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Hi chess fans, within a few hours, a brightly coloured PDF of the wall chart for this event, will be posted at the EOCA 2011-2012 Tournaments webpage, in the Dates column : http://www.eoca.org/htm/tournaments_2011-12.html
I am also going to try in a few minutes, to post the raw data in replies to this post. But before doing so, I just wanted to express my gratitude to Halldor Palsson and Keven Eyre, without whose help, the tournament just would not have been the same! Both guys, and especially Halldor, did a whole bunch of things, many after hours, to ensure that the whole weekend went so smoothly. Everyone seemed to have a great time, and we had a few players who had not played in a CFC event in years, making it fun to welcome them back!
I also wanted to express my appreciation and admiration for our titled participants, FM Aman Hambleton and FM Robert Hamilton. Not only did they run away with the Masters Section, but they both battled tremendously at every opportunity, and they were also quite engaging with opponents and other players, who had a variety of questions for them.
Have a great summer, and hope to see many of you at the new Toronto International!
# CFC FIDE name: title last, first round 1 round 2 round 3 round 4 round 5 prize
result# WB* total result# WB* total result# WB* total result# WB* total result# WB* total
Masters Section [FIDE & CFC] [1st=$400, 2nd=$200]
1 2414 2226 FM Hambleton, Aman +5 W 1.0 +4 B 2.0 =2 W 2.5 +8 B 3.5 +6 W 4.5 $400
2 2392 2292 FM Hamilton, Robert +6 B 1.0 +3 W 2.0 =1 B 2.5 +4 W 3.5 =7 B 4.0 $200
3 2345 2202 Humphreys, Michael +7 W 1.0 -2 B 1.0 -4 W 1.0 =6 B 1.5 =8 W 2.0
4 2335 2027 Upper, John +8 B 1.0 -1 W 1.0 +3 B 2.0 -2 B 2.0 =5 W 2.5 amateur
5 2305 2266 Masse, Hugues -1 B 0.0 =8 W 0.5 =6 B 1.0 +7 W 2.0 =4 B 2.5
6 2233 2102 Filipovich, David -2 W 0.0 -7 B 0.0 =5 W 0.5 =3 W 1.0 -1 B 1.0
7 2222 2106 Kirby, Patrick -3 B 0.0 +6 W 1.0 -8 B 1.0 -5 B 1.0 =2 W 1.5
8 2200 Torres, Aleksandr -4 W 0.0 =5 B 0.5 +7 W 1.5 -1 W 1.5 =3 B 2.0
U2200 Section [FIDE & CFC] [1st=$300, 2nd=$200]
9 2104 2098 Pace, Christopher +12 W 1.0 +11 B 2.0 =14 W 2.5 =10 B 3.0 =13 W 3.5 $250
10 2098 2058 Doubleday, William -13 B 0.0 +12 W 1.0 =17 B 1.5 =9 W 2.0 =14 B 2.5
11 2070 Donev, Danail +15 W 1.0 -9 W 1.0 -16 B 1.0 +24 B 2.0 +18 W 3.0
12 2030 2126 Sadeghi, Saeid -9 B 0.0 -10 B 0.0 -0 * 0.0 -0 * 0.0 -0 * 0.0
13 2002 1995 Palsson, Halldor +10 W 1.0 -14 B 1.0 =15 W 1.5 -0 * 1.5 =9 B 2.0
14 1992 Desjardins, Michel =0 * 0.5 +13 W 1.5 =9 B 2.0 +15 B 3.0 =10 W 3.5 $250
15 1974 1939 Li, Ruokai -11 B 0.0 +24 W 1.0 =13 B 1.5 -14 W 1.5 -27 B 1.5
16 1954 IA Marghetis, Aris =24 W 0.5 =0 * 1.0 +11 W 2.0 -0 * 2.0 -0 * 2.0 floater
17 1928 1829 Kalra, Agastya =0 * 0.5 +18 B 1.5 =10 W 2.0 -0 * 2.0 -0 * 2.0 amateur
18 1926 Deveau, Justin =0 * 0.5 -17 W 0.5 =24 B 1.0 =25 W 1.5 -11 B 1.5
U1900 Section [CFC-only] [1st=$300, 2nd=$200]
19 1898 1875 Danilov, Alex -29 W 0.0 =28 B 0.5 =25 W 1.0 =26 B 1.5 -0 * 1.5
20 1892 Eberle, Mark +30 B 1.0 =31 W 1.5 -22 B 1.5 -0 * 1.5 -0 * 1.5
21 1880 Cooke, Mathew -31 W 0.0 +27 B 1.0 -29 W 1.0 -0 * 1.0 -0 * 1.0
22 1874 Cova, Ramon =0 * 0.5 +25 B 1.5 +20 W 2.5 -34 B 2.5 +23 W 3.5
23 1844 Dunne, Francesco +32 B 1.0 -33 W 1.0 -31 B 1.0 +27 W 2.0 -22 B 2.0
24 1840 MacNeill, Danny =16 B 0.5 -15 B 0.5 =18 W 1.0 -11 W 1.0 -33 B 1.0 amateur
25 1818 Laszlo, Robert =0 * 0.5 -22 W 0.5 =19 B 1.0 =18 B 1.5 +30 W 2.5
26 1816 Zhang, Kevin -33 W 0.0 +30 B 1.0 =0 * 1.5 =19 W 2.0 +32 W 3.0
27 1790 Tomalty, Alan -34 B 0.0 -21 W 0.0 +41 W 1.0 -23 B 1.0 +15 W 2.0 amateur
28 1755 Rose, Richard =0 * 0.5 =19 W 1.0 +32 B 2.0 -31 B 2.0 -0 * 2.0
29 1739 Sun, Mike +19 B 1.0 -34 W 1.0 +21 B 2.0 +33 W 3.0 -0 * 3.0
30 1731 2019 Ritchie, Gordon -20 W 0.0 -26 W 0.0 =0 * 0.5 -32 B 0.5 -25 B 0.5 amateur
31 1700 Krolczyk, Jacob +21 B 1.0 =20 B 1.5 +23 W 2.5 +28 W 3.5 =34 B 4.0 $200
32 1697 Langer, Herb -23 W 0.0 +39 B 1.0 -28 W 1.0 +30 W 2.0 -26 B 2.0
33 1685 Adriaanse, Adam +26 B 1.0 +23 B 2.0 -34 W 2.0 -29 B 2.0 +24 W 3.0
34 1683 Pace, Anthony +27 W 1.0 +29 B 2.0 +33 B 3.0 +22 W 4.0 =31 W 4.5 $300
U1600 Section [CFC-only] [1st=$200, 2nd=$100]
35 1596 Zhang, David =39 W 0.5 +38 B 1.5 =0 * 2.0 +36 B 3.0 -37 W 3.0
36 1468 Pace, Nicholas +40 B 1.0 +37 W 2.0 +42 B 3.0 -35 W 3.0 =38 B 3.5 $100
37 1464 Zhang, Jeff +42 W 1.0 -36 B 1.0 +40 W 2.0 +41 B 3.0 +35 B 4.0 $200
38 1458 Lukezich, John +43 B 1.0 -35 W 1.0 =0 * 1.5 -40 B 1.5 =36 W 2.0
39 1402 Eyre, Keven =35 B 0.5 -32 W 0.5 +43 B 1.5 -0 * 1.5 -0 * 1.5 amateur
40 1281 Metcalfe, Drew -36 W 0.0 +42 B 1.0 -37 B 1.0 +38 W 2.0 +43 W 3.0
41 1170 Svensson, Andrew =0 * 0.5 +43 W 1.5 -27 B 1.5 -37 W 1.5 +42 B 2.5 amateur
42 1132 Hardy, Pierre -37 B 0.0 -40 W 0.0 -36 W 0.0 -43 B 0.0 -41 W 0.0
43 874 Hardy, Nicholas -38 W 0.0 -41 B 0.0 -39 W 0.0 +42 W 1.0 -40 B 1.0 amateur
FM Robert Hamilton [was] quite engaging with opponents and other players, who had a variety of questions for [him].
It is great to see Mr.Robert has changed. When I first encountered him in the early 1990's he was a ruthless arrogant "know it all" drunk. It's great to see that people can change.
As mentioned in my earlier posts:
It is great to see Mr.Robert has changed. When I first encountered him in the early 1990's he was a ruthless arrogant "know it all" drunk. It's great to see that people can change.
Norm
That's quite ruthless of you to say... on a public message board... though I won't challenge your statements...
It is great to see Mr.Robert has changed. When I first encountered him in the early 1990's he was a ruthless arrogant "know it all" drunk. It's great to see that people can change.
If you'd turn into an idiot overnight, I can't imagine anyone seeing a difference. What makes you think that you are entitled to pass judgment on people and post it ?
If you'd turn into an idiot overnight, I can't imagine anyone seeing a difference. What makes you think that you are entitled to pass judgment on people and post it ?
If anything, I was complimenting Mr.Robert.
Sorry if I offended you or anyone else; those weren't my intentions.
It was obviously a backhand compliment; i.e. an insult.
(e.g. see my sig. line below)
But if you really intended it as a compliment, then you should consider not posting until you familiarize yourself with a few civilizing influences. Try Jane Austen's novels, they're a masterclass in civil sniping.
I think the point being overlooked here is that the Pace's really filled their pockets... 650$ between them :D
Right on! It's even better than that, the THREE brothers won $650 between them, which is over a third of the total prize fund of $1900. We should have asked for a blood test! :)
I really enjoyed playing a 2200+ player every single round of this tournament.
Although the pairings are very difficult to make in the final rounds where you've nearly played everyone, I suspect that with a few less people there could be a rather appetizing RR between 6 players. I also think that with a few more people (some usual suspects were missing) it would turn into quite a strong(er) Master section.
I also hope there are many more FIDE rated events to be held in Ottawa soon!
I really enjoyed playing a 2200+ player every single round of this tournament.
Although the pairings are very difficult to make in the final rounds where you've nearly played everyone, I suspect that with a few less people there could be a rather appetizing RR between 6 players. I also think that with a few more people (some usual suspects were missing) it would turn into quite a strong(er) Master section.
I also hope there are many more FIDE rated events to be held in Ottawa soon!
Thanks Aman! :)
We will have 6 FIDE events next season (our 5 usual events, and the Ontario Open).
Norm
In insulting someone who has done a great deal for chess in Canada, you have only brought discredit on yourself. It takes a mature adult to know when to apologize for overstepping the bounds. You would do yourself a favour if you now apologize and move on.
Norm
In insulting someone who has done a great deal for chess in Canada, you have only brought discredit on yourself. It takes a mature adult to know when to apologize for overstepping the bounds. You would do yourself a favour if you now apologize and move on.
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