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The new ratings didn't want to download for me this morning but here is the current list of players.
By the way, if you are booking at the Best Western please mention the University chess tournament to get the $93.99 rate. Their phone # is 519-836-1240.
Standings. 2013 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: Pro Section
1 GM Bator Sambuev
2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn
3 IM Aman Hambleton
4 IM Bindi Cheng
5 Michael Song
6 FM Victor Plotkin
7 Razvan Preotu
8 FM Michael Dougherty
9 FM Hans Jung
10 Mike Ivanov
11 Geordie Derraugh
12 Robert Kiviaho
13 David Filipovich
14 Adam Cormier
15 Pavel Peev
16 Wajdy Shebetah
17 Matthew Nicholson
18 Yinshi Li
19 Alex T. Ferreira
20 Danail Donev
21 Guannan Terry Song
22 Sergey Noritsyn
23 Vladimir Drkulec
24 Joey Zhong
25 Zachary Dukic
26 Daniel Zotkin
27 Jeffrey Xu
Standings. 2013 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U2000 Section
1 Peter Baxted
2 Scott Hare
3 Jacob Krolczyk
4 Aris Marghetis
5 Richard Chen
6 Rob Gashgarian
7 Mathew G Cooke
8 Richard Yam
9 John Vlasov
10 Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo
11 Wenyang Ming
12 Ralph Deline
13 Brian Clarke
14 Lee Hendon
15 Robert Gillanders
16 Rebecca Giblon
17 Tim Knechtel
18 Michael von Keitz
19 Corin Schneider
20 Shafkat Ali
21 Hikmet Bosnac
22 Mark Brauer
23 Harmony Zhu
24 Hugo Ortiz
25 Benito Surya
26 Stanley Wu
27 Doug Gillis
28 Eugene Hua
29 Rachel Tao
30 Lily Zhou
Standings. 2013 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U1600 Section
1 Richard Guo
2 Benjamin Lin
3 Raymond Franke
4 Marcell Csoka
5 Daniel Denbok
6 Bruce Hurst
7 Benjamin Papernick
8 Erica Forshaw
9 Kai Gauer
10 Christopher Osborne
11 James Williamson
12 Joel Zhang
13 Robin Johnston
14 You Zhou
15 Kylie Tan
16 Ellen Tao
17 Daniel Caron
18 Kevin Caron
19 Haotong Hazel Guo
20 Bill Xu
21 George Huang
22 Jake Vaz
23 Todd Belrose
We have 90 players now. If all the clocks work I can handle 106. I will stop accepting advance registration by email ( halbond@sympatico.ca ) tomorrow, Friday, at midnight.
2013 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: Pro Section
1 GM Bator Sambuev 2675
2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2586
3 IM Aman Hambleton 2583
4 IM Bindi Cheng 2481
5 Razvan Preotu 2361
6 Michael Song 2352
7 FM Victor Plotkin 2345
8 FM Michael Dougherty 2293
9 FM Hans Jung 2293
10 Mike Ivanov 2266
11 Robert Kiviaho 2231
12 Geordie Derraugh 2230
13 David Filipovich 2229
14 Pavel Peev 2226
15 Adam Cormier 2219
16 Jackie Peng 2205
17 Wajdy Shebetah 2186
18 Matthew Nicholson 2142
19 Yinshi Li 2086
20 Alex T. Ferreira 2080
21 Danail Donev 2065
22 Allan Munro 2051
23 Guannan Terry Song 2047
24 Sergey Noritsyn 2042
25 Vladimir Drkulec 2041
26 Joey Zhong 2023
27 Zachary Dukic 1988
28 Daniel Zotkin 1963
29 Yuetong (Davy) Zhao 1938
30 Jeffrey Xu 1936
U2000 Section
1 Peter Baxted 1988
2 Scott Hare 1897
3 Jacob Krolczyk 1867
4 Aris Marghetis 1862
5 Richard Chen 1860
6 Rob Gashgarian 1840
7 Mathew G Cooke 1830
8 Richard Yam 1828
9 John Vlasov 1827
10 Mario Piccinin 1777
11 Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo 1774
12 Wenyang Ming 1748
13 Mate Milinkovic 1744
14 Lee Hendon 1738
15 Robert Gillanders 1733
16 Brian Clarke 1724
17 Ralph Deline 1703
18 Rebecca Giblon 1694
19 Tim Knechtel 1689
20 Michael von Keitz 1679
21 Corin Schneider 1650
22 Thomas Guo 1634
23 Shafkat Ali 1627
24 Harmony Zhu 1618
25 Hikmet Bosnac 1613
26 Janet Peng 1604
27 Hugo Ortiz 1544
28 Benito Surya 1542
29 Stanley Wu 1540
30 Eugene Hua 1516
31 Mathanhe Kaneshalingam 1508
32 Doug Gillis 1505
33 Lily Zhou 1407
34 Rachel Tao 1352
U1600 Section
1 Atharva Washimkar 1587
2 Benjamin Lin 1556
3 Richard Guo 1548
4 Raymond Franke 1515
5 Marcell Csoka 1438
6 Arhant Washimkar 1422
7 Daniel Denbok 1421
8 Bruce Hurst 1281
9 Benjamin Papernick 1272
10 Erica Forshaw 1254
11 Kai Gauer 1233
12 Christopher Osborne 1164
13 Peter Downie 1160
14 James Williamson 1145
15 Joel Zhang 1145
16 Robin Johnston 1058
17 Daniel Caron 1054
18 You Zhou 1024
19 Haotong Hazel Guo 1008
20 Ellen Tao 995
21 Kylie Tan 966
22 Kevin Caron 819
23 Bill Xu 737
24 George Huang unr.
25 Jake Vaz unr.
26 Todd Belrose unr.
Thanks Eric! I look forward to the day when we can invite you back to the Royal City.
The tournament is STILL ON despite the snow storm, which is currently waning in Guelph. We have 92 or so at the moment - some new entries, some cancellations.
Pairings for Round 4. 2013 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: Pro Section
Bd Res White Res Black
1 Razvan Preotu (2361 : B : 3.0) IM Nikolay Noritsyn (2586 : B : 3.0)
2 IM Bindi Cheng (2481 : W : 2.5) Michael Song (2352 : W : 2.5)
3 GM Bator Sambuev (2675 : W : 2.0) FM Christian Stevens (2348 : B : 2.5)
4 FM Victor Plotkin (2345 : W : 2.0) Adam Cormier (2219 : B : 2.0)
5 Geordie Derraugh (2230 : W : 2.0) Jackie Peng (2205 : BB : 2.0)
6 Wajdy Shebetah (2186 : W : 2.0) Pavel Peev (2226 : w : 2.0)
7 Alex T. Ferreira (2080 : w : 2.0) Matthew Nicholson (2142 : B : 1.5)
8 Peter Baxted (1988 : W : 1.5) Yuanchen Zhang (2112 : b : 1.5)
9 Tony Bohan Bao (2053 : W : 1.0) FM Michael Dougherty (2293 : b : 1.0)
10 Mike Ivanov (2266 : W : 1.0) Guannan Terry Song (2047 : B : 1.0)
11 Jeffrey Xu (1936 : b : 1.0) Robert Kiviaho (2231 : B : 1.0)
12 Joey Zhong (2023 : W : 1.0) Gordon Olheiser (2188 : w : 0.5)
13 Sergey Noritsyn (2042 : W : 0.5) Vladimir Drkulec (2041 : B : 0.0)
14 Yuetong [Davy] Zhao (1938 : w : 0.0) Zachary Dukic (1988 : B : 0.0)
Pairings for Round 4. 2013 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U2000 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
16 Richard Yam (1828 : W : 3.0) Richard Chen (1860 : b : 2.5)
17 Mate Milinkovic (1744 : WW : 2.5) Rob Gashgarian (1840 : B : 2.5)
18 Robert Gillanders (1733 : B : 2.5) Rene Preotu (1815 : B : 2.5)
19 Michael von Keitz (1679 : W : 2.5) Richard Glew (1748 : B : 2.0)
20 Brian Clarke (1724 : W : 2.0) Hikmet Bosnac (1613 : W : 2.0)
21 Mark Brauer (1607 : WW : 2.0) Ralph Deline (1703 : B : 2.0)
22 Janet Peng (1604 : W : 2.0) Rebecca Giblon (1694 : BB : 2.0)
23 Lily Zhou (1407 : W : 2.0) Mathew G Cooke (1830 : b : 1.5)
24 Mario Piccinin (1777 : W : 1.5) Shafkat Ali (1627 : B : 1.5)
25 Lee Hendon (1738 : W : 1.5) Rachel Tao (1352 : w : 1.5)
26 Eugene Hua (1516 : w : 1.5) Hugo Ortiz (1544 : B : 1.5)
27 Harmony Zhu (1618 : B : 1.0) Scott Hare (1897 : B : 1.0)
28 Atharva Washimkar (1587 : B : 1.0) Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo (1774 : B : 1.0)
29 Mathanhe Kaneshalingam (1508 : W : 1.0) Corin Schneider (1650 : B : 1.0)
30 Doug Gillis (1505 : WW : 1.0) Pino Verde (1749 : W : 0.5)
31 Thomas Guo (1634 : W : 0.5) Wenyang Ming (1748 : BB : 0.5)
32 Tim Knechtel (1689 : B : 0.5) Derick Aghamalian (1620 : BB : 0.5)
33 Benjamin Lin (1556 : W : 0.5) Benito Surya (1542 : W : 0.0)
Pairings for Round 4. 2013 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U1600 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
34 Richard Guo (1548 : W : 3.0) Arhant Washimkar (1422 : B : 3.0)
35 Daniel Denbok (1421 : W : 3.0) Raymond Franke (1515 : w : 2.5)
36 Michael Empeigne (1216 : W : 2.0) Marcell Csoka (1438 : B : 2.0)
37 Peter Downie (1160 : B : 2.0) Andrew Giblon (1414 : B : 2.0)
38 Erica Forshaw (1254 : W : 2.0) James Williamson (1145 : W : 2.0)
39 Leonid Aghamalian (1424 : W : 1.5) Kai Gauer (1233 : B : 1.5)
40 Ellen Tao (995 : WW : 1.5) Benjamin Papernick (1272 : B : 1.5)
41 Kylie Tan (966 : w : 1.5) Robin Johnston (1058 : B : 1.5)
42 Sasha Chertkow (855 : W : 1.5) You Zhou (1024 : B : 1.0)
43 Joel Zhang (1145 : WW : 1.0) George Huang (0 : B : 1.0)
44 Haotong Hazel Guo (1008 : W : 1.0) Matthew Thomas (0 : BB : 1.0)
45 Jake Vaz (0 : B : 1.0) Kevin Caron (819 : B : 1.0)
46 Bill Xu (737 : b : 1.0) Todd Belrose (0 : BB : 1.0)
47 Daniel Caron (1054 : W : 0.0) Matthew Chertkow (979 : W : 0.0)
Pairings for Round 5. 2013 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: Pro Section
Bd Res White Res Black
1 IM Nikolay Noritsyn (2586 : w : 4.0) IM Bindi Cheng (2481 : b : 3.5)
2 Geordie Derraugh (2230 : b : 3.0) GM Bator Sambuev (2675 : b : 3.0)
3 Michael Song (2352 : WW : 2.5) Razvan Preotu (2361 : BB : 3.0)
4 FM Christian Stevens (2348 : w : 2.5) Wajdy Shebetah (2186 : b : 2.5)
5 Matthew Nicholson (2142 : w : 2.5) FM Victor Plotkin (2345 : b : 2.5)
6 Pavel Peev (2226 : WW : 2.5) Adam Cormier (2219 : w : 2.5)
7 FM Michael Dougherty (2293 : W : 2.0) Alex T. Ferreira (2080 : B : 2.0)
8 Mike Ivanov (2266 : b : 2.0) Joey Zhong (2023 : BB : 2.0)
9 Jackie Peng (2205 : w : 2.0) Peter Baxted (1988 : b : 2.0)
10 Yuanchen Zhang (2112 : W : 2.0) Jeffrey Xu (1936 : BB : 2.0)
11 Robert Kiviaho (2231 : w : 1.0) Sergey Noritsyn (2042 : b : 1.5)
12 Guannan Terry Song (2047 : WW : 1.0) Tony Bohan Bao (2053 : b : 1.0)
13 Gordon Olheiser (2188 : WW : 0.5) Yuetong [Davy] Zhao (1938 : B : 1.0)
14 Vladimir Drkulec (2041 : w : 0.0) Zachary Dukic (1988 : w : 0.0)
Pairings for Round 5. 2013 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U2000 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
16 Richard Yam (1828 : b : 4.0) Robert Gillanders (1733 : BB : 3.5)
17 Rob Gashgarian (1840 : w : 3.5) Michael von Keitz (1679 : b : 3.5)
18 Ralph Deline (1703 : w : 3.0) Rebecca Giblon (1694 : w : 3.0)
19 Hikmet Bosnac (1613 : WW : 3.0) Richard Chen (1860 : W : 2.5)
20 Mathew G Cooke (1830 : W : 2.5) Mario Piccinin (1777 : b : 2.5)
21 Rene Preotu (1815 : w : 2.5) Mate Milinkovic (1744 : b : 2.5)
22 Rachel Tao (1352 : WW : 2.5) Brian Clarke (1724 : b : 2.0)
23 Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo (1774 : w : 2.0) Janet Peng (1604 : b : 2.0)
24 Richard Glew (1748 : w : 2.0) Eugene Hua (1516 : B : 2.0)
25 Corin Schneider (1650 : w : 2.0) Lily Zhou (1407 : b : 2.0)
26 Hugo Ortiz (1544 : w : 2.0) Mark Brauer (1607 : b : 2.0)
27 Scott Hare (1897 : w : 1.5) Benjamin Lin (1556 : b : 1.5)
28 Wenyang Ming (1748 : w : 1.5) Harmony Zhu (1618 : BB : 1.5)
29 Doug Gillis (1505 : b : 1.5) Lee Hendon (1738 : b : 1.5)
30 Shafkat Ali (1627 : w : 1.5) Derick Aghamalian (1620 : w : 1.5)
31 Pino Verde (1749 : WW : 1.0) Atharva Washimkar (1587 : BB : 1.0)
32 Thomas Guo (1634 : b : 0.5) Mathanhe Kaneshalingam (1508 : b : 1.0)
33 Benito Surya (1542 : WW : 0.0) Tim Knechtel (1689 : BB : 0.5)
Pairings for Round 5. 2013 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U1600 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
34 Daniel Denbok (1421 : b : 3.5) Richard Guo (1548 : b : 4.0)
35 Raymond Franke (1515 : WW : 3.0) Erica Forshaw (1254 : b : 3.0)
36 Marcell Csoka (1438 : w : 3.0) Peter Downie (1160 : BB : 3.0)
37 Arhant Washimkar (1422 : w : 3.0) Leonid Aghamalian (1424 : b : 2.5)
38 Ellen Tao (995 : b : 2.5) Kylie Tan (966 : B : 2.5)
39 Andrew Giblon (1414 : w : 2.0) Joel Zhang (1145 : b : 2.0)
40 Bruce Hurst (1281 : W : 2.0) Jake Vaz (0 : BB : 2.0)
41 You Zhou (1024 : w : 2.0) Michael Empeigne (1216 : b : 2.0)
42 James Williamson (1145 : WW : 2.0) Haotong Hazel Guo (1008 : b : 2.0)
43 Benjamin Papernick (1272 : w : 1.5) Bill Xu (737 : BB : 1.5)
44 Sasha Chertkow (855 : W : 1.5) Kai Gauer (1233 : w : 1.5)
45 Robin Johnston (1058 : w : 1.5) Todd Belrose (0 : w : 1.5)
46 Kevin Caron (819 : w : 1.0) Matthew Thomas (0 : w : 1.0)
47 Matthew Chertkow (979 : W : 0.0) Daniel Caron (1054 : b : 0.0)
1 George Huang (0 : w : 1.0) BYE
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