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Hi chess fans, due to posting size limits I will post each section as a separate reply.
Realistically, I am too tired to do more tonight. However, I encourage the following players, who left before taking their prize cheque, to please email me their snail mail address :
Roman Sapozhnikov
Tom O'Donnell
David Forget
Kevin Wan
# rating FIDE name: title last, first round 1 round 2 round 3 round 4 round 5 prize
result# WB* total result# WB* total result# WB* total result# WB* total result# WB* total
1 2365 2166 Qin, Joey +6 W 1.0 -2 W 1.0 =3 B 1.5 -4 W 1.5 -5 B 1.5
2 2458 2388 IM Hartman, Brian -5 W 0.0 +1 B 1.0 =6 W 1.5 -3 W 1.5 =4 B 2.0
3 2444 2356 IM O'Donnell, Tom =4 W 0.5 -5 B 0.5 =1 W 1.0 +2 B 2.0 =6 W 2.5 $200
4 2409 2301 FM Sapozhnikov, Roman =3 B 0.5 +6 B 1.5 -5 W 1.5 +1 B 2.5 =2 W 3.0 $300
5 2700 2528 GM Sambuev, Bator +2 B 1.0 +3 W 2.0 +4 B 3.0 +6 B 4.0 +1 W 5.0 $400
6 2386 2301 FM Hamilton, Robert -1 B 0.0 -4 W 0.0 =2 B 0.5 -5 W 0.5 =3 B 1.0
# rating FIDE name: title last, first round 1 round 2 round 3 round 4 round 5 prize
result# WB* total result# WB* total result# WB* total result# WB* total result# WB* total
1 2314 2233 Voloaca, Mihnea +4 B 1.0 +10 W 2.0 =5 B 2.5 +12 W 3.5 +13 B 4.5 $200
2 2284 2177 Pacey, Kevin -5 W 0.0 =0 * 0.5 =0 * 1.0 -0 * 1.0 -0 * 1.0
3 2261 2228 Gordon, David =6 B 0.5 +11 W 1.5 +19 B 2.5 -0 * 2.5 -0 * 2.5
4 2256 2113 Valdizon, Armando -1 W 0.0 +22 B 1.0 =14 W 1.5 =17 B 2.0 +18 W 3.0
5 2159 2159 Sadeghi, Saeid +2 B 1.0 +12 W 2.0 =1 W 2.5 =8 B 3.0 -10 W 3.0
6 2145 2101 Gagnon, Serge =3 W 0.5 =13 B 1.0 -15 W 1.0 -0 * 1.0 -0 * 1.0
7 2129 2019 Zhang, Zhiyuan =0 * 0.5 =19 W 1.0 =21 B 1.5 +9 W 2.5 =14 B 3.0
8 2087 2047 Doubleday, William =9 B 0.5 +21 W 1.5 =20 B 2.0 =5 W 2.5 =15 B 3.0
9 2067 2067 Groleau, Gilles =8 W 0.5 =20 B 1.0 =17 W 1.5 -7 B 1.5 -0 * 1.5
10 2047 2047 Forget, David +14 B 1.0 -1 B 1.0 +22 W 2.0 F+20 W 3.0 +5 B 4.0 $200
11 2035 Desjardins, Michel =0 * 0.5 -3 B 0.5 -18 W 0.5 -0 * 0.5 -0 * 0.5
12 2034 Smilovici, Emil +15 W 1.0 -5 B 1.0 +24 W 2.0 -1 B 2.0 +19 W 3.0
13 2017 2017 Palsson, Halldor +16 B 1.0 =6 W 1.5 =0 * 2.0 =15 B 2.5 -1 W 2.5
14 2003 1782 Kalra, Agastya -10 W 0.0 +18 B 1.0 =4 B 1.5 +21 W 2.5 =7 W 3.0
15 1988 1751 Zhang, Yuanchen -12 B 0.0 +23 W 1.0 +6 B 2.0 =13 W 2.5 =8 W 3.0
16 1959 Donev, Danail -13 W 0.0 -24 B 0.0 +23 W 1.0 +22 B 2.0 +25 B 3.0
17 1922 1922 Li, Ruokai -19 B 0.0 +25 W 1.0 =9 B 1.5 =4 W 2.0 +20 B 3.0
18 1893 Laszlo, Robert =0 * 0.5 -14 W 0.5 +11 B 1.5 =19 W 2.0 -4 B 2.0
19 1888 Zhang, Kevin +17 W 1.0 =7 B 1.5 -3 W 1.5 =18 B 2.0 -12 B 2.0
20 1849 1660 Zhou, Qiyu +23 B 1.0 =9 W 1.5 =8 W 2.0 F-10 B 2.0 -17 W 2.0
21 1806 Wan, Kevin +24 W 1.0 -8 B 1.0 =7 W 1.5 -14 B 1.5 +22 W 2.5 $200
22 1758 Dunne, Francesco +25 B 1.0 -4 W 1.0 -10 B 1.0 -16 W 1.0 -21 B 1.0
23 1685 Yang, Ryan -20 W 0.0 -15 B 0.0 -16 B 0.0 +0 * 1.0 -24 W 1.0
24 1674 Krolczyk, Jacob -21 B 0.0 +16 W 1.0 -12 B 1.0 -25 W 1.0 +23 B 2.0
25 1217 Ju, Terry -22 W 0.0 -17 B 0.0 +0 * 1.0 +24 B 2.0 -16 W 2.0
# rating FIDE name: title last, first round 1 round 2 round 3 round 4 round 5 prize
result# WB* total result# WB* total result# WB* total result# WB* total result# WB* total
1 1653 Zhang, David -3 B 0.0 +8 W 1.0 +5 B 2.0 +6 B 3.0 +2 W 4.0
2 1544 Eyre, Keven +4 W 1.0 =0 * 1.5 +10 B 2.5 -3 W 2.5 -1 B 2.5
3 1531 Luo, Fangyi +1 W 1.0 +7 B 2.0 +6 W 3.0 +2 B 4.0 +4 W 5.0 $100
4 1438 Lukezich, John -2 B 0.0 +11 W 1.0 +7 B 2.0 +14 W 3.0 -3 B 3.0
5 1395 Yang, Frank -6 B 0.0 +13 W 1.0 -1 W 1.0 +10 B 2.0 =7 W 2.5
6 1379 Dai, Max +5 W 1.0 +14 B 2.0 -3 B 2.0 -1 W 2.0 +13 B 3.0
7 1368 Zhang, Jeff +9 B 1.0 -3 W 1.0 -4 W 1.0 +11 B 2.0 =5 B 2.5
8 1323 Carroll, Billy =0 * 0.5 -1 B 0.5 -14 W 0.5 +9 B 1.5 -11 W 1.5
9 1220 Svensson, Andrew -7 W 0.0 =12 B 0.5 -13 B 0.5 -8 W 0.5 -0 * 0.5
10 1210 D'Aoust, Marc =0 * 0.5 =0 * 1.0 -2 W 1.0 -5 W 1.0 -14 B 1.0 floater
11 1098 Sreeraman, Shreyas =0 * 0.5 -4 B 0.5 =12 W 1.0 -7 W 1.0 +8 B 2.0
12 1086 Cao, William -14 B 0.0 =9 W 0.5 =11 B 1.0 =13 W 1.5 -0 * 1.5
13 1078 Ju, Larry =0 * 0.5 -5 B 0.5 +9 W 1.5 =12 B 2.0 -6 W 2.0
14 1038 Amirshadova, Victoria +12 W 1.0 -6 W 1.0 +8 B 2.0 -4 B 2.0 +10 W 3.0
However, when I awoke this morning I felt like I was recovering from being beaten by a gang of Ottawa thugs led by Tom...
Clearly Joey and Roman are unbelievably talented, practical players, with a great chess future ahead of them.
Brian
Hi Brian, thanks for the kind words. You were, as usual, an awesome class act, and as I was telling Brad today, it was just wonderful to see you reconnecting with old chess acquaintances. The mix in the round-robin top section seemed like a very good one, with the youngsters, as you mention, repeatedly demonstrating scary strong futures.
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