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Thanks for the great pics, Egis and since the full X-table is there as well I have not much I can add except to congratulate the winners and to thank all who showed up.
The above pics are the best chess themed I have seen. They certainly rival that of Mr Farrent-Diaz and his iconic photo of Bator Sambuev at a Hart House tournament.
Perhaps at the next major Toronto tournament someone would create a gallery of the best chess photos - our chess historian Eric Malmsten comes to mind. Eric?
Meanwhile back to the Rapid. The key game was the encounter Gerzhoy-Hansen in round four. A sharp tactical mid-game resulted in a winning endgame for Eric - although busy as I was with the pairings and x-tables I only got to see brief snatches of the game so someone else could perhaps comment more knowledgeably.
This was a well deserved win for Eric who continues to perform at GM level.
And I might add a good part of the reason for the strong turnout was Eric's name among the advance entries. Thank you Eric et al.
Rapid Ratings
Sambuev Bator 2682
Eric Hansen 2661
Gerzhoy Leonid 2653
Samsonkin Artiom 2621
Noritsyn Nikolay 2605
Hambleton Aman 2577
Turner Matthew 2538
Bindi Cheng 2530
Sapozhnikov Roman 2499
Cummings David 2432
Tayar Jonathan 2420
Martchenko Alex 2419
Gulko Andre 2414
Kleinman Michael 2400
Rek Slava 2392
Plotkin Victor 2374
Ochkoos Yuri 2365
Preotu Razvan 2353
Zuniga Dante 2342
Dougherty Mike 2334
Song Michael 2327
Derraugh Geordie 2317
Bailey Doug 2303
Aronov Yuri 2300
Plotkin Mark 2294
Eddie Urquhart 2294
Barron Michael 2279
Murray Bob 2261
Campbell Bret 2248
Jung Hans 2247
Vaingorten Yakov 2246
Miller Evgeni 2244
Murray Peter 2240
Ivanov Mike 2239
Molchanov Yevhen 2229
Mills Morgon 2212
Filipovich David 2204
Puri Vinny 2193
Southam Dave 2183
Smith Dan 2167
Fiedler Brian 2157
Miletic Dusan 2146
Zeromskis Egis 2122
Shebetah Wajdy 2138
Pedersen Rune 2118
Brajkovic Nikola 2107
Haziprodromu Sam 2080
Ferreira Alex 2076
Zhang Yuan Chen 2074
Malette Martin 2071
Evans Bill 2050
Dobrich Vlad 2041
Brown Alan 2027
Siddeley Hugh 2020
Stefanovic Miroslav 2000
Stavropoulos Greg 1995
Chernik Dmitry 1991
Zelcer Isaac 1974
Wiebe Daniel 1961
Troy Tony 1961
Roller Robert 1952
Posaratnanathan Julian 1950
El-Khoury Brian 1944
Twesigye Derek 1936
Jolliffe Kyle 1934
Bokhout Peter 1930
Robinson Dave 1916
Gunapalan David 1912
Zagar Milan 1911
Malmsten Eric 1889
Magnan Mike 1862
McNeil Hugh 1856
Torres Francisco 1845
Allen Marc-Antoine 1829
McSherry Peter 1825
Delacerna Jeff 1824
Steadman Richard 1811
Chen Richard 1808
Bell Ian 1795
D’Souza Jason 1794
Stein Jacob 1793
Zamir Guy 1783
France Kyle 1771
Leveau Stan 1763
Gomes Joe 1762
Rajendran Partha 1745
O'Bumsawin Nick 1714
Shafkat Ali 1705
Duke Peter 1690
Belaiche Kyle 1689
Matthews Dan 1678
Mowers Dan 1676
Americo Gonzalez 1604
Goodman Shaul 1604
Salama Ayyad 1600
Medisetty Madhav 1600
Wan Karen 1600
Little Steve 1600
Adragna Mario 1600
Singer Ron 1600
Heller Bob 1600
Goodman Halli 1600
The 15 minute Rapid is played from 2pm every Saturday
at Legends Sports Lounge 774 Danforth – 2 blocks east of Pape subway stn.
Entry fee is $20 - cash prizes for winners in rating
groupings as well as the top two or three over all.
Last edited by Vlad Dobrich; Monday, 11th November, 2013, 08:54 AM.
Regarding the second video: I had seen that my opponent had flagged from probably before the video started. Essentially it was a faux-mate as I was indirectly calling the flag.
It's too bad you didn't record the end of my next round game where, after being in a totally lost position to someone whom I'd never lost to in a Saturday Rapid, my opponent allowed a mate in 1 which I delivered with a "CHECKMATE!" with which he burst out with "OH F_CK!" turning several heads.
A picture of the delightful complimentary buffet lunch from the sponsors is provided. If only I was as good at snatching pieces and pawns as I was the wings, mozza sticks, pepper poppers and the beers on ice :p Well worth the entry fee ;)
Last edited by Hugh Siddeley; Monday, 11th November, 2013, 11:07 AM.
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