Sunday Active at RA Chess Club

[Vadim Tsypin]

Re: Sunday Active at RA Chess Club

I'm using Chrome, and it's still happening.

I use chrome and I have no problems. I can change fonts and colors, as well as add links: http://en.chessbase.com/post/judit-p...chess-festival

Thanks John and Garland for these datapoints. I've finally logged in to Ubuntu: Firefox doesn't display any icons or buttons there as well. Firefox, MS Edge, obsolete Internet Explorer under Windows: no buttons either. At this point I'm resigned to writing HTML tags by hand. :)

[John Upper]

2017-11-05

Armando Valdizon gave up one draw -- from what looked like a very good anti-Benoni/Benko as White -- to Dusan Simic to finish clear first with 4.5/5.

Several players demonstrated the inelasticity of time by showing up their customary 5 minutes late, despite the clocks going back 1 hour last night.

NB: NO RAPID NEXT WEEKEND -- Nov 10-12 -- as there will be an EOCA tournament at the RA Centre then.

Rapid returns Nov 19.

Ugly crosstable below, since I still see no formatting buttons in Chrome and "view source" does not show me the necessary HTML code:

#	Place	Name	        Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
									
1	1	Armando Valdizon 2243	+5(w)	+4(b)	=3(w)	+8(b)	+7(w)	4.5
2	2	John Upper	2141	+11(b)	BYE	BYE	bye	bye	4.0
3	3-6	Dusan Simic	2181	+14(b)	+6(w)	=1(b)	=7(w)	=4(b)	3.5
4		Gordon Ritchie	1810	+12(b)	-1(w)	+10(b)	+9(w)	=3(w)	3.5
5		Kamal Balazadeh	1752	-1(b)	+11(w)	=6(b)	+12(w)	+9(b)	3.5
6		Jan Huus	1833	+13(w)	-3(b)	=5(w)	+10(b)	+8(w)	3.5
7	7	Daniel Xu	1950	-9(w)	+13(b)	+8(w)	=3(b)	-1(b)	2.5
8	8-11	Mike Schofield	1895	+10(b)	+9(w)	-7(b)	-1(w)	-6(b)	2.0
9		Vincent Qin	1396	+7(b)	-8(b)	+13(w)	-4(b)	-5(w)	2.0
10		Michael Shi	unr.	-8(w)	+12(b)	-4(w)	-6(w)	+11(b)	2.0
11		Cayden Grant	unr.	-2(w)	-5(b)	+12(w)	+13(b)	-10(w)	2.0
12	12	Adam Kowalczewski unr.	-4(w)	-10(w)	-11(b)	-5(b)	+13(w)	1.0
13	13-14	Rabih Aoun	unr.	-6(b)	-7(w)	-9(b)	-11(w)	-12(b)	0.0
14		Li Geng	        1448	-3(w)	WD	WD	WD	WD	0.0

[Neil Frarey]

Re: Sunday Active at RA Chess Club

1.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2.	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Unfortunately it seems that this forum will insert a <br> tag for every line of code that is within a table's block of code above the table ...ugh! So, to avoid having a table being pushed wayyyyyy down in a post I created the above table by writing the code line beside line ... instead of the natural order; line under line.

Hope that helps ...some.

:D

[John Upper]

2017-11-19

15 players braved Ottawa's first snowfall of this winter to play at the RACC Sunday Rapid. Dusan Simic won with 5/5!

Same time next week... as we plow into the third year (!) of RACC Sunday Rapids.

#	Place	Name	       Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	1	Dusan Simic	2181	+5(w)	+12(b)	+3(w)	+7(b)	+6(w)	5.0
2	2-3	John Upper	2141	+10(b)	+13(w)	BYE	bye	bye	4.0
3		Christian Collins 2049	+4(b)	+6(w)	-1(b)	+8(w)	+5(b)	4.0
4	4	Kamal Balazadeh	1752	-3(w)	-7(b)	+15(w)	+11(b)	+10(w)	3.0
5	5-9	Gordon Ritchie	1810	-1(b)	+11(w)	=6(b)	+9(b)	-3(w)	2.5
6		Mike Schofield	unr.	+8(b)	-3(b)	=5(w)	+12(w)	-1(b)	2.5
7		Spencer Martin	1746	=9(b)	+4(w)	=12(b)	-1(w)	=8(b)	2.5
8		Peter Arseneau	1814	-6(w)	+9(w)	+10(b)	-3(b)	=7(w)	2.5
9		Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi 1891 =7(w)	-8(b)	+13(b)	-5(w)	+12(b)	2.5
10	10-11	Taras Matkovsky	877	-2(w)	+14(b)	-8(w)	+13(b)	-4(b)	2.0
11		Jack Honey	unr.	-12(w)	-5(b)	+14(w)	-4(w)	+15(b)	2.0
12	12-13	Jan Huus	1833	+11(b)	-1(w)	=7(w)	-6(b)	-9(w)	1.5
13		Chika Nnagbo	1400	bye	-2(b)	-9(w)	-10(w)	+14(b)	1.5
14	14	Rabih Aoun	unr.	U---(-)	-10(w)	-11(b)	+15(b)	-13(w)	1.0
15	15	Lynn Mani	781	bye	U---(-)	-4(b)	-14(w)	-11(w)	0.5

[Gordon Ritchie]

Re: Sunday Active at RA Chess Club

Thanks yet again to John Upper for making the Sunday Active such a success.

[John Upper]

2017-11-26

20 players, light snow, no distractions from the Grey Cup crowd. Three players scored 4/5 to share the lead in the race for the giveaway for "The Chess Attacker's Handbook: Paul Beckwith, Christian Collins and David Fei.

Same time next week.

#	Place	Name	        Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	1-3	Paul Beckwith	2113	+15(w)	+8(b)	-6(w)	+9(b)	+2(b)	4.0
2		Christian Collins 2049	+7(w)	+3(b)	+4(w)	+6(b)	-1(w)	4.0
3		David Fei	2051	+13(b)	-2(w)	+14(b)	+8(w)	+6(b)	4.0
4	4-5	John Upper	2141	+19(b)	+10(w)	-2(b)	=5(w)	+7(w)	3.5
5		Daniel Xu	1950	+17(w)	+14(b)	-9(w)	=4(b)	+11(w)	3.5
6	6-9	Mike Schofield	1895	+16(b)	+9(w)	+1(b)	-2(w)	-3(w)	3.0
7		Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi 1794 -2(b)	+17(w)	+12(b)	+10(w)	-4(b)	3.0
8		Kamal Balazadeh 1752	+12(w)	-1(w)	+15(b)	-3(b)	+13(w)	3.0
9		Armando Valdizon 2243	+11(w)	-6(b)	+5(b)	-1(w)	+12(b)	3.0
10	10-11	Gordon Ritchie	1810	+18(w)	-4(b)	=11(w)	-7(b)	+14(w)	2.5
11		Ehsan Forouz	1535	-9(b)	+16(w)	=10(b)	+14(w)	-5(b)	2.5
12	12-13	Michael Shi	unr.	-8(b)	+13(w)	-7(w)	+16(b)	-9(w)	2.0
13		Oswin Ning	1323	-3(w)	-12(b)	+18(b)	+15(w)	-8(b)	2.0
14	14-18	Alwin Ning	1537	+20(b)	-5(w)	-3(w)	-11(b)	-10(b)	1.0
15		Vincent Qin	1396	-1(b)	+18(w)	-8(w)	-13(b)	F17(-)	1.0
16		Jeremie Kimble	1059	-6(w)	-11(b)	+17(b)	-12(w)	-18(b)	1.0
17		Jay Revoy	1195	-5(b)	-7(b)	-16(w)	+18(w)	F15(-)	1.0
18		Taras Matkovsky 877	-10(b)	-15(b)	-13(w)	-17(b)	+16(w)	1.0
19	19-20	Li Geng	      1448	-4(w)	WD	WD	WD	WD	0.0
20		Rabih Aoun       unr.	-14(w)	WD	WD	WD	WD	0.0

[David Fei]

Re: Sunday Active at RA Chess Club

So what happens if there is a tie for first after the 3 events? Rip the book?

[John Upper]

Re: Sunday Active at RA Chess Club

So what happens if there is a tie for first after the 3 events? Rip the book?

... and the player with better tie break gets the top half of the book.

(because I am as wise as King Solomon)

[John Upper]

2017-12-03

20 players, more or less, put up with a grumpy TD and played 5 competitive rounds, with Christian Collins topping the table with 4.5/5

#	Place	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	1	Christian Collins 2049	+18(b)	+5(w)	+3(b)	+2(w)	=4(b)	4.5
2	2	Armando Valdizon 2243	+10(w)	+7(b)	+11(w)	-1(b)	+5(w)	4.0
3	3-4	John Upper	2141	+12(w)	+19(b)	-1(w)	=10(b)	+9(w)	3.5
4		Halldor Palsson	1995	+15(b)	+16(w)	-9(b)	+13(w)	=1(w)	3.5
5	5-8	Spencer Martin	1745	+8(w)	-1(b)	+7(w)	+11(b)	-2(b)	3.0
6		Peter Arseneau	1814	bye	bye	bye	+17(b)	+12(w)	3.0
7		Bill Doubleday	2021	+20(w)	-2(w)	-5(b)	+15(w)	+10(b)	3.0
8		Mike Schofield	1895	-5(b)	+18(w)	=15(b)	=9(w)	+13(b)	3.0
9	9-10	Daniel Xu	1950	+17(w)	-11(b)	+4(w)	=8(b)	-3(b)	2.5
10		Gordon Ritchie	1810	-2(b)	+12(w)	+16(b)	=3(w)	-7(w)	2.5
11	11-14	Paul Beckwith	2113	+13(b)	+9(w)	-2(b)	-5(w)	WD	2.0
12		Taras Matkovsky	877	-3(b)	-10(b)	+14(w)	+19(w)	-6(b)	2.0
13		Alwin Ning	1537	-11(w)	+17(b)	+19(w)	-4(b)	-8(w)	2.0
14		Oswin Ning	1323	-16(b)	-15(w)	-12(b)	+18(w)	+17(b)	2.0
15	15	Mark St.Louis	unr.	-4(w)	+14(b)	=8(w)	-7(b)	WD	1.5
16	16-18	David Fei	2051	+14(w)	-4(b)	-10(w)	WD	WD	1.0
17		Jack Honey	unr.	-9(b)	-13(w)	+18(b)	-6(w)	-14(w)	1.0
18		Jeremie Kimble	1059	-1(w)	-8(b)	-17(w)	-14(b)	+19(b)	1.0
19	19	Kipper Li	unr.	bye	-3(w)	-13(b)	-12(b)	-18(w)	0.5
20	20	Rabih Aoun	unr.	-7(b)	WD	WD	WD	WD	0.0

[John Upper]

2017.12.17

Now that Avast can cope with the js exploit on ChessTalk...

The last RA Sunday Rapid of 2017 was held Dec 17. The sixteenish players there got to enjoy Christmas cake (thanks to Gordon Ritchie), and a shot at the current Canadian Women's Champion, WGM Qiyu Zhou.

Dusan Simic and the TD spoiled her afternoon, allowing Christian Collins to nip ahead at the finish line.

No Rapid Dec 24 2017, or Dec 31 2017. The RA Sunday Rapid returns January 7, 2018.

#	Place	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	1	John Upper	2126	+9(w)	+12(b)	+4(w)	BYE	=3(b)	4.5
2	2	Christian Collins 2011 +16(w)	+11(b)	-7(w)	+4(b)	+6(w)	4.0
3	3	Qiyu Zhou	2309	+5(w)	-4(b)	+6(b)	+7(w)	=1(w)	3.5
4	4-5	Dusan Simic	2104	+8(b)	+3(w)	-1(b)	-2(w)	+9(b)	3.0
5		Daniel Xu	1921	-3(b)	+10(w)	+9(b)	-6(w)	+8(b)	3.0
6	6-8	Bill Doubleday	2046	+10(w)	=7(b)	-3(w)	+5(b)	-2(b)	2.5
7		Armando Valdizon 2243	+15(b)	=6(w)	+2(b)	-3(b)	NA	2.5
8		Jay Serdula	1741	-4(w)	+16(b)	=11(w)	+10(b)	-5(w)	2.5
9	9-11	Kamal Balazadeh 1753	-1(b)	+13(w)	-5(w)	+11(b)	-4(w)	2.0
10		Jiehan Zhou	1680	-6(b)	-5(b)	+13(w)	-8(w)	+14(b)	2.0
11		Mike Schofield	1895	H---(-)	-2(w)	=8(b)	-9(w)	+13(b)	2.0
12	12	Halldor Palsson	2012	+13(b)	-1(w)	H---(-)	NA	NA	1.5
13	13	Jeremie Kimble	1032	-12(w)	-9(b)	-10(b)	+14(w)	-11(w)	1.0
14	14	Ehsan Forouzandeh 1762	H---(-)	NA	NA	-13(b)	-10(w)	0.5
15	15-16	Gordon Ritchie	1759	-7(w)	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.0
16		Rabih Aoun	unr.	-2(b)	-8(w)	NA	NA	NA	0.0