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[Event "Pere Noel"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2003.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Poirier, Erik"]
[Black "Desmarais, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "35"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Qc7 11.b3 e5 12.Bb2 f5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bxe5 15.Nxe5 Rd8 16.Qc2 Qxe5 17.Bf3 Be6 18.Rfe1 1/2-1/2
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2003.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Poirier, Erik"]
[Black "Desmarais, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "35"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Qc7 11.b3 e5 12.Bb2 f5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bxe5 15.Nxe5 Rd8 16.Qc2 Qxe5 17.Bf3 Be6 18.Rfe1 1/2-1/2
[Event "Pere Noel"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2003.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Poirier, Erik"]
[Black "Desmarais, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1999"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[ECO "D46"]
[EventDate "2003.12.26"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qc7 11. b3 e5 12. Bb2 f5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14.
Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Rd8 16. Qc2 Qxe5 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Rfe1 1/2-1/2