KEC 2022 announcement (Kingston Easter Chess)

[Shiyam Thavandiran]

Hi Shiyam, re-surfacing after a long night of driving ...

Those aren't CFC ratings per se. I first called the column "qualify rating" but since then I'm using "seeding". Basically, that's the rating that gets that player into that section. In most cases, it's their CFC rating, but it could also be their FIDE rating, or FQE rating for Quebec residents. As the event announcement indicates, and as Victor posted, Zonal pairings will be done using FIDE ratings.

Best, Aris.

I see, I appreciate the details. Thank you Aris and Victor!

[Aris Marghetis]

Hi Aris,

Thank you for posting the pre-registered list! I'm surprised to see it's in CFC ratings. What will be used for the tournament pairings? I thought FIDE ratings were used for the 2019 Zonal.

...

Shiyam

Hi Shiyam, re-surfacing after a long night of driving ...

Those aren't CFC ratings per se. I first called the column "qualify rating" but since then I'm using "seeding". Basically, that's the rating that gets that player into that section. In most cases, it's their CFC rating, but it could also be their FIDE rating, or FQE rating for Quebec residents. As the event announcement indicates, and as Victor posted, Zonal pairings will be done using FIDE ratings.

Best, Aris.

[Victor Plotkin]

In Zonal sections, FIDE rating will be used for pairings.

[Shiyam Thavandiran]

Hi Shiyam,

My understanding of how the CFC rating system works, there's a "bonus rating" component, when a player has a particularly strong performance. Part of this "bonus rating" -- which should be viewed as a supplementary boost to bring a player closer to the rating he/she should be at -- takes into account your highest-ever rating achieved to date. In summary, if your performance is much higher than your current / highest ever rating, making you reach a new personal highest, the bonus kicks in. I don't know the mathematical formulae specifics for the bonus, especially because there is more than one type of bonus based on performances at CFC, if I remember correctly.

In your case, 2019 Zonal saw Mark reach his highest-ever rating then - (some figure between 2490 and 2512), from 2490 (his rating entering this Zonal) - giving him some type of bonus. In other words... Mark's new published rating would have been lower than 2512, if he had had a highest-ever rating from before that would be higher than that.
Your highest-ever rating at this tournament was 2514, (from 2013), and your performance rating brought you up to 2501. Because 2501 isn't your highest-ever rating, you missed out on some bonus points.

That's my understanding based on somewhat out-dated understanding of how the CFC rating works. Outdated in the sense that... these formulae which include the bonus were introduced about a decade ago, and I haven't re-visited this topic in some time. Hope that helps,

Alex Ferreira

Hi Alex,

Thank you very much for the prompt and clear explanation!

Shiyam

[Alex Ferreira]

Hi Aris,

Thank you for posting the pre-registered list! I'm surprised to see it's in CFC ratings. What will be used for the tournament pairings? I thought FIDE ratings were used for the 2019 Zonal.

This reminded me of a question I had about that tournament's CFC rating report that I hope someone can answer. Looking at the final standings (https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/t/?i...04094&p=127431) I had a slightly higher performance rating than Mark Plotkin (2574 vs. 2561) but I gained fewer rating points (16 vs. 22). This is surprising to me since I also had a lower CFC rating (2485 vs. 2490). Given these conditions, I would have expected that I gain at least as many rating points as Mark. Can someone explain why this didn't happen? Thanks!

Shiyam

Hi Shiyam,

My understanding of how the CFC rating system works, there's a "bonus rating" component, when a player has a particularly strong performance. Part of this "bonus rating" -- which should be viewed as a supplementary boost to bring a player closer to the rating he/she should be at -- takes into account your highest-ever rating achieved to date. In summary, if your performance is much higher than your current / highest ever rating, making you reach a new personal highest, the bonus kicks in. I don't know the mathematical formulae specifics for the bonus, especially because there is more than one type of bonus based on performances at CFC, if I remember correctly.

In your case, 2019 Zonal saw Mark reach his highest-ever rating then - (some figure between 2490 and 2512), from 2490 (his rating entering this Zonal) - giving him some type of bonus. In other words... Mark's new published rating would have been lower than 2512, if he had had a highest-ever rating from before that would be higher than that.
Your highest-ever rating at this tournament was 2514, (from 2013), and your performance rating brought you up to 2501. Because 2501 isn't your highest-ever rating, you missed out on some bonus points.

That's my understanding based on somewhat out-dated understanding of how the CFC rating works. Outdated in the sense that... these formulae which include the bonus were introduced about a decade ago, and I haven't re-visited this topic in some time. Hope that helps,

Alex Ferreira

[Shiyam Thavandiran]

section qualify rating title surname, name (JR re BN) FIDE# (or By) CFC# FQE# byes
Zonal 2562 IM Plotkin, Mark 2611651 141086
Zonal 2524 IM Panjwani, Raja 2604493 121202
Zonal 2501 IM Thavandiran, Shiyam 2605058 127431
Zonal 2476 IM Chiku-Ratte, Olivier-Kenta 2614782 148376 101838
Zonal 2455 FM Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn (JR) 2620049 155300 103091
Zonal 2453 FM Talukdar, Rohan (JR) 2616378 150843
Zonal 2421 FM Plotkin, Victor 2606674 142063
Zonal 2357 Dorrance, Adam 2618567 141191
Zonal 2347 Derraugh, Geordie 2603950 132393
Zonal 2337 Dukic, Zachary 2617188 149507 104979
Zonal 2311 MacKinnon, Keith 2601990 133701
Zonal 2308 FM Atanasov, Anthony (JR) 2623897 156079
Zonal 2275 CM Tremblay, Rejean 2606682 105918 11057
Zonal 2270 Han, Johnathan (JR) 2629631 161709
Zonal 2256 Clyde, Jordan 2616653 130068 79874
Zonal 2245 IM Barron, Michael 2605120 134840
Zonal 2236 CM Rusonik, Max (JR) 2619253 155671
Zonal 2218 Abrahams, Daniel 2606879 134333
Zonal 2212 FM Jung, Hans 2600609 100182 789
Zonal 2209 Jiang, Brian 2627922 161639
Women 2341 WGM Ouellet, Maili-Jade (JR) 2620472 151330 103293
Women 2290 WGM Zhou, Qiyu 505161 151707
Women 2263 WIM Demchenko, Svitlana (JR) 14149893 156853
Women 1943 WCM Tsukerman, Julia (JR) 2621649 156150 103770
Women 1908 Hua, Michelle (JR) 2626837 159858
Women 1908 Gao, Lucy (JR) 2629640 161206
Women 1904 Baylon, Glenda (transferring) 9301470 143314
Women 1878 DSouza, Carina (JR) 2635550 167600
Women 1833 Guo, Veronica (JR) 2623870 159161
Women 1638 Jiang, Hancy (JR) 2640384 166648
Women 1347 Gavrileva, Anna (JR) 2641305 156634
Women 1308 Cao, Elaine 2641160 173374
U2200 2126 Berengolts, Isaac 2603837 125667
U2200 2098 Xu, Daniel 2627345 160020
U2200 2073 VanRooy, Jake 2622670 152635
U2200 2065 Ramesh, Sanjay 2631270 162979
U2200 2052 Oancea, Nicolae 1211870 139674
U2200 2048 Gao, Raymond 2629429 156480
U2200 2044 Loadman, Ian 2613743 101686
U2200 2024 Adam, Rafael 2630958 165899 107249
U2200 2017 Shi, Michael 2634090 167348
U2200 1983 Liu, Henry 2628597 157720
U2200 1973 Hansen, Troy 2622653 135151
U2200 1956 Wang, Derek 2636115 166573 123
U2200 1945 Malmsten, Erik 2612038 100196
U2200 1915 Guillemette, Hugo 2636077 167806 107286 1
U1900 1879 Balasooriya, Randika 2635968 150499
U1900 1853 Latreille, Etienne 2634279 154563 103469 12
U1900 1809 Kuryliw, Ray 2604833 105482
U1900 1799 Srinivas, Atharva 2623900 157721 1
U1900 1777 Supsup, Ferdinand 2614030 142366
U1900 1773 Bond, Hal 2601699 111830
U1900 1755 Dupont-Mageau, Nicolas 2635984 156184 104082 12
U1900 1604 Moses, Neil 2640627 170949
U1600 1599 Gillanders, Robert 2606968 108202
U1600 1580 Beardall, Ben 2638177 170948
U1600 1561 Dickson, Raymond 2632950 104296
U1600 1557 Samuel, Victor 2629062 112306
U1600 1467 Gillis, Doug 2604361 111022
U1600 1440 Paulsen, Lorenz 2620936 106406
U1600 1425 Byl, Oliver (2002) 174403
U1600 1390 Wen, Justin (2011) 174383
U1600 1368 Mourgelas, James 2613816 108540
U1600 1364 Li, Aiden (2011) 167620 1
U1600 1360 Parakin, Don 2634759 106488
U1600 1337 Sztuka, Jeremy 2629089 162452
U1600 1312 Mullur, Neerav (2001) 152505
U1600 1174 Hay, John 2629046 162669
U1600 1168 Byun, JaeHyun (1995) 173434
U1600 1037 Lim, Justin (2004) 173268 12
U1600 1002 Tseng, Elliot (2006) 175135
U1600 944 Fischer, Jacob (By) 174508
U1600 764 Narula, Japveer (2014) 173922

added: the (JR) suffixes apply only to Zonals,
for the Bryon Nickoloff Memorial Prizes for JRs

Hi Aris,

Thank you for posting the pre-registered list! I'm surprised to see it's in CFC ratings. What will be used for the tournament pairings? I thought FIDE ratings were used for the 2019 Zonal.

This reminded me of a question I had about that tournament's CFC rating report that I hope someone can answer. Looking at the final standings (https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/t/?i...04094&p=127431) I had a slightly higher performance rating than Mark Plotkin (2574 vs. 2561) but I gained fewer rating points (16 vs. 22). This is surprising to me since I also had a lower CFC rating (2485 vs. 2490). Given these conditions, I would have expected that I gain at least as many rating points as Mark. Can someone explain why this didn't happen? Thanks!

Shiyam

[Aris Marghetis]

Thanks Erik, that's a great idea!!

So I'll be at the Golden Horseshoe this weekend, especially for those who prefer paying in person.
I'll be wearing a mask, but I believe I'll be the only bald Arbiter there. And I'm pandemic-heavy lol
Seriously though, especially if paying in cash, please include note with name, CFC#, email, cell#

I'll try to get another pre-registered list posted before I start driving on Friday.
The one above is already outdated, at least another 10 people since then.
Most significantly, popular GM Bator Sambuev from Montreal signed on!

Thanks again Erik, hope to see at least some of you this weekend!

Friendly reminder: I'm at the Golden Horseshoe in Mississauga this weekend,
in case anyone near here prefers to pay in cash (I actually prefer e-transfer!)

Tip-of-the-hat to Erik who gave me an old-school Thank You greeting card!
I felt that was really classy, a little gesture that really put a smile in my face!

Round 4 at 10am ...

[Aris Marghetis]

I am increasing my contribution to $400, from $200, for the Best Games Prizes at the 2022 Kingston Zonal and Easter Congress.

Here is how I would like to see this awarded:
1) Four prizes of $100 each:
2) One for Zonal section;
3) One for Women's Tournament;
4) One for all other amateur sections;
5) One for best-played drawn game, from any section.

And I support Aris' proposal for FM Hans Jung to either chair a committee to decide this, or do take it on himself.

Cheers,
Frank Dixon
NTD, Kingston

TIME-SENSITIVE to Frank:
I've also emailed you, but I'm not confident that my emails are getting to you?!

If we can't connect soon, then we can't include your gracious proposal in time.

Super-popular FM Hans Jung is ready to be our judge (and he's also playing!)

[Aris Marghetis]

Hello again, please note that today is the last day for the $30 early-bird discount.
If you've already emailed me, no worries, you're still good for the reduced price.
Otherwise, please at least initiate registration by emailing me before midnight.

Thanks, Aris.

[Aris Marghetis]

Will you be accepting entries at the Golden Horseshoe Chess Championship in Mississauga this weekend?

Thanks Erik, that's a great idea!!

So I'll be at the Golden Horseshoe this weekend, especially for those who prefer paying in person.
I'll be wearing a mask, but I believe I'll be the only bald Arbiter there. And I'm pandemic-heavy lol
Seriously though, especially if paying in cash, please include note with name, CFC#, email, cell#

I'll try to get another pre-registered list posted before I start driving on Friday.
The one above is already outdated, at least another 10 people since then.
Most significantly, popular GM Bator Sambuev from Montreal signed on!

Thanks again Erik, hope to see at least some of you this weekend!

[Erik Malmsten]

Will you be accepting entries at the Golden Horseshoe Chess Championship in Mississauga this weekend?

[Aris Marghetis]

section qualify rating title surname, name (JR re BN) FIDE# (or By) CFC# FQE# byes
Zonal 2562 IM Plotkin, Mark 2611651 141086
Zonal 2524 IM Panjwani, Raja 2604493 121202
Zonal 2501 IM Thavandiran, Shiyam 2605058 127431
Zonal 2476 IM Chiku-Ratte, Olivier-Kenta 2614782 148376 101838
Zonal 2455 FM Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn (JR) 2620049 155300 103091
Zonal 2453 FM Talukdar, Rohan (JR) 2616378 150843
Zonal 2421 FM Plotkin, Victor 2606674 142063
Zonal 2357 Dorrance, Adam 2618567 141191
Zonal 2347 Derraugh, Geordie 2603950 132393
Zonal 2337 Dukic, Zachary 2617188 149507 104979
Zonal 2311 MacKinnon, Keith 2601990 133701
Zonal 2308 FM Atanasov, Anthony (JR) 2623897 156079
Zonal 2275 CM Tremblay, Rejean 2606682 105918 11057
Zonal 2270 Han, Johnathan (JR) 2629631 161709
Zonal 2256 Clyde, Jordan 2616653 130068 79874
Zonal 2245 IM Barron, Michael 2605120 134840
Zonal 2236 CM Rusonik, Max (JR) 2619253 155671
Zonal 2218 Abrahams, Daniel 2606879 134333
Zonal 2212 FM Jung, Hans 2600609 100182 789
Zonal 2209 Jiang, Brian 2627922 161639
Women 2341 WGM Ouellet, Maili-Jade (JR) 2620472 151330 103293
Women 2290 WGM Zhou, Qiyu 505161 151707
Women 2263 WIM Demchenko, Svitlana (JR) 14149893 156853
Women 1943 WCM Tsukerman, Julia (JR) 2621649 156150 103770
Women 1908 Hua, Michelle (JR) 2626837 159858
Women 1908 Gao, Lucy (JR) 2629640 161206
Women 1904 Baylon, Glenda (transferring) 9301470 143314
Women 1878 DSouza, Carina (JR) 2635550 167600
Women 1833 Guo, Veronica (JR) 2623870 159161
Women 1638 Jiang, Hancy (JR) 2640384 166648
Women 1347 Gavrileva, Anna (JR) 2641305 156634
Women 1308 Cao, Elaine 2641160 173374
U2200 2126 Berengolts, Isaac 2603837 125667
U2200 2098 Xu, Daniel 2627345 160020
U2200 2073 VanRooy, Jake 2622670 152635
U2200 2065 Ramesh, Sanjay 2631270 162979
U2200 2052 Oancea, Nicolae 1211870 139674
U2200 2048 Gao, Raymond 2629429 156480
U2200 2044 Loadman, Ian 2613743 101686
U2200 2024 Adam, Rafael 2630958 165899 107249
U2200 2017 Shi, Michael 2634090 167348
U2200 1983 Liu, Henry 2628597 157720
U2200 1973 Hansen, Troy 2622653 135151
U2200 1956 Wang, Derek 2636115 166573 123
U2200 1945 Malmsten, Erik 2612038 100196
U2200 1915 Guillemette, Hugo 2636077 167806 107286 1
U1900 1879 Balasooriya, Randika 2635968 150499
U1900 1853 Latreille, Etienne 2634279 154563 103469 12
U1900 1809 Kuryliw, Ray 2604833 105482
U1900 1799 Srinivas, Atharva 2623900 157721 1
U1900 1777 Supsup, Ferdinand 2614030 142366
U1900 1773 Bond, Hal 2601699 111830
U1900 1755 Dupont-Mageau, Nicolas 2635984 156184 104082 12
U1900 1604 Moses, Neil 2640627 170949
U1600 1599 Gillanders, Robert 2606968 108202
U1600 1580 Beardall, Ben 2638177 170948
U1600 1561 Dickson, Raymond 2632950 104296
U1600 1557 Samuel, Victor 2629062 112306
U1600 1467 Gillis, Doug 2604361 111022
U1600 1440 Paulsen, Lorenz 2620936 106406
U1600 1425 Byl, Oliver (2002) 174403
U1600 1390 Wen, Justin (2011) 174383
U1600 1368 Mourgelas, James 2613816 108540
U1600 1364 Li, Aiden (2011) 167620 1
U1600 1360 Parakin, Don 2634759 106488
U1600 1337 Sztuka, Jeremy 2629089 162452
U1600 1312 Mullur, Neerav (2001) 152505
U1600 1174 Hay, John 2629046 162669
U1600 1168 Byun, JaeHyun (1995) 173434
U1600 1037 Lim, Justin (2004) 173268 12
U1600 1002 Tseng, Elliot (2006) 175135
U1600 944 Fischer, Jacob (By) 174508
U1600 764 Narula, Japveer (2014) 173922

added: the (JR) suffixes apply only to Zonals,
for the Bryon Nickoloff Memorial Prizes for JRs

[Aris Marghetis]

Where we can find a list of registered players?

I'm getting to it. Just very many things to take care of very quickly. Now targeting tonight or tomorrow.
And then there'll be a huge rush between now and Thursday lol. The hotel says over 50 rooms gone.

Later, Aris.

[Alex Starks]

Where we can find a list of registered players?

[Frank Dixon]

As reported in the Thursday, March 17th edition of the newspaper 'Kingston This Week', page 6, the Canadian Scrabble Classic was hosted in the Four Points by Sheraton hotel in downtown Kingston, starting on March 10, with about 75 players. This is the same hotel which is to host the KEC festival, starting on April 14, in just over three weeks' time. This hotel also successfully hosted the 2019 Zonal and Easter festival. In the photo, players are wearing masks at the board, with a clock operating; same sort of picture as for tournament chess, but a different game!

Note that mandatory masking rules changed in Ontario today, Monday, March 21, 2022.