2024 Canadian Open (July 13-18)

[Hans Jung]

Rd 9 IM Jonathan Han wins to finish a great tournament!

[Hans Jung]

Four great endgames shaping up!

[Hans Jung]

Rd 9 FM Stevens vs IM Migot a hard fought draw.

[Hans Jung]

Rd 9 Lovely win by Zach Dukic! I enjoyed it a lot!

[Hans Jung]

Good long stubborn defence by GM Mikhalevsky nets him a draw.

[Hans Jung]

Rd 9 Beautiful endgame win by GM Van Foreest! GM Van Foreest finishes with 8.5 out of 9 and a dominating clear first in the Canadian Open! 2024 Canadian Open Champion!

[Bob Armstrong]

Predict-a-Number Quiz # 5

How many decisive games were there going to be on the top 6 boards in Rd. 9 on Thursday?

Hans - 4

Answer - 4!!

Hans finally hits the jackpot........winner!!

Bob A

[Bob Armstrong]

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

1	1		GM	Van Foreest, Jorden		NED	2671		8,5	0,93
2	4		GM	Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn		CAN	2499	103091	7	0,12
	5		GM	Kantans, Toms		LAT	2471	110832	7	1,17
	11		IM	Han, Johnathan		CAN	2333	107934	7	0,93
	15		FM	Dukic, Zachary		CAN	2247	104979	7	-0,27
6	2		GM	Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar		ISL	2500		6,5	0,02
	3		GM	Mikhalevski, Victor		ISR	2499	55102	6,5	-0,11
	12		IM	Chiku-Ratte, Olivier Kenta		CAN	2314	101838	6,5	0,98
	14		FM	Zheng, Richard		CAN	2290	104546	6,5	0,70 Bob A

[Bob Armstrong]

In the second U-2000 Section B

Eric Cloutier (99 y.o. Canadian from Quebec City, QC) scored 5.5/9 pts!!

Bob A

[Hans Jung]

Isn't that great on Eric Cloutier!? Someone should do an article on him.

[Hans Jung]

Predict-a-Number Quiz # 5

How many decisive games were there going to be on the top 6 boards in Rd. 9 on Thursday?

Hans - 4

Answer - 4!!

Hans finally hits the jackpot........winner!!

Bob A

A lesson in perseverance Bob or just plain luck, actually both!

[Hans Jung]

Just to be clear: GM Van Foreest wins the 2024 Canadian Open in Montreal with 8.5 out of 9.

[Hans Jung]

Four way tie for second: GM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux, GM Kantans, IM Johnathan Han, FM Zachary Dukic all with 7 out of 9.

[Hans Jung]

FM Zachary Dukic won seven in a row and beat a GM in the last round! Dream tournament! and from a miserable start!! The young man has perseverance and strong will! Well done!!!

[Hans Jung]

Amine Atmani won Section B. He lost in the last round but had a perfect score going in. Shows how hard it is to win a tournament with a perfect score.