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Thanks Zach, Ralph and Hans! I'll check for "advanced " entries once more at 6:30am tomorrow. For the moment we are at 70 players - some new, some cancelled.
I don't remember ever having a Pro-Am when the Pro Section was the largest!
Standings. 2012 Guelph Fall Pro-Am:
1 GM Bator Sambuev 2677
2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2605
3 IM Leonid Gerzhoy 2571
4 IM Bindi Cheng 2483
5 Michael Song 2341
6 FM Victor Plotkin 2336
7 Razvan Preotu 2307
8 Haizhou Xu 2295
9 FM Hans Jung 2293
10 Christopher Knox 2276
11 Mike Ivanov 2270
12 WFM Jackie Peng 2236
13 Geordie Derraugh 2235
14 David Filipovich 2212
15 Gordon Gooding 2156
16 Steve Demmery 2143
17 Adam Cormier 2109
18 Mark Plotkin 2097
19 Yuanchen Zhang 2077
20 Yinshi Li 2071
21 Alex T. Ferreira 2065
22 Guannan Terry Song 1984
23 Dmitry Chernik 1969
24 Yuetong [Davy] Zhao 1966
25 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 Zachary Dukic 1915
7 Lin (Xin) Song 1892
8 Rob Gashgarian 1863
9 Robert Gillanders 1836
10 Jiaxin Liu 1808
11 Sasha Chuchin 1806
12 Richard Glew 1794
13 Patrick Yu 1776
14 Ralph Deline 1770
15 Richard Chen 1766
16 Wenyang Ming 1731
17 Lee Hendon 1712
18 Tim Knechtel 1667
19 Joe Bellomo 1646
20 Corin Schneider 1616
21 Dennis Tismenko 1591
22 Shafkat Ali 1590
23 Janet Peng 1505
U1600 Section
1 Derick Aghamalian 1578
2 Daniel Moorehouse 1550
3 Doug Gillis 1544
4 Richard Morrison 1418
5 Benito Surya 1368
6 Jason Cai 1342
7 Marcell Csoka 1330
8 Russell Dunk 1311
9 Daniel Liu 1290
10 Henry Peng 1279
11 Richard Feng 1210
12 Christopher Osborne 1164
13 Patrick L. Huang 1156
14 James Williamson 1148
15 Edward Wang 1106
16 Ethan Zheng 1092
17 Robin Johnston 1026
18 Daniel Caron 966
19 Andrew Xu unr.
20 Amir Ghandhari unr.
21 Joel Zhang unr.
22 Kevin Caron unr.
We have 80 players at the Guelph Fall Pro-Am. Several players sent emails to me which were blocked or something, so it was a pleasant surprise to pick up another dozen or so players. (a few fell off the list, including Gerzhoy)
Standings. 2012 Guelph Fall Pro-Am: Pro Section
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Tot
1 GM Bator Sambuev 2677 W8 W12 W5 3.0
2 Haizhou Xu 2295 W21 W18 W13 3.0
3 IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2605 W22 W15 D4 2.5
4 FM Victor Plotkin 2336 W17 W19 D3 2.5
5 IM Bindi Cheng 2483 W20 W11 L1 2.0
6 Michael Song 2341 D16 D14 W18 2.0
7 Razvan Preotu 2307 D25 D10 W23 2.0
8 David Filipovich 2212 L1 W26 W17 2.0
9 FM Jura Ochkoos 2331 L18 W25 W20 2.0
10 Nikola Brajkovic 2006 H--- D7 W19 2.0
11 Liam Henry 2253 W26 L5 W21 2.0
12 Mike Ivanov 2270 W23 L1 D14 1.5
13 FM Hans Jung 2293 H--- W16 L2 1.5
14 Yuanchen Zhang 2077 H--- D6 D12 1.5
15 WFM Jackie Peng 2236 W27 L3 H--- 1.5
16 Adam Cormier 2109 D6 L13 W25 1.5
17 Hongyi Li 1922 L4 B--- L8 1.0
18 Mark Plotkin 2097 W9 L2 L6 1.0
19 Geordie Derraugh 2235 W24 L4 L10 1.0
20 Steve Demmery 2143 L5 W24 L9 1.0
21 Alex T. Ferreira 2065 L2 W27 L11 1.0
22 Gordon Gooding 2156 L3 L23 W27 1.0
23 Guannan Terry Song 1984 L12 W22 L7 1.0
24 Jeffrey Xu 1944 L19 L20 W26 1.0
25 Yinshi Li 2071 D7 L9 L16 0.5
26 Dmitry Chernik 1969 L11 L8 L24 0.0
27 Yuetong [Davy] Zhao 1966 L15 L21 L22 0.0
Standings. 2012 Guelph Fall Pro-Am: U2000 Section
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Tot
1 Zachary Dukic 1915 W9 W7 W6 3.0
2 Peter Baxted 1978 D11 W21 W8 2.5
3 Brian Profit 1994 W20 D4 W11 2.5
4 Eric Zechen Wang 1827 W27 D3 W14 2.5
5 Richard Chen 1766 D16 W18 W12 2.5
6 Lin (Xin) Song 1892 W10 W22 L1 2.0
7 Tim Knechtel 1667 W17 L1 W20 2.0
8 Sasha Chuchin 1806 W19 W13 L2 2.0
9 Lee Hendon 1712 L1 W26 W22 2.0
10 Mario Moran-venegas 1707 L6 W25 W17 2.0
11 Ralph Deline 1770 D2 W16 L3 1.5
12 Robert Gillanders 1836 W24 D14 L5 1.5
13 Robert Bzikot 1927 W23 L8 H--- 1.5
14 Shafkat Ali 1590 W26 D12 L4 1.5
15 Janet Peng 1505 D18 L17 W26 1.5
16 Sergey Noritsyn 1936 D5 L11 W19 1.5
17 Rob Gashgarian 1863 L7 W15 L10 1.0
18 Richard Glew 1794 D15 L5 D24 1.0
19 Kuhan Jeyapragasan 1581 L8 B--- L16 1.0
20 Patrick Yu 1776 L3 W27 L7 1.0
21 Derick Aghamalian 1578 H--- L2 D23 1.0
22 Joe Bellomo 1646 W25 L6 L9 1.0
23 Wenyang Ming 1731 L13 D24 D21 1.0
24 Corin Schneider 1616 L12 D23 D18 1.0
25 Joey Zhong 1841 L22 L10 W27 1.0
26 Jiaxin Liu 1808 L14 L9 L15 0.0
27 Dennis Tismenko 1591 L4 L20 L25 0.0
Standings. 2012 Guelph Fall Pro-Am: U1600 Section
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Tot
1 Marcell Csoka 1330 W26 W6 W7 3.0
2 Edward Wang 1106 W18 W11 W12 3.0
3 Daniel Denbok 1343 W23 W15 D4 2.5
4 Jason Cai 1342 W22 W8 D3 2.5
5 Doug Gillis 1544 D13 D14 W23 2.0
6 Thomas Guo 1530 W25 L1 W13 2.0
7 Benjamin Lin 1448 W16 W21 L1 2.0
8 Constance Wang 1427 W24 L4 W19 2.0
9 Daniel Liu 1290 L20 W28 W21 2.0
10 Henry Peng 1279 D11 D19 W18 2.0
11 Daniel Moorehouse 1550 D10 L2 W22 1.5
12 Benito Surya 1368 H--- W27 L2 1.5
13 Richard Feng 1210 D5 W17 L6 1.5
14 Eugene Hua 1152 D17 D5 H--- 1.5
15 Russell Dunk 1311 W28 L3 H--- 1.5
16 James Williamson 1148 L7 D26 W27 1.5
17 Leonid Aghamalian 1459 D14 L13 W26 1.5
18 Richard Morrison 1418 L2 W24 L10 1.0
19 Joel Zhang unr. H--- D10 L8 1.0
20 Derick Aghamalian 1578 W9 U--- U--- 1.0
21 Kai Gauer 1213 B--- L7 L9 1.0
22 Daniel Caron 966 L4 B--- L11 1.0
23 Robin Johnston 1026 L3 W25 L5 1.0
24 Ethan Zheng 1092 L8 L18 B--- 1.0
25 Patrick L. Huang 1156 L6 L23 W28 1.0
26 Amir Ghandhari unr. L1 D16 L17 0.5
27 Andrew Xu unr. H--- L12 L16 0.5
28 Kevin Caron unr. L15 L9 L25 0.0
Pairings for Round 4. 2012 Guelph Fall Pro-Am: Pro Section
Bd Res White Res Black
1 Haizhou Xu (2295 : WW : 3.0) GM Bator Sambuev (2677 : W : 3.0)
2 Razvan Preotu (2307 : W : 2.0) IM Nikolay Noritsyn (2605 : B : 2.5)
3 FM Victor Plotkin (2336 : W : 2.5) IM Bindi Cheng (2483 : BB : 2.0)
4 Liam Henry (2253 : B : 2.0) Michael Song (2341 : B : 2.0)
5 FM Jura Ochkoos (2331 : B : 2.0) David Filipovich (2212 : B : 2.0)
6 Mike Ivanov (2270 : W : 1.5) Nikola Brajkovic (2006 : b : 2.0)
7 Adam Cormier (2109 : W : 1.5) WFM Jackie Peng (2236 : b : 1.5)
8 Geordie Derraugh (2235 : WW : 1.0) Yuanchen Zhang (2077 : w : 1.5)
9 Gordon Gooding (2156 : W : 1.0) Jeffrey Xu (1944 : BB : 1.0)
10 Alex T. Ferreira (2065 : W : 1.0) Steve Demmery (2143 : B : 1.0)
11 Mark Plotkin (2097 : W : 1.0) Hongyi Li (1922 : w : 1.0)
12 Dmitry Chernik (1969 : W : 0.0) Yinshi Li (2071 : B : 0.5)
1 Yuetong [Davy] Zhao (1966 : B : 0.0) BYE
½ Guannan Terry Song (1984 : B : 1.0) BYE
½ FM Hans Jung (2293 : b : 1.5) BYE
Pairings for Round 4. 2012 Guelph Fall Pro-Am: U2000 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
20 Zachary Dukic (1915 : W : 3.0) Peter Baxted (1978 : B : 2.5)
21 Richard Chen (1766 : B : 2.5) Eric Zechen Wang (1827 : B : 2.5)
22 Lee Hendon (1712 : B : 2.0) Lin (Xin) Song (1892 : B : 2.0)
23 Sasha Chuchin (1806 : B : 2.0) Mario Moran-venegas (1707 : BB : 2.0)
24 Tim Knechtel (1667 : WW : 2.0) Sergey Noritsyn (1936 : W : 1.5)
25 Ralph Deline (1770 : W : 1.5) Robert Bzikot (1927 : w : 1.5)
26 Robert Gillanders (1836 : W : 1.5) Janet Peng (1505 : B : 1.5)
27 Shafkat Ali (1590 : WW : 1.5) Rob Gashgarian (1863 : W : 1.0)
28 Corin Schneider (1616 : B : 1.0) Joey Zhong (1841 : B : 1.0)
29 Richard Glew (1794 : W : 1.0) Kuhan Jeyapragasan (1581 : b : 1.0)
30 Derick Aghamalian (1578 : w : 1.0) Patrick Yu (1776 : B : 1.0)
31 Joe Bellomo (1646 : W : 1.0) Wenyang Ming (1731 : BB : 1.0)
32 Jiaxin Liu (1808 : W : 0.0) Dennis Tismenko (1591 : W : 0.0)
½ Brian Profit (1994 : W : 2.5) BYE
Pairings for Round 4. 2012 Guelph Fall Pro-Am: U1600 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
33 Marcell Csoka (1330 : W : 3.0) Edward Wang (1106 : W : 3.0)
34 Daniel Denbok (1343 : W : 2.5) Doug Gillis (1544 : W : 2.0)
35 Thomas Guo (1530 : WW : 2.0) Jason Cai (1342 : B : 2.5)
36 Henry Peng (1279 : W : 2.0) Benjamin Lin (1448 : B : 2.0)
37 Constance Wang (1427 : W : 2.0) Daniel Liu (1290 : B : 2.0)
38 Daniel Moorehouse (1550 : WW : 1.5) Richard Feng (1210 : B : 1.5)
39 Leonid Aghamalian (1459 : W : 1.5) James Williamson (1148 : BB : 1.5)
40 Eugene Hua (1152 : w : 1.5) Benito Surya (1368 : b : 1.5)
41 Patrick L. Huang (1156 : W : 1.0) Richard Morrison (1418 : B : 1.0)
42 Kai Gauer (1213 : w : 1.0) Ethan Zheng (1092 : BB : 1.0)
43 Joel Zhang (0 : b : 1.0) Robin Johnston (1026 : B : 1.0)
44 Andrew Xu (0 : w : 0.5) Daniel Caron (966 : b : 1.0)
45 Amir Ghandhari (0 : B : 0.5) Kevin Caron (0 : BB : 0.0)
½ Russell Dunk (1311 : w : 1.5) BYE
I found the position on moves 21 to 23 in Sambuev-Noritsyn quite interesting. I couldn't understand why white did not take the knight on e4 or indeed why Sambuev left it en pris a second time. After a bit of analysis and consulting Fritz I now see how strong white's position was even without the knight. Quite clever of Sambuev I think.
I still don't understand that strectch of the game Paul! Maybe today I will ask Fritz. I thought Bator's game with Haizhou Xu was quite entertaining with all the pawn sacs.
I found the position on moves 21 to 23 in Sambuev-Noritsyn quite interesting. I couldn't understand why white did not take the knight on e4 or indeed why Sambuev left it en pris a second time. After a bit of analysis and consulting Fritz I now see how strong white's position was even without the knight. Quite clever of Sambuev I think.
After Black's 20...d5
White moved 21.cd7!!
If Black takes Knight on e4, White moves Be3 and Black King is danger.
Further in game
After Whites 23.Be3
If now Black de4, White takes on b6 and black will need to give back something on d8. Black's tripled pawns on the e-file does not look good too.
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