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The Guelph Fall Pro-Am has modified its round times slightly based on past experience.
Guelph Fall Pro-Am
November 3 - 4, 2012
Room 442, Guelph University Centre
5 Round Swiss
3 Sections: FIDE Rated Pro, FIDE Rated U2000, U1600
Players may play up if current rating is within 100 points of rating floor.
Cost is $20, proceeds to the Olympic Fund.
Round Times: Saturday 10:00am, 2:00pm, 6:30pm, Sunday 10:00am, 2:30pm
Time Control: Round 1 G/60 +30 sec, Rounds 2-5 G/90 + 30 sec
Entry Fees: Pro Section $60, others $40. Late Fee: $10.00 on site
Half Point Byes: in rounds 1-4 may be requested in advance
Prizes: $55 per Pro player returned as prizes.
Trophies awarded in other sections
Register: Mail to TD Hal Bond, 205 – 105 Conroy Crescent, Guelph, ON N1G 2V5,
email halbond@sympatico.ca, or cash on site from 8:30-9:30 am Saturday. Players registering after 9:30 Saturday may not receive a swiss pairing in first round.
Equipment, snacks and refreshments provided by organizer
Hey Hal, hope you had a better trip home than me : sat on the tarmac for 2 hours in Istanbul, then connection from Newark left over 90 minutes late, then they lost my luggage, lol! Maybe I'm just unlucky with United, but I wish I was in your Transat! ;)
Anyway bud, have you, or will you be arranging a hotel rate for that weekend? Or, if anyone else local to you is interested, I would also consider renting a room from them.
Hey Aris - Transat is a piker airline with the smallest seats I have ever used and a blanket costs you $7 if you have a credit card. I paid extra to choose my seats in advance and my choice was not honoured on the return trip. Just as well - I like an aisle seat but they are so small that the service carts always smack you on the way past.
The trip back was at least quieter. The SCREAMING infants co-operated on the flight over to Istanbul to provide non stop dread. The return flight also featured blockbuster The Avengers to help pass the time.
Hotel rates for November - thanks for the reminder.
I'm hoping that one day soon medical authorities will declare that flying is hazardous to the health of infants and we will see the end of that problem.
Hey Aris - Transat is a piker airline with the smallest seats I have ever used and a blanket costs you $7 if you have a credit card. I paid extra to choose my seats in advance and my choice was not honoured on the return trip. Just as well - I like an aisle seat but they are so small that the service carts always smack you on the way past.
The trip back was at least quieter. The SCREAMING infants co-operated on the flight over to Istanbul to provide non stop dread. The return flight also featured blockbuster The Avengers to help pass the time.
Hotel rates for November - thanks for the reminder.
Hi Hal,
Any updates on the tournament, a pre-registered list, or hotel rates?
Hey Aman - thanks for asking. We are getting more inquiries now so I should have a pre-registered list soon. The hotel is due to get back to me so I will give them another nudge on Monday.
It would be great to see you playing in Guelph again. If memory serves you owe Sapozhnikov a tactical shot.
Hi folks - we now have 20 players pre-registered. You can avoid the on site late fee by emailing your registeration to me, halbond@sympatico.ca
2012 Guelph Fall Pro-Am: Pro Section
1 Michael Song 2341
2 Victor Plotkin 2335
3 Jackie Peng 2236
4 Mark Plotkin 2092
5 Yinshi Li 2084
6 Guannan Terry Song 1984
U2000 Section
1 Jeffrey Xu 1944
2 Rob Gashgarian 1863
3 Robert Gillanders 1836
4 Lee Hendon 1712
5 Nicholas Jackson 1693
6 Jiaxin Liu 1693
7 Corin Schneider 1616
8 Mark Brauer 1607
U1600 Section
1 Marcell Csoka 1330
2 Jason Cai 1251
3 Janet Peng 1247
4 James Williamson 1184
5 Christopher Osborne 1164
6 Robin Johnston 1026
The Best Western is located across the road from the University:
716 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario N1G 1Y6
Phone: 519/836-1240 | Fax: 519/763-5225
They have given us a special rate of $93.99 per night based on single or double occupancy. For 3 or 4 people, add an extra $10 per person. The price includes free internet, breakfast and parking. Call the local number and ask for the University chess rate.
IM Bindi Cheng, Noritsyns will play, now 34 players
With a week to go Guelph has 34 players pregistered.
You can register in advance by emailing me, halbond@sympatico.ca, to avoid the onsite late fee.
Standings. 2012 Guelph Fall Pro-Am: Pro Section
1 IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2605
2 IM Bindi Cheng 2483
3 Michael Song 2341
4 FM Victor Plotkin 2335
5 Haizhou Xu 2295
6 Christopher Knox 2276
7 WFM Jackie Peng 2236
8 Geordie Derraugh 2235
9 David Filipovich 2212
10 Mark Plotkin 2092
11 Yinshi Li 2084
12 Alex T. Ferreira 2065
13 Guannan Terry Song 1984
Standings. 2012 Guelph Fall Pro-Am: U2000 Section
1 Jeffrey Xu 1944
2 Sergey Noritsyn 1936
3 Lin [Xin] Song 1892
4 Rob Gashgarian 1863
5 Robert Gillanders 1836
6 Patrick Yu 1776
7 Lee Hendon 1712
8 Wenyang Ming 1700
9 Nicholas Jackson 1693
10 Jiaxin Liu 1693
11 Tim Knechtel 1683
12 Dennis Tismenko 1635
13 Corin Schneider 1616
14 Mark Brauer 1607
Standings. 2012 Guelph Fall Pro-Am: U1600 Section
1 Marcell Csoka 1330
2 Jason Cai 1251
3 Janet Peng 1247
4 James Williamson 1184
5 Christopher Osborne 1164
6 Robin Johnston 1026
7 Daniel Caron 966
40 players now pre-registered for Guelph. You can avoid the on site late fee by emailing your registration to me , halbond@sympatico.ca.
Standings. 2012 Guelph Fall Pro-Am:
1 IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2605
2 IM Bindi Cheng 2483
3 Michael Song 2341
4 FM Victor Plotkin 2335
5 Haizhou Xu 2295
6 Christopher Knox 2276
7 Jackie Peng 2236
8 Geordie Derraugh 2235
9 David Filipovich 2212
10 Steve Demmery 2143
11 Adam Cormier 2109
12 Mark Plotkin 2092
13 Yinshi Li 2084
14 Alex T. Ferreira 2065
15 Guannan Terry Song 1984
U2000 Section
1 Peter Baxted 1978
2 Jeffrey Xu 1944
3 Sergey Noritsyn 1936
4 Lin [Xin] Song 1892
5 Rob Gashgarian 1863
6 Robert Gillanders 1836
7 Richard Glew 1794
8 Patrick Yu 1776
9 Lee Hendon 1712
10 Wenyang Ming 1700
11 Nicholas Jackson 1693
12 Jiaxin Liu 1693
13 Tim Knechtel 1683
14 Dennis Tismenko 1635
15 Corin Schneider 1616
16 Mark Brauer 1607
U1600 Section
1 Marcell Csoka 1330
2 Jason Cai 1251
3 Janet Peng 1247
4 Daniel Liu 1214
5 James Williamson 1184
6 Christopher Osborne 1164
7 Robin Johnston 1026
8 Daniel Caron 966
We are pleased to confirm Bator's participation. Our list is now at 46 players:
Standings. 2012 Guelph Fall Pro-Am: Pro Section
1 GM Bator Sambuev 2694
2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2605
3 IM Bindi Cheng 2483
4 Michael Song 2341
5 FM Victor Plotkin 2335
6 Haizhou Xu 2295
7 Christopher Knox 2276
8 Mike Ivanov 2270
9 WFM Jackie Peng 2236
10 Geordie Derraugh 2235
11 David Filipovich 2212
12 Steve Demmery 2143
13 Adam Cormier 2109
14 Mark Plotkin 2092
15 Yinshi Li 2084
16 Alex T. Ferreira 2065
17 Guannan Terry Song 1984
Standings. 2012 Guelph Fall Pro-Am: U2000 Section
1 Brian Profit 1994
2 Peter Baxted 1978
3 Jeffrey Xu 1944
4 Sergey Noritsyn 1936
5 Lin [Xin] Song 1892
6 Rob Gashgarian 1863
7 Robert Gillanders 1836
8 Jiaxin Liu 1808
9 Richard Glew 1794
10 Patrick Yu 1776
11 Lee Hendon 1712
12 Wenyang Ming 1700
13 Nicholas Jackson 1693
14 Tim Knechtel 1683
15 Dennis Tismenko 1635
16 Corin Schneider 1616
17 Mark Brauer 1607
18 Janet Peng 1505
Standings. 2012 Guelph Fall Pro-Am: U1600 Section
1 Daniel Moorehouse 1550
2 Marcell Csoka 1330
3 Henry Peng 1279
4 Jason Cai 1251
5 Daniel Liu 1214
6 James Williamson 1184
7 Christopher Osborne 1164
8 Ethan Zheng 1062
9 Robin Johnston 1026
10 Daniel Caron 966
11 Kevin Caron unr.
Thanks Aris - and good luck with the moving. It would have been great to host you as well.
We are over 50 players now. I'll post an update list tomorrow. Players still wishing to register and avoid the onsite late fee may do so by emailing me, halbond@sympatico.ca before tomorrow at midnight.
The ratings have been updated and we are now closing in on 60 players.
Picked up some Halloween sugar yesterday to keep everyone calm. Players can still register today by email - halbond@sympatico.ca - to avoid the onsite late fee.
2012 Guelph Fall Pro-Am:
Pro Section
1 GM Bator Sambuev 2677
2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2605
3 IM Bindi Cheng 2483
4 Michael Song 2341
5 FM Victor Plotkin 2336
6 Razvan Preotu 2307
7 Haizhou Xu 2295
8 Christopher Knox 2276
9 Mike Ivanov 2270
10 WFM Jackie Peng 2236
11 Geordie Derraugh 2235
12 David Filipovich 2212
13 Steve Demmery 2143
14 Adam Cormier 2109
15 Mark Plotkin 2097
16 Yinshi Li 2071
17 Alex T. Ferreira 2065
18 Guannan Terry Song 1984
19 Dmitry Chernik 1969
20 Hongyi Li 1922
U2000 Section
1 Brian Profit 1994
2 Peter Baxted 1978
3 Jeffrey Xu 1944
4 Sergey Noritsyn 1936
5 Robert Bzikot 1927
6 Lin (Xin) Song 1892
7 Rob Gashgarian 1863
8 Robert Gillanders 1836
9 Jiaxin Liu 1808
10 Sasha Chuchin 1806
11 Richard Glew 1794
12 Patrick Yu 1776
13 Richard Chen 1766
14 Wenyang Ming 1731
15 Lee Hendon 1712
16 Nicholas Jackson 1693
17 Tim Knechtel 1667
18 Joe Bellomo 1646
19 Corin Schneider 1616
20 Mark Brauer 1607
21 Dennis Tismenko 1591
22 Shafkat Ali 1590
23 Janet Peng 1505
U1600 Section
1 Daniel Moorehouse 1550
2 Doug Gillis 1544
3 Richard Morrison 1418
4 Jason Cai 1342
5 Marcell Csoka 1330
6 Daniel Liu 1290
7 Henry Peng 1279
8 Christopher Osborne 1164
9 James Williamson 1148
10 Edward Wang 1106
11 Ethan Zheng 1092
12 Robin Johnston 1026
13 Daniel Caron 966
14 Kevin Caron unr.
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