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The topic of TDs came up recently for me so I thought I would produce this list - most active TDs Dec. 2010 to Dec. 2012. Multiple sections have been screened for by considering events with the same TD and finish date as one event. Active events are included. Table goes down to 10 events in the last two years. In all, there were 159 people who TD's at least one tournament.
I would have done a similar table for organizers but that data is not available, although in many cases, the TD and the organizer are one and the same.
TD #
First Name
Last Name
Province
# tournaments
133671
David (Yu)
Peng
ON
70
109477
Steve
Demmery
ON
66
109502
Micah
Hughey
AB
47
110253
Predrag
Putic
ON
45
101768
Frank
Kluytmans
AB
44
140163
Denton
Cockburn
ON
44
101126
Anthony
Boron
MB
31
147889
???
???
BC
31
149970
Mario
Piccinin
ON
31
106868
Ed G.
Thompson
ON
30
104137
Tony
Ficzere
AB
26
125681
Iuri (Yuri)
Lebedev
ON
23
108202
Robert
Gillanders
ON
21
135013
Aaron
Cosenza
BC
21
100145
Fred
McKim
PE
20
102330
Eugenio Alonso
Campos
BC
19
102646
Garvin
Nunes
ON
18
102718
Ken
Duff
NB
18
103802
Alick
Tsui
NL
18
100253
Jacques
Brun
NB
17
120619
Hugh
Siddeley
ON
17
106856
Halldor Peter
Palsson
ON
16
111830
Hal
Bond
ON
16
106974
Bryan
Lamb
ON
15
108715
Stephen
Wright
BC
15
102011
Stijn
De Kerpel
ON
14
103179
Sean (Ken)
Cashin
NS
14
107391
Aris
Marghetis
ON
14
127516
Alex T.
Ferreira
ON
14
144016
Simon
Ong
AB
14
110646
Brian
Davidson
BC
13
102882
John R.
Brown
ON
12
108387
Roman
Pelts
ON
11
101588
Tim
Pradzinski
AB
10
127489
Patrick
McDonald
ON
10
134704
Joel R.
Boucher
ON
10
151151
Fazle Baki
ON
10
151773
???
???
ON
10
Last edited by Roger Patterson; Tuesday, 25th December, 2012, 04:05 PM.
Reason: several names incorrect (replaced by ???, TD # is correct)
Interesting statistics, but could you check your calculations please?
I was curios about my own stats, what made makes up my 21 tournaments?
My own summary shows:
Hamilton 6
Burlington 8
Mississauga 9
Total 23
Which does not agree to your list. Also, I find it hard to believe there was 159 TD's over that 2 year period. It would be great if it was true, but really?
Some of those numbers seem ridiculously high to me, an adult weekend swisser. Do they include weekly kids' tournaments run by chess coaches/schools or something like that?
Interesting statistics, but could you check your calculations please?
I was curios about my own stats, what made makes up my 21 tournaments?
My own summary shows:
Hamilton 6
Burlington 8
Mississauga 9
Total 23
Which does not agree to your list. Also, I find it hard to believe there was 159 TD's over that 2 year period. It would be great if it was true, but really?
The list I have for you is below. (the 1 at the end indicates a separate tournament, a 0 indicates a section). Total 21.
It's possible some of your tournaments are listed in the database under someone else or perhaps outside the date range.
201111004 2011 Hamilton City CC Ch 04-Nov-11 108202 R 1
201112029 2011 Hamilton Holiday Series 16-Dec-11 108202 R 1
201202004 2012 Burlington Club Ch 07-Feb-12 108202 R 1
201202008 2012 Low Budget Winter Special 10-Feb-12 108202 R 1
201203003 2012 Viktar Chuprys Memorial 01-Mar-12 108202 R 1
201203029 2012 Burlington CC Winter Closeout 20-Mar-12 108202 R 1
201203057 Mississauga Juniors March 2012 22-Mar-12 108202 A 1
201203032 2012 Hamilton Winter Series 23-Mar-12 108202 R 1
201205001 2012 Burlington CC Early Spring 01-May-12 108202 R 1
201205043 May 2012 Mississauga Juniors 03-May-12 108202 A 1
201205005 2012 Hamilton Spring Series 04-May-12 108202 R 1
201205051 2012 Mississauga YCC Qual U10 20-May-12 108202 A 1
201205053 2012 Mississauga YCC Qual U14 U16 20-May-12 108202 A 0
201205054 2012 Mississauga YCC Qual U8 20-May-12 108202 A 0
201205052 2012 Mississauga YCC Qual U12 20-May-12 108202 A 0
201206007 HCCC May Series 2012 08-Jun-12 108202 R 1
201206014 2012 Burlington Late Spring 12-Jun-12 108202 R 1
201206048 Mississauga Juniors June 2012 14-Jun-12 108202 A 1
201207034 2012 Burlington Summer 24-Jul-12 108202 R 1
201207046 2012 July Mississauga Juniors Quick 26-Jul-12 108202 A 1
201209041 Mississauga Juniors Sept 2012 06-Sep-12 108202 A 1
201209021 2012 Burlington Summer Closeout 18-Sep-12 108202 R 1
201210051 Mississauga Juniors October 2012 18-Oct-12 108202 A 1
201210038 Burlington Autumn 2012 30-Oct-12 108202 R 1
All of David Peng's events appear to be PMCA (Philip Math and Chess Academy) events. (I didn't see one non-Chinese name in the crosstables I looked at).
Some of those numbers seem ridiculously high to me, an adult weekend swisser. Do they include weekly kids' tournaments run by chess coaches/schools or something like that?
yes (and potentially matches as well.) Below is the list for the most active person (might get cut off by the ChessTalk software but whatever gets through should give you a flavour of what's going on). As in my reply to Bob, 1 at the end indicates a separate tournament, 0 indicates a section.
Also indicated are regular rated (R) and active rated (A). You can see the effect of our auditor - the earlier tournaments are all regular rated, the later ones active.
201004037 M Song vs Y Zhang 12-Apr-10 133671 R 1
201004049 PMCA Intermediate 2 18-Apr-10 133671 R 1
201004048 PMCA Intermediate 1 18-Apr-10 133671 R 0
201004053 PMCA Advanced 2 23-Apr-10 133671 R 1
201005030 David Peng Intermediate 2 08-May-10 133671 R 1
201005056 David Peng Intermediate 1 16-May-10 133671 R 1
201005057 PMCA Advanced 3 17-May-10 133671 R 1
201005058 David Peng Advanced 21-May-10 133671 R 1
201005059 PMCA Advanced 1 22-May-10 133671 R 1
201006049 PMCA Advanced 2 26-Jun-10 133671 R 1
201006050 PMCA Intermediate 2 26-Jun-10 133671 R 0
201006052 PMCA Advanced 1 Extra Games 27-Jun-10 133671 R 1
201006053 PMCA Advanced 1 27-Jun-10 133671 R 0
201006054 PMCA Intermediate 1 27-Jun-10 133671 R 0
201006055 PMCA Advanced 3 28-Jun-10 133671 R 1
201007030 PMCA Summer Camp Group3 15-Jul-10 133671 R 1
201007029 PMCA Summer Camp Group2 15-Jul-10 133671 R 0
201007028 PMCA Summer Camp Group1 15-Jul-10 133671 R 0
201007039 PMCA Summer Camp G4 22-Jul-10 133671 R 1
201007036 PMCA Summer Camp G1 22-Jul-10 133671 R 0
201007037 PMCA Summer Camp G2 22-Jul-10 133671 R 0
201007038 PMCA Summer Camp G3 22-Jul-10 133671 R 0
201007045 PMCA Advanced 2 29-Jul-10 133671 R 1
201007052 PMCA Advanced 3 31-Jul-10 133671 R 1
201007053 PMCA Intermediate 1 31-Jul-10 133671 R 0
201008016 PMCA Summer Camp Group 2 06-Aug-10 133671 R 1
201008015 PMCA Summer Camp Group 1 06-Aug-10 133671 R 0
201008017 PMCA Summer Camp Group 3 06-Aug-10 133671 R 0
201008021 PMCA Summer Camp Group 3 09-Aug-10 133671 R 1
201008020 PMCA Summer Camp Group 2 09-Aug-10 133671 R 0
201008019 PMCA Summer Camp Group 1 09-Aug-10 133671 R 0
201008022 PMCA Summer Camp Group 4 09-Aug-10 133671 R 0
201009019 PMCA Intermediate 1 11-Sep-10 133671 R 1
201010001 PMCA Advanced 01-Oct-10 133671 R 1
201010005 PMCA Advanced 3 03-Oct-10 133671 R 1
201010006 PMCA Intermediate 1 03-Oct-10 133671 R 0
201010068 PMCA Advanced 2 29-Oct-10 133671 R 1
201011006 PMCA Advanced 1 06-Nov-10 133671 R 1
201011017 PMCA Intermediate 1 07-Nov-10 133671 R 1
201011018 PMCA Intermediate 2 07-Nov-10 133671 R 0
201011016 PMCA Advanced 3 07-Nov-10 133671 R 0
201012030 PMCA Advanced 1 11-Dec-10 133671 R 1
201012040 PMCA Intermediate 12-Dec-10 133671 R 1
201012039 PMCA Advanced 3 12-Dec-10 133671 R 0
201012052 PMCA Advanced 2 17-Dec-10 133671 R 1
201101037 2011 CYCC East Toronto Qual U8 21-Jan-11 133671 R 1
201101044 PMCA Advanced 2 28-Jan-11 133671 R 1
201101054 PMCA Intermediate 1 30-Jan-11 133671 R 1
201101059 PMCA Advanced 3 31-Jan-11 133671 R 1
201102005 PMCA Advanced 1 05-Feb-11 133671 R 1
201102038 2011 CYCC Qual E Toronto U10 18-Feb-11 133671 R 1
201102056 2011 CYCC Qual E Toronto U12 21-Feb-11 133671 R 1
201102057 2011 CYCC Qual E Toronto U14 U16 21-Feb-11 133671 R 0
201103032 PMCA Advanced 2 11-Mar-11 133671 R 1
201103061 2011 YCC East Toronto Qual U8 14-Mar-11 133671 R 1
201103062 2011 YCC East Toronto Qual U10 15-Mar-11 133671 R 1
201103065 2011 YCC East Toronto Qual U14 16-Mar-11 133671 R 1
201103064 2011 YCC East Toronto Qual U12 16-Mar-11 133671 R 0
201103075 PMCA Advanced 1 19-Mar-11 133671 R 1
201103078 PMCA Advanced 3 20-Mar-11 133671 R 1
201104050 PMCA Advanced 3 17-Apr-11 133671 R 1
201104059 PMCA Advanced 2 22-Apr-11 133671 R 1
201104060 PMCA Advanced 1 23-Apr-11 133671 R 1
201104065 PMCA Intermediate 2 24-Apr-11 133671 R 1
201104064 PMCA Intermediate 1 24-Apr-11 133671 R 0
201105062 VictoriaDay E Toronto CYCC Qual U10 23-May-11 133671 R 1
201105063 VictoriaDay E Toronto CYCC Qual U12 23-May-11 133671 R 0
201105064 VictoriaDay E Toronto CYCC Qual U14 23-May-11 133671 R 0
201105065 VictoriaDay E Toronto CYCC Qual U8 23-May-11 133671 R 0
201106001 PMCA Advanced 1 28-May-11 133671 R 1
201106002 PMCA Advanced 3 28-May-11 133671 R 0
201106003 PMCA Intermediate 2 28-May-11 133671 R 0
201106005 PMCA Intermediate 3 29-May-11 133671 R 1
201106004 PMCA Intermediate 1 29-May-11 133671 R 0
201106006 PMCA Advanced 2 03-Jun-11 133671 R 1
201107038 PMCA Intermediate 2 30-Jul-11 133671 R 1
201107041 PMCA Intermediate 3 31-Jul-11 133671 R 1
201110009 PMCA Intermediate B 02-Oct-11 133671 R 1
201110007 PMCA Advanced B 02-Oct-11 133671 R 0
201110008 PMCA Intermediate A 02-Oct-11 133671 R 0
201110041 PMCA Advanced C 21-Oct-11 133671 R 1
201201046 PMCA Advanced C 28-Jan-12 133671 R 1
201201044 PMCA Advanced A 28-Jan-12 133671 R 0
201201045 PMCA Advanced B 28-Jan-12 133671 R 0
201201047 PMCA Intermediate C 28-Jan-12 133671 R 0
201201055 PMCA Intermediate A 29-Jan-12 133671 R 1
201201056 PMCA Intermediate B 29-Jan-12 133671 R 0
201202053 2012 PMCA CYCC Qualifier 1 U10 20-Feb-12 133671 A 1
201202054 2012 PMCA CYCC Qualifier 1 U12 Up 20-Feb-12 133671 A 0
201202055 2012 PMCA CYCC Qualifier 1 U8 20-Feb-12 133671 A 0
201203058 PMCA Advanced C 23-Mar-12 133671 A 1
201203063 PMCA Advanced A 24-Mar-12 133671 A 1
201203066 PMCA Advanced D 25-Mar-12 133671 A 1
201203067 PMCA Intermediate A 25-Mar-12 133671 A 0
201203068 PMCA Intermediate B 25-Mar-12 133671 A 0
201203065 PMCA Advanced B 25-Mar-12 133671 A 0
201204064 2012 PMCA Easter CYCC Qual U10 09-Apr-12 133671 A 1
201204065 2012 PMCA Easter CYCC Qual U18 09-Apr-12 133671 A 0
201204066 2012 PMCA Easter CYCC Qual U8 09-Apr-12 133671 A 0
201205045 PMCA Advanced A 11-May-12 133671 A 1
201205046 PMCA Advanced C 11-May-12 133671 A 0
201205048 PMCA Intermediate B 12-May-12 133671 A 1
201205050 PMCA Intermediate A 13-May-12 133671 A 1
201205049 PMCA Advanced D 13-May-12 133671 A 0
201206051 PMCA Advanced C 22-Jun-12 133671 A 1
201206052 PMCA Advanced A 23-Jun-12 133671 A 1
201206053 PMCA Intermediate B 23-Jun-12 133671 A 0
201206054 PMCA Intermediate C 23-Jun-12 133671 A 0
201206059 PMCA Intermediate A 24-Jun-12 133671 A 1
201206058 PMCA Advanced D 24-Jun-12 133671 A 0
201206057 PMCA Advanced B 24-Jun-12 133671 A 0
201209037 PMCA Intermediate C 01-Sep-12 133671 A 1
201209036 PMCA Intemediate B 01-Sep-12 133671 A 0
201209039 PMCA Intermediate A 02-Sep-12 133671 A 1
201209038 PMCA Advanced D 02-Sep-12 133671 A 0
201210041 PMCA Scholastic Grade 5 08-Oct-12 133671 A 1
201210042 PMCA Scholastic Grade 6-9 08-Oct-12 133671 A 0
201210039 PMCA Scholastic Grade 3 08-Oct-12 133671 A 0
201210040 PMCA Scholastic Grade 4 08-Oct-12 133671 A 0
201210043 PMCA Scholastic SK-Gr2 08-Oct-12 133671 A 0
201210055 PMCA Advanced A 26-Oct-12 133671 A 1
201210056 PMCA Advanced C 26-Oct-12 133671 A 0
201210059 PMCA Intermediate D 27-Oct-12 133671 A 1
201210058 PMCA Intermediate C 27-Oct-12 133671 A 0
201210057 PMCA Intermediate B 27-Oct-12 133671 A 0
201210062 PMCA Intermediate A 28-Oct-12 133671 A 1
201210061 PMCA Advanced D 28-Oct-12 133671 A 0
201210060 PMCA Advanced B 28-Oct-12 133671 A 0
Last edited by Roger Patterson; Monday, 24th December, 2012, 03:09 PM.
The list I have for you is below. (the 1 at the end indicates a separate tournament, a 0 indicates a section). Total 21.
It's possible some of your tournaments are listed in the database under someone else or perhaps outside the date range.
201111004 2011 Hamilton City CC Ch 04-Nov-11 108202 R 1
201112029 2011 Hamilton Holiday Series 16-Dec-11 108202 R 1
201202004 2012 Burlington Club Ch 07-Feb-12 108202 R 1
201202008 2012 Low Budget Winter Special 10-Feb-12 108202 R 1
201203003 2012 Viktar Chuprys Memorial 01-Mar-12 108202 R 1
201203029 2012 Burlington CC Winter Closeout 20-Mar-12 108202 R 1
201203057 Mississauga Juniors March 2012 22-Mar-12 108202 A 1
201203032 2012 Hamilton Winter Series 23-Mar-12 108202 R 1
201205001 2012 Burlington CC Early Spring 01-May-12 108202 R 1
201205043 May 2012 Mississauga Juniors 03-May-12 108202 A 1
201205005 2012 Hamilton Spring Series 04-May-12 108202 R 1
201205051 2012 Mississauga YCC Qual U10 20-May-12 108202 A 1
201205053 2012 Mississauga YCC Qual U14 U16 20-May-12 108202 A 0
201205054 2012 Mississauga YCC Qual U8 20-May-12 108202 A 0
201205052 2012 Mississauga YCC Qual U12 20-May-12 108202 A 0
201206007 HCCC May Series 2012 08-Jun-12 108202 R 1
201206014 2012 Burlington Late Spring 12-Jun-12 108202 R 1
201206048 Mississauga Juniors June 2012 14-Jun-12 108202 A 1
201207034 2012 Burlington Summer 24-Jul-12 108202 R 1
201207046 2012 July Mississauga Juniors Quick 26-Jul-12 108202 A 1
201209041 Mississauga Juniors Sept 2012 06-Sep-12 108202 A 1
201209021 2012 Burlington Summer Closeout 18-Sep-12 108202 R 1
201210051 Mississauga Juniors October 2012 18-Oct-12 108202 A 1
201210038 Burlington Autumn 2012 30-Oct-12 108202 R 1
Thanks Roger. I see the problem.
Your database only goes to October 31, 2012.
You are missing these two:
Mississauga Juniors November 2012 - Nov 29, 2012
Willi Wettengl Memorial 2012 - Dec 11, 2012
The topic of TDs came up recently for me so I thought I would produce this list - most active TDs Dec. 2010 to Dec. 2012. Multiple sections have been screened for by considering events with the same TD and finish date as one event. Active events are included.
It would be good to see how many players TDs served over the period (total number, and total name number if possible; in other words how much $$$ they contributed to the CFC. approximately)
Thanks Roger. I see the problem.
Your database only goes to October 31, 2012.
You are missing these two:
Mississauga Juniors November 2012 - Nov 29, 2012
Willi Wettengl Memorial 2012 - Dec 11, 2012
Bob
Dec. 4 actually. (I did say the time period was Dec. 2010 to Dec. 2012) But I guess the one at the end of Nov. didn't make it to Gerry by that date.
It would be good to see how many players TDs served over the period (total number, and total name number if possible; in other words how much $$$ they contributed to the CFC. approximately)
except that might be misleading as junior events are $0.50 per player to rate and require no membership (in which case it would be how much $$$ they cost the CFC).
It's certainly possible to do that. I'll think about it.
It would be good to see how many players TDs served over the period (total number, and total name number if possible; in other words how much $$$ they contributed to the CFC. approximately)
TDs ranked by #total players served (i.e. sum of all players in all of their tournaments, not total name number). (down to player count of 100)
Code:
TD no. first name last name Player count
151773 #N/A #N/A 2094
133671 David (Yu) Peng 1191
106974 Bryan Lamb 867
109477 Steve Demmery 866
109746 Steve Karpik 814
109502 Micah Hughey 734
100317 Mark S. Dutton 683
127489 Patrick McDonald 682
120619 Hugh Siddeley 681
110253 Predrag Putic 653
111830 Hal Bond 648
101768 Frank Kluytmans 611
108715 Stephen Wright 610
106856 Halldor Peter Palsson 604
134704 Joel R. Boucher 593
130181 Denis Nadeau 580
107391 Aris Marghetis 537
108202 Robert Gillanders 519
106868 Ed G. Thompson 505
111251 Richard Reid 496
108098 Christopher Field 475
127516 Alex T. Ferreira 439
102646 Garvin Nunes 387
104137 Tony Ficzere 385
132393 Geordie Derraugh 351
101126 Anthony Boron 347
125681 Iuri (Yuri) Lebedev 340
102011 Stijn De Kerpel 314
147889 #N/A #N/A 228
145502 #N/A #N/A 203
100145 Fred McKim 201
103023 Ralph Deline 197
145479 Stephen Lipic 196
151916 Butch Villavieja 193
102330 Eugenio Alonso Campos 192
131928 Bernard Ouimet 187
148100 Ali Razzaq 187
110646 Brian Davidson 183
144016 Simon Ong 181
100253 Jacques Brun 170
135013 Aaron Cosenza 154
103179 Sean (Ken) Cashin 148
103050 Garland Best 147
140163 Denton Cockburn 140
145597 Stuart Brammall 134
150872 Or Grunebaum 132
133579 Russ Aegard 131
102718 Ken Duff 129
141376 Rene Preotu 128
128144 Brian Murray 113
123360 Serge Archambault 110
132113 Blair Rutter 100
Last edited by Roger Patterson; Sunday, 13th January, 2013, 09:06 PM.
Reason: correction of errors related to players names.
Even the total number of tournaments became misleading, see the Ken's post LOL
well, I don't disagree but it's hard to separate out things like junior events or club events. Certainly it would be nice if this stuff could be broken down more - it would help with understanding what the true picture of activity in Canada is like, dependence on a relatively small number of high "producing" TDs & organizers, the astonishing amount of junior events, and understanding what the workload of the business office is really like.
When I was GTCL Secretary I made annual lists of activity (2002-10 from the Mark Dutton era to Bryan Lamb). I would list the TD's by the number of games and Roman Pelts (weekly junior tournaments) would usually top the list. With Juniors now being rated Active it should be easier to separate.
Here's my 2007 report:
Last year [2006] there were 100 CFC rated events with 3,135 players who played 7,847 games. The number of games is nine per cent lower than 2005, but higher than 2004 and 2003. The total number of games in non-junior events is only two per cent lower than 2005, but is 19 per cent lower than 2004. The nine weekend tournaments saw an increase in number of games played of 20 per cent to equal the total in 2004. There has been increased activity in York, Scarborough and Burlington.
Roman Pelts FT, Chess Academy of Canada, had 15 fewer events and five percent fewer games but had a slightly higher share, 44 per cent of all of the games. He once again had the highest number of games 3,471.
Vlad Dobrich had 16 fewer events, a 15 per cent drop in the number of games in addition to his 2005 nine per cent drop from his peak of 1,275 games in 2004. However, he remains the top director of tournaments open to adults. The Bayview Games Club had reduced the number of weekend tournaments to four, but had an average of 44 entrants, higher than for any single event there since it was the Dutton CC (avg. 68.5). However, the GTCL weekend events at BGC won’t hold the same number as participated at Tartu.
Bryan Lamb had fewer events and a drop of 18 per cent in the number of games. The Labour Day Open had a drop of 21 per cent of entrants, but remains the largest annual event with a four-year average of 140 entrants (eight-year average of 137), twice as large as any other location. The number of players in his Scarborough CC tournaments has increased by 52 per cent to the highest total in years, despite being open only one night a week (and a few location moves).
Barry Thorvardson, OCA President, has created new events north of Toronto and the number of games in his events have increased by 347 per cent. Although trying the Pro-Am there instead of Guelph didn’t work, the total entrants at the Curling Rink were similar to Tartu.
Christopher Field has directed high school events for over 20 years and totals bounce dramatically year to year depending if the Ontario High School event is in Toronto and CYCC regionals. 2006 was a low year with five fewer events and a drop of 46 per cent.
Mark S. Dutton IA has directed two recent Canadian Championships which has helped players to get FIDE ratings and titles. Hosting of national championships such as Junior and Women, although not yearly, are a regular part of Toronto activity.
Larry Bevand IA has been increasing his totals by over ten per cent each year for the Thanksgiving Open at Tartu and almost broke 100 entrants The average of recent events at Tartu has been 72 entrants. Unfortunately, the high rent is a deterrent.
James E. Lehmann had more events at the Burlington CC and a large increase in the number of games of 73 per cent.
Larry Luiting of the Oshawa CC has dropped sixty per cent from the amazing year they had in 2004, but runs six tournaments a year.
John R. Brown has increased the number of rated games he has in tournaments in his home. Caesar Posylek is still having an annual junior tournament at the Polonia CC. The U of T championship, perhaps the oldest event in Toronto, has lately been rated.
In past years we lost the rated games played previously at Rouge Valley (Sam Sharpe/Ermanno Mucignat), Oriole (Shivaharan Thurairasah), Seneca Hills (Corinna Wan), and the Alekhine Chess School (Viatcheslav Sviridovitch). Omararay Shah is still around and David Cohen IA is involved in his chess school. There are unrated tournaments held at the Mississauga CC and casual games prosper at The Chess Corner (Queen and Church), weather permitting.
Outside of the GTCL, Hal Bond has established Guelph as the major place for weekend tournaments. The Pro-Am International has become a summer tournament in the tradition of the Toronto International at the Primrose Hotel and the North Bay International, averaging 138 players over three years. The 16 Winter/Spring/Fall Pro-Ams have averaged 62 entrants and had an incredible 103 players this past February.
For those planning class tournaments the distribution by class and average over the past four years might be interesting to note:
2006 2003-06 (16 events)
Open 15 16
U2200 13 12
U2000 21 21
U1800 19 15
U1600 32 25
Total 100 89 (with a high Standard Deviation of 35)
The chess schools may be the prime source of players for the U1600, the largest section. School tournaments are divided by grade so open tournaments give the keener youth an opportunity to play against stronger players. Chess‘n Math one-day tournaments have had over 400 entrants. Their rating system might merge with the CFC in the future.
Data tables for overall review, each half year, and weekend tournaments are available upon request.
Preston Reed McInnis is a local secondary student - if he is organising CFC chess tournaments he is keeping it a deep dark secret. Maybe they are in-school events.
A crosstable search for director McInnis returned "No results matched your search for: Organizer: McInnis, Tournament Date (Start Range): 2010-01-01, Tournament Date (End Range): 2012-12-31"
It is interesting to see that the search mask for crosstables asks for "director", but returns "organiser".
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