CFC National Master Titles

[Vlad Drkulec]

Here is a cut and paste of a post by CFC President Michael von Keitz on the CFC forums:

CFC National Masters

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As some of you may be aware, the rules pertaining to the achievement of the NM title have recently changed; however, we are currently trying to catch those that qualified for and/or received their certification under the old rule:

738. CFC Life Masters. The CFC will issue a "Certificate of Chess Master" for each player who achieves a CFC rating of 2200 or above for 24 consecutive regular tournament games. Players who have achieved this performance in the past can request their certificate from the CFC business office, by providing satisfactory evidence of their performance to the CFC business office. [see Motion 2003-01; 02-03GL3, December 2002]

My (unofficial) list of those that may be NMs is below. Please contact me if you see your name. If you don't notice your name, but think it should be there, note that I omitted FIDE titled players and that inactive players are also likely absent. As a last resort, check here: http://chess.ca/titleholders. If you still don't find your name, also feel free to contact me.

Alberta

Roy Yearwood (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Date Awarded)
Alex Yam (Date Achieved = 2010, Awarded?)
Jean-Francois Wen (Earned?)
Richard Wang (Date Achieved = 2010, Awarded?)
Belsar Valencia (Date Achieved = 2011, Awarded?)
Nandor Tot (Earned?)
Jonathan Schaeffer (Earned?)
Martin Robichaud (Date Achieved = 2010, Awarded?)
Vladislav Rekhson (Date Achieved = 2010, Awarded?)
Sardul Purewal (Earned?)
Knut Neven (Date Achieved = Pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Daniel Kazmaier (Date Achieved = 2008, Awarded?)
Thomas Kaminski (Date Achieved = 2011, Awarded?)
Peter Kalisvaart (Date Achieved = 2011, Awarded?)
Micah Hughey (Date Achieved = 2007, Awarded?)
Nicolas Haynes (Date Achieved = 2008, Awarded?)
Sasa Grumic (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Robert J. Gardner (Date Achieved = pre-1996, Awarded?)

British Columbia

Howard Wu (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Stephen Wright (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Nicholas Spears (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Alfred Pechisker (Date Achieved = 1999, Awarded?)
Roger Patterson (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Joe Oszvald (Earned?)
John Niksic (Earned?)
Harry Moore (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Dragoljub Milicevic (Date Achieved = 1996, Awarded?)
Brian McLaren (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Mayo Fuentebella (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Yves Farges (Earned?)
Francisco Cabanas (Earned?)
Paul Brown (Earned?)

Manitoba

Trevor Vincent (Date Achieved = 2009, Awarded?)
Samuel Lipnowski (Date Achieved = 2007, Awarded?)
Aron Kaptsan (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Jeff Babb (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)

New Brunswick

Jonathan MacDonald (Earned?)
Jean Desforges (Earned?)
Bill Bogle (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)

Newfoundland & Labrador

N/A

Nova Scotia

Gary Ng (Date Achieved = 2007, Awarded?)

Nunavut

N/A

Northwest Territories

N/A

Ontario

Egidijus Zeromskis (Date Achieved = 2010, Awarded?)
Lorne Yee (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Jerry Xiong (Date Achieved = 2007, Awarded?)
John Wright (Earned?)
Keith Wight (Date Achieved = 1999, Awarded?)
Armando Valdizon (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Rimantas Vaichaitis (Earned?)
Karoly Szalay (Date Achieved = 2009, Awarded?)
Dan Surlan (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Avinaash Sundar (Date Achieved = 2009, Awarded?)
Greg Stavropoulos (Earned?)
David Southam (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Michael Song (Date Achieved = 2011, Awarded?)
Ross E. Siemms (Earned?)
Wajdy Shebetah (Date Achieved = 2009, Awarded?)
Konstantin Semianiuk (Date Achieved = 2011, Awarded?)
Karl Sellars (Date Achieved = 2009, Awarded?)
Paul Selick (Earned?)
Zi Yi (Joey) Qin (Date Achieved = 2009, Awarded?)
Brian Profit (Earned?)
Sebastian Predescu (Date Achieved = 2002, Awarded?)
Ron Pitre (Earned?)
David (Yu) Peng (Date Achieved = 2008, Awarded?)
Rune Pedersen (Date Achieved = 2010, Awarded?)
Bill Peckford (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Halldor Peter Palsson (Earned?)
Kevin Pacey (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Christopher Pace (Date Achieved = 2011, Awarded?)
Peter Nurmi (Earned?)
Peter Murray (Earned?)
Kyle Morrison (Date Achieved = 2009, Awarded?)
Andrei Moffat (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Dale McTavish (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Alexander Martchenko (Date Achieved = 2008, Awarded?)
Mate Marinkovic (Date Achieved = 2010, Awarded?)
Lloyd Mai (Date Achieved = 2007, Awarded?)
Ian Loadman (Earned?)
David Lavin (Earned?)
Bryan Lamb (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
David Krupka (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Ted Kret (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
William Klarner (Earned?)
Robert Kiviaho (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Michael Kennedy (Earned?)
David Jackson (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Stanimir Ilic (Earned?)
Imtiaz Husain (Earned?)
Michael Humphreys (Date Achieved = 2010, Awarded?)
Liam Henry (Date Achieved = 2007, Awarded?)
John Hall (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Nikita Gusev (Date Achieved = 2010, Awarded?)
Josh Guo (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Matthew Grabove (Earned?)
David Gordon (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Paul Gelis (Date Achieved = 2010, Awarded?)
Ruperto Frilles (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
David Filipovich (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Brian Fiedler (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Mikhail Egorov (Date Achieved = 2008, Awarded?)
William G. Doubleday (Date Achieved = 2007, Awarded?)
Miladin Djerkovic (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Martin Devenport (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Stijn De Kerpel (Date Achieved = 2007, Awarded?)
Kevin Chung (Date Achieved = 2007, Awarded?)
Michael Buscar (Date Achieved = 2006, Awarded?)
Vladimir Birarov (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Paul H. Beckwith (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Wayne Barclay (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Stephen Ball (Earned?)
Yuri Aronov (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
John Armstrong (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)

Prince Edward Island

Anthony Howarth (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)

Quebec

Mihnea Voloaca (Date Achieved = 1999, Awarded?)
Rejean Tremblay (Earned?)
Hugues Masse (Date Achieved = 2004, Awarded?)
Martial Larochelle (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Nikita Kraiouchkine (Date Achieved = 2010, Awarded?)
Graham Glen (Earned?)
Daniel Cossette (Earned?)
Steve Bolduc (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)
Antoine Berube (Date Achieved = 2011, Awarded?)
Nicolas Arsenault (Date Achieved = 2009, Awarded?)

Saskatchewan

Gilbert Sommerfeld (Date Achieved = pre-1996?, Awarded?)

Yukon Territory

N/A

[Vlad Drkulec]

Re: CFC National Master Titles

I believe that the CFC policy is to grandfather NM title requests under the old rules for individuals who have already begun a run on the 25 games with a rating over 2200 as long as they don't drop below the 2200 mark before achieving the title the old way. Most people who qualify by the old method would also qualify by the new method though norms are only possible for tournaments of five or more games under the new system. This is a bit problematic in Windsor because most of our tournaments are four rounds but I am sure that we will adjust to the new requirement.

[Vlad Drkulec]

Re: CFC National Master Titles

The CFC website now lists people who have achieved the NM title under my watch as CFC Masters Representative.

To the list of National Master title recipients should be added the name of Ilia Bluvshtein of Ontario.

[Vlad Drkulec]

Re: CFC National Master Titles

Due to an overwhelming response we will be delaying launch of the title system until November 1st, 2011. By then we will have a program in place to generate a list of players in every rating class who have met the requirements for that class title, which will then be added to the website. At that point you can request certificates from the CFC office which will be available for a nominal charge of $10 (plus HST I presume) for all rating classes up to Candidate Master. National Master certificates will be free. You don't have to apply for a certificate if you don't want or need a piece of paper to document your achievement because it should be there for all to see on the CFC website.

I still want to hear from people who have received National Master certificates already or who have qualified under the old program so that they can be added to the list on the website as shown in the Michael von Keitz post quoted in the original post of this thread.

Vlad Drkulec
CFC Masters Rep

[Bindi Cheng]

Re: CFC National Master Titles

So If I'm a class E titleholder, does this mean I should quit chess?

[Tony Ficzere]

Re: CFC National Master Titles

The CFC website now lists people who have achieved the NM title under my watch as CFC Masters Representative.

To the list of National Master title recipients should be added the name of Ilia Bluvshtein of Ontario.

What would have been nice is if FIDE and national titles were actually listed along with the players information. So, when you pull up a players info, it is there for everyone to see. Just a thought.

[Vlad Drkulec]

Re: CFC National Master Titles

So If I'm a class E titleholder, does this mean I should quit chess?

I would hope that most class E titleholders would be motivated to try for the class D title and then the class C title and so on.

[Vlad Drkulec]

Re: CFC National Master Titles

What would have been nice is if FIDE and national titles were actually listed along with the players information. So, when you pull up a players info, it is there for everyone to see. Just a thought.

That seems like a very good thought.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: CFC National Master Titles

So If I'm a class E titleholder, does this mean I should quit chess?

It just means that you made a first step in a titles' marathon :D
When you just finished the first grade you did not drop school :D

[Kerry Liles]

Re: CFC National Master Titles

When you just finished the first grade you did not drop school :D

That may be only because it isn't permitted... :)

[Gary Ruben]

Re: CFC National Master Titles

That seems like a very good thought.

I would think it would be more usual, and sufficent, to use the highest title earned. It should go without saying someone who has made IM or GM is also a national master. Unfortunately, I don't see an IM or GM norm listed as giving a player a national master title, and it should.

Is a National Master title equal to greater than or less than a Fide Master title? I don't know.

[Fred McKim]

Re: CFC National Master Titles

I would think it would be more usual, and sufficent, to use the highest title earned. It should go without saying someone who has made IM or GM is also a national master. Unfortunately, I don't see an IM or GM norm listed as giving a player a national master title, and it should.

Is a National Master title equal to greater than or less than a Fide Master title? I don't know.

Nothing is perfect at the start.

We have lists of IM's and GM's elsewhere on the website (see Who's Who).

I would think that any existing FM would easily qualify for the new NM title.

[Gary Ruben]

Re: CFC National Master Titles

Nothing is perfect at the start.

I simply mentioned a criteria for a national master title which does not appear to be in the current setup.

I'm still curious which is considered higher. A FM or National master.

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: CFC National Master Titles

I'm still curious which is considered higher. A FM or National master.

Hi Gary:

Doesn't an FM have to have reached 2300 FIDE?

The Canadian National Master has to have reached only 2200 Can.

Doesn't that provide the answer to your question?

Bob

[Bindi Cheng]

Re: CFC National Master Titles

I simply mentioned a criteria for a national master title which does not appear to be in the current setup.

I'm still curious which is considered higher. A FM or National master.

A 2200cfc is equivalent to a 2100 fide in most cases, so if someone is a FM, most likely they will have 2400 cfc on average, therefore, FM has to be higher