1618 170268 (1450)
20 Simon Perkins
1614 107582 (1716) (2618737)
21 Maximilien Berube
1614 171106 (1405)
22 Oliver Byl
1587 174403 (1627) (2642514)
23 Stephane Legault
1525 107017 (1580)

2022 National Capital Open: 2022 National Capital U1600

# Name/Rating/ID
1 Christopher Sailus
1586 156624 (1376)
2 Arnaud Jutras
1575 172491 ( 650) (2642549)
3 Mathieu Duval
1547 169340 (1453)
4 Kirk Hu
1501 173019 (1106)
5 Jack St-Germain
1484 177568 (1461)
6 Jeremy Sztuka
1475 162452 (1366) (2629089)
7 Damian Rauch
1443 9109485
8 Victor Samuel
1408 112306 (1531) (2629062)
9 Noah Witmer
1387 175301
10 Cody Griffiths
1385 172958 (1350)
11 John I.F. Lukezich
1375 146765 (1462) (2620944)
12 Daniel Fiset
1348 174851
13 Romy Peters
1332 135706 (1589) (2605589)
14 Curtis Breslin
1311 177453
15 Walker Pryor
1304 174676 (unr.) (2641844)
16 Dian Bing Jiao
1294 170737 (1088)
17 Stephan Rozin
1292 175370
18 Yannick Carriere
1268 176014
19 Ting En Ryan Wu
1256 172850 (1034)
20 Edison Zhu
1254 174324 (1176)
21 Justin Wen
1245 174383 (1473) (2642360)
22 Ahmed Nuru
1196 174754
23 Eric Arvisais
1185 110696
24 Shivam Saheb
1155 174755
25 Florence Zixin Xu
1134 175835 (unr.) (2642727)
26 Sébastien Belliveau
1097 175567
27 David Xu
1085 4109213 (1340)
28 Oliver Bond
1073 176378 (unr.) (176378)
29 Raunak Amit Ramesan
1058 173636 (1089) (25997343)
30 Pierre Arcand
1054 160146 (1131)
31 Bryn Robin
1029 177578
32 Daniel Davydov
828 173336 ( 895)
33 Hao En Colin Wu
570 175981
34 Brian Clarke
unr. 177543
35 Justin P Murphy
unr.
36 Cody Napior
unr. 178018
37 Magnus Rauch
unr. 9110604
38 Daniel Ribero
unr.
39 Shuwen Tan
unr.
40 Mark Palmer
unr. 177715
41 Francesco Tarditi
unr. 9110608
42 Behzad Zare
unr.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

2022 National Capital Open

14 ½ Ilia Batorshyn (2126 0.0) BYE
22 ½ Emanuel Kot (2021 0.0) BYE
30 ½ Marc Andre Jutras (1923 0.0) BYE

2022 National Capital U1900

8 ½ Herb Langer (1718 0.0) BYE

2022 National Capital U1600

13 ½ Curtis Breslin (1311 0.0) BYE
2 ½ Mathieu Duval (1547 0.0) BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Pairings for Round 1.

2022 National Capital Open

Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 19 Jake Van Rooy (2089 0.0) 1 IM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (2527 0.0)
2 2 GM Bator Sambuev (2518 0.0) 20 Isaac Wiebe (2084 0.0)
3 21 Ben Kellar (2066 0.0) 3 IM Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte (2459 0.0)
4 4 IM Tangi Migot (2437 0.0) 22 Sebastien Azar (2053 0.0)
5 24 Jonathan Turcotte (2007 0.0) 5 Daniel Xu (2299 0.0)
6 6 Javier Cortes Orihuela (2281 0.0) 25 Matthew Zhu (1998 0.0)
7 26 Danail Donev (1991 0.0) 7 IM Thanh Nha Duong (2267 0.0)
8 8 Richard Zheng (2257 0.0) 27 Eric Qian (1971 0.0)
9 28 Henry Hughes (1963 0.0) 9 Johnathan Han (2251 0.0)
10 10 David Gordon (2231 0.0) 29 Vaibhav Bhat (1963 0.0)
11 30 Brian Zhang (1947 0.0) 11 Ananda Saha (2222 0.0)
12 12 Rafael Adam (2218 0.0) 32 Frank Rauch (1916 0.0)
13 33 Alexander Stopic (1898 0.0) 13 Etienne Latreille (2213 0.0)
14 14 Vishruth Sharma (2161 0.0) 34 Rachel Zihan Wang (1876 0.0)
15 35 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi (1858 0.0) 16 Vincent Latorre (2109 0.0)
16 17 Derek Wang (2095 0.0) 36 Zhou Fang (1836 0.0)
17 37 Jonath Joseph (1815 0.0) 18 Daniel Labib (2090 0.0)
15 ½ Ilia Batorshyn (2126 0.0) BYE
23 ½ Emanuel Kot (2021 0.0) BYE
31 ½ Marc Andre Jutras (1923 0.0) BYE

Pairings for Round 1. 2022 National Capital Open:

Pairings for Round 1. 2022 National Capital Open:
2022 National Capital U1900
Bd # Res White # Res Black
19 1 Aris Marghetis (1869 0.0) 14 Dan Kearnan (1703 0.0)
20 15 Michelle Zhang (1693 0.0) 3 Thomas Knechtel (1773 0.0)
21 4 Daniel Varro (1769 0.0) 16 Ryan [Zhuoyuan] Xu (1664 0.0)
22 17 Babacar Sonko (1646 0.0) 5 Mario Thibault (1762 0.0)
23 6 Joshua Myers (1762 0.0) 18 Gabriel Pestieau (1645 0.0)
24 19 Jing Yao Yang (1618 0.0) 9 Ray Kuryliw (1713 0.0)
25 10 Douglas Graham (1709 0.0) 20 Simon Perkins (1614 0.0)
26 21 Maximilien Berube (1614 0.0) 11 Maxim Rousskikh (1707 0.0)
27 12 Elber Zhu (1707 0.0) 22 Oliver Byl (1587 0.0)
28 23 Stephane Legault (1525 0.0) 13 Spencer Martin (1705 0.0)
2 ½ William Landstrom (1774 0.0) BYE
8 ½ Herb Langer (1718 0.0) BYE
7 ½ Anais Chloe Fiset (1729 0.0) BYE


2022 National Capital U1600

Bd # Res White # Res Black
30 1 Christopher Sailus (1586 0.0) 23 Eric Arvisais (1185 0.0)
31 24 Shivam Saheb (1155 0.0) 2 Arnaud Jutras (1575 0.0)
32 4 Kirk Hu (1501 0.0) 25 Florence Zixin Xu (1134 0.0)
33 26 Sébastien Belliveau (1097 0.0) 5 Jack St-Germain (1484 0.0)
34 6 Jeremy Sztuka (1475 0.0) 27 David Xu (1085 0.0)
35 28 Oliver Bond (1073 0.0) 7 Damian Rauch (1443 0.0)
36 8 Victor Samuel (1408 0.0) 29 Raunak Amit Ramesan (1058 0.0)
37 30 Pierre Arcand (1054 0.0) 9 Noah Witmer (1387 0.0)
38 10 Cody Griffiths (1385 0.0) 31 Bryn Robin (1029 0.0)
39 32 Daniel Davydov ( 828 0.0) 11 John I.F. Lukezich (1375 0.0)
40 13 Romy Peters (1332 0.0) 34 Brian Clarke (unr. 0.0)
41 35 Justin P Murphy (unr. 0.0) 15 Walker Pryor (1304 0.0)
42 16 Dian Bing Jiao (1294 0.0) 36 Cody Napior (unr. 0.0)
43 37 Magnus Rauch (unr. 0.0) 17 Stephan Rozin (1292 0.0)
44 18 Yannick Carriere (1268 0.0) 38 Daniel Ribero (unr. 0.0)
45 39 Shuwen Tan (unr. 0.0) 19 Ting En Ryan Wu (1256 0.0)
46 20 Edison Zhu (1254 0.0) 40 Mark Palmer (unr. 0.0)
47 41 Francesco Tarditi (unr. 0.0) 21 Justin Wen (1245 0.0)
48 22 Ahmed Nuru (1196 0.0) 42 Behzad Zare (unr. 0.0)
33 1 Hao En Colin Wu ( 570 0.0) BYE
14 ½ Curtis Breslin (1311 0.0) BYE
3 ½ Mathieu Duval (1547 0.0) BYE
12 ½ Daniel Fiset (1348 0.0) BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.5"]
[Event "new tournament description"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "2022.11.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Wiebe, Isaac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 min plus 30 sec"]
[WhiteClock "00:43:22"]
[BlackClock "00:43:21"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackElo "2084"]

1. d4 {[%clk 01:30:55]} {[%emt 00:00:03]} d5 {[%clk 01:30:56]} {[%emt
00:00:04]} 2. c4 {[%clk 01:31:21]} {[%emt 00:00:04]} dxc4 {[%clk 01:31:18]}
{[%emt 00:00:09]} 3. e3 {[%clk 01:31:26]} {[%emt 00:00:25]} e5 {[%clk
01:31:43]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} 4. Bxc4 {[%clk 01:31:50]} {[%emt 00:00:07]} exd4
{[%clk 01:32:09]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} 5. exd4 {[%clk 01:32:05]} {[%emt 00:00:13]}
Bd6 {[%clk 01:32:32]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} 6. Nf3 {[%clk 01:32:26]} {[%emt
00:00:09]} Nf6 {[%clk 01:32:57]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} 7. O-O {[%clk 01:32:50]}
{[%emt 00:00:06]} O-O {[%clk 01:33:24]} {[%emt 00:00:03]} 8. Bg5 {[%clk
01:26:42]} {[%emt 00:06:38]} Nc6 {[%clk 01:32:43]} {[%emt 00:01:11]} 9. h3
{[%clk 01:24:58]} {[%emt 00:02:14]} Bf5 {[%clk 01:26:21]} {[%emt 00:06:52]} 10.
Nc3 {[%clk 01:21:59]} {[%emt 00:03:29]} h6 {[%clk 01:13:44]} {[%emt 00:26:14]}
11. Bh4 {[%clk 01:16:27]} Be7 {[%clk 01:07:24]} 12. d5 {[%clk 01:10:45]} {[%emt
00:05:58]} Na5 {[%clk 01:02:17]} {[%emt 00:05:36]} 13. Bd3 {[%clk 01:10:27]}
{[%emt 00:00:47]} Bxd3 {[%clk 01:02:06]} {[%emt 00:00:43]} 14. Qxd3 {[%clk
01:10:49]} {[%emt 00:00:08]} c6 {[%clk 01:01:30]} {[%emt 00:01:06]} 15. Bxf6
{[%clk 01:10:25]} {[%emt 00:00:54]} Bxf6 {[%clk 00:59:43]} {[%emt 00:02:17]} 16.
b4 {[%clk 01:08:50]} {[%emt 00:02:04]} b5 {[%clk 00:59:58]} {[%emt 00:00:16]}
17. bxa5 {[%clk 01:08:26]} {[%emt 00:00:54]} b4 {[%clk 01:00:24]} {[%emt
00:00:04]} 18. Ne2 {[%clk 01:06:53]} {[%emt 00:02:02]} Bxa1 {[%clk 01:00:05]}
{[%emt 00:00:50]} 19. Rxa1 {[%clk 01:07:15]} {[%emt 00:00:08]} cxd5 {[%clk
01:00:28]} {[%emt 00:00:07]} 20. Qb5 {[%clk 01:03:35]} {[%emt 00:04:08]} Qd6
{[%clk 00:57:06]} {[%emt 00:03:52]} 21. Rd1 {[%clk 00:57:26]} {[%emt 00:06:39]}
Rfd8 {[%clk 00:57:12]} {[%emt 00:00:24]} 22. Ned4 {[%clk 00:57:02]} {[%emt
00:00:55]} Rac8 {[%clk 00:56:20]} {[%emt 00:01:21]} 23. Nf5 {[%clk 00:51:48]}
{[%emt 00:05:43]} Qc5 {[%clk 00:55:51]} {[%emt 00:01:01]} 24. Qd3 {[%clk
00:47:36]} {[%emt 00:04:40]} Rc7 {[%clk 00:54:22]} {[%emt 00:02:00]} 25. N3d4
{[%clk 00:46:33]} {[%emt 00:01:32]} Qc3 {[%clk 00:54:10]} {[%emt 00:00:28]} 26.
Qe2 {[%clk 00:45:26]} {[%emt 00:01:50]} f6 {[%clk 00:45:21]} {[%emt 00:09:22]}
27. Qg4 {[%clk 00:44:44]} {[%emt 00:01:11]} Kh7 {[%clk 00:44:19]} {[%emt
00:01:33]} 28. Nb5 {[%clk 00:42:55]} {[%emt 00:02:19]} Qc4 {[%clk 00:42:58]}
{[%emt 00:01:52]} 29. Nxc7 {[%clk 00:43:14]} {[%emt 00:00:11]} Qxc7 {[%clk
00:43:22]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} 30. Qxb4 {[%clk 00:43:22]} {[%emt 00:00:21]} 1-0



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2022.11.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zheng Richard (CAN)"]
[Black "Qian Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "1971"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3
Nbd7 8.Bd3 h6 9.Bh4 Nh5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nge2 Nb6 12.h3 Bd7 13.O-O-O
O-O-O 14.Kb1 Kb8 15.Na4 Nxa4 16.Qxa4 Qg5 17.g4 Nf6 18.Qb4 Ne4
19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.d5 cxd5 21.Qd6+ Ka8 22.Rxd5 Qh4 23.Rhd1 Qxf2
24.Nc3 Qxe3 25.Qc7 Rc8 26.Qxd7 Qxh3 27.Rb5 Rb8 28.Nd5 a6 29.Nb6+
Ka7 30.Qd4 Rbd8 31.Nc8+ Kb8 32.Qa7+ Kxc8 33.Qxb7# 1-0



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2022.11.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Turcotte Jonathan (CAN)"]
[Black "Xu, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Nc6
8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 axb4 11.Bxb4 b6 12.a4 Re8 13.Re1 Bf8
14.Bf1 c5 15.dxc6 Nxc6 16.Ba3 Bg4 17.Nb5 Nd4 18.Nbxd4 exd4 19.Qxd4
Bg7 20.e5 Bxf3 21.exf6 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Bxf6 23.Qxd6 Qxd6 24.Bxd6
Bc6 25.Rb1 Bd4 26.Rd1 Bc5 27.Bxc5 bxc5 28.a5 Rxa5 29.Rd8+ Kg7
30.Rc8 Be4 31.f3 Bf5 32.Rc7 Kf6 33.g4 Be6 34.Kf2 Ke5 35.Ke3 Ra3+
36.Bd3 Kd6 0-1



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2022.11.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adam Rafael (CAN)"]
[Black "Rauch Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "1916"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6
8.d5 Na5 9.Qd3 a6 10.a4 Nb3 11.Ra3 Nxc1 12.Rxc1 Bd7 13.h3 h5
14.e4 Qb6 15.Qe2 Qb4 16.a5 b5 17.Na2 Bh6 18.Rc2 1-0



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2022.11.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Rooy Jake"]
[Black "Rodrigue-Lemieux Shawn (CAN)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.g3 h5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 d5 4.Bg2 Bd6 5.e4 Nc6 6.Qe2 dxe4 7.dxe4
e5 8.c3 Be6 9.Qb5 a6 10.Qe2 f6 11.Be3 Qe7 12.b4 Qf7 13.Nbd2 Bxa2
14.b5 axb5 15.Qxb5 Nge7 16.O-O O-O 17.Bh3 Ra5 18.Qb2 Rfa8 19.Nh4
Be6 20.Bxe6 Qxe6 21.Qb3 Qxb3 22.Nxb3 Rxa1 23.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 24.Nxa1
Na5 25.Nc2 Nc4 26.Bc1 Nc8 27.Kf1 N8b6 28.Ke2 Na4 29.Kd3 b5 30.f3
Kf7 31.Nf5 Bc5 32.Nce3 Nxe3 33.Bxe3 g6 34.Nh6+ Kg7 35.Bc1 Bg1
36.g4 Bxh2 37.gxh5 Bf4 38.Bxf4 Nc5+ 39.Ke2 exf4 40.Ng4 gxh5 41.Nf2
Ne6 42.Nd3 Kg6 43.Nb4 Kg5 44.Nc6 h4 45.Na7 h3 46.Kf2 b4 47.cxb4
Nd4 48.Nc8 Nc2 49.Ne7 Nxb4 50.Nf5 c5 51.Kg1 c4 52.Nd4 c3 53.Ne6+
Kh4 54.Nxf4 c2 55.Ne2 Nd3 56.Kh2 c1B 57.Nxc1 Nxc1 58.f4 Nd3 59.e5
Nxe5 60.fxe5 fxe5 0-1



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2022.11.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hughes Henry (CAN)"]
[Black "Han Johnathan (CAN)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.O-O a6 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2
Bb7 8.Re1 c4 9.b3 g6 10.a4 Nc5 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rxa8 Qxa8 13.bxc4
bxc4 14.Na3 Nfxe4 15.Nxc4 d5 16.Nb6 Qa7 17.Na4 Nxf2 18.Qe2 Nfe4
19.Nxc5 Qxc5+ 20.d4 Qa5 21.c4 e6 22.cxd5 exd5 23.Ng5 f5 24.Qf3
Qxe1+ 0-1



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2022.11.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cortes Orihuela Javier (CHI)"]
[Black "Zhu, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Qa4+
c6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Qa3 e5 10.Nxe5 Re8 11.f4 Nd7 12.Be3 Nxe5 13.dxe5
Bxe5 14.fxe5 Qh4+ 15.Kd2 Qxe4 16.Re1 Bf5 17.Bd4 Qc2+ 18.Ke3 Rad8
19.Qc1 Qxa2 20.Re2 Qd5 21.Kf2 c5 22.Be3 a6 23.Bg5 Qd1 24.Qf4
Rc8 25.Bf6 Rxe5 26.Bxe5 f6 27.Bxf6 Rf8 28.Qc4+ Be6 29.Rxe6 b5
30.Re8+ bxc4 31.Bxc4+ Qd5 32.Bxd5# 1-0



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2022.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kellar Ben"]
[Black "Chiku-Ratte Olivier-Kenta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nf3
Bg7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.d3 a6 10.Qa3 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Re1 Re8 13.Be3
b5 14.Bb3 Nb6 15.Bxb6 Qxb6 16.Qb4 Qc7 17.Ne5 Qd6 18.Qf4 Rf8 19.Qf3
b4 20.Nc4 Qc7 21.Ne4 Nxd5 22.Rac1 Rac8 23.Rc2 Qf4 24.Qe2 Bd4
25.Rec1 Nf6 26.Qd2 Qxd2 27.Rxd2 Nd5 28.Re1 Nf4 29.g3 Nd5 30.Ncd6
exd6 31.Nxd6 Ba8 32.Nxc8 Rxc8 33.Rde2 Kf8 34.Bc4 a5 35.Bb5 Nf6
36.h3 Bf3 37.Rd2 h5 38.Ba4 Nh7 39.Bd1 Ng5 40.h4 Bxd1 41.hxg5
Bf3 42.Kh2 a4 43.a3 b3 44.Kh3 Rc2 0-1

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Pairings for Round 2. 2022 National Capital Open: 2022 National Capital Open
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 1 IM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (2527 1.0) 8 Richard Zheng (2257 1.0)
2 9 Johnathan Han (2251 1.0) 2 GM Bator Sambuev (2518 1.0)
3 3 IM Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte (2459 1.0) 10 David Gordon (2231 1.0)
4 11 Ananda Saha (2222 1.0) 4 IM Tangi Migot (2437 1.0)
5 5 Daniel Xu (2299 1.0) 12 Rafael Adam (2218 1.0)
6 13 Etienne Latreille (2213 1.0) 6 Javier Cortes Orihuela (2281 1.0)
7 7 IM Thanh Nha Duong (2267 1.0) 35 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi (1858 1.0)
8 36 Zhou Fang (1836 1.0) 14 Vishruth Sharma (2161 0.5)
9 15 Ilia Batorshyn (2126 0.5) 31 Marc Andre Jutras (1923 0.5)
10 18 Daniel Labib (2090 0.5) 34 Rachel Zihan Wang (1876 0.5)
11 23 Emanuel Kot (2021 0.5) 37 Jonath Joseph (1815 0.5)
12 16 Vincent Latorre (2109 0.0) 26 Danail Donev (1991 0.0)
13 25 Matthew Zhu (1998 0.0) 17 Derek Wang (2095 0.0)
14 27 Eric Qian (1971 0.0) 19 Jake Van Rooy (2089 0.0)
15 20 Isaac Wiebe (2084 0.0) 28 Henry Hughes (1963 0.0)
16 29 Vaibhav Bhat (1963 0.0) 21 Ben Kellar (2066 0.0)
17 22 Sebastien Azar (2053 0.0) 30 Brian Zhang (1947 0.0)
18 32 Frank Rauch (1916 0.0) 24 Jonathan Turcotte (2007 0.0)
33 1 Alexander Stopic (1898 0.0) BYE

Pairings for Round 2. 2022 National Capital Open: 2022 National Capital U1900
Bd # Res White # Res Black
19 3 Thomas Knechtel (1773 1.0) 10 Douglas Graham (1709 1.0)
20 5 Mario Thibault (1762 1.0) 13 Spencer Martin (1705 1.0)
21 14 Dan Kearnan (1703 1.0) 6 Joshua Myers (1762 1.0)
22 9 Ray Kuryliw (1713 1.0) 16 Ryan [Zhuoyuan] Xu (1664 1.0)
23 22 Oliver Byl (1587 1.0) 7 Anais Chloe Fiset (1729 0.5)
24 8 Herb Langer (1718 0.5) 21 Maximilien Berube (1614 0.5)
25 11 Maxim Rousskikh (1707 0.5) 4 Daniel Varro (1769 0.0)
26 18 Gabriel Pestieau (1645 0.0) 12 Elber Zhu (1707 0.0)
27 20 Simon Perkins (1614 0.0) 15 Michelle Zhang (1693 0.0)
28 23 Stephane Legault (1525 0.0) 17 Babacar Sonko (1646 0.0)
2 ½ William Landstrom (1774 0.5) BYE
1 ½ Aris Marghetis (1869 0.0) BYE

Pairings for Round 2. 2022 National Capital Open: 2022 National Capital U1600
Bd # Res White # Res Black
29 11 John I.F. Lukezich (1375 1.0) 1 Christopher Sailus (1586 1.0)
30 2 Arnaud Jutras (1575 1.0) 13 Romy Peters (1332 1.0)
31 17 Stephan Rozin (1292 1.0) 4 Kirk Hu (1501 1.0)
32 5 Jack St-Germain (1484 1.0) 20 Edison Zhu (1254 1.0)
33 19 Ting En Ryan Wu (1256 1.0) 6 Jeremy Sztuka (1475 1.0)
34 7 Damian Rauch (1443 1.0) 33 Hao En Colin Wu ( 570 1.0)
35 36 Cody Napior (unr. 1.0) 8 Victor Samuel (1408 1.0)
36 9 Noah Witmer (1387 1.0) 42 Francesco Tarditi (unr. 1.0)
37 43 Behzad Zare (unr. 1.0) 10 Cody Griffiths (1385 1.0)
38 3 Mathieu Duval (1547 0.5) 18 Yannick Carriere (1268 0.5)
39 12 Daniel Fiset (1348 0.5) 35 Justin P Murphy (unr. 0.5)
40 14 Curtis Breslin (1311 0.5) 38 Simon Vandenbosch (unr. 0.5)
41 15 Walker Pryor (1304 0.5) 39 Daniel Ribero (unr. 0.5)
42 29 Raunak Amit Ramesan (1058 0.0) 16 Dian Bing Jiao (1294 0.0)
43 21 Justin Wen (1245 0.0) 30 Pierre Arcand (1054 0.0)
44 31 Bryn Robin (1029 0.0) 22 Ahmed Nuru (1196 0.0)
45 23 Eric Arvisais (1185 0.0) 32 Daniel Davydov ( 828 0.0)
46 34 Brian Clarke (unr. 0.0) 24 Shivam Saheb (1155 0.0)
47 25 Florence Zixin Xu (1134 0.0) 37 Magnus Rauch (unr. 0.0)
48 41 Mark Palmer (unr. 0.0) 26 Sébastien Belliveau (1097 0.0)
49 27 David Xu (1085 0.0) 40 Shuwen Tan (unr. 0.0)
28 ½ Oliver Bond (1073 0.0) BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

https://view.livechesscloud.com/#dfe...1-a1e520d9cc2b

[Hugh Brodie]

Can you post the PGN's for round 1? Thanks!

[Halldor P. Palsson]

[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.5"]
[Event "new tournament description"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "2022.11.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Black "Zheng, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 min plus 30 sec"]
[WhiteClock "00:15:57"]
[BlackClock "00:28:30"]
[BlackTitle "GI"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]

1. e4 {[%clk 01:30:57]} {[%emt 00:00:19]} c6 {[%clk 01:30:57]} 2. Nf3 {[%clk
01:31:17]} d5 {[%clk 01:31:23]} 3. d3 {[%clk 01:31:40]} Bg4 {[%clk 01:29:13]} 4.
h3 {[%clk 01:30:15]} Bxf3 {[%clk 01:28:49]} 5. Qxf3 {[%clk 01:30:35]} e6 {[%clk
01:29:16]} 6. g4 {[%clk 01:28:39]} Nd7 {[%clk 01:22:05]} 7. Be3 {[%clk
01:25:39]} g6 {[%clk 01:16:33]} 8. Nd2 {[%clk 01:21:00]} Bg7 {[%clk 01:15:47]}
9. c3 {[%clk 01:18:49]} Ne7 {[%clk 01:13:49]} 10. h4 {[%clk 01:17:59]} {[%emt
00:01:00]} h5 {[%clk 01:01:56]} {[%emt 00:12:22]} 11. gxh5 {[%clk 01:16:08]}
{[%emt 00:02:21]} gxh5 {[%clk 01:02:06]} {[%emt 00:00:20]} 12. d4 {[%clk
01:11:21]} {[%emt 00:05:17]} Ng6 {[%clk 00:59:32]} {[%emt 00:03:04]} 13. Bd3
{[%clk 01:08:14]} {[%emt 00:03:43]} Nxh4 {[%clk 00:50:00]} {[%emt 00:09:56]} 14.
Qg3 {[%clk 01:08:34]} {[%emt 00:00:10]} Bf6 {[%clk 00:50:17]} {[%emt 00:00:14]}
15. e5 {[%clk 01:08:54]} {[%emt 00:00:09]} Be7 {[%clk 00:50:35]} {[%emt
00:00:12]} 16. Qg7 {[%clk 01:05:31]} {[%emt 00:03:53]} Rf8 {[%clk 00:50:54]}
{[%emt 00:00:10]} 17. O-O-O {[%clk 01:02:15]} {[%emt 00:03:46]} Qa5 {[%clk
00:48:52]} {[%emt 00:02:32]} 18. Nb3 {[%clk 00:52:57]} {[%emt 00:09:48]} Qb6
{[%clk 00:43:38]} {[%emt 00:05:45]} 19. Qg3 {[%clk 00:53:02]} {[%emt 00:00:24]}
Nf5 {[%clk 00:41:12]} {[%emt 00:02:56]} 20. Bxf5 {[%clk 00:53:24]} {[%emt
00:00:08]} exf5 {[%clk 00:41:37]} {[%emt 00:00:04]} 21. Rxh5 {[%clk 00:52:41]}
{[%emt 00:01:13]} O-O-O {[%clk 00:41:30]} {[%emt 00:00:37]} 22. Rxf5 {[%clk
00:52:14]} {[%emt 00:00:58]} a5 {[%clk 00:41:49]} {[%emt 00:00:11]} 23. Bh6
{[%clk 00:39:53]} {[%emt 00:12:50]} Rh8 {[%clk 00:39:00]} {[%emt 00:03:18]} 24.
Rxf7 {[%clk 00:35:43]} {[%emt 00:04:40]} a4 {[%clk 00:37:31]} {[%emt 00:01:59]}
25. Nd2 {[%clk 00:34:51]} {[%emt 00:01:21]} a3 {[%clk 00:35:52]} {[%emt
00:02:10]} 26. b3 {[%clk 00:35:05]} {[%emt 00:00:16]} Rdg8 {[%clk 00:32:39]}
{[%emt 00:03:43]} 27. Qd3 {[%clk 00:28:42]} {[%emt 00:06:53]} Qd8 {[%clk
00:30:19]} {[%emt 00:02:50]} 28. Be3 {[%clk 00:28:25]} {[%emt 00:00:46]} Rh5
{[%clk 00:28:36]} {[%emt 00:02:14]} 29. Rh7 {[%clk 00:26:46]} {[%emt 00:02:09]}
Rh8 {[%clk 00:28:50]} {[%emt 00:00:16]} 30. Rxh5 {[%clk 00:26:40]} {[%emt
00:00:36]} Rxh5 {[%clk 00:29:16]} {[%emt 00:00:04]} 31. Kc2 {[%clk 00:24:27]}
{[%emt 00:02:44]} Qg8 {[%clk 00:29:17]} {[%emt 00:00:28]} 32. b4 {[%clk
00:21:44]} {[%emt 00:03:12]} b5 {[%clk 00:29:03]} {[%emt 00:00:45]} 33. f4
{[%clk 00:20:37]} {[%emt 00:01:36]} Rh2 {[%clk 00:28:32]} {[%emt 00:01:00]} 34.
Rg1 {[%clk 00:19:59]} {[%emt 00:01:08]} Rg2 {[%clk 00:28:59]} {[%emt 00:00:04]}
35. Rxg2 {[%clk 00:19:38]} {[%emt 00:00:52]} Qxg2 {[%clk 00:29:23]} {[%emt
00:00:05]} 36. f5 {[%clk 00:19:19]} {[%emt 00:00:48]} Kb7 {[%clk 00:28:52]}
{[%emt 00:01:02]} 37. f6 {[%clk 00:19:24]} {[%emt 00:00:25]} Bxf6 {[%clk
00:29:17]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} 38. Qf5 {[%clk 00:18:00]} {[%emt 00:01:54]} Nb6
{[%clk 00:29:16]} {[%emt 00:00:31]} 39. exf6 {[%clk 00:18:10]} {[%emt
00:00:20]} Nc4 {[%clk 00:29:41]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} 40. Bh6 {[%clk 00:16:47]}
{[%emt 00:01:52]} Qh2 {[%clk 00:28:33]} {[%emt 00:01:39]} 41. f7 {[%clk
00:15:40]} {[%emt 00:01:36]} Qxh6 {[%clk 00:28:53]} {[%emt 00:00:10]} 42. Nxc4
{[%clk 00:15:57]} {[%emt 00:00:13]} 1-0



[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.5"]
[Event "new tournament description"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "2022.11.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Han, Johnathan"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 min plus 30 sec"]
[WhiteClock "00:01:16"]
[BlackClock "00:01:10"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2257"]

1. e4 {[%clk 01:30:54]} {[%emt 00:00:03]} e6 {[%clk 01:30:34]} {[%emt
00:00:26]} 2. d4 {[%clk 01:31:16]} {[%emt 00:00:10]} d5 {[%clk 01:31:00]}
{[%emt 00:00:03]} 3. Nc3 {[%clk 01:31:40]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} Bb4 {[%clk
01:30:53]} {[%emt 00:00:37]} 4. e5 {[%clk 01:32:02]} {[%emt 00:00:08]} c5
{[%clk 01:30:59]} {[%emt 00:00:25]} 5. a3 {[%clk 01:32:23]} {[%emt 00:00:08]}
Ba5 {[%clk 01:31:24]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} 6. b4 {[%clk 01:32:37]} {[%emt
00:00:16]} cxd4 {[%clk 01:31:48]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} 7. Nb5 {[%clk 01:33:00]}
{[%emt 00:00:07]} Bc7 {[%clk 01:32:13]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} 8. f4 {[%clk
01:33:00]} {[%emt 00:00:31]} Ne7 {[%clk 01:32:28]} {[%emt 00:00:15]} 9. Nf3
{[%clk 01:33:06]} {[%emt 00:00:23]} Nbc6 {[%clk 01:32:49]} {[%emt 00:00:10]} 10.
Bd3 {[%clk 01:31:44]} {[%emt 00:01:53]} Bb8 {[%clk 01:33:11]} {[%emt 00:00:07]}
11. Nbxd4 {[%clk 01:22:49]} {[%emt 00:09:25]} Nxd4 {[%clk 01:28:17]} {[%emt
00:05:24]} 12. Nxd4 {[%clk 01:22:57]} {[%emt 00:00:22]} a6 {[%clk 01:28:32]}
{[%emt 00:00:14]} 13. O-O {[%clk 01:18:47]} {[%emt 00:04:40]} Ba7 {[%clk
01:24:49]} {[%emt 00:04:13]} 14. Be3 {[%clk 01:18:18]} {[%emt 00:01:00]} g6
{[%clk 01:22:31]} {[%emt 00:02:47]} 15. Qe2 {[%clk 01:12:50]} {[%emt 00:05:58]}
Bd7 {[%clk 01:18:37]} {[%emt 00:04:24]} 16. Nf3 {[%clk 01:07:40]} {[%emt
00:05:40]} Bxe3+ {[%clk 01:16:17]} {[%emt 00:02:51]} 17. Qxe3 {[%clk 01:07:41]}
{[%emt 00:00:30]} Ba4 {[%clk 01:15:14]} {[%emt 00:01:32]} 18. Nd4 {[%clk
01:01:05]} {[%emt 00:07:05]} Qb6 {[%clk 01:13:35]} {[%emt 00:02:01]} 19. Rae1
{[%clk 00:54:28]} {[%emt 00:07:18]} h5 {[%clk 01:05:11]} {[%emt 00:08:53]} 20.
Rf2 {[%clk 00:51:08]} {[%emt 00:03:51]} Rc8 {[%clk 00:55:26]} {[%emt 00:10:13]}
21. f5 {[%clk 00:45:28]} {[%emt 00:06:13]} gxf5 {[%clk 00:40:09]} {[%emt
00:15:46]} 22. Nxf5 {[%clk 00:45:17]} {[%emt 00:00:41]} d4 {[%clk 00:37:54]}
{[%emt 00:02:45]} 23. Nxd4 {[%clk 00:33:08]} {[%emt 00:12:39]} Nd5 {[%clk
00:37:19]} {[%emt 00:01:05]} 24. Qe4 {[%clk 00:32:48]} {[%emt 00:00:50]} Nc3
{[%clk 00:35:19]} {[%emt 00:02:29]} 25. Qf4 {[%clk 00:31:05]} {[%emt 00:02:11]}
Rc7 {[%clk 00:31:29]} {[%emt 00:04:21]} 26. Qf6 {[%clk 00:23:08]} {[%emt
00:08:29]} Rf8 {[%clk 00:18:05]} {[%emt 00:13:54]} 27. Nf5 {[%clk 00:19:27]}
{[%emt 00:04:11]} Bb5 {[%clk 00:11:36]} {[%emt 00:06:58]} 28. Nd6+ {[%clk
00:11:40]} {[%emt 00:08:18]} Kd7 {[%emt 00:01:21]} 29. Qg7 {[%clk 00:10:57]}
Ke7 {[%clk 00:11:32]} {[%emt 00:00:56]} 30. Kf1 {[%clk 00:05:39]} {[%emt
00:05:48]} Be8 {[%clk 00:08:27]} {[%emt 00:03:35]} 31. Bg6 {[%clk 00:03:13]}
{[%emt 00:02:57]} Bb5+ {[%clk 00:02:41]} {[%emt 00:06:16]} 32. Kg1 {[%clk
00:03:29]} {[%emt 00:00:13]} Be8 {[%clk 00:02:48]} {[%emt 00:00:23]} 33. Ref1
{[%clk 00:02:34]} {[%emt 00:01:26]} Nb5 {[%clk 00:01:49]} {[%emt 00:01:29]} 34.
Nxf7 {[%clk 00:01:37]} {[%emt 00:01:27]} Rxf7 {[%clk 00:00:43]} {[%emt
00:01:35]} 35. Bxf7 {[%clk 00:01:38]} {[%emt 00:00:30]} Kd8 {[%clk 00:00:52]}
{[%emt 00:00:21]} 36. Qf6+ {[%clk 00:01:22]} {[%emt 00:00:46]} Re7 {[%clk
00:01:06]} {[%emt 00:00:16]} 37. Bxe8 {[%clk 00:01:08]} {[%emt 00:00:43]} Kxe8
{[%clk 00:01:18]} {[%emt 00:00:18]} 38. Qf8+ {[%clk 00:01:16]} {[%emt
00:00:23]} Qa7 {[%emt 00:00:35]} 1-0



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2022.11.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Labib, Daniel"]
[Black "Wang Rachel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 b6 6.Bb2 Bb7 7.O-O Nbd7
8.Nbd2 Bd6 9.Ne5 O-O 10.f4 Rc8 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Bxf6
Bxe3+ 14.Kh1 gxf6 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.Qh5+ Kg7 17.Qg4+ Kh7 18.Rf3
Bxf4 19.Rh3+ Bh6 20.Qh5 1-0



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2022.11.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saha Ananda (CAN)"]
[Black "Migot Tanguy (FRA)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.b3 Nf6 2.Bb2 d5 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.e3 g6 5.c4 c6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Nc3
e5 8.Rc1 a6 9.Be2 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.h3 Re8 12.d3 Nb8 13.e4 d4
14.Na4 Nbd7 15.b4 Bxb4 16.Qb3 Qe7 17.a3 Bd6 18.Nb6 Nxb6 19.Qxb6
Nd7 20.Qa5 Nc5 21.Nd2 b6 22.Qb4 0-1



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2022.11.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Batorshyn, Ilia"]
[Black "Jutras Marc Andre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O b6
8.Qc2 Bf5 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nbd7 11.b3 dxc4 12.bxc4 c5 13.d5
Ng4 14.Bb2 Qc8 15.Qe2 Nge5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.f4 Ng4 18.Nd1 f6 19.e4
e5 20.h3 Nh6 21.Ne3 Qd7 22.f5 g5 23.a4 a5 24.Rfb1 Nf7 25.Bc1
Ra6 26.Nd1 Nd6 27.Nc3 Rf7 28.Rb3 Bf8 29.Rab1 Nc8 30.Be3 Bd6 31.Kf2
Rg7 32.Qh5 Qf7 33.Qxf7+ Rxf7 34.Nb5 Rd7 35.Kf3 Kf7 36.h4 h6 37.Rh1
Bf8 38.Rbb1 Nd6 39.hxg5 fxg5 40.Na3 Bg7 41.Rbc1 Ra8 42.Rc2 Bf8
43.Rb2 Ra6 44.Rhb1 Nc8 45.Bf2 Bg7 46.Nc2 Bf6 47.Ne3 Raa7 48.Rh1
Bg7 49.Ng4 Rd6 50.Bg3 Re7 51.f6 Bxf6 52.Nxh6+ Kg6 53.Nf5 Red7
54.Rh6+ Kf7 55.Nxd6+ Rxd6 56.Kg4 Kg7 57.Rh5 Bd8 58.Bxe5+ 1-0



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2022.11.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Duong, Thanh Nha"]
[Black "Mahdjoubi Abdelaziz (CAN)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "1638"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.g3 a5 6.b5 c6 7.Nc3 cxb5
8.cxb5 Qb6 9.d4 Nc6 10.Ba3 Nb4 11.e4 d6 12.Bb2 Bg4 13.Be2 Bxf3
14.Bxf3 Qxd4 15.O-O Qxd1 16.Rfxd1 Nd7 17.Bg4 Ne5 18.Be2 Nd7 19.Rd2
Rac8 20.Rc1 0-1



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2022.11.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Xu, Daniel"]
[Black "Adam Rafael (CAN)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4
13.a4 Bb4 14.axb5 Nxb5 15.Qa4 c5 16.Ne4 O-O 17.Rd1 Qb6 18.Be3
a5 19.Qc2 Rfd8 20.Qc4 Rac8 21.Nfg5 Nbd4 22.Nd6 Rc7 23.Nge4 Ra8
24.f4 Qa6 25.Qxa6 Rxa6 26.f5 Nc2 27.fxe6 fxe6 28.Nc4 Nxa1 29.Rxa1
Rd7 30.Ned6 a4 31.Kf2 Rda7 32.Ke2 Ra8 33.Ne4 a3 34.bxa3 Bxa3
35.Rd1 Bb4 36.Rd7 Ra2+ 37.Kf3 Rf8+ 38.Kg3 Be1+ 39.Kh3 Ra4 40.Ned6
h6 41.Re7 Rb8 42.Rxe6 Rbb4 43.Re8+ Kh7 44.Bd2 Bxd2 45.Nxd2 Rh4+
46.Kg3 Rhg4+ 47.Kf3 Rgd4 48.N2e4 Ra3+ 49.Kf4 Raa4 50.Kf5 c4 51.Nf7
g6+ 52.Kf6 Ra6+ 53.e6 1-0



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2022.11.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhou Fang"]
[Black "Sharma, Vishruth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2101"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2
Nd5 8.g3 g6 9.Bg2 Bg7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Re8 12.Bxd5 cxd5 13.Bf4
Rb8 14.Nc3 Rxb2 15.Nxd5 Qc5 16.Qd3 Rxc2 17.Be3 Qc4 18.Qxc4 Rxc4
19.Bxa7 Rxe5 20.Rxe5 Bxe5 21.Re1 Bb7 22.Rxe5 Rc1+ 23.Kg2 Rd1
24.a3 Bxd5+ 25.Kh3 Be6+ 26.Kg2 d6 27.Re3 c5 28.Bb6 c4 29.Kf3
Rd2 30.Rc3 Ra2 31.h4 Kf8 32.Bd4 Ke7 33.Kf4 Kd7 34.f3 Kc6 35.Bf6
Re2 36.g4 Kc5 37.Bg7 Bd7 38.Re3 Rd2 39.h5 Ba4 40.Bf6 Bc2 41.Bc3
Rd5 42.h6 Kb5 43.Kg3 Ka4 44.Bb4 Bd3 45.Re1 Kb3 46.Rc1 Bc2 47.Re1
c3 48.Re7 Bd3 49.Rxf7 c2 50.Bd2 Bb5 51.Bf4 g5 52.Be3 Kb2 53.Rxh7
c1Q 54.Bxc1+ Kxc1 55.Rc7+ Rc5 56.Rxc5+ dxc5 57.h7 c4 58.h8Q Kc2
59.Qe5 Ba4 60.Kf2 c3 61.Ke3 Bb3 62.Qd4 Ba2 63.Qb4 Bb3 64.Kd4
Kb2 65.Qxc3+ Kxa3 66.Qd2 1-0



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2022.11.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Latreille, Etienne"]
[Black "Cortes Orihuela Javier (CHI)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2213"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nc3 d6 7.h3
Na5 8.Bb3 c6 9.d4 Qc7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qe2 Nd7 12.Bd2 b5 13.Rfd1
Nc5 14.Qe1 Naxb3 15.axb3 Ne6 16.Ne2 Bf6 17.Be3 a6 18.b4 Bb7 19.Bc5
Rfd8 20.Qc3 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.Re1 g6 23.Qe3 Nxc5 24.Qxc5 Be7
25.Qc3 f6 26.Nc1 c5 27.bxc5 Qxc5 28.Qxc5 Bxc5 29.Nd3 Bb6 30.Nd2
Ba5 31.Re2 Bxd2 32.Rxd2 Bxe4 33.f3 Bxd3 34.cxd3 Kf7 35.Kf2 Ke7
36.Ke3 Rd4 37.Rc2 Kd7 38.Kd2 h5 39.Rc3 g5 40.Ke3 g4 41.hxg4 hxg4
42.Kd2 gxf3 43.gxf3 Rf4 44.Ke3 Rb4 45.Rc2 Kd6 46.Kd2 Kd5 47.Kc3
Rf4 48.Rf2 a5 49.b3 a4 50.bxa4 Rxa4 51.Rb2 Kc5 52.Kd2 f5 53.Rc2+
Kd5 54.Rb2 b4 55.Ke2 Kd4 56.Kd2 f4 57.Rb3 Ra2+ 58.Kd1 Kc5 59.Ke1
Ra3 0-1



[Event "National Capital Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2022.11.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chiku-Ratte Olivier-Kenta"]
[Black "Gordon, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7
8.Bb5+ Nfd7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.Nf3 Na6 11.O-O Nc7 12.Kh1 Rb8 13.f5
b5 14.Bg5 Bf6 15.Bf4 c4 16.Bc2 b4 17.Ne2 Nb5 18.Ned4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4
Bxd4 20.Qxd4 Qb6 21.Qd2 f6 22.fxg6 hxg6 23.Be3 Qc7 24.Bd4 Kg7
25.Qf2 a5 26.Rac1 Ba6 27.Bd3 Ne5 28.Be2 Qe7 29.Qe3 Rbc8 30.a3
Qb7 31.axb4 axb4 32.Ra1 Ra8 33.Qd2 c3 34.bxc3 b3 35.Rab1 Bxe2
36.Qxe2 Ra3 37.Kg1 Qa8 38.c4 Qa4 39.Bxe5 fxe5 40.Rxf8 Kxf8 41.Qf2+
Kg7 42.Rf1 Ra1 43.Qf6+ Kh7 44.Qe7+ Kh6 45.Qf8+ Kh7 46.Qf7+ Kh8
47.Qf8+ Kh7 48.Qe7+ Kh6 49.Qh4+ Kg7 50.Qe7+ Kg8 51.Qd8+ Kg7 52.Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Pairings for Round 3. 2022 National Capital Open: 2022 National Capital Open
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 9 Johnathan Han (2251 2.0) 1 IM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (2527 2.0)
2 35 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi (1858 2.0) 5 Daniel Xu (2299 2.0)
3 6 Javier Cortes Orihuela (2281 2.0) 36 Zhou Fang (1836 2.0)
4 3 IM Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte (2459 1.5) 15 Ilia Batorshyn (2126 1.5)
5 10 David Gordon (2231 1.5) 18 Daniel Labib (2090 1.5)
6 2 GM Bator Sambuev (2518 1.0) 23 Emanuel Kot (2021 1.5)
7 20 Isaac Wiebe (2084 1.0) 7 IM Thanh Nha Duong (2267 1.0)
8 8 Richard Zheng (2257 1.0) 22 Sebastien Azar (2053 1.0)
9 25 Matthew Zhu (1998 1.0) 11 Ananda Saha (2222 1.0)
10 12 Rafael Adam (2218 1.0) 29 Vaibhav Bhat (1963 1.0)
11 19 Jake Van Rooy (2089 1.0) 32 Frank Rauch (1916 1.0)
12 14 Vishruth Sharma (2161 0.5) 33 Alexander Stopic (1898 1.0)
13 31 Marc Andre Jutras (1923 0.5) 16 Vincent Latorre (2109 0.5)
14 34 Rachel Zihan Wang (1876 0.5) 26 Danail Donev (1991 0.5)
15 37 Jonath Joseph (1815 0.5) 17 Derek Wang (2095 0.0)
16 21 Ben Kellar (2066 0.0) 27 Eric Qian (1971 0.0)
17 24 Jonathan Turcotte (2007 0.0) 28 Henry Hughes (1963 0.0)
30 1 Brian Zhang (1947 0.0) BYE
4 ½ IM Tangi Migot (2437 2.0) BYE
13 ½ Etienne Latreille (2213 1.0) BYE

Pairings for Round 3. 2022 National Capital Open: 2022 National Capital U1900
Bd # Res White # Res Black
19 16 Ryan [Zhuoyuan] Xu (1664 2.0) 5 Mario Thibault (1762 2.0)
20 6 Joshua Myers (1762 2.0) 22 Oliver Byl (1587 2.0)
21 21 Maximilien Berube (1614 1.5) 3 Thomas Knechtel (1773 1.5)
22 10 Douglas Graham (1709 1.5) 9 Ray Kuryliw (1713 1.0)
23 15 Michelle Zhang (1693 1.0) 11 Maxim Rousskikh (1707 1.0)
24 13 Spencer Martin (1705 1.0) 14 Dan Kearnan (1703 1.0)
25 4 Daniel Varro (1769 0.5) 18 Gabriel Pestieau (1645 0.5)
26 7 Anais Chloe Fiset (1729 0.5) 23 Stephane Legault (1525 0.5)
27 17 Babacar Sonko (1646 0.5) 8 Herb Langer (1718 0.5)
12 1 Elber Zhu (1707 0.5) BYE
2 ½ William Landstrom (1774 1.0) BYE
1 ½ Aris Marghetis (1869 0.5) BYE
20 ½ Simon Perkins (1614 0.0) BYE




Pairings for Round 3. 2022 National Capital Open: 2022 National Capital U1600
Bd # Res White # Res Black
29 4 Kirk Hu (1501 2.0) 9 Noah Witmer (1387 2.0)
30 10 Cody Griffiths (1385 2.0) 5 Jack St-Germain (1484 2.0)
31 13 Romy Peters (1332 2.0) 7 Damian Rauch (1443 2.0)
32 8 Victor Samuel (1408 2.0) 11 John I.F. Lukezich (1375 2.0)
33 35 Justin P Murphy (unr. 1.5) 19 Ting En Ryan Wu (1256 2.0)
34 38 Simon Vandenbosch (unr. 1.5) 3 Mathieu Duval (1547 1.5)
35 1 Christopher Sailus (1586 1.0) 22 Ahmed Nuru (1196 1.0)
36 37 Magnus Rauch (unr. 1.0) 2 Arnaud Jutras (1575 1.0)
37 6 Jeremy Sztuka (1475 1.0) 34 Brian Clarke (unr. 1.0)
38 40 Shuwen Tan (unr. 1.0) 15 Walker Pryor (1304 1.0)
39 16 Dian Bing Jiao (1294 1.0) 43 Behzad Zare (unr. 1.0)
40 39 Daniel Ribero (unr. 1.0) 17 Stephan Rozin (1292 1.0)
41 20 Edison Zhu (1254 1.0) 42 Francesco Tarditi (unr. 1.0)
42 36 Cody Napior (unr. 1.0) 21 Justin Wen (1245 1.0)
43 33 Hao En Colin Wu ( 570 1.0) 12 Daniel Fiset (1348 0.5)
44 26 Sébastien Belliveau (1097 0.5) 14 Curtis Breslin (1311 0.5)
45 18 Yannick Carriere (1268 0.5) 41 Mark Palmer (unr. 0.5)
46 24 Shivam Saheb (1155 0.0) 28 Oliver Bond (1073 0.5)
47 30 Pierre Arcand (1054 0.0) 25 Florence Zixin Xu (1134 0.0)
48 31 Bryn Robin (1029 0.0) 27 David Xu (1085 0.0)
49 32 Daniel Davydov ( 828 0.0) 29 Raunak Amit Ramesan (1058 0.0)
23 ½ Eric Arvisais (1185 1.0) BYE