Kitchener-Waterloo Fall Open - Preregistered List

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Kitchener-Waterloo Fall Open - Any News for pairing and standing so far?

I don't see anyone named Yuan on the pre-registered list - and if someone of that name *was* at the tournament, presumably they would know or be able to discern the outcome of their section at least.

It really does not take much time to copy&paste a text here. Probably keen teens could just type everything on their ipods&co :D

[Aman Hambleton]

Re: Kitchener-Waterloo Fall Open - Any News for pairing and standing so far?

Well, the obvious answer is that some people have jobs and families and other obligations that might prevent them from providing instant updates for people who have pretty much only passing interest... I don't see anyone named Yuan on the pre-registered list - and if someone of that name *was* at the tournament, presumably they would know or be able to discern the outcome of their section at least.

I noticed that Ralph was registered to play in one of the sections, so perhaps he had even more time on his hands than I thought...

Chill everyone - if you care that much then go play in the damn tournament.

[Kerry Liles]

Re: Kitchener-Waterloo Fall Open - Any News for pairing and standing so far?

Why don't you ignore the personal shot he took at you and acknowledge what he was actually complaining about...

Where are some updates, results, standings, gamescores??

Well, the obvious answer is that some people have jobs and families and other obligations that might prevent them from providing instant updates for people who have pretty much only passing interest... I don't see anyone named Yuan on the pre-registered list - and if someone of that name *was* at the tournament, presumably they would know or be able to discern the outcome of their section at least.

I noticed that Ralph was registered to play in one of the sections, so perhaps he had even more time on his hands than I thought...

Chill everyone - if you care that much then go play in the damn tournament.

[Aman Hambleton]

Re: Kitchener-Waterloo Fall Open - Any News for pairing and standing so far?

Why don't you take a long walk on a short pier.

Why don't you ignore the personal shot he took at you and acknowledge what he was actually complaining about...

Where are some updates, results, standings, gamescores??

[Ralph Deline]

Re: Kitchener-Waterloo Fall Open - Any News for pairing and standing so far?

Nothing updated, it seems not Patrick running this event.

Why don't you take a long walk on a short pier.

[Hans Jung]

Re: Kitchener-Waterloo Fall Open - Preregistered List

Ist GM Sambuev 4.5, equal 2nd IM's Bindi Cheng and Tomas Krnan. In the under 2000 Garrett Forsyth 4.5 (1st) and 3 way tie for 2nd Bob Gillanders, Dan Raats, and Ryan Gonsalves. Congratulations Garrett (this will move you up over 2000!). Under 1600 4 way tie for 1st between Benjamin Lin, Jeffrey Lee, Immanuel Huang, and Thomas Guo. 72 players total. I admired Tomas Krnan's technique this weekend. With a perfect score of more than 10 losses I finally managed to upset IM Samsonkin with Black in a French Defence. (for those who still believe in the French)

[Alex Ferreira]

Re: Kitchener-Waterloo Fall Open - Preregistered List

Hi,

Thanks to the organizers for running the event.
If I am not mistaken, Sambuev won with 4.5/5, drawing only Samsonkin in the last round, in what looked like a rather complicated Queen & pawns endgame.
Tomas Krnan & Bindi Cheng split 2nd / 3rd with 4.0
I don't know what happened in the other sections, as (most of) these games were played in a different room.

From my perspective, I quite enjoyed the tournament, it had been a little while since I had been able to get out of town to play in a tournament. Downtown Kitchener seems to have been revamped considerably. More appealing restaurants / pubs / boutique shops. There was also some music festival taking place Saturday night.
Overall a much better experience than some of the previous ones I had there. I remember some shady establishments (or just on the street) filled with unsavoury characters in the past, and tons of reconstruction. Glad to have gone again and looking forward to do so again in future. Kitchener seems to be on the upward trend!

Alex Ferreira

[Christopher Mallon]

Re: Kitchener-Waterloo Fall Open - Any News for pairing and standing so far?

Nothing updated, it seems not Patrick running this event.

No, it wasn't Patrick, and the organizers had a very large additional headache to deal with today as apparently the city double-booked them with a bridal show which included live music - right beside the playing area - and which also needed their tables and chairs.

I was there first thing this morning... I do recall seeing that GM Sambuev had 3/3 but didn't have a chance to see much else. I believe he was set to play Razvan Preotu in Round 4.

[William Yuan]

Re: Kitchener-Waterloo Fall Open - Any News for pairing and standing so far?

Nothing updated, it seems not Patrick running this event.

[Ralph Deline]

Re: Kitchener-Waterloo Fall Open - Preregistered List

The weekend is almost here. If you want to get some good games in, check out the preregistered list and commit yourself to a great weekend.

[Alex Ferreira]

Re: Kitchener-Waterloo Fall Open - Preregistered List

Woot!
Looking pretty competitive. I shall be ready to get some over-the-board lessons.
Alex F.

[Ralph Deline]

Re: Kitchener-Waterloo Fall Open - Preregistered List

Bump.

This is going to be an interesting and exciting tournament. Check the preregistered list and I'm sure you will agree.

If you are not preregistered yet, you only have a few more days to take advantage of the lower preregistered rate.

Sign up and have a fun weekend!

[Ralph Deline]

Re: Kitchener-Waterloo Fall Open - Preregistered List

Bump. We are now at 69 players.

There are a few more from the KW chess club who are likely to play in all three sections.

Still trying to beat 77 players that showed up for the Spring Open.

[Ralph Deline]

Thus far, we have 69 preregistered. Expecting more to register this week. I will continue to add names to this list as they preregister.


Kitchener-Waterloo Fall Open - Preregistered List

Open
Bator Sambuev 2689
Tomas Krnan 2562
Artiom Samsonkin 2553
Bindi Cheng 2480
Roman Sapozhnikov 2466
Victor Plotkin 2354
Michael Song 2343
Razvan Preotu 2293
Hans Jung 2284
Mark Plotkin 2103
Jonathan Yu 2069
Adam Cormier 2067
Alex T. Ferreira 2051
Yuanchen Zhang 2021
Alexander Przybylski 2015
Dmitry Chernik 1989
Yinshi Li 1983
Tony Li 1974

U2000

John Zhang 1957
Robert Bzikot 1940
Dan Raats 1931
Sergey Noritsyn 1915
Rob Gashgarian 1899
Garrett Forsyth 1880
Tony Bohan Bao 1825
Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo 1820
Don Gareau 1813
Ralph Deline 1791
Mario Piccinin 1789
Istvan Kiss 1788
Joey Zhong 1778
Lee Hendon 1772
Gerry Crowley 1770
Bob Gillanders 1764
Patrick Phillips 1762
Richard Chen 1744
Barry Forsyth 1673
Wenyang Ming 1668
David Bendl 1628
George Dragasanu 1619
Tim Knechtel 1613
Dennis Tismenko 1601
Dinny Wang 1570
Ryan Gonsalves 1563

U1600

Avery Jones 1501
Tyler Ensor 1496
Dennis Shamroni 1494
Doug Gillis 1477
Andy Maaser 1460
Jeffrey Lee 1409
Atharva Washimkar 1394
Frank Wang 1385
Gary Hua 1367
David Ang 1359
Thomas Guo 1353
Immanuel Huang 1335
Nathan Macias-Luevano 1319
Benjamin Lin 1259
Kai Gauer 1239
Mathanhe Kaneshalingam 1232
James Williamson 1188
Arhant Washimkar 1184
Jason Cai 1152
Eugene Hua 1077
Robin Johnson 1018
Benito Surya 944
Ethan Zheng 924
Kylie Tan 887
Alexandre Johnson unr.