Sunday Active at RA Chess Club

[Halldor P. Palsson]

2017-08-06

Congratulations to Dusan Simic on his 5/5! No tournament on Sunday - Smiths Falls EOCA event is on.

Standings. 2017 August 6:

#	Place	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	1	Dusan Simic	2093	W9	W6	W2	W3	W7	5.0
2	2-4	Svitlana Demchenko	2231	W6	W3	L1	W7	L4	3.0
3	 	Walter H. Chan	2138	W7	L2	W8	L1	W9	3.0
4	 	Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi	1924	H---	H---	L7	W6	W2	3.0
5	5	Halldor P Palsson	2050	H---	H---	H---	H---	H---	2.5
6	6-7	Ehsan Forouzandeh	1762	L2	L1	W9	L4	W8	2.0
7	 	Kamal Balazadeh	1752	L3	W9	W4	L2	L1	2.0
8	8	Chika Nnagbo	1400	H---	H---	L3	D9	L6	1.5
9	9	Vincent Qin	1129	L1	L7	L6	D8	L3	0.5

[John Upper]

2017-08-20

17 players, including FIVE first-timers, came out on a pre-eclipse Sunday. Svitlana Demchenko happily accepted all gifts :) and was the clear winner with 4.5/5.

NO RAPID NEXT SUNDAY, August 27. The RA Centre will be doing electrical repairs. The RACC Sunday rapid returns September 3.

#	Place	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	1	Svitlana Demchenko 2224	+8 (w)	=4 (b)	+10 (w)	+6 (b)	+5 (w)	4.5
2	2	David Fei	1924	+14 (w)	-3 (b)	+4 (w)	+7 (b)	+6 (w)	4.0
3	3-4	John Upper	2121	+11 (b)	+2 (w)	BYE(-)	BYE(-)	BYE(-)	3.5
4		Halldor Palsson	2050	+17 (b)	=1 (w)	-2 (b)	+9 (w)	+10 (b)	3.5
5	5-8	Bill Doubleday	2042	+13 (w)	+7 (b)	-6 (w)	+8 (b)	-1 (b)	3.0
6		Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi 1960 +15 (b) +10 (w)	+5 (b) -1 (w) -2 (b)	3.0
7		Peter Arseneau	1799	+16 (b)	-5 (w)	+11 (b)	-2 (w)	+12 (b)	3.0
8		Kamal Balazadeh	1734	-1 (b)	+15 (w)	+14 (b)	-5 (w)	+11 (b)	3.0
9	9	Chika Nnagbo	1400 BYE(-)	Bye	+12 (w)	-4 (b)	+15 (w)	2.5
10	10-14	Adam Adriaanse	2099	+12 (w)	-6 (b)	-1 (b)	+13 (w)	-4 (w)	2.0
11		Vahid Fallahi	1700	-3 (w)	+13 (b)	-7 (w)	+15 (b)	-8 (w)	2.0
12		Ehsan Forouz	1535	-10 (b)	+16 (w)	-9 (b)	+14 (w)	-7 (w)	2.0
13		Fred Crowe	unr.	-5 (b)	-11 (w)	+16 (b)	-10 (b)	+17 (w)	2.0
14		Ameer Rashid	unr.	-2 (b)	+17 (w)	-8 (w)	-12 (b)	+16 (w)	2.0
15	15-16	Jeremie Kimble	unr.	-6 (w)	-8 (b)	+17 (b)	-11 (w)	-9 (b)	1.0
16		Nathan Kimble	unr.	-7 (w)	-12 (b)	-13 (w)	+17 (w)	-14 (b)	1.0
17		Solie Kimble	unr.	-4 (w)	-14 (b)	-15 (w)	-16 (b)	-13 (b)	0.0

[John Upper]

Re: Sunday Active at RA Chess Club

Electrical repairs at the RA Centre were postponed, and a few people who didn't know anything of the scheduled repairs joined the regulars we could inform by email, and we had a 12-player Swiss.

Justin Gagnon and the TD tied for 1st with 4/5.

We expect to have another rapid September 3, but watch this space for announcements in case the repairs get rescheduled.

#	Place	Name	    Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	1-2	John Upper	2121	+8 (b)	+5 (w)	BYE	=2 (b)	+10 (w)	4.0
2		Justin Gagnon	1778	+10 (b)	+3 (w)	+6 (b)	=1 (w)	=5 (b)	4.0
3	3-5	Halldor Palsson	2050	+9 (w)	-2 (b)	+7 (w)	=4 (b)	+8 (w)	3.5
4		Bill Doubleday	2042	+11 (b)	-6 (w)	+8 (b)	=3 (w)	+12 (b)	3.5
5		Gordon Ritchie	1828	+12 (w)	-1 (b)	+9 (w)	+7 (b)	=2 (w)	3.5
6	6-9	Armando Valdizon 2243	+7 (w)	+4 (b)	-2 (w)	WD	WD	2.0
7		Ehsan Forouzandeh 1762	-6 (b)	+11 (w)	-3 (b)	-5 (w)	+9 (w)	2.0
8		Kamal Balazadeh	1734	-1 (w)	+12 (b)	-4 (w)	+10 (b)	-3 (b)	2.0
9		Vincent Qin	1106	-3 (b)	+10 (w)	-5 (b)	+12 (w)	-7 (b)	2.0
10	10	Lynn Manni	unr.	-2 (w)	-9 (b)	+12 (w)	-8 (w)	-1 (b)	1.0
11	11-12	Michael Shi	unr.	-4 (w)	-7 (b)	WD	WD	WD	0.0
12		Josh Gagnon	unr.	-5 (b)	-8 (w)	-10 (b)	-9 (b)	-4 (w)	0.0

[Larry Bevand]

Re: Sunday Active at RA Chess Club

Electrical repairs at the RA Centre were postponed, and a few people who didn't know anything of the scheduled repairs joined the regulars we could inform by email, and we had a 12-player Swiss.

Jusin Gagnon and the TD tied for 1st with 4/5.

We expect to have another rapid September 3, but watch this space for announcements in case the repairs get rescheduled.

#	Place	Name	    Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	1-2	John Upper	2121	+8 (b)	+5 (w)	BYE	=2 (b)	+10 (w)	4.0
2		Justin Gagnon	1778	+10 (b)	+3 (w)	+6 (b)	=1 (w)	=5 (b)	4.0
3	3-5	Halldor Palsson	2050	+9 (w)	-2 (b)	+7 (w)	=4 (b)	+8 (w)	3.5
4		Bill Doubleday	2042	+11 (b)	-6 (w)	+8 (b)	=3 (w)	+12 (b)	3.5
5		Gordon Ritchie	1828	+12 (w)	-1 (b)	+9 (w)	+7 (b)	=2 (w)	3.5
6	6-9	Armando Valdizon 2243	+7 (w)	+4 (b)	-2 (w)	WD	WD	2.0
7		Ehsan Forouzandeh 1762	-6 (b)	+11 (w)	-3 (b)	-5 (w)	+9 (w)	2.0
8		Kamal Balazadeh	1734	-1 (w)	+12 (b)	-4 (w)	+10 (b)	-3 (b)	2.0
9		Vincent Qin	1106	-3 (b)	+10 (w)	-5 (b)	+12 (w)	-7 (b)	2.0
10	10	Lynn Manni	unr.	-2 (w)	-9 (b)	+12 (w)	-8 (w)	-1 (b)	1.0
11	11-12	Michael Shi	unr.	-4 (w)	-7 (b)	WD	WD	WD	0.0
12		Josh Gagnon	unr.	-5 (b)	-8 (w)	-10 (b)	-9 (b)	-4 (w)	0.0

You can run your next event at Chess'n Math on Bank Street if you want...just give us a heads up...no charge for the space. On Sunday we are usually open from noon to 5..tell me if you need extended hours...we will also offer a $25 gift certificate to the shop as a bonus :)

Larry

[Gordon Ritchie]

Re: Sunday Active at RA Chess Club

Electrical repairs at the RA Centre were postponed, and a few people who didn't know anything of the scheduled repairs joined the regulars we could inform by email, and we had a 12-player Swiss.

Jusin Gagnon and the TD tied for 1st with 4/5.

Make that Justin who played a great tournament tying for first as the lowest rated among the top six.

[John Upper]

Re: Sunday Active at RA Chess Club

Thanks for the great offer Larry!

I checked with David G at SG, and he says the playing room there is so -- let's say "well stocked" --- that we'd probably be able to fit only 10 adult players. So, much as I am reluctant to turn down your generous gift certificate prize offer, I'd rather turn down prizes than turn away players.

Happily, I called the RA and they say there's noclear of the electrical closure this weekend; so that's where we'll be this Sunday.

[John Upper]

2017-09-03

15 players (good for a Labour Day Sunday), and four first-times (very good for any Sunday), were topped by first-time visitor Jikai Zhang with 4 wins and a bye.

#	Place	        Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	1	Jikai Zhang	1978	bye	+9 (b)	+7 (w)	+2 (w)	+5 (b)	4.5
2	2	David Fei	2101	+12 (w)	+6 (b)	+5 (w)	-1 (b)	+3 (b)	4.0
3	3-6	Svitlana Demchenko 2228	-10 (w)	+14 (b)	+11 (w)	+4 (b)	-2 (w)	3.0
4		John Upper	2141	+11 (b)	=7 (w)	BYE	-3 (w)	+8 (w)	3.0
5		Sam Marin	2093	+14 (b)	+10 (w)	-2 (b)	+7 (b)	-1 (w)	3.0
6		Gordon Ritchie	1832	+15 (b)	-2 (w)	-10 (b)	+13 (w)	+11 (b)	3.0
7	7-9	Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi 1885 +13 (w) =4 (b)	-1 (b)	-5 (w)	+14 (w)	2.5
8		Justin Gagnon	1809	bye	BYE	+12 (w)	+9 (w)	-4 (b)	2.5
9		Cayden Khorrami	unr.	bye	-1 (w)	+14 (w)	-8 (b)	+15 (b)	2.5
10	10-11	Peter Arseneau	1777	+3 (b)	-5 (b)	+6 (w)	bye	bye	2.0
11		Kamal Balazadeh	1752	-4 (w)	+13 (b)	-3 (b)	+12 (w)	-6 (w)	2.0
12	12-13	Chika Nnagbo	1400	-2 (b)	+15 (w)	-8 (b)	-11 (b)	=13 (w)	1.5
13		Samuel Khosla	unr.	-7 (b)	-11 (w)	+15 (b)	-6 (b)	=12 (b)	1.5
14	14-15	Simon Celer-Matas unr.	-5 (w)	-3 (w)	-9 (b)	=15 (w)	-7 (b)	0.5
15		Jeremie Kimble	unr.	-6 (w)	-12 (b)	-13 (w)	=14 (b)	-9 (w)	0.5

Same time next week.

[Larry Bevand]

Re: Sunday Active at RA Chess Club

Hi John,

I didn't realize you had responded to my post...Vadim Tyspin pointed it out to me earlier this week...we can make it work if ever you need space...in the past we organized active tournaments with 30 players in our basement. Basically our space is there to be used by chessplayers...if we can help in the future...contact me and we will move mountains :)...and some stock too :)

[John Upper]

2017-09-10

14 players, including two first-timers, played Sunday with a three-way tie for first: Armando Valdizon, Jikai Zhang, and Kamall Balazadeh will have to settle their differences next week: Sunday September 17.

#	Place	         Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	1-3	Armando Valdizon 2243	+8 (w)	+3 (b)	+4 (w)	-2 (b)	+11 (w)	4.0
2		Jikai Zhang	1978	Bye	Bye	+6 (b)	+1 (w)	+4 (w)	4.0
3		Kamal Balazadeh 1752	+10 (b)	-1 (w)	+7 (b)	+5 (w)	+9 (b)	4.0
4	4-5	Daniel Xu	1879	+14 (b)	+5 (w)	-1 (b)	+10 (w)	-2 (b)	3.0
5		Gordon Ritchie	1832	+9 (w)	-4 (b)	+13 (w)	-3 (b)	+10 (w)	3.0
6	6-7	John Upper	2141	BYE	Bye	-2 (w)	+8 (b)	Bye	2.5
7		Vahid Fallahi	1650	BYE	-8 (b)	-3 (w)	+14 (w)	+13 (b)	2.5
8	8-11	Chika Nnagbo	1400	-1 (b)	+7 (w)	-10 (b)	-6 (w)	+14 (b)	2.0
9		Cayden Grant	unr.	-5 (b)	-10 (w)	+14 (b)	+13 (w)	-3 (w)	2.0
10		Charles Gareau	unr.	-3 (w)	+9 (b)	+8 (w)	-4 (b)	-5 (b)	2.0
11		Paul Beckwith	2113	Bye	Bye	Bye	Bye	-1 (b)	2.0
12	12	Li Geng	       1448	+13 (w)	Bye	WD	WD	WD	1.5
13	13	Jeremie Kimble	unr.	-12 (b)	+14 (w)	-5 (b)	-9 (b)	-7 (w)	1.0
14	14	Solie Kimble	unr.	-4 (w)	-13 (b)	-9 (w)	-7 (b)	-8 (w)	0.0

[John Upper]

Re: Sunday Active at RA Chess Club

Again, thanks for your generous offer.

While I do not think we will be needing a space anytime soon, I do see a time in the not-too-distant future when some of our RACC stalwarts will be happy to use it as a "safe" place to play: an underground bunker where their old chess habits will be safe from the cruel refutations of the hoard of young chess monsters CnM has unleashed on Ottawa. :)

[John Upper]

2017.09.17

13 players, including one first-timer, on an Indian Summer Sunday. Zac Dukic -- 2016 RACC Co-Champ -- won with 5/5.

Same time next week, but NO RAPID OCT 1, when there is an EOCA event at the RA Centre.

#	Place	Name	         Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	1	Zachary Dukic	2254	+5 (w)	+2 (b)	+4 (w)	+3 (b)	+8 (b)	5.0
2	2	Daniel Xu	1879	+13 (b)	-1 (w)	+12 (b)	+6 (w)	+3 (w)	4.0
3	3-6	John Upper	2141	+11 (b)	BYE	BYE	-1 (w)	-2 (b)	3.0
4		Kamal Balazadeh 1752	+10 (w)	+7 (b)	-1 (b)	+9 (w)	-6 (b)	3.0
5		Ray Kuryliw	1748	-1 (b)	-11 (w)	+13 (w)	+10 (b)	+9 (b)	3.0
6		Matthew Cook	1005	+9 (b)	+8 (w)	-7 (b)	-2 (b)	+4 (w)	3.0
7	7-8	Armando Valdizon 2243 +12 (b)	-4 (w)	+6 (w)	 BYE U--- (-)	2.5
8		Sam Marin	2093	 BYE	-6 (b) +10 (w)	+11 (b)	-1 (w)	2.5
9	9	Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi 1885 -6 (w)	+13 (b)	+11 (w)	-4 (b)	-5 (w)	2.0
10	10-11	Cayden Grant	unr.	-4 (b)	=12 (w)	-8 (b)	-5 (w)	+13 (w)	1.5
11		Jeremie Kimble	unr.	-3 (w)	+5 (b)	-9 (b)	-8 (w)	=12 (b)	1.5
12	12-13	Chika Nnagbo	1400	-7 (w)	=10 (b)	-2 (w)	-13 (b)	=11 (w)	1.0
13		Taras Matkovsky	877	-2 (w)	-9 (w)	-5 (b)	+12 (w)	-10 (b)	1.0

[John Upper]

2017-09-24

16 players on a surprisingly hot late September Ottawa Sunday resulted in a 3-way tie for 1st between Armando Valdizon, David Fei, and Christian Collins, who gets the bragging rights for having defeated them both.

Reminder: NO RACC RAPID SUNDAY OCTOBER 1: there is a three-day EOCA weekend tournament at the RA that weekend. The Sunday rapid returns Oct. 8.

#	Place	        Name	Rtng	  Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
											
1	1-3	Armando Valdizon 2243	+10(w)	-3(b)    +9 (b)	+8(w)	+4(b)	4.0										
2		David Fei	2051	+16(w)	+6(b)	-3(w)    +7(b)   +5 (w)	4.0										
3		Christian Collins 2047	+14(b)	+1 (w)	+2(b)	-4 (w)	+9 (b)	4.0									
4	4	John Upper	2141	+8 (b)	=9 (w)	+7 (w)	+3 (b)	-1 (w)	3.5												
5	5-8	Bill Doubleday	2007	+11(w)	-7(b)	  +10(w)  +6(b)	-2 (b)	3.0														
6		Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi 1901 +15(b)    -2(w)    +12(b)	-5(w)	+10(b)	3.0												
7		Peter Arseneau	1777	+13(b)	+5(w)	-4 (b)	-2(w)	+12(b)	3.0												
8		Kamal Balazadeh 1752	-4(w)	+11(b)	+16(w)   -1(b)	   +13(w)	3.0													
9	9	Daniel Xu	1896	+12(w)	=4(b)	-1(w)	+13(b)    -3(w)	2.5												
10	10-12	Ray Kuryliw	1766	-1(b)	+15 (w)	-5(b)   +16(w)    -6(w)	2.0												
11		Dwain Matthews	unr.	-5 (b)	-8(w)	-15(b)	+14(b)	+16(w)	2.0												
12		Jeremie Kimble	unr.	-9 (b)	+14(w)   -6(w)	+15(b)	-7(w)	2.0													
13	13	Cayden Grant	unr.	-7(w)	=16 (b)	+14(w)   -9(w)	-8(b)	1.5											
14	14-15	Taras Matkovsky	unr.	-3(w)	-12 (b)	-13 (b)	-11 (w)	+15(w)	1.0											
15		Kipper Li	unr.	-6(w)	-10(b)	+11(w)	-12(w)	-14(b)	1.0											
16	16	Chika Nnagbo	1400	-2(b)	=13(w)	-8(b)	  -10 (b)  -11 (b)	0.5

[Neil Frarey]

Re: 2017-09-24

About one third of the field are UNRs ..congrats!

Makes wonder how many UNRs drop by over the course of a year ...close to 150 I'd say?!

[John Upper]

Re: 2017-09-24

Makes wonder how many UNRs drop by over the course of a year ...close to 150 I'd say?!

Not nearly.
The events are unrated, so players who enter as UR remain UR.

We could rate them, but then we'd have to charge CFC membership fees and rating fees, which would probably drive away people who aren't sure they want to play much tournament chess.

URs are people who are interested in chess, but do not play in CFC or FQE tournaments; the Sunday Rapids give them a chance to see what it's like.

For me, thhe interesting numbers would be:

• the ratio of people who convert from non-members to members vs those who continue to play only on Sundays.
• the ratio of Sunday players who quit chess soon after vs the first-time CFC/FQE tournament players who quit chess soon after.

[John Upper]

Thanksgiving 2017

12 players and 1 TD showed up to pay "thanks" to their chess addiction on a fine Sunday afternoon. Three players tied for first with 4/5, with the "late" David Fei taking bragging rights over Christian Collins who he beat in round 3, and the TD, who preferred to take full point byes rather than duke it out like a real tough guy.

RACC Sunday rapid continues next week, Oct 15, 2017. Please try to arrive before 1:20 pm.

#	Place	        Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	1-3	David Fei	2051	bye	bye	+3 (b)	+8 (w)	+10 (w)	4.0
2		John Upper	2141	BYE	BYE	+4 (b)	bye	bye	4.0
3		Christian Collins 2047	+9 (w)	+6 (b)	-1 (w)	+5 (b)	+4 (w)	4.0
4	4-8	Kamal Balazadeh 1752	+11 (w)	+10 (b)	-2 (w)	+9 (w)	-3 (b)	3.0
5		Vahid Fllahi	1600	+13 (b)	-8 (w)	+6 (b)	-3 (w)	+9 (b)	3.0
6		Cayden Grant	unr.	+8 (b)	-3 (w)	-5 (w)	+12 (b)	+11 (b)	3.0
7		Chika Nnagbo	1400	bye	bye	0	+13 (b)	+12 (w)	3.0
8		Daniel Labib	1276	-6 (w)	+5 (b)	+11 (w)	-1 (b)	+13 (w)	3.0
9	9-10	Sanjay Ramesh	1191	-3 (b)	+13 (w)	+10 (w)	-4 (b)	-5 (w)	2.0
10		Gordon Ritchie	1810	+12 (b)	-4 (w)	-9 (b)	+11 (w)	-1 (b)	2.0
11	11-12	Michael Labib	unr.	-4 (b)	+12 (w)	-8 (b)	-10 (b)	-6 (w)	1.0
12		Rami Labib	1083	-10 (w)	-11 (b)	+13 (w)	-6 (w)	-7 (b)	1.0
13	13	Andre Labib	unr.	-5 (w)	-9 (b)	-12 (b)	-7 (w)	-8 (b)	0.0