Sunday Active at RA Chess Club

[Gordon Ritchie]

Every Sunday afternoon there is an active tournament at the RA Chess Club. It is open to non-members. Registration at 1 p.m. and clock starts at 1:30 p.m. Time control is 10 minutes + 10 seconds increment. Tournament Director is John Upper.

[Gordon Ritchie]

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Today's event was a Swiss with 10 players including John Upper(TD and defending champion), Peter Arsenault and 8 other players. It was won by yours truly who found a truly delightful winning move against Ehsan Farouz.
Next week, the tournament takes a break as the Fall Open takes over the RA facility but it is on again the next few Sundays until the Christmas break.

[Garland Best]

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Great to hear Gordon. Kudos to you and John for elevating Sunday chess at the club.

[Kevin Pacey]

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Just to be clear, are these RA Sunday Active events to be or not to be CFC rated?

Assuming they are CFC rated, for the sake of non-club players who may be unfamiliar with the RA club, fwiw I'm used to the registration fee for club Active events being equal to the CFC rating fee for an Active event (officially called a 'Quick' event by the CFC), that is $3 (currently).

[Gordon Ritchie]

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At this point, they are unrated and open to non-RA members. Come on, come all.

[Gordon Ritchie]

Sunday Active at RA Chess Club 6 December

Today's RA Sunday Rapid tournament saw two players with 4 points out of five: Halldor Palsson and Francesco Dunne who won their individual encounter. the tournament ran five rounds with ten participants and a time control of 10 minutes plus 5 second increment. TD was John Upper.

[Gordon Ritchie]

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Fourteen players took part in this Sunday's active tournament at the RA Ottawa Chess Club. Co-winners were FM Alex Davies and WIM Qiyu Zhou (who took a bye in Round One). Alone in third was Bill Doubleday. The event was a swiss format 5-round tournament directed by John Upper. Time control is 10 minutes with a 5 second increment. Next week play resumes under the direction of Halldor Palssen.

[Gordon Ritchie]

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Today saw another strong turnout for the Sunday Active at Ottawa's RA Chess Club. The 14-player event was won by Armando Valdizon with a perfect score of 5/5 after a narrow escape in the final round against yours truly who mishandled a completely won endgame to give him the full point.:p That left WIM Qiyu Zhou alone in second with 4 points, losing only to the ultimate winner. TD was Halldor Palsson and the TC was the usual 10 minutes + 5 second increments.
Halldor will run the event on Sundays over the holidays so long as enough players are interested.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

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Standings. DECEMBER 20: DECEMBER @)

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Armando Valdizon 2196 W9 W3 W2 W10 W7 5.0
2 2 Qiyu Zhou 2328 W7 W5 L1 W3 W10 4.0
3 3-4 Alex Davies 2272 W8 L1 W6 L2 W11 3.0
4 Halldor Peter Palsson 2004 W11 H--- H--- H--- H--- 3.0
5 5-9 Simon Kuttner 2056 W13 L2 L7 W9 D6 2.5
6 Amos Kuttner 1896 W12 D10 L3 D7 D5 2.5
7 Gordon Ritchie 1776 L2 W13 W5 D6 L1 2.5
8 Michael J Holmes 1752 L3 L11 D9 W13 W12 2.5
9 Ehsan Forouzandeh 1519 L1 W12 D8 L5 W13 2.5
10 10-11 Sam Marin 2048 H--- D6 W11 L1 L2 2.0
11 Vahid Fallahi unr. L4 W8 L10 W12 L3 2.0
12 12 Cezary Michalowski unr. L6 L9 W13 L11 L8 1.0
13 13 Chika Nnagbo unr. L5 L7 L12 L8 L9 0.0

We are open next Sunday.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

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Duplicate post.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

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Standings. December27:

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot
1 1-2 Ehsan Forouzandeh 1642 W9 W7 W8 D2 L4 W5 4.5
2 Shouzhen Gu 1144 L8 W6 W5 D1 W9 W4 4.5
3 3-7 Halldor Peter Palsson 2004 H--- H--- H--- H--- H--- H--- 3.0
4 Michael J Holmes 1752 W6 L8 L7 W9 W1 L2 3.0
5 Drew Metcalfe 1407 L7 W9 L2 W6 W8 L1 3.0
6 Shougan Gu 1176 L4 L2 W9 L5 W7 W8 3.0
7 Daniel Xu 1110 W5 L1 W4 W8 L6 U--- 3.0
8 8 Vahid Fallahi 1450 W2 W4 L1 L7 L5 L6 2.0
9 9 Chika Nnagbo 1155 L1 L5 L6 L4 L2 U--- 0.0

We are open Sunday January 3rd.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

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JUST a reminder that the we are open Sunday and play starts at 1:30.

Also a perfect opportunity to drop by and Register for the RA Winter Open which is on Friday January 8.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

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SwissSys Standings. January 3

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#Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot 
1 1 Adam Adriaanse 2149 W7 W2 W4 W6 W5 5.0 
2 2 Sam Marin 2048 W8 L1 W6 W7 W4 4.0 
3 3 Peter Arseneau 1851 H--- H--- H--- H--- W8 3.0 
4 4 Jay Serdula 1785 D6 W7 L1 W8 L2 2.5 
5 5-6 Halldor Peter Palsson 2004 H--- H--- H--- H--- L1 2.0 
6   Daniel Xu 1110 D4 W8 L2 L1 D7 2.0 
7 7 Ehsan Forouzandeh 1685 L1 L4 W8 L2 D6 1.5 
8 8 Shougan Gu 1176 L2 L6 L7 L4 L3 0.0 
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Next session is on January 17. There is a weekend tournament on at the RA January 10th so no formal tournament is put on that day.

[John Upper]

2016-01-17 RACC Sunday Active

The RA Sunday Active resumed today after a break for last weekend's RA Winter Open.

Congratulations to 8-year-old Daniel Xu, who scored 4/5 to tie for 1st with Halldor Palsson.

#	Place	Name		Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	1-2	Halldor Palsson	1968	+8(b)	+2(w)	-4(b)	+5(w)	+9(b)	4.0
2	1-2	Daniel Xu	1100	+9(w)	-1(b)	+8(w)	+4(w)	+5(b)	4.0
3	3	John Upper	2206	+6(w)	+5(b)	BYE	BYE	BYE	3.5
4	4	Kamal Balazadeh	1720	BYE	BYE	+1(w)	-2(b)	+7(b)	3.0
5	5-7	Gordon Ritchie	1790	+7(w)	-3(w)	+6(b)	-1(b)	-2(w)	2.0
6	5-7	Shougan Gu	1475	-3(b)	+7(w)	-5(w)	+9(b)	-8(w)	2.0
7	5-7	Marc Boudreau	1293	-5(b)	-6(b)	+9(w)	+8(b)	-4(w)	2.0
8	8	Jaleel Moidu	1313	-1(w)	=9(b)	-2(b)	-7(w)	+6(b)	1.5
9	9	Ehsan Forouz	1535	-2(b)	=8(w)	-7(b)	-6(w)	-1(w)	0.5

Same time next weekend: Sunday Jan 24.
Club opens at 1pm, tournament starts at 1:30. TC: 10m + 5s.

[John Upper]

Sunday Jan 24, 2016

Results from Jan 24 Rapid. Congratulations to Kamal Balazadeh, who swept the field.

SwissSys Standings. RACC Sunday Rapid 20160124: Open 
#  Place Name               Rtng Rd 1     Rd 2     Rd 3     Rd 4     Rd 5     Tot  
1  1     Kamal Balazadeh    1825 +10(w)  +3(b)   +6(b)   +2(w)   +5(w)    5.0 
2  2     Mike Schofield     1895 =5(w)   +10(b)  +3(w)   -1(b)   +7(w)    3.5 
3  3-6   Gordon Ritchie     1658 +9(b)   -1(w)   -2(b)   +12(w)  +10(b)   3.0 
4        Jaleel Moidu       1208 +12(b)  -6(w)   -7(b)   +10(w)  +9(w)    3.0 
5        Ehsan Forouz       1497 =2(b)   =7(w)   +9(b)   +6(w)   -1(b)    3.0 
6        Vahid Falahi       unr. +7(b)   +4(b)   -1(w)   -5(b)   +12(w)   3.0 
7  7     Marc Boudreau      1409 -6(w)   =5(b)   +4(w)   +9(b)   -2(b)    2.5 
8  8     John Upper         2053 bye(-)  bye(-)  bye(-)  bye(-)   bye(-)  1.5 
9  9-10  Conor Jacobson     unr. -3(w)   +12(b)  -5(w)   -7(w)   -4(b)    1.0 
10       Cezary Michalowski unr. -1(b)   -2(w)   +12(w)  -4(b)   -3(w)    1.0 
11 11-12 Sarah Tanguay      unr. WD (-)  WD (-)  WD (-)  WD (-)   WD (-)  0.0 
12       Jesse Carter       unr. -4(w)   -9(w)   -10(b)  -3(b)   -6(b)    0.0

Same time next week:
at the RA Chess Club.
Registration at 1- 1:20 p.m.
Round 1 starts at 1:30 p.m.
TC: 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment.