Saturday Blitz results

[Vlad Dobrich]

Very favourable reviews to our first event at the new site - Mom's Cafe 1096 Danforth (1 block east of the Donlands subway station). Lots of room, lots of light, friendly staff! Also strong field as the Russians arrived en masse.

1st: Leonid Gerzhoy 11 - 3
2nd Bator Sambuev 10 - 4
3rd (tie): Andrei Gulko, Yakov Vaingorten 9 1/2 each
B Class: John Chidley-Hill 2 1/2
Also played: Dave Southam, Brian Fiedler 6 points each
Hugh McNeil 1 1/2 points (his 1 was against Sambuev in round 1:))

Also, the Cafe manager took lots of pics of the players in action which I will try to post here when he emails them to me.

BGC Blitz Ratings June 14, 2009

Stevens Christian 2628
Sambuev Bator 2622
Zugic Igor 2591
Teplitsky Yan 2568
Samsonkin Artem 2537
Noritsyn Nikolay 2508
Milicevic Goran 2505
Gerzhoy Leonid 2501
Bluvshtein Mark 2484
Tyomkin Dimitri 2483
Thavandirn Shiyam 2441
Schleiffer Michael 2437
Ochkoos Yuri 2437
Panjwani Raja 2424
Rek Slava 2413
Livshits Ron 2411
Divljan Igor 2391
Drashko Dragan 2381
Hamilton Robert 2376
Gulko Andrei 2374
Krnan Thomas 2362
Plotkin Victor 2356
Gindi Shahar 2353
Teodoro Eduardo 2346
Buscar Michael 2342
SapozhnkovRoman 2338
Findlay Ian 2313
Bailey Doug 2303
Henry Liam 2287
Barron Michael 2284
Day Lawrence 2279
Aronov Yuri 2275
Raheb David 2270
Peng David 2247
Blakely Matt 2236
Vaingorten Yakov 2232
Molchanov Yevhen 2232
Sellers Karl 2231
Puri Vinny 2227
Harper Ryan 2201
Dougherty Michael 2199
Kimelman Michael 2192
Barrios Felix 2185
Derraugh Geordie 2182
Southam Dave 2179
Martchenko Alex 2164
Jung Hans 2162
Campbell Brett 2153
Evans Bill 2139
Inigo Aquino 2134
Guo Josh 2124
Calugar Arthur 2124
Fiedler Brian 2122
Sundar Avinash 2121
Bluvshtein Ilya 2120
Kleinman Michael 2112
Casareno Erwin 2106
Miletic Dusan 2104
Siddely Hugh 2103
Nahutin Yevgeny 2100
Erichsen Dan 2098
Ferreira Alex 2075
Pimentel Sheldon 2073
Malette Martin 2069
Kagramanov Dina 2067
Brajkovic Nikola 2050
Picana Andrew 2042
Hambleton Aman 2037
Lucki Arnie 2034
Visnjic Zoran 2028
Dobrich Vlad 2022
Jolliffe Kyle 2018
Haziprodromu Sam 2006
Malmsten Erik 2004
Bokhout Peter 1995
Hambleton Aman 1995
Laughlin Steve 1981
Gusev Nikita 1974
Fan Brendan 1959
Abrahams Daniel 1956
Solis Jamie 1954
Mills Morgon 1949
Walker Trevor 1945
Takov Chris 1930
Longo Tyler 1928
Ho Conrad 1925
Trbic Milan 1924
Chidley-Hill John 1906
Bell Ian 1895
Visnjic Momcilo 1882
Ferner Wilf 1875
Gomes Joe 1863
Zhou Haonan 1848
Kutuzov Yevgeni 1846
Steadman Richard 1832
Brammall Stuart 1815
Gunapalan David 1804
Danilova Luba 1803
Mc Neil Hugh 1802
Fan Yibing 1798
Mustafa Ozcan 1791
Rutherdale William 1777
Henderson Fred 1775
Moran Mario 1774
Stein Jacob 1763
Le Ken 1760
Knox Christopher 1757
Gross Gerald 1752
Kauffan Robert 1748
Power Alan 1740
Orlova Liza 1727
Verde Pino 1701
ThavandiranNimalan1681
Panjwani Dilip 1642
Munro Brendan 1600

[Vlad Dobrich]

Re: Saturday Blitz results

Got the photos emailed to me - can't figure out how to post them here!

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Saturday Blitz results

Got the photos emailed to me - can't figure out how to post them here!

You'll need to reduce a file size to <97.7kb, and then to use feature "Attach Files",




by clicking "Manage Attachments", and uploading them with "Upload File from your Computer"

[Hugh Siddeley]

Re: Master Bator

Well done Hugh for taking a point off Grandmaster Bator. Was he busy choking his bishop? :D

[Vlad Dobrich]

Re: Saturday Blitz results

TEST: Photo file

Brian Fiedler vs Bator Sambuev

[Vlad Dobrich]

Re: Saturday Blitz results

Well, after 20 minutes of fumbling and stumbling, I got a picture posted (Brian F is on the left). All the pics came out dark but hopefully we'll get some better ones this Saturday at which point I'll give it another go.

[John Brown]

Re: Saturday Blitz results

I think your pictures are dark because they had back lighting coming from the sun out side shining in. On solution is a flash. If you can't change the opening on the camera then I think all will be dark without a flash.

[Vlad Dobrich]

Re: Saturday Blitz results

Had I taken the pics they would have been properly exposed. I'm arranging for another camera this Saturday which should yield a good crop of pics.
In reference to another thread just below, we will be facilitating outdoor chess at the Cafe. Just today the proprietor erected a patio umbrella, which I supplied, courtesy of the Seanachai Pub's owner. The next crop of photos should display the result.:)

[Vlad Dobrich]

Re: Saturday Blitz results

Sambuev (left) vs Gerzhoy with Dave Southam watching. Angrei Gulko barely visible over Gezhoy's shoulder.