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Just a reminder that our first of three 5 round summer pickups starts this Thursday May 21 and ends June 18.
The summer pickups are a great way for you to test out the Ottawa RA Chess Club. Each round pairings are double accelerated to get you opposition that is close to you in playing strength.
You must be a CFC member and pay a rating fee for each tournament. There is no minimum number of rounds to play out of the 5. You must report to the tournament director each round [or commit up front to playing] to get a pairing. Play starts at 7:30 PM and forfeits for no-shows are 30 minutes after the round starts.
If you are playing you can pre-register by e-mail to fs889@ncf.ca
The results from round 1 are in the attached chart.
In the summer pickup BYE is the default: you do not get paired unless you report in. I pair at 7:25 PM to get the
round started at 7:30 PM. If you think you are going to be running late ask for a pairing via e-mail at fs889@ncf.ca
SwissSys Wall Chart. 2015 RA Pickup1:
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1
1 Zi Yi [Joey] Qin B 5
2440 134989 1.0
2 David Gordon W 6
2323 106629 1.0
3 Qiyu Zhou B 7
2258 151707 0.5
4 Robert Gelblum W 8
2255 104272 0.5
5 Felix Dumont W 1
2225 148330 0.0
6 Kevin Pacey B 2
2217 103715 0.0
7 Stijn De Kerpel W 3
2193 102011 0.5
8 Adam Adriaanse B 4
2150 152504 0.5
9 Michael Yang B 10
2101 146637 1.0
10 Ramon J. Cova W 9
2099 153227 0.0
11 Dusan Simic W 16
2090 109808 0.5
12 Halldor Peter Palsson bye
2060 106856 0.5
13 Ben Kellar B 17
1994 148170 0.0
14 Agustin Pichardo W 18
1977 155192 0.5
15 Ray Kuryliw B 19
1963 105482 1.0
16 Amos Kuttner B 11
1837 151235 0.5
17 Konstantin Vlasenko W 13
1766 154795 1.0
18 Dan Kearnan B 14
1760 137473 0.5
19 Jiehan Zhou W 15
1744 152984 0.0
20 Svitlana Demchenko W 21
1735 156853 1.0
21 Fan Yang B 20
1703 155485 0.0
22 Simon Perkins B 26
1682 107582 0.5
23 Paul St. Pierre W 27
1627 107439 1.0
24 Gerard Felderhof B 28
1625 104191 0.5
25 Ehsan Forouzandeh W 29
1611 158124 1.0
26 Romy Peters W 22
1560 135706 0.5
27 Xu Rong [Caroline] Chen B 23
1525 156753 0.0
28 Marc Boudreau W 24
1509 105053 0.5
29 Kyle Wang B 25
1486 155486 0.0
30 Ken Huband B 36
1486 105297 0.0
31 Eric Murdoch W 37
1478 149978 1.0
32 David Gan B 39
1456 155487 1.0
33 Andreas Buss B 38
1426 146449 0.0
34 Keven Eyre W 40
1425 135113 1.0
35 Benjamin Yu B 41
1424 155488 1.0
36 Jaleel Moidu W 30
1380 158835 1.0
37 Yaorui Xu B 31
1310 155473 0.0
38 Milad Dakka W 33
1282 158252 1.0
39 Dave Westbury W 32
1123 158216 0.0
40 Felix Trofinenco B 34
840 158325 0.0
41 Licheng Zhou W 35
unr. 159212 0.0
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3
1 Zi Yi [Joey] Qin B 5 W 2 B 6
2440 134989 1.0 2.0 3.0
2 David Gordon W 7 B 1 B 16
2323 106629 1.0 1.0 2.0
3 Qiyu Zhou B 8 bye bye
2258 151707 0.5 1.0 1.5
4 Robert Gelblum W 9 B 12 bye
2255 104272 0.5 1.0 1.5
5 Felix Dumont W 1 bye bye
2225 148330 0.0 0.5 1.0
6 Mate Marinkovic bye B 9 W 1
2220 141393 0.5 1.5 1.5
7 Kevin Pacey B 2 W 22 B 15
2217 103715 0.0 1.0 1.5
8 Stijn De Kerpel W 3 B 13 bye
2193 102011 0.5 1.5 2.0
9 Adam Adriaanse B 4 W 6 B 18
2150 152504 0.5 0.5 1.5
10 Michael Yang B 11 bye bye
2101 146637 1.0 1.5 2.0
11 Ramon J. Cova W 10 B 17 bye
2099 153227 0.0 1.0 1.5
12 Dusan Simic W 19 W 4 B 25
2090 109808 0.5 1.0 1.0
13 William G. Doubleday bye W 8 B 20
2060 103754 0.5 0.5 1.5
14 Halldor Peter Palsson bye bye bye
2060 106856 0.5 1.0 1.5
15 Ben Kellar B 22 W 30 W 7
1994 148170 0.0 1.0 1.5
16 Agustin Pichardo W 23 B 21 W 2
1977 155192 0.5 1.5 1.5
17 Ray Kuryliw B 24 W 11 B 22
1963 105482 1.0 1.0 1.0
18 Sam Marin bye B 23 W 9
1887 156145 0.5 1.5 1.5
19 Amos Kuttner B 12 W 25 B 27
1837 151235 0.5 0.5 1.5
20 Gordon Ritchie bye B 26 W 13
1815 110972 0.5 1.5 1.5
21 David Fei bye W 16 B 31
1788 154794 0.5 0.5 1.5
22 Konstantin Vlasenko W 15 B 7 W 17
1766 154795 1.0 1.0 2.0
23 Dan Kearnan B 16 W 18 bye
1760 137473 0.5 0.5 1.0
24 Jiehan Zhou W 17 bye bye
1744 152984 0.0 0.5 1.0
25 Svitlana Demchenko W 27 B 19 W 12
1735 156853 1.0 2.0 3.0
26 Vikram Mallur bye W 20 B 40
1722 157854 0.5 0.5 1.0
27 Fan Yang B 25 W 36 W 19
1703 155485 0.0 0.5 0.5
28 Simon Perkins B 33 W 39 bye
1682 107582 0.5 1.5 2.0
29 Michael Abt bye bye B 39
1646 107642 0.5 1.0 1.0
30 Paul St. Pierre W 35 B 15 W 37
1627 107439 1.0 1.0 2.0
31 Gerard Felderhof B 36 W 33 W 21
1625 104191 0.5 1.5 1.5
32 Ehsan Forouzandeh W 37 bye bye
1611 158124 1.0 1.5 2.0
33 Romy Peters W 28 B 31 bye
1560 135706 0.5 0.5 1.0
34 Garland Best bye bye B 45
1548 103050 0.5 1.0 1.5
35 Xu Rong [Caroline] Chen B 30 B 40 W 44
1525 156753 0.0 0.5 1.5
36 Marc Boudreau W 31 B 27 bye
1509 105053 0.5 1.0 1.5
37 Kyle Wang B 32 W 43 B 30
1486 155486 0.0 1.0 1.0
38 Ken Huband B 45 B 44 W 41
1486 105297 0.0 0.5 1.5
39 Eric Murdoch W 46 B 28 W 29
1478 149978 1.0 1.0 2.0
40 David Gan B 50 W 35 W 26
1456 155487 1.0 1.5 2.0
41 Corbett Givogue bye bye B 38
1443 134912 0.5 1.0 1.0
42 Andreas Buss B 47 W 49 bye
1426 146449 0.0 1.0 1.5
43 Keven Eyre W 51 B 37 W 46
1425 135113 1.0 1.0 2.0
44 Benjamin Yu B 52 W 38 B 35
1424 155488 1.0 1.5 1.5
45 Jaleel Moidu W 38 B 48 W 34
1380 158835 1.0 2.0 2.5
46 Yaorui Xu B 39 W 52 B 43
1310 155473 0.0 1.0 1.0
47 Milad Dakka W 42 bye bye
1282 158252 1.0 1.5 2.0
48 Andreas Solheim bye W 45 B 50
1276 158324 0.5 0.5 1.5
49 Christopher Jaus bye B 42 bye
1262 159524 0.5 0.5 1.0
50 Dave Westbury W 40 B 51 W 48
1123 158216 0.0 1.0 1.0
51 Felix Trofinenco B 43 W 50 B 52
840 158325 0.0 0.0 0.0
52 Licheng Zhou W 44 B 46 W 51
unr. 159212 0.0 0.0 1.0
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4
1 Zi Yi [Joey] Qin B 5 W 2 B 6 bye
2440 134989 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.5
2 David Gordon W 7 B 1 B 17 W 15
2323 106629 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
3 Qiyu Zhou B 8 bye bye B 9
2258 151707 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0
4 Robert Gelblum W 9 B 12 bye bye
2255 104272 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0
5 Felix Dumont W 1 bye bye bye
2225 148330 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5
6 Mate Marinkovic bye B 9 W 1 bye
2220 141393 0.5 1.5 1.5 2.0
7 Kevin Pacey B 2 W 24 B 16 W 11
2217 103715 0.0 1.0 1.5 2.0
8 Stijn De Kerpel W 3 B 13 bye W 27
2193 102011 0.5 1.5 2.0 3.0
9 Adam Adriaanse B 4 W 6 B 20 W 3
2150 152504 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.0
10 Michael Yang B 11 bye bye bye
2101 146637 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5
11 Ramon J. Cova W 10 B 18 bye B 7
2099 153227 0.0 1.0 1.5 2.0
12 Dusan Simic W 21 W 4 B 27 W 16
2090 109808 0.5 1.0 1.0 2.0
13 William G. Doubleday bye W 8 B 22 bye
2060 103754 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.0
14 Halldor Peter Palsson bye bye bye W 36
2060 106856 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.5
15 Curtis Barlow Wilkes bye bye bye B 2
2011 154444 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.0
16 Ben Kellar B 24 W 33 W 7 B 12
1994 148170 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.5
17 Agustin Pichardo W 25 B 23 W 2 B 29
1977 155192 0.5 1.5 1.5 2.0
18 Ray Kuryliw B 26 W 11 B 24 bye
1963 105482 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5
19 Rachel Miller bye bye bye bye
1901 158466 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5
20 Sam Marin bye B 25 W 9 W 24
1887 156145 0.5 1.5 1.5 2.5
21 Amos Kuttner B 12 W 27 B 30 bye
1837 151235 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.0
22 Gordon Ritchie bye B 28 W 13 B 23
1815 110972 0.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
23 David Fei bye W 17 B 34 W 22
1788 154794 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.5
24 Konstantin Vlasenko W 16 B 7 W 18 B 20
1766 154795 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
25 Dan Kearnan B 17 W 20 bye bye
1760 137473 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.5
26 Jiehan Zhou W 18 bye bye W 33
1744 152984 0.0 0.5 1.0 2.0
27 Svitlana Demchenko W 30 B 21 W 12 B 8
1735 156853 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
28 Vikram Mallur bye W 22 B 43 W 42
1722 157854 0.5 0.5 1.0 2.0
29 Eric Van Dusen bye bye bye W 17
1717 112806 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0
30 Fan Yang B 27 W 39 W 21 B 46
1703 155485 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.0
31 Simon Perkins B 36 W 42 bye bye
1682 107582 0.5 1.5 2.0 2.5
32 Michael Abt bye bye B 42 bye
1646 107642 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.5
33 Paul St. Pierre W 38 B 16 W 40 B 26
1627 107439 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
34 Gerard Felderhof B 39 W 36 W 23 B 41
1625 104191 0.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
35 Ehsan Forouzandeh W 40 bye bye bye
1611 158124 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5
36 Romy Peters W 31 B 34 bye B 14
1560 135706 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0
37 Garland Best bye bye B 48 bye
1548 103050 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0
38 Xu Rong [Caroline] Chen B 33 B 43 W 47 W 48
1525 156753 0.0 0.5 1.5 1.5
39 Marc Boudreau W 34 B 30 bye bye
1509 105053 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0
40 Kyle Wang B 35 W 46 B 33 W 43
1486 155486 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
41 Ken Huband B 48 B 47 W 44 W 34
1486 105297 0.0 0.5 1.5 2.5
42 Eric Murdoch W 49 B 31 W 32 B 28
1478 149978 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
43 David Gan B 54 W 38 W 28 B 40
1456 155487 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.0
44 Corbett Givogue bye bye B 41 bye
1443 134912 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.5
45 Andreas Buss B 51 W 53 bye bye
1426 146449 0.0 1.0 1.5 2.0
46 Keven Eyre W 56 B 40 W 49 W 30
1425 135113 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.5
47 Benjamin Yu B 57 W 41 B 38 W 54
1424 155488 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.0
48 Jaleel Moidu W 41 B 52 W 37 B 38
1380 158835 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.5
49 Yaorui Xu B 42 W 57 B 46 W 55
1310 155473 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
50 Michael Morin bye bye ---- W 57
1300 0.5 1.0 U1.0 1.0
51 Milad Dakka W 45 bye bye bye
1282 158252 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5
52 Andreas Solheim bye W 48 B 54 bye
1276 158324 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.0
53 Christopher Jaus bye B 45 bye bye
1262 159524 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.5
54 Dave Westbury W 43 B 56 W 52 B 47
1123 158216 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.5
55 Rodean Rahgozar bye bye ---- B 49
985 0.5 1.0 U1.0 1.0
56 Felix Trofinenco B 46 W 54 B 57 bye
840 158325 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
57 Licheng Zhou W 47 B 49 W 56 B 50
unr. 159212 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0
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