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Bd Res White Res Black
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) IM 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
We expect to be broadcasting the games live on MonRoi's website starting tomorrow. We will continue to post pairings here as well.
The tournament coverage is off to a disappointing start to say the least. Still no games this morning and links like "schedule" (pretty important to know when to log in to follow the games) and "prizes" are still "under construction" which is hard to understand.
Presumably by Monday it will be up and running but by then the tournament will be more than half over and many people will have given up on trying to follow what is happening. Not too good for sponsors...
Was it not possible (and obviously desirable) to set up and test the whole thing BEFORE the event ? The last time in 2009 I was not home trying to follow the event on the internet, but I was told that trying to know what was happening in Guelph turned out to be quite frustrating. Are we in for a similar experience with the Closed and Monroi this year ?
Bd Res White Res Black
1 GM Bator Sambuev (2750 : w : 2.0) IM Raja Panjwani (2450 : b : 2.0)
2 IM Artiom Samsonkin (2561 : w : 2.0) IM Eric Hansen (2572 : b : 2.0)
3 Victor Plotkin (2422 : w : 1.5) FM Robert Hamilton (2370 : b : 2.0)
4 Michael Kleinman (2301 : w : 1.5) FM Shiyam Thavandiran (2463 : b : 1.5)
5 David Itkin (2160 : WW : 1.5) IM Leonid Gerzhoy (2629 : b : 1.0)
6 IM Nikolay Noritsyn (2584 : w : 1.0) Michael Humphreys (2273 : b : 1.0)
7 Miladin Djerkovic (2280 : w : 1.0) Arthur Calugar (2401 : b : 1.0)
8 FM Christian Stevens (2378 : w : 1.0) Josh Guo (2272 : BB : 1.0)
9 FM Michael Barron (2328 : WW : 1.0) Réjean Tremblay (2238 : b : 1.0)
10 FM Michael Dougherty (2312 : b : 1.0) Morgon Mills (2056 : B : 1.0)
11 Matthew Nicholson (2020 : W : 1.0) FM Hans Jung (2289 : b : 1.0)
12 David Filipovich (2174 : b : 0.5) Vladimir Drkulec (2202 : b : 0.5)
13 Roman Sapozhnikov (2451 : w : 0.0) FM Dale Haessel (2233 : w : 0.0)
14 Zi Yi [Joey] Qin (2353 : w : 0.0) Nikola Anastasovski (2190 : w : 0.0)
1 John Upper (2169 : BB : 0.0) BYE
Last edited by Michael von Keitz; Saturday, 7th May, 2011, 09:41 PM.
Some of the games on MonRoi website are displaying misleading situations on the chessboards! What's going on?
I noticed that just now too (first time I have looked via Monroi at this tournament). There certainly seems to be a problem.
All the more reason for people to drop by in person if possible! lol
Bd Res White Res Black
1 IM Eric Hansen (2572 : W : 2.5) GM Bator Sambuev (2750 : B : 2.5)
2 IM Raja Panjwani (2450 : W : 2.5) IM Artiom Samsonkin (2561 : B : 2.5)
3 IM Leonid Gerzhoy (2629 : W : 2.0) Victor Plotkin (2422 : B : 2.5)
4 Réjean Tremblay (2238 : W : 2.0) IM Nikolay Noritsyn (2584 : B : 2.0)
5 FM Shiyam Thavandiran (2463 : W : 2.0) FM Hans Jung (2289 : W : 2.0)
6 Arthur Calugar (2401 : W : 2.0) Michael Kleinman (2301 : B : 2.0)
7 FM Robert Hamilton (2370 : W : 2.0) Morgon Mills (2056 : w : 2.0)
8 David Itkin (2160 : W : 1.5) FM Christian Stevens (2378 : B : 1.5)
9 Josh Guo (2272 : B : 1.5) David Filipovich (2174 : BB : 1.5)
10 Miladin Djerkovic (2280 : B : 1.0) Roman Sapozhnikov (2451 : B : 1.0)
11 Michael Humphreys (2273 : W : 1.0) Zi Yi [Joey] Qin (2353 : B : 1.0)
12 FM Michael Barron (2328 : W : 1.0) John Upper (2169 : BB : 1.0)
13 Matthew Nicholson (2020 : b : 1.0) FM Michael Dougherty (2312 : BB : 1.0)
14 FM Dale Haessel (2233 : WW : 0.0) Vladimir Drkulec (2202 : W : 0.5)
1 Nikola Anastasovski (2190 : WW : 0.0) BYE
According to the schedule all games are supposed to start at 10:00 a.m. Right now, it is 11:28 a.m. and there is no any games displayed on Mon Roi website!
:(
I'm working on the issue. The devices have been broadcasting the entire round; however, it seems they had not been making it to the website, which escaped my attention, as they were showing up fine on my end. Anyway, as far as I can tell, the games are up now (ignore the first two). I'll continue to monitor the situation.
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