2023 Ottawa December Open December 8, 9, 10

[Halldor P. Palsson]

2023 Ottawa December Open
An EOCA Grand Prix Event - http://www.eoca.ca

Date: December 8, 9, 10, 2023

Place: RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, Ontario

Room(s): Courtside A & B – Capacity is limited to 124 players.

At the 2023 National Capital Open November 3-5 we had 143 players.
2023 National Capital Open 1st paid; $1500, U1900; $600 and U1600; $800.
See coverage at 2023 National Capital Open November 3, 4, 5 (chesscanada.info)

Rounds: 5, Friday 7:00 PM Saturday 10 AM & 3 PM & Sunday 10 AM & 3 PM.

Type: Regular Swiss

Sections and prizes are based on projected entries.

Open - (rated FIDE & CFC); 1st $1000, 2nd $600, 3rd $400; U2200 $200, U2050 $200
U 1900 – (rated CFC); 1st $600, 2nd $400 3rd $200; U1750 $200;
U1600 – (rated CFC) 1st $600, 2nd $400 3rd 200; U1300 $200

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

Entry Fee: Open; $100 if pre-registered, $120 at site;
U1900 $80 if pre-registered, $100 at site;
U1600 $60 if pre-registered, $80 at site.

Free entry for GM/WGM & IM/WIM. CFC National Master’s entry fee is $80 if paid by November 30th. GM Bator Sambuev is 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 and Interac etransfer entry fees to fs889@ncf.ca

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

January 19, 20,21, 2024 Ottawa Winter Open Courtside A & B
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 112, capacity is 120.

2023 Ottawa December Open

# Name ID Rating Total
1 GM Bator Sambuev 146462 2586 0.0
2 IM Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte 148376 2437 0.0
3 FM Daniel Xu 160020 2357 0.0
4 IM Eric Lawson 123478 2329 0.0
5 Ryan Sowa 150020 2303 0.0
6 Vincent Latorre 162297 2299 0.0
7 Jordan Clyde 130068 2258 0.0
8 Matthew Zhu 160019 2238 0.0
9 Isaac Wiebe 146995 2234 0.0
10 Rafael Adam 165899 2215 0.0
11 Neil Moses 170949 2161 0.0
12 Ilia Batorshyn 167504 2158 0.0
13 Etienne Latreille 154563 2149 0.0
14 Hugo Guillemette 167806 2086 0.0
15 Derek Wang 166573 2086 0.0
16 Joshua Myers 145333 2047 0.0
17 Ben Kellar 148170 2043 0.0
18 Maxim Rousskikh 173654 2040 0.0
19 Patrick L Huang 152884 2031 0.0
20 Youcef Lattafi 2015 0.0
21 Milos Petrovic 160269 1980 0.0
22 Barron Jiyu Jiang 165891 1977 0.0
23 Henry Hughes-Dupuy 160188 1973 0.0
24 Jacob Jolicoeur 184193 1936 0.0
25 Carina D'Souza 167600 1913 0.0
26 Danail Donev 143574 1873 0.0
27 Oliver Byl 174403 1862 0.0
28 Elber Zhu 174325 1847 0.0
29 Anais Chloe Fiset 173894 1830 0.0
30 Lucas Pitre 157622 1829 0.0
31 Philip Xu 167580 1816 0.0

2023 Ottawa December Open: 2023 Ottawa December U1900

# Name ID Rating Total
1 Thomas Guillemette 172489 1845 0.0
2 Vladimir Dukkardt 163375 1810 0.0
3 Eric Cloutier 167746 1781 0.0
4 Troy Dana 166087 1780 0.0
5 Iassen Pelev 153414 1776 0.0
6 Marc Nassar 185266 1767 0.0
7 Arnaud Jutras 172491 1765 0.0
8 Thomas Swenson 179332 1760 0.0
9 Douglas Graham 169362 1725 0.0
10 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi 155558 1704 0.0
11 Johan Kenneth Moleta 153217 1702 0.0
12 Stefaniia Shevtsova 185025 1687 0.0
13 Babacar Sonko 177467 1681 0.0
14 Jacob Stephen Burton 167700 1655 0.0
15 Mario Thibault 102205 1638 0.0
16 Cristian Scrieciu 179493 1633 0.0
17 Jay Serdula 103877 1618 0.0
18 Damian Rauch 177929 1587 0.0
19 Edison Zhu 174324 1577 0.0
20 Justin Wen 174383 1522 0.0
21 Samuel Filion 182218 1503 0.0
22 Randy Taylor 175695 1501 0.0

2023 Ottawa December Open: 2023 Ottawa December U1600

# Name ID Rating Total
1 Noah Witmer 175301 1510 0.0
2 Herb Langer 100319 1474 0.0
3 Zichuan Chen 176198 1469 0.0
4 Yves Filion 146488 1463 0.0
5 Daniel Ribero Pinto 177775 1446 0.0
6 Ondrej Pacin 105834 1445 0.0
7 Xavier Tremblay 176873 1441 0.0
8 Stephane Legault 107017 1433 0.0
9 Grant Schaper 132741 1423 0.0
10 Parker Thompson 184493 1409 0.0
11 Shuwen Tan 177847 1404 0.0
12 Damien Lamontagne 173310 1397 0.0
13 Kevin Fice 183159 1387 0.0
14 Jeremy Sztuka 162452 1384 0.0
15 Zipei Liu 177533 1382 0.0
16 Devon Pollard 183157 1377 0.0
17 Victor Samuel 112306 1358 0.0
18 Alexander Hodgins 181627 1343 0.0
19 Romy Peters 135706 1328 0.0
20 Kirk Hu 173019 1299 0.0
21 Sachen Gombu 155110 1294 0.0
22 Anton Karpov 181778 1280 0.0
23 Paul Shedden 182259 1268 0.0
24 John Hay 162669 1261 0.0
25 Anuj Radia 183825 1254 0.0
26 John If Lukezich 146765 1215 0.0
27 Gregory Marcelin 181507 1212 0.0
28 Stephane Sonko 177904 1212 0.0
29 Subaru Ishii 184385 1195 0.0
30 Li Zhu 174322 1180 0.0
31 Anthony McCormick 184334 1142 0.0
32 Michael Barry Jr Lafer 180471 1117 0.0
33 Pierre Arcand 160146 1114 0.0
34 Daniel Davydov 173336 1099 0.0
35 Brian Batchelar 169909 1089 0.0
36 Niam Moses 171947 1088 0.0
37 Ryan Ward 184426 1088 0.0
38 Ryan Daoust 184335 1080 0.0
39 Siddhaarth Aravinthan 181781 1079 0.0
40 Ozan Cecen 183051 1070 0.0
41 Oliver Bond 176378 1045 0.0
42 Brian Melaschenko-Bolger 167557 1014 0.0
43 Justin Hum 181353 988 0.0
44 Thanish Karuvarasan 181868 978 0.0
45 Iain Wong 179340 965 0.0
46 Anna Loevenich 171547 960 0.0
47 Andrew Svensson 143414 946 0.0
48 Ojayit Basu 184818 883 0.0
49 Adhvik Aravinthan 181782 850 0.0
50 Alena Zeng 180212 683 0.0
51 Carlos Caceres Castro 185529 unr. 0.0
52 Scott Davidson 184276 unr. 0.0
53 Daniel Fedorov 185637 unr. 0.0
54 Deaan Seyyon Karthik unr. 0.0
55 Chris Turner 185727 unr. 0.0
56 Dale Wang 184002 unr. 0.0
57 Jonathan Deslauriers 185191 unr. 0.0
58 To-Ching Yeung 177074 unr. 0.0
59 Carey Zhao 185235 unr. 0.0

[Halldor P. Palsson]

2023 Ottawa December Open -- Advance bye summary

Adam, Rafael - Rnds: 1
Batorshyn, Ilia - Rnds: 1
Guillemette, Hugo - Rnds: 1
Myers, Joshua - Rnds: 3
Kellar, Ben - Rnds: 2

2023 Ottawa December U1900 -- Advance bye summary

Burton, Jacob Stephen - Rnds: 5z
Guillemette, Thomas - Rnds: 1
Jutras, Arnaud - Rnds: 1
Rauch, Damian - Rnds: 1

2023 Ottawa December U1600 -- Advance bye summary

Basu, Ojayit - Rnds: 1 2
Lamontagne, Damien - Rnds: 1 2 3
Langer, Herb - Rnds: 1
Liu, Zipei - Rnds: 3 4
Loevenich, Anna - Rnds: 1
Lukezich, John If - Rnds: 1
Zeng, Alena - Rnds: 3

[Hugh Brodie]

Are you using any DGT boards that we can watch live?

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Pairings for Round 1.

2023 Ottawa December Open

Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 1 GM Bator Sambuev (2586 0.0) 18 Maxim Rousskikh (2040 0.0)
2 19 Patrick L Huang (2031 0.0) 2 IM Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte (2437 0.0)
3 3 FM Daniel Xu (2357 0.0) 20 Youcef Lattafi (2015 0.0)
4 21 Milos Petrovic (1980 0.0) 4 IM Eric Lawson (2329 0.0)
5 5 Ryan Sowa (2303 0.0) 22 Barron Jiyu Jiang (1977 0.0)
6 23 Henry Hughes-Dupuy (1973 0.0) 6 Vincent Latorre (2299 0.0)
7 7 Jordan Clyde (2258 0.0) 24 Jacob Jolicoeur (1936 0.0)
8 25 Carina D'Souza (1913 0.0) 8 Matthew Zhu (2238 0.0)
9 9 Isaac Wiebe (2234 0.0) 26 Danail Donev (1873 0.0)
10 27 Oliver Byl (1862 0.0) 11 Neil Moses (2161 0.0)
11 13 Etienne Latreille (2149 0.0) 28 Elber Zhu (1847 0.0)
12 29 Anais Chloe Fiset (1830 0.0) 15 Derek Wang (2086 0.0)
13 16 Joshua Myers (2047 0.0) 30 Lucas Pitre (1829 0.0)
14 31 Philip Xu (1816 0.0) 17 Ben Kellar (2043 0.0)
10 ½ Rafael Adam (2215 0.0) BYE
14 ½ Hugo Guillemette (2086 0.0) BYE
12 ½ Ilia Batorshyn (2158 0.0) BYE

Pairings for Round 1.

2023 Ottawa December Open: 2023 Ottawa December U1900

Bd # Res White # Res Black
15 2 Vladimir Dukkardt (1810 0.0) 12 Stefaniia Shevtsova (1687 0.0)
16 13 Babacar Sonko (1681 0.0) 3 Eric Cloutier (1781 0.0)
17 4 Troy Dana (1780 0.0) 14 Jacob Stephen Burton (1655 0.0)
18 15 Mario Thibault (1638 0.0) 5 Iassen Pelev (1776 0.0)
19 6 Marc Nassar (1767 0.0) 16 Cristian Scrieciu (1633 0.0)
20 17 Jay Serdula (1618 0.0) 8 Thomas Swenson (1760 0.0)
21 9 Douglas Graham (1725 0.0) 19 Edison Zhu (1577 0.0)
22 20 Justin Wen (1522 0.0) 10 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi (1704 0.0)
23 11 Johan Kenneth Moleta (1702 0.0) 21 Samuel Filion (1503 0.0)
22 1 Randy Taylor (1501 0.0) BYE
1 ½ Thomas Guillemette (1845 0.0) BYE
18 ½ Damian Rauch (1587 0.0) BYE
7 ½ Arnaud Jutras (1765 0.0) BYE

Pairings for Round 1.
2023 Ottawa December Open: 2023 Ottawa December U1600

Bd # Res White # Res Black
24 1 Noah Witmer (1510 0.0) 31 Anthony McCormick (1142 0.0)
25 32 Michael Barry Jr Lafer (1117 0.0) 3 Zichuan Chen (1469 0.0)
26 4 Yves Filion (1463 0.0) 33 Pierre Arcand (1114 0.0)
27 34 Daniel Davydov (1099 0.0) 5 Daniel Ribero Pinto (1446 0.0)
28 6 Ondrej Pacin (1445 0.0) 35 Brian Batchelar (1089 0.0)
29 36 Niam Moses (1088 0.0) 7 Xavier Tremblay (1441 0.0)
30 8 Stephane Legault (1433 0.0) 37 Ryan Ward (1088 0.0)
31 38 Ryan Daoust (1080 0.0) 9 Grant Schaper (1423 0.0)
32 10 Parker Thompson (1409 0.0) 39 Siddhaarth Aravinthan (1079 0.0)
33 40 Ozan Cecen (1070 0.0) 11 Shuwen Tan (1404 0.0)
34 13 Kevin Fice (1387 0.0) 41 Oliver Bond (1045 0.0)
35 42 Brian Melaschenko-Bolger (1014 0.0) 14 Jeremy Sztuka (1384 0.0)
36 15 Zipei Liu (1382 0.0) 43 Justin Hum ( 988 0.0)
37 44 Thanish Karuvarasan ( 978 0.0) 16 Devon Pollard (1377 0.0)
38 17 Victor Samuel (1358 0.0) 45 Iain Wong ( 965 0.0)
39 47 Andrew Svensson ( 946 0.0) 18 Alexander Hodgins (1343 0.0)
40 19 Romy Peters (1328 0.0) 49 Adhvik Aravinthan ( 850 0.0)
41 50 Alena Zeng ( 683 0.0) 20 Kirk Hu (1299 0.0)
42 21 Sachen Gombu (1294 0.0) 51 Carlos Caceres Castro (unr. 0.0)
43 52 Scott Davidson (unr. 0.0) 22 Anton Karpov (1280 0.0)
44 23 Paul Shedden (1268 0.0) 53 Daniel Fedorov (unr. 0.0)
45 54 Deaan Seyyon Karthik (unr. 0.0) 24 John Hay (1261 0.0)
46 25 Anuj Radia (1254 0.0) 55 Chris Turner (unr. 0.0)
47 56 Dale Wang (unr. 0.0) 27 Gregory Marcelin (1212 0.0)
48 28 Stephane Sonko (1212 0.0) 57 Jonathan Deslauriers (unr. 0.0)
49 58 To-Ching Yeung (unr. 0.0) 29 Subaru Ishii (1195 0.0)
50 30 Li Zhu (1180 0.0) 59 Carey Zhao (unr. 0.0)
2 ½ Herb Langer (1474 0.0) BYE
12 ½ Damien Lamontagne (1397 0.0) BYE
26 ½ John If Lukezich (1215 0.0) BYE
46 ½ Anna Loevenich ( 960 0.0) BYE
48 ½ Ojayit Basu ( 883 0.0) BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

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[Halldor P. Palsson]

[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[Event "2023 Ottawa December Open"]
[Site "Ottawa, Canada"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Huang, Patrick L"]
[Black "Chiku-Ratte, Olivier Kenta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 Minutes plus 30 sec/move"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2031"]
[BlackElo "2437"]

1. d4 {[%clk 01:21:21]} {[%emt 00:09:37]} Nf6 {[%clk 01:30:55]} {[%emt
00:00:06]} 2. c4 {[%clk 01:21:35]} {[%emt 00:00:15]} c5 {[%clk 01:30:23]}
{[%emt 00:01:02]} 3. d5 {[%clk 01:21:56]} {[%emt 00:00:09]} e6 {[%clk
01:30:51]} {[%emt 00:00:02]} 4. Nc3 {[%clk 01:22:06]} {[%emt 00:00:20]} exd5
{[%clk 01:31:17]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} 5. cxd5 {[%clk 01:22:23]} {[%emt 00:00:13]}
d6 {[%clk 01:31:42]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} 6. g3 {[%clk 01:22:30]} {[%emt
00:00:22]} g6 {[%clk 01:32:07]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} 7. Bg2 {[%clk 01:22:40]}
{[%emt 00:00:20]} Bg7 {[%clk 01:32:32]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} 8. Nf3 {[%clk
01:22:57]} {[%emt 00:00:13]} O-O {[%emt 00:00:11]} 9. O-O {[%clk 01:23:17]}
{[%emt 00:00:04]} a6 {[%clk 01:33:23]} {[%emt 00:00:04]} 10. a4 {[%clk
01:23:35]} {[%emt 00:00:12]} Re8 {[%clk 01:33:49]} {[%emt 00:00:04]} 11. Bf4
{[%clk 01:23:52]} {[%emt 00:00:13]} Ne4 {[%clk 01:33:22]} {[%emt 00:00:57]} 12.
Nxe4 {[%clk 01:23:58]} {[%emt 00:00:23]} Rxe4 {[%clk 01:33:47]} {[%emt
00:00:05]} 13. Nd2 {[%clk 01:23:52]} {[%emt 00:00:36]} Rb4 {[%clk 01:34:16]}
{[%emt 00:00:02]} 14. Ra2 {[%clk 01:22:53]} {[%emt 00:01:29]} g5 {[%clk
01:22:19]} {[%emt 00:12:27]} 15. Be3 {[%clk 01:19:36]} {[%emt 00:03:47]} f5
{[%clk 01:22:25]} {[%emt 00:00:24]} 16. Nf3 {[%clk 01:13:31]} {[%emt 00:06:34]}
h6 {[%clk 01:21:17]} {[%emt 00:01:38]} 17. h4 {[%clk 01:08:36]} {[%emt
00:05:25]} g4 {[%clk 01:08:30]} {[%emt 00:38:48]} 18. Nd2 {[%clk 01:02:19]} Nd7
{[%clk 01:04:21]} 19. b3 {[%clk 00:57:38]} Ne5 {[%clk 01:02:54]} 20. Qc2 {[%clk
00:57:01]} Qf6 {[%clk 00:59:53]} 21. Rc1 {[%clk 00:50:13]} {[%emt 00:04:58]}
Bd7 {[%clk 00:58:45]} {[%emt 00:01:38]} 22. Nc4 {[%clk 00:46:30]} {[%emt
00:04:13]} Nxc4 {[%clk 00:56:05]} {[%emt 00:05:27]} 23. bxc4 {[%clk 00:46:22]}
a5 {[%clk 00:52:28]} {[%emt 00:02:28]} 24. Bd2 {[%clk 00:43:40]} {[%emt
00:03:11]} b6 {[%clk 00:31:11]} {[%emt 00:23:16]} 25. Bxb4 {[%clk 00:35:44]}
{[%emt 00:06:57]} axb4 {[%clk 00:31:28]} {[%emt 00:00:13]} 26. e3 {[%clk
00:34:57]} {[%emt 00:01:17]} Qe5 {[%clk 00:25:45]} {[%emt 00:06:13]} 27. Bf1
{[%clk 00:33:30]} {[%emt 00:01:56]} h5 {[%clk 00:23:05]} {[%emt 00:03:11]} 28.
Bd3 {[%clk 00:32:49]} {[%emt 00:01:12]} Kf7 {[%clk 00:20:39]} {[%emt 00:02:56]}
29. Qd1 {[%clk 00:29:39]} {[%emt 00:03:39]} Ke7 {[%clk 00:19:21]} {[%emt
00:01:48]} 30. Qb3 {[%clk 00:27:01]} {[%emt 00:03:08]} Kd8 {[%clk 00:19:32]}
{[%emt 00:00:20]} 31. Qc2 {[%clk 00:24:55]} {[%emt 00:02:35]} Kc7 {[%clk
00:19:57]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} 32. Qb3 {[%clk 00:22:02]} {[%emt 00:03:23]} Qe8
{[%clk 00:19:20]} {[%emt 00:01:07]} 33. Bc2 {[%clk 00:21:14]} {[%emt 00:01:18]}
Be5 {[%clk 00:19:46]} {[%emt 00:00:04]} 34. Kg2 {[%clk 00:19:51]} {[%emt
00:01:53]} Ra5 {[%clk 00:19:47]} {[%emt 00:00:29]} 35. Rb1 {[%clk 00:14:46]}
{[%emt 00:05:35]} Bc3 {[%clk 00:18:55]} {[%emt 00:01:23]} 36. Bd1 {[%clk
00:13:26]} {[%emt 00:01:49]} Qa8 {[%clk 00:17:57]} {[%emt 00:01:28]} 37. Qc2
{[%clk 00:09:42]} {[%emt 00:04:14]} b5 {[%clk 00:17:33]} {[%emt 00:00:54]} 38.
cxb5 {[%clk 00:09:19]} {[%emt 00:00:53]} Qxd5+ {[%clk 00:17:49]} {[%emt
00:00:14]} 39. Kh2 {[%clk 00:09:22]} {[%emt 00:00:27]} Bxb5 {[%clk 00:17:35]}
{[%emt 00:00:44]} 40. Be2 {[%clk 00:08:21]} {[%emt 00:01:31]} Bc6 {[%clk
00:17:53]} {[%emt 00:00:12]} 41. Rg1 {[%clk 00:08:01]} {[%emt 00:00:50]} c4
{[%clk 00:17:54]} {[%emt 00:00:28]} 0-1



[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[Event "2023 Ottawa December Open"]
[Site "Ottawa, Canada"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Rousskikh, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 Minutes plus 30 sec/move"]
[WhiteClock "00:15:59"]
[BlackClock "00:00:00"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2040"]

1. d4 {[%clk 01:30:55]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} d5 {[%clk 01:30:53]} {[%emt
00:00:07]} 2. c4 {[%clk 01:31:20]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} c6 {[%clk 01:31:18]}
{[%emt 00:00:06]} 3. Nf3 {[%clk 01:31:46]} {[%emt 00:00:04]} Nf6 {[%clk
01:31:42]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} 4. e3 {[%clk 01:32:12]} {[%emt 00:00:04]} Bf5
{[%clk 01:32:06]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} 5. Nc3 {[%clk 01:32:37]} {[%emt 00:00:05]}
e6 {[%clk 01:32:30]} {[%emt 00:00:07]} 6. Nh4 {[%clk 01:33:03]} {[%emt
00:00:03]} Bg6 {[%clk 01:32:54]} {[%emt 00:00:07]} 7. Bd2 {[%clk 01:33:19]}
{[%emt 00:00:15]} Nbd7 {[%clk 01:32:04]} {[%emt 00:01:19]} 8. Nxg6 {[%clk
01:33:42]} {[%emt 00:00:07]} hxg6 {[%clk 01:32:25]} {[%emt 00:00:08]} 9. Qc2
{[%clk 01:34:09]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} a6 {[%clk 01:25:01]} {[%emt 00:07:54]} 10.
g3 {[%clk 01:30:20]} {[%emt 00:04:18]} Qc7 {[%clk 01:16:45]} {[%emt 00:08:46]}
11. Rc1 {[%clk 01:28:01]} {[%emt 00:02:48]} Rc8 {[%clk 01:09:28]} {[%emt
00:07:47]} 12. cxd5 {[%clk 01:22:54]} {[%emt 00:05:37]} exd5 {[%clk 01:04:54]}
{[%emt 00:05:04]} 13. Bg2 {[%clk 01:21:17]} {[%emt 00:02:06]} Bd6 {[%clk
01:03:06]} {[%emt 00:03:37]} 14. Qb3 {[%clk 01:13:47]} {[%emt 00:06:41]} Qb8
{[%clk 00:54:15]} {[%emt 00:29:46]} 15. O-O {[%clk 01:12:41]} O-O {[%clk
00:46:13]} 16. f3 {[%clk 01:12:15]} Qa7 {[%clk 00:37:03]} {[%emt 00:00:21]} 17.
Be1 {[%clk 01:09:51]} {[%emt 00:02:53]} c5 {[%clk 00:33:00]} {[%emt 00:04:34]}
18. Nxd5 {[%clk 01:04:55]} {[%emt 00:08:29]} cxd4 {[%clk 00:32:45]} 19. Bf2
{[%clk 01:00:34]} {[%emt 00:02:31]} Nxd5 {[%clk 00:27:48]} {[%emt 00:05:29]} 20.
Rxc8 {[%clk 00:57:12]} {[%emt 00:20:56]} Rxc8 {[%clk 00:28:06]} 21. Qxd5 {[%clk
00:57:29]} dxe3 {[%clk 00:27:20]} 22. Qxd6 {[%clk 00:57:51]} exf2+ {[%clk
00:27:43]} 23. Kh1 {[%clk 00:58:15]} Nf6 {[%clk 00:26:24]} 24. Qd2 {[%clk
00:55:10]} Qc5 {[%clk 00:22:41]} 25. Bh3 {[%clk 00:51:33]} Rc7 {[%clk
00:22:26]} 26. Rxf2 {[%clk 00:50:55]} {[%emt 00:00:35]} Rc6 {[%clk 00:17:08]}
{[%emt 00:05:50]} 27. Re2 {[%clk 00:45:56]} {[%emt 00:05:27]} Rd6 {[%clk
00:16:48]} {[%emt 00:00:51]} 28. Qc2 {[%clk 00:43:53]} {[%emt 00:02:29]} Qd5
{[%clk 00:15:42]} {[%emt 00:01:39]} 29. Kg2 {[%clk 00:43:40]} {[%emt 00:00:41]}
g5 {[%clk 00:14:38]} {[%emt 00:01:35]} 30. Bf5 {[%clk 00:25:38]} {[%emt
00:18:32]} g6 {[%clk 00:06:55]} {[%emt 00:08:15]} 31. Be4 {[%clk 00:25:11]}
{[%emt 00:00:57]} Nxe4 {[%clk 00:06:42]} {[%emt 00:00:42]} 32. Rxe4 {[%clk
00:25:21]} {[%emt 00:00:17]} Qd2+ {[%clk 00:07:04]} {[%emt 00:00:11]} 33. Re2
{[%clk 00:25:48]} {[%emt 00:00:03]} Qxc2 {[%clk 00:07:25]} {[%emt 00:00:10]} 34.
Rxc2 {[%clk 00:26:13]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} Kg7 {[%clk 00:06:58]} {[%emt
00:00:56]} 35. Kf2 {[%clk 00:26:21]} {[%emt 00:00:22]} Kf6 {[%clk 00:05:12]}
{[%emt 00:02:16]} 36. Ke3 {[%clk 00:26:39]} {[%emt 00:00:11]} Ke6 {[%clk
00:05:07]} {[%emt 00:00:36]} 37. Rc7 {[%clk 00:25:52]} {[%emt 00:01:17]} b6
{[%clk 00:04:40]} {[%emt 00:00:58]} 38. b4 {[%clk 00:25:18]} {[%emt 00:01:03]}
f5 {[%clk 00:03:51]} {[%emt 00:01:19]} 39. a4 {[%clk 00:24:30]} {[%emt
00:01:17]} a5 {[%clk 00:02:24]} {[%emt 00:01:58]} 40. bxa5 {[%clk 00:23:13]}
{[%emt 00:01:46]} bxa5 {[%clk 00:02:48]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} 41. Ra7 {[%clk
00:23:25]} {[%emt 00:00:18]} Rd5 {[%clk 00:03:01]} {[%emt 00:00:18]} 42. Ra6+
{[%clk 00:23:49]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} Kf7 {[%clk 00:03:19]} {[%emt 00:00:11]} 43.
h3 {[%clk 00:20:39]} {[%emt 00:03:39]} Kg7 {[%clk 00:03:20]} {[%emt 00:00:30]}
44. Ra8 {[%clk 00:20:24]} {[%emt 00:00:45]} Kf7 {[%clk 00:03:08]} {[%emt
00:00:43]} 45. Ra7+ {[%clk 00:19:31]} {[%emt 00:01:24]} Kf6 {[%clk 00:03:11]}
{[%emt 00:00:27]} 46. Ra6+ {[%clk 00:19:40]} {[%emt 00:00:21]} Kf7 {[%clk
00:03:31]} {[%emt 00:00:09]} 47. f4 {[%clk 00:18:48]} {[%emt 00:01:21]} gxf4+
{[%clk 00:03:37]} {[%emt 00:00:25]} 48. Kxf4 {[%clk 00:19:08]} {[%emt
00:00:10]} Rd4+ {[%clk 00:03:03]} {[%emt 00:01:05]} 49. Kg5 {[%clk 00:19:26]}
{[%emt 00:00:11]} f4 {[%clk 00:00:41]} {[%emt 00:02:53]} 50. Rf6+ {[%clk
00:19:27]} {[%emt 00:00:28]} Kg7 {[%clk 00:00:39]} {[%emt 00:00:33]} 51. Rxf4
{[%clk 00:18:36]} {[%emt 00:12:30]} Rd5+ {[%clk 00:01:02]} 52. Kg4 {[%clk
00:19:00]} Kh6 {[%clk 00:01:22]} 53. h4 {[%clk 00:19:04]} Rc5 {[%clk 00:01:38]}
54. Rd4 {[%clk 00:18:35]} Rf5 {[%clk 00:01:44]} 55. Rc4 {[%clk 00:18:46]} Kg7
{[%clk 00:01:41]} 56. Kh3 {[%clk 00:16:29]} Kh6 {[%clk 00:01:18]} 57. Kg2
{[%clk 00:16:42]} Rd5 {[%clk 00:01:37]} 58. Kf3 {[%clk 00:16:41]} Rd3+ {[%clk
00:01:39]} 59. Kf4 {[%clk 00:17:07]} Rb3 {[%clk 00:01:59]} 60. g4 {[%clk
00:14:03]} {[%emt 00:01:04]} Kg7 {[%clk 00:01:03]} {[%emt 00:01:26]} 61. Kg5
{[%clk 00:14:03]} {[%emt 00:00:19]} Rb4 {[%clk 00:00:56]} {[%emt 00:00:48]} 62.
Rc6 {[%clk 00:14:13]} {[%emt 00:00:18]} Rxa4 {[%clk 00:01:10]} {[%emt
00:00:18]} 63. Rxg6+ {[%clk 00:14:37]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} Kh7 {[%clk 00:01:18]}
{[%emt 00:00:22]} 64. Ra6 {[%clk 00:15:00]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} Ra3 {[%clk
00:00:34]} {[%emt 00:01:14]} 65. Ra7+ {[%clk 00:15:24]} {[%emt 00:00:06]} Kg8
{[%clk 00:00:39]} {[%emt 00:00:26]} 66. Kg6 {[%clk 00:15:41]} {[%emt 00:00:12]}
Kf8 {[%clk 00:00:41]} {[%emt 00:00:28]} 67. h5 {[%clk 00:15:59]} {[%emt
00:00:12]} 1-0



[Event "Ottawa December Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xu, Daniel"]
[Black "Lattafi Youcef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[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 a6 11.Rc1 b5 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Bb1
Re8 14.a3 g6 15.Qd2 Na5 16.Qe2 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Qxd4 18.h3 Kg7 19.Rcd1
Qc5 20.Bxf6+ Bxf6 21.Qxf6+ Kg8 22.b4 1-0



[Event "Ottawa December Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrovic Milos"]
[Black "Lawson Eric (CAN)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.g4 b5 10.Bd3 Qb6 11.Nce2 Bb7 12.O-O-O Nc5 13.Bxf6
gxf6 14.Rhe1 h5 15.gxh5 f5 16.Ng3 O-O-O 17.Kb1 fxe4 18.Bxe4 Nxe4
19.Nxe4 Bg7 20.Qc3+ Qc7 21.Qxc7+ Kxc7 22.Ng5 Rd7 23.Re3 Rxh5
24.Rh3 Rxh3 25.Nxh3 Kd8 26.Ng5 Ke7 27.h4 Rd8 28.f5 Bxd4 29.Rxd4
exf5 30.Kc1 Rg8 31.a4 f6 32.Nh3 Rg4 33.Rxg4 fxg4 34.Ng1 Kf7 35.axb5
axb5 0-1



[Event "Ottawa December Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hughes-Dupuy Henry"]
[Black "Latorre Vincent (CAN)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Bf5
8.Nd2 e5 9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 Bd7 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.Qc4 Qb6 13.Qb3 Qa6
14.Nde4 Ne8 15.h4 h6 16.Nd2 Nf6 17.Qc4 b5 18.Qd3 Qb7 19.a3 Rc8
20.Nde4 Ne8 21.g4 Bxg4 22.Nxb5 Qe7 23.Qg3 Bxe2 24.Nbc3 Bxf1 25.Bxf1
Nd7 26.Be3 f5 27.Bh3 Nf8 28.Qg2 Rd8 0-1



[Event "Ottawa December Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "D'souza Carina"]
[Black "Zhu Matthew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Re1 Nc6
7.c3 e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Bb4
13.Rc1 Bxd2 14.Qxd2 O-O 15.h4 Rfc8 16.h5 h6 17.Rc3 Ne7 18.Rd3
Qc6 19.Qf4 Qc2 20.Rb3 Rc7 21.Nh4 Nc6 22.Rg3 Kh8 23.Ree3 Qd1+
24.Kh2 Qxd4 25.Qxd4 Nxd4 26.Rg4 Nc6 27.Nf3 Rac8 28.Nd4 Nxd4 29.Rxd4
Rc2 30.Rf4 Kg8 31.Rb3 R8c7 32.Kg3 Re2 33.Ra4 b6 34.f4 Rec2 35.Kf3
f6 36.Rba3 fxe5 37.fxe5 Rf7+ 38.Ke3 Rxb2 39.Rxa7 Rf5 40.Ra8+
Kh7 41.Re8 Rxe5+ 42.Kd4 Re4+ 43.Kc3 Rxg2 44.Raa8 Re3+ 45.Kd4
Re4+ 46.Kd3 Rg3+ 47.Kd2 Rg2+ 48.Kd3 1/2-1/2



[Event "Ottawa December Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Clyde Jordan (CAN)"]
[Black "Jolicoeur Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.b3 a6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bd3 b5 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 Nf6
8.e5 Nd5 9.a4 Nxc3 10.dxc3 b4 11.Be4 O-O 12.Bxc6 dxc6 13.Qxd8
Rxd8 14.c4 Ra7 15.Be3 Rad7 16.Re2 f6 17.Nd2 f5 18.Nf3 h6 19.h4
Kf7 20.h5 Rd1+ 21.Re1 R1d7 22.g3 Rd4 23.Kg2 Kg8 24.Re2 Re4 25.Rd2
Rxd2 26.Bxd2 Bd7 27.Be3 Be8 28.Rh1 Bg5 29.Bxc5 Re2 30.Nd4 Rxe5
31.Bxb4 f4 32.Re1 Rxe1 33.Bxe1 fxg3 34.fxg3 Bxh5 35.Nxe6 Bf6
36.Nc5 Bd1 37.Nxa6 Bxc2 38.a5 Bxb3 39.c5 Bd8 40.Nb8 Bc7 41.Nd7
Bc4 42.Bc3 Kf7 43.Kf3 Ke6 44.Nb6 Ba6 45.Bxg7 h5 46.Kg2 Kf7 47.Bd4
Ke6 48.Kh3 Kf5 49.Kh4 Be2 50.Kh3 Bg4+ 51.Kg2 Be2 52.Be3 Ke4 53.Kf2
Ba6 54.Bf4 Bxf4 55.gxf4 Kxf4 56.Nd7 Ke4 57.Nb8 Bb7 58.a6 Bxa6
59.Nxa6 Kd4 60.Kg3 Kc4 61.Kh4 Kb5 62.Nb8 Kxc5 63.Kxh5 Kd5 64.Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Pairings for Round 2.

2023 Ottawa December Open

Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 11 Neil Moses (2161 1.0) 1 GM Bator Sambuev (2586 1.0)
2 2 IM Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte (2437 1.0) 9 Isaac Wiebe (2234 1.0)
3 30 Lucas Pitre (1829 1.0) 3 FM Daniel Xu (2357 1.0)
4 4 IM Eric Lawson (2329 1.0) 13 Etienne Latreille (2149 1.0)
5 6 Vincent Latorre (2299 1.0) 31 Philip Xu (1816 1.0)
6 14 Hugo Guillemette (2086 0.5) 5 Ryan Sowa (2303 0.5)
7 15 Derek Wang (2086 0.5) 7 Jordan Clyde (2258 0.5)
8 8 Matthew Zhu (2238 0.5) 29 Anais Chloe Fiset (1830 0.5)
9 22 Barron Jiyu Jiang (1977 0.5) 10 Rafael Adam (2215 0.5)
10 24 Jacob Jolicoeur (1936 0.5) 12 Ilia Batorshyn (2158 0.5)
11 16 Joshua Myers (2047 0.0) 25 Carina D'Souza (1913 0.5)
12 28 Elber Zhu (1847 0.0) 21 Milos Petrovic (1980 0.0)
13 18 Maxim Rousskikh (2040 0.0) 23 Henry Hughes-Dupuy (1973 0.0)
14 26 Danail Donev (1873 0.0) 19 Patrick L Huang (2031 0.0)
15 20 Youcef Lattafi (2015 0.0) 27 Oliver Byl (1862 0.0)
17 ½ Ben Kellar (2043 0.0) BYE

Pairings for Round 2.
2023 Ottawa December Open: 2023 Ottawa December U1900

Bd # Res White # Res Black
16 3 Eric Cloutier (1781 1.0) 11 Johan Kenneth Moleta (1702 1.0)
17 10 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi (1704 1.0) 4 Troy Dana (1780 1.0)
18 12 Stefaniia Shevtsova (1687 1.0) 6 Marc Nassar (1767 1.0)
19 8 Thomas Swenson (1760 1.0) 22 Randy Taylor (1501 1.0)
20 1 Thomas Guillemette (1845 0.5) 15 Mario Thibault (1638 1.0)
21 19 Edison Zhu (1577 0.5) 7 Arnaud Jutras (1765 0.5)
22 18 Damian Rauch (1587 0.5) 9 Douglas Graham (1725 0.5)
23 16 Cristian Scrieciu (1633 0.0) 2 Vladimir Dukkardt (1810 0.0)
24 5 Iassen Pelev (1776 0.0) 17 Jay Serdula (1618 0.0)
25 21 Samuel Filion (1503 0.0) 13 Babacar Sonko (1681 0.0)
26 14 Jacob Stephen Burton (1655 0.0) 20 Justin Wen (1522 0.0)

Pairings for Round 2.
2023 Ottawa December Open: 2023 Ottawa December U1600

Bd # Res White # Res Black
27 22 Anton Karpov (1280 1.0) 1 Noah Witmer (1510 1.0)
28 3 Zichuan Chen (1469 1.0) 23 Paul Shedden (1268 1.0)
29 5 Daniel Ribero Pinto (1446 1.0) 25 Anuj Radia (1254 1.0)
30 7 Xavier Tremblay (1441 1.0) 28 Stephane Sonko (1212 1.0)
31 9 Grant Schaper (1423 1.0) 30 Li Zhu (1180 1.0)
32 24 John Hay (1261 1.0) 10 Parker Thompson (1409 1.0)
33 27 Gregory Marcelin (1212 1.0) 13 Kevin Fice (1387 1.0)
34 29 Subaru Ishii (1195 1.0) 17 Victor Samuel (1358 1.0)
35 18 Alexander Hodgins (1343 1.0) 42 Brian Melaschenko-Bolger (1014 1.0)
36 35 Brian Batchelar (1089 1.0) 19 Romy Peters (1328 1.0)
37 20 Kirk Hu (1299 1.0) 44 Thanish Karuvarasan ( 978 1.0)
38 37 Ryan Ward (1088 1.0) 21 Sachen Gombu (1294 1.0)
39 43 Justin Hum ( 988 1.0) 2 Herb Langer (1474 0.5)
40 26 John If Lukezich (1215 0.5) 4 Yves Filion (1463 0.5)
41 11 Shuwen Tan (1404 0.5) 46 Anna Loevenich ( 960 0.5)
42 33 Pierre Arcand (1114 0.5) 40 Ozan Cecen (1070 0.5)
43 45 Iain Wong ( 965 0.0) 6 Ondrej Pacin (1445 0.0)
44 49 Adhvik Aravinthan ( 850 0.0) 8 Stephane Legault (1433 0.0)
45 14 Jeremy Sztuka (1384 0.0) 47 Andrew Svensson ( 946 0.0)
46 51 Carlos Caceres Castro (unr. 0.0) 15 Zipei Liu (1382 0.0)
47 16 Devon Pollard (1377 0.0) 50 Alena Zeng ( 683 0.0)
48 31 Anthony McCormick (1142 0.0) 52 Scott Davidson (unr. 0.0)
49 53 Daniel Fedorov (unr. 0.0) 32 Michael Barry Jr Lafer (1117 0.0)
50 55 Chris Turner (unr. 0.0) 34 Daniel Davydov (1099 0.0)
51 57 Jonathan Deslauriers (unr. 0.0) 36 Niam Moses (1088 0.0)
52 59 Carey Zhao (unr. 0.0) 38 Ryan Daoust (1080 0.0)
53 39 Siddhaarth Aravinthan (1079 0.0) 54 Deaan Seyyon Karthik (unr. 0.0)
54 41 Oliver Bond (1045 0.0) 56 Dale Wang (unr. 0.0)
58 1 To-Ching Yeung (unr. 0.0) BYE
12 ½ Damien Lamontagne (1397 0.5) BYE
48 ½ Ojayit Basu ( 883 0.5) BYE

[Halldor P. Palsson]

[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[Event "2023 Ottawa December Open"]
[Site "Ottawa, Canada"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Moses, Neil"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "90 Minutes plus 30 sec/move"]
[WhiteClock "00:22:21"]
[BlackClock "01:04:39"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2586"]

1. e4 {[%clk 01:30:54]} {[%emt 00:20:05]} e5 {[%clk 01:30:53]} 2. Nf3 {[%clk
01:31:17]} Nc6 {[%clk 01:31:18]} 3. Bb5 {[%clk 01:31:38]} a6 {[%clk 01:31:43]}
4. Ba4 {[%clk 01:32:01]} Nf6 {[%clk 01:32:09]} 5. O-O {[%clk 01:32:20]} d6
{[%clk 01:32:36]} 6. c3 {[%clk 01:32:37]} Bd7 {[%clk 01:32:59]} 7. Re1 {[%clk
01:32:28]} g6 {[%clk 01:33:24]} 8. d4 {[%clk 01:32:44]} Bg7 {[%clk 01:33:49]} 9.
d5 {[%clk 01:32:59]} Ne7 {[%clk 01:34:09]} 10. Bxd7+ {[%clk 01:33:16]} Nxd7
{[%clk 01:33:57]} 11. c4 {[%clk 01:33:23]} O-O {[%clk 01:34:18]} 12. b4 {[%clk
01:33:20]} h6 {[%clk 01:33:21]} 13. Nc3 {[%clk 01:29:57]} f5 {[%clk 01:31:11]}
14. Ba3 {[%clk 01:21:53]} b6 {[%clk 01:22:29]} 15. c5 {[%clk 01:08:32]} {[%emt
00:02:58]} b5 {[%clk 01:22:00]} {[%emt 00:00:59]} 16. Rc1 {[%clk 01:06:10]}
{[%emt 00:02:52]} Nf6 {[%clk 01:16:05]} {[%emt 00:30:20]} 17. cxd6 {[%clk
01:00:24]} cxd6 {[%clk 01:16:20]} 18. Qd3 {[%clk 00:51:23]} Rc8 {[%clk
01:11:24]} 19. Nd2 {[%clk 00:50:17]} Qb6 {[%clk 01:10:13]} {[%emt 00:00:48]} 20.
Qe3 {[%clk 00:40:18]} {[%emt 00:27:15]} Qxe3 {[%clk 01:10:19]} 21. fxe3 {[%clk
00:40:39]} h5 {[%clk 01:10:30]} 22. exf5 {[%clk 00:23:26]} {[%emt 00:01:50]}
gxf5 {[%clk 01:08:59]} {[%emt 00:02:00]} 23. e4 {[%clk 00:23:12]} {[%emt
00:00:44]} Bh6 {[%clk 01:09:04]} {[%emt 00:00:24]} 24. Ncb1 {[%clk 00:23:34]}
{[%emt 00:00:09]} Nxe4 {[%clk 01:06:41]} {[%emt 00:11:47]} 25. Rc6 Rc7 26. Rxc7
{[%clk 00:23:37]} Rd8 27. Rc8 Rxc8 {[%clk 01:07:04]} 28. Nxe4 {[%clk 00:23:52]}
fxe4 {[%clk 01:07:30]} 29. Rxe4 {[%clk 00:24:12]} Rc2 {[%clk 01:05:59]} 30. Rh4
{[%clk 00:22:28]} Nxd5 {[%clk 01:04:39]} 0-1



[ePGN "0.1;DGT LiveChess/2.2.6"]
[Event "2023 Ottawa December Open"]
[Site "Ottawa, Canada"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Chiku-Ratte, Olivier Kenta"]
[Black "Wiebe, Isaac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "90 Minutes plus 30 sec/move"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2234"]

1. d4 {[%clk 01:28:34]} {[%emt 00:02:25]} d5 {[%clk 01:30:51]} {[%emt
00:00:09]} 2. c4 {[%clk 01:28:51]} {[%emt 00:08:00]} dxc4 {[%clk 01:31:20]} 3.
Nf3 {[%clk 01:29:14]} a6 {[%clk 01:31:48]} 4. e3 {[%clk 01:28:34]} Bg4 {[%clk
01:32:17]} 5. Bxc4 {[%clk 01:28:51]} e6 {[%clk 01:32:43]} 6. h3 {[%clk
01:28:05]} Bh5 {[%clk 01:33:13]} 7. Nc3 {[%clk 01:28:07]} Nc6 {[%clk 01:33:34]}
8. O-O {[%clk 01:24:47]} Nf6 {[%clk 01:34:03]} 9. Qe2 {[%clk 01:19:20]} {[%emt
00:05:32]} Bd6 {[%clk 01:34:28]} {[%emt 00:00:05]} 10. Rd1 {[%clk 01:13:12]}
{[%emt 00:06:38]} O-O {[%clk 01:30:57]} {[%emt 00:04:01]} 11. Bd3 {[%clk
01:12:21]} {[%emt 00:01:21]} Qe7 {[%clk 01:23:40]} {[%emt 00:07:47]} 12. g4
{[%clk 01:01:28]} {[%emt 00:11:23]} Nxg4 {[%clk 01:22:34]} {[%emt 00:01:37]} 13.
hxg4 {[%clk 00:58:35]} {[%emt 00:26:30]} Bxg4 {[%clk 01:23:03]} 14. Kg2 {[%clk
00:40:54]} f5 {[%clk 01:23:04]} 15. Rh1 {[%clk 00:40:59]} e5 {[%clk 01:19:04]}
{[%emt 00:00:28]} 16. Bc4+ {[%clk 00:34:35]} {[%emt 00:06:53]} Kh8 {[%clk
01:19:33]} {[%emt 00:00:01]} 17. dxe5 {[%clk 00:33:59]} {[%emt 00:20:41]} Nxe5
{[%clk 01:19:48]} 18. Nxe5 {[%clk 00:33:39]} Qxe5 {[%clk 01:19:23]} 19. Qc2
{[%clk 00:27:04]} Rf6 {[%clk 01:15:48]} 20. Be2 {[%clk 00:20:37]} {[%emt
00:00:32]} Rh6 {[%emt 00:16:22]} 21. f4 {[%clk 00:15:14]} Qf6 {[%clk 01:06:52]}
22. Bd2 {[%clk 00:14:37]} {[%emt 00:00:33]} Bxf4 {[%clk 00:59:37]} {[%emt
00:07:45]} 23. Bxg4 {[%clk 00:08:54]} {[%emt 00:06:14]} Rg6 {[%clk 00:53:35]}
{[%emt 00:06:33]} 24. Nd5 {[%clk 00:02:17]} {[%emt 00:07:06]} Rxg4+ {[%clk
00:53:46]} {[%emt 00:00:19]} 25. Kf1 {[%clk 00:02:32]} {[%emt 00:00:15]} Qf7
{[%clk 00:49:40]} {[%emt 00:04:36]} 26. Nxf4 {[%clk 00:02:57]} {[%emt
00:00:05]} Rxf4+ {[%clk 00:50:07]} {[%emt 00:00:04]} 27. exf4 {[%clk 00:03:24]}
{[%emt 00:00:03]} Qd5 {[%clk 00:50:33]} {[%emt 00:00:04]} 28. Kf2 {[%clk
00:03:13]} {[%emt 00:00:41]} Re8 {[%clk 00:50:38]} {[%emt 00:00:24]} 29. Rae1
{[%clk 00:03:20]} {[%emt 00:00:24]} Qd4+ {[%emt 00:02:50]} 1-0



[Event "Ottawa December Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Zhu Matthew"]
[Black "Fiset, Anais Chloe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2178"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Be3 Bd6
7.Bd3 O-O 8.Ne2 Nd7 9.O-O Re8 10.c4 Nf8 11.Qc2 Be6 12.Rad1 Ng6
13.Nc3 Qc7 14.h3 Qd7 15.Ne4 Bb8 16.f4 Bxh3 17.gxh3 Qxh3 18.Qf2
Nh4 19.Rde1 Bxf4 20.Bxf4 Qxd3 21.Nxf6+ gxf6 22.Qxh4 Qxd4+ 23.Kh1
Kh8 24.Bg5 Qxh4+ 25.Bxh4 Kg7 26.Rg1+ Kh6 27.Ref1 Re6 28.Bxf6 1-0



[Event "Ottawa December Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Pitre, Lucas"]
[Black "Xu, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.Be3 Be6 9.Nd5 Nbd7 10.Qd3 Bxd5 11.exd5 O-O 12.O-O Re8 13.a4
a5 14.Nd2 Bf8 15.Nb1 Rc8 16.Na3 Nb6 17.Bxb6 Qxb6 18.Nb5 e4 19.Qb3
e3 20.f3 h5 21.c4 g6 22.Kh1 h4 23.Rae1 Bh6 24.Qa3 Bf4 25.Qd3
Nh5 26.Nc3 Ng3+ 27.Kg1 Nxf1 28.Rxf1 Qxb2 29.Rb1 Qd2 30.Ne4 Qxd3
31.Bxd3 Re7 32.g3 Be5 33.f4 Bd4 34.Kf1 Rd8 35.Ke2 hxg3 36.hxg3
Kg7 37.Rh1 Red7 38.Kf3 Rh8 39.Rxh8 Kxh8 40.Be2 Kg7 41.Ng5 Bc5
42.Ne4 b6 43.Nxc5 bxc5 44.Kxe3 Rb7 45.Bd1 Kf6 46.Bc2 Rb4 47.Kd3
Kf5 48.Bd1 Rb1 49.Kc2 Rxd1 50.Kxd1 Ke4 0-1



[Event "Ottawa December Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Latorre Vincent (CAN)"]
[Black "Xu Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.g4 h6 5.Be3 e5 6.d5 Be7 7.f3 c6
8.Qd2 cxd5 9.exd5 a6 10.O-O-O b5 11.Nge2 Bb7 12.Ng3 Rc8 13.h4
Qa5 14.Kb1 b4 15.Nce4 Nxd5 16.Nf5 Nc3+ 17.Nxc3 bxc3 18.Nxd6+
Kf8 19.Nxb7 Qb4 20.Qc1 Qxb7 21.b3 Nb6 22.Bf2 Nd5 23.Bxa6 Qxa6
24.Rxd5 Ra8 25.a4 Rb8 26.Ka2 Rb4 27.Bc5 Rxa4+ 28.bxa4 Qc4+ 29.Ka1
Qxd5 30.Bxe7+ Kxe7 31.Qa3+ Qd6 32.Ka2 Rb8 33.Qxd6+ Kxd6 34.Rb1
Rc8 35.Rb7 Ke6 36.Kb3 g6 37.g5 hxg5 38.hxg5 Kf5 39.Rxf7+ Kxg5
40.Kb4 Kh4 41.a5 g5 42.a6 g4 43.fxg4 Kxg4 44.a7 e4 45.Rc7 Ra8
46.Kxc3 Kf3 47.Rd7 Ke2 48.Kb4 e3 49.Kb5 Kf2 50.Re7 e2 51.Kb6
Rf8 52.Kb7 e1Q 53.Rxe1 Rf7+ 54.Kb6 Rf6+ 55.Kb5 Rf5+ 56.Kb4 Rf8
57.Re7 Rc8 58.Kb5 1-0



[Event "Ottawa December Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Sowa Ryan"]
[Black "Jiang, Barron Jiyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.Be3 Be6 9.O-O O-O 10.Qd3 Nbd7 11.a4 Qc7 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5
e4 14.Qd2 Ne5 15.Rfd1 Rac8 16.c3 Nc4 17.Bxc4 Qxc4 18.Na5 Qc7
19.c4 Ng4 20.Bd4 e3 21.fxe3 Bg5 22.b4 Rfe8 23.Ra3 Re4 24.h3 Nh6
25.Qf2 f6 26.Rf1 Rce8 27.Rc3 g6 28.c5 dxc5 29.Rxc5 Qd7 30.Qa2
b6 31.d6+ R4e6 32.Rc7 Qxd6 33.Rc6 Qe7 34.Rxb6 Nf5 35.Rxa6 Nxd4
36.exd4 Be3+ 37.Kh1 Qf7 38.Rxe6 Rxe6 39.Qd5 Kg7 40.Nc4 Bg5 41.Ne5
Qe7 42.Nf3 Bf4 43.Qc4 Re2 44.d5 Bg3 45.Qg4 Bb8 46.Nd4 Qe5 47.Ne6+
Kg8 48.Nf4 Re1 49.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 50.Kh2 Qxb4 51.g3 Bxf4 52.Qxf4 Qb2+
53.Kg1 Qa1+ 54.Kf2 Qa2+ 55.Ke3 Qxd5 56.h4 Qb3+ 57.Kf2 Qc2+ 58.Kf3
Qd3+ 59.Kg2 Qe2+ 60.Kh3 Qe6+ 61.Qg4 f5 62.Qf4 Qe1 63.Kg2 Qe2+
64.Kg1 Qe1+ 65.Kh2 Qe2+ 66.Kh3 Qe1 67.Qf3 Kg7 68.Kg2 Qd2+ 69.Qf2
Qd5+ 70.Kh2 Kf6 71.Qc2 Ke5 72.Qc3+ Kd6 73.a5 Qa2+ 74.Kg1 Qe2
75.Qd4+ Kc7 76.Qb6+ Kc8 77.Qc6+ Kb8 78.Qb6+ Kc8 79.Qf2 Qd1+ 80.Kh2
Kb7 {The game was adjudicated a draw as we had to exit the RA at this point.}
1/2-1/2



[Event "Ottawa December Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Lawson Eric (CAN)"]
[Black "Latreille Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3
O-O 8.Be2 d6 9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 a5 13.b3
Nd7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Rab1 Qb6 16.Kh1 Qb4 17.Rfc1 Rfd8 18.Qb2 Qb6
19.Rc2 Qc7 20.Qc1 b6 21.Bf1 Qb7 22.Qe1 Rf8 23.a3 e6 24.b4 axb4
25.axb4 Na4 26.b5 Bd7 27.Nxa4 Rxa4 28.Rd1 Qc7 29.Qf2 Rb8 30.Rcd2
Bf8 31.e5 d5 32.cxd5 Qxe5 33.d6 Rba8 34.Bxb6 Bh6 35.Bd4 Qg5 36.Re2
Qxb5 37.Rxe6 Qd5 38.Ree1 Ra2 39.Qh4 Qg5 40.Qe4 Bf8 41.Bc3 Qc5
42.Bf6 R8a4 43.Qe5 Qf2 44.Qg3 Qc5 45.Qg5 Qf2 46.Be5 Qh4 47.Qxh4
Rxh4 48.g4 Bc6 49.Re3 Bd7 50.Bg3 Rh6 51.Bc4 Rb2 52.Re7 Rb7 53.Rxf7 1-0



[Event "Ottawa December Open"]
[Site "Ottawa (Canada)"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Wang Derek"]
[Black "Clyde Jordan (CAN)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2013"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]

1.d4 d6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 c6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.f3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6
8.h4 Qb6 9.Nge2 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Qa6 11.O-O-O Qxd3 12.cxd3 e6 13.Kd2
h5 14.g5 Ng8 15.Rb1 a5 16.a3 Nd7 17.Rhc1 Ne7 18.e4 Ng6 19.Bg3
Nb6 20.b4 Nc8 21.bxa5 Bxa3 22.Rc2 Bd6 23.e5 Bc7 24.Rxb7 Bxa5
25.Nf4 Nxf4 26.Bxf4 Ne7 27.Bg3 Nf5 28.Bf2 O-O 29.Rcb2 c5 30.Kc2
cxd4 31.Ne2 Rfc8+ 32.Kb3 Bc3 33.Rc2 Rcb8 34.Rxb8+ Rxb8+ 35.Ka2
Ra8+ 36.Kb3 Rb8+ 37.Ka2 Ra8+ 38.Kb3 Ra1 39.Rc1 Rxc1 40.Nxc1 Bd2
41.Ne2 Be3 42.Be1 Kh7 43.Kc2 Kg6 44.Kd1 Ne7 45.Bg3 Kf5 46.Bh2
Bf2 47.Bg3 Bxg3 48.Nxg3+ Kg6 49.Ne2 Kf5 50.Ng3+ Kxe5 51.Nxh5
Nf5 52.f4+ Kd6 53.Ke2 Kc5 54.Kf2 Kb4 55.Nf6 gxf6 56.h5 Kc3 57.Kf3
Kxd3 58.Kg4 Ke4 59.h6 Ne7 60.gxf6 Ng8 61.Kg5 Nxh6 62.Kxh6 d3
63.Kg7 d2 64.Kxf7 d1Q 65.Kxe6 Qg4+ 0-1

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Pairings for Round 3. 2023 Ottawa December Open: 2023 Ottawa December Open
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 1 GM Bator Sambuev (2586 2.0) 4 IM Eric Lawson (2329 2.0)
2 3 FM Daniel Xu (2357 2.0) 2 IM Olivier Kenta Chiku-Ratte (2437 2.0)
3 10 Rafael Adam (2215 1.5) 6 Vincent Latorre (2299 2.0)
4 12 Ilia Batorshyn (2158 1.5) 8 Matthew Zhu (2238 1.5)
5 25 Carina D'Souza (1913 1.5) 14 Hugo Guillemette (2086 1.5)
6 7 Jordan Clyde (2258 1.5) 11 Neil Moses (2161 1.0)
7 9 Isaac Wiebe (2234 1.0) 20 Youcef Lattafi (2015 1.0)
8 13 Etienne Latreille (2149 1.0) 30 Lucas Pitre (1829 1.0)
9 19 Patrick L Huang (2031 1.0) 28 Elber Zhu (1847 1.0)
10 31 Philip Xu (1816 1.0) 15 Derek Wang (2086 0.5)
11 17 Ben Kellar (2043 0.5) 24 Jacob Jolicoeur (1936 0.5)
12 29 Anais Chloe Fiset (1830 0.5) 18 Maxim Rousskikh (2040 0.5)
13 23 Henry Hughes-Dupuy (1973 0.5) 22 Barron Jiyu Jiang (1977 0.5)
14 21 Milos Petrovic (1980 0.0) 26 Danail Donev (1873 0.0)
27 1 Oliver Byl (1862 0.0) BYE
16 ½ Joshua Myers (2047 0.0) BYE
5 0 Ryan Sowa (2303 0.5) BYE





Pairings for Round 3. 2023 Ottawa December Open: 2023 Ottawa December U1900
Bd # Res White # Res Black
16 4 Troy Dana (1780 2.0) 8 Thomas Swenson (1760 2.0)
17 6 Marc Nassar (1767 2.0) 11 Johan Kenneth Moleta (1702 2.0)
18 9 Douglas Graham (1725 1.5) 1 Thomas Guillemette (1845 1.5)
19 14 Jacob Stephen Burton (1655 1.0) 3 Eric Cloutier (1781 1.0)
20 16 Cristian Scrieciu (1633 1.0) 5 Iassen Pelev (1776 1.0)
21 7 Arnaud Jutras (1765 1.0) 21 Samuel Filion (1503 1.0)
22 15 Mario Thibault (1638 1.0) 10 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi (1704 1.0)
23 22 Randy Taylor (1501 1.0) 12 Stefaniia Shevtsova (1687 1.0)
24 19 Edison Zhu (1577 1.0) 18 Damian Rauch (1587 0.5)
25 2 Vladimir Dukkardt (1810 0.0) 17 Jay Serdula (1618 0.0)
26 13 Babacar Sonko (1681 0.0) 20 Justin Wen (1522 0.0)





Pairings for Round 3. 2023 Ottawa December Open: 2023 Ottawa December U1600
Bd # Res White # Res Black
27 22 Anton Karpov (1280 2.0) 3 Zichuan Chen (1469 2.0)
28 25 Anuj Radia (1254 2.0) 7 Xavier Tremblay (1441 2.0)
29 27 Gregory Marcelin (1212 2.0) 9 Grant Schaper (1423 2.0)
30 10 Parker Thompson (1409 2.0) 29 Subaru Ishii (1195 2.0)
31 44 Thanish Karuvarasan ( 978 2.0) 18 Alexander Hodgins (1343 2.0)
32 21 Sachen Gombu (1294 2.0) 35 Brian Batchelar (1089 2.0)
33 4 Yves Filion (1463 1.5) 43 Justin Hum ( 988 1.5)
34 1 Noah Witmer (1510 1.0) 33 Pierre Arcand (1114 1.0)
35 2 Herb Langer (1474 1.0) 37 Ryan Ward (1088 1.0)
36 28 Stephane Sonko (1212 1.0) 5 Daniel Ribero Pinto (1446 1.0)
37 6 Ondrej Pacin (1445 1.0) 39 Siddhaarth Aravinthan (1079 1.0)
38 8 Stephane Legault (1433 1.0) 41 Oliver Bond (1045 1.0)
39 13 Kevin Fice (1387 1.0) 48 Ojayit Basu ( 883 1.0)
40 30 Li Zhu (1180 1.0) 11 Shuwen Tan (1404 1.0)
41 32 Michael Barry Jr Lafer (1117 1.0) 14 Jeremy Sztuka (1384 1.0)
42 38 Ryan Daoust (1080 1.0) 16 Devon Pollard (1377 1.0)
43 17 Victor Samuel (1358 1.0) 55 Chris Turner (unr. 1.0)
44 19 Romy Peters (1328 1.0) 57 Jonathan Deslauriers (unr. 1.0)
45 40 Ozan Cecen (1070 1.0) 20 Kirk Hu (1299 1.0)
46 23 Paul Shedden (1268 1.0) 58 To-Ching Yeung (unr. 1.0)
47 46 Anna Loevenich ( 960 1.0) 24 John Hay (1261 1.0)
48 42 Brian Melaschenko-Bolger (1014 1.0) 31 Anthony McCormick (1142 0.5)
49 52 Scott Davidson (unr. 0.5) 26 John If Lukezich (1215 0.5)
50 34 Daniel Davydov (1099 0.0) 49 Adhvik Aravinthan ( 850 0.0)
51 36 Niam Moses (1088 0.0) 51 Carlos Caceres Castro (unr. 0.0)
52 54 Deaan Seyyon Karthik (unr. 0.0) 45 Iain Wong ( 965 0.0)
53 47 Andrew Svensson ( 946 0.0) 53 Daniel Fedorov (unr. 0.0)
56 1 Dale Wang (unr. 0.0) BYE
15 ½ Zipei Liu (1382 1.0) BYE
12 ½ Damien Lamontagne (1397 1.0) BYE
50 ½ Alena Zeng ( 683 0.0) BYE
59 0 Carey Zhao (unr. 0.0) BYE