Banff Open 2019 Nov 9-11 Open for Entries - 1st 100 only

[Roger Patterson]

2019 Banff Open Champion WIM Agnieszka Matras-Clement!
at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.
9 of the TOP 10 finishers were from ALBERTA!
Great job Alberta Chess Association!

FINAL Standings. 2019 Banff Open: 2019 Banff Open - OPEN SECTION

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a copy and paste error I think - the standings for the second section are not complete (missing the bottom 16 entries or so).

[Mark S. Dutton]

actually a page capacity limit at Chess Talk -- too many characters for one post ... and post was truncated ....

Anyway -- the good news is that the event has been RATED and here is the CFC result for the Under 1800 Section

Date	Director	Region	Type
2019-11-11	Mark S. Dutton	AB	R

#	Player	Old	Perf	New	High	Results	Total
1	Leblanc, Paul	1693	1871	1753	2136	+27 +12 +13 +7 +4 -2	5.0
2	Bertrand, Nathanael David	1702	1841	1754	16	+18 +20 -3 +8 +16 +1	5.0
3	Ali, Husain	1678	1838	1732	1932	+17 +28 +2 -4 +15 +6	5.0
4	Moore, Kevin D	1582	1789	1655	17	+24 =23 +9 +3 -1 +15	4.5
5	Tuvera, Mark	1688	1759	1702	1782	=0 +10 -6 +14 +12 +11	4.5
6	Tran, Tri	1467	1700	1582	1582	=9 +36 +5 =0 +7 -3	4.0
7	Kowalyk, Tim	1697	1690	1694	1697	+8 +26 +16 -1 -6 +19	4.0
8	Pathak, Pranav	1475	1616	1544	1544	-7 +34 +20 -2 +22 +16	4.0
9	Collins, Jacob	1694	1614	1678	1710	=6 +22 -4 +23 =19 +21	4.0
10	Wu, Jonathan	1374	1619	1498	1498	=15 -5 =24 +28 +26 =20	3.5
11	Pisanski, Piotr	1725	1613	1700	1828	+14 -16 =15 +24 +13 -5	3.5
12	Dunne, Eoin	1538	1526	1546	1697	+32 -1 +27 =13 -5 +23	3.5
13	Mielke, David	0	1549	1549	6	+23 +17 -1 =12 -11 =14	3.0
14	Mikusek, Jerry	1490	1540	1505	1600	-11 +31 =19 -5 +28 =13	3.0
15	Li, Avery	1683	1527	1650	1713	=10 +30 =11 +18 -3 -4	3.0
16	Lee, Mau-Seng	1560	1516	1553	2100	+29 +11 -7 +22 -2 -8	3.0
17	Street, Jeffrey	1334	1470	1366	1468	-3 -13 +35 =20 =25 +26	3.0
18	Schech, Roland	1477	1439	1476	1715	-2 +32 +26 -15 -21 +27	3.0
19	Szulski, Adam	1604	1430	1569	1755	-22 +29 =14 +30 =9 -7	3.0
20	Sullivan, Brian	1560	1396	1524	1866	+31 -2 -8 =17 +24 =10	3.0
21	Simpson, Bart	0	1340	1340	6	-33 -24 +34 +36 +18 -9	3.0
22	Ming, Jerry	1307	1485	1361	1409	+19 -9 +28 -16 -8 =25	2.5
23	Sekuloff, Mike	1512	1385	1486	1800	-13 =4 +29 -9 +31 -12	2.5
24	de Groot, Berry	1275	1382	1306	21	-4 +21 =10 -11 -20 +31	2.5
25	Scholz, Mike	1439	1259	1417	1519	=0 =0 -0 =31 =17 =22	2.5
26	Culver, Charles	1541	1255	1477	1645	+34 -7 -18 +27 -10 -17	2.0
27	Xiao, Andrew	1431	1253	1394	1496	-1 +35 -12 -26 +34 -18	2.0
28	Lin, Felix	1536	1164	1462	1564	+35 -3 -22 -10 -14 +32	2.0
29	Gougeon, Patrick	1137	1138	1127	1227	-16 -19 -23 +32 -35 +34	2.0
30	Davis, Tyler	0	1255	1255	3	=0 -15 +36 -19 -0 -0	1.5
31	Trinh, Khoi	1135	1165	1135	1135	-20 -14 +32 =25 -23 -24	1.5
32	Jackson, Mateo	883	965	870	870	-12 -18 -31 -29 +0 -28	1.0
33	Chen, Jeffrey	1668	1740	1672	1784	+21 -0 -0 -0 -0 -0	1.0
34	Smith, Daniel Jason	940	1056	1017	9	-26 -8 -21 +35 -27 -29	1.0
35	Hyvarinen, Joel	0	1051	1051	5	-28 -27 -17 -34 +29 -0	1.0
36	Stafford, Logan	0	944	944	3	=0 -6 -30 -21 -0 -0	0.5

https://chess.ca/crosstable?tourname...164db7073b817b

[Mark S. Dutton]

#	Player	Old	Perf	New	High	Results	Total
1	Matras-Clement, Agnieszka	2351	2555	2398	2398	+37 +30 +24 +7 +5 =3	5.5
2	Valencia, Belsar	2348	2474	2377	2387	+31 +15 +14 =3 +7 +8	5.5
3	Ginsburg, Mark	2395	2456	2414	2414	+33 +11 +35 =2 +18 =1	5.0
4	Miller, David	2234	2261	2244	2291	=39 +41 =13 +14 +10 +17	5.0
5	Zhao, Ian	2402	2257	2392	2414	=13 +43 +39 +23 -1 +18	4.5
6	Windram, James	2034	2189	2077	2100	=41 -39 +49 +28 +35 +16	4.5
7	Banerjee, Bitan	2499	2337	2484	2530	+20 +19 +8 -1 -2 +23	4.0
8	Arruebarrena, Rafael	2329	2299	2328	2385	+9 +46 -7 +24 +19 -2	4.0
9	Blanchard, Michael R	1903	2246	2048	2048	-8 +50 -16 +51 +39 +35	4.0
10	Findlay, Ian	2362	2151	2343	2435	+52 -23 +33 +27 -4 +13	4.0
11	Patterson, Roger	2113	2122	2115	2305	+36 -3 =25 =39 +32 +24	4.0
12	Kostadinov, Georgi	2209	1997	2176	2297	=47 +49 -32 =25 +38 +26	4.0
13	Wang, Paul	1993	2263	2102	2122	=5 +48 =4 =35 +22 -10	3.5
14	Chen, Jeffrey	1672	2171	1814	1814	+0 +21 -2 -4 +27 =19	3.5
15	Yao, Sammy	2039	2144	2062	2199	+26 -2 +40 -16 +29 =21	3.5
16	Hartman, Brian	2374	2122	2349	2487	+44 -24 +9 +15 =17 -6	3.5
17	Malek, Omid	2311	2121	2293	2322	+27 =32 =23 +38 =16 -4	3.5
18	Srinivasan, Hemant	2096	2094	2094	2096	=48 +42 +28 +32 -3 -5	3.5
19	Booker, Brad	2132	2079	2123	2300	+25 -7 +47 +29 -8 =14	3.5
20	Cannon, Richard J	2000	2036	2021	2021	-7 -25 =34 +36 +40 +32	3.5
21	Pupols, Viktors	2238	1954	2210	2296	+38 -14 -27 +43 +25 =15	3.5
22	Yearwood, Roy	2093	1938	2056	2286	-40 +34 =26 +41 -13 +37	3.5
23	Chandra, Anand Rishi	2062	2205	2090	2158	+45 +10 =17 -5 =26 -7	3.0
24	Vasic, Maxim	2083	2140	2096	2196	+29 +16 -1 -8 +42 -11	3.0
25	Menard, Tyson	1856	2120	1985	1985	-19 +20 =11 =12 -21 +46	3.0
26	MacLeod, Damon	1824	2039	1906	1960	-15 +31 =22 +37 =23 -12	3.0
27	Linnick, Mark	1902	2024	1922	1923	-17 +53 +21 -10 -14 +45	3.0
28	Jonker, Chris	1826	2023	1905	1905	+51 =0 -18 -6 =30 +38	3.0
29	Decaire, Michael	1837	2021	1905	1905	-24 +44 +46 -19 -15 +39	3.0
30	Timmerman, Brian	2034	1956	2013	2079	+50 -1 -38 =47 =28 +33	3.0
31	Nechio, Douglas	1911	1920	1909	2010	-2 -26 -36 +53 +52 +42	3.0
32	Su, Ethan	1859	2080	1953	1953	+54 =17 +12 -18 -11 -20	2.5
33	Pivovarov, Juraj	1991	1999	1987	2019	-3 +36 -10 =40 +34 -30	2.5
34	Wei, Daniel	1902	1952	1914	2015	-35 -22 =20 +52 -33 +49	2.5
35	Wiebe, Isaac	2239	1945	2206	2320	+34 +40 -3 =13 -6 -9	2.5
36	Steadman, Tevanio	1854	1938	1896	1896	-11 -33 +31 -20 =44 +51	2.5
37	Dave, Bhavik	1917	1888	1907	2081	-1 =0 +45 -26 +41 -22	2.5
38	McLeod, Logan	1897	1978	1912	1948	-21 +51 +30 -17 -12 -28	2.0
39	Prince, Colin	1884	1954	1894	1944	=4 +6 -5 =11 -9 -29	2.0
40	Wu, Nathan Ping-Ying	1845	1920	1883	1883	+22 -35 -15 =33 -20 =44	2.0
41	Suominen, David	1745	1866	1768	1832	=6 -4 +52 -22 -37 =50	2.0
42	Guevarra, Alvin	1835	1855	1840	1985		2.0
43	Briones, Dante	1958	1848	1931	2069		2.0
44	Koperski, Dustin	1959	1795	1915	1988		2.0
45	Danner, Jason	1829	1793	1821	1829		2.0
46	Lin, Leo	2028	1764	1963	2028		2.0
47	Wu, Charles	1878	1992	1891	1891		1.5
48	Templeton, Robin	1847	1845	1847	14		1.5
49	Young, Joseph	1866	1791	1851	1894		1.5
50	Moore, Pat	1795	1716	1777	1829	-	1.5
51	McDonald, Mike	2052	1647	1954	2052	-	1.5
52	Daniluk, Jim	1922	1630	1859	2193	-	1.5
53	Chen, Ricky	1734	1570	1700	1734	-	1.0
54	Peter, Steven	2150	1459	2123	2309	-	0

[Hugh Brodie]

Are any games available?

[Mark S. Dutton]

YES - the score-sheets from the top 5 boards in each round are now at the Calgary Chess Club.

The President has them - contact Steve Sklenka for the .pgn copies once Knut Neven, their Vice President enters them into .pgn

Contact them directly for the 30-game pgn file. "Stefan Sklenka" <sdsklenka@icloud.com>

[Ian Findlay]

Are any games available?

When we dropped off the games to Steve, we specifically told him that you would be asking for them and we made him pledge to get them entered for the CCC website and for Hugh Brodie.
Due to funding drops, we are very low on carbon scoresheets. We thought the first five boards would be a reasonable compromise. I would be interested to hear your comments on this Hugh. Also, we asked him about last year's games. Probably because it was such a massive pile of scoresheets, they did not get entered.

[Ian Findlay]

Here is the Armageddon playoff, captured so beautifully by Bhavik Dave, with music added and engine analysis. Thank you Bhavik. This game was worth $500 for Agnieszka Matras-Clement
Thank you also to our Armageddon anonymous sponsor!

Armageddon Tie-break game at Banff Open 2019

[Neil Frarey]

Hey Agnieszka .... CONGRATS!!!

Ya!

[Hugh Brodie]

When we dropped off the games to Steve, we specifically told him that you would be asking for them and we made him pledge to get them entered for the CCC website and for Hugh Brodie.
Due to funding drops, we are very low on carbon scoresheets. We thought the first five boards would be a reasonable compromise. I would be interested to hear your comments on this Hugh. Also, we asked him about last year's games. Probably because it was such a massive pile of scoresheets, they did not get entered.

I think all tournament organizers should be able (obligated?) to provide the gamescores of any games involving a GM or IM (which - for many - would be a couple of games each round). It can be as simple as taking a photo of both players' scoresheets (no need for a carbon copy - if you can intercept the players before the loser tears up his copy) and sending them to me.

If you still have last year's scoresheets - I would still be interested in them. My database shows exactly one game from that event (Findlay-Ginsburg playoff).

[Hans Jung]

Enjoyed the playoff. Lots of pressure to keep the balance. I favor the tricky knights in those situations. Congratulations to Agnieszka.

[Ian Findlay]

Enjoyed the playoff. Lots of pressure to keep the balance. I favor the tricky knights in those situations. Congratulations to Agnieszka.

Appropriately Agnieszka's company name is Jumping Knight https://jumpingknight.com/

[Ian Findlay]

I think all tournament organizers should be able (obligated?) to provide the gamescores of any games involving a GM or IM (which - for many - would be a couple of games each round). It can be as simple as taking a photo of both players' scoresheets (no need for a carbon copy - if you can intercept the players before the loser tears up his copy) and sending them to me.

If you still have last year's scoresheets - I would still be interested in them. My database shows exactly one game from that event (Findlay-Ginsburg playoff).

Hugh, all last year's scoresheets were given to the Calgary Chess Club. I gave you Steve Sklenka's contact information. Hopefully they will get this year's games entered. Then you can ask him about last years.

[Tony Ficzere]

Maybe I will contact the club and enter the games in my spare time.

[Ian Findlay]

Maybe I will contact the club and enter the games in my spare time.

Hi Tony,

I understand Sammy Yao is doing it for this year, but for last year, that would be great. You might want to filter the top 5 boards or so from last year, else there will be about 1000 to enter.
Thank you for volunteering. If you email me at ianfindlay2314@gmail.com, I can give you Steve Sklenka's contact information if you do not have it.

[Ian Findlay]

This should be my last post for Banff Open 2019. I wanted to share the Chessbase News Article https://en.chessbase.com/post/banff-...ageddon-finale Our Armageddon finale for the last 2 years has certainly added lots of excitement to our tournament and a special thank you to our Armageddon Sponsor. Banff Open 2020 should be bigger and better than ever with 2 gms have committed to play, but more on that after I do my e transfer to Dark Knight for 2020!