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Grand Pacific Open Live Games Broadcast Watch IM Piasetski and Gansvind at noon today
The top boards and other interesting games will be available in real time for viewing. Thanks to Leo Stokes and Ken Jensen for making the broadcast a reality with their technical expertise and equipment.
Watch IM Leon Piasetski and WFM Valeriya Gansvind battle it out in Round 4 starting at 12 noon today.
The top boards and other interesting games will be available in real time for viewing. Thanks to Leo Stokes and Ken Jensen for making the broadcast a reality with their technical expertise and equipment.
Watch IM Leon Piasetski and WFM Valeriya Gansvind battle it out in Round 4 starting at 12 noon today.
The top boards and other interesting games will be available in real time for viewing. Thanks to Leo Stokes and Ken Jensen for making the broadcast a reality with their technical expertise and equipment.
The top boards and other interesting games will be available in real time for viewing. Thanks to Leo Stokes and Ken Jensen for making the broadcast a reality with their technical expertise and equipment.
The 4th Annual Grand Pacific Open will be held April 2-5, 2010 (Easter weekend) at the Hotel Grand Pacific in Victoria BC. www.grandpacificopen.pbwiki.com
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pairings for Round 5. 2009 Grand Pacific Open - 3rd Annual: OPEN SECTION
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 1 IM Piasetski, Leon 8 NM Davies, Lucas
2 10 NM Davies, Noam 3 WFM Gansvind, Valeria
3 4 IM Day, Lawrence 21 Cheng, Jack [kun]
4 18 Pitre, H G 2 IM Lee Jr, Vicente
5 7 NM Wu, Howard 25 Harris, Philip
6 11 Chen, Howard 32 WCM Botez, Alexandra
7 27 Cheng, Louis 12 Daswani, Benedict
8 42 Wild, Joshua 5 FM Berry, Jonathan
9 24 Huang, Richard 9 NM Patterson, Roger
10 14 Burke, Paul 22 Aquino, Manfrei
11 15 Sohal, Tanraj S 28 Han, Yifei
12 6 NM Ristovic, Nenad 49 Jensen, Jacob
13 13 Trochtchanovitch, Pavel 33 Lai, Jingzhou [peter]
14 16 Aykroyd, Colin D 37 Raymer, Elliot
15 36 Doknjas, John 19 Ozkan, Charlie
16 20 Crook, David 43 Boyle, Philip
17 26 Bacon, Craig 41 Higbie, Gordon
18 38 Escandor, Manuel Omana 29 Jarquin, Charlie
19 30 Murray, Mike 48 Sullivan, Brian
20 58 Herdin, Matthew 17 Leblanc, Paul
21 44 Stewart, Deron 23 Hill, Sam
22 34 Forman, Ken 51 Lo, Ryan
23 35 Tate, Bill 50 Parker, Dylan
24 45 Zhao, Donovan 39 Friesen, Yascha
25 56 Lee, Jonah 31 Han, Yiming
26 40 Bishop, Greg 54 Kraus, Bill
27 55 Hui, Jeremy 46 St Louis, Peter
28 47 Golden, Richard 57 Gjorgjevik, Kristijan
29 53 Conrad, Norman 59 Qian, Jack
30 60 Foote, Joanne 61 Ang, Iain
31 52 Paulson, Stewart 62 Wilson, Kelly
Pairings for Round 5. 2009 Grand Pacific Open - 3rd Annual: UNDER 1400 SECTION
Bd # Res White # Res Black
33 12 Cao, Jason 10 Geng, Tian Tian
34 3 Wong, Justin C 11 So, Kobias
35 1 Milonas, Nikolas 8 Lee, Daniel
36 2 Ben-Zvi, Tom 5 Ding, Jill
37 4 Straka, Petr 9 Han, Lionel
38 14 Xu, Alec 6 Wright, Ivo
13 1 Chang, Jason See T.D.
7 ½ Harper, Dave BYE
Re: Grand Pacific Open Live Games Broadcast Watch IM Piasetski vs IM Day at 10am MON.
Pairings for Round 6. 2009 Grand Pacific Open - 3rd Annual: OPEN SECTION
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 1 IM Piasetski, Leon 4 IM Day, Lawrence
2 2 IM Lee Jr, Vicente 10 NM Davies, Noam
3 3 WFM Gansvind, Valeria 12 Daswani, Benedict
4 5 FM Berry, Jonathan 11 Chen, Howard
5 15 Sohal, Tanraj S 7 NM Wu, Howard
6 8 NM Davies, Lucas 25 Harris, Philip
7 9 NM Patterson, Roger 21 Cheng, Jack [kun]
8 13 Trochtchanovitch, Pavel 27 Cheng, Louis
9 18 Pitre, H G 30 Murray, Mike
10 32 WCM Botez, Alexandra 20 Crook, David
11 17 Leblanc, Paul 38 Escandor, Manuel Omana
12 39 Friesen, Yascha 16 Aykroyd, Colin D
13 19 Ozkan, Charlie 35 Tate, Bill
14 37 Raymer, Elliot 22 Aquino, Manfrei
15 41 Higbie, Gordon 24 Huang, Richard
16 36 Doknjas, John 26 Bacon, Craig
17 28 Han, Yifei 49 Jensen, Jacob
18 23 Hill, Sam 42 Wild, Joshua
19 29 Jarquin, Charlie 47 Golden, Richard
20 31 Han, Yiming 48 Sullivan, Brian
21 33 Lai, Jingzhou [peter] 55 Hui, Jeremy
22 59 Qian, Jack 34 Forman, Ken
23 43 Boyle, Philip 58 Herdin, Matthew
24 51 Lo, Ryan 44 Stewart, Deron
25 61 Ang, Iain 40 Bishop, Greg
26 54 Kraus, Bill 45 Zhao, Donovan
27 50 Parker, Dylan 52 Paulson, Stewart
28 46 St Louis, Peter 56 Lee, Jonah
29 57 Gjorgjevik, Kristijan 53 Conrad, Norman
60 1 Foote, Joanne See T.D.
Pairings for Round 6. 2009 Grand Pacific Open - 3rd Annual: UNDER 1400 SECTION
Bd # Res White # Res Black
33 12 Cao, Jason 3 Wong, Justin C
34 10 Geng, Tian Tian 8 Lee, Daniel
35 5 Ding, Jill 1 Milonas, Nikolas
36 11 So, Kobias 14 Xu, Alec
37 6 Wright, Ivo 9 Han, Lionel
38 13 Chang, Jason 2 Ben-Zvi, Tom
39 4 Straka, Petr 7 Harper, Dave
------------------------------------------------------------------ SwissSys Standings. 2009 Grand Pacific Open - 3rd Annual: OPEN SECTION
The top boards and other interesting games will be available in real time for viewing.
Thanks to Leo Stokes and Ken Jensen for making the broadcast a reality with their technical expertise and equipment.
Re: Grand Pacific Open Live Games Broadcast Watch IM Piasetski and Gansvind at noon t
Thanks for the excellent pictures and great reporting Mark! Congratulations to Leon and Lawrence who have been playing high class chess forever (since the 1960's)! Two oldtimers I hold in high esteem. The picture of Lawrence and Leon is a keeper! Mark can you send me a copy? Thx. Hans
Re: Grand Pacific Open Live Games Broadcast Watch IM Piasetski and Gansvind at noon t
Thanks to everyone who was involved in the organisation of the GPO. It was first-rate in every regard, as has become the norm with Victoria events. I'd recommend to anyone heading west for the CO to consider taking the extra time to visit Victoria for the chess festival afterward.
everytime it hurts, it hurts just like the first (and then you cry till there's no more tears)
Thanks to everyone who was involved in the organisation of the GPO. It was first-rate in every regard, as has become the norm with Victoria events. I'd recommend to anyone heading west for the CO to consider taking the extra time to visit Victoria for the chess festival afterward.
Agreed!
Brian Raymer and his team always provide players with the best. Also, Brian gladly takes on good team mates like Mark Dutton when they move to LaLa Land :)
We miss you at the "centre of the universe" ?! Mark :)
Chess players from novices to masters gathered at the Hotel Grand Pacific for the annual Victoria Chess Festival.
Make one false move and …
Lawrence Day, an international chess master, considers his next move during a game at the Victoria Chess Festival held Monday at the Hotel Grand Pacific. The festival attracted hundreds of chess devotees from around the world.
Sharon Tiffin/News staff
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