Congratulations on Canadian Championship

[Gordon Ritchie]

Warmest congratulations to all involved in making the Canadian Championship such an outstanding success. Hal Bond and his team stepped into fill the breech at the last minute and pulled it off. Bator Sambuev continued his run at the top of Canadian chess and, of course, Eric Hansen established himself as one of Canada's strongest players and a worthy representative at the World Cup. In all, a great achievement. Congratulations to all!

[Bob Armstrong]

A Worthy National Championship

I'd just like to say " ditto ".

I think CFC can be quite proud of this year's Closed/Zonal - it was a worthy national championship.

And thanks to all the participants who took time out to play - we patzers throughly enjoyed watching you all battle it out.

Bob

[Bindi Cheng]

Re: Congratulations on Canadian Championship

I'm really confused, did Bator lose the tiebreaks game and how come Victor got the FM title before Morgan Mills? The sadness of missing a zonal :(

[Gordon Ritchie]

Re: Congratulations on Canadian Championship

I'm really confused, did Bator lose the tiebreaks game and how come Victor got the FM title before Morgan Mills? The sadness of missing a zonal :(

This is all discussed at great(er) length elsewhere on this board. You are not alone in your confusion/dismay/disagreement.:)

[Bindi Cheng]

Re: Congratulations on Canadian Championship

Pfft nevermind, I just found the post lol, thanks Gordon :D

[Bob Armstrong]

My Best Understanding

Hi Bindi:

1. Bator won tie-break - thus the title of Canadian Champion, and the spot on the 2012 Can. Olympiad team. He would have won the right to go to the World Cup as Canada's rep., but for a few reasons, he declined that prize, and so it goes to Eric as runner-up.
2. Morgon couldn't get the FM title because he only had 4/8, since one round he got a " bye ", and that disqualifies him ( though Jonathan Berry is trying to make a determined legal argument based on the FIDE rules that Canada is misinterpreting the FIDE rule on " byes " and titles ).
3. Miladin Djerkovic left the playing hall, not knowing that he had a shot at the FM title. Victor Plotkin apparently, if I understand correctly, did not wish to now play a tie-break match. So Hal has awarded the title to Victor, since he was there to play at the time he was supposed to ( My guessing at the reasoning ).

Everyone can now jump on me for my inaccuracies !

Bob

[Kerry Liles]

Re: My Best Understanding

Hi Bindi:

1. Bator won tie-break - thus the title of Canadian Champion, and the spot on the 2012 Can. Olympiad team. He would have won the right to go to the World Cup as Canada's rep., but for a few reasons, he declined that prize, and so it goes to Eric as runner-up.
2. Morgon couldn't get the FM title because he only had 4/8, since one round he got a " bye ", and that disqualifies him ( though Jonathan Berry is trying to make a determined legal argument based on the FIDE rules that Canada is misinterpreting the FIDE rule on " byes " and titles ).
3. Miladin Djerkovic left the playing hall, not knowing that he had a shot at the FM title. Victor Plotkin apparently, if I understand correctly, did not wish to now play a tie-break match. So Hal has awared the title to Victor, since he was there to play at the time he was supposed to ( My guessing at the reasoning ).

Everyone can now jump on me for my inaccuracies !

Bob

Re: #3 - how could anyone dispute your speculation since there are no facts or reports on any of that (to the best of my knowledge...)

[Bindi Cheng]

Re: Congratulations on Canadian Championship

Thanks Bob, btw Kerry, I think he's just saying based on his interpretations, I went through the chesstalk posts and that's the same conclusion that I come under as well

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: My Best Understanding

3. Miladin Djerkovic left the playing hall, not knowing that he had a shot at the FM title. Victor Plotkin apparently, if I understand correctly, did not wish to now play a tie-break match. So Hal has awarded the title to Victor, since he was there to play at the time he was supposed to ( My guessing at the reasoning ).

As I understand Miladin Djerkovic had once 2320 (in 1990, data from http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/ratings ), thus he fulfilled the requirement for FM long time ago.
(I assume that he is the same person as in the list.)

[Jonathan Berry]

Re: My Best Understanding

2. Morgon couldn't get the FM title because he only had 4/8, since one round he got a " bye ", and that disqualifies him ( though Jonathan Berry is trying to make a determined legal argument based on the FIDE rules that Canada is misinterpreting the FIDE rule on " byes " and titles ).

Everyone can now jump on me for my inaccuracies !

Bob

LOL. I love it. Jonathan Berry versus Canada. And here I was dreaming that it was merely Jonathan Berry versus Ontario.

[Larry Bevand]

Re: My Best Understanding

LOL. I love it. Jonathan Berry versus Canada. And here I was dreaming that it was merely Jonathan Berry versus Ontario.

The more important question...will the B.C. chess icons such as Jonathan Berry, Lynn Stringer, Mark Dutton, Greg Churchill, Roger Patterson (Keres Memorial?), Ken Jensen etc...visit the Canadian Chess Challenge in Victoria this weekend? Sunday Night is team night...a time for each province to have a good time together...since I am not affiliated with any team (yes...I do have my preferences LOL)...if the icons are showing up...then let's party :)

Larry

[Roger Patterson]

Re: My Best Understanding

The more important question...will the B.C. chess icons such as Jonathan Berry, Lynn Stringer, Mark Dutton, Greg Churchill, Roger Patterson (Keres Memorial?), Ken Jensen etc...visit the Canadian Chess Challenge in Victoria this weekend? Sunday Night is team night...a time for each province to have a good time together...since I am not affiliated with any team (yes...I do have my preferences LOL)...if the icons are showing up...then let's party :)

Larry

Moi, an icon? Click on me and I'll clock you. :-)

But regrettably, I will be preoccupied with the Keres. But you should get a pretty good fraction of that list showing up.

[Mark S. Dutton]

Re: 2011 Canadian Chess Challenge - Beach Party and Awards - Saturday in Victoria, BC

The more important question...will the B.C. chess icons such as Jonathan Berry, Lynn Stringer, Mark Dutton, Greg Churchill, Roger Patterson (Keres Memorial?), Ken Jensen etc...visit the Canadian Chess Challenge in Victoria this weekend? Sunday Night is team night...a time for each province to have a good time together...since I am not affiliated with any team (yes...I do have my preferences LOL)...if the icons are showing up...then let's party :)

Larry

Hello Larry:

I will be at the Canadian Chess Challenge this weekend in Victoria.

I would not want to miss BLITZ ON THE BEACH on Saturday afternoon!



2011 Canadian Chess Challenge - Beach Party and Awards



BBQ and Beach Blitz Chess Tickets now available here http://2011beachchessfest.eventbrite.com

This could be the largest blitz tournament in Canada!

Pre registered player list http://victoriajuniorchess.pbworks.c...istered-player



Chess .... and the best coast of Canada - it doesn't get any better than this! :)

[Mark S. Dutton]

Beach Chess Fest Saturday May 21st, 2011 in VICTORIA BC - Re: My Best Understanding

The more important question...will the B.C. chess icons such as Jonathan Berry, Lynn Stringer, Mark Dutton, Greg Churchill, Roger Patterson (Keres Memorial?), Ken Jensen etc...visit the Canadian Chess Challenge in Victoria this weekend? Sunday Night is team night...a time for each province to have a good time together...since I am not affiliated with any team (yes...I do have my preferences LOL)...if the icons are showing up...then let's party :)

Larry

In Victoria -- A Beach Chess Fest was held Saturday, May 21 at Willows Beach in Oak Bay B.C. The Beach Chess Fest included a Sand Castle Competition, skim board demos, other games and of course Chess. Many events are free and are open to all ages. A BBQ will top it all off starting at 5 pm. Buses will take players from the UVIC residences on a scenic tour along the ocean to Willows Beach.

Pictured here is Canada's newest FM Victor Plotkin discussing his last round marathon vs. IM Arthur Calugar with Larry Bevand and myself. Interesting that Victor describes his Canadian championship final round in very different terms than was falsely reported here on ChessTalk (and other inaccurate Blogs) by others after the last round. :)

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[Event "2011 SAP Canadian Closed"]
[Site "Guelph"]
[Date "2011.05.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Plotkin, Victor"]
[Black "Calugar, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "2422"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackELO "2401"]
[BlackTitle ""]
[Source "MonRoi"]

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