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A few comments on this very strong contingent tournament. It seems chess is for sure a young man's game. But then Bator Sambuev was busy at the Montreal tournament where another junior Anton Kovalyov came out on top.
In the Toronto event we could follow the games live thanks to Mon Roi.
Speaking of Mon Roi, there were some instances where the game froze after an 'impossible move'. Turns out that move was not played after all. The player must have touched the wrong square on the scoring device. Could it be that the device is simply too small to be easy to use? I know I hate cel phones where the keyboard is so small I have trouble activating the numbers I want.
But back to the tournament. Noritsyn won in convincing style taking a draw in the final round against Nikita Gusev where otherwise he might have tried to win. But a draw gave him first prize. Young Nikita played very well having won in round two against IM Samsonkin with a fine battling performance.
My favorite game, move actually, was by Arthur Calugar in round One. His
27.....Qg4 might have won him a shower of gold coins in Frank Marshall's time.
Finally, the playing hall as used in the final day was beautifully lit and air conditioned! Anyone speaking above a whisper was chased out of the room by David Cohen:) Too bad they couldn't use the hall all three days.
SwissSys Standings. 2011 Toronto Thanksgiving Open: Open Section
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Nikolay Noritsyn 132534 2634 W11 W8 W3 W7 W2 D4 5.5 1500.00
2 Roman Sapozhnikov 138609 2449 W15 W30 W14 W24 L1 W7 5.0 500.00
3 Arthur Calugar 130889 2376 W31 W34 L1 D14 W16 W9 4.5 125.00
4 Nikita Gusev 128168 2230 W28 W32 L7 W15 W10 D1 4.5 125.00
5 Victor Plotkin 142063 2387 W18 D12 L24 W31 D13 W14 4.0
6 Razvan Preotu 146124 2071 L7 W28 W29 L10 W19 W13 4.0 150.00
7 Bindi Cheng 141968 2533 W6 W10 W4 L1 D9 L2 3.5
8 Hans Jung 100182 2298 W17 L1 H— H— D14 W15 3.5
9 Lawrence Day 101024 2212 H— W13 H— W11 D7 L3 3.5
10 Konstantin Semianiuk 144290 2204 W19 L7 W12 W6 L4 D11 3.5
11 David Southam 102535 2102 L1 W17 W19 L9 W18 D10 3.5
12 Mike Ivanov 140557 2178 W20 D5 L10 D26 L15 W21 3.0
13 David Itkin 140216 2156 D22 L9 W20 W30 D5 L6 3.0
14 Aquino Inigo 136995 2154 W23 W24 L2 D3 D8 L5 3.0
15 Alex T Ferreira 127516 2048 L2 W21 W22 L4 W12 L8 3.0
16 Lali Agbabishvili 150778 2036 L24 W35 W34 H— L3 D17 3.0
17 Daniel Wiebe 132137 1996 L8 L11 H— W20 W27 D16 3.0
18 Dmitry Chernik 149932 2039 L5 L19 W28 W34 L11 D22 2.5
19 Mark Plotkin 141086 1906 L10 W18 L11 W22 L6 D23 2.5
20 Zehn Nasir 148198 1841 L12 H— L13 L17 W35 W31 2.5
21 Jose Luis Campos 1823 L30 L15 H— W35 W31 L12 2.5
22 Juliaan Posaratnanathan 146059 1820 D13 D26 L15 L19 W34 D18 2.5
23 Pi Nasir 148197 1770 L14 H— L26 D28 W33 D19 2.5
24 Michael Kleinman 132631 2385 W16 L14 W5 L2 U— U— 2.0
25 Bryan Lamb 106974 2145 W35 U— U— U— H— H— 2.0
26 Wajdy Shebetah 148432 2124 L34 D22 W23 D12 U— U— 2.0
27 Venci Ivanov 2100 L32 L31 D35 W29 L17 D28 2.0
28 Ian Finlay 101866 1933 L4 L6 L18 D23 W29 D27 2.0
29 Bryant Yang 141088 1669 H— H— L6 L27 L28 W33 2.0
30 Dale McTavish 104887 2183 W21 L2 D31 L13 U— U— 1.5
31 Yuanchen Zhang 148449 2013 L3 W27 D30 L5 L21 L20 1.5
32 Artiom Samsonkin 146305 2556 W27 L4 U— U— U— U— 1.0
33 Hugh Siddeley 120619 2024 H— H— U— U— L23 L29 1.0
34 Gangadhar Vaidy unr. W26 L3 L16 L18 L22 U— 1.0
35 Omid Nemati 130676 1806 L25 L16 D27 L21 L20 U— 0.5
In the Toronto event we could follow the games live thanks to Mon Roi.
Speaking of Mon Roi, there were some instances where the game froze after an 'impossible move'. Turns out that move was not played after all. The player must have touched the wrong square on the scoring device. Could it be that the device is simply too small to be easy to use? I know I hate cel phones where the keyboard is so small I have trouble activating the numbers I want.
But back to the tournament. Noritsyn won in convincing style taking a draw in the final round against Nikita Gusev where otherwise he might have tried to win. But a draw gave him first prize. Young Nikita played very well having won in round two against IM Samsonkin with a fine battling performance.
My favorite game, move actually, was by Arthur Calugar in round One. His
27.....Qg4 might have won him a shower of gold coins in Frank Marshall's time.
Finally, the playing hall as used in the final day was beautifully lit and air conditioned! Anyone speaking above a whisper was chased out of the room by David Cohen:) Too bad they couldn't use the hall all three days.
SwissSys Standings. 2011 Toronto Thanksgiving Open: Open Section
# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Nikolay Noritsyn 132534 2634 W11 W8 W3 W7 W2 D4 5.5 1500.00
2 Roman Sapozhnikov 138609 2449 W15 W30 W14 W24 L1 W7 5.0 500.00
3 Arthur Calugar 130889 2376 W31 W34 L1 D14 W16 W9 4.5 125.00
4 Nikita Gusev 128168 2230 W28 W32 L7 W15 W10 D1 4.5 125.00
5 Victor Plotkin 142063 2387 W18 D12 L24 W31 D13 W14 4.0
6 Razvan Preotu 146124 2071 L7 W28 W29 L10 W19 W13 4.0 150.00
7 Bindi Cheng 141968 2533 W6 W10 W4 L1 D9 L2 3.5
8 Hans Jung 100182 2298 W17 L1 H— H— D14 W15 3.5
9 Lawrence Day 101024 2212 H— W13 H— W11 D7 L3 3.5
10 Konstantin Semianiuk 144290 2204 W19 L7 W12 W6 L4 D11 3.5
11 David Southam 102535 2102 L1 W17 W19 L9 W18 D10 3.5
12 Mike Ivanov 140557 2178 W20 D5 L10 D26 L15 W21 3.0
13 David Itkin 140216 2156 D22 L9 W20 W30 D5 L6 3.0
14 Aquino Inigo 136995 2154 W23 W24 L2 D3 D8 L5 3.0
15 Alex T Ferreira 127516 2048 L2 W21 W22 L4 W12 L8 3.0
16 Lali Agbabishvili 150778 2036 L24 W35 W34 H— L3 D17 3.0
17 Daniel Wiebe 132137 1996 L8 L11 H— W20 W27 D16 3.0
18 Dmitry Chernik 149932 2039 L5 L19 W28 W34 L11 D22 2.5
19 Mark Plotkin 141086 1906 L10 W18 L11 W22 L6 D23 2.5
20 Zehn Nasir 148198 1841 L12 H— L13 L17 W35 W31 2.5
21 Jose Luis Campos 1823 L30 L15 H— W35 W31 L12 2.5
22 Juliaan Posaratnanathan 146059 1820 D13 D26 L15 L19 W34 D18 2.5
23 Pi Nasir 148197 1770 L14 H— L26 D28 W33 D19 2.5
24 Michael Kleinman 132631 2385 W16 L14 W5 L2 U— U— 2.0
25 Bryan Lamb 106974 2145 W35 U— U— U— H— H— 2.0
26 Wajdy Shebetah 148432 2124 L34 D22 W23 D12 U— U— 2.0
27 Venci Ivanov 2100 L32 L31 D35 W29 L17 D28 2.0
28 Ian Finlay 101866 1933 L4 L6 L18 D23 W29 D27 2.0
29 Bryant Yang 141088 1669 H— H— L6 L27 L28 W33 2.0
30 Dale McTavish 104887 2183 W21 L2 D31 L13 U— U— 1.5
31 Yuanchen Zhang 148449 2013 L3 W27 D30 L5 L21 L20 1.5
32 Artiom Samsonkin 146305 2556 W27 L4 U— U— U— U— 1.0
33 Hugh Siddeley 120619 2024 H— H— U— U— L23 L29 1.0
34 Gangadhar Vaidy unr. W26 L3 L16 L18 L22 U— 1.0
35 Omid Nemati 130676 1806 L25 L16 D27 L21 L20 U— 0.5
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