Noritsyn tops roster in Guelph Nov. 6-7

**Hal Bond** · Saturday, 30th October, 2010, 01:14 PM

IM Samsonkin will play

IM Artiom Samsonkin joins fellow Olympians Nikolay Noritsyn and Iulia Lacau-Rodean in the FIDE rated Pro-Section of the Guelph Fall Pro-Am.

Advance registration now stands at 35 players. Register by email to avoid the late fee; halbond@sympatico.ca

**Hal Bond** · Sunday, 31st October, 2010, 07:13 AM

Now serving 40

Kitchener Master Michael Humphreys is the 40th player to join us for the Guelph Fall Pro-Am, November 6-7 at the Guelph University Centre. This event is part of the SWOCL Grand Prix.

Wall Chart. Guelph Fall Pro-Am 2010: Pro Section
# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Artiom Samsonkin
2582 146305 (2409) (13503111)
2 Nikolay Noritsyn
2559 132534 (2414) (2604922)
3 Michael Humphreys
2253 131628 (2032) (2607522)
4 Nikita Gusev
2247 128168 (2090) (2602334)
5 Vladimir Drkulec
2231 102868 (1990) (2609452)
6 Mikhail Egorov
2201 110299 (2052) (4177363)
7 Michael Song
2107 144236 (2613190)
8 Laurentiu Grigorescu
2091 145900 (2112) (2604418)
9 Alex T. Ferreira
2066 127516 (2017) (2606763)
10 Iulia Lacau-Rodean
2031 144348 (2024) (1211285)
11 Razvan Preotu
1920 146124 (2613280)
12 Daniel Parmet
1905 (1905) (2039478)
13 Ferdinand Supsup
1900 142366 (2614030)
Wall Chart. Guelph Fall Pro-Am 2010: U2000 Section
# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Adam Cormier
1938 149091 (2614197)
2 Richard C. Moran
1931 128380 (2605260)
3 Robert Gillanders
1897 108202 (2606968)
4 Stuart Brammall
1882 145597 (2609975)
5 Brian Villarreal
1852 (1852) (2043424)
6 Robert Laszlo
1841 104270 (2604892)
7 Steven H. Liu
1840 144080 (2612186)
8 Michael Zaghi
1827 147060 (2614162)
9 Robert Clark
1774 136657
10 Tim Knechtel
1765 106376
11 Liquan Wang
1742 151049
12 Nicholas Jackson
1717 146311 (2614200)
13 Joe Bellomo
1696 109793 (2613484)
14 Daniel Moorehouse
1688 102805
15 Patrick Yu
1678 143209 (2613298)
16 Doug Gillis
1675 111022 (2604361)
Wall Chart. Guelph Fall Pro-Am 2010: U1700 Section
# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Mark Brauer
1680 132166
2 Corin Scheider
1630 151208 (2613093)
3 Zachary Dukic
1550 149507
4 Lee Merrick
1544 143033
5 Yue Tong [Davy] Zhao
1477 148512 (2613387)
6 Jiaxin Liu
1474 149747 (2611872)
7 Sergey Noritsyn
1444 146893
8 James Williamson
1398 105942
Wall Chart. Guelph Fall Pro-Am 2010: U1400 Section
# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Bruce Hurst
1358 112109
2 Benjamin Papernick
1276 146309
3 Richard Chen
1222 148271

**Hugh Brodie** · Sunday, 31st October, 2010, 09:14 AM

Re: Noritsyn tops roster in Guelph Nov. 6-7

It's too bad there is a conflict - the annual Montmagny Open (near Quebec City) is offering $3300 in guaranteed prizes the same weekend. I think they set their dates a year ago.

http://fqechecs.qc.ca/index.php?typ=actu&type=1&id=2971

**Vlad Drkulec** · Sunday, 31st October, 2010, 08:54 PM

Re: Noritsyn tops roster in Guelph Nov. 6-7

Originally posted by Hugh Brodie View Post

It's too bad there is a conflict - the annual Montmagny Open (near Quebec City) is offering $3300 in guaranteed prizes the same weekend. I think they set their dates a year ago.

http://fqechecs.qc.ca/index.php?typ=actu&type=1&id=2971

I doubt that the two tournaments draw on the same player pool as they are 875 km apart.

**Hugh Brodie** · Sunday, 31st October, 2010, 09:55 PM

Re: Noritsyn tops roster in Guelph Nov. 6-7

You get a player (or group of players) somewhere in the middle (e.g. Ottawa) who wants to play chess that weekend.....

**Alex Ferreira** · Monday, 1st November, 2010, 10:59 AM

Re: Noritsyn tops roster in Guelph Nov. 6-7

Hi,

It's difficult to say what should be the distance between two tournaments for "conflicts" to be allowed. 875kms (or whatever it is) is a huge distance, even if only 400+ kms in middle.
It's also a challenge for organizers to know when and where are tournaments being hosted. As an occasional organizer, I've gone through 5 to 8 websites to know where or if a tournament is being held when. Everyone wants to place an event on one or two websites and the others get ignored. All because we don't have ONE official website, clearly. Several tournaments go under the radar at the CFC site, including apparently this one in Quebec.
http://www.chess.ca/quebec.shtml

Alex Ferreira

**Patrick McDonald** · Monday, 1st November, 2010, 12:59 PM

Re: Noritsyn tops roster in Guelph Nov. 6-7

I think that 875 Km is far enough apart for no conceivable conflict.

As an aside, Hal has hosted the Fall Pro-Am on the first weekend of November for many years now. Just as he has hosted the Winter Pro-Am on the first weekend of February for many years too.

**Hal Bond** · Monday, 1st November, 2010, 01:29 PM

Re: Noritsyn tops roster in Guelph Nov. 6-7

Thanks Alex and Patrick.

As much as I would like to lure more players from Quebec, I would expect most of them to play more locally, particularly in weekenders. Hopefully both tournaments will enjoy strong participation. Aris has a nice event planned for next weekend in Ottawa, so it's not clear how many of them will be looking to travel.

Guelph advance registration currently stands at 43 players. You can avoid the late fee by an email registration to halbond@sympatico.ca

**Yelizaveta Orlova** · Monday, 1st November, 2010, 01:47 PM

Re: Noritsyn tops roster in Guelph Nov. 6-7

Hal,
I think I'll be playing in this tournament too. In the Open Section. My dad should be sending you an email shortly.

Thanks.

**Vlad Drkulec** · Monday, 1st November, 2010, 08:15 PM

Re: Noritsyn tops roster in Guelph Nov. 6-7

Originally posted by Vlad Drkulec View Post

I doubt that the two tournaments draw on the same player pool as they are 875 km apart.

Actually they are 923 km apart along the 401 after I put in University of Guelph and the actual address of the Quebec event as the start and end points of the Google Maps request for directions. The 875 km was for a generic Guelph to Quebec City request for directions.

**Bob Gillanders** · Monday, 1st November, 2010, 09:40 PM

Re: Noritsyn tops roster in Guelph Nov. 6-7

Oh boy! I just updated the long neglected SWOCL site for upcoming events.
I checked the EOCA, GTCL, and CFC websites, but never thought to look for conflicts outside Ontario. :(

http://chess.servegame.com/swocl/news.php

Of course, the Montmagny Open organizers were free to list it on the CFC website. ;)
I would encourage all organizers to list their tournaments on the CFC website. It's free with a simple email to info@chess.ca

Added benefit, it gets on the newsletter also. :D

**Hal Bond** · Tuesday, 2nd November, 2010, 09:50 AM

50 players as of this morning

On Thursday the new ratings will be inserted.

An email registration can avoid te late fee. halbond@sympatico.ca
If you choose this option, please arrive before 9:30, cash in hand.

Wall Chart. Guelph Fall Pro-Am 2010: Pro Section
# Name/CFC/FIDE
1 Artiom Samsonkin 2582 (2409)
2 Nikolay Noritsyn 2559 (2414)
3 Michael Humphreys 2253 (2032)
4 Nikita Gusev 2247 (2090)
5 Vladimir Drkulec 2231 (1990)
6 Josh Guo 2204 (2100)
7 Mikhail Egorov 2201 (2052)
8 Brian Fiedler 2136 (2109)
9 Steve Demmery 2134 (2131)
10 Michael Song 2107
11 Laurentiu Grigorescu 2091 (2112)
12 Alex T. Ferreira 2066 (2017)
13 Iulia Lacau-Rodean 2031 (2024)
14 Razvan Preotu 1920
15 Daniel Parmet 1905 (1905)
16 Ferdinand Supsup 1900
Wall Chart. Guelph Fall Pro-Am 2010: U2000 Section
# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Adam Cormier 1938
2 Richard C. Moran 1931
3 Rob Gashgarian 1904
4 Robert Gillanders 1897
5 Stuart Brammall 1882
6 Daniel Wiebe 1869
7 Brian Villarreal 1852 (1852)
8 Robert Laszlo 1841
9 Steven H. Liu 1840
10 Michael Zaghi 1827
11 Robert Clark 1774
12 Tim Knechtel 1765
13 Lee Hendon 1746
14 Liquan Wang 1742
15 Nicholas Jackson 1717
16 Hongyi Li 1706
17 Joe Bellomo 1696
18 Daniel Moorehouse 1688
19 Patrick Yu 1678
20 Doug Gillis 1675
Wall Chart. Guelph Fall Pro-Am 2010: U1700 Section
# Name/Rtng
1 Leslie Tang 1680
2 Mark Brauer 1680
3 Corin Scheider 1630
4 Hugo Ortiz 1587
5 Zachary Dukic 1550
6 Lee Merrick 1544
7 Yue Tong [Davy] Zhao 1477
8 Jiaxin Liu 1474
9 Sergey Noritsyn 1444
10 James Williamson 1398
Wall Chart. Guelph Fall Pro-Am 2010: U1400 Section
# Name/Rtng
1 Bruce Hurst 1358
2 Benjamin Papernick 1276
3 Richard Chen 1222
4 Joey Sexton unr

**Adam Cormier** · Tuesday, 2nd November, 2010, 01:42 PM

Re: Noritsyn tops roster in Guelph Nov. 6-7

Originally posted by Bob Gillanders View Post

Oh boy! I just updated the long neglected SWOCL site for upcoming events.
I checked the EOCA, GTCL, and CFC websites, but never thought to look for conflicts outside Ontario. :(

http://chess.servegame.com/swocl/news.php

Of course, the Montmagny Open organizers were free to list it on the CFC website. ;)
I would encourage all organizers to list their tournaments on the CFC website. It's free with a simple email to info@chess.ca

Added benefit, it gets on the newsletter also. :D

Now that the SWOCL website is up to date is the long neglected $100 for last year SWOCL rating section champions coming to the recipients now(I'm talking about actual money not SWOCL bucks.)?

**Bob Gillanders** · Wednesday, 3rd November, 2010, 07:34 AM

Re: Noritsyn tops roster in Guelph Nov. 6-7

Originally posted by Adam Cormier View Post

Now that the SWOCL website is up to date is the long neglected $100 for last year SWOCL rating section champions coming to the recipients now(I'm talking about actual money not SWOCL bucks.)?

Yes. $100 Cdn for SWOCL grand prix winners for 2009/2010. :D

Noritsyn tops roster in Guelph Nov. 6-7

Noritsyn tops roster in Guelph Nov. 6-7

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