Congrats Zhe Quan!

[Christopher Mallon]

According to Hal, Zhe's IM title has been confirmed by FIDE, so it's official now :)

[Vincent Ng]

Re: Congrats Zhe Quan!

congratulations!

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Congrats Zhe Quan!

official news:

[B]Titles awarded at the 79th FIDE Congress in Dresden, Germany[/B][FONT="Lucida Console"]

[B]IM[/B]
CAN 	[B]Quan[/B], Zhe

[B]FA[/B] (FIDE Arbiter)
CAN 	[B]Mallon[/B], Christopher[/FONT]

http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/3583--titles-approved-at-the-79th-fide-congress-

Congratulations!!!

[Hugh Brodie]

Other FIDE titles awarded....

Some other FIDE titles awarded that may be of interest to Canadians:

Anton Kovalyov (GM; ARG). Does that mean that Argentina will have to fork over the cash for the title, and not Canada?

Matthieu Cornette (GM; FRA). Tied for 1st in the 2008 Canadian/Quebec Open.

Chris Mallon has been awarded the title of "FA" (I think that's one rank below "International Arbiter").

http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/3583--titles-approved-at-the-79th-fide-congress-

[Eric Hansen]

Re: Other FIDE titles awarded....

Yeah Argentina will pay for the title, all that matters is your FIDE federation and if they're willing to pay. I assume by inviting Kovalyov to the Argentina championship and a spot on the olympiad team(and paying for his GM and IM titles) means he's gonna stay with them for at least a while.

[Christopher Mallon]

Re: Other FIDE titles awarded....

Well, yes Argentina will be billed for his title. But that's pocket change, IF he ever now wanted to play for Canada we'd have to fork out a lot MORE for the federation transfer.

Does he still live here?

[Sanjiv Kalra]

Re: Congrats Zhe Quan!

Congrats to Zhe, Is there a list of Canadian Titled Players?

[Bob Armstrong]

Public Canadian GM's/IM's List

Hi Sanjiv:

If there isn't, this is an excellent suggestion!

GM's and IM's, and WGM's and WIM's at least could be on a list on the CFC website - there's not all that many of them, and it should not be that hard to update it.

Bob

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: Congrats Zhe Quan!

Check my "Players" web page:

http://chesscanada.no-ip.org/chess/players.htm

This should have the names (and games) of all Canadian citizens who have ever been awarded the GM and/or IM titles - let me know if I have left anyone out.

Zhe Quan will be added soon.

[Christopher Mallon]

Re: Congrats Zhe Quan!

The FIDE site will also show a letter next to their names if you select ratings from Canada...

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: Congrats Zhe Quan!

Hi Chris:

Is there a link on the FIDE site, where you can get a list of all FIDE rated players from one federation? I went to " Ratings " and it didn't seem to have it. I checked " Federations " and when I got to Canada, it seemed to only have a list of the Canadian IA's. Thanks.

Bob

[Christopher Mallon]

Re: Congrats Zhe Quan!

It's a little harder to find now, but here you go.

http://ratings.fide.com/advaction.phtml?idcode=&name=&title=&country=CAN&sex=&srating=0&erating=3000&birthday=&radio=rating&line=desc

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: Congrats Zhe Quan!

Hi Chris:

Thanks - exactly what I was looking for.

Bob

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: Congrats Zhe Quan!

Can anyone verify whether the following IM's are Canadian citizens (or intend to be within the next year or two). If so - I will add them to my database:

Artiom Samsonkin
Eduard (Edward) Porper
Stanislav Kriventsov (CFC life member - no CFC games played - no games in my database since 2006)

[Kai G. Gauer]

Re: Other FIDE titles awarded....

Vlad Rekhson (congratulations!), of Edmonton area, also got mentioned in the FIDE Arbiter section http://www.fide.com/info/titles/title-applications