Alex had been playing with an infected tooth, and withdrew after his loss to Thavandiran.
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[Event "Canadian Championship"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "LeSiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Noritsyn, Nikolay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[PlyCount "68"]
1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 b5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 c5 {
[#]The game has transposed into a King's Indian Attack position which White
can get against the Sicilian or the French. White has a variety of decent
options:} 8. Re1 (8. e5 {would be automatic if Black had castled kingside, but
doesn't have much punch here:} Nfd7 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Nf1 h6 11. h4 Qc7 12. Qe2
Nb6 13. c3 a5 14. N1h2 a4 15. a3 Na5 16. Bf4 Nb3 17. Rad1 b4 18. cxb4 cxb4 19.
axb4 Bxb4 20. Rf1 Ba6 $15 {and White's kingside buildup is more of a traffic
jam than an attacking force; Savitskiy,S (2365)-Sakaev,K (2594) Minsk, 2015.})
(8. Qe2 {might be a way to aim for the lines recommended in Gawain Jones' book
"How to Beat the Sicilian Defence", where Black's tempo spent on ...Bb7 would
make him a bit slower with typical counterplay via ...b4, ...a5, then ...
Bc8-a6.}) 8... Nc6 9. exd5 Nxd5 (9... exd5 {is weaker:} 10. Nb3 O-O 11. d4 $14
({or} 11. Bg5 $14)) 10. a3 {31 minutes on this Novelty.} (10. c4 bxc4 11. dxc4
Nb6 (11... Ndb4 12. Ne5 Rc8 $11) 12. Ne5 (12. b3 $1 Bf6 13. Ne4 $3 {is a
surprising and strong line Stockfish identifies:} Bxa1 14. Nd6+ Ke7 (14... Kf8
15. Nxb7 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 $14) 15. Bf4 Bf6 16. Ng5 $1 Qd7 17. Ngxf7 $18) 12...
Nxe5 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Ba6 Nd3 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Rf1 $11 {0-1 (38) Mikac,M (2418)
-Atalik,S (2575) Nova Gorica 2000}) 10... O-O 11. Ne4 {10 minutes for this} Qb6
{Black has more space and a slight lead in development.} 12. Bd2 {16 minutes
for this} (12. Bg5 f6 $11 (12... Rad8 $11)) 12... c4 $5 13. dxc4 bxc4 14. Rb1
Rad8 15. Qc1 e5 16. Nc3 Bc5 {Times: White: 6 minutes Black: 37 minutes} 17. Ne4
Rfe8 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. b4 Qd6 20. b5 {White was now down to 95 seconds (+30
second/move increment) to make it past move 40.} Nd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Ba5 $1
Rc8 23. Qd2 $6 (23. a4 $14 {White's Bs are good for an advantage, and it's
hard to imagine Black getting a useful passer if White forces off the Rs;} d3
$2 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. cxd3 cxd3 26. Qb2 {heading to d4, and Black's d-pawn is
a gonner.}) 23... Qxa3 24. Red1 d3 $1 (24... c3 25. Qxd4 Qxa5 26. Bxd5 Rcd8 27.
Qc4 $11) 25. Ra1 {[#]} Qb2 $2 (25... Qc5 $1 26. cxd3 c3 $15) 26. cxd3 $2 (26.
Bxd5 $1 Re2 {Only move.} (26... Bxd5 $2 27. Bc3 $18 Re2 28. Bxb2 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 c3 30.
Bxc3 $18) 27. Bxb7 $5 (27. Qg5 Qd4 28. Bxf7+ $1 $14) 27... Rxd2 28. Bxd2 dxc2
29. Bxc8 $14) 26... c3 $17 27. Qxb2 (27. Bxc3 Qxc3 28. Qxc3 Nxc3 $1 {works
because of the following trick} (28... Rxc3 29. Rxa7 Rb8 $17) 29. Bxb7 Nxd1 30.
Bxc8 Re1+ {Only move.} {and ...Ne3+ wins the exchange.}) 27... cxb2 28. Rab1 Rc2 29. Bf1
Rec8 30. Bh3 R8c5 31. Re1 g6 32. Bd7 Nc3 33. Bxc3 R5xc3 34. Bc6 Rc1 0-1
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