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Registrations close for the Canadian Open tomorrow, July 6. I was at the site meeting which Larry attended and I completely agree that we have a fantastic venue to match the wonderful week that will be the Canadian Open. Here are some of the highlites in my view:
1. All equipment is now being provided! Digital clocks on every board.
2. Terrific international competition - 9 GM's and 7 IMs and plenty of norm chances!
3. Some great side events - GM simuls including one by our own Mark Bluvshtein to benefit the Olympic team. Alex Shabalov will be giving a 960 (aka Fischer Random) simul. Kitchener's FM Hans Jung will be giving a blindfold simul. Also GM lectures, blitz and bughouse events.
4. FIDE Arbiter seminar for those who wish to develop their knowledge and skills as an Arbiter.
5. A $32,000 guaranteed prize fund with generous class prizes.
6. Awesome banquet and closing ceremonies on the waterfront.
Attendance is already over 210 players. Don't forget to sign up by tomorrow! As your Chief Arbiter I look forward to working with everyone next week.
The MonRoi site shows only 176 entries for the CO. Assuming your number of 210+ is correct, this is not a good advertisement for a site that supposedly offers instant information - i.e. live games.
Title First Name Surname Rating Province Category Byes ?
1 GM Harikrishna Pentala 2678 IND
2 GM Evgeny Bareev 2664 RUS
3 GM Luke McShane 2623 ENG
4 GM Alexander Shabalov 2618 USA
5 GM Eduardas Rozentalis 2607 LTU
6 GM Merab Gagunashvili 2592 GEO
7 IM Leonid Gerzhoy 2590 ON
8 GM Joshua Friedel 2586 USA
9 IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2552 ON
10 GM Vladimir Malaniuk 2551 UKR
11 GM Walter Arencibia 2537 CUB
12 IM Tomas Krnan 2484 ON
13 IM David Cummings 2480 ON
14 FM John C. (Jack) Yoos 2461 BC
15 Vladimir Pechenkin 2432 AB
16 Bindi Cheng 2426 BC
17 Roman Sapozhnikov 2418 ON j
18 IM Luis Lazaro Aguero Jimenez 2398 CUB
19 IM Michael Mulyar 2380 US
20 FM Michael Barron 2375 ON
21 Arthur Calugar 2358 ON j
22 Alexander Martchenko 2354 ON j
23 Zi Yi (Joey) Qin 2340 ON
24 FM Vinny Puri 2326 ON
25 FM Michael Dougherty 2322 ON
26 Richard Wang 2318 AB
27 FM Dale Haessel 2316 AB
28 FM Adam Ashton 2316 ENG
29 FM Aman Hambleton 2315 ON j
30 FM Alex Betaneli 2312 US
31 Liam Henry 2311 ON
32 IM Lawrence Day 2304 ON s
33 Keith MacKinnon 2280 SK j
34 Yuri Aronov 2278 ON
35 FM Hans Jung 2270 ON 4, 5, 6
36 FM Brett Campbell 2268 ON
37 Nikita Gusev 2266 ON j
38 FM Kevin Gentes 2254 MB
39 Bernd Wagner 2253 GER
40 Mariano A. Acosta 2253 USA s
41 Bill Peng 2251 ON
42 Sankalp Modwal 2242 IND
43 Michael Kleinman 2233 ON j
44 WIM Dina Kagramanov 2226 ON f
45 Lorne Yee 2222 ON s
46 David Filipovich 2218 ON
47 Ilia Bluvshtein 2216 ON s
48 Paul Gelis 2216 ON j
49 William G. Doubleday 2210 ON s
50 Ian Loadman 2202 ON s
51 Jonathon Zaczek 2179 MB
52 Yuriy Kryvoshlyk 2178 ON
53 Mikhail Egorov 2178 ON
54 Ruperto Frilles 2168 ON s
55 Bob Holliman 2165 USA
56 David Southam 2165 ON
57 Ted Kret 2165 ON
58 Alan J. Walton 2152 ENG
59 Gordon Olheiser 2142 ON
60 Greg Stavropoulos 2132 ON
61 Bradley J. Willis 2122 AB
62 Andrew Picana 2117 ON s 5
63 Maxim Dudkin 2108 RUS
64 Erwin Casareno 2105 ON
65 Ralf Ostermeier 2102 GER
66 Jamin Gluckie 2096 AB
67 Elias Oussedik 2094 NB
68 Daniel Van Heirzeele 2091 BEL
69 Jesse B Wang 2072 ON j
70 Ismail Ibrahim 2062 ON
71 Kit-Sun Ng 2062 ON
72 Alex T. Ferreira 2054 ON
73 Daniel Abrahams 2053 ON
74 Ralph Gregorz 2048 ON
75 Konstantin Semianiuk 2041 ON b
76 Vladimir Drkulec 2039 ON s
77 Alexandru Florea 2034 ON
78 Lawrence Cohen 2031 USA
79 Nick Karlow 2012 USA
80 Dezheng Kong 2006 BC b
81 Helmut Fritzsche 2005 ON
82 Dalia Kagramanov 1998 ON fj
83 Aaron Wu 1993 ON j
84 Stephan Tonakanian 1990 ON
85 Andre Zybura 1989 ON
86 Eric Bennett 1985 IRL
87 Robert Bzikot 1984 ON
88 James Fu 1978 ON b
89 Louis Cheng 1975 BC
90 Rod Hill 1974 NB s
91 Jordan Palmer 1974 ON 1, 2, 8
92 Stephen Fairbairn 1973 ON
93 Daniel Wiebe 1973 ON
94 David Itkin 1966 ON b
95 Kevin Mo 1964 USA
96 WCM Alexandra Botez 1963 BC fj
97 Sam Haziprodromu 1950 ON s
98 Simon Gladstone 1946 ON
99 Matthew Lai 1946 ON j
100 Laurent Allard 1934 QC
101 Pepin Manalo 1932 ON s
102 Ruokai (David) Li 1932 ON
103 Mike Ivanov 1928 ON j
104 Ian Finlay 1926 ON s
105 Yves Ber 1914 QC s
106 Ian Aird 1912 FO
107 Paul Leblanc 1907 BC s
108 Rene Preotu 1907 ON
109 John W Chidley-Hill 1901 ON s
110 Dan Rotaru 1900 ON s
111 Pierre Maheux 1897 ON
112 John Doknjas 1896 BC b
113 Jim Paterson 1889 ON s
114 Paul Stephens 1882 ON
115 Alan Gregg 1876 USA s
116 Oleg Tseluiko 1874 ON s
117 Lali Agbabishvili 1871 ON f 4, 7
118 Ralph Deline 1869 ON
119 Michael Song 1866 ON
120 David Poirier 1855 NS
121 Dmitry Chernik 1855 ON
122 Stephen Lipic 1845 MB
123 Arjun Bharat 1841 IND b
124 Ed Zator 1835 ON s
125 Ferdinand Cale 1829 ON
126 Jaime Solis 1825 ON
127 Michael Zaghi 1817 ON
128 Ferdinand Supsup 1801 ON
129 Jackie Peng 1800 ON fb
130 Robert J. Armstrong 1800 ON s
131 Bruce Dowling 1796 ON s
132 Thomas R. Rehmeier 1795 USA
133 Jack Triefeldt 1791 ON s
134 Branislav Rajsic 1782 ON s
135 Steven Faust 1758 AB
136 William George 1757 ON
137 Chris White 1754 AB
138 Mario Moran-Venegas 1749 ON s
139 Frank O'Brien 1744 ON
140 Juliaan Posaratnanathan 1744 ON j
141 Jose Cabioc 1738 ON s
142 Larry Castle 1734 ON
143 Gheorghe Buzila 1730 FO s
144 Greg Beal 1728 ON
145 Jonathan Lai 1727 ON b
146 Michael D. Sharpe 1726 ON s
147 Ian Mahoney 1718 ON j
148 Vilas Karmalkar 1716 ON
149 Joe Bellomo 1715 ON s
150 Nathan Farrant-Diaz 1713 ON j 1
151 Caesar Posylek 1708 ON
152 Bryan Morgan 1700 ON
153 Norman Devine 1695 ON
154 Joseph Sy 1694 ON
155 Richard Keep 1690 QC
156 Joe Yalkezian 1688 ON s
157 Brian Sullivan 1681 BC
158 Slobodan Petrovic 1676 ON
159 Zehn Nasir 1667 ON b
160 Doug Gillis 1664 ON s
161 Jack Mo 1662 USA
162 John R. Brown 1630 ON s
163 Peter Xie 1629 ON
164 Shafkat Ali 1628 ON 3, 5
165 Doug Sly 1628 BC s
166 Genadi Medvedev 1628 ON s
167 Ken Kurkowski 1616 ON s
168 Razvan Preotu 1606 ON
169 Reuben McCleary 1598 ON
170 Charles Bowles 1591 QC s
171 Henry Grayson 1580 ON s
172 John Young 1579 ON 5, 8
173 Jatinder Dhaliwal 1577 ON
174 Patrick Yu 1572 ON b
175 Bruce W. Thomson 1566 ON
176 Ted Termeer 1546 ON s
177 Henry Cajina 1544 ON j
178 Samir El-Gohary 1541 NL
179 Marguerite Yang 1540 QC fj
180 Michael Rogers 1535 ON s
181 Alex De Cal 1532 ON
182 Hugo Ortiz 1530 ON
183 Kajan Thanabalachandran 1530 ON b
184 Jack Maguire 1513 ON s
185 Matthew Scott 1506 ON
186 Bryant Yang 1500 ON b
187 Andre Siegel 1477 ON
188 Jiaxin Liu 1460 ON fb
189 Wayne Siu 1449 ON 3, 6, 7
190 James Mourgelas 1436 ON
191 Dinesh Dattani 1392 ON s
192 James Law 1390 ON j
193 Jesus Vera 1380 ON s
194 Colin B. Archibald 1377 ON s
195 Isaac Andrade 1354 ON j
196 Paul Radelicki 1317 ON j
197 Stephen Yu 1314 ON
198 Eric Song 1308 ON b
199 Louisa Qianqian Hou 1256 QC fb
200 Daniel Molev 1239 ON b
201 Daniel Sirkovich 1227 ON b
202 Mark Law 1226 ON
203 Rick McCleary 1095 ON
204 Henry Gonzalez 1077 ON j
205 Eric Wang 992 ON b
206 Michael Gomes 964 ON b
207 Kevin K. W. Wang 793 ON j
208 "Victor
" Okon 0 ON
209 Mike Hunnersen 0 ON
210 Yezdi Pavri 0 ON s
211 Jingle A. Kho 0 ON
212 Ralf Köber 0 GER
213 Koresh Ghami 0 ON j
ALERT ! : Entries close TOMORROW, Tuesday, July 6 ( no on-site entries ) - register NOW to get in !!
Registrations close for the Canadian Open tomorrow, July 6.
I got a question from an interested player:
What are registration options for the last minute entries?
("How can I register for the Canadian Open? I think mailing is not anymore an option because of the deadline on July 6.")
I'm not one of the organizers. All I know is what I read in their flyer and it looks like registrations are cut-off this Tuesday. If they decide to extend their deadline, I am sure they will let people know on this forum.
I'm not one of the organizers. All I know is what I read in their flyer and it looks like registrations are cut-off this Tuesday. If they decide to extend their deadline, I am sure they will let people know on this forum.
"Strategy Games"
has been instructed to cut off registrations for the Canadian Open tomorow at 6 pm. You can register tomorrow at any of our 3 locations...after that we will not be accepting registrations for this awesome event!
2. Terrific international competition - 9 GM's and 7 IMs and plenty of norm chances!
Even with 10 rounds and more GMs, some one-section Canadian Opens were hard-pressed to provide norm chances. Last time I looked, the 2010 Canadian Open had 9 rounds.
This difference used to be crucial, because FIDE norm rules required that each norm retain 8 games. With 10 rounds you could drop 2 wins against "norm killers", while with 9 you could only drop one.
OTOH, more players every year have FIDE ratings, which is good, but still a couple of opponents rated up to 2000 can be a bit of a norm killer.
In a one section Canadian Open of 10 rounds, the norm chance was the "rocket" variation where you won all your games for 5 or 6 rounds and then received the necessary strong pairings to maintain a norm level.
There can be exceptions: AFAIR, the 10-round 2005 Canadian Open in Edmonton bucked the odds and produced, AFAIR, two norms. Otherwise, norms in Canada have required (multiple sections, e.g. the Quebec Open or the NBIO), or (10 rounds and specialized pairing systems). In 2003 with 10 rounds and a specialized pairing system, the guy who eventually got an IM norm managed to do so even after losing his first two games.
Did I notice that the 2010 Canadian Open will have a hyper-accelerated pairing system? The 1976 Canadian Open, coincidentally also in Toronto, had a hyper-accelerated pairing system, though the goal then was merely to provide the best competition among 400+ entrants; norms in open events were not on the radar. The hyper-acceleration itself worked OK, but when the acceleration came off (after AFAIR round 4), the leader was due to play a "B" or "C" player ... and then likely another in the next round, depending upon game results!
The story was covered in the CFC magazine of the time. But let's look forward. Tell us how it will work out in 2010 !
Re: 2010 Canadian Open - Will Registration List be Posted Soon?
Rd. 1 starts Sat. at 6:00 PM. Entries have formally closed now . I expect the fiinal registration list should soon be posted.
In the 2010 CO, my U 2000 Class Prize Group ( it's one big swiss ) has 49 players as of July 4 – and where am I?.............. # 49 of course ! I’m rated 1800 dead on. Nothing like a challenge – and I can’t go lower, even if I lose every game !
Here is my opposition this year on the last pre-registration list:
82 Dalia Kagramanov 1998 ON fj
83 Aaron Wu 1993 ON j
84 Stephan Tonakanian 1990 ON
85 Andre Zybura 1989 ON
86 Eric Bennett 1985 IRL
87 Robert Bzikot 1984 ON
88 James Fu 1978 ON b
89 Louis Cheng 1975 BC
90 Rod Hill 1974 NB s
91 Jordan Palmer 1974 ON 1, 2, 8
92 Stephen Fairbairn 1973 ON
93 Daniel Wiebe 1973 ON
94 David Itkin 1966 ON b
95 Kevin Mo 1964 USA
96 WCM Alexandra Botez 1963 BC fj
97 Sam Haziprodromu 1950 ON s
98 Simon Gladstone 1946 ON
99 Matthew Lai 1946 ON j
100 Laurent Allard 1934 QC
101 Pepin Manalo 1932 ON s
102 Ruokai (David) Li 1932 ON
103 Mike Ivanov 1928 ON j
104 Ian Finlay 1926 ON s
105 Yves Ber 1914 QC s
106 Ian Aird 1912 FO
107 Paul Leblanc 1907 BC s
108 Rene Preotu 1907 ON
109 John W Chidley-Hill 1901 ON s
110 Dan Rotaru 1900 ON s
111 Pierre Maheux 1897 ON
112 John Doknjas 1896 BC b
113 Jim Paterson 1889 ON s
114 Paul Stephens 1882 ON
115 Alan Gregg 1876 USA s
116 Oleg Tseluiko 1874 ON s
117 Lali Agbabishvili 1871 ON f 4, 7
118 Ralph Deline 1869 ON
119 Michael Song 1866 ON
120 David Poirier 1855 NS
121 Dmitry Chernik 1855 ON
122 Stephen Lipic 1845 MB
123 Arjun Bharat 1841 IND b
124 Ed Zator 1835 ON s
125 Ferdinand Cale 1829 ON
126 Jaime Solis 1825 ON
127 Michael Zaghi 1817 ON
128 Ferdinand Supsup 1801 ON
129 Jackie Peng 1800 ON fb
130 Robert J. Armstrong 1800 ON s
Well, either I go up, or I stand still. Wonder what it will be?
Bob
Last edited by Bob Armstrong; Wednesday, 7th July, 2010, 04:09 PM.
In the 2010 CO, my U 2000 Class Prize Group ( it's one big swiss ) has 49 players as of July 4 – and where am I?.............. # 49 of course ! I’m rated 1800 dead on.
Ratings might change after processing of rated tournaments (e.g., Hart House)
I thought the third quartile goes from over 1900 to under 1700. Am I missing something here?
I'm not a fan of these kind of pairings.
I don't know if the Class prizes have anything to do with the accelerated pairing divisions... All I have seen mentioned is that "accelerated pairings will be used", but I don't recall seeing any mention of how many rounds of accelerated pairings will be employed.
Re: 2010 Canadian Open - Hyper-Accelerated Pairings
Hi Kerry:
I heard somewhere that they were going to use Hyper-accelerated pairings, like were used in 2007 in Ottawa.
This is what I understand ( and I haven't a clue if I'm even in the ballpark ):
1. In Rd. 1 - the top quarter get 3 ghost points; the second quarter get 2 ghost points; the third quarter get 1 ghost point. The bottom quarter don't get a ghost point.
2. Everyone is paired within their point group.
3. In Rd. 2, everyone who got a ghost point loses 1 ghost point. Again paired within the point group.
4. In Rd. 3, those who got 2 ghost points or more, lose 1 ghost point. Again, paired within the point group.
5. In Rd 4, the top quarter lose their last ghost point. Pairings now back to normal for Rd. 4.
Anyone know if I have a clue what I'm talking about??
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