February 27 Blitz

[Vlad Dobrich]

10 players - 7 dbl rds swiss

1st: Artem Samsonkin 12 - 2
2nd: Victor Plotkin 10 - 4
A Prize: Ilia Bluvshtein 8 1/2 points
B Prize: Ian Bell 6 1/2 points

Blitz Ratings - February 28, 2010

Stevens Christian 2628
Sambuev Bator 2622
Zugic Igor 2591
Teplitsky Yan 2568
Gerzhoy Leonid 2526
Samsonkin Artem 2517
Noritsyn Nikolay 2508
Milicevic Goran 2505
Bluvshtein Mark 2484
Tyomkin Dimitri 2483
Thavandirn Shiyam 2441
Ochkoos Yuri 2437
Panjwani Raja 2424
Rek Slava 2422
Livshits Ron 2411
SapozhnkovRoman 2408
Divljan Igor 2391
Drashko Dragan 2381
Hamilton Robert 2376
Gulko Andrei 2374
Krnan Thomas 2362
Plotkin Victor 2359
Gindi Shahar 2353
Bailey Doug 2353
Teodoro Eduardo 2346
Buscar Michael 2342
Aronov Yuri 2326
Findlay Ian 2313
Henry Liam 2287
Day Lawrence 2279
Raheb David 2270
Barron Michael 2260
Puri Vinny 2254
Vaingorten Yakov 2253
Peng David 2247
Blakely Matt 2236
Zeromskis Egis 2232
Molchanov Yevhen 2232
Dougherty Michael 2214
Harper Ryan 2201
Kimelman Michael 2192
Sellers Karl 2191
Southam Dave 2182
Derraugh Geordie 2182
Humphreys M 2176
Martchenko Alex 2164
Jung Hans 2162
Bluvshtein Ilya 2152
Casareno Erwin 2144
Evans Bill 2139
Inigo Aquino 2134
Fiedler Brian 2129
Upper John 2126
Guo Josh 2124
Calugar Arthur 2124
Sundar Avinash 2121
Miletic Dusan 2118
Campbell Brett 2112
Kleinman Michael 2112
Shebetah Wajdy 2104
Malette Martin 2101
Nahutin Yevgeny 2100
Erichsen Dan 2098
Siddeley Hugh 2089
Malmsten Erik 2081
Pedersen Rune 2073
Pimentel Sheldon 2073
Kagramanov Dina 2067
Barrios Felix 2064
Ferreira Alex 2060
Peev Pavel 2058
Picana Andrew 2042
Hambleton Aman 2037
Lucki Arnie 2034
Visnjic Zoran 2028
Wight Keith 2026
Dobrich Vlad 2004
Bokhout Peter 1995
Hambleton Aman 1995
Brajkovic Nikola 1991
Laughlin Steve 1981
Gusev Nikita 1974
Haziprodromu Sam 1969
Jolliffe Kyle 1959
Fan Brendan 1959
Abrahams Daniel 1956
Bell Ian 1956
Solis Jamie 1954
Mills Morgon 1949
Walker Trevor 1945
Takov Chris 1930
Longo Tyler 1928
Ho Conrad 1925
Trbic Milan 1924
Chidley-Hill John 1884
Visnjic Momcilo 1882
Ferner Wilf 1875
Gunapalan David 1861
Zhou Haonan 1848
Kutuzov Yevgeni 1846
Mc Neil Hugh 1823
Brammall Stuart 1815
Danilova Luba 1803
Gomes Joe 1802
Fan Yibing 1798
Mustafa Ozcan 1791
Barakat Issan 1783
Rutherdale William 1777
Henderson Fred 1775
Moran Mario 1774
Stein Jacob 1763
Le Ken 1760
Knox Christopher 1757
Gross Gerald 1752
Kauffan Robert 1748
Power Alan 1740
Steadman Richard 1736
Orlova Liza 1727
Verde Pino 1701
ThavandiranNimalan1681
Panjwani Dilip 1642
Munro Brendan 1600

Play starts every Saturday at 2pm at Mom's Cafe, 1098 Danforth Ave, (1 block east of Donlands subway station)
Info: Vlad (647) 207-9342
***If your name does not appear on the above list of rated players you are eligible to enter this event at a $10 discount. You pay only $17 instead of the usual $27 (for non-members of BGC).

[Vlad Dobrich]

Re: February 27 Blitz

Ian Bell jpeg

Ian Bell, most improved blitz player, in the past two Saturdays Ian has scored wins against Yuri Aronov and Victor Plotkin boosting his rating from 1832 to 1956. Has he seen THE LIGHT?
Ian has played regularly in the Saturday blitz for over two years suffering thrashings by one and all! Finally comes the epiphany - no more B prizes for Ian! Does blitz chess improve your slow chess?

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: February 27 Blitz

Does blitz chess improve your slow chess?

There are two completely opposite views from the world top chess players: It is told that Botvinnik has never played blitz, while Carlsen plays as much as he can :D