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Aris, I just sort through a little bit of chess news almost every morning and anything that catches my eye ..... Of course, I have to know when to refrain from posting
Very interesting. I was not aware of that event. I did a little bit of digging:
"In 1988 Saint John, NB hosted the "World Chess Festival," which attracted the largest gathering of top chess players in history. The highlight of the event was a spectacular win by Spraggett in a match against Soviet Grandmaster Andrae Sokolov."
In total 57 FIDE titled players:
- 31 GMs
- 20 IMs
- 5 FMs
- 1 WGM
Knowing that nowadays a player can claim a CM title from FIDE after crossing 2200, the equivalent would be 76 titled players.
The average rating was 2417, higher than the CTN last week (2387). It was truly a fantastic event.
The top section will have 18 GMs - is this a record for an event in Canada? The 2011 Canadian Open had 13 GMs. Maybe Quebec Opens have had more?
In the lest we forget category, there was the 1988 World Chess Festival in Saint John. International #2 alone included 33 GMs, 30 IMs and 6 FMs for a total of 69 titled players, headed by Tal, Vaganian, and Yusupov. Average rating varies depending upon how the five unrated players are treated, but somewhere in the low 2400s.
I lost internet connection Saturday afternoon and it just resumed today. I apologise for not being able to post in the last two days of excitement in this tournament and am thrilled that both Shawn RodrigueLemieux and Nikolay Noritsyn earned GM norms! Is this Shawn's third GM norm? - and Im very happy that Nikolay is back on track in his hunt for the GM title.
After 5 Shawn Rodrigue Lemieux and Razvan Preotu are tied for the lead with Awonder Liang with 4 out of 5. Canadian fans should be cheering loud. No end of great games and competitive pairings.
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