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Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational
Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational
"The Saint Louis Chess Club is proud to host the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational. The invitational brings together players from around the world to compete for cash prizes and the chance to earn Grandmaster and International Master titles. "
Dates: November 17-22, 2017.
Format: Two 10 player round-robins.
Time control: Game in 90 minutes with a 30-second increment.
Two great Canadian players are pursuing their norms:
IM Aman Hambleton is seeking his last, third, GM norm;
Re: Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational
Round 1 results.
GM section
Code:
Table White Score Fed. Rating Black Score Fed. Rating Result
1 GM Chirila, Ioan-Cr. 0.0 ROU 2557 GM Ashwin, Jayaram 0.0 IND 2474 0-1
2 IM Shetty, Atulya 0.0 USA 2403 IM Bartholomew, John 0.0 USA 2444 0-1
3 IM Zierk, Steven 0.0 USA 2493 GM Sadorra, Julio Cat. 0.0 PHI 2558 1-0
4 IM Burke, John M 0.0 USA 2490 IM Sturt, Raven 0.0 USA 2446 1-0
5 IM Gurevich, Daniel 0.0 USA 2471 IM Hambleton, Aman 0.0 CAN 2479 ½-½
IM section
Code:
Table White Score Fed. Rating Black Score Fed. Rating Result
1 IM Neimer, Vitaly 0.0 ISR 2346 FM Larson, Matthew 0.0 USA 2392 ½-½
2 Grabinsky, Aaron 0.0 USA 2366 WGM Foisor, Sabina-Fr. 0.0 USA 2369 1-0
3 IM Arias Santana, M. 0.0 CRC 2308 FM Yip, Carissa 0.0 USA 2311 ½-½
4 Wang, Justin 0.0 USA 2254 IM Torres Rosas, Luis 0.0 MEX 2353 ½-½
5 WIM Wang, Annie 0.0 USA 2295 FM Hua, Lefong 0.0 CAN 2310 1-0
Re: Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational
Complete results of Rounds 2 and 3.
GM section
Code:
Table White Score Fed. Rating Black Score Fed. Rating Result
1 GM Ashwin, Jayaram 1.0 IND 2474 IM Hambleton, Aman 0.5 CAN 2479 1-0
2 IM Sturt, Raven 0.0 USA 2446 IM Gurevich, Daniel 0.5 USA 2471 0-1
3 GM Sadorra, Julio 0.0 PHI 2558 IM Burke, John M 1.0 USA 2490 ½-½
4 IM Bartholomew, John 1.0 USA 2444 IM Zierk, Steven 1.0 USA 2493 ½-½
5 GM Chirila, Ioan 0.0 ROU 2557 IM Shetty, Atulya 0.0 USA 2403 1-0
1 IM Shetty, Atulya 0.0 USA 2403 GM Ashwin, Jayaram 2.0 IND 2474 0-1
2 IM Zierk, Steven 1.5 USA 2493 GM Chirila, Ioan 1.0 ROU 2557 0-1
3 IM Burke, John M 1.5 USA 2490 IM Bartholomew, John 1.5 USA 2444 ½-½
4 IM Gurevich, Daniel 1.5 USA 2471 GM Sadorra, Julio 0.5 PHI 2558 ½-½
5 IM Hambleton, Aman 0.5 CAN 2479 IM Sturt, Raven 0.0 USA 2446 1-0
IM section
Code:
Table White Score Fed. Rating Black Score Fed. Rating Result
1 FM Larson, Matthew 0.5 USA 2392 FM Hua, Lefong 0.0 CAN 2310 1-0
2 IM Torres Rosas, Luis 0.5 MEX 2353 WIM Wang, Annie 1.0 USA 2295 1-0
3 FM Yip, Carissa 0.5 USA 2311 Wang, Justin 0.5 USA 2254 0-1
4 WGM Foisor, Sabina 0.0 USA 2369 IM Arias Santana, M. 0.5 CRC 2308 1-0
5 IM Neimer, Vitaly 0.5 ISR 2346 Grabinsky, Aaron 1.0 USA 2366 ½-½
1 Grabinsky, Aaron 1.5 USA 2366 FM Larson, Matthew 1.5 USA 2392 1-0
2 IM Arias Santana, M. 0.5 CRC 2308 IM Neimer, Vitaly 1.0 ISR 2346 ½-½
3 Wang, Justin 1.5 USA 2254 WGM Foisor, Sabina 1.0 USA 2369 1-0
4 WIM Wang, Annie 1.0 USA 2295 FM Yip, Carissa 0.5 USA 2311 ½-½
5 FM Hua, Lefong 0.0 CAN 2310 IM Torres Rosas, Luis 1.5 MEX 2353 ½-½
Re: Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational
Complete results of Rounds 4 and 5.
GM section
Code:
Table White Score Fed. Rating Black Score Fed. Rating Result
1 GM Ashwin, Jayaram 3.0 IND 2474 IM Sturt, Raven 0.0 USA 2446 ½-½
2 GM Sadorra, Julio 1.0 PHI 2558 IM Hambleton, Aman 1.5 CAN 2479 ½-½
3 IM Bartholomew, John 2.0 USA 2444 IM Gurevich, Daniel 2.0 USA 2471 0-1
4 GM Chirila, Ioan 2.0 ROU 2557 IM Burke, John M 2.0 USA 2490 ½-½
5 IM Shetty, Atulya 0.0 USA 2403 IM Zierk, Steven 1.5 USA 2493 0-1
1 IM Zierk, Steven 2.5 USA 2493 GM Ashwin, Jayaram 3.5 IND 2474 1-0
2 IM Burke, John M 2.5 USA 2490 IM Shetty, Atulya 0.0 USA 2403 ½-½
3 IM Gurevich, Daniel 3.0 USA 2471 GM Chirila, Ioan 2.5 ROU 2557 ½-½
4 IM Hambleton, Aman 2.0 CAN 2479 IM Bartholomew, John 2.0 USA 2444 ½-½
5 IM Sturt, Raven 0.5 USA 2446 GM Sadorra, Julio 1.5 PHI 2558 ½-½
IM section
Code:
Table White Score Fed. Rating Black Score Fed. Rating Result
1 FM Larson, Matthew 1.5 USA 2392 IM Torres Rosas, Luis 2.0 MEX 2353 ½-½
2 FM Yip, Carissa 1.0 USA 2311 FM Hua, Lefong 0.5 CAN 2310 ½-½
3 WGM Foisor, Sabina 1.0 USA 2369 WIM Wang, Annie 1.5 USA 2295 0-1
4 IM Neimer, Vitaly 1.5 ISR 2346 Wang, Justin 2.5 USA 2254 0-1
5 Grabinsky, Aaron 2.5 USA 2366 IM Arias Santana, M. 1.0 CRC 2308 1-0
1 IM Arias Santana, M. 1.0 CRC 2308 FM Larson, Matthew 2.0 USA 2392 0-1
2 Wang, Justin 3.5 USA 2254 Grabinsky, Aaron 3.5 USA 2366 1-0
3 WIM Wang, Annie 2.5 USA 2295 IM Neimer, Vitaly 1.5 ISR 2346 0-1
4 FM Hua, Lefong 1.0 CAN 2310 WGM Foisor, Sabina 1.0 USA 2369 ½-½
5 IM Torres Rosas, Luis 2.5 MEX 2353 FM Yip, Carissa 1.5 USA 2311 1-0
Re: Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational
Complete results of Rounds 6 and 7.
GM section
Code:
Table White Score Fed. Rating Black Score Fed. Rating Result
1 GM Ashwin, Jayaram 3.5 IND 2474 GM Sadorra, Julio 2.0 PHI 2558 ½-½
2 IM Bartholomew, John 2.5 USA 2444 IM Sturt, Raven 1.0 USA 2446 ½-½
3 GM Chirila, Ioan 3.0 ROU 2557 IM Hambleton, Aman 2.5 CAN 2479 1-0
4 IM Shetty, Atulya 0.5 USA 2403 IM Gurevich, Daniel 3.5 USA 2471 ½-½
5 IM Zierk, Steven 3.5 USA 2493 IM Burke, John M 3.0 USA 2490 0-1
1 IM Burke, John M 4.0 USA 2490 GM Ashwin, Jayaram 4.0 IND 2474 ½-½
2 IM Gurevich, Daniel 4.0 USA 2471 IM Zierk, Steven 3.5 USA 2493 ½-½
3 IM Hambleton, Aman 2.5 CAN 2479 IM Shetty, Atulya 1.0 USA 2403 ½-½
4 IM Sturt, Raven 1.5 USA 2446 GM Chirila, Ioan 4.0 ROU 2557 ½-½
5 GM Sadorra, Julio 2.5 PHI 2558 IM Bartholomew, John 3.0 USA 2444 ½-½
IM section
Code:
Table White Score Fed. Rating Black Score Fed. Rating Result
1 FM Larson, Matthew 3.0 USA 2392 FM Yip, Carissa 1.5 USA 2311 0-1
2 WGM Foisor, Sabina 1.5 USA 2369 IM Torres Rosas, Luis 3.5 MEX 2353 ½-½
3 IM Neimer, Vitaly 2.5 ISR 2346 FM Hua, Lefong 1.5 CAN 2310 ½-½
4 Grabinsky, Aaron 3.5 USA 2366 WIM Wang, Annie 2.5 USA 2295 ½-½
5 IM Arias Santana, M. 1.0 CRC 2308 Wang, Justin 4.5 USA 2254 ½-½
1 Wang, Justin 5.0 USA 2254 FM Larson, Matthew 3.0 USA 2392 0-1
2 WIM Wang, Annie 3.0 USA 2295 IM Arias Santana, M. 1.5 CRC 2308 1-0
3 FM Hua, Lefong 2.0 CAN 2310 Grabinsky, Aaron 4.0 USA 2366 ½-½
4 IM Torres Rosas, Luis 4.0 MEX 2353 IM Neimer, Vitaly 3.0 ISR 2346 1-0
5 FM Yip, Carissa 2.5 USA 2311 WGM Foisor, Sabina 2.0 USA 2369 0-1
Re: Canadian players at the 2017 Saint Louis Invitational
Rounds 8 results.
GM section
Code:
Table White Score Fed. Rating Black Score Fed. Rating Result
1 GM Ashwin, Jayaram 4.5 IND 2474 IM Bartholomew, John 3.5 USA 2444 ½-½
2 GM Chirila, Ioan 4.5 ROU 2557 GM Sadorra, Julio 3.0 PHI 2558 ½-½
3 IM Shetty, Atulya 1.5 USA 2403 IM Sturt, Raven 2.0 USA 2446 0-1
4 IM Zierk, Steven 4.0 USA 2493 IM Hambleton, Aman 3.0 CAN 2479 ½-½
5 IM Burke, John M 4.5 USA 2490 IM Gurevich, Daniel 4.5 USA 2471 ½-½
IM section
Code:
Table White Score Fed. Rating Black Score Fed. Rating Result
1 FM Larson, Matthew 4.0 USA 2392 WGM Foisor, Sabina 3.0 USA 2369 ½-½
2 IM Neimer, Vitaly 3.0 ISR 2346 FM Yip, Carissa 2.5 USA 2311 1-0
3 Grabinsky, Aaron 4.5 USA 2366 IM Torres Rosas, Luis 5.0 MEX 2353 0-1
4 IM Arias Santana, M. 1.5 CRC 2308 FM Hua, Lefong 2.5 CAN 2310 0-1
5 Wang, Justin 5.0 USA 2254 WIM Wang, Annie 4.0 USA 2295 1-0
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