2018 Canadian Chess Player of the Year

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  • #1

    2018 Canadian Chess Player of the Year

    Here are 10 players under consideration for the 2018 Canadian Chess Player of the Year. Comments are welcome.

    O-K Chiku-Ratte
    =2nd Montreal Summer IM Norm RR (2320)
    =5th Quebec Open
    1st Laval Open (QC)
    1st RA December Open
    1st Contrcoeur Open (QC)
    =4th Montreal Winter Classic RR (2250)
    =3rd Montreal Open

    Ian Findlay
    1st Canadian Seniors 50+ Champ.
    =1st Banff Open
    =2nd Grand Pacific Open

    Aman Hambleton
    Awarded GM Title
    =5th Americas Continental (2410)
    Olympiad Res. - 4.5/7
    4th Calgary Int.
    Reykjavik Open (2490) - 6/9
    =1st Aurora Spring Open

    Raymond Kaufman
    =1st Canadian Open
    =1st BC Open
    =1st Langley Labour Day Open
    =9th Quebec Open

    Anton Kovalyov
    1st Edmonton Int.
    =4th UT Dallas Fall Open (2450)
    =1st Southwest Class Ch (2350)
    =3rd Philadelphia Int (2380)
    =4th Chicago Open (2390)
    Southwest Open (2430) - 5/9
    World Open (2450) - 6/9
    =1st Varennes (QC)

    Nikolay Noritsyn
    Olympiad Bd3 - 5.5/8
    =2nd Ontario Open
    1st Hart House holidays Open
    =1st Hart House Reading Week Open
    =1st Aurora Fall Open
    3rd Toronto Open

    MJO
    Lost 1st Rd Womens World Champ
    Canadian Open "A" 5/9 - Top Wom.
    Wom. Olympiad Bd3 - 6/10
    =2nd Sherbrooke Open
    =3rd Trois Rivieres Open

    Razvan Preotu
    1st Quebec Open
    Olympiad Bd2 - 4/8
    =4th UT Dallas Fall Open (2450)
    =4th Southwest Open (2430)
    World Open (2450) - 6/9
    Chicago Open (2390) - 5.5/9
    Southwest Class Ch (2350) - 5.5/9
    =2nd Golden Horseshoe (ON)

    Bator Sambuev
    =1st Capablanca Memorial Open (CUB) (2400)
    =3rd Canadian Open
    =3rd Quebec Open
    1st Golden Horseshoe (ON)
    1st Quebec Carnaval
    =1st Varennes (QC)
    1st National Capital Open
    1st RA Fall Open
    1st RA March Open
    1st Clash of Generations (QC)
    2nd Montreal Open

    Kaiqi Yang
    1st 3rd Saturday RR 75 (SRB) (2400)
    1st 3rd Saturday RR 66 (SRB) (2380)
    =3rd Canadian Open
    1st 3rd Saturday 64 (SRB) (2290)
    =2nd 3rd Saturday RR 58 (SRB) (2360)
    =2nd 3rd Saturday RR 74 (SRB) (2320)
    =3rd 3rd Saturday RR 62 (SRB) (2390)
    =4th 3rd Saturday RR 60 (SRB) (2390)

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    Winners to Date

    2013 Eric Hansen
    2014 Anton Kovalyov
    2015 Eric Hansen
    2016 Razvan Preotu
    2017 Bator Sambuev
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  • #2
    The meaning of rating in brackets is confusing: performance rating? CFC, USCF, or FIDE? And is not applied to each players best performance of the year. Perhaps the score against GMs is more significant than performance.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Erik Malmsten View Post
      The meaning of rating in brackets is confusing: performance rating? CFC, USCF, or FIDE? And is not applied to each players best performance of the year. Perhaps the score against GMs is more significant than performance.
      I attempted to put into context International events. The rating in brackets is the average rating of the opponents of the top ten players in an event.

      I have tried to focus on raw results as opposed to performance ratings.

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      • #4
        The three finalists for 2018 are Aman Hambleton, Anton Kovalyov, and Bator Sambuev.

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        • #5
          It would take a very stunning performance for me to not pick someone who was awarded the GM title. There are some good solid performances among the other nominees, but nothing that trumps the Hambleton accomplishment. Maybe the easiest choice so far for me.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by David Ottosen View Post
            It would take a very stunning performance for me to not pick someone who was awarded the GM title. There are some good solid performances among the other nominees, but nothing that trumps the Hambleton accomplishment. Maybe the easiest choice so far for me.
            Yes that was what I was thinking.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by David Ottosen View Post
              It would take a very stunning performance for me to not pick someone who was awarded the GM title.
              OTOH, being awarded the GM title recognizes chess accomplishments from previous years, not necessarily the year in question.

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              • #8
                The vote is in and GM Bator Sambuev has been named as the Canadian Chess Player of the year for 2018 (and the second year in a row).

                Final votes.

                GM Bator Sambuev - 40
                GM Anton Kovalyov - 29
                GM Aman Hambleton - 24
                GM Razvan Preotu - 16
                IM Nikolay Noritsyn - 13
                FM Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte - 7
                IM Raymond Kaufman - 1

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                • #9
                  Very surprised at this vote.

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