[Event "Montreal op"] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1997.08.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Gravel, Simon jr"] [Black "Rodriguez, Herver"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2070"] [BlackElo "1830"] [ECO "E44"] [EventDate "1997.08.30"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 O-O 8. f3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c5 11. dxc5 d4 12. exd4 Re8+ 13. Ne2 bxc5 14. dxc5 Nbd7 15. b4 a5 16. Bb5 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rb1 Rae6 19. Rb2 Qe7 20. Bf4 Nd5 21. Bd6 Qh4+ 22. g3 Qc4 23. Kf2 axb4 24. Rc2 Nc3 25. Nxc3 bxc3 26. c6 Qxc6 27. Bb4 Re3 28. Rf1 Nf6 29. Kg2 Nd5 30. Rff2 Re1 31. Qd4 Ne3+ 32. Kh3 Qe6+ 33. g4 Qh6+ 34. Kg3 Rg1+ 35. Rg2 Rxg2+ 36. Rxg2 Nxg2 37. Kxg2 Qd2+ 38. Qxd2 cxd2 39. Bxd2 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Montreal op"] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1997.08.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Latendresse, Simon"] [Black "Linskiy, Oleg"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1986"] [BlackElo "2390"] [ECO "A47"] [EventDate "1997.08.30"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 b6 5. Qe2 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Qc7 10. e4 cxd4 11. e5 Nd5 12. Qe4 g6 13. Nxd4 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Qe2 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qd6 17. Qe5 Ng4 18. Qxd6 Bxd6 19. f3 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Bg3 21. Re2 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "Montreal op"] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1997.08.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Lesiege, Alexandre"] [Black "Fontaine, Jacques"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2558"] [BlackElo "1986"] [ECO "D91"] [EventDate "1997.08.30"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bh4 Bg4 8. Qb3 Qa5 9. Qxb7 O-O 10. Bxe7 Bc8 11. Qb4 Qc7 12. Bxf8 Bxf8 13. c5 Na6 14. Qa4 Nb8 15. Bd3 Bf5 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Nd2 Na6 18. a3 Nc7 19. Ndxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Ne6 21. O-O Ng7 22. Rad1 Re8 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. e4 Nh6 25. b4 Qh4 26. e5 Nf5 27. Qe4 Qg5 28. Qxc6 Rd8 29. Ne4 Qh4 30. Nd6 Nxd4 31. Rxd4 Qxd4 32. Qc7 Ra8 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Qb7 Rd8 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Nxd8 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1997.08.30"] [Round "2"] [White "Laurain, Guy"] [Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2103"] [BlackElo "2558"] [ECO "B50"] [EventDate "1997.08.30"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Bg4 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 g6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Nxf3 Bg7 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. a3 Qd7 12. b4 b6 13. Be3 f5 14. b5 Ne5 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Rbd1 Nf7 17. Ng5 Kh8 18. Nxf7+ Rxf7 19. a4 a5 20. f4 Qc7 21. Qe1 Rdf8 22. g4 Ng8 23. Qg3 Qe7 24. g5 e5 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Bg4 exf4 27. Bxf4 Rxf4 28. Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Montreal op"] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1997.08.30"] [Round "2"] [White "Leriche, Felix"] [Black "Rodriguez, Herver"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2129"] [BlackElo "1830"] [ECO "C05"] [EventDate "1997.08.30"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Be2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Qb6 11. Nb3 Bd6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. f4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Nc5 Bd6 17. Rxf6 gxf6 18. Nxd7 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Qd6 20. Nxf8 Rxf8 21. Bh5 f5 22. Qf3 Bg3 23. Bh6 Rc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Kg7 26. Qe3 f4 27. Qe2 Qc7 28. Qe5+ Qxe5 29. dxe5 f3 30. gxf3 Bxe5 31. b3 Kf6 32. Kg2 Bd4 33. Kg3 e5 34. Bg4 Bc3 35. Kf2 Kg6 36. Be6 d4 37. Bd5 b6 38. Be4+ Kg7 39. Kg3 a5 40. Kg4 Kf6 41. Bxh7 Ke6 42. Be4 b5 43. Kg3 a4 44. Kf2 axb3 45. axb3 Bb4 46. Ke2 Kd6 47. Bh6 Ba5 48. Kd3 Be1 49. Bf8+ Kc7 50. Bg6 Kb6 51. Ke4 Bg3 52. Bd6 Kc6 53. Bxe5 d3 54. Bc3 0-1

[Event "Montreal op"] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1997.08.30"] [Round "2"] [White "Linskiy, Oleg"] [Black "Gagnon, Michel"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2390"] [BlackElo "2078"] [ECO "B95"] [EventDate "1997.08.30"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Qc7 8. O-O-O Nbd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 b4 12. Nb1 Bb7 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. Qe3 O-O-O 15. Rhf1 Kb8 16. Kb1 h5 17. Rc1 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bf3 Qb7 20. N2b3 Qb6 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Qe2 Nxb3 23. Nxb3 Be7 24. c4 bxc3 25. Rxc3 Bb4 26. Rc4 Rd7 27. Rc8+ Kxc8 28. Rc1+ Kb8 29. Qc4 Kb7 30. a3 Bd6 31. Ka2 e5 32. f5 a5 33. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1997.08.30"] [Round "2"] [White "Mikanovic, Goran"] [Black "Charest, Johanne"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2323"] [BlackElo "1842"] [ECO "D33"] [EventDate "1997.08.30"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2 Be6 9. O-O h6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. Bh3 Qd7 12. Nb5 Nd8 13. Nd4 Bd6 14. b3 O-O 15. Bb2 a6 16. Rc1 Qf7 17. e3 Ne4 18. f4 Qg6 19. Rc2 Bc5 20. Qd3 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Nc6 22. Bc5 Rfe8 23. Ba3 Qf7 24. Bg2 Nf6 25. h3 Rad8 26. Rcf2 Qc7 27. Bb2 d4 28. Bxd4 Nxd4 29. exd4 Qb6 30. Rd1 Rd7 31. Qe3 Kh8 32. Re2 Nd5 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34. Qe4 Rdd8 35. Kg2 Qb5 36. Rdd2 Kg8 37. Kh2 Kh8 38. h4 Kg8 39. Rf2 Rd5 40. Qg6 Qd7 41. Rfe2 Re7 42. Qe4 Kh8 43. Rd1 Qd6 44. Rc2 Qd7 45. Qg6 Re8 46. Rdc1 Rg8 47. Rc7 Qd6 48. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1997.08.31"] [Round "3"] [White "Charest, Johanne"] [Black "Abreu Cordero, Jose"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1842"] [BlackElo "2007"] [ECO "B02"] [EventDate "1997.08.30"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 e6 7. Qg4 h5 8. Qg3 g6 9. Bd3 Bxc5 10. Bxg6 Rg8 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Qf3+ Kg7 13. Qxh5 Rh8 14. Qg4+ Kf7 15. Nf3 Qg8 16. Bg5 Nc6 17. O-O-O Ke8 18. Qf4 Be7 19. Bf6 Bxf6 20. exf6 d6 21. Ng5 Nd8 22. h4 Nf7 23. Rde1 e5 24. Nxf7 Qxf7 25. g4 Be6 26. Qf3 Bd5 27. Qf5 Bxh1 28. Rxh1 Rg8 29. g5 Qd7 30. Qf3 Kf7 31. Qh5+ Kf8 32. g6 Rxg6 33. Qxg6 Qf7 34. Qh6+ Ke8 35. Rg1 Qxa2 36. Qh7 Qa1+ 37. Kc2 Qa4+ 38. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1997.08.31"] [Round "3"] [White "Lesiege, Alexandre"] [Black "Pineault, Denis"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2558"] [BlackElo "2153"] [ECO "E10"] [EventDate "1997.08.30"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Qc2 Ne4 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O f5 9. e3 Be7 10. a3 a5 11. b3 Qe8 12. Bb2 Qh5 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nd2 Rf6 15. Qd1 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 a4 17. b4 b5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rc1 Bg4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Ra6 22. d5 Nd8 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Rxc7 Be2 25. Rfc1 Bc4 26. R1xc4 bxc4 27. Rxc4 Bb2 28. b5 Rb6 29. Rc8 Bf6 30. Bd3 Kf8 31. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1997.09.01"] [Round "4"] [White "Gagnon, Michel"] [Black "Mikanovic, Goran"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2078"] [BlackElo "2323"] [ECO "D05"] [EventDate "1997.08.30"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. Qe2 O-O 8. b3 d5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. a3 Qc7 11. Rfd1 a6 12. c4 cxd4 13. exd4 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Qf4 15. h3 Qh6 16. Qe3 Qxe3 17. fxe3 Rd7 18. b4 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Bd8 20. Nfe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxe4 24. Nd6 Bc2 25. Rc1 Ba4 26. Bd4 f6 27. Nb7 fxe5 28. Bxe5 Bg5 29. Bd4 b5 30. Rc7 e5 31. Bc5 Bb3 32. Kf2 Bd5 33. g3 Bf6 34. Ke2 e4 35. Bd4 Bc4+ 36. Kd2 Bxd4 37. exd4 Rf8 38. Nd6 Bd3 39. Rc8 Rxc8 40. Nxc8 Kf7 41. Nd6+ Ke6 42. Nb7 Kd5 43. Ke3 Bf1 44. h4 Kc4 45. Nc5 Bg2 46. g4 h6 47. g5 hxg5 48. hxg5 g6 49. Nxa6 Kb3 50. d5 Kxa3 51. d6 Bh3 52. Kxe4 Kb3 53. Kd4 Bf5 54. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1997.09.01"] [Round "4"] [White "Hua, Lefong"] [Black "Lacroix, Serge"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2209"] [BlackElo "1994"] [ECO "E11"] [Annotator "Incomplete"] [EventDate "1997.08.30"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 Bxd2 9. Nbxd2 a5 10. b3 d6 11. Qc2 c5 12. Qb2 Nbd7 13. b4 Bc6 14. Rab1 Ne4 15. Bd3 Ndf6 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Qb6 Qd7 18. Rb2 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Rfb8 21. Rfb1 Qc7 22. c5 d5 23. f4 Rxb2 24. Qxb2 Nd7 25. Qc2 g6 26. Nf3 a4 27. Nd4 Ra5 28. Rc1 Qb7 29. Kf2 Rxc5 0-1

[Event "Montreal op"] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1997.08.31"] [Round "4"] [White "Linskiy, Oleg"] [Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2390"] [BlackElo "2558"] [ECO "A32"] [EventDate "1997.08.30"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qb6 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bg2 d5 9. O-O Bxd2 10. Qxd2 Nxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Na3 O-O 13. Nxc4 Qa6 14. Ne3 Rd8 15. Qb4 Bd7 16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Bxa6 Rxb4 18. b3 Rxd4 19. Rfd1 Be8 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. Rc1 Kf8 22. Rc7 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Bxd7 24. Bb7 Bb5 25. f4 Ke7 26. Kf2 h6 27. Ke1 Bd3 28. Kd2 Bb1 29. Kc3 g5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. a4 Kd6 32. Nc4+ Kc7 33. Bf3 g4 34. Bg2 Nd7 35. h3 gxh3 36. Bxh3 Be4 37. b4 f5 38. b5 Nb6 39. a5 Nxc4 40. Kxc4 Kd6 41. b6 axb6 42. axb6 Kc6 43. Kd4 Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal op"] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1997.09.01"] [Round "5"] [White "Girard, Robin"] [Black "Linskiy, Oleg"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2230"] [BlackElo "2390"] [ECO "C41"] [EventDate "1997.08.30"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 c6 8. a4 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Ba2 a6 12. Qc4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Qe2 b5 15. Nf5 Rfe8 16. Bg5 Rad8 17. f4 Ng6 18. Rd3 b4 19. Nd1 d5 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. e5 h6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. g3 Qf5 24. Qg2 Bc8 25. Nf2 h5 26. Rf1 h4 27. Ng4 Kh8 28. Kh2 hxg3+ 29. Qxg3 Qh5 30. c4 Bf5 31. Rd2 Be4 32. cxd5 cxd5 33. Bb3 Nh4 34. Bd1 Nf5 35. Qb3 Qh4 36. Rg1 a5 37. Bf3 Bxf3 38. Qxf3 d4 39. Nf2 Qh7 40. Rg5 Re6 41. Rh5 Rh6 42. Rxh6 Qxh6 43. Ne4 Nh4 44. Qg3 Nf5 45. Qg4 Ne3 46. Qf3 Nc4 47. Rg2 f6 48. exf6 gxf6 49. Nxf6 d3 50. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1997.09.01"] [Round "5"] [White "Lacroix, Serge"] [Black "Bouchard, Jean-Marc"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1994"] [BlackElo "1915"] [ECO "C14"] [EventDate "1997.08.30"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qd2 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. O-O-O h6 11. Qe3 Qxc5 12. Qxc5 Nxc5 13. Bd3 b5 14. a3 Bb7 15. Rhe1 O-O-O 16. Bf1 Kb8 17. Nd4 Rde8 18. f4 g6 19. g4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 h5 21. h3 hxg4 22. hxg4 Rh2 23. Rd2 Reh8 24. b4 Nd7 25. a4 Rxd2 26. Kxd2 d4 27. Ne2 bxa4 28. Nxd4 Nb6 29. c4 Rh2+ 30. Kc3 Rf2 31. f5 gxf5 32. gxf5 exf5 33. Bd3 Bc8 34. Rg1 a3 35. Ra1 Na4+ 36. Kb3 Nb2 37. Bc2 Rf4 38. Kc3 Be6 39. Rxa3 Nxc4 40. Nxe6 Rf3+ 41. Kxc4 Rxa3 42. Ng5 f4 43. Be4 Kc7 44. Bd5 Rg3 45. Nf3 Kb6 46. Kd4 Kb5 47. Ke4 Rg7 48. Kf5 Kxb4 49. Kf6 Rg6+ 50. Kxf7 Rb6 51. Nd2 Kc5 52. Bf3 Kd4 53. e6 Rxe6 54. Kxe6 Ke3 55. Bb7 Kxd2 56. Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal op"] [Site "Montreal CAN"] [Date "1997.09.01"] [Round "5"] [White "Lesiege, Alexandre"] [Black "Khassanov, Marat"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2558"] [BlackElo "2265"] [ECO "A89"] [EventDate "1997.08.30"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "CAN"] 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. b3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ba3 e4 11. Bxf8 Qxf8 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Be6 14. Qd2 Rd8 15. Qc2 e3 16. Rad1 exf2+ 17. Kh1 f4 18. gxf4 Ng4 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Qe4 Kf7 21. Qf3 Bd4 22. Nd1 Bb6 23. h3 Qh4 24. b4 Bxc4 25. Qxg4 Qxg4 26. hxg4 Bxe2 27. Bd5+ Kf6 28. Kg2 c6 29. Be4 a5 30. bxa5 Bxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Bxa5 32. g5+ Kg7 33. Kxf2 Bb6+ 34. Kf3 h6 35. gxh6+ Kxh6 36. Ne3 Kg7 37. Ng4 Bc7 38. Ne3 Bb6 39. Ke2 Kf6 40. Kf3 Bc7 41. Ng4+ Kg7 42. Nf2 Bd6 43. Kg4 Kf6 44. Nd3 Ba3 45. Ne1 Bb4 46. Nf3 Bd6 47. Nh4 Bxf4 48. Kxf4 g5+ 49. Ke3 gxh4 50. Kd4 h3 51. a4 Ke6 52. Kc5 h2 53. Kb6 Kd7 54. Kxb7 c5 55. a5 c4 56. a6 c3 57. a7 c2 58. Bc6+ Ke7 59. a8=Q c1=Q 60. Qe8+ Kf6 61. Qh8+ Ke6 62. Qxh2 Qg5 63. Qc7 Qe7 64. Qxe7+ 1/2-1/2