Hamilton Summer Open: Final Results

[Garvin Nunes]

The second day of our modest open was so violent there was blood all over the chess pieces.

In the open section, Artiom had to fend off Hamiltonians back to back with victories over Doug Bailey in round 4 and then Alexander Friedman,(the co-winner of the 09 Winter Open) in round 5.

Current Hamilton Club Champion, Doug Bailey had a come back in round 5, though, when he won over Roman Sapozhinikov (the other co-winner of the Winter Open).

Mike Dougherty and John Upper, along with Doug, all tied for second with 3.5/5.

In the U1900 Section Jaime Solis and Joe Bellomo tied for first/second with 4/5 points. Solis got a win over Matthew Nicholson in round 4 and then a draw against Boris Iriarte in round 5; while, Joe got a win over Mario Moran-Venegas in round 4 and a draw against Matthew Nicholson in round 5.

Tied for third were Ferdinand Supsup and Doug Gillis with 3.5/5 points each

The prize fund was $1422 and was given out as follows:

Open
1st - Artiom Samsonkin 5/5 $ 438
2nd-3rd - Doug Bailey, Michael Dougherty, John Upper 3.5/5 $ 140 each

Under 1900
1st-2nd - Jaime Solis, Joe Bellomo 4/5 $ 222 each
3rd - Ferdinand Supsup, Doug Gillis 3.5/5 $ 60 each


KIDS!

There was plenty of excitement in the Junior section (age 15 and under) including an exciting 3 way tie breaker for the second place trophy.

Big kudos must be given to Leslie Tang who came clear first with 4.5/5. Leslie also won Hamilton's Junior Championship in July, so you know this is one twelve year old with a lot of hardware.

Special mention to James Law who is the only opponent Leslie didn't defeat. (Their game ended in a draw in round 5). Claudio Sottile, Jeffrey Lee along with James Law all tied for second place with 4/5 and a tie breaking formula was demanded to see who would get which trophy. Standings and ratings were not affected by the tie breakers.

The organizers decided to do a double blitz (5 minute) round robin so that each player could get a chance to play black and white. A coin toss was used to see who would have to play back to back, and who would get the rest break. When the dust settled the results of the round robin were as follows:

Jeffrey Lee:2.5
James Law:2.0
Claudio Sottile:1.5

As you can see even in blitz there wasn't much difference between our second place finishers and all deserve credit for putting up a hard fight.


To see the overall Standings for the Hamilton Summer Open, and, the pairings for round 4 and 5 please visit the following link:

http://chess.servegame.com/hamilton/...009Results.htm

Don't forget to keep checking our web site at chess.servegame.com/hamilton for pictures of this event.

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I'd like to thank Gordon Gooding, Joe Ellis and Robert Gillanders for their efforts in helping me organize this tournament. Without Mr. Gillanders help in particular the extra work of adding multiple sections and juniors would not have been possible.

We invite all tournament participants to email their constructive criticism to chesshamilton@gmail.com so that we can make our next weekend swiss the best one ever.

Also, please email your favorite game from this tournament to Robert Gillanders at robertgillanders@rogers.com (pgn or cbase format preferred)

Thank you all for attending our weekend swiss and supporting chess in Hamilton!

[Ferdinand Supsup]

Re: Hamilton Summer Open: Final Results

Hamilton Chess Tournament Organizers, Directors and Volunteers had continuously increased tournament participations with innovative ideas time after time. They guaranteed a minimum top prize of $100 however, their prize fund distributions were based on the actual number of players. Distinctively, variable prize fund distribution, very flexible with calculation of prizes based on a formula embedded each cell, generated in a tabulated format (excel file). The higher the participation, the higher the prizes and vise versa. They have been very active and constantly posting pre-registered players in a regular basis. Low entry fees but practically high stakes. Their playing venue is walking distance to the mall and food centers. 5 rounds played in two regular time formats for two days. And have constantly attracted INTERNATIONAL and FIDE Masters as regular participants. Last but not the least, a free executive winning brewed cup of coffee from Bob Gillanders. What about that as a free complimentary service from a former CFC Executive? I look forward to your next tournament.

Cheers and Thank You!

[Bob Gillanders]

Re: Hamilton Summer Open: Final Results

Thank you Ferdinand. It is very nice to hear from a satisfied customer.:)

Lots of volunteers and the courage to try new ideas are paying dividends for the Hamilton City Chess Club. The hardest worker is our Prez, Garvin.

The next weekend tournament will be in Feb 2010, where we may against try out some more new ideas!

But I must correct you on the prize fund distributions. Because of our strange looking prize fund amounts, it only gives the illusion of some complicated formula, perhaps using Excel or whatever. Not so! We just found amounts that were divisible by 2, 3, and 4 in case of ties.;)

[Ferdinand Supsup]

Re: Hamilton Summer Open: Final Results

Thanks Bob for the correction. It did seemed to me that a formula had been used because of the prize fund amounts. Another innovative and excellent math used for prize fund distribution by a CGA!

Thanks!

[Bob Gillanders]

Re: Hamilton Summer Open: Final Results

Thanks Bob for the correction. It did seemed to me that a formula had been used because of the prize fund amounts. Another innovative and excellent math used for prize fund distribution by a CGA!

Thanks!

hmm...that CMA!;)