Richard Riedstra Memorial in Kitchener - Round 3 results and Round 4 pairings

[Brian Clarke]

Here are the results after round 3 of the U1600 Section.

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Tot
1 Greta Qu 160692 1195 W44 D8 W26 2.5
2 Xiaoyu [Charles] Ran 157587 1147 W18 D17 W24 2.5
3 Elena Yang 162141 1451 W30 W25 D4 2.5
4 Jeffrey Renfei Zhao 158702 1520 W41 W14 D3 2.5
5 Gary Hua 154420 1461 W11 W15 D6 2.5
6 William J. Mollison 133157 1395 W31 W29 D5 2.5
7 Lee Hendon 105731 1570 W10 D24 W9 2.5
8 Robin Belanger 144074 1432 W32 D1 W20 2.5
9 Angela Lin 156759 1147 W39 W35 L7 2.0
10 Andrew Wang 161729 1119 L7 W42 W35 2.0
11 Yulun [Tony] Wu 160483 1083 L5 W43 W38 2.0
12 Divjot Locham 161299 1077 D16 W27 D17 2.0
13 MingYu Ren 158703 1176 D27 D16 W34 2.0
14 Raymond Gao 156480 1208 W36 L4 W32 2.0
15 Eric Wang 160647 1207 W43 L5 W33 2.0
16 Amir Banihashemi 128073 1453 D12 D13 W29 2.0
17 Robert Jinyu Du 155517 1426 W34 D2 D12 2.0
18 Harrison [Hangchen] Liu 162133 1337 L2 W31 W30 2.0
19 Austin Xie 157588 1374 L22 W40 W23 2.0
20 William [Zhimao] Gao 162775 1093 D26 W28 L8 1.5
21 Wayne Proudlove 158699 929 L38 W41 --- 1.5
22 Lucy Gao 161206 942 W19 L26 D25 1.5
23 David [Ziye] Wang 161556 1042 --- W36 L19 1.5
24 Michelle Hua 159858 1343 W42 D7 L2 1.5
25 Nevin Deshpande 161706 1151 W37 L3 D22 1.5
26 Cheney Chen 158611 1470 D20 W22 L1 1.5
27 William Li Xu 150199 1187 D13 L12 W40 1.5
28 Peter Downie 152998 1233 D40 L20 W41 1.5
29 Derek Chen 156690 1136 W45 L6 L16 1.0
30 Henry Hughes 160188 1064 L3 W37 L18 1.0
31 Yilin Liao 157447 1000 L6 L18 W44 1.0
32 Andrew Chen 160054 1031 L8 W44 L14 1.0
33 Zhixing [Daniel] Wang 159609 1006 L35 W39 L15 1.0
34 Amy Ai 161127 1026 L17 W45 L13 1.0
35 Henry XianRui Zhang 156492 1424 W33 L9 L10 1.0
36 Alex Xu 163378 764 L14 L23 W45 1.0
37 Sean Ran 162720 455 L25 L30 W42 1.0
38 Karl Dangberg 107299 1447 W21 --- L11 1.0
39 Yingyue [Gavin] Zhang unr. L9 L33 W43 1.0
40 Eric Li 160027 868 D28 L19 L27 0.5
41 Jin Rong [Winnie] Zhuang 162007 1109 L4 L21 L28 0.0
42 Nicholas Archer 155948 933 L24 L10 L37 0.0
43 Xiuqi [Arthur] Wang 162689 610 L15 L11 L39 0.0
44 Alice Ran 162721 593 L1 L32 L31 0.0
45 Haowei [Tony] Zheng unr. L29 L34 L36 0.0

Here are the pairings for Round 4 of the U1600 Section.


Bd Res White Res Black
21 Robin Belanger (1432 2.5) Lee Hendon (1570 2.5)
22 Jeffrey Renfei Zhao (1520 2.5) William J. Mollison (1395 2.5)
23 Gary Hua (1461 2.5) Xiaoyu [Charles] Ran (1147 2.5)
24 Greta Qu (1195 2.5) Elena Yang (1451 2.5)
25 Angela Lin (1147 2.0) Amir Banihashemi (1453 2.0)
26 Robert Jinyu Du (1426 2.0) Eric Wang (1207 2.0)
27 MingYu Ren (1176 2.0) Austin Xie (1374 2.0)
28 Harrison [Hangchen] Liu (1337 2.0) Yulun [Tony] Wu (1083 2.0)
29 Raymond Gao (1208 2.0) Divjot Locham (1077 2.0)
30 Andrew Wang (1119 2.0) Peter Downie (1233 1.5)
31 Michelle Hua (1343 1.5) Cheney Chen (1470 1.5)
32 Lucy Gao (942 1.5) William Li Xu (1187 1.5)
33 William [Zhimao] Gao (1093 1.5) Nevin Deshpande (1151 1.5)
34 David [Ziye] Wang (1042 1.5) Yingyue [Gavin] Zhang (unr. 1.0)
35 Wayne Proudlove (929 1.5) Henry XianRui Zhang (1424 1.0)
36 Derek Chen (1136 1.0) Yilin Liao (1000 1.0)
37 Zhixing [Daniel] Wang (1006 1.0) Henry Hughes (1064 1.0)
38 Andrew Chen (1031 1.0) Alex Xu (764 1.0)
39 Sean Ran (455 1.0) Amy Ai (1026 1.0)
40 Eric Li (868 0.5) Nicholas Archer (933 0.0)
41 Jin Rong [Winnie] Zhuang (1109 0.0) Haowei [Tony] Zheng (unr. 0.0)
42 Alice Ran (593 0.0) Xiuqi [Arthur] Wang (610 0.0)

I will not be able to post the results of Round 3 or the pairings for Round 4 of the Open and U2000 Sections because they have not been completed yet. We had to adjourn the round with some games not finished. Unknown to the tournament team, our venue (Kitchener City Hall) had scheduled a lighting test to occur at 9:30 p.m. That meant that all the rooms would be plunged into darkness for the rest of the night. We were informed of this right around 9:00 p.m. and given very little time to leave.

Since we could not complete all games, we adjourned them using the established procedure of the person to move writing down and sealing his/her move. I have all the sealed moves. We will resume tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. to complete these games. Note that all other players, i.e. those that did complete Round 3, do not need to arrive until just before the scheduled start of Round 4 at 10:00 a.m. DST. Remember to set your clocks ahead 1 hour tonight.

This is the first time I have had to adjourn games. Hopefully it will be the last.

[Adam Cormier]

Re: Richard Riedstra Memorial in Kitchener - Round 3 results and Round 4 pairings

Well at least it is for a good cause, Earth Day testing. Testing for something that is basically completely useless.
Well hopefully no cheating occurs...

[Garland Best]

Re: Richard Riedstra Memorial in Kitchener - Round 3 results and Round 4 pairings

Question: If a game is adjourned, are players allowed to then computer analyse the position from home? I assume so, correct?

[John Coleman]

Re: Richard Riedstra Memorial in Kitchener - Round 3 results and Round 4 pairings

I believe players can analyse by any method, including other people. However, if White has sealed, Black doesn't know the exact position. Likewise White doesn't know what Black's reply will be.

[Erik Malmsten]

Re: Richard Riedstra Memorial in Kitchener - Round 3 results and Round 4 pairings

I believe players can analyse by any method, including other people. However, if White has sealed, Black doesn't know the exact position. Likewise White doesn't know what Black's reply will be.

Historically players could stay up all night and be a wreck or have their second be up all night with the endgame books and present their conclusions in the morning. Some would conclude it's not worth the effort to continue and resign or offer a draw.