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Congratulations to Eric, Kelly and Jonah for their run at the medals. Has any Canadian actually won a medal since Jeff Sarwar in the U-10 in 1988(?) ? I'm sure we've never had three players come so close in one venue. But forgive my recollection if wrong!
Congrats also to the other players, who overcame the un-Canadian weather conditions and the stupefying jet lag. It is very Canadian to do well under duress.
The team performed very well; those who didn't join the medal hunt I'm sure the usual travel/limited coaching/heat increased the challenge.
I think the reduced numbers this year created a great opportunity to place well and the Canadian team certainly took advantage. Its hard to compare years but this years team had a very similar result to the 2001 team in Spain. In that year, in round 11 :
Bluvshtien won to finish fairly high ( can't remember exact result )
Charbonneau got paired to the GM and lost
Smith got paired to the world champion and lost
The 2005 team performed well also in a very large field in France under very adverse conditions. Round 11 seems to get Canada almost every time, the early morning round seems to be a problem.
Didn't Mark win a medal in 2005 ?
Last edited by Duncan Smith; Thursday, 30th October, 2008, 07:50 PM.
In the Open-16, Eric Hansen, who tied for second place with 8/11, must have scored at least an FM norm;
For a 2362 player - a FM norm
another :LOL: for a FM norm. There is no such thing.
While the collected point number is impressive 8/11, the result was expected as Rp=2369 is comparable to his rating 2362. Would be more interesting to hear what caused a bad start 2.5/5 to make conclusions and prepare for a win next year (same to Shiyam ;)
Will all of Canada's team members get a FIDE rating? I ask the question
because quite a few of our players(those without a FIDE rating at the start of the competition) played only two or three FIDE-rated opponents during the championship.
Wilf Ferner
Last edited by Wilf Ferner; Thursday, 30th October, 2008, 03:33 PM.
Reason: more info
Congratulations to all of our young champions, who gave it their all in Vietnam!!
I don't remember any Canadian placing in the top three in the WYCC since Jeff Sarwer won the B10 at Puerto Rico 1986. Raja Panjwani challenged a couple of years ago in the Open-16 at Batumi, scoring an IM norm and finishing T6th or so, I believe. So this year is truly exceptional!! In the Open-16, Eric Hansen, who tied for second place with 8/11, must have scored at least an FM norm; he defeated the top-rated player in his section, a near-2500 IM, and drew the second-ranked player, another strong IM, with Black in the final round. This exceptional result certainly marks Eric as a player on the rise.
Congratulations to Eric, Kelly and Jonah for their run at the medals. Has any Canadian actually won a medal since Jeff Sarwar in the U-10 in 1988(?) ? I'm sure we've never had three players come so close in one venue. But forgive my recollection if wrong!
Congrats also to the other players, who overcame the un-Canadian weather conditions and the stupefying jet lag. It is very Canadian to do well under duress.
Last edited by Jonathan Berry; Thursday, 30th October, 2008, 05:26 PM.
Reason: Corrected a name. D'oh!
Here are the final results. Ater the country you have their score out of 11 followed by how they finished in their section. Eric Hansen tied for 2nd place!, Kelly Wang tied for 3rd place! and Jonah Lee tied for 6th place! The final rank given below is how they finished after the tie-break.
I believe this was the Best overall performance for Canada at this event ever!
39 Graif William 0 CAN 5,5 44 Open 10
8 Qin Joey 2137 CAN 5,0 60 Open 12
79 Li Chang He 0 CAN 6,0 31 Open 12
90 Sohal Tanraj 0 CAN 6,5 27 Open 12
41 Calugar Arthur 2044 CAN 5,5 47 Open 14
12 Hansen Eric 2362 CAN 8,0 5 Open 16
13 FM Thavandiran Shiyam 2338 CAN 5,0 46 Open 16
35 Mai Lloyd 2150 CAN 6,0 24 Open 16
48 Martchenko Alexander 2039 CAN 5,5 43 Open 16
47 Ye Ling Feng 2188 CAN 5,0 48 Open 18
75 Xu Haizhou 0 CAN 4,5 66 Open 18
5 Bilodeau-Savaria Cendrina 0 CAN 5,5 32 Girls 08
30 Peng Janet 0 CAN 3,0 51 Girls 08
51 Wang Kelly 0 CAN 8,0 4 Girls 08
54 Peng Jackie 0 CAN 6,0 24 Girls 10
49 Kalaydina Regina Veronicka 0 CAN 6,5 23 Girls 12
62 Powell Ashley 0 CAN 4,0 65 Girls 12
37 Orlova Yelizaveta 1863 CAN 7,0 14 Girls 14
69 Powell Samantha 0 CAN 4,0 69 Girls 14
58 Kagramanov Dalia 0 CAN 5,5 35 Girls 16
62 Yang Marguerite 0 CAN 4,0 54 Girls 16
43 Du Jasmine 0 CAN 5,0 34 Girls 18
13 Bellissimo Joseph F. 0 CAN 4,5 58 Open 08
35 Lee Jonah 0 CAN 7,5 7 Open 08
For a 2362 player - a FM norm
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