[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2000.07.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Birgani, Farokh"]
[Black "Strojevs, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. a3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. c3 e6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. b4 Qc7 9. bxc5 dxc5 10. Re1 0-0 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. Nb3 b6 13. g3 a6 14. a4 Rb8 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Bf4 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 e5 19. Rec1 Bg4 20. Qg2 Qd6 21. Be3 Be6 22. Nd2 Ng4 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Qf3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Bc5 26. Qe2 Rd7 27. Rab1 Rbd8 28. Nc4 a5 29. Qh5 f6 30. Qe2 Rd4 31. Kf1 Bb4 32. Ne3 Rd2 33. Qa6 Qa2 34. Qxb6 Rxf2+ 35. Kg1 Rfd2 36. Qc7 R2d7 37. Qc6 Bd2 38. Ra1 Bxe3+ 39. Kh1 Qf7 40. Rf1 Bd2 41. Qb5 Bb4 42. h4 Qg6 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2000.07.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Birgani, Farokh"]
[Black "Chiba, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qc7 7. Bf4 e5 8. Be3 Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bb3 a5 13. a4 Rb8 14. g4 0-0 15. axb5 Rxb5 16. Nc3 Rxb3 17. cxb3 Nb4 18. g5 Nd7 19. Qe2 Nb6 20. Nb5 Qb8 21. Rxa5 d5 22. Na7 dxe4 23. dxe4 Rd8 24. 0-0 Nd3 25. Nc6 Qb7 26. Nxd8 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2000.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dewindt, Cor"]
[Black "Birgani, Farokh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. a3 Be7 4. e3 f5 5. c4 Nf6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. h3 0-0 8. Nf3 exd4 9. Bxd4 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Ng5 Qc8 12. Rg1 Ne4 13. Ne6 Rf7 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. g4 Nf8 16. Nxf8 Qxf8 17. Ra2 Bh4 18. Rg2 Rd8 19. g5 c5 20. Bc3 Rf3 21. Re2 d5 22. Be5 dxc4 23. Qc2 Ba6 24. Bf4 Rd3 25. Rg4 Qd8 26. Rxh4 c3 27. Bg2 Rd5 28. Bxf3 exf3 29. Qxh7+ Kf7 30. Qc2 fxe2 31. g6+ Kg8 32. Qa2 c2 33. e4 c4 34. exd5 Qxh4 35. Bg3 c1Q+ 36. Kxe2 Qe4# 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2000.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Goutor, Valentina"]
[Black "Birgani, Farokh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2000.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. dxe5 Bg4 5. exd6 Bxd6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nc3 f5 10. exf5 Nxf5 11. g4 Bg6 12. gxf5 Bxf5 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. Ng5 Ne5 15. Bd3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 h6 17. Qh5 Qf6 18. Nce4 Bg6 19. Nxf6 Bxh5 20. Nxh5 hxg5 21. Bxg5 Rf3 22. Be3 Rxh3 23. Nf4 Rh6 24. Kg2 Rf8 25. Ne2 Rh2+ 26. Kg1 Re8 27. Bf4 Rh3 28. Bxd6 Rxe2 29. Bxc7 Rxb2 30. Be5 Rb5 31. d4 Rb6 32. Kg2 Rd3 33. f4 Rb2+ 34. Rf2 Rb6 35. f5 Kg8 36. f6 gxf6 37. Rxf6 Rb2+ 38. Rf2 Rb6 39. Rg1 Kh7 40. Kh1 Rh3+ 41. Rh2 Rxh2+ 42. Kxh2 Rh6+ 43. Kg3 Kg8 44. Kf4+ Kf7 45. Rg7+ Ke8 46. Rxb7 Ra6 47. Kf5 Kd8 48. d5 Rxa2 49. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2000.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Birgani, Farokh"]
[Black "Bukowski, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2000.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 0-0 8. f4 Nbd7 9. Qf3 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Qd4+ 11. Qe3 Nd7 12. Qxd4 cxd4 13. Bf4 b6 14. Rf3 Bb7 15. Rg3 Kh8 16. Nd2 Rad8 17. c3 dxc3 18. bxc3 Nc5 19. d4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. a4 Rc8 22. Ba6 Rc7 23. a5 Rb8 24. c4 bxa5 25. d5 Bc5+ 26. Kf1 Rb2 27. d6 Rd7 28. Bc8 Rd8 29. d7 Rf2+ 30. Ke1 Rxf4 31. Rxa5 Bf2+ 32. Ke2 Bxg3 33. hxg3 Rg4 34. Rxa7 Rxg3 35. Rc7 Rd3 36. c5 Kg8 37. c6 Kf8 38. Ba6 Rc3 39. Rc8 Ke7 40. Bb7 Bxc6 41. Bxc6 Rxc6 42. Rxc6 Rxd7 43. Ke3 f6 44. Ke4 fxe5 45. Kxe5 Rd5+ 46. Ke4 Kf6 47. g4 h5 48. gxh5 Rxh5 49. Kf4 Rh4+ 50. Kg3 g5 51. Rc8 Rf4 52. Rf8+ Ke5 53. Rg8 Rf5 54. Kg4 Ke4 55. Ra8 Rd5 56. Ra4+ Ke3 57. Ra3+ Rd3 58. Ra6 e5 59. Kxg5 e4 60. Ra1 Kf2 61. Kf4 e3 62. Rh1 e2 63. Rh2+ Ke1 64. Rh1+ Kd2 65. Rh2 Kd1 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2000.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Birgani, Farokh"]
[Black "Haley, Philip G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2000.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Be3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. Nge2 c6 9. 0-0 Nbd7 10. f3 Be7 11. Ng3 0-0 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Nge4 Rad8 14. Rae1 Rfe8 15. Ng5 Nf8 16. Qc4 a6 17. f4 b5 18. Qb3 Nd5 19. f5 Bxg5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bxg5 f6 22. Bf4 Qc8 23. Qg3 Rxe1 24. Qxe1 Re8 25. Qg3 Qxf5 26. Be5 Qg6 27. Qxg6 Nxg6 28. Bd6 Re2 29. Rc1 Kf7 30. b3 Nf8 31. a4 Ne6 32. Kf1 Nxd4 33. Rd1 Re4 34. axb5 axb5 35. Bc5 Ne6 36. Bb6 f5 37. g3 g5 38. Re1 Rxe1+ 39. Kxe1 Kf6 40. Kd2 Ke5 41. Kd3 h5 42. c4 bxc4+ 43. bxc4 dxc4+ 44. Ke3 c3 45. Ba5 c2 46. Bc3+ Kd5 47. Bd2 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2000.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bowles, Charles"]
[Black "Birgani, Farokh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. d3 Be7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Bg4 6. Nbd2 d5 7. h3 dxe4 8. dxe4 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. 0-0 h5 11. Nh2 Bc5 12. c3 a6 13. Qe2 hxg4 14. hxg4 Qd6 15. b4 Ba7 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. g5 Nd8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 b5 20. Nd2 Ne6 21. f4 Nxf4 22. Rxf4 exf4 23. Qxf4 0-0-0 24. a4 c5 25. axb5 cxb4 26. Rxa6 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Qxb5 28. Ra8+ Kd7 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Qd6+ Ke8 31. cxb4 Qxg5 32. e5 Ne7 33. Qb8+ Nc8 34. Qxc8+ Qd8 35. Qc6+ Kf8 36. Qd6+ Qe7 37. Qb8+ Qe8 38. Qxe8+ Kxe8 39. b5 Kd8 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2000.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Birgani, Farokh"]
[Black "Hughey, Micah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2000.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. a3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Be7 8. Nge2 0-0 9. 0-0 a6 10. Ba4 Bf5 11. Bc2 Bxc2 12. Qxc2 cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 14. Qb3 Na5 15. Qa2 Nc4 16. Nf4 Bd6 17. b3 Nxa3 18. Ncxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Nc2 20. Rb1 Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Qxd5 22. Be3 Rc6 23. Rh1 Rg6 24. g3 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Edmonton"]
[Date "2000.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hansen, Steven E"]
[Black "Birgani, Farokh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. g3 e5 3. d3 d5 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. 0-0 f5 6. Kh1 Nf6 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. d4 Bxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qc3 h5 11. Bg5 0-0 12. Rd1 Be6 13. Qf3 Qe8 14. Nc3 d4 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Nb5 Qf7 17. Nxd4 f4 18. Nxc6 Bg4 19. Qd5 bxc6 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21. Rd2 Rb8 22. c3 c5 23. h3 Be6 24. Rad1 c6 25. h4 Bd5 26. b3 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 fxg3 28. fxg3 Kg6 29. Rd6 Rbf8 30. Rxf6+ Rxf6 31. Rd7 c4 32. Rxa7 cxb3 33. axb3 c5 34. Ra5 Rc6 35. Kf3 c4 36. b4 Rf6+ 37. Ke4 Rf2 38. Kd4 Rxe2 39. Kxc4 Re4+ 40. Kd3 Rg4 41. Rg5+ Rxg5 42. hxg5 1-0

