Rapid Results - December 28

[Vlad Dobrich]

8 players - 5 rds swiss

1st/2nd: David Cummings, Mike Dougherty 4 - 1
With 3 points: Doug Bailey, Nicholas Vettese
A Prize: David Gunapalan 2 1/2 points

Rapid Ratings

Sambuev Bator 2682
Eric Hansen 2661
Samsonkin Artiom 2621
Noritsyn Nikolay 2605
Gerzhoy Leonid 2604
Hambleton Aman 2577
Turner Matthew 2538
Bindi Cheng 2530
Sapozhnikov Roman 2499
Plotkin Victor 2468
Tayar Jonathan 2420
Martchenko Alex 2419
Cummings David 2415
Gulko Andre 2414
Kleinman Michael 2400
Rek Slava 2392
Ochkoos Yuri 2365
Preotu Razvan 2353
Dougherty Mike 2343
Zuniga Dante 2342
Song Michael 2327
Derraugh Geordie 2315
Eddie Urquhart 2294
Bailey Doug 2285
Barron Michael 2279
Aronov Yuri 2264
Plotkin Mark 2261
Murray Bob 2261
Campbell Bret 2248
Jung Hans 2247
Vaingorten Yakov 2246
Miller Evgeni 2244
Murray Peter 2240
Ivanov Mike 2239
Molchanov Yevhen 2229
Filipovich David 2217
Mills Morgon 2212
Puri Vinny 2193
Southam Dave 2183
Smith Dan 2167
Fiedler Brian 2181
Miletic Dusan 2146
Shebetah Wajdy 2138
Zeromskis Egis 2122
Pedersen Rune 2118
Brajkovic Nikola 2110
Haziprodromu Sam 2080
Ferreira Alex 2076
Zhang Yuan Chen 2074
Malette Martin 2071
Evans Bill 2052
Dobrich Vlad 2041
Brown Alan 2027
Siddeley Hugh 2013
Vattese Nicholas 2044
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
Gunapalan David 1940
Twesigye Derek 1936
Jolliffe Kyle 1934
Bokhout Peter 1930
Robinson Dave 1916
Zagar Milan 1911
McNeil Hugh 1884
Malmsten Eric 1884
Magnan Mike 1862
Torres Francisco 1845
Allen Marc-Antoine 1829
Delacerna Jeff 1824
Steadman Richard 1811
Chen Richard 1808
Bell Ian 1795
D’Souza Jason 1794
Stein Jacob 1793
Zamir Guy 1783
McSherry Peter 1765
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
Goodman Shaul 1604
Akbarian Reza 1600
Americo Gonzalez 1600
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.

[Vlad Dobrich]

Re: Rapid Results - December 28

Here are the final standings for the Rating Improvement Contest

Victor Plotkin +106
Nicholas Vettese +77
Brian Fiedler +51
Hugh McNeil +40
Mike Dougherty +9
David Gunapalan +9
Nikola Brajkovic +3


Nicholas had a good run but only had the last two events to make his points One more good result would have allowed him to pass Victor Plotkin's 106 points.
Congratulations to Victor for his 106 point gain due to winning all three events he entered.

[Erik Malmsten]

Re: Rapid Results - December 28

Here are the final standings for the Rating Improvement Contest

Victor Plotkin +106
Nicholas Vettese +77
Brian Fiedler +51
Hugh McNeil +40
Mike Dougherty +9
David Gunapalan +9
Nikola Brajkovic +3


Nicholas had a good run but only had the last two events to make his points One more good result would have allowed him to pass Victor Plotkin's 106 points.
Congratulations to Victor for his 106 point gain due to winning all three events he entered.

And compared with Dec. 28, 2012 to Dec. 29, 2013 Here are the players who have gained rating points over a year of Vlad's tournaments:

123 Dougherty Mike 2343
109 Song Michael 2327
90 Brajkovic Nikola 2110
77 Gunapalan David 1940
71 Preotu Razvan 2353
46 McNeil Hugh 1884
41 Dobrich Vlad 2041
37 Murray Bob 2261
34 Sapozhnikov Roman 2499
33 Ochkoos Yuri 2365
32 Zhang Yuan Chen 2074
29 Bailey Doug 2285
21 Chernik Dmitry 1991
20 Plotkin Victor 2468
17 Evans Bill 2052
16 Gulko Andre 2414
13 Southam Dave 2183
4 Martchenko Alex 2419
2 Filipovich David 2217

Average rating of the 104 players on the list is 2054.