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[Event "Pere Noel"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2004.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gravel, Simon M"]
[Black "Poirier, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "63"]
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.g3 Ne7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O d6 10.Qc2 Be6 11.b3 Qd7 12.Rd1 Rad8 13.Bb2 f5 14.e4 f4 15.c5 Bh3 16.f3 g5 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Ne2 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Bxb2 20.Qxb2 Qe6 21.Nd4 Qe5 22.Qc2 g4 23.fxg4 fxg3 24.hxg3 d5 25.Nf5 dxe4 26.Nxe7+ Qxe7 27.Qc4+ Kh8 28.Qc3+ Kg8 29.Qxc6 e3 30.Qc4+ Kh8 31.Qc3+ Kg8 32.Qc4+ 1/2-1/2
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2004.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gravel, Simon M"]
[Black "Poirier, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[PlyCount "63"]
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.g3 Ne7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O d6 10.Qc2 Be6 11.b3 Qd7 12.Rd1 Rad8 13.Bb2 f5 14.e4 f4 15.c5 Bh3 16.f3 g5 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Ne2 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Bxb2 20.Qxb2 Qe6 21.Nd4 Qe5 22.Qc2 g4 23.fxg4 fxg3 24.hxg3 d5 25.Nf5 dxe4 26.Nxe7+ Qxe7 27.Qc4+ Kh8 28.Qc3+ Kg8 29.Qxc6 e3 30.Qc4+ Kh8 31.Qc3+ Kg8 32.Qc4+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Pere Noel"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2004.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gravel, Simon M"]
[Black "Poirier, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[ECO "A27"]
[EventDate "2004.12.26"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 Ne7
8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Qc2 Be6 11. b3 Qd7 12. Rd1 Rad8 13. Bb2 f5 14. e4
f4 15. c5 Bh3 16. f3 g5 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Ne2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2
Qe6 21. Nd4 Qe5 22. Qc2 g4 23. fxg4 fxg3 24. hxg3 d5 25. Nf5 dxe4 26. Nxe7+
Qxe7 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. Qc3+ Kg8 29. Qxc6 e3 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Qc3+ Kg8 32.
Qc4+ 1/2-1/2