Prizes Report - 2022 KEC (Kingston Easter Chess)

[Aris Marghetis]

Hello everyone, regrets, I needed a little break before working on this ... here are the prizes!!

CANADA ZONAL:
YUANCHEN ZHANG = IM title + next Open Olympiad team + next Open World Cup + $2000
SHAWN RODRIGUE-LEMIEUX = IM title + very likely next Open World Cup + $1500
+ $500 (Bryon Nickoloff Memorial Prize for Top Open Junior)
BATOR SAMBUEV = $1000
RAJA PANJWANI = $500
ZACHARY DUKIC = FM title
ADAM DORRANCE = CM title

CANADA WOMEN ZONAL:
MAILI-JADE OUELLET = next Women Olympiad team + next Women World Cup + $1500
+ $500 (Bryon Nickoloff Memorial Prize for Top Women Junior)
SVITLANA DEMCHENKO = likely next Women World Cup + $1000
YU HAN (VERONICA) GUO = WFM-elect + WIM norm + $500
MICHELLE HUA = WCM-elect

U2200 SECTIONAL:
JOSEPH BENHER SAVIO = $1000
YOUHE HUANG = $500
DANIEL XU = $83.33
IAN LOADMAN = $83.33
CHU HANG ZHANG = $83.33

U1900 SECTIONAL:
RANDIKA BALASOORIYA = $1000
FERDINAND SUPSUP = $375
HENRY HUGHES = $375

U1600 SECTIONAL:
AARON REEVE MENDES = $1000 (also won the Material Odds Blitz on Saturday)
OLIVER BYL = $500
BEN BEARDALL = $125
ELLIOTT TSENG = $125

In addition, Frank Dixon and Hans Jung are figuring out how to spread around $600 in "best games" prizes.
When they're figured out, I'll add them to this thread (I won't wait for them before paying out above prizes)

Thank you, kind regards, Aris Marghetis.

P.S. After five low-sleep nights in a row, I'm bushed, so might not see replies until tomorrow.

[Zach Dukic]

Why are monetary prizes split in the other sections, but not in the Zonal? I tied 3-5 with Bator and Raja, we should be splitting those prizes. It's purely monetary, there is nothing else to share like trips to World Cup etc...

I know you said "Generally NO splitting of these prizes", but does anybody see the logic in not sharing monetary prizes in the top section, but not in other sections?

[Erik Malmsten]

Why are monetary prizes split in the other sections, but not in the Zonal? I tied 3-5 with Bator and Raja, we should be splitting those prizes. It's purely monetary, there is nothing else to share like trips to World Cup etc...

I know you said "Generally NO splitting of these prizes", but does anybody see the logic in not sharing monetary prizes in the top section, but not in other sections?

Don't Canadian tournaments always split money prizes? The tie-breaks can determine the final order and who gets the trophy. But in Europe they use tie-breaks for prizes. Maybe it's a FIDE rule for Zonals? If this wasn't a zonal year, the cash would be split 3 ways?

[Aris Marghetis]

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[Paul Leblanc]

Is there a cross-table we can view?

[Erik Malmsten]

Is there a cross-table we can view?

Canada Zonal
http://chess-results.com/tnr628395.aspx?lan=1&art=4

Women Zonal
http://chess-results.com/tnr628394.aspx?lan=1&art=4

[Aris Marghetis]

Canada Zonal
http://chess-results.com/tnr628395.aspx?lan=1&art=4

Women Zonal
http://chess-results.com/tnr628394.aspx?lan=1&art=4

Thanks a lot Erik, I've just arrived home after returning the clocks, only 2 DGT boards remaining lol

(and WAY behind on email lol)

[Bob Gillanders]

My thanks to Aris, the whole team, and all my opponents. It was a wonderful vacation for me.
Win, draw, or lose, I enjoyed all 9 games and enjoyed all the post mortem's.
It was great to see many more people in person again.
It was a great event.

Thanks! :)

See you next year.

[Dilip Panjwani]

Thanks a lot Erik, I've just arrived home after returning the clocks, only 2 DGT boards remaining lol

(and WAY behind on email lol)

Job well done...Thanks to you and your team, Aris!

[Aris Marghetis]

My thanks to Aris, the whole team, and all my opponents. It was a wonderful vacation for me.
Win, draw, or lose, I enjoyed all 9 games and enjoyed all the post mortem's.
It was great to see many more people in person again.
It was a great event.

Thanks! :)

See you next year.

Thanks for the kind words Bob ... you were so much fun as part of the team, helping Alex and I out too!

(thank you also to Dilip for your compliments)

Stay tuned for more reporting (lotsa event paperwork first), but I did want to announce some special thanks:

One of our key goals was ZERO unplayed games, and for the first 8 rounds, we were able to do just that!
Big BIG thanks especially to Halldor Palsson, Hal Bond, and James Mourgelas:
These three men accepted many pairings wherever we needed them in order to avoid any forced byes!
Thanks also to Greg Rusonik, Frank Dixon, and Ted Hsu; they also played one or more filler games.

[Erik Malmsten]

Top players by rating gains. Players reaching their highest ever. Perhaps gaining rating points is worth more than getting a money prize?!

Closed Zonal
64 2400-2464 Zhang, Yuanchen 7
62 2236-2298 Rusonik, Max 5
60 2174-2234 Clyde, Jordan 4
58 2241-2299 Chen, Max 5.5

Canada Women Zonal
122 1833-1955 Guo, Yu Han (Veronica) 5.5
90 1347-1437 Gavrileva, Anna 3.5
76 1670-1746 Jiang, Hancy 3.5

Under 2200
214 1989-2203 Huang, Youhe 6.5
159 1882-2041 Guillemette, Hugo 5

Under 1900
114 1769-1883 Hughes, Henry 6
77 1777-1854 Supsup, Ferdinand 6 (His high was 1990 in 2014)

Under 1600
189 1453-1642 Mendes, Aaron Reeve 8
and he's still underrated! Has a Quick rating of 1852
155 1137-1292 Narula, Japveer 4.5
100 1396-1496 Byl, Oliver 6.5
92 1334-1426 Mullur, Neerav 5

[Hans Jung]

Are these FIDE points?

[Erik Malmsten]

Are these FIDE points?

No CFC ratings.