Alliston Chess Open 2011 - October 14th to 16th

[Geordie Derraugh]

Some games and photos

[Event "Alliston Open 2011"]
[Site "Chess5"]
[Date "2011.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Doug Gilllis"]
[Black "Rick Strongitharm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1594"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D01"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.e4 Be7 5.e5 Ne4 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nxe4 dxe4 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Ne2 Nc6 10.Ng3 Rd8 11.c3 Qh4 12.Qe3 f6 13.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 14.Nxe4 fxe5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Be2 Bd7 17.Nc5 Bc6 18.Nxe6 Rd7 19.O-O Rd6 20.Nxc7 Rad8 21.Rfd1 Nd3 22.Rxd3 Rxd3 23.Bxd3 Rxd3 24.Ne6 Bd5 25.Nf4 Rd2 26.Nxd5 Rxd5 27.Kf1 Rh5 28.h3 Re5 29.Re1 Rxe1+ 30.Kxe1 a5 31.Kd2 b6 32.Kd3 h5 33.Ke4 Kf8 1-0

[Event "Alliston Open 2011"]
[Site "Chess5"]
[Date "2011.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adam Palmer"]
[Black "Tom Bozinoski"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "1720"]
[ECO "A05"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4 9.dxe4 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bxe4 11.Bf4 c5 12.c4 O-O 13.Rac1 h6 14.Re1 Bc6 15.Rcd1 Na6 16.h4 Rac8 17.a3 Nb8 18.Ne5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Rfe8 20.Re4 Bf6 21.Rd2 Red8 22.Be3 Rxd2 23.Bxd2 Nc6 24.Bc3 Bxe5 25.Bxe5 Nxe5 26.Rxe5 Rd8 27.b4 cxb4 28.axb4 Rd4 29.c5 Rxb4 30.c6 Rc4 31.f4 Rxc6 32.g4 f6 33.Re3 Kf7 34.f5 e5 35.g5 hxg5 36.hxg5 Ke7 37.g6 b5 38.Kg3 a5 39.Kf3 b4 40.Rd3 Rc3 41.Rxc3 bxc3 42.Ke3 e4 43.Kd4 c2 0-1

[Event "Alliston Open 2011"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2011.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bernie Prost"]
[Black "Haizhou Xu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[ECO ""]

[Event "?"][Site "?"][Date "????.??.??"][Round "?"][White "Enter New Game"][Black "?"][Result "*"][PlyCount "74"]1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Bd3Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 Be7 11. Qe1 b4 12. Nce2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bf2 Nc515. Bc4 O-O 16. Bb3 Rc8 17. Rd1 Qa5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. a3 Na4 20. axb4 Bxb4 21.c3 Bd6 22. Ra1 Bb7 23. b3 Qe5 24. Bg3 Qe3+ 25. Bf2 Qh6 26. g3 Nc5 27. Qc1 Qf628. Be3 e5 29. b4 Nd3 30. Qd2 exd4 31. Bxd4 Qg6 32. Ra5 f6 33. Qa2+ Kh8 34. Qe6Bc7 35. Ra3 Rfe8 36. Qa2 Qh5 37. c4 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Alliston Open 2011"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2011.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Haizhou Xu"]
[Black "Bindi Cheng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO ""]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. d3 h6 8. Rb1 e5
9. c5 g5 10. cxd6 cxd6 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxg5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 Qd7 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15.
Bxb7 Nbd7 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Qb3 d5 18. e4 f4 19. Nxd5 Kh8 20. Kg2 f3+ 21. Kxf3
Qh3 22. Ke2 Ng4 23. Ne7 Qh5 24. Qe6 Ngf6+ 25. f3 Re8 26. g4 Qh6 27. h4 Nf8 28.
Qf7 Rxe7 29. Qxe7 Ng6 30. Qd8+ Ng8 31. g5 Nf4+ 32. Kd2 Qe6 33. Rbc1 Kh7 34. Rh1
Qxa2+ 35. Rc2 Qb3 36. Qd6 Ne6 37. Rb1 Qxb1 38. Qxe6 Qxb4+ 39. Ke2 Ne7 40. h5
Qb1 41. Rc7 Qb2+ 42. Ke1 Qb1+ 43. Kf2 Qb2+ 44. Kg3 Qb1 45. Qh3 Qg1+ 46. Kh4 Qe3
47. Qg3 Bf8 48. Qxe5 Kg8 49. Qe6+ Kh8 50. Qe5+ Kg8 51. Qg3 Qd4 52. f4 Qd6 53.
Rxa7 Nc6 54. Ra8 Kf7 55. f5 Ne5 56. Ra5 Bg7 57. Rd5 Qe7 58. f6 Bxf6 59. gxf6
Qxf6+ 60. Kh3 Qf1+ 61. Qg2 Qf4 62. Rxe5 Qxe5 63. Qg6+ Ke7 64. h6 Qc3 65. Qg7+ 1-0



[Event "Alliston Open 2011"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2011.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bindi Cheng"]
[Black "Yuanchen Zhang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[ECO ""]

[Event "?"][Site "?"][Date "????.??.??"][Round "?"][White "?"][Black "?"][Result "*"][PlyCount "69"]1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 d6 7. e4 Qb6 8. Na3Nbd7 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. a4 g6 11. Ne2 Bg7 12. g4 b6 13. Ng3 h5 14. g5 Nh7 15. h4Bb7 16. Be3 O-O-O 17. a5 b5 18. a6 bxc4 19. axb7+ Kb8 20. Bxc4 Nb6 21. Bb5 Qxb722. Bc6 Qc7 23. Ra6 e6 24. O-O exd5 25. exd5 f5 26. Bf2 Rhf8 27. Qc2 Rf7 28. b4Be5 29. Ne2 Nf8 30. Rfa1 Bg7 31. bxc5 dxc5 32. Rxb6+ Qxb6 33. Rb1 Qxb1+ 34.Qxb1+ Kc8 35. Bg3 1-0

[Event "Alliston Open 2011"]
[Site "Chess5"]
[Date "2011.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Doug Gilllis"]
[Black "Tom Bozinoski"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1594"]
[BlackElo "1720"]
[ECO ""]

[Event "?"][Site "?"][Date "????.??.??"][Round "?"][White "?"][Black "?"][Result "*"][PlyCount "87"]1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Ng8 8.Bxe7 Nxe7 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Qe2 a6 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. h4 Nc5 13. Be4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4Bd7 15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. Qc4 Kb8 17. Qc5 h6 18. Nd4 Qxc5 19. Nxc5 Nxe5 20. f4 Nc621. Nxd7+ Rxd7 22. Nxc6+ Kc8 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Ne5+ Ke7 25. Rd1 Kf6 26. Rd7 Rf827. Rxc7 Kf5 28. g3 f6 29. Rf7 Rxf7 30. Nxf7 Kg4 31. Nd8 Kxg3 32. Nxe6 g6 33.Nf8 Kxh4 34. Nxg6+ Kg4 35. Kc1 Kf5 36. Nh4+ Kxf4 37. Kd2 h5 38. Ke2 Kg4 39. Nf3Kg3 40. Nd4 h4 41. Nf5+ Kg4 42. Ne3+ Kg3 43. Nf1+ Kg2 44. Ne3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alliston Open 2011"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2011.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alex Ferreira"]
[Black "Bernie Prost"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[ECO ""]

[Event "?"][Site "?"][Date "????.??.??"][Round "?"][White "?"][Black "?"][Result "*"][PlyCount "68"]1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Bxe5 9. Rd1 Qf6 10. Qxf6 Nxf6 11. f4 Bd6 12. Nc3 O-O-O 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bd4Bxf4 15. Rf1 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Rxd4 17. g3 f6 18. Rf4 h5 19. Raf1 Bxg3 20. Ne2 Bxf421. Nxd4 Be5 22. Nf5 g6 23. Ne7+ Kd7 24. Nxg6 Rg8 25. Nxe5+ fxe5 26. Rf7+ Kd627. Rf5 Rg6 28. Rf7 Nf6 29. c4 Nxe4 30. b4 c5 31. b5 axb5 32. cxb5 b6 33. Rf3c4 34. Re3 Ng3+ 0-1

[Geordie Derraugh]

Results, pairings, photos

Pairings for Round 5. Alliston Open 2011: Open
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 4 Michael Song 1 Bindi Cheng
2 7 Alex T Ferreira 2 Haizhou Xu
3 9 Bernie Prost 5 Razvan Preotu


Standings. Alliston Open 2011: Open
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot Prize
1 Bindi Cheng 141968 2516 W6 L2 W7 W3 3.0
2 Haizhou Xu 138986 2224 W9 W1 L3 W4 3.0
3 Razvan Preotu 146124 2105 H--- W8 W2 L1 2.5
4 Michael Song 144236 2119 H--- D7 W9 L2 2.0
5 Mikhail Egorov 110299 2097 H--- H--- U--- W9 2.0
6 Alex T Ferreira 127516 2068 L1 L9 B--- D7 1.5
7 Yuanchen Zhang 148449 1978 H--- D4 L1 D6 1.5
8 Geordie Derraugh 132393 2147 H--- L3 H--- U--- 1.0
9 Bernie Prost 105432 1674 L2 W6 L4 L5 1.0


Pairings for Round 5. Alliston Open 2011: U2000
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 4 Eric Wang 1 Tom Bozinoski
2 3 Jiaxin Liu 2 Doug Gillis
3 10 Rick Strongitharm 11 Graeme Knight
4 9 Adam Palmer 5 James Williamson
5 6 1 Brian Warburton 8 0 Robert Girard
6 7 Benjamin Lin 12 Wesley Rose

Standings. Alliston Open 2011: U2000
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Tot Prize
1 Tom Bozinoski 107747 1720 W9 W10 D2 D4 3.0
2 Doug Gillis 111022 1594 W11 W8 D1 D5 3.0
3 Eric Wang 149398 1431 H--- D5 W8 W6 3.0
4 Jiaxin Liu 149747 1538 H--- D6 W7 D1 2.5
5 Graeme Knight unr. D6 D3 W10 D2 2.5
6 James Williamson 105942 1224 D5 D4 W11 L3 2.0
7 Benjamin Lin 151128 1166 H--- W9 L4 D10 2.0
8 Robert Girard 152115 894 B--- L2 L3 W12 2.0
9 Adam Palmer unr. L1 L7 W12 W11 2.0
10 Brian Warburton 152485 1217 W12 L1 L5 D7 1.5
11 Rick Strongitharm unr. L2 W12 L6 L9 1.0
12 Wesley Rose unr. L10 L11 L9 L8 0.0

[Geordie Derraugh]

Final Standings

Standings. Alliston Open 2011: Open
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 Bindi Cheng 141968 2516 W6 L2 W7 W3 W4 4.0
2 Haizhou Xu 138986 2224 W9 W1 L3 W4 W6 4.0
3 Razvan Preotu 146124 2105 H--- W8 W2 L1 W9 3.5
4 Michael Song 144236 2119 H--- D7 W9 L2 L1 2.0
5 Mikhail Egorov 110299 2097 H--- H--- U--- W9 U--- 2.0
6 Alex T Ferreira 127516 2068 L1 L9 B--- D7 L2 1.5
7 Yuanchen Zhang 148449 1978 H--- D4 L1 D6 U--- 1.5
8 Geordie Derraugh 132393 2147 H--- L3 H--- U--- U--- 1.0
9 Bernie Prost 105432 1674 L2 W6 L4 L5 L3 1.0


Standings. Alliston Open 2011: U2000
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 Tom Bozinoski 107747 1720 W9 W8 D2 D4 W5 4.0
2 Doug Gillis 111022 1594 W11 W10 D1 D3 D4 3.5
3 Graeme Knight unr. D7 D5 W8 D2 W11 3.5
4 Jiaxin Liu 149747 1538 H--- D7 W6 D1 D2 3.0
5 Eric Wang 149398 1431 H--- D3 W10 W7 L1 3.0
6 Benjamin Lin 151128 1166 H--- W9 L4 D8 W12 3.0
7 James Williamson 105942 1224 D3 D4 W11 L5 D9 2.5
8 Brian Warburton 152485 1217 W12 L1 L3 D6 W10 2.5
9 Adam Palmer unr. L1 L6 W12 W11 D7 2.5
10 Robert Girard 152115 894 B--- L2 L5 W12 L8 2.0
11 Rick Strongitharm unr. L2 W12 L7 L9 L3 1.0
12 Wesley Rose unr. L8 L11 L9 L10 L6 0.0

[Robert Song]

Re: Final Standings

Hi Geordie,

Thanks for organizing the great event. We enjoyed the time over there. Lots of space for relax in the location, free lunch first day for players, free internet access...etc. Well done!

BTW, Could you list the amount of pirze as well? If you can put together a event report, it wil be perfect.

Thanks,

[Geordie Derraugh]

Re: Alliston Chess Open 2011 - October 14th to 16th

Thanks Robert. I will post a tournament report this weekend or next week. After my midterms ;)

[Geordie Derraugh]

Re: Alliston Chess Open 2011 - October 14th to 16th

The 2nd edition of the Alliston Open went off without a hitch this year. I received nothing but positive feedback and support throughout the event, so I thank you all for that!

There are many people I'd like to thank for their efforts. In no particular order...

Les Stevens, who lent us some sets and clocks, all of which were put to good use ;) He also ran the kids tourney on Saturday

Alex Ferreira, who did an impromptu simul for the kids tourney

Mikhail Egorov, who stepped in as a 'floater'

My family for helping out with rides and providing beds, couches, and a bed made out of covers for the U of T contingent.

Brian Warburton, who brought along some back up sets and analog clocks

My girlfriend, Ashley, who helped out with everything. But more importantly, she puts up with me and allows me to do crazy things like run chess tournaments

The local sponsors, for supporting chess in the community

Last but not least, Angela and Marsha from the Gibson Centre, who allowed us to use their beautiful building, once again rent free, for the entire weekend!

And thanks to anyone else who helped out who I may have missed.


Here's a rough estimate of where all the money went:

Discounted entries: 13 x $40 = $520
Full price entries: 2 x $60 = $120
Sponsors: $75

Total Revenue: $715

Prize Fund: $310
Open Section
1st $120
2nd $50

U2000
1st $80
2nd $40
3rd $20

Pizza/Pop/Water: $120
Printing/paper/gas money: $70
Rating fees: $57

Hope everyone enjoyed themselves, and hope to see you all again next year!

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Alliston Chess Open 2011 - October 14th to 16th

The 2nd edition of the Alliston Open went off without a hitch this year. I received nothing but positive feedback and support throughout the event, so I thank you all for that!

There is one more positive printed feeback by the player (Brian Warburton) The Auroran wrote about its three seniors who played in the tournament.

http://www.theauroran.com/online/archive
Look for October 25 issue, page 19.

A short excerpt:
"Treated as adults in the tournament, these young players exhibited patience and focus on the game beyond their years, and contested games with spirit that lasted several hours. They were extremely competitive and showed excellent character, and are a credit to Canada, and I add, they made our seniors young once more!" (bold mine)

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: Alliston Chess Open 2011 - October 14th to 16th

Hi Geordie:

Keep growing this tournament, and maybe one day the expenses line can contain an organizer's stipend too!

Great volunteer job you are doing.

Bob