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2019-01-06
Gordon Ritchie writes: "Sunday chess at Ottawa's RA chess club got off to a brisk start with 15 players braving the weather to compete in the five-round swiss rapid tournament. The ultimate winner was Christian Collins who defeated second-place Svitlana Demchenko in the final round to win with an impressive 4.5 points. Svitlana had to settle for 4.0 while John Upper and Glen Barber had 3.5."
Code:
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 Christian Collins 2002 W11 D3 W8 W6 W2 4.5
2 Svitlana Demchenko 2329 W12 W8 W6 W3 L1 4
3 John Upper 2212 W9 D1 W4 L2 W5 3.5
4 Glen Barber 2115 W13 W5 L3 W7 D8 3.5
5 Mike Schofield 1936 W14 L4 W10 W9 L3 3
6 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi 1776 W15 W12 L2 L1 W11 3
7 Ehsan Forouz 1535 H--- H--- W9 L4 W10 3
8 Paul Beckwith 2110 W10 L2 L1 W14 D4 2.5
9 Gordon Ritchie 1763 L3 W11 L7 L5 W12 2
10 Michael Shi 1555 L8 W15 L5 W13 L7 2
11 Derek Wang 1328 L1 L9 W13 W12 L6 2
12 Kamal Balazadeh 1771 L2 L6 W14 L11 L9 1
13 William Landstrom 1652 L4 W14 L11 L10 U--- 1
14 Mark Julien unr. L5 L13 L12 L8 H--- 0.5
15 Matthew White unr. L6 L10 U--- U--- U--- 0
Next Events:
Jan 13: Gatineau Room
Jan 20: NO SUNDAY RAPID -- EOCA Event @ RA
Jan 27: Gatineau Room
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2019.01.13
John Upper took undeserved advantage of the absence of most of the strongest Sunday Rapid players -- at the CUCC and Ont Junior -- to finish first by a narrow one-point margin over Michael Shi.
Code:
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 John Upper 2201 W6 W2 W7 W3 W5 5.0
2 Michael Shi 1682 W9 L1 W4 W5 W8 4.0
3 Gordon Ritchie 1763 B--- B--- H--- L1 W9 3.5
4 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi 1831 W8 L7 L2 W9 W6 3.0
5 Derek Wang 1370 D7 W6 W8 L2 L1 2.5
6 Jeff Small 1428 L1 L5 W9 W8 L4 2.0
7 Halldor Palsson 1956 D5 W4 L1 U--- U--- 1.5
8 Noah Green 571 L4 W9 L5 L6 L2 1.0
9 Harsh Mutupuri unr. L2 L8 L6 L4 L3 0.0
Jan 20: NO SUNDAY RAPID -- EOCA Event @ RA
Jan 27: Rapid in Gatineau Room
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2019.01.27
SwissSys troubles and a sick and grumpy TD are responsible for this late report; here's hoping two weeks in the Bahamas will cure what ails Gordon R.
Apparently, Paul Beckwith and Christian Collins won the Sunday Rapid with 4/5, despite Christian taking the last round off (!) and Paul somehow getting a full point bye for showing up late in round 1 (?).
Inquiries will be made.
Code:
# Name/Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5
1 Paul H. Beckwith - 7 B 3 W 5 B 2 W 6
2110 X1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 4.0
2 Christian Collins B 9 W 4 B 8 W 1 ----
2002 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 U4.0
3 Gordon Ritchie B 6 W 1 B 4 W 9 bye
1763 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.5
4 William Landstrom W 10 B 2 W 3 B 8 ----
1720 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 U2.0
5 Michael Shi B 8 W 9 B 1 W 6 B 10
1682 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0
6 Noah Green W 3 B 10 W 7 B 5 B 1
571 0.0 0.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
7 Harsh Mutupuri - 1 W 8 B 6 B 10 W 9
unr. F0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Upper W 5 B 7 W 2 W 4 ----
unr. 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
9 Andrew Wright W 2 B 5 W 10 B 3 B 7
unr. 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
10 Casey van Walraven B 4 W 6 B 9 W 7 W 5
unr. 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.5 1.5
Next Sunday Rapids:
- Feb 3: Outaouais
- Feb 10: Gatineau
- Feb 17: Gatineau
- Feb 24: Courtside A
We will also be having a mini-Grand Prix for February:
the player who scores the most points in 3 of the 4 February 2019 Sunday Rapids will have their choice of the most recent New in Chess magazines. TB: best 4 of 4.
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2019.02.03
A tie at the top between Christian Collins and Mike Schofield.
Here's hoping the absent sickos have recovered by next week....
Code:
# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1-2 Christian Collins 2002 +7(w) =2(b) +4(b) +6(w) +5(w) 4.5
2 Mike Schofield 1936 +8(b) =1(w) +5(b) +4(w) +7(w) 4.5
3 3 John Upper 2201 BYE bye BYE bye bye 3.5
4 4 Kamal Balazadeh 1771 +9(w) +6(b) -1(w) -2(b) +8(b) 3.0
5 5-6 Sanjay Ramesh 1749 =6(w) +7(b) -2(w) +9(w) -1(b) 2.5
6 Paul Beckwith 2059 =5(b) -4(w) +8(b) -1(b) +9(w) 2.5
7 7 Noah Green 571 -1(b) -5(w) +9(b) +8(w) -2(b) 2.0
8 8 Andrew Wright unr. -2(w) +9(b) -6(w) -7(b) -4(w) 1.0
9 9 Casey van Walraven unr. -4(b) -8(w) -7(w) -5(b) -6(b) 0.0
Next Sunday Rapids:
- Feb 10: Gatineau
- Feb 17: Gatineau
- Feb 24: Courtside A
mini-Grand Prix:
the player who scores the most points in 3 of the 4 February 2019 Sunday Rapids will have their choice of the most recent New in Chess magazines. TB: best 4 of 4.
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2019.02.10
An encouraging turnout of 14 -- who all braved a cavernous, ill-lit, and uninviting banquet hall -- was topped by Christian Collins.
Code:
# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Christian Collins 2002 +14(w) =8(b) +6(w) +3(b) +4(w) 4.5
2 2-3 Armando Valdizon 2243 +7(w) +6(b) =3(w) -4(b) +5(w) 3.5
3 John Upper 2201 +5(b) +4(w) =2(b) -1(w) +8(w) 3.5
4 4-7 Kamal Balazadeh 1771 +10(w) -3(b) +8(w) +2(w) -1(b) 3.0
5 Noah Green 571 -3(w) +10(b) +14(w) +7(b) -2(b) 3.0
6 Mike Schofield 1936 +13(b) -2(w) -1(b) +12(b) +9(w) 3.0
7 Marc Boudreau 1338 -2(b) +11(w) +9(b) -5(w) +12(b) 3.0
8 8 Eric Murdoch 1465 +12(b) =1(w) -4(b) +11(w) -3(b) 2.5
9 9-10 Andrew Wright unr. -11(b) +13(w) -7(w) +10(b) -6(b) 2.0
10 Maaz Zaidi unr. -4(b) -5(w) +13(b) -9(w) +14(w) 2.0
11 11-12 Jeff Small 1428 +9(w) -7(b) =12(w) -8(b) F13(-) 1.5
12 Jacob Duguay unr. -8(w) +14(b) =11(b) -6(w) -7(w) 1.5
13 13 Casey van Walraven unr. -6(w) -9(b) -10(w) +14(b) F11(-) 1.0
14 14 Harsh Mutupuri unr. -1(b) -12(w) -5(b) -13(w) -10(b) 0.0
We're scheduled for the Gatineau Room next week... but who knows?
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2019.02.17
With 11 losers and one winner, our odds are better than the Republican primaries! --- and so was our winner: Daniel Xu
Code:
# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Daniel Xu 2111 +8(b) +7(w) +6(b) =2(w) =3(b) 4.0
2 2-5 Christian Collins 2002 +10(b) =4(w) +7(b) =1(b) =5(w) 3.5
3 Paul Beckwith 2059 +9(w) -6(b) +4(b) +8(w) =1(w) 3.5
4 John Upper 2201 +5(w) =2(b) -3(w) +9(w) +7(b) 3.5
5 Gordon Ritchie 1763 -4(b) +10(w) +9(b) +6(w) =2(b) 3.5
6 6 Kamal Balazadeh 1771 +11(b) +3(w) -1(w) -5(b) +8(b) 3.0
7 7-10 Mike Schofield 1936 +12(w) -1(b) -2(w) +11(b) -4(w) 2.0
8 William Landstrom 1650 -1(w) +12(b) +10(w) -3(b) -6(w) 2.0
9 Derek Wang unr. -3(b) +11(w) -5(w) -4(b) +12(b) 2.0
10 Andrew Wright unr. -2(w) -5(b) -8(b) +12(w) +11(w) 2.0
11 11 Harsh Mutupuri unr. -6(w) -9(b) +12(w) -7(w) -10(b) 1.0
12 12 Casey van Walraven unr. -7(b) -8(w) -11(b) -10(b) -9(w) 0.0
Feb 24: in Courtside A (East end of RA)
Mar 3: NO SUNDAY RAPID (EOCA event)
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2019.02.24
Freezing rain and flooded streets kept away all the sensible people, leaving only 9 foolishly stubborn chess addicts, the foolishist of whom (!) turned out to be the TD.
Code:
# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 John Upper 2201 +5(w) +4(b) +7(w) BYE bye 4.0
2 2-3 Kamal Balazadeh 1771 +3(w) =7(b) -5(w) +8(b) +9(w) 3.5
3 Derek Wang 1402 -2(b) +8(w) +4(w) =5(b) +7(w) 3.5
4 4 Ehsan Forouz 1535 +9(b) -1(w) -3(b) +7(b) +5(w) 3.0
5 5-6 Mike Schofield 1936 -1(b) +9(w) +2(b) =3(w) -4(b) 2.5
6 Licheng Zhou 1214 bye U---(-) U---(-) +9(b) +8(w) 2.5
7 7 Christian Collins 2002 +8(b) =2(w) -1(b) -4(w) -3(b) 1.5
8 8 Jeff Small 1428 -7(w) -3(b) +9(w) -2(w) -6(b) 1.0
9 9 Harsh Mutupuri unr. -4(w) -5(b) -8(b) -6(w) -2(b) 0.0
Congratulations to Christian Collins, who won the February Grand Prix -- scoring 12.5 out of a possible 15 points in the first three events, before coasting in on a victory lap with a relatively shameful 1.5/5 this weekend. For his prize he chose NIC 2018 #8, and generously gave it to the 2nd place finisher, Mike Schofield.
Mar 3: NO SUNDAY RAPID (EOCA event)
Mar 7: Sunday Rapid returns as usual (room TBA)
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2018-03-10
Only 9 stalwarts survived the triple-whammy -- Daylight Saving Time, freezing rain, and the inevitable hangovers and regrets from celebrating Fischer's birthday the night before -- to compete in the RA Sunday Rapid. Peter Arseneau took no prisoners and sent all foes into the dust, on his way to a perfect 5/5.
Code:
# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Peter Arseneau 1784 +9(w) +3(w) +2(b) +4(w) +6(b) 5.0
2 2 Christian Collins 2002 +8(b) +4(w) -1(w) +3(b) +7(b) 4.0
3 3 Johnathan Han 2025 +7(w) -1(b) +6(w) -2(w) +8(b) 3.0
4 4-5 Andrew Wright unr. +6(w) -2(b) +7(w) -1(b) =9(b) 2.5
5 John Upper 2201 bye bye bye bye bye 2.5
6 6-7 Jeff Small 1428 -4(b) +8(w) -3(b) +9(w) -1(w) 2.0
7 Zhou Fang 1242 -3(b) +9(w) -4(b) +8(b) -2(w) 2.0
8 8 Johnny Fang 934 -2(w) -6(b) +9(b) -7(w) -3(w) 1.0
9 9 Casey van Walraven unr. -1(b) -7(b) -8(w) -6(b) =4(w) 0.5
Next
We will be in the Gatineau Room:
but NOT March 31st, during the Kingston Open.
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2019.03.17
TD Gordon Ritchie writes:
"John Upper stormed ahead of a 14 player field, winning in all five rounds, to run away with the Sunday rapid tournament this week. Tied for a distant second place were the rapidly improving Michael Shi, Kamal Balazadeh and the apprentice tournament director. The series continues next Sunday but then takes a weekend off for the Kingston Open."
Code:
# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 John Upper 2174 W8 W2 W3 W4 W5 5.0
2 2-4 Michael Shi 1909 W11 L1 W9 W6 D3 3.5
3 Kamal Balazadeh 1771 W14 W6 L1 W9 D2 3.5
4 Gordon Ritchie 1763 W13 W8 W5 L1 H--- 3.5
5 5-7 Paul Beckwith 2059 W10 W9 L4 W11 L1 3.0
6 Mike Schofield 1936 W7 L3 W12 L2 W11 3.0
7 Johnny Fang unr. L6 W14 L11 W10 W12 3.0
8 8 William Landstrom 1598 L1 L4 W14 W12 H--- 2.5
9 9-11 Peter Arseneau 1784 W12 L5 L2 L3 W13 2.0
10 Noah Green 571 L5 L12 W13 L7 W14 2.0
11 Zhou Fang unr. L2 W13 W7 L5 L6 2.0
12 12-13 Jeffrey Small unr. L9 W10 L6 L8 L7 1.0
13 Andrew Wright unr. L4 L11 L10 W14 L9 1.0
14 14 Casey van Walraven unr. L3 L7 L8 L13 L10 0.0
Next:
- March 24 - Gatineau Room
- March 31 - NO SUNDAY RAPID (EOCA event in Kingston)
- April 7 - Gatineau Room
- April 14 - Gatineau Room
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2019-03-24
A fine turnout of 18 players, and one TD, was topped by Stijn De Kerpel.
Code:
# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Stijn De Kerpel 2129 +7(w) +6(b) +2(w) =4(b) +5(b) 4.5
2 2 Halldor Palsson 1956 +11(b) +13(w) -1(b) +3(w) +4(w) 4
3 3 Alexander Stopic 1689 +17(b) +5(w) =4(w) -2(b) +9(w) 3.5
4 4-8 Paul Beckwith 2059 +15(b) +9(w) =3(b) =1(w) -2(b) 3
5 Christian Collins 2003 +8(w) -3(b) +7(w) +6(b) -1(w) 3
6 Michael Shi 1909 +14(b) -1(w) +8(b) -5(w) +10(b) 3
7 Derek Wang 1459 -1(b) +14(w) -5(b) +17(w) +13(b) 3
8 Zhou Fang 1408 -5(b) +17(w) -6(w) +14(b) +15(w) 3
9 9-12 Mike Schofield 1936 +16(w) -4(b) =15(w) +13(w) -3(b) 2.5
10 Licheng Zhou 1214 bye U---(-) +19(b) +15(b) -6(w) 2.5
11 Johnny Fang 1096 -2(w) +18(b) -13(b) +19(w) =16(b) 2.5
12 John Upper 2174 BYE bye bye bye bye 2.5
13 13-14 Kamal Balazadeh 1771 +18(w) -2(b) +11(w) -9(b) -7(w) 2
14 Mark St. Louis unr. -6(w) -7(b) +18(w) -8(w) +17(b) 2
15 15-16 Jeff Small 1428 -4(w) +16(b) =9(b) -10(w) -8(b) 1.5
16 Noah Green unr. -9(b) -15(w) -17(b) +18(w) =11(w) 1.5
17 17-18 Andrew Wright unr. -3(w) -8(b) +16(w) -7(b) -14(w) 1
18 Casey van Walraven unr. -13(b) -11(w) -14(b) -16(b) +19(w) 1
19 19 Samuel Liang unr. H---(-) U---(-) -10(w) -11(b) -18(b) 0.5
NEXT:
- March 31 - NO SUNDAY RAPID (EOCA event in Kingston)
- April 7 - Gatineau Room
- April 14 - Gatineau Room
- April 21 - NO SUNDAY RAPID (Canadian Zonal in Kingston)