2023 Canadian Transnational Championship (CTN)

[Erik Malmsten]

Awesome result in the blitz by Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux!

Also awesome result for Mark Plotkin, 2573 performance and defeated several GMs.

[Aris Marghetis]

It was jaw-droppingly fun chess all weekend ... so many wild games in a playing hall perfectly suited to the registration levels, very well organized, bravo!

[Erik Malmsten]

Final Results:

https://chess-results.com/tnr776215.aspx?lan=1&art=4

[Hugh Brodie]

It would have been two Canadians tying for first if Liang hadn't won a dead lost game in the last round.

[Hans Jung]

Congratulations to Razvan Preotu , especially for 4 wins in a row in the last 4 rounds!

[Hans Jung]

Congratulations to Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux for all those wins against GMs!

[Salim Belcadi]

The Classical part of the CTN has started. The DGT link:

2023 Canadian Transnational Championship: round 1, game 1 (livechesscloud.com)

[Hans Jung]

Congratulations to Koosha Jaferian and Victor Plotkin for important draws in the first round against much higher rated opponents.
Im following Canadian norm opportunities mainly.

But also following Alice Lee who got a draw against GM Bruzon as Black!

[Bob Armstrong]

The Classical General Section tournament starts at 6:00 PM (Rd. 1/5) at Maplewood CC on Friday, June 9.

Have registrations yet been cut off?

If no, when will they be?

Bob A

[John Upper]

Never been the venue for B+R before, seems it's close to High Park, is there any suggestion on parking? I heard many stories about parking near High Park, especially on weekend.

Just for future reference:
I went on Sunday and found there were many curbside spots open within 1 to 3 blocks to the West of the Church.
OTOH, traffic may have been lower than usual because Lakeshore West was closed in the morning for a bike-a-thon; it might be much busier on a normal weekend.

[Hans Jung]

Nice squeeze and followup endgame by Thomas Roussel - Roozman. He is one of the five leaders with perfect score after two rounds! Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux had a steady draw and is in good position with 1.5,

Alice Lee won against a 2600+ and has 1.5 against two 2600's. Such poise at 13!

[Aris Marghetis]

Nice squeeze and followup endgame by Thomas Roussel - Roozman. He is one of the five leaders with perfect score after two rounds! Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux had a steady draw and is in good position with 1.5,

Alice Lee won against a 2600+ and has 1.5 against two 2600's. Such poise at 13!

You're so right Hans: great transition-into-well-executed-endgame by Thomas, and yes, wonderful poise by Alice!

After no lower-rated wins in the first round, it was a more unpredictable second round, keeps getting more exciting!

[Francis Rodriguez]

YouTube coverage would have been amazing!
I'm sure someone has footage of the Blitz/rRapid/Classical?

[Hans Jung]

Rd 4 Awonder Liang has the clear lead after round 4 after a sharp tactical struggle. Bator Sambuev also wins big.

[Hans Jung]

Breaking news - Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux wins in the opening after a blunder by his opponent.