Will Nikolay make 9/9 in the Closed

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Now he has 5/5.

Poll is anonymous.

[Alex Ferreira]

Re: Will Nikolay make 9/9 in the Closed

Not voting on this but... kudos to Nikolay!
Winning against top 2 seeds with black back-to-back and then against #4 seed the following game. I could not find the Sambuev-Noritsyn game posted anywhere but other 4 games looked pretty good for Nikolay.
9/9 with the toughest games out of the way is still tough but totally possible, especially for a player who doesn't cruise to the finish line with draws even if it's easier :-D Crossing 2500 FIDE would also be an incentive I'd imagine.
Alex F.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Will Nikolay make 9/9 in the Closed

The pawn march is impressive in R3 game (against A. Le Siege.)

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Will Nikolay make 9/9 in the Closed

He did it again LOL 6/6

[Stephen Wright]

Re: Will Nikolay make 9/9 in the Closed

For the history/trivia buffs - who else has won the Canadian Championship with a perfect score?

[Hugh Siddeley]

Re: Will Nikolay make 9/9 in the Closed

For the history/trivia buffs - who else has won the Canadian Championship with a perfect score?

Bobby Fischer in 1963/4.

[Stephen Wright]

Re: Will Nikolay make 9/9 in the Closed

Err, Canadian championship ...

[Ken MacDonald]

Re: Will Nikolay make 9/9 in the Closed

Err, Canadian championship ...

Laszlo Witt

[Ben Daswani]

Re: Will Nikolay make 9/9 in the Closed

The streak's over. It was mighty impressive while it lasted.

[Stephen Wright]

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Laszlo Witt

Yes, but that was a Canadian Open ...

Canadian Closed: Yanofsky in 1943 and 1959, Ensor in 1873 (a knockout)

[John Coleman]

Re: Will Nikolay make 9/9 in the Closed

Does anyone know the tiebreak format?

[Fred McKim]

Re: Will Nikolay make 9/9 in the Closed

Does anyone know the tiebreak format?

Some form of a match

[Morgon Mills]

Re: Will Nikolay make 9/9 in the Closed

Tonight I believe I heard the organizers say a 4-game rapid match at 15+10