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Canada - USA Friendly Match for High Rated Players
North America Friendly Club Match
Application Closed
We are planning for a 20-board friendly Junior Team Match between Canadian players and USA players on Saturday August 15th, 2020.
CFC invites all players under the age of 18 with the minimum CFC rating of 1800 to play in this match.
Each board will play 2 games against the same oppoent (1 white and 1 black) with the time control of 25 minutes plus 5-sec increment per move.
Venue: The match will be hosted on Chess.com
Team : Each team 20 players under age of 18 (2002 and younger)
Rounds:
: 2 Rounds Team match, color change in Round 2
: Deadline for Team composition: Wednesday, 5th Aug 2020
Time control : 25'+ 5” per move
1. Round : 12:00 PST / 15:00 EST
2. Round : 13:15 PST / 16:15 EST
Requirement: Players with CFC rating of 1800+.
If interested, email Christina at cfcyouthchess@gmail.com with
1. Player Name, Birth Year
2. Section
3. CFC ID and rating
4. FIDE ID and rating
5. parent/player contact email and phone
Players will be selected base on the CFC rating. The pairing of the match will base on FIDE rating
Note: US Team already had 5 titled players registered.
Christina
CFC Youth Coordinator
Last edited by Christina Tao; 08-05-2020 at 09:22 PM.
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Aug 15, 2020 North America Youth Team Match
Final Team Composition:
Congratulation to players who made into the team. We had a total of 24 boards for open section and 8 boards for girls. The pairing of team players are carefully match to the US players.
Platform: Chess.com
Rounds: Players will play 2 games against their opponents, 1 with white, 1 with black.
Time control : 25'+ 5” per move
Round 1: 12:00 PST / 15:00 EST
Round 2: 14:00 PST / 17:00 EST
Twitch:
Everyone is welcome to visit Twitch where FM Christopher Shen will be doing a live commentary for all the boards throughout the match.
We are all excited and ready for this tournament.
Cheer Canada,
Christina
CFC Youth Coordinator
Last edited by Christina Tao; 08-13-2020 at 10:43 PM.
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BIG Congratulations to Team Canada with the overall win, 35.5 - 28.5 , holding the upperhand in both rounds. Below are some interesting facts from both teams.
Before the Match
Team Canada included 32 players from 5 provinces.
19 players from Ontario,
6 players from Alberta,
5 players from British Columbia,
1 player from Quebec and
1 player from Nova Scotia.
Team USA included 32 players from 12 states.
Both USA and Canada had 8 respective masters, the average domestic ratings were 2056/2073 (USA/Canada) in the Open (24 boards) and 1620/1659 (USA/Canada) in the Girls (8 boards). This is a very strong Team match and all players are carefully paired from both sides.
Match Results
Overall, Team Canada won Team USA with 35.5 - 28.5.
In Round 1, Canada won 18 : 14.
In Round 2, Canada won again 17.5 : 14.5.
A commanding lead in both rounds by Canada.
Special CONGRATULATIONS to following players who score a perfect 2-0:
Girls Section : Kate Jiang, Veronica Guo, Anni Guo, Kaitlyn Tao and Marie Guan
Open Section: Sergey Noritsyn, Mark Ivanescu, Henry Liu and Matthew Zhu
Final Thoughts
This is a very successful match, from the players pairing aspect, from team communication, following all required directions and from running the tournament aspects.
A very special thanks to FM Christopher Shen who is doing a live commentary for us to enjoy such an exciting event. I hope everyone has as much fun and nervous as I did. Finally, I want to thank all the players and parents for making this event possible, couldn't have done it without you. I had a pleasure working with all of you and I am looking forward to future matches.
For everyone with CFC rating lower than 2000, you are invited to Aug 29 Canada and Romania Match. Email me if interested.
http://www.chesscanada.info/forum/sh...Junior-Players
Cheers,
Christina
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