2014 Hart House Holiday Open

[Event "Hart House Holiday Open"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2014.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xu, Haizhou"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Upper,John"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.12.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. a6 O-O-O 14. axb7+
Kb8 15. Qd3 Rg4 16. g3 Ng6 17. h3 Nxf4 18. Qxc3 Nxh3 19. Rxh3 Re4+ 20. Be2 f6
21. exf6 e5 22. Rh7 Qd6 23. Ng5 Rxe2+ 24. Kxe2 Qxf6 25. f4 (25. Kf1 Qxg5 26.
Rxd7) 25... d4 26. Qc5 exf4 27. Rf1 d3+ 28. Kd2 dxc2 29. Rxf4 Bf5+ 30. Ke3 Qxg5
0-1

[Event "Hart House Holiday Open"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2014.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Derraugh, Geordie"]
[Black "Filipovich, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2014.12.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.03"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nxc3
8. bxc3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. d4 O-O 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bg5 e6 13. Qd2 a6 14. Bf1 b5
15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Bh6 Bb7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qf4 Rac8 19. Re3 Qc7 20. Ne5 h5 21.
Rg3 Ne7 22. Bd3 Nd5 23. Qg5 Qe7 24. Qxh5 Rh8 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Rxg6+ Kf7 27.
Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "Hart House Holiday Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yongjon, Kim"]
[Black "Sapozhnikov, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Nce4 9. Qc2 d5 10. c5 Nxf2 11. Kxf2 Ne4+ 12. Ke1 Qf6 13. e3 Qxa1 14. Bd3
Qc3+ 15. Qxc3 Nxc3 16. Bb2 Na4 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18. Be5 Rxg2 19. Bxh7 Ke7 20. Ne2
f6 21. Bg3 e5 22. Kf1 Bh3 23. Ke1 Bg4 24. Bd3 Nb2 0-1

[Event "Hart House Holiday Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chen, Richard"]
[Black "Peng, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "Upper,John"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nge7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nbd2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. c3 b5 10. e5 Bb7 11. Qe2 b4 12. Nb3 c4 13. Nc5 cxd3 14. Qxd3 Rb8 15. Bf4
Bc8 16. h4 Qb6 17. Nb3 a5 18. Qd2 bxc3 19. bxc3 a4 20. Nbd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 (21.
cxd4) 21... Ba6 22. Qc2 Qa5 23. Bg5 Qc7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Nc6 Qa3 26. Nxb8 Rxb8
27. Rab1 Rc8 28. Rb4 $4 Qxb4 0-1

[Event "Hart House Holiday Open"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2014.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Black "Humphreys, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.12.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. e5 Ne8 7. h4 d6 8. h5 dxe5
9. hxg6 hxg6 10. dxe5 Bg4 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Bf4 Qd5 13. Be4 Qd7 14. Nbd2 Rd8 15.
Qe3 f5 16. Qb3+ e6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. O-O-O Rd5 19. Rde1 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Kf7 21.
Qa3 Qc5 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. Rd1 Rd5 24. c4 Rc5 25. Rd7+ Kg8 26. b3 g5 27. Bxg5 f4
28. Be7 Rf7 29. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Hart House Holiday Open"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2014.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sapozhnikov, Roman"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.12.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
Be7 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. f4 b6 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Rae1 h5 13. Nf3 Ng4 14. b4 Bf6 15.
Rc1 Be7 16. h3 Ngf6 17. Ng5 h4 18. f5 e5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Qd8 21. Nf3 b5
22. Be3 Nb6 23. Nd2 Bg5 24. Nb3 Bxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Rb8 26. Na5 Na4 27. Nc6 Bxc6 28.
Rxc6 Rb6 29. Rc2 Rb8 30. Rc6 Rb6 31. Qc1 Ke7 32. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Hart House Holiday Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Noritsyn, Nickolay"]
[Black "Derraugh, Geordie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "Upper,John"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bg7 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. h3 c4 8. b3
Ba6 9. Bb2 e6 10. e5 d5 11. Na4 Bf8 12. Bd4 Ne7 13. Bf2 h5 14. Nc5 Nf5 15. Rg1
(15. Nxa6 Qa5 {the Na6 is trapped.}) 15... h4 16. c3 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 cxb3 18.
axb3 Bd3 19. Nh2 Ng3 20. Qf3 Bf5 21. d3 Qb8 22. Kd2 Bxd3 23. Bd6 Be4 24. Bxb8
Bxf3 25. Bxa7 (25. Nxf3 Rxb8 26. Rxa7 $11) 25... Bh5 26. Nf3 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Kd7
28. Ra3 Rhb8 29. Rga1 Rb5 30. b4 Kc8 31. Bc5 Rxa3 32. Rxa3 Nf5 33. Ra6 Kc7 34.
Kd3 (34. Ra7+ Rb7 35. Bd6+ Nxd6 36. exd6+ Kc8 $1 $15) 34... Rb7 35. Ra8 Rb8 36.
Ra6 Rb7 37. c4 Rb8 38. Ra7+ Rb7 39. Ra8 {Diagram [#]} Rb8 40. Bd6+ Nxd6 41.
exd6+ Kb7 $1 {Best.} (41... Kc8 $2 42. d7+ $18 {is easy.}) 42. Rxb8+ Kxb8 {
Diagram [#]} 43. cxd5 $4 (43. b5 $8 $18 dxc4+ (43... cxb5 44. cxb5 $18) 44.
Kxc4 cxb5+ 45. Kxb5 Kb7 46. Kc5 $18) (43. c5 Kc8 44. Kc3 f6 45. b5 cxb5 46. Kb4
d4 (46... e5 47. fxe5 fxe5 48. Kxb5 d4 $8 $11) 47. c6 $8 $11 {Diagram [#] and
Black draws, but only with . ..e5 or ...g5.} e5 48. fxe5 fxe5 {White's K can't
go forward without allowing Black's e-pawn to promote, but Black's K can't win
White's c or d-pawns; so neither side can make any progress... but it's still
tricky.} 49. Kxb5 (49. c7 $2 Kb7 $8 (49... Kd7 $4 50. Kxb5 d3 51. Kb6 d2 (51...
Kc8 52. Kc6 {mate next.}) 52. Kb7 $18) 50. Kb3 $8 g5 51. Kb4 g4 52. fxg4 e4) (
49. Kb3 g5 50. Kb4 g4 51. fxg4 e4 52. Kxb5 d3 53. Kb6 $8 d2 54. d7+ $8 Kd8 55.
c7+ $8 (55. Kb7 $2 d1=Q 56. c7+ Ke7 $1 $19) 55... Kxd7 56. Kb7 d1=Q 57. c8=Q+
$15) 49... d3 50. Kb6 d2 51. d7+ Kd8 52. c7+ Kxd7 53. Kb7 d1=Q 54. c8=Q+ {
Black has an extra pawn in a much better version of the endgame from the 49.
Kb3 line.}) 43... exd5 $8 $19 44. Kd4 Kc8 45. b5 cxb5 46. Kxd5 Kd7 47. Kc5 b4
48. Kxb4 Kxd6 49. Kc4 Ke6 50. Kd4 Kf5 51. Ke3 f6 52. Kf2 Kxf4 0-1

[Event "Hart House Holiday Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lin, Tony"]
[Black "Krnan, Tomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E84"]
[Annotator "Upper,John"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 (5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3) 5... O-O 6.
Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2 Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. Nd1 e6 11. Nf2 Ne8 12. g3 f5 13.
Bg2 e5 14. d5 f4 15. gxf4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. O-O Qf6 18. Nh1 b5 19. Bg5 Qf7
20. b3 bxc4 21. bxc4 c5 22. Nhg3 Rb4 23. a3 Nxc4 24. Qd3 (24. Qa2 $2 Rb2 25.
Qxc4 Bb5 $19) 24... Ne5 25. Qd2 Rb3 26. f4 Nd3 27. Rb1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 c4 29. Rb7
Nc5 30. Rb4 h6 31. Bd8 Bb5 32. Bb6 Nd3 33. Rb1 Nxf4 34. Nxf4 Qxf4 35. Qxf4 Rxf4
36. Ne2 Rf7 37. Bd4 Bxd4+ 38. Nxd4 c3 39. Nxb5 axb5 40. Rc1 Rc7 41. Bf1 Rc5 42.
Kf2 Nf6 43. Ke3 Ng4+ 44. Kd4 Nxh2 45. Be2 Kf7 46. e5 Ke7 47. exd6+ Kxd6 48.
Rxc3 Rxd5+ 49. Ke3 h5 50. Kf4 Ng4 51. Rb3 g5+ 52. Kg3 Re5 53. Bxb5 Nf6 54. Rd3+
Kc5 55. a4 Ne4+ 56. Kf3 Nd6 57. Bd7 Re7 58. Bh3 g4+ 59. Bxg4 Rf7+ $1 60. Kg3
Ne4+ 61. Kh4 hxg4 62. Rd8 g3 63. Kh3 Rf2 64. Rg8 Kd4 65. a5 Ra2 66. Rf8 Rh2+
0-1

[Event "Hart House Holiday Open"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2014.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vavrak, Peter"]
[Black "Zhong, Joey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.12.??"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 h6 8. Rb1 a5
9. e4 Be6 10. h3 Na6 11. Be3 c6 12. Qe2 b5 13. b3 Rb8 14. cxb5 cxb5 15. d4 b4
16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Na4 Bc8 18. Nxe5 Bb7 19. Rbc1 Qe8 20. Nc4 Qb5 21. f3 Nh5 22.
Qf2 Rbd8 23. g4 Nf6 24. Rfd1 Bc6 25. Nd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Nb8 27. Bd4 Ne8 28. Bxg7
Nxd6 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Qc5 Qxc5+ 31. Rxc5 Bxa4 32. bxa4 1-0

[Event "Hart House Holiday Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vettese, Nicholas"]
[Black "Ivanov, Mike"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Be6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qd7 9. Ng3 O-O-O 10. Rb1 g6 11. Bf4 h5 12. h4 Nge7 13. Qe2 Rde8 14. O-O
Bg4 15. f3 Nf5 16. Bxf5 Bxf5 17. Qb5 Nd8 18. Qa5 Bxc2 19. Qxa7 Qa4 20. Qxa4
Bxa4 21. Rfe1 f6 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Bd2 Re6 24. Kf2 Kd7 25. Rb2 Bd1 26. Bc1 Kc6
27. f4 f5 28. Rd2 Bb3 29. Nf1 Nf7 30. Ng3 Bc4 31. Rd1 Kb5 32. Re1 Rxe1 33. Kxe1
Nd6 34. Kd2 Ka4 35. Kc2 Bb5 36. Bb2 b6 37. Bc1 Bc4 38. Bb2 Kb5 39. Bc1 Ka4 40.
Bb2 Ne8 41. Nh1 Bf1 42. g3 Nf6 43. Nf2 b5 44. Bc1 Bg2 45. Kb2 Be4 46. Bd2 Ne8
47. Nh3 Nd6 48. Bc1 Nf7 49. Ng5 Nxg5 50. fxg5 c6 51. Bf4 1/2-1/2