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Canadian Open Victoria July 8-13 Registration rate goes up $20 after June 29
Don't miss the 49th Canadian Open in Victoria BC. It could be another 49 years before the next CO in Victoria.
Great location Great hotel Great Event See you in July http://monroi.com/2012-cocc-home.html
Lots of great side events including a Welcome Barbecue, Whale Watching tour, Blitz, Learn how to Stand Up Paddleboard, Banquet and of course Bughouse. http://monroi.com/2012-cocc-home.html for details.
Hope to see you in July in Victoria. Sunshine Guaranteed. Everyone else will be here. Why not you?
The EXCITEMENT CONTINUES
First quick update from Round 7 tonight -- FM Richard Wang, the 13-year old Alberta Closed Champion continues his hot pace with a GM draw with GM John Federowicz of New York. This gives Richard a score of 5.5 after 7 - chasing the IM Norm!
Meanwhile -- do you know who is here now giving analysis and playing skittles games? GM Hikaru Nakamura (US Champion) and no. 7 ranked on the world FIDE list..... Here he was showing CCN Editor (and Canadian Olympiad team member IM Edward Porper a few tricks)! I suggested to Hikaru that he could enter the event with 7 byes and help us out!
Re: Canadian Open Victoria July 8-13 The EXCITEMENT CONTINUES!
BLITZ and more great chess events!
Wednesday July 11
Chess Federation of Canada Annual General Meeting CANCELLED (now done online)
12:00noon - 1:30pm Lecture IM Eric Hansen Cost $10 Adults $5 Children
11:00pm Midnight Blitz. 5 double round Swiss. $10 EF, 100% EF returned in prizes.
(1st 50%,2nd 10%, U2200 10%, U2000 10%, U1800 10%, U1600 10%)
Registration onsite.
Thursday July 12
Chess Federation of Canada Annual General Meeting CANCELLED (now done online)
10:00am - 12:00 noon Standup Paddleboard Lessons at Willows Beach. Register with Epic Surf Co. 250 380 7555
1:00pm -4:00pm GM Nakamura Lecture/Simul Register online http://nakamurasimul2012.eventbrite.com/ tickets available first come first served
9:00pm Pub Night (Bard and Banker Scottish Brew Pub - Government St and Fort St)
Friday July 13
3:00pm-4:45pm Canadian Open Bughouse Championships Register on site 2:30pm
4:30pm-6:00pm Cocktail hour
5:15pm-5:45pm Awards Ceremony
7:00pm Banquet
Originally posted by Mark S. Dutton, I.A.View Post
The EXCITEMENT CONTINUES
First quick update from Round 7 tonight -- FM Richard Wang, the 13-year old Alberta Closed Champion continues his hot pace with a GM draw with GM John Federowicz of New York. This gives Richard a score of 5.5 after 7 - chasing the IM Norm!
Meanwhile -- do you know who is here now giving analysis and playing skittles games? GM Hikaru Nakamura (US Champion) and no. 7 ranked on the world FIDE list..... Here he was showing CCN Editor (and Canadian Olympiad team member IM Edward Porper a few tricks)! I suggested to Hikaru that he could enter the event with 7 byes and help us out!
Can you post links to games from the other rounds (so I don't have to get them one by one from the Monroi site)? Thanks.
hugh, I've found a few mistakes (or at least differences from the scoresheets) in some of the games. I'll be posting them all eventually (I'm up to round 2 so far.....).
Why do the players use MonRoi when they are playing on a DGT board - aren't they both ways of transmitting the moves online?
Oh and who won the blitz!?
Yes -- they are both ways of transmitting the moves - but they are both not acceptable ways of recordings the moves. A players still is required to use a scoresheet or the more efficient method of recording moves -- the Monroi device!
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Stay tuned later for a full BLITZ report -- there were about 44 players playing from midnight to 2 AM or so! They are mostly passed out at the moment -- so check back later! Thanks for following the 49th Canadian Open Chess Championship. In the meantime have a look at the PHOTO Galleries and VIDEOS posted at this link here:
Eric Hansen leads the tournment with 6/7, while Richard Wang is a half point back wth the GMs. Richard needs one more point in 2 games and one more titled player for an IM norm if I read the crosstable correctly.
The 42 player 5-double round Midnight Blitz was held early Thursday morning from midnight until about 2 am.
The event was won by 2 IM's - Steven Zierk (USA) and Arthur Calugar (Toronto, Ontario) who both scored 8.5 - 1.5 (out of 10 games)
1st Under 2000 was Mark Plotkin
1st Under 1800 was Farley Cannon
1st Under 1600 was Jamie Campbell
In the SIMULTANEOUS EXHIBITION by GrandMaster Hikaru Nakamura, the 24 players managed to comed up with 1 draw and 23 losses to the 7th ranked in the world GM! Congratulations to Andrew M. Smith on scoring a draw with the GM! :) Andrew M. Smith from Cheyenne Wyoming obtains the only draw with American Chess Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura in simultaneous exhibition at the 2012 Canadian Chess Open. GM Nakamura is the current US Champion and is currently rated 7th in the world. Andrew was the Wyoming Chess Champion and national G60 winner during his last year of high school.
Since we still can't seem to get Monroi to "fix" the US Flag for IM Eric Hansen, we at least had our newest GM (from the trade that Vlad Dobrich mentioned) wear the team Canada shirt!
Last edited by Mark S. Dutton; Thursday, 12th July, 2012, 10:53 PM.
Reason: added additional Andrew M. Smith details
Re: Canadian Open Victoria July 8-13 The EXCITEMENT CONTINUES!
Originally posted by Mark S. Dutton, I.A.View Post
Yes -- they are both ways of transmitting the moves - but they are both not acceptable ways of recordings the moves. A players still is required to use a scoresheet or the more efficient method of recording moves -- the Monroi device!
My point being why isn't the DGT broadcast being used to have the moves online. I've never seen a DGT broadcast go wrong, whereas MonRoi frequently glitches or someone enters an incorrect move and messes up the notation. MonRoi could then just be used as a substitute to a scoresheet if a player wished, but I think using the DGT for the broadcast seems more reliable.
My point being why isn't the DGT broadcast being used to have the moves online. I've never seen a DGT broadcast go wrong, whereas MonRoi frequently glitches or someone enters an incorrect move and messes up the notation. MonRoi could then just be used as a substitute to a scoresheet if a player wished, but I think using the DGT for the broadcast seems more reliable.
Thanks for the Feedback -- in my experience I have found the DGT boards to ber very sensitive and prone to screw-ups!
The Monroi "errors" are due to Operator error (GIGO: Garbage In = Garbage Out).
Anyway -- I hope you are watching this right now....
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