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GM Bator Sambuev tops the field again in Guelph. Entries are trickling in now. You can register by emailing me at halbond@sympatico.ca.
Pro Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 GM Bator Sambuev
2 FM Christian Stevens
3 WFM Jackie Peng
4 Dale McTavish
5 Yinshi Li
6 Guannan Terry Song
7 Joey Zhong
U2000 Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Mario Piccinin
2 Ralph Deline
3 Michael von Keitz
4 Janet Peng
5 Benjamin Lin
6 Eugene Hua
U1600 Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Bruce Hurst
2 Joel Zhang
3 James Williamson
4 Daniel Caron
5 Jake Vaz
Thanks Mario! Here is the updated list.
Pro Section
1 GM Bator Sambuev
2 FM Christian Stevens
3 FM Michael Dougherty
4 WFM Jackie Peng
5 Dale McTavish
6 Jesse B Wang
7 Yinshi Li
8 Guannan Terry Song
9 Joey Zhong
U2000 Section
1 Mario Piccinin
2 Mate Milinkovic
3 Mario Moran-Venegas
4 Robert Gillanders
5 Ralph Deline
6 Michael von Keitz
7 Thomas Guo
8 Shafkat Ali
9 Janet Peng
10 Benjamin Lin
11 Eugene Hua
12 Jason Cai
13 Daniel Liu
U1600 Section
1 Bruce Hurst
2 Joel Zhang
3 James Williamson
4 Jeannie Zhang
5 Daniel Caron
6 Haotong Hazel Guo
7 Kevin Caron
8 Jake Vaz
Thanks Fernando!
Here is the updated list.
Pro Section
1 GM Bator Sambuev
2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn
3 IM Bindi Cheng
4 FM Christian Stevens
5 FM Michael Dougherty
6 Mike Ivanov
7 WFM Jackie Peng
8 Dale McTavish
9 Jesse B Wang
10 Yinshi Li
11 Guannan Terry Song
12 Sergey Noritsyn
13 Joey Zhong
U2000 Section
1 Mario Piccinin
2 Mate Milinkovic
3 Mario Moran-Venegas
4 Robert Gillanders
5 Brian Clarke
6 Ralph Deline
7 Michael von Keitz
8 Kevin Yi-Xiao Yie
9 Fernando Echavaria-hidalgo
10 Thomas Guo
11 Shafkat Ali
12 Harmony Zhu
13 Hikmet Bosnac
14 Janet Peng
15 Benjamin Lin
16 Richard Guo
17 Eugene Hua
18 Jason Cai
19 Doug Gillis
20 Constance Wang
21 Daniel Liu
U1600 Section
1 Bruce Hurst
2 Joel Zhang
3 James Williamson
4 Jeannie Zhang
5 Daniel Caron
6 Haotong Hazel Guo
7 Kylie Tan
8 Kevin Caron
9 Jake Vaz
thanks Fernando!
Here Is The Updated List.
Pro Section
1 Gm Bator Sambuev
2 Im Nikolay Noritsyn
3 Im Bindi Cheng
4 Fm Christian Stevens
5 Fm Michael Dougherty
6 Mike Ivanov
7 Wfm Jackie Peng
8 Dale Mctavish
9 Jesse B Wang
10 Yinshi Li
11 Guannan Terry Song
12 Sergey Noritsyn
13 Joey Zhong
U2000 Section
1 Mario Piccinin
2 Mate Milinkovic
3 Mario Moran-venegas
4 Robert Gillanders
5 Brian Clarke
6 Ralph Deline
7 Michael Von Keitz
8 Kevin Yi-xiao Yie
9 Fernando Echavaria-hidalgo
10 Thomas Guo
11 Shafkat Ali
12 Harmony Zhu
13 Hikmet Bosnac
14 Janet Peng
15 Benjamin Lin
16 Richard Guo
17 Eugene Hua
18 Jason Cai
19 Doug Gillis
20 Constance Wang
21 Daniel Liu
U1600 Section
1 Bruce Hurst
2 Joel Zhang
3 James Williamson
4 Jeannie Zhang
5 Daniel Caron
6 Haotong Hazel Guo
7 Kylie Tan
8 Kevin Caron
9 Jake Vaz
Here is the updated list. You can still avoid the onsite late fee if you email me to register. halbond@sympatico.ca
Pro Section
1 GM Bator Sambuev
2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn
3 IM Bindi Cheng
4 Razvan Preotu
5 FM Christian Stevens
6 FM Michael Dougherty
7 Mike Ivanov
8 WFM Jackie Peng
9 Dale McTavish
10 Jesse B Wang
11 Yinshi Li
12 Guannan Terry Song
13 Sergey Noritsyn
14 Joey Zhong
15 Eric Zechen Wang
U2000 Section
1 Jeffrey Xu
2 Mario Piccinin
3 Mate Milinkovic
4 Mario Moran-Venegas
5 Robert Gillanders
6 Brian Clarke
7 Ralph Deline
8 Michael von Keitz
9 Kevin Yi-Xiao Yie
10 Fernando Echavaria-hidalgo
11 Thomas Guo
12 Shafkat Ali
13 Derick Aghamalian
14 Harmony Zhu
15 Hikmet Bosnac
16 Mark Brauer
17 Janet Peng
18 Benjamin Lin
19 Richard Guo
20 Benito Surya
21 Eugene Hua
22 Jason Cai
23 Doug Gillis
24 Immanuel Huang
25 Constance Wang
26 Daniel Liu
U1600 Section
1 Graeme Knight
2 Bruce Hurst
3 Radu Lupan
4 Joel Zhang
5 James Williamson
6 Jeannie Zhang
7 Haotong Hazel Guo
8 Nicholas Vettese
9 Kylie Tan
10 Nicholas Wu
11 Alexander Wu
12 Jake Vaz
13 Dee Wu
1 GM Bator Sambuev 2696
2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2585
3 IM Bindi Cheng 2517
4 Razvan Preotu 2445
5 FM Victor Plotkin 2390
6 FM Christian Stevens 2353
7 FM Michael Dougherty 2292
8 Mike Ivanov 2258
9 WFM Jackie Peng 2194
10 Mark Plotkin 2193
11 Dale McTavish 2144
12 Jesse B Wang 2110
13 Yinshi Li 2100
14 Guannan Terry Song 2077
15 Sergey Noritsyn 2043
16 Joey Zhong 2027
17 Eric Zechen Wang 1905
U2000 Section
1 Jeffrey Xu 1949
2 Mario Moran-Venegas 1844
3 Michael von Keitz 1839
4 Hikmet Bosnac 1813
5 Mario Piccinin 1811
6 Ralph Deline 1787
7 Derick Aghamalian 1764
8 Mate Milinkovic 1744
9 Jason Cai 1741
10 Robert Gillanders 1729
11 Eugene Hua 1711
12 Kevin Yi-Xiao Yie 1658
13 Harmony Zhu 1652
14 Fernando Echavaria-hidalgo 1646
15 Brian Clarke 1646
16 Mark Brauer 1631
17 Daniel Liu 1621
18 Thomas Guo 1614
19 Shafkat Ali 1612
20 Doug Gillis 1598
21 Constance Wang 1556
22 Benjamin Lin 1539
23 Janet Peng 1538
24 Richard Guo 1536
25 Benito Surya 1514
26 Immanuel Huang 1506
Standings. guelph spring pro-am: U1600 Section
1 Daniel Denbok 1465
2 Graeme Knight 1404
3 Radu Lupan 1375
4 Sophie Wang 1314
5 Bruce Hurst 1293
6 Jeannie Zhang 1282
7 Nicholas Vettese 1276
8 Joel Zhang 1178
9 Kylie Tan 1164
10 James Williamson 1116
11 Nicholas Wu 1074
12 Jake Vaz 1014
13 Dee Wu 999
14 Haotong Hazel Guo 924
15 Alexander Wu 614
The Best Western Royal Brock, 519-836-1240, is matching its winter deal for us. $93.99 per night, single or double, includes free intenet, parking and hot breakfast. They are across the road from the University.
Here is the new list. You can still avoid the on site laste fee by emailing your registration to halbond@sympatico.ca
Standings. guelph spring pro-am: Pro Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 GM Bator Sambuev 2696
2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2585
3 IM Artiom Samsonkin 2564
4 IM Bindi Cheng 2517
5 Razvan Preotu 2445
6 FM Roman Sapozhnikov 2411
7 FM Victor Plotkin 2390
8 FM Michael Dougherty 2292
9 Mike Ivanov 2258
10 Vladimir Birarov 2242
11 WFM Jackie Peng 2194
12 Mark Plotkin 2193
13 Dale McTavish 2144
14 Jesse B Wang 2110
15 Yinshi Li 2100
16 Guannan Terry Song 2077
17 Sergey Noritsyn 2043
18 Joey Zhong 2027
19 Eric Zechen Wang 1905
Standings. guelph spring pro-am: U2000 Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Jeffrey Xu
2 Mario Moran-Venegas
3 Michael von Keitz
4 Hikmet Bosnac
5 Mario Piccinin
6 Ralph Deline
7 Derick Aghamalian
8 Mate Milinkovic
9 Jason Cai
10 Robert Gillanders
11 Eugene Hua
12 Hanyuan Ye
13 Kevin Yi-Xiao Yie
14 Harmony Zhu
15 Fernando Echavaria-hidalgo
16 Brian Clarke
17 Mark Brauer
18 Daniel Liu
19 Thomas Guo
20 Shafkat Ali
21 Doug Gillis
22 Mathanhe Kaneshalingam
23 Wenlu Yu
24 Constance Wang
25 Benjamin Lin
26 Janet Peng
27 Richard Guo
28 Benito Surya
29 Immanuel Huang
Standings. guelph spring pro-am: U1600 Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Daniel Denbok 1465
2 Graeme Knight 1404
3 Radu Lupan 1375
4 Sophie Wang 1314
5 Bruce Hurst 1293
6 Jeannie Zhang 1282
7 Nicholas Vettese 1276
8 Nicole Birarov 1220
9 Ethan Zheng 1216
10 Taylor Zhang 1206
11 Joel Zhang 1178
12 Kylie Tan 1164
13 James Williamson 1116
14 Manxuan [Rebecca] Zhang 1113
15 Nicholas Wu 1074
16 Jake Vaz 1014
17 Dee Wu 999
18 Haotong Hazel Guo 924
19 Alexander Wu 614
The Guelph Spring Pro-Am has been moved to the 4th floor of the University Centre. Sorry for the confusion.
We have over 70 players at this point. You can still email your registration and avoid the onsite late fee until midnight tonight. halbond@sympatico.ca
So far so good. We have 73 players. Razvan nicked Bator for a draw in round 2. Terry Song and Sergey Noritsyn have also been nibbling on their elders.
Pairings for Round 3. guelph spring pro-am: Pro Section
Bd Res White Res Black
1 GM Bator Sambuev (2696 : w : 1.5) IM Nikolay Noritsyn (2585 : b : 2.0)
2 IM Artiom Samsonkin (2564 : w : 1.5) FM Jura Ochkoos (2301 : w : 1.5)
3 Mike Ivanov (2258 : b : 1.5) IM Bindi Cheng (2517 : B : 1.5)
4 Guannan Terry Song (2077 : w : 1.5) Razvan Preotu (2445 : b : 1.5)
5 WFM Jackie Peng (2194 : W : 1.0) FM Roman Sapozhnikov (2411 : w : 1.0)
6 Gordon Olheiser (2184 : w : 1.0) FM Victor Plotkin (2390 : b : 1.0)
7 Vladimir Birarov (2242 : w : 1.0) Sergey Noritsyn (2043 : b : 1.0)
8 Ilia Bluvshtein (2211 : w : 1.0) Joey Zhong (2027 : w : 1.0)
9 David Filipovich (2228 : WW : 0.5) FM Michael Dougherty (2292 : B : 0.5)
10 Mark Plotkin (2193 : b : 0.0) Nikola Brajkovic (2114 : B : 0.5)
11 Eric Zechen Wang (1905 : b : 0.0) Yinshi Li (2100 : b : 0.0)
Pairings for Round 3. guelph spring pro-am: U2000 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
14 Jeffrey Xu (1949 : w : 2.0) Derick Aghamalian (1764 : b : 2.0)
15 Michael von Keitz (1839 : w : 2.0) Alexandre Michelashvili (1741 : b : 2.0)
16 Richard Chen (1866 : b : 1.5) Wenlu Yu (1584 : b : 2.0)
17 Zeljko Kitich (1680 : w : 1.5) Hikmet Bosnac (1813 : b : 1.0)
18 Mario Piccinin (1811 : w : 1.0) Doug Gillis (1598 : b : 1.0)
19 Mate Milinkovic (1744 : w : 1.0) Thomas Guo (1614 : b : 1.0)
20 Jason Cai (1741 : w : 1.0) Benjamin Lin (1539 : b : 1.0)
21 Richard Guo (1536 : w : 1.0) Robert Gillanders (1729 : b : 1.0)
22 Constance Wang (1556 : w : 1.0) Eugene Hua (1711 : B : 1.0)
23 Benito Surya (1514 : W : 1.0) Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo (1694 : w : 1.0)
24 Immanuel Huang (1506 : w : 1.0) Hanyuan Ye (1690 : b : 1.0)
25 Daniel Liu (1621 : w : 1.0) Tim Knechtel (1679 : b : 1.0)
26 Harmony Zhu (1652 : w : 0.0) Janet Peng (1538 : B : 0.5)
27 Shafkat Ali (1612 : w : 0.0) Kevin Yi-Xiao Yie (1658 : b : 0.0)
28 Mathanhe Kaneshalingam (1596 : w : 0.0) Brian Clarke (1646 : b : 0.0)
½ Louay Sakka (1694 : W : 1.0) BYE
Pairings for Round 3. guelph spring pro-am: U1600 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
29 Sophie Wang (1314 : w : 2.0) Daniel Denbok (1465 : b : 2.0)
30 Nicholas Vettese (1276 : b : 2.0) Radu Lupan (1375 : b : 2.0)
31 Graeme Knight (1404 : w : 1.0) James Williamson (1116 : b : 1.0)
32 Jeannie Zhang (1282 : w : 1.0) Haotong Hazel Guo (924 : BB : 1.0)
33 Kai Gauer (1236 : w : 1.0) Alexander Wu (614 : B : 1.0)
34 Peter Downie (1204 : w : 1.0) Taylor Zhang (1206 : b : 1.0)
35 Jake Vaz (1014 : w : 0.0) Nicole Birarov (1220 : b : 0.0)
36 Manxuan [Rebecca] Zhang (1113 : w : 0.0) Nicholas Wu (1074 : b : 0.0)
1 Dee Wu (999 : b : 0.0) BYE
½ Bruce Hurst (1293 : W : 1.5) BYE
½ Ethan Zheng (1216 : w : 1.0) BYE
½ Giuseppe Del Duca (1459 : W : 1.5) BYE
½ Kylie Tan (1164 : W : 1.5) BYE
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