Tag Archives: MonRoi

Results

Thanksgiving – Results

3 Comments

15th Canadian Women’s Chess Championship – Results

2011 Canadian Women's Champion, Natalia Khoudgarian (C);
Iulia Lacau-Rodean (L); Liza Orlova (R)

Toronto Thanksgiving Open – Results

2011 Thanksgiving Open winner, Nikolay Noritsyn

Kaspersky Prizes


Kaspersky Lab is emerging as the world’s largest privately held anti-malware company. It has central offices in Moscow, Russia, and regional headquarters overseeing five global regions.

Kaspersky Lab awarded 3 one-year licenses of Kaspersky Internet Security in the 2011 Toronto Thanksgiving Open. The prizes were awarded to 3 players who locked down their games, neutralized their opponent’s threats, and secured one of the tournament’s toughest draws (tournament games drawn against the largest rating differential). Here are the prize winners:

1. Juliaan Posaratnanathan – 336-pt draw vs. David Itkin in the Open section
2. Lawrence Day – 321-pt draw vs. Bindi Cheng in the Open
3. Juliaan Posaratnanathan – 304-pt draw vs. Wajdy Shebetah in the Open
4. Jose Cabioc – 231-pt draw vs. Patrick Yu in the U2000 Section*
4. David Itkin – 231-pt draw vs. Victor Plotkin in the Open

* Since Juliaan Posaratnanathan had already won 1st prize, we moved to the 4th place, which was a tie: both Jose Cabioc and David Itkin drew against exactly the same rating differential. After some consultation, we decided to award the prize to Jose Cabioc, since two prizes had already been awarded in the Open section.

Final Standings

SwissSys Standings. 15th Canadian Women's Championship 2011

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Natalia Khoudgarian 109626 2252 W5 W11 W2 W7 W3 D4 5.5 500.00
2 Iulia Lacau-rodean 144348 1994 W13 W9 L1 W12 W7 D3 4.5 240.00
3 Yelizaveta Orlova 138247 1994 W9 W13 D11 W4 L1 D2 4.0 120.00
4 Jackie Peng 142388 2142 W10 W12 L7 L3 W11 D1 3.5
5 Chang Yun 149639 1833 L1 W14 L12 W13 D6 W8 3.5
6 Jiaxin Liu 149747 1502 L7 W15 D9 D8 D5 W16 3.5
7 Daniela Belc 121686 2052 W6 W8 W4 L1 L2 U— 3.0
8 Qiyu Zhou 151707 1839 W15 L7 D10 D6 W12 L5 3.0
9 Rebecca Giblon 141076 1611 L3 L2 D6 W14 W15 D12 3.0
10 Melissa Lee 139352 1585 L4 W16 D8 L11 D13 W15 3.0
11 Myriam Roy 139360 2001 W14 L1 D3 W10 L4 U— 2.5
12 Olya Chichkina 120564 1885 W16 L4 W5 L2 L8 D9 2.5
13 Melissa Giblon 142624 1519 L2 L3 W16 L5 D10 W14 2.5
14 Jessica Danti 151192 1367 L11 L5 W15 L9 W16 L13 2.0
15 Rachel Tao 146055 1157 L8 L6 L14 W16 L9 L10 1.0
16 Taylor Zhang 150152 1203 L12 L10 L13 L15 L14 L6 0.0

SwissSys Standings. 2011 Toronto Thanksgiving Open: Open Section

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Nikolay Noritsyn 132534 2634 W11 W8 W3 W7 W2 D4 5.5 1500.00
2 Roman Sapozhnikov 138609 2449 W15 W30 W14 W24 L1 W7 5.0 500.00
3 Arthur Calugar 130889 2376 W31 W34 L1 D14 W16 W9 4.5 125.00
4 Nikita Gusev 128168 2230 W28 W32 L7 W15 W10 D1 4.5 125.00
5 Victor Plotkin 142063 2387 W18 D12 L24 W31 D13 W14 4.0
6 Razvan Preotu 146124 2071 L7 W28 W29 L10 W19 W13 4.0 150.00
7 Bindi Cheng 141968 2533 W6 W10 W4 L1 D9 L2 3.5
8 Hans Jung 100182 2298 W17 L1 H— H— D14 W15 3.5
9 Lawrence Day 101024 2212 H— W13 H— W11 D7 L3 3.5
10 Konstantin Semianiuk 144290 2204 W19 L7 W12 W6 L4 D11 3.5
11 David Southam 102535 2102 L1 W17 W19 L9 W18 D10 3.5
12 Mike Ivanov 140557 2178 W20 D5 L10 D26 L15 W21 3.0
13 David Itkin 140216 2156 D22 L9 W20 W30 D5 L6 3.0
14 Aquino Inigo 136995 2154 W23 W24 L2 D3 D8 L5 3.0
15 Alex T Ferreira 127516 2048 L2 W21 W22 L4 W12 L8 3.0
16 Lali Agbabishvili 150778 2036 L24 W35 W34 H— L3 D17 3.0
17 Daniel Wiebe 132137 1996 L8 L11 H— W20 W27 D16 3.0
18 Dmitry Chernik 149932 2039 L5 L19 W28 W34 L11 D22 2.5
19 Mark Plotkin 141086 1906 L10 W18 L11 W22 L6 D23 2.5
20 Zehn Nasir 148198 1841 L12 H— L13 L17 W35 W31 2.5
21 Jose Luis Campos 1823 L30 L15 H— W35 W31 L12 2.5
22 Juliaan Posaratnanathan 146059 1820 D13 D26 L15 L19 W34 D18 2.5
23 Pi Nasir 148197 1770 L14 H— L26 D28 W33 D19 2.5
24 Michael Kleinman 132631 2385 W16 L14 W5 L2 U— U— 2.0
25 Bryan Lamb 106974 2145 W35 U— U— U— H— H— 2.0
26 Wajdy Shebetah 148432 2124 L34 D22 W23 D12 U— U— 2.0
27 Venci Ivanov 2100 L32 L31 D35 W29 L17 D28 2.0
28 Ian Finlay 101866 1933 L4 L6 L18 D23 W29 D27 2.0
29 Bryant Yang 141088 1669 H— H— L6 L27 L28 W33 2.0
30 Dale McTavish 104887 2183 W21 L2 D31 L13 U— U— 1.5
31 Yuanchen Zhang 148449 2013 L3 W27 D30 L5 L21 L20 1.5
32 Artiom Samsonkin 146305 2556 W27 L4 U— U— U— U— 1.0
33 Hugh Siddeley 120619 2024 H— H— U— U— L23 L29 1.0
34 Gangadhar Vaidy unr. W26 L3 L16 L18 L22 U— 1.0
35 Omid Nemati 130676 1806 L25 L16 D27 L21 L20 U— 0.5

SwissSys Standings. 2011 Toronto Thanksgiving Open: Under 2000 Section

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Stephan Tonakanian 150629 1989 W28 W9 H— W5 W6 W7 5.5 500.00
2 Pierre Maheux 105147 1750 D11 D19 D10 W14 W17 W5 4.5 200.00
3 Jaime Solis 102297 1723 W24 W11 L21 D17 W16 W6 4.5 200.00
4 Stephen Ye 149965 1970 W15 W21 D6 D7 L5 W12 4.0 50.00
5 Paul Leblanc 104186 1911 W16 W22 W7 L1 W4 L2 4.0 50.00
6 Joseph Bellissimo 147544 1895 W26 W14 D4 W21 L1 L3 3.5
7 Lin (xin) Song 146772 1837 W17 W20 L5 D4 W12 L1 3.5
8 Yimang Yang 144916 1772 D19 D10 D14 D13 D11 W21 3.5
9 Edward Chan 145594 1678 W25 L1 W20 L12 W21 D10 3.5
10 Owen Qian 148880 1610 D12 D8 D2 D11 W13 D9 3.5
11 Sergey Noritsyn 146893 1595 D2 L3 W15 D10 D8 W19 3.5
12 Patrick Yu 143209 1754 D10 D23 W22 W9 L7 L4 3.0
13 Shafkat Ali 149142 1742 L14 H— W26 D8 L10 W24 3.0
14 Hanyuan Ye 144844 1585 W13 L6 D8 L2 W18 D15 3.0
15 Daniel Zotkin 146857 1690 L4 H— L11 W26 D19 D14 2.5
16 Marcus Wilker 102713 1689 L5 W18 W19 H— L3 U— 2.5
17 Joey Orozco 1668 L7 W28 W23 D3 L2 U— 2.5
18 Richard Wing 103265 1660 L21 L16 W24 H— L14 B— 2.5
19 Zhanna Sametova 145911 1629 D8 D2 L16 W23 D15 L11 2.5
20 Jeffrey Lee 146793 1407 B— L7 L9 L22 D24 W23 2.5
21 Mohammad Zaki Uddin 152024 1778 W18 L4 W3 L6 L9 L8 2.0
22 Yakos Spiliotopoulos 151471 1646 W27 L5 L12 W20 U— U— 2.0
23 Jose Cabioc 146261 1523 H— D12 L17 L19 B— L20 2.0
24 Mark Bercovici 148103 1437 L3 H— L18 H— D20 L13 1.5
25 Greg Stavropoulos 108628 1850 L9 U— U— H— U— U— 0.5
26 Genadi Medvedev 144164 1682 L6 H— L13 L15 U— U— 0.5
27 M Hassan Pishdad 146931 1338 L22 U— U— H— U— U— 0.5
28 John Zhang 150339 1700 L1 L17 U— U— U— U— 0.0

SwissSys Standings. 2011 Toronto Thanksgiving Open: U1600 Section

# Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Lakes Liang 149333 1374 W7 W10 W2 D3 W6 D4 5.0 375.00
2 Eric Wang 149398 1366 W18 W14 L1 W9 W3 W6 5.0 375.00
3 Hayk Oganesyan 152587 1332 W19 W16 W5 D1 L2 W9 4.5 150.00
4 Jeffrey Xu 148513 1414 D13 D5 D16 W10 W8 D1 4.0 50.00
5 Josep Sobrepere 152976 1223 W8 D4 L3 D12 W10 W11 4.0 50.00
6 Brian Zhang 143701 1359 W12 W9 H— W8 L1 L2 3.5
7 Daniel Denbok 150003 1165 L1 D19 L11 W17 W12 W13 3.5
8 Rina Plotkin 140662 1381 L5 W11 W15 L6 L4 W17 3.0
9 Constance Wang 149748 1373 W11 L6 W12 L2 W13 L3 3.0
10 M Hassan Pishdad 146931 1338 B— L1 W14 L4 L5 W18 3.0
11 Richard Guo 148117 1129 L9 L8 W7 W14 W15 L5 3.0
12 Alexandre Johnson 109239 1493 L6 W13 L9 D5 L7 W15 2.5
13 Daniel Sirkovich 145096 1290 D4 L12 W18 W16 L9 L7 2.5
14 Sam Selmani 148383 1440 W15 L2 L10 L11 B— U— 2.0
15 Christopher Field 108098 1346 L14 W17 L8 W18 L11 L12 2.0
16 Daniel Molev 146800 1369 W17 L3 D4 L13 U— U— 1.5
17 Mathanhe Kaneshalingam 149319 956 L16 L15 B— L7 D18 L8 1.5
18 Varshini Paraparan 150463 927 L2 B— L13 L15 D17 L10 1.5
19 Chris Wehrfritz 151679 1419 L3 D7 U— H— U— U— 1.0
News

The Canadian Open is All Wrapped Up!

1 Comment

Pinnacle 48th Canadian Open Chess Championship 2011

Saturday, July 9 – Sunday, July 17
The Westin Harbour Castle, One Harbour Square, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
http://www.canadianchess.info/2011canadianopen

Check tournament results, view photos, and replay webcast games at the MonRoi site.

MonRoi made a COCC video, too. Check it out!

Tournament highlights…

Dozens of ACC members were among the hundreds of players competing in the tournament.

Here are some highlights:

  • In the end, it is the Annex Chess Club women who are taking home most of the prizes for the club: Aleksandra Milicevic tied for top female in the U1600 section, with 5.0/9; and Manuela Renteria, Adie Todd, and Zhanna Sametova – all from ACC! – split top female in U2000, with 4.0/9. We even get a prize in the Open section – thanks to Liza Orlova, who wins the best dresssed prize!
  • The men are not completely unrepresented, though – Jason Waugh takes the best dressed prize in U1600. What fine players we have in our club!
  • A couple ACC players just miss prize money: Hugh Siddeley, with 6.5/9, is half a point out of a 4-way tie for first in the U2000 section; and George Supol, with 6.0/9, is one point out of a 3-way tie for second in the U1600 section.
  • In round 7, Rolando Renteria takes on his second GM – this time it’s Israeli GM Vitali Golod (2576)

    • White: Renteria, Rolando (2346)
    Black: GM Golod, Vitali (2576)

    2011.07.11 Pinnacle 48th Canadian Open (7)
    Toronto, ON

    AO7 Reti: KIA

  • After 6 rounds, Rolando Renteria, with 4.0/6, is the top ACC player in the Open section. He’s tied with 14 other players (including three GMs) for 22nd to 36th, a point and a half out of first place.
    Brian Fiedler and FM Brett Campbell are half a point behind him with 3.5/6.
  • After 6 rounds, Jack Maguire is tied for third (5-way) in the U1600 section with 4.5/6.
    George Supol and Aleksandra Milicevic are half a point behind him with 4.0/6.
  • After 5 rounds, Hugh Siddeley is tied for first (3-way) in the U2000 section with 4.5/5.
    Zehn Nasir and Nick O’Bumsawin are half a point behind with 4.0/5.
    Here is Hugh’s round-4 game:

    • White: Siddeley, Hugh (1996)
    Black: Strugach, Alexander (1963)

    2011.07.12 Pinnacle 48th Canadian Open (4)
    Toronto, ON

    C43 Petrov

  • Liza Orlova receives her WCM certificate from the CFC – but they misspell her name!
    WCM Liza 'Ortlova' with new CFC president, Michael von Keitz
  • Daniel Zotkin defeats Dalia Kagramanov (2027) in round 3
  • Rolando Renteria takes on American GM Joel Benjamin (2641) in round 3

    • White: Renteria, Rolando (2346)
    Black: GM Benjamin, Joel (2641)

    2011.07.11 Pinnacle 48th Canadian Open (3)
    Toronto, ON

    B10 Caro Kann: 2.d3

  • Geordie Derraugh defeats IM Arthur Calugar (2437) in round 2.

    • White: Derraugh, Geordie (2140)
    Black: IM Calugar, Arthur (2437)

    2011.07.10 Pinnacle 48th Canadian Open (2)
    Toronto, ON

    B22 Sicilian: 2.c3

Lots to see and do…

The Canadian Open was not just a tournament, but a celebration of chess in Canada. Visitors, whether they were playing in the tournament or not, found lots to see and do:

  • watch grandmaster games
  • register kids for the children’s day camp
  • watch free chess lectures
  • play grandmasters in simultaneous exhibitions
  • play blitz, double chess, and chess 960 championships
  • shop for books and equipment
  • attend the closing dinner and awards ceremony

Here’s some of what was on offer:
More events (including free grandmaster lectures!) are listed on the official schedule

GM Mark Bluvshtein Simul – Fri July 8 @ 8:00 pm – players $10 ($20 for the public)
Chess 960 Championship Tournament – Sat July 9 @ 1:00 pm – $10 ($20)
GM Ben Finegold Blindfold Simul – Sun July 10 @ 10:00 am – $10 ($20)
Blitz Chess Championship Tournament – Sun July 10 @ 12:00 pm – $20 ($30)
GM Shabalov / WIM Zenyuk Tandem Simul – Mon July 11 @ 12:00 pm – $10 ($20)
GM Bator Sambuev Simul – Tue July 12 @ 12:00 pm – $10 ($20)
GM John Fedorowicz Simul – Wed July 13 @ 12:00 pm – $10 ($20)
IM Meszaros / IM Macak Tandem Simul – Thu July 14 @ 12:00 pm – $10 ($20)
Double Chess Championship – Sat July 16 @ 8:00 pm – per team: $20 ($40)
Closing Dinner – Sun July 17 @ 4:00 pm – players & guests: $35 ea. ($75 for the public)