Guelph Spring Pro-Am April 13-14

[Matthew Nicholson]

Sorry for bumping this...

Do we have final standings? I'm thinking I may have ended up clear third in spite of myself.

[Hal Bond]

		Pairings for Round 5. Guelph Spring Pro-Am: Pro Section
Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
1		IM Tangi Migot (4.0)		Ian Loadman (2.5)
2		Robert Kiviaho (2.5)		FM Doug Bailey (3.0)
3		Matthew Nicholson (2.0)		Armand Jess Mendoza (2.0)
4		Nikola Brajkovic (1.5)		Zachary Burrows (1.5)
5		Eddie Xu (0.5)		Gordon Gooding (1.5)

	Pairings for Round 5. Guelph Spring Pro-Am: U2000 Section
Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
7		Aris Marghetis (3.5)		Justin Manchester (2.5)
8		Mate Milinkovic (3.0)		Yevhen Samokysh (3.0)
9		Christopher Xiang (2.0)		David G Plaxton (2.0)
10		Brendan Cater (2.0)		Robert Gillanders (2.0)
11		Xiaoyu [Charles] Ran (2.0)		Michael von Keitz (2.0)
12		Joseph Liao (1.5)		Hal Bond (1.5)
	1	Israel Crooks (1.0)		Free Point!

		Pairings for Round 5. Guelph Spring Pro-Am: U1700 Section
Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
14		Marco D'Orante (4.0)		Henry Hughes (3.5)
15		Avery Jones (2.5)		Joanna (Ruo Jin) Xie (3.0)
16		Johnson Zixuan Zhou (2.5)		Sam Sinclair (2.5)
17		Jack Cloete (2.5)		Hugo Ortiz (2.5)
18		Undriadi Benggawan (2.0)		Henry Yao (2.0)
19		Ryan Livingstone (2.0)		Victor Lefort (1.5)
20		Angela Lin (1.5)		Shardool Mhaskar (1.0)
21		David R. Williams (1.0)		Mark Brauer (1.0)
	1	Stefan Szpular (0.5)		Free Point!

Pairings for Round 5. Guelph Spring Pro-Am: U1400 Section
Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
24		Nathan He (4.0)		Sean Ran (3.0)
25		Dennis Rino Jr. Poloniato (3.0)		Anya Singh (2.5)
26		Tawsif Saleheen (2.5)		Vahagn Aydinyan (2.5)
27		Siddhi Dahale (2.0)		Daniel Caron (2.0)
28		Riley Khan (2.0)		Jeremy Clark (2.0)
29		Bruce Hurst (2.0)		John Hay (1.5)
30		Alice Ran (1.5)		Jerry McKitrick (1.5)
31		Naomi Tominaga (1.0)		Jody Liao (1.5)

		Pairings for Round 5. Guelph Spring Pro-Am: U1000 Section
Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
33		Cameron Herbert (4.0)		Jocelyn Liao (2.5)
34		Brenton Lin (2.5)		Fred Xiang (3.0)
35		Sato Morin (2.0)		Kevin Caron (2.5)
36		Gauri Sreekumar (1.5)		Ashley Caron (1.5)
37		Udayveer Singh (1.5)		Kuni Morin (1.5)

	Pairings for Round 5. Guelph Spring Pro-Am: Extra Games
Bd	Res	White	Res	Black
1		Stefan Szpular (2.0)		Israel Crooks (2.0)

[Hal Bond]

Pairings for Round 4. Guelph Spring Pro-Am: Pro Section

1 IM Tangi Migot (3.0) Robert Kiviaho (2.5)
2 Armand Jess Mendoza (2.0) FM Doug Bailey (2.0)
3 Ian Loadman (1.5) Zachary Burrows (1.5)
4 Gordon Gooding (1.5) Matthew Nicholson (1.0)
5 Eddie Xu (0.0) Nikola Brajkovic (1.0)

U2000 Section

7 Aris Marghetis (3.0) Mate Milinkovic (2.5)
8 Yevhen Samokysh (2.0) Michael von Keitz (2.0)
9 Justin Manchester (1.5) Christopher Xiang (2.0)
10 Robert Gillanders (1.5) Xiaoyu [Charles] Ran (1.5)
11 Israel Crooks (1.0) Brendan Cater (1.0)
12 Tim Knechtel (0.5) Joseph Liao (1.0)
½ David G Plaxton (1.5) BYE

U1700 Section

14 Sam Sinclair (2.5) Marco D'Orante (3.0)
15 Henry Hughes (2.5) Johnson Zixuan Zhou (2.5)
16 Joanna (Ruo Jin) Xie (2.0) Ryan Livingstone (2.0)
17 Hugo Ortiz (2.0) Undriadi Benggawan (1.5)
18 Pino Verde (1.5) Jack Cloete (1.5)
19 Avery Jones (1.5) Shardool Mhaskar (1.0)
20 Henry Yao (1.0) Mark Brauer (1.0)
21 Victor Lefort (0.5) David R. Williams (1.0)
22 Stefan Szpular (0.5) Angela Lin (0.5)
½ Ziad Kayssi (1.0) BYE

U1400 Section

24 Vahagn Aydinyan (2.5) Nathan He (3.0)
25 Daniel Caron (2.0) Dennis Rino Jr. Poloniato (2.0)
26 Sean Ran (2.0) Riley Khan (2.0)
27 Tawsif Saleheen (1.5) Siddhi Dahale (2.0)
28 John Hay (1.5) Anya Singh (1.5)
29 Jeremy Clark (1.0) Naomi Tominaga (1.0)
30 Jody Liao (1.0) Alice Ran (1.0)
1 Jerry McKitrick (0.5) Free Point!
½ Bruce Hurst (1.5) BYE

U1000 Section

33 Cameron Herbert (3.0) Kevin Caron (2.5)
34 Kuni Morin (1.5) Fred Xiang (2.0)
35 Jocelyn Liao (1.5) Gauri Sreekumar (1.5)
36 Udayveer Singh (1.5) Brenton Lin (1.5)
37 Brian Cameron (1.5) Sato Morin (1.0)
1 Ashley Caron (0.5) Free Point!

Extra Game

13 Ashley Caron (1.5) Jerry McKitrick (1.5)

[Aris Marghetis]

Why am I Black again?!

[Hal Bond]

Hello again Pro-Am players. I received some important feedback and the pairings have been changed to reflect changes to entries, byes and ratings. Please review the pairings again. We have fewer forced byes now, which is a good thing.

[Hal Bond]

Finally we have pairings! Thanks for your patience. For those of you with a free point (aka forced bye) in the first round, we will try to get a game for you. There also may be players signing up on site.

Pro Section

1 Hayk Oganesyan (2140) IM Tangi Migot (2448)
2 Matthew Nicholson (2282) Ian Loadman (2095)
3 Eddie Xu (2056) FM Doug Bailey (2251)
4 Zachary Burrows (2194) Gordon Gooding (2055)
5 Andrew Colvin (2030) Robert Kiviaho (2175)
1 Armand Jess Mendoza (2001) Free Point!

U2000 Section

7 Joseph Liao (1740) Aris Marghetis (1875)
8 Scott Kuehl (1806) Israel Crooks (1717)
9 Justin Manchester (1707) Robert Gillanders (1793)
10 Mate Milinkovic (1767) Brendan Cater (1688)
11 Tim Knechtel (1677) Yevhen Samokysh (1758)
12 Christopher Xiang (1741) Xiaoyu [Charles] Ran (1620)
½ David G Plaxton (1860) BYE
½ Michael von Keitz (1769) BYE
½ Hal Bond (1656) BYE


U1700 Section

14 Sam Sinclair (1666) Henry Hughes (1468)
15 Henry Yao (1453) Shardool Mhaskar (1656)
16 Undriadi Benggawan (1601) Jack Cloete (1450)
17 Mark Brauer (1436) Victor Lefort (1596)
18 Marco D'Orante (1543) Stefan Szpular (1406)
19 Hugo Ortiz (1406) Pino Verde (1522)
20 Avery Jones (1519) Angela Lin (1383)
21 Johnson Zixuan Zhou (1358) Ryan Livingstone (1511)
22 Joanna (Ruo Jin) Xie (1488) David R. Williams (1348)
½ Ziad Kayssi (1484) BYE

U1400 Section

24 Bruce Hurst (1053) Daniel Caron (1296)
25 Anya Singh (1220) Tawsif Saleheen (1044)
26 Jerry McKitrick (1030) Vahagn Aydinyan (1188)
27 Nathan He (1184) Jeremy Clark (1024)
28 Alice Ran (991) Dennis Rino Jr. Poloniato (1167)
29 Riley Khan (1115) Michal Wiraszka (987)
30 Jody Liao (955) John Hay (1105)
31 Siddhi Dahale (1078) Naomi Tominaga (unr.)
½ Sean Ran (1195) BYE


U1000 Section

33 Brian Cameron (822) Ashley Caron (913)
34 Kuni Morin (876) Cameron Herbert (800)
35 Kevin Caron (799) Gaurav Sheel (875)
36 Gauri Sreekumar (862) Fred Xiang (684)
37 Vedant Sheel (635) Jocelyn Liao (848)
38 Brenton Lin (844) Sean Kuehl (unr.)
39 Udayveer Singh (unr.) Sato Morin (832)

[Hal Bond]

Now serving 70 players. Just got back from the University and they tell me that the food court will be open on the weekend. I will post the newest list and updated ratings later today.

[Hal Bond]

It seems I have reached the shedding point of my playing career, but I will have another go. Maybe my old billy goat buddy Tim Knechtel can set me straight!

We are over 60 players now. Pairings will be published here tomorrow night after we set up - maybe about 9pm. You can still register until then for a swiss pairing on Saturday morning.

Here is the newest list:

Pro Section

1 IM Tangi Migot 2448
2 Matthew Nicholson 2282
3 FM Doug Bailey 2251
4 Zachary Burrows 2194
5 Hayk Oganesyan 2140
6 Ian Loadman 2095
7 Eddie Xu 2056
8 Gordon Gooding 2055
9 Andrew Colvin 2030

U2000 Section

1 Aris Marghetis 1875
2 David G Plaxton 1860
3 Scott Kuehl 1806
4 Robert Gillanders 1799
5 Michael von Keitz 1769
6 Christopher Xiang 1741
7 Joseph Liao 1740
8 Ronan Uthayakumar 1731
9 Israel Crooks 1717
10 Justin Manchester 1707
11 Brendan Cater 1688
12 Tim Knechtel 1677
13 Hal Bond 1656

U1700 Section

1 Shardool Mhaskar 1656
2 Undriadi Benggawan 1601
3 Victor Lefort 1596
4 Pino Verde 1522
5 Avery Jones 1519
6 Ryan Livingstone 1511
7 Joanna [Ruo Jin] Xie 1488
8 Henry Hughes 1468
9 Henry Yao 1453
10 Jack Cloete 1450
11 Mark Brauer 1436
12 Stefan Szpular 1406
13 Johnson Zixuan Zhou 1358
14 David R. Williams 1348

U1400 Section

1 Daniel Caron 1296
2 Anya Singh 1220
3 Vahagn Aydinyan 1188
4 Nathan He 1171
5 John Hay 1125
6 Riley Khan 1115
7 Bruce Hurst 1053
8 Jerry McKitrick 1050
9 Jeremy Clark 1024
10 Michal Wiraszka 987
11 Jody Liao 955
12 Tawsif Saleheen unr.
13 Naomi Tominaga unr.

U1000 Section

1 Uthayan Rajadura 946
2 Ashley Caron 913
3 Gaurav Sheel 875
4 Gauri Sreekumar 862
5 Sato Morin 853
6 Jocelyn Liao 848
7 Brenton Lin 844
8 Kuni Morin 827
9 Brian Cameron 822
10 Kevin Caron 799
11 Fred Xiang 684
12 Vedant Sheel 635
13 Sean Kuehl unr.

[Gary Hua]

For those not going to OCC, Guelph Pro-AM is one tournament most juniors should attend.

Always well organized by Hal Bond and lots of snacks

[Henri Hughes]

I can't remember (which is why I'm not that good a player lol) - I think Hal beat me decades ago, and I've made Bob laugh from neighbouring boards. But I do expect 3 post-games with beer lol

me and Hal have play many times I don't know our score but we've exchanged points back and forth (playing him tonight actually) but can give so pretty convincing blows while I somehow managed to beat mike a while back

[Aris Marghetis]

I can't remember (which is why I'm not that good a player lol) - I think Hal beat me decades ago, and I've made Bob laugh from neighbouring boards. But I do expect 3 post-games with beer lol

[Andrew J Colvin]

This is awesome, I could end up playing Bond, Gillanders, and Von Keitz (3 of my favourite CFC people ever!)

Ive lost to all 3 at some point in my chess career

[Henri Hughes]

This is awesome, I could end up playing Bond, Gillanders, and Von Keitz (3 of my favourite CFC people ever!)

ive played 2 of those 3 watch out!

[Aris Marghetis]

This is awesome, I could end up playing Bond, Gillanders, and Von Keitz (3 of my favourite CFC people ever!)

[Hal Bond]

We have over 50 players now for the coming weekend. Here is the current list. It is possible that I have missed a name or two. Please let me know if you have registered and you are not on the list.

Pro Section

1 IM Tangi Migot
2 Matthew Nicholson
3 FM Doug Bailey
4 Hayk Oganesyan
5 Ian Loadman
6 Eddie Xu
7 Gordon Gooding
8 Andrew Colvin

U2000 Section

1 Aris Marghetis
2 David G Plaxton
3 Scott Kuehl
4 Robert Gillanders
5 Michael von Keitz
6 Ronan Uthayakumar
7 Israel Crooks
8 Justin Manchester
9 Brendan Cater
10 Tim Knechtel
11 Hal Bond

U1700 Section

1 Undriadi Benggawan
2 Victor Lefort
3 Avery Jones
4 Ryan Livingstone
5 Joanna [Ruo Jin] Xie
6 Henry Hughes
7 Jack Cloete
8 Stefan Szpular
9 Johnson Zixuan Zhou
10 David R. Williams

U1400 Section

1 Daniel Caron
2 Anya Singh
3 Vahagn Aydinyan
4 Nathan He
5 Zsolt Kormendi
6 John Hay
7 Riley Khan
8 Bruce Hurst
9 Jerry McKitrick
10 Jeremy Clark
11 Michal Wiraszka
12 Tawsif Saleheen

U1000 Section

1 Uthayan Rajadura
2 Ashley Caron
3 Gauri Sreekumar
4 Sato Morin
5 Robert Kormendi
6 Kuni Morin
7 Brian Cameron
8 Kevin Caron
9 Fred Xiang
10 Sean Kuehl