2011 World Open attracts several Canadian Champions!!!

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  • 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.

    http://chesstournamentservices.com/c...011-standings/

    I guess, this is a record attendance in a single tournament outside Canada.

    Live Games on Monroi.

  • #2
    Re: 2011 World Open attracts several Canadian Champions!!!

    Some things i noticed:

    1. Roman Sapozhnkov = IM
    2. Henry Liam = defeated GM from India
    3. Victor Plotkin = isn't he a FM ?

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    • #3
      Re: 2011 World Open attracts several Canadian Champions!!!

      Originally posted by Erwin Casareno View Post
      Some things i noticed:

      1. Roman Sapozhnkov = IM
      2. Henry Liam = defeated GM from India
      3. Victor Plotkin = isn't he a FM ?
      I didn't see Roman and Victor (Norms and Applications) Titles from FIDE website. Maybe at the 82nd FIDE Congress in Poland.

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      • #4
        Re: 2011 World Open attracts several Canadian Champions!!!

        World Open 2011 Standings – Open Section
        Current Standings

        # Name Rtng St Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Tot

        1 GM Gata Kamsky 2741 NY W45 W22 W6 L8 W17 D2 W12 W11 ~3 6.5
        2 GM Michael Adams 2726 ENG W44 W20 W12 W11 D8 D1 W10 D4 ~5 6.5
        3 GM Ilya Smirin 2676 ISR W66 D33 W64 W18 D7 L8 W31 W19 ~1 6.0
        4 GM P Harikrishna 2666 IND W41 W27 D29 D10 D13 W32 W8 D2 ~7 6.0
        5 GM Timur Gareyev 2613 UZB W56 D42 D14 W33 D29 D19 W23 W8 ~2 6.0
        6 GM Giorgi Kacheishvili 2582 GEO W25 W36 L1 W54 D19 W29 D7 W20 ~8 6.0
        7 GM Ray Robson 2545 FL D49 W57 W28 W32 D3 D11 D6 W16 ~4 6.0
        8 GM Loek Van Wely 2683 NED W46 W23 W13 W1 D2 W3 L4 L5 ~6 5.5
        9 GM Tamaz Gelashvili 2616 GEO W55 W40 L18 L42 W45 W53 D21 W30 ~13 5.5
        10 GM Vitali Golod 2592 ISR W37 L29 W41 D4 W34 W22 L2 W32 ~12 5.5
        11 GM Jaan Ehlvest 2583 NY W48 W52 W31 L2 W18 D7 W13 L1 ~14 5.5
        12 GM Aleksander Lenderman 2548 NY W50 W85 L2 W40 W23 D20 L1 W31 ~10 5.5
        13 GM Mesgen Amanov 2517 TKM W51 W65 L8 W36 D4 W28 L11 W33 ~9 5.5
        14 IM Puchen Wang 2437 NZL D71 W67 D5 D64 D53 W43 D17 W27 ~11 5.5
        15 GM Mark Bluvshtein 2611 CAN W47 W78 D32 D17 L31 H— W24 D18 ~21 5.0
        16 GM Victor Mikhalevski 2577 ISR D53 W69 W35 D29 W42 D31 D20 L7 ~23 5.0
        17 GM Leonid G Yudasin 2526 ISR W80 W54 H— D15 L1 W33 D14 D21 ~22 5.0
        18 IM Salvijus Bercys 2468 NY W59 W82 W9 L3 L11 D42 W38 D15 ~20 5.0
        19 IM Mackenzie Molner 2464 NJ W60 L64 W46 W85 D6 D5 W40 L3 ~24 5.0
        20 GM Mikheil Kekelidze 2452 GEO W70 L2 W55 W65 W26 D12 D16 L6 ~18 5.0
        21 IM Yury Lapshun 2442 NY L82 D59 D77 W49 W55 W65 D9 D17 ~15 5.0
        22 IM Darwin Yang 2434 TX W86 L1 D42 W59 W69 L10 D26 W43 ~17 5.0
        23 IM Michael A Mulyar 2399 CO W62 L8 W66 W83 L12 W25 L5 W49 ~16 5.0
        24 IM Jake Kleiman 2375 TN L64 W60 D47 D63 W48 W39 L15 W50 ~19 5.0
        25 Victor Plotkin 2243 CAN L6 W87 D78 D39 W94 L23 W52 W40 ~26 5.0
        26 GM Sergey Kudrin 2543 CT D67 W71 W30 H— L20 H— D22 D35 ~25 4.5
        27 GM Kidambi Sundararajan 2543 IND W43 L4 D38 L69 W63 W66 W58 L14 ~33 4.5
        28 GM Nick E De Firmian 2526 H— W68 L7 W57 W35 L13 H— D37 ~— 4.5
        29 IM Leonid Gerzhoy 2496 CAN W38 W10 D4 D16 D5 L6 L33 W55 ~34 4.5

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        • #5
          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.

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          • #6
            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.

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            • #7
              Re: 2011 World Open attracts several Canadian Champions!!!

              Originally posted by Joshua Guo View Post
              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.

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              • #8
                Re: 2011 World Open attracts several Canadian Champions!!!

                Originally posted by Joshua Guo View Post
                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.

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                • #9
                  Re: 2011 World Open attracts several Canadian Champions!!!

                  Originally posted by Ferdinand Supsup View Post
                  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.

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                  • #10
                    Re: 2011 World Open attracts several Canadian Champions!!!

                    Uscf rating are pretty much dead equal to Cfc ratings, you probably just got unlucky with your players.
                    Shameless self-promotion on display here
                    http://www.youtube.com/user/Barkyducky?feature=mhee

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                    • #11
                      Re : 2011 World Open attracts several Canadian Champions!!!

                      Are the USCF and CFC rating really equal? The USCF usually adds 100 rating points to the FQE rating and still it very often seems to be not enough.

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                      • #12
                        Re: 2011 World Open attracts several Canadian Champions!!!

                        Apparently Americans take off 100 from CFC to get USCF. So that would mean CFC = FQE + 200, which I am not sure is right either.

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                        • #13
                          Re: 2011 World Open attracts several Canadian Champions!!!

                          Originally posted by Joshua Guo View Post
                          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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