CDN Closed - Monroi

[Vlad Dobrich]

What's with the site? When I go to Pairings on the site, the message states "under construction" since last night.

[Mark S. Dutton]

Re: CDN Closed - Monroi - will be updated today before 6pm - Fri. May 6th, 2011

What's with the site? When I go to Pairings on the site, the message states "under construction" since last night.

Hi Vlad:

I spoke with Hal yesterday and the pairings will be posted before the first round which begins today at 6 pm. Eastern

No point in pairing until everyone arrives and is confirmed. Also... maybe they will get a surprise entry today to round out the field to 30 players which would be nice to avoid the odd-man bye each round. :)

Dates: May 6-11, 2011
Place: Peter Clark Hall, Guelph University Centre
Type: 9 Round Swiss
Schedule: Rd 1:Friday, 6pm; Rds 2-3:Saturday, 10am, 4pm; Rds 4-5:Sunday, 10am, 4pm; Rd 6:Monday, 1pm; Rds 7-8:Tuesday, 10am, 4pm; Rd 9:Wednesday, 1pm. Playoffs as required to follow.
Time Control: 40/90, G/30 + 30 seconds from move one.

Check back this afternoon at the Monroi website:

http://monroi.com/2011-canadian-open...ship-home.html

We will be watching the live games from across the nation. Enjoy! :)

[Alan Baljeu]

Re: CDN Closed - Monroi

6:54 and no games :(

[Vlad Dobrich]

Re: CDN Closed - Monroi

And STILL no pairings! Are'nt computers wonderful?

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: CDN Closed - Monroi

And STILL no pairings! Are'nt computers wonderful?

Vlad, you should have phone numbers of the players. Phone them :D

[Bill Evans]

Re: CDN Closed - Monroi

Funny one!

Try this out while you"re waiting
White to win.....composed by Steven Galen



solution

[Vlad Dobrich]

Re: CDN Closed - Monroi

HI bill,
GOOD PROBLEM - I'll work on it.
While you're on diagrams, can you go to my Topolov -Kamsky post and set up position with 15....Nec2. Is there a reason that White's queen is not lost?

[Bill Evans]

Re: CDN Closed - Monroi

Hi Vlad,
You suggest 14...Nxe3 15.Rxh6 Nec2


I think the square a4 is just available for the Queen to run to.

[Ken MacDonald]

Well, at least the pairings are up now.

Now, for the games!

[Jean Hébert]

Re: CDN Closed - Monroi

Round 1: Tremblay - Saposhnikov 1-0.
Go Réjean Go! We need a new IM in Québec!

[Réjean Tremblay]

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Thanks Jean! I won with black :-) At one point, the position look totally equal but i try something on the king side and Roman played just one move too fast, 34. gxh5 ? (34. h3 look OK) and after this, I think that i played a great endgame. The critical position and the final position are on Quebecechecs.com.

[John Coleman]

Re: CDN Closed - Monroi

Still no live games (as of 10.30 this morning), but we have pairings:

Round 2
1 Arthur Calugar (2401 : W : 1.0) GM Bator Sambuev (2750 : B : 1.0)
2 FM Robert Hamilton (2370 : W : 1.0) IM Nikolay Noritsyn (2584 : B : 1.0)
3 IM Eric Hansen (2572 : W : 1.0) FM Michael Barron (2328 : W : 1.0)
4 Réjean Tremblay (2238 : W : 1.0) Artiom Samsonkin (2561 : B : 1.0)
5 FM Shiyam Thavandiran (2463 : W : 1.0) David Itkin (2160 : W : 1.0)
6 IM Raja Panjwani (2450 : W : 1.0) Matthew Nicholson (2020 : - : 1.0)
7 IM Leonid Gerzhoy (2629 : W : 0.5) FM Christian Stevens (2378 : B : 0.5)
8 David Filipovich (2174 : W : 0.5) Victor Plotkin (2422 : B : 0.5)
9 Vladimir Drkulec (2202 : W : 0.5) Michael Kleinman (2301 : B : 0.5)
10 Michael Humphreys (2273 : W : 0.0) Roman Sapozhnikov (2451 : B : 0.0)
11 Josh Guo (2272 : B : 0.0) Zi Yi [Joey] Qin (2353 : B : 0.0)
12 FM Michael Dougherty (2312 : W : 0.0) FM Dale Haessel (2233 : B : 0.0)
13 FM Hans Jung (2289 : W : 0.0) Nikola Anastasovski (2190 : B : 0.0)
14 John Upper (2169 : B : 0.0) Miladin Djerkovic (2280 : B : 0.0)
1 Morgon Mills (2056 : B : 0.0) BYE

[Ken MacDonald]

How Disappointing! I was looking forward to watching the games.

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[Dilip Panjwani]

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It would be appreciated if someone from the organizing committee (or maybe even Monroi) could let the chess community know what the hitch is...

[Bill Evans]

Re: CDN Closed - Monroi

Looks like it is up now