Canadian Closed after Round 4

[Hal Bond]

SwissSys Standings. 2009 Canadian Closed: 2009 Canadian Closed
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot
1 GM Mark Bluvshtein 2634 D17 W14 D8 W9 3.0
2 IM Artiom Samsonkin 2584 W11 D4 W16 D3 3.0
3 IM Leonid Guerzhoy 2524 W24 W30 D9 D2 3.0
4 IM Jean Hebert 2442 W18 D2 D19 W17 3.0
5 IM Ron Livshits 2416 D20 D6 W30 W19 3.0
6 Louie Jiang 2252 D7 D5 W27 W21 3.0
7 FM Raja Panjwani 2472 D6 W20 D17 D12 2.5
8 FM Jonathan Tayar 2436 D19 W22 D1 D10 2.5
9 Roman Sapozhnikov 2348 W31 W27 D3 L1 2.5
10 Victor Kaminski 2334 D26 D13 W31 D8 2.5
11 Trevor Vincent 2290 L2 W18 D13 W24 2.5
12 Liam Henry 2280 D15 D21 W28 D7 2.5
13 Thomas Kaminski 2183 D16 D10 D11 W22 2.5
14 FM Hans Jung 2140 B--- L1 D15 W27 2.5
15 IM Edward Porper 2556 D12 L17 D14 W30 2.0
16 Victor Plotkin 2366 D13 W26 L2 D20 2.0
17 Alex Martchenko 2300 D1 W15 D7 L4 2.0
18 Joey Qin 2240 L4 L11 B--- W28 2.0
19 Aman Hambleton 2234 D8 W29 D4 L5 2.0
20 Nicolas Arsenault 2229 D5 L7 W29 D16 2.0
21 IM Tomas Krnan 2534 D22 D12 D24 L6 1.5
22 FM Dale Haessel 2276 D21 L8 W26 L13 1.5
23 Erwin Casareno 2264 L27 L24 W25 D29 1.5
24 Arthur Calugar 2262 L3 W23 D21 L11 1.5
25 Kevin Me 2188 D29 L28 L23 W31 1.5
26 Yves Morin 2160 D10 L16 L22 B--- 1.5
27 IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2534 W23 L9 L6 L14 1.0
28 FM Shiyam Thavandiran 2464 L30 W25 L12 L18 1.0
29 FM Igor Divljan 2412 D25 L19 L20 D23 1.0
30 Keith MacKinnon 2251 W28 L3 L5 L15 1.0
31 Michael Humphreys 2169 L9 B--- L10 L25 1.0

Pairings for Round 5. 2009 Canadian Closed: 2009 Canadian Closed
Bd Res White Res Black
1 GM Mark Bluvshtein (2634 : WW : 3.0) IM Jean Hebert (2442 : b : 3.0)
2 IM Artiom Samsonkin (2584 : w : 3.0) IM Ron Livshits (2416 : b : 3.0)
3 Louie Jiang (2252 : w : 3.0) IM Leonid Guerzhoy (2524 : BB : 3.0)
4 Thomas Kaminski (2183 : w : 2.5) FM Raja Panjwani (2472 : b : 2.5)
5 FM Jonathan Tayar (2436 : w : 2.5) Trevor Vincent (2290 : b : 2.5)
6 Liam Henry (2280 : WW : 2.5) Roman Sapozhnikov (2348 : b : 2.5)
7 FM Hans Jung (2140 : W : 2.5) Victor Kaminski (2334 : b : 2.5)
8 Aman Hambleton (2234 : w : 2.0) IM Edward Porper (2556 : b : 2.0)
9 Victor Plotkin (2366 : WW : 2.0) Joey Qin (2240 : B : 2.0)
10 Alex Martchenko (2300 : w : 2.0) Nicolas Arsenault (2229 : b : 2.0)
11 Kevin Me (2188 : b : 1.5) IM Tomas Krnan (2534 : BB : 1.5)
12 Arthur Calugar (2262 : WW : 1.5) FM Dale Haessel (2276 : b : 1.5)
13 Erwin Casareno (2264 : w : 1.5) Yves Morin (2160 : B : 1.5)
14 Michael Humphreys (2169 : W : 1.0) IM Nikolay Noritsyn (2534 : b : 1.0)
15 FM Shiyam Thavandiran (2464 : w : 1.0) FM Igor Divljan (2412 : BB : 1.0)
1 Keith MacKinnon (2251 : w : 1.0) BYE

[Felix Dumont]

Re : Canadian Closed after Round 4

Wow! Louie Jiang is having a really good tournament! He has a performance of 2689 for the moment... Can we do IM or GM norms if don't have a FM title?

[Eric Hansen]

Re: Re : Canadian Closed after Round 4

I'm honestly not too surprised. Louie is pretty strong, I think he'll be IM right away as long as he fixes a couple things. He won the U-2400 World open last year with a 2500+ FIDE performance and he consistently holds his own against IM's and strong FM's when he travels to the US. He's a player I wouldn't wanna play.