[Event "Montreal Pere Noel op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2022.12.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Singher, Jean Pierre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[BlackElo "1934"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2022.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Nge2 a6 10. 0-0 h6 11. Bh4 b6 12. Rac1 Bb7 13. f3 c5 14. Qd2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Bb1 Nc4 17. Qd3 g5 18. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Pere Noel op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2022.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Duval, Mathieu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2022.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. e4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2 0-0 8. h3 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Bxb5 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. 0-0-0 b5 12. Qh4 b4 13. Ne4 Qa5 14. Bh6 f6 15. Neg5 fxg5 16. Nxg5 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Qa3+ 18. Kb1 b3 19. axb3 Bf5 20. Qa4 Qxa4 21. bxa4 Rc8 22. Kb2 Na6 23. c3 Rab8+ 24. Kc1 Rb3 25. Kd2 Rcb8 26. g4 Rb2+ 27. Ke3 Bc2 28. Rde1 Nc7 29. c4 Rb1 30. Kd2 R1b2 31. Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Pere Noel op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2022.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sekki, Abderaouf"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2022.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nd5 10. Nd2 Qb6 11. Nde4 Bb4 12. Be2 Nd7 13. 0-0 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be7 15. Bh5 Bb7 16. Qg4 c5 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Bd5 19. Rfe1 0-0-0 20. Bxf7 Nf8 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. a4 Rd7 23. Be8 Rb7 24. Bxb5 Rf7 25. Rab1 Rhh7 26. Rb4 h5 27. Qxg5 Rhg7 28. Ba6+ Kd7 29. Rb7+ Kc6 30. Qxg7 Rxg7 31. Rxg7 Nd7 32. Bb5+ Kb6 33. Rxd7 Qa3 34. Be5 Qb2 35. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal Pere Noel op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2022.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Batorshyn, Ilia"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1990"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a3 g6 2. d4 f5 3. Nf3 b6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. d5 a5 9. 0-0 Na6 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Bxc5 bxc5 12. Qc2 d6 13. Rab1 h6 14. Nh4 Qe8 15. Nb5 Rc8 16. Qa4 Ne4 17. Qxa5 Qd7 18. Nxg6 Rf6 19. Nf4 c6 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Nc3 Rxf4 22. gxf4 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Qxf4 24. Rg1 Kh8 25. Rxg7 Kxg7 26. Qa7 Rf8 27. Qxb7 Qh4 28. Rg1+ Kh8 29. Qd7 Rxf2 30. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal Pere Noel op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2022.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Chapdelaine, Gwyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[BlackElo "1833"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2022.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 211 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. f3 h5 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. cxd3 Nc6 8. a3 Bd6 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. Nge2 Nh7 11. Bf4 g5 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. Qa4 a6 15. b4 0-0 16. Nbc3 f5 17. h4 g4 18. Nf4 Qf7 19. Qc2 Rae8 20. Qf2 e5 21. dxe5 Rxe5 22. 0-0 Nf6 23. Rac1 Rfe8 24. Nd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec op"]
[Site "Laval"]
[Date "2022.09.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wiebe, Isaac"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2022.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 e5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. e4 N5b6 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6 12. Be3 0-0 13. Rc1 Re8 14. a4 exd4 15. Bxd4 Nf8 16. a5 Nbd7 17. e5 Qc7 18. b4 Ne6 19. Bc3 Ndf8 20. Re1 Nf4 21. Bf1 Bg4 22. Qd2 N8g6 23. Ng5 Rad8 24. Qe3 Nd5 25. Qg3 Nxc3 26. Qxg4 Nd5 27. e6 Nh8 28. Qf5 g6 29. Qh3 f5 30. Bc4 Re7 31. Rcd1 Qf4 32. Bxd5 Qxg5 33. Bb3 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Kg7 35. Qd3 Qf6 36. Qd8 g5 37. Qb8 a6 38. Qd6 Ng6 39. g3 Qe5 40. Qd8 h5 41. Qd2 f4 42. Re1 Qf6 43. Qe2 f3 44. Qe4 g4 45. h3 Qg5 46. Rd1 Qe5 47. Rd4 Qxe4 48. Rxe4 gxh3 49. Re3 Nf8 50. Kh2 Nh7 51. Rxf3 Ng5 52. Re3 Kf6 53. f4 Nh7 54. Kxh3 Rg7 55. Re5 Nf8 56. Rxh5 Ke7 57. Kg2 Nh7 58. Kf3 Nf6 59. Rh4 Nd5 60. Bxd5 cxd5 61. f5 Kf6 62. Kf4 d4 63. Rh6+ Ke7 64. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Quebec op"]
[Site "Laval"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Ber, Yves"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[BlackElo "1964"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2022.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. f3 h6 6. g4 Bh7 7. h4 e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Nge2 Na6 11. a3 Qc7 12. b4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Qd6 14. b5 Nc7 15. a4 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd4 Qd6 18. Nd3 Ke7 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. Nxb4 e5 21. Rd1 Ke6 22. Kf2 g5 23. h5 Rhd8 24. Ne2 Rd7 25. Rd2 a5 26. Na2 Rad8 27. Nac1 b6 28. Ng3 e4 29. Nb3 exf3 30. Nd4+ Kd6 31. Ngf5+ Kc5 32. Nb3+ Kb4 33. Rd4+ Kc3 34. Rc1 Ne6 35. Rd3+ Kb4 36. Nfd4 Nxg4+ 37. Kg3 Ne5 38. Nc6+ Nxc6 39. bxc6 Rc7 40. Rb1 Kc4 41. Nd2+ Kc5 42. Rc3+ Kd6 43. Rxb6 Rdc8 44. Nxf3 f5 45. Rb5 Rxc6 46. Rxc6+ Rxc6 47. Rxa5 Ng7 48. Nd4 Rb6 49. Ra7 Nxh5+ 50. Kf2 Ke5 51. a5 Rf6 52. Nf3+ Kd6 53. Nd4 f4 54. a6 fxe3+ 55. Kxe3 g4 56. Rb7 Rf8 57. Rb6+ Kc7 58. Rxh6 Re8+ 59. Kd2 Nf4 60. Nb5+ Kb8 61. Rb6+ Ka8 62. Rb7 Rc8 63. Nc7+ 1-0

[Event "Quebec op"]
[Site "Laval"]
[Date "2022.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Zhang, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[BlackElo "1526"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2022.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6 4. h4 Bg7 5. e3 h5 6. Bd3 c6 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Nce2 Ne4 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Nc3 f5 11. Nge2 0-0 12. g4 hxg4 13. h5 Qe8 14. hxg6 Qxg6 15. 0-0-0 Nf6 16. Ng3 Be6 17. Rh2 Bc4 18. b3 Ba6 19. Rdh1 e6 20. Be5 Kf7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rh6 Qg8 23. Na4 b6 24. Rh7+ Ke8 25. Qb4 Rf7 26. R7h6 Kd7 27. d5 cxd5 28. Nc5+ bxc5 29. Qa5 Ke7 30. Qxa6 Qc8 31. Qa5 Kd6 32. R1h5 Qd8 33. Qd2 Kc6 34. a4 Rc8 35. Rh2 Kb7 36. Nh5 Be5 37. Rh1 Rc6 38. Ng3 Qd7 39. Ne2 a6 40. Nc3 d4 41. Rd1 Rd6 42. exd4 Rxd4 43. Qg5 Rxd1+ 44. Nxd1 Qd6 45. Qg6 Rd7 46. Rh1 Qd2+ 47. Kb1 Qxd1+ 0-1

[Event "Quebec op"]
[Site "Laval"]
[Date "2022.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eltafi, Ali Sina"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2022.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. d5 Be7 6. Be2 0-0 7. 0-0 Nc5 8. Nd2 a5 9. a4 Bd7 10. Re1 Qc8 11. Bf1 Ne8 12. Nf3 f5 13. Be3 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Ng5 Nf6 16. Bb5 c6 17. Bc4 b5 18. dxc6+ bxc4 19. cxd7 Qxd7 20. Nxe4 d5 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. c3 d4 23. cxd4 exd4 24. Bf4 d3 25. Qd2 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Rxf4 27. Qe5 Raf8 28. Qxa5 Rxf2 29. Qc5 R2f4 30. Re7 Qd4+ 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. a5 d2 33. Rd1 Rc8 34. Kf2 c3 35. Ke2 c2 36. a6 cxd1Q+ 37. Kxd1 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Quebec op"]
[Site "Laval"]
[Date "2022.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Malek, Omid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[BlackElo "2033"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2022.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 e4 5. d3 Bb4+ 6. Nd2 exd3 7. Bxd3 Qe7 8. Ngf3 d5 9. a3 Bd6 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 Qxe5 13. 0-0 0-0 14. Nf3 Qe7 15. Nd4 g6 16. c4 c5 17. Ne2 Rd8 18. Qc2 Be6 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Nf4 d4 21. exd4 Rxd4 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Re1 Qd6 24. Rad1 Rd8 25. Be2 b6 26. Rxd4 cxd4 27. Qb2 Ne4 28. b4 Nc3 29. Bd3 a5 30. b5 Rc8 31. Qb3 Kf8 32. Bf1 Rc5 33. Qb2 Rf5 34. Qd2 Kg7 35. Rc1 Ne4 36. c5 bxc5 37. Qxa5 Nxf2 38. Qe1 d3 39. Qc3+ f6 40. Qd2 Qg3 41. Re1 Nxh3+ 42. Kh1 Nf2+ 43. Kg1 Rh5 44. Qxf2 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "Quebec op"]
[Site "Laval"]
[Date "2022.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cossette, Daniel"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2022.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 210 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. dxe5 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 dxe5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bc4 c6 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Rad1 Qb6 11. Bb3 Nbd7 12. Rxd7 Bd8 13. Rd2 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rfd1 Qa5 16. Rd7 b5 17. a4 b4 18. Ne2 Qb6 19. Ng3 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qd3 Qc7 23. Nf5 a5 24. g3 Bg5 25. Qd6 Qb7 26. Qxe5 Bf6 27. Qe8+ Kh7 28. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Montreal CC-ch"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Barko, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1706"]
[BlackElo "1759"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nd2 0-0 7. h4 h5 8. f3 Nd5 9. Nf1 f5 10. Qd2 Bf6 11. c4 Nb6 12. g3 f4 13. 0-0-0 fxg3 14. Nxg3 Bxh4 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Nh3 N8d7 17. Rdg1 Bxe4 18. fxe4 Kf7 19. Qd1 Nf6 20. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal CC-ch"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2019.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zheng, Richard"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1993"]
[BlackElo "1706"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2019.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. f4 f6 6. fxe5 fxe5 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nxe5 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qh3 11. Qe2 Ne7 12. Qf1 Qh5 13. Qf3 Qxf3 14. Nxf3 0-0 15. 0-0 Bh3 16. Rf2 h6 17. Nc3 Rf7 18. Nd1 Raf8 19. Nh4 g5 20. Rxf7 Rxf7 21. Ng2 c5 22. Nf2 Bf5 23. d3 Nc6 24. Rf1 Nb4 25. e4 dxe4 26. dxe4 Bg6 27. Ng4 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Nxc2 29. Nxh6+ Kh7 30. Ng4 Be7 31. Bf6 Bxf6 32. Nxf6+ Kg7 33. e5 Nb4 34. a3 Nd3 35. Nd5 Nxe5 36. Nxc7 Nf3 37. Ne6+ Kf6 38. Nxc5 Nxh2+ 39. Kf2 Ng4+ 40. Ke2 Ne5 41. Ne3 Bf7 42. b4 Bh5+ 43. Kf2 Bg6 44. Nd5+ Kf7 45. a4 Ng4+ 46. Kf3 Ne5+ 47. Ke3 Nc4+ 48. Ke2 Bh5+ 49. Kd3 Ne5+ 50. Ke4 Nc6 51. b5 Bg6+ 52. Ke3 Ne5 53. a5 Nc4+ 54. Kd4 Nxa5 55. Kc3 a6 56. Kb4 axb5 57. Kxa5 Bh5 58. Kxb5 Be2+ 59. Kb4 Kg6 60. Ne3 Kf6 61. Ne4+ Kg6 62. Kc5 Bf3 63. Kd4 Be2 64. Ke5 Bf3 65. Nf5 Kh5 66. Nf6+ Kg6 67. Nd4 Bd1 68. Nd5 Bg4 69. Ne3 Bh5 70. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Montreal CC-ch"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2019.06.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Nesterov, Timour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "1706"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 0-0 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 d5 9. Bb1 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Qf6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. c5 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qxd5+ Be6 15. Qe4 Bc4+ 16. Kg2 g6 17. f4 c6 18. a3 Bd5 19. Ba2 Nf7 20. Bxd5 Qxb2+ 21. Bf2 cxd5 22. Qb1 Bxa3 23. Qxb2 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Ba3 25. Rb5 Bc1 26. Nf3 Bxf4 27. gxf4 Nd8 28. Kg3 Ne6 29. Be3 d4 30. Bxd4 Nxf4 31. Re1 Rf7 32. Ne5 Nh5+ 33. Kg2 Rc7 34. Reb1 Nf4+ 35. Kf3 Ne6 36. Ke4 Nxc5+ 37. Bxc5 Rxc5 38. Rxb7 Re8 39. Rxa7 Rcxe5+ 40. Kf3 Rf5+ 41. Kg2 Ref8 42. Ra3 Kg7 43. Rb7+ R8f7 44. Rb6 Rf2+ 45. Kg1 Rc2 46. Rb1 h5 47. h3 Rff2 48. Rab3 Rg2+ 49. Kh1 Rh2+ 50. Kg1 Rcg2+ 51. Kf1 Rc2 52. Kg1 Rhf2 53. Rb7+ Kh6 54. R7b3 Rg2+ 55. Kh1 Rgf2 56. Kg1 Rf6 57. Rf1 Rxf1+ 58. Kxf1 Kg5 59. Rg3+ Kh6 60. Re3 Rc4 61. Kg2 Rf4 62. Kg3 Rf6 63. h4 Rf1 64. Re4 Rg1+ 65. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 02"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gauthier, Luc"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1631"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. a3 Nd7 6. Be3 Ngf6 7. e5 Nxe5 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Ng6 10. h4 Bd6 11. Nge2 Qc7 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. 0-0-0 b5 14. g4 Ng3 15. Nxg3 Bxg3 16. Bd3 Nf4 17. Ne2 Nxe2+ 18. Bxe2 Bd6 19. f4 a5 20. h5 a4 21. c3 Bd7 22. Kb1 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Rc8 27. Rhd1 Rc5 28. Re1 Bc6 29. Bd3 g6 30. h6 Kd8 31. g5 Re8 32. Re5 Re7 33. Bf1 Ke8 34. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 02"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2019.03.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Monot, Antonin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "1647"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. e3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Be2 g6 7. g4 Rg8 8. g5 Nh5 9. Rg1 Bg7 10. Nc3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 e6 12. d3 Qe7 13. Qd2 Ng7 14. 0-0-0 0-0-0 15. Kb1 e5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nd4 Ne6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qc3 Qd6 21. e4 Qd4 22. Qxd4 exd4 23. Bg4 Kd7 24. Rdf1 Rgf8 25. Rf6 Rxf6 26. gxf6 Rf8 27. e5 Bd5 28. h4 Ke8 29. h5 Kf7 30. h6 c5 31. a3 a5 32. a4 Rd8 33. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 02"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Audet, Eric"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "1669"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 h6 9. f3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. 0-0-0 Nbd7 12. g4 Rc8 13. h4 Nc5 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Rxh1 16. Rxh1 Nfxe4 17. fxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Rh4 d5 20. Bd3 e5 21. Bxe4 exd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Rxd4 Rc5 25. b4 Rc6 26. Rxd5 Qb6 27. Qe1+ Re6 28. Re5 Kd7 29. Rd5+ Ke7 30. Re5 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 02"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2019.02.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Millette, Sylvain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "1682"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. h5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 e5 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Rxh8+ Bxh8 11. Bg5 Bf6 12. Be3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 c5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qd3 Bd7 17. Qe4+ Kf8 18. Qc4 b6 19. Rd1 Be6 20. Qd3 Bxa2 21. g3 a5 22. Bg2 Re8 23. Kf1 Qe6 24. Qd2 Bc4 25. Bf3 Kg7 26. Re1 a4 27. Kg2 a3 28. Qg5 Rh8 29. Bg4 Qf6 30. Qe3 a2 31. Qc1 b5 32. e4 Be6 33. e5 Bd5+ 34. f3 Qc6 35. Qe3 Be6 36. Bxe6 Qxe6 37. g4 Qb3 38. Qd2 Qb1 39. Qc1 Qxc1 40. Rxc1 Ra8 41. Ra1 b4 42. cxb4 cxb4 43. f4 b3 44. f5 gxf5 45. gxf5 b2 46. f6+ Kg6 47. Rf1 b1Q 48. Rf4 Qc2+ 49. Kg3 Ra3+ 50. Rf3 Rxf3+ 51. Kxf3 0-1

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 02"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bernardi, Felipe"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "1637"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 d6 7. Nc3 a5 8. Re1 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bf6 11. a4 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Rd1 Qe8 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 h6 16. Nf7 Kh7 17. Bxb7 Bxb7 18. Qxf5+ g6 19. Qb1 Qc6 20. Qxg6+ Qxg6 0-1

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 10"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2018.11.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "O'Connor, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "1644"]
[BlackElo "1759"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Bc4 c6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Nd5 9. Ne4 Kh8 10. c3 b6 11. 0-0 a5 12. Qe1 Na6 13. Qh4 f6 14. Bh6 Nac7 15. Neg5 fxg5 16. Nxg5 Bf6 17. Bxf8 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Ne6 19. Qh6 Bd7 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Rf7 Nxf8 22. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 10"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2018.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Millette, Sylvain"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1689"]
[BlackElo "1644"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. 0-0 a6 8. Qe2 Bg4 9. Nd5 Ne5 10. Nxf6+ exf6 11. Bd5 Qb8 12. Bf4 Be7 13. Bxe5 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 dxe5 15. Rac1 0-0 16. Qb3 Ra7 17. Rc2 b6 18. Rfc1 Bc5 19. Qc4 a5 20. a3 a4 21. g3 g6 22. Kg2 Rc8 23. b4 axb3 24. Qxb3 Kg7 25. a4 Qd6 26. Rd1 Qd7 27. Ra2 Bd4 28. Rdd2 Rc3 29. Qb5 Qc8 30. Qe2 Ra5 31. Rdc2 Rac5 32. Rxc3 Bxc3 33. Rc2 f5 34. f3 fxe4 35. fxe4 f5 36. Qd3 fxe4 37. Qxe4 Qf5 38. Qe2 Bd4 39. Be4 Qc8 40. Qd3 Rxc2+ 41. Qxc2 Qxc2+ 42. Bxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 10"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shahabi, Shahab"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1658"]
[BlackElo "1644"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 e6 5. 0-0 Bd6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. a3 0-0 8. b4 c6 9. c4 Rc8 10. c5 Bb8 11. a4 Qc7 12. g3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Bh3 15. Re1 f5 16. Bf1 Bxf1 17. Nxf1 Nf6 18. Qb3 Nd5 19. Nd2 Qf7 20. f4 exf3 21. Nxf3 h6 22. Ra2 Nf6 23. Rg2 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 10"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2018.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Guipi Bopala, Prince Eric Jr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1644"]
[BlackElo "1757"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Qxd4 Be7 8. c4 0-0 9. Ne2 d5 10. Ng3 Bb4+ 11. Bc3 c5 12. Qd2 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 dxc4 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. bxc4 Be6 16. Na4 Bxc4 17. Nxc5 Rd5 18. Nb3 Bxb3 19. axb3 Rd3 20. Ra3 c5 21. Ke2 c4 22. Ra4 Rxb3 23. Rxc4 a5 24. Ra1 g6 25. Rca4 Rb2+ 26. Kf3 Rb5 27. h3 Nd7 28. Ne4 Nb6 29. Rd4 a4 30. Nc3 Rba5 31. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 10"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2018.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alcantara, Maximo Jr"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "1644"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. c3 c6 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nbd2 f5 9. Nf1 Nd7 10. N3d2 e5 11. f3 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. b3 Qb6 15. Bb2 Bf8 16. e3 Nf6 17. Qd3 Bd7 18. Nd2 Re6 19. e4 Rae8 20. e5 Rxe5 21. Rxe5 Rxe5 22. f4 Re8 23. Nf3 Bd6 24. h3 Nh5 25. Kh2 Qa6 26. Qxa6 bxa6 27. Ne5 Nf6 28. Rc1 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Ne4 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Bd4 Ra8 32. g4 Kf7 33. Rf1 Rc8 34. Bc5 Re8 35. Bxa7 Ra8 36. Bc5 Rb8 37. f5 gxf5 38. gxf5 Rb5 39. e6+ Bxe6 40. fxe6+ Kxe6 41. Rc1 Rb8 42. Kg3 Rg8+ 43. Kf2 Rg7 44. Bd4 Rf7+ 45. Ke2 Kd7 46. Rf1 Re7 47. Rf6 Kc7 48. Ke3 Kd7 49. h4 h5 50. Rf5 Rh7 51. Be5 Rh6 52. Rf6 Rxf6 53. Bxf6 c5 54. a3 Ke6 55. Bg7 Kf5 56. Bf8 Kg4 57. Bxc5 Kxh4 58. a4 Kg5 59. b4 h4 60. b5 h3 61. Bd6 axb5 62. axb5 Kf5 63. b6 Ke6 64. Bh2 1-0

[Event "Montreal CC-ch"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2018.06.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Rodrigue Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "1609"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Be3 Nc6 6. c4 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Nxd4 8. Bxd4 Bxd4 9. Qxd4 Nf6 10. e5 Nh5 11. 0-0-0 0-0 12. g4 Ng7 13. f4 d5 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxg4 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Rd2 Rfe8 18. Nd5 Bf3 19. Rg1 Ne6 20. Rf2 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Rac8+ 22. Kb1 Red8 23. Bg2 Nd4 24. Rd1 Nf5 25. Bh3 Ne3 26. Rd3 Nf5 27. Bxf5 gxf5 28. Rc2 Kg7 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rc3 Rd8 31. d6 Kg6 32. Rg3+ Kh6 33. Rg5 f6 34. Rxf5 fxe5 35. fxe5 Rd7 36. Kc2 b5 37. Kd3 a5 38. Kd4 b4 39. Kd5 b3 40. axb3 a4 41. bxa4 Rb7 42. e6 Rxb2 43. e7 Rxh2 44. e8Q Rd2+ 45. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 05"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2018.06.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Autotte, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[BlackElo "1643"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. d4 c6 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. c3 e6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nbd2 a6 9. a4 0-0 10. h4 h6 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rb1 c5 14. g4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxg4 16. Be2 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qe6 18. Bg3 Re8 19. 0-0 Bxh4 20. Bxh4 Qxe2 21. Qxe2 Rxe2 22. Nb3 c4 23. Nd4 Re8 24. Rfe1 Bd7 25. a5 Rab8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 05"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2018.05.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giurgiev, Silvius"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1605"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. 0-0 Na6 11. Rfe1 Bd7 12. a3 Rfe8 13. h3 h6 14. Bh4 Nc5 15. Nd4 g5 16. Bg3 a6 17. Bf3 Rab8 18. b4 Ne6 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Ne2 h5 21. Ne3 Ng7 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Nf5 24. c3 Bg7 25. Bh2 Be6 26. Bf3 h4 27. Rac1 Re7 28. Bg4 Rbe8 29. Kf1 Bf6 30. Bg1 Bc8 31. Bh2 Kg7 32. f3 Ne3+ 33. Kf2 Bxg4 34. hxg4 Nxg2 35. Kxg2 Rxe2+ 36. Kf1 Rxe1+ 37. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 38. Kxe1 Bxc3+ 39. Ke2 b5 40. f4 Bb2 41. Kd2 Bxa3 42. Kc3 Bc1 43. fxg5 Bxg5 44. Kd4 Bd2 45. Kd5 Bxb4 46. Kc6 Ba5 47. Kb7 b4 48. Bf4 b3 49. Bc1 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 05"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2018.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Millette, Sylvain"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1657"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nf3 a6 7. 0-0 Nf6 8. Qe2 Bg4 9. Rd1 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Ne5 11. Qe2 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 Qc8 13. Qe2 e5 14. Bg5 Qg4 15. Qxg4 Nxg4 16. Nd5 Rc8 17. Rac1 Rc6 18. Rxc6 bxc6 19. Nc7+ Kd7 20. Nxa6 Be7 21. Nc5+ Ke8 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Nd3 Nf6 24. f3 Ra8 25. a3 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 05"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2018.05.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Kay, Sang Kill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[BlackElo "1681"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Ne2 h6 5. Ng3 Bh7 6. Nh5 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ gxf6 8. c4 Nc6 9. cxd5 Nb4 10. d3 Qxd5 11. e4 Bxe4 12. dxe4 Qxe4+ 13. Be2 Rd8 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bxf6+ Kc8 16. Bxh8 Qxg2 17. Rf1 Nc2+ 18. Kd1 Nxa1 19. Bxa1 Qxh2 20. f4 h5 21. Nd2 Bc5 22. f5 Qd6 23. Bc3 h4 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Kc2 Qc6 26. Bf3 Qa6 27. a4 Qd6 28. Rd1 Qf4 29. Rf1 Qh2 30. b4 Bf2 31. Kb3 Bg3 32. Ne4 Qh3 33. Rh1 Qf5 34. Rf1 Qd5+ 35. Kb2 Qd3 36. Nd2 Bf4 37. Bxb7+ Kxb7 38. Rxf4 h3 39. Rf2 Qg3 40. Rf3 Qg2 41. Kb3 h2 42. Rf7 h1Q 43. Be5 Qd5+ 44. Nc4 Qb1+ 45. Bb2 Qbd1+ 46. Ka3 Qxc4 47. Rxc7+ Qxc7 48. a5 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 05"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2018.05.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ostaci, Liviu"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "1662"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 e4 5. Bxb4 Nxb4 6. Nfd2 f5 7. a3 Nc6 8. e3 Nf6 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Qc2 a6 11. Be2 Kh8 12. h4 d5 13. g3 Ne7 14. c5 Ng4 15. Rf1 Nh2 16. Rh1 Ng4 17. Rf1 Nh2 18. Rh1 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Mont Royal op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2017.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Goldner, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1743"]
[BlackElo "1766"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 Bd6 9. d3 0-0 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. h4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Be7 13. Nd2 f5 14. Nf3 f4 15. exf4 Rxf4 16. Be5 Rf5 17. g4 Rf7 18. g5 g6 19. Kg2 Bg4 20. Rf1 Rf5 21. Bg3 Nc3 22. Qd3 Nxe2 23. Qxe2 Bxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Rxf3 25. Kxf3 Qf8+ 26. Kg2 Bd6 27. f4 Qf5 28. Rf2 Re8 29. Raf1 Qg4 30. h5 Re3 31. Rf3 Rxf3 32. Rxf3 gxh5 33. Kf2 Bc5+ 34. Ke2 h4 35. Bf2 Qg2 36. c3 h3 37. b4 Bb6 38. a4 h2 39. a5 Qxf2+ 40. Rxf2 Bxf2 0-1

[Event "Montreal Mont Royal op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2017.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Haji Ghanbari, Nader"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1743"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. e4 Ng6 6. h4 Bb4 7. h5 Nf8 8. h6 gxh6 9. Bd2 Qe7 10. Nce2 Bc5 11. Ng3 d6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Bxh6 Rg8 14. Bd2 a6 15. Bf3 0-0-0 16. N1e2 Bg4 17. b4 Ba7 18. b5 axb5 19. cxb5 N8d7 20. Qa4 Kb8 21. Rc1 Nc5 22. Qc4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nfd7 24. Nf5 Qe8 25. Qc2 Nb6 26. Rb1 Qd7 27. Be3 Rg2 28. Bxc5 dxc5 29. Nfg3 Nxd5 30. exd5 Qxd5 31. Qe4 Qxe4 32. fxe4 c4 33. b6 Bxb6 34. Rxh7 Bxf2+ 35. Kf1 Rxg3 36. Kxf2 Ra3 37. Rb2 c3 38. Rb3 Rxa2 39. Rxc3 Rdd2 40. Re3 f6 41. Kf3 Ka7 42. Rxc7 Ka6 43. Rf7 b5 44. Rxf6+ Ka5 45. Re6 b4 46. Rxe5+ Ka4 47. Re8 Rab2 48. e5 Rd5 49. Ke4 Ra5 50. Rb8 Rb3 51. Rxb3 Kxb3 52. Nd4+ Kc4 53. Rxb4+ Kc3 54. Rb3+ Kc4 55. Rb8 Ra4 56. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal Mont Royal op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2017.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Durette, Francis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1743"]
[BlackElo "2028"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Qd2 d6 5. e4 0-0 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. f3 Na5 8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. e5 Nd7 11. f4 f6 12. exf6 exf6 13. Bh4 Re8+ 14. Nge2 Qb6 15. Bf2 f5 16. 0-0 Qd8 17. Rad1 a6 18. a4 Kh8 19. b3 Nf6 20. Bxc5 b6 21. Bf2 Bb7 22. b4 Nc6 23. b5 Nb4 24. bxa6 Nxa6 25. Bxa6 Bxa6 26. Qxd8 Raxd8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Bxb6 Re8 29. Re1 Ng4 30. Bf2 Rc8 31. h3 Nxf2 32. Kxf2 Bxc3 33. Nxc3 Rxc3 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Re7+ Kh6 36. g4 fxg4 37. hxg4 Bc8 38. g5+ Kh5 39. Rxh7+ Kg4 40. Rg7 Bf5 41. a5 Kxf4 42. a6 Rxc2+ 43. Ke1 Ra2 44. a7 Kxg5 45. Re7 Kf6 46. Rc7 Ke6 47. Rg7 Kd6 48. Rf7 Kc6 49. Rf6+ Kb7 50. Rf7+ Ka8 51. Kf1 Rxa7 52. Rf8+ Kb7 53. Kf2 Ra3 54. Rf6 Kc7 55. Ke2 Kd7 56. Kf2 Ke7 57. Rb6 Kf7 58. Rc6 Kg7 59. Rb6 Kh6 60. Rd6 Kg5 61. Rd4 Bg4 62. Rd5+ Kh4 63. Rd4 Ra2+ 64. Ke1 Kg3 65. Rd3+ Bf3 66. Rb3 Re2+ 67. Kf1 Rd2 68. Rb1 Rd1+ 69. Rxd1 Bxd1 70. Kg1 Be2 71. Kh1 Kf2 72. Kh2 g5 0-1

[Event "Montreal Mont Royal op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2017.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rodrigue Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "1743"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. a4 Qa5 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. Nge2 e5 7. a5 Qc7 8. h3 Be7 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Ng3 exd4 11. Bxd4 Ne5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. b3 d5 14. f4 Ng6 15. e5 Nd7 16. Bd3 Bh4 17. Bf2 Ne7 18. 0-0 g6 19. Nce2 c5 20. c4 Rd8 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Qc2 Qc6 23. Ne4 Bxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Nf5 25. Rc1 0-0 26. Qb1 Ng7 27. N2c3 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Qa6 29. Nd5 Qxa5 30. Ra2 Qb5 31. Bd3 c4 32. Bxc4 Qc5+ 33. Kh1 Rfe8 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. Nxe8 Nxe8 36. Bxf7 Qf8 37. Bxe8 Rxe8 38. Qe4 Nc5 39. Qc4 Ne6 40. Rxa7 Qe7 41. Qb5 Nxf4 42. Rxb7 Qd8 43. Rcc7 Ne6 44. Rxh7+ Kg8 45. Qc4 Qd1+ 46. Kh2 Qd4 47. Rhg7+ Kh8 48. Qxd4 Nxd4 49. Rxg6 Rxe5 50. Rd6 Ne6 51. Re7 1-0

[Event "Laval op"]
[Site "Laval"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Vignalou, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1679"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2017.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. 0-0 e6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. f4 0-0-0 11. Nd2 Be8 12. c4 Rg8 13. b4 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. cxd5 Kb8 16. Ne4 exd5 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Laval op"]
[Site "Laval"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Trahan, Daniel"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1679"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e3 Na6 7. Bd3 d6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. a3 Bd7 10. Qc2 Nc7 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 b5 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Bg5 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Rf7 17. Rae1 bxc4 18. Rxe7 Rxe7 19. Rxe7 Qb8 20. Re2 Qb3 21. Bc1 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Rb8 23. Nd2 c3 24. bxc3 Nxd5 25. Ne4 Rb1 26. Nd2 Rb8 27. Ne4 Rb1 28. Nd2 Ra1 29. Nb3 Rb1 30. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Laval op"]
[Site "Laval"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikulich, Oleksandr"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1988"]
[BlackElo "1679"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. d4 Bf5 7. 0-0 e6 8. a3 Bd6 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Qe2 0-0-0 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Ba2 f6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. c4 N5b6 17. Qxe6 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Be3 Rde8 20. Qg4 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Rxe3 22. fxe3 g5 23. b4 Kb8 24. c5 Nc8 25. Rd1 Ne5 26. Qd4 a6 27. Be6 g6 28. Nf1 Re8 29. Bb3 g4 30. a4 f5 31. b5 a5 32. Bd5 Rd8 33. b6 Qe7 34. Qf4 g5 35. Qxf5 Rf8 36. Qe4 Qf6 37. Ng3 Qf2+ 38. Kh1 Qf6 39. Bxb7 Ng6 40. Ba6 1-0

[Event "Laval op"]
[Site "Laval"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Turcotte, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1679"]
[BlackElo "1985"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Be2 Be7 7. d3 c5 8. Nd2 h5 9. h4 Nc6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Qd2 Bd6 12. Rh3 0-0-0 13. Ng5 d4 14. e4 Ng4 15. Nf1 Bf4 16. Qd1 Qa5+ 17. Nd2 Nxf2 18. Kxf2 Bxd2 19. Nf3 Be3+ 20. Kf1 Qc7 21. Bc1 Qf4 22. Bxe3 dxe3 23. Qe1 b6 24. Kg1 Nd4 25. Rc1 f5 26. e5 Nxf3+ 27. Rxf3 Qxe5 28. Qg3 Qxg3 29. Rxg3 Rh6 30. Rxe3 Re8 31. Re5 Kc7 32. Bf3 Kd6 33. Rce1 Bf7 34. Bb7 g5 35. hxg5 Rg6 36. a3 Rxg5 37. b4 cxb4 38. axb4 Reg8 39. c4 h4 40. d4 h3 41. c5+ Kc7 42. Bf3 Rg3 43. R5e3 f4 44. Ra3 a5 45. cxb6+ Kxb6 46. bxa5+ Ka7 47. d5 Bh5 48. Rf1 hxg2 49. Rf2 e5 50. Rc3 e4 51. Rc4 Kb8 52. d6 Rxf3 53. Rb2+ Ka8 54. Rb1 Rh3 55. Kf2 e3+ 0-1

[Event "Montreal CC-ch"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2017.06.11"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Gauthier, Denis"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "1958"]
[BlackElo "1665"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 exd4 8. Ne2 Bg4 9. f3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qxf3 11. Nxd4 Qxh1 12. Nxc6 Nf6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Na5 Rd8 15. Qe2 Qe4 16. Nc4 Qh4+ 17. Qf2 Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 b5 19. Na3 Rd2+ 20. Be2 c6 21. Rc1 Kd7 22. Rc2 Rxc2 23. Nxc2 a5 24. Nd4 b4 25. Bc4 Rf8 26. Nf5 c5 27. Kf3 h5 28. h4 Kc7 29. Ng3 a4 30. Ne4 a3 31. bxa3 bxa3 32. Nxf6 Rh8 33. Kf4 Rh6 34. Kf5 Rg6 35. Bxf7 Rg3 36. Bxh5 c4 37. Nd5+ Kc6 38. Bf7 Rg2 39. Ke4 Rxa2 40. Nb4+ Kc5 41. Nxa2 Kb5 42. h5 Kc5 43. h6 Kb5 44. h7 Ka4 45. Bxc4 1-0

[Event "Transcontinental Printanier ABCDEF"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kozlov, Guennadi"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1730"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.03.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. Bd3 Bb7 4. Be3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. f3 0-0 9. a3 Be7 10. Nh3 Nc6 11. 0-0 Rc8 12. f4 h5 13. Nf2 g6 14. e5 Nh7 15. g4 h4 16. g5 Nxg5 17. fxg5 Bxg5 18. Qd2 Nxd4 19. Nfe4 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Nf5 21. Qf4 b5 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Bxf5 Qb6+ 24. Rf2 exf5 25. Ncd5 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Qd8 27. Rg2 Rc5 28. Nf6 Qb6 29. Kh1 h3 30. Rg3 Rh8 31. Qxf5 Qc6+ 32. Kg1 Rc1+ 33. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 34. Qf1 Qc5+ 35. Kh1 Qc6+ 36. Rf3 Rh4 37. Kg1 Rc4 38. Qxh3 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 Rc2+ 40. Kg3 Qc8 41. Qh7+ Kf8 42. Nd5 Rg2+ 43. Kxg2 Qc2+ 44. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Transcontinental Printanier ABCDEF"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Baran, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[BlackElo "1776"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.03.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nxc4 Qg5 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. h4 Qg6 14. Qxg6 hxg6 15. a3 Be7 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Nc4 Bc7 18. b4 Bd7 19. Rd1 Nd5 20. Ne4 f6 21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Rc1 b6 23. Nd3 Bb7 24. Nd2 Rfe8 25. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Transcontinental Printanier ABCDEF"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2017.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gauthier, Luc"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1702"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.03.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nxd5 5. d4 e6 6. c4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 Nf4 9. g3 Nxe2 10. Qxe2 Nc6 11. 0-0-0 Nxd4 12. Qe4 f5 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd1 15. Rxd1 Kf7 16. N2f3 Kf6 17. Re1 Rhe8 18. Ne5 Rad8 19. Nb5 c6 20. Nc3 Rd4 21. f4 Red8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 g5 24. Nc3 h5 25. h4 gxh4 26. gxh4 Rg8 27. Ne2 Rg2 28. Nd4 Rf2 29. Ndf3 Rf1+ 30. Kc2 Rf2+ 31. Kc1 Rf1+ 32. Kc2 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Transcontinental Printanier ABCDEF"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2017.04.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Richard, Leo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[BlackElo "1648"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.03.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bg3 0-0 8. Nbd2 h6 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 c4 12. Bb1 Qb6 13. Bf2 Qxb2 14. Qc2 Qxc2 15. Bxc2 f5 16. h3 b5 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. g4 b4 19. Ke2 bxc3 20. Rxb8 Ndxb8 21. Nf3 Nb4 22. Nd4 N8c6 23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. Rb1 fxg4 25. hxg4 Ba6 26. Ba4 Ne7 27. Bd7 c2 28. Bxe6+ Kh8 29. Rc1 c3+ 30. Kf3 Bd3 31. Be1 Rb8 32. Bxc3 Rb1 33. Bd2 Be4+ 34. Kg3 Nc6 35. Bf5 Bxf5 36. gxf5 Rxc1 37. Bxc1 Nb4 38. e6 Kg8 39. Kg4 Nxa2 40. Ba3 c1Q 41. Bxc1 Nxc1 42. Kh5 Kf8 43. f6 gxf6 44. Kxh6 Ke7 45. f5 a5 0-1

[Event "Transcontinental Printanier ABCDEF"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2017.03.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Joanis, Marc Andre"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "1755"]
[BlackElo "1633"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.03.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qd3 d5 9. e3 Bd7 10. a3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. Qb1 Bf6 13. Qxb7 g4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 c6 17. Be2 h5 18. Rb1 a5 19. g3 a4 20. Rb6 Rc8 21. c5 Qe7 22. Ra6 Qxc5 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. cxb4 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Transcontinental ABCDEFG"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Bedard, Michel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1651"]
[BlackElo "1584"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bd6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. h3 Bh5 10. Re1 Re8 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nh4 Bxe2 13. Rxe2 g6 14. Qd2 f5 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. Rae1 Qf6 17. Bg5 Rxe2 18. Rxe2 Qg6 19. h4 Nf6 20. Qe1 Ne4 21. Bc1 Rf8 22. c4 h6 23. c5 Bb8 24. b4 Kh7 25. f3 Bg3 26. Qf1 Nf6 27. Re7 Qh5 28. Qd3 Kg7 29. Rxb7 Re8 30. Bd2 Qxh4 31. Be3 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Montreal Transcontinental ABCDEFG"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.12.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sonn, Eric"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1565"]
[BlackElo "1651"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qc1 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 Rc8 9. a3 e6 10. Nh4 Nxd4 11. Nxf5 Nxf5 12. Be2 h6 13. 0-0 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Nxd6 15. Nf3 0-0 16. Ne5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Re1 Nd7 20. Qe3 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Rfd8 23. Rbe1 Rd2 24. Rb5 b6 25. b3 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Montreal Transcontinental ABCDEFG"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.12.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Baran, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1651"]
[BlackElo "1707"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. f5 Nge7 7. d3 d5 8. Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6+ Nxc6 10. fxe6 Bxe6 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. 0-0 0-0 14. a4 Rad8 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. Ne4 f5 17. Nc3 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 c4 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. dxc4 Qxc4 21. Qc1 Rc8 22. Rd1 Rcc7 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Bxf4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Nd1 Nc5 28. b3 Ne4 29. Kg1 Kf7 30. Kf1 g5 31. Bc1 f4 32. Bb2 Bf8 33. Ke2 Ke6 34. Nf2 Nxf2 35. Kxf2 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Kf3 Kf5 38. h3 h5 39. g4+ fxg3 40. Kxg3 Bd6+ 41. Kf3 Be5 42. Bc1 Bc3 43. Be3 g4+ 44. hxg4+ hxg4+ 45. Kg3 Be1+ 46. Kg2 Ke4 47. Bg1 Bd2 48. Kg3 Kf5 49. Bb6 Be1+ 50. Kg2 Bc3 51. Kg3 Be5+ 52. Kg2 Ke4 53. c4 bxc4 54. bxc4 Bf4 55. Bf2 Be5 56. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Transcontinental ABCDEFG"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Richard, Leo"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1578"]
[BlackElo "1651"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Bd2 f6 10. 0-0 fxe5 11. dxe5 Ne7 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nc5 14. b4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Transcontinental ABCDEFG"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Campion, Jean Pierre"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1579"]
[BlackElo "1651"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. f4 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d3 Bc5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qe2 c6 8. Nc3 Qb6 9. h3 h6 10. a3 Bh7 11. 0-0 Bd6 12. Kh2 Qc7 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 e5 15. f5 g6 16. Nh4 g5 17. Nf3 g4 18. Nd2 gxh3 19. Bxh3 h5 20. Nc4 Be7 21. b4 Rg8 22. Ne3 a6 23. Qc4 Nb6 24. Qb3 Ng4+ 25. Bxg4 hxg4 26. f6 Bd6 27. Nf5 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 0-0-0 29. Rg5 Rxg5 30. Bxg5 Rg8 31. Be3 Nd7 32. Qxf7 Rf8 33. Qg7 Nxf6 34. Qxc7+ Kxc7 35. Bg5 Nh7 36. Be3 Rf3 37. Re1 Nf6 38. Bd2 Rf2+ 39. Kg1 Rxd2 40. Rf1 Be7 41. Nd1 Nxe4 42. Ne3 Nxg3 43. Rf7 Kd7 44. Nc4 Rxc2 45. Ne3 Rc3 46. Nxg4 Ke6 47. Rg7 Rxa3 48. Nxe5 Nf5 49. Nc4 Ra1+ 50. Kg2 Nxg7 0-1

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 08"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Robidoux, Julien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1771"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
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1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. f3 e3 6. Bb5 e6 7. Ne4 Be7 8. Bxe3 a6 9. Be2 b6 10. Nh3 Bb7 11. c3 0-0 12. Qc2 Qe8 13. 0-0-0 b5 14. Bd3 Nd5 15. Bf2 Qh5 16. Ng3 Qh6+ 17. Kb1 b4 18. c4 b3 19. axb3 Ndb4 20. Qd2 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 Nb4 23. Rd2 a5 24. d5 exd5 25. Re1 Bf6 26. cxd5 Bxd5 27. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 08"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.09.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zumsteg, Nicolas"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1778"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nh6 5. 0-0 b6 6. c3 Bb7 7. Re1 0-0 8. Bf4 Ng4 9. h3 Nf6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nh5 13. Bh2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 e6 15. Nf3 Bd5 16. Bf1 Bh6 17. c4 Bb7 18. Qb3 a5 19. Rad1 a4 20. Qc3 a3 21. b3 Ra5 22. Nd2 f6 23. Bh2 Qd7 24. Ne4 f5 25. Nd2 f4 26. Nf3 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Bg7 28. Qe4 Rf6 29. Be2 Qf7 30. Bg4 Raf5 31. Bxf5 gxf5 32. Qf3 Bh6 33. g3 Rg6 34. Kh1 fxg3 35. fxg3 Nf6 36. d5 Ne4 37. dxe6 Rxe6 38. g4 fxg4 39. Qxg4+ Ng5 40. Rxe6 Qxe6 41. Qxe6+ Nxe6 42. Rd7 Bg7 43. Bxc7 Nc5 44. Rd8+ Kf7 45. Bxb6 Ne4 46. Rd7+ Kg6 47. c5 Nc3 48. Rd2 Ne4 49. Rc2 Ng3+ 50. Kg2 Nf5 51. c6 Nd6 52. Bc5 Nc8 53. Bxa3 1-0

[Event "Montreal op U2000"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.09.11"]
[Round "5.49"]
[White "Kay, Sang Kill"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1623"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2016.09.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 d5 4. e5 h5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Bd3 c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Qf2 Nc6 12. 0-0 Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal op U2000"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.09.11"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Bouchard, Alexandre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1462"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2016.09.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 c5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2 Bg7 7. d4 0-0 8. a4 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. 0-0 Qc3 17. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal op U2000"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.09.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Trochu, Julien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1992"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.09.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 c6 3. f3 e6 4. Bf4 c5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. c3 Qb6 7. exd5 Qxb5 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Nxe2 Ba6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Be7 13. a4 Nf6 14. Nd4 Nd5 15. Bd2 c5 16. Nc6 cxb4 17. cxb4 Bf6 18. Ra3 Bc4 19. Nc3 Kd7 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Na5 Rhe8+ 22. Re3 d4 23. Nxc4 dxe3 24. Nxe3 Rac8 25. Kf2 Bd4 26. Rd1 Kc6 27. Rc1+ Kb7 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Ke2 Bxe3 30. Kxe3 Rc2 31. Kd3 Ra2 32. a5 a6 33. g4 Kc6 34. h4 Kd5 35. h5 g6 36. h6 f5 37. g5 Ke5 38. f4+ Kd5 39. Be1 Ra3+ 40. Bc3 Ra2 41. Bd2 Rxd2+ 42. Kxd2 Kc4 43. Ke3 Kxb4 44. Kd4 Kxa5 45. Ke5 Kb4 46. Kf6 a5 47. Kg7 a4 48. Kxh7 a3 49. Kg8 a2 50. h7 a1Q 51. h8Q Qa7 52. Qf6 Qc7 53. Qb2+ Ka4 54. Qd4+ Kb3 55. Qd5+ Kb4 56. Qd4+ Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 08"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Gates, Claude Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 d5 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. f4 c5 9. c3 h6 10. Bh4 0-0 11. 0-0 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Nf3 f6 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Rad1 Qf7 17. Nh4 Rc8 18. f5 exf5 19. Nxf5 Rc7 20. Qg4 Kh8 21. Nh4 Bc8 22. Qg6 Re8 23. Qxf7 Rxf7 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Nf4 Bb7 26. dxc5 bxc5 27. Bb5 Re5 28. Nd3 Rg5 29. h4 Rg4 30. Bd7 Rxd7 31. Nf4 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Nh3 Kg7 34. c4 d4 35. Rd3 Nd6 36. Rf2 Nxc4 37. exd4 Rdxd4 38. Rb3 Bc6 39. Rc3 Rd2 40. Rxc4 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 08"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "O'Connor, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1715"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 c6 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. 0-0 Qb6 8. Bb3 0-0 9. Nc3 Rd8 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. d5 Nc5 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 Qxf7 16. d6 Qf8 17. Nc3 Rxd6 18. Qe2 Rd4 19. Raf1 Qd8 20. Rf4 Qb6 21. Kh1 e3 22. R4f3 c5 23. Na4 Bd7 24. Nxb6 1-0

[Event "Quebec op U2000"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.07.29"]
[Round "8.35"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Gilbert, Erick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1753"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. f4 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. 0-0 e6 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. d3 Qc7 11. Nd2 b5 12. Ndf3 h6 13. Qe1 0-0-0 14. a3 Bb7 15. c4 Nh5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. b4 c4 18. a4 g5 19. Nd4 bxa4 20. Nb5 Qb6 21. Nxd6+ Rxd6 22. Nxf7 Rh7 23. Nxd6+ Qxd6 24. Be5 Qc6 25. d4 Qe8 26. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec op U2000"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.07.28"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Moore, Ronald"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1684"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c3 c6 6. Be2 Nd7 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Qc1 h5 9. Nbd2 Ngf6 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Ng5 Nxg5 15. fxg5 e6 16. 0-0 c5 17. Qd2 Rf8 18. a4 0-0-0 19. Rfc1 Nb6 20. b3 Kb8 21. a5 Nc8 22. a6 b6 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. b4 c4 25. Bc5 Rfe8 26. Ra5 Bxe5 27. Rb5+ Nb6 28. Bxb6 axb6 29. Qe3 Ka7 30. Re1 Bf4 31. Qd4 e5 32. Qd1 Be3+ 33. Kh1 d4 34. Bf3 e4 35. Be2 dxc3 36. Qa1 Bd2 37. Rf1 c2 38. Bxc4 Qxc4 0-1

[Event "Quebec op U2000"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.07.27"]
[Round "6.32"]
[White "Weston, Paul"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1893"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e6 4. g3 d5 5. d3 d4 6. Nb1 e5 7. Bg2 Bg4 8. f3 Bd7 9. a4 Bd6 10. Nd2 Na5 11. b3 Ne7 12. 0-0 Ng6 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. bxc4 0-0 15. c3 Qc8 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Bd2 Bh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Qb3 b6 20. Rf2 Kh8 21. g4 Qh4 22. Ng3 Qd8 23. Nf5 Re8 24. g5 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. h4 Qd7 27. Qb5 Qc7 28. a5 Bc5 29. Rfa2 Re5 30. Kg2 Rae8 31. axb6 Bxb6 32. Qb2 Rd8 33. Qd2 Rc5 34. Ra6 Kg8 35. Qa2 Qd7 36. Qa4 Qxa4 37. R1xa4 Kf8 38. Kh3 g6 39. Nh6 f5 40. gxf6 Rh5 41. Ng4 g5 42. e5 Re8 43. R4a5 Bxa5 44. Rxa5 Rxh4+ 45. Kg2 Kf7 46. Rxa7+ Kg6 47. f7 Rb8 48. e6 Rb2+ 49. Nf2 Rb8 50. Re7 h5 51. Re8 Rb2 52. f8Q Rxf2+ 53. Kxf2 Rh2+ 54. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Quebec op U2000"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.07.26"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Shah, Omaray M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1753"]
[BlackElo "1973"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Bb4 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 0-0 6. Bd2 Bxc5 7. e5 Nd5 8. Qh5 g6 9. Qh6 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Re8 11. Nf3 Bf8 12. Qf4 Bg7 13. h4 Nc6 14. h5 Ne7 15. hxg6 Nxg6 16. Qh2 h6 17. Bd2 f5 18. Bxh6 Bxe5 19. Qh5 Qf6 20. Bg5 Qg7 21. Bh6 Qf6 22. Bg5 Qg7 23. Bh6 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec op U2000"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.07.25"]
[Round "4.38"]
[White "Guipi Bopala, Prince Eric Jr"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1816"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Be2 Ne8 8. 0-0 g6 9. Be3 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Rfe1 Ng7 13. Rad1 e4 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Bd3 Ng4 18. Bd2 Bh4 19. Re2 Nxf2 20. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Qh5 23. Rf1 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Qf5 25. Qc3 Rae8 26. Bh6 Rf6 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Nd2 Qe5 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. Rxf6 Kxf6 31. Kf2 h5 32. h3 Kf5 33. b3 a5 34. a4 Kg6 35. h4 Kf5 36. g3 Kg4 37. Nf1 Rf5+ 38. Kg2 Rxf1 39. Kxf1 Kxg3 40. Ke2 Kxh4 41. Kf3 Kg5 42. Kg3 h4+ 43. Kh3 Kh5 44. Kh2 Kg4 45. Kg2 h3+ 46. Kh2 Kh4 47. Kh1 Kg3 48. Kg1 h2+ 49. Kh1 Kh3 50. b4 axb4 51. a5 b3 52. a6 b2 53. a7 b1Q# 0-1

[Event "Quebec op U2000"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.07.24"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Brunet, Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1753"]
[BlackElo "1625"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Be3 c6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nd5 7. Bd2 Nxc3 8. Bxc3 e6 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 Bg4 11. 0-0 Qb6 12. Qd2 a5 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. Rxf5+ Ke7 16. Re1 1-0

[Event "Quebec op U2000"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.07.23"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "Cisse, Lamine"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Qxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. Nc3 Qh5 9. Bf4 0-0-0 10. Rfd1 Rd7 11. a4 Qf5 12. Be5 Ng4 13. Bg3 g5 14. a5 a6 15. Ne4 Rg8 16. c4 h5 17. h3 Nf6 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. d5 g4 20. dxc6 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 gxf3 22. Qd7+ Kb8 23. Qxc7+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal CC-ch"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Gelet, Seymour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "1746"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.06.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 f5 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Nge2 Be7 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Be3 Nb4 10. 0-0-0 c6 11. Nf4 Nbd5 12. Bd2 0-0 13. Rhe1 Qd6 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. a3 Rae8 16. Ncxd5 cxd5 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Bb4 Qc6 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. Bxe7 Rc8 21. Qb3 Ne4 22. Qxd5+ Qxd5 23. Nxd5 Ba4 24. Bc5 Kf7 25. b3 b6 26. Bxb6 Bxb3 27. Kb2 Bxd5 28. Bxa7 Rc7 29. Bc5 Nxc5 30. dxc5 Rxc5 31. g3 Be4 32. c3 Rb5+ 33. Ka2 Bd5+ 34. Ka1 Be6 35. Rb1 Rxb1+ 36. Kxb1 Bc4 37. a4 g5 38. Kc2 Ke6 39. Kd2 Ke5 40. Ke3 f4+ 41. gxf4+ gxf4+ 42. Kf3 Bd5+ 43. Kf2 Ke4 44. Ke2 Bc4+ 45. Kf2 f3 46. a5 Kf4 47. h3 h5 48. h4 Ke4 49. Kg3 Ke3 50. a6 Bxa6 51. Kh2 f2 0-1

[Event "Quebec-ch Senior"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.04.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Millette, Sylvain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1725"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2016.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. exd4 Bd7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. Bxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec-ch Senior"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.04.23"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Dubreuil, Raymond"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1522"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. g3 f5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg2 d6 7. a3 a6 8. 0-0 Nd4 9. e3 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 c6 11. b4 Ba7 12. Bb2 0-0 13. Qd2 Qe8 14. Be2 Qg6 15. d4 exd4 16. exd4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. c5 d5 19. f3 Bh3 20. Rf2 Rae8 21. fxe4 Rxf2 22. Kxf2 Qxe4 23. Bf3 Rf8 24. Qe2 Bg4 25. Qxe4 dxe4 26. Ke3 exf3 27. Kf2 Re8 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Kxe1 Be6 30. d5 Bxd5 31. Be5 g6 32. a4 a5 33. Bc3 axb4 34. Bxb4 Kf7 35. a5 Ke6 36. Kf2 Be4 37. Ke3 Kd5 38. a6 bxa6 0-1

[Event "Quebec-ch Senior"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.04.23"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Abreu Cordero, Jose Leonardo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "2005"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2016.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 0-0 8. g4 h5 9. g5 Nh7 10. h4 a5 11. Bh3 b6 12. b3 Re8 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. 0-0-0 Bd7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Na4 Nf8 18. Ne2 Qe7 19. Ng3 Nd7 20. Rhf1 Kh7 21. Qe2 Rh8 22. Rd3 Kg8 23. Rg1 Kf8 24. Kc2 Ke8 25. Nf1 Kd8 26. Ne3 Kc8 27. Nc3 Kb7 28. Qd1 Nb6 29. a4 Rhg8 30. Rd2 Nd7 31. Rdg2 Nb8 32. Kd2 Qd7 33. Rg3 Na6 34. Nc2 Raf8 35. Nb5 f5 36. gxf6 Bh6+ 37. Kc3 Rxf6 38. Qf1 Bf4 39. Rh3 Rgf8 40. Kb2 Qf7 41. Nba3 Rg8 42. Qe1 Nb4 43. Nxb4 axb4 44. Nc2 Qd7 45. Rgh1 Rgf8 46. Qe2 Bh6 47. Ne1 R8f7 48. Nd3 Qe8 49. Qg2 Be3 50. Rf1 Qh8 51. Kc2 Rg7 52. Qe2 Bf4 53. Nxf4 exf4 54. Rg1 Re7 55. Qd3 Re5 56. Rg5 Rxg5 57. hxg5 Rf7 58. Rh1 Qe5 59. Rg1 h4 60. Qd2 h3 61. Rh1 Rh7 62. Rh2 Qxg5 63. Qe2 Qe5 64. Qd2 g5 65. Qe1 Ka7 66. Qb1 Qc3+ 67. Kd1 Qxf3+ 68. Ke1 Qg3+ 69. Rf2 h2 0-1

[Event "Quebec-ch Senior"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.04.22"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Taylor, Paul"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1421"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nc3 c5 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Bd2 0-0 8. 0-0 e5 9. d5 f5 10. Qc1 e4 11. Ne1 a6 12. f3 Nf6 13. a4 Bd7 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. a5 Rae8 16. Qb3 exf3 17. Bxf3 Nfg4 18. Nc2 Nxh2 19. Kxh2 Qh4+ 20. Kg1 Be5 21. Be1 Bh2+ 22. Kh1 Bg3+ 23. Kg1 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "Francophone-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2015.07.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krasnosheky, Valery"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2015.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Ne7 5. e4 Ng6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 d6 11. h3 Bd7 12. 0-0-0 Qf4+ 13. Rd2 b6 14. Ne1 a5 15. Bd3 Qf6 16. g3 c6 17. Bc2 c5 18. Re2 b5 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Bd3 Bd7 21. Rh2 a4 22. Re3 Qd8 23. Bc4 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. Nd3 Ke7 26. f4 f6 27. f5 Nf8 28. Rc2 Nh7 29. h4 Rb8 30. Nf2 Nf8 31. Ra3 Raa8 32. Nd1 Bb5 33. b3 Bxc4 34. Rxc4 axb3 35. Rxa8 Rxa8 36. axb3 Ra1+ 37. Kc2 Nd7 38. Ra4 Rxa4 39. bxa4 Nb6 40. Kb3 Kd7 41. a5 Na8 42. Kc4 Nc7 43. Nc3 Kc8 44. g4 Kb7 45. Ne2 Ka6 46. Ng3 Kxa5 47. Ne2 Ne8 48. Ng1 Nc7 49. Nf3 Ne8 50. g5 hxg5 51. hxg5 Ka4 52. gxf6 gxf6 53. Nh4 Nc7 54. Ng6 Ne8 55. Ne7 Ka5 56. Nc6+ Kb6 57. Nb8 Kc7 58. Nc6 Kd7 59. Kb5 Kc7 60. Na5 Ng7 61. Nc4 Nh5 62. Nd2 Ng3 63. Kc4 Kb6 64. Kb3 Kb5 65. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Francophone-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2015.07.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Brunet, Guy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2015.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. Nd4 Bg6 5. f4 e6 6. e3 Ngf6 7. Be2 Be7 8. d3 c5 9. Nf3 Bh5 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 0-0 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Bb2 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. 0-0 e5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Qd2 Ne5 21. e4 d4 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Rf5 Qc7 24. Qg5 b6 25. Ref1 Re6 26. Qf4 Qxf4 27. R1xf4 f6 28. Rd5 Rfe8 29. g4 Re5 30. Rd7 R8e7 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Rf5 Re5 33. Rf3 h6 34. h4 Kf7 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. h5 Kd6 37. Kg3 Ke7 38. Rf1 Kd6 39. Rc1 Kd7 40. Kf4 Kd6 41. c3 dxc3 42. Rxc3 Kd7 43. Rc2 Rg5 44. Rd2 Ke7 45. d4 cxd4 46. Rxd4 Rc5 47. Rd2 Ke8 48. Re2 Re5 49. b4 a5 50. bxa5 Rxa5 51. Rb2 Kf7 52. Rc2 Kg8 53. Rd2 Kh7 54. Rb2 Kg8 55. Rxb6 Rxa2 56. Rb8+ Kh7 57. Rb3 Ra5 58. Rd3 Rb5 59. Rd5 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Francophone-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2015.07.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Simard, Francois"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "1894"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. e3 Ne4 8. d5 Na5 9. Qd4 Nf6 10. Rb1 c5 11. Qf4 d6 12. e4 e5 13. Qg5 Nxe4 14. Qxg7 Qf6 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. Nd2 Ba6 17. f3 h5 18. Bd3 Ke7 19. 0-0 Rag8 20. Bb2 Nxd5 21. g3 Ne3 22. Rfe1 Nexc4 23. Ne4 Bb7 24. f4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Nxb2 26. Rxb2 f6 27. Bd5 Rg7 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Rf2 h4 30. Kg2 hxg3 31. hxg3 Rgh7 32. Ref1 Rh2+ 33. Kg1 Rxf2 34. Rxf2 Rh7 35. Rf5 c4 36. g4 Nb3 37. Bxc4 Nc5 38. Kg2 Rg7 39. Kf3 Ne6 40. Rh5 Rf7+ 41. Kg3 Rg7 42. Rh6 Ng5 43. Bd5 Nf7 44. Re6+ Kd7 45. Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Francophone-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2015.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Biakolo Binzi, Benard Lima"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d3 Nc6 8. Bg5 a6 9. h4 h6 10. Bd2 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. a3 Bg4 13. Nh2 Bh5 14. Rc1 Ne5 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Bd2 Re8 17. f3 Ne5 18. g4 Bg6 19. h5 Bh7 20. Na4 Rc8 21. Bh3 Rc6 22. f4 Ned7 23. f5 Bd6 24. Bf4 Bxf4 25. Rxf4 Qe7 26. e4 dxe4 27. d4 e3 28. Qe2 Qd6 29. Rf3 cxd4 30. Rxc6 bxc6 31. Bf1 Ne5 32. Rh3 d3 33. Qd1 Qd4 34. Kh1 Nexg4 35. Nxg4 Nxg4 36. Kg2 e2 37. Qe1 Ne3+ 38. Rxe3 Qxe3 39. Nc3 Qg5+ 40. Kh2 Qxh5+ 41. Bh3 Bxf5 0-1

[Event "Francophone-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2015.07.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Selling, Edward F"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2015.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Bg4 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qb3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Qxb3 9. axb3 Nc6 10. Bb5 Nd7 11. 0-0 a6 12. Nd2 g5 13. Be3 h5 14. Kh1 Bh6 15. Rg1 f6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ra2 Kf7 18. Rga1 Nb8 19. b4 e6 20. Nb3 Bf8 21. Na5 Be7 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. b5 Nb8 24. bxa6 Ra7 25. b4 Nd7 26. c4 Bxb4 27. c5 Rha8 28. Ra4 Bc3 29. R1a3 Be1 30. Kg1 Nb8 31. Kf1 Bxf2 32. Bxf2 Nc6 33. Ke2 f5 34. h4 Rb8 35. hxg5 Rb2+ 36. Kf1 f4 37. Ra2 Rxa2 38. Rxa2 Kg6 39. Re2 Rxa6 40. Rxe6+ Kf5 41. Rd6 Nb4 42. Rxa6 Nxa6 43. Bh4 Nb8 44. Ke2 Nc6 45. Kd3 Kg6 46. Kc3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Francophone-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2015.07.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Crnilovic, Grisha"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 0-0 8. 0-0-0 d6 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 a6 12. g4 Qa5 13. Nd5 Qa4 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. b3 Bxb3 17. cxb3 Qd7 18. g5 Ne8 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. h4 Qe6 21. h5 Qe5 22. Qe3 f5 23. Rd5 Qe7 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. Bc4 Rf7 26. hxg6 Ng7 27. gxf7+ Kh8 28. g6 1-0

[Event "Francophone-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2015.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Vanheirzeele, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[BlackElo "2087"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 0-0 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nc3 d5 8. Rc1 d4 9. exd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 e5 11. Ng3 Nd7 12. h4 h6 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Qxg5 17. Rh5 Qf4 18. Bf5 d3 19. Qd1 g6 20. Bxc8 gxh5 21. Nxh5 Qe4+ 22. Kf1 Qe2+ 23. Qxe2 dxe2+ 24. Kxe2 Raxc8 25. Rh1 Nd4+ 26. Ke3 Rcd8 27. f4 f6 28. g4 Nce6 29. f5 Ng5 30. d3 Rd7 31. Ng3 Kg7 32. Nh5+ Kh7 33. Ng3 Rfd8 34. Nh5 Rd6 0-1

[Event "Montreal CC-ch"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2015.06.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Lamoureux, Yvon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1680"]
[BlackElo "1536"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 e5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. 0-0 Be7 8. d3 0-0 9. Nfd2 Nc6 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. Ne2 Ng4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. h3 Nh6 14. c3 dxc3 15. Bxc3 f5 16. Rc1 f4 17. Nf3 Qe6 18. d4 Nf7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qd5 Qxd5 21. exd5 Bd6 22. Nd2 Rad8 23. Rcd1 Rd7 24. Ne4 Rfd8 25. Rd3 b6 26. Rfd1 h6 27. Kf1 Bc7 28. h4 Nd6 29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. f3 Kf7 31. h5 Rc8 32. Re1 Kf6 33. g4 Rxc3 34. Rxc3 Bb4 35. Rc6+ Rd6 36. Rxd6+ Bxd6 37. Rc1 Bc5 38. a4 Ke7 39. Rc4 a5 40. Ke2 Kd6 41. Kd3 Kxd5 42. Rc2 Kd6 43. Ke4 Ke6 44. Rd2 Bd6 45. Rd5 Bc7 46. Rb5 Kf6 47. Kd5 Ke7 48. Kc6 Kd8 49. Rd5+ Kc8 50. Rd7 Bd8 51. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Montreal CC-ch"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2015.06.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tremblay, Alain"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "1680"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Qe2 0-0 9. Nh4 e5 10. f4 exf4 11. gxf4 Nh5 12. Nf5 Nxf4 13. Rxf4 gxf5 14. Rxf5 Ne5 15. Nf1 Bc8 16. Rg5 f6 17. Rg3 Qe8 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Bd2 Kh8 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Rd8 22. d4 Nd7 23. Qg4 Rf7 24. Bd5 Re7 25. Be6 Qf8 26. Rh3 b5 27. Kh1 Nb6 28. b3 Rxe6 29. fxe6 Qe8 30. d5 f5 31. Qxf5 Qg8 32. Rg1 Rf8 33. Qh5 Nc8 34. Bc3 h6 35. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Quebec-ch 50+"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2015.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lamoureux, Yvon"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1565"]
[BlackElo "1684"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 a6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 b5 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Bb7 6. 0-0 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4 8. a3 Ba5 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bb2 d5 11. e5 Nc6 12. Nbd2 g5 13. Nb3 g4 14. Nfd2 h5 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nh6 17. f4 Ne7 18. Bd4 Nef5 19. Nb3 Rg8 20. a4 Qh4 21. axb5 g3 22. h3 Ng4 23. bxa6 Bc8 24. b5 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Nf2 26. Qf3 Nxh3+ 27. gxh3 g2 28. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 f5 30. b6 Kf7 31. Nf3 Qxf4 32. h4 Qg4+ 33. Kf2 Qb4 34. Rfc1 Rxa6 35. Bxa6 Bxa6 36. Rab1 Qa3 37. b7 f4 38. Re1 Qxc5+ 39. Kg2 Qc2+ 40. Kh1 Qf2 41. b8Q Qxf3+ 42. Kh2 Qg3+ 43. Kh1 Qxh4+ 44. Kg1 Qg3+ 45. Kh1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Pere Noel op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Chang, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1670"]
[BlackElo "1933"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. g3 Nbd7 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nd5 0-0 7. h4 Nxd5 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Bxd5 Nf6 10. Bf3 h5 11. e3 e5 12. d3 c6 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Ne2 Qc7 15. c4 d5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. e4 Nf6 19. 0-0 Rad8 20. f3 Rd7 21. Rad1 Rfd8 22. Qe3 b6 23. Rd2 Qd6 24. Rfd1 c5 25. Qg5 Qe6 26. Kg2 Nh7 27. Qe3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Pere Noel op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Destree, Frederic"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2014.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. 0-0 Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. b3 e5 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. c4 d4 10. Qc2 Qb6 11. a3 c5 12. e3 0-0 13. exd4 exd4 14. b4 cxb4 15. Nxd4 Bh7 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. N4b3 a5 18. Bd4 Qc7 19. Nf3 a4 20. Nc1 a3 21. Qb3 Bc5 22. Rd1 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Nc5 24. Qb4 Ra4 25. Qc3 Qa5 26. Qxa5 Rxa5 27. Nb5 a2 28. Rxa2 Rxa2 29. Nxa2 Bxd3 30. Nd6 b6 31. Nb4 Bg6 32. Nc6 Kh7 33. Ra1 Nfe4 34. Nxe4 Bxe4 35. Bxe4+ Nxe4 36. Rb1 Nd2 37. Rxb6 Nxc4 38. Rb7 Nd6 39. Rd7 Nc8 40. f4 Nb6 41. Rb7 Nc8 42. Kf2 Nd6 43. Rd7 Ne4+ 44. Kf3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 11"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Millette, Sylvain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1680"]
[BlackElo "1735"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.11.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 0-0 6. Ne2 c5 7. Ng3 Nc6 8. Be2 Qc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Bd7 12. Nb5 Nb4 13. a4 a6 14. Na3 Rac8 15. c4 Qd8 16. a5 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Bb5 18. Qb1 Nfd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. h4 e5 21. Qb2 f6 22. h5 Qe7 23. Rh4 Qe6 24. Bg4 f5 25. Bh3 Qf6 26. hxg6 Qxh4 27. Qxe5+ Kxg6 28. Bxf5+ Kh6 29. Bxc8 Rxf2+ 30. Kg1 Qf6 31. Nf5+ Rxf5 32. Bxf5 Qxe5 33. Nxe5 Nxe3 34. Be4 Nc6 35. Nf7+ Kg7 36. Nd6 Nd4 37. Nxb5 axb5 38. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 11"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.11.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gauthier, Luc"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1728"]
[BlackElo "1680"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.11.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nge2 b6 5. Be3 Na6 6. Qd2 Bb7 7. f3 h5 8. h4 Rc8 9. Nb5 Ra8 10. Nf4 Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. Nxc7+ Qxc7 13. c3 c4 14. Ne2 e6 15. Bf4 d6 16. Ng1 Ne7 17. Nh3 b5 18. Be2 Nc6 19. 0-0 Na5 20. Bd1 Bc6 21. d5 e5 22. Be3 Bd7 23. Qf2 Qc8 24. Kh2 f5 25. Bb6 Nb3 26. Bxb3 cxb3 27. a5 f4 28. Rfc1 Qc4 29. Ng5 Bf6 30. Nh3 Rc8 31. Qe1 Rg8 32. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 10"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Gates, Claude Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1632"]
[BlackElo "1666"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2014.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. f4 Qh4+ 6. g3 Qe7 7. fxe5 Bxe5 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Qf3 0-0 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nge2 Bg4 12. Qg2 d4 13. Ne4 dxe3 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. d4 Qf5 16. dxe5 Qxc2 17. Nf4 e2 18. Rc1 Qxb2 19. Qxc6 Rad8 20. Rc2 Rd1+ 21. Kf2 Qxe5 22. Nxe2 Rd6 23. Qxc7 Rf6+ 24. Ke1 Qe4 25. Rg1 Re8 26. Qc4 Rfe6 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Rg2 g5 29. h4 h6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Kf1 R8e6 32. Rf2 Re7 33. Ke1 Re3 34. Kf1 Bh3+ 35. Kg1 Kg7 36. Kh2 Bg4 37. Nc3 R7e6 38. Nd5 Rh6+ 39. Kg1 Rxg3+ 40. Rg2 Rxg2+ 41. Rxg2 f5 42. Ne3 Rh4 43. Rxg4 fxg4 44. Nf5+ Kf6 45. Nxh4 gxh4 46. b4 Ke5 47. a4 Kd5 48. Kf2 Kc4 49. b5 Kb4 50. b6 axb6 51. Ke3 Kxa4 52. Kf4 g3 53. Kg4 g2 54. Kh3 g1Q 55. Kxh4 Kb4 56. Kh5 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Montreal CC-ch"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fortin Lavoie, Patrice"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "1844"]
[BlackElo "1616"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. c3 Nf6 7. Qe2 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Rd1 Be6 12. Na3 Qc7 13. Qf3 Be5 14. h3 Rab8 15. Nc2 Rfd8 16. Nd4 Rd6 17. Qe4 Nf6 18. Qxe5 Bxc4 19. Re1 c5 20. Nf3 Qc6 21. Bf4 Be6 22. Qe2 Re8 23. Bxd6 exd6 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. Ng5 h6 26. Nxe6+ fxe6 27. c4 e5 28. Rad1 Re6 29. Qa5 Qb6 30. Qxb6 axb6 31. Re3 Kf7 32. Ra3 Nd7 33. Ra7 Ke7 34. Rd3 Kd8 35. Rda3 Kc8 36. Ra8+ Nb8 37. R3a7 b5 38. cxb5 d5 39. Rg7 Rb6 40. a4 e4 41. Re7 d4 42. Re5 Kb7 43. Rxb8+ Kxb8 44. Rd5 d3 45. Kf1 Re6 46. f3 exf3 47. Rxd3 1-0

[Event "Montreal CC-ch"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Heredia, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[BlackElo "1925"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2014.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. Ng3 h5 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. d3 a6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. e4 h4 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ne3 Bh6 12. Ng4 Nxg4 13. Qxg4 Bd7 14. Qe2 Qg5 15. g3 hxg3 16. fxg3 Bg4 17. Qf2 Qe3+ 18. Qxe3 Bxe3 19. Nd2 Bxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Bf3 21. Ke3 Bxh1 22. Rxh1 Rh3 23. d4 f6 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Kf3 Ke7 26. Bc1 Rah8 27. Bg5+ Ke6 28. Kg2 R3h5 29. Be3 Rf8 30. h4 c6 31. c4 Rh7 32. g4 b5 33. Bg5 Rhf7 34. Be3 bxc4 35. bxc4 Rb8 36. h5 gxh5 37. Rxh5 Rb2+ 38. Kg3 Rxa2 39. Rh6+ Rf6 40. Rh3 Rf7 41. g5 Ra4 42. Rh6+ Ke7 43. g6 Rg7 44. Rh7 Kf6 45. Rh5 Rxg6+ 46. Kh4 Rxc4 47. Rf5+ Ke6 48. Kh5 Rg8 49. Bh6 Rc2 50. Bg5 Rh2+ 51. Bh4 Rh8+ 52. Kg6 R8xh4 53. Rf6+ Kd7 54. Rf7+ Kc8 55. Kg5 Rxe4 56. Rf8+ Kc7 57. Rf7+ Kb6 58. Rf3 Rg2+ 59. Kh5 Re1 60. Rb3+ Kc7 61. Rh3 a5 62. Kh4 Rg7 63. Rh2 Rh7+ 64. Kg3 Rxh2 65. Kxh2 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Montreal CC-ch"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Abdelaal, Ibrahim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1616"]
[BlackElo "1813"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2014.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Ne5 Qc7 8. f4 e6 9. d3 Be7 10. Nd2 0-0 11. 0-0 Nd7 12. Qg4 f5 13. Qh5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bd6 15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Ng5 h6 17. Qg6 Rf6 18. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 02"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Baran, Marius"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "1626"]
[BlackElo "1597"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2014.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qf6 12. e4 e5 13. d5 Na5 14. Bd3 Nb7 15. Be2 a5 16. Nd2 a4 17. Bg4 Ra5 18. Rb1 Qe7 19. Rb4 Nc5 20. Qb1 Ba6 21. Ke2 Qf6 22. Rh2 Ke7 23. Qh1 Nb3 24. Qf1 c5 25. Kd3 cxb4 26. cxb4 Nxd2 27. Kxd2 Bxc4 28. Qxc4 Qxf2+ 29. Be2 Raa8 30. d6+ Kxd6 31. Qd5+ Kc7 32. Qxe5+ Kb7 33. Rh1 Rac8 34. Qd5+ Kb8 35. Qd6+ Kb7 36. Qd5+ Kb8 37. Qd6+ Rc7 38. Rf1 Qxg2 39. Qxb6+ Rb7 40. Qd6+ Rc7 41. Ke3 f5 42. Qe5 Qxe4+ 43. Qxe4 fxe4 44. Kxe4 Rc3 45. Bb5 Rxa3 46. Bxd7 Rxg3 47. b5 Kc7 48. Bc6 Rg4+ 49. Kd5 Kb6 50. Rf7 Rb8 51. Rf6 Rh4 52. Bd7+ Ka5 53. Kc5 Ra8 54. Rg6 Rh1 55. Bc6 Rc8 56. Kd6 Rh8 57. Rg7 a3 58. Ra7+ Kb4 59. b6 Rb8 60. b7 Rd1+ 61. Kc7 Rdd8 62. Bd7 Kb3 63. Bc8 Rdxc8+ 64. bxc8Q Rxc8+ 65. Kxc8 a2 66. Rb7+ Kc2 67. Ra7 Kb1 68. Rb7+ Kc2 69. Rc7+ Kb1 70. Rb7+ Kc1 71. Rc7+ Kb2 72. Rb7+ Kc3 73. Rc7+ Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 02"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.03.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Ostaci, Liviu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "1597"]
[BlackElo "1601"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bb2 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Bc2 Qe7 11. 0-0 0-0-0 12. a4 Kb8 13. a5 g5 14. Ba3 h5 15. Bxd6+ Qxd6 16. Qg3 Qe5 17. Qxe5+ Nxe5 18. d4 Ned7 19. b4 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. f3 exf3 22. Rxf3 Rh7 23. Nc3 g4 24. Rf4 gxh3 25. gxh3 Re8 26. e4 Re6 27. e5 f6 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. Raf1 Rg7+ 30. Kh2 Rfg6 31. Rf7 Rg2+ 32. Kh1 R2g3 33. Rxg7 Rxg7 34. Kh2 Kc7 35. Ne4 b6 36. Rf5 Re7 37. Rf4 Rg7 38. Nf6 Nxf6 39. Rxf6 bxa5 40. bxa5 Rd7 41. Rf5 h4 42. Rf4 Rh7 43. Kg2 Rh6 44. Kf3 Kb7 45. Rf5 Ka6 46. Ke4 Re6+ 47. Re5 Rh6 48. Kd3 Rg6 49. d5 cxd5 50. Rxd5 Rg3+ 51. Kc4 Rxh3 52. Kb4 Rh1 53. Rd6+ Kb7 54. Rd7+ Kb8 55. Kb5 Rg1 56. Rh7 Rg5+ 57. Ka6 Rg6+ 58. Kb5 a6+ 59. Kc5 Rg5+ 60. Kb6 Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 02"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Abdelaal, Ibrahim"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "1660"]
[BlackElo "1597"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2014.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 d5 6. exd5 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Nge2 0-0 9. 0-0 Ng4 10. Qd4 Qf6 11. Qxf6 Nxf6 12. Nb5 Na6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nf4 c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Nd4 Bc3 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. a3 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Nc2 20. Rd3 Bf5 21. Rg3+ Kh8 22. Nh5 Rg8 23. Bxf7 Rxg3 24. Nxg3 Bg6 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Rc1 Nd4 27. Rc5 Rd8 28. h3 f5 29. Kh2 Kg7 30. Nf1 Kf6 31. Ne3 g5 32. Nc2 Nxc2 33. Rxc6+ Ke5 34. Rxc2 Rd3 35. Rc5+ Ke6 36. Ra5 Rd7 37. a4 Rh7 38. g3 Rf7 39. Kg2 g4 40. hxg4 f4 41. gxf4 Rxf4 42. Rxa7 Rxg4+ 43. Kf3 Rb4 44. a5 Rb3+ 45. Kg4 Rb1 46. a6 Rg1+ 47. Kf4 Ra1 48. Ra8 Ra4+ 49. Kg3 Ra3+ 50. Kg4 Ra2 51. f4 Rg2+ 52. Kf3 Ra2 53. a7 Ra3+ 54. Kg4 Kf7 55. Rh8 Ra1 56. a8Q Rg1+ 57. Kf5 Rg5+ 58. fxg5 Ke7 59. Qd8+ Kf7 60. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 02"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.02.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Lamoureux, Yvon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1597"]
[BlackElo "1609"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 Nc6 8. h4 Bf5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Na3 0-0 12. Bc7 Nd7 13. h5 Nb4 14. Bb5 Rfc8 15. Bxd7 Bxd7 16. Bxb6 Nd3+ 17. Kd2 Nxb2 18. Rhb1 Na4 19. Nc2 Bf5 20. Nfe1 Rc6 21. h6 Bf6 22. Ba5 Rxa5 23. Rxb7 Nc3 24. Nb4 Rc8 25. f3 Rb5 26. Rxb5 Nxb5 27. Nxd5 Be6 28. Nxf6+ exf6 29. Nd3 Kf8 30. Nc5 Ke7 31. a4 Nc7 32. e4 Ra8 33. d5 Bc8 34. Rb1 Kd6 35. Rc1 Na6 36. Nxa6 Bxa6 37. Rc6+ Ke5 38. Ke3 g5 39. g3 1-0

[Event "Montreal Mercredi 02"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zumsteg, Nicolas"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[BlackElo "1597"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2014.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 0-0 8. h3 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd3 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxb2 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bxc6 Rb8 15. Rd1 Ba6 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. f3 Bc4 18. a4 a5 19. Bd2 Be5 20. f4 Bc7 21. Be3 Rb8 22. Kd2 Rd8+ 23. Kc3 Ba6 24. Re1 Rc8 25. Kd2 Bd6 26. Bb5 Bb4+ 27. Kd1 Bxe1 28. Bxa6 Ra8 29. Bb5 Bb4 30. c4 Rc8 31. Kc2 Kf8 32. Bd4 f6 33. Bc3 Bxc3 34. Kxc3 e5 35. fxe5 fxe5 36. Kd3 Ke7 37. Ke4 Kd6 38. g3 h6 39. h4 Ke6 40. g4 Rd8 41. c5 Rd4+ 42. Kf3 Rf4+ 43. Kg3 Kd5 44. c6 Kd6 45. Bd3 g5 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. Bb5 e4 48. Kh3 Rf3+ 49. Kg2 Rc3 50. Kf2 Ke5 51. Ke1 Kf4 52. Be2 Rxc6 53. Kd2 Rc5 54. Ke1 Rc2 55. Kd1 Rxe2 56. Kxe2 0-1

[Event "Montreal Pere Noel U1800"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2013.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lescarbeau, Martin"]
[Black "Nica, Ion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "1595"]
[BlackElo "1542"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. b3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. Bb2 d5 7. a3 Bd6 8. Bd3 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Ng4 12. g3 h5 13. c4 Bd7 14. c5 Bf8 15. b4 a6 16. Ne5 Ngxe5 17. dxe5 g6 18. f4 b6 19. cxb6 Qxb6+ 20. Kh1 Ne7 21. Nf3 a5 22. Bd4 Qb7 23. b5 a4 24. Qe2 Reb8 25. b6 Nc6 26. Reb1 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Bc5 28. Nb5 Bc6 29. h3 d4+ 30. Kh2 Bf3 31. Qc2 Rc8 32. Rc1 Bxa3 33. Nc7 Bxc1 34. Bxg6 Qxb6 35. Bxf7+ Kh8 36. Rxc1 0-1

[Event "Montreal Pere Noel U1800"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2013.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nica, Ion"]
[Black "Luo, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1542"]
[BlackElo "1644"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2013.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. c3 Be7 6. Bxb8 Rxb8 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Qxa7 b5 9. Ne5 Rb7 10. Qa3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 c4 12. b4 Qc7 13. f4 g5 14. Qb2 gxf4 15. exf4 Qb6 16. Qf2 d4 17. a3 d3 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. a4 Ra6 20. a5 f6 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Rg1 Rd6 23. Ra2 Ke7 24. g3 Rhd8 25. Kd2 e5 26. Na3 Bd7 27. Nb1 Bc6 28. fxe5 Bg5+ 29. Kd1 Bf3+ 30. Ke1 d2+ 31. Nxd2 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Rxd2 33. Bxc4 Be3 34. Bb3 Rb2 0-1

