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  • 2017 RA Club Championship January 19 to March 2

    The RA Chess Club meets Thursdays at 7:30 at the RA Center in Ottawa, 2451 Riverside Drive.

    The RA Chess Club Championship will be held over seven rounds from January 19 through March 2, 2017. It is the longest continuous club championship in Canada, dating back to the early 1950s. The winner will earn the Ken Winterton Trophy, and $500 prize, courtesy of Gordon Ritchie. It is open to all members of the RA Chess Club.

  • #2
    Re: 2017 RA Club Championship January 19 to March 2

    Just a reminder that it is a good idea to arrive 10-20 min early to register and have exact change for the $3 rating fee for the tournament.

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    • #3
      Round 1 of 2017 RA Club Championship January 19 to March 2

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      Pairings for Round 1. 
      2017 RA Club Ch: 
      
      
      Bd # Res White # Res Black 
      1 1 1  Qiyu Zhou (2326 0.0) 27 0  Daniel Xu (1753 0.0) 
      2 28 0  Paul St. Pierre (1731 0.0) 2 1  David Gordon (2310 0.0) 
      3 3 1  Mate Marinkovic (2269 0.0) 29 0  Simon Perkins (1728 0.0) 
      4 31 0  Michael Abt (1668 0.0) 4 1  Ramon J. Cova (2222 0.0) 
      5 5 0  John Upper (2212 0.0) 32 1  Vikram Mallur (1628 0.0) 
      6 33 0  Gerard Felderhof (1555 0.0) 6 1  Stijn De Kerpel (2196 0.0) 
      7 7 1  Sam Marin (2155 0.0) 34 0  Yves Arsenault (1546 0.0) 
      8 35 0  Drew Metcalfe (1511 0.0) 8 1  Saeid Sadeghi (2149 0.0) 
      9 9 1  William G. Doubleday (2136 0.0) 36 0  Romy Peters (1501 0.0) 
      10 37 0  Keven Eyre (1418 0.0) 10 1  Francesco Dunne (2118 0.0) 
      11 11 1  Ben Kellar (2115 0.0) 38 0  Xu Rong [Caroline] Chen (1418 0.0) 
      12 39 0  Victor Samuel (1377 0.0) 12 1  Dusan Simic (2100 0.0) 
      13 13 1  Svitlana Demchenko (2086 0.0) 40 0  Yaorui Xu (1377 0.0) 
      14 41 0  Alexander Stopic (1353 0.0) 14 1  Zachary Dukic (2078 0.0) 
      15 15 1  David Fei (2022 0.0) 42 0  David Brock (1280 0.0) 
      16 43 0  Jeremy Sztuka (1264 0.0) 16 1  Sasha Solunac (2010 0.0) 
      17 18 1  Ray Kuryliw (1993 0.0) 44 0  Daniel Wang (1133 0.0) 
      18 45 0  Daniel Labib (1117 0.0) 19 1  Jeff Groot-Lipman (1928 0.0) 
      19 20 1  Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi (1912 0.0) 46 0  Rami Labib (1080 0.0) 
      20 47 0  Dave Westbury (1054 0.0) 21 1  Dan Kearnan (1878 0.0) 
      21 23 1  Peter Arseneau (1822 0.0) 48 0  Jonathan Levine (1005 0.0) 
      22 49 0  Emil Wang (982 0.0) 26 1  Jan Huus (1779 0.0) 
      23 30 ½  Garland Best (1676 0.0)     BYE 
      
      

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      • #4
        Re: Round 1 of 2017 RA Club Championship January 19 to March 2

        If you want to start playing in round 2 of the RA Club Ch please email me ahead of time at fs889@ncf.ca

        2017 RA Club Ch (standings)

        # Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1
        1 Qiyu Zhou W 29
        2326 151707 1.0
        2 David Gordon B 30
        2310 106629 1.0
        3 Mate Marinkovic W 31
        2269 141393 1.0
        4 Ramon J. Cova B 32
        2222 153227 1.0
        5 Stijn De Kerpel B 33
        2196 102011 1.0
        6 Sam Marin W 34
        2155 156145 1.0
        7 Saeid Sadeghi B 35
        2149 139655 1.0
        8 William G. Doubleday W 36
        2136 103754 1.0
        9 Francesco Dunne B 37
        2118 146453 1.0
        10 Ben Kellar W 38
        2115 148170 1.0
        11 Dusan Simic B 39
        2100 109808 1.0
        12 Svitlana Demchenko W 40
        2086 156853 1.0
        13 Zachary Dukic B 41
        2078 149507 1.0
        14 David Fei W 42
        2022 154794 1.0
        15 Sasha Solunac B 43
        2010 107038 1.0
        16 Ray Kuryliw W 44
        1993 105482 1.0
        17 Jeff Groot-Lipman B 45
        1928 102773 1.0
        18 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi W 46
        1912 155558 1.0
        19 Dan Kearnan B 47
        1878 137473 1.0
        20 Peter Arseneau W 48
        1822 101203 1.0
        21 Jan Huus B 49
        1779 112601 1.0
        22 Vikram Mallur B 28
        1628 157854 1.0
        23 Halldor P Palsson bye
        2004 106856 0.5
        24 Alex Danilov bye
        1843 101895 0.5
        25 Gordon Ritchie bye
        1808 110972 0.5
        26 Konstantin Vlasenko bye
        1784 154795 0.5
        27 Garland Best bye
        1676 103050 0.5
        28 John Upper W 22
        2212 101925 0.0
        29 Daniel Xu B 1
        1753 160020 0.0
        30 Paul St. Pierre W 2
        1731 107439 0.0
        31 Simon Perkins B 3
        1728 107582 0.0
        32 Michael Abt W 4
        1668 107642 0.0
        33 Gerard Felderhof W 5
        1555 104191 0.0
        34 Yves Arsenault B 6
        1546 6064462 0.0
        35 Drew Metcalfe W 7
        1511 149314 0.0
        36 Romy Peters B 8
        1501 135706 0.0
        37 Keven Eyre W 9
        1418 135113 0.0
        38 Xu Rong [Caroline] Chen B 10
        1418 156753 0.0
        39 Victor Samuel W 11
        1377 112306 0.0
        40 Yaorui Xu B 12
        1377 155473 0.0
        41 Alexander Stopic W 13
        1353 160017 0.0
        42 David Brock B 14
        1280 108741 0.0
        43 Jeremy Sztuka W 15
        1264 162452 0.0
        44 Daniel Wang B 16
        1133 162438 0.0
        45 Daniel Labib W 17
        1117 162841 0.0
        46 Rami Labib B 18
        1080 162840 0.0
        47 Dave Westbury W 19
        1054 158216 0.0
        48 Jonathan Levine B 20
        1005 162911 0.0
        49 Emil Wang W 21
        982 162439 0.0
        Last edited by Halldor P. Palsson; Saturday, 21st January, 2017, 12:26 PM.

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        • #5
          Re: Round 2 of 2017 RA Club Championship January 19 to March 2

          These pairings will change if there are more byes or registrations. We are playing in Courtside B!

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          Pairings for Round 2. 
          
          2017 RA Club Ch
          
          Bd	#	Res	White	#	Res	Black
          1	13		Dusan Simic (2100 1.0)	1		Qiyu Zhou (2326 1.0)
          2	2		David Gordon (2310 1.0)	14		Svitlana Demchenko (2086 1.0)
          3	15		Zachary Dukic (2078 1.0)	3		Mate Marinkovic (2269 1.0)
          4	5		Ramon J. Cova (2222 1.0)	16		David Fei (2022 1.0)
          5	7		Stijn De Kerpel (2196 1.0)	19		Ray Kuryliw (1993 1.0)
          6	20		Jeff Groot-Lipman (1928 1.0)	8		Sam Marin (2155 1.0)
          7	9		Saeid Sadeghi (2149 1.0)	21		Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi (1912 1.0)
          8	22		Dan Kearnan (1878 1.0)	10		William G. Doubleday (2136 1.0)
          9	11		Francesco Dunne (2118 1.0)	25		Peter Arseneau (1822 1.0)
          10	28		Jan Huus (1779 1.0)	12		Ben Kellar (2115 1.0)
          11	34		Vikram Mallur (1628 1.0)	4		Kevin Pacey (2225 0.5)
          12	23		Alex Danilov (1843 0.5)	26		Gordon Ritchie (1808 0.5)
          13	27		Konstantin Vlasenko (1784 0.5)	24		Amos Kuttner (1828 0.5)
          14	32		Garland Best (1676 0.5)	6		John Upper (2212 0.0)
          15	29		Daniel Xu (1753 0.0)	41		Victor Samuel (1377 0.0)
          16	42		Yaorui Xu (1377 0.0)	30		Paul St. Pierre (1731 0.0)
          17	31		Simon Perkins (1728 0.0)	43		Alexander Stopic (1353 0.0)
          18	44		David Brock (1280 0.0)	33		Michael Abt (1668 0.0)
          19	46		Daniel Wang (1133 0.0)	35		Gerard Felderhof (1555 0.0)
          20	36		Yves Arsenault (1546 0.0)	47		Daniel Labib (1117 0.0)
          21	48		Rami Labib (1080 0.0)	37		Drew Metcalfe (1511 0.0)
          22	38		Romy Peters (1501 0.0)	49		Dave Westbury (1054 0.0)
          23	50		Jonathan Levine (1005 0.0)	39		Keven Eyre (1418 0.0)
          24	40		Xu Rong [Caroline] Chen (1418 0.0)	51		Emil Wang (982 0.0)
           	45	½ 	Jeremy Sztuka (1264 0.0)	 	 	BYE
           	18	½ 	Halldor P Palsson (2004 0.5)	 	 	BYE
           	17	½ 	Sasha Solunac (2010 1.0)	 	 	BYE
          

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          • #6
            Re: Round 3 of 2017 RA Club Championship January 19 to March 2

            If nobody is taking a bye this will be the pairing. :)

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            Pairings for Round 3. 2017 RA Club Ch:
            
            Bd	#	Res	White	#	Res	Black
            1	1		Qiyu Zhou (2326 2.0)	15		Zachary Dukic (2078 2.0)
            2	12		Ben Kellar (2115 2.0)	2		David Gordon (2310 2.0)
            3	16		David Fei (2022 2.0)	9		Saeid Sadeghi (2149 2.0)
            4	22		Dan Kearnan (1878 2.0)	11		Francesco Dunne (2118 2.0)
            5	4		Kevin Pacey (2225 1.5)	20		Jeff Groot-Lipman (1928 1.5)
            6	7		Stijn De Kerpel (2196 1.5)	25		Peter Arseneau (1822 1.5)
            7	8		Sam Marin (2155 1.5)	19		Ray Kuryliw (1993 1.5)
            8	17		Sasha Solunac (2010 1.5)	26		Gordon Ritchie (1808 1.5)
            9	3		Mate Marinkovic (2269 1.0)	33		Garland Best (1676 1.5)
            10	30		Eric Van Dusen (1742 1.0)	5		Ramon J. Cova (2222 1.0)
            11	6		John Upper (2212 1.0)	29		Daniel Xu (1753 1.0)
            12	10		William G. Doubleday (2136 1.0)	32		Simon Perkins (1728 1.0)
            13	36		Gerard Felderhof (1555 1.0)	13		Dusan Simic (2100 1.0)
            14	14		Svitlana Demchenko (2086 1.0)	35		Vikram Mallur (1628 1.0)
            15	21		Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi (1912 1.0)	38		Drew Metcalfe (1511 1.0)
            16	40		Keven Eyre (1418 1.0)	23		Alex Danilov (1843 1.0)
            17	28		Jan Huus (1779 1.0)	39		Romy Peters (1501 1.0)
            18	24		Amos Kuttner (1828 0.5)	45		David Brock (1280 1.0)
            19	50		Michaell Tan (1072 0.5)	27		Konstantin Vlasenko (1784 0.5)
            20	34		Michael Abt (1668 0.5)	46		Jeremy Sztuka (1264 0.5)
            21	47		Daniel Wang (1133 0.5)	37		Yves Arsenault (1546 0.5)
            22	43		Yaorui Xu (1377 0.5)	51		Dave Westbury (1054 0.5)
            23	31		Paul St. Pierre (1731 0.0)	48		Daniel Labib (1117 0.0)
            24	53		Emil Wang (982 0.0)	41		Xu Rong [Caroline] Chen (1418 0.0)
            25	42		Victor Samuel (1377 0.0)	49		Rami Labib (1080 0.0)
            26	44		Alexander Stopic (1353 0.0)	52		Jonathan Levine (1005 0.0)
             	18	½ 	Halldor P Palsson (2004 1.0)	 	 	BYE
            
            Last edited by Halldor P. Palsson; Wednesday, 1st February, 2017, 09:24 PM.

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            • #7
              Re: Round 3 of 2017 RA Club Championship January 19 to March 2

              Hi Halldor, could you post the current standings, please?

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              • #8
                Standingss after Round 3 of 2017 RA Club Championship January 19 to March 2

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                2017 RA Club Ch
                
                #	Place	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Tot
                1	1-4	David Gordon	2310	W55	W17	W15	3.0
                2	 	Zachary Dukic	2078	W46	W10	W9	3.0
                3	 	David Fei	2022	W24	W11	W14	3.0
                4	 	Dan Kearnan	1878	W54	W13	W25	3.0
                5	5-8	Stijn De Kerpel	2196	W41	D8	W27	2.5
                6	 	Sam Marin	2155	W42	D27	W28	2.5
                7	 	Saeid Sadeghi	2149	W43	W33	H---	2.5
                8	 	Ray Kuryliw	1993	W32	D5	W30	2.5
                9	9-24	Qiyu Zhou	2326	W38	W16	L2	2.0
                10	 	Mate Marinkovic	2269	W29	L2	W37	2.0
                11	 	Ramon J. Cova	2222	W50	L3	W39	2.0
                12	 	John Upper	2212	L40	W45	W38	2.0
                13	 	William G. Doubleday	2136	W22	L4	W40	2.0
                14	 	Francesco Dunne	2118	W44	W37	L3	2.0
                15	 	Ben Kellar	2115	W45	W40	L1	2.0
                16	 	Dusan Simic	2100	W51	L9	W41	2.0
                17	 	Svitlana Demchenko	2086	W52	L1	W43	2.0
                18	 	Sasha Solunac	2010	W31	H---	D20	2.0
                19	 	Alex Danilov	1843	H---	D39	W44	2.0
                20	 	Gordon Ritchie	1808	H---	W48	D18	2.0
                21	 	Denis Lemieux	1563	H---	H---	W49	2.0
                22	 	Romy Peters	1501	L13	W57	W33	2.0
                23	 	Noah Marchildon	1360	H---	H---	W34	2.0
                24	 	David Brock	1280	L3	W55	W50	2.0
                25	25-32	Kevin Pacey	2225	H---	W36	L4	1.5
                26	 	Halldor P Palsson	2004	H---	H---	H---	1.5
                27	 	Jeff Groot-Lipman	1928	W47	D6	L5	1.5
                28	 	Peter Arseneau	1822	W56	H---	L6	1.5
                29	 	Simon Perkins	1728	L10	W46	H---	1.5
                30	 	Garland Best	1676	H---	W35	L8	1.5
                31	 	Jeremy Sztuka	1264	L18	H---	W54	1.5
                32	 	Daniel Wang	1133	L8	D50	W52	1.5
                33	33-49	Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi	1912	W53	L7	L22	1.0
                34	 	Stefan Lanceman	1880	H---	H---	L23	1.0
                35	 	Amos Kuttner	1828	H---	L30	H---	1.0
                36	 	Konstantin Vlasenko	1784	H---	L25	H---	1.0
                37	 	Jan Huus	1779	W57	L14	L10	1.0
                38	 	Daniel Xu	1753	L9	W51	L12	1.0
                39	 	Eric Van Dusen	1742	H---	D19	L11	1.0
                40	 	Vikram Mallur	1628	W12	L15	L13	1.0
                41	 	Gerard Felderhof	1555	L5	W47	L16	1.0
                42	 	Yves Arsenault	1546	L6	D54	D48	1.0
                43	 	Drew Metcalfe	1511	L7	W53	L17	1.0
                44	 	Keven Eyre	1418	L14	W56	L19	1.0
                45	 	Xu Rong [Caroline] Chen	1418	L15	L12	W57	1.0
                46	 	Alexander Stopic	1353	L2	L29	W56	1.0
                47	 	Daniel Labib	1117	L27	L41	W55	1.0
                48	 	Michaell Tan	1072	H---	L20	D42	1.0
                49	 	Samer Hockayem	unr.	H---	H---	L21	1.0
                50	50-54	Michael Abt	1668	L11	D32	L24	0.5
                51	 	Victor Samuel	1377	L16	L38	D53	0.5
                52	 	Yaorui Xu	1377	L17	H---	L32	0.5
                53	 	Rami Labib	1080	L33	L43	D51	0.5
                54	 	Dave Westbury	1054	L4	D42	L31	0.5
                55	55-57	Paul St. Pierre	1731	L1	L24	L47	0.0
                56	 	Jonathan Levine	1005	L28	L44	L46	0.0
                57	 	Emil Wang	982	L37	L22	L45	0.0
                

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                • #9
                  Pairings for Round 4 of 2017 RA Club Championship January 19 to March 2

                  If there are no more bye requests :) then this is a possible pairing for round 4.

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                  Pairings for Round 4. 2017 RA Club Ch: 
                  
                  Bd	#	Res	White	#	Res	Black
                  1	2		David Gordon (2310 3.0)	16		David Fei (2022 3.0)
                  2	15		Zachary Dukic (2078 3.0)	23		Dan Kearnan (1878 3.0)
                  3	7		Stijn De Kerpel (2196 2.5)	8		Sam Marin (2155 2.5)
                  4	5		Ramon J. Cova (2222 2.0)	19		Ray Kuryliw (1993 2.5)
                  5	24		Alex Danilov (1843 2.0)	6		John Upper (2212 2.0)
                  6	27		Gordon Ritchie (1808 2.0)	10		William G. Doubleday (2136 2.0)
                  7	11		Francesco Dunne (2118 2.0)	17		Sasha Solunac (2010 2.0)
                  8	41		Romy Peters (1501 2.0)	12		Ben Kellar (2115 2.0)
                  9	13		Dusan Simic (2100 2.0)	37		Denis Lemieux (1563 2.0)
                  10	46		Noah Marchildon (1360 2.0)	14		Svitlana Demchenko (2086 2.0)
                  11	48		David Brock (1280 2.0)	4		Kevin Pacey (2225 1.5)
                  12	34		Garland Best (1676 1.5)	20		Jeff Groot-Lipman (1928 1.5)
                  13	26		Peter Arseneau (1822 1.5)	49		Jeremy Sztuka (1264 1.5)
                  14	50		Daniel Wang (1133 1.5)	33		Simon Perkins (1728 1.5)
                  15	38		Gerard Felderhof (1555 1.0)	21		Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi (1912 1.0)
                  16	39		Yves Arsenault (1546 1.0)	22		Stefan Lanceman (1880 1.0)
                  17	25		Amos Kuttner (1828 1.0)	42		Keven Eyre (1418 1.0)
                  18	40		Drew Metcalfe (1511 1.0)	28		Konstantin Vlasenko (1784 1.0)
                  19	29		Jan Huus (1779 1.0)	47		Alexander Stopic (1353 1.0)
                  20	30		Daniel Xu (1753 1.0)	51		Daniel Labib (1117 1.0)
                  21	43		Xu Rong [Caroline] Chen (1418 1.0)	31		Eric Van Dusen (1742 1.0)
                  22	36		Vikram Mallur (1628 1.0)	53		Michaell Tan (1072 1.0)
                  23	45		Yaorui Xu (1377 0.5)	35		Michael Abt (1668 0.5)
                  24	54		Dave Westbury (1054 0.5)	44		Victor Samuel (1377 0.5)
                  25	52		Rami Labib (1080 0.5)	32		Paul St. Pierre (1731 0.0)
                  26	55		Jonathan Levine (1005 0.0)	56		Emil Wang (982 0.0)
                   	57	½ 	Samer Hockayem (unr. 1.0)	 	 	BYE
                   	3	½ 	Mate Marinkovic (2269 2.0)	 	 	BYE
                   	9	½ 	Saeid Sadeghi (2149 2.5)	 	 	BYE
                   	18	½ 	Halldor P Palsson (2004 1.5)	 	 	BYE
                   	1	½ 	Qiyu Zhou (2326 2.0)	 	 	BYE
                  
                  
                  
                  Last edited by Halldor P. Palsson; Monday, 6th February, 2017, 01:33 AM.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Pairings for Round 4 of 2017 RA Club Championship January 19 to March 2

                    Some interesting pairings in there ... Pacey should give Best pawn odds.

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                    • #11
                      Re: Pairings for Round 4 of 2017 RA Club Championship January 19 to March 2

                      I've had some difficulties against Garland before... in any case I don't think the CFC rates games with any sort of odds given (except if one shows up a little late and loses some time on the clock).

                      Fwiw, I think I am usually lucky when I play chess on St. Patrick's Day. Groundhog Day seems to be the opposite way for me lately.
                      Last edited by Kevin Pacey; Saturday, 4th February, 2017, 09:28 PM.
                      Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
                      Murphy's law, by Edward A. Murphy Jr., USAF, Aerospace Engineer

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                      • #12
                        Re: 2017 RA Club Championship January 19 to March 2

                        It is curious that play at odds has fallen out of popularity---pawn and move, knight, etc. It used to be quite commonplace in the 19th and early 20th centuries. When Morphy came home to the USA he would only play at odds, for example. It was one---perhaps the only---way of permitting a weaker player to take on a strong player with a chance of winning. Even in the 60s, I seem to recall the occasional game or even tournament at odds.

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                        • #13
                          Re: 2017 RA Club Championship January 19 to March 2

                          I've gotten the feeling that for a long time people have been too proud to take material odds, even against a much stronger player. Possibly they just hope to kick a supposedly stronger player's butt in a normal game without odds, rather than face the chance of losing even more ignominiously than they would otherwise, and/or serve as potential bragging fodder for the stronger player, who has a built-in excuse if he loses. It may also be thanks to brilliancy books that show odds games. The only way to encourage more odds games may be to play them for money.

                          Here's a link that includes discussion of the rating equivalent of pawn or knight odds for a game of chess (may be useful):

                          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_...ing_equivalent
                          Last edited by Kevin Pacey; Sunday, 5th February, 2017, 12:49 PM. Reason: Adding link
                          Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
                          Murphy's law, by Edward A. Murphy Jr., USAF, Aerospace Engineer

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                          • #14
                            Re: 2017 RA Club Championship January 19 to March 2

                            It might be quite instructive to have an evening of chess where club members are paired with such a large difference in ratings equalized by the giving of odds.

                            Followed by the instruction of an IM, or whomever (perhaps me), as to why the player that received the odds lost, or rather how they could have conducted a stronger game.

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                            • #15
                              Re: 2017 RA Club Championship January 19 to March 2

                              Your ingenious, or do I mean to say, disingenuous, creativity has never ceased to amaze me, Grandmasterov. :)

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