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Thx - I've managed to land at 50% after 2 rounds, despite being the lowest rated of 35 in my U 1900 section. So, as I look at it, I'm already way ahead of my pre-tournament goal!!
Thx - I've managed to land at 50% after 2 rounds, despite being the lowest rated of 35 in my U 1900 section. So, as I look at it, I'm already way ahead of my pre-tournament goal!!
Bob
Not so cocky young man, remember the tortoise and the hare :D:D
Not so cocky young man, remember the tortoise and the hare :D:D
He has the edge in his games. Juniors hate to lose to Senior Citizens as I faintly recall. So, spend lots of time considering the move and make the good moves.
We don't know how or how often we are supposed to be clicking the # symbol but fortunately we still have a sufficient command of English to express ourselves succinctly - wish everyone did :) .
Either you are under the impression there are multiple ways to click the # symbol, or you have already failed to express yourself succinctly.
Hi everyone, tournament arbiter Alex Ferreira has given me the good news that Marcus Wilker from the Annex Chess Club, has stepped forward to help us out with improving the posting of results and pairings. Marcus, thanks so much for your very appreciated assistance, especially as it will be late night, after we have already spent hours onsite.
In a nutshell, I (or Alex), will be posting every night, a link to the Annex Chess Club, which will have well formatted pages with standings and pairings. For those of you who were OK with the text dump that I have been doing, I will also post that here.
3rd round July 16, 2012.
I visited the tournament after 1 hour has passed from the starting time of 6:00 p.m. It took me some time to recognize several players from the Crown section, particularly the young and future grandmasters of Canada.
I went there primarily to watch the board 1 encounter between GM Wesley So and IM Nikolay Noritsyn. The question i ask in their game is, can Nikolay with the black pieces break free from his semi-cramped position?
There are other games which i considered interesting as well. The WCM Jackie Peng - IM Raja Panjawani game where Black was lagging in development. WCM Peng, handling the white pieces, sacrificed her knight on d5 for 2 pawns plus attack plus a weakened black castled king. This will certainly be a good material for teaching chess.
The game between GM Rozentalis - IM Caluga5 is another fireworks in the making when i left the tournament site at 8:30 p.m.
The Martchenko - GM Sambuev got interesting when the GM sacrificed a rook for a d3 pawn for a knight. Will White be able to hold the GMs coming attack?
On board 2, Preuto - Birarov game is an uneven game in terms of pawn structure.
These games will be good to replay some days.
round 3 results & round 4 pairings (ex. U1600)
Wall Chart. 2012 Toronto International: Crown Section (standings)
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4
1 GM Wesley So W 14 B 6 W 5 B 2
2668 141170 (2650) (5202213) 1.0 2.0 3.0
2 IM Artiom Samsonkin W 15 B 17 bye W 1
2549 146305 (2390) (13503111) 1.0 2.0 2.5
3 Razvan Preotu W 12 B 9 W 10 B 4
2291 146124 (2058) (2613280) 0.5 1.5 2.5
4 GM Bator Sambuev B 7 W 14 B 13 W 3
2707 146462 (2542) (4128290) 0.0 1.0 2.0
5 IM Nikolay Noritsyn W 18 B 7 B 1 W 6
2633 132534 (2460) (2604922) 1.0 2.0 2.0
6 IM Raja Panjwani B 11 W 1 B 17 B 5
2493 121202 (2404) (2604493) 1.0 1.0 2.0
7 IM Arthur Calugar W 4 W 5 B 12 B 9
2404 130889 (2273) (2606933) 1.0 1.0 2.0
8 IM Leonid Gerzhoy B 10 W 18 W 11 B 12
2587 142916 (2459) (2806126) 0.0 1.0 1.5
9 FM Victor Plotkin bye W 3 B 18 W 7
2411 142063 (2249) (2606674) 0.5 0.5 1.5
10 Vladimir Birarov W 8 bye B 3 W 11
2264 145968 (2169) (2805391) 1.0 1.5 1.5
11 David Southam W 6 bye B 8 B 10
2220 102535 (2112) (2601044) 0.0 1.0 1.5
12 GM Eduardas Rozentalis B 3 bye W 7 W 8
2634 104611 (2600) (12800023) 0.5 1.0 1.0
13 Alexander Martchenko W 17 B 15 W 4 B 16
2412 132495 (2245) (2601036) 0.0 1.0 1.0
14 Michael Song B 1 B 4 W 16 W 15
2319 144236 (2142) (2613190) 0.0 0.0 1.0
15 Mike Ivanov B 2 W 13 bye B 14
2257 140557 (2035) (2613158) 0.0 0.0 1.0
16 FM Brett Campbell bye bye B 14 W 13
2251 101324 (2181) (2601486) 0.5 1.0 1.0
17 Jackie Peng B 13 W 2 W 6 B 18
2172 142388 (1968) (2609819) 1.0 1.0 1.0
18 Lorne Yee B 5 B 8 W 9 W 17
2282 100255 (2222) (2602032) 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wall Chart. 2012 Toronto International: U2200 Section (standings)
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4
1 Geordie Derraugh B 9 W 18 B 8 W 2
2158 132393 (2039) (2603950) 1.0 2.0 3.0
2 Tony [Juntao] Lin W 15 B 17 W 14 B 1
2141 148229 (1951) (2615100) 0.5 1.5 2.5
3 Pavel Peev B 16 W 22 bye W 4
2118 122223 (1976) (2605457) 1.0 2.0 2.5
4 Joseph Lentini W 25 B 14 W 15 B 3
2114 121831 (2098) (2603594) 1.0 1.5 2.5
5 James Fu W 8 W 26 B 20 B 9
2163 147873 (2043) (2611090) 0.0 1.0 2.0
6 Christopher Knox W 21 B 11 W 22 W 8
2068 136503 (1990) (2607549) 0.5 1.0 2.0
7 Horia Geaman W 11 B 24 W 13 W 10
2062 131241 (1206303) 0.5 1.5 2.0
8 Simon Gladstone B 5 W 13 W 1 B 6
2050 132497 (1929) (2611791) 1.0 2.0 2.0
9 Lali Agbabishvili W 1 B 25 B 21 W 5
2007 150778 (1952) (2613433) 0.0 1.0 2.0
10 Zehn Nasir W 14 bye - 18 B 7
1925 148198 (1864) (2613239) 0.0 1.0 X2.0
11 David Itkin B 7 W 6 B 16 W 14
2198 140216 (2055) (2611813) 0.5 1.0 1.5
12 Wajdy Shebetah bye B 15 W 24 W 16
2104 148432 (2020) (11500131) 0.5 0.5 1.5
13 Derick Joshua Twesigye W 19 B 8 B 7 W 15
2101 150779 (2105) (2614081) 1.0 1.0 1.5
14 Sergiy Orlov B 10 W 4 B 2 B 11
2071 122416 (2601770) 1.0 1.5 1.5
15 Daniel Wiebe B 2 W 12 B 4 B 13
1989 132137 (1885) (2612275) 0.5 1.5 1.5
16 Yuanchen Zhang W 3 B 19 W 11 B 12
1987 148449 (1866) (2611902) 0.0 1.0 1.5
17 Mark Plotkin bye W 2 B 26 B 18
1976 141086 (1877) (2611651) 0.5 0.5 1.5
18 Stephan Tonakanian B 20 B 1 - 10 W 17
2094 150629 (1983) (2612798) 1.0 1.0 F1.0
19 Stephen Ye B 13 W 16 bye W 20
1961 149965 (1883) (2615916) 0.0 0.0 1.0
20 Oleg Tseluiko W 18 B 23 W 5 B 19
1958 144091 (2609711) 0.0 1.0 1.0
21 Jose Luis Vasquez B 6 bye W 9 bye
1927 148446 (1903) (6101151) 0.5 1.0 1.0
22 David Cohen W 23 B 3 B 6 W 25
1904 100234 (2611015) 1.0 1.0 1.0
23 Mavros Whissell B 22 W 20 B 25 W 24
2139 112769 (2029) (2609460) 0.0 0.0 0.5
24 Ruperto Frilles B 26 W 7 B 12 B 23
2111 102447 (2059) (2602687) 0.5 0.5 0.5
25 Ben Olden-Cooligan B 4 W 9 W 23 B 22
1979 146103 (2613174) 0.0 0.0 0.5
26 Constantine Khayutin W 24 B 5 W 17 bye
1962 133986 (2617030) 0.5 0.5 0.5
Wall Chart. 2012 Toronto International: U1900 Section (standings)
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4
1 Daniel Zotkin B 34 W 23 B 6 W 3
1784 146857 (1763) (2615339) 1.0 2.0 3.0
2 Patrick Yu W 21 B 7 W 15 bye
1781 143209 (2613298) 1.0 2.0 3.0
3 Rodrigo Oliveira W 5 B 22 W 9 B 1
1748 152923 1.0 2.0 3.0
4 Carlos Romero Alfonso W 16 B 17 W 19 B 6
1864 153128 (1862) (2278480) 0.5 1.5 2.5
5 Ian Finlay B 3 W 34 W 20 B 12
1859 101866 (1792) (2604302) 0.0 1.0 2.0
6 Joey Zhong W 24 B 10 W 1 W 4
1847 151234 1.0 2.0 2.0
7 Jeffrey Xu B 31 W 2 B 23 W 11
1832 148513 1.0 1.0 2.0
8 Hayk Oganesyan W 19 B 18 W 12 B 9
1829 152587 0.5 1.5 2.0
9 John W Chidley-Hill B 32 W 11 B 3 W 8
1827 108085 (1880) (2606739) 1.0 2.0 2.0
10 Pierre Maheux B 25 W 6 B 26 bye
1776 105147 (2613760) 1.0 1.0 2.0
11 Steve Nickoloff W 27 B 9 W 25 B 7
1769 108201 1.0 1.0 2.0
12 Sasha Chuchin B 28 W 29 B 8 W 5
1703 147910 (2613018) 0.5 1.5 2.0
13 Richard Chen B 23 B 33 W 16 W 17
1880 148271 0.0 1.0 1.5
14 Daniel Coren W 20 B 19 W 27 B 18
1821 150504 (2613557) 0.5 0.5 1.5
15 John Zhang B 26 W 30 B 2 W 19
1773 150339 (2615878) 0.5 1.5 1.5
16 Jiaxin Liu B 4 W 26 B 13 W 20
1749 149747 (1669) (2611872) 0.5 1.0 1.5
17 Victor Itkin bye W 4 B 31 B 13
1729 142274 0.5 0.5 1.5
18 Nicholas O'Bumsawin bye W 8 B 33 W 14
1724 151261 (2616815) 0.5 0.5 1.5
19 Benjamin Blium B 8 W 14 B 4 B 15
1712 133080 (2613395) 0.5 1.5 1.5
20 Bryant Yang B 14 W 28 B 5 B 16
1702 141088 (2610361) 0.5 1.5 1.5
21 Kevin Yi-Xiao Yie B 2 W 31 B 29 W 22
1670 148223 0.0 0.5 1.5
22 Rene Preotu B 30 W 3 B 32 B 21
1838 141376 (2613930) 0.5 0.5 1.0
23 Sergey Noritsyn W 13 B 1 W 7 B 25
1750 146893 (1708) (2616408) 1.0 1.0 1.0
24 Eric Zechen Wang B 6 W 25 B 30 W 27
1724 149398 (2613409) 0.0 0.0 1.0
25 David Bendl W 10 B 24 B 11 W 23
1659 146565 (2607514) 0.0 1.0 1.0
26 Shafkat Ali W 15 B 16 W 10 B 29
1655 149142 (2613441) 0.5 1.0 1.0
27 Robert J Armstrong B 11 W 32 B 14 B 24
1645 100034 (2605791) 0.0 1.0 1.0
28 Omid Nemati W 12 B 20 ---- ----
1779 130676 (2616483) 0.5 0.5 U0.5
29 Mario Moran-Venegas W 33 B 12 W 21 W 26
1773 143315 (2605279) 0.5 0.5 0.5
30 Hanyuan Ye W 22 B 15 W 24 B 32
1722 144844 0.5 0.5 0.5
31 Bernie Prost W 7 B 21 W 17 W 33
1721 105432 (2616777) 0.0 0.5 0.5
32 Peter McNelly W 9 B 27 W 22 W 30
1703 106141 0.0 0.0 0.5
33 Zhanna Sametova B 29 W 13 W 18 B 31
1659 145911 (2613336) 0.5 0.5 0.5
34 Mark Jubenville W 1 B 5 ---- ----
1686 106764 (2613697) 0.0 0.0 U0.0
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