2023 Aurora Spring Open - March 25-26

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Almost three years ago we canceled the 2020 Spring Open and went dormant. Now we're coming back to the same place after three years of absent.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Countdown - ten days till the tournament :)

95= 83+7+5 players

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Nine days till the tournament.

103 = 91 + 7 +5

The Master section is forming into a nice battlefield.

No	Gr	Title	Surname	First Name	CFC Rating	FIDE Rating
1	MASTER	IM	Noritsyn	Nikolay	2592	2460
2	MASTER	IM	Rodrigue-Lemieux	Shawn	2556	2456
3	MASTER	IM	Chiku-Ratte	Olivier Kenta	2418	2301
4	MASTER	IM	Reprintsev	Alexander	2373	2279
5	MASTER	FM	Hua	Eugene	2350	2276
6	MASTER	IM	Kaufman	Raymond	2340	2156
7	MASTER	IM	Duong	Thanh Nha	2221	2074
8	MASTER		Xu	Eddie	2172	1979
9	MASTER		Yang	Lefan	2152	1745

[Hans Jung]

Impressive. Seems some cant get enough of tournament play.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Impressive. Seems some cant get enough of tournament play.

and one more to add - IM Eric Lawson (2387)



Sorry guys, it is only five rounds thus not good for any kind of IM norms.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Countdown - six days.

The list is updated with 113 + 9 + 9. All list http://www.aucc.club/2023-aurora-spr...-open-players/

We kinda short for rapid tournaments. If you plan to come please register till tomorrow night as due to lack of players we might cancel the event.
Saturday Junior details - http://www.aucc.club/2023-aurora-spr...id-tournament/
Sunday details - http://www.aucc.club/2023-aurora-spr...pid-tournament

The main looks strong and populated quite well. Still many spots are open (fire limit 130). Details http://www.aucc.club/2023-aurora-spr...event-details/

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Five days. Total number of players over all events - 150 :)

The main hall fire limit seems is 140 indeed (though we'll double check that again). The main tournament has hopefully 13 spots left. Though many for rapids.

Posting here a long list.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

The main event at this moment is sold out with 140 players. We're looking for possibilities to create more space. Anyone willing to be put on the waiting list please proceed with instructions on the website http://www.aucc.club/2023-aurora-spr...event-details/

chess-results list was split into main, and separate rapid events:

• Main tournament player's list - http://chess-results.com/tnr741263.aspx?lan=1&art=0
• Saturday Junior Rapid: htt://chess-results.com/tnr745239.aspx?lan=1
• Sunday Rapid: http://chess-results.com/tnr745240.aspx?lan=1

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Countdown - tomorrow!

The administration ensured that we could accommodate more players in the main hall. If interested in playing please proceed with the full registration at http://www.aucc.club/2023-aurora-spr...event-details/

(the waiting list players were informed as well)

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

The tournament is over. We had many surprising results. Congrats to Max Rusonik for a clear win in the Master section with 4.5/5 ahead of a lot of IMs and winning against three on the away.
Results could be seen at http://chess-results.com/tnr746562.a...1&rd=5&fed=CAN of all sections.
Photos and games of Masters within a week.

[Hans Jung]

Wow! Max Rusonik. You would have to call that a major upset! Hearty congratulations to Max!!

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Pictures at https://photos.app.goo.gl/R6YRcA3XjqYQi4sz9

[Hugh Brodie]

Are any games available? I'm doing an update of CanBase early next week.

CanBase - database of Canadian games...
Http://canbase.fqechecs.qc.ca/index.htm

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Are any games available? I'm doing an update of CanBase early next week.

CanBase - database of Canadian games...
Http://canbase.fqechecs.qc.ca/index.htm

Hi Hugh,
Nnot yet. Will start working now, and maybe tomorrow. Slightly less than 50 games should be.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Master section games are with results at http://chess-results.com/tnr746562.aspx?lan=1

Look for the text:

Games	There are 44 games available for download
Download Files	2023auroraspringopen.pgn"

The link in "Games" will lead to the rounds, and then possibility to choose the game to view online.


This particular game seems had the longest theoretical series of moves.

[Event "2023 Aurora Spring Open MASTER"]
[Site "Newmarket"]
[Date "2023.03.25"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Xu, Daniel"]
[Black "Zhao, Jeffrey R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5 a4 16. Nbd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 b3 18. Kb1 bxc2+ 19. Nxc2 Bb3 20. axb3 axb3 21. Na3 Ne5 22. h4 Ra4 23. Rh3 Qa8 24. Qd5 Rxa3 25. bxa3 Qxa3 26. Rd2 Nc7 27. Qb7 Qa5 28. Qb6 Qc3 29. Qd4 Qa5 30. Qa1 Qb4 31. Rd4 Qb7 32. Qc3 Rc8 33. Rb4 Qa8 34. Qxb3 d5 35. Ra4 Qc6 36. Bd4 Nc4 37. Bxc4 dxc4 38. Rxc4 Qxe4+ 39. Qd3 Rb8+ 40. Bb2 Qe5 41. Rc2 Qe1+ 42. Rc1 Qb4 43. Qc3 Qe4+ 44. Rc2 Ne8 45. Re3 Qh1+ 46. Rc1 Qb7 47. Rce1 Qd5 48. Rxe7 Qxf5+ 49. Qc2 1-0


Compare to this

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.02.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5 a4 16. Nbd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 b3 18. Kb1 bxc2+ 19. Nxc2 Bb3 20. axb3 axb3 21. Na3 Ne5 22. h4 Ra4 23. Rh3 Qa8 24. Qd5 Rxa3 25. bxa3 Qxa3 26. Rd2 Nc7 27. Qb7 Qa5 28. Qb6 Qc3 29. Qd4 Qc6 30. f6 Rc8 31. fxe7 Nb5 32. e8=Q+ Qxe8 33. Bxb5 Qxb5 34. Rhh2 Nc4 35. Rd1 Na3+ 36. Kb2 Nc4+ 37. Kb1 Na3+ 38. Kb2 Nc4+ 1/2-1/2