KEC 2022 MOB (Kingston Easter Chess - Material Odds Blitz)

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  • KEC 2022 MOB (Kingston Easter Chess - Material Odds Blitz)

    Hello there, I'm happy to report on a fun side event from today at Kingston Easter Chess. It was our first Material Odds Blitz, with ALL of the proceeds going to Ukraine war relief (organization TBD)

    22 players ("El Predicto" Victor Plotkin predicted 20, it's incredible how he does that), and we've raised a wonderful $565 (and counting, players coming up to me during KEC Round 6 tonight with more!)

    Everyone was encouraged to NOT be quiet, even to go for funny trash-talk (house player Alex Ferreira was remarkably fluid with this) - but the HUGE success was bringing back the old-school king-chop!

    Players rated below 1600 got to play with all their pieces, but as a player's rating got higher, he had to always exclude a piece (f-pawn for U1900, Qside-knight for U2200, Qside-rook for Zonal players).

    This formula (devised on lunch napkins yesterday with KEC Pairings Arbiter Alex Ferreira) actually worked well to equalize players. All except a little speed prodigy, Aaron Reeve Mendes, who shocked the tournament by scoring 11/12 across 6 double-rounds, THREE POINTS ahead of both 2nd&3rd place IMs Nikolay Noritsyn and Mark Plotkin. The only game he didn't win was a very elegant endgame ground down by Nikolay, with dozens of us admiring. Everyone could tell who the champ would be!

    As this was totally a fundraiser (Ukraine war relief), there were no prizes. So I just made up some:

    - First King-Chop of the Day: John Upper, emphatically with both hands (yes I do know that rule!)

    - Best Novelty Opening: Nicolae Oancea, playing White without Qside-knight, 1.b4 and 2.b5 - and when you think about it, why not prioritize opening the file not cluttered with a bothersome piece?!

    - Best Face of the Day: IM Michael Barron, for his utterly joyous smile after king-chopping a little kid!

    - Best Abuse of an Arbiter: Henry Hughes, I guess tired of his material odds, and my nagging chatter: "Where's YOUR f-pawn Aris?!"

    - Best Abuse of a Player: Unidentified Arbiter, calling a flag-fall by hitting the table with a clipboard.

    - Best Range of Emotions: John Hay, who got king-chopped in his very first game of 12, but then in his very last game of 12, he king-chopped someone else, bringing a certain look of peace to his face.

    - Best Use of as Many Chess Rules as Possible: Jerry Lan, who in one game, promoted to a R and a N.

    Finally, thanks to Karen Wan and Alex Ferreira for their seamless help in running this fun event!
    # Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot
    1 Aaron Reeve Mendes 167084 1453 WW4 WW14 WW3 WL2 WW6 WW5 11.0
    2 Nikolay Noritsyn 132534 2615 WW19 WL6 WL8 WL1 WL4 WW11 8.0
    3 Mark Plotkin 141086 2562 WW16 WW15 LL1 WL5 WL11 WW4 8.0
    4 Victor Plotkin 142063 2421 LL1 WW7 WW10 WW17 WL2 LL3 7.0
    5 Eddie Xu 166274 2119 B--- WW18 WL6 WL3 WW9 LL1 7.0
    6 Vincent Latorre 162297 2046 WW13 WL2 WL5 WW14 LL1 WL8 7.0
    7 Elliot Tseng 175135 1002 WL8 LL4 WL19 WL18 WW21 WW17 7.0
    8 Rafael Adam 165899 2024 WL7 WW20 WL2 LL9 WW12 WL6 7.0
    9 Michael Barron 134840 2245 WL18 LL10 WW12 WW8 LL5 WW16 7.0
    10 Etienne Latreille 154563 1853 WL20 WW9 LL4 DL16 WL15 WW19 6.5
    11 Robert Gillanders 108202 1599 B--- B--- B--- WW15 WL3 LL2 6.0
    12 Japveer Narula 173922 1138 LL17 WW19 LL9 WW20 LL8 WW18 6.0
    13 Justin Lim 173268 1057 LL6 LL16 WW22 WW21 WL17 WL14 6.0
    14 John Upper 101925 2163 WW22 LL1 WW21 LL6 WL16 WL13 6.0
    15 Nicolae Oancea 139674 1907 WW21 LL3 WL16 LL11 WL10 WW22 6.0
    16 Henry Hughes 160188 1761 LL3 WW13 WL15 WD10 WL14 LL9 5.5
    17 Alex T. Ferreira 127516 2054 WW12 H--- H--- LL4 WL13 LL7 5.0
    18 Justin Wen 174383 1390 WL9 LL5 WL20 WL7 WL19 LL12 4.0
    19 Hal Bond 111830 1773 LL2 LL12 WL7 WW22 WL18 LL10 4.0
    20 Jerry Lan 175563 unr. WL10 LL8 WL18 LL12 WL22 WL21 4.0
    21 Danté Brown 175339 unr. LL15 WW22 LL14 LL13 LL7 WL20 3.0
    22 John Hay 162669 1174 LL14 LL21 LL13 LL19 WL20 LL15 1.0

  • #2
    Ukraine donations up to $585!!

    If you would like to add to this, please e-transfer to arismarghetis at rogers dot com

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    • #3
      and now $605!

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      • #4
        I thought I had posted about this some more, but I can't find it, so here's a concluding post for this:

        I topped up the $605 collected onsite, to $700, and donated it to the Canada-Ukraine Foundation:
        https://www.cufoundation.ca/
        (if you want to donate more, but somewhere else, feel free to email me, been doing some research)

        Deeply thank you again to the Kingston Easter Chess community for all of your precious donations!

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