Wycc 2011

[Gary Gladstone]

The largest Canadian Contingent (40 players, 73 in total) is in fighting form at the World Youth Chess Championships in Caldas Novas Brazil.
The event website is www.wycc2011.com and the Canadian Team has a blog at http://wycc2011canada.blogspot.com/
Thanks to the organizers of the 2011 CYCC and the CFC Executive, we are fortunate to have 3 coaches for the team (Mikhail Egorov, IM Nikolay Noritsyn and FM Andrew Peredun) who have been coaching our kids before and after the games.
There have been some issues with accomodations and organization, but most are now being worked out.
As a result of the initial issues, I have been able to arrange for a separate "Team Canada Room" at the hotel.
Internet is spotty, getting a bit better and our room has great internet, not sure how long it'll last.
There was much excitement last night as there was a 20 minute blackout at 9 pm and again at 2 a.m.
Please check the blog for all updates and a whole bunch of photos were just added

Gary Gladstone
Assistant Head of Delegation

[Patrick McDonald]

Gary, I need to congratulate and thank both you and Andrew Giblon for the incredible job and extremely long hours you both are putting in taking care of our team and ensuring that problems are all taken care of.

Without the two of you, our team would be having quite a rough time down there in Brazil.

Thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU both!!

[Patrick McDonald]

Here is how our team is doing:
4 rounds have been completed out of 9.
Today was a two round day and tomorrow is a day off.

We have 4 players in the top 10 of their sections and 11 players in the top 20 of their sections! The average number of players in each section is 97 with as many as 133 in a section.

Section Name Rank Out of
U18 Laceste Loren Brigham 17 93
U16 Semianiuk Konstantin 41 104
U16 Gusev Nikita 52 104
U16 Ivanov Mike 64 104
U16 Gladstone Simon 77 104
U16 Zhang David 81 104
U14 Wang Richard 11 132
U14 Fu James 28 132
U14 Plotkin Mark 70 132
U14 Yang Bryant 83 132
U14 Kalra Agastya 110 132
U14 Yang Yimang 126 132
U12 Chiku-Ratte Olivier-Kenta 1 133
U12 Song Michael 8 133
U12 Preotu Razvan 16 133
U10 Zhang Yuanchen 16 121
U10 Wang Dinny 74 121
U8 Noritsyn Sergey 7 86
U8 Pulfer Luke 19 86
U8 Wang Frank 53 86
U8 Talukdar Rohan Shyam 56 86
U18G Orlova Yelizaveta 40 70
U18G Fu Linda 69 70
U16G Roy Myriam 18 84
U16G Kalaydina Regina Veronicka 29 84
U16G Yun Chang 45 84
U16G Fang Tina Fang 63 84
U16G Moayyed Kimia 77 84
U14G Giblon Rebecca 47 86
U14G Foote Joanne 65 86
U14G Hou Louisa Qianqian 78 86
U12G Zhou Qiyu 5 88
U12G Giblon Melissa 62 88
U12G Tao Rachel Long-Xin 78 88
U12G Moayyed Dorsa 84 88
U10G Paraparan Varshini 32 67
U10G Wang Constance 37 67
U10G Zhou Lily 59 67
U8G Zhang Taylor 17 56
U8G Zhang Jeannie 34 56

[Bob Armstrong]

Chiku-Ratte, Olivier-Kenta 2094 CAN 1 1 1 1 ½ 4.5 1st U 12 Open - Can. Champion
Song, Michael 2032 CAN 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 4.0 8th U 12 Open
Pulfer, Luke 0 CAN 1 0 1 1 1 4.0 9th U 8 Open
Wang, Richard 2256 CAN ½ 1 1 1 ½ 4.0 9th U 14 Open - Can. Champion
Zhang, Yuanchen 1794 CAN 1 1 0 1 1 4.0 11th U 10 Open - Can. Champion

Bob Armstrong, CFC Public Relations Coordinator

[Patrick McDonald]

is the big news!

We have two players - Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte and Michaell Song are both tied (along with 7 other players) for FIRST PLACE!
There are just 3 more rounds for them to keep up this incredible feat!

Let's cheer them ON!!

Other than that, we have Luke Pulfer in the Under 8 Open tied for Third!
Yuanchen Zhang in the Under 10 Open tied for Second!
Richard Wang in the Under 14 Open is just one point back from First place!
Qiyu Zhou in the Under 12 Girls is tied for 19th (out of 88 players!)
Razvan Preotu in the Under 12 Open is tied for 20th (out of 133 players!)
Taylor Zhang in the Under 8 Girls is tied for 16th (out of 56 players)

Our Canadian team is doing incredibly well in this years competition ...

Go Canada GO!

[Patrick McDonald]

I failed to mention that in the Under 12 Girls, Melissa Giblon is also tied for 19th place with Qiyu and UNFORTUNATELY, they are paired facing each other for Round 7!

[Patrick McDonald]

Here are the final standings for our kids in Brazil at the WYCC.

After 9 rounds:

Section Name Rank Out of Tied For

U08 Pulfer Luke 19 86 17
U08 Wang Frank 34 86 28
U08 Noritsyn Sergey 40 86 38
U08 Talukdar Rohan Shyam 51 86 50

U08G Zhang Taylor 5 56 3
U08G Zhang Jeannie 21 56 19

U10 Zhang Yuanchen 9 121 9
U10 Wang Dinny 80 121 66

U10G Wang Constance 32 67 20
U10G Paraparan Varshini 42 67 41
U10G Zhou Lily 47 67 41

U12 Song Michael 3 133 3
U12 Preotu Razvan 28 133 24
U12 Chiku-Ratte Olivier-Kenta 40 133 40

U12G Zhou Qiyu 12 88 9
U12G Giblon Melissa 63 88 63
U12G Tao Rachel Long-Xin 71 88 63
U12G Moayyed Dorsa 79 88 79

U14 Wang Richard 10 132 4
U14 Plotkin Mark 54 132 39
U14 Fu James 62 132 55
U14 Kalra Agastya 78 132 55
U14 Yang Yimang 107 132 94
U14 Yang Bryant 114 132 112

U14G Giblon Rebecca 47 86 39
U14G Foote Joanne 57 86 48
U14G Hou Louisa Qianqian 74 86 73

U16 Semianiuk Konstantin 39 104 31
U16 Zhang David 44 104 31
U16 Gusev Nikita 52 104 47
U16 Ivanov Mike 63 104 62
U16 Gladstone Simon 83 104 72

U16G Roy Myriam 28 84 24
U16G Yun Chang 43 84 34
U16G Kalaydina Regina Veronicka 48 84 48
U16G Fang Tina Fang 69 84 58
U16G Moayyed Kimia 79 84 76

U18 Laceste Loren Brigham 21 93 16

U18G Orlova Yelizaveta 44 70 41
U18G Fu Linda 69 70 68

Over all, Great results!

[Patrick McDonald]

In the U8 Girls section, Taylor Zhang took 5, but was tied for 3rd !!!

In the U10 Open section, Yuanchen Zhang took 9th !!

In the U12 Open section, Michael Song took 3rd !!!!

In the U12 Girls section, Qiyu Zhou took 12th tied for 9th !!

In the U14 Open section, Richard Wang took 10th tied for 4th !!!

In the U18 Open section, Loren Laceste took 21st, but had to face a GM in his final round and still managed a tie with him!!!

What a team for 2011!
Great results CANADA!

EXTRA SPECIAL thanks! go to our Head of Delegation - Andrew Giblon and Assistant Head of Delegation - Gary Gladstone for all of their hard and time-consuming work, both leading into and during the event! Together they rallied the team, brought it together in Brazil and conquered many issues onsite making the whole event what I am sure will be a very memorable one for all participants!

Thanks also to the 3 coaches: Nikolay Noritsyn, Andrew Peredun and Mikhail Egorov ... from the accounts I am getting (and seeing in pictures), all 3 of these guys were working dawn to dusk helping to prepare our players and seeing as many kids as they could. Congratulations go to these guys, as I am sure that many of the good results we got were certainly helped along with them.

I am looking forward to hearing lots of stories from you guys and from the whole team!

[Vladimir Drkulec]

Thanks to the coaches and everyone involved who made this a great experience for the children playing. I am looking forward to hearing firsthand from the children about their experiences tonight and in the coming weeks.