2017 Canadian Open Tournament Thread

[Hal Bond]

This where I will be posting the pairings and standings for the Canadian Open. This is the registration list for all the sections. Please let us know if your name is missing or in the wrong section.

2017 Canadian Open: Masters

1 Alex Lenderman 2654
2 GM Razvan Preotu 2633
3 GM Andriy Vovk 2632
4 IM Artiom Samsonkin 2559
5 IM Aman Hambleton 2547
6 IM Kaiqi Yang 2503
7 GM Aryan Chopra 2491
8 IM Michael Mulyar 2491
9 GM James E. Tarjan 2477
10 GM Alexander Cherniaev 2445
11 IM David Cummings 2408
12 FM Victor Plotkin 2380
13 Eugene Hua 2358
14 FM Dagur Ragnarsson 2316
15 David Itkin 2315
16 Christopher Shen 2307
17 IM Rodney Oscar Perez Garcia 2299
18 FM Diwen Shi 2293
19 IM Michael Barron 2292
20 Avinaash Sundar 2256
21 FM Michael Dougherty 2236
22 Liam Henry 2215
23 Morgon Mills 2206
24 Robert Kiviaho 2191
25 Allan Munro 2104
26 Daniel Wiebe 2090
27 Shiva Chakkoli 2075
28 William G. Doubleday 2042
29 Benjamin Fradkin 2001
30 Vladimir Drkulec 2000

U2200 9 Day

1 Henry Zhang 2108
2 Ruoying Xu 2064
3 Mohamed Ehab 2057
4 Dmitry Chernik 2041
5 Amirsalar Javidford 1958
6 Ian Aird 1893
7 Omaray M. Shah 1879
8 Edward Selling 1845
9 Ray Kuryliw 1838
10 Jiaying Wang unr.

U2200 6 Day

1 Jelvis Calvelo 2187
2 Missaka Warusawitharana 2178
3 Chike [Jude] Aniunoh 2153
4 Robert Villeneuve 2118
5 Alberto Ranola 2075
6 Adam Gaisinsky 2056
7 Jagpreet Singh 2044
8 Simon Kuttner 2040
9 Dorian Kang 2026
10 Eric M Li 1992
11 WFM Sasha Konovalenko 1982
12 Zachary Saine 1966
13 Jeff Wang 1939
14 Manoj Kumar 1931
15 Ian Zhao 1930
16 Eric Ning 1922
17 Jeff Groot-Lipman 1909
18 Chenxi Wu 1904
19 Julian Zapata 1876
20 James S Ellis 1853
21 Terry Rowlinson 1837
22 Alex Lambruschini 1837
23 Mario Piccinin 1826
24 Anthony Atanasov 1823

U1800 9 Day

1 Victor Itkin 1761
2 Glen Schmiege 1721
3 Chris White 1720
4 Wane Inkpen 1696
5 Craig Sadler 1642
6 Undriadi Benggawan 1639
7 Grisha Crnilovic 1617
8 Steven Faust 1602
9 Paul McNichol 1556
10 Craig McGilly 1524
11 Claude Toussaint 1516
12 Robert J. Armstrong 1503
13 Robin Belanger 1439
14 Kirk Sadler 1422
15 Bruce W. Thomson 1371

U1800 6 Day

1 Robert Gillanders 1771
2 Joey Orozco 1740
3 Ferdinand Supsup 1739
4 Alfred Dagan 1727
5 Vishruth Sharma 1719
6 Alan Bui 1716
7 Amos Kuttner 1706
8 Nicholas Konovalenko 1706
9 Brian Clarke 1690
10 Jeremie Piche 1686
11 Kai Wang 1679
12 Richard Essery 1630
13 Michael Jacobs 1603
14 Evan Kilroy 1592
15 Sihao Ban 1566
16 Jeremy Sztuka 1526
17 Jeffrey Renfei Zhao 1525
18 Andy Vo 1512
19 Zachary Piche 1456
20 Youhe Huang 1448
21 David Makarczyk 1414
22 Avery Jones 1392
23 Austin Xie 1348

U1400

1 Peter Vo 1362
2 Savio Joseph Benher 1344
3 Derek Chen 1336
4 Henry Yang 1318
5 Daniel Wang 1285
6 Shivan Gaur 1281
7 David [Ziye] Wang 1263
8 Amy Ai 1260
9 Yiwei Dong 1256
10 Jeremy Paquin 1184
11 Anirud Chakkoli 1174
12 James Qiu 1152
13 Yanic Mainville 1148
14 Divjot Locham 1119
15 Pranoy Mukherjee 1048
16 Andrew Chen 1009
17 John Hay 1002
18 Zhixing [Daniel] Wang 980
19 Hao Chao [Henry] Yuan 961
20 Jacob Gaisinsky 943
21 Brian Cameron 900
22 Kate Jiang 875
23 Kalan Warusa 836
24 Gabriel Li 813
25 Alina Chen 670
26 William Jiang 659
27 Kingsley Bai 652
28 Xiuqi [Arthur] Wang 634
29 Thomas Copps unr.
30 Jeff Primeau unr.
31 Richard Thibault unr.
32 An Cheng Wang unr.

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: 2017 Canadian Open Tournament Thread

(ignore this for now)

[Kerry Liles]

Re: 2017 Canadian Open Tournament Thread

I would highly recommend simply editing the initial post in this thread for future updates (perhaps with a quick "see the main post in this thread for new updates" downthread as a notice...)

just an idea...

[Ben Daswani]

Re: 2017 Canadian Open Tournament Thread

I find it pretty weird that the main section of the Canadian "Open" features no one below 2000, but the Canadian "Closed" featured a 1600.

Words, man. Tricky, tricky.

[Hal Bond]

6 day registration still open.

Online registrations for the 6 day Canadian Open will resume at 2pm today and on-site registrations will be accepted on Monday July 10 until 6pm.

Come join us in beautiful Sault Ste. Marie! This venue is fantastic. The guaranteed prize fund is one of the largest in Canadian Open history and lodging is very affordable.

[Hal Bond]

First Round Pairings

Pairings for Round 1. 2017 Canadian Open: Masters
Bd Res White Res Black
1 GM Andriy Vovk (2630 0.0) Eugene Hua (2251 0.0)
2 FM Michael Dougherty (2204 0.0) Alex Lenderman (2585 0.0)
3 GM Razvan Preotu (2496 0.0) David Itkin (2181 0.0)
4 IM Michael Barron (2178 0.0) GM Aryan Chopra (2491 0.0)
5 IM Aman Hambleton (2471 0.0) Robert Kiviaho (2141 0.0)
6 Allan Munro (2083 0.0) GM Alexander Cherniaev (2426 0.0)
7 IM Artiom Samsonkin (2426 0.0) Liam Henry (2082 0.0)
8 Shiva Chakkoli (2075 0.0) IM Kaiqi Yang (2415 0.0)
9 GM James E. Tarjan (2408 0.0) Avinaash Sundar (2073 0.0)
10 Morgon Mills (2011 0.0) IM Michael Mulyar (2395 0.0)
11 FM Dagur Ragnarsson (2355 0.0) William G. Doubleday (1950 0.0)
12 Daniel Wiebe (1939 0.0) IM David Cummings (2313 0.0)
13 IM Rodney Oscar Perez Garcia (2299 0.0) Henry Zhang (1914 0.0)
14 Benjamin Fradkin (1868 0.0) FM Victor Plotkin (2265 0.0)
½ Christopher Shen (2307 0.0) BYE
½ FM Diwen Shi (2293 0.0) BYE

Pairings for Round 1. 2017 Canadian Open: U2200 9 Day
Bd Res White Res Black
16 Ruoying Xu (2064 0.0) Amirsalar Javidford (1958 0.0)
17 Omaray M. Shah (1879 0.0) Mohamed Ehab (2057 0.0)
18 Dmitry Chernik (2041 0.0) Edward Selling (1845 0.0)
19 Ray Kuryliw (1838 0.0) Vladimir Drkulec (2000 0.0)
20 Ian Aird (1978 0.0) Jiaying Wang (unr. 0.0)

Pairings for Round 1. 2017 Canadian Open: U1800 9 Day
Bd Res White Res Black
22 Victor Itkin (1761 0.0) Steven Faust (1602 0.0)
23 Paul McNichol (1556 0.0) Glen Schmiege (1721 0.0)
24 Chris White (1720 0.0) Craig McGilly (1524 0.0)
25 Claude Toussaint (1516 0.0) Wane Inkpen (1696 0.0)
26 Craig Sadler (1642 0.0) Robert J. Armstrong (1503 0.0)
27 Kirk Sadler (1422 0.0) Undriadi Benggawan (1639 0.0)
28 Grisha Crnilovic (1617 0.0) Bruce W. Thomson (1371 0.0)
½ Robin Belanger (1439 0.0) BYE

[Hal Bond]

Re: Second Round Pairings

Pairings for Round 2. 2017 Canadian Open: Masters
Bd Res White Res Black
1 IM Michael Mulyar (2395 1.0) GM Andriy Vovk (2630 1.0)
2 Alex Lenderman (2585 1.0) FM Dagur Ragnarsson (2355 1.0)
3 IM David Cummings (2313 1.0) IM Aman Hambleton (2471 1.0)
4 GM Alexander Cherniaev (2426 1.0) IM Rodney Oscar Perez Garcia (2299 1.0)
5 IM Kaiqi Yang (2415 1.0) David Itkin (2181 1.0)
6 GM Aryan Chopra (2491 0.5) Christopher Shen (2165 0.5)
7 Avinaash Sundar (2073 0.5) IM Artiom Samsonkin (2426 0.5)
8 Liam Henry (2082 0.5) GM James E. Tarjan (2408 0.5)
9 FM Diwen Shi (2293 0.5) Benjamin Fradkin (1868 0.5)
10 FM Victor Plotkin (2265 0.5) IM Michael Barron (2178 0.5)
11 Shiva Chakkoli (2075 0.0) GM Razvan Preotu (2496 0.0)
12 Eugene Hua (2251 0.0) Morgon Mills (2011 0.0)
13 William G. Doubleday (1950 0.0) FM Michael Dougherty (2204 0.0)
14 Robert Kiviaho (2141 0.0) Daniel Wiebe (1939 0.0)
15 Henry Zhang (1914 0.0) Allan Munro (2083 0.0)


Pairings for Round 2. 2017 Canadian Open: U2200 9 Day
Bd Res White Res Black
16 Vladimir Drkulec (2000 1.0) Omaray M. Shah (1879 1.0)
17 Amirsalar Javidford (1958 1.0) Ian Aird (1978 1.0)
18 Mohamed Ehab (2057 0.0) Dmitry Chernik (2041 0.5)
19 Edward Selling (1845 0.5) Ruoying Xu (2064 0.0)
20 Jiaying Wang (unr. 0.0) Ray Kuryliw (1838 0.0)

Pairings for Round 2. 2017 Canadian Open: U1800 9 Day
Bd Res White Res Black
22 Craig McGilly (1524 1.0) Victor Itkin (1761 1.0)
23 Undriadi Benggawan (1639 1.0) Grisha Crnilovic (1617 1.0)
24 Robert J. Armstrong (1503 1.0) Paul McNichol (1556 0.5)
25 Glen Schmiege (1721 0.5) Claude Toussaint (1516 0.5)
26 Wane Inkpen (1696 0.5) Robin Belanger (1439 0.5)
27 Steven Faust (1602 0.0) Chris White (1720 0.0)
28 Bruce W. Thomson (1371 0.0) Craig Sadler (1642 0.0)
1 Kirk Sadler (1422 0.0) BYE

[Aman Hambleton]

Re: Second Round Pairings

these pairings are way off lol, i count at least 2 incorrect results

[Hal Bond]

Re: Second Round Pairings

Thanks Aman - look again. Sorted.

[Mathieu Cloutier]

Re: 2017 Canadian Open Tournament Thread

I find it pretty weird that the main section of the Canadian "Open" features no one below 2000, but the Canadian "Closed" featured a 1600.

Words, man. Tricky, tricky.

This has been discussed to death, but, I have to say... IMO canadians and americans chess players don't seem to get it right when it comes to 'open' and 'closed'.

'Open' doesn't mean everyone can register. It just means the tournament is opened to people from elsewhere in the world. Think of it as the US Open for golf or tennis. Even if you're an american golf or tennis player, you can't come up 1h before the start of the event and register. Unlike our chess tournaments, these are serious competitions and they have a skill requirement. But if you're a top player from elsewhere, you can play. Long story short, you need to qualify based on skill, even if the event is named 'open'.

'Closed' mean that only people from a specific country or location can register. Other restrictions might apply, but at least you've got to be a citizen or local or whatever 'closed' refer to.

I have absolutely no problem with a Canadian Open tournament that has a rating restriction for the top section. A 1600 guy has no business in the top section of the Canadian Open, IMO.

[Hal Bond]

Re: 2017 Canadian Open Round 3 Pairings

Pairings for Round 3. 2017 Canadian Open: Masters
Bd Res White Res Black
1 GM Andriy Vovk (2630 2.0) GM Alexander Cherniaev (2426 2.0)
2 IM Kaiqi Yang (2415 2.0) GM Alex Lenderman (2585 2.0)
3 GM James E. Tarjan (2408 1.5) GM Aryan Chopra (2491 1.5)
4 IM Aman Hambleton (2471 1.5) FM Victor Plotkin (2265 1.5)
5 IM Artiom Samsonkin (2426 1.5) IM David Cummings (2313 1.5)
6 GM Razvan Preotu (2496 1.0) Eugene Hua (2251 1.0)
7 FM Michael Dougherty (2204 1.0) IM Michael Mulyar (2395 1.0)
8 David Itkin (2181 1.0) FM Dagur Ragnarsson (2355 1.0)
9 IM Rodney Oscar Perez Garcia (2299 1.0) Allan Munro (2083 1.0)
10 Daniel Wiebe (1939 1.0) IM Michael Barron (2178 0.5)
11 Christopher Shen (2165 0.5) Avinaash Sundar (2073 0.5)
12 Benjamin Fradkin (1868 0.5) Liam Henry (2082 0.5)
13 Morgon Mills (2011 0.0) Robert Kiviaho (2141 0.0)
14 William G. Doubleday (1950 0.0) Shiva Chakkoli (2075 0.0)
1 Henry Zhang (1914 0.0) BYE
½ FM Diwen Shi (2293 1.5) BYE

Pairings for Round 3. 2017 Canadian Open: U2200 9 Day
Bd Res White Res Black
16 Omaray M. Shah (1879 1.5) Amirsalar Javidford (1958 2.0)
17 Ian Aird (1978 1.0) Vladimir Drkulec (2000 1.5)
18 Edward Selling (1845 1.0) Mohamed Ehab (2057 1.0)
19 Dmitry Chernik (2041 0.5) Jiaying Wang (unr. 1.0)
20 Ruoying Xu (2064 0.5) Ray Kuryliw (1838 0.0)

Pairings for Round 3. 2017 Canadian Open: U1800 9 Day
Bd Res White Res Black
22 Victor Itkin (1761 1.5) Robert J. Armstrong (1503 2.0)
23 Grisha Crnilovic (1617 1.5) Wane Inkpen (1696 1.5)
24 Claude Toussaint (1516 1.5) Craig McGilly (1524 1.5)
25 Craig Sadler (1642 1.0) Kirk Sadler (1422 1.0)
26 Chris White (1720 0.5) Glen Schmiege (1721 0.5)
27 Robin Belanger (1439 0.5) Steven Faust (1602 0.5)
28 Paul McNichol (1556 0.5) Bruce W. Thomson (1371 0.0)
½ Undriadi Benggawan (1639 1.5) BYE

[Kerry Liles]

Re: 2017 Canadian Open Tournament Thread

Is there anywhere a current crosstable for the various sections of the Canadian Open?
I don't see it on chess-results.com at all...

The main website (ssmchess.ca) offers some live games but the website
doesn't have pairings or more importantly, "results"

[please don't direct me to Facebook is all I ask]

[Ken MacDonald]

Re: 2017 Canadian Open Tournament Thread

Is there anywhere a current crosstable for the various sections of the Canadian Open?
I don't see it on chess-results.com at all...

The main website (ssmchess.ca) offers some live games but the website
doesn't have pairings or more importantly, "results"

[please don't direct me to Facebook is all I ask]

I concur! I can't even follow Bob's BLOG because I refuse to have a Social Media presence.

[Kerry Liles]

Re: 2017 Canadian Open Tournament Thread

I concur! I can't even follow Bob's BLOG because I refuse to have a Social Media presence.

Well, I have a social media presence of sorts, but I generally refuse to use Facebook.
There are several other more entertaining time sinks...
In the past, I enjoyed reading Bob(Armstrong)'s Cdn Open blog but I can understand why it might be easier for him to post it on FB.
I am surprised the Canadian Open is not (yet?) on chess-results.com ...

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: 2017 Canadian Open Tournament Thread

I concur! I can't even follow Bob's BLOG because I refuse to have a Social Media presence.

Hi Ken:

Thanks to the volunteer effort of Erik Malmsten, my blog is now posted on Chesstalk, under my introductory post.

So far Erik has re-posted here:

a. The "Preliminary Introduction" Blog (July 9), and
b. The Rd. 1 Blog (July 9).

Bob A

P.S. My Rd. 2 Blog was posted on Fb about 3:00 PM this afternoon, but no one has yet "copied/pasted" it here to Ct. Hopefully Erik intends to continue his assistant task while able, and if a blog does not appear, maybe another Ct Fb'er will fill in.