Canadian Closed - the games and players

[Hans Jung]

Congratulations to IM Aaron Mendes for holding GM Shawn Rodrigue Lemieux to a draw as Black to make a great comeback from a bad tournament.

[Hans Jung]

Laksshana Deepak upset Ashley Qian to deny her a shot at first in the last round.

[Hans Jung]

Yunshan Li defeated Svitlana Demchenko and Morgen Mills won

[Hans Jung]

Which means a three way tie for first with 7 points between Yunshan Li. Svitlana Demchenko and Morgen Mills. Are there playoffs? or are tiebreaks used?

[Hans Jung]

Over 1800 section was won by Anthony Maulucci with 6 out of 7. Hongyi Li was second with 5.5 Congratulations to both.

[Hans Jung]

You can see from this over 1800 section how underrated everyone is. Tough tournament.

[Hans Jung]

Under 1800 section was won by Xuangbin Wang with 5.5 Second was Arkadiy Ugodnikov by tiebreak. Congratulations to both. Also special mention and congratulions to Bob Armstrong who finished seventh and completed all his games even though he is nearing 80 years of age!

[Hans Jung]

Under 1400 section was won by Vincent Wei with 5.5 Second on tiebreak was Amikumar Hari Patel (only a half point difference on second tiebreak!) Congratulations to both.

[Hans Jung]

Congratulaions to WIM Nava Starr for winning her last game and completing a tough tournament.

[Hans Jung]

Congratulations to IM Nikolay Noritsyn, the new Canadian Champ! What a tough tournament he had but remained undefeated and fought hard in every game!

[Hans Jung]

Congratulations to Razvan Preotu for an amazing comeback finishing third and almost winning in the last round!

[Hans Jung]

Congratulations to Shawn Rodrigue Lemieux for finishing second. So close!

[Hans Jung]

I enjoyed all the games I watched. Congratulations to the organizers who pulled off a tough challenging tournament with no disputes that I heard about.

[Hans Jung]

I want to make a special mention of Ryan Yang who gave his best and scored 2.5 out of 3 against IM's and a draw out of two against GM's. In another tournament of similar calibre he might have scored an IM norm.

[Bob Armstrong]

Hi Hans:



Thanks for the shout-out (Post # 82 above - 25/4/22) ! I do admit to playing somewhat over my head this tournament.....not complaining!

I might add that I will have played a full 12 tournaments in Jan. 1 - June 30, 2025 (An average of 2 regular rated tournaments per month - club and weekend!!). Hopefully, my June 30 rating is going to be a few rating points higher than my one on Jan. 1 (1607).

I have loved my almost 60 years of chess, and being part of a vibrant Canadian chess community. I was lucky to have "fallen into" this great hobby/lifestyle.

Bob