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    Bator Sambuev and Nikolay Noritsyn to play for Toronto Dragons in Pro Chess League

    I have received a request to set up a separate thread for the Toronto Dragons. As mentioned in the Montreal thread, American IM Greg Shahade has moved the U.S. Chess League to chess.com, renamed it the Pro Chess League, and opened it up to teams from cities around the world. The prize fund is $50 000, and the games are played online on chess.com.

    IM Arthur Calugar and I drafted masters for a Toronto team, the Dragons. Canadians GM Bator Sambuev, IM Nikolay Noritsyn, GM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon, GM Razvan Preotu, IM Raja Panjwani, FM Shiyam Thavandiran, IM Kaiqi Yang, IM Michael Song and IM Arthur Calugar will be joined by Romanian GM Gergely-Andras-Gyula Szabo, who coaches many of Canada's juniors.

    Toronto Dragons schedule for 2017:
    R1 Wednesday January 11 6:45 p.m. EST Montclair Sopranos (with Canadian GM Pascal Charbonneau)
    R2 Wed. Jan. 18 6:45 p.m. Montreal Chessbrahs (Fabiano Caruana)
    R3 Wed. Jan. 25 6:40 p.m. Columbus Cardinals (IM Atanas Kizov)
    R4 Wed. February 1 6:45 p.m. New Jersey Knockouts (GM Alexander Stripunsky)
    R5 Sat. Feb. 11 2:55 p.m. London Towers (GM Gawain Jones)
    R6 Wed. Feb. 15 6:35 p.m. Patagonia Penguins (GM Fernando Peralto)
    R7 Wed. Feb. 22 TBA
    Playoffs Wed. March 1, 8, 15, 25/26

    The games can be watched live on chess.com's Live Chess server, and there will be colour commentary by GM Dejan Bojkov and Irina Krush on chess.com TV.

    You can read more about Toronto and the other teams in our division on our Facebook page:

    https://www.facebook.com/todragonschess/
    Last edited by Glenn Giffen; Thursday, 12th January, 2017, 01:53 PM.
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    Re: Bator Sambuev and Nikolay Noritsyn to play for Toronto Dragons in Pro Chess Leagu

    Since it's online games, anyone know what the organizer does to prevent cheaters?

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      Re: Bator Sambuev and Nikolay Noritsyn to play for Toronto Dragons in Pro Chess Leagu

      Originally posted by James Tan View Post
      Since it's online games, anyone know what the organizer does to prevent cheaters?
      Chess.com has an cheating detection team which will be monitoring all the games. If they are sure a player is cheating, that player will be ejected from the tournament, and their opponents will be awarded the points for the games that player played. If someone's play seems suspicious or they are playing at a much higher level than you would expect, an arbiter will be called in to watch them play, or they will have to set up a camera to show themselves playing. In chess.com's Titled Tuesdays tournaments, a couple of titled players were disqualified for cheating. This rule with the arbiter might be new though.
      Last edited by Glenn Giffen; Thursday, 12th January, 2017, 04:44 AM.

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      • #4
        Re: Bator Sambuev and Nikolay Noritsyn to play for Toronto Dragons in Pro Chess Leagu

        I've posted photos of our players to the fan clubs on Facebook and Chess.com:

        https://www.facebook.com/todragonschess/

        https://www.chess.com/club/toronto-dragons-fan-club

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        • #5
          Re: Bator Sambuev and Nikolay Noritsyn to play for Toronto Dragons in Pro Chess Leagu

          Originally posted by Glenn Giffen View Post
          I've posted photos of our players to the fan clubs on Facebook and Chess.com:

          https://www.facebook.com/todragonschess/

          https://www.chess.com/club/toronto-dragons-fan-club
          Thanks Glenn - nice bit of promotion - lots of us have met, or seen many of the players......but some of them, many of us may not have seen for years, since they were younger juniors.....nice to see an update photo.

          Bob A

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          • #6
            Re: Bator Sambuev and Nikolay Noritsyn to play for Toronto Dragons in Pro Chess Leagu

            Yeah, I meet up with them a fair bit. I'll try to post more pictures as we go along here.

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            • #7
              Re: Bator Sambuev and Nikolay Noritsyn to play for Toronto Dragons in Pro Chess Leagu

              Dragons GM Bator Sambuev and GM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon are playing in the Pere Noel tournament in Montreal this week. They both won their first round games! We wish them all the best!

              http://chess-results.com/tnr255395.a...1&art=4&wi=821

              http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/activite/t...du-pere-noel-2

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              • #8
                Re: Bator Sambuev and Nikolay Noritsyn to play for Toronto Dragons in Pro Chess Leagu

                Toronto Dragons pairings for our Week 1 match vs. the Montclair Sopranos
                This Wednesday January 11th
                Games start at 6:45 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
                You will be able to watch the games in the Live Chess area of chess.com, or follow the GM commentary on Chess.com TV
                The first named player plays White
                R1
                GM Bator Sambuev vs. GM Aleksandr Lenderman
                GM Razvan Preotu vs. GM Marc Arnold
                GM Pascal Charbonneau vs. IM Nikolay Noritsyn
                Dan Smith vs. GM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon

                R2
                GM Marc Arnold vs. GM Bator Sambuev
                GM Aleksandr Lenderman vs. GM Razvan Preotu
                IM Nikolay Noritsyn vs. Dan Smith
                GM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon vs. GM Pascal Charbonneau

                R3
                GM Bator Sambuev vs. GM Pascal Charbonneau
                GM Razvan Preotu vs. Dan Smith
                GM Aleksandr Lenderman vs. IM Nikolay Noritsyn
                GM Marc Arnold vs. GM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon

                R4
                Dan Smith vs. GM Bator Sambuev
                GM Pascal Charbonneau vs. GM Razvan Preotu
                IM Nikolay Noritsyn vs. GM Marc Arnold
                GM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon vs. GM Aleksandr Lenderman

                https://www.facebook.com/todragonschess/
                https://twitter.com/TODragonsChess
                https://www.chess.com/club/toronto-dragons-fan-club
                Last edited by Glenn Giffen; Tuesday, 10th January, 2017, 03:42 AM.

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                • #9
                  Re: Bator Sambuev and Nikolay Noritsyn to play for Toronto Dragons in Pro Chess Leagu

                  I thought only one foreign player was allowed? Bator Sambuev and Thomas Roussel-Roozmon are not from Toronto... at least not to my knowledge, and I am based out of Markham.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Bator Sambuev and Nikolay Noritsyn to play for Toronto Dragons in Pro Chess Leagu

                    Bator Sambuev used to live in Toronto, so the League voted to accept him as a 'local' player.

                    The pundits are starting to predict Wednesday's results. IM Robert Ris is predicting that the Toronto Dragons will beat the Montclair Sopranos 10-6 with GM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon scoring 3.5/4!

                    https://www.chess.com/blog/RobertRis...k-1-prediction

                    Similarly, U.S. NM Pete Karagianis is also predicting a Toronto win 9.5-6.5.

                    https://www.chess.com/blog/nmpdk/what-s-in-a-name

                    The excitement is mounting!

                    https://www.facebook.com/todragonschess/
                    https://www.chess.com/club/toronto-dragons-fan-club
                    Last edited by Glenn Giffen; Tuesday, 10th January, 2017, 08:57 PM.

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                    • #11
                      Re: Bator Sambuev and Nikolay Noritsyn to play for Toronto Dragons in Pro Chess Leagu

                      Will there be any live games and, if so, where and schedule?

                      Thanks.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Bator Sambuev and Nikolay Noritsyn to play for Toronto Dragons in Pro Chess Leagu

                        Fans will be able to watch all of the games I listed in post #8 in the Live Chess area of the chess.com website. This week the players will just be playing from their homes. If we organize a public event at game time in a future week, I will post about it here, and on Facebook and chess.com.

                        The U.S. Chess League used to have the players gather in bricks and mortar clubs, and the Pro Chess League may do that for some players or teams this season as well.

                        https://www.facebook.com/todragonschess/
                        https://www.chess.com/club/toronto-dragons-fan-club/
                        Last edited by Glenn Giffen; Wednesday, 11th January, 2017, 06:08 AM.

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                        • #13
                          Re: Bator Sambuev and Nikolay Noritsyn to play for Toronto Dragons in Pro Chess Leagu

                          Originally posted by Glenn Giffen View Post
                          Fans will be able to watch all of the games I listed in post #8 in the Live Chess area of the chess.com website. This week the players will just be playing from their homes. If we organize a public event at game time in a future week, I will post about it here, and on Facebook and chess.com.

                          The U.S. Chess League used to have the players gather in bricks and mortar clubs, and the Pro Chess League may do that for some players or teams this season as well.

                          https://www.facebook.com/todragonschess/
                          https://www.chess.com/club/toronto-dragons-fan-club/
                          Sorry to be so dense, but I can't see how to get to post 8. Is a membership required and, thus, a login?

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                          • #14
                            Re: Bator Sambuev and Nikolay Noritsyn to play for Toronto Dragons in Pro Chess Leagu

                            Originally posted by J. Ken MacDonald View Post
                            Sorry to be so dense, but I can't see how to get to post 8. Is a membership required and, thus, a login?
                            Post #8 is a few posts above this one. If you are viewing Chesstalk in Linear Mode, you just have to scroll upwards a bit to see it.

                            To view the games on chess.com, I believe you need to sign up for a free account by giving them a unique username, your email address, and a password that you should write down somewhere. Once you are a member of chess.com, you can watch the commentary by Dejan Bojkov and Irina Krush on Chess.com TV. Or if you want to follow the individual games, click on Play, and then Live Chess. On Wednesday evenings, if you click on the little binoculars on the right side of Live Chess, you will see a list of games with a time control of 15'+2" and the Dragons playing. I've posted a thread to the forum of the Toronto Dragons Fan Club on chess.com on how to watch the games live.

                            Next Wednesday January 18th sees the two Canadian juggernauts facing off: the Toronto Dragons versus the Montreal Chessbrahs. Alexandre Lesiege, Aman Hambleton and Lefong Hua were playing for the Chessbrahs last night. Come check it out.

                            https://www.facebook.com/todragonschess/
                            https://www.chess.com/club/toronto-dragons-fan-club
                            Last edited by Glenn Giffen; Thursday, 12th January, 2017, 04:17 AM.

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                              Re: Bator Sambuev and Nikolay Noritsyn to play for Toronto Dragons in Pro Chess Leagu

                              [Event "Pro Chess League"]
                              [Site "Chess.com"]
                              [Date "2017.01.11"]
                              [Round "4"]
                              [White "Noritsyn, Nikolay"]
                              [Black "Arnold, Marc Tyler"]
                              [Result "1-0"]
                              [ECO "D29"]
                              [WhiteElo "2479"]
                              [BlackElo "2524"]
                              [PlyCount "99"]
                              [EventDate "2017.??.??"]
                              [Eventtype "team-schev (rapid)"]
                              [Whiteteam "Toronto Dragons"]
                              [Blackteam "Montclair Sopranos"]
                              [TimeControl "900+2"]

                              1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 c5 6.Bxc4 a6 7.O-O b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.e4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 b4 13.Nd5 exd5 14.exd5+ Qe5 15.Qxe5+ Nxe5 16.Re1 Nfg4 17.Bf4 f6 18.h3 Bc5 19.Rad1 Nh6 20.Ne6 Bb6 21.Nxg7+ Kf7 22.Bxh6 Kg6 23.Nf5 Rac8 24.Be3 Bxe3 25.Nxe3 Rhd8 26.f4 Nf7 27.Bc2+ Kg7 28.Bf5 Rc7 29.Be6 Nd6 30.Rc1 Re7 31.Re2 Rde8 32.f5 h5 33.Rec2 Kh6 34.h4 Rg7 35.Rc7 Ree7 36.Rxe7 Rxe7 37.Nc4 Nxf5 38.Bxf5 Bxd5 39.Bd3 Rg7 40.Bf1 f5 41.Ne3 Be4 42.Rc5 Kg6 43.Be2 Rd7 44.Bf3 Bxf3 45.gxf3 Rd2 46.Rc6+ Kf7 47.Nxf5 a5 48.Ra6 Rxb2 49.Rxa5 Kf6 50.Ng3
                              1-0

                              [Event "Pro Chess League"]
                              [Site "Chess.com"]
                              [Date "2017.01.11"]
                              [Round "4"]
                              [White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
                              [Black "Preotu, Razvan"]
                              [Result "0-1"]
                              [ECO "E46"]
                              [WhiteElo "2505"]
                              [BlackElo "2495"]
                              [PlyCount "62"]
                              [EventDate "2017.??.??"]
                              [Eventtype "team-schev (rapid)"]
                              [Whiteteam "Montclair Sopranos"]
                              [Blackteam "Toronto Dragons"]

                              { 15'+2" } 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nge2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nf4 c6 9.Bd3 a5 10.O-O Na6 11.f3 Nc7 12.Bd2 Ne6 13.Nfe2 b5 14.Be1 Ba6 15.Bf2 b4 16.Na4 bxa3 17.bxa3 c5 18.Bxa6 Rxa6 19.dxc5 Nxc5 20.Nac3 a4 21.Nd4 Qd7 22.Qc2 Rc8 23.Rfc1 Raa8 24.Rab1 Ne6 25.Ndb5 d4 26.exd4 Nd5 27.Qe4 Nef4 28.Bg3 f5 29.Qc2 Nxc3 30.Nxc3 Rxc3 31.Qa2+ Qd5
                              0-1

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