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Second, you significantly cut down on the possibility of achieving a good performance rating for anyone who plays someone 500 points below their own rating.
Performance ratings are important because a good performance allows you the possibility of gaining a few CFC performance bonus points.
This shouldn't matter to anyone in the top section of an event because the bonus points are only given out if your rating is less then 2000 (and also less then your peak rating)----
Though if you just said you didn't want to drive from Windsor to Guelph to play some weakies, I am sure many would agree with you.
Razvan belongs in the pro section. I was a little bummed when I saw the first list and it looked like I might be playing someone 500+ points below me in the first round.
This shouldn't matter to anyone in the top section of an event because the bonus points are only given out if your rating is less then 2000 (and also less then your peak rating)----
Though if you just said you didn't want to drive from Windsor to Guelph to play some weakies, I am sure many would agree with you.
I was thinking of the results bonus.
I made a very public New Year's resolution on another website that I was going to stick to fairly strong tournaments this year. I'd hate to break my resolution so soon.
I expect you're right Vlad. The Winter ProAm has been the most popular Guelph tourney of the year, so I am still hoping for 70 players.
Leo Song, father of Canadian U12 Champion Terry Song, will be ensuring that we have wifi internet access in the skittles room. Thanks Leo!!
We now have 40 players. GM Bator Sambuev tops the Pro Section. We have 7 players over 1900 in the U2000, led by the the ever shy Stuart Brammal and Adam Cormier. The U1600 section is topped by Brantford's Tyler Ensor. You can avaoid the on site late fee by emailing me, halbond@sympatico.ca. Here is the list so far:
Wall Chart. 2011 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: Pro Section
# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Bator Sambuev
2726 146462 (2517) (4128290)
2 Nikolay Noritsyn
2582 132534 (2413) (2604922)
3 Roman Sapozhnikov
2412 138609 (2261) (2601842)
4 Arthur Calugar
2364 130889 (2172) (2606933)
5 Michael Kleinman
2255 132631 (2127) (2609479)
6 Nikita Gusev
2241 128168 (2076) (2602334)
7 Josh Guo
2225 105318 (2078) (2682427)
8 Vladimir* Drkulec
2182 102868 (2032) (2609452)
9 Mikhail Egorov
2158 110299 (2031) (4177363)
10 Laurentiu Grigorescu
2110 145900 (2080) (2604418)
11 Alex T. Ferreira
2080 127516 (2026) (2606763)
12 Paul Becker
2077 107968 (2000) (2605821)
13 Andre Zybura
2007 107851 (1987) (2606208)
14 Razvan Preotu
1973 146124 (2613280)
Wall Chart. 2011 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U2000 Section
# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Adam Cormier
1974 149091 (2614197)
2 Stuart Brammall
1974 145597 (2609975)
3 Scott Hare
1942 123559
4 Guannan Terry Song
1938 146052 (1898) (2614189)
5 Ralph Deline
1917 103023 (1897) (2613603)
6 Rob Gashgarian
1913 112426 (2612321)
7 Mahmud Hassain
1902 111177 (2611864)
8 Jackie Peng
1869 142388 (1836) (2609819)
9 Paul Stephens
1850 132545 (2613182)
10 Yuanchen Zhang
1838 148449 (1656) (2611902)
11 John Erickson
1830 103011
12 Robert Laszlo
1813 104270 (2604892)
13 Robert Gillanders
1812 108202 (2606968)
14 Michael von Keitz
1747 128800 (2612119)
15 Lee Hendon
1736 105731
16 Tim Knechtel
1720 106376
17 Hongyi Li
1695 139599
18 Mario Moran-Venegas
1693 143315 (2605279)
19 Patrick Yu
1660 143209 (2613298)
20 Shaumik Baki
1450 149505
Wall Chart. 2011 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U1600 Section
# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Tyler Ensor
1566 145637
2 Corin Schneider
1462 151208 (2613093)
3 Sergey Noritsyn
1462 146893
4 James Williamson
1416 105942
5 Joey Befurt
1350 146568
6 Bruce Hurst
1309 112109
Registration is picking up now that the winter storm warnings have passed. The chances of winning a trophy are greatest in the U1600 section. Players can still avoid the on site late fee by registering by email: halbond@sympatico.ca.
Wall Chart. 2011 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: Pro Section
# Name/Rtng/ID
1 GM Bator Sambuev
2716 146462 (2517) (4128290)
2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn
2582 132534 (2413) (2604922)
3 Roman Sapozhnikov
2428 138609 (2261) (2601842)
4 Arthur Calugar
2364 130889 (2172) (2606933)
5 Nikita Gusev
2241 128168 (2076) (2602334)
6 Josh Guo
2225 105318 (2078) (2682427)
7 Konstantin Semianiuk
2210 144290 (2052) (2607603)
8 Vladimir Drkulec
2196 102868 (2032) (2609452)
9 Mikhail Egorov
2158 110299 (2031) (4177363)
10 Laurentiu Grigorescu
2110 145900 (2080) (2604418)
11 Alexander Friedman
2104 126498 (2615118)
12 Paul Becker
2077 107968 (2000) (2605821)
13 Alex T. Ferreira
2045 127516 (2026) (2606763)
14 Razvan Preotu
2014 146124 (2613280)
15 Andre Zybura
2007 107851 (1987) (2606208)
16 Yelizaveta Orlova
2002 138247 (1923) (2601826)
17 Aaron Both
1984 135887 (2611856)
Wall Chart. 2011 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U2000 Section
# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Stuart Brammall
1985 145597 (2609975)
2 Adam Cormier
1974 149091 (2614197)
3 Scott Hare
1942 123559
4 Guannan Terry Song
1938 146052 (1898) (2614189)
5 Ralph Deline
1917 103023 (1897) (2613603)
6 Rob Gashgarian
1913 112426 (2612321)
7 Mahmud Hassain
1902 111177 (2611864)
8 Yuanchen Zhang
1890 148449 (1656) (2611902)
9 John Zoccano
1881 103094 (2615053)
10 Jackie Peng
1869 142388 (1836) (2609819)
11 Robert Laszlo
1841 104270 (2604892)
12 Paul Stephens
1831 132545 (2613182)
13 John Erickson
1830 103011
14 Michael Zaghi
1826 147060 (2614162)
15 Robert Gillanders
1810 108202 (2606968)
16 Michael von Keitz
1775 128800 (2612119)
17 Lee Hendon
1736 105731
18 Tim Knechtel
1720 106376
19 Joe Bellomo
1701 109793 (2613484)
20 Hongyi Li
1695 139599
21 Mario Moran-Venegas
1693 143315 (2605279)
22 Mario Piccinin
1680 149970
23 Patrick Yu
1660 143209 (2613298)
24 Zachary Dukic
1606 149507
25 Doug Gillis
1594 111022 (2604361)
26 Sasha Chuchin
1536 147910 (2613018)
27 Yue Tong [Davy] Zhao
1508 148512 (2613387)
28 Shaumik Baki
1480 149505
Wall Chart. 2011 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U1600 Section
# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Tyler Ensor
1566 145637
2 Sergey Noritsyn
1462 146893
3 Corin Schneider
1462 151208 (2613093)
4 Chris Wehrfritz
1435 151679
5 James Williamson
1416 105942
6 Joey Befurt
1350 146568
7 Bruce Hurst
1309 112109
We now have 60 players. The hall is set up, thanks to Bruce, Rob, Chris and Mike. I was shopping today for all the snacks - coffee, chips, bananas, and mulitgrain chocolate bars that pass for granola in some circles. Please remember that we are NOT on the 4th floor this time, we are on the lower floor in Peter Clark Hall.
You can still enter by email to avoid the $10 on site late fee, by emailing me at halbond@sympatico.ca. I will check one last time at 6am tomorrow morning. Then I pack up and head to the venue. I am looking forward to a fun tournament.
We now have 60 players. The hall is set up, thanks to Bruce, Rob, Chris and Mike. I was shopping today for all the snacks - coffee, chips, bananas, and mulitgrain chocolate bars that pass for granola in some circles. Please remember that we are NOT on the 4th floor this time, we are on the lower floor in Peter Clark Hall.
You can still enter by email to avoid the $10 on site late fee, by emailing me at halbond@sympatico.ca. I will check one last time at 6am tomorrow morning. Then I pack up and head to the venue. I am looking forward to a fun tournament.
Hey Hal, already sounds like another pro-am success! Have a great time this weekend!
Nikolay has white against Sambuev on top board. Little brother Sergey is also on top board in U1600 section, facing off against highschooler Corin Schneider, the other top seed in the section. In the 30+ player U2000 section, blood is spilling everywhere. Only Cormier and Dukic have perfect scores.
Standings. 2011 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: Pro Section
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Tot
1 IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2582 W11 W10 2.0
2 GM Bator Sambuev 2716 W17 W7 2.0
3 Roman Sapozhnikov 2428 W19 W9 2.0
4 Arthur Calugar 2364 W20 D5 1.5
5 Yelizaveta Orlova 2002 W12 D4 1.5
6 Steve Demmery 2204 H--- W8 1.5
7 Josh Guo 2225 W13 L2 1.0
8 Aaron Both 1984 B--- L6 1.0
9 Razvan Preotu 2014 W14 L3 1.0
10 Konstantin Semianiuk 2210 W18 L1 1.0
11 Paul Becker 2077 L1 W18 1.0
12 Vladimir Drkulec 2196 L5 W20 1.0
13 Robert Bzikot 2008 L7 W17 1.0
14 Nikita Gusev 2241 L9 W19 1.0
15 Alexander Friedman 2104 H--- D16 1.0
16 John Zoccano 1881 H--- D15 1.0
17 Mikhail Egorov 2158 L2 L13 0.0
18 Andre Zybura 2007 L10 L11 0.0
19 Alex T. Ferreira 2045 L3 L14 0.0
20 David Itkin 2036 L4 L12 0.0
Standings. 2011 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U2000 Section
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Tot
1 Adam Cormier 1974 W29 W16 2.0
2 Zachary Dukic 1606 W22 W15 2.0
3 Guannan Terry Song 1938 W18 D13 1.5
4 Yuanchen Zhang 1890 W17 D11 1.5
5 Rob Gashgarian 1913 W19 D7 1.5
6 Scott Hare 1942 W27 D8 1.5
7 Shaumik Baki 1480 B--- D5 1.5
8 John Vlasov 1879 W14 D6 1.5
9 Stuart Brammall 1985 H--- W24 1.5
10 Robert Laszlo 1841 D24 W25 1.5
11 Sasha Chuchin 1536 W26 D4 1.5
12 Jackie Peng 1869 D25 W23 1.5
13 Yue Tong [Davy] Zhao 1508 W30 D3 1.5
14 Mario Piccinin 1680 L8 B--- 1.0
15 Ralph Deline 1917 W28 L2 1.0
16 Doug Gillis 1594 W31 L1 1.0
17 Mario Moran-Venegas 1693 L4 W29 1.0
18 Sanjay Saxena 1706 L3 W31 1.0
19 Hongyi Li 1695 L5 W30 1.0
20 Mahmud Hassain 1902 H--- H--- 1.0
21 Robert Clark 1768 H--- H--- 1.0
22 Paul Stephens 1831 L2 D27 0.5
23 Michael Zaghi 1826 H--- L12 0.5
24 Mate Milinkovic 1635 D10 L9 0.5
25 Patrick Yu 1660 D12 L10 0.5
26 Michael von Keitz 1775 L11 D28 0.5
27 Tim Knechtel 1720 L6 D22 0.5
28 Joe Bellomo 1701 L15 D26 0.5
29 Pino Verde 1724 L1 L17 0.0
30 Lee Hendon 1736 L13 L19 0.0
31 John Erickson 1830 L16 L18 0.0
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