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Re: Guelph Winter Pro-Am February 7-8, 2015, Round 2 pairings
Pairings for Round 2. 2015 guelph winter pro-am: Pro Section
Bd Res White Res Black
1 GM Bator Sambuev (2658) Adam Cormier (2102)
2 Gordon Olheiser (2099) IM Razvan Preotu (2548)
3 IM David Cummings (2421) Apurva Virkud (2040)
4 Vladimir Drkulec (1934) Geordie Derraugh (2334)
5 Daniel Liu (1899) Nicholas Vettese (2236)
6 Zehn Nasir (2227) Mahmud Hassain (2002)
7 Wenyang Ming (2061) Eugene Hua (1988)
8 FM Hans Jung (2301) Rohan Talukdar (1944)
9 Zachary Dukic (2187) Mark Plotkin (2294)
10 Yuanchen Zhang (2293) David Filipovich (2184)
11 Sean Lei (2139) Richard Chen (2194)
12 Hairan Liang (1957) Guannan Terry Song (2190)
Pairings for Round 2. 2015 guelph winter pro-am: U2000 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
13 Rebecca Giblon (1902) Tim Knechtel (1695)
14 Jeffrey Xin-Yu Zhu (1664) Corin Schneider (1781)
15 Zhan He [Lambert] Liu (1780) Caleb Petersen (1621)
16 Nicholas Wu (1596) Rachel Tao (1725)
17 Erik Malmsten (1934) Masoud Jizan (1593)
18 Cindy Qiao (1639) Alexander Friedman (1923)
19 Robert Gillanders (1790) Kylie Tan (1575)
20 Brian Clarke (1701) Mario Piccinin (1876)
21 Andrew Giblon (1676) Mate Milinkovic (1764)
22 Rob Gashgarian (1759) Derick Aghamalian (1693)
23 Mathanhe Kaneshalingam (1584) Adam Gaisinsky (1751)
24 Istvan Kiss (1741) Daniel den Bok (1674)
½ Louay Sakka (1830) BYE
Pairings for Round 2. 2015 guelph winter pro-am: U1600 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
25 Ellen Tao (1274) Doug Gillis (1467)
26 Peter Downie (1261) Max Zhu (1407)
27 Daniel Yu (1385) Harry Liu (1181)
28 Lee Hendon (1362) James Williamson (1135)
29 Alan Bui (1145) Zaynah Bhanji (1346)
30 Alex de Costa (1343) Austin Hunter (810)
31 Allan Masterson (1005) Dean [Dinh] Bui (1312)
32 Catherine Li (1277) Shridhar Kulkarni (unr.)
33 Allyson Xu (1411) Kai Gauer (1228)
34 Joey Qiao (1055) James Tan (1243)
35 Leonid Aghamalian (1528) Benjamin de Costa (1048)
36 Daniel Caron (874) Ziad Kayssi (1382)
37 Joshua Du (1184) Victor Yao (897)
38 Areez Bhanji (1072) Kevin Wu (849)
39 Rahul Gangolli (1047) Jacob Gaisinsky (826)
40 Brian Cameron (unr.) Qalib Ladhani (1029)
41 Ming Yu Ren (unr.) Ronan Uthayakumar (935)
42 Kevin Caron (927) Jeffrey Zhao (unr.)
½ Bruce Hurst (1272) BYE
Re: Guelph Winter Pro-Am February 7-8, 2015, 4th round pairings
We could have some weather issues in the morning, but barring that here are the pairings:
Pairings for Round 4. 2015 guelph winter pro-am: Pro Section
Bd Res White Res Black
1 GM Bator Sambuev (2658 : W : 3.0) IM Razvan Preotu (2548 : B : 2.5)
2 Nicholas Vettese (2236 : WW : 2.5) IM David Cummings (2421 : b : 2.0)
3 Eugene Hua (1988 : b : 2.0) Geordie Derraugh (2334 : B : 2.0)
4 Zehn Nasir (2227 : W : 2.0) Adam Cormier (2102 : B : 2.0)
5 FM Hans Jung (2301 : b : 1.5) Apurva Virkud (2040 : B : 2.0)
6 Yuanchen Zhang (2293 : W : 1.5) Gordon Olheiser (2099 : b : 1.5)
7 Zachary Dukic (2187 : W : 1.5) Richard Chen (2194 : B : 1.5)
8 Mahmud Hassain (2002 : b : 1.5) Guannan Terry Song (2190 : B : 1.5)
9 Vladimir Drkulec (1934 : W : 1.5) David Filipovich (2184 : w : 1.0)
10 Mark Plotkin (2294 : WW : 1.0) Hairan Liang (1957 : b : 1.0)
11 Daniel Liu (1899 : w : 1.0) Nikola Brajkovic (2045 : B : 0.5)
12 Sean Lei (2139 : W : 0.5) Rohan Talukdar (1944 : B : 0.5)
½ Wenyang Ming (2061 : w : 0.5) BYE
Pairings for Round 4. 2015 guelph winter pro-am: U2000 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
17 Jeffrey Xin-Yu Zhu (1664 : W : 3.0) Caleb Petersen (1621 : B : 2.5)
18 Rebecca Giblon (1902 : W : 2.5) Erik Malmsten (1934 : w : 2.5)
19 Louay Sakka (1830 : W : 2.0) Rachel Tao (1725 : B : 2.0)
20 Rob Gashgarian (1759 : W : 2.0) Corin Schneider (1781 : B : 2.0)
21 Mario Piccinin (1876 : w : 1.5) Istvan Kiss (1741 : b : 1.5)
22 Mathanhe Kaneshalingam (1584 : W : 1.5) Robert Gillanders (1790 : w : 1.5)
23 Zhan He [Lambert] Liu (1780 : W : 1.5) Tim Knechtel (1695 : W : 1.5)
24 Adam Gaisinsky (1751 : WW : 1.5) Andrew Giblon (1676 : BB : 1.5)
25 Alexander Friedman (1923 : b : 1.0) Masoud Jizan (1593 : B : 1.0)
26 Cindy Qiao (1639 : w : 1.0) Derick Aghamalian (1693 : B : 1.0)
27 Daniel den Bok (1674 : w : 1.0) Kylie Tan (1575 : b : 1.0)
1 Brian Clarke (1701 : B : 0.0) BYE
½ Nicholas Wu (1596 : b : 2.0) BYE
Pairings for Round 4. 2015 guelph winter pro-am: U1600 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
28 Dean [Dinh] Bui (1312 : B : 3.0) Max Zhu (1407 : B : 3.0)
29 Harry Liu (1181 : WW : 2.5) Doug Gillis (1467 : B : 2.5)
30 Daniel Yu (1385 : W : 2.5) Catherine Li (1277 : b : 2.5)
31 Alex de Costa (1343 : W : 2.5) Ziad Kayssi (1382 : B : 2.0)
32 Lee Hendon (1362 : W : 2.0) Peter Downie (1261 : B : 2.0)
33 Alan Bui (1145 : W : 2.0) James Williamson (1135 : B : 2.0)
34 Allan Masterson (1005 : W : 2.0) Ellen Tao (1274 : B : 1.5)
35 Leonid Aghamalian (1528 : W : 1.5) Qalib Ladhani (1029 : B : 1.5)
36 Allyson Xu (1411 : W : 1.5) Areez Bhanji (1072 : BB : 1.5)
37 Joshua Du (1184 : W : 1.5) James Tan (1243 : b : 1.5)
38 Kai Gauer (1228 : b : 1.5) Benjamin de Costa (1048 : B : 1.5)
39 Rahul Gangolli (1047 : W : 1.0) Austin Hunter (810 : B : 1.5)
40 Jacob Gaisinsky (826 : WW : 1.0) Zaynah Bhanji (1346 : B : 1.0)
41 Bruce Hurst (1272 : W : 1.0) Shridhar Kulkarni (0 : B : 1.0)
42 Jeffrey Zhao (0 : WW : 1.0) Ronan Uthayakumar (935 : B : 1.0)
43 Ming Yu Ren (0 : W : 1.0) Kevin Caron (927 : BB : 1.0)
44 Joey Qiao (1055 : w : 0.5) Brian Cameron (0 : b : 0.5)
45 Kevin Wu (849 : w : 0.5) Victor Yao (897 : B : 0.0)
1 Daniel Caron (874 : W : 0.0) BYE
Re: Guelph Winter Pro-Am February 7-8, 2015, 5th round pairings
Sambuev is in charge!
Pairings for Round 5. 2015 guelph winter pro-am: Pro Section
Bd Res White Res Black
1 IM David Cummings (2421 : W : 3.0) GM Bator Sambuev (2658 : b : 4.0)
2 Geordie Derraugh (2334 : w : 3.0) IM Razvan Preotu (2548 : w : 2.5)
3 Richard Chen (2194 : w : 2.5) FM Hans Jung (2301 : BB : 2.5)
4 Adam Cormier (2102 : w : 2.5) Nicholas Vettese (2236 : b : 2.5)
5 Gordon Olheiser (2099 : W : 2.5) Zehn Nasir (2227 : b : 2.5)
6 Guannan Terry Song (2190 : w : 2.0) Eugene Hua (1988 : BB : 2.0)
7 Apurva Virkud (2040 : w : 2.0) Mahmud Hassain (2002 : BB : 2.0)
8 Mark Plotkin (2294 : b : 1.5) Vladimir Drkulec (1934 : b : 2.0)
9 Sean Lei (2139 : b : 1.5) Yuanchen Zhang (2293 : b : 1.5)
10 Hairan Liang (1957 : W : 1.5) Zachary Dukic (2187 : b : 1.5)
11 David Filipovich (2184 : WW : 1.5) Daniel Liu (1899 : B : 1.5)
12 Wenyang Ming (2061 : w : 1.0) Nikola Brajkovic (2045 : w : 1.0)
1 Rohan Talukdar (1944 : w : 0.5) BYE
Pairings for Round 5. 2015 guelph winter pro-am: U2000 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
17 Erik Malmsten (1934 : WW : 3.0) Jeffrey Xin-Yu Zhu (1664 : b : 3.5)
18 Rachel Tao (1725 : w : 3.0) Rebecca Giblon (1902 : b : 3.0)
19 Caleb Petersen (1621 : w : 3.0) Mario Piccinin (1876 : B : 2.5)
20 Corin Schneider (1781 : w : 2.5) Nicholas Wu (1596 : b : 2.5)
21 Rob Gashgarian (1759 : b : 2.5) Zhan He [Lambert] Liu (1780 : b : 2.5)
22 Andrew Giblon (1676 : w : 2.0) Louay Sakka (1830 : b : 2.0)
23 Robert Gillanders (1790 : WW : 2.0) Daniel den Bok (1674 : B : 2.0)
24 Masoud Jizan (1593 : w : 2.0) Adam Gaisinsky (1751 : b : 2.0)
25 Istvan Kiss (1741 : W : 1.5) Mathanhe Kaneshalingam (1584 : b : 2.0)
26 Tim Knechtel (1695 : WW : 1.5) Derick Aghamalian (1693 : w : 1.5)
27 Brian Clarke (1701 : B : 1.0) Cindy Qiao (1639 : B : 1.5)
1 Kylie Tan (1575 : W : 1.0) BYE
Pairings for Round 5. 2015 guelph winter pro-am: U2000 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
17 Erik Malmsten (1934 : WW : 3.0) Jeffrey Xin-Yu Zhu (1664 : b : 3.5)
18 Rachel Tao (1725 : w : 3.0) Rebecca Giblon (1902 : b : 3.0)
19 Caleb Petersen (1621 : w : 3.0) Mario Piccinin (1876 : B : 2.5)
20 Corin Schneider (1781 : w : 2.5) Nicholas Wu (1596 : b : 2.5)
21 Rob Gashgarian (1759 : b : 2.5) Zhan He [Lambert] Liu (1780 : b : 2.5)
22 Andrew Giblon (1676 : w : 2.0) Louay Sakka (1830 : b : 2.0)
23 Robert Gillanders (1790 : WW : 2.0) Daniel den Bok (1674 : B : 2.0)
24 Masoud Jizan (1593 : w : 2.0) Adam Gaisinsky (1751 : b : 2.0)
25 Istvan Kiss (1741 : W : 1.5) Mathanhe Kaneshalingam (1584 : b : 2.0)
26 Tim Knechtel (1695 : WW : 1.5) Derick Aghamalian (1693 : w : 1.5)
27 Brian Clarke (1701 : B : 1.0) Cindy Qiao (1639 : B : 1.5)
1 Kylie Tan (1575 : W : 1.0) BYE
Pairings for Round 5. 2015 guelph winter pro-am: U1600 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
28 Max Zhu (1407 : w : 3.5) Alex de Costa (1343 : b : 3.5)
29 Doug Gillis (1467 : w : 3.0) Dean [Dinh] Bui (1312 : BB : 3.5)
30 Ziad Kayssi (1382 : w : 3.0) Peter Downie (1261 : BB : 3.0)
31 Harry Liu (1181 : b : 3.0) Lee Hendon (1362 : b : 3.0)
32 Catherine Li (1277 : W : 2.5) Leonid Aghamalian (1528 : b : 2.5)
33 Austin Hunter (810 : w : 2.5) Allyson Xu (1411 : b : 2.5)
34 Zaynah Bhanji (1346 : w : 2.0) Joshua Du (1184 : b : 2.5)
35 James Williamson (1135 : w : 2.0) Bruce Hurst (1272 : b : 2.0)
36 Allan Masterson (1005 : WW : 2.0) James Tan (1243 : BB : 2.0)
37 Benjamin de Costa (1048 : w : 2.0) Alan Bui (1145 : b : 2.0)
38 Ellen Tao (1274 : WW : 1.5) Ronan Uthayakumar (935 : w : 2.0)
39 Brian Cameron (0 : W : 1.5) Kai Gauer (1228 : BB : 1.5)
40 Areez Bhanji (1072 : w : 1.5) Rahul Gangolli (1047 : b : 1.5)
41 Joey Qiao (1055 : WW : 1.5) Shridhar Kulkarni (0 : w : 1.5)
42 Qalib Ladhani (1029 : w : 1.5) Daniel Caron (874 : b : 1.0)
43 Kevin Caron (927 : w : 1.0) Ming Yu Ren (0 : b : 1.0)
44 Jacob Gaisinsky (826 : W : 1.0) Jeffrey Zhao (0 : b : 1.0)
45 Victor Yao (897 : w : 0.0) Kevin Wu (849 : B : 0.5)
Re: Guelph Winter Pro-Am February 7-8, 2015, Final Standings
For the second time in a row, the Pro Section was the first to finish. CFC ED Bob Gillanders was the last player to finish because he slept in on Saturday and wanted his due reflection time. Congrats to GM Bator Sambuev on his solid clear first and $675. IM's Preotu, and Cummings joined FM Hans Jung and Zehn Nasir at 3.5 and took home $175 each.
Re: Guelph Winter Pro-Am February 7-8, 2015, Final Standings
wow, congratulations to Windsor players, Windsor players dominated U1600, played very well in U2000, in Pro section, Vlad played so well above his rating.
Re: Guelph Winter Pro-Am February 7-8, 2015, Final Standings
Thanks for the kind words and to all who attended this tournament. Among other things, there was this tale of two royal cities (Guelph and Windsor). It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. Southern Ontario was wanting a weekender in the new year yet the quiche eating weather warnings kept creeping into the consciousness of careful commuters. Hart House heaped heaven sent happiness to tentative Toronto types one week hence. How the heck did we draw 86 players?
Whatever! Everyone came to play and it was a grand ole time. Really great. See y'all again in June if not sooner. The CYCC in Windsor this summer will be awesome!!
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