CO round 9

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Have anybody results from the top boards?

For me Monroi is down...

[Ken MacDonald]

CO round 9

I saw Bluvshtein posted as a win, Krush as a draw, Hansen appeared to be losing, Shirov drew, then I lost MONROI also. McKinnon lost, Gershoy won, can't remember others.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: CO round 9

thnx.

Monroi is on again and with the note: "Winners: GM Mark Bluvshtein and IM Edward Porper of Canada!"

Congratulations to winners !!!

[John Coleman]

Re: CO round 9

From TWIC

Round 9: There was a 9 way tie going into the final round amongst GM Mark Bluvshtein CAN, GM Alexei Shirov ESP, IM Edward Porper CAN, GM Michael Adams ENG, GM Surya Ganguly IND, GM Eugene Perelshteyn USA, IM Irina Krush USA, FM Jonathan Tayar CAN and FM Theo Hommeles NED all on 6.5/8.

Round 9. Mark Bluvshtein seems to be the highest in the round 8 standings tied for the lead to win so I guess there is a decent chance he will win on tie-break. Notable was Edward Porper's win against Surya Ganguly.

Bluvstein and Porper finished ahead of the field on an impressive 7.5/9.

Canadian Open Final Round 9 Results
1 GM Alexei Shirov 1/2 GM Eugene Perelshteyn
2 IM Irina Krush 1/2 GM Michael Adams
3 IM Edward Porper 1-0 GM Surya Ganguly
4 FM Theo Hommeles 0-1 GM Mark Bluvshtein
5 FM Jonathan Tayar 1/2 GM Xue Zhao
6 FM John C Yoos 1-0 FM Eric Hansen
7 Victor Plotkin 0-1 GM Hua Ni
8 GM Victor Mikhalevski 1-0 Jeff Reeve

[Caesar Posylek]

Re: CO round 9

According to The Week in Chess:
"In the final round Mark Bluvshtein beat Theo Hommeles with black whilst pre-event favourites Shirov and Adams were held. Then in a notable win Edward Porper beat Surya Ganguly. This meant Bluvstein and Porper finished ahead of the field with an impressive score of 7.5/9. The website says they are co-winners suggesting no tie-break will be used to separate them."

[Caesar Posylek]

Re: CO round 9

Does anybody know about new higher norms achieved in that tournament by the players, for example - IM.Porper,the co-winner? If any?

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: CO round 9

Hi Caesar:

The prize money was split between Bluvshtein and Porper, but Bluvshtein won the tournament on tie-break.

Bob

[Micah Hughey]

Re: CO round 9

Hi Caesar:

The prize money was split between Bluvshtein and Porper, but Bluvshtein won the tournament on tie-break.

Bob

That's right. They tied for 1st place (ahead of Shirov, Adams and Ni Hua!), and GM Bluvshtein won the tiebreak to take the trophy.

See the winner's photo on the official website: www.edchess.ca

[Eric Hansen]

Re: CO round 9

Does anybody know about new higher norms achieved in that tournament by the players, for example - IM.Porper,the co-winner? If any?

Regardless of how well you started, norms were pretty much impossible to achieve because of the tournament system.

Both Porper and Tayar performed well enough but didn't get them because overall they didn't get the right mix of opponents.

[Frank Dixon]

Re: CO round 9

The lack of norms from Edmonton 2009 can be explained, purely and simply, by the organizers' decision to avoid accelerated pairings or the use of any special pairing system designed to enhance norm chances (the Kap system, for example).

IM Porper and FM Tayar performed excellently, as did FM Raja Panjwani (defeated GM Kovalyov, drew GM Mikhalevski, tough losses to GMs Shirov and Bluvshtein, wins over national masters Henry and MacKinnon), but too many games against non-FIDE-rated opponents made it impossible for any of them, or others, to score norms.

It is way past time that the CFC and Canadian chess organizers get it together on this topic, and standardize the pairing rules for the Canadian Open, so that when many strong, titled international players make the long, expensive journey to the Great White North, our strong developing players and other strong visitors who are competing have the chance to score norms. Too many people who make decisions on this are listening to 1800 players who want to play a GM in the Canadian Open. That can easily be done in a simul.

Please, use sections (top section 2100+ for example), use accelerated pairings for the first couple of rounds, or use a special system (Kap system, Capelle la Grande) to get this fixed!!