Canadian Closed/Zonal Leaders – After Rd. 8.

[Bob Armstrong]

Canadian Closed/Zonal Leaders – After Rd. 8.

The 81st Canadian Closed/Zonal Chess Championship: May 6-11- Guelph, Ont. Entries – 29.

1./2. - 6.5/8 pts.
GM Bator Sambuev, Quebec (CFC – 2750; FIDE – 2513 ) - undefeated
IM Eric Hansen, Alberta (CFC – 2572; FIDE – 2425 ) - undefeated

3. 6/8 pts.
IM Leonid Gerzhoy, Ontario ( CFC – 2629; FIDE – 2496 ) – undefeated

4./5. – 5.5/8 pts.
IM Raja Panjwani, Ontario ( CFC – 2450; FIDE – 2413 )
Michael Kleinman, Ontario ( CFC – 2284; FIDE – 2195 )

Rd. 9 – Wednesday, May 11 @ 1:00 PM EDT – Pairings

1 GM Bator Sambuev (2750 : w : 6.5) - Michael Kleinman (2301 : BB : 5.5)
2 FM Shiyam Thavandiran (2463 : WW : 5.0) - IM Eric Hansen (2572 : b : 6.5)
3 IM Leonid Gerzhoy (2629 : WW : 6.0) - IM Raja Panjwani (2450 : w : 5.5)
4 Roman Sapozhnikov (2451 : w : 4.5) - IM Nikolay Noritsyn (2584 : BB : 5.0)
5 Victor Plotkin (2422 : w : 4.5) - Arthur Calugar (2401 : b : 5.0)
6 FM Robert Hamilton (2370 : b : 4.5) - FM Hans Jung (2289 : b : 5.0)
7 Morgon Mills (2056 : W : 4.0) - Zi Yi [Joey] Qin (2353 : b : 4.0)
8 FM Michael Dougherty (2312 : WW : 4.0) - David Filipovich (2174 : W : 4.0)
9 Miladin Djerkovic (2280 : w : 3.5) - Michael Humphreys (2273 : w : 4.0)
10 John Upper (2169 : B : 3.5) - Nikola Anastasovski (2190 : B : 2.5)
11 Matthew Nicholson (2020 : W : 3.5) - Vladimir Drkulec (2202 : W : 2.5)
12 David Itkin (2160 : b : 3.0) - FM Dale Haessel (2233 : B : 3.0)
1 FM Michael Barron (2328 : b : 2.0) - BYE

Capable of achieving the IM norm ( one title awarded ) of 6/9 pts. are : Kleinman ( 5.5 pts. ); FM Shiyam Thavandiran ( 5 pts. ), Arthur Calugar ( 5 pts. ) and FM Hans Jung ( 5 pts. )
The FM norm is 4.5/9 pts. – 2 titles awarded.
There will be playoffs after Rd. 9 where ties.

Tournament Website: http://monroi.com/2011-canadian-open...ship-home.html
More Info : http://chess.ca/canclosed.shtml

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