[Event "Canadian zt"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.03.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Saha, Ananda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. 0-0 Be7 5. d4 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Ne5 0-0 8. c4 Bb7 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. Nd3 a5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nb3 Ne4 13. Be3 Re8 14. Qc2 Bd6 15. Bf4 Ba6 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Rfc1 Rc8 18. Qd1 Bc4 19. f3 Nef6 20. Nd2 Qe7 21. Nf1 Qxe2 22. Qxe2 Rxe2 23. b3 Ba6 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Rc1 Ba6 26. Nf4 Rb2 27. Rc6 Bxf1 28. Bxf1 Rxb3 29. Ra6 Kf8 30. Rxa5 Nb6 31. Ra6 Nc4 32. Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Bxc4 Rb1+ 34. Kf2 Rb2+ 35. Ke1 Ne3 36. Ra8+ Ke7 37. Ra7+ Kd8 38. Bxf7 Nc2+ 39. Kd1 Nxd4 40. Kc1 Rxh2 41. Bd5 Ne2+ 42. Kb2 Nc3+ 43. Kb3 Nxd5 44. Rxg7 Rh1 45. Kc4 Nb6+ 46. Kxb4 Rb1+ 47. Ka3 Nc4+ 48. Ka2 Rb2+ 49. Ka1 Rb3 50. f4 h5 51. Rg5 Ke7 52. a5 Ra3+ 0-1

[Event "Canadian zt"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kang, Dorian"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Re1 0-0 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nb3 Nce4 12. Nfd4 Re8 13. f3 Nd6 14. Bd2 Nc4 15. Bc3 Qb6 16. Kh1 Bb4 17. Bxb4 Qxb4 18. c3 Qb6 19. Qc2 g6 20. a4 a5 21. Nb5 h5 22. N3d4 Kg7 23. b3 Nd6 24. Qd2 Nxb5 25. Nxb5 h4 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. Nxd4 Rac8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Kg1 Re3 30. Rc1 Nh5 31. Kf2 Rd3 32. Rc2 Rd1 33. g3 hxg3+ 34. hxg3 Kf6 35. Rb2 Rh1 36. Kg2 Rc1 37. Ne2 Ra1 38. g4 Ng7 39. Kf2 Ne6 40. Ke3 g5 41. b4 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian zt"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Plotkin, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. b3 a5 7. c4 Nc6 8. Bb2 a4 9. Qc1 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Ba3 Nb4 13. Nc3 axb3 14. axb3 c5 15. Ne1 e4 16. Bb2 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 e3 18. f4 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Nd5 Nfxd5 21. cxd5 Bf5 22. Qc1 b6 23. Nc2 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Bxg7 Qd2 26. Qa1 Qxe2 27. Qa8+ Kxg7 0-1

[Event "Canadian zt"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.03.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yu, Jonathan"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 c6 7. 0-0 Bg4 8. f3 Bh5 9. Ng3 0-0 10. Nxh5 Nxh5 11. g4 Nf6 12. g5 Ne8 13. f4 f5 14. Ne2 Nd6 15. c3 Ba5 16. Kg2 Nd7 17. Ng1 Bc7 18. Nf3 Ne4 19. Qb3 b5 20. a4 a6 21. Be3 Nb6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rae1 Nc4 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Nd2 27. Qd1 Nxf1 28. Bxf1 Ra4 29. Kg3 Qb6 30. Qd2 Re4 31. Rd3 Qg1+ 32. Bg2 Qe1+ 33. Qxe1 Rxe1 34. b4 Kf7 35. Kf2 Rc1 36. Ke3 Rc2 37. Bf3 Rxh2 38. Kd4 Re8 39. Kc5 Re6 40. Bxd5 cxd5 41. Kxb5 Rf2 42. Rxd5 Rxf4 43. c4 Re4 44. c5 R6xe5 45. Rxe5 Rxe5 46. Kb6 f4 47. c6 f3 0-1

[Event "Canadian zt"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2024.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Panjwani, Raja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2024.03.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB15_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. b3 b5 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. c4 bxc4 9. bxc4 a5 10. Rb1 Ra7 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Ba3 Qa8 13. d5 Nb4 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. Rxb4 Ra6 16. Qb3 Rxa2 17. Qe3 Nd7 18. Rd1 Nc5 19. Rdb1 Re8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Ra1 22. Bf1 Rxb1 23. Qxb1 Bc8 24. Rb8 Qa4 25. Qb5 Bd7 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Qb8 c5 28. Bh3 Bf8 29. Kg2 f5 30. Ng5 h6 31. Ne6 Qxc4 32. Nf4 Bf7 33. f3 g5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kovacsy, Barnabas"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. Re1 Qc7 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Be6 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Nc5 Bc8 13. c3 Nbd7 14. Nexd7 Nxd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Bc4 Rfe8 17. Qb3 e6 18. Qxb7 Qd8 19. a4 a5 20. Ra3 Qc8 21. Rb3 c5 22. Qxc8 Rexc8 23. d5 Bxa4 24. Ra3 exd5 25. Rxa4 dxc4 26. Rxc4 Bf8 27. Ra1 Rc6 28. h3 Rb6 29. Ra2 Be7 30. Re4 Bf8 31. Rc4 Be7 32. Be3 Rb5 33. Rca4 Rab8 34. Rxa5 Rxa5 35. Rxa5 Rxb2 36. Bxc5 Bxc5 37. Rxc5 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 Kf8 39. Re5 Rc1 40. Re3 f6 41. Kg3 Kf7 42. Kf3 Rc2 43. Kg3 h5 44. f4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Silvestre, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2173"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 a6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. g3 b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. 0-0 e6 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Re1 Bd6 11. Qd2 0-0 12. Rad1 Rd8 13. a3 Nbd7 14. Bxd6 cxd6 15. Qf4 Rac8 16. Rd2 h6 17. h4 Rc4 18. Qe3 Ng4 19. Qe2 Ngf6 20. Red1 Rdc8 21. Ne1 Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Nd5 24. Qg4 N7f6 25. Qf3 Nxc3 26. Re1 Ncd5 27. Ne3 Qa5 28. Red1 Qxa3 29. Nxd5 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 13th Feb Late"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ruiz Aguilar, Pablo Alexander"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2024.02.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CB08_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.02.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 c6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Ngf6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 e5 10. a5 Rb8 11. Bg5 b5 12. axb6 axb6 13. Qd2 b5 14. Bb3 b4 15. Nd1 exd4 16. Bh6 c5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Bc4 Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. f4 exf4 21. e5 Nh5 22. Nf2 Be6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Ra6 Rb6 25. Rxb6 Qxb6 26. Ne4 c4 27. Nd6 d3+ 28. Kh2 dxc2 29. Nxc4 Qc6 30. Qxc2 f3 31. b3 fxg2 32. Qxg2 Qc5 33. Rf1 Rxf1 34. Qxf1 Qd4 35. Qf3 Qf4+ 36. Kg2 Qxf3+ 37. Kxf3 Kf7 38. Ke4 Ng7 39. Nd6+ Ke7 40. Nc8+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal Pere Noel op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2023.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Adam, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2023.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. 0-0 0-0 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 a5 8. cxd5 a4 9. Qd1 cxd5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Nxa4 Qa5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Be3 Nc6 15. a4 Bf5 16. Qc1 Qc2 17. Nh4 Qxc1 18. Rfxc1 e6 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Rd1 Ra7 21. Bf3 Rfa8 22. Rab1 Rxa4 23. Rxb7 Bxd4 24. Rc7 Bxe3 25. Rxc6 Bg5 26. Rc7 R4a7 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Rd3 Bf6 30. e3 Ra2 31. Rd1 Kg6 32. Rd3 Rb2 33. Bd1 Ra2 34. Bb3 Ra3 35. Bc2 Ra2 36. Bb3 Rb2 37. Bd1 Bd8 38. Rb3 Rd2 39. Bf3 Bf6 40. Kf1 Ra2 41. Rd3 Be7 42. Rb3 Bc5 43. Rd3 Kf6 44. Rd1 h6 45. Be2 Ke5 46. Bf3 Rb2 47. Re1 Bb4 48. Re2 Rb1+ 49. Kg2 Bc5 50. Rc2 Kd6 51. Bh5 f6 52. Ra2 Rb8 53. Ra6+ Bb6 54. Ra2 Ke7 55. Bf3 d4 56. exd4 Bxd4 57. Rd2 e5 58. Bh5 Ke6 59. Bf3 Rb2 60. Rxb2 Bxb2 61. Bd1 e4 62. Ba4 Ke5 63. Bc2 f4 64. gxf4+ Kxf4 65. Bd1 Be5 66. Be2 f5 67. Bd1 Bc7 68. Be2 Ke5 69. Bd1 Kd4 70. Be2 f4 71. h3 Bd8 72. Bh5 Kd3 73. Kf1 f3 74. Be8 Kd4 75. Bc6 Ke5 76. Bb7 Kf4 77. Bc6 Bh4 78. Bb7 h5 79. Bc6 Bd8 80. Be8 h4 81. Bd7 Bb6 82. Bc6 Bd4 83. Bb7 Ba7 84. Bc6 Bd4 85. Bb7 Bxf2 86. Kxf2 e3+ 87. Kf1 Kg3 88. Bc6 f2 89. Bb5 Kxh3 90. Ke2 Kg2 91. Kxe3 h3 92. Bc6+ Kg1 0-1

[Event "Montreal Pere Noel op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2023.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lima Barbosa, Raphael"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 Ne7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Be6 7. d3 c6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 Na6 11. a3 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. b3 Nc5 14. Nc1 a5 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Rb1 Bg4 17. f3 Bf5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Ne6 20. c5 h5 21. Qd1 Nd4 22. Be1 Ra3 23. N3e2 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 Qb5 25. Rf2 Nc6 26. g4 hxg4 27. fxg4 Be6 28. Bf1 Nd4 29. Qb2 Rfa8 30. h3 e4 31. dxe4 Qd7 32. Qd2 dxe4 33. Rf4 Bh6 34. Qh2 Bxf4 35. Qxf4 Nf3+ 36. Kf2 Qd4+ 37. Ke2 Bc4+ 0-1

[Event "Montreal Pere Noel op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2023.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Ramos Trejo, Jacqueline Michelle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "1313"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2023.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CB02_2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 0-0 12. Be2 Be6 13. 0-0 a6 14. a3 Ne4 15. f3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bf6 17. Rac1 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qd6 19. b4 b5 20. Rc5 Rfc8 21. Rfc1 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. e4 Be6 25. e5 Qc7 26. Kf2 Kf7 27. f4 g6 28. Qe3 Kg7 29. Ke1 h6 30. Kd2 Kf7 31. Qd4 Qb7 32. Bf3 Qc6 33. Qa7+ Bd7 34. h3 h5 35. g3 Ke6 36. Qb8 Ke7 37. Qg8 Be6 38. Qb8 Bd7 39. Qa7 Ke6 40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4 Ke7 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. Be2 Qh6 44. Qc5+ Ke8 45. Qd4 Qc6 46. Qg1 Be6 47. Qa7 Bd7 48. Bd3 Qh6 49. Qf2 Ke7 50. Kc3 Qc6+ 51. Kb2 Be6 52. Qg1 Qc8 53. Qg7+ Ke8 54. Be2 Qd7 55. Bh5+ Kd8 56. Qf8+ Kc7 57. Be8 Qd8 58. Qc5+ Kb8 59. Bc6 Qc7 60. Kc3 Qa7 61. Qxa7+ Kxa7 62. Kd4 Kb6 63. Bxd5 Bd7 64. e6 Be8 65. Ke5 a5 66. Kxf5 1-0

[Event "Quebec op"]
[Site "Laval"]
[Date "2022.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Batorshyn, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "1909"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[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. Nf3 d5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 0-0 6. Nc3 c6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. b3 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bb2 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. exd6 Nf6 16. Ba3 Qd7 17. Qd4 b5 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. f3 Ne8 20. Qf4 a5 21. e4 b4 22. Bb2 Qxd6 23. e5 Qd7 24. h4 Nc7 25. h5 h6 26. g4 Qe7 27. Qe3 Nb5 28. f4 d4 29. Qg3 Nc3 30. Rf2 Kh8 31. f5 Bxg2 32. f6 Qf8 33. Qxg2 Rd8 34. Rcf1 Ra7 35. Bc1 d3 36. g5 Ne2+ 37. Kh1 Rd4 38. Rxe2 dxe2 39. fxg7+ Qxg7 40. Qxe2 Rc7 41. Qf2 Qxe5 42. Bb2 Qe4+ 43. Kg1 Qg4+ 44. Kh2 Qxh5+ 45. Kg2 Qxg5+ 46. Kh1 Qh5+ 47. Kg1 Qg4+ 48. Kh1 e5 49. Bxd4 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Kingston Canada zt"]
[Site "Kingston"]
[Date "2022.04.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tanaka, Taira Tyler"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2022.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nxc5 Nxc5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. 0-0 0-0 11. Ne5 h6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Qf3 Bc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Bg3 a5 18. a3 Qb7 19. c4 Nf6 20. Be5 Be7 21. h4 Nd7 22. Bc3 Rfd8 23. Be4 Nc5 24. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Kingston Canada zt"]
[Site "Kingston"]
[Date "2022.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Dukic, Zachary"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2186"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2022.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. 0-0 a6 8. b3 Rb8 9. d5 Na5 10. Bg5 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. b4 c5 13. bxa5 Qxa5 14. Qc2 b4 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Bg7 17. Rad1 Ra8 18. Rd2 h6 19. g4 Bxg4 20. e3 Bd7 21. Rc1 Qa3 22. Rb1 Rfc8 23. Qb3 Qa7 24. Rc1 Qb6 25. Bf1 Ra3 26. Qd1 Rca8 27. Bc4 Bb5 28. Qe2 Bxc4 29. Qxc4 R8a4 30. Qe2 Qa7 31. Qb5 Qa8 32. Nxc5 Ra5 33. Qxb4 dxc5 34. Rxc5 R5a4 35. Qb5 Kh7 36. Qd7 Ra7 37. Rc7 Rxc7 38. Qxc7 Bf6 39. Qc6 Qa5 40. Qc2 Qb4 41. Nd4 Rc3 42. Qd1 h5 43. Kg2 Qa5 44. Nb3 Qa4 45. Qf3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kingston Canada zt"]
[Site "Kingston"]
[Date "2022.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Zheng, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2186"]
[BlackElo "2036"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2022.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 e5 6. d3 c6 7. 0-0 Bc5 8. Nd2 Qc7 9. e4 Nbd7 10. c3 a5 11. Re1 0-0 12. Nf1 dxe4 13. dxe4 Rfd8 14. Qc2 b5 15. Ne3 Ne8 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Nb6 18. Ra1 a4 19. Kg2 Nd6 20. h4 Bxe3 21. Bxe3 Ndc4 22. Bg5 f6 23. Bc1 Na5 24. Be3 Nac4 25. Bc1 Na5 26. Be3 Nac4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kingston Canada zt"]
[Site "Kingston"]
[Date "2022.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhang, Yuanchen"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 c6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. Ne1 b6 11. Nd3 Bb7 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Nd7 14. e4 fxe4 15. fxe4 dxc4 16. bxc4 e5 17. d5 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Rf8 19. Bh3 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 cxd5 21. cxd5 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. Bxe5 Ba6+ 25. Kg2 Qe8 26. Qh6 Qf8 27. Bf5 Qg8 28. Qe6 Qxe6 29. Bxe6 Bc4 30. Bh3 Bxa2 31. d6 b5 32. d7 Bb6 33. Bd6 a5 34. e5 1-0

[Event "Kingston Canada zt"]
[Site "Kingston"]
[Date "2022.04.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barron, Michael"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2108"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2022.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Be2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nf1 Qa5 9. dxc5 Ndxe5 10. b4 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Qd8 12. Be3 0-0 13. Qb3 b6 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. b5 Na5 17. Qa4 Bb7 18. Qd4 Bf6 19. Qb4 Rc8 20. Nb1 Rc4 21. Qb2 d4 22. Bxd4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Rxd4 25. Nd2 Qd5 26. Ne4 Rxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Kingston Canada zt"]
[Site "Kingston"]
[Date "2022.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Chiku Ratte, Olivier Kenta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2186"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2022.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qd3 0-0 9. Ng5 Bxg5 10. Bxb7 Nc6 11. Bxa8 Qxa8 12. c3 Qb7 13. Nd2 d5 14. f4 Be7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qb6 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. Rf2 Ne7 19. a4 b4 20. Ne5 Rd8 21. a5 Qb5 22. a6 c6 23. Qd3 Qb6 24. Ng4 Nd5 25. Ne3 bxc3 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. bxc3 c5 28. Rb1 Qc6 29. Rb8+ Bd8 30. Qb5 Qxb5 31. Rxb5 Bb6 32. Ra2 cxd4 33. Rxb6 d3 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Kingston Canada zt"]
[Site "Kingston"]
[Date "2022.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2186"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2022.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. c3 Bg4 8. Nbd2 0-0-0 9. Be2 Nge7 10. 0-0 f6 11. Ne1 Bf5 12. Bg4 h5 13. Bxf5+ Nxf5 14. Nd3 Rde8 15. Qf3 Nce7 16. Rfe1 g5 17. Nc5 Ng7 18. Nc4 Qf4 19. Qxf4 gxf4 20. Nd2 Ng6 21. Kf1 b6 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Nd3 Kd7 24. Re1 Rg8 25. Nf3 Ne6 26. Rd1 Kd6 27. Rd2 a5 28. a4 c5 29. Nde1 cxd4 30. Nxd4 Nc5 31. Nb5+ Kc6 32. Nd4+ Kb7 33. b3 Ne5 34. Rb2 Ne4 35. Rc2 Rc8 36. Nb5 Rd8 37. Ke2 Nc5 38. Rb2 Rg8 39. Kf1 Ne4 40. Rc2 Kc6 41. Nd4+ Kd7 42. Ne2 Ng6 43. Nd3 f3 44. gxf3 Ng5 45. Nef4 Nxf3 46. Nxh5 Nxh2+ 47. Ke2 Ke6 48. Nhf4+ Nxf4+ 49. Nxf4+ Ke5 50. Nd3+ Ke4 51. Ne1 Kf4 52. Nd3+ Kg4 53. Ne1 Re8+ 54. Kd1 Nf3 55. Ng2 d4 56. cxd4 Nxd4 57. Rc3 Re6 58. Rg3+ Kf5 59. Re3 Rd6 60. Kc1 Ne6 61. Nh4+ Kf4 62. Ng2+ Kf5 63. Nh4+ Kg5 64. Nf3+ Kf4 65. Nd2 Rc6+ 66. Kb2 Ng5 67. Re8 Nh3 68. Re3 Ng5 69. Re8 Ne6 70. Re7 f5 71. Nc4 Nc5 72. Ne3 Nd3+ 73. Ka3 Nxf2 74. Nd5+ Kf3 75. Rf7 Ke4 76. Rxf5 Nd3 77. Rh5 Rc1 78. Ka2 Rc2+ 79. Ka3 Nc1 80. Nf6+ Kd3 81. Rd5+ Ke3 82. Re5+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bykova, Anastasia"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bc2 h6 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Qd3 c5 13. b3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Nxe5 Ng4 16. Qd3 g6 17. Nf3 Bf5 18. Qc3 Nxh2 19. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Filippova, Margarita"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1931"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Nc3 Nd5 6. Bg3 b5 7. e3 Bb7 8. a4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 a6 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Be2 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 f6 13. Bg3 e6 14. Qb1 Qd7 15. Bh5+ g6 16. Bf3 Bg7 17. 0-0 0-0 18. Rd1 Rfe8 19. e4 Qf7 20. Qb4 Bf8 21. Qa5 Rac8 22. Qb6 Red8 23. e5 f5 24. Bh4 Be7 25. Qxb7 Bxh4 26. Qxa6 Ra8 27. Qxc6 bxa4 28. Rxa4 Rxa4 29. Qxa4 Qc7 30. Rb1 Rb8 31. Ra1 Qb6 32. g3 Be7 33. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kalinina, Larisa"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ndf6 6. Bd3 g6 7. N1f3 Bg7 8. 0-0 Nh6 9. c3 0-0 10. Bf4 Bf5 11. Bc4 Ne4 12. Qc1 Nd6 13. Bb3 Ng4 14. h3 Nf6 15. g4 Bd7 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Bg3 Be8 18. Nd3 h6 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Bh2 Bd7 21. Nfe5 Be6 22. Re1 Nd6 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. f4 e6 25. Qd2 Kh7 26. Bg3 Bf6 27. Qf2 a5 28. a4 b6 29. Ncd3 Bb7 30. Bc2 Bg7 31. Re2 Qc7 32. Rf1 Rac8 33. f5 exf5 34. gxf5 Nf6 35. fxg6+ fxg6 36. Nxg6 Kxg6 37. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Di Nicolantonio, Lucas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2186"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 5. dxc3 d6 6. Bd3 0-0 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Re1 b6 9. h3 Bb7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Bd2 Nc5 12. Nh2 Nfd7 13. Nf1 Qh4 14. Ng3 g6 15. b4 Ne6 16. Qc1 a5 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. a3 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Nf1 Ne5 21. Qd2 f3 22. Ng3 fxg2 23. Kxg2 f5 24. f3 f4 25. Nh1 Bc8 26. Nf2 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Moraes, Nelson da Silva"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2186"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Nxe5 7. d4 Ng6 8. Be2 d6 9. Rf1 0-0 10. Kg1 Re8 11. Bg5 c6 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rf2 Kg7 15. Raf1 Be6 16. Qe3 b6 17. Qf3 Rad8 18. Qxf6+ Qxf6 19. Rxf6 Ne7 20. R6f3 d5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. e5 Rc8 23. Rg3+ Kh8 24. Bh5 Ng6 25. Rf6 Kg7 26. Bg4 Rc4 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. h4 Kh6 29. Ne2 Re7 30. Nf4 Rxd4 31. Nxg6 hxg6 32. Rgxg6+ Kh5 33. g3 Rxh4 34. gxh4 Kxh4 35. Kg2 Rc7 36. Rxe6 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 Rxb2 38. Rh6+ Kg5 39. Reg6+ Kf5 40. Re6 Rxa2 41. Rhf6+ Kg5 42. Rd6 Ra3+ 43. Ke2 Ra2+ 44. Kd3 Ra3+ 45. Kd4 Ra4+ 46. Kxd5 Ra5+ 47. Ke6 Rc5 48. Rd8 Rc6+ 49. Kd5 Rc5+ 50. Kd4 Rb5 51. Rg8+ Kh5 52. Rf1 Rb4+ 53. Kc3 Rh4 54. e6 Rh3+ 55. Kb4 Rh4+ 56. Kb5 a6+ 57. Kxb6 Rb4+ 58. Kxa6 Ra4+ 59. Kb5 Rh4 60. e7 Kh6 61. e8Q Rh2 62. Qg6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Palacio, Igor Da Paz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2186"]
[BlackElo "2172"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e4 d6 4. Nge2 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be2 0-0 8. Be3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Ne8 10. Qd2 Nc7 11. Rac1 Ne6 12. Nc2 Nc5 13. f3 a6 14. b4 Ne6 15. Nd5 Bd7 16. f4 f5 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bf3 Kh8 21. b5 Ncd8 22. a4 Nf7 23. Rfe1 Rbc8 24. Nd4 Nc5 25. Qc2 Nh6 26. Bf2 Ng4 27. Bxg4 fxg4 28. g3 e5 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. Nb3 Nxb3 31. Qxb3 Qf7 32. Be3 Qf3 33. Rf1 Qe4 34. Rxf8+ Rxf8 35. Qc2 Qxc2 36. Rxc2 Rf3 37. Bf2 Kg8 38. bxa6 bxa6 39. c5 Ra3 40. c6 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Rxa4 42. c7 Kf7 43. c8Q Bf6 44. Qb7+ Kg6 45. Qb3 Ra5 46. Qb4 Rb5 47. Qe4+ Kg7 48. Rc7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Omariev, Maksim"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 Qb6 5. cxd5 Qxb3 6. axb3 cxd5 7. Bxd5 Nc6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Nf3 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 0-0-0 11. Ne3 Bxf3 12. exf3 a6 13. Nc2 e6 14. Ke2 Be7 15. d3 Bf6 16. Ra2 Rd7 17. Rd1 Rhd8 18. Be3 Kb8 19. Bb6 Rc8 20. Rd2 Ne5 21. Ne3 Ng6 22. Nc4 Nf4+ 23. Kf1 Rxd3 24. Be3 Rxd2 25. Bxf4+ 1-0

[Event "CAN-ch International"]
[Site "Longueuil"]
[Date "2019.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Qd7 9. g4 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd3 Nb8 12. Ne2 Nbc6 13. Be3 0-0-0 14. Qa6+ Kb8 15. Bd2 f6 16. a4 fxe5 17. dxe5 g5 18. a5 Bg7 19. axb6 cxb6 20. Bc3 Qb7 21. Qxb7+ Kxb7 22. Ned4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxe5 24. Nxe6 Bxc3+ 25. bxc3 Rc8 26. Kd2 Rc4 27. f3 Rhc8 28. Rhe1 Nc6 29. Ng7 d4 30. cxd4 Nxd4 31. Re7+ R4c7 32. Rxc7+ Rxc7 33. Nf5 Nxf3+ 34. Ke3 Ne5 35. Nxh6 Rc4 36. Rf1 a5 37. Nf7 Nxg4+ 38. Kd3 Rf4 39. Rxf4 gxf4 40. h6 Nf6 41. Ng5 Kc6 42. Ne6 f3 43. Nd4+ Kd5 44. Nxf3 b5 45. Kc3 Nh7 46. Kb3 Ke4 47. Nd2+ Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-ch International"]
[Site "Longueuil"]
[Date "2019.10.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Steel, Henry Robert"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. h4 h5 4. d4 c6 5. Nge2 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Qc7 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. Nf4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nh3 Nf8 13. Ng5 Ne6 14. Bc4 Qe7 15. 0-0-0 Bd7 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Bf8 18. Rd3 Be7 19. Rhd1 Rd8 20. a5 Rb8 21. Na4 b5 22. Bxe6 Bxe6 23. Nxe6 bxa4 24. Bxa7 Rb7 25. Rd8+ Bxd8 26. Rxd8+ Ke7 27. Bc5+ Kxe6 28. Rxh8 Rb5 29. a6 1-0

[Event "CAN-ch International"]
[Site "Longueuil"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Miller, Rachel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 c5 5. d3 g6 6. e4 d6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Re1 0-0 11. c3 e5 12. a4 a6 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Nf1 Rfb8 15. N3d2 Bh6 16. Ne3 Nf8 17. Ra2 Ne6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rea1 Rxa2 20. Rxa2 Qb6 21. Ndf1 Rd8 22. Bc1 Bg7 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Nc7 25. c4 Na6 26. Bd2 Nb4 27. Bxb4 cxb4 28. Ne3 f5 29. cxb5 Qxb5 30. Qc7 Rc8 31. Qxd6 Qxd3 32. Ra7 Rc1+ 33. Bf1 f4 34. Rxb7 fxe3 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Qe8+ Bf8 37. Qxf8# 1-0

[Event "CAN-ch International"]
[Site "Longueuil"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhang, Chu Hang"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2062"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Be3 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qd2 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. f3 Ndf6 8. Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. c4 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Re8 11. g4 b5 12. h4 h5 13. Bd3 bxc4 14. Bb1 Rb8 15. gxh5 Nxh5 16. Ne2 e5 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. Rhg1 exd4 19. Nxd4 c5 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Qc2 Rb6 22. Rxg6+ Rxg6 23. Qxg6+ Ng7 24. Bxg7 Bxg7 25. Ne6 Qxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Rxe6 27. Qc2 Rd6+ 28. Ke1 Be6 29. Qa4 Rd7 30. Qc2 Rd5 31. f4 Bf7 32. Qe2 c3 33. bxc3 Bxc3+ 34. Kf1 Kf8 35. Qg4 Rd8 36. Qe2 Rd2 37. Qb5 Bd4 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qxa7 Rxa2 40. Qd7 Rf2+ 41. Ke1 Rxf4 42. Qe7 Rf5 43. Kd2 Rh5 44. Qe4 Rd5 45. Qg4+ Kf8 46. Qc8+ Ke7 47. Qb7+ Kf6 48. Qc6+ Kg7 49. Kc2 Bf6 50. Qa4 Rd4 51. Qb5 Rxh4 52. Qxc5 Rc4+ 53. Qxc4 Bxc4 54. Kd2 Bd4 55. Kc2 Kf6 56. Kd2 Ke5 57. Kc2 Ke4 58. Kd2 Kf3 59. Kc2 Ke3 60. Kc1 Kd3 61. Kb1 Kc3 62. Kc1 Be2 63. Kb1 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Montreal Varennes op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2018.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Luksza, Arkadiusz"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2080"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 0-0 6. 0-0 c6 7. h3 Qc7 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bh6 a5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. b4 Rfe8 14. Qf4 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qe3 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Qc1 Qd6 21. Qb2 Bb7 22. Bd3 Ne8 23. Nd1 Nc7 24. Ne3 Na6 25. Ng4 Qxb4 26. Qa1 f6 27. Nfxe5 Nxe5 28. Nxe5 fxe5 29. Qxe5+ Kf7 30. Qh8 Qf8 31. Qxh7+ Qg7 32. Qh4 Nc5 33. Be2 Qa1+ 34. Bf1 Ne6 35. Qg3 b4 36. Qd3 Qd4 37. Qf3+ Kg7 38. Qg4 Kf7 39. Qf3+ Ke7 40. Qg4 g5 41. Qf5 c5 42. e5 Qf4 43. Qh7+ Qf7 44. Qd3 Nd4 45. c3 bxc3 46. Qxc3 Qd5 47. Qg3 Ne6 48. Kh2 Qd4 49. Kg1 Bd5 50. Be2 c4 51. Qa3+ Qc5 52. Qc3 Nf4 53. Bf1 Bxg2 54. Qg3 Qxe5 55. Qa3+ Qd6 56. Qa7+ Qd7 57. Qc5+ Ke6 58. Qe3+ Kf5 59. Bxg2 Nxg2 60. Qc5+ Kf6 61. Kxg2 Qd3 62. Qc6+ Kf5 63. Qc5+ Kg6 64. Qc6+ Kg7 65. Qc7+ Kf6 66. Qc6+ Kg7 67. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Trois-Rivieres op"]
[Site "Trois Rivieres"]
[Date "2018.03.18"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Saine, Zachary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.03.16"]
[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. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Be2 0-0 9. f4 Re8 10. Bf3 Bf8 11. Be3 g6 12. Bf2 Bg7 13. h3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 c5 15. Bf2 Bc6 16. Re1 b5 17. e5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 dxe5 19. Rad1 Qc8 20. fxe5 Nd7 21. Nxb5 Nxe5 22. Qd5 Qc6 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. Bxc5 Rec8 25. Bd4 Nc6 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. c3 a6 28. Nd4 Rab8 29. Nxc6 Rxc6 30. Re2 h5 31. Rd3 a5 32. Kf2 Rb5 33. b3 Rf6+ 34. Ke1 Rbf5 35. Kd2 Rf1 36. c4 R6f5 37. Kc3 Rc1+ 38. Rc2 Rcf1 39. a3 Ra1 40. Rd5 Rxd5 41. cxd5 Kf6 42. Rd2 a4 43. Kb2 Re1 44. d6 Re8 45. bxa4 Rd8 46. a5 Ke6 47. Kc3 Kd7 48. Kb4 Rb8+ 49. Kc4 Rc8+ 50. Kb5 Rb8+ 51. Ka4 Ra8 52. Rd4 f6 53. h4 g5 54. hxg5 fxg5 55. Rd5 Rg8 56. a6 h4 57. Ka5 g4 58. a7 h3 59. gxh3 gxh3 60. Rh5 Rg3 61. a4 Rg8 62. Kb6 Kxd6 63. Rxh3 1-0

[Event "Trois-Rivieres op"]
[Site "Trois Rivieres"]
[Date "2018.03.18"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Rodrigue Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.03.16"]
[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. Nc3 Bg7 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 b6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. exd5 exd5 9. Re1 Nbc6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bb5 Qd6 12. Qd2 a6 13. Bf1 Rfe8 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 c5 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. h3 b5 19. Bg3 b4 20. Na4 Qa5 21. b3 Bd7 22. Bh4 Nf5 23. Bf6 Bxa4 24. bxa4 Nd4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. e6 fxe6 27. Qf4 Nxc2 28. Re2 Nd4 29. Ree1 Ra7 30. Rxd4 e5 31. Rxe5 Rf7 32. Qg3 Ref8 33. Rdxd5 Rxf2 34. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Trois-Rivieres op"]
[Site "Trois Rivieres"]
[Date "2018.03.17"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Lafleche, Alain"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1691"]
[BlackElo "2187"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.03.16"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Be3 Nc6 5. a3 Bf5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. f3 h5 8. Qd2 a6 9. Nge2 Qd7 10. Nc1 Bd6 11. Nd3 Bxd3 12. Bxd3 Ne7 13. 0-0-0 b5 14. Na2 a5 15. c3 c6 16. Rhe1 Kd8 17. Bf4 Kc7 18. Kb1 Nc8 19. h3 Nb6 20. b3 Kb7 21. Kb2 Rhe8 22. g4 Qc7 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. g5 Nfd7 25. f4 Nf8 26. Re3 Rxe3 27. Qxe3 Ne6 28. Rf1 Nc7 29. Qe5 Qf8 30. g6 fxg6 31. Bxg6 a4 32. Bd3 axb3 33. Nb4 Nc4+ 34. Bxc4 bxc4 35. Qxh5 Re8 36. f5 Qd6 37. Rf2 Qg3 38. Rd2 Re1 39. Re2 Rxe2+ 40. Qxe2 Qg5 41. Qf2 Nb5 42. a4 Nxc3 43. Kxc3 Qc1+ 44. Nc2 b2 45. Qh4 b1Q 46. Qe7+ Ka6 47. Qc7 0-1

[Event "Trois-Rivieres op"]
[Site "Trois Rivieres"]
[Date "2018.03.17"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Trottier, Yves"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "1861"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.03.16"]
[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 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. d4 0-0 6. 0-0 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Qa4 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. Rxd8 Qxd8 15. Be3 Qa8 16. c5 Bd5 17. Rc1 Rb8 18. c6 Rd8 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rd5 21. Bd4 Qf8 22. Kg2 Bc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Qa4 Qb8 25. Qa6 Rd8 26. Qb7 Qxb7 27. cxb7 Rb8 28. Rxc5 Rxb7 29. b3 Kf8 30. Kf3 Ke7 31. Ke4 Kd7 32. Kd4 Rb4+ 33. Rc4 Rb5 34. e4 Kc8 35. f4 Kb7 36. b4 a5 37. a3 c6 38. Rc5 axb4 39. Rxb5+ cxb5 40. axb4 Kb6 41. g4 h6 42. h4 g6 43. Ke3 Kc7 44. h5 gxh5 45. Kf3 Kd7 46. f5 Ke7 47. f6+ Ke8 48. Kg3 Kf8 49. gxh5 Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Varennes op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2017.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Saha, Ananda"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 0-0 5. 0-0 d6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. e4 Be6 11. b3 c5 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Nd5 Bg7 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Ne3 a5 18. c5 dxc5 19. Rxc5 Qb6 20. Rc2 Rfd8 21. Nc4 Qc7 22. Qe3 Rdb8 23. Nb2 Qa7 24. Qxa7 Rxa7 25. Na4 Bd4 26. Kh1 Rc8 27. f4 c5 28. Nb6 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Varennes op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2017.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Ne5 13. Ne3 Nfg4 14. Nxg4 Bxg4 15. a5 Bd7 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Ra3 f5 18. h3 h5 19. f4 Nf7 20. e3 h4 21. Rf3 g5 22. fxg5 Nxg5 23. Rf4 hxg3 24. Qd1 Be5 25. Qh5 Bxf4 26. Qg6+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Kf7 28. Qh5+ Kg7 29. exf4 Re1+ 30. Bf1 Be8 31. Qxg5+ Qxg5 32. fxg5 Rxc1 33. Ne2 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Bb5 35. Rxg3 Re8 36. Rg2 f4 0-1

[Event "Montreal Varennes op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2017.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Forget, Luc"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1912"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 c6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. b3 0-0 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Ndf3 Qe7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ba3 16. e3 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rc7 19. Rac1 dxc4 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Rxc4 Qd1+ 22. Bf1 c5 23. Qe2 Qd5 24. e4 fxe4 25. Qe3 Qxe5 26. Rc1 Rd7 27. Bc4 Rd6 28. Re1 Rd4 29. f4 Qf5 30. Bf1 e5 31. fxe5 Qxe5 32. Bg2 h6 0-1

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huang, Qiuyu"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. Qd2 h6 7. Be3 Ng4 8. h3 Nxe3 9. Qxe3 h5 10. 0-0-0 a6 11. f4 b5 12. d5 Na5 13. Nd4 b4 14. Nb1 Bd7 15. Nd2 c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Kb1 a5 20. Nd4 Ba4 21. b3 Bd7 22. Bc4 a4 23. f5 Qc5 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Rhf1 e6 26. e5 Qxe5 27. Qf3 d5 28. Rfe1 Rf8 29. Rxe5 Rxf3 30. Re2 dxc4 31. gxf3 axb3 32. cxb3 cxb3 33. Nxb3 e5 34. h4 Bf5+ 35. Kc1 Rc8+ 36. Kd2 Rc4 37. Rh1 Bh6+ 38. Ke1 Bf4 39. Kf2 Bd3 40. Rb2 e4 41. fxe4 Be5 42. Rd2 Bxe4 43. Rh3 Kf7 44. Re2 Bf5 45. Rf3 Bf6 46. Nd2 Bxh4+ 47. Kg2 Rc2 48. Rf4 Bg5 49. Rd4 Rxa2 50. Kf1 Rxd2 51. Rexd2 Bxd2 52. Rxd2 b3 53. Kf2 Bc2 54. Rd7+ Ke6 55. Rb7 Kd5 56. Ke3 h4 57. Rb4 Ke5 58. Rb8 h3 59. Kd2 g5 60. Rh8 g4 61. Rh4 Be4 62. Kc3 Bf3 63. Rh5+ Kd6 64. Kxb3 Ke6 65. Kc3 Kf6 66. Kd2 Kg6 67. Rh8 Bg2 68. Ke3 g3 69. Kf4 h2 70. Kxg3 h1Q 71. Rxh1 Bxh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Leveille, Francois"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 Nbd7 6. 0-0 e5 7. h3 0-0 8. c4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Nc3 a6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. a4 a5 13. Ndb5 b6 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. f3 Ne6 17. Bf2 Nh5 18. Kh2 Rc8 19. Be3 Nxg3 20. Kxg3 Be5+ 21. Kf2 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Qg3 23. Ne2 Qh2+ 24. Kf2 Bf6 25. Rh1 Bh4+ 26. Kf1 Qe5 27. Qc3 Qh5 28. Bf2 f5 29. Bxh4 Qxh4 30. Qe1 Qh5 31. Ng3 Qh4 32. Nc3 Ng5 33. Kg1 Qf4 34. Qf2 fxe4 35. Ngxe4 Rf8 36. Nxg5 Qxg5 37. h4 Qh5 38. Rh3 Rf7 39. Nd5 Qf5 40. Rg3 Re8 41. Re1 Rxe1+ 42. Qxe1 Bxd5 43. Bh3 Qf4 44. cxd5 Kf8 45. Be6 Rf6 46. Kg2 Qc4 47. Qd2 Kg7 48. Rg4 Qa6 49. Re4 h6 50. Qc3 g5 51. Qxc7+ Kg6 52. h5+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Cazelais, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3 a6 9. b3 Rb8 10. a4 Re8 11. e3 exd4 12. exd4 Nf8 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Nh4 Bd7 15. Qd2 Nh5 16. Kh2 f5 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Rfe1 c6 20. b4 Be6 21. d5 cxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5+ Nxd5 24. Qxd5+ Kg7 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Qxd6 Rd8 27. Qf4 Qe2 28. Qf3 Qxc4 29. Qxb7+ Rd7 30. Qb6 Qd4 31. Qxd4+ Rxd4 32. Rb1 Nd7 33. Nf3 Rd3 34. Kg2 Ra3 35. a5 Nf6 36. Rb2 Nd5 37. b5 axb5 38. Rxb5 Nc3 39. Rb7+ Kg8 40. Ng5 Rxa5 41. h4 Ne4 42. Nxe4 fxe4 43. Re7 Ra4 44. Kf1 h5 45. Ke2 Kf8 46. Re5 Kf7 47. Ke3 Kf6 48. Rxe4 Ra3+ 49. Kf4 Ra2 50. f3 Ra5 51. Rb4 Rf5+ 52. Ke3 Re5+ 53. Re4 Ra5 54. Rf4+ Ke6 55. g4 hxg4 56. fxg4 Ra3+ 57. Kf2 Ke5 58. Rf3 Ra2+ 59. Kg3 Ra1 60. g5 Ra6 61. h5 gxh5 62. Kh4 Ra1 63. Kxh5 Ke6 64. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yu, Zong Yang"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. g3 Nc6 6. d5 Nce7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. e4 c5 10. Be3 h6 11. h3 Nh5 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Ne1 f5 14. Nd3 Ng8 15. Rab1 Ngf6 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Kh2 Bd7 18. f4 Qe8 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Bxc5 Rg8 21. Bf2 Bf8 22. Rbe1 e4 23. Nf4 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Nh5 25. Qd2 Bd6 26. Nxe4 Be5 27. Qe2 f4 28. Qd3 Kh8 29. Kh1 fxg3 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. Qxd4+ Rg7 32. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Guipi Bopala, Prince Eric Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "1675"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Nh3 d6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. e4 fxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 e5 11. Qh5 g6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Qxg6+ Kh8 14. Qh6+ Kg8 15. Qg6+ Kh8 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. g4 Rf6 19. Qh3 Bc2 20. Qc3 Rg6 21. Qxc2 Rxg5 22. Bxg5 Bxg5 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Rad1 Qf6 26. Qe8+ Kg7 27. Rd3 Qf4 28. Qc8 Qf7 29. Rfd1 Bf6 30. Rh3 Qf8 31. Qxb7+ Qe7 32. Qxa8 Na6 33. Qh8+ Kg6 34. Rh6+ Kg5 35. h4+ Kxg4 36. Rxf6 Nc5 37. Qc8+ Kh5 38. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.09.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Agcaoili, Marlou"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.09.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Qc2 Bd6 5. d4 f5 6. f3 Ne7 7. Bg5 0-0 8. Nd2 h6 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nh3 b6 11. 0-0 Bb7 12. e4 e5 13. f4 exd4 14. e5 Bc5 15. Nf2 dxc4 16. Nxc4 a5 17. Nxb6 Ra6 18. Na4 Ba7 19. Nd3 Kh7 20. a3 Nd7 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 g6 23. Nac5 Nxc5 24. bxc5 Rd8 25. Qc4 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Ra8 27. h3 g5 28. Kh2 gxf4 29. gxf4 Bc8 30. Bxc6 Be6 31. Qa6 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.09.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Soudre, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.09.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 a6 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 cxd4 8. Qxd4 Ne7 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Qg4 Ng6 11. Bd3 Bb5 12. Bxb5+ axb5 13. Nd4 Qb6 14. 0-0-0 0-0 15. Qe2 Nc6 16. Nxb5 Ngxe5 17. Bd4 Qa6 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxb5 20. Rd4 Ra4 21. Rhd1 Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Rc8 23. Rd3 f6 24. Kb1 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.09.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Drolet, Stephane"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.09.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. d5 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 exd5 7. Qxd5 d6 8. Bg2 c6 9. Qb3 Na6 10. Be3 d5 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Rad1 Nc7 13. c3 Qe8 14. Nd4 Qf7 15. Bf4 Ne6 16. Nf3 Nc5 17. Qc2 Ne4 18. Ne5 Qf6 19. Nd3 Be6 20. Be5 Qf7 21. f3 Nc5 22. e4 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 dxe4 24. fxe4 Bc4 25. Rxf5 Qe6 26. Rh5 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 g6 28. Bh3 Qf7 0-1

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.09.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Jacquet, Stephane"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "1954"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2016.09.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nge2 c6 7. a4 a5 8. h3 e5 9. 0-0 Be6 10. Kh2 Bc4 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Re1 Na6 13. b3 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Nxe4 15. d5 cxd5 16. Qxd5 Nec5 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Rd2 Kh8 19. Nc3 Nc7 20. Qc4 b6 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 f5 23. b4 axb4 24. Qxb4 Qc7 25. Rb1 Rb8 26. Rbd1 f4 27. gxf4 Ra8 28. Rxd6 Rxa4 29. Qxb6 Qxb6 30. Rxb6 Ne4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. fxe5 Bxe5+ 33. Kg2 Rc4 34. Rd2 Rfc8 35. Bh6 Bg7 36. Bxg7+ Kxg7 37. Rd7+ Kh6 38. Rbb7 Kg5 39. Rxh7 Rxc2 40. Rbf7 R8c3 41. Rf3 Rxf3 42. Kxf3 Rc3+ 43. Kg2 Kf6 44. Ra7 g5 45. Ra5 Kg6 46. Re5 Kf6 47. Re3 Rc2 48. Kg3 Rc4 49. Ra3 Kf5 50. Ra5+ Kg6 51. Re5 Rc3+ 52. Re3 Rc4 53. Rf3 Rb4 54. Rf8 Rb3+ 55. Kg2 Ra3 56. Rf3 Ra4 57. Re3 Kf5 58. Kg3 Rb4 59. Rc3 Ra4 60. Rc5+ Kg6 61. Rb5 Ra3+ 62. f3 Ra4 63. Re5 Rb4 64. Re4 Rb1 65. Rg4 Ra1 66. Kh2 Ra2+ 67. Rg2 Ra4 68. Kg3 Kf5 69. Rb2 Rc4 70. Rb8 Ra4 71. Rb5+ Kg6 72. Re5 Rb4 73. Re4 Rb1 74. h4 gxh4+ 75. Rxh4 Rb3 76. Ra4 Kg5 77. Ra5+ Kf6 78. Kg4 Rb4+ 79. f4 Kg6 80. Ra6+ Kf7 81. Kg5 Rb1 82. Ra7+ Kf8 83. f5 Rb6 84. Rc7 Ra6 85. Rh7 Kg8 86. Rh2 Kg7 87. Re2 Kf7 88. Re1 Rb6 89. Ra1 Rc6 90. Ra7+ Kf8 91. f6 Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2016.09.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Laurain, Guy"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.09.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Be2 Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Kh1 Bb7 11. Nb1 f6 12. c3 a6 13. Nbd2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. Rc1 b5 16. Nb3 Qb6 17. Qd2 Bb4 18. Qd3 Na5 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Qd8 21. Nd4 Qe7 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. b4 Nc4 24. Rfe1 e5 25. Nf5 Qd7 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. Qd4 Rcd8 28. Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Varennes op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2015.11.09"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Duong, Thanh Nha"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2015.11.07"]
[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 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. 0-0 Nf6 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Be6 8. Na3 Bd5 9. f3 b5 10. Bh3 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. e4 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Be3 Nb6 15. Nc2 e5 16. Qd2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Qd7 18. Rad1 e5 19. Nc2 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Rd8 21. Rfd1 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Bf8 23. f4 Na4 24. b3 cxb3 25. axb3 Nc5 26. b4 Nxe4 27. Re2 Nc3 28. Re1 Nd5 29. Bd2 Kd7 30. fxe5 Be7 31. Ra1 Ra8 32. Rd1 Rc8 33. Nd4 Bxb4 34. Bxb4 Nxb4 35. Nxb5+ Ke6 36. Nd6 Rc7 37. Nc4 Nd5 38. Rb1 Nb6 39. Nxb6 axb6 40. Rxb6 Kxe5 41. Kf2 Kd4 42. Ke2 Kc3 43. Kd1 c5 44. Rf6 Rd7+ 45. Kc1 c4 46. Rf3+ Kb4 47. Rf2 Re7 48. Rb2+ Kc3 49. Rc2+ Kd3 50. Rd2+ Ke3 51. Kd1 Ra7 52. Re2+ Kd3 53. Rd2+ Kc3 54. Rc2+ Kb3 55. Kd2 Rd7+ 56. Kc1 c3 57. Rf2 Ra7 58. Kb1 c2+ 59. Rxc2 Ra1+ 60. Kxa1 Kxc2 61. Ka2 Kd3 62. Kb3 Ke3 63. Kc4 Kf3 64. Kd4 Kg2 65. Ke4 Kxh2 66. Kf4 Kh3 67. Kf3 g5 68. g4 h6 0-1

[Event "Montreal Varennes op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2015.11.09"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Yu, Zong Yang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.11.07"]
[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. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. 0-0 a6 7. Qxc4 c5 8. Qc2 b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. d3 Be7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Nc3 Bc6 14. Bg5 0-0 15. Rc1 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Ne1 Nd5 18. Ne4 Rc8 19. Qb3 Nb6 20. Nc3 b4 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Nd1 Qd5 23. Qc2 Bg5 24. e3 c4 25. Qe2 Bf6 26. dxc4 Rxc4 27. Rxc4 Nxc4 28. Nd3 Ne5 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. e4 Qb3 31. Kg2 g6 32. Qd2 h5 33. f4 Bf6 34. e5 Be7 35. Nf2 Qc4 36. Qd7 Kf8 37. Qd3 Qc6+ 38. Qf3 Qc2 39. b3 Bc5 40. Kf1 Bxf2 41. Qxf2 Qxb3 42. Qc5+ Kg7 43. Qe7 Qd3+ 44. Kg2 b3 0-1

[Event "Montreal Varennes op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2015.11.08"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Struben, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.11.07"]
[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 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 0-0 6. Be3 c6 7. a4 a5 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. 0-0 c5 10. d5 Nb6 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Bh6 Qc8 13. Kh2 Qc7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rfd1 e5 16. Qe3 Nh5 17. Ne1 Nf4 18. g3 Nxh3 19. Bf1 Qc8 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 f5 23. e5 Qd8 24. exd6 Qf6 25. Nf3 Rae8 26. Re1 h6 27. Re7+ Rxe7 28. dxe7 Qxe7 29. Qe5+ Qf6 30. Re1 Re8 31. Qg3 f4 32. Qf2 Qf5 33. Rxe8 Bxe8 34. Qxc5 Qxc2+ 35. Kh1 Nxd5 36. Qxd5 Bc6 37. Qe5+ Kh7 38. Qe7+ Kh8 39. Qf8+ Kh7 40. Qf7+ Kh8 41. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Montreal Varennes op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2015.11.08"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Turcotte, Jonathan"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2015.11.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 0-0 9. Qc1 b6 10. Ba3 Bb7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Qb2 Qe7 14. Nd3 Ne4 15. f3 Nef6 16. Nd2 c5 17. e3 Rfe8 18. f4 Rac8 19. Rac1 a5 20. Rfe1 Ne4 21. Nf3 Ba6 22. Nfe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Rc7 24. Rc2 Rec8 25. Rec1 Qd6 26. cxd5 exd5 27. Qa3 Nf6 28. dxc5 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxc5 Qxc5 31. Qxc5 bxc5 32. Nc6 Kf7 33. Nxa5 Ke6 34. h3 Kd6 35. a3 Bd3 36. b4 c4 37. Nb7+ Kc6 38. Nc5 Kb5 39. Kf2 Ne4+ 40. Bxe4 dxe4 41. Ke1 c3 42. Nxd3 exd3 43. g4 Kc4 44. b5 d2+ 45. Ke2 Kb3 46. Kd1 Kb2 47. b6 c2+ 48. Kxd2 c1Q+ 0-1

[Event "Montreal Varennes op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2015.11.07"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Gauthier, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "1891"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.11.07"]
[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 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 e6 5. b3 c5 6. c4 a6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. d3 d6 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 0-0 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Ne1 Rfe8 13. f4 Nf8 14. Nc2 Rab8 15. Ne3 N6d7 16. Nf3 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. Nc2 N8d7 20. Kh1 Nb6 21. Rae1 bxc4 22. dxc4 a5 23. h3 a4 24. Rb1 axb3 25. axb3 Ra8 26. Ra1 Ra7 27. Rxa7 Qxa7 28. Ra1 Qb7 29. Qd3 Rd8 30. Qe3 Ra8 31. Rxa8+ Qxa8 32. Bf3 Nfd7 33. Qd3 Qa2 34. Ne3 Nc8 35. e5 Bxf3+ 36. Nxf3 Qf2 37. Nf1 d5 38. cxd5 exd5 39. Ng5 h6 40. e6 fxe6 41. Qh7+ Kf8 42. Qh8+ Ke7 43. Qxg7+ Kd6 44. Nf7+ Kc7 45. Qa1 h5 46. Ng5 h4 47. g4 Kd6 48. Qa6+ Ncb6 49. Qd3 Qxf4 50. Nd2 Ne5 51. Nde4+ Kc6 0-1

[Event "Laval op"]
[Site "Laval"]
[Date "2015.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "MacKinnon, Keith"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2015.06.19"]
[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. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 a5 11. 0-0 0-0 12. Nd4 d6 13. Rac1 Na6 14. a3 Qd7 15. Ncb5 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Laval op"]
[Site "Laval"]
[Date "2015.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Simard, Francois"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Ne5 Be7 6. Qa4+ c6 7. Bg5 0-0 8. cxd5 exd5 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Bg2 b5 14. e3 Bb4 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Kd2 g5 17. Kd3 f4 18. Bxd5+ Kg7 19. gxf4 Bxc3 20. fxg5 Rxf2 21. Bb3 Bxb2 22. Raf1 Raf8 23. Rxf2 Rxf2 24. h4 Bg4 25. Rg1 Bh5 26. Rg3 Rh2 27. Be6 Bg6+ 28. e4 Rxh4 29. Bg4 Bc1 30. Bf5 Rh5 31. Bxg6 Kxg6 32. d5 Rxg5 33. Rxg5+ Bxg5 0-1

[Event "Laval op"]
[Site "Laval"]
[Date "2015.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Duong, Thanh Nha"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nh3 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. b3 Qe8 9. Bb2 b6 10. Nf4 Bd6 11. Nd3 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Rac1 g5 14. e3 Rc8 15. Rfe1 Qg6 16. f4 h6 17. Ne5 Qg7 18. Qb1 Rfe8 19. a4 Bb4 20. Re2 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Ne4 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 c5 25. Qc1 g4 26. cxd5 cxd4 27. exd4 Rxc3 28. Qxc3 exd5 29. Rf2 Rc8 30. Qe3 Rf8 31. Bf1 Rxf2 32. Qxf2 Qg5 33. Qf4 Bc8 34. Bb5 a5 35. Kf2 Be6 36. Bc6 Kg7 37. Ke3 Kg8 38. Bb5 Kg7 39. Kd2 Kg8 40. Kc3 Kg7 41. Be2 Kg6 42. Qxg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Laval op"]
[Site "Laval"]
[Date "2015.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Rodrigue Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "1668"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.06.19"]
[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 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Ne5 0-0 8. Nc3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Qxb7 Nxe5 12. cxd5 Rb8 13. Qxa7 exd5 14. Qa4 d4 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rb4 17. Qc2 h6 18. Bd2 Rb8 19. Bf4 f6 20. a4 Qa5 21. Bd2 Qa6 22. f4 Nd7 23. Bd5+ Kh8 24. a5 Qb5 25. b3 Bd6 26. Qf5 Rfe8 27. Be4 Nf8 28. Bd3 Qxb3 29. a6 Ra8 30. Rfb1 Qe6 31. Qxe6 Nxe6 32. Rb6 Bb8 33. Be4 Ba7 34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. Bxa8 Rxe2 36. Be1 c4 37. Bf2 c3 38. Bf3 Rb2 39. Be4 c2 40. Rc1 Ra2 41. Rxc2 1-0

[Event "Laval op"]
[Site "Laval"]
[Date "2015.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ouellet, Maili Jade"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1783"]
[BlackElo "2164"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2015.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Qc2 a6 9. Nd2 0-0 10. Re1 b6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. f3 Qc7 13. Nf1 Bb7 14. Bd2 b5 15. a3 Nb6 16. Rac1 Nc4 17. Nd1 Qb6 18. Bc3 a5 19. e3 Rac8 20. Qf2 Rc7 21. Nd2 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Nxc4 dxc4 24. Bd2 e5 25. dxe5 Bxe5 26. Bf1 Bd5 27. e4 Qxf2+ 28. Nxf2 fxe4 29. Bxb4 Rb8 30. Ba5 Rc5 31. fxe4 Rxa5 32. exd5 Bxb2 33. Rxc4 Rxd5 34. Rc7 Rd7 35. Bc4+ Kf8 36. Rxd7 Nxd7 37. Ne4 Bd4+ 38. Kg2 Ne5 39. Rf1+ Ke7 40. Bd5 Rb5 41. Bg8 Rb2+ 42. Kh3 h5 43. Ng5 Ng4 44. Nf3 g5 45. Bh7 Ne3 46. Nxd4 Nxf1 47. Nc2 Kf6 48. Bd3 g4+ 49. Kh4 Nxh2 50. Bh7 Kg7 51. Be4 Kh6 52. Nd4 Nf3+ 53. Nxf3 gxf3 54. Kh3 Rb3 55. Kh2 Kg5 56. Kh3 Re3 57. Bc6 Kf6 58. Kh2 Rc3 59. Be4 Ra3 60. Kg1 Kg5 61. Kf2 Kg4 62. Bd5 Rd3 63. Be6+ Kg5 64. Bc4 Rd4 65. Ba6 Ra4 66. Bb7 Ra2+ 67. Kxf3 Ra3+ 68. Kf2 Rb3 69. Bd5 Rb5 70. Be6 Kf6 71. Bd7 Rb3 72. Kg2 Ra3 73. Kf2 Kg5 74. Kg2 Ra7 75. Be6 Kf6 76. Bc4 Ke5 77. Kh3 Kf5 78. Kg2 Ra3 79. Bd5 Rd3 80. Bc4 Rc3 81. Bb5 Ke4 82. Be8 Rc5 83. Bg6+ Ke3 84. Bf7 Rg5 85. Kh3 Kf3 86. Kh4 Rxg3 87. Bxh5+ Kf4 88. Be2 Rg2 89. Bf1 Rh2+ 90. Bh3 Rh1 0-1

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Munro, Allan"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2014.09.05"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 0-0 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. 0-0-0 Rb8 11. Kb1 a6 12. Qf2 Nd7 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. g4 Qa5 15. Rhg1 Nc5 16. Rg3 Bd7 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Rh3+ Kg8 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxc5 Bd8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Rh8+ Ke7 23. Qh4+ f6 24. Qh7 Kf7 25. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Kraiouchkine, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.09.05"]
[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 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. 0-0 Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bf5 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nd2 e5 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. c4 Qb6 11. Rb1 a5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nf3 Bc5 14. e3 Bd6 15. Bd2 0-0 16. Bc3 Rfe8 17. Re1 Qb5 18. Bf1 Qc6 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Re2 Rad8 21. Qa4 Nc5 22. Qd1 e4 23. Ne1 Ne6 24. Qa4 Bb4 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. dxe4 dxe4 27. a3 Bxe1 28. Rcxe1 Ng5 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Rd8 31. Qc2 Qe6 32. h4 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Qg4 34. Qc7 Nxh4+ 35. Kh2 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Rd5 37. Qf4 Rh5 0-1

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2014.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wilkin, Alain"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.09.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
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1. d4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nh3 Nf6 5. Nf4 Be7 6. h4 0-0 7. Nd2 Bd6 8. Nf3 Ne4 9. 0-0 Qf6 10. c3 Nd7 11. Qe1 c6 12. Nd3 h6 13. Nfe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bf4 Qf6 17. f3 e5 18. fxe4 exf4 19. exd5 fxg3 20. Qxg3 f4 21. Qf2 cxd5 22. Bxd5+ Be6 23. Bg2 Rad8 24. e3 Bc4 25. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 f3 27. Bh3 Be2 28. Rd4 Qg6+ 29. Kh2 Re8 30. e4 Rxe4 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Qc5 Rxh4 33. Qf2 Rxh3+ 34. Kxh3 0-1

[Event "Laval op"]
[Site "Laval "]
[Date "2014.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Desjardins, Michel"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Be3 Be7 10. Bd3 0-0 11. 0-0 f6 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Rc1 Qd8 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Bf4 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 a5 19. Ne2 Bd8 20. Rc2 axb4 21. axb4 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Nf4 Bf7 25. Nd3 h6 26. f4 b6 27. Qe3 Kh7 28. Rc3 Qa4 29. Rc1 Be8 30. Bd6 Rf6 31. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Laval op"]
[Site "Laval "]
[Date "2014.06.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Zhu, Hong Rui"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Bd6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. 0-0 Re8 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 e5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 exd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15. Bf4 Qc7 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qd2 Qc5 19. Rfe1 Be6 20. b3 Rad8 21. Qf4 Qa5 22. Re2 Bf7 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. h4 Bh5 25. g4 Bf7 26. Bf3 h5 27. gxh5 Bxh5 28. b4 Qe5 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. Rd1 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Laval op"]
[Site "Laval "]
[Date "2014.06.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chiku Ratte, Olivier Kenta"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. a3 bxa3 7. Rxa3 b6 8. Nc3 d5 9. e3 0-0 10. Be2 Bb7 11. 0-0 Qe7 12. Qa4 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Rc8 14. Qa4 a6 15. Raa1 b5 16. Qb3 b4 17. Na4 Bd5 18. Qd1 Nbd7 19. Bd3 Ne4 20. Qe2 a5 21. Rfc1 f5 22. Bb5 Nef6 23. Nd2 Qd6 24. h3 Nb6 25. Nc5 e5 26. dxe5 Qxe5 27. Nd3 Qd6 28. Rxc8+ Nxc8 29. Nf4 Bf7 30. Nc4 Qc7 31. Nd2 Nd6 32. Ba4 Nfe4 33. Nxe4 Nxe4 34. Qb5 Rb8 35. Qxf5 Nc5 36. Rc1 Rc8 37. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Laval op"]
[Site "Laval "]
[Date "2014.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Turcotte, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "1995"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. d3 Nd7 7. Be3 Qxb3 8. axb3 a6 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Ne7 14. b4 0-0 15. f4 f6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. h4 Kf7 18. Kf2 Rh8 19. Kg3 e5 20. Rhf1 Ke6 21. Nf3 exf4+ 22. Kxf4 Ne5 23. Nxe5 fxe5+ 24. Kg5 Rhf8 25. h5 gxh5 26. gxh5 dxc4 27. dxc4 Rf5+ 28. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Laval op"]
[Site "Laval "]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gauthier, Denis"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "1911"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2014.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Be7 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Nbd2 Nh5 9. Ne5 Nxf4 10. exf4 Nc6 11. Ndf3 Bf6 12. Re1 Ne7 13. Bc2 h6 14. Qe2 Qe8 15. Rad1 Rd8 16. Qe3 Kh8 17. Rd2 Rg8 18. Bb3 g5 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. d5 d6 21. dxe6 dxe5 0-1

[Event "Montreal Varennes op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cloutier, Mario"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2048"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nd7 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Ne7 7. Be3 b6 8. Qd2 h6 9. 0-0-0 Bb7 10. Ne1 c6 11. Kb1 a6 12. h4 h5 13. Nd3 Qc7 14. f3 c5 15. Nc1 0-0-0 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Nf5 18. Bf4 Rde8 19. Ne4 Ne5 20. Bd3 Kb8 21. Ne2 Ka7 22. N2c3 Bc8 23. Bg5 Nd7 24. Rde1 Nd4 25. Ne2 f5 26. N4c3 Nxe2 27. Nxe2 Ne5 28. Nf4 Rhg8 29. Re2 Bd7 30. Rhe1 b5 31. Qc1 bxc4 32. Bxc4 Nxc4 33. Qxc4 Rxe2 34. Qxe2 Be5 35. Qc4 Rb8 36. b3 Qa5 37. Re3 Rb4 38. Qc1 Rxf4 39. Bxf4 Bxf4 40. Qe1 Qxe1+ 41. Rxe1 Kb6 42. Re7 Bb5 43. Re6 Bd3+ 44. Kb2 Be5+ 45. Ka3 f4 46. Ka4 Kc7 47. Re7+ Kb6 48. Re6 a5 49. Ka3 Kb5 50. Re7 Bf1 51. Rb7+ Ka6 52. Rb8 Bxg2 53. Rg8 Bxf3 54. Rxg6 Bxd5 55. Rh6 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Montreal Varennes op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Nikulich, Oleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 0-0 6. 0-0 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Nxc4 Qe7 12. Bf4 h6 13. Nce5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bd6 15. Rfd1 Bb8 16. Nd3 e5 17. Be3 Bd6 18. Bc5 Rb8 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qc3 Re8 21. Nc5 Qe7 22. Rac1 b6 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Bg4 25. Bf3 Rec8 26. Qe3 Bxf3 27. exf3 Qb4 28. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Varennes op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 0-0 6. Nf3 d5 7. Bxb4 axb4 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. e3 f5 11. 0-0 Qd6 12. a3 bxa3 13. Rxa3 Rxa3 14. bxa3 Na5 15. Qa4 b6 16. c5 Qe7 17. cxb6 cxb6 18. Rb1 Bd7 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. Rxb4 Nxd2 21. Nxd2 Rb8 22. Bf1 Kf8 23. Bb5 Ke7 24. Kf1 Bxb5+ 25. Rxb5 Kd6 26. Ke2 Kc6 27. Rb4 Ra8 28. a4 Kc7 29. Rb1 Nc6 30. Ra1 b5 31. Nb3 Rxa4 32. Rxa4 bxa4 33. Nc5 a3 34. Kd2 a2 35. Nb3 Na5 36. Na1 Kb6 37. Kc3 Kb5 38. Nc2 g5 39. h3 h5 40. Kb2 Kc4 41. Ne1 Nb3 42. Kxa2 Nc1+ 43. Kb1 Nd3 44. Nf3 g4 45. hxg4 fxg4 46. Ng5 Nxf2 47. Kc2 Ne4 48. Nxe6 Nxg3 49. Nf4 Nf1 50. e4 dxe4 51. d5 Ne3+ 52. Kd2 Nxd5 53. Nxh5 Kd4 54. Ng3 e3+ 55. Ke1 Nf4 56. Kf1 Kd3 57. Ke1 Ne6 58. Ne2 Ke4 59. Ng1 Nf4 60. Kf1 0-1

[Event "Montreal Varennes op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Villeneuve, Robert"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "1948"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 g5 11. fxg5 Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Be3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Qc2 Qc6 17. Rhf1 b5 18. d5 Qxd5 19. Rad1 Qc6 20. Nd4 Qd5 21. Nxb5 Qxb5 22. Rxd6 Bb7 23. Qc3 0-0 24. Re1 e5 25. Qc2 Qb4 26. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal Varennes op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2013.11.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Weston, Paul"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. Bc4 e6 7. 0-0 Ne7 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Ne2 0-0 10. d3 d5 11. Bb3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qb6 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. a4 a5 15. Ng3 Kh8 16. Rb1 Qc5 17. c4 f6 18. Qd3 Nc6 19. Be3 dxe3 20. Qxd7 Nd4 21. Bd1 Rfd8 22. Qxb7 Ra7 0-1

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2013.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Nikulich, Oleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.09.06"]
[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 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. d3 e6 7. Qc2 Bc5 8. e3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 dxc4 10. d4 Bd6 11. Nbd2 Qa6 12. Nxc4 Bc7 13. Nfe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. f3 Bh5 16. e4 Nb6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Qc4 19. Qd2 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 0-0-0 21. Rd1 Rd7 22. b4 Qb5 23. a4 Nxa4 24. g4 Rhd8 25. Qe1 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Bf1 Qe5 28. Rxa4 Bg6 29. Bg2 a6 30. Be3 Qb2 31. Ra1 Rd3 32. Bb6 Qb3 33. f4 f6 34. f5 Bf7 35. Rb1 Qa2 36. Rd1 Qb3 37. Rxd3 Qxd3 38. Kg1 e5 39. Bf1 Qd6 40. Be2 Bb3 41. Qc3 Bd1 42. Qc4 Bxe2 43. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2013.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Prahov, Valentin Asenov"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2013.09.06"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 f6 7. Bd3 fxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ne7 10. 0-0 c4 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. Nd2 g6 13. Nf3 Bg7 14. Rb1 0-0 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Bd4 Nf5 17. Qe2 Nxd4 18. cxd4 b5 19. h4 Bh6 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. hxg5 a5 22. g3 b4 23. Kg2 Rab8 24. axb4 Rxb4 25. Rh1 Ba4 26. Rh6 Bxc2 27. Qxc2 Qf7 28. Rbh1 Rb3 29. Rxh7 Qxh7 30. Rxh7 Kxh7 31. Qd1 Kg7 32. Qg4 Rb6 33. Qh4 Rh8 34. Qf4 Rf8 35. Qh4 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2013.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Sambuev, Bator"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.09.06"]
[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 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. b3 Ngf6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Bb2 0-0 8. d4 c6 9. Nbd2 Qa5 10. a3 Qa6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 Rfd8 13. e3 c5 14. Bf1 dxc4 15. bxc4 Qb6 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. Qb3 Rac8 18. Bg2 cxd4 19. exd4 b6 20. Re3 Ne8 21. Rae1 Bf6 22. Bf1 Nd6 23. g4 Bg6 24. Bb4 h6 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Ne4 Qf4 27. Nxf6+ Nxf6 28. Ne5 Be4 29. f3 Rxd4 30. Nxf7 Qg3+ 31. Bg2 Rd2 32. R1e2 Rxe2 33. Nxh6+ gxh6 34. Rxe2 Rd8 35. c5 Rd3 36. Qxe6+ Kg7 37. Rf2 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2013.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhou, Qiyu"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.09.06"]
[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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8. Ned2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nb3 cxd4 11. Nbxd4 Bd7 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Qe2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 0-0-0 15. 0-0 Bd6 16. a4 Qc7 17. h3 Rhg8 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Bc5 20. Kh1 Qf4 21. b4 Bb6 22. c4 Bd4 23. Ra3 Rxg2 24. Kxg2 Rg8+ 25. Kh1 Be5 26. f3 Qg3 27. Bxf5 exf5 28. f4 Qxa3 29. Rf3 Qa1+ 30. Rf1 Qb2 0-1

[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2013.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Le Duin, Thierry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2013.09.06"]
[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 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Bf5 5. 0-0 c4 6. b3 b5 7. a4 a6 8. axb5 axb5 9. Rxa8 Qxa8 10. Nc3 Na7 11. Nh4 Be6 12. bxc4 bxc4 13. e4 Nf6 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qh5 e6 17. Re1 Nf6 18. Rxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Quebec-ch classe"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Dumont, Felix"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2013.01.18"]
[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 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Qc2 a4 11. Rac1 c5 12. d4 axb3 13. axb3 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Be4 15. Qd2 Ra2 16. Ra1 Qa8 17. Na3 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Qd5 19. Qd1 cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec-ch classe"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Weston, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.01.18"]
[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. e4 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e6 6. Bc2 Be7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Re1 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 c4 11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 Re8 13. Ba3 Nf8 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. c4 b6 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Nb5 Nc8 18. c5 bxc5 19. dxc5 a6 20. Nbd4 Na7 21. b4 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Bd3 Bb5 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Qd3 Qd7 26. Nd4 Ng6 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Qxb5 Qxb5 29. Nxb5 Rb8 30. Nd6 Rxb4 31. c6 Ne7 32. c7 Kf8 33. Ra1 g5 34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. Re8 1-0

[Event "Quebec-ch classe"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2013.01.19"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Auger, Bertrand"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2013.01.18"]
[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. Nf3 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. 0-0 c5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxc4 Bc6 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. d3 Be7 10. Bf4 0-0 11. Qb3 a6 12. a4 b5 13. Rfc1 Qb6 14. Qc2 Rac8 15. a5 Qb7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 c4 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Rd1 Nb3 21. Rab1 Nxa5 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. e5 Qc5 24. Rxd6 Qxe5 25. Rxa6 Nb3 26. Rd1 Rfd8 27. e3 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qxb2 29. Qd7 Rf8 30. Qxb5 Qc1+ 31. Bf1 Nd2 0-1

[Event "Quebec-ch classe"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2013.01.19"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Zhang, Yuanchen"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2031"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2013.01.18"]
[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. c4 d5 3. Nc3 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c5 Be7 9. Bf4 b6 10. b4 Nh5 11. Be5 Nd7 12. Rc1 a5 13. a3 b5 14. Qb3 a4 15. Qc2 g5 16. Bd6 Bxd6 17. cxd6 Nb6 18. Nd1 Nc4 19. Nb2 g4 20. Ne5 Qxd6 21. Nbd3 Bd7 22. Nc5 Be8 23. Qc3 Nf6 24. e3 Ra7 25. Ncd3 Nd7 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. Ne5 Rg7 28. Rfe1 h5 29. Bf1 h4 30. Re2 Rh7 31. Ra2 Qd8 32. Re2 Qg5 33. Rec2 Qg7 34. Ra2 Rf6 35. Rac2 Rfh6 36. Ra2 hxg3 37. fxg3 Qg5 38. Rac2 Rc7 39. Ra2 Qg7 40. Rg2 Qh7 41. Ra2 Nd6 42. Qa1 Ne4 43. Rac2 Ng5 44. Rf2 Ne4 45. Re2 Ng5 46. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal-ch op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beaulieu, Pierre"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2012.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Be7 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Qa4 Bd7 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Qd4 Qd7 12. Nbd2 Qf5 13. 0-0-0 b6 14. Qc3 Qc5 15. Nd4 Qxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxg2 17. Rhg1 Be4 18. f3 Bg6 19. Nc6 Bf8 20. e4 Kd7 21. Nd4 Re8 22. Rde1 d5 23. e5 Nh5 24. Rg4 c5 25. Ne2 d4 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Rxd4+ Kc7 28. f4 Bf5 29. Nf3 Bc5 30. Ra4 b5 31. Rxa6 Nxf4 32. Bd4 Kb7 33. Ra5 Kb6 34. b4 Ne6 35. Bxc5+ Nxc5 0-1

[Event "Montreal-ch op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2012.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. e4 a5 10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Qe2 Bb4 13. exd5 cxd5 14. a3 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Ba8 16. f3 a4 17. Qd3 Bb7 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. bxa4 Nac7 20. Rfc1 Ra8 21. Qb3 Ne8 22. f4 Nd6 23. Nc6 Qd7 24. Ne5 Qe7 25. Nc4 Nf5 26. Re1 Rfd8 27. Rac1 Qd7 28. Ne5 Qxa4 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. Qxa4 Rxa4 31. Rc7 f6 32. Nc6 Rc4 33. g4 Rxc6 34. Rxc6 Bxc6 35. gxf5 exf5 36. Re6 Rc8 37. Rd6 Be4 38. Rxb6 Rc2 39. a4 Rg2+ 40. Kf1 Rxh2 41. a5 h5 42. a6 h4 43. a7 h3 44. d5 Bxd5 45. Rd6 Bg2+ 46. Kg1 Rh1+ 47. Kf2 Rb1 48. Kg3 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "Montreal-ch op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2012.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Jiang, Louie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. 0-0 e6 5. c4 c5 6. b3 Be7 7. Bb2 0-0 8. Nc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. d4 Rc8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Rc2 Rfd8 15. Rd2 Qe6 16. e3 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qa1 Rxd4 20. Bxd4 f6 21. Rc1 Bd5 22. Rxc8+ Qxc8 23. Qb1 Qc6 24. b4 Kf7 25. Qb2 h5 26. Bf1 a5 27. Be2 g6 28. a4 f5 29. Bb5 Qe6 30. Bh8 Bf6 31. Bxf6 Qxf6 32. Qc2 Kg7 33. Qc7+ Kh6 34. Qf4+ Kg7 35. Qc7+ Kh6 36. Qf4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal-ch op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2012.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhu, Hong Rui"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 f6 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. g3 Bd6 10. Bh3 0-0 11. 0-0 e5 12. Bxc8 Raxc8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Nf3 Rce8 16. Rb1 Bxc3 17. Be3 Rxe3 18. fxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Kg2 Ba5 20. Qd4 Re8 21. Rbd1 Qb3 22. Ng1 Re4 23. Qc5 Bb6 24. Qc8+ Re8 25. Qxb7 Qxb2+ 26. Kh1 Qxa3 27. Qc6 Qe7 28. Nf3 Qc5 29. Qa4 h6 30. Nh4 Re2 31. Rde1 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 d4 33. h3 d3 34. Ng6 Kh7 35. Nf4 Qf2 36. Rb1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Montreal-ch op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Gueorguiev, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.09.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Re1 d6 10. e4 Nbd7 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Bf4 Nc5 14. Nd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rc8 16. Ndb5 a6 17. Qxg4 axb5 18. Rad1 Nd3 19. Re3 Nxf4+ 20. Qxf4 Qc7 21. Qe4 e6 22. Rd4 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Rd3 Qc7 25. f4 Bf8 26. a3 Rd8 27. Kf3 Rxd3+ 28. Qxd3 b4 29. axb4 Bxb4 30. Ne4 Be7 31. Qc3 Qb7 32. Ke3 Bc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec-ch opB"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2010.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rosen, Matthew"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2010.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Bf4 Bxf4 9. gxf4 Ne4 10. Ne5 Qh4 11. e3 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne2 Rf6 15. f3 Nd6 16. Qb3 Rh6 17. h3 Rg6 18. Kh2 Re8 19. Rad1 Rge6 20. e4 fxe4 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. f5 R6e7 23. Rf4 Qh6 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Ng3 Qf4 27. Rf1 Re2+ 28. Kh1 Rf2 29. Rxf2 Qxf2 30. Qxb7 Qf3+ 31. Kh2 Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Qxg3 33. Qxd7 Qxh3+ 34. Kg1 Qg3+ 35. Kh1 h6 36. Qxc6 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Qxf5 38. Qa8+ Kh7 39. Qxa7 Qb1+ 40. Kg2 Qxb2+ 41. Kh1 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Qg5+ 43. Kf2 Qf4+ 44. Kg1 h5 45. a4 h4 46. Qe7 Qg4+ 47. Kh2 h3 0-1

[Event "Quebec-ch opB"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Berube, Antoine"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nh3 c6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. Nd2 0-0 8. Qc2 Bd7 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Nf4 g5 11. Nd3 Be8 12. Nfe5 Nd7 13. b4 Nd6 14. Rb1 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bf6 16. c5 Nf7 17. Bb2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bg7 19. Bd4 f4 20. Rb3 Bg6 21. Qb2 a6 22. a4 Be8 23. Bh3 Bd7 24. Kh1 Qe8 25. gxf4 Rxf4 26. Rg3 h6 27. e3 Rh4 28. f4 Qg6 29. Rfg1 Rf8 30. Bf1 g4 31. Qd2 Qe4+ 32. Qg2 Qxg2+ 33. R1xg2 h5 34. Kg1 Kh8 35. Bd3 Rf7 36. Rb2 Be8 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 Bd7 39. b6 Rf8 40. Ra2 Rg8 41. Ra7 Bc8 42. Ra8 Rh3 43. Kg2 Rh4 44. Kg1 Rh3 45. Rxh3 gxh3 46. Kf2 Bd7 47. Rxg8+ Kxg8 48. Kg3 Bf8 49. Kh4 Kg7 50. Kxh5 1-0

[Event "Quebec-ch opB"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2010.07.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Libersan, Thierry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2010.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Ne7 5. d4 Nec6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. 0-0 b6 8. Re1 Nd7 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. c4 d4 11. Bf4 Rb8 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. b3 h6 14. Ne4 Ncxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qh5 Bf6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Quebec-ch opB"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2010.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gagnon, Serge"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. 0-0 Bd6 8. Ne5 0-0 9. Nc3 Qe7 10. Nd3 Be6 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qd2 Ne4 14. Qf4 Qe7 15. Rac1 Bf7 16. Qc7 Rab8 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nc5 Be6 19. Nxb7 Rfc8 20. Qd6 Qf7 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Rxc5 Rxb2 23. Re5 Bxa2 24. Re7 Qf8 25. Ra1 Rd8 26. Qa3 Rb1+ 27. Rxb1 Bxb1 28. Qb3+ Kh8 29. Rf7 Qg8 30. Qb7 Rxd4 31. Qxa7 Rd1+ 32. Bf1 e3 33. f3 h6 34. Rb7 Kh7 35. Qxe3 Qd5 36. Qc3 Qg8 37. g4 Qf8 38. h4 c5 39. Kf2 c4 40. Qxc4 Qd6 41. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Quebec-ch opB"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2010.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "MacKinnon, Keith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b5 4. a4 b4 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. 0-0 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 d5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Nfd4 0-0 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. c4 Rc8 14. Nd4 Ba8 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. e4 Nf6 17. Nb5 Bc5 18. Qe2 a6 19. Rd1 Qb6 20. e5 Bxg2 21. exf6 Bh3 22. fxg7 Qc6 23. gxf8Q+ Rxf8 24. Qf1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 axb5 0-1

[Event "Quebec-ch opB"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2010.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ah Lan, Kenny"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. gxf4 Rf6 12. Ne5 Rh6 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Qc3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qh4 16. Qg3 Qh5 17. Rd2 Bd7 18. h3 Rg6 19. Qe3 Rf8 20. Kh2 Be8 21. Qxa7 Rxf4 22. Qb8 Qg5 23. Rg1 Rxf2 24. e3 Rf8 25. Re2 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 Rh6 27. Qxb7 Bh5 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Bf3+ 30. Bg2 Bxg2+ 31. Rxg2 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Quebec-ch opB"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2010.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Giroux, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2062"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2010.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Qd2 0-0 8. 0-0-0 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bh6 Bh8 11. Bxf8 Qxf8 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Be6 15. Qa5 Rb8 16. c3 Bf6 17. Bd3 Kg7 18. f4 c5 19. Be4 Rb6 20. Qxa7 Qb8 21. Qxb8 Rxb8 22. Bd5 Bg4 23. Rd2 Bf5 24. a4 Bxc3 25. Re2 Bf6 26. b3 Bd3 27. Rd2 Ba6 28. Kc2 Rb4 29. g3 h5 30. Re1 h4 31. Re4 hxg3 32. Rxb4 cxb4 33. hxg3 Bc3 34. Rh2 Be1 35. Rg2 Bc3 36. Bc4 Bc8 37. Re2 Bf5+ 38. Bd3 Bg4 39. Re8 Bf3 40. Be4 Bg4 41. Bd5 Bf5+ 42. Kc1 Kh6 43. a5 Kh5 44. Bxf7 Kg4 45. Rg8 Kxg3 46. Bxg6 Bxg6 47. Rxg6+ Kxf4 48. a6 Bd4 49. Rd6 Be3+ 50. Kc2 Ke5 51. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Quebec-ch opB"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2010.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Charbonneau, Anne Marie"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 c6 6. 0-0 Bd6 7. b3 0-0 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Rad1 Rc8 12. Qb1 Qe8 13. Ne5 Qh5 14. f4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Ng4 16. h3 Ne3 17. Ba3 Rfd8 18. Bd6 Nxg2 19. Kxg2 d4 20. Na4 c5+ 21. Rf3 Nb4 22. Nb2 Be4 23. Nd3 h6 24. Qb2 Nxd3 25. Rdxd3 g5 26. g4 fxg4 27. hxg4 Qxg4+ 28. Kf2 Qh4+ 29. Kf1 g4 30. Rg3 Bxd3 31. Rxd3 g3 32. Kg2 Qh2+ 33. Kf3 Qf2+ 34. Kg4 g2 35. Rg3 Qxg3+ 36. Kxg3 g1Q+ 37. Kh3 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Barbeau, Sylvain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. 0-0 0-0 7. d3 d6 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 c6 11. Bb3 d5 12. Qf3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nd5 14. Qg3 Kh8 15. Qxe5 Nxe3 16. Rf3 Ng4 17. Qc5 f6 18. Raf1 Nh6 19. h3 Bd7 20. g4 b6 21. Qf2 Nf7 22. Bxf7 Rxf7 23. g5 f5 24. h4 Qe7 25. Ng3 Raf8 26. Nh5 Qd6 27. Nf4 Re7 28. h5 Rfe8 29. d4 Bc8 30. b3 Re4 31. Rd1 Kg8 32. c4 Qe7 33. Qg3 Qd8 34. d5 cxd5 35. h6 d4 36. hxg7 Bb7 37. Nh5 Rg4 38. Nf6+ Qxf6 39. Qxg4 Bxf3 40. Qxf3 Qxg5+ 41. Qg2 Qe3+ 42. Qf2 Re4 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.07.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tayar, Jonathan"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Qd2 Nxc5 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. 0-0 f5 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Rae1 0-0-0 15. Kh1 h6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qe7 18. b4 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Qxb4 20. Rb1 Qa5 21. Qb2 Bc6 22. Ne2 d4 23. Rfc1 Qb5 24. Qa3 Qxe5 25. Qb4 Qb5 26. Qe7 Rd7 27. Qxe6 Qd5 28. Qh3 Rf8 29. Ng3 Kb8 30. Ne4 Ka7 31. a4 Qf5 32. Qh4 Bxe4 33. dxe4 Qf4 34. Qe1 d3 35. Rb2 d2 36. Qg1+ Ka8 37. Rd1 Rfd8 38. Rb4 Re8 39. Qc5 Rc7 40. Qd5 Qf2 41. Rbb1 Qe3 42. e5 Rxe5 43. Qxd2 Qxd2 44. Rxd2 Ka7 45. h3 a5 46. Rd4 Rec5 47. Kg1 Rc4 48. Rbd1 Rxd4 49. Rxd4 Rf7 50. Rd5 Kb6 51. Rd4 Kc5 52. Rg4 g5 53. h4 Rf4 54. Rg3 Rxh4 55. Rb3 Rxa4 56. Rxb7 Rb4 57. Ra7 Kb5 58. Kf2 Rc4 59. Ke3 Rc6 60. Kd4 a4 61. g3 Rd6+ 62. Kc3 Rf6 63. g4 Rf3+ 64. Kb2 Rf4 65. Rh7 Rxg4 66. Rxh6 Kc5 67. Kc3 Rg3+ 68. Kd2 a3 69. Ra6 a2 70. Ke2 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Castaneda, Nelson"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Be2 f6 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. b3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 Qxb3 12. Nxb3 Bd7 13. 0-0 Rc8 14. Re1 0-0 15. Bb2 e5 16. c4 Nxd4 17. Nbxd4 exd4 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd4 Nb6 20. Rad1 Bc5 21. Ne5 Be6 22. Bf3 Bxa3 23. Bxb7 Rc7 24. Bf3 Rfc8 25. h3 Rc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Bxc1 28. Nc6 Nc8 29. Nxa7 Nxa7 30. Bxa7 Bb2 31. Be4 h6 32. Bg6 Bf7 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 34. Kf1 h5 35. Ke2 Ke6 36. Kf3 Kf5 37. g4+ hxg4+ 38. hxg4+ Ke6 39. Kf4 Kf7 40. Kg5 Bf6+ 41. Kh5 Bb2 42. Bb8 Bc1 43. Be5 g6+ 44. Kh4 Bh6 45. Bd4 Kg8 46. Be3 Bg7 47. Kg5 Kh7 48. Bc5 Bc3 49. Kf4 Kg7 50. Be7 Kf7 51. Bh4 Bd2+ 52. Ke5 Bc1 53. Bd8 Bb2+ 54. Kd6 Bd4 55. f3 Be3 56. Ke5 Bc1 57. Bb6 Bd2 58. Bd4 Bc1 59. Bc3 Bg5 60. Bd4 Be7 61. Kf4 Ke6 62. g5 Bd8 63. Ke4 Be7 64. f4 Bd8 65. Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.07.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 0-0 7. cxd5 Nbd7 8. Be2 h6 9. 0-0 Nb6 10. Ne5 Nbxd5 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Qf3 c6 13. Re1 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nd5 16. Bd2 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qd7 18. h3 Rfe8 19. f4 Rad8 20. Qc2 Ne7 21. Be3 b6 22. Rad1 Qf5 23. Qxf5 Nxf5 24. Kf2 Ne7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. g4 Rd5 27. Re2 Ra5 28. a3 Rb5 29. Rc2 Rb3 30. f5 Rd3 31. Rd2 Rd5 32. Rxd5 Nxd5 33. Bd2 h5 34. gxh5 Ne7 35. f6 gxf6 36. exf6 Nd5 37. Bg5 Nc7 38. Ke3 Ne6 39. h4 Nc5 40. Kd4 Nd7 41. b4 b5 42. Ke4 Kh7 43. Kd4 Kg8 44. Ke4 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Anastasovski, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2129"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 0-0 9. Qc2 d5 10. e3 Bd7 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nf3 dxc4 14. Ne5 Bd5 15. f3 Nd6 16. e4 Bc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. e5 Nb5 19. Qxc4 Qd7 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21. f4 Nxd4 22. Kf2 c5 23. Qxc5 Qb5 24. Qxb5 Nxb5 25. Ke3 c5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rc1 Nc7 28. Rxc5 Rd7 29. Rc6 Kf7 30. Rd6 Re7 31. Bc6 h6 32. b4 g5 33. b5 Kg6 34. a4 Kh5 35. Bf3+ Kg6 36. Kd4 Ne8 37. Rd8 Ng7 38. a5 gxf4 39. b6 axb6 40. axb6 fxg3 41. hxg3 Nh5 42. b7 Rxb7 43. Bxb7 Kf7 44. Ke3 Nxg3 45. Bf3 h5 46. Kf4 h4 47. Rh8 Nf1 48. Rxh4 Nd2 49. Rh2 Nb3 50. Kg5 Nd4 51. Bh5+ Ke7 52. Rb2 Nc6 53. Rb7+ Kd8 54. Kf6 Kc8 55. Rb6 Nd8 56. Rxe6 f4 57. Re8 Kd7 58. e6+ 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.07.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Poulin, Maurice"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. b4 cxb4 7. cxb4 Nge7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. a3 d5 10. d3 h6 11. Bb2 d4 12. Ne2 f5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nd2 f4 15. f3 h5 16. Nb3 g5 17. Nc5 Rf6 18. Nc1 g4 19. Kf2 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. N1b3 Ra7 22. Ke2 Ng6 23. Qe1 Bf8 24. Qd2 Bd6 25. a4 Qb6 26. Ba3 Ba6 27. Rab1 Qd8 28. Bb4 Qe7 29. Rg1 Rb7 30. Nxa6 Bxb4 31. Qc1 Qd7 32. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Canadian op"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicula, Marius"]
[Black "Meera, Sai Ravi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2008.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. Bg2 g6 6. Ne2 Bg7 7. 0-0 0-0 8. c3 e5 9. h3 b6 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. f4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nh5 13. fxe5 Qxd3 14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Qa6 16. Qxa6 1/2-1/2

