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High praise from Jean! :)
But as I said before, there is always a but.....:(
Why not give a constructive opinion for a change ? It wouldn't kill anybody I am sure. Wouldn't you agree that the Canadian national championship deserves to be displayed better than with everyday plastic sets ? What does it say that a top level tournament in Canada pretty much looks like a scholastic event ? We are not talking about the kind of expense that would require a major sponsor here. It is about taking care of significant details.
Watch the little things; a small leak will sink a great ship. -Benjamin Franklin
Now I have Larry trying to pin me to the wall with very difficult questions and at the same time people asking for links to plastic chess pieces sites. What else do you want ? My credit card number ? :)
Mallon says that the sets being used cost about 15$. Do you really want cheaper sets below 10$ ? Remember, the idea is to improve the national championship...
No kidding. Just search for "plastic chess sets". You will find several possibilities in the range 12-25$ (quantity price). I have seen some of these sets and frankly I would buy one if I could afford it. ;)
But back to the Closed, how much do you think could/should be spent on nicer chess sets, considering that they are going to serve in many other events for as long as we can think of?
Excellent pictures ! Name tags on each board. Good. But we also see the 5$ plastic sets used everywhere especially in scholastic events, which for a Canadian championship could have been replaced by at least good looking plastic sets that imitate wooden pieces, for a few extra bucks per set.
All that and a sponsor and a nice prize fund too! 7 Prizes makes it 1 prize for every 4 players!
2011 Canadian Closed Chess Championship Pairings
Round 9
Bd Res White Res Black
1 GM Bator Sambuev (2750 : w : 6.5) Michael Kleinman (2301 : BB : 5.5)
2 FM Shiyam Thavandiran (2463 : WW : 5.0) IM Eric Hansen (2572 : b : 6.5)
3 IM Leonid Gerzhoy (2629 : WW : 6.0) IM Raja Panjwani (2450 : w : 5.5)
4 Roman Sapozhnikov (2451 : w : 4.5) IM Nikolay Noritsyn (2584 : BB : 5.0)
5 Victor Plotkin (2422 : w : 4.5) Arthur Calugar (2401 : b : 5.0)
6 FM Robert Hamilton (2370 : b : 4.5) FM Hans Jung (2289 : b : 5.0)
7 Morgon Mills (2056 : W : 4.0) Zi Yi [Joey] Qin (2353 : b : 4.0)
8 FM Michael Dougherty (2312 : WW : 4.0) David Filipovich (2174 : W : 4.0)
9 Miladin Djerkovic (2280 : w : 3.5) Michael Humphreys (2273 : w : 4.0)
10 John Upper (2169 : B : 3.5) Nikola Anastasovski (2190 : B : 2.5)
11 Matthew Nicholson (2020 : W : 3.5) Vladimir Drkulec (2202 : W : 2.5)
12 David Itkin (2160 : b : 3.0) FM Dale Haessel (2233 : B : 3.0)
1 FM Michael Barron (2328 : b : 2.0) BYE
2011 Canadian Closed Chess Championship Results
Round 8
But back to the Closed, how much do you think could/should be spent on nicer chess sets, considering that they are going to serve in many other events for as long as we can think of?
A "nicer" for others might be "terrible". Most of the players are already used to the current set. Thus I do not see a need to buy new sets. Just wash before every tournament (or quarterly).
Let's not forget the IM title up for grabs. If I'm not mistaken, there will be a maximum of one IM title for a 2/3 score (i.e. 6 points). That would happen if:
a) Kleinman draws or beats Sambuev.
b) Thavandiran beats Hansen.
c) Calugar beats Plotkin.
d) Jung beats Hamilton.
How are ties broken if two or more of (a), (b), (c), or (d) happen? Is it by a pre-determined TB system, or is it by playoff?
A "nicer" for others might be "terrible". Most of the players are already used to the current set. Thus I do not see a need to buy new sets. Just wash before every tournament (or quarterly).
Oh yes, wash quarterly... Why didn't I think of that ? So what you are saying is that there is no such thing as a "nice" chess set (someone may find it terrible...), plastic or wood is the same, as long as they get washed and people are "used" to them from their scholastic days.
When one realises that canadian chess is dysfunctionnal he finds out that this is true even in the aesthetic sense. No wonder agreeing on a "plan" is impossible; even agreeing on a nice set or a special set is impossible.
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