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Pairings for Round 2. 2012 National Capital Open: Open
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 1 Zi Yi [joey] Qin 5 Robert Gelblum
2 4 Kevin Pacey 17 Yuetong [davy] Zhao
3 2 Robert Hamilton 10 David Forget
4 12 Saeid Sadeghi 3 Victor Plotkin
5 11 Qiyu Zhou 9 Michel Desjardins
6 6 Mark Plotkin 16 Spencer Martin
7 8 Danail Donev 7 William G Doubleday
13 1 Agastya Kalra BYE
15 ½ Mike Sun BYE
14 ½ Emil Smilovici BYE
Pairings for Round 2. 2012 National Capital Open: U1900
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 5 Ryan Yang 13 Jeff Zhang
2 3 Alex Danilov 7 Alan Tomalty
3 9 Adam Adriaanse 4 Ksenia Vlasenko
4 10 Steven Dale 6 Jean Bigras
5 12 Luc Villeneuve 1 Francesco Dunne
11 1 Marcel Laurin BYE
8 ½ Herb Langer BYE
2 ½ Aris Marghetis BYE
Pairings for Round 2. 2012 National Capital Open: U1600
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 5 Curtis Wikes 3 John If Lukezich
2 2 Srikanth Rapaka 7 Victoria Amirshadova
3 4 Miles Duggal 6 Billy Carroll
1 ½ Jeff Zhang BYE
Pairings for Round 3. 2012 National Capital Open: Open
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 17 Yuetong [davy] Zhao 1 Zi Yi [joey] Qin
2 3 Victor Plotkin 15 Mike Sun
3 5 Robert Gelblum 4 Kevin Pacey
4 9 Michel Desjardins 13 Agastya Kalra
5 16 Spencer Martin 11 Qiyu Zhou
6 14 Emil Smilovici 2 Robert Hamilton
7 6 Mark Plotkin 8 Danail Donev
8 7 William G Doubleday 12 Saeid Sadeghi
10 ½ David Forget BYE
Pairings for Round 3. 2012 National Capital Open: U1900
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 10 Steven Dale 9 Adam Adriaanse
2 3 Alex Danilov 11 Marcel Laurin
3 4 Ksenia Vlasenko 12 Luc Villeneuve
4 6 Jean Bigras 1 Francesco Dunne
2 ½ Aris Marghetis BYE
5 ½ Ryan Yang BYE
7 ½ Alan Tomalty BYE
8 ½ Herb Langer BYE
13 ½ Jeff Zhang BYE
Pairings for Round 3. 2012 National Capital Open: U1600
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 3 John If Lukezich 2 Srikanth Rapaka
2 6 Billy Carroll 5 Curtis Wilkes
7 1 Victoria Amirshadova BYE
1 ½ Jeff Zhang BYE
4 ½ Miles Duggal BYE
SwissSys Wall Chart. 2012 National Capital Open: Open
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3
1 Zi Yi [joey] Qin B 8 W 5 B 17
2453 134989 (2179) (2605651) 1.0 1.5
2 Robert Hamilton bye W 10 B 14
2390 102629 (2292) (2600234) 0.5 0.5
3 Victor Plotkin W 11 B 12 W 15
2335 142063 (2243) (2606674) 0.5 1.5
4 Kevin Pacey B 13 W 17 B 5
2267 103715 (2179) (2600455) 1.0 1.0
5 Robert Gelblum W 14 B 1 W 4
2233 104272 1.0 1.5
6 Mark Plotkin B 15 W 16 W 8
2092 141086 (1887) (2611651) 0.0 0.5
7 William G Doubleday W 17 B 8 W 12
2076 103754 (2052) (2682419) 0.0 0.5
8 Danail Donev W 1 W 7 B 6
2063 143574 (2604094) 0.0 0.5
9 Michel Desjardins bye B 11 W 13
2047 131936 (1983) (2601427) 0.5 1.0
10 David Forget bye B 2 bye
2041 142032 (2052) (2604345) 0.5 1.5
11 Qiyu Zhou B 3 W 9 B 16
2009 151707 (1798) (505161) 0.5 1.0
12 Saeid Sadeghi bye W 3 B 7
2002 139655 (2126) (2606810) 0.5 0.5
13 Agastya Kalra W 4 bye B 9
1987 137927 (1828) (2604744) 0.0 1.0
14 Emil Smilovici B 5 bye W 2
1937 111290 (2606321) 0.0 0.5
15 Mike Sun W 6 bye B 3
1928 142224 (2614642) 1.0 1.5
16 Spencer Martin bye B 6 W 11
1926 103276 0.5 1.0
17 Yuetong [davy] Zhao B 7 B 4 W 1
1846 148512 (2613387) 1.0 2.0
SwissSys Wall Chart. 2012 National Capital Open: U1900
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3
1 Francesco Dunne W 8 B 12 B 6
1884 146453 (2614618) 0.0 0.5
2 Aris Marghetis bye bye bye
1863 107391 (2611058) 0.5 1.0
3 Alex Danilov B 9 W 7 W 11
1859 101895 (2603926) 0.5 1.0
4 Ksenia Vlasenko W 10 B 9 W 12
1850 0.5 0.5
5 Ryan Yang B 11 W 13 bye
1800 151429 1.0 1.5
6 Jean Bigras bye B 10 W 1
1782 106651 (2609550) 0.5 0.5
7 Alan Tomalty W 12 B 3 bye
1780 112353 (2606380) 0.5 1.0
8 Herb Langer B 1 bye bye
1773 100319 1.0 1.5
9 Adam Adriaanse W 3 W 4 B 10
1750 152504 0.5 1.5
10 Steven Dale B 4 W 6 W 9
1731 100059 0.5 1.5
11 Marcel Laurin W 5 bye B 3
1727 100337 (2604906) 0.0 1.0
12 Luc Villeneuve B 7 W 1 B 4
1720 123745 0.5 1.0
13 Jeff Zhang bye B 5 bye
1550 148924 (2610639) 1.0 1.5
SwissSys Wall Chart. 2012 National Capital Open: U1600
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3
1 Jeff Zhang bye bye bye
1550 148924 (2610639) 0.5 1.0
2 Srikanth Rapaka B 5 W 7 B 3
1538 151908 0.0 1.0
3 John If Lukezich W 6 B 5 W 2
1432 146765 1.0 2.0
4 Miles Duggal B 7 W 6 bye
1353 149971 0.0 0.0
5 Curtis Wilkes W 2 W 3 B 6
1305 154444 1.0 1.0
6 Billy Carroll B 3 B 4 W 5
1220 150390 0.0 1.0
7 Victoria Amirshadova W 4 B 2 bye
1053 148747 (2609940) 1.0 1.0
Pairings for Round 4. 2012 National Capital Open: Open
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 1 Zi Yi [joey] Qin 3 Victor Plotkin
2 17 Yuetong [davy] Zhao 5 Robert Gelblum
3 10 David Forget 13 Agastya Kalra
4 4 Kevin Pacey 12 Saeid Sadeghi
5 11 Qiyu Zhou 14 Emil Smilovici
6 16 Spencer Martin 8 Danail Donev
7 9 Michel Desjardins 6 Mark Plotkin
7 1 William G Doubleday BYE
15 ½ Mike Sun BYE
2 ½ Robert Hamilton BYE
Pairings for Round 4. 2012 National Capital Open: U1900
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 8 Herb Langer 9 Adam Adriaanse
2 12 Luc Villeneuve 5 Ryan Yang
3 13 Jeff Zhang 11 Marcel Laurin
4 7 Alan Tomalty 10 Steven Dale
5 6 Jean Bigras 3 Alex Danilov
6 1 Francesco Dunne 4 Ksenia Vlasenko
2 ½ Aris Marghetis BYE
Here are the results for the National Capital Open.
SwissSys Wall Chart. 2012 National Capital Open: Open
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5
1 Zi Yi [joey] Qin B 8 W 5 B 17 W 3 B 13
2453 134989 (2179) (2605651) 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.0 4.0 Tied 1-2 for $300
2 Robert Hamilton bye W 10 B 14 bye bye
2390 102629 (2292) (2600234) 0.5 0.5 0.5 withdrawn
3 Victor Plotkin W 11 B 12 W 15 B 1 W 10
2335 142063 (2243) (2606674) 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.0 4.0 Tied 1-2 for $300
4 Kevin Pacey B 13 W 17 B 5 W 12 B 6
2267 103715 (2179) (2600455) 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.0
5 Robert Gelblum W 14 B 1 W 4 B 17 W 16
2233 104272 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.5 Third $100
6 Mark Plotkin B 15 W 16 W 8 B 9 W 4
2092 141086 (1887) (2611651) 0.0 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0
7 William G Doubleday W 17 B 8 W 12 bye B 11
2076 103754 (2052) (2682419) 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.5 1.5
8 Danail Donev W 1 W 7 B 6 B 16 B 12
2063 143574 (2604094) 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.5
9 Michel Desjardins bye B 11 W 13 W 6 bye
2047 131936 (1983) (2601427) 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
10 David Forget bye B 2 bye W 13 B 3
2041 142032 (2052) (2604345) 0.5 1.5 2.0 2.5 2.5
11 Qiyu Zhou B 3 W 9 B 16 W 14 W 7
2009 151707 (1798) (505161) 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.5
12 Saeid Sadeghi bye W 3 B 7 B 4 W 8
2002 139655 (2126) (2606810) 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.0 2.0
13 Agastya Kalra W 4 bye B 9 B 10 W 1
1987 137927 (1828) (2604744) 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.5 2.5
14 Emil Smilovici B 5 bye W 2 B 11 W 17
1937 111290 (2606321) 0.0 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.5 Top U2200 $100
15 Mike Sun W 6 bye B 3 bye bye
1928 142224 (2614642) 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.5
16 Spencer Martin bye B 6 W 11 W 8 B 5
1926 103276 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.0
17 Yuetong [davy] Zhao B 7 B 4 W 1 W 5 B 14
1846 148512 (2613387) 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.5
SwissSys Wall Chart. 2012 National Capital Open: U1900
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5
1 Francesco Dunne W 8 B 12 B 6 W 4 B 10
1884 146453 (2614618) 0.0 0.5 1.0 2.0 2.5
2 Aris Marghetis bye bye bye bye bye
1863 107391 (2611058) 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5
3 Alex Danilov B 9 W 7 W 11 B 6 bye
1859 101895 (2603926) 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.0
4 Ksenia Vlasenko W 10 B 9 W 12 B 1 bye
1850 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.5
5 Ryan Yang B 11 W 13 bye B 12 W 8
1800 151429 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 4.0 First $200
6 Jean Bigras bye B 10 W 1 W 3 B 7
1782 106651 (2609550) 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.5
7 Alan Tomalty W 12 B 3 bye W 10 W 6
1780 112353 (2606380) 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.5
8 Herb Langer B 1 bye bye W 9 B 5
1773 100319 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 3.0 Tied 2-3rd $87.50
9 Adam Adriaanse W 3 W 4 B 10 B 8 W 13
1750 152504 0.5 1.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
10 Steven Dale B 4 W 6 W 9 B 7 W 1
1731 100059 0.5 1.5 1.5 2.5 3.0 Tied 2-3rd $87.50
11 Marcel Laurin W 5 bye B 3 B 13 W 12
1727 100337 (2604906) 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
12 Luc Villeneuve B 7 W 1 B 4 W 5 B 11
1720 123745 0.5 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 Top U1750 $100
13 Jeff Zhang bye B 5 bye W 11 B 9
1550 148924 (2610639) 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 4.0 Amateur !!
SwissSys Wall Chart. 2012 National Capital Open: U1600
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5
1 Srikanth Rapaka B 4 W 7 B 2 W 5 W 3
1538 151908 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
2 John If Lukezich W 5 B 4 W 1 B 6 W 7
1432 146765 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 First $125
3 Miles Duggal B 7 W 5 W 4 bye B 1
1353 149971 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5
4 Curtis Barlow Wilkes W 1 W 2 B 3 B 7 B 5
1307 154444 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 Second $75
5 Billy Carroll B 2 B 3 W 7 B 1 W 4
1220 150390 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
6 Etieinne Latreille bye bye bye W 2 bye
1203 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.0
7 Victoria Amirshadova W 3 B 1 B 5 W 4 B 2
1053 148747 (2609940) 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Solid performances by Open section co-winners Qin & Plotkin in the National Capital Open.
Like everyone else but them, it seemed, I played some pretty random chess (to be kind). For those who are not aware yet, having a repertoire that allows for at least the occasional use of irregular opening(s) can be a source of some mild frustration, when entering or researching games. My ChessBase program's games' opening codings often lump together more than one opening under the same code (e.g. 1.e4 Nc6 and 1.e4 b6 are both given under B00), or, worse still, ChessBase even assigns the wrong code to a game if it doesn't detect a transposition I've used.
For example, based on a couple of my games in Halldor's posts above, 1.c3 d5 2.f4 should be classed as a A03 Bird's Opening IMHO, not A00, and 1.Nf3 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 Bg7 should at least not be classed as A04 - most likely it will stay a 1.e4 Rat (1.e4 g6 - B06), or become a Hippopotamus vs.1.e4 (...e6+...d6+...Ne7+...Nd7 would need to be included too - B06), and even classifying it as an Owens' Defence (1.e4 b6 - B00) could be seen as reasonable. Sometimes, ChessBase even assigns games reaching the same position under more than one coding, or even under more than one move order given within the same coding(!)
Last edited by Kevin Pacey; Tuesday, 23rd October, 2012, 09:26 PM.
Reason: Grammar
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Murphy's law, by Edward A. Murphy Jr., USAF, Aerospace Engineer
Some tongue-in-cheek observations about what affects one's performance during any given event:
Giving a simul: -400 rating points vs. each opponent
Playing without enough sleep: -400 rating points
Hung over (from... whatever): -400 rating points
Having a day job: -100 rating points
Being married: -100 rating points
Having young children: -50 rating points x number of kids
Each year over age 35: -10 rating points
Being overweight: -100 rating points
Being a smoker: -100 rating points
Playing with an illness: -200 rating points, minimum
Playing an opening without having a clue: -100 rating points, minimum
Not getting to eat between rounds: -200 rating points
Overeating between rounds: -200 rating points
Each year under age 36 (but still over age 3): +10 rating points
Professionally coached while under age 20: +400 rating points
Being in excellent physical health: +200 rating points
Playing an opening variation one knows well: +100 rating points, minimum
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Murphy's law, by Edward A. Murphy Jr., USAF, Aerospace Engineer
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