[Event "Maritime op"] [Site "Halifax CAN"] [Date "1997.10.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Bernard, Gilbert"] [Black "Saunders, Stephen"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1702"] [BlackElo "1925"] [ECO "B22"] [EventDate "1997.10.11"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 a6 10. a4 e6 11. Be3 b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Bd3 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. b4 Nc4 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. Nxb5 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Nxe4 21. Qf4 d5 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Ba6 24. Nd6 Rxc1 25. Nxe4 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 dxe4 27. Bxa6 Qxa6 28. Qxe4 Rb8 29. h4 h5 30. g4 Qb7 31. Qf4 Qxb4 0-1

[Event "Maritime op"] [Site "Halifax CAN"] [Date "1997.10.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Saunders, Stephen"] [Black "Drummond, Carlos"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1925"] [BlackElo "1716"] [ECO "E81"] [EventDate "1997.10.11"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nh3 h6 8. Be3 e5 9. d5 a6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Nf2 Ng8 12. g4 Ne7 13. h4 Qe8 14. Bd3 Rh8 15. O-O-O Nc5 16. Bc2 b5 17. Nd3 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Bd7 19. c5 b4 20. Ne2 Bb5 21. Qd2 a5 22. c6 a4 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qb8 25. Kb1 Ra5 26. Rc1 Qb5 27. Qxb5 Rxb5 28. Rc4 Ra8 29. Nc1 Nc8 30. Nd3 b3 31. a3 Nb6 32. Rcc1 Bf8 33. h5 g5 34. Bxb6 Rxb6 35. Rc4 Kg7 36. Rhc1 Kf6 37. Rb4 Rxb4 38. Nxb4 Ke7 39. Nd3 Kd8 40. Rc4 Kc8 41. Kc1 Ra5 42. Rb4 Be7 43. Kd2 Bd8 44. Kc3 Be7 45. Rb7 Bd8 46. Kb4 Ra6 47. Rb5 Bf6 48. Ra5 Rxa5 49. Kxa5 Kb8 50. Kxa4 Ka7 51. Kxb3 Kb6 52. Kb4 Ka6 53. Ne1 Bg7 54. Nc2 Bf6 55. Ne3 Bg7 56. Nf5 Bf8 57. a4 Kb6 58. a5+ Ka7 59. Kb5 f6 60. b4 Ka8 61. Ka6 Kb8 62. b5 1-0

[Event "Maritime op"] [Site "Halifax CAN"] [Date "1997.10.11"] [Round "3"] [White "Reddy, Tyler"] [Black "Saunders, Stephen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1832"] [BlackElo "1925"] [ECO "A87"] [EventDate "1997.10.11"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Qe8 8. Re1 Qf7 9. Qb3 Ne4 10. Be3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. d5 Nd7 13. Bd4 b6 14. Bxg7 Qxg7 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Qc2 a6 17. a4 a5 18. Nb5 Na6 19. f4 Bd7 20. Nd4 Nc5 21. e4 Rae8 22. e5 Kh8 23. e6 Bc8 24. Nb5 Na6 25. Ra3 Bb7 26. Qf2 Rc8 27. Qe3 Nc5 28. Qe2 Ba6 29. Na7 Ra8 30. Nc6 Rae8 31. Bf3 Kh7 32. Kg2 Bb7 33. Nd4 Ba6 34. Rb1 Qf6 35. h4 h5 36. Nc6 Kh6 37. Nd4 Rh8 38. Nc2 Rhf8 39. Nd4 Rh8 40. Kh3 Rhf8 41. Nc2 Ra8 42. Rf1 Kg7 43. Rg1 Rh8 44. Rg2 Rab8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Maritime op"] [Site "Halifax CAN"] [Date "1997.10.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Saunders, Stephen"] [Black "Duffy, Stephen"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1925"] [BlackElo "1848"] [ECO "E81"] [EventDate "1997.10.11"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Nge2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. g4 Nfg8 12. h4 f5 13. g5 f4 14. Bf2 c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Rd1 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 Be6 21. Ra5 Rf7 22. Nc3 Rd7 23. Bb5 Rc7 24. Kd2 Bf8 25. Kc2 Bc5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Ra6 Bc4 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. h5 Ne7 30. hxg6+ Kg7 31. gxh6+ Kg8 32. h7+ Kg7 33. Rxa7 Rxc3+ 34. bxc3 1-0

[Event "Maritime op"] [Site "Halifax CAN"] [Date "1997.10.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Brennan, Jim"] [Black "Drummond, Carlos"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1857"] [BlackElo "1716"] [ECO "D03"] [EventDate "1997.10.11"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. c3 h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. Ne5 a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. f4 Bd6 13. Rf3 b6 14. Rg3 Rf8 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Qg4 g5 17. Bxg5 f5 18. Qh5 Rf7 19. Bxh6+ Kh8 20. Bg7+ Kg8 21. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Maritime op"] [Site "Halifax CAN"] [Date "1997.10.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Davies, Cedric"] [Black "Howarth, Anthony"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1898"] [BlackElo "2294"] [ECO "B23"] [EventDate "1997.10.11"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. Ne2 Bg7 9. c3 Nf6 10. Bc2 O-O 11. O-O Qb6 12. d3 e5 13. Rb1 c4+ 14. d4 Bg4 15. Be3 Bh6 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. fxe5 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Nh5 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Nf4 Ng7 21. h3 Bd7 22. e5 Qa6 23. Nd5 f5 24. exf6 Nh5 25. f7+ Kh8 26. Qe5+ Ng7 27. Nc7 Qc6 28. Nxa8 Qc8 29. Nc7 Bxh3 30. gxh3 Qxh3 31. Rf2 Qg4+ 32. Rg2 Qd7 33. Bxg6 Qh3 34. Bh5 Rxf7 35. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Maritime op"] [Site "Halifax CAN"] [Date "1997.10.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Hensel, George"] [Black "Kenney, Jason"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1670"] [BlackElo "1525"] [ECO "B01"] [EventDate "1997.10.11"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. dxe6 Bxe6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bc5 7. d4 Bxd4 8. Nxd4 Qxd4 9. Be2 Qe4 10. Nd2 Qg6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Nd4 13. Bd1 Bh3 14. g3 Rfe8 15. Re3 Rxe3 16. fxe3 Qd3 17. exd4 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Maritime op"] [Site "Halifax CAN"] [Date "1997.10.12"] [Round "5"] [White "Saunders, Stephen"] [Black "Kenney, David"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1925"] [BlackElo "1969"] [ECO "A53"] [EventDate "1997.10.11"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Bf5 5. Nf3 h6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nd2 a5 10. e4 Bg4 11. f3 Bh5 12. Re1 Nc5 13. Nf1 Qd7 14. Qc2 Rae8 15. Be3 b6 16. a3 Ra8 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Nb7 20. Ra7 Rb8 21. Qa2 Qc8 22. Qa4 Ne8 23. Nd2 Bg6 24. h4 Nc5 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Nb5 Qd8 27. Bf2 f5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Qa5 Rc8 30. Ne4 Bd7 31. Nec3 g5 32. h5 g4 33. Ne4 Bg5 34. Nbc3 gxf3 35. Bxf3 Nf6 36. Nxg5 hxg5 37. Qa2 g4 38. Bg2 Nxh5 39. Qc2 Qg5 40. Ne4 Qg6 41. Qd2 Bf5 42. Qe3 Kf8 43. Be1 Ke8 44. Nc3 Kd8 45. Be4 Ng7 46. Bd2 Ke8 47. Qd3 Kd7 48. Bxf5+ Nxf5 49. Nb5 Qh5 50. Ba5 Nd4 51. Nxd4 cxd4 52. Qe4 Kd8 53. Bd2 Rb8 54. Ba5 Rb2 55. Be1 Qh2+ 56. Kf1 Qh3+ 57. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Maritime op"] [Site "Halifax CAN"] [Date "1997.10.12"] [Round "6"] [White "Gulati, Justin"] [Black "Saunders, Stephen"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2028"] [BlackElo "1925"] [ECO "A10"] [EventDate "1997.10.11"] [PlyCount "145"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6. f4 O-O 7. Nf3 c6 8. Qc1 Qb6 9. e3 Na6 10. O-O Nb4 11. Ne1 a5 12. Nc3 e5 13. Na4 Qc7 14. a3 Na6 15. Nc2 e4 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Nc2 a4 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 Be6 21. Nd4 Bf7 22. Qc2 Qd7 23. Rfc1 b5 24. Bf1 Rab8 25. cxb5 cxb5 26. Nc6 Rb7 27. Ne5 Qe7 28. Nxf7 Rxf7 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 Nd7 31. Rc8+ Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. d3 exd3 35. Bxd3 Kf6 36. Rc1 Kf7 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. e4 fxe4 39. Bxe4 Rb8 40. Ke3 Kd6 41. Rc6+ Ke7 42. Kd4 Nf6 43. Bd5 Nxd5 44. Kxd5 Ra8 45. Rc2 Rd8+ 46. Ke5 Rd7 47. g4 Kf7 48. h4 Ke7 49. f5 gxf5 50. gxf5 Kf7 51. f6 h6 52. Rg2 Rd1 53. Rg7+ Kf8 54. Rb7 Re1+ 55. Kf5 Rf1+ 56. Kg6 Rg1+ 57. Kxh6 Rg4 58. Rxb5 Rxh4+ 59. Kg6 Rg4+ 60. Kf5 Rc4 61. Rb7 a3 62. b5 a2 63. Ra7 Rc2 64. b6 Rf2+ 65. Ke6 Re2+ 66. Kd7 Rd2+ 67. Kc7 Kf7 68. b7 Rc2+ 69. Kb8 Re2 70. Ka8 Re1 71. b8=Q+ Kxf6 72. Qf4+ Kg6 73. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Maritime op"] [Site "Halifax CAN"] [Date "1997.10.12"] [Round "6"] [White "Phillips, Gary"] [Black "Kenney, Jason"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1749"] [BlackElo "1525"] [ECO "B21"] [EventDate "1997.10.11"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. e4 d5 2. e5 c5 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nh6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Ne2 O-O 9. c3 Nxe5 10. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 11. Rxf3 Qxd7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Kh1 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nf5 16. Qg1 Qc6 17. Bd2 b5 18. Raf1 a5 19. Be1 Nd6 20. Qf2 f6 21. Qh4 Rf7 22. Bd2 Ne4 23. Bc1 b4 24. cxb4 axb4 25. a3 bxa3 26. bxa3 Rc7 27. h3 Rb8 28. f5 Qxc1 29. fxe6 Rb1 30. e7 Qxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kh2 Rxe7 33. Qg4 Ra1 34. Qc8+ Kf7 35. Qd8 Rxa3 36. Qxd5+ Kg6 37. h4 Re5 38. Qd7 Rg3 39. Qc8 h5 40. Qc2 Rg4 41. Kh3 Rf5 42. Qc6 Nf2+ 43. Kh2 Rxh4+ 44. Kg3 Nh1+ 45. Kxh4 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Maritime op"] [Site "Halifax CAN"] [Date "1997.10.12"] [Round "6"] [White "Urquhart, Eddie"] [Black "Kenney, David"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2216"] [BlackElo "1969"] [ECO "B07"] [EventDate "1997.10.11"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. f4 O-O 7. O-O-O c5 8. d5 a6 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 b5 11. Re1 b4 12. Nd1 Bb7 13. c4 bxc3 14. Nxc3 Nb6 15. h3 Qc7 16. Bd3 Rab8 17. g4 Rfe8 18. g5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 e6 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Rhg1 Nbd7 22. f5 c4 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. fxe6 Ne5 25. Bb1 Nf3 26. Qf4 Nxe1 27. Bxf6 Nd3+ 28. Bxd3 cxd3 29. Rxg6 Rf8 30. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Maritime op"] [Site "Halifax CAN"] [Date "1997.10.13"] [Round "7"] [White "Saunders, Stephen"] [Black "Hayward, Jim"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1925"] [BlackElo "1756"] [ECO "D16"] [EventDate "1997.10.11"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. f3 Nd5 8. Nxc4 e6 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O Qc7 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nb6 Nxb6 16. Bb5+ Nd7 17. d5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Be7 19. e6 fxe6 20. Qxe6 O-O-O 21. Bxe7 Rhe8 22. Bxd8 Rxe6 23. Bxc7 Kxc7 24. Rfe1 1-0

[Event "Maritime op"] [Site "Halifax CAN"] [Date "1997.10.13"] [Round "8"] [White "Eldridge, Mike"] [Black "Saunders, Stephen"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1787"] [BlackElo "1925"] [ECO "B20"] [EventDate "1997.10.11"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "8"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. Qd2 Nd4 8. Nge2 a6 9. a4 O-O 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Bg5 12. Qd1 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 Bg4 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Bxb7 Ra7 16. Bd5 Kh8 17. h3 Be6 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. dxc4 f5 20. h4 Bh6 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. g4 Rf8 23. g5 Raf7 24. f4 Bxg5 25. hxg5 Qd8 26. g6 Rxf4+ 27. Nxf4 Rxf4+ 28. Ke1 Re4+ 29. Qe2 Rxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Qg5 31. Rag1 Qe3+ 32. Kd1 d3 33. Re1 dxc2+ 34. Kxc2 Qf2+ 35. Kb1 Qf5+ 36. Ka1 Qxg6 37. Kb2 Qg2+ 38. Ka3 a5 39. Rd1 Qf2 40. Rhf1 Qc5+ 41. Ka2 h5 42. Rd5 Qe3 43. Rfd1 Qc3 44. R1d2 e4 45. Rxh5+ Kg8 46. Rhh2 e3 47. Rde2 Qd3 48. Re1 d5 49. cxd5 Qxd5 50. Rxe3 Qc5 51. Rhe2 Kh7 52. Rg3 Kg8 53. Reg2 Kf8 54. Rxg7 Qc3 55. Ra7 Qc5 56. Rh7 Qd5 57. Rf2+ Kg8 58. Rc7 Qd6 59. Rfc2 Qb4 60. Ra7 Qg4 61. Rxa5 Qe4 62. Rac5 Kf7 63. a5 Qb4 64. R2c4 Qd2+ 65. Ka3 Qe1 66. Ka4 Qe8+ 67. Ka3 1-0