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Players may play up one section if their current rating is
within 100 points of rating floor.
Extra cost is $20, proceeds to the Olympic Fund.
Round Times: Saturday 10:00am, 2:00pm, 6:30pm, Sunday 10:00am, 2:30pm
Time Control: All rounds G/90 + 30 sec
Entry Fees: Payments received on or before January 20, 2017:
Pro Section $60, others $40.
After January 20, 2017: Pro Section is $70, others $50.
On Site Late Fee: $10.00
Single Half Point Byes: in rounds 1-4 may be requested in advance
Prizes: $60 per Pro player returned as prizes.
Trophies awarded in other sections
Registration: Prepayment required to avoid the onsite late fee.
For Paypal, the payee is chess@uoguelph.ca.
For E-transfers, send to halbond@sympatico.ca
Or mail cheques payable to Hal Bond, NEW ADDRESS
31-383 Edinburgh Road S., Guelph, ON N1G 2K7
Players registering on site after 9:30 Saturday may not receive
a swiss pairing in first round.
Equipment, snacks and refreshments provided by organizer
Last edited by Hal Bond; Tuesday, 7th February, 2017, 07:20 AM.
We have 48 players now pre-registered. You can still take advantage of the early payment discount if you register today.
Pro Section
1 Eugene Hua 2271
2 Guannan Terry Song 2238
3 Rohan Talukdar 2225
4 Gordon Gooding 2154
5 Alex T. Ferreira 2087
6 Corin Schneider 2085
7 Arhant Washimkar 1957
U2000 Section
1 Undriadi Benggawan 1772
2 Masoud Jizan 1755
3 Istvan Kiss 1745
4 Brian Clark 1741
5 Tim Knechtel 1719
6 John Jordan 1704
7 Joseph Liao 1658
U1700 Section
1 Jeffrey Renfei Zhao 1560
2 Stefan Szpular 1495
3 Cheney Chen 1453
4 Austin Hunter 1402
5 Harry Liu 1389
6 Henry Liu 1346
7 Qalib Ladhani 1345
8 William J. Mollison 1344
9 Michelle Hua 1309
10 Atharva Srinivas 1262
11 Haotong Hazel Guo 1250
U1300 Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Shixiong Liu 1293
2 Roger Guo 1264
3 John Sprague 1198
4 Bruce Hurst 1195
5 Christopher Osborne 1123
6 Raymond Gao 1118
7 William [Zhimao] Gao 1112
8 Derek Chen 1084
9 Kiyan Ladhani 1045
10 Daniel Caron 1020
11 Shridhar Kulkarni 992
12 Henry Hughes 979
13 Andrew Wang 951
U1000 Section
1 Brian Cameron 967
2 Kevin Caron 904
3 Eric Li 896
4 Lucy Gao 839
5 Ashley Caron 753
6 Jodie Liao 580
7 Michael Yu 540
8 Shayan Jizan 512
9 Owen Robinson 436
10 Jett Lai unr.
I think I caught them all. Please let me know if I have missed anyone. The capacity of the playing venue is 100 players.
Pro Section
1 Eugene Hua 2271
2 Sergey Noritsyn 2253
3 Guannan Terry Song 2238
4 Nicholas Vettese 2228
5 Rohan Talukdar 2225
6 Jonathan Yu 2212
7 William Li 2176
8 Caleb Petersen 2155
9 Gordon Gooding 2154
10 Hairan Liang 2130
11 Alex T. Ferreira 2087
12 Corin Schneider 2085
13 Benjamin Lin 1969
14 Arhant Washimkar 1957
15 Cindy Qiao 1916
U2000 Section
1 David G Plaxton 1907
2 Robert Gillanders 1861
3 Undriadi Benggawan 1772
4 Masoud Jizan 1755
5 Istvan Kiss 1745
6 Brian Clark 1741
7 Eric Ning 1730
8 Tim Knechtel 1719
9 John Jordan 1704
10 Joseph Liao 1658
11 Shafkat Ali 1657
U1700 Section
1 Kousihan Balachandran 1589
2 Jeffrey Renfei Zhao 1560
3 Stefan Szpular 1495
4 Joey Qiao 1494
5 Cheney Chen 1453
6 Austin Hunter 1402
7 Harry Liu 1389
8 Henry Liu 1346
9 Qalib Ladhani 1345
10 Edward Xiao 1345
11 William J. Mollison 1344
12 Michelle Hua 1309
13 Atharva Srinivas 1262
14 Haotong Hazel Guo 1250
U1300 Section
1 Shixiong Liu 1293
2 Roger Guo 1264
3 John Sprague 1198
4 Bruce Hurst 1195
5 Nevin Deshpande 1186
6 Angela Lin 1143
7 Christopher Osborne 1123
8 Raymond Gao 1118
9 William [Zhimao] Gao 1112
10 Derek Chen 1084
11 Kiyan Ladhani 1045
12 Daniel Caron 1020
13 Shridhar Kulkarni 992
14 Andrew Wang 951
U1000 Section
1 Henry Hughes 979
2 Brian Cameron 967
3 Ivan Noritsyn 943
4 Kevin Caron 904
5 Riley Brownsdon 904
6 Eric Li 896
7 Kent Spence 866
8 Jerry Gerber 856
9 Lucy Gao 839
10 Ashley Caron 753
11 Jodie Liao 580
12 Michael Yu 540
13 Shayan Jizan 512
14 Owen Robinson 436
15 Jett Lai unr.
16 Simone Renwick unr.
Pro Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 FM Victor Plotkin 2408
2 Richard Chen 2306
3 Eugene Hua 2271
4 Sergey Noritsyn 2241
5 FM Guannan Terry Song 2238
6 FM Nicholas Vettese 2228
7 Rohan Talukdar 2225
8 Jonathan Yu 2212
9 William Li 2194
10 Caleb Petersen 2155
11 Gordon Gooding 2154
12 Hairan Liang 2130
13 Chike (Jude) Aniunoh 2108
14 Alex T. Ferreira 2087
15 Corin Schneider 2085
16 Max Chen 1973
17 Benjamin Lin 1969
18 Arhant Washimkar 1942
19 Cindy Qiao 1901
U2000 Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 David G Plaxton 1907
2 Omaray M. Shah 1840
3 Robert Gillanders 1822
4 Undriadi Benggawan 1772
5 Masoud Jizan 1755
6 Istvan Kiss 1745
7 Brian Clark 1741
8 Eric Ning 1730
9 Tim Knechtel 1719
10 John Jordan 1704
11 Joseph Liao 1658
12 Shafkat Ali 1657
13 Stephen Humphreys 1654
U1700 Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Kousihan Balachandran 1589
2 Jeffrey Renfei Zhao 1560
3 Stefan Szpular 1495
4 Ziad Kayssi 1494
5 Joey Qiao 1475
6 Cheney Chen 1453
7 Harry Liu 1406
8 Austin Hunter 1402
9 Harrison (Hangchen) Liu 1353
10 Henry Liu 1346
11 Qalib Ladhani 1345
12 Edward Xiao 1345
13 William J. Mollison 1344
14 Michelle Hua 1300
15 Atharva Srinivas 1262
16 Haotong Hazel Guo 1250
17 Chris Poland unr.
U1300 Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Shixiong Liu 1293
2 Roger Guo 1264
3 John Sprague 1198
4 Bruce Hurst 1195
5 Nevin Deshpande 1186
6 Angela Lin 1143
7 Raymond Gao 1137
8 Christopher Osborne 1123
9 William (Zhimao) Gao 1115
10 Derek Chen 1112
11 Steve Vettese 1090
12 Kiyan Ladhani 1045
13 Daniel Caron 1020
14 Shridhar Kulkarni 992
15 Andrew Wang 951
16 Jin Rong (Winnie) Zhuang 941
17 Simone Renwick unr.
U1000 Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Henry Hughes 979
2 Brian Cameron 967
3 Ivan Noritsyn 967
4 Kevin Caron 904
5 Riley Brownsdon 904
6 Eric Li 896
7 Allison Larass 884
8 Zhixing (Daniel) Wang 876
9 Kent Spence 866
10 Jerry Gerber 856
11 Lucy Gao 837
12 Grant Chen 828
13 Ashley Caron 753
14 Aiden Taylor 677
15 Jodie Liao 580
16 Xiuqi (Arthur) Wang 556
17 Michael (Han Yang) Yu 540
18 Shayan Jizan 512
19 Regen Chan 497
20 Owen Robinson 436
21 Nathan Hampson unr.
22 Jett Lai unr.
23 Haichen Liu unr.
We have 5 spots left. Usually there are some last minute withdrawals so a few spots may open up. I have been asked a few questions in emails that I can answer for everyone. First, the original notice advertised a U900 section by mistake. It is U1000.
Second, all sections are CFC rated and the top 3 sections are also FIDE rated. If you are playing in one of them and do not have a FIDE ID number, I will require your year of birth in order to get it.
Some unrated players have shown up at our club recently and wish to play in the tournament. Based on their results in club play I have placed them in a higher section. This is not the same as rated players "playing up". Their first rating will be based on their pro-am results, and their opponents will then be rated based on this initial rating.
I look forward to hosting everyone this weekend. See you soon!
We caught a break with the room bookings! More space has opened up from a cancelation and I can take 20 more players. The University Centre is bursting this year so I did not expect this at all.
We are just over 100 players with some withdrawals and new players added.
Pro Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 FM Victor Plotkin 2408
2 FM Yuanchen Zhang 2325
3 Richard Chen 2306
4 Eugene Hua 2271
5 Sergey Noritsyn 2241
6 FM Guannan Terry Song 2238
7 FM Nicholas Vettese 2228
8 Rohan Talukdar 2225
9 Jonathan Yu 2212
10 William Li 2194
11 Caleb Petersen 2155
12 Gordon Gooding 2154
13 Hairan Liang 2130
14 Chike [Jude] Aniunoh 2108
15 Alex T. Ferreira 2087
16 Corin Schneider 2085
17 Max Chen 1973
18 Benjamin Lin 1969
19 Arhant Washimkar 1942
20 Cindy Qiao 1901
U2000 Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Andrew Colvin 1857
2 Omaray M. Shah 1840
3 Robert Gillanders 1822
4 Undriadi Benggawan 1772
5 Masoud Jizan 1755
6 Istvan Kiss 1745
7 Eric Ning 1730
8 Tim Knechtel 1719
9 John Jordan 1704
10 Brian Clarke 1686
11 Joseph Liao 1658
12 Shafkat Ali 1657
13 Stephen Humphreys 1654
U1700 Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Jeffrey Renfei Zhao 1560
2 Ziad Kayssi 1494
3 Andrii Borysenko 1494
4 Joey Qiao 1475
5 Zaynah Bhanji 1470
6 Cheney Chen 1453
7 Khrystyna Borysenko 1444
8 Harry Liu 1406
9 Austin Hunter 1402
10 Avery Jones 1386
11 Allan She 1372
12 Harrison (Hangchen) Liu 1353
13 Henry Liu 1346
14 Edward Xiao 1345
15 William J. Mollison 1344
16 Michelle Hua 1300
17 Atharva Srinivas 1262
18 Haotong Hazel Guo 1250
19 Areez Bhanji 1249
20 Chris Poland unr.
U1300 Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Shixiong Liu 1293
2 Roger Guo 1264
3 John Sprague 1198
4 Bruce Hurst 1195
5 MingYu Ren 1189
6 Nevin Deshpande 1186
7 Angela Lin 1143
8 Raymond Gao 1137
9 Yulun (Tony) Wu 1129
10 Christopher Osborne 1123
11 Xiaoyu [Charles] Ran 1120
12 William (Zhimao) Gao 1115
13 Derek Chen 1112
14 Steve Vettese 1090
15 Kiyan Ladhani 1045
16 Daniel Caron 1020
17 Shridhar Kulkarni 992
18 Andrew Wang 951
19 Simone Renwick unr.
U1000 Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Eric Sun 988
2 Henry Hughes 979
3 Brian Cameron 967
4 Ivan Noritsyn 967
5 Kevin Caron 904
6 Riley Brownsdon 904
7 Eric Li 896
8 Zhixing (Daniel) Wang 876
9 Divjot Locham 862
10 Jerry Gerber 856
11 Lucy Gao 837
12 Grant Chen 828
13 Leo Zhuang 783
14 Ashley Caron 753
15 Dania Surya 743
16 Aiden Taylor 677
17 Jodie Liao 580
18 Xiuqi (Arthur) Wang 556
19 Alice Ran 545
20 Michael (Han Yang) Yu 540
21 Shayan Jizan 512
22 Regen Chan 497
23 Owen Robinson 436
24 Sean Ran 425
25 Jett Lai unr.
26 Alex Xu unr.
27 Haichen Liu unr.
28 Lintao Hu unr.
29 Jeremy Clark unr.
30 Nathan Hampson unr.
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