The Quebec Open Championship 2013 is scheduled to take place on 21-28th July at the beautiful venue in Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, 3200 Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal.
The tournament will be held in six sections: Invitational, Open, Section A (U2200), Section B (U1700), Section C (U1300 and unrated) and Mini-COQ.
The organizers have secured Grandmaster participation in the main Invitational section and this presents an excellent opportunity to win title norms. The total prize fund is 18,000$ guaranteed.
Top rated players are: GM Lazaro Bruzon Batista, GM Ivan Sokolov, GM Anton Kovalyov, GM Bator Sambuev, GM Eric Hansen, GM Sarunas Sulskis, GM Eduardas Rozentalis, GM Ioan-Cristian Chirila, GM Reynaldo Vera and GM Walter Arencibia.
Last year winner was GM Wesley So
2013 Quebec Open playing venue
Registered players:
| BRUZON BATISTA | Lazaro | GMI (Cuba) | 2707 |
| SOKOLOV | Ivan | GMI (Pays-Bas) | 2642 |
| ROZENTALIS | Eduardas | GMI (Lituanie) | 2631 |
| KOVALYOV | Anton | GMI (Argentine) | 2606 |
| HANSEN | Eric | GMI | 2576 |
| SULSKIS | Sarunas | GMI (Lituanie) | 2567 |
| MORADIABADI | Elshan | GMI (Iran) | 2557 |
| ARENCIBIA | Walter | GMI (Cuba) | 2526 |
| CHIRILA | Ioan Cristian | GMI (Roumanie) | 2523 |
| SAMBUEV | Bator | GMI | 2513 |
| ROUSSEL-ROOZMON | Thomas | GMI | 2476 |
| HAMBLETON | Aman | MI | 2468 |
| NORITSYN | Nikolay | MI | 2467 |
| VERA | Reynaldo | GMI (Cuba) | 2462 |
| KIEWRA | Keaton | MI (États-Unis) | 2422 |
| PORPER | Edward | MI | 2418 |
| PEREZ RODRIGUEZ | Luis Manuel | GMI (Cuba) | 2415 |
| CHENG | Bindi | MI | 2409 |
| PANJWANI | Raja | MI | 2409 |
| OSTROVSKIY | Aleksandr | MF (États-Unis) | 2403 |
| PEREZ GARCIA | Rodney | MI (Cuba) | 2385 |
| OLIVA CASTANEDA | Kevel | MF (Cuba) | 2376 |
| WANG | Richard | MI | 2376 |
| THAVANDIRAN | Shiyam | MF | 2338 |
| JIANG | Louie | MF | 2324 |
| SHETTY | Atulya | MF (États-Unis) | 2314 |
| CHANDRA | Akshat | MF (États-Unis) | 2312 |
| KLEINMAN | Michael | MF | 2302 |
| CALUGAR | Arthur | MI | 2282 |
| PIASETSKI | Leon | MI | 2282 |
| LEVEILLE | François | MF | 2279 |
| SAPOZHNIKOV | Roman | MF | 2277 |
| VILLAVIEJA | Butch | (Philippines) | 2260 |
| ADITHYA | Balasubramanian | (Inde) | 2256 |
| HAMILTON | Robert | MF | 2251 |
| VOSKANYAN | Vahagn | MF | 2241 |
| KRAIOUCHKINE | Nikita | 2232 | |
| PREOTU | Razvan | 2193 | |
| MASSE | Hugues | 2191 | |
| SONG | Michael | 2189 | |
| MORIN | Yves | 2185 | |
| BERUBE | Antoine | 2174 | |
| ENKHTUUL | Altan-Ulzii | MIf (Mongolie) | 2166 |
| IBRAHIM | Anthony | 2161 | |
| TOMB | Maroun | (Liban) | 2128 |
| VAN HEIRZEELE | Daniel | (Belgique) | 2111 |
| TESSIER-DESROSIERS | Olivier | 2106 | |
| CHIKU-RATTE | Olivier-Kenta | 2081 | |
| BOTEZ | Alexandra | CMf | 2024 |
| CAO | Jason | MF | 2019 |
| LO | Ryan | 2007 | |
| LUKSZA | Arkadiusz | 2113 | |
| LE DUIN | Thierry | (France) | 2096 |
| ROBICHAUD | Louis | bye 1-2 | 2080 |
| LIBERSAN | Thierry | 2070 | |
| IVANOV | Mike | 2052 | |
| CARDIN | Guillaume | 2050 | |
| GAGNON | Serge | 2022 | |
| LEBEAU | Gilbert | 2002 | |
| WESTON | Paul | bye 1 | 1984 |
| PALSSON | Halldor | 1978 | |
| ZHOU | Qiyu | 1962 | |
| SPRUMONT | Oscar | 1955 | |
| ROBIDAS | François | 1925 | |
| DE LAGRAVE | Sylvain | 1921 | |
| BARRE | Michel | 1908 | |
| BEAULIEU | Pierre | 1825 | |
| SU | Michael | 1770 | |
| MA | Indy | 1761 | |
| GATES | David | (Royaume Uni) carte tournoi | 1725 |
| TURCOTTE | Jonathan | Mini-COQ + COQ | 1985 |
| DYDAK | Mateusz | (Royaume Uni) carte tournoi | 1932 |
| NIKULICH | Oleksandr | 1928 | |
| BRODIE | Hugh | 1913 | |
| HEREDIA | Jose | 1890 | |
| SARRAZIN-GENDRON | Roman | 1887 | |
| LIBERSAN | Mattieu | 1873 | |
| GILBERT | Erick | 1860 | |
| PERNA-FRASER | David | carte | 1815 |
| BLUTEAU | Yvon | 1807 | |
| SAHA | Ananda | 1779 | |
| CHANG | Michael | 1779 | |
| ALCANTARA | Maximo | 1771 | |
| LANGLOIS-RÉMILLARD | Alexis | 1763 | |
| OSTACI | Liviu | 1763 | |
| VILLENEUVE | Benoit | 1758 | |
| GAUTHIER | Luc | 1740 | |
| MOORE | Ronald | 1733 | |
| AUTOTTE | Daniel | bye 1 | 1713 |
| LAMOUREUX | Yvon | 1713 | |
| DESMARAIS | Serge | 1657 | |
| MUNSHI | Shawkat | 1642 | |
| DUPLESSIS | Claude | 1636 | |
| LELIEVRE | Aldo | 1526 | |
| VARFALVY | Peter | 1427 | |
| BONNEVILLE-ROUSSY | Didier | 1327 | |
| ALCANTARA | Maximo Jr | 1678 | |
| PLANTE | Marc-Eric | 1671 | |
| ZHOU | David | 1645 | |
| OUELLET | Maïli-Jade | 1632 | |
| PURCARUS | Gabriel | 1632 | |
| SOUMARE | Rahim | 1628 | |
| SHI | Yang Tian Jiao | carte | 1608 |
| MILOSZ | Jerzy | 1591 | |
| BEDARD | Michel | 1587 | |
| GENDRON | Roger | 1576 | |
| RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX | Shawn | 1560 | |
| NDAMBAKUWA | Victor | 1550 | |
| DUBREUIL | Raymond | 1549 | |
| SAINE | Zachary | bye 9 | 1544 |
| PERRAULT | Marc | bye 2 | 1534 |
| SHARPE | Michael | 1519 | |
| GAGNON | Daniel | 1514 | |
| SONN | Eric | 1508 | |
| STEINBERG | Ellis | 1507 | |
| PTITSYN | Ihor | 1504 | |
| JOHNSON-CONSTANTIN | Mathieu | 1479 | |
| ZHANG | Evan | 1478 | |
| ZHANG | Hou Han | Mini-COQ | 1476 |
| SHAHABI | Shahab | 1472 | |
| FRANGAKIS | Evan | bye 2 | 1470 |
| PERREAULT | Jacques | Mini-COQ | 1454 |
| MIRON | Gilles | 1447 | |
| O’NEILL | Brendon | 1442 | |
| KULENOVIC | Sasha | 1428 | |
| QIN | Kai Long | 1426 | |
| YANG | Eddie | plus blitz | 1420 |
| OUIMET | Alain D. | bye 5 | 1418 |
| OUIMET | Olivier | 1408 | |
| SELMANI | Sam | 1406 | |
| GAO | Christine | 1399 | |
| MENIS | Jean | 1394 | |
| RADUICA | Gheorghe | 1391 | |
| MOLLOY | Francis | 1383 | |
| LEMARIER | Stéphane | 1370 | |
| LANGLOIS | Jean-Marie | carte | 1358 |
| LABINE | Daniel | 1356 | |
| NOVOZHENIN | Oleksandr | carte | 1349 |
| KAY | Sang Kil | Mini-COQ + COQ | 1345 |
| PATENAUDE | Alain | 1344 | |
| SENECAL | Jean-Pierre | 1331 | |
| ST-CYR | Xavier | bye 3 | 1326 |
| YU | Cindy | 1311 | |
| BOND | Yvon | 1310 | |
| BUREAU | Robert | 1305 | |
| NAKHAMTCHIN | Roman | 1265 | |
| FALLET | Maurice | bye 2 | 1251 |
| COURTEMANCHE | Sylvain | 1244 | |
| GRENIER | Marcel jr | 1229 | |
| ACHKAR | Olivier | 1194 | |
| ROUSSEL | Lauriane | 1052 | |
| RACETTE | Philippe | s/c | |
| DORÉ | Lorraine | s/c | |
| STOYANOVA | Stella | s/c | |
| HOUDE-BILLETTE | Félix | 1289 | |
| JOMPHE | Denis | 1275 | |
| LVOV | Nikita | 1272 | |
| DIMITROV | Dimitar | 1262 | |
| HUANG | Qiu Yu | 1258 | |
| GIRARD | Simon | carte | 1247 |
| ARSENAULT | Benoit | 1239 | |
| ZHONG | Wenxuan | 1223 | |
| GOUGEON | Patrick | 1203 | |
| DEMERS | Claude | 1194 | |
| GUAN | Zi Yu | 1177 | |
| SENEQUE | Clye Roodvashy Jr | 1176 | |
| GAO | Catherine | 1121 | |
| GOULET | Jean-Claude | bye 1-2 | 1120 |
| ALCENAS | Stigma | 1100 | |
| RIAD | Keroles | carte | 1093 |
| HUA | Justin | 1078 | |
| TSYPIN | Vadim | 1078 | |
| GRANDMAISON | Réal | 1078 | |
| YAMAGAMI | Tadashi | 1075 | |
| ROUSSEL | Marlène | 1074 | |
| NESTEROV | Timour | 1068 | |
| ROY | Vital | bye 1-2 | 1063 |
| DURETTE | Francis | 1056 | |
| PLOURDE | Michel | 1041 | |
| LAUZON | François | 1028 | |
| BLUTEAU | David | 1021 | |
| FERDINAND | Jennyfer Mya | 1003 | |
| MELANCON | Francis | carte | 999 |
| LABAZE | Jamesley Wenson | 966 | |
| OCCEANT | Christelle | 965 | |
| LEBEL | Alexandre | Mini-COQ | 944 |
| TSYPIN | Allison | 943 | |
| FLEURISCA | Robesca Annese | 940 | |
| JEAN | Roccardy Jr | 922 | |
| EDOUARD | Marie Erline | 920 | |
| JEAN | Ema-Narly | 915 | |
| BLONDIN | Bernard | bye 2 | 821 |
| PIERRE | Dashwood | 774 | |
| JEROME | Anne Duene Guerma | 759 | |
| BAPTISTE | Christ Darlie | 741 | |
| LARY | Cédric | s/c | |
