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Back after all these years - The Smiths Falls Open!
Pairings for Round 4. Smiths Falls: OPEN Section
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 2 Svitlana Demchenko 1 David Gordon
2 3 Dusan Simic 4 Robert Villeneuve
3 13 Victor Bilodeau 5 Halldor Peter Palsson
4 6 William G. Doubleday 8 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi
5 7 Stefan Lanceman 10 Ted Hsu
6 12 Spencer Martin 9 Emil Smilovici
7 11 Raymond Dickson 20 Kirk Johannes Dickson
8 18 Jeremy Sztuka 14 Ray Kuryliw
9 19 Alwin Ning 15 Herb Langer
10 21 Oswin Ning 17 Rene Poulin
11 22 Dave Westbury 24 Kevin Curran
12 23 Ken Curran 25 Tristan Masters
Wall Chart. Smiths Falls: OPEN Section
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5
1 David Gordon W 13 B 8 W 3 B 2 W 6
2315 106629 (2602431) 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.5 4.0
2 Svitlana Demchenko B 14 W 10 B 5 W 1 B 3
2225 156853 (14149893) 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.5 3.5
3 Dusan Simic W 15 B 9 B 1 W 4 W 2
2109 109808 (908150) 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
4 Robert Villeneuve B 17 W 12 bye B 3 W 20
2053 101284 (2620685) 1.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.5
5 Halldor Peter Palsson W 19 B 11 W 2 B 13 W 7
2050 106856 (2603136) 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
6 William G. Doubleday bye W 20 B 14 W 8 B 1
2001 103754 (2682419) 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.5
7 Stefan Lanceman B 20 W 18 B 15 W 10 B 5
1927 155035 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.5
8 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi W 21 W 1 B 20 B 6 W 14
1924 155558 (2626071) 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
9 Emil Smilovici B 22 W 3 bye B 12 W 10
1906 111290 (2606321) 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0
10 Ted Hsu W 23 B 2 W 19 B 7 B 9
1905 102608 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.5 2.5
11 Raymond Dickson B 24 W 5 B 16 W 20 B 15
1822 104296 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.0
12 Spencer Martin W 25 B 4 bye W 9 B 17
1775 103276 (2616882) 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.0
13 Victor Bilodeau B 1 W 21 B 17 W 5 B 24
1764 110993 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0
14 Ray Kuryliw W 2 B 23 W 6 B 18 B 8
1725 105482 (2604833) 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
15 Herb Langer B 3 W 22 W 7 B 19 W 11
1712 100319 (2617536) 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.0
16 Robert Clark bye bye W 11 ---- ----
1698 136657 0.5 1.0 1.5 U1.5 U1.5
17 Rene Poulin W 4 B 25 W 13 B 21 W 12
1599 104280 (2605635) 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
18 Jeremy Sztuka bye B 7 bye W 14 ----
1465 162452 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 U1.0
19 Alwin Ning B 5 W 24 B 10 W 15 B 25
1390 161716 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5
20 Kirk Johannes Dickson W 7 B 6 W 8 B 11 B 4
1345 112775 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.5 2.5
21 Oswin Ning B 8 B 13 W 23 W 17 B 26
1215 161715 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
22 Dave Westbury W 9 B 15 bye W 24 B 23
1031 158216 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.5
23 Ken Curran B 10 W 14 B 21 W 25 W 22
unr. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
24 Kevin Curran W 11 B 19 W 25 B 22 W 13
unr. 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
25 Tristan Masters B 12 W 17 B 24 B 23 W 19
unr. 164912 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0
26 Aris Marghetis bye bye ---- ---- W 21
1855 107391 (2611058) 0.5 1.0 U1.0 U1.0 2.0
Re: $25 Gift certificate at Strategy Games in Ottawa!
Winner of $25 Strategy Games Gift Certificate - Ray Kuryliw - Larry I will send you an email with Ray's contact information - thanks again for your support.
Also, Aris Marghetis brought a couple of 2017 Canadian Open t-shirts, which we also did a draw for - winners were Bill Doubleday and Dusan Simic - thanks Aris!
Re: Back after all these years - The Smiths Falls Open!
I played in this event in 1990 with Roger Patterson. There was a scheduled all-night city-wide power shutdown - not enough cops to control the resulting vandalism - I think the RCMP or OPP were eventually called in; then we had to get our motel neighbours kicked out due to excessive noise - fun times.
I played in this event in 1990 with Roger Patterson. There was a scheduled all-night city-wide power shutdown - not enough cops to control the resulting vandalism - I think the RCMP or OPP were eventually called in; then we had to get our motel neighbours kicked out due to excessive noise - fun times.
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