Senior events 2024 - 2025

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Hi Victor:

Thanks! I'll check out the link. At least we'll find some of the 80+ active Canadians.

I guess there may be some more who may be playing in non-FIDE events where there are no FIDE-rated opponents.
……

Hassan Pishdad comes to mind. 86 years old and dont miss a club night unless goes for a visit to see grandkids. He has 6 tournaments this year.

[Bob Gillanders]

I inquired of Bob G whether his computer program could pull out the name of any current paid CFC member, 80+ y.o., who had played in a rated tournament (Standard) in the prior 2 years.

As I understood him, this is not possible with the current CFC program.

Bob G - am I right?

Bob A (79 y.o. next month)

Wow, hold my coffee & donut, that makes us sound incompetent.

Let me retort,

You've heard the phrase, garbage in garbage out?
We do have the systems and know how to get this data.
However, the database has many holes since for decades and decades the CFC never bothered to collect dates of birth.
With the implementation of the JustGo system, real dates of birth are required to create an account.
Of course, there are workarounds we employ such as entering phoney dates to keep the train on the tracks.
So over time, the number of members with a real DOB is growing. But many of our Seniors, we don't know how old they are.

Victor, FIDE has the same problems, for decades and decades, they didn't collect dates of birth either.
So I doubt the FIDE database is any more reliable than the CFC.

As time permits, we are doing more data mining. It's fun and interesting.
But our capacity will greatly expand when we finally design and implement a new CFC rating program.
We are in the planning phase.

[Bob Armstrong]

Bob G:

Thanks for the clear explanation.

I didn't intend to make the CFC sound incompetent........I was trying to point out that the current system was limited.

Very glad to hear about the rating program/database upgrading.

Bob A

[Bob Armstrong]

Hassan Pishdad also plays regularly still at Scarborough CC!

Bob A

[Bob Armstrong]

Here are the 8 Canadian FIDE-rated players 80+ who are still active:
FIDE
Bob A

Std Rapid Blitz DoB

8 record(s) found.
Ali, Husain			CAN	1770	1816		1938
Cloutier, Eric			CAN	1682			1925
Maxant, Josef			CAN	1799			1939
Murray, Michael A.			CAN	1895		2005	1944
Tachijian, Mardig			CAN	1751			1920 104 y.o.!
Trueman, Francis			CAN	1613	1597	1595	1941
Voskanyan, Vahagn	FM		CAN	2173			1944
Wilson, L Kim			CAN	1701			1930

[Fred McKim]

Its my understanding that the Canadian Seniors has a veterans section (50+) and a seniors section (65+) and one should play in their appropriate age category.

This may have been the case when the tournament was held in Guelph, but there is no World or even Canadian rule that enforces that, or even those name distinctions.

[Fred McKim]

The CFC has received a bid for a 2024 Canadian Senior. Hopefully this can be approved in the next few days, so interested players can make plans.

[Hans Jung]

Thanks Fred for the clarification

[Francis Rodriguez]

Here are the 8 Canadian FIDE-rated players 80+ who are still active:
FIDE
Bob A

Std Rapid Blitz DoB

8 record(s) found.
Ali, Husain			CAN	1770	1816		1938
Cloutier, Eric			CAN	1682			1925
Maxant, Josef			CAN	1799			1939
Murray, Michael A.			CAN	1895		2005	1944
Tachijian, Mardig			CAN	1751			1920 104 y.o.!
Trueman, Francis			CAN	1613	1597	1595	1941
Voskanyan, Vahagn	FM		CAN	2173			1944
Wilson, L Kim			CAN	1701			1930

Neil Frarey?

[Hugh Brodie]

Valentin Prahov (born 1933) is registered under Bulgaria, but has lived in Montreal for decades. He last played in 2019.

[John Brown]

Can't the CFC just contact those with email contact, To ask them for their birth year? Anyone else just make a post on the website that they are looking to update files with email contact info and Birth year updates and if those who don't want to offer the information so be it.

[Fred Henderson]

50+ with separate events for 65+

I'm with this man. Senior, at least with FIDE, means 50+.

When Viktor Korchnoi won the World Seniors title at age 75, I would bet he was competing against 50+ ages, but I suppose that would have been his choice., although I have never bothered to verify that.

[Stephen Wright]

Here are the 8 Canadian FIDE-rated players 80+ who are still active:
FIDE
Bob A

Std Rapid Blitz DoB

8 record(s) found.
Ali, Husain			CAN	1770	1816		1938
Cloutier, Eric			CAN	1682			1925
Maxant, Josef			CAN	1799			1939
Murray, Michael A.			CAN	1895		2005	1944
Tachijian, Mardig			CAN	1751			1920 104 y.o.!
Trueman, Francis			CAN	1613	1597	1595	1941
Voskanyan, Vahagn	FM		CAN	2173			1944
Wilson, L Kim			CAN	1701			1930

For what it's worth Michael A. Murray is American - he obtained his FIDE rating by playing in the Grand Pacific Open in Victoria, BC, and was given the default federation of CAN in the FIDE submission. He can't be bothered to pay the transfer fee to be moved to his 'correct' federation.

[Bob Armstrong]

Another Canadian Senior to add to our list is Maurice Smith (90 y.o. this year).

He must not have played in a FIDE rated tournament in the last two years, because he used to have a FIDE rating.

He is VP of Scarborough CC in Toronto, and plays in all SCC club tournaments.

As a project, I am assembling a list of all the Canadian 80 + who are still active in the last 2 years (from July 1 back to July 1, 2022).

I now have 12 players tentatively (Have to decide about ones who are Canadian living abroad and/or playing under the Canadian flag, or,ones from abroad playing under the Canadian Federation).

If you have details of others, please post the info here (So long as the person does not consider it somehow a breach of privacy).

Bob A (80+ in 2025)

[Hans Jung]

Neil Frarey?

Neil Frarey can't be much more than 70.