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Guelph Summer Pro-Am
June 23-24, 2012
Room 442, Guelph University Centre
5 Round Swiss in 3 Sections:
FIDE Rated Pro, FIDE Rated U2000, U1600
Players may play up if current rating is within 100 points of rating floor.
Cost is $20, proceeds to the Olympic Fund.
Round Times: Saturday 10:am, 1:30pm, 6:00pm, Sunday 10:00am, 2:00pm
Time Control: Round 1 G/60 +30 sec, Rounds 2-5 G/90 + 30 sec
Entry Fees: Pro Section $60, others $40. Late Fee: $10.00 on site
Half Point Byes: in rounds 1-4 may be requested in advance
Prizes: $55 per Pro player returned as prizes.
Trophies awarded in other sections
Register: Mail to TD Hal Bond, 205 – 105 Conroy Crescent, Guelph, ON N1G 2V5,
email halbond@sympatico.ca, or cash on site from 8:30-9:30 am Saturday. Players registering after 9:30 Saturday may not receive a swiss pairing in first round.
Equipment, snacks and refreshments provided by organizer
Pro
GM Sambuev Bator 2700
FM Plotkin Victor 2411
IM Calugar Arthur 2399
FM Dougherty Michael 2293 bye1
Song Michael 2277
Preotu Razvan 2265
Peng Jackie 2085
Knox Christopher 2056
Plotkin Mark 2011
U2000
Deline Ralph 1841
Laszlo Robert 1825 bye1
Li Tony 1776
Chuchin Sasha 1703
Liu Jiaxin 1703
Zhao Davy 1693
Kitich Zeljko 1655
U1600
Schneider Corin 1551
Wang Constance 1464
Hurst Bruce 1306
Peng Janet 1299
Nikolay and Sergey Noritsyn have joined the Guelph Summer Pro-Am, hoping to sweep the top two sections.
You can still register by email, halbond@sympatico.ca to avoid the late fee. Here is the newest list
Pro
Sambuev Bator 2700
Noritsyn Nikolay 2661
Plotkin Victor 2411
Calugar Arthur 2399
Dougherty Michael 2293 bye1
Song Michael 2277
Preotu Razvan 2265
Peng Jackie 2085
Knox Christopher 2056
Plotkin Mark 2011
U2000
Deline Ralph 1841
Laszlo Robert 1825 bye3
Gillanders Robert 1782
Li Tony 1776
Noritsyn Sergey 1724
Chuchin Sasha 1703
Liu Jiaxin 1703
Zhao Davy 1693
Kitich Zeljko 1655
U1600
Gillis Doug 1581
Schneider Corin 1551
Wang Constance 1464
Hurst Bruce 1306
Peng Janet 1299
Williamson James 1196
Pro
Sambuev Bator 2700
Noritsyn Nikolay 2661
Plotkin Victor 2411
Calugar Arthur 2399
Dougherty Michael 2293 bye1
Song Michael 2277
Preotu Razvan 2265
Ivanov Mike 2236
Itkin David 2212
Peng Jackie 2085
Knox Christopher 2056
Plotkin Mark 2011
U2000
Deline Ralph 1841
Laszlo Robert 1825 bye3
Yu Patrick 1801
Gillanders Robert 1782
Li Tony 1776
Noritsyn Sergey 1724
Liu Jiaxin 1722
Chuchin Sasha 1703
Zhao Davy 1693
Kitich Zeljko 1655
U1600
Gillis Doug 1581
Schneider Corin 1551
Wang Constance 1464
Lee Jeffrey 1374
Tao Rachel 1334
Hurst Bruce 1306
Peng Janet 1299
Williamson James 1196
Tao Ellen 748
The Guelph Summer Pro-Am is taking shape with 40 players spread evenly over 3 sections and 4 nights to go. Players can avoid the $10 on site late fee by emailing me at halbond@sympatico.ca
Pro
GM Sambuev Bator 2700
IM Noritsyn Nikolay 2661
FM Plotkin Victor 2411
IM Calugar Arthur 2399
FM Dougherty Michael 2293 bye1
Song Michael 2277
Preotu Razvan 2265
Ivanov Mike 2236
Itkin David 2212
Peng Jackie 2085
Knox Christopher 2056
Plotkin Mark 2011
Khayutin Constantine 1943
U2000
Cooke Mathew 1846
Deline Ralph 1841
Laszlo Robert 1825 bye3
Yu Patrick 1801
Gillanders Robert 1782
Li Tony 1776
Chen Richard 1768
Noritsyn Sergey 1724
Liu Jiaxin 1722
Xu Jeffrey 1717
Chuchin Sasha 1703
Zhao Davy 1693
Kitich Zeljko 1655
Knechtel Tim 1636
Bosnac Hikmet 1583
U1600
Gillis Doug 1581
Schneider Corin 1551
Wang Constance 1464
Lee Jeffrey 1374
Tao Rachel 1334
Hurst Bruce 1306
Peng Janet 1299
Williamson James 1196
Lupan Radu 1175
Paraparan Varshini 1170
Tan Kylie 807
Tao Ellen 748
The one-section 2010 Canadian Open was a boom to getting new FIDE players in central south Ontario. It is very difficult for those under 2000 to score their initial 1 point against players over 2000. Of the 37 unrated players who scored 1 out of 3 half now have a published FIDE rating. These following 16 local players will lose that initial start if they don’t finish their 9 ratable games this summer. Otherwise, back to zero. So if you know them, get them to play in this weekend’s Guelph, or the Toronto International (or the Canadian Open in Victoria, Quebec Open, or Edmonton Int Reserves).
Name CFC Rating # of FIDE ratable games
Peng, Bill 2217 7
Ng, Kit-Sun 2027 5
Rajsic, Branislav 1921 4
Rapoport, Alex 1894 3
Zator, Ed 1893 3
Pelekekae, Oanthata 1844 8
Chan, Alex H. 1844 6
Supsup, Ferdinand 1817 5
Lambruschini, Alex 1798 4
Ding, Jack 1782 5
Stephens, Paul 1782 4
Lai, Jonathan 1772 5
Dowling, Bruce 1753 6
Beal, Greg 1733 3
Orozco, Joey 1689 3
Siu, Wayne 1568 4
Also Laurent Allard, Que 6, David Poirier, NS 5, Matthew Scott Ottawa 4, and Louis Cheng, BC 3 .
Pre-register by email with me, halbond@sympatico.ca to avoid the onsite late fee. If you choose this option, please arrive before 9:30 in order to finalize your registration and help ensure we get started on time.
Here is the latest list:
Guelph Summer Pro-Am: Pro Section
1 GM Bator Sambuev
2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn
3 FM Victor Plotkin
4 IM Arthur Calugar
5 FM Michael Dougherty
6 Michael Song
7 Razvan Preotu
8 Mike Ivanov
9 David Itkin
10 Jackie Peng
11 Christopher Knox
12 Mark Plotkin
13 Zhao Yang Luo
14 Constantine Khayutin
Guelph Summer Pro-Am: U2000 Section
1 John Vlasov
2 Mathew G Cooke
3 Ralph Deline
4 Robert Laszlo
5 Patrick Yu
6 Robert Gillanders
7 Hongyi Li
8 Richard Chen
9 Brian Clark
10 Patrick O'Sullivan
11 Sergey Noritsyn
12 Jeffrey Xu
13 Joe Bellomo
14 Benjamin Blium
15 Sasha Chuchin
16 Lee Hendon
17 Yuetong [Davy] Zhao
18 Tim Knechtel
19 Daniel Moorehouse
20 Hikmet Bosnac
21 Jiaxin Liu
Guelph Summer Pro-Am: U1600
1 Doug Gillis
2 Corin Schneider
3 Constance Wang
4 Jeffrey Lee
5 Rachel Tao
6 Bruce Hurst
7 Janet Peng
8 Gleb Gariaev
9 James Williamson
10 Radu Lupan
11 Varshini Paraparan
12 Mathanhe Kaneshalingam
13 Jeannie Zhang
14 Kylie Tan
15 Ellen Tao
16 Benito Surya
Players can still register until midnight tonight via email, halbond@sympatico.ca
Please arrive before 9:30am Saturday if you choose to do so. Here is our list now:
Guelph Summer Pro-Am: Pro Section
1 GM Bator Sambuev
2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn
3 FM Victor Plotkin
4 IM Arthur Calugar
5 FM Michael Dougherty
6 Michael Song
7 Razvan Preotu
8 Mike Ivanov
9 David Itkin
10 Jackie Peng
11 Christopher Knox
12 Mark Plotkin
13 Zhao Yang Luo
14 Constantine Khayutin
15 Alexander Friedman
Guelph Summer Pro-Am: U2000 Section
1 Ian Finlay
2 John Vlasov
3 Mathew G Cooke
4 Ralph Deline
5 Robert Laszlo
6 Hongyi Li
7 Joey Zhong
8 Patrick Yu
9 Robert Gillanders
10 Eric Zechen Wang
11 John Zhang
12 Richard Chen
13 Brian Clark
14 Patrick O'Sullivan
15 Michael von Keitz
16 Sergey Noritsyn
17 Jiaxin Liu
18 Jeffrey Xu
19 Joe Bellomo
20 Benjamin Blium
21 Sasha Chuchin
22 Lee Hendon
23 Yuetong (Davy) Zhao
24 Tim Knechtel
25 Daniel Moorehouse
26 Hikmet Bosnac
Standings. Guelph Summer Pro-Am: U1600
1 Doug Gillis
2 Corin Schneider
3 Constance Wang
4 Jeffrey Lee
5 Rachel Tao
6 Bruce Hurst
7 Janet Peng
8 Gleb Gariaev
9 James Williamson
10 Radu Lupan
11 Varshini Paraparan
12 Mathanhe Kaneshalingam
13 Jeannie Zhang
14 Richard Feng
15 Ethan Zheng
16 Kylie Tan
17 Ellen Tao
18 Benito Surya
19 Daniel Brestoiu
Sorry about that Zeljko! Here is the new list of 68 players.
1 GM Bator Sambuev
2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn
3 IM Artiom Samsonkin
4 FM Victor Plotkin
5 IM Arthur Calugar
6 Jura Ochkoos
7 FM Michael Dougherty
8 Michael Song
9 Razvan Preotu
10 Mike Ivanov
11 David Itkin
12 Jackie Peng
13 Christopher Knox
14 Mark Plotkin
15 Yuanchen Zhang
16 Zhao Yang Luo
17 Guannan Terry Song
18 Constantine Khayutin
19 Alexander Friedman
Guelph Summer Pro-Am: U2000 Section
1 Andre Zybura
2 Ian Finlay
3 John Vlasov
4 Mathew G Cooke
5 Ralph Deline
6 Robert Laszlo
7 Hongyi Li
8 Joey Zhong
9 Patrick Yu
10 Robert Gillanders
11 Eric Zechen Wang
12 John Zhang
13 Richard Chen
14 Pino Verde
15 Patrick O'Sullivan
16 Masoud Jizan
17 Michael von Keitz
18 Sergey Noritsyn
19 Jiaxin Liu
20 Jeffrey Xu
21 Joe Bellomo
22 Benjamin Blium
23 Lee Hendon
24 Yuetong (Davy) Zhao
25 Zeljko Kitich
26 Tim Knechtel
27 Daniel Moorehouse
28 Hikmet Bosnac
Guelph Summer Pro-Am: U1600
1 Doug Gillis
2 Corin Schneider
3 Constance Wang
4 Jeffrey Lee
5 Rachel Tao
6 Bruce Hurst
7 Janet Peng
8 Gleb Gariaev
9 Benjamin Lin
10 James Williamson
11 Radu Lupan
12 Varshini Paraparan
13 Mathanhe Kaneshalingam
14 Jeannie Zhang
15 Richard Feng
16 Agniya Pobereshnikova
17 Ethan Zheng
18 Kylie Tan
19 Ellen Tao
20 Benito Surya
21 Daniel Brestoiu
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