[Event "Pan-American Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shi, Diwen"]
[Black "Bryon, Vega"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "."]
[PlyCount "61"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 c6 3. Be3 Nd7 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Qd2 e6 7. Bb3 Ne7 8. Nge2
O-O 9. f3 a5 10. a4 d5 11. h4 f5 12. Nf4 Nf6 13. e5 Nh5 14. Nce2 Nxf4 15. Bxf4
h5 16. Bg5 Kh7 17. Nf4 Qe8 18. O-O-O Ng8 19. Rdg1 Bh6 20. g4 $1 Bxg5 21. hxg5
fxg4 22. fxg4 Qf7 23. Nxg6 Qxg6 24. gxh5 Qe4 25. g6+ Kg7 26. h6+ Kh8 27. g7+
Kh7 28. gxf8=N+ Kh8 29. Qg5 Qh7 30. Qg7+ Qxg7 31. hxg7# {
Diwen Shi - Bryon Vega 1 - 0} 1-0

[Event "Latitude 58"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.09.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Somera, Carlito"]
[Black "White, Chris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bb3 Nf6 5. h3 Bc5 6. d4 Bd6 7. Nc3 c6 8.
Qe2+ Be6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nf3 Re8 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. g3 c5 14. dxc5
Nxc5 15. Qd4 Be7 16. Kb1 Rad8 17. Ne2 Nce4 18. c3 Bc5 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. Nxe5
Nxf2 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nd3 Nxh1 23. Nxc5 Nf2 24. Rf1 Ne4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Bxe6
Rxe6 27. Nd4 Red6 28. Rd1 Kg7 29. Nf5+ Kg6 30. Nxd6 e3 31. Re1 Rxd6 32. Rxe3
Re6 33. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2013 Battle of Alberta"]
[Site "Red Deer"]
[Date "2013.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang, Richard"]
[Black "Kazmaier, Dan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2196"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2013.09.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Ne5
c5 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. a3 Rc8 11. Qf3 $5 (11. f4 Ne7 12. Ng4 Nxg4 13. Qxg4 g6 $11 {
Is a more natural continuation for both sides}) (11. Qe2 Ne7 12. Rfd1 cxd4 13.
exd4 Rc7 14. Rac1 Qa8 15. Re1 Qc8 16. c4 Ng6 17. g3 dxc4 18. bxc4 Ba8 19. f3
Rd8 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Ne4 Be7 22. h4 Nh5 23. Kf2 Rcd7 24. Rg1 Qb8 25. Qe3 e5
26. Rce1 exd4 27. Qd2 Bd6 28. Nxd6 Qxd6 29. Qg5 Qc6 30. Be4 Qxc4 31. Bxa8 Rxa8
32. Rc1 Qb3 33. Qd2 Qe3+ 34. Qxe3 dxe3+ 35. Ke1 Rd2 36. Bc3 Rad8 {
0-1 (36) Wang,R (2460)-Porper,E (2494) AB Closed Championship 2013}) 11... Qc7
12. Qg3 Ne7 13. Qh3 Ne4 (13... Ng6 14. Ndf3 cxd4 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. exd4 Qe7 17.
Bc1 $11) 14. f3 Ng5 15. Qh5 f6 $5 (15... cxd4 $1 {
Much stronger, with the following continuations} 16. Qxg5 (16. exd4 f6 17. f4
Ne4 18. Qh3 Nf5 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bc4 Qe7 $17 21. a4 (21. Ng4 b5 $1 22. Bxb5
Rxc2 23. Rf2 Rxf2 24. Nxf2 Bd5 $19) 21... fxe5 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rxc4 $1
24. bxc4 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Qxc4 26. Qb3 (26. Rf4 Qxc2 27. Ba3 Rd8 $19) 26... Ng3+
27. hxg3 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 29. Kh2 Qf5 $19) 16... Bxe5 17. f4 Bf6 18. Qg3
Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Rac1 Rfe8 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. exd4 Re2 $17) 16. Ng4 Nf5 17.
f4 Ne4 (17... g6 $2 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Qxg5 Rf7 20. Rae1 $14) 18. Nf3 c4 $36 ({
My opponent thought for 32 minutes on 18. Nf3, so I thought the following
continuation was too complicated to play. Instead of pushing the g- and
h-pawns, black maintains a comfortableinitiative} 18... g6 $1 19. Qh3 h5 20.
Nf2 Nxe3 21. dxc5 Bxf4 22. Qxe6+ Kg7 23. cxb6 axb6 {Diagram [#]} 24. Nxe4 dxe4
25. Bxe4 Nxf1 26. Rxf1 Bxe4 (26... Rce8 $2 27. Bxf6+ Rxf6 28. Qxe8 $18) 27.
Qxe4 Rce8 $19) 19. bxc4 dxc4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. c3 Qc6 $15 22. a4 a5 23. Rfe1
Bc2 24. Ba3 Bxa3 25. Rxa3 Nd6 {Trying to maintain control over the e4 square.}
26. Nf2 Kh8 27. Ra2 Bxa4 28. e4 Qe8 29. Qh3 Bc6 ({I had originally intended
the following, but my minors are too far from protecting the kingside if the
central pawn pushes break though} 29... Bb3 30. Rae2 Nb5 31. Re3) 30. Rd2 Qf7
31. e5 Nf5 32. exf6 Bxf3 $6 $11 {Black avoids favourable complications} (32...
gxf6 33. d5 Bxd5 34. Rxd5 exd5 35. Qxf5 Rce8 36. Rd1 Qe6 37. Qc2 Qe2 $15) 33.
Qxf3 (33. fxg7+ Nxg7 (33... Qxg7 34. Qxf3 Nh4 35. Qg3 Rxf4 36. Rxe6 Qf7 37. Re5
{Diagram [#] Although Houdini evaluates all continuations as equal, I think
most human players would prefer black}) 34. Qxf3 Qxf4 35. Qxf4 Rxf4 36. Rb1 Rb8
37. Rdb2 $11) 33... gxf6 34. Rde2 Rfe8 35. Qh3 Rcd8 36. Ne4 b5 $5 ({
Rerouting the knight to d5 was much stronger} 36... Ne7 $1 37. Qf3 Nd5 $15) 37.
g4 {Both players are under 5 minutes plus increment} Ng7 38. Qh4 Rf8 39. Nc5
Rde8 40. Ne4 Qg6 41. Rg2 f5 $2 ({Instead of forcing the issue, black should
push his pawns. In positions such as this the result can change from one tempo.
} 41... b4 $1 42. g5 fxg5 43. Rxg5 (43. Nxg5 b3 $19) 43... Nf5 44. Qh3 Qf7 $19)
42. Nd6 Rd8 43. gxf5 Nxf5 $4 {Diagram [#] Instantly played and an inward groan
as I saw I was dropping the exchange} 44. Qxd8 $1 Rxd8 45. Rxg6 Nxd6 46. Rgxe6
$18 b4 {Black's only chances remain in his passed pawns, making it difficult
for white to convert} 47. R6e5 Ra8 48. Rd5 Ra6 49. f5 $2 $15 (49. Ra1 $1 b3 50.
Rdxa5 Rxa5 51. Rxa5 Ne4 52. Ra8+ Kg7 53. d5 Nxc3 54. d6 b2 55. Rb8 Nb5 $1 56.
Rxb5 c3 57. d7 c2 58. d8=Q c1=Q+ $11 {
Diagram [#] Black escapes with a perpetual} 59. Kf2 ({
White escapes with a perpetual} 59. Kg2 Qc6+ 60. Kf2 Qxb5 61. Qe7+ Kg6 62. Qe6+
Kh5 63. Qh3+ $11) 59... Qxf4+ 60. Kg2 Qg4+ $11) (49. Re6 $2 b3 $1 $19 50. Rexd6
Rxd6 51. Rxd6 a4 {The passed pawns are too strong for white's rook}) 49... b3
50. f6 Kg8 (50... b2 $4 51. Rxd6 Rxd6 52. Re8#) 51. Rg5+ {White offers a draw,
but black has no reason to accept with his two protected passed pawns} Kf8 $1 (
51... Kf7 52. Rg7+ Kxf6 53. Rge7 $15) 52. Rg7 Nf7 $4 {Diagram [#]
Unbelievable! White selfmates, yet both players miss this playing on
increments the past 15 moves.} (52... a4 53. Rxh7 Nf7 54. Re7 Rxf6 55. Rb7 a3
$19) 53. Rxh7 $2 (53. Rg8+ Kxg8 54. Re8#) 53... a4 54. Rh5 a3 55. Rc5 Rxf6 $2
$15 {Black misses his best chance. Although he is down the exchange and pawn,
his two passers on the sixth are objectivelly worth a rook.} (55... Nd6 $19)
56. Rxc4 Ng5 57. Rd1 Rb6 $2 $11 ({Passed pawns must be pushed! Black misses
his last chance with the following, as he maintains his a-pawn.} 57... b2 $1
58. Rc8+ Kf7 59. Rb8 Nh3+ 60. Kg2 Nf4+ 61. Kg3 Nd3 $1 {Diagram [#]} 62. Rb7+
Kg6 63. h4 (63. Ra7 $2 Nc1 $19) 63... a2 64. Rxb2 Nxb2 65. Ra1 Ra6 $19) 58. Ra4
a2 59. Ra1 b2 60. R4xa2 bxa1=Q+ 61. Rxa1 Rb2 62. Rf1+ Ke7 {
Diagram [#] Even though there were numerous blunders, a well-fought battle.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "2013 Battle of Alberta"]
[Site "Red Deer"]
[Date "2013.09.07"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Kostadinov, Georgi"]
[Black "Gardner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.09.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]
[WhiteTeam "South"]
[BlackTeam "North"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. e3 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Qa4 Na5 14. Bf4 a6 15.
Rac1 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Rxc4 17. Qb3 b5 18. a4 Rb4 19. Qa2 bxa4 20. Nxa4 Ne4 21.
Bxe4 dxe4 22. Nc5 Bd5 23. Qxa6 Rxb2 24. Rb1 Ra2 25. Qf1 Bg5 26. Rb8 Qe7 27.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Nd7+ Kg8 29. Rc1 g6 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. Be5+ f6 32. Nxf6 Bxf6 33.
Rc7 Qxc7 34. Bxc7 Bxd4 35. Qb5 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 e3+ 37. f3 e2 38. Qd7+ Kh6 39. Bd6
Ra7 40. Bf8+ Kg5 41. h4+ Kf5 42. g4+ Kf4 43. Bh6+ g5 44. Bxg5+ Ke5 45. Qd8
e1=N+ 46. Kg3 Bf2+ 47. Kxf2 Nd3+ 48. Ke3 Rb7 49. Bf6# 1-0

[Event "2013 Battle of Alberta"]
[Site "Red Deer"]
[Date "2013.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kazmaier, Daniel"]
[Black "Wang, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2196"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.09.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]
[WhiteTeam "South"]
[BlackTeam "North"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg4 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 e5 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Bh3 Bd6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Rg1 exd4 13. Bxd4 Be5 14. f4
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxf4 16. Qxg7 O-O-O 17. Qg3 Qh6 18. Rd1 Rhe8 19. Ke2 f5 20. Qe3
f4 21. Qxa7 Qxh2 22. Rg7 f3+ 23. Kd3 Qh6 24. Rdg1 Qd6+ 25. Kc2 Re7 26. Rxe7
Qxe7 27. b4 Ne5 28. b5 Qc7 29. b6 Qb8 30. Rg7 Nd7 31. Rxh7 Qd6 32. a4 Rg8 33.
a5 Rg2 34. Rh8+ Nf8 35. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Alberta Junior Chess Championship"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shi, Diwen"]
[Black "Miller, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "."]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.11.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
b5 (8... Nbd7 9. f3 b5 {Transposing to the game}) (8... Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. O-O-O
Nbd7 {With a slightly more comfortable position for White}) 9. f3 Nbd7 10. a4 {
A forcing continuation.} b4 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. a5 Qb7
15. Bc4 Be7 16. O-O {This doesn't ruin the game, but Ra4 would have been
better, with at least a draw.} (16. Ra4 {is the main move, forcing} Rb8 {
after which White has a choice between} 17. Nc1 $13 {
, winning the pawn with a double-edged position and} (17. Qd3 {With a draw:}
O-O 18. Bxa6 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Kf2 Nc7 21. Be2 $18 {
is just better for White thanks to his passed pawn and well-placed pieces.}))
16... O-O 17. Ra4 Rfb8 $5 {A new idea.} 18. Re1 $6 {Nc1! with the initiative
is more accurate. After Re1 White begins experiencing problems.} Nd7 $11 {
Suddenly, Black's position comes alive. 19. f4 fails to 19... Bf6, with
threats against b2 (20. f5 e4!). Nc5 is also threatened, with Nxc5 dxc5 d6
Qd7! winning the pawn.} 19. Raa1 $6 {After 40 minutes of thought, leaving just
minutes on White's clock. The point is, after 19... Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. d6
Qd7 Black is no longer attacking a4, and after Rad1 Rad8 dxe7! wins.} Rc8 {
Preparing Nc5.} (19... Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. d6 Qd7 22. Rad1 Rd8 23. dxe7 Qxd2
24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25. Rxe5) 20. Bd3 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 $15 22. Re4 {
A surprising resource in time trouble.} Rxa5 $2 {A mistake. Better would have
been Rb8 or b3 with a slight initiative. Now, White consolidates easily.} 23.
Rxa5 Qb6+ 24. Kf1 {Forced.} Qxa5 25. Rxb4 Bd8 {The best move. Retreating the
queen would have given White good chances to win the resulting endgame.} (25...
Qc7 26. f4 Bf6 27. g3 g6 28. fxe5 Bxe5 29. Kg2 $36) 26. c3 $14 {Consolidating.}
Bb6 $140 {With the threat of Qc5, exploiting the dark squares. Black has a
continuing initiative, but in the case of a queen exchange, White would be
better.} 27. Rc4 Rb8 (27... Qa1+ $2 28. Qe1 Qxb2 29. Rb4 $1 {Wins.}) 28. b4 {
Both players are very low on time by this point, White with about a minute and
Black with about 10.} Qa1+ 29. Qe1 Qa2 (29... Qxe1+ $2 {
Throwing away the initiative.} 30. Kxe1 a5 31. Rc6 axb4 32. cxb4 Bd4 33. Rxd6
Bc3+ 34. Ke2 Bxb4 35. Rd7 {White is fine.}) 30. Qe2 Qa1+ 31. Qe1 Qa2 32. Qe2
Qa1+ 33. Qe1 {The game was drawn here, in a time scramble. Black still would
maintain an easier position to play after Qa3! and a5, although it is
objectively slightly better for White.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geoff Newton Memorial"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2013.11.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sequillion, Aaron"]
[Black "Pechenkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2016"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2013.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 {
A sharp line that leads to double-edged play.} 7. O-O fxe5 8. dxe5 Qc7 9. Bf4
O-O-O 10. c4 d4 11. Nbd2 {The knight intends to jump to d6, this is one of
White's main ideas in this variation.} Nh6 12. Re1 Nf7 {
Now that d6 is covered Black is going to prepare g7-g5.} 13. Bd3 {
White reinforces e5 but gives Black valuable time to develop the initiative.} (
13. Ng5 $5 Nxg5 14. Bxg5 Re8 15. Bh5 g6 16. Bf6 {
slowing down Black's kingside operations.}) 13... Be7 14. Ne4 {
Curiously, we have now transposed to the game Motylev - Ivanov, 1997.} h6 ({
The aforementioned game continued} 14... Rdf8 15. Bg3 g5 16. Nf6 h5 17. h3 {
with an unclear position.}) 15. h4 $2 {
This attempt to slow Black down backfires.} ({Correct is} 15. Bg3 $1 {
and Black has some difficulties in proceeding.} {For example,} g5 $6 16. Nf6 $1
h5 17. Nd5 $1 $16) 15... g5 $1 {Anyway!} 16. hxg5 $2 {
Opening up the h-file is suicidal.} ({White must play} 16. Bg3 {
keeping the h-file closed.} {After} gxh4 17. Nxh4 Rhg8 18. Nf3 Nfxe5 19. Nxe5
Nxe5 20. Qe2 Rdf8 {Black is better but the game is far from being over.}) 16...
hxg5 17. Nexg5 Nxg5 18. Nxg5 Rdf8 $1 19. g3 $2 {Now Black wins quickly.} ({
The only way to prolong the game is} 19. Qd2 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Qxe5
22. f4 {sacrificing an exchange to save the king for the time being.}) 19...
Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Nxe5 21. Be4 (21. Bf4 {doesn't change anything.} {For example,}
Bc6 22. f3 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Bxf3 24. Bxc7 Rh1+ 25. Kf2 Rh2+ 26. Kf1 Kxc7 {
and wins.}) 21... Bc6 $1 {Black's position plays itself.} 22. f4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4
Qh7 0-1

[Event "WBX Team Tournament 2013"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kazmaier, Daniel"]
[Black "Gardner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]
[TimeControl "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 h6 5. Bc1 Nd5 6. c4 Nb6 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Qxd4
Nc6 9. Qe4 d5 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. g4 e5 14. g5 f5 15.
gxf6 Rxf6 16. Nh4 Nd4 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. Bxb6 Bb4 20. Be3 Bxc3+ 21.
bxc3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Qa3 23. Rg1 Qxc3+ 24. Ke2 Qb2+ 25. Bc2 Raf8 26. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "WBX Team Tournament 2013"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Daher, Nayef"]
[Black "Wu, Chenxi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1770"]
[BlackElo "1715"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. b4 Nd7 4. bxc5 Nxc5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc7 8.
d4 Ncd7 9. Nb5 Qd8 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Nxf7 Qb6 12. Qh5 $2 (12. Nxh8 {
with a decisive material advantage.}) 12... N7f6 13. Nfd6+ Kd8 14. Nf7+ Ke8 15.
Nfd6+ {Neither side can avoid the repetition.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WBX Team Tournament 2013"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nguyen, Kim"]
[Black "Wang, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]
[TimeControl "1"]

{600MB, Hiarcs14gBook.ctg, AARON-PC} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4
5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nb3 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Kh1 Rc8 11. f4 Na5
12. f5 Bc4 13. Bd3 b5 14. Qd2 b4 15. Ne2 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Nxb3 17. axb3 a5 18.
fxg6 hxg6 19. Nf4 Qc7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5 Qc2 22. Qh6 Qxb2 23. Rab1 Qe5 24.
Rxf6 exf6 25. d4 Qe6 26. Rf1 Rc3 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. Rxf6 Rxb3 29. h3 a4 30. e5
dxe5 31. dxe5 1-0

[Event "2014 Alberta Closed"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gardner, Robert"]
[Black "Wang, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. e4 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 O-O 10. c3 Nd7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Nd2 b5 13. h4 b4 14. Rc1 Qa5 15.
Nc4 Qa6 16. h5 Nb6 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. f5 Qxa2 20. fxg6 Ne5 21.
gxf7+ Rxf7 22. Be2 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Qxb2 24. d4 Nf7 25. Bc4 cxd4 26. cxd4 d5 27.
Bxd5 Rxc1 28. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Bxd4 30. Ke2 Kg7 31. Kd3 Bc3 32. Bf4 Kf6 33.
Kc4 e6 34. Bc6 Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2014 Alberta Closed"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ng, Gary"]
[Black "Haessel, Dale"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e4 O-O 6. Rb1 Re8 7. Nge2 Nc6 8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. d4 Na5 10. Qd3 g6 11. g3 d6 12. Bg2 c5 13. Nd5 Bg7 14. c3 Be6 15.
O-O Rb8 16. Rb2 f5 17. Nef4 Bd7 18. Ne3 fxe4 19. Bxe4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nc6 21.
Bd5+ Kh8 22. Nc4 Bf5 23. Qa3 Bxd4 24. Nxd6 Qf6 25. Rxb7 Bxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Re1+ 27.
Kg2 Rxb7 28. Nxb7 Ne7 29. Bf3 g5 30. Nd5 Qa1 31. Qc3+ Qxc3 32. Nxc3 g4 33. Bd1
Re3 34. Nd6 Rxc3 35. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "2014 Alberta Closed"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Porper, Edward"]
[Black "Yam, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4
Re8 9. c5 a4 10. a3 Ba5 11. Qxa4 Bd2 12. Qc2 Bxf4 13. gxf4 bxc5 14. dxc5 Nc6
15. Nc3 Ne7 16. Nh4 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Qb8 18. b4 Ned5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 c6 21.
Qf3 f5 22. Rfd1 Ra7 23. Rab1 e5 24. b5 Rb7 25. b6 exf4 26. Rxd5 cxd5 27. Qxd5+
Kh8 28. a4 d6 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. cxd6 g5 31. a5 Ra8 32. Rb5 Kg7 33. Ne1 Rab8 34.
Nd3 Rd7 35. a6 f3 36. exf3 Rxd6 37. a7 1-0

[Event "2014 Alberta Closed"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gardner, Robert"]
[Black "Porper, Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nd2 e5 5. e4 Bg4 6. f3 Be6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. c3
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. fxe4 Na6 11. d4 Rd8 12. O-O Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Qd2 Rd7
15. b3 Nc7 16. Kh1 a5 17. d5 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. c4 f6 20. Nc3 Bf7 21. Na4
Qa7 22. Qf2 Qxf2 23. Rxf2 Na6 24. Bh3 Rdd8 25. Rd1 b5 26. cxb5 cxb5 27. Bf1 Bg6
28. Bxb5 Bxe4+ 29. Kg1 Nc7 30. Bc4 Rd6 31. Nc5 Bg6 32. Nb7 Ne8 33. Nxa5 Rf7 34.
Bb5 Rc7 35. Nc4 Rd8 36. d6 Rc5 37. Bxe8 Bxe8 38. Rfd2 Bc6 39. a4 Bxa4 40. bxa4
Rxc4 41. a5 Rc6 42. d7 Kf7 43. Rb1 Ra6 44. Rd5 Ra7 45. Rb6 Rdxd7 46. Rxd7+ Rxd7
47. a6 Rd2 48. Rb7+ Kg6 49. a7 Ra2 50. Re7 h5 51. h4 Kh6 52. Rf7 e4 53. Re7 f5
54. Rb7 Kg6 55. Kf1 Kf6 56. Rb6+ Ke5 57. Rb5+ Kd4 58. Rb4+ Kc5 59. Rb7 g6 60.
Rd7 e3 61. Ke1 Kc6 62. Re7 Kd5 63. Rxe3 Rxa7 64. Kf2 Ra4 65. Kf3 Rg4 66. Ra3 f4
67. Ra5+ Ke6 68. Ra6+ Kf5 69. Ra5+ Kf6 70. Ra6+ Kg7 71. Ra7+ Kh6 72. gxf4 Rxh4
73. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2014 Alberta Closed"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Richard"]
[Black "Haessel, Dale"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Qb6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Qa5 12. c3 Nd7 13. b4 Qd8 14. Bg4 Nb6
15. Nc5 Bxg4 16. Qxg4 Nc4 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Qg3 a5 19. Bc7 Qc8 20. bxa5 e5 21.
Bxe5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rxa5 23. Nb3 Ra3 24. f4 Qa6 25. f5 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Qxa2 27.
Nd4 c5 28. e6 Qa7 29. Nb5 Qe7 30. Nd6 Bxc3 31. exf7+ 1-0

[Event "2014 Alberta Closed"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yam, Alex"]
[Black "Ng, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. Nf3 d6 7. Ba6 Bxa6 8. Qxa6
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. d5 Nb8 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. c4 a5 13. Nc3 Nc5 14. Rb1 Nfd7 15.
Qc2 h6 16. b3 Bg5 17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. a3 g6 19. b4 Nb7 20. Qd2 f6 21. Qe3 Kf7 22.
Qg3 Rh8 23. Be3 Rh5 24. h3 Kg7 25. Nb5 Rh4 26. f3 Rh5 27. Rfc1 Kh8 28. Qg4 Rh4
29. Qg3 Rh5 30. Qf2 f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Qc2 g4 33. fxg4 fxg4 34. hxg4 Rh7 35.
g5 Nf8 36. Rf1 Qe8 37. Qe2 axb4 38. axb4 Qg6 39. Ra1 Rxa1 40. Rxa1 Qe4 41. Qf3
Qxf3 42. gxf3 Nd8 43. Ra8 Rd7 44. Rc8 Kg7 45. Nxc7 Kg6 46. Na8 1-0

[Event "2014 Alberta Closed"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Haessel, Dale"]
[Black "Yam, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 a5 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
Re8 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Ne4 Ba7 11. Qc2 Ngxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Ng3 Ng4 14. Be2 Nxf2
15. Qc3 Qg5 0-1

[Event "2014 Alberta Closed"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ng, Gary"]
[Black "Gardner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 a5 5. b5 c5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. d3 Bd6 8. c4 O-O
9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Qc2 e5 11. e4 d4 12. h3 Nh5 13. O-O-O g6 14. g3 b6 15. Be2 Bb7
16. Nh4 Ng7 17. Rhf1 f5 18. Bf3 f4 19. Kb1 Rf8 20. Ng2 Ne6 21. h4 Qe7 22. Bg4
Rf6 23. Nf3 Raf8 24. Qe2 fxg3 25. fxg3 h5 26. Bh3 Qf7 27. Nh2 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Qe7
29. Bc1 Rxf1 30. Qxf1 Ndf8 31. g4 Qf7 32. gxh5 gxh5 33. Qe2 Bc8 34. Nf1 Bd7 35.
Ng3 Ng7 36. Bxd7 Nxd7 37. Bg5 Nf6 38. Qf3 Nfe8 39. Nf5 Nxf5 40. exf5 Ng7 41.
Bd8 Bc7 42. Bxc7 Qxc7 43. Qd5+ Qf7 44. Qxe5 Qxf5 45. Qxf5 Nxf5 46. Nf4 Nxh4 47.
Nxh5 Kf7 48. Nf4 Ng6 49. Nd5 Ne5 50. Nxb6 Nxd3 51. Na4 Ke7 52. Kc2 Ne5 53. Nxc5
Nxc4 54. Kb3 Nb6 55. a4 Kd6 56. Nb7+ Kd5 57. Nxa5 d3 58. Kc3 Nxa4+ 59. Kxd3 Kc5
60. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2014 Alberta Closed"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Porper, Edward"]
[Black "Wang, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. e3 e5 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nc6 6. Bb2 Qd6 7. Bb5 Nge7 8.
O-O a6 9. Bxc6+ Nxc6 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. Qg3 Qg6 12. Qxg6 hxg6 13. Ne2 d4 14. exd4
exd4 15. Rfe1 Be7 16. Nf4 O-O 17. Nd3 Rfe8 18. Re2 Bd6 19. Rae1 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2014 Alberta Closed"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gardner, Robert"]
[Black "Haessel, Dale"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. f4 b5 14. Nxb5 Nxb5
15. Qxb5 Rb8 16. Qc6 exf4 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Ne5 19. Qc3 Qh4 20. Rd2 Rfe8
21. Bd3 Nxd3+ 22. Qxd3 f3 23. Re1 Qxh3 24. e5 Rbd8 25. Qc4 Qf5 26. Qc3 f6 27.
e6 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Qxf6 Qc5+ 30. Kb1 Qf8 31. Qe5 Qd6 32. Qe3 Re7 33. a3
a6 34. Qb3 h5 35. Qc4 Kh7 36. Ka1 c5 37. Qe4 Kg7 38. Qxf3 Rxe6 39. Rd1 Qe5 40.
Rd5 Rf6 41. Qd1 Qf4 42. Rxc5 Qxf2 43. Qd7+ Kh6 44. Rc7 Qe1+ 45. Ka2 Qe6+ 0-1

[Event "2014 Alberta Closed"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Porper, Edward"]
[Black "Ng, Gary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. d4 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 b6 11. Qe2 Nf6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Bg5 Re8
15. h4 Nd5 16. Qe4 g6 17. Nb1 Na5 18. Qg4 Nc4 19. Bc1 Nf6 20. Qh3 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Nh5 22. Rfe1 Nd6 23. d5 exd5 24. Nc3 d4 25. Nb5 Bf6 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Nxa7 Rc5
28. b4 Rc7 29. Nb5 Rd7 30. Be4 Nc7 31. Nxc7 Rxc7 32. Be3 Rd7 33. b5 Bxh4 34.
Bd2 Bg5 35. Bc6 Rd6 36. Re1 Bxd2 37. Re8+ Qxe8 38. Bxe8 Rd8 39. Bc6 d3 40. Qh4
Rd6 41. Qe7 Bf4 42. Be8 Rf6 43. Bxf7+ Rxf7 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Qxd3 Bc7 46. Qc3+
Kg8 47. Qc6 Nf4 48. Kf1 h5 49. a4 h4 50. a5 bxa5 51. b6 Bb8 52. Qa8 Rf8 53.
Qxa5 Rd8 54. Kg1 h3 55. Kh2 Kh7 56. b7 Rf8 57. Qb5 Kg7 58. Qd7+ Kf6 59. Qc8 Ke7
60. Kg3 Be5 61. Kh2 Kf7 62. Qd7+ Kg8 63. Qc8 Bb8 64. Kg3 Kg7 65. Qd7+ Kh8 66.
Kh2 Rg8 67. Qd4+ Kh7 68. Qd7+ Kh6 69. Qc8 Kh7 70. Qd7+ Kh6 71. Qc8 Kg7 72. Qd7+
Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2014 Alberta Closed"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Richard"]
[Black "Yam, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. h3 e6 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Be3 b6 8. Qd2 h6
9. Bd3 Bb7 10. g4 a6 11. a3 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 b5 14. cxb5 Nxd5 15. bxa6
Bc6 16. Be4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 N7f6 18. Bd3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3+ Kf8 20. O-O Kg7 21. Nd2
h5 22. gxh5 Rxh5 23. f4 Qh8 0-1

[Event "2014 Alberta Closed"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Haessel, Dale"]
[Black "Porper, Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 e4 11. Ng5 Re8 12. Be3 Bf5 13. Nh3 Ng4 14. Rad1 Qe7
15. Bc1 Nb4 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bd2 c5 18. f3 Ne5 19. a3 Nbc6 20. Nf4 exf3 21. exf3
Nd4 22. Rfe1 Qf7 23. Nd5 Nd3 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Kf1 Qh5 26. Be3 Nxf3 27. Rxd3
Nxh2+ 28. Kg1 Nf3+ 29. Bxf3 Qxf3 30. Rd2 Be4 31. Nf4 Qxg3+ 32. Kf1 Bf5 33. Nd5
Qf3+ 34. Ke1 Qh1+ 35. Kf2 Be4 36. Nf4 Qf3+ 37. Ke1 h5 38. Rf2 Qg4 39. Nd5 Bxd5
40. cxd5 Qe4 41. Re2 Qh1+ 42. Kf2 Re5 43. Qd3 Qxd5 44. Qg6 Rf5+ 45. Ke1 Qe4 0-1

[Event "2014 Alberta Closed"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ng, Gary"]
[Black "Wang, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 Qb6 3. a3 a5 4. c4 axb4 5. c5 Qc7 6. axb4 Rxa1 7. Bxa1 d6 8. e3
dxc5 9. bxc5 Qa5 10. Nc3 Qxc5 11. Qa4 e5 12. d4 exd4 13. exd4 Qa3 14. Qxa3 Bxa3
15. Bc4 Nf6 16. Nf3 b5 17. Bb3 Be6 18. d5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21.
Nd4 b4 22. Nc2 f6 23. Ke2 Ke7 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Nxa3 bxa3 26. Rd3 Nc6 27. Rxa3
Kd6 28. Rh3 Ra8 29. Bc3 Ra2+ 30. Ke1 h6 31. Rg3 Ra7 32. Bb2 d4 33. Ba3+ Kd5 34.
Bf8 g5 35. Bxh6 Ra1+ 36. Kd2 Ne5 37. Bg7 Ra2+ 38. Ke1 Kc4 39. Bxf6 Nd3+ 40. Kd1
Nxf2+ 41. Kc1 Ne4 42. Rf3 Rxg2 43. Be5 d3 44. Rf8 Rg1+ 45. Kb2 d2 0-1

[Event "2014 Alberta Closed"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yam, Alex"]
[Black "Gardner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2014.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. c4 d5 4. exd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qb3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Na5 12. Qa3 Be6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 Rc8
15. Rfe1 Rf7 16. Nd2 Bd5 17. Bf1 a6 18. Rac1 Nc4 19. Qb4 b5 20. a4 Bf8 21. Qb1
bxa4 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Qd3 Qc8 25. g3 e6 26. h4 a3 27. Bd2 Rb7
28. h5 Kf7 29. Re4 f5 30. Re2 Qc6 31. Rce1 a2 32. Ra1 Ra4 33. hxg6+ hxg6 34.
Be1 Qd5 35. Qc2 Qc4 36. Rxa2 Rxa2 37. Qxa2 Qxa2 38. Rxa2 Rb6 39. Kf1 Ke7 40. c4
Kd7 41. c5 Rc6 42. f4 Bg7 43. Bf2 Kc8 44. Ke2 Bf6 45. Kd3 Bd8 46. Be1 g5 47.
Kc4 Kd7 48. Rh2 gxf4 49. gxf4 Be7 50. Ba5 Rc8 51. Rh7 Ke8 52. Bb6 Bd8 53. Rh8+
Kd7 54. Bxd8 Rxd8 55. Rh7+ Kc6 56. Ra7 Rh8 57. Rxa6+ Kd7 58. d5 exd5+ 59. Kxd5
Rh1 60. Ra7+ Ke8 61. Ke6 Re1+ 62. Kxf5 Rc1 63. Rc7 Kd8 64. Rc6 Kd7 65. Rd6+ Ke7
66. Rd5 Rg1 67. Re5+ Kf7 68. Ke4 Rd1 69. c6 Rd8 70. Rc5 Ke6 71. f5+ Kf6 72. c7
Rc8 73. Rc6+ Ke7 74. Ke5 Kd7 75. Rc1 Ke7 76. f6+ Kf7 77. Kf5 Rh8 78. Ke5 Rc8
79. Kd6 1-0

[Event "2014 Alberta Reserves"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sequillion, Aaron"]
[Black "Haynes, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2014.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Be2
Bb4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd4 c5 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. f3 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qe5 17. Rfe1 O-O-O 18. Bxc5 Nxc3 19. Qc4 Nxe2+ 20. Kf1
Kb8 21. Rab1 Qd5 22. Qxa6 Nc3 23. Rxb7+ Qxb7 24. Bd6+ Rxd6 25. Qxd6+ Qc7 26.
Qb4+ Ka8 27. Qa3+ Kb8 28. Qb4+ Ka8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2014 Alberta Women's Championship"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2014.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Burn, Jina"]
[Black "Arzumanyan, Armine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1534"]
[BlackElo "1912"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2014.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bb3 c5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 O-O 11. O-O Na6 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Bxd5 Qxc5 14. Qb3
Qc7 15. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Bf8 17. Ne5 Nc5 18. Bxf7+ Kg7 19. Qc4 Bd6 20. Qd4
Bf5 21. Nxg6+ Kxf7 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Qh8+ Kf7 24. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "2014 Red Deer Open"]
[Site "Red Deer"]
[Date "2014.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pechenkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Cheng, Louis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "1866"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2014.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. e4 c6 7. Nge2 e5 8. O-O
Be6 9. h3 Qc8 10. Kh2 Rd8 11. f4 Ne8 12. Be3 Na6 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. b3 Nac7 15. d4
f6 16. d5 Bf7 17. f5 g5 18. Bf3 c5 19. h4 h6 20. a3 Rdb8 21. b4 b6 22. Rb1 {
White has conquered more space than the Roman Empire but this doesn't imply an
automatic win. In his turn, Black is hoping to build a fortress across the
whole board.} Bf8 23. Nc1 Rb7 24. Nd3 {What's important is that White has
enough pieces to cover all the squares in his camp. On the other hand, Black
has difficulties finding meaningful employment for his own pieces. Therefore,
White's motto is "No trades!"} Rab8 25. Rf2 a5 {It is interesting to follow
Black's dark-squared bishop. For the time being it's by far the worst piece on
the board...} 26. Rfb2 axb4 {The first exchange of the game.} 27. axb4 Na6 28.
Qd2 Kh7 29. Bd1 $1 {
White's allegedly "bad" bishop is about to become Black's nightmare.} Ng7 30.
hxg5 fxg5 31. Ba4 Qd8 32. bxc5 {It is time to cash in.} Nxc5 33. Bxc5 dxc5 34.
Nxe5 Bd6 35. Nc6 Qf6 {Now, all of a sudden, Black's dark-squared bishop is his
best piece! It is so strong that White prefers eliminating it rather than
taking an exchange.} 36. Nb5 Be5 37. Nxe5 Qxe5 38. Bc2 (38. Qc3 $1 {
nips the opponent's counterplay in the bud as} Qxe4 {loses immediately to} 39.
Re1 Qg4 40. Bd1 Qxf5 41. Bc2) 38... Nh5 39. Qc3 {
Now Black can prolong the game.} Nf6 40. Qxe5 Ng4+ 41. Kg1 Nxe5 42. Nd6 Ra7 43.
Rxb6 Rxb6 44. Rxb6 Ra2 45. Nxf7 Nf3+ 46. Kf2 Nd4 47. Ne5 Rxc2+ 48. Ke3 Rc3+ 49.
Kd2 Rxg3 50. Rb7+ Kg8 51. f6 Nf3+ 52. Nxf3 Rxf3 53. e5 Rf4 54. d6 Rxc4 55. Rg7+
Kh8 56. d7 Rd4+ 57. Kc3 1-0

[Event "2014 Red Deer Open"]
[Site "Red Deer"]
[Date "2014.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miller, David"]
[Black "Pechenkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2014.05.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 {The Shirov-Anand variation of
the Classical French. Black must play energetically in order to avoid being
suffocated.} c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. c3 Qb6 8. Nf3 f6 9. a3 Be7 10. h4 O-O 11. Neg1 $2
{This regrouping is too slow. It leads to a position from the French Tarrasch
but White is down two tempi.} ({The official main line is} 11. Rh3) 11... cxd4
12. cxd4 fxe5 13. fxe5 Ndxe5 $1 {
A typical piece sacrifice in this line freeing Black's game.} 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Qe2 {It's hard to say which move is best.} (15. Qd4 $2 {is no good in view of}
Rxf3 16. Qxb6 Rxf1+ 17. Kxf1 axb6 $19) ({The computer suggests} 15. Be2 {
at first but after} Ng4 16. Nh3 Qc7 17. Qd4 Qg3+ 18. Kf1 e5 $1 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 {
Black's attack is very dangerous.}) 15... Ng4 16. Nh3 Bd6 {Black should look
for improvement here as now White manages to untangle and equalize.} 17. Qb5 $1
{Correctly seeking a trade of queens.} Qc7 ({Another line is} 17... Bg3+ 18.
Kd1 Qxb5 19. Bxb5 e5 {letting the queens off the board.} {After} 20. Bd2 e4 21.
Nd4 Be5 {the position is hard to evaluate, especially over the board.}) 18. Bd2
Bd7 19. Qb3 Bg3+ ({A good alternative is} 19... Rac8 $5 20. Rc1 Bc5 {maintainin
g the tension. Black still has full compensation for the sacrificed material
but no more than that.}) 20. Kd1 e5 $2 {
Played in the spirit of the position but it doesn't work tactically.} 21. Nfg5
$1 {The refutation.} (21. Qxd5+ $2 Kh8 {is in Black's favor, e.g.,} 22. Rc1 Qd8
23. Bc4 Nf6 24. Qxb7 e4 25. Nfg5 e3 {etc.}) 21... e4 $2 {
Loses but the alternatives are hardly inspiring.} 22. Qxd5+ $2 ({
For some reason both players missed the simple} 22. Nxe4 $18) 22... Kh8 23. Rc1
Bc6 $2 ({Black has an amazing resource} 23... Qb6 $3 {
turning the tables once again.} {Here is a nice sample line:} 24. Qxd7 $2 ({
correct is} 24. Rc2 {with a mess position}) 24... Rad8 25. Qa4 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1
Rxd2+ 27. Kxd2 Qe3+ 28. Kc2 Qd3#) 24. Qxe4 Bxe4 25. Rxc7 Bxc7 26. Nxe4 {
White's material advantage should tell as soon as his restores thecoordination
of his pieces. Both opponents were short on time here, which gave Black
additional practical chances.} Rad8 27. Kc1 Rd4 28. Nc3 Nf2 29. Nxf2 Rxf2 30.
Be3 $2 {This is what Black was hoping for.} (30. Be1 $1 {
and there are no more tricks.}) 30... Bf4 31. Bxf4 Rdxf4 32. Bd3 Rxg2 33. Be4
Rgg4 34. Rd1 g6 35. h5 {This should lead to a quick draw.} ({
The way to play for a win is} 35. Bxb7 {but it's clearly double-edged.}) 35...
Rxe4 36. Nxe4 Rxe4 37. h6 Rc4+ (37... Kg8 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Rh8 g5 40. Rxh7+ Kg6
41. Rxb7 Kxh6 42. Rxa7 g4 {should also be drawn.}) 38. Kb1 Rc8 39. Rd7 g5 (
39... Rb8 {
looks very passive but it is also sufficient for a draw without any drama.})
40. Rxb7 g4 41. Rxa7 g3 42. Re7 g2 43. Re1 Rf8 $2 ({Black misses an amazing} 
43... Rc1+ $3 44. Kxc1 g1=Q 45. Rxg1 {stalemate!}) 44. Kc2 $2 {
Looks natural but allows Black to escape.} ({Surprisingly, the correct move is
} 44. Ka2 {as White gets an extra tempo to push the a-pawn.} {For example,} Kg8
45. Rg1 Rf2 46. a4 Kf7 47. a5 Ke7 48. a6 Rf6 49. a7 Ra6+ 50. Kb1 Rxa7 51. Rxg2
{with a likely win.}) 44... Rf2+ 45. Kc3 Kg8 46. Rg1 Kf7 47. b4 Ke6 48. Kd4 Kd6
{White cannot make progress.} 49. Ke3 Ra2 50. a4 Rxa4 51. Rxg2 Rxb4 52. Rg7 Rh4
53. Rxh7 Ke6 54. Ra7 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "31st Trumpeter Classic"]
[Site "Grande Prairie"]
[Date "2014.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sequillion, Aaron"]
[Black "Gardner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2014.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. h4 {A rare move that scores well, nonetheless.}
h5 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Qd2 c5 {This is already a novelty but White can hardly
complain about being out of book. He has a pleasant position with a clear plan
of the kingside attack.} 7. O-O-O cxd4 8. Bxd4 Ngf6 9. f4 Nb6 10. Nf3 Be6 {
Black plays very provocatively and gets into trouble quickly.} 11. Ng5 (11.
Bb5+ {would have been very annoying.} {For example,} Bd7 $2 {
loses immediately to} 12. e5 Ng4 13. e6) 11... Bg4 12. Be2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 O-O
14. f5 $1 {Black has serious problems on light squares.} Qc8 15. Rhf1 Qc4 16.
Qf3 {White is clearly not interested in endgames.} ({Simple} 16. Qxc4 Nxc4 17.
fxg6 fxg6 18. b3 Ne5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Ne6 {does look good for him.}) 16... Ng4
{Black seeks active play at any cost.} 17. b3 Qa6 $2 {
but this mistake lets White obtain a winning position.} (17... Qc8 {
covering e6 is the only move.}) 18. Bxg7 Nh2 {
It really is time for desperate measures.} (18... Kxg7 19. fxg6 {
leads to total annihilation.}) 19. Qf4 Nxf1 20. Bxf8 {
A relatively simple continuation that should be more than enough for a win.} ({
There is also a spectacular but less comprehensible} 20. Ne6 fxe6 21. Qh6 {
which is somehow supposed to be completely winning for White...}) 20... Qa3+
21. Kb1 Nc4 22. Na4 Nfe3 23. fxg6 f6 24. Rd4 b5 {
Black keeps the position as messy as possible and suddenly succeeds.} 25. Rxc4
Nxc4 {The critical moment of the game.} 26. Qc1 $2 {
Aaron didn't have much time on the clock and couldn't pull the trigger.} ({
The only winning continuation is} 26. Bxe7 $3 bxa4 27. Bxf6 {The bishop
fully navigates through a maze of black pawns and gets back just in time to
prevent mate on b2.} {After} axb3 28. axb3 Qa5 29. Nf3 {
the black king will not survive for long.}) {White opted for the computer's
second line and suddenly goes from totally winning to completely lost!} 26...
Qxc1+ $2 {Black partially returns the favor.} ({After} 26... fxg5 27. Bxe7 bxa4
{White would have resigned fairly soon.}) 27. Kxc1 Rxf8 28. Ne6 Rc8 29. Nc3 {
The game isn't over yet; Black is required to demonstrate his technique.} Ne3
$1 30. Kd2 b4 $1 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. exd5 Rc3 33. Nd4 Rg3 34. Nc6 Rxg2+ 35. Kd3
Kf8 36. Nxb4 Rxg6 37. Nc6 Rg4 38. Nxa7 Ke8 39. a4 Kd7 40. a5 {
So far so good but now Black gets too fancy.} e6 (40... Rxh4 {
wins without much drama, e.g.,} 41. Nc6 Rg4 42. a6 Kc7 43. Nxe7 h4 {
and the pawn is unstoppable.}) 41. dxe6+ Kxe6 42. a6 Kd5 ({More natural is} 
42... Kd7 43. Nb5 Kc6 44. a7 Kb7 45. Nxd6+ Kxa7 {
It's not as clear as before but should still be winning.}) 43. Nc8 Rg3+ $2 {
It is this check that costs Black half a point.} (43... Kc6 44. a7 Kb7 45.
Nxd6+ Kxa7 {transposes to the line above.}) 44. Kd2 Kc6 45. a7 Kb7 46. Nxd6+
Kxa7 47. Ne4 $1 Rf3 48. Ke2 {It turns out that Black is going to lose both of
his pawns and there is nothing that he can do about it.} Rf4 49. Ke3 Rxh4 50.
Nxf6 Kb6 51. Kf3 Kb5 52. Kg3 Rh1 53. Kg2 Rc1 54. c4+ Kb4 55. Nxh5 {
The rest is redundant.} Kxb3 56. Kf3 Kxc4 57. Nf4 Re1 58. Ne2 Ra1 59. Ke3 Ra8
60. Ke4 Re8+ 61. Kf3 Rf8+ 62. Ke4 Re8+ 63. Kf3 Kd5 64. Nf4+ Ke5 65. Nd3+ Kf5
66. Nf4 Re4 67. Ne2 Ra4 68. Ke3 Ke5 69. Kd3 Rh4 70. Nc3 Rd4+ 71. Ke3 Rd8 72.
Ne2 Ra8 73. Nc3 Rh8 74. Kd3 Rh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2014 AB Seniors Over 65"]
[Site "Calgary"]
[Date "2014.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stacey, George"]
[Black "Willis, Bradley J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "950"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2014.06.14"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3
({In this setup White usually spends a tempo on} 8. h3 {
creating a retreat square for the dark-squared bishop.}) 8... Ne4 ({
Black can take advantage of the opponent's move order by} 8... Nh5 $5 {
picking up the bishop pair.}) 9. Qc2 g5 $6 {Positionally risky.} ({Safer is} 
9... d5) 10. Bg3 $6 ({
White can obtain a long-term positional advantage by tactical means:} 10. Nxe4
$1 gxf4 11. Ned2 fxe3 12. fxe3 {intending e3-e4 next. The exposed black king
will remain a key factor for a long time.}) 10... Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qe8 ({
Black gets a nice position after} 11... g4 $1 12. Ne1 d5 {
with a firm grip on the light squares.}) 12. g4 ({Immediate} 12. e4 $5 {
looks strong.}) 12... Qg6 $6 ({Correct is} 12... fxg4 {as} 13. Bxh7+ $2 Kg7 14.
Ne5 Qh5 $1 {may lead to a quick checkmate along the h-file.}) 13. Ne5 Qf6 14.
f4 d6 15. Nef3 h6 16. gxf5 exf5 17. g3 $2 {Too unambitious. White's advantage
in development gives him a right to play aggressively.} ({Here and later} 17.
fxg5 $1 hxg5 18. Nh2 $1 {opens up lines and threatens to win the f5-pawn. In
fact, the computer already evalutes the position as winning for White.}) 17...
Nd7 18. Rf2 Rf7 19. Re1 Nf8 20. e4 $2 ({Again,} 20. fxg5 hxg5 21. Nh2 $1 {
is strong.}) 20... gxf4 21. gxf4 Rg7+ {
The tables are turning. Black's attack is surprisingly dangerous.} 22. Rg2
Rxg2+ (22... Ne6 $1 {may be even better.}) 23. Kxg2 Ng6 24. Kg3 Nxf4 $1 {
Decisive.} 25. e5 Qg6+ 26. Kxf4 Bg5+ 0-1

[Event "2014 Fort McMurray Open"]
[Site "Fort McMurray"]
[Date "2014.07.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shi, Diwen"]
[Black "Gardner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1934"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 c6 5. Be3 Nbd7 6. Qd2 e5 7. O-O-O Qe7 $6 8.
h4 h5 9. Kb1 a6 10. Nh3 b5 11. Ng5 b4 $2 12. Na4 exd4 13. Bxd4 c5 14. Be3 {
Black hasn't made an obvious mistake so far. However, his treatment of the
opening contradicts the basic principles so much that his position is already
close to being lost. Moreover, White has a wide choice of good continuations.}
({For example,} 14. Bc4 cxd4 15. Bxf7+ Qxf7 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Qxd4 {
with a large positional and material advantage.}) 14... Bb7 15. Bf4 Bc6 16. Bc4
$1 {The game is essentially over.} Bxa4 17. Nxf7 d5 18. Nd6+ Kd8 19. Bxd5 Ra7
20. Nf7+ Ke8 21. Bd6 Qxf7 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. e5 Ne8 24. e6+ Kxe6 25. Rhe1+ Kf7
26. Qd5+ Kg7 27. Rxe8 Bxd6 28. Rxh8 Kxh8 29. Qxd6 Kg7 30. Qe7+ Kh6 31. Rd6 1-0

[Event "2014 Fort McMurray Open"]
[Site "Fort McMurray"]
[Date "2014.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Miller, David"]
[Black "Gardner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2027"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.08"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be2 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 b5 8. a3 Qc7
9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Qc1 Kh7 12. Nd2 a6 13. f4 Bb7 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5
cxd5 16. Nf3 Nb6 17. b3 f6 $6 {Black's play on the queenside ran into a dead
end so he tries to undermine White's position in the center.} 18. f5 $1 {
A spectacular (and fully sound) pawn sacrifice.} gxf5 $2 ({Relatively best is} 
18... fxe5 {but Black's position is no fun after} 19. fxg6+ Kxg6 20. dxe5 dxe5
21. Nxe5+ $1) 19. e6 $1 Bc8 20. Nh4 Bxe6 21. Bd3 Rh8 22. Qe1 $1 Bf7 23. Nxf5
Bg6 24. Qh4 h5 $2 (24... Kg8 {
avoids an immediate disaster but Black's position remains desperate:} 25. Nxh6+
Bxh6 26. Bxh6 Bxd3 27. Qg3+ Kf7 28. Qg7+ Ke8 29. cxd3 {etc.}) 25. Qxh5+ Bxh5
26. Nxe7+ 1-0

