PwC Toronto Open - where are the bambaclat pairings??

[Hugh Siddeley]

I know you're busy Bryan and Brian. But I've been jonesing all day to see them.

Looking forward to a great tournament! Thanks for all your efforts!

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: PwC Toronto Open - where are the bambaclat pairings??

It is not an official pairing !!!

I grabbed the players list, skimmed who has bye for Round 1, halfed and paired :)

Nakamura    2757        Zhou    2203
Shabalov    2630        Bluvshtein    2200
Perelshteyn    2601        Singh    2200
Sambuev    2584        Sundar    2194
Samsonkin    2548        Moffat    2175
Friedel    2537        Siddeley    2171
Gerzhoy    2528        Barrios    2161
Noritsyn    2503        Hambleton    2160
Thavandiran    2462        Kret    2158
Hartman    2434        Southam    2148
Cummings    2430        Egorov    2127
Livshits    2427        Austria    2117
Teodoro    2413        Kleinman    2090
Stevens    2408        Rakov    2089
Hamilton    2384        Friedman    2085
Cheng    2376        Whissell    2067
Peng    2375        Humphreys    2065
Schleifer    2356        Derraugh    2063
Barron    2344        Picana    2057
Mark     2344        Knox    2056
Milicevic    2340        Wight    2054
Sapozhnikov    2327        Gregorz    2053
Day    2322        Drkulec    2052
Plotkin    2322        Wang    2046
Zenyuk    2305        Lacaurodean    2035
Puri    2297        Semyonov    2031
Urquhart    2289        Evans    2030
Henry    2278        Cheron    2025
Kaufman    2274        Abrahams    2007
Martchenko    2272        Bokhout    2006
Khoudgarian    2252        Wu    1986
MacKinnon    2250        Both    1968
Yuan    2240        Zybura    1959
Masse    2234        Kagramanov    1943
Shbaita    2230        Boross-Harmer    1930
Qin    2226        Chidley-Hill    1903
Tuxanidy Torres    2221        Gladstone    1820
Guo    2220        Nicholson    1814
Lavin    2219        Armstrong    1803
Szalay    2218        Sharpe    1750
Calugar    2216        Verde    1712
Marks    1662     - bye 

again: it is not official

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: PwC Toronto Open - where are the bambaclat pairings??

Hi Hugh:

I just checked Bryan Lamb's official tournament website, and the pairings are not yet posted. Neither has he sent any to me yet for posting on the discussion boards.

Bob

[Erik Malmsten]

Re: PwC Toronto Open - where are the bambaclat pairings??

Hi Hugh,

There may be a concern about noshows and hopefully everbody will check in by 7 pm.

It will be kind of hard for you to prepare for one of these possibilities:

3 GM Eugene Perelshteyn 2601 USA
4 GM Bator Sambuev 2584 ON
5 IM Artiom Samsonkin 2548 ON
6 GM Joshua Friedel 2537 USA
7 IM Leonid Gerzhoy 2528 ON


and not knowing which colour. Usually GM board 1 get White, but it could be a coin toss.

It looks like 48-4
so you - GM Bator Sambuev

[Hugh Siddeley]

Re: PwC Toronto Open - where are the bambaclat pairings??

Thanks, I did that too. But the thing is I realized these ratings aren't from the latest CFC ratings update, so for example I move up one spot since I'm 2186 now.

[Hugh Siddeley]

Re: PwC Toronto Open - where are the bambaclat pairings??

Yeah that's where I was checking, Bryan's official tournament website.

[Hugh Siddeley]

Re: PwC Toronto Open - where are the bambaclat pairings??

I know I'm in the GM range for the 1st round pairing - it would be nice to know a little more ahead of time since it's the first time I'm playing a GM at classic time controls.

Plus with the latest rating update I should move up one spot, but who knows who else went up and down.

[Kerry Liles]

Re: PwC Toronto Open - where are the bambaclat pairings??

I know I'm in the GM range for the 1st round pairing - it would be nice to know a little more ahead of time since it's the first time I'm playing a GM at classic time controls.

Plus with the latest rating update I should move up one spot, but who knows who else went up and down.

And of course, the GM you will be playing would need to be able to prepare for you too! :) Good luck in the tourney.

[Erik Malmsten]

Re: PwC Toronto Open - Round 2 pairings

A couple of people tried to enter at the last minute. But I didn't like seeing so many empty boards, wins on forfeit.

The number of entries fill the rooms well. Enough tables in the main hall for 2 sections, while there was some space on the second floor for the Novice.

Logistically people had trouble finding the bathrooms as they're upstairs and also Larry will move his bookstore downstairs to the front.

Wonderful golf shirts with the GTCL logo on front. One player had a hat looked to be leading for the best dressed prize.

Photos and Round 1 results are up. 2 IMs tied, one lost, and B-player Simon Gladstone took off another master. Three games went down to the time scramble with one of the usual suspects being David Southam.

Round 2 pairings should be up on the monroi site

http://monroi.com/pwc-toronto-open-c...-pairings.html

and maybe here
http://www.gtachessevents.memberlodge.com/