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2011 World Open attracts several Canadian Champions!!!
2011 World Open attracts several Canadian Champions!!!
CCA regular campaigner IM Leonid Gerzhoy and GM Mark Bluvshtein lead in the Open Section while Michael Kleinman leads in the Under 2400 Section. Quebecois Moc Adamou-ndiaye and Louis P Morin lead in the Under 2000 Section.
Re: 2011 World Open attracts several Canadian Champions!!!
I'm waiting for my flight in Philadelphia right now.
Although I don't talked to Arthur much, I'm pretty impressed by his result. He got 5.5/9 in the Open. Check out his wins in round 8 & 9 on monroi (against strong FM and strong IM). He doesn't seem to be trying too hard and the game just comes easy to him, sign of raw talent.
I find the World Open really tough. Maybe because I haven't played much Internationally. I scored 4.5/9 in U2400, disappointing.
Re: 2011 World Open attracts several Canadian Champions!!!
Another thing I want to mention is the inflation of CFC rating. At the WO they used my CFC rating of 2300. But during this 9 round tournament I can "feel" its very difficult to "outplay" a 2200 USCF player. I talked to a few other Canadian players and they seem to agree. It might be a bit different for younger players like Calugar because they're improving.
But I think this is well known and I'm not sure much will be done about this.
I'm waiting for my flight in Philadelphia right now.
Although I don't talked to Arthur much, I'm pretty impressed by his result. He got 5.5/9 in the Open. Check out his wins in round 8 & 9 on monroi (against strong FM and strong IM). He doesn't seem to be trying too hard and the game just comes easy to him, sign of raw talent.
I find the World Open really tough. Maybe because I haven't played much Internationally. I scored 4.5/9 in U2400, disappointing.
That's really impressive!!! He deserved the IM Title from the Canadian Closed. He had proven his worth.
Another thing I want to mention is the inflation of CFC rating. At the WO they used my CFC rating of 2300. But during this 9 round tournament I can "feel" its very difficult to "outplay" a 2200 USCF player. I talked to a few other Canadian players and they seem to agree. It might be a bit different for younger players like Calugar because they're improving.
But I think this is well known and I'm not sure much will be done about this.
I think you got a better chance in the Under 2200. I also seemed to agree with those observations. Better still, disregard the ratings of your opponents and just play your game calmly and always struggle to find the best move. Usual problems I encountered were stressed and fatigue (2 games a day), just one night of bad sleep, you're gone.
I think you got a better chance in the Under 2200. I also seemed to agree with those observations. Better still, disregard the ratings of your opponents and just play your game calmly and always struggle to find the best move. Usual problems I encountered were stressed and fatigue (2 games a day), just one night of bad sleep, you're gone.
I couldn't play in the U2200. The rule for non-American players is they take the highest of Foreign rating, FIDE + 100, or USCF. For me, that would be my CFC which is 2300.
Another thing I want to mention is the inflation of CFC rating. At the WO they used my CFC rating of 2300. But during this 9 round tournament I can "feel" its very difficult to "outplay" a 2200 USCF player. I talked to a few other Canadian players and they seem to agree. It might be a bit different for younger players like Calugar because they're improving.
But I think this is well known and I'm not sure much will be done about this.
The relationship between USCF and CFC ratings has not always been linear. For example, about a decade ago, there was a time when, though the average difference was say 100 points, it was more like 200 at some rating ranges and zero at others. That was before the addition of what I'm going to call Happy Points to the CFC system. Those would be the anti-deflationary points added at the suggestion of Robert Hamilton, and the novel bonus point system devised by Peter Stockhausen. Two happy guys.
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