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Registrations continue to trickle in for the Closed and we currently have 16 players. The IM title is awarded to one player who scores 6 points or more. Who will it be this time? Roman, Arthur, Joey are the favorites by rating. Who's waiting in the bushes? Registration closes on May 5.
1 GM Bator Sambuev
2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn
3 IM Artiom Samsonkin
4 Roman Sapozhnikov
5 Arthur Calugar
6 Zi Yi [Joey] Qin
7 Miladin Djerkovic
8 Dale Haessel
9 FM Hans Jung
10 Réjean Tremblay
11 Josh Guo
12 Vladimir Drkulec
13 David Filipovich
14 John Upper
15 Matthew Nicholson
16 Morgon Mills
Re: Who will score the IM title at the 2011 Zonal?
[QUOTE=Hal Bond;36531]Who will score the IM title at the 2011 Zonal?
I will put my bet on Réjean Tremblay. The main if not only Quebec representative will cause problems for the kids. He is a relentless and well prepared competitor.
I will put my bet on Réjean Tremblay. The main if not only Quebec representative will cause problems for the kids. He is a relentless and well prepared competitor.
I almost forgot: Bator is also representing Quebec this year! So Quebec will take first place and the IM norm. :D
Are you not playing this year? A chance at another memorable adventure in Siberia sounds almost too good to pass up. ;)
Too many days with 2 games. As I told Hal this for me takes most of the fun out of playing chess. The fact that we are moving on May 13th also plays a part. Making boxes is not a good way to prepare for a chess tournament. If the setup had been outstanding I would have found a way to play. But it isn't. Several "sponsors" but very little impact on player's conditions.
Registrations continue to trickle in for the Closed and we currently have 16 players. The IM title is awarded to one player who scores 6 points or more. Who will it be this time? Roman, Arthur, Joey are the favorites by rating. Who's waiting in the bushes? Registration closes on May 5.
1 GM Bator Sambuev
2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn
3 IM Artiom Samsonkin
4 Roman Sapozhnikov
5 Arthur Calugar
6 Zi Yi [Joey] Qin
7 Miladin Djerkovic
8 Dale Haessel
9 FM Hans Jung
10 Réjean Tremblay
11 Josh Guo
12 Vladimir Drkulec
13 David Filipovich
14 John Upper
15 Matthew Nicholson
16 Morgon Mills
I will guess that whoever it is will be under 20 years of age! By the way Dale Haessel is an FM.
I will put my bet on Réjean Tremblay. The main if not only Quebec representative will cause problems for the kids. He is a relentless and well prepared competitor.
Roman and Arthur are strong players. Maybe Réjean will be happy to get one of the two FM titles for a 50% score.
Re: Who will score the IM title at the 2011 Zonal?
I finished 7th ex-aequo at the 3rd New-York International last june. I was 48th at the start by the rating (2197 FIDE). 13 GM and 15 MI played at this tournament. I missed the IM norm because my opponent of second round had 8 games FIDE rated and not 9. He was unofficialy rated 2289. Instead, his rating for the norm calculation was 2050! It make the difference between a FIDE performance of 2442 instead of 2468!
Last edited by Réjean Tremblay; Thursday, 21st April, 2011, 04:44 PM.
I will guess that whoever it is will be under 20 years of age! ...
In that case, I'll be rooting for 'Old Man' Jung. Go Hans!! :)
p.s. for Hans: Don't forget the secret weapon (tapping a pawn on the table and asking, over and over, "Today, tomorrow, or next Tuesday?").
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I will put my bet on Réjean Tremblay. The main if not only Quebec representative will cause problems for the kids. He is a relentless and well prepared competitor.
Is the same person who plays right now in Philadelphia Open? In round 2 he lost to 12 years old Canadian Michael Song, but maybe is someone else.
Re: Who will score the IM title at the 2011 Zonal?
FMs Aman Hambleton and Mike Dougherty have both confirmed. Registration now stands at 22.
Standings. 2011 Canadian Closed: 2011 Closed
# Name Rtng Tot TBrk[P] TBrk[C]
1 GM Bator Sambuev 2750
2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2584
3 IM Artiom Samsonkin 2561
4 FM Shiyam Thavandiran 2492
5 Roman Sapozhnikov 2443
6 Arthur Calugar 2379
7 FM Aman Hambleton 2349
8 Zi Yi [Joey] Qin 2346
9 FM Michael Dougherty 2320
10 FM Hans Jung 2289
11 Miladin Djerkovic 2280
12 Josh Guo 2272
13 Michael Kleinman 2255
14 FM Dale Haessel 2255
15 Réjean Tremblay 2238
16 Vladimir Drkulec 2202
17 John Upper 2196
18 Nikola Anastasovski 2190
19 David Filipovich 2174
20 David Itkin 2173
21 Morgon Mills 2056
22 Matthew Nicholson 2020
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