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Sorry for the lack of communication, but it has been quite busy here. I fully intended to post results, but time was working against me. I will post a comprehensive tournament report in the next day or so.
Sorry for the lack of communication, but it has been quite busy here. I fully intended to post results, but time was working against me. I will post a comprehensive tournament report in the next day or so.
Can you create PGNs of all games? Now only the last (?) round is accessible.
Good luck at getting PGN's of games from an "Active" tournament (unless DGT boards were supplied). Are players even obliged to record their moves? In FQE active events, keeping score is optional.
Good luck at getting PGN's of games from an "Active" tournament (unless DGT boards were supplied). Are players even obliged to record their moves? In FQE active events, keeping score is optional.
Ups, no need for "all" LOL Just those what were online, and probably they all were top boards :)
On Sunday, the second annual "Chess to Remember" active tournament was held at the Armenian Community Centre of Toronto.
Contrary to what I posted yesterday, there were a total of 127 players in the rated and non-rated sections.
This year a permanent plaque was created to have on display at the centre.
In the Open section, Evgeny Bareev played strongly against all opposition and scored 5/5 to take first prize. This is the second win at this event for Evgeny. Joseph Bellissimo took clear second place with an undefeated 4/5.
In the U2100 section, Ranel Lauron held off Wenlen Yu in the final round to take the first prize with 5/5. This put Wenlu in a 3-way tie for second.
The U1600 section was won by Vadim Khachaturov with 5/5, ahead of Johnathan Zhao with 4.5
The Unrated section had a 2-way tie for first with 5/5 Gurgen Hakobyan and Jatinder Dhaliwal.
See below for the entire prize list.
I have some thoughts and would like to fill in the results with some details.
First, events of this size don't happen by themselves and the organizing committe put many hours of work and thought into making it come off smoothly.
Thanks to: Aram Ettibaryan, Arto & Siran Hacherian, Stepan Tonakanian, Ari Keskinian, Vahe Magarian, Natalie Aghavelyan, Garni Tatikian and Varak Khachturian. Many other volunteers helped on the Sunday as well. Sponsors were also integral to ensuring the $3000 guaranteed prize fund (cash and medals). Thank you to all the sponsors, big and small: Artine Terzian of ATT Developers,
Arto & Siranus Hacherian,
Anto & Nadia Purutoglu,
Chessagain.com
Levon Gyulinyan, ReMax realtor
Gem Lab and
New-Tech Services.
The honourable, His Excellency Armen Yeganian, Armenian ambassador to Canada, came to see our event and spoke a few words about chess in Armenia and how proud he was to see so many diverse people at our event. This leads me to my impressions from yesterday. As a 3rd generation Armenian, that doesn't speak the language (something I want to address in retirement), this event helps me connect with my heritage and to help commemorate the genocide.
At the opening ceremony, Karina Nagiar, from the Sara Corning Centre of Genocide Education gave a short speech to touch on some of the events that began over 100 years ago in Turkey. One of the more poignant moments of her speech for me was when she said "When the terms of the Genocide Convention were passed by the United Nations in 1948, the world said, "Never again." But the history of the twentieth century instead proved that "never again" became "again and again." The promise the United Nations made was broken, as again and again, genocides and other forms of mass murder killed more than all the international wars of the twentieth century combined.
It is our collective duty to make sure the Armenian Genocide and other acts of genocide are remembered and condemned. In the words of the great George Santayana, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Remembering the events of the past and paying tribute to those who perished will strengthen our resolve to prevent such events from ever happening again."
In my nearly 40 years of playing competitive events, I've met hundreds of different players with widely diverse backgrounds. Some I would like to call close friends, but mostly what we share is a love of chess. Conversations usually revolve around chess. Yesterday, I had many players that I know closely and casually, tell me that they were there for more than just the chess and the prizes. They came because this event has a purpose beyond the game itself. It helps to shine a light on areas that thrive in darkness and we need the light to prevent our 'tripping' into the darkness. It gave me quite a feeling of great pride and has given me a greater perspective and respect for my fellow chess players. For this, thank you all very much for making this event the success that it was. I look forward to next year's event. Thank you all who participated, whether through playing, parenting/driving, sponsoring, volunteering or organizing. Congratulations on a job well done.
Good morning Hugh:
I'm trying to get an answer for you. The top 5 boards were broadcast live, but our IT guru, is now in Belgium. I'm waiting to hear from him whether the previous rounds' games were kept or not. I hope so, but make no promises right now.
Yes, there is no recording obligation in these actives.
Thank you for doing the ground work for the national database--even though my games are conspicuously absent :)
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