[Event "Montreal ch qual."] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1978.12.02"] [Round "4"] [White "Barbeau, Sylvain"] [Black "Brodie, Hugh"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "1935"] [BlackElo "1737"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1978.11.30"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. g3 g6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qb3 Nb6 9. d3 Bg4 10. Qd1 Qd7 11. Re1 Rad8 12. Bd2 Rfe8 13. Qc1 e5 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. Ng5 f6 16. h3 Bf5 17. g4 fxg5 18. gxf5 Qxf5 19. Bxg5 Rb8 20. Nd5 Qd7 21. Nxb6 axb6 22. Qc4+ Kf8 23. Rac1 Qe6 24. Qh4 h5 25. b4 Qd6 26. Rc4 Nd4 27. f4 Nf5 28. Qf2 Kg8 29. e4 Nd4 30. f5 c6 31. Re3 Bf6 32. Rg3 Rf8 33. Bh6 g5 34. Bxg5 Bxg5 35. Rxg5+ Kf7 36. Rxh5 Rg8 37. Rh7+ Rg7 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Kh1 Qh6 40. Qg3+ Kf6 41. Rxd4 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 exd4 43. Qxb8 Qe3 44. Qd6+ Kf7 45. Qg3 Qd2 46. e5 1-0

[Event "Montreal ch qual."] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1978.12.03"] [Round "6"] [White "Barbeau, Sylvain"] [Black "Melkonian, Sam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A09"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "1978.11.30"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. c4 d4 6. d3 e5 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. a3 h6 9. b4 cxb4 10. axb4 Nxb4 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Ba3 Nc6 14. Nfd2 Nf6 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. cxd6 Nd7 17. Qc2 O-O 18. Rfb1 Re8 19. Rb2 a5 20. Rab1 Ra6 21. Bd5 Nf6 22. Bc4 Ra8 23. Qb3 Qd7 24. Bb5 Qe6 25. Qa4 Bd7 26. Nc4 Nd5 27. Rc1 Nc3 28. Qb3 a4 29. Qc2 Nxb5 30. Rxb5 Ra7 31. Nb6 Na5 32. Nxd7 Qxd7 33. Qxa4 Nc6 34. Qb3 Rea8 35. Bc5 Ra1 36. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 37. Kg2 Nd8 38. Bb6 Ne6 39. Rxe5 Ng5 40. Rxg5 hxg5 41. Qd5 Re1 42. Qxd4 Rxe2 43. Bc7 Qc6+ 44. Kh3 Qd7+ 45. Kg2 Qc6+ 46. Kh3 Qd7+ 47. Qg4 Re6 48. f3 Rh6+ 49. Kg2 Qb5 50. Qc8+ Kh7 51. h4 Qxd3 52. d7 Qc2+ 53. Kh3 Qf5+ 54. Kg2 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal ch qual."] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1978.11.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Brodie, Hugh"] [Black "Rousseau, Jean-Jacques"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1737"] [BlackElo "2129"] [ECO "A05"] [EventDate "1978.11.30"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bd2 h6 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. f4 f5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nf3 Qd7 14. Nh4 Bg4 15. Rxf8+ Bxf8 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 g5 18. Nf5 Nd6 19. Ne3 Nd4 20. Qd5+ Qe6 21. Rf1 c6 22. Qxe6+ Nxe6 23. Ne2 Re8 24. Ng4 Bg7 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Rxf6 Kg7 27. Rf2 Nb5 28. Kg2 Kg6 29. a4 Nbd4 30. Nxd4 Nxd4 31. Bc3 g4 32. Bxd4 exd4 33. Kf1 c5 34. b3 h5 35. Re2 Rxe2 36. Kxe2 Kf5 37. Kd2 Ke5 38. Kc1 Kd5 39. Kb2 Kc6 40. Ka3 Kd5 41. Kb2 a6 42. Ka3 Kc6 43. Kb2 b5 44. Ka2 Kd5 45. axb5 axb5 46. Ka3 Kc6 47. Kb2 Kb6 48. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal ch qual."] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1978.11.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Melkonian, Sam"] [Black "Laramee, Jean-Pierre"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A40"] [EventDate "1978.11.30"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. Be3 d6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Bxd4 Nf6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Ne5 13. Qg7 Kd7 14. f3 Be6 15. O-O-O Nxc4 16. b3 Na5 17. Nge2 Rc8 18. Rd3 b5 19. Kb2 Qb6 20. Rhd1 a6 21. R3d2 Kc7 22. Nd4 Rhe8 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Qxh7 Kb8 25. Qxg6 Qe3 26. Rd3 Qf2+ 27. R1d2 Qc5 28. Qxe6 b4 29. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Montreal ch qual."] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1978.12.01"] [Round "2"] [White "Amireault, Daniel"] [Black "Brodie, Hugh"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1532"] [BlackElo "1737"] [ECO "B25"] [EventDate "1978.11.30"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. e4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Ne2 d6 6. Nbc3 e5 7. Nd5 Be6 8. Ne3 Qd7 9. O-O Nge7 10. a3 O-O 11. f4 f5 12. c4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Nc2 fxe4 15. Bxe4 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qf3 Rad8 18. Rf2 b6 19. Rb1 Nf6 20. Qe2 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Ba2 22. Ra1 Rde8 23. Qf3 Bb3 24. Qd1 Qa4 25. g4 Rf7 26. f5 Rfe7 27. Qd2 Bxc2 28. Qxc2 Re1+ 29. Kg2 Qc6+ 30. Kh3 R1e3+ 0-1

[Event "Montreal ch qual."] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1978.12.01"] [Round "2"] [White "Melkonian, Sam"] [Black "Sullivan, Neil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B78"] [EventDate "1978.11.30"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. f3 d6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h4 a6 15. g4 b5 16. h5 b4 17. Nce2 Qa5 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Nf4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Qc5 24. Rd2 Qe3 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal ch qual."] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1978.12.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Brodie, Hugh"] [Black "Zurowski, Henry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1737"] [BlackElo "1955"] [ECO "A06"] [EventDate "1978.11.30"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Ne5 Bd6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. d3 Rhe8 12. Nd2 e5 13. f5 Qc6 14. Qe2 Bc7 15. e4 dxe4 16. dxe4 Rxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxe4 18. Qe2 f6 19. c4 Rd8 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Nd6 22. g4 Ba5 23. Qd3 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Kg2 Kc7 26. Kf3 Nd6 27. Rd5 Kc6 28. Ba3 Bb6 29. Bc1 Ba5 30. Be3 Bb6 31. Rd1 Bc7 32. h3 Bb6 33. Ke2 Ne4 34. Kd3 Nd6 35. Rf1 Bd8 36. h4 h6 37. Bc1 Nf7 38. Bb2 Bc7 39. Ke4 Nd6+ 40. Ke3 Nf7 41. Rg1 Nd6 42. Kf3 Bd8 43. Rd1 Bb6 44. Bc1 Bc7 45. Rd5 Bb6 46. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal ch qual."] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1978.12.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Finta, Robert"] [Black "Melkonian, Sam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B86"] [EventDate "1978.11.30"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Bd7 8. f4 Qc7 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. O-O Na5 12. e5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Re1 Bg4 17. Ra4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Kd7 19. Rd1 Qe6 20. Re4 Bc5+ 21. Be3 Qd6 22. c4 Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 dxe4 24. Rxd6+ Kxd6 25. Qb6+ Ke7 26. Qxb7+ Kf6 27. fxe4 Rae8 28. Qxa6+ Re6 29. Qb5 Rxe4 30. Qg5+ Ke6 31. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal ch qual."] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1978.12.02"] [Round "4"] [White "Zurowski, Henry"] [Black "Melkonian, Sam"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B92"] [EventDate "1978.11.30"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. a4 Be6 9. f4 Nbd7 10. O-O exf4 11. Rxf4 Ne5 12. Be3 Rc8 13. a5 O-O 14. Nd4 Bc4 15. Nf5 Re8 16. Ra4 Qd7 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Rb4 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Nc6 20. Rc4 Nxa5 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Nd5 Re5 24. Bd4 Qe6 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Qd2 Nc6 27. Qg5+ Qg6 28. Qh4 Kg7 29. Ne3 f6 30. h3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal ch qual."] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1978.12.03"] [Round "5"] [White "Brodie, Hugh"] [Black "Coupal, Pierre"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1737"] [BlackElo "1673"] [ECO "A17"] [EventDate "1978.11.30"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. e4 c5 9. Ne1 Nc6 10. f4 Nd7 11. Be3 Bf6 12. Nf3 g6 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. Bh3 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. d4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Nc5 21. Rd1 Bxd4+ 22. Qxd4 a5 23. Rf2 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Rad8 25. Rfd2 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Re8 27. Kf2 Kf8 28. Bg2 h6 29. Rd6 Re6 30. Rd4 Ke7 31. Bf1 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal ch qual."] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1978.12.03"] [Round "5"] [White "Melkonian, Sam"] [Black "Patterson, Roger"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C16"] [EventDate "1978.11.30"] [PlyCount "146"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Qg4 Bf8 6. f4 Qd7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bb5 Bb7 9. Be3 Nge7 10. Nh4 a6 11. Ba4 O-O-O 12. Qe2 f5 13. Nf3 h6 14. a3 Kb8 15. b4 Qc8 16. h4 g6 17. Kf2 Na7 18. Rhb1 Bg7 19. Bb3 Qd7 20. Ba4 Qc8 21. Bb3 Rdg8 22. a4 Qd7 23. Na2 b5 24. Nc1 Nec8 25. axb5 Nxb5 26. Qd3 Nb6 27. Ne2 Qc6 28. Nd2 Bf8 29. c3 Be7 30. Nf3 Kc8 31. Bd2 Kd8 32. Nc1 Na7 33. Qc2 Nac8 34. Nd3 Qd7 35. Nc5 Bxc5 36. bxc5 Na8 37. Qd3 Na7 38. Ba4 c6 39. Rb4 Nb5 40. Be1 Nac7 41. Rab1 Ke7 42. Ke3 Ra8 43. R4b2 Bc8 44. Bb3 Na3 45. Ra1 Nc4+ 46. Bxc4 dxc4 47. Qd2 Nd5+ 48. Kf2 Qc7 49. g3 a5 50. Rba2 Ra7 51. Qe2 Ba6 52. Rxa5 Rha8 53. Qa2 Qb7 54. Ra3 Nc7 55. Bd2 Nb5 56. Ra5 Qc7 57. Ne1 Bc8 58. Rxa7 Qxa7 59. Qxa7+ Rxa7 60. Rxa7+ Nxa7 61. Ke2 Ba6 62. Nc2 Nb5 63. Nb4 Bb7 64. Kd1 Nc7 65. Kc2 Nd5 66. Nxd5+ cxd5 67. Kb2 h5 68. Ka3 Kd7 69. Ka4 Kc6 70. Ka5 Bc8 71. Bc1 Bb7 72. Ba3 Bc8 73. Bb4 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal ch qual."] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1978.12.03"] [Round "6"] [White "Laramee, Jean-Pierre"] [Black "Brodie, Hugh"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1596"] [BlackElo "1737"] [ECO "C40"] [EventDate "1978.11.30"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 Nf6 5. Nf7 Qe7 6. Nxh8 d5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. d4 Be6 9. Bg5 O-O-O 10. c3 Qd7 11. Nd2 Bd6 12. Ng6 hxg6 13. Qa4 Kb8 14. O-O-O Bf5 15. h3 e3 16. Bxe3 Nb4 17. b3 Nc2 18. Nb1 Qe7 19. Kb2 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Ne4 21. g4 Bd7 22. Bb5 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 Nf2 24. Qe2 Nxh1 25. Rxh1 Re8 26. Re1 c6 27. Qd3 Qf6 28. Nd2 a5 29. e4 Qf2 30. Re2 Qg1 31. Qc2 b5 32. e5 Bf8 33. Qb1 Qg3 34. Qf1 Qd3 35. Qf3 Ba3+ 36. Kxa3 Qc2 37. Qf1 Qxc3 38. Nb1 Qb4+ 39. Kb2 Qxd4+ 40. Ka3 Qb4+ 41. Kb2 Qd4+ 42. Ka3 Qb4+ 43. Kb2 1/2-1/2