Scarborough CC Club Championship Starts
There are three sections to the SCC Club Championship.
The Championship Section is a 10-player round robin of the 9 highest rated club members registering, plus the winner of the prior year’s Open Reserves Section ( or the next place finisher in case the winner qualifies by rating or is not playing ). Here are the players this year ( Unfortunately, WIM Yuanling Yuan ( 2352 ), last year’s champion, was unable to play this tournament, to defend her title ) :
1. Master Rune Pedersen ( 2303 )
2. Master Andrei Moffat ( 2248 )
3. Master Josh Guo ( 2240 )
4. Master Michael Song (2228 )
5. Master John Hall ( 2200 ) – past club champion
6. Andrew Picana ( 2182 )
7. Erwin Casareno ( 2165 ) – past club champion
8. Ilyas Nasirov ( 2142 )
9. Dave Southam ( 2102 )
10. Pepin Manalo ( 1762 ) – Reserves Qualifier
9 players are over 2100 – the top section includes 5 Masters! The current average rating of the 9 by rating is 2201! This may well be the strongest club championship in Canada.
The following won their games in Rd. 1, played Thursday, Feb. 24 – Pedersen, Moffat, Hall, Casareno ( Guo-Southam postponed )
The rest of the club plays in 2 swiss sections – the Open Reserves; the U 1700 Reserves. In the Reserves, members can play up a section if they are within 100 points of the higher section rating floor.
38 members have registered for the Open Reserves – it is headed by 4 experts – Bryan Lamb ( 2145 – past club champion ); Alex Ferreira ( 2081 ), Kevin Wu ( 2080 ) and David Krupka ( 2035 ). All won their first round games, except Bryan who took a bye.
44 members have registered for the U 1700 Reserves.
The total registrants are 92. This is right in line with our first 3 tournaments of this 2010-11 season, which averaged 91 players.
Bob
There are three sections to the SCC Club Championship.
The Championship Section is a 10-player round robin of the 9 highest rated club members registering, plus the winner of the prior year’s Open Reserves Section ( or the next place finisher in case the winner qualifies by rating or is not playing ). Here are the players this year ( Unfortunately, WIM Yuanling Yuan ( 2352 ), last year’s champion, was unable to play this tournament, to defend her title ) :
1. Master Rune Pedersen ( 2303 )
2. Master Andrei Moffat ( 2248 )
3. Master Josh Guo ( 2240 )
4. Master Michael Song (2228 )
5. Master John Hall ( 2200 ) – past club champion
6. Andrew Picana ( 2182 )
7. Erwin Casareno ( 2165 ) – past club champion
8. Ilyas Nasirov ( 2142 )
9. Dave Southam ( 2102 )
10. Pepin Manalo ( 1762 ) – Reserves Qualifier
9 players are over 2100 – the top section includes 5 Masters! The current average rating of the 9 by rating is 2201! This may well be the strongest club championship in Canada.
The following won their games in Rd. 1, played Thursday, Feb. 24 – Pedersen, Moffat, Hall, Casareno ( Guo-Southam postponed )
The rest of the club plays in 2 swiss sections – the Open Reserves; the U 1700 Reserves. In the Reserves, members can play up a section if they are within 100 points of the higher section rating floor.
38 members have registered for the Open Reserves – it is headed by 4 experts – Bryan Lamb ( 2145 – past club champion ); Alex Ferreira ( 2081 ), Kevin Wu ( 2080 ) and David Krupka ( 2035 ). All won their first round games, except Bryan who took a bye.
44 members have registered for the U 1700 Reserves.
The total registrants are 92. This is right in line with our first 3 tournaments of this 2010-11 season, which averaged 91 players.
Bob