80+ y.o. Canadian Chess Players Still Active!

[Hans Jung]

Hi Bob,

I have a couple of Canadian chess legends that should be on your list. Branimir Brebrich and Ross Siemms, both approaching 90. According to their press clippings they are still active.

[Bob Armstrong]

70	Part II of 2 parts Wagner, Robert	Scarborough, ON	1536	1608	2023-04-30
71	Chuipka, David	Sudbury, ON	1532	1653	2025-02-25
72	Cote, Richard	Sudbury, ON	1509	1868	2024-06-17
73	Jevtic, Dragan	Toronto, ON	1497	1674	2025-02-11
74	Kung, Ken	St. Catharines, ON	(1495)	(15 g)	2024-04-15
75	Kodikara, Chamali	x, MB	(1491)	(5 g)	2024-05-04
76	Madriaga, Teody	Calgary, AB	1482	1666	2024-05-16
77	Milne, Arthur	Calgary, AB	1473	2068	2024-09-05
78	Gareau, Don	Kitchener, ON	1469	1838	2025-03-26
78	Pangilinan, Emmanuel	Abbotsford, BC	1469	1697	2024-09-03
80	Dusaran, Fernando	Regina, SK	1459	1459	2023-04-30
81	Angelvette, Duane	Langley, BC	1456	1795	2024-06-24
82	Sethi, Ish	Summerside, ON	(1452)	(14 g)	2023-08-06
83	Wijekoon, Dilki	x, MB	(1451)	(23 g)	2024-05-04
84	Carter, Chase	Fredericton, NB	1449	1499	2023-07-31
85	Magyar, Peter	Winnipeg, MB	1446	1711	2024-07-25
86	Barron, Robert L.	Surrey, BC	1444	1704	2025-03-03
87	Fintas, Randy	Brantford, ON	1441	1577	2024-06-08
88	Duivenvoorden, Hubert	Belledune, NB	1432	1900	2025-03-23
89	Hebert, Chris	Ottawa, ON	(1419)	(23 g)	2024-11-01
90	Johnston, Chris	Maple Ridge, BC	1411	1800	2024-01-31
91	Charland, Roger	Ottawa, ON	1394	1489	2024-09-21
92	Hanlon, Gino	St. John's, NL	(1367)	(19 g)	2024-10-11
93	Orsini, Mike	Whitby, ON	1361	1484	2025-04-08
94	Castillo, Simon Jose Luis	Toronto, ON	(1352)	(14 g)	2025-01-17
95	Court, Andrew	Vernon, BC	1309	1309	2025-05-02
96	Downie, Peter	Bothwell, ON	1301	1416	2025-01-17
97	Naidu, Harish	Waterloo, ON	(1297)	(14 g)	2024-11-27
98	Munn, Chris	Sackville, NB	(1292)	(4 g)	2023-09-01
99	McCarthy, Anthony	Toronto, ON	(1278)	(18 g)	2025-05-02
100	Pejovic, Mike	Waterdown, ON	1272	1923	LIFE
101	Bhatt, Umang	ON	(1268)	(9 g)	2024-01-10
101	Uwland, Jaco	Toronto, ON	1268	1464	2024-10-15
103	Smith, Maurice	Scarborough, ON	1240	1967	2025-06-24
104	Popa, Larry	Hamilton, ON	1224	1719	2025-01-12
105	Mesiti, Silvano	Toronto, ON	1223	1930	2024-11-27
106	Hulbert, Guy	Scarborough, ON	1220	1393	2025-06-08
107	Mandusic, Ante	Winnipeg, MB	1191	1250	2025-06-25
108	Lukezich, John I.F.	Kingston, ON	1185	1583	LIFE
109	Perera, Thakshila	x, MB	(1184)	(10 g)	2024-05-04
110	Ford, Lewis	Niagara on the Lake, ON	1113	1247	2024-04-26
111	Osborne, Christopher	Mt. Pleasant, ON	1110	1210	2023-08-06
112	Swinburne, Geoffrey	Markham, ON	(1054)	(21 g)	2023-10-13
113	Siuda, Michael	Toronto, ON	(1035)	(1 g)	2024-06-28
114	Davies, Alex	Summerside, PE	(996)	(4 g)	2024-04-08
115	Heijm, Ed	Dundas, ON	995	1394	2025-06-03
116	Libardo, BenJohn	Toronto, ON	986	1012	2025-02-16
117	Thomas, Terry	Burlington, ON	946	1129	2025-05-28
118	Zhao, Crillen (Yanfeng)	London, ON	(926)	(1 g)	2023-03-31
119	Pishdad, M. Hassan	Richmond Hill, ON	919	1442	LIFE
120	Somborac, Milan	Collingwood, ON	(896)	(13 g)	2023-05-08
121	Cozens, Dave	Scarborough, ON	891	1486	2025-06-24
122	Parkes, Daniel	Toronto, ON	(849)	(1 g)	2023-05-11
123	Souchko, Larissa	Etobicoke, ON	812	1258	2025-04-08
124	Leclair, Luc	Toronto, ON	771	771	2025-02-10
125	Bryson, Todd	North York, ON	(693)	(4 g)	2025-02-09
126	Hibbard, Linda	Oshawa, ON	681	681	2025-02-11
127	Sweet, James	Sidney, BC	(645)	(22 g)	2024-11-10
128	Arsenault, Christian	Charlottetown, PE	(0)	(0 g)	2024-06-02
128	Bloom, Darryl	Charlottetown, PE	(0)	(0 g)	2024-04-14
128	Bodinetz, Noah	x, BC	(0)	(0 g)	2023-03-27
128	Boleak, Jon	x, BC	(0)	(0 g)	2023-03-27
128	Bonggao, Gerry	Surrey, BC	(0)	(0 g)	2024-03-25
128	Deschepper, Cliff	x, BC	(0)	(0 g)	2023-03-27
128	Dimech, Andrew	BC	(0)	(0 g)	2023-02-13
128	Heck, Adam	x, BC	(0)	(0 g)	2023-03-27
128	Kaushik, Hriday	Vancouver, BC	(0)	(0 g)	2023-03-27
128	Norman, Matt	x, BC	(0)	(0 g)	2023-03-27
128	Olsson, Owen	x, BC	(0)	(0 g)	2023-03-27
128	Sivakumar, Hari	x, BC Some of the names we have on our active list appear here (Haven't yet checked to see if all appear). BUT - there is there no info on birth date......or am I missing how to find it? Thanks Bob A	(0)	(0 g)	2023-03-27

[Bob Armstrong]

Part I of 2 parts

Hi Fred:

I filled in the search link you provided:https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/p/top/

Here are the parameters I used:


Top N (size of list) - 1000

Rating type - R

Age ≥ (on Jan 1, 2024) - 80 - 104
Age ≤

Gender - All

Province - All

CFC expired ≥ 2022/07/11
Last CFC event ≥ 2022/07/11

Rating ≥ - 0
Rating ≤ - 9999

I got a list of 138 names of seniors:

1	Ochkoos, Jura	Mississauga, ON	2305	2437	2023-11-13
2	Zuniga, Dante	Toronto, ON	2252	2263	2024-07-13
3	Valdizon, Armando	Orleans, ON	2231	2341	2024-10-04
4	Moon, Ethan	Toronto, ON	2214	2239	2023-07-31
5	Alcaide, Florante	Pickering, ON	2201	2201	2023-11-22
6	Pitre, Ron	Toronto, ON	2185	2290	2024-03-07
7	Shebetah, Wajdy	Etobicoke, ON	2169	2246	2024-09-27
8	Starr, Sasha	Thornhill, ON	2115	2247	2025-05-15
9	Gold, Itohan	Calgary, AB	2111	2187	2023-08-19
10	Kagaoan, Jose	Richmond, BC	2026	2064	2025-02-24
11	Bruziewicz, Andrew J.	Sarnia, ON	2012	2105	2025-04-19
12	Langen, Roger	Dartmouth, NS	2009	2288	2024-09-04
13	D'Agostino, Santo	Toronto, ON	2008	2051	2024-04-26
14	Stevens, Justin	Halifax, NS	(2004)	(1 g)	2024-06-10
15	Berson, Jordan S.	Lewisporte, NL	2003	2201	2024-10-28
16	Ramirez-Orta, Juan	Halifax, NS	1987	2059	2024-08-28
17	Van Adel, Steven	Stittsville, ON	1962	2145	2024-11-01
18	Yumen, Rex	Calgary, AB	1961	2118	2023-06-30
19	Delgado, Erick Mauricio	Milton, ON	(1941)	(1 g)	2025-05-21
20	Klarner, William	Kitchener, ON	1921	2248	2024-10-31
21	Haziprodromu, Sam	Toronto, ON	1916	2187	2024-08-20
22	Reyes, Romeo	Willowdale, ON	1913	2142	2025-01-31
23	Valentino, Marcos	Winnipeg, MB	1889	2224	2024-11-28
24	Malmsten, Erik	Toronto, ON	1876	2014	LIFE
25	Pradzinski, Tim	Grande Prairie, AB	1840	1989	LIFE
26	Schneider, Mitchell	Niagara Falls, ON	1826	1826	2025-06-29
27	Vlasov, John	St. George, ON	1811	2036	2024-05-19
28	Runstedler, Rick	Georgetown, ON	1801	2032	2025-03-16
29	Green, Jim	Winnipeg, MB	1798	1930	2025-01-01
30	Lubinski, Paul	Excelsior, ON	(1794)	(9 g)	2025-02-09
31	Fournier, Donald	North Tetagouche, NB	1786	1937	2024-02-22
32	Mendoza, Armand Jess	Willowdale, ON	1769	2124	2025-02-02
33	Inkpen, Wane	Dartmouth, NS	1760	1800	LIFE
34	Usselman, Paul	Calgary, AB	1750	2100	2024-07-21
35	Grisar, Charlie	Toronto, ON	1745	1911	2023-08-15
36	Pottinger, Carl	Winnipeg, MB	1740	1920	2025-01-19
37	Szatmary, Alex	Cambridge, ON	1729	1972	2025-01-17
38	Azmitia, Luis Eduardo	Vancouver, BC	1727	1800	2024-02-21
39	Cale, Ferdinand	Scarborough, ON	1723	1929	2024-11-08
40	Flores, Marc	Thornhill, ON	(1722)	(24 g)	2025-05-11
41	Fonceca, Glenn	Scarborough, ON	1717	1727	2024-05-14
42	Arseneau, Herve	Beresford, NB	1702	1750	2023-11-08
43	Ashcroft, Michael	Toronto, ON	1701	1701	2024-02-20
44	Beal, Greg	Toronto, ON	1700	1941	2024-09-30
44	Sloboda, Brad	North Vancouver, BC	1700	1700	2025-05-01
46	Friedman, Alexander	Holland Landing, ON	1685	2125	2024-04-04
47	Lambert, Pierre	Edmundston, NB	1671	1902	2023-07-31
48	Tate, William	Victoria, BC	1670	2002	2024-04-06
48	Verny, Thomas R.	Stratford, ON	1670	1822	2025-04-26
50	Dickson, Kirk Johannes	Milton, ON	1662	1780	2024-06-18
51	Evoy, Darin	London, ON	1639	1653	2024-06-10
52	Scallion, Calvin	Kentville, NS	1633	1784	2025-01-10
53	Skop, Mike	Winnipeg, MB	1627	1699	2023-11-30
54	Jones, Jacob	Toronto, ON	(1621)	(7 g)	2024-05-12
55	Minano, John V.	Winnipeg, MB	1618	1742	2024-11-28
56	Kiss, Istvan	Kitchener, ON	1611	2083	2025-05-19
57	Ferderber, Harold	Ottawa, ON	1608	1804	2024-06-20
58	Lee, M	Burlington, ON	1590	1672	2023-09-30
59	Ali, Husain	Calgary, AB	1588	1932	2024-10-22
60	Adrovic, Semo	Kelowna, BC	(1586)	(15 g)	2024-06-17
61	Kalenteridis, Kosta	Toronto, ON	(1577)	(21 g)	2024-05-19
62	Tukonic, Steve	Niagara Falls, ON	1569	1624	2024-04-26
63	Davidson, Michael	Cornwall, ON	1568	1772	2024-03-06
64	Newell, Ben	Niagara Falls, ON	1557	1557	2024-04-15
65	MacLeod, Neil	Kitchener, ON	1551	1718	2025-04-13
66	Chandra, Ambarish	Toronto, ON	1548	1586	2024-02-05
67	Marshall, Ken	Winnipeg, MB	1544	1544	2024-09-20
68	Chanoian, Ara	Scarborough, ON	1541	1589	2023-05-31
69	Carson, Craig	Fredericton, NB	1537	1549	2024-10-05

See Part II below

[Bob Armstrong]

Thanks Fred.

So .... an old dog CAN learn new tricks!

Bob A

[Fred McKim]

Here is another good resource on the CFC page, Bob. We have to realize that the CFC doesn't have birthdates for everybody, but quite a few seniors do have their birthdate in their history.
https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/p/top/

[Bob Armstrong]

I use the FIDE Individual Calculations tab in determining whether those with a FIDE rating have been active since July 11, 2022.

I did not know about clicking on the player name......this will solve the "active in CFC" issue. I will now update the lists re CFC Active (Over a short bit of time).

Thanks all.

Bob A

[Roger Patterson]

What? You can indeed see tournament history on personal rating page.

here is mine.

https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/p/?id=108202

Not to mention if you click on the organizer/arbiter tab you can see all of Bob’s good works. Not sure when that feature was added - I noticed it about a year ago.

[Roger Patterson]

Bob G:

When I search any other person's personal rating page, I only get the personal summary first bar across the top. I NEVER get the person's tournament history.

I thought it was a "privacy" issue.

Do others get my tournament history if they search me on CFC (CFC # 100034)?

Bob A

Yes. Ditto fide activity (click on the individual calculations tab)

[Erik Malmsten]

Bob G:

When I search any other person's personal rating page, I only get the personal summary first bar across the top. I NEVER get the person's tournament history.

I thought it was a "privacy" issue.

Do others get my tournament history if they search me on CFC (CFC # 100034)?

Bob A

Yes we do see your history. Maybe click on the name in the summary bar across the top.

https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/p/?id=100034

[Bob Armstrong]

Bob G:

When I search any other person's personal rating page, I only get the personal summary first bar across the top. I NEVER get the person's tournament history.

I thought it was a "privacy" issue.

Do others get my tournament history if they search me on CFC (CFC # 100034)?

Bob A

[Bob Gillanders]

Hi Roger:

I have no access to their tournament history on their personal rating page.

Bob A

What? You can indeed see tournament history on personal rating page.

here is mine.

https://www.chess.ca/en/ratings/p/?id=108202

[Bob Armstrong]

Hi Roger:

For my purposes, as to activity, I can search and get the summary profile line of a named player. If the CFC expiry is before July 11, 2022, I have confirmed them "inactive".

But for life members, or ones whose expiry is within the activity period, I do not know if they've been active....I have no access to their tournament history on their personal rating page.

Also, I must have a name to search......at least I don't know how to do it otherwise.......but I'm open to learning to do better research......

Bob A

[Roger Patterson]

Hi Fred:

The CFC database has no birth year. So I can only get it if the senior has a FIDE-rating (And the FIDE database is incomplete). Bob Gillanders has confirmed that he cannot help me at all with the current CFC database.

Bob A

I believe Fred’s point was that those databases tell you if someone is active. For your purposes, if they are inactive, they don’t belong on your list regardless of the reason. Someone who has been dead for years will also show up as inactive

[Bob Armstrong]

Hi Fred:

The CFC database has no birth year. So I can only get it if the senior has a FIDE-rating (And the FIDE database is incomplete). Bob Gillanders has confirmed that he cannot help me at all with the current CFC database.

Bob A

[Fred McKim]

Bob. Why don't you just look the seniors up on the CFC and FIDE web sites, instead of asking people if they know if the seniors are active ?