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Round 4 of the Edmonton International is underway. Catch the top 4 boards by clicking on the link.
1 GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly vs IM Joshua Friedel
2 FM Raja Panjwani vs GM Alexander Moiseenko
3 GM Jesse Kraai vs GM Alexander Shabalov
4 GM Mark Bluvshtein vs IM Leonid Gerzhoy
Can the games from each round please be posted? I can only access the games that are broadcasted live, and it would be nice if I could take a look at the other games that weren't broadcasted.
the pairings for round 9 are filled in but not the results. Did the last round not start at 6 pm yesterday? Is there a v.e.r.y long game still in progress?
I was not there last night, but from the live games you can at least figure out the top finishers.
I am sure Vlad and company are still quite busy today, and just haven't got around to posting the final results. I am currently entering games from rounds 3-5, should be done in a couple hours. I don't have all the games, but most of them anyway. Will post a selection later today.
Can't answer your question regarding norms, will leave that to Vlad.
I think that Raja got his second IM norm. I could be wrong though.
Yes. FM Raja Panjwani got an IM norm in Edmonton.
GM Moiseenko won the tournament with 7.0/9, and then bought drinks for EVERYBODY at the after tournament celebration (about 15 players came).
Is it just my screen, or do the results of the International wrap around - making them difficult to read? Maybe a smaller font is needed?
Also - are the sectionals over, or are simply the crosstables not completed?
My usual request for games - will there be a complete set of games from the International available (and possibly from the sectionals as well)?
I dont think the internation results wrap around - I think the information under each person's name is their rating and the CFC/FIDE number? At first I thought totals were needed but then I see that the results are cumulative...
The sectional results seem incomplete too (many some tags got pooched in the webpage coding?)
I can't speak for the organizers, I was only helping with game input for 3 of the rounds. As for the sectional results, I would assume they should be up some time today as well.
I believe Vlad and company will be entering as many games as possible from the event. If you like Hugh, I could send you what I have entered, only 29 games from rounds 3,4,5.
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