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Nikolay beat Bator, Jackie Peng sent Sapozhnikov home. Sergey Noritsyn still undefeated!
Pairings for Round 4. guelph spring pro-am: Pro Section
Bd Res White Res Black
1 IM Nikolay Noritsyn (2585 : W : 3.0) IM Artiom Samsonkin (2564 : B : 2.5)
2 Razvan Preotu (2445 : W : 2.5) IM Bindi Cheng (2517 : w : 2.5)
3 FM Victor Plotkin (2390 : W : 2.0) GM Bator Sambuev (2696 : B : 1.5)
4 FM Jura Ochkoos (2301 : WW : 1.5) WFM Jackie Peng (2194 : b : 2.0)
5 Sergey Noritsyn (2043 : W : 1.5) Mike Ivanov (2258 : BB : 1.5)
6 Guannan Terry Song (2077 : B : 1.5) Vladimir Birarov (2242 : B : 1.5)
7 FM Michael Dougherty (2292 : w : 1.0) Mark Plotkin (2193 : BB : 1.0)
8 David Filipovich (2228 : W : 1.0) Gordon Olheiser (2184 : B : 1.0)
9 Joey Zhong (2027 : WW : 1.0) Eric Zechen Wang (1905 : BB : 0.5)
10 Yinshi Li (2100 : W : 0.5) Nikola Brajkovic (2114 : w : 0.5)
½ Ilia Bluvshtein (2211 : B : 2.0) BYE
Pairings for Round 4. guelph spring pro-am: U2000 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
14 Alexandre Michelashvili (1741 : W : 3.0) Jeffrey Xu (1949 : B : 3.0)
15 Michael von Keitz (1839 : B : 2.0) Richard Chen (1866 : BB : 2.5)
16 Mario Piccinin (1811 : B : 2.0) Zeljko Kitich (1680 : B : 2.5)
17 Derick Aghamalian (1764 : W : 2.0) Richard Guo (1536 : B : 2.0)
18 Constance Wang (1556 : B : 2.0) Mate Milinkovic (1744 : B : 2.0)
19 Hanyuan Ye (1690 : W : 2.0) Jason Cai (1741 : B : 2.0)
20 Wenlu Yu (1584 : W : 2.0) Louay Sakka (1694 : W : 1.5)
21 Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo (1694 : WW : 1.5) Daniel Liu (1621 : B : 1.5)
22 Tim Knechtel (1679 : W : 1.5) Janet Peng (1538 : w : 1.5)
23 Hikmet Bosnac (1813 : W : 1.0) Benito Surya (1514 : b : 1.5)
24 Robert Gillanders (1729 : W : 1.0) Doug Gillis (1598 : W : 1.0)
25 Benjamin Lin (1539 : W : 1.0) Eugene Hua (1711 : w : 1.0)
26 Thomas Guo (1614 : W : 1.0) Shafkat Ali (1612 : B : 1.0)
27 Brian Clarke (1646 : W : 0.5) Immanuel Huang (1506 : B : 1.0)
28 Kevin Yi-Xiao Yie (1658 : W : 0.0) Harmony Zhu (1652 : B : 0.0)
Pairings for Round 4. guelph spring pro-am: U1600 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
29 Daniel Denbok (1465 : W : 3.0) Radu Lupan (1375 : W : 2.5)
30 Giuseppe Del Duca (1459 : W : 2.0) Nicholas Vettese (1276 : BB : 2.5)
31 Jeannie Zhang (1282 : B : 2.0) Graeme Knight (1404 : B : 2.0)
32 Taylor Zhang (1206 : W : 2.0) Sophie Wang (1314 : B : 2.0)
33 Bruce Hurst (1293 : W : 2.0) Kai Gauer (1236 : B : 2.0)
34 Kylie Tan (1164 : W : 2.0) Ethan Zheng (1216 : w : 1.5)
35 Nicole Birarov (1220 : W : 1.0) Manxuan [Rebecca] Zhang (1113 : B : 1.0)
36 Haotong Hazel Guo (924 : B : 1.0) Peter Downie (1204 : B : 1.0)
37 James Williamson (1116 : W : 1.0) Dee Wu (999 : b : 1.0)
1 Jake Vaz (1014 : B : 0.0) BYE
½ Nicholas Wu (1074 : W : 0.0) BYE
½ Alexander Wu (614 : w : 1.0) BYE
Razvan upset Bindi, Bator was held to a draw by Plotkin. Nikolay made it 4-0 with a win against Artiom.
Pairings for Round 5. guelph spring pro-am: Pro Section
Bd Res White Res Black
1 Razvan Preotu (2445 : b : 3.5) IM Nikolay Noritsyn (2585 : b : 4.0)
2 IM Artiom Samsonkin (2564 : w : 2.5) Vladimir Birarov (2242 : w : 2.5)
3 IM Bindi Cheng (2517 : WW : 2.5) FM Jura Ochkoos (2301 : b : 2.5)
4 Mike Ivanov (2258 : w : 2.5) FM Victor Plotkin (2390 : b : 2.5)
5 GM Bator Sambuev (2696 : w : 2.0) Ilia Bluvshtein (2211 : B : 2.5)
6 WFM Jackie Peng (2194 : W : 2.0) FM Michael Dougherty (2292 : B : 2.0)
7 Joey Zhong (2027 : b : 2.0) David Filipovich (2228 : BB : 1.5)
8 Gordon Olheiser (2184 : w : 1.5) Sergey Noritsyn (2043 : b : 1.5)
9 Mark Plotkin (2193 : w : 1.0) Yinshi Li (2100 : b : 1.0)
10 Nikola Brajkovic (2114 : WW : 1.0) Eric Zechen Wang (1905 : w : 0.5)
½ Guannan Terry Song (2077 : BB : 1.5) BYE
Pairings for Round 5. guelph spring pro-am: U2000 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
14 Jeffrey Xu (1949 : w : 4.0) Richard Chen (1866 : w : 3.0)
15 Zeljko Kitich (1680 : w : 3.0) Alexandre Michelashvili (1741 : b : 3.0)
16 Jason Cai (1741 : w : 3.0) Constance Wang (1556 : BB : 3.0)
17 Richard Guo (1536 : w : 3.0) Michael von Keitz (1839 : BB : 2.5)
18 Louay Sakka (1694 : WW : 2.5) Mario Piccinin (1811 : BB : 2.5)
19 Hanyuan Ye (1690 : b : 2.0) Derick Aghamalian (1764 : b : 2.0)
20 Mate Milinkovic (1744 : w : 2.0) Tim Knechtel (1679 : b : 2.0)
21 Daniel Liu (1621 : w : 2.0) Robert Gillanders (1729 : b : 2.0)
22 Eugene Hua (1711 : WW : 2.0) Wenlu Yu (1584 : b : 2.0)
23 Janet Peng (1538 : WW : 2.0) Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo (1694 : b : 2.0)
24 Benito Surya (1514 : W : 2.0) Thomas Guo (1614 : b : 1.5)
25 Shafkat Ali (1612 : w : 1.5) Hikmet Bosnac (1813 : b : 1.5)
26 Immanuel Huang (1506 : w : 1.5) Kevin Yi-Xiao Yie (1658 : b : 1.0)
27 Doug Gillis (1598 : WW : 1.0) Brian Clarke (1646 : b : 1.0)
28 Harmony Zhu (1652 : w : 0.0) Benjamin Lin (1539 : b : 1.0)
Pairings for Round 5. guelph spring pro-am: U1600 Section
Bd Res White Res Black
29 Nicholas Vettese (1276 : w : 3.0) Daniel Denbok (1465 : b : 3.5)
30 Radu Lupan (1375 : WW : 3.0) Kylie Tan (1164 : b : 3.0)
31 Sophie Wang (1314 : w : 3.0) Giuseppe Del Duca (1459 : b : 2.5)
32 Graeme Knight (1404 : w : 2.5) Bruce Hurst (1293 : b : 2.5)
33 Kai Gauer (1236 : w : 2.5) Jeannie Zhang (1282 : BB : 2.5)
34 James Williamson (1116 : b : 2.0) Taylor Zhang (1206 : b : 2.0)
35 Peter Downie (1204 : w : 2.0) Manxuan [Rebecca] Zhang (1113 : w : 2.0)
36 Ethan Zheng (1216 : WW : 1.5) Alexander Wu (614 : w : 1.5)
37 Dee Wu (999 : W : 1.0) Nicole Birarov (1220 : b : 1.0)
38 Jake Vaz (1014 : B : 1.0) Haotong Hazel Guo (924 : BB : 1.0)
1 Nicholas Wu (1074 : W : 0.5) BYE
And Razvan's rating and strength continue to sky-rocket. He must be nearly 2500 CFC after this tournament. Very impressive! Looks like it was an awesome turn out hopefully I can come to the next one.
I was unable to attend the Guelph tournament so I asked James Williamson to take a few pictures and forward them to me. I just finished placing some pictures on my blog: http://ralphsattic.blogspot.ca/2013/...blog-post.html [go to the bottom of the page] and I will be putting in a few games that came my way.
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