WATCH LIVE CHESS GAMES from the 2010 Grand Pacific Open Chess Championship!

[Mark S. Dutton]

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2010 Grand Pacific Open Chess Championship Schedule
Grand Pacific Open April 2 - 5 2010

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Sections: Open (FIDE and CFC rated); U1400 (CFC rated)

Round Times

Rd 1 at 6:00 pm Friday April 2nd;
Rds 2 and 3 at 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm Saturday April 3rd;
Rds 4 and 5 at 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm Sunday April 4th;
Rd 6 at 10:00 am Monday April 5th

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2010 Grand Pacific Open Chess Championship Schedule

4TH Annual Grand Pacific Open April 2 - 5, 2010



Sections: Open (FIDE and CFC rated); U1400 (CFC rated)



Round Times Rd 1 at 6:00 pm Friday April 2nd; Rds 2 and 3 at 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm Saturday April 3rd; Rds 4 and 5 at 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm Sunday April 4th; Rd 6 at 10:00 am Monday April 5th



TD Mark S. Dutton, IA



Victoria Chess Challenge (Grade K-12) April 2 10am - 4pm, G25min+5 sec increment, 5 round swiss or round robin, medals 1st, 2nd, 3rd each grade K-12. Open to Out of Region players including US and International. Top players will qualify for BC Chess Challenge (BC residents only). TD Elliot Raymer

Grand Pacific Active April 2 12 noon - 4pm, G25min+5 sec increment, 4 round swiss, medals 1st, 2nd, 3rd ?12 years >12years and ? 60 years TD Elliot Raymer

Midnight Blitz April 3 10pm or ASAP to 11:45, G5min, 5 double round swiss, 1st $50, U1700 $25, U1200 $25 TD Elliot Raymer

Grand Pacific Bughouse April 5 2pm - 4pm, G5min, 5 round swiss TD Elliot Raymer

[Mark S. Dutton]

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Victoria Chess Challenge (Grade K-12) April 2 10am - 4pm, G25min+5 sec increment, 5 round swiss or round robin, medals 1st, 2nd, 3rd each grade K-12. Open to Out of Region players including US and International. Top players will qualify for BC Chess Challenge (BC residents only). TD Elliot Raymer

Grand Pacific Active April 2 12 noon - 4pm, G25min+5 sec increment, 4 round swiss, medals 1st, 2nd, 3rd ?12 years >12years and ? 60 years TD Elliot Raymer

Midnight Blitz April 3 10pm or ASAP to 11:45, G5min, 5 double round swiss, 1st $50, U1700 $25, U1200 $25 TD Elliot Raymer

Grand Pacific Bughouse April 5 2pm - 4pm, G5min, 5 round swiss TD Elliot Raymer

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2010 Grand Pacific Open Chess Championship Schedule

Grand Pacific Open April 2 - 5 2010



Sections: Open (FIDE and CFC rated); U1400 (CFC rated)



Round Times Rd 1 at 6:00 pm Friday April 2nd; Rds 2 and 3 at 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm Saturday April 3rd;

Rds 4 and 5 at 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm Sunday April 4th; Rd 6 at 10:00 am Monday April 5th



TD Mark S. Dutton, IA

watch live games here: http://monroi.com/watch/?tnm_id=1366

[Roger Patterson]

Re: WATCH LIVE CHESS GAMES from the 2010 Grand Pacific Open Chess Championship!

The side event Active crosstable is posted at: http://victoriachess.com/db/RatingOu...id=10&name=GPO Active 2010

14 players participated and the event wound up in a 5 way tie for 1st. The winners were: Roger Patterson (Victoria), Aaron Sequillion (Edmonton), Juni Caluza (Vancouver), Roy Yearwood (Calgary), and Tanraj Sohal (Surrey) all with 3 points out of 4.

[Mark S. Dutton]

Re: WATCH LIVE CHESS GAMES IM Day vs FM Yoos @ GPO Chess 2010- round 4 at Noon PST

2010 Grand Pacific Open Chess Championship Pairings
Pairings for Round 4. 2010 Grand Pacific Open - 4th Annual: OPEN SECTION

Bd Res White Res Black
1 IM Day, Lawrence (2302) FM Yoos, John C [Jack] (2444)
2 FM Grund, Holger (2422) NM Moore, Harry (2264)
3 Yearwood, Roy (2099) WFM Gansvind, Valeria (2332)
4 Daniluk, Jim (2032) NM Scoones, Dan (2256)
5 NM Patterson, Roger (2204) Botez, Alexandra (1893)
6 Steininger, Gavin (2072) Sohal, Tanraj S (2100)
7 Doknjas, John (1936) FM Ristovic, Nenad (2272)
8 NM Davies, Lucas (2244) Han, Yifei (1858)
9 NM Roua, Radu-Laurentiu (2236) Murray, Mike (1898)
10 Landingin, Jofrel (1911) NM Davies, Noam (2212)
11 Kosinski, George (1871) Daswani, Benedict (2095)
12 Tang, Edward (2020) Han, Yiming (1844)
13 Cheng, Jack [Kun] (2008) Roback, Joe (1838)
14 Bates, Darren (1627) Kong, Dezheng (1996)
15 Aquino, Manfrei (1953) Hamm, Robert (1624)
16 NM Wu, Howard (2216) Yonkman, Trevor (1088)
17 Moura, Eduardo (2045) Caluza, Juni (1776)
18 Escandor, Manuel Omana (1774) Crook, David (1919)
19 Koke, Conrad (1732) Leblanc, Paul (1877)
20 Hua, Daniel (1630) Ficzere, Tony (1830)
21 Stewart, Deron (1624) Lai, Jingzhou [Peter] (1806)
22 Parker, Dylan (1614) Sequillion, Aaron (2066)
23 Jarquin, Charlie (1715) Harris, Philip (1931)
24 Aykroyd, Colin D (1922) Martinson, Rick (1673)
25 Forman, Ken (1836) Lo, Ryan (1662)
26 Lambruschini, Alex (1834) Xiao, Alice [Huan Yi] (1642)
27 Diemecke, Pablo (1810) Rathburn-MacKay, Hector (1542)
28 Radic, Dejan (1500) Geng, Tian Tian (1783)
29 Taylor, James (1538) Cao, Jason (1773)
30 Luttin, Shaun (unr.) Tate, Bill (1766)
31 Raymer, Elliot (1760) Qian, Jack (1494)
32 Stephenson, Chris (1422) Hoekstra, Jelke (1995)
33 Bowers, Christopher (unr.) Wright, Polly P. (1729)
34 Holmstrom, Phil (1768) Cannon, Farley (1682)
35 Sullivan, Brian (1682) Paulson, Stewart (1540)
36 Geng, Li (unr.) Boyle, Philip (1650)
½ Fields, Noah Dennis (1536) BYE

Pairings for Round 4. 2010 Grand Pacific Open - UNDER 1400 SECTION

Bd Res White Res Black
40 Wu, Ruining [Ray] (1333) Mackie, Christopher (1212)
41 Richards, Jerrold (1168) Xu, Alec (641)
42 Doknjas, Joshua (1146) Qian, Andy (1160)
43 Geng, Matthew (792) Merino, Luis (1290)
44 Burgert, Conrad (1226) Lee, Daniel (1128)
45 Mackie, Iain (1023) Parker, Brian (1073)
46 Botez, Andrea Cecilia (707) Van Raamsdonk, Remei (600)


Mark S. Dutton, International Arbiter



2010 Grand Pacific Open Chess Championship Schedule

Grand Pacific Open April 2 - 5 2010



Sections: Open (FIDE and CFC rated); U1400 (CFC rated)



Round Times Rd 1 at 6:00 pm Friday April 2nd;

Rds 2 and 3 at 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm Saturday April 3rd;

Rds 4 and 5 at 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm Sunday April 4th;

Rd 6 at 10:00 am Monday April 5th



TD Mark S. Dutton, IA

watch live games here: http://monroi.com/watch/?tnm_id=1366

[Mark S. Dutton]

Looking at the "Game of Kings" from the Queen's point of view 2010 Grand Pacific Open

Castling Queen Side
Looking at the "Game of Kings" from the Queen's point of view.


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[Mark S. Dutton]

IM Lawrence Days wins the 2010 Grand Pacific Open Chess Championship!

Last round victory for IM Lawrence Day to take clear first prize $1,000 in the 4th annual Grand Pacific Open!
[Event "Grand Pacific Open 2010"]
[Site "Victoria"]
[Date "2010.04.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Im Day, Lawrence"]
[Black "Sohal, Tanraj S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "2302"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackELO "2100"]
[BlackTitle ""]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e5 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 Nge7 8.Bh6 O-O 9.h4 f6 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.h5 Rh8 12.f4 Be6 13.Nf3 Nd4 14.h6 Kf7 15.Nh4 Ke8 16.Nd1 Kd7 17.c3 Ndc6 18.Ne3 Kc7 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Nb8 21.fxe5 fxe5 22.O-O Rf8 23.Nf3 Nd7 24.Ng5 Rxf1 25.Rxf1 Qg8 26.Rf7 Re8 27.Rg7 Qh8 28.Rxh7 Qf6 29.Rf7 Qh8 30.Ne6 Kc8 31.Ng7 Nf5 32.Nxe8 Qxe8 33.h7 Qxf7 34.h8Q Kc7 35.Qf2 1-0




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