2016 Canadian Women’s Chess Championship & Zonal [FIDE Zone 2.2], September 22-26

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: 2016 Canadian Women’s Chess Championship & Zonal [FIDE Zone 2.2], September 22-26

Rounds 6 and 7....were the games Pretell-Diaz forfeits? If so - any special reason?

[Event "CWCC Zonal 2016"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khoudgarian, Natalia"]
[Black "Pretell-Diaz, Carol"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[PlyCount "1"]

1. e4 1-0

[Event "CWCC Zonal 2016"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhou, Qiyu"]
[Black "Tan, Kylie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "1671"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 Bg4 6. f3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Bd2 c6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. O-O-O e6 11. h4 h6 12. f4 Be7 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Nh3 Nd5 15.
f5 exf5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Nc6 18. Nhf4 Kd7 19. Qf3 Bh7 20. Nxe7 Rab8 21.
Nfd5 Rbe8 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5+ Kd8 24. Bf4 Qg6 25. Bc7# 1-0

[Event "CWCC Zonal 2016"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Matras-Clement, Agnieszka"]
[Black "Demchenko, Svitlana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2011"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. b3 Ba6 11. Re1 f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bd2 Re8 14. Ne5 Qc7 15.
Qh5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 g6 17. Qe2 Bg7 18. Na4 Qe7 19. Qg4 c4 20. dxc4 c5 21. Bg5 Qc7
22. Bf6 dxc4 23. Rad1 Bxf6 24. exf6 Kf7 25. Qg5 Rad8 26. Qh6 Kg8 27. Kh1 Qf7
28. Nxc5 Qxf6 29. Nxa6 Qf2 30. Nc7 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rf8 32. h3 Qe2 33. Rg1 Qe5 34.
Nxe6 Qxe6 35. Qg5 Qf5 36. Qd2 Qf2 37. Qd5+ Qf7 38. Qd4 cxb3 39. axb3 Qf2 40.
Qd5+ Qf7 41. Rd1 Qxd5 42. Rxd5 Rc8 43. c4 Rb8 44. Rd3 a5 45. Kg1 Kf7 46. Kf2 a4
47. bxa4 Rb4 48. Ra3 Rxc4 49. a5 Rc7 50. a6 Ra7 51. Ke3 Ke7 52. Kd4 Kd6 53. g3
h6 54. g4 g5 55. Ra2 Ke6 56. Kc5 Ke5 57. Kb6 1-0

[Event "CWCC Zonal 2016"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pretell-Diaz, Carol"]
[Black "Zhou, Qiyu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.25"]

0-1

[Event "CWCC Zonal 2016"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Constance"]
[Black "Khoudgarian, Natalia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8.
Bxf5 exf5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Qb3 Bb4 11. O-O Be6 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Rc8 14. Qd3
O-O 15. b4 a6 16. b5 axb5 17. Qxb5 Na5 18. Bd2 b6 19. Bxa5 bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "CWCC Zonal 2016"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tan, Kylie"]
[Black "Matras-Clement, Agnieszka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1671"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb3 a6 8. Nbd2
Ba7 9. Re1 Ng4 10. Re2 Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12. Nf1 f5 13. Re1 Qf6 14. N1h2 Qg6 15.
Nh4 Qg3 16. N4f3 Bxf2+ 17. Kh1 Bxe1 18. Nxe1 fxe4 19. dxe4 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Rf2
21. Bf4 exf4 22. Nhf3 Rf1+ 23. Ng1 Rxg1# 0-1

[Gordon Ritchie]

Re: games and pix

Pretell-Diaz did not show up for the last two rounds, against the defending Canadian women's champion and the new champion. She should be required to explain her behaviour and if she fails to supply sufficient reason why she (1) could not play and (2) could not advise the TD, I believe serious sanctions should be applied. I would personally favour stripping her of her CFC membership and her right to play in any future CFC/FQE sanctioned events. She has not only insulted two champions but shown contempt for the basic rules of decency in chess.

[John Upper]

Re: Round 5 results

Thanks for the linkage!

"On their toes" ... shot has great contextual background with Fencing Equipment.
"Kylie Tan-rd.4" ... shot I interpret her hand signal as CHESS ROCKZ!!!

Thanks.
I really loved that Fencing Room as a location for a chess tournament: weapons and equipment everywhere, wood floors, mirrors, and natural light.
I wouldn't normally use a photo where a player has their hands in such an unnatural position, but the KT shot where it looks like she's tossing the Heavy Metal Horns is one of the few where her face isn't hidden behind her hair. :)

More pix from rounds 6-7 tomorrow. Happily busy tonight with interview with Agnieszka Matras-Clement; to appear with games in future Chess Canada.


Congratulations to very convincing winner Qiyu Zhou -- Canada's first WGM elect, AFAIK -- who won with 5.5/6, including wins over the next three finishers: WIM Agnieszka Matras-Clement (4.5), Constance Wang (3.5) and defending Champion WIM Natalia Khoudgarian (3.5).

for more, see the CFC Newsfeed:
http://chess.ca/newsfeed/node/887

[Hal Bond]

Re: Round 5 results

Awesome result by Qiyu - congratulations! Thanks John for your wonderful coverage of the event.

[Halldor P. Palsson]

Re: games and pix

Pretell-Diaz did not show up for the last two rounds, against the defending Canadian women's champion and the new champion. She should be required to explain her behaviour and if she fails to supply sufficient reason why she (1) could not play and (2) could not advise the TD, I believe serious sanctions should be applied. I would personally favour stripping her of her CFC membership and her right to play in any future CFC/FQE sanctioned events. She has not only insulted two champions but shown contempt for the basic rules of decency in chess.

Ms. Tan was awarded U2000 prize of $250 undivided because Ms. Pretell-Diaz did not show up for the last two rounds. While not pleased with how she behaved, lets not waste any time on sanctioning Ms. Pretell-Diaz further.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Round 5 results

Qiyu Zhou -- Canada's first WGM elect, AFAIK -- who won with 5.5/6

Congrats.

WIM Agnieszka Matras-Clement (4.5)

Is a player started a process of transferring her POL federation to CAN?

[Gordon Ritchie]

No Show

With great respect, Halldor, if there are no sanctions then others in future will feel, with justification, that they can do the same and simply not show up for important events. I gather that you feel that it is sufficient that the culprit has forfeited her claim to $125 in prize money that she would have received for simply showing up. Perhaps. But at the least, I believe she should be given a formal reprimand and required to post a deposit in future events.

[John Upper]

Re: Round 5 results

Congrats.



Is a player started a process of transferring her POL federation to CAN?

Yes.

I did a long interview with AMC after the event and this is one of the things we discussed. Interview and games will be in Chess Canada issue covering the Zonal.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Round 5 results

Yes.

I did a long interview with AMC after the event and this is one of the things we discussed. Interview and games will be in Chess Canada issue covering the Zonal.

Great.
Hope the issue will come soon this year LOL