Hopefully the date for the next one is announced ASAP. I'd love to go but I have to announce my entire 2020 work schedule by September.... Ridiculous.
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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!Leave a comment:
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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.
1 GM Bareev Evgeny 2642 10b0 2b1 9w1 4w1 6b1 3b1 5/6
2 IM Thavandiran Shiyam 2412 11w1 6w½ 8b½ 1w0 14b1 7b1 4w0 4/7
3 GM Hambleton Aman 2484 14w1 7w½ 8w½ 6b½ 10w1 4b1 1w0 4.5/7
4 IM Noritsyn Nikolay 2489 5b1 12w1 9b1 7w1 1b0 3w0 2b1 5/7
5 Dukic Zachary 2167 4w0 8b1 6w0 9w1 7b0 2/5
6 FM Plotkin Mark 2326 2b½ 9w0 3w½ 5b1 1w0 8w1 3/6
7 IM Samsonkin Artiom 2424 13b1 10w½ 3b½ 12w1 4b0 11w1 2w0 5w1 5/8
8 FM Chiku-Ratte Olivier Kenta 2406 9b½ 2w½ 3b½ 5w0 12w½ 6b0 2/6
9 GM Yang Kaiqi 2505 8w½ 6b1 4w0 1b0 5b0 14w 1.5/6
10 CM Doknjas Joshua 2203 1w1 7b½ 3b0 21w½ 15b 2/5
11 Tremblay Rejean 2146 2b0 7b0 13w½ 12b 0.5/4
12 FM Findlay Ian 2233 4b0 7b0 8b½ 11w 0.5/4
13 Noritsyn Sergey 2159 7w0 11b½ 22w 0.5/3
14 Masse Hugues 2163 3b0 2w0 9b 0/3Leave a comment:
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Round 9 pairings - 2019 Canada Zonal & Easter Sectionals
Zonal Section
Bo. Name Pts Result Pts Name 1 GM Hambleton Aman 6 7 GM Bareev Evgeny 2 IM Thavandiran Shiyam 6 5½ IM Noritsyn Nikolay 3 IM Samsonkin Artiom 5 5½ Dukic Zachary 4 FM Plotkin Mark 5 5 FM Chiku-Ratte Olivier Kenta 5 GM Yang Kaiqi 4½ 4½ Masse Hugues 6 FM Findlay Ian 4½ 4½ Tremblay Rejean 7 Li William 4½ 4½ CM Doknjas Joshua 8 Noritsyn Sergey 4½ 4 FM Vettese Nicholas 9 FM Plotkin Victor 4 4 FM Chen Richard 10 WGM Zhou Qiyu 4 4 FM Rodrigue-Lemieux Shawn 11 Rusonik Max 4 4 Yao Hou Ji 12 Tanaka Tyler 3½ 3½ FM Hua Eugene 13 Wiebe Isaac 3½ 3½ Saha Ananda 14 CM Gordon David 3 3 WFM Demchenko Svitlana 15 CM Kang Dorian 2½ 3 CM Chen Max 16 FM Huang Qiuyu 2½ 1½ Desforges Jean 17 FM Gentes Kevin 1½ 0 Withdrawn 18 Javidfard Amirsalar 2 0 Withdrawn 19 FM Munro Allan 3 0 Withdrawn 20 CM Zhong Kevin 2½ 0 Withdrawn
U2200 Section
Bo. Name Pts Result Pts Name 19 Doubleday Bill 6 - 4½ Donev Danail 20 Xu Ruoying 6 - 3½ Joseph Benher Savio 21 Zhao Jeffrey Renfei 4½ - 5½ England Max 22 Xu Daniel 5 - 2½ Zhu Matthew 23 Van Rooy Jake 3 - 4½ Mercure Gilbert 24 Latreille Etienne 3 - 3½ Han Johnathan Elieff Kosta 2½ Withdrawn
U1900 Section
Bo. Name Pts Result Pts Name 26 Dong Yiwei 5 6 Bond Hal 27 Hua Michelle 5½ 5 Sharma Vishruth 28 Ramesh Sanjay 5½ 5 Hsu Ted 29 Phillips Brian J. 5 5 Xiao Edward 30 Lesage Pierre 4½ 5 Groot-Lipman Jeff 31 Kuryliw Ray 4½ 4½ Dupont-Mageau Nicolas 32 Balasooriya Randika 4½ 4 Xie Austin 33 Landstrom William 4 4 Stopic Alexander 34 Krolczyk Jacob 3½ 3½ Samuel Victor 35 Dickson Raymond 3½ 3½ Perkins Simon 36 Srinivas Atharva 3½ 3½ Dickson Kirk Johannes 37 Laurin Marcel 3 3½ Page Dany 38 Frangakis Evan 2½ 2½ Masse-Garneau Anthony 39 Lemieux Richard ½ 0 Withdrawn 40 Durhan Batuhan 2½ 0 Withdrawn
U1600 Section
Bo. Name Pts Result Pts Name 40 Mai Deren 4½ 7½ Hua Gary 41 Azroy Arman 5½ 5½ He Jiaqi 42 Bilodeau-Savaria Carl-William 5 5½ Wang Rachel Zihan 43 Wang Derek 5 4½ Sztuka Jeremy 44 De Leon Rut Jurry 4 4½ He Zekai 45 Lee Ji Won 4 4 Chau Matthew 46 Li Allen 4 4 Chau Jonathan 47 Douglas Steven 4 3 Chocina Adam 48 De Leon Raf Adrik 3 3 Bilodeau-Savaria Sandy-Rose 49 Paulsen Lorenz 3 1½ Liao Austin 50 Brian Murray 3½ Hay John Guillemette Hugo 5 0 Withdrawn Gougeon Patrick 2½ 0 Withdrawn
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