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The RA Chess Club's series of summer pick-up tournaments started May 25, and runs every Thursday until September.
Unlike regular Swiss tournaments, players get paired against their closest-rated opponent, which ensures the games should be competitive, which would not happen in a regular Swiss pairing event when some of the players skip a week or two.
Results of round 1 below:
Code:
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1
1 Qiyu Zhou
2315 151707 (2172) (505161) B 2
0.5
2 David Gordon
2301 106629 (2273) (2602431) W 1
0.5
3 Svitlana Demchenko
2219 156853 (2173) (14149893) W 6
0.5
4 John Upper
2102 101925 (2135) (2606437) ----
U0.0
5 Mohamed Al-Serri
2043 162470 B 8
0.5
6 Fan Yang
1936 155485 (1883) (2626055) B 3
0.5
7 David Fei
1925 154794 (2012) (2620855) B 9
0.0
8 Peter Arseneau
1794 101203 (1909) (2609959) W 5
0.5
9 Eric Van Dusen
1758 112806 (1772) (2606445) W 7
1.0
10 Romy Peters
1738 135706 (1628) (2605589) W 11
0.0
11 Mark Eberle
1724 107233 (1868) B 10
1.0
12 Vikram Mallur
1671 157854 (1553) B 13
0.5
13 Denis Lemieux
1589 142336 (1650) W 12
0.5
14 Paul St. Pierre
1584 107439 (1478) (2629070) W 15
1.0
15 Yves Arsenault
1581 134890 (1555) B 14
0.0
16 Gerard Felderhof
1534 104191 (1617) B 17
0.0
17 Jeremy Sztuka
1469 162452 (1318) W 16
1.0
18 Keven Eyre
1443 135113 (1466) (2604205) W 19
0.0
19 Alexander Stopic
1427 160017 (1433) B 18
1.0
20 Caroline Chen
1389 158029 (1507) B 21
0.5
21 Yaorui Xu
1330 155473 (1365) W 20
0.5
22 Romain Charette
1290 141911 (1426) B 23
0.0
23 Alexander Dukkardt
1285 161263 (1028) W 22
1.0
24 Vladimir Dukkardt
1257 163375 B 25
0.0
25 Daniel Wang
1177 162438 W 24
1.0
26 Milos Petrovic
1160 160269 B 27
0.0
27 Emil Wang
1118 162439 (1139) W 26
1.0
Last edited by John Upper; Friday, 26th May, 2017, 06:48 PM.
Reason: probs with SwissSys export
The RA Chess Club's series of summer pick-up tournaments started May 25, and runs every Thursday until September.
38 players were there for round 2.
Once again, the longest and last game was between the top rated players QGM Qiyu Zhou and CM David Gordon. This time Dave managed to convert in a long N ending.
Unlike regular Swiss tournaments, players get paired against their closest-rated opponent, which ensures the games should be competitive, which would not happen in a regular Swiss pairing event when some of the players skip a week or two.
Results of Rounds 1 and 2:
Code:
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2
1 Qiyu Zhou
2315 151707 (2172) (505161) B 2 W 2
0.5 0.5
2 David Gordon
2301 106629 (2273) (2602431) W 1 B 1
0.5 1.5
3 Svitlana Demchenko
2219 156853 (2173) (14149893) W 11 B 4
0.5 1.5
4 Christopher Pace
2215 141390 (2160) (2610167) bye W 3
0.5 0.5
5 Dusan Simic
2162 109808 (2123) (908150) bye B 7
0.5 1.5
6 John Upper
2102 101925 (2135) (2606437) ---- B 31
U0.0 1.0
7 William G. Doubleday
2087 103754 (2010) (2682419) bye W 5
0.5 0.5
8 Simon Kuttner
2053 151236 (1972) bye W 9
0.5 0.5
9 Sam Marin
2046 156145 (1939) (2622955) bye B 8
0.5 1.5
10 Mohamed Al-Serri
2043 162470 B 17 bye
0.5 1.0
11 Fan Yang
1936 155485 (1883) (2626055) B 3 bye
0.5 1.0
12 Stefan Lanceman
1927 155035 (1766) bye B 13
0.5 1.5
13 David Fei
1925 154794 (2012) (2620855) B 19 W 12
0.0 0.0
14 Jeff Groot-Lipman
1903 102773 (1950) bye W 15
0.5 1.5
15 Konstantin Vlasenko
1871 154795 (1706) bye B 14
0.5 0.5
16 Ray Kuryliw
1868 105482 (1935) (2604833) bye B 18
0.5 0.5
17 Peter Arseneau
1794 101203 (1909) (2609959) W 10 bye
0.5 1.0
18 Spencer Martin
1785 103276 (1778) (2616882) bye W 16
0.5 1.5
19 Eric Van Dusen
1758 112806 (1772) (2606445) W 13 B 20
1.0 2.0
20 Romy Peters
1738 135706 (1628) (2605589) W 22 W 19
0.0 0.0
21 Amos Kuttner
1738 151235 (1783) (2615738) bye B 22
0.5 1.0
22 Mark Eberle
1724 107233 (1868) B 20 W 21
1.0 1.5
23 Victor Bilodeau
1718 110993 (1710) bye W 38
0.5 1.5
24 Vikram Mallur
1671 157854 (1553) B 25 W 26
0.5 1.5
25 Denis Lemieux
1589 142336 (1650) W 24 B 27
0.5 0.5
26 Paul St. Pierre
1584 107439 (1478) (2629070) W 27 B 24
1.0 1.0
27 Yves Arsenault
1581 134890 (1555) B 26 W 25
0.0 1.0
28 Gerard Felderhof
1534 104191 (1617) B 29 B 30
0.0 1.0
29 Jeremy Sztuka
1469 162452 (1318) W 28 B 33
1.0 2.0
30 Keven Eyre
1443 135113 (1466) (2604205) W 31 W 28
0.0 0.0
31 Alexander Stopic
1427 160017 (1433) B 30 W 6
1.0 1.0
32 Caroline Chen
1389 158029 (1507) B 33 bye
0.5 1.0
33 Yaorui Xu
1330 155473 (1365) W 32 W 29
0.5 0.5
34 Romain Charette
1290 141911 (1426) B 35 W 40
0.0 1.0
35 Alexander Dukkardt
1285 161263 (1028) W 34 B 41
1.0 1.0
36 Vladimir Dukkardt
1257 163375 B 38 W 37
0.0 1.0
37 Daniel Labib
1237 162841 bye B 36
0.5 0.5
38 Daniel Wang
1177 162438 W 36 B 23
1.0 1.0
39 Milos Petrovic
1160 160269 B 40 bye
0.0 0.5
40 Emil Wang
1118 162439 (1139) W 39 B 34
1.0 1.0
41 Rami Labib
1113 162840 bye W 35
0.5 1.5
42 Benjamin Rand
unr. 1750 bye B 43
0.5 1.5
43 Sanjay Ramesh
unr. 164032 (1207) bye W 42
0.5 0.5
Last edited by John Upper; Friday, 2nd June, 2017, 01:26 AM.
I was manually altering the pairings within SwissSys.
That's time-consuming -- esp with so many players -- so I would consider using the software mentioned by Brian Profit in the post below. I don't know if it has an option to output tournament results for the CFC rating database, but even if it doesn't, its pairings could be copied into a program that does (like SwissSys or Swiss-Manager) and that would probably save time (and avoid errors) over the by-hand method.
I don't know how the regular TD, Halldor Palsson, will do it starting next week; but he always uses SwissSys, so that's what I used for the first 2 rounds.
The Kaiser System mentioned by Brian sounds interesting, and I'll suggest we try it at one of the RACC's Swiss-style events this year. It seems like a way to combine performance rating with wins and losses to create a weighted value of each point scored. That might well avoid some of the standard problems with Swisses, e.g. the "swiss gambit" strategy of taking a draw early in the tournament to avoid playing the toughest opponents in the middle rounds will sometimes be rewarded with easier pairings in the money rounds.
Also, the Sevilla pairing software might solve one of the unfortunate effects of the pairing system we use during our summer pickups: our final crosstable will put a 1300 player who scores 4.5/5 against other 1300 players above a 2000 player who scores 4/5 against other 2000-rated players.
Halldor used to run the entire pickup tournament using double-accelerated pairings, and never turned off the acceleration. That effectively put everyone in 4 sections, with little shift unless someone went on a big winning or losing streak. it worked quite well, since the idea was to just play, not whether you won the tournament. I tried it myself on some unrated events like the theme tournaments, to keep the playing competitive. I only single accelerated.
It was an interesting change to the regular systems chess tournaments use. I did not know what it was and I was surprised to play another top seed in the first round! Also, it allows you to play someone twice. I had a draw in one round and got the same opponent in the next round. It was a nice quirk, allowing an immediate rematch.
I would love to hear how it works out. If you get to try it out, if you could post your reflections after such a tournament, I would be very interested and so might many clubs looking for a change.
Brian
RA Chess Club pickups are open to all CFC members. The only cost is a rating fee of $3 per tournament.
I encourage all interested chess players to try us out in the summer and join the club in September.
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2017 RACC Pickup 1 - Open (standings)
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4
1 Svitlana Demchenko W 11 B 8 B 36 W 10
2219 156853 (2173) (14149893) 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.5
2 Kevin Pacey bye bye B 35 bye
2213 103715 (2600455) 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.0
3 Ben Kellar bye bye bye W 35
2143 148170 (2620928) 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0
4 Sam Marin bye B 9 W 34 W 26
2046 156145 (1939) (2622955) 0.5 1.5 2.0 3.0
5 Yves Arsenault B 28 W 38 B 46 W 44
1581 134890 (1555) 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
6 Gerard Felderhof B 7 B 50 W 28 W 45
1534 104191 (1617) 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
7 Jeremy Sztuka W 6 B 29 B 23 W 49
1469 162452 (1318) 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0
8 Christopher Pace bye W 1 B 20 W 37
2215 141390 (2160) (2610167) 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.5
9 Simon Kuttner bye W 4 W 25 B 36
2053 151236 (1972) 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.5
10 Curtis Peterson bye bye B 26 B 1
2049 123052 1.0 1.5 2.5 2.5
11 Fan Yang B 1 bye B 45 bye
1936 155485 (1883) (2626055) 0.5 1.0 2.0 2.5
12 Anthony Pace bye bye bye W 15
1934 141389 (2610159) 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.5
13 Mark Eberle B 49 W 45 B 44 W 23
1724 107233 (1868) 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5
14 Vikram Mallur B 38 W 28 B 21 W 46
1671 157854 (1553) 0.5 1.5 1.5 2.5
15 Benjamin Rand bye B 43 W 33 B 12
1650 0.5 1.5 2.5 2.5
16 Caroline Chen B 29 bye W 31 bye
1389 158029 (1507) 0.5 1.0 2.0 2.5
17 Alexander Dukkardt W 30 B 33 W 48 bye
1285 161263 (1028) 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.5
18 John Upper ---- B 39 bye bye
2102 101925 (2135) (2606437) U0.0 1.0 1.5 2.0
19 Mohamed Al-Serri B 24 bye bye bye
2043 162470 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0
20 Stefan Lanceman bye B 21 W 8 bye
1927 155035 (1766) 0.5 1.5 1.5 2.0
21 David Fei B 26 W 20 W 14 B 27
1925 154794 (2012) (2620855) 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0
22 Jeff Groot-Lipman bye W 23 B 37 bye
1903 102773 (1950) 0.5 1.5 1.5 2.0
23 Konstantin Vlasenko bye B 22 W 7 B 13
1871 154795 (1706) 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.0
24 Peter Arseneau W 19 bye bye bye
1794 101203 (1909) (2609959) 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0
25 Spencer Martin bye W 44 B 9 bye
1785 103276 (1778) (2616882) 0.5 1.5 1.5 2.0
26 Eric Van Dusen W 21 B 49 W 10 B 4
1758 112806 (1772) (2606445) 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
27 Victor Bilodeau bye W 42 bye W 21
1718 110993 (1710) 0.5 1.5 2.0 2.0
28 Paul St. Pierre W 5 B 14 B 6 W 30
1584 107439 (1478) (2629070) 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
29 Yaorui Xu W 16 W 7 bye B 39
1330 155473 (1365) 0.5 0.5 1.0 2.0
30 Romain Charette B 17 W 48 B 42 B 28
1290 141911 (1426) 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
31 Vladimir Dukkardt B 42 W 47 B 16 B 48
1257 163375 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
32 Milos Petrovic B 48 bye B 47 bye
1160 160269 0.0 0.5 1.5 2.0
33 Rami Labib bye W 17 B 15 bye
1113 162840 0.5 1.5 1.5 2.0
34 Qiyu Zhou B 35 W 35 B 4 bye
2315 151707 (2172) (505161) 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.5
35 David Gordon W 34 B 34 W 2 B 3
2301 106629 (2273) (2602431) 0.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
36 Dusan Simic bye B 37 W 1 W 9
2162 109808 (2123) (908150) 0.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
37 William G. Doubleday bye W 36 W 22 B 8
2087 103754 (2010) (2682419) 0.5 0.5 1.5 1.5
38 Denis Lemieux W 14 B 5 W 39 bye
1589 142336 (1650) 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.5
39 Alexander Stopic B 50 W 18 B 38 W 29
1427 160017 (1433) 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5
40 Matthew Zhu bye ---- ---- B 51
1344 160019 0.5 U0.5 U0.5 1.5
41 Chris Hebert bye ---- ---- W 50
1333 162910 0.5 U0.5 U0.5 1.5
42 Daniel Wang W 31 B 27 W 30 bye
1177 162438 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5
43 Sanjay Ramesh bye W 15 bye bye
unr. 164032 (1207) 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.5
44 Ray Kuryliw bye B 25 W 13 B 5
1868 105482 (1935) (2604833) 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0
45 Amos Kuttner bye B 13 W 11 B 6
1738 151235 (1783) (2615738) 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0
46 Michael Abt bye bye W 5 B 14
1591 107642 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0
47 Daniel Labib bye B 31 W 32 bye
1237 162841 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0
48 Emil Wang W 32 B 30 B 17 W 31
1118 162439 (1139) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
49 Romy Peters W 13 W 26 bye B 7
1738 135706 (1628) (2605589) 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5
50 Keven Eyre W 39 W 6 bye B 41
1443 135113 (1466) (2604205) 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5
51 Martin De Zuviria bye ---- ---- W 40
1200 0.5 U0.5 U0.5 0.5
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