NAYCC 2016 (North American Youth Chess Championship)

[Vlad Drkulec]

Preregistered NAYCC, 100 players and counting

We are up to 100 players.

[Vlad Drkulec]

Re: Preregistered NAYCC, 130 players and counting

Still waiting for confirmation on a few who have sent payment but not specified who the payment is for.

North American Youth Chess Championship
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All advance entries received through March 03, 2016
Total number of entries: 128

[Vlad Drkulec]

Re: NAYCC 2016 (North American Youth Chess Championship)

North American Youth Chess Championship
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All advance entries received through March 12, 2016
Total number of entries: 134

Player's Name FIDE Rating CFC Rating
Under 18 open Section (Number of Entries: 12)
Razvan Preotu (IM) 2468 2611
Michael Song (FM) 2376 2442
Edward Song (FM) 2303 2322
Andrew Hong 2266 Unr
Hong Rui Zhu 2265 2307
Guannan Terry Song (FM) 2231 2248
John Doknjas 2225 2288
Ben Li 2196 2219
Alex Bian (FM) 2105 Unr
Yinshi Li 2076 2228
Jeremy Mathews Unr 1764
Justin Wang Unr Unr

Under 16 open Section (Number of Entries: 13)
Richard Chen 2216 Unr
Joey Zhong 2024 2142
Ziyuan (sam) Song 2019 2239
Jeffrey Xu 2008 Unr
Wenlu Yu 1987 2168
Jeffrey Xin-Yu Zhu 1667 1943
Stefano Lee 1570 1494
Tyler D Amore Unr 1857
Nicholas Konovalenko Unr 1530
Michael Zheng Unr 1044
Michael R Aldrich Unr Unr
Harry Zhao Unr Unr
Michael Zihan Zheng Unr Unr

Under 14 open Section (Number of Entries: 23)
Rohan Talukdar 2031 2202
Joshua Doknjas 1986 2178
Jason Cai 1966 2138
Eugene Hua 1965 2173
Hairan Liang 1948 2108
Aristo S. Liu 1932 Unr
Vincent Jingwei Baker 1855 Unr
Zhanhe (lambert) Liu 1792 1999
Henry Zhang 1789 2046
Benito Surya 1754 1952
Kaixin Wang 1717 1812
Luke Pulfer 1708 2026
Richard Feng 1675 1735
Zhehai Zhang 1582 1837
Ronan Uthayakumar 1528 1536
Anthony Maulucci Unr 1959
Eric M Li Unr 1641
David Atanasov Unr 1422
Joshua Mathews Unr 1360
Kevin Cui Unr 1154
Benjamin Liu Unr 406
Sathvik Singireddy Unr Unr
Kevin Yi-Xiao Yie Unr Unr

Under 12 open Section (Number of Entries: 21)
Christopher Shen 2079 Unr
Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux (FM) 1976 2069
Qiuyu Huang 1895 1969
Ian Zhao 1683 1688
Benjamin Lin 1633 1768
Neil Doknjas 1579 1704
Tyler Tanaka 1453 Unr
Patrick Huang Unr 1723
Max England Unr 1667
Jack Li Unr 1578
Areez Bhanji Unr 1170
Kevin Wang Unr 998
Kun Xing Unr 853
Leo Dong Unr 398
Jared Ge Unr Unr
Justin Liang Unr Unr
Nathan Ouyang Unr Unr
Andrew Huang Unr Unr
Eeswar Sree Kartikeya Reddy Kurli Unr Unr
Jonathan Zhao Unr Unr
Brandon Wang Unr Unr

Under 10 open Section (Number of Entries: 18)
Arthur Xu 1674 Unr
Nico Chasin 1661 Unr
Adrian Kondakov 1560 Unr
Max Chen Unr 1667
Max Rusonik Unr 1662
Dorian Kang Unr 1617
Max Zhu Unr 1444
Jeffrey R. Zhao Unr 1310
Austin Xie Unr 1288
Justin Song Unr 1208
Kousihan Balachandran Unr 1133
Atharva Srinivas Unr 1047
Steven Fu Unr 826
Kevin Yuan Unr 814
Eric Li Unr 799
Ruthvik Singireddy Unr Unr
Charles Hua Unr Unr
Evan Park Unr Unr

Under 08 open Section (Number of Entries: 8)
Sriram Krishnakumar 1300 Unr
Anthony Atanasov Unr 1770
Eric Ning Unr 1516
Daniel Yuan Unr 930
Caden Zhang Unr 634
Adam Li Unr 402
Edison S. Liu Unr Unr
Brian Huang Unr Unr

Under 18 girls Section (Number of Entries: 4)
Maggie Feng 2213 Unr
Cindy Qiao (WFM) 1628 1782
Rachel Tao 1627 1751
Mathanhe Kaneshalingam 1538 1711

Under 16 girls Section (Number of Entries: 4)
Constance Wang 1731 1976
Maggie Luo 1672 Unr
Jiarong Zhu Unr 1571
Victoria Singkai Baker Unr Unr

Under 14 girls Section (Number of Entries: 10)
Marissa Li 1840 Unr
Sasha Konovalenko 1783 1390
Lily Zhou 1559 1740
Ellen Tao 1418 1345
Cynthia Cui Unr 1550
Jeannie Zhang Unr 1546
Zaynah Bhanji Unr 1469
Namitha Elsa John Unr 1022
Melissa Wang Unr 674
Jade Ge Unr Unr

Under 12 girls Section (Number of Entries: 10)
Claire Cao 1572 Unr
Julia Kuleshova 1498 1349
Shreenidhi Ayinala 1414 Unr
Kylie Tan 1400 1702
Emma He Unr 1345
Joey Qiao Unr 1266
Jewel Xuan] Li Unr 1138
Isabelle Wang Unr 1102
Jezzel Farkas Unr 838
Anne-marie Velea Unr Unr

Under 10 girls Section (Number of Entries: 7)
Sarah Ye Unr 765
Wendy Zhang Unr 733
Madison Zhou Unr 728
Isamel Shen Unr Unr
Joy Cao Unr Unr
Stephanie Velea Unr Unr
Elena Kondakova Unr Unr

Under 08 girls Section (Number of Entries: 4)
Kaitlyn Tao Unr 626
Michelle Hua Unr 464
Anika Rajaram Unr Unr
Sophie Velea Unr Unr

[Vlad Drkulec]

NAYCC USCF Official players procedure announced

https://new.uschess.org/news/north-a...als-announced/

By US Chess|March 9, 2016|Kids, News

The following international youth tournaments have been announced:

The 2016 North American Youth – Windsor, Ontario, Canada, August 7-11, 2016

http://windsorchess.org/naycc.php

Players should register directly with the organizer and notify the US Chess office (Jerry Nash – jnash@uschess.org) of their participation. The US Chess Official Representative will be the player in each age/gender group with the highest rating per the February Rating Supplement who has registered with the organizers by May 15th.

2016 Pan American Youth, Montevideo, Uruguay, July 24 –31, 2016

http://www.fideamerica.com/index.php...ontevideo-2016.

See the Press Release for details: https://new.uschess.org/kids/qualifi...-championship/

2016 World Cadets, Batumi, Georgia, October 18 –31, 2016

http://www.e2e4.ge/

Registration details will be released soon.

[Vlad Drkulec]

NAYCC Canadian Official Players procedure

NAYCC PRIORITY LIST
1. CYCC champion in same age group who didn't go to WYCC as official player.
2. Second place CYCC player in same age group who didn't go to WYCC as official player
3. CYCC champion moving up age group who didn't go to WYCC as official player.
4. Second place CYCC player moving up age group who didn't go to WYCC as official player
5. Third place CYCC player in same age group who didn't go to WYCC as official player
6. Third place CYCC player moving up an age group who didn't go to WYCC as official player
7. Highest placing CYCC player whether in the same age group or moving up who did not go to WYCC as official player. Ties are resolved by highest rating.
8. Anyone in the appropriate age group who played in CYCC.
9. Anyone in the appropriate age group.


http://windsorchess.com/CYCC2015/winners.php

A cut and paste from last year's CYCC winners page from Windsorchess.com
U-08 Open
Champion Max Chen Toronto ON
Second place Austin Xie Markham ON
Third place Anthony Atanasov Oakville ON

U-08 Girls
Champion Angela Lin North York ON
Second place Emilia Vozian Victoria BC
Third place Veronica Guo Vancouver BC

U-10 Open
Champion Nameer Issani Toronto ON
Second place Aiden Zhou Vancouver BC
Third place Aahil Noorali Toronto ON

U-10 Girls
Champion Julia Kuleshova Montreal QC
Second place Mysha Gilani Toronto ON
Third place Joey Qiao North York ON

U-12 Open
Champion Nicholas Vettese Toronto ON
Second place Luke Pulfer Surrey BC
Third place Eugene Hua Waterdown ON

U-12 Girls
Champion Svitlana Demchenko Ottawa ON
Second place Zaynah Bhanji Missisauga ON
Third place Allison Tsypin Pointe-Claire QC

U-14 Open
Champion Richard Chen Ancaster ON
Second place Jeffrey Xin-Yu Zhu Windsor ON
Third place Harry Zhao Toronto ON

U-14 Girls
Champion Constance Wang Toronto ON
Second place Lily Zhou Windsor ON
Third place Maili-Jade Ouellet St-Lambert QC

U-16 Open
Champion Razvan Preotu Burlington ON
Second place Diwen Shi Calgary AB
Third place John Doknjas Surrey BC

U-16 Girls
Champion Yi Lin Li LaSalle QC
Second place Rachel Tao Windsor ON
Third place Janet Peng Toronto ON

U-18 Open
Champion Richard Wang Edmonton AB
Second place Ziyuan (Sam) Song Saint John NB
Third place Guannan Terry Song Guelph ON

[Gary Hua]

Re: NAYCC Canadian Official Players procedure

I have some questions :

1. What happen if CYCC 2nd place opts for Pan-Am tournament and becomes the Canadian official rep ?
2. If CYCC 2nd place opts for NAYCC, will the CYCC 3rd place becomes the Canadian official rep for Pan-Am then or nothing for the 3rd place winner ? That will be a shame, isn't it ?

[Gary Hua]

Re: NAYCC Canadian Official Players procedure

I have some questions :

1. What happen if CYCC 2nd place opts for Pan-Am tournament and becomes the Canadian official rep ?
2. If CYCC 2nd place opts for NAYCC, will the CYCC 3rd place becomes the Canadian official rep for Pan-Am then or nothing for the 3rd place winner ? That will be a shame, isn't it ?

I am still waiting for the CFC's answer. If the 2nd place in the CYCC becomes the official player of Canada for NAYCC, does that mean the 3rd place winner gets nothing.

I think this is not right as the flyer for the CYCC last year clearly stated that 1st place - WYCC / 2nd place - Pan Am and 3rd place for NAYCC. I supposed that there will be a budget for all the 3 categories.

I am not hopeful that CFC will reply to the above but I am just very disappointed as a Parent who has supported chess all these few years in Canada and to CFC.

Parent of a Canadian Junior Chess Player

[Vlad Drkulec]

Re: NAYCC Canadian Official Players procedure

I am still waiting for the CFC's answer. If the 2nd place in the CYCC becomes the official player of Canada for NAYCC, does that mean the 3rd place winner gets nothing.

I think this is not right as the flyer for the CYCC last year clearly stated that 1st place - WYCC / 2nd place - Pan Am and 3rd place for NAYCC. I supposed that there will be a budget for all the 3 categories.

I am not hopeful that CFC will reply to the above but I am just very disappointed as a Parent who has supported chess all these few years in Canada and to CFC.

Parent of a Canadian Junior Chess Player

Look Gary, I just had a car accident this past Monday three days ago which destroyed my car. I am dealing with the insurance company, the auto body shop, the police, the other driver's insurance company. I have a CFC meeting which is going on as we speak. I have a full schedule of lessons and am trying to relaunch a Windsor chess class on Friday night after two years without such a class. Putting something on Chesstalk is not the way to get a result.

The CFC criteria have been the same for the past three years with respect to these tournaments and are the same as the criteria which I posted. The value for these second and third place finishers is approximately $300 if they are chosen as the official player at one of these events. Anyone who participated at WYCC and finished tied for third received similar benefit through our new policy (new for the last three years) of paying the entry fees for WYCC for official players and those who finished second or third or even tied for second or third at CYCC.

It is not reasonable to ask that someone who finished third has priority over someone who finished first or second. What might be in a flyer from the organizers of CYCC where many different people are involved in the creation of these flyers is not something the CFC can be responsible for. I know that I corrected some things last year but it is possible that some things were missed. It is always best to go to the official communications from the CFC which have been consistent on this matter at least while I have been on the executive.

That being said I would like the section of the handbook to be rewritten to remove ambiguity. The intention when it was written (and I asked the people who wrote it) was that first place would have first choice of which tournament, followed by second place, followed by third place. The section was written some time ago when the Pan Am and North American usually followed CYCC. These days the tournaments often precede CYCC. Some have suggested that we move the CYCC much earlier in the year when no one except in the province where it is being held can play. I think it is probably better to rewrite the section of the handbook to reflect the current reality even if that means removing all references to NAYCC and Pan Am tournaments from the section of the handbook.

The cupboard on the youth fund is a bit bare after some heavier than usual expenditures for the last two WYCC's and also the addition of four teams sent to U16 Olympiad over the last two years. I hope that this year we can still do something for people that are caught in this situation but we can't spend more than we have and I have to be successful in convincing members of the executive to be able to do this.

[Gary Hua]

Re: NAYCC Canadian Official Players procedure

Look Gary, I just had a car accident this past Monday three days ago which destroyed my car. I am dealing with the insurance company, the auto body shop, the police, the other driver's insurance company. I have a CFC meeting which is going on as we speak. I have a full schedule of lessons and am trying to relaunch a Windsor chess class on Friday night after two years without such a class. Putting something on Chesstalk is not the way to get a result.

>>Vlad, I am sorry to hear that you had an accident. I hope you are ok. I don't mean anything offensive but I had written to CFC without getting any reply.

The CFC criteria have been the same for the past three years with respect to these tournaments and are the same as the criteria which I posted. The value for these second and third place finishers is approximately $300 if they are chosen as the official player at one of these events. Anyone who participated at WYCC and finished tied for third received similar benefit through our new policy (new for the last three years) of paying the entry fees for WYCC for official players and those who finished second or third or even tied for second or third at CYCC.

>> What I m trying to say is the top 3 winners should be awarded as official players. 1st goes to WYCC which normally one does. If 2nd place chose NAYCC, then the 3rd should be also an official player as well since CFC has already budgeted for it. This is my point. the 3rd place winner should not be penalized just because the 2nd place chose NAYCC and it is beyond the 3rd place to do anything.


It is not reasonable to ask that someone who finished third has priority over someone who finished first or second. What might be in a flyer from the organizers of CYCC where many different people are involved in the creation of these flyers is not something the CFC can be responsible for. I know that I corrected some things last year but it is possible that some things were missed. It is always best to go to the official communications from the CFC which have been consistent on this matter at least while I have been on the executive.

That being said I would like the section of the handbook to be rewritten to remove ambiguity. The intention when it was written (and I asked the people who wrote it) was that first place would have first choice of which tournament, followed by second place, followed by third place. The section was written some time ago when the Pan Am and North American usually followed CYCC. These days the tournaments often precede CYCC. Some have suggested that we move the CYCC much earlier in the year when no one except in the province where it is being held can play. I think it is probably better to rewrite the section of the handbook to reflect the current reality even if that means removing all references to NAYCC and Pan Am tournaments from the section of the handbook.

The cupboard on the youth fund is a bit bare after some heavier than usual expenditures for the last two WYCC's and also the addition of four teams sent to U16 Olympiad over the last two years. I hope that this year we can still do something for people that are caught in this situation but we can't spend more than we have and I have to be successful in convincing members of the executive to be able to do this.

>> I just hope that CFC under you will consider the case above. The recognition that comes with it as an official player is invaluable for the player. Thank you in Advance

Gary

[Gary Hua]

Re: NAYCC Canadian Official Players procedure

I am just copy and paste the following from the CFC handbook so that all parties will be clear on the qualifications as an official players.

Further, the CYCC flyers clearly stated that

1st goes to WYCC / 2nd goes to Pan-Am and 3rd goes to NAYCC.

In that case, I am sure CFC will have allocates the respective allocations for each winner ( which I am sure of ). Please have a heart for all the winners and not just 1 or 2. It's heart breaking to see if rules have been changed. Of course it can be changed but that will be for the future and please make sure it is being announced accordingly.

INVITED PLAYERS

a) Canadian Youth Chess Championship (CYCC) is a qualifier to international youth chess competitions.

Top 3 finishers in each section are qualified to become official representatives for:

1) World Youth Chess Championship (WYCC);

2) Pan American Youth Chess Championship;

3) North American Youth Chess Championship.

If the winner is unable to participate at WYCC, this fact shall be announced on the public CFC forum as soon as it becomes known.

If the winner is unable to participate, the second place finisher shall be invited to go in his place. If the second place finisher is unable to participate, the third place finisher shall be invited to go. If the third place finisher also declines, the highest finisher in the tournament who is willing to participate in the world event (if not rejected by CFC Executive due to the sub paragraph (d)), shall be selected. The CFC Board of Directors shall use an appropriate tie-breaking method to break ties if required to determine the order of finish.

All official representatives to WYCC should receive financial support from CFC to reduce their travel expenses.

Thanks

Gary Hua

[Robert Song]

Re: NAYCC Canadian Official Players procedure

Why everything need to be related to CYCC? Looks Canada doesn't care to have strongest players to these international competitions or not.

[Vlad Drkulec]

Re: NAYCC Canadian Official Players procedure

CYCC is the national youth championship. Only the three tournaments (WYCC, NAYCC and Pan Am Youth Chess Festival) are determined by CYCC finish. There are many other tournaments which are decided by highest CFC rating when there are competing players. CYCC finances all youth activities so it is only fair that the finish at CYCC have some significance.