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  • #76
    Re: Canadian Zonal

    Originally posted by Tom O'Donnell View Post
    I believe it is the way that FIDE does it, and now the way the CFC does it. I've read somewhere that a better way to calculate 100% performance ratings is to pretend that the person has slightly less than 100% (say deduct .25 from their score, so Bator would have 7.75/8) and work out the percentage and performance from there. In that case Bator's performance would be roughly 2900-2950, I think. A remarkable achievement!
    There is no "true" performance rating for a 100% (or 0%) score, as performance ratings are logarithmic, but are estimated by the formula we are all familiar with. CFC & FIDE represent 100% performances differently in crosstables, but the same general formula is used for calulation purposes.

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    • #77
      Sambuev 8.5/9 !!

      Round 9 was just a short exchange slav draw.

      [Event "Canadian Closed- Championnats canadiens"]
      [Site "Montreal"]
      [Date "2012.08.11"]
      [Round "9"]
      [White "Sambuev, Bator"]
      [Black "Gerzhoy, Leonid"]
      [Result "1/2-1/2"]
      [WhiteELO "2531"]
      [WhiteTitle "GM"]
      [BlackELO "2448"]
      [BlackTitle "IM"]
      [Source "MonRoi"]

      1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Rac1 Rac8 13.a3 a6 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Qd5 17.Qxd5 exd5 18.Rfe1 Rfe8 19.Kf1 Kf8 1/2-1/2

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      • #78
        Re: Canadian Zonal

        Originally posted by Hugh Brodie View Post
        8 players (almost 25% of the field) are now gone from the "Men's" section.
        No Mas. :)
        Gary Ruben
        CC - IA and SIM

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        • #79
          Re: Canadian Zonal

          Originally posted by Christopher Mallon View Post
          I'm not sure how you're calculating his performance rating but I'm pretty sure his average opponent is not rated 2774 :p
          I just went to the official results page and that's what was posted there. In either case, performance ratings for perfect scores are pretty random anyway.

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          • #80
            Re : Canadian Zonal

            Originally posted by Claude Lalumière View Post
            The list of participants to the Canadian Zonal has been updated. You can find information about the Championship and the list of participants at : http://ccc2012.yolasite.com/
            The winners

            GM Sambuev performance was incredible this week. Such consecutive victories were only seen once in the history of the tournament, and it was in 1943 with Abe Yanofski (11-0). His result (8,5/9) is the highest ever in this format. We will wish GM Sambuev the best luck possible while representing us at the 2013 World Cup in Tromso, Norway.
            WIM Natalia Khoudgarian also once again won the title, showing how experience can be very useful in such tournaments. She should represent us at the 2012 Women’s World Championship, and we can be assured that Goddesschess will closely follow her experience with the World’s top female players.

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            • #81
              Re: Canadian Zonal

              As Bill Evans reported below, Yanofsky also won in 1959 with a perfect score.

              Code:
               55th Canadian Championship
              
              Montreal, 1959	                1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	
              1	Yanofsky, Abe (MB)	*	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	11.0
              2	Fuster, Geza (ON)	0	*	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	9.0
              3	Anderson, Frank (ON)	0	½	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8.5
              4	Joyner, Lionel (PQ)	0	0	½	*	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7.5
              5	Williams, J.Noel	0	0	½	1	*	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	7.0
              6	Matthai, Heinz	        0	½	0	0	0	*	½	½	1	1	1	1	5.5
              7	Cayford, ANthony	0	0	0	0	½	½	*	1	½	½	1	1	5.0
              8	Zalys, Ignas	        0	0	0	0	0	½	0	*	1	1	1	1	4.5
              9	Rauch, Joseph	        0	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	*	½	1	1	3.5
              10	Smolij, Josef	        0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	*	0	1	2.0
              11	Patty, Jack	        0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	1	1.0
              12	Hoover, Walter	        0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	*	0.0

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              • #82
                Re: Canadian Zonal

                When it was a RR, how did they handle choosing whom to invite? Just the strongest players, or were there qualifiers?
                Christopher Mallon
                FIDE Arbiter

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                • #83
                  Re: Canadian Zonal

                  There used to be regional reps, as well as by rating (when ratings existed). For example, the 1969 event (18 player RR) had one rep from the Maritimes; one from Alberta; one from Saskatchewan; one from Manitoba (plus Kuprejanov - did he live in Manitoba for a time?); the junior who finished highest in the previous Canadian Open (Coudari - who had tied with Krotki; lost the playoff; then Krotki couldn't attend). Others qualified by rating, or by winning their provincial championhsips.

                  http://www3.telus.net/public/swright2/homepage.html

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                  • #84
                    Re: Canadian Zonal

                    Well, an 18 player event gives you a lot more flexibility to deal with the different regions. How would you do it in a 12 or 10 player event?
                    Christopher Mallon
                    FIDE Arbiter

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                    • #85
                      Re: Canadian Zonal

                      I am still waiting for games from the 8th and 9th rounds - as well as missing games from earlier rounds - making it too late to send them in with a report this week for TWIC (The Week in Chess).

                      http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/twic.html

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                      • #86
                        Re: Re : Canadian Zonal

                        Hello,

                        Firstly, Congrats to Richard Wang for getting the IM title.

                        And Humphreys for getting FIDE Master ! -- Yeaaaaaaah !
                        We can't wait until you come back to HH, muahahaha.

                        Congrats as well to Nikita Gusev.

                        Can anyone confirm that a WIM title was awarded in the womens event?


                        Alex F.

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                        • #87
                          Re: Canadian Zonal

                          Originally posted by Hugh Brodie View Post
                          An anonymous participant posted the following in another discussion group:

                          "I must say that the playing conditions at [insert his local chess club's name here] are significantly better than here. There is nothing resembling a carpet on the floor, and every chair move sounds like a nail scratching glass. Only the top four and the bottom two boards are treated royally, while all the other players are in a permanently cramped position. The ceiling is low and looks weird. A cup of coffee costs $1. The only two advantages are bigger washrooms and a hot photographer."
                          Was the anonymous participant making reference to the lady in this pic?

                          PS Who is she!?

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                          • #88
                            Re: Canadian Zonal

                            Originally posted by Andy Shaw View Post
                            Who is she!?

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                            • #89
                              Re : Re: Canadian Zonal

                              Originally posted by Andy Shaw View Post
                              Was the anonymous participant making reference to the lady in this pic?

                              PS Who is she!?
                              It's my girlfriend, who volunteered to take pictures while the other organizers were quite busy on the first day. https://plus.google.com/photos/11060...JK_zOPVl-K4kgE
                              https://plus.google.com/photos/11060...CMaWvMie5fqgEA

                              However, we also had the pleasant surprise of having Zeljka from MonRoi, who also took great pictures on the first day : https://picasaweb.google.com/MonRoi.Inc/CanadianClosed#

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                              • #90
                                Re: Re : Re: Canadian Zonal

                                Originally posted by Felix Dumont View Post
                                It's my girlfriend, who volunteered to take pictures while the other organizers were quite busy on the first day. https://plus.google.com/photos/11060...JK_zOPVl-K4kgE
                                https://plus.google.com/photos/11060...CMaWvMie5fqgEA
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                                Could I borrow your girlfriend for a night? :)

                                Jk, good job on a good catch :)

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