2016 Guelph Winter Pro-Am, January 9-10

[Hal Bond]

Re: 2016 Guelph Winter Pro-Am, January 9-10

Closing in on 60 players now. The Pro Section Entry fee is now $70 and the U2000,U1600 are both $50. Kindly note that prepayment is required to avoid the $10 onsite late fee. This can be done online. For Paypal, the payee is chess@uoguelph.ca, and for E-transfers, send to halbond@sympatico.ca
Standings. 2016 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: Pro Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 IM Razvan Preotu 2607
2 Matthew Nicholson 2329
3 Richard Chen 2287
4 FM Guannan Terry Song 2246
5 Eugene Hua 2202
6 Jason Cai 2200
7 Vladimir Drkulec 2126
8 Rohan Talukdar 2094
9 Caleb Petersen 2045
10 Corin Schneider 2039
11 Anthony Maulucci 2024
12 Zhanhe [lambert] Liu 1951
13 David G Plaxton 1928
14 Kevin Yi-Xiao Yie 1907
15 Derick Aghamalian 1876
Standings. 2016 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U2000 Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Rebecca Giblon 1931
2 Ralph Deline 1874
3 Constance Wang 1848
4 Mario Piccinin 1843
5 Adam Gaisinsky 1842
6 Scott Kuehl 1814
7 Mate Milinkovic 1811
8 Rene Preotu 1780
9 Robert Gillanders 1766
10 Andrew Giblon 1764
11 Mario Moran-Venegas 1753
12 Andrew Colvin 1746
13 Kylie Tan 1733
14 Rob Gashgarian 1706
15 Brian Clarke 1663
16 Manojh Sivapathasundaram 1630
17 Dorian Kang 1626
18 Max Rusonik 1624
19 Doug Gillis 1617
20 Anthony Atanasov 1592
21 Ronan Uthayakumar 1591
22 Nicholas Wu 1567
23 Lee Hendon 1547
Standings. 2016 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U1600 Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Leonid Aghamalian 1512
2 David Atanasov 1432
3 Alan Bui 1340
4 Peter Downie 1318
5 Haotong Hazel Guo 1270
6 Austin Xie 1268
7 Emma He 1262
8 Austin Hunter 1247
9 Bruce Hurst 1232
10 Zack Dinatolo 1192
11 Harry Liu 1121
12 Atharva Srinivas 1023
13 Henry Hughes 953
14 Daniel Caron 877
15 Roger Guo 854
16 Caden Zhang 578
17 Nithusa Sivapathasundaram 564
18 Michelle Hua 294
19 Ashley Caron unr.

[Hal Bond]

Re: 2016 Guelph Winter Pro-Am, January 9-10

Just removing a duplicate post.

[Hal Bond]

Guelph nearing capacity

We can accommodate 70 players in Guelph and we are currently at 67. Several players have registered by email (ie no payment). Please note that such registrations do not secure a spot. On site payments will be accepted on a first come first served basis.

Standings. 2016 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: Pro Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 IM Razvan Preotu 2613
2 FM Victor Plotkin 2422
3 Matthew Nicholson 2329
4 Richard Chen 2290
5 FM Guannan Terry Song 2248
6 Jason Cai 2194
7 Eugene Hua 2162
8 Vladimir Drkulec 2126
9 Rohan Talukdar 2103
10 Caleb Petersen 2045
11 Corin Schneider 2039
12 Anthony Maulucci 1993
13 Zhanhe (lambert) Liu 1951
14 David G Plaxton 1928
15 Derick Aghamalian 1913
16 Kevin Yi-Xiao Yie 1907
Standings. 2016 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U2000 Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Rebecca Giblon 1931
2 Mario Piccinin 1893
3 Constance Wang 1891
4 Ralph Deline 1874
5 Adam Gaisinsky 1842
6 Scott Kuehl 1814
7 Robert Gillanders 1766
8 Andrew Giblon 1764
9 Mate Milinkovic 1761
10 Mario Moran-Venegas 1736
11 Rene Preotu 1734
12 Andrew Colvin 1732
13 Rob Gashgarian 1706
14 Max Rusonik 1692
15 Kylie Tan 1686
16 Brian Clarke 1663
17 Masoud Jizan 1652
18 Manojh Sivapathasundaram 1644
19 Dorian Kang 1626
20 Doug Gillis 1618
21 Don Gareau 1613
22 Anthony Atanasov 1592
23 Ronan Uthayakumar 1589
24 Nicholas Wu 1567
25 Aaron Chen 1566
26 Lee Hendon 1547
Standings. 2016 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U1600 Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Leonid Aghamalian 1445
2 David Atanasov 1432
3 Alan Bui 1340
4 Peter Downie 1318
5 Haotong Hazel Guo 1304
6 Ziad Kayssi 1298
7 Joseph Liao 1295
8 Austin Xie 1277
9 Qalib Ladhani 1266
10 Emma He 1249
11 Austin Hunter 1247
12 Bruce Hurst 1232
13 Zack Dinatolo 1192
14 Brian Cameron 1182
15 Harry Liu 1094
16 Jacob Gaisinsky 1066
17 Atharva Srinivas 1016
18 Shridhar Kulkarni 1006
19 Roger Guo 977
20 Henry Hughes 953
21 Daniel Caron 877
22 Caden Zhang 578
23 Nithusa Sivapathasundaram 564
24 Michelle Hua 294
25 Ashley Caron unr.

[Hal Bond]

Re: Guelph has room for 84 now

I have just returned from set up and we managed to place over 80 chairs. Here is the current list of 75 or so.
Standings. 2016 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: Pro Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 IM Razvan Preotu 2613
2 FM Victor Plotkin 2422
3 Matthew Nicholson 2329
4 FM Yuanchen Zhang 2313
5 Richard Chen 2290
6 FM Guannan Terry Song 2248
7 Jason Cai 2194
8 Eugene Hua 2162
9 Vladimir Drkulec 2126
10 Rohan Talukdar 2103
11 Mavros Whissell 2093
12 Daniel Zotkin 2086
13 Chike [jude] Aniunoh 2081
14 Caleb Petersen 2045
15 Corin Schneider 2039
16 Anthony Maulucci 1993
17 Zhanhe [lambert] Liu 1951
18 David G Plaxton 1928
19 Derick Aghamalian 1913
20 Kevin Yi-Xiao Yie 1907
Standings. 2016 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U2000 Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Rebecca Giblon 1931
2 Mario Piccinin 1893
3 Constance Wang 1891
4 Ralph Deline 1874
5 Adam Gaisinsky 1842
6 Scott Kuehl 1814
7 Robert Gillanders 1766
8 Andrew Giblon 1764
9 Mate Milinkovic 1761
10 Mario Moran-Venegas 1736
11 Mark Brauer 1734
12 Rene Preotu 1734
13 Andrew Colvin 1732
14 Rob Gashgarian 1706
15 Kylie Tan 1686
16 Brian Clarke 1663
17 Masoud Jizan 1652
18 Manojh Sivapathasundaram 1644
19 Dorian Kang 1626
20 Doug Gillis 1618
21 Don Gareau 1613
22 Anthony Atanasov 1592
23 Ronan Uthayakumar 1589
24 Nicholas Wu 1567
25 Aaron Chen 1566
26 Lee Hendon 1547
Standings. 2016 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U1600 Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Leonid Aghamalian 1445
2 David Atanasov 1432
3 Jamie Macinnis 1367
4 Alan Bui 1340
5 Peter Downie 1318
6 Ziad Kayssi 1298
7 Joseph Liao 1295
8 Austin Xie 1277
9 Qalib Ladhani 1266
10 Emma He 1249
11 Austin Hunter 1247
12 Bruce Hurst 1232
13 Zack Dinatolo 1192
14 Brian Cameron 1182
15 Kousihan Balachandran 1162
16 Edward Xiao 1120
17 Harry Liu 1094
18 Jacob Gaisinsky 1066
19 Atharva Srinivas 1016
20 Livinson Lawrence 1010
21 Shridhar Kulkarni 1006
22 Henry Hughes 953
23 Wayne Proudlove 940
24 Daniel Caron 877
25 Caden Zhang 578
26 Nithusa Sivapathasundaram 564
27 Michelle Hua 294
28 Ashley Caron unr.
29 Christopher Xiang unr.

[Hal Bond]

Rd 1 pairings

Pairings for Round 1. 2016 guelph winter pro-am: Pro Section
Bd Res White Res Black
1 IM Razvan Preotu (0.0) Rohan Talukdar (0.0)
2 Mavros Whissell (0.0) FM Victor Plotkin (0.0)
3 Matthew Nicholson (0.0) Daniel Zotkin (0.0)
4 Chike [jude] Aniunoh (0.0) FM Yuanchen Zhang (0.0)
5 Richard Chen (0.0) Caleb Petersen (0.0)
6 Corin Schneider (0.0) Jason Cai (0.0)
7 Eugene Hua (0.0) Anthony Maulucci (0.0)
8 Zhanhe [lambert] Liu (0.0) Vladimir Drkulec (0.0)
1 Kevin Yi-Xiao Yie (0.0) BYE
½ FM Guannan Terry Song (0.0) BYE
½ David G Plaxton (0.0) BYE
Pairings for Round 1. 2016 guelph winter pro-am: U2000 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
11 Rebecca Giblon (0.0) Rene Preotu (0.0)
12 Andrew Colvin (0.0) Derick Aghamalian (0.0)
13 Mario Piccinin (0.0) Rob Gashgarian (0.0)
14 Brian Clarke (0.0) Constance Wang (0.0)
15 Ralph Deline (0.0) Masoud Jizan (0.0)
16 Manojh Sivapathasundaram (0.0) Adam Gaisinsky (0.0)
17 Scott Kuehl (0.0) Dorian Kang (0.0)
18 Doug Gillis (0.0) Nicholas Jackson (0.0)
19 Robert Gillanders (0.0) Don Gareau (0.0)
20 Anthony Atanasov (0.0) Andrew Giblon (0.0)
21 Mate Milinkovic (0.0) Ronan Uthayakumar (0.0)
22 Nicholas Wu (0.0) Mario Moran-Venegas (0.0)
23 Mark Brauer (0.0) Aaron Chen (0.0)
1 Lee Hendon (0.0) BYE
½ Kylie Tan (0.0) BYE
Pairings for Round 1. 2016 guelph winter pro-am: U1600 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
26 Leonid Aghamalian (0.0) Harry Liu (0.0)
27 Jacob Gaisinsky (0.0) David Atanasov (0.0)
28 Jamie Macinnis (0.0) Atharva Srinivas (0.0)
29 Livinson Lawrence (0.0) Alan Bui (0.0)
30 Peter Downie (0.0) Shridhar Kulkarni (0.0)
31 Henry Hughes (0.0) Austin Xie (0.0)
32 Emma He (0.0) Daniel Caron (0.0)
33 Caden Zhang (0.0) Austin Hunter (0.0)
34 Bruce Hurst (0.0) Nithusa Sivapathasundaram (0.0)
35 Michelle Hua (0.0) Brian Cameron (0.0)
36 Kousihan Balachandran (0.0) Ashley Caron (0.0)
37 Christopher Xiang (0.0) Edward Xiao (0.0)
½ Ziad Kayssi (0.0) BYE
½ Joseph Liao (0.0) BYE
½ Qalib Ladhani (0.0) BYE
½ Zack Dinatolo (0.0) BYE

[Hal Bond]

Rd 1 Pairings

Removed duplicate

[Hal Bond]

Rd 1 Pairings

Pairings for Round 1. 2016 guelph winter pro-am: Pro Section
Bd Res White Res Black
1 IM Razvan Preotu (0.0) Rohan Talukdar (0.0)
2 Mavros Whissell (0.0) FM Victor Plotkin (0.0)
3 Matthew Nicholson (0.0) Daniel Zotkin (0.0)
4 Chike [jude] Aniunoh (0.0) FM Yuanchen Zhang (0.0)
5 Richard Chen (0.0) Caleb Petersen (0.0)
6 Corin Schneider (0.0) Jason Cai (0.0)
7 Eugene Hua (0.0) Anthony Maulucci (0.0)
8 Zhanhe [lambert] Liu (0.0) Vladimir Drkulec (0.0)
1 Kevin Yi-Xiao Yie (0.0) BYE
½ FM Guannan Terry Song (0.0) BYE
½ David G Plaxton (0.0) BYE
Pairings for Round 1. 2016 guelph winter pro-am: U2000 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
11 Rebecca Giblon (0.0) Rene Preotu (0.0)
12 Andrew Colvin (0.0) Derick Aghamalian (0.0)
13 Mario Piccinin (0.0) Rob Gashgarian (0.0)
14 Brian Clarke (0.0) Constance Wang (0.0)
15 Ralph Deline (0.0) Masoud Jizan (0.0)
16 Manojh Sivapathasundaram (0.0) Adam Gaisinsky (0.0)
17 Scott Kuehl (0.0) Dorian Kang (0.0)
18 Doug Gillis (0.0) Nicholas Jackson (0.0)
19 Robert Gillanders (0.0) Don Gareau (0.0)
20 Anthony Atanasov (0.0) Andrew Giblon (0.0)
21 Mate Milinkovic (0.0) Ronan Uthayakumar (0.0)
22 Nicholas Wu (0.0) Mario Moran-Venegas (0.0)
23 Mark Brauer (0.0) Aaron Chen (0.0)
1 Lee Hendon (0.0) BYE
½ Kylie Tan (0.0) BYE
Pairings for Round 1. 2016 guelph winter pro-am: U1600 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
26 Leonid Aghamalian (0.0) Harry Liu (0.0)
27 Jacob Gaisinsky (0.0) David Atanasov (0.0)
28 Jamie Macinnis (0.0) Atharva Srinivas (0.0)
29 Livinson Lawrence (0.0) Alan Bui (0.0)
30 Peter Downie (0.0) Shridhar Kulkarni (0.0)
31 Henry Hughes (0.0) Austin Xie (0.0)
32 Emma He (0.0) Daniel Caron (0.0)
33 Caden Zhang (0.0) Austin Hunter (0.0)
34 Bruce Hurst (0.0) Nithusa Sivapathasundaram (0.0)
35 Michelle Hua (0.0) Brian Cameron (0.0)
36 Kousihan Balachandran (0.0) Ashley Caron (0.0)
37 Christopher Xiang (0.0) Edward Xiao (0.0)
½ Ziad Kayssi (0.0) BYE
½ Joseph Liao (0.0) BYE
½ Qalib Ladhani (0.0) BYE
½ Zack Dinatolo (0.0) BYE

[Hal Bond]

Re: Rd 2 Pairings

Pairings for Round 2. 2016 guelph winter pro-am: Pro Section
Bd Res White Res Black
1 Eugene Hua (2162 1.0) IM Razvan Preotu (2613 1.0)
2 Zhanhe [lambert] Liu (1951 1.0) Matthew Nicholson (2329 1.0)
3 Kevin Yi-Xiao Yie (1907 1.0) Richard Chen (2290 1.0)
4 FM Victor Plotkin (2422 0.5) Chike [jude] Aniunoh (2081 0.5)
5 FM Yuanchen Zhang (2313 0.5) Mavros Whissell (2093 0.5)
6 FM Guannan Terry Song (2248 0.5) Corin Schneider (2039 0.5)
7 Jason Cai (2194 0.5) David G Plaxton (1928 0.5)
8 Vladimir Drkulec (2126 0.0) Daniel Zotkin (2086 0.0)
9 Rohan Talukdar (2103 0.0) Caleb Petersen (2045 0.0)
1 Anthony Maulucci (1993 0.0) BYE
Pairings for Round 2. 2016 guelph winter pro-am: U2000 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
11 Mario Moran-Venegas (1736 1.0) Rebecca Giblon (1931 1.0)
12 Masoud Jizan (1652 1.0) Mario Piccinin (1893 1.0)
13 Constance Wang (1891 1.0) Mate Milinkovic (1761 1.0)
14 Aaron Chen (1566 1.0) Scott Kuehl (1814 1.0)
15 Nicholas Jackson (1806 1.0) Anthony Atanasov (1592 1.0)
16 Lee Hendon (1547 1.0) Robert Gillanders (1766 1.0)
17 Derick Aghamalian (1913 0.5) Kylie Tan (1686 0.5)
18 Adam Gaisinsky (1842 0.5) Andrew Colvin (1732 0.5)
19 Andrew Giblon (1764 0.0) Manojh Sivapathasundaram (1644 0.5)
20 Dorian Kang (1626 0.0) Ralph Deline (1874 0.0)
21 Don Gareau (1613 0.0) Mark Brauer (1734 0.0)
22 Rene Preotu (1734 0.0) Doug Gillis (1618 0.0)
23 Rob Gashgarian (1706 0.0) Nicholas Wu (1567 0.0)
24 Ronan Uthayakumar (1589 0.0) Brian Clarke (1663 0.0)
Pairings for Round 2. 2016 guelph winter pro-am: U1600 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
26 Brian Cameron (1182 1.0) Leonid Aghamalian (1445 1.0)
27 David Atanasov (1432 1.0) Bruce Hurst (1232 1.0)
28 Austin Xie (1277 1.0) Kousihan Balachandran (1162 1.0)
29 Atharva Srinivas (1016 1.0) Emma He (1249 1.0)
30 Austin Hunter (1247 1.0) Livinson Lawrence (1010 1.0)
31 Jose Cabioc (1413 0.5) Zack Dinatolo (1192 0.5)
32 Edward Xiao (1120 0.5) Peter Downie (1318 0.5)
33 Shridhar Kulkarni (1006 0.5) Joseph Liao (1295 0.5)
34 Qalib Ladhani (1266 0.5) Christopher Xiang (unr. 0.5)
35 Daniel Caron (877 0.0) Jamie Macinnis (1367 0.0)
36 Alan Bui (1340 0.0) Caden Zhang (578 0.0)
37 Harry Liu (1094 0.0) Michelle Hua (294 0.0)
38 Nithusa Sivapathasundaram (564 0.0) Jacob Gaisinsky (1066 0.0)
39 Ashley Caron (unr. 0.0) Henry Hughes (953 0.0)
½ Ziad Kayssi (1298 0.5) BYE

[Hal Bond]

Re: Rd 3 pairings

Pairings for Round 3. 2016 guelph winter pro-am: Pro Section
Bd Res White Res Black
1 IM Razvan Preotu (2613 2.0) Matthew Nicholson (2329 2.0)
2 Richard Chen (2290 2.0) Jason Cai (2194 1.5)
3 Mavros Whissell (2093 1.5) FM Guannan Terry Song (2248 1.0)
4 Corin Schneider (2039 1.0) FM Victor Plotkin (2422 1.0)
5 Chike [jude] Aniunoh (2081 1.0) Eugene Hua (2162 1.0)
6 Anthony Maulucci (1993 1.0) Rohan Talukdar (2103 1.0)
7 Daniel Zotkin (2086 1.0) Kevin Yi-Xiao Yie (1907 1.0)
8 FM Christian Stevens (2353 0.5) Zhanhe [lambert] Liu (1951 1.0)
9 Caleb Petersen (2045 0.0) David G Plaxton (1928 0.5)
½ Vladimir Drkulec (2126 0.0) BYE
Pairings for Round 3. 2016 guelph winter pro-am: U2000 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
11 Rebecca Giblon (1931 2.0) Scott Kuehl (1814 2.0)
12 Mario Piccinin (1893 2.0) Nicholas Jackson (1806 2.0)
13 Robert Gillanders (1766 2.0) Constance Wang (1891 2.0)
14 Mate Milinkovic (1761 1.0) Derick Aghamalian (1913 1.5)
15 Brian Clarke (1663 1.0) Adam Gaisinsky (1842 1.0)
16 Manojh Sivapathasundaram (1644 1.0) Mario Moran-Venegas (1736 1.0)
17 Mark Brauer (1734 1.0) Masoud Jizan (1652 1.0)
18 Andrew Colvin (1732 1.0) Lee Hendon (1547 1.0)
19 Anthony Atanasov (1592 1.0) Rob Gashgarian (1706 1.0)
20 Rene Preotu (1734 0.5) Aaron Chen (1566 1.0)
21 Doug Gillis (1618 0.5) Andrew Giblon (1764 0.5)
22 Kylie Tan (1686 0.5) Dorian Kang (1626 0.5)
23 Nicholas Wu (1567 0.0) Don Gareau (1613 0.0)
1 Ronan Uthayakumar (1589 0.0) BYE
½ Ralph Deline (1874 0.5) BYE
Pairings for Round 3. 2016 guelph winter pro-am: U1600 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
26 Emma He (1249 2.0) David Atanasov (1432 2.0)
27 Austin Hunter (1247 2.0) Austin Xie (1277 2.0)
28 Peter Downie (1318 1.5) Jose Cabioc (1413 1.5)
29 Leonid Aghamalian (1445 1.0) Kousihan Balachandran (1162 1.0)
30 Jamie Macinnis (1367 1.0) Harry Liu (1094 1.0)
31 Jacob Gaisinsky (1066 1.0) Alan Bui (1340 1.0)
32 Michelle Hua (294 0.0) Ashley Caron (unr. 1.0)
33 Livinson Lawrence (1010 1.0) Edward Xiao (1120 0.5)
34 Zack Dinatolo (1192 0.5) Christopher Xiang (unr. 0.5)
35 Henry Hughes (953 0.0) Nithusa Sivapathasundaram (564 0.0)
36 Caden Zhang (578 0.0) Daniel Caron (877 0.0)
½ Atharva Srinivas (1016 1.0) BYE
½ Brian Cameron (1182 2.0) BYE
½ Bruce Hurst (1232 1.0) BYE
½ Shridhar Kulkarni (1006 0.5) BYE

[Hal Bond]

Rd 4 pairings

Pairings for Round 4. 2016 guelph winter pro-am: Pro Section
Bd Res White Res Black
1 Richard Chen (2290 3.0) IM Razvan Preotu (2613 3.0)
2 FM Victor Plotkin (2422 2.0) FM Guannan Terry Song (2248 2.0)
3 Matthew Nicholson (2329 2.0) Rohan Talukdar (2103 2.0)
4 Daniel Zotkin (2086 2.0) Eugene Hua (2162 1.5)
5 Mavros Whissell (2093 1.5) FM Christian Stevens (2353 1.5)
6 Jason Cai (2194 1.5) Chike [jude] Aniunoh (2081 1.5)
7 Caleb Petersen (2045 1.0) Zhanhe [lambert] Liu (1951 1.0)
8 Kevin Yi-Xiao Yie (1907 1.0) Anthony Maulucci (1993 1.0)
9 David G Plaxton (1928 0.5) Vladimir Drkulec (2126 0.5)
1 Corin Schneider (2039 1.0) BYE
Pairings for Round 4. 2016 guelph winter pro-am: U2000 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
11 Constance Wang (1891 3.0) Rebecca Giblon (1931 3.0)
12 Derick Aghamalian (1913 2.0) Mario Piccinin (1893 2.5)
13 Nicholas Jackson (1806 2.5) Robert Gillanders (1766 2.0)
14 Adam Gaisinsky (1842 2.0) Kylie Tan (1686 1.5)
15 Scott Kuehl (1814 2.0) Manojh Sivapathasundaram (1644 2.0)
16 Masoud Jizan (1652 2.0) Andrew Colvin (1732 2.0)
17 Andrew Giblon (1764 1.5) Rene Preotu (1734 1.5)
18 Rob Gashgarian (1706 1.5) Mate Milinkovic (1761 1.5)
19 Ralph Deline (1874 1.0) Anthony Atanasov (1592 1.5)
20 Mario Moran-Venegas (1736 1.0) Ronan Uthayakumar (1589 1.0)
21 Lee Hendon (1547 1.0) Mark Brauer (1734 1.0)
22 Aaron Chen (1566 1.0) Brian Clarke (1663 1.0)
23 Dorian Kang (1626 0.5) Nicholas Wu (1567 1.0)
24 Don Gareau (1613 0.0) Doug Gillis (1618 0.5)
Pairings for Round 4. 2016 guelph winter pro-am: U1600 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
26 David Atanasov (1432 2.5) Austin Hunter (1247 3.0)
27 Brian Cameron (1182 2.5) Emma He (1249 2.5)
28 Austin Xie (1277 2.0) Leonid Aghamalian (1445 2.0)
29 Ashley Caron (unr. 2.0) Jose Cabioc (1413 2.0)
30 Alan Bui (1340 2.0) Peter Downie (1318 2.0)
31 Zack Dinatolo (1192 1.5) Jamie Macinnis (1367 1.5)
32 Joseph Liao (1295 1.5) Atharva Srinivas (1016 1.5)
33 Ziad Kayssi (1298 1.0) Qalib Ladhani (1266 1.5)
34 Harry Liu (1094 1.5) Livinson Lawrence (1010 1.5)
35 Kousihan Balachandran (1162 1.0) Shridhar Kulkarni (1006 1.0)
36 Daniel Caron (877 1.0) Jacob Gaisinsky (1066 1.0)
37 Christopher Xiang (unr. 0.5) Henry Hughes (953 1.0)
38 Nithusa Sivapathasundaram (564 0.0) Caden Zhang (578 0.0)
1 Michelle Hua (294 0.0) BYE
½ Edward Xiao (1120 1.0) BYE

[Hal Bond]

Re: Rd 5 pairings

Pairings for Round 5. 2016 guelph winter pro-am: Pro Section
Bd Res White Res Black
1 FM Victor Plotkin (2422 3.0) Richard Chen (2290 4.0)
2 IM Razvan Preotu (2613 3.0) FM Christian Stevens (2353 2.5)
3 Chike [jude] Aniunoh (2081 2.5) Matthew Nicholson (2329 2.5)
4 Rohan Talukdar (2103 2.5) Daniel Zotkin (2086 2.5)
5 Eugene Hua (2162 2.0) Corin Schneider (2039 2.0)
6 Zhanhe [lambert] Liu (1951 1.5) Kevin Yi-Xiao Yie (1907 2.0)
7 Jason Cai (2194 1.5) Caleb Petersen (2045 1.5)
8 David G Plaxton (1928 1.5) Mavros Whissell (2093 1.5)
9 Anthony Maulucci (1993 1.0) Vladimir Drkulec (2126 0.5)
Pairings for Round 5. 2016 guelph winter pro-am: U2000 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
11 Rebecca Giblon (1931 3.5) Nicholas Jackson (1806 3.5)
12 Andrew Colvin (1732 3.0) Constance Wang (1891 3.5)
13 Mario Piccinin (1893 3.0) Adam Gaisinsky (1842 3.0)
14 Manojh Sivapathasundaram (1644 3.0) Rob Gashgarian (1706 2.5)
15 Anthony Atanasov (1592 2.5) Derick Aghamalian (1913 2.5)
16 Robert Gillanders (1766 2.0) Masoud Jizan (1652 2.0)
17 Mark Brauer (1734 2.0) Andrew Giblon (1764 2.0)
18 Rene Preotu (1734 2.0) Mario Moran-Venegas (1736 2.0)
19 Kylie Tan (1686 1.5) Brian Clarke (1663 2.0)
20 Mate Milinkovic (1761 1.5) Dorian Kang (1626 1.5)
21 Nicholas Wu (1567 1.0) Ralph Deline (1874 1.0)
22 Aaron Chen (1566 1.0) Don Gareau (1613 1.0)
23 Ronan Uthayakumar (1589 1.0) Lee Hendon (1547 1.0)
1 Doug Gillis (1618 0.5) BYE
Pairings for Round 5. 2016 guelph winter pro-am: U1600 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
26 Emma He (1249 3.5) Austin Hunter (1247 4.0)
27 Jose Cabioc (1413 3.0) Austin Xie (1277 3.0)
28 Peter Downie (1318 2.5) David Atanasov (1432 2.5)
29 Joseph Liao (1295 2.5) Alan Bui (1340 2.5)
30 Leonid Aghamalian (1445 2.0) Zack Dinatolo (1192 2.5)
31 Livinson Lawrence (1010 2.0) Ziad Kayssi (1298 2.0)
32 Kousihan Balachandran (1162 2.0) Daniel Caron (877 2.0)
33 Ashley Caron (unr. 2.0) Harry Liu (1094 2.0)
34 Edward Xiao (1120 1.5) Jamie Macinnis (1367 1.5)
35 Atharva Srinivas (1016 1.5) Qalib Ladhani (1266 1.5)
36 Bruce Hurst (1232 1.5) Christopher Xiang (unr. 1.5)
37 Jacob Gaisinsky (1066 1.0) Caden Zhang (578 0.5)
38 Shridhar Kulkarni (1006 1.0) Nithusa Sivapathasundaram (564 0.5)
39 Henry Hughes (953 1.0) Michelle Hua (294 1.0)

[Hal Bond]

Final Results

There were a few cool stories at this event. The new configuration of playing /skittles rooms had its challenges but there were some advantages. A community spirit prevailed and a fun tournament resulted.

The Pro Section was intense. Mavros Whissell started very well, and appeared to be headed for 2.5/3 against his FM opponents until Terry Song reversed his fortunes in a deceptive endgame. Richard Chen scored an upset win over IM Razvan Preotu in round 4 but FM Victor Plotkin played gate keeper in the final round, creating a 3 way share of first prize. It was great to see FM Christian Stevens return to tournament play.

Rebecca Giblon and Constance Wang took charge of the U2000 crowd, thrashing the lads and drawing each other - albeit reluctantly. Seven year old Anthony Atanasov finished 4th. He is cheerful and lethal already.

The U1600 was won outright by Emma He, who bested Guelph's Austin Hunter in the final round.

Action Returns to Guelph April 2-3, with a new section for U1200 players. Here are the crosstables.


# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 Richard Chen 2290 W12 W14 W18 W2 L3 4.0
2 IM Razvan Preotu 2613 W4 W6 W5 L1 W7 4.0
3 FM Victor Plotkin 2422 D8 D9 W13 B--- W1 4.0
4 Rohan Talukdar 2103 L2 W12 W17 D5 W11 3.5
5 Matthew Nicholson 2329 W11 W10 L2 D4 W9 3.5
6 Eugene Hua 2162 W17 L2 D9 D11 W13 3.0
7 FM Christian Stevens 2353 H--- U--- W10 W8 L2 2.5
8 Mavros Whissell 2093 D3 W20 L15 L7 W16 2.5
9 Chike [jude] Aniunoh 2081 D20 D3 D6 W18 L5 2.5
10 Zhanhe [lambert] Liu 1951 W19 L5 L7 D12 W14 2.5
11 Daniel Zotkin 2086 L5 W19 W14 D6 L4 2.5
12 Caleb Petersen 2045 L1 L4 W16 D10 W18 2.5
13 Corin Schneider 2039 D18 D15 L3 B--- L6 2.0
14 Kevin Yi-Xiao Yie 1907 B--- L1 L11 W17 L10 2.0
15 FM Guannan Terry Song 2248 H--- D13 W8 U--- U--- 2.0
16 David G Plaxton 1928 H--- L18 L12 W19 L8 1.5
17 Anthony Maulucci 1993 L6 B--- L4 L14 D19 1.5
18 Jason Cai 2194 D13 W16 L1 L9 L12 1.5
19 Vladimir Drkulec 2126 L10 L11 H--- L16 D17 1.0
20 FM Yuanchen Zhang 2313 D9 L8 U--- U--- U--- 0.5

Standings. 2016 guelph winter pro-am: U2000 Section
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 Rebecca Giblon 1931 W17 W10 W21 D2 W5 4.5
2 Constance Wang 1891 W18 W14 W9 D1 W7 4.5
3 Mario Piccinin 1893 W11 W16 D5 D15 W8 4.0
4 Anthony Atanasov 1592 W12 L5 D11 W23 W15 3.5
5 Nicholas Jackson 1806 W25 W4 D3 W9 L1 3.5
6 Manojh Sivapathasundaram 1644 D8 D12 W10 W21 D11 3.5
7 Andrew Colvin 1732 D15 D8 W19 W16 L2 3.0
8 Adam Gaisinsky 1842 D6 D7 W18 W13 L3 3.0
9 Robert Gillanders 1766 W28 W19 L2 L5 W16 3.0
10 Mario Moran-Venegas 1736 W26 L1 L6 W27 W17 3.0
11 Rob Gashgarian 1706 L3 W26 D4 W14 D6 3.0
12 Andrew Giblon 1764 L4 D6 W25 D17 W22 3.0
13 Kylie Tan 1686 H--- L15 W24 L8 W18 2.5
14 Mate Milinkovic 1761 W27 L2 D15 L11 W24 2.5
15 Derick Aghamalian 1913 D7 W13 D14 D3 L4 2.5
16 Masoud Jizan 1652 W23 L3 W22 L7 L9 2.0
17 Rene Preotu 1734 L1 D25 W20 D12 L10 2.0
18 Brian Clarke 1663 L2 W27 L8 W20 L13 2.0
19 Lee Hendon 1547 B--- L9 L7 L22 W27 2.0
20 Aaron Chen 1566 W22 L21 L17 L18 W28 2.0
21 Scott Kuehl 1814 W24 W20 L1 L6 U--- 2.0
22 Mark Brauer 1734 L20 W28 L16 W19 L12 2.0
23 Ralph Deline 1874 L16 D24 H--- L4 W26 2.0
24 Dorian Kang 1626 L21 D23 L13 W26 L14 1.5
25 Doug Gillis 1618 L5 D17 L12 L28 B--- 1.5
26 Nicholas Wu 1567 L10 L11 W28 L24 L23 1.0
27 Ronan Uthayakumar 1589 L14 L18 B--- L10 L19 1.0
28 Don Gareau 1613 L9 L22 L26 W25 L20 1.0

Standings. 2016 guelph winter pro-am: U1600 Section
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 Emma He 1249 W14 W24 D4 W11 W3 4.5
2 Jose Cabioc 1413 H--- W10 D12 W22 W6 4.0
3 Austin Hunter 1247 W27 W20 W6 W4 L1 4.0
4 David Atanasov 1432 W26 W19 D1 L3 W12 3.5
5 Joseph Liao 1295 H--- W18 U--- W24 W16 3.5
6 Austin Xie 1277 W23 W17 L3 W8 L2 3.0
7 Ziad Kayssi 1298 H--- H--- U--- W15 W20 3.0
8 Leonid Aghamalian 1445 W9 L11 W17 L6 W10 3.0
9 Harry Liu 1094 L8 W28 D25 D20 W22 3.0
10 Zack Dinatolo 1192 H--- L2 W21 W25 L8 2.5
11 Brian Cameron 1182 W28 W8 H--- L1 U--- 2.5
12 Peter Downie 1318 D18 W13 D2 D16 L4 2.5
13 Edward Xiao 1120 D21 L12 D20 H--- W25 2.5
14 Daniel Caron 877 L1 L25 W27 W26 D17 2.5
15 Qalib Ladhani 1266 H--- W21 U--- L7 W24 2.5
16 Alan Bui 1340 L20 W27 W26 D12 L5 2.5
17 Kousihan Balachandran 1162 W22 L6 L8 W18 D14 2.5
18 Shridhar Kulkarni 1006 D12 L5 H--- L17 W29 2.0
19 Bruce Hurst 1232 W29 L4 H--- U--- D21 2.0
20 Livinson Lawrence 1010 W16 L3 D13 D9 L7 2.0
21 Christopher Xiang unr. D13 L15 L10 W23 D19 2.0
22 Ashley Caron unr. L17 W23 W28 L2 L9 2.0
23 Henry Hughes 953 L6 L22 W29 L21 W28 2.0
24 Atharva Srinivas 1016 W25 L1 H--- L5 L15 1.5
25 Jamie Macinnis 1367 L24 W14 D9 L10 L13 1.5
26 Jacob Gaisinsky 1066 L4 W29 L16 L14 D27 1.5
27 Caden Zhang 578 L3 L16 L14 D29 D26 1.0
28 Michelle Hua 294 L11 L9 L22 B--- L23 1.0
29 Nithusa Sivapathasundaram 564 L19 L26 L23 D27 L18 0.5

[Mario Moran-Venegas]

Re: 2016 Guelph Winter Pro-Am, January 9-10

Hal,

Guelph tourney with Hal as good as always.
Thanks for organizing it Hal.
Mario Moran-Venegas