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It can't be said that GM Bareev got away with a Swiss sack, losing his first round game for easier pairings. No!! He scored 5/6 against the top 14 players, defeating the other two GMs and two IMs.
IM Samsonkin played the most of the top finishers, scoring 5/8. IM Noritsyn 5/7, GM Hambleton 4.5/7, and IM Thavandiran 4/7.
Players who played all 3 GMs:
Nikolay Noritsyn +1-2, and Mark Plotkin =1-2.
I am safely back home after a fabulous Easter Weekend in Kingston. What a pleasure to play in someone else's tournament! Although I was in frequent contact with Aris, Danny and Omar about general tournament matters, my duties as Appeals Committee Chair were quite light - there were no appeals. This is a testament to the competence of the Arbiter team and the thoughtful organization of the tournament. Aris chose a great venue with reasonable room rates that included breakfast. The playing area, washrooms and skittles room were all on the same floor. This made Frank Dixon's job as the Fair Play officer more manageable. John Upper operated the broadcast on 4 DGT boards without incident (the 5th one had a defect but it was still used.) It was the best run Zonal championship in my memory, and the class players could watch the magic unfold while creating memories of their own in every round.
Being able to stay and play in the same hotel is a luxury. I encourage all of you to mark your calendar for next year's rendition. Aris has created something special - an affordable 9 rounder with a good prize fund in a beautiful city. Only 350 more sleeps till the next one!
I think that plan is to have tournaments over the Easter weekend for the next 3 years at the same venue. The next zonal tournament is to be in 2021 and woman's zonal will be in 2020 and 2022.
That should help you planing your schedule and Aris will provide more details for sure.
Adding to what Hal Bond said, the parking was free, normally $20 by day. Making a 9 rounds under $1000 with entry fee, hotel, transportation and food is great. When i played to New York, i found an hotel near Marshall Chess club and i used to have a little room with common shower and common bathroom - 1 by floor and wing - for $180 in canadien money by night without parking.
Congratulations to Aris and his team! See you next year for sure!
I think that plan is to have tournaments over the Easter weekend for the next 3 years at the same venue. The next zonal tournament is to be in 2021 and woman's zonal will be in 2020 and 2022.
That should help you planing your schedule and Aris will provide more details for sure.
That's bang on Alex, thanks. During the Women's Zonal years, we'll have a Canadian Closed section, again strictly for 2200 and up, which gives some chance of norms (an IM norm this year!)
And 3-4 Sectionals (2019 = U2200/U1900/U1600) I just got home after returning everything I borrowed for the tournament. More thorough report coming tomorrow, or whenever I next wake up.
Adding to what Hal Bond said, the parking was free, normally $20 by day. Making a 9 rounds under $1000 with entry fee, hotel, transportation and food is great. When i played to New York, i found an hotel near Marshall Chess club and i used to have a little room with common shower and common bathroom - 1 by floor and wing - for $180 in canadien money by night without parking.
Congratulations to Aris and his team! See you next year for sure!
Réjean Tremblay
Thanks Rejean!
And the Quebec representation was GREAT! See you again!
Hugh, Danny has all the scoresheets and will be arranging to get them to you in Montreal. We had awesomely good submission rates.
I got them all from him. Everything was neatly sorted, etc.
I noticed the scoresheets were an unusual 5.5" x 11" (rather than the standard 5.5" x 8.5" (i.e. a standard 11" x 8.5" sheet cut in half)). Would there have been a extra charge for this non-standard size?
I got them all from him. Everything was neatly sorted, etc.
I noticed the scoresheets were an unusual 5.5" x 11" (rather than the standard 5.5" x 8.5" (i.e. a standard 11" x 8.5" sheet cut in half)). Would there have been a extra charge for this non-standard size?
I don't know how the prices compare, does anyone care?
John Upper made the GREAT recommendation to have boxes that were bigger than usual, so that when players write their moves, they didn't bleed as much into the next box above/below.
As a result, and also including useful info like time control, the scoresheets were longer than "usual". Everyone seemed fine with them, and I trust the increased clarity helped with game entry.
The Organizer (me) expects they'll be similar for next year.
Great tournament, great organization and great players! Congrats to Evgeny Bareev for a well deserved victory and also Mark Plotkin for his second IM norm. I think Evgeny was getting warmed up and played some very impressive chess. Looking forward to playing next year. Thank you Aris!
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