North American Youth Chess Championships

[Bindi Cheng]

Re: ideology trumps common sense

Winning isn't everything but chess is way more fun when you win :D

[Joshua Hu]

Re: ideology trumps common sense

Winning isn't everything but chess is way more fun when you win :D

tell that to bobby fisher, he won and was miserable.

[Joshua Hu]

Re: ideology trumps common sense

I don't care what you think. Chess is a competitive game and the goal is to win. It seems not everyone realizes that, but many do.

since you weren't world champion i guess you're a loser gary. so sorry you lost. there's only one world champion. anyone winning anything else is deluding themselves as a big fish in a small pond. anyone not world champion is a "loser" .
if winning is everything you might as well quit since you'll never be world champion.

[Gary Ruben]

Re: ideology trumps common sense

since you weren't world champion i guess you're a loser gary. so sorry you lost.

That sounds reasonable. Now explain it to the people here who can't understand the concept.

[David Lu]

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I have compiled them for my report to FIDE, so I could post them here after receiving their confirmation, etc.

hi aris francis larry, and everyone else involved, congrats on a great tournament. after working out the first day kinks everything went really well! Toronto is such a great city, and Canada is a great country and you guys did a great job. I was just wondering how long does it take fide to process tournament results generally? thx

[Larry Bevand]

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hi aris francis larry, and everyone else involved, congrats on a great tournament. after working out the first day kinks everything went really well! Toronto is such a great city, and Canada is a great country and you guys did a great job. I was just wondering how long does it take fide to process tournament results generally? thx

Hi David,

Thanks! It was a team effort but the major players on the team were the Rodrigues family...Francis, Gary and Clara! I know this the first time you read the name Clara...but always remember behind every great man there is an incredible woman :).

The CMA (read Gary) gave the CFC all the files Wednesday I believe. The CFC had some problems with the files and Gary resent them, I believe, according to their specifications on Friday just after lunch. The Chess'n Math Association posted ratings shortly thereafter http://www.chesstalk.com/elo/pub/scr...is.php?no=8968 . You can expect the event to be CFC and FIDE rated shortly.

Larry

[Bindi Cheng]

Re: ideology trumps common sense

tell that to bobby fisher, he won and was miserable.

As an employer in the finance field, I'm surprised you never considered the aspect of small sample sizes and extreme outliers. Winning in Chess made him a very happy and wealthy man. It was his other aspects of his life that made him miserable and alone.

[Aris Marghetis]

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hi aris francis larry, and everyone else involved, congrats on a great tournament. after working out the first day kinks everything went really well! Toronto is such a great city, and Canada is a great country and you guys did a great job. I was just wondering how long does it take fide to process tournament results generally? thx

Hi David, thanks for the kind words. Like Larry said, a tremendous team effort. Regarding the titles, I believe that FIDE will be contacting the CFC and USCF organizations. If I hear otherwise, I will try to post updates back here.

[David Lu]

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Hi David, thanks for the kind words. Like Larry said, a tremendous team effort. Regarding the titles, I believe that FIDE will be contacting the CFC and USCF organizations. If I hear otherwise, I will try to post updates back here.

BTW Aris, were you at the US junior open? I didn't see your name as arbiter, but I recall someone who looked like you there. maybe i'm mistaken.

apologies to Gary and Clara, thx to you all too.

[Aris Marghetis]

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BTW Aris, were you at the US junior open? I didn't see your name as arbiter, but I recall someone who looked like you there. maybe i'm mistaken.

Hi David, yes, I was indeed at the U.S. Junior Open, also helped at the concurrent U.S. Senior Open, co-presented at an IO seminar there, and had a LOTTA fun playing in the U.S. Senior Blitz! I have a soft sport for that location, which is where the last American NAYCC was held (Tarrytown, NY, to be specific). Did my look-alike have hair?! ;)

[David Lu]

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Hi David, yes, I was indeed at the U.S. Junior Open, also helped at the concurrent U.S. Senior Open, co-presented at an IO seminar there, and had a LOTTA fun playing in the U.S. Senior Blitz! I have a soft sport for that location, which is where the last American NAYCC was held (Tarrytown, NY, to be specific). Did my look-alike have hair?! ;)

re "hair" before or after the tournament?

I really hope they get the NAYCC at tarrytown when it comes to the US next year!

[Rene Preotu]

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Hi David, thanks for the kind words. Like Larry said, a tremendous team effort. Regarding the titles, I believe that FIDE will be contacting the CFC and USCF organizations. If I hear otherwise, I will try to post updates back here.

Only U8G was received by FIDE but it wasn't rated for September.

http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_l...iod=2013-09-01

[Aris Marghetis]

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Only U8G was received by FIDE but it wasn't rated for September.

http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_l...iod=2013-09-01

I believe the challenge is that FIDE has new regulations regarding the generation of new FIDE IDs for new FIDE players. I dunno if the CFC office will see this thread, but I believe that they have been quite busy meeting this requirement. I heard it takes a bit of work. That might explain why other sections have not yet been submitted.

[Andrei Botez]

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I believe the challenge is that FIDE has new regulations regarding the generation of new FIDE IDs for new FIDE players. I dunno if the CFC office will see this thread, but I believe that they have been quite busy meeting this requirement. I heard it takes a bit of work. That might explain why other sections have not yet been submitted.

Both U18, U16O, and U14G looks like received

[Hal Bond]

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All files were sent, but the FIDE server rejects files if players have no ID's, which now must be generated by the player's own Federation. When I explained that not all Federations had provided ID's, FIDE said submit anyway, which Mike did. Some files were rejected. The files were then sent via email to the rating office. No luck. Very annoying.