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  • #16
    Re: 2015 Mississauga Open

    Originally posted by Bob Gillanders View Post
    Any comments, for or against, my suggestion of adjourned games on saturday completed on sunday morning?
    and tell players not use engines over the night LOL

    The adjudication could be a faster solution :)

    Aurora Opens has a 0+3+2 format too. There are several reasons and they transform into "time is money": a rent, personal matters. 0+2+2 looked too short for a tournament :)

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    • #17
      Re: 2015 Mississauga Open

      Originally posted by Bob Gillanders View Post
      Any comments, for or against, my suggestion of adjourned games on saturday completed on sunday morning?

      I'm not kidding, it is a serious idea!
      What's the goal with adjourning the games? to avoid the energy spent late at night? If so I don't really understand it because those who analyze the position will spend more energy than they would if they played the games, and preparation for the next game is no longer possible. It also opens up an avenue for engine use. A possible situation is where a young child adjourns the game, and the parents decide to look at the game with an engine, and their child asks for help and they give some hints. I'm not saying people would use them, simply that it opens up that possibility. If your playing a game otb you can be pretty sure your opponent isn't cheating, but once they go home and analyze it and their playing well it can make you suspicious. I've played a few three games a day tournaments and it is fairly nice to have the Friday night free. That's my 2 cents.

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      • #18
        Re: 2015 Mississauga Open

        Originally posted by Caleb Petersen View Post
        What's the goal with adjourning the games?
        The sole reason is to start the rounds on time. That's it. Nothing else.
        You have pointed out some of the reasons not to do it.
        The question is: Are the problems it creates, greater than the benefit of starting rounds on time?

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        • #19
          Re: 2015 Mississauga Open

          Pre Registered list as at Aug 6, 2015

          1. David Atanasov
          2. Anthony Atanasov
          3. Rahul Gangolli
          4. Eugene Hua
          5. Lee Hendon
          6. Rob Gashgarian
          7. Adam Cormier
          8. Joshua Du
          9. Federico Austria
          10. Ferdinand Suspsup
          11. Harvnder Kanwal
          12. Harkeerat Kanwal
          13. Sergey Noritsyn
          14. Ivan Noritsyn
          15. Simapreet Singh
          16. Austin Xie
          17. Arthava Srinivas
          18. Constance Wang
          19. Richard Chen
          20. IM Kaiqi Yang
          21. Efren Franco
          22. Brian Sayers ( USA )

          We have 22 players on board now with the latest inclusion of IM Kaiqi Yang ( China ) who lives in Toronto now. We also have a player from USA, Brian Sayers who organized the Can-Am International back in June. Cheers !!!

          Gary Hua
          Last edited by Gary Hua; Thursday, 6th August, 2015, 06:20 PM.

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          • #20
            Re: 2015 Mississauga Open

            Originally posted by Bob Armstrong View Post
            Hi Gary:

            It might help for Torontonians, if it can be confirmed that there is not going to be any Toronto Labour Day Open this year on the first weekend of September.

            The reason I wonder this is that neither the key organizer, Randy Moysoski, nor the usual arbiter, Bryan Lamb, have made any post to my knowledge that it is going to happen this year. I have checked the CFC Calendar and GTCL calendar, and it is NOT there (at least not yet, with only about a month to go). Can you confirm whether it is NOT happening??

            Bob A
            Hi Bob,

            Not too sure about Toronto Labour Day tournament. I thought it was a tradition which will definitely be held every year so i put it in my WCC website. I have edit the chess calendar for the time being. Hope it will be on though.

            Gary Hua

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            • #21
              Re: 2015 Mississauga Open

              Pre Registered list as at Aug 11, 2015

              1. David Atanasov
              2. Anthony Atanasov
              3. Rahul Gangolli
              4. Eugene Hua
              5. Lee Hendon
              6. Rob Gashgarian
              7. Adam Cormier
              8. Joshua Du
              9. Federico Austria
              10. Ferdinand Suspsup
              11. Harvnder Kanwal
              12. Harkeerat Kanwal
              13. Sergey Noritsyn
              14. Ivan Noritsyn
              15. Simapreet Singh
              16. Austin Xie
              17. Arthava Srinivas
              18. Constance Wang
              19. Richard Chen
              20. IM Kaiqi Yang
              21. Efren Franco
              22. Brian Sayers ( USA )
              23. Philip Liang
              24. Claudio Sottile
              25. John R Brown
              26. Bobby Palacios
              27. Ruperto Frilles

              We are at 27 now with less than 3 weeks to go. Will update the list according to section in the next 1-2 weeks. We just received a very strong entry from SCC ( Fide rating 2195 ). That is fantastic news.

              Hamilton Open is this weekend Aug 15-16.

              Gary Hua
              Last edited by Gary Hua; Tuesday, 11th August, 2015, 06:43 PM.

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              • #22
                Re: 2015 Mississauga Open

                Originally posted by Bob Gillanders View Post
                Any comments, for or against, my suggestion of adjourned games on saturday completed on sunday morning?

                I'm not kidding, it is a serious idea!
                Too bad, I was hoping you were kidding.
                Even if FIDE allows it, 12 hours of play a day is nonsense.
                With faster time controls, three games a day becomes manageable if playing time is reduced to 9-10 hours a day, even if I personally think it is still too much.

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                • #23
                  Re: 2015 Mississauga Open

                  Originally posted by Jean Hébert View Post
                  Too bad, I was hoping you were kidding.
                  Even if FIDE allows it, 12 hours of play a day is nonsense.
                  With faster time controls, three games a day becomes manageable if playing time is reduced to 9-10 hours a day, even if I personally think it is still too much.
                  I would agree Jean, that 12 hours a day (or even 9-10) is nonsense, but we are talking about a weekend Open here - not an Interzonal or something where professional players are in the majority... The pronouncements of FIDE are governed by aliens though!
                  ...Mike Pence: the Lord of the fly.

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                  • #24
                    Re: 2015 Mississauga Open

                    Originally posted by Kerry Liles View Post
                    I would agree Jean, that 12 hours a day (or even 9-10) is nonsense, but we are talking about a weekend Open here -
                    Why do weekenders have to be exhausting to the extreme and unpleasant for normal people with a life outside of chess ? Because they are meant for amateurs ?
                    This is also nonsense. There is absolutely no reason to make amateurs play chess 12 hours a day and expect them to return for more.
                    Organizers just blindly follow the «tradition».

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                    • #25
                      Re: 2015 Mississauga Open

                      Myself, I have never understand the obsession with 5-round events.

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                      • #26
                        Re: 2015 Mississauga Open

                        Originally posted by Jean Hébert View Post
                        Why do weekenders have to be exhausting to the extreme and unpleasant for normal people with a life outside of chess ? Because they are meant for amateurs ?
                        This is also nonsense. There is absolutely no reason to make amateurs play chess 12 hours a day and expect them to return for more.
                        Organizers just blindly follow the «tradition».
                        I totally agree that playing 3 games a day is too exhausting but you have to budget your time and conserve your energy. Everyone has their own strategy and you have to develop your own. Besides, players are allowed to take two byes from rounds 1-4. If my arithmetic serves me right, if I took two byes in a tournament, it is similar to agreeing to two draws or winning one and losing one in two games. Both gives me a total score of 1. Sometimes, you don't have to play all your games to win a tournament, instead play around the system. Sometimes, you can even get a favorable pairing by doing so. There are options available for every chess player and its up to you to take advantage of.

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                        • #27
                          Re: 2015 Mississauga Open

                          Pre Registered list as at Aug 15, 2015

                          1. David Atanasov
                          2. Anthony Atanasov
                          3. Rahul Gangolli
                          4. Eugene Hua
                          5. Lee Hendon
                          6. Rob Gashgarian
                          7. Adam Cormier
                          8. Joshua Du
                          9. Federico Austria
                          10. Ferdinand Suspsup
                          11. Harvnder Kanwal
                          12. Harkeerat Kanwal
                          13. Sergey Noritsyn
                          14. Ivan Noritsyn
                          15. Simapreet Singh
                          16. Austin Xie
                          17. Arthava Srinivas
                          18. Constance Wang
                          19. Richard Chen
                          20. IM Kaiqi Yang
                          21. Efren Franco
                          22. Brian Sayers ( USA )
                          23. Philip Liang
                          24. Claudio Sottile
                          25. John R Brown
                          26. Bobby Palacios
                          27. Ruperto Frilles
                          28. Jim Mourgelas
                          29. Noah Nathaniel Yuen
                          30. Michelle Hua

                          We are at 30 now with less than 2 weeks to go. Will update the list according to section the next week. All chess equipment will be provided.

                          Gary Hua

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                          • #28
                            Re: 2015 Mississauga Open

                            Pre Registered list as at Aug 17, 2015

                            Open

                            1. IM Kaiqi Yang
                            2. NM Adam Cormier
                            3. Richard Chen
                            4. Sergey Noritsyn
                            5. Eugene Hua
                            6. Bobby Palacios
                            7. Federico Austria
                            8. Thomas Bark
                            9. Jeffrey Xu
                            10. Benjamin Lin
                            11. Kevin Yi-Xiao Yie

                            U-2000
                            1. Ferdinand Supsup
                            2. Ruperto Frilles
                            3. Rob Gashgarian
                            4. Efren Franco
                            5. Brian Sayers
                            6. Constance Wang
                            7. Joshua Du
                            8. Phillip Liang
                            9. Richard Wing
                            10. Raymond Franke

                            U-1600

                            1. David Atanasov
                            2. Anthony Atanasov
                            3. Lee Hendon
                            4. Harvinder Knawal
                            5. Harkeerat Kanwal
                            6. Austin Xie
                            7. Noah Nathaniel Yuen
                            8. Jim Mourgelas
                            9. John Brown
                            10. Claudio Sottile
                            11. Tianyi Shen
                            12. Qalib Ladhani

                            U-1200

                            1. Rahul Gangolli
                            2. Ivan Noritsyn
                            3. Simapreet Singh
                            4. Atharva Srinivas
                            5. Michelle Hua
                            6. Emma He
                            7. Angela Lin
                            8. Mike Farley
                            9. Nandita Bajaj
                            10. Jerry Gerber





                            We are at 43 now with less than 2 weeks to go ( equally split in all 4 sections ) . All chess equipment will be provided. Our target is 80-120 players. With more players means more prize $$$.

                            As Toronto Labor day tournament is not likely going to be held this year, why dont you guys ( Torontonians ) come and join us as this tournament will be the last one before summer holiday ends.

                            Gary Hua
                            Last edited by Gary Hua; Monday, 17th August, 2015, 05:44 PM.

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                            • #29
                              Re: 2015 Mississauga Open

                              As a parent, I vote to shorten the game a little if possible.

                              My son loves chess, but at the same time, I hope he has more time to relax and enjoy more outdoor activities. Some parents may have same thought like me.

                              I hope Chess organizers could consider this and find a balance to satisfy chess players from different age groups. I think Chess is a good mind-sport, but playing too much or too long may be not that good for health.

                              Thank you for consideration.

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                              • #30
                                Re: 2015 Mississauga Open

                                I enjoy having the Friday evening free. 3 games in one day is no trial for me, unless I'm sick. That said I do understand those who find three games tiring. But why not have 3, 2 and those who don't want to have 3 in one day can take a bye. As Ferdinand said bye's aren't the worst things ever, and can even work to your advantage sometimes.

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