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According to chess Life #2, Pascal should write a blog for Chess Life online. However I can not find anything at uschess. At a different location somebody mentioned that he is at the top.
"To settle that tie they do a blitz match. GM Charbonneau would face IM Cummings for first place. Andrei Moffat would face Conrad Ho for top Amateur. The playoffs turned into a Canadian affair. All four them are from Canada though Conrad and Pascal are currently in New York City.
... Charbonneau won his match 2-0, and Moffat won his match 1.5 – 0.5. The second game went into some line that forced three fold repetition early."
I had the pleasure of attending this year's Bermuda Open although my only distinction was to serve as Pascal Charbonneau's first victim as he put me away in the first round in less than 40 moves.
Despite the presence of a number of fine Bermudian players (including the redoubtable Nick Faulks and Nigel Freeman) and a bevy of Americans, including GMs Nick de Firmian and Alexandre Ivanov and a number of strong IMs, the event turned into a Canadian celebration. As noted above, Canada's Charbonneau took the first prize with a blitz victory over David Cummings of Toronto. De Firmian and Ivanov followed half a point back. The under-2200 section was won by Andrei Moffat who beat fellow torontonian Conrad Ho in the blitz playoff. Finally, 10-year-old Bryant Tang (also of Toronto) won the prize in the lower section.
Some very good chess was played and the Bermudian hospitality was, as always, spectacular. The event was run by veteran TD Carol Jarecki with her usual no-nonsense efficiency. In all, a delightful tournament.
I had the pleasure of attending this year's Bermuda Open although my only distinction was to serve as Pascal Charbonneau's first victim as he put me away in the first round in less than 40 moves.
Hi Gordon,
The number of moves doesn't matter. It's the quality of the moves. :)
There are two things I hate. One is when I'm on the losing side of a miniature. That's 24 moves or less (I think is the definition). The other is when an opponent makes a title norm in his game against me.
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