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Hi chess fans, I am finally alone at home tonight, so here are the initial wall charts from the Ottawa Spring Open this weekend. Due to high numbers of characters from a spreadsheet, each section will be posted as a separate reply to this post. I am then taking a "break" to craft a reply to another thread about our Ottawa events, and then get back to completing the "event report". I'm a little bagged though, so I cannot guarantee that tonight! ;)
P.S. Note that there was some (very little) player floating amongst the first 3 sections (rated both CFC & FIDE), and separately, amongst the last 2 sections (rated only CFC).
N.B. Some player lines have a rating number after their total points. It is much more clear on the PDF that will be posted at the EOCA Tournaments webpage, that it is "FIDE rating".
Last edited by Aris Marghetis; Monday, 7th March, 2011, 12:22 AM.
Reason: added N.B. regarding FIDE rating
Masters Section
1 2718 GM Sambuev, Bator +7 B 1.0 +6 W 2.0 =3 B 2.5 +4 B 3.5 +8 W 4.5 2511 $400
2 2451 IM O'Donnell, Tom -8 W 0.0 =5 W 0.5 +7 B 1.5 +10 B 2.5 +12 W 3.5 2363 $200
3 2433 Sapozhnikov, Roman +9 B 1.0 +8 W 2.0 =1 W 2.5 +12 B 3.5 +6 W 4.5 2279 $400
4 2405 Levkovsky, Alexandre =0 * 0.5 =12 B 1.0 +8 B 2.0 -1 W 2.0 -5 W 2.0
5 2341 Qin, Joey =10 W 0.5 =2 B 1.0 =12 W 1.5 -6 B 1.5 +4 B 2.5 2173
6 2332 Kraiouchkine, Nikita +11 B 1.0 -1 B 1.0 =10 W 1.5 +5 W 2.5 -3 B 2.5 2166
7 2329 Pacey, Kevin -1 W 0.0 =9 B 0.5 -2 W 0.5 -0 * 0.5 -0 * 0.5 2176
8 2318 Voloaca, Mihnea +2 B 1.0 -3 B 1.0 -4 W 1.0 +9 W 2.0 -1 B 2.0 2229
9 2279 Valdizon, Armando -3 W 0.0 =7 W 0.5 =11 B 1.0 -8 B 1.0 -15 W 1.0 2136
10 2224 Marinkovic, Mate =5 B 0.5 =0 * 1.0 =6 B 1.5 -2 W 1.5 =11 W 2.0 2112
11 2218 Oussedik, Elias -6 W 0.0 -14 B 0.0 =9 W 0.5 -15 B 0.5 =10 B 1.0 2013
12 2217 Pace, Christopher +14 B 1.0 =4 W 1.5 =5 B 2.0 -3 W 2.0 -2 B 2.0 2120
U2200 Section
13 2192 Filipovich, David =20 B 0.5 =16 W 1.0 =22 B 1.5 =18 W 2.0 -0 * 2.0 2130
14 2189 Jones, David -12 W 0.0 +11 W 1.0 =18 B 1.5 =24 B 2.0 +21 W 3.0 Amateur
15 2176 Upper, John =0 * 0.5 =0 * 1.0 -0 * 1.0 +11 W 2.0 +9 B 3.0 1968 floater
16 2160 Sadeghi, Saeid +21 W 1.0 =13 B 1.5 =0 * 2.0 =20 W 2.5 +23 B 3.5 2160 $200
17 2095 Forget, David =22 B 0.5 -20 W 0.5 -0 * 0.5 -0 * 0.5 -0 * 0.5 2085
18 2095 Zhang, Zhiyuan =0 * 0.5 =24 B 1.0 =14 W 1.5 =13 B 2.0 -0 * 2.0 1984
19 2090 Palsson, Halldor =24 W 0.5 -23 B 0.5 +37 W 1.5 -21 W 1.5 +22 B 2.5 2025 $50
20 2077 Doubleday, William =13 W 0.5 +17 B 1.5 +23 W 2.5 =16 B 3.0 +24 W 4.0 2077 $300
21 2075 Carrier, Claude -16 B 0.0 -22 W 0.0 =24 W 0.5 +19 B 1.5 -14 B 1.5
22 2057 Desjardins, Michel =17 W 0.5 +21 B 1.5 =13 W 2.0 -23 B 2.0 -19 W 2.0 1986
23 2056 Chiku-Ratte, Olivier-Kenta =0 * 0.5 +19 W 1.5 -20 B 1.5 +22 W 2.5 -16 W 2.5 $50
24 2038 Riordon, Jason =19 B 0.5 =18 W 1.0 =21 B 1.5 =14 W 2.0 -20 B 2.0
U2000 Section
25 1981 Smilovici, Emil +32 B 1.0 +29 W 2.0 +33 B 3.0 =31 W 3.5 -36 W 3.5 $166
26 1950 Spicer, Christopher -33 W 0.0 -31 B 0.0 +35 W 1.0 -28 B 1.0 =38 W 1.5
27 1947 Li, Ruokai +34 B 1.0 =0 * 1.5 -31 W 1.5 -37 B 1.5 =28 W 2.0 1947
28 1937 Kalra, Agastya +35 W 1.0 -33 B 1.0 -29 B 1.0 +26 W 2.0 =27 B 2.5 1709 Amateur
29 1916 Donev, Danail +36 B 1.0 -25 B 1.0 +28 W 2.0 +33 W 3.0 =31 B 3.5 $166
30 1913 Liu, Dan -37 W 0.0 =0 * 0.5 =0 * 1.0 -35 B 1.0 +34 W 2.0 Amateur
31 1910 Brammall, Stuart =38 B 0.5 +26 W 1.5 +27 B 2.5 =25 B 3.0 =29 W 3.5 Amateur
32 1900 Yun, Chang -25 W 0.0 =35 B 0.5 -38 W 0.5 =34 B 1.0 -0 * 1.0
33 1866 Zhang, Kevin +26 B 1.0 +28 W 2.0 -25 W 2.0 -29 B 2.0 +35 W 3.0
34 1862 Pagayatan, Noel -27 W 0.0 -36 B 0.0 =0 * 0.5 =32 W 1.0 -30 B 1.0
35 1857 Laurin, Marcel -28 B 0.0 =32 W 0.5 -26 B 0.5 +30 W 1.5 -33 B 1.5 Amateur
36 1849 Laszlo, Robert -29 W 0.0 +34 W 1.0 =0 * 1.5 +38 B 2.5 +25 B 3.5 $166
37 1833 Vasiloi, Nadejda +30 B 1.0 +38 W 2.0 -19 B 2.0 +27 W 3.0 -0 * 3.0 Amateur
38 1814 Bigras, Jean =31 W 0.5 -37 B 0.5 +32 B 1.5 -36 W 1.5 =26 B 2.0 Amateur
U1800 Section
1 1784 Peters, Romy =0 * 0.5 +13 W 1.5 -3 B 1.5 =11 W 2.0 -10 B 2.0
2 1769 Lidstone, Phil -6 B 0.0 -5 W 0.0 +18 B 1.0 +7 W 2.0 -11 B 2.0
3 1769 VonKeitz, Michael -7 W 0.0 +10 B 1.0 +1 W 2.0 -4 B 2.0 +18 W 3.0
4 1749 Tomalty, Alan +10 B 1.0 +7 W 2.0 =11 B 2.5 +3 W 3.5 -5 B 3.5
5 1748 Villeneuve, Luc -11 W 0.0 +2 B 1.0 +7 B 2.0 +10 W 3.0 +4 W 4.0 $150
6 1706 MacIsaac, Alexandre +2 W 1.0 -11 B 1.0 -10 W 1.0 -0 * 1.0 -0 * 1.0
7 1652 Farah, Liiban +3 B 1.0 -4 B 1.0 -5 W 1.0 -2 B 1.0 -0 * 1.0 Amateur
8 1646 Devine, Norman =0 * 0.5 =0 * 1.0 -0 * 1.0 -0 * 1.0 -0 * 1.0 floater
9 1630 Meyer, Ralf =0 * 0.5 =0 * 1.0 -0 * 1.0 -0 * 1.0 -0 * 1.0 Amateur
10 1624 Yang, Ryan -4 W 0.0 -3 W 0.0 +6 B 1.0 -5 B 1.0 +1 W 2.0
11 1603 Dunne, Francesco +5 B 1.0 +6 W 2.0 =4 W 2.5 =1 B 3.0 +2 W 4.0 $150
U1600 Section
12 1579 MacNevin, Dave -19 B 0.0 -22 W 0.0 =20 B 0.5 +21 W 1.5 +25 B 2.5
13 1558 Sun, Michael +20 W 1.0 -1 B 1.0 =22 W 1.5 -0 * 1.5 =21 B 2.0 Amateur
14 1491 Coulibaly, Abdoul-Karim +22 B 1.0 -19 W 1.0 -16 B 1.0 +20 W 2.0 -17 B 2.0 Amateur
15 1452 Levkovsky, Emil =0 * 0.5 +21 W 1.5 -19 B 1.5 +17 W 2.5 +23 B 3.5 Amateur
16 1449 Eyre, Keven =0 * 0.5 =23 B 1.0 +14 W 2.0 -18 W 2.0 +19 B 3.0
17 1438 Lukezich, John =0 * 0.5 -18 W 0.5 +21 B 1.5 -15 B 1.5 +14 W 2.5
18 1433 Luo, Fangyi +25 W 1.0 +17 B 2.0 -2 W 2.0 +16 B 3.0 -3 B 3.0 Amateur
19 1418 Zhang, David +12 W 1.0 +14 B 2.0 +15 W 3.0 =23 B 3.5 -16 W 3.5 $200
20 1343 Zhang, Jeff -13 B 0.0 -25 W 0.0 =12 W 0.5 -14 B 0.5 -22 W 0.5 Amateur
21 1314 Luo, Tony =0 * 0.5 -15 B 0.5 -17 W 0.5 -12 B 0.5 =13 W 1.0 Amateur
22 1301 Carroll, Billy -14 W 0.0 +12 B 1.0 =13 B 1.5 =25 W 2.0 +20 B 3.0
23 1093 Ju, Terry =0 * 0.5 =16 W 1.0 +25 B 2.0 =19 W 2.5 -15 W 2.5 Amateur
24 1080 Ju, Larry =0 * 0.5 =0 * 1.0 -0 * 1.0 -0 * 1.0 -0 * 1.0 Amateur
25 1017 Amirshadova, Victoria -18 B 0.0 +20 B 1.0 -23 W 1.0 =22 B 1.5 -12 W 1.5 Amateur
Hi again, just a quick update that I have been working on other stuff almost non-stop since the weekend, hence some delays. I just submitted the CFC & FIDE ratings input to Gerry. Next is the event report, and mailing out the prize cheques. I am just leaving to work until midnight, so I now expect to get everything wrapped up by tomorrow evening.
Hi again, in case you don't check your email before this evening, I will be at the RA club around 830pm-9pm, with the prize cheques. For those of you who are not RA members, please check your email, and reply with your mailing address, etc. I will mail your prize cheque as soon as you reply. Thank you for your patience as this took too many days.
By the way, I just noticed that the CFC crosstables for the weekend have been done.
One of the good things about inclement weather, is when you have a passion about something special indoors! Over 60 people thought the same way on the first weekend of March, to come together for the Ottawa Spring Open. The weather was a little strange at times, but no one was more than just a few minutes late to any of their games. Also, once you were onsite, you were all set: the RA Centre in Ottawa provides many rec options, and a full resto/bar.
The players were split up quite evenly across 5 sections: Masters-U2200-U2000-U1800-U1600. All of them are being rated CFC, and the top 3 (formerly 2) sections are also being rated FIDE. The CFC crosstables are being separated along the lines of the top 3 sections vs. the last 2 sections. By sheer luck, there was dramatically low need this tournament for floating Amateur players up, nor even using odd-numbers floaters. For the next Ottawa event, the section rating cutoffs will be shaken up, not just for opponent variety, but also to help inject more FIDE rating performances, especially by U2000 players.
To the results, we started with 63 players, and ended with $2600 in prizes! The Masters Section started with 2 FIDE title players: GM Bator Sambuev and IM Tom O'Donnell, and by the end, young Roman Sapozhnikov was within reach of the FM title! Bator and Roman clearly owned this tournament, only losing a half-point to each other, en route to identical scores of 4.5-0.5, thus sharing the 1st and 2nd place prizes, to the tune of $400 each. A full point behind them, for $200, was Tom, who battled back very professionally from a loss and a draw in his first 2 games, to finish with a score of 3.5-1.5, which was another full point ahead of the rest of the section. All 3 of these top section winners continually demonstrated the grinding edge that makes them elite!
In the U2200 Section, veteran local player William Doubleday took the clear lead by the 3rd round, and virtually never looked back. Bill earned $300 for finishing with a score of 4-1. Right behind him at 3.5-1.5, was another experienced local player, Saeid Sadeghi, who grabbed $200 for his results. For the first time with these particular section rating cutoffs (U2200, U2000, etc), we also had a $100 U2200 3rd place prize. A 50% score was enough to get a piece of this, which was split by yet another veteran local player, Halldor Palsson, and by the very young, and very impressive, Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte.
The U2000 Section was a very friendly collection of good players playing battling chess, and it also ended with by far the closest results of any section. 4 out of the 14 players scored 3.5-1.5 to tie for all $500 in section prizes. In rating order, congratulations are in order for Emil Smilovici, Danail Donev, Stuart Brammall (Amateur, no prize), and Robert Laszlo. This was a wonderfully close section, with many final round games impacting the distribution of prizes.
Moving along to the sections that are being rated CFC only, the U1800 section also wrapped up dramatically across several boards in the last round. Both Luc Villeneuve and Francesco Dunne finished very strongly, to leapfrog into a tie at the top with scores of 4-1. They thus split the $300 in U1800 prizes.
Finishing off with the U1600 Section, 2 young lads, Emil Levkovsky and David Zhang, scored 3.5-1.5 to top everyone else. However, Emil was playing as an Amateur, and so David grabbed the $200 prize all for himself. David, and his brother Kevin, were briefly students of mine a few years ago, and it is great to see both of them rising up the chess ranks. Their parents are also the nicest chess parents, always very appreciative of efforts of Organizers, TDs, etc.
Finally, I would like to thank some key people, without whom this tournament just would not have been the same. It is very often the same names, but I believe very deeply that these people deserve our appreciation for making these events so enjoyable. First up, Billy Carroll went out at his own expense, and purchased hundreds of carbon copy scoresheets to donate to my Ottawa events. John Upper also donated some, and he collected the submitted ones to write an article for the CFC newsletter. In addition, John is PGNing all of the captured games, to be forwarded to Hugh Brodie for his database.
John also volunteered to be our FIDE sections floater, ensuring no forced byes for anyone. and even though he was nursing a bad cold, he posted a phenomenal performance rating over 2600! Norman Devine also volunteered as a floater, for the CFC-only sections. Guys, thank you so very much! :)
Even though the floaters are so critical, often on very short notice, the hard-working guys who help me set-up and wrap-up, save me hours of time. So special thanks to Billy Carroll and Halldor Palsson, especially in cleaning up, which helped me make it home not too late for a mini family reunion. In other words, my wife says thanks too, LOL! Finally, it was great to see Stuart Brammall and Michael VonKeitz. These young men seem to know everything that is happening in our chess community, we could just talk for hours! It really is impressive how engaged Michael is at so many levels of chess governance, and for a relatively youthful arbiter, Stuart is remarkably insightful, demonstrating very clear thinking when evaluating/comparing pairing system variations.
To all of you named in the previous 3 paragraphs, I tip my hat to you! Thanks!
Please visit the weblink below for a PDF of the wall chart. It should be up there in a day or so, followed by links to the CFC crosstables later this week.
My next event will be the Eastern Ontario Open, which will hopefully become the start of a fun chess tradition. We are expanding it to 6 rounds (for the same price as the 5 rounds last weekend), and still including the multiple early registration discounts that people love taking advantage of. Even more special, is that are moving to the Canada Day long weekend. The highlight day will be the 2nd round, being planned for 10am on Canada Day. After that, everyone is free for the rest of the afternoon and evening to enjoy Canada Day in Ottawa. There is absolutely no better day all year to spend in Ottawa, than on Canada Day! All the celebration events in the National Capital area (Ottawa & Gatineau, Quebec) are free. Canadians stream in from across the country, and it also seems to be a popular tourist attraction. There are dozens and dozens of activities for couples and families to check out, culminating with great fireworks. In case you keep partying even after that, our next round will be at only 1pm the next day, providing plenty of time to get back in form!
P.S. To book budget accommodations near the playing site, go to the EOCA Tournaments page (above), for the link to Carleton University Residences.
If you would like to receive details about this next event directly by email, please email arismarghetis@rogers.com to be added to my private email list.
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