IM Norm Tournament at the 2020 Oakville Winter Chess Championship

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  • IM Norm Tournament at the 2020 Oakville Winter Chess Championship

    The IM Norm Tournament is set and ready to go! Join us at the Oakville Winter Open Chess Championship from Feb 19 to 23 to cheer on these IM Norm Seekers including 4 of our Canadian talented players!

    Another IM Norm event is planned for June 2020 at the Golden Horseshoe Chess Championship. If you're interested in participating, do let me know. Details to follow in late Jan or early Feb.


    Below is the list of the 10 players competing in the Special Norm Section at the Oakville Winter Open - Feb 19 to 23, 2020:
    # Name Title Federation FIDE Rating
    1 Tomas Krnan IM CAN 2420
    2 Tangi Migot IM FRA 2384
    3 Silas Lund IM DEN 2340
    4 Mark Plotkin FM CAN 2395
    5 Joshua Posthuma FM USA 2346
    6 Liran Zhou FM USA 2317
    7 Eugene Hua FM CAN 2305
    8 Jason Liang FM USA 2296
    9 Nicholas Vettese FM CAN 2237
    10 Jordan Clyde CAN 2165
    Average Rating 2321

  • #2
    SEE BELOW FOR NORM EVENT SCHEDULE AND PAIRINGS. ALL LIVE GAMES WILL BE POSTED ON THE LINK BELOW:

    https://elevatemychess.com/norm/

    ROUND 1 - WEDNESDAY, FEB 19, 2020 @ 7 PM
    Bd # WHITE BLACK
    1 Mark Plotkin, FM CAN 2395 Eugene Hua, FM, CAN, 2298
    2 Silas Lund, IM, DEN, 2340 Nicholas Vettese, FM, CAN, 2225
    3 Jordan Clyde, CAN, 2165 Tangi Migot, IM, FRA, 2384
    4 Liran Zhou, FM, USA, 2307 Joshua Posthuma, FM, USA, 2353
    5 Tomas Krnan, IM, CAN, 2420 Jason Liang, FM, USA, 2353
    ROUND 2 - THURSDAY, FEB 20, 2020 @ 11 AM
    Bd # WHITE BLACK
    1 Eugene Hua, FM, CAN, 2298 Jason Liang, FM, USA, 2353
    2 Joshua Posthuma, FM, USA, 2353 Tomas Krnan, IM, CAN, 2420
    3 Tangi Migot, IM, FRA, 2384 Liran Zhou, FM, USA, 2307
    4 Nicholas Vettese, FM, CAN, 2225 Jordan Clyde, CAN, 2165
    5 Mark Plotkin, FM CAN 2395 Silas Lund, IM, DEN, 2340
    ROUND 3 - THURSDAY, FEB 20, 2020 @ 7 PM
    Bd # WHITE BLACK
    1 Silas Lund, IM, DEN, 2340 Eugene Hua, FM, CAN, 2298
    2 Jordan Clyde, CAN, 2165 Mark Plotkin, FM CAN 2395
    3 Liran Zhou, FM, USA, 2307 Nicholas Vettese, FM, CAN, 2225
    4 Tomas Krnan, IM, CAN, 2420 Tangi Migot, IM, FRA, 2384
    5 Jason Liang, FM, USA, 2353 Joshua Posthuma, FM, USA, 2353
    ROUND 4 - FRIDAY, FEB 21, 2020 @ 11 AM
    Bd # WHITE BLACK
    1 Eugene Hua, FM, CAN, 2298 Joshua Posthuma, FM, USA, 2353
    2 Tangi Migot, IM, FRA, 2384 Jason Liang, FM, USA, 2353
    3 Nicholas Vettese, FM, CAN, 2225 Tomas Krnan, IM, CAN, 2420
    4 Mark Plotkin, FM CAN 2395 Liran Zhou, FM, USA, 2307
    5 Silas Lund, IM, DEN, 2340 Jordan Clyde, CAN, 2165
    ROUND 5 - FRIDAY, FEB 21, 2020 @ 7 PM
    Bd # WHITE BLACK
    1 Jordan Clyde, CAN, 2165 Eugene Hua, FM, CAN, 2298
    2 Liran Zhou, FM, USA, 2307 Silas Lund, IM, DEN, 2340
    3 Tomas Krnan, IM, CAN, 2420 Mark Plotkin, FM CAN 2395
    4 Jason Liang, FM, USA, 2353 Nicholas Vettese, FM, CAN, 2225
    5 Joshua Posthuma, FM, USA, 2353 Tangi Migot, IM, FRA, 2384
    ROUND 6 - SATURDAY, FEB 22, 2020 @ 11 AM
    Bd # WHITE BLACK
    1 Eugene Hua, FM, CAN, 2298 Tangi Migot, IM, FRA, 2384
    2 Nicholas Vettese, FM, CAN, 2225 Joshua Posthuma, FM, USA, 2353
    3 Mark Plotkin, FM CAN 2395 Jason Liang, FM, USA, 2353
    4 Silas Lund, IM, DEN, 2340 Tomas Krnan, IM, CAN, 2420
    5 Jordan Clyde, CAN, 2165 Liran Zhou, FM, USA, 2307
    ROUND 7 - SATURDAY, FEB 22, 2020 @ 4 PM
    Bd # WHITE BLACK
    1 Liran Zhou, FM, USA, 2307 Eugene Hua, FM, CAN, 2298
    2 Tomas Krnan, IM, CAN, 2420 Jordan Clyde, CAN, 2165
    3 Jason Liang, FM, USA, 2353 Silas Lund, IM, DEN, 2340
    4 Joshua Posthuma, FM, USA, 2353 Mark Plotkin, FM CAN 2395
    5 Tangi Migot, IM, FRA, 2384 Nicholas Vettese, FM, CAN, 2225
    ROUND 8 - SUNDAY, FEB 23, 2020 @ 10 AM
    Bd # WHITE BLACK
    1 Eugene Hua, FM, CAN, 2298 Nicholas Vettese, FM, CAN, 2225
    2 Mark Plotkin, FM CAN 2395 Tangi Migot, IM, FRA, 2384
    3 Silas Lund, IM, DEN, 2340 Joshua Posthuma, FM, USA, 2353
    4 Jordan Clyde, CAN, 2165 Jason Liang, FM, USA, 2353
    5 Liran Zhou, FM, USA, 2307 Tomas Krnan, IM, CAN, 2420
    ROUND 9 - SUNDAY, FEB 23, 2020 @ 4 PM
    Bd # WHITE BLACK
    1 Tomas Krnan, IM, CAN, 2420 Eugene Hua, FM, CAN, 2298
    2 Jason Liang, FM, USA, 2353 Liran Zhou, FM, USA, 2307
    3 Joshua Posthuma, FM, USA, 2353 Jordan Clyde, CAN, 2165
    4 Tangi Migot, IM, FRA, 2384 Silas Lund, IM, DEN, 2340
    5 Nicholas Vettese, FM, CAN, 2225 Mark Plotkin, FM CAN 2395

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    • #3
      IT'S FINALLY HERE!

      THE IM NORM EVENT STARTS TOMORROW AT 7 PM! COME CHEER ON OUR NORM SEEKERS!

      TO FOLLOW AND WATCH LIVE GAMES, USE THE LINK BELOW:


      https://elevatemychess.com/tournament/

      FOR FULL SCHEDULE AND PAIRINGS, SEE THE LINK BELOW:

      https://elevatemychess.com/norm/

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      • #4
        are there live broadcast?

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        • #5
          We are LIVE!!

          Code:
          1    Mark Plotkin, FM CAN 2395    Eugene Hua, FM, CAN, 2298
          2    Silas Lund, IM, DEN, 2340    Nicholas Vettese, FM, CAN, 2225
          3    Jordan Clyde, CAN, 2165    Tangi Migot, IM, FRA, 2384
          4    Liran Zhou, FM, USA, 2307    Joshua Posthuma, FM, USA, 2353
          5    Tomas Krnan, IM, CAN, 2420    Jason Liang, FM, USA, 2353
          Live Games:

          https://view.livechesscloud.com/#2ef...d-180c6f91d820


          Homepage:

          https://elevatemychess.com/norm/

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          • #6
            Wonderful work by John to get us going, the website looks great too! We're off to a great start here, enjoy the games!

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            • #7
              The second round started a few minutes ago, enjoy!

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              • #8
                Young Nicholas and Mark Plotkin enjoyed the games! Mark - very nice endgame! (rd 2)

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                • #9
                  Some nice endgames so far.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Hans Jung View Post
                    Some nice endgames so far.
                    Yeah, quite a few endgames. Round 3 this evening is the first second-round-of-the-day, but after a healthy break of 4 hours plus. Let's see how that affects different players. See you at 7pm!

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                    • #11
                      Round 3 started 5 minutes ago, enjoy!

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                      • #12
                        Round 3

                        Code:
                        1    Silas Lund, IM, DEN, 2340    Eugene Hua, FM, CAN, 2298
                        2    Jordan Clyde, CAN, 2165           Mark Plotkin, FM CAN 2395
                        3    Liran Zhou, FM, USA, 2307    Nicholas Vettese, FM, CAN, 2225
                        4    Tomas Krnan, IM, CAN, 2420    Tangi Migot, IM, FRA, 2384
                        5    Jason Liang, FM, USA, 2353    Joshua Posthuma, FM, USA, 2353

                        Live Games:

                        https://view.livechesscloud.com/#2ef...d-180c6f91d820


                        Homepage:

                        https://elevatemychess.com/norm/


                        photos:

                        https://www.facebook.com/ChessCanada/

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                        • #13
                          Rd 3 Mark Plotkin - a healthy harvest of pawns!

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                          • #14
                            Tomas Krnan - awesome sacrifice and breakthrough

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                            • #15
                              FM Liang and FM Posthuma - good work both! - hope you got a good sleep and have enough energy to continue!

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