Quebec Open : Final Report

[Roman Sarrazin Gendron]

The favorite, GM Lazaro Bruzon (7/9, $4000), from Cuba, won the Invitational Section, the strongest ever in a Quebec Open (+2350 average FIDE rating). He finished half a point ahead of two other undefeated grandmasters, Eduardas Rozentalis (Lithuania-$1583) and Elshan Moradiabadi (Iran- $1083). On the last round, the latter two drew on the first board while Bruzon beat IM Gerzhoy (5,5/9) in a very high-stake game Bruzon needed to win to secure the tournament whereas Gerzhoy needed to draw to obtain his Grandmaster title (he already had all the requirements, missing only one norm). GM Anton Kovalyov (6,5/9) shares the second place ($833) with Rozentalis and Moradiabadi, adding up the Gowlings Prize (best player from Quebec – $1500). Although many norms were missed by a few performance points, FM Aleksandr Ostrovsky (US) was the only one to secure his IM norm. His 5/9 score against 5 GMs and 4 IMs is very impressive.
He is not the only one who played well against titled players. IMs Aman Hambleton and Bindi Cheng both scored 2,5/4 against GMs. IMs Raja Panjwani (2,5/5) and Richard Wang (1,5/3) held their own, as well as IM Arthur Calugar and Razvan Preotu, who respectively scalped Kovalyov and Sambuev (1st round).

In the other sections :
( complete standings )

Open : Thierry Libersan (7/9, $1000) got 3,5 points out of his last four games, pulling himself ahead of the experienced master Arkadiusz Luksza (6,5/9 , $550) and the young James Fu (6,5/9, $550).

U2000 : Roman Sarrazin-Gendron (7/9, $800), who managed to create himself a full-point lead after seven games, collapsed and only salvaged half a point in his last two games. However, it was enough to secure the first place, half a point ahead of second place finishers Jonathan Turcotte and Alexis Langlois-Rémillard (6,5/9, $400).

U1700 : This section ended with a three-way tie for the first place. David Zhou (who won the U1800 World Open) and Yang Tian Jiao Shi share the first place with Sam Selmani, who finished the tournament with 5 wins in a row. They win $400.

U1300 : Alain Ouimet (7,5/9 , $400) finished very well, winning his last five games. Runner-ups Zi Yu Gan and Pierre Dimov both scored 7/9 and earned $250.


Side Events

Blitz Tournament :

GM Anton Kovalyov and IM Bindi Cheng share the first prize, half a point ahead of Bruzon. 71 players participated. Here is the head of the standings :

1. GM Anton Kovalyov 10/12 – 350$
2. IM Bindi Cheng 10/12 - 350$
3. GM Lazaro Bruzon Batista 9,5/12 – 200$
4. GM Reynaldo Vera 9/12 – 50$
5. IM Mackenzie Molner 9/12 – 50$


Bughouse tournament :

12 teams played in the first Quebec Bughouse Championship. It was a 5 double rounds tournament with no guaranteed prizes, and it is a success for a first edition :

1. IM Bindi Cheng and IM Arthur Calugar (120$ from registration fees), 8/10
2. IM Aman Hambleton and GM Eric Hansen, 8/10 (lost tiebreaks)
3. FM Lefong Hua and GM Ioan Cristian Chirila, 7/10
4. IM Richard Wang and Ryan Lo, 7/10


Arencibia Simul. : Cuban GM Walter Arencibia gave a simul on July 22, against 15 players. Only one managed to draw ; Christine Gao, who also got the only draw at the Canadian Open’s simul (against Reynaldo Vera).

Mini-COQ : This small four rounds tournament took place on the first weekend on the Quebec Open. 1st : Jeroen Struben 4/4 - $300 . 2nd : Roman Sarrazin-Gendron and Sang Kil Kay, 3,5/4 - $150

Pictures and Games
Rene Preotu took wonderful pictures of the venue : https://picasaweb.google.com/1059778...MDex9LgvaWWswE
Alan Luo, one of the best North American pianists of his age category, played a Haydn sonata before the 9th round : https://picasaweb.google.com/1059778...85166700462034
All the games from the invitational section : http://canbase.fqechecs.qc.ca/cbv/20102019/2013_coq.pgn

Next year :
The Quebec Chess Federation will be organizing the next Canadian Youth Chess Championship (CYCC), as well as the Canadian Open. The tournaments will take place between the Montreal International Jazz Festival and the Just for Laughs festival (end of July), in an easily accessible place, near the center of Montreal although the exact venue is not confirmed yet. Details will follow, but we already know 2013 CYCC winners will be invited to play for free. Furthermore, participants of the CYCC will get to play in the Canadian Open for free. We will try our best to obtain discounts on the accommodation for both tournaments. We had a lot of success with the 2013 Quebec Open tournament structure (big invitational + class sections), so we intend to try to expand it to a bigger tournament like the Canadian Open and hopefully have at least 350 players.

Conclusion
The 2013 Quebec Open was quite a success, but this kind of tournament needs a lot of hard working people to function correctly:
Thanks to our sponsors : Sponge Towels, Gowlings, Molson, Oasis, Van Houtte and Pepsico
Thanks to Chess’n Math, official supplier of the Quebec Chess Federation, who offered chess books, DVDs and material on the spot.
Thanks to our arbiters Pierre Dénommée, Danny Goldenberg (invitational), Alexandre Ber, Bernard Ouimet and Raymond Desjardins
Thanks to our volunteers, Vital Roy, Marc Poulin, Pierre Hébert, Line Lamontagne, and to our PGN team : Hugh Brodie, Luc Gauthier and Daniel Prégent
Thanks to the tournament director, Richard Bérubé, who worked more hours than humanly possible in the last weeks, as well as his assistant Félix Dumont
Most of all, thanks to our 270 players who made the tournament happen by participating.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Quebec Open : Final Report

Thnx for the report.

Blitz Tournament : 71 players participated.

Did you post a crosstable somewhere online?

[Rene Preotu]

Re: Quebec Open : Final Report


I used my phone's camera to snap photos of the standings. Not a great quality.

[Roman Sarrazin Gendron]

Re : Re: Quebec Open : Final Report

Sorry, we had issues with our servers yesterday so I could not post them :

Blitz complete standings
winners - complete list

[John Upper]

Re: Quebec Open : Final Report

Thnx for the report.
Did you post a crosstable somewhere online?

You can find them on chess-results.com
http://chess-results.com/fed.aspx?lan=1&fed=CAN

The Invitational results are here

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: Quebec Open : Final Report

Quebec Open blitz before/after "Montreal blitz" ratings.

http://canbase.fqechecs.qc.ca/blitze.htm (updates in progress)

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 Date: 28-07-2013                    COQ 2013               Tournoi Blitz --- Speed Tournament
  #          Nom/Name            Avant/Before Apres/After                       +/Tot.        Adversaires/Opponents
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   1 72663  Kovalyov,Anton           2681     2676   Diff=   -5          10.0/12.0    ++28 ++37 ++10 += 7 ++13 =- 3      
   2 72753  Cheng,Bindi              2486     2518   Diff=   32          10.0/12.0    ++58 ++26 +- 4 +- 3 ++17 ++ 7      
   3 74801  Bruzon,Lazaro            2390     2439   Diff=   49           9.5/12.0    ++40 ++32 +-12 +- 2 ++20 += 1      
   4 75150  Molner,Mackenzie                  2571   Nouveau/New          9.0/12.0    ++48 ++35 +- 2 =-12 ++25 +=16      
   5 96570  Vera,Renaldo             2500     2514   Diff=   14           9.0/12.0    ++52 ++19 =-20 ++11 +- 6 +=12      
   6 73945  Hambleton,Aman           2219     2295   Diff=   76           8.5/12.0    ++54 ++24 ++11 =-13 +- 5 +-15      
   7 75161  Moradiabadi,Elshan                2556   Nouveau/New          8.5/12.0    ++53 ++25 ++14 =- 1 ++ 8 -- 2      
   8 75172  Perez,Rodriguez,Luis              2328   Nouveau/New          8.5/12.0    ++43 +=31 ++39 +-20 -- 7 ++29      
   9 75183  Sulskis,Sarunas                   2570   Nouveau/New          8.5/12.0    +=41 +=17 +=16 ++22 +-12 +-10      
  10 75194  Koewra,Keaton                     2429   Nouveau/New          8.5/12.0    ++64 ++27 -- 1 +=29 ++31 +- 9      
  11 72674  Sambuev,Bator            2573     2533   Diff=  -40           8.0/12.0    ++46 ++18 -- 6 -- 5 ++33 ++35      
  12 72720  Gerzhoy,Leonid           2429     2451   Diff=   22           8.0/12.0    ++59 ++29 +- 3 += 4 +- 9 =- 5      
  13 75205  Castaneda,Kevel                   2320   Nouveau/New          8.0/12.0    ++56 +=21 ++15 += 6 -- 1 +-14      
  14 75216  Wang,Richard                      2423   Nouveau/New          8.0/12.0    ++66 ++36 -- 7 ++27 +-15 +-13      
  15 75227  Batasatoramanian,A.               2189   Nouveau/New          8.0/12.0    ++45 ++68 --13 ++36 +-14 +- 6      
  16 75238  Porper,Edward                     2211   Nouveau/New          8.0/12.0    ++47 +-22 =- 9 ++46 ++32 =- 4      
  17 75240  Chirila,Joan,Cristia              2338   Nouveau/New          8.0/12.0    +=33 =- 9 ++40 ++19 -- 2 ++39      
  18 75251  Fu,James                          2159   Nouveau/New          8.0/12.0    ++51 --11 +=41 +=39 +-24 ++36      
  19 96704  Gulko,Andrei             2276     2292   Diff=   16           8.0/12.0    ++70 -- 5 ++54 --17 ++46 ++37      
  20 41141  Hua,Lefong               2482     2460   Diff=  -22           7.5/12.0    ++34 ++23 += 5 +- 8 -- 3 +-22      
  21 72911  Gelet,Seymour            1779     1858   Diff=   79           7.5/12.0    ++61 =-13 +-31 --32 ++56 ++34      
  22 75262  Preotu,Razvan                     2265   Nouveau/New          7.5/12.0    ++50 +-16 +=30 -- 9 ++41 +-20      
  23 64113  Caceres,Julio            2057     2030   Diff=  -27           7.0/12.0    ++71 --20 ++68 +-35 --29 ++47      
  24 71695  Trottier,Emile           1869     1938   Diff=   69           7.0/12.0    ++67 -- 6 +-34 ++52 +-18 +-25      
  25 73890  Calugar,Arthur           2418     2390   Diff=  -28           7.0/12.0    ++62 -- 7 ++53 ++26 -- 4 +-24      
  26 73956  Turcotte,Jonathan        1759     1775   Diff=   16           7.0/12.0    ++65 -- 2 ++71 --25 +-45 ++52      
  27 91113  Libersan,Thierry         2190     2153   Diff=  -37           7.0/12.0    ++60 --10 ++58 --14 +-47 ++53      
  28 73484  Cvetkovic,Simeon         2016     1953   Diff=  -63           6.5/12.0    -- 1 ++55 =-32 --41 ++57 ++45      
  29 74294  Khashper,Arkady          2174     2175   Diff=    1           6.5/12.0    ++57 --12 ++66 =-10 ++23 -- 8      
  30 74970  Piasetski,Leon           2005     1995   Diff=  -10           6.5/12.0    ++49 =-39 =-22 --31 ++54 +=40      
  31 75273  Cao,Jason                         2016   Nouveau/New          6.5/12.0    ++63 =- 8 +-21 ++30 --10 +-32      
  32 75284  Kleinman,Michael                  1956   Nouveau/New          6.5/12.0    ++55 -- 3 +=28 ++21 --16 +-31      
  33 47834  Pepin,Christian          2008     1989   Diff=  -19           6.0/12.0    =-17 =-41 ++56 +-47 --11 ++58      
  34 57227  Madjarian,Hachik         1828     1811   Diff=  -17           6.0/12.0    --20 ++65 +-24 ++48 +-35 --21      
  35 73135  Dumont,Felix             1794     1855   Diff=   61           6.0/12.0    ++44 -- 4 ++59 +-23 +-34 --11      
  36 73451  Luo,Zhao,Yang            1894     1912   Diff=   18           6.0/12.0    ++69 --14 ++61 --15 ++58 --18      
  37 73585  Chiku-Ratte,O-K          2302     2226   Diff=  -76           6.0/12.0    ++38 -- 1 --46 ++43 ++59 --19      
  38 92362  Steinberg,Ellis          1864     1836   Diff=  -28           6.0/12.0    --37 --46 ++67 +-53 +-48 ++59      
  39 96682  Robidas,Francois         2024     2025   Diff=    1           6.0/12.0    ++42 +=30 -- 8 =-18 ++49 --17      
  40 54011  Wilkin,Alain             1984     1941   Diff=  -43           5.5/12.0    -- 3 ++45 --17 +-55 ++66 =-30      
  41 73506  Sprumont,Oscar           1761     1895   Diff=  134           5.5/12.0    =- 9 +=33 =-18 ++28 --22 +-46      
  42 73528  Luo,Alan                 1326     1412   Diff=   86           5.5/12.0    --39 +-43 +-49 =-54 +-51 ++66      
  43 74902  Ouellet,Maili-Jade       1510     1534   Diff=   24           5.5/12.0    -- 8 +-42 +=57 --37 +-65 ++61      
  44 75295  Kay,Sang,Kil                      1566   Nouveau/New          5.5/12.0    --35 +-52 --48 +-50 +=69 ++64      
  45 74070  Salgueiro,Miguel         1587     1600   Diff=   13           5.0/12.0    --15 --40 ++70 ++68 +-26 --28      
  46 75306  Zhou,Qiyu                         2036   Nouveau/New          5.0/12.0    --11 ++38 ++37 --16 --19 +-41      
  47 75317  Su,Michael                        1770   Nouveau/New          5.0/12.0    --16 +-57 ++60 +-33 +-27 --23      
  48 75328  Heredia,Jose                      1643   Nouveau/New          5.0/12.0    -- 4 +-62 ++44 --34 +-38 +-50      
  49 75330  Liu,Yu,Qing                       1533   Nouveau/New          5.0/12.0    --30 +-60 +-42 ++61 --39 +-65      
  50 75352  Fan,Lawrence                      1486   Nouveau/New          5.0/12.0    --22 =-56 =-64 +-44 ++71 +-48      
  51 75363  Yang,Eddie                        1415   Nouveau/New          5.0/12.0    --18 --53 ++69 --59 +-42 ++68      
  52 91170  Gunapalan,David          1697     1663   Diff=  -34           5.0/12.0    -- 5 +-44 ++62 --24 ++60 --26      
  53 95984  Chartrand,J-Bruno        1600     1654   Diff=   54           5.0/12.0    -- 7 ++51 --25 +-38 ++55 --27      
  54 74338  Samikov,Chingis          1764     1728   Diff=  -36           4.5/12.0    -- 6 ++63 --19 +=42 --30 +-56      
  55 74406  Rodrigue-Lemieux,Sh.     1537     1539   Diff=    2           4.5/12.0    --32 --28 ++63 +-40 --53 +=60      
  56 74733  Alcantara,Maximo,Iii     1665     1670   Diff=    5           4.5/12.0    --13 +=50 --33 ++64 --21 +-54      
  57 75374  Yu,Cindy                          1602   Nouveau/New          4.5/12.0    --29 +-47 =-43 +-62 --28 ++69      
  58 74834  Fan,Run,Kun              1897     1838   Diff=  -59           4.0/12.0    -- 2 ++69 --27 ++71 --36 --33      
  59 74878  Saha,Ananda              1783     1727   Diff=  -56           4.0/12.0    --12 ++70 --35 ++51 --37 --38      
  60 71684  Grenier,Marcel           1381     1400   Diff=   19           3.5/12.0    --27 +-49 --47 ++70 --52 =-55      
  61 74441  Paquette,Pierre          1461     1465   Diff=    4           3.5/12.0    --21 ++64 --36 --49 +=62 --43      
  62 75385  Gosselin,Jonathan                 1473   Nouveau/New          3.5/12.0    --25 +-48 --52 +-57 =-61 +-63      
  63 75396  Pahcio,Ilna                       1220   Nouveau/New          3.5/12.0    --31 --54 --55 +=67 +-68 +-62      
  64 83158  Vien,Michel              1630     1521   Diff= -109           3.5/12.0    --10 --61 +=50 --56 ++67 --44      
  65 75341  Nesterov,Timour                   1436   Nouveau/New          3.0/10.0    --26 --34 ++ 0 +-66 +-43 +-49      
  66 75407  Gendron,Roger                     1371   Nouveau/New          3.0/12.0    --14 ++67 --29 +-65 --40 --42      
  67 75137  Achkar,Olivier           1291     1260   Diff=  -31           2.5/12.0    --24 --66 --38 =-63 --64 ++71      
  68 75418  Ponsin,Nicolas                    1020   Nouveau/New          1.0/10.0    ++ 0 --15 --23 --45 +-63 --51      
  69 42006  Saidi,Hedayat            1357     1312   Diff=  -45           0.5/10.0    --36 --58 --51 ++ 0 =-44 --57      
  70 71583  Bonneville,Didier        1266     1229   Diff=  -37           0.0/ 8.0    --19 --59 --45 --60 -- 0 -- 0                   
  71 75420  Dore,Lorraine                     1194   Nouveau/New          0.0/10.0    --23 ++ 0 --26 --58 --50 --67      
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[Ken MacDonald]

Re: Quebec Open : Final Report

Round 4, Bruzon played Cheng, not Kovalyov.

[Eric Gedajlovic]

Re: Quebec Open : Final Report

I just noticed that while the Invitational Section of the COQ has now been CFC rated, the Open section has not in the over night ratings update. Can someone please let me know when this may be done?

Thanks

[Roman Sarrazin Gendron]

Re : Re: Quebec Open : Final Report

I just called the arbiter and he told me he was working on it (he has to redo the whole pairings with CFC and FIDE IDs, whereas the invitational was FIDE-paired from the start.
The CFC should receive the results by tonight or tomorrow.

[Eric Gedajlovic]

Re: Re : Re: Quebec Open : Final Report

Thanks for the quick update!