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I thought you did a great job hosting the event and it was an amazing turnout with many of Canada's top players in attendance. I was one of the victims of Evgeny Bareev and if I can reconstruct the game then will post here on chesstalk. I was white in a Trompovsky and Bareev sacced a Bishop for 2 pawns around move 20. He told me that the chances were roughly level but sacced just for fun. I felt like a fly who just landed on a Spiderweb and Evgeny was the spider having fun :)
Hi Eddie,
Well, isn't chess supposed to be fun?
We are very fortunate to have GM Bareev settled in Toronto and this will have a definite effect on the rising juniors here. Although he told me he will not be playing in any slow tournaments, he will be taking on students in chess camps and coaching very soon. And he will be playing in the Saturday Rapids whenever he can. :)
This calls to mind the noticeable effect the arrival of Bator Sambuev had on our local juniors when the GM showed that he was only human and could be beaten.
I suspect that GM Bareev will take the rising juniors to a whole new level.
1st: Evgeny Bareev 5 - 0
2nd - 5th: Artiom Samsonkin, Razvan Preotu, Victor Plotkin, Michael Song 4 - 1
A Prize: Michael Dougherty 4 - 1
B Prize: Gord Olheiser 2 1/2 points
C Prize: Peter Bokhout 3 1/2 points
D Prize: Harrish Rajput 2 1/2 points
Rapid Ratings
Sambuev Bator 2703
Bareev Evgeny 2700
Hansen Eric 2661
Samsonkin Artiom 2655
Noritsyn Nikolay 2640
Hambleton Aman 2577
Gerzhoy Leonid 2563
Bindi Cheng 2548
Krnan Tomas 2542
Turner Matthew 2538
Preotu Razvan 2532
Plotkin Victor 2497
Vavrak Peter 2479
Thavandiran Shiyam 2478
Sapozhnikov Roman 2474
Song Michael 2465
Cummings David 2444
Plotkin Mark 2433
Tayar Jonathan 2420
Martchenko Alex 2419
Gulko Andre 2384
Rek Slava 2381
Kleinman Michael 2359
Zuniga Dante 2342
Ochkoos Yuri 2340
Urquhart Eddie 2325
Findlay Ian 2279
Vladimir Birarov 2278
Ivanov Mike 2269
Barron Michael 2268
Aronov Yuri 2267
Bailey Doug 2267
Murray Bob 2261
Chen Richard 2253
Derraugh Geordie 2250
Campbell Bret 2248
Murray Peter 2247
Dougherty Mike 2246
Miller Evgeni 2244
Vaingorten Yakov 2237
Digeng Du 2230
Molchanov Yevhen 2229
Fiedler Brian 2215
Hacatoglu Kevork 2214
Peev Pavel 2207
Mills Morgon 2206
Zhang Yuanchen 2201
Upper John 2178
Vettese Nicholas 2174
Nasir Zehn 2174
Southam Dave 2170
Smith Dan 2167
Jonathan Yu 2152
Jung Hans 2150
Cormier Adam 2146
Miletic Dusan 2146
Puri Vinny 2144
Starr Sasha 2141
Shebetah Wajdy 2138
Filipovich David 2137
Sudhir Kamath 2136
Aniunoh Jude 2132
Siddeley Hugh 2127
Zeromskis Egis 2118
Pedersen Rune 2118
Nava Starr 2113
Boris Rotsisan 2111
Brajkovic Nikola 2109
Cai Jason 2103
Erwin Casareno 2100
Dave MacLeod 2090
Haziprodromu Sam 2080
Nekhamkin Vladimir 2072
Malette Martin 2071
Tonakanian Stephan 2070
Brown Alan 2061
Zhong Joey 2060
Palanisamy Selva 2053
Olheiser Gord 2031
Dobrich Vlad 2030
Zotkin Daniel 2029
Chernik Dmitry 2023
Ferreira Alex 2019
Liang Hairan 2017
Longo Tyler 2015
Stefanovic Miroslav 2011
Bzikot Robert 2007
Stavropoulos Greg 2006
Wiebe Daniel 2006
Evans Bill 2000
McMillan Andrew 2000
Begoray Dave 1989
Li Hongyi 1985
Zelcer Isaac 1974
Malmsten Erik 1974
Surya Benito 1972
Ozcan Mustafa 1972
Gunapalan David 1958
Posaratnanathan Julian 1950
Bokhout Peter 1948
Chen Chinhua 1947
El-Khoury Brian 1944
Twesigye Derek 1936
Jolliffe Kyle 1934
Roller Robert 1929
Torkan Behnam 1929
Sottile Claudio 1928
Troy Tony 1927
Ferner Wilf 1924
Victor Trifan 1920
Robinson Dave 1916
Zagar Milan 1911
Davy Zhao 1892
Chernoff Victor 1873
Magnan Mike 1862
Stein Jacob 1860
Gashgarian Rob 1847
Steadman Richard 1831
Allen Marc-Antoine 1829
Delacerna Jeff 1824
Goodridge Corrie 1820
McNeil Hugh 1817
McSherry Peter 1812
Torres Francisco 1804
Bell Ian 1795
D’Souza Jason 1794
alNajjar Mohamad 1793
Zamir Guy 1783
Gillanders Bob 1772
France Kyle 1771
Walker John 1770
Sirkovich Daniel 1764
Leveau Stan 1763
Gomes Joe 1762
Shafkat Ali 1759
Rajput Harrish 1755
Rajendran Partha 1745
Othungot Deepak 1736
Holly Jerry 1727
O'Bumsawin Nick 1714
Lee Hendon 1707
Johnson Chris 1707
Tan Kylie 1703
Tim Vince 1702
Ashraf Zaur 1691
Duke Peter 1690
Belaiche Kyle 1689
Matthews Dan 1678
Mowers Dan 1676
Schneider Mitchell 1656
Stanwick Richard 1656
Salgueiro Miguel 1624
Gunn Remi 1622
Murray Mike 1619
Senaratne Udesh 1611
Goodman Shaul 1604
Bahgat Sofi 1600
Wu Nicholas 1600
Grozev Roumen 1600
Kosick Allison 1600
Dawe Bradley 1600
Gray Scott 1600
Breslin Zorka 1600
Albion Tom 1600
Sam Park 1600
Lee John S 1600
Manifar Aliakbar 1600
Akbarian Reza 1600
Gonzalez Americo 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 4 pm every Saturday as a 5 round swiss tournament.
We are now at the UNICORN PUB at 175 Eglinton East
Entry fee is $20 + $5 for food & drink voucher -
CASH PRIZES - for winners in rating groupings as well as
the top two or three over all.
If you’re running late call the TD Vlad on his cel #647 207-9342
Whatever your level of play, you will enjoy the competition either for the top prizes at the 2400 level or for the A and B Prizes down to the 1600's.
The pre-registered list is posted on ChessTalk towards the end of each week. Please RSVP if you think you might play.
Thanks,
Hi Vlad:
Unless I just missed it, I'm not yet/now in your Participants' rapid ratings list.
Now, given my 1/5 score at the Bareev Saturday, maybe I should just keep quiet?? But you are going to save me, no? You won't let my rating go below 1600, even if I deserve it?
Bob A
Last edited by Bob Armstrong; Tuesday, 24th February, 2015, 07:37 PM.
Sorry Bob,
My error and apology.:( - corrected on post #57
Your rating can only rise!:)
Hi Vlad:
What a great almost end of winter gift.....can you get the other Vlad/Bob G to do that with my standard CFC rating......I'm have a h**ll of a time keeping it over 1600. ;)
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gift.....can you get the other Vlad/Bob G to do that with my standard CFC rating......I'm have a h**ll of a time keeping it over 1600. ;)
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