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2009 Foxwood Open:5 Canadians entered in Open section
2009 Foxwood Open:5 Canadians entered in Open section
According to the website http://www.foxwoodsopen.com/, 5 Canadians are playing in the Open section of the Foxwood Open Chess Tournament in Mashantucket, CT, USA from April 8-12th. These Canadians are :GM GM Pascal Charbonneau (2556), Nikiita Kraiouchkine (2340), FM Michael Dougherty (2263), Roman Sapozhnikov (2327), and Louie Jiang (2293)
After 8 rounds of play in the tournament, Charbonneau has 5 points, Kraiouchkine haa 4 points, Dougherty has 3.5 points, and Jiang has 3 points. The leader in the open section is GM Yury Shulman with 6.5 points.
In the under 2100 section, Ralph Gregorz of Ontario (2055) has 2.5 points after 5 rounds of play and Laurent Allard of Quebec has 1.5 points. No other Canadians are entered in any other section of the tournament.
Here are some corrections regarding the scores posted previously.
Round 9
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After 8 rounds of play GM Yury Shulman (2697) leads this tournament with a score of 7 points (6 wins and 2 draws). In second place are GM Darmen Sadvakasov (2611) and and IM Alex Lenderman (2603) with 6.5 points.
In regards to our Canadian players, here are their scores:
GM Pascal Charbonneau has 5.5 points ( 4 wins,3 draws and 1 loss with one round yet unreported). Previously at the official website they had given Charbonneau 5 points for 8 rounds, now he has 5.5 points and is in a tie for the 8th through 23rd places.Charbonneau has defeated Szuper,FM MacIntyre, FM Rogers,FM Shibut, and has drawn games with GM Perelshteyn, GM Kacheishvili, and IM Stopa (elo 2557). Charbonneau has lost one game in the tournament, to GM Varuzhan Akobian in round 3. Charbonneau, in his last game of the tournament faced FM Tegshsuren Enkhbat (2411) who also has 5 points.
Nikiita Kraiouchkine has 4.5 points entering the last round of play,(he drew his eighth round game with FM Ilye Figler)He has 3 wins, 3 draws and two losses after eight rounds of play,leaving him in a tie for 36th-53rd places. His wins are against Williams (2199),Hanken (2200), and Sheppard (2161). His draws are against Moon (2146),Santarius (2286), and FM Ilye Figler (2269). His losses were against Kelley (2125) and Szuper (2231). Kraiouchkine played FM Teddy Coleman (2313) in the last round of play.
FM Michael Dougherty has 3 1/2 points entering the last round of play,he has 3 wins, 1 draw and four losses in the tournament.His wins have come against
West (1992), Shetty (2078), and FM Miles F Ardaman (2330). His draw was achieved against GM Giorgi Kacheishvili (2647)!!, and his losses have come against IM Jay Bonin (2378), IM Samuel Shankland (2477), FM Farai Mandizha
(2343), and FM Alec Getz (2282). His last round opponent was Kassa Korley (217) who also has 3.5 points.
Louie Jiang has 4 points entering the last round of play.He has 4 wins, and four losses with his last round game against Weiss yet to be accounted for.
His wins came against Casassa (1371), Sobo (2033),Odeh (1865), and Shetty (2078). His losses were against IM Samuel Shankland (2477),IM Bryan G Smith (2549), Kelley (2125) and Odeh (1865).
In the under 2100 section, Ralph Gregorz of Ontario (2055) has 2.5 points after 6 rounds of play and Laurent Allard of Quebec has 1.5 points after 6 rounds of play. The two leaders in the under 2100 section have 5.5 points after 6 rounds of play. No other Canadians are entered in any other section of the tournament.
Last edited by Wayne Mendryk; Sunday, 12th April, 2009, 11:52 PM.
Re: 2009 Foxwood Open:5 Canadians entered in Open section
GM Darmen Sadvakasov drew with GM Yury Shulman in a blitz tie-break to win the open section at the Foxwoods Open. Shulman was given the choice of having white and needing to win, or black and draw odds in a 5 minute vs 3 minute (with 5 second delay) Armageddon play-off and he chose the white pieces. Sadvakasov was able to draw this game, and this result gave him the title. Here is how all the Canadians finished in their various sections:
Playing in the open section:
GM Pascal Charbonneau finished in 14th place (after tie-breaks) with a score of 6 points. Nikiita Kraiouchkine finished in 39th place (after tie-breaks) with a score of 5 points.Roman Sapozhnikov who was not identified as being Canadian in previous crosstables, finished in 42nd place (also with 5 points). (Sorry for omitting Roman from earlier posts.) Louie Jiang finished in 69th place (after tie-breaks) with 4 points. FM Michael Dougherty finished in 88th place (after tie-breaks) with 3.5 points.
In the under 2100 section, the tournament was won by Jonathan Corbblah, a player from New York on a tie-break over two other players, all had finshed the event with scores of 6 points. Ralph Gregorz of Ontario finished in 51st place (after tie-breaks) with 3 points, and Laurent Allard of Quebec finished in 74st place (after tie-breaks) with 3.5 points.
Re: 2009 Foxwood Open:5 Canadians entered in Open section
GM Darmen Sadvakasov drew with GM Yury Shulman in a blitz tie-break to win the open section at the Foxwoods Open. Shulman was given the choice of having white and needing to win, or black and draw odds in a 5 minute vs 3 minute (with 5 second delay) Armageddon play-off and he chose the white pieces. Sadvakasov was able to draw this game, and this result gave him the title. Here is how all the Canadians finished in their various sections:
Playing in the open section:
GM Pascal Charbonneau finished in 14th place (after tie-breaks) with a score of 6 points. Nikiita Kraiouchkine finished in 39th place (after tie-breaks) with a score of 5 points.Roman Sapozhnikov who was not identified as being Canadian in previous crosstables, finished in 42nd place (also with 5 points). (Sorry for omitting Roman from earlier posts.) Louie Jiang finished in 69th place (after tie-breaks) with 4 points. FM Michael Dougherty finished in 88th place (after tie-breaks) with 3.5 points.
In the under 2100 section, the tournament was won by Jonathan Corbblah, a player from New York on a tie-break over two other players, all had finshed the event with scores of 6 points. Ralph Gregorz of Ontario finished in 51st place (after tie-breaks) with 3 points, and Laurent Allard of Quebec finished in 74st place (after tie-breaks) with 3.5 points.
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