RA Sunday Rapid [Archive] - Chess Federation of Canada

John Upper

04-15-2018, 06:00 PM

A near-record turnout on a truly awful weather day -- 10mm freezing rain -- is a good sign for the state of chess in Ottawa.

Thanks to everyone who came out; let's hope your auto insurance doesn't go up as a result.

Armando Valdizon won with 4.5/5.

The phantom Aris Marghetis was =1st on the strength of four full-point byes, but had an inferior tie-break (the one weakness of full point byes). Sorry Aris, but no full point byes in the last round.

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 Armando Valdizon 2243 +15 (b) +14 (w) +9 (b) +8 (w) =6 (b) 4.5
2 Aris Marghetis 1890 BYE BYE BYE BYE bye 4.5
3 Bill Doubleday 2115 -11 (w) +13 (b) +23 (w) +14 (b) +8 (w) 4.0
4 John Upper 2206 +10 (b) BYE +7 (w) bye bye 4
5 Dusan Simic 2120 +12 (b) +18 (w) -8 (b) +9 (w) =7 (b) 3.5
6 Svitlana Demchenko 2250 +16 (b) -9 (w) +18 (b) +10 (w) =1 (w) 3.5
7 Christian Collins 2050 +21 (b) +20 (w) -4 (b) +11 (b) =5 (w) 3.5
8 Daniel Bloom 1722 +19 (w) +11 (b) +5 (w) -1 (b) -3 (b) 3.0
9 Kamal Balazadeh 1771 +17 (w) +6 (b) -1 (w) -5 (b) +16 (w) 3.0
10 Paul Beckwith 2110 -4 (w) +19 (b) +12 (w) -6 (b) +15 (w) 3.0
11 Daniel Xu 2120 +3 (b) -8 (w) +17 (b) -7 (w) +13 (b) 3.0
12 Michael Shi unr. -5 (w) +15 (w) -10 (b) +23 (b) +14 (w) 3.0
13 Peter Arseneau 1777 bye -3 (w) +20 (b) +18 (b) -11 (w) 2.5
14 David Gan 1726 +24 (b) -1 (b) +22 (w) -3 (w) -12 (b) 2.0
15 Ehsan Forouz 1535 -1 (w) -12 (b) +19 (w) +22 (b) -10 (b) 2.0
16 Ritchie Zhao 1285 -6 (w) -23 (b) +21 (w) +17 (w) -9 (b) 2.0
17 Karl Fatemi unr. -9 (b) +21 (w) -11 (w) -16 (b) +19 (b) 2.0
18 Spencer Martin 1680 +22 (b) -5 (b) -6 (w) -13 (w) WD 1
19 Steven Suntres unr. -8 (b) -10 (w) -15 (b) +21 (b) -17 (w) 1.0
20 Ian Villeneuve 1674 +23 (w) -7 (b) -13 (w) WD WD 1
21 Jaimin Oza unr. -7 (w) -17 (b) -16 (b) -19 (w) +23 (w) 1.0
22 Simon Celer unr. -18 (w) +24 (w) -14 (b) -15 (w) U--- (-) 1
23 Tyler Muller unr. -20 (b) +16 (w) -3 (b) -12 (w) -21 (b) 1.0
24 Richard Jeffery unr. -14 (w) -22 (b) WD WD 0

Aris Marghetis

04-16-2018, 01:16 PM

My God that is SO funny John!

Gordon Ritchie

04-22-2018, 04:22 PM

John has done a superb job of bringing Sundays to life at the RA chess club. Many thanks. Take all the full point byes you need!

John Upper

04-22-2018, 04:57 PM

John has done a superb job of bringing Sundays to life at the RA chess club. Many thanks. Take all the full point byes you need!

No full point byes asked for or given today. :o

Bill Doubleday showed that he grew up before Sesame Street was a TV staple, and so still has something to learn about sharing. As it is, he went 5/5 to win what was one of the smallest turnouts ever for an RA Sunday Rapid... a small price to pay for the first nice weather of the year in Ottawa, IMHO.

Same time next week.

Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 Bill Doubleday 2115 +9 (b) +5 (w) +7 (w) +3 (b) +6 (b) 5.0
2 John Upper 2206 +12 (w) +10 (w) +11 (b) bye bye 4.0
3-5 Kamal Balazadeh 1771 +13 (w) -7 (b) +8 (w) -1 (w) +9 (b) 3.0
Ehsan Forouz 1535 -7 (w) +12 (b) +5 (b) -6 (w) +8 (b) 3.0
Gordon Ritchie 1763 +8 (b) -1 (b) -4 (w) +9 (w) +12 (b) 3.0
6 Peter Arseneau 1777 bye late +10 (b) +4 (b) -1 (w) 2.5
7-8 Armando Valdizon 2243 +4 (b) +3 (w) -1 (b) WD WD 2.0
Richard Jeffery unr. -5 (w) +9 (b) -3 (b) +12 (w) -4 (w) 2.0
9 Steven Suntres unr. -1 (w) -8 (w) +12 (b) -5 (b) -3 (w) 1.0
10-11 Lynn Mani 781 bye -2 (b) -6 (w) WD WD 0.5
Derek Follou unr. --- bye) -2 (w) WD WD 0.5
12-13 Calieb Roach unr. -2 (b) -4 (w) -9 (w) -8 (b) -5 (w) 0.0
Matthew Jivotovsky unr. -3 (b) WD WD WD WD 0.0

Halldor P. Palsson

04-26-2018, 10:27 PM

Standings. April 26 2018

Sunday Format on a Thursday night! Way to go David Gordon and notable performances by Simic and Collins.

Nice to have a visit from Fred Saboya of Brazil to spice up the evening.

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 David Gordon 2280 W11 W3 D6 W7 W4 4.5
2 2-3 Dusan Simic 2120 W21 W10 L17 W18 W8 4.0
3 Christian Collins 2050 W28 L1 W13 W9 W6 4.0
4 4-5 John Upper 2206 W23 W8 W7 D6 L1 3.5
5 Halldor P Palsson 1979 H--- W22 H--- H--- W15 3.5
6 6-14 Fred Saboya 2155 W19 W18 D1 D4 L3 3.0
7 Fan Yang 2153 W20 W9 L4 L1 W10 3.0
8 David Fei 1967 W14 L4 W19 W17 L2 3.0
9 Ray Kuryliw 1927 W29 L7 W21 L3 W20 3.0
10 Amos Kuttner 1837 W26 L2 W22 W12 L7 3.0
11 Steve Solunac 1836 L1 L14 W29 W21 W19 3.0
12 Peter Arseneau 1777 B--- H--- H--- L10 W17 3.0
13 Kamal Balazadeh 1771 L16 W24 L3 W23 W18 3.0
14 Marc Boudreau 1314 L8 W11 W27 L15 W26 3.0
15 15 Simon Kuttner 2011 W24 L16 D23 W14 L5 2.5
16 16-22 Svitlana Demchenko 2262 W13 W15 U--- U--- U--- 2.0
17 William G. Doubleday 2115 L22 W27 W2 L8 L12 2.0
18 Sasha Solunac 1933 W25 L6 W20 L2 L13 2.0
19 Ehsan Forouzandeh 1754 L6 W25 L8 W22 L11 2.0
20 Nikolai Kanel 1684 L7 W30 L18 W26 L9 2.0
21 Gerard Felderhof 1602 L2 W26 L9 L11 W25 2.0
22 Eric Murdoch 1486 W17 L5 L10 L19 W24 2.0
23 23 Gordon Ritchie 1763 L4 W29 D15 L13 U--- 1.5
24 24-26 Jaleel Moidu 1416 L15 L13 L26 W25 L22 1.0
25 Daniel Wang 1259 L18 L19 W30 L24 L21 1.0
26 Emil Wang 1172 L10 L21 W24 L20 L14 1.0
27 27 Alex Park 825 H--- L17 L14 U--- U--- 0.5
28 28-30 Sanjay Ramesh 1484 L3 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
29 Darren Pye 1222 L9 L23 L11 U--- U--- 0.0
30 Andy Park 875 U--- L20 L25 U--- U--- 0.0

John Upper

04-29-2018, 04:57 PM

A drizzly day means more chess, with 19 players including two first-timers. Bill Doubleday and Halldor Palsson drew with each other and won the rest of their games to finish =1st with 4.5/5.

NO RAPID NEXT WEEKEND -- May 6, as there is an EOCA tournament in Arnprior that weekend.
Sunday Rapid returns May 13.

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1-2 Bill Doubleday 2115 +5 (b) +4 (w) =2 (b) +10 (w) +12 (w) 4.5
2 Halldor Palsson 1979 +7 (w) +9 (b) =1 (w) +3 (b) +4 (b) 4.5
3 3 Christian Collins 2050 +19 (b) +14 (w) =10 (b) -2 (w) +11 (b) 3.5
4 4-8 Peter Arseneau 1777 +16 (b) -1 (b) +7 (w) +9 (b) -2 (w) 3.0
5 Ehsan Forouz 1535 -1 (w) +16 (b) +17 (w) -12 (b) +15 (w) 3.0
6 Gordon Ritchie 1763 -12 (b) +18 (w) +14 (b) +13 (w) WD 3.0
7 Michael Shi unr. -2 (b) +8 (w) -4 (b) +16 (w) +13 (b) 3.0
8 Kamal Balazadeh 1771 -9 (w) -7 (b) +16 (w) +14 (b) +10 (w) 3.0
9 9-12 John Upper 2206 +8 (b) -2 (w) +12 (b) -4 (w) bye 2.5
10 Simon Celer-Matas 1223 +13 (b) +17 (w) =3 (w) -1 (b) -8 (b) 2.5
11 Mike Schofield 1895 +18 (b) =12 (w) -13 (b) +15 (b) -3 (w) 2.5
12 Dusan Simic 2120 +6 (w) =11 (b) -9 (w) +5 (w) -1 (b) 2.5
13 13 Paul Beckwith 2110 -10 (w) +19 (b) +11 (w) -6 (b) -7 (w) 2.0
14 14-15 Karl Fatemi unr. +17 (b) -3 (b) -6 (w) -8 (w) =16 (b) 1.5
15 Louis Kuel unr. bye bye +18 (b) -11 (w) -5 (b) 1.5
16 16-18 Calieb Roach unr. -4 (w) -5 (w) -8 (b) -7 (b) =14 (w) 0.5
17 Andrew Park 1872 -14 (w) -10 (b) -5 (b) WD WD 0.5
18 Alex Park unr. -11 (w) -6 (b) -15 (w) WD WD 0.5
19 19 Matthew Jivotovsky unr. -3 (w) -13 (w) WD WD WD 0.0

John Upper

05-13-2018, 04:58 PM

Alex Davies won the Sunday Rapid with 4.5/5, conceding a draw in the last round to the woeful TD.
Only one of the 13 players who competed in the RACC Sunday Rapid on Mother's Day remembered to bring his mother: Daniel Xu, who finished clear second with a trail of experts in his wake.

Those who did show up, in addition to playing, had the added fun of picking through some of Stijn De Kerpel's chess books -- which he is culling before an upcoming move.

Same time next week.

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Alex Davies 2242 +6 (b) +2 (w) +3 (b) +7 (w) =4 (b) 4.5
2 2 Daniel Xu 2137 +10 (w) -1 (b) +4 (w) +3 (w) +5 (b) 4.0
3 3-4 Stijn De Kerpel 2141 +9 (b) +5 (w) -1 (w) -2 (b) +8 (w) 3.0
4 John Upper 2206 +8 (w) bye -2 (b) +6 (b) =1 (w) 3.0
5 5-7 Paul Beckwith 2110 +13 (b) -3 (b) =6 (w) +9 (w) -2 (w) 2.5
6 Kamal Balazadeh 1771 -1 (w) +10 (b) =5 (b) -4 (w) +13 (b) 2.5
7 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi 1828 +12 (w) -11 (b) +8 (w) -1 (b) =10 (w) 2.5
8 8-9 Gordon Ritchie 1763 -4 (b) +13 (w) -7 (b) +12 (w) -3 (b) 2.0
9 Jay Serdula 1734 -3 (w) +12 (b) +10 (w) -5 (b) WD 2.0
10 10-11 Ehsan Forouz 1535 -2 (b) -6 (w) -9 (b) +13 (w) =7 (b) 1.5
11 Peter Arseneau 1777 BYE +7 (w) WD WD WD 1.5
12 12 Karl Fatemi unr. -7 (b) -9 (w) +13 (b) -8 (b) WD 1.0
13 13 Calieb Roach unr. -5 (w) -8 (b) -12 (w) -10 (b) -6 (w) 0.0

John Upper

06-05-2018, 09:22 PM

Three new players (!) but once again, good weather = smaller turnouts.

Results from May 27, 2018:

Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
01-Jan Armando Valdizon 2243 +4 (b) +9 (w) +3 (b) =2 (w) =5 (b) 4.0
2 Bill Doubleday 2098 +6 (b) =3 (w) +5 (w) =1 (b) +4 (w) 4.0
3 John Upper 2206 BYE =2 (b) -1 (w) BYE +9 (b) 3.5
04-Jan Kamal Balazadeh 1771 -1 (w) +13 (b) +7 (w) +10 (w) -2 (b) 3.0
5 Stijn De Kerpel 2141 =8 (w) +10 (w) -2 (b) +13 (b) =1 (w) 3.0
6 Vincent Qin 1639 -2 (w) +16 (b) -10 (b) +8 (w) +13 (w) 3.0
7 Michael Shi unr. =13 (w) =8 (b) -4 (b) +12 (w) +10 (b) 3.0
08-Jan Gordon Ritchie 1763 =5 (b) =7 (w) =9 (b) -6 (b) +14 (w) 2.5
9 Mike Schofield 1895 +17 (w) -1 (b) =8 (w) +11 (b) -3 (w) 2.5
10-Jan Ehsan Forouzandeh 1828 +16 (w) -5 (b) +6 (w) -4 (b) -7 (w) 2.0
11 Patrick Morin 1500 bye bye bye -9 (w) =15 (b) 2.0
12 Ali Alyodawi 1400 bye bye WD -7 (b) +16 (w) 2.0
13 Alexandre Khan 1835 =7 (b) -4 (w) +16 (b) -5 (w) -6 (b) 1.5
14 Louis Kuel unr. bye bye bye WD -8 (b) 1.5
15 Chika Nnagbo 1400 bye WD WD =16 (w) =11 (w) 1.5
16 Dian Bing Jiao unr. -10 (b) -6 (w) -13 (w) =15 (b) -12 (b) 0.5
17 Matthew Jivotovsky unr. -9 (b) WD WD WD WD 0

PS: I decided to leave in the "dates" --- courtesy of f****** MS Word, which insists on formatting based on the assumption that all its users are morons --- on the same ground I that I think that southern Confederate statues should not be removed: they should stand as a permanent reminder of how awful were the people who created them.

John Upper

06-05-2018, 09:38 PM

More good weather means more small turnouts... but also three new players!
Armando Valdizon tops the cross-table again, tied with the unscrupulous TD, who (once again) uses a full-point-bye to sneak onto the podium.

Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot

1-2 Armando Valdizon 2243 +9(w) +6(b) +7(w) =2(b) +3(w) 4.5

John Upper 2206 +11(w) +3(b) +6(w) =1(w) BYE 4.5

3-5 Christian Collins 2063 +12(b) -2(w) +5(b) +8(w) -1(b) 3.0

Hadi Riazi unr. bye WD bye +11(b) +9(w) 3.0

Kamal Balazadeh 1771 -7(w) +13(b) -3(w) +10(b) +8(b) 3.0

6-7 Stijn De Kerpel 2141 +10(b) -1(w) -2(b) =7(b) +11(w) 2.5

Sam Marin 2232 +5(b) +8(w) -1(b) =6(w) WD 2.5

8-10 Bill Doubleday 2098 +13(w) -7(b) +9(w) -3(b) -5(w) 2.0

Ehsan Forouzandeh 1828 -1(b) +10(w) -8(b) +12(w) -4(b) 2.0

Vincent Qin 1639 -6(w) -9(b) +11(w) -5(w) +14(b) 2.0

11-13 Gordon Ritchie 1763 -2(b) +12(w) -10(b) -4(w) -6(b) 1.0

Jack Honey unr. -3(w) -11(b) +13(w) -9(b) WD 1.0

Calieb Roach 903 -8(b) -5(w) -12(b) +14(w) WD 1.0

14 David Yao unr. bye --- 4(w) -13(b) -10(w) 0.5

John Upper

07-15-2018, 12:27 AM

The RA Sunday Rapids continue... with or without posted results :P

Good weather generally means poor turnouts (as does World Cup soccer, it seems) so recent turnouts have been lower than usual, but quality... quantity... etc.

Based on last week's results, it seems that wherever it was that David Gordon and Bill Doubleday went for lunch, it was:

slow service (they both arrived late)
good for their chess (!?)

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1-2 David Gordon 2257 bye =2(w) +4(b) +9(w) +5(w) 4.0
2 Bill Doubleday 2110 bye =1(b) +13(w) +10(w) +6(b) 4.0
3 3 Christian Collins 2084 -9(b) =7(b) +11(w) +12(w) +8(b) 3.5
4 4-7 Svitlana Demchenko 2274 +7(w) =9(b) -1(w) =8(b) +10(w) 3.0
5 Gordon Ritchie 1767 +11(w) -8(b) +15(w) +6(w) -1(b) 3.0
6 Daniel Harrison unr. +15(w) +16(b) +8(w) -5(b) -2(w) 3.0
7 John Upper 2206 -4(b) =3(w) +14(b) bye +9(w) 3.0
8 8 Ehsan Forouz 1535 +14(b) +5(w) -6(b) =4(w) -3(w) 2.5
9 9-13 Armando Valdizon 2243 +3(w) =4(w) =10(b) -1(b) -7(b) 2.0
10 Kamal Balazadeh 1775 =16(w) +13(b) =9(w) -2(b) -4(b) 2.0
11 Johnathan Han 1688 -5(b) +14(w) -3(b) +13(w) U---(-) 2
12 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi 1869 bye bye U---(-) -3(b) +14(w) 2.0
13 Neven Sass unr. +17(b) -10(w) -2(b) -11(b) +15(w) 2.0
14 14-15 Andrew Sass 1436 -8(w) -11(b) -7(w) +15(b) -12(b) 1.0
15 Jack Honey unr. -6(b) +17(w) -5(b) -14(w) -13(b) 1.0
16 16 Peter Arseneau 1789 =10(b) -6(w) U---(-) U---(-) U---(-) 0.5
17 17-19 Lynn Mani 781 -13(w) -15(b) U---(-) U---(-) U---(-) 0

Room Allocations for Upcoming Weeks:

July 15: Gatineau Room.
July 22 & 29: Courtside B.
Aug. 5: Gatineau
Aug 12: Outaouais
Aug 19: NO SUNDAY RAPID -- go play in the Smiths Falls Open
Aug.26: Outaouais
Sept-Dec: Gatineau Room

Note: I'm still looking for someone to run the Sunday Rapids on July 22, Aug 5 and Aug 12, when I expect to be indisposed in Montreal and Mississauga.

John Upper

07-15-2018, 06:36 PM

Michael Shi won with 4/5

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Michael Shi 1525 +12(w) +6(b) -4(w) +5(b) +3(b) 4.0
2 2 David Gordon 2257 BYE BYE BYE +10(w) +4(b) 3.5
3 3-8 John Upper 2206 +5(w) BYE BYE +4(b) -1(w) 3.0
4 Peter Arseneau 1789 +9(w) +7(b) +1(b) -3(w) -2(w) 3.0
5 Christian Collins 2084 -3(b) +8(w) +6(b) -1(w) +9(w) 3.0
6 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi 1869 +8(b) -1(w) -5(w) +12(b) +10(b) 3.0
7 Daniel Harrison unr. +11(w) -4(w) +10(b) +9(b) -8(w) 3.0
8 Kamal Balazadeh 1775 -6(w) -5(b) +12(w) +11(b) +7(b) 3.0
9 9 Milos Petrovic 1279 -4(b) +12(b) +11(w) -7(w) -5(b) 2.0
10 10 Jack Honey unr. BYE +11(b) -7(w) -2(b) -6(w) 1.5
11 11 Neven Sass unr. -7(b) -10(w) -9(b) -8(w) +12(w) 1.0
12 12 Andrew Sass 1436 -1(b) -9(w) -8(b) -6(w) -11(b) 0.0

Special Offer for players in 5th & 12th:
if you stop making illegal moves in winning positions, I'll stop losing on time in a simple winning position with a 5 sec increment. Deal?

Note: Abdelaziz has agreed to run the Sunday Rapid on July 22. It will be in Courtside B.

Room Allocations for Upcoming Weeks:

July 22 & 29: Courtside B.
Aug. 5: Gatineau
Aug 12: Outaouais
Aug 19: NO SUNDAY RAPID -- go play in the Smiths Falls Open
Aug.26: Outaouais
Sept-Dec: Gatineau Room

John Upper

07-29-2018, 05:32 PM

17 players came out on a beautiful Sunday afternoon.

2018 Olympiad team member Svitlana Demchenko got back in time from a successful 2018 SPFGI in St. Louis to win with 4/5.

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Svitlana Demchenko 2274 +14(b) =2(w) +8(b) +3(b) =4(w) 4.0
2 2-5 Simon Perkins 1916 +15(w) =1(b) =4(w) +10(b) =3(w) 3.5
3 Stijn De Kerpel 2141 +17(b) +6(w) +9(b) -1(w) =2(b) 3.5
4 Christian Collins 2084 +16(b) =9(w) =2(b) +5(b) =1(b) 3.5
5 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi 1869 +12(b) =8(w) +6(b) -4(w) +10(b) 3.5
6 6-7 Kamal Balazadeh 1775 +13(w) -3(b) -5(w) +17(b) +12(w) 3.0
7 John Upper 2206 BYE BYE BYE BYE +8(b) 3.0
8 8-9 Bill Doubleday 2110 +11(w) =5(b) -1(w) +14(b) -7(w) 2.5
9 Armando Valdizon 2243 +10(w) =4(b) -3(w) +11(b) WD 2.5
10 10-13 Andrew Sass 1436 -9(b) +16(w) +17(b) -2(w) -5(w) 2.0
11 Daniel Harrison unr. -8(b) +12(w) =14(b) -9(w) =15(b) 2.0
12 WIlliam Landstrom unr. -5(w) -11(b) +15(w) +13(b) -6(b) 2.0
13 Neven Sass unr. -6(b) -17(w) +16(b) -12(w) +14(w) 2.0
14 14-15 Vincent Qin 1692 -1(w) +15(b) =11(w) -8(w) -13(b) 1.5
15 Michael Shi unr. -2(b) -14(w) -12(b) +16(w) =11(w) 1.5
16 16-17 Dian Bing Jiao unr. -4(w) -10(b) -13(w) -15(b) +17(w) 1.0
17 Leon Cretel 1044 -3(w) +13(b) -10(w) -6(w) -16(b) 1.0

Room Allocations for Upcoming Weeks:

Aug. 5: Gatineau
Aug 12: Outaouais
Aug 19: NO SUNDAY RAPID -- go play in the Smiths Falls Open
Aug.26: Outaouais
Sept-Dec: Gatineau Room

Kevin Pacey

07-31-2018, 12:17 AM

Lazar Ilic

08-02-2018, 06:29 PM

Hello. I was the TD for the event on the 22nd and I may be hosting some more events in the near future.

Results are as follows, for the 22nd of July.

Final standings:
Doubleday, Bill 4.5
Collins, Christian 3.5
Simic, Dusan 3
Mahdjoubi, Abdelaziz 3
Balazadeh, Kamal 3
Qin, Vincent 3
Perkins, Simon 2
Sass, Andrew 2
Sass, Neven 1
Honey, Jack 0

No. Name Rating Round One Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
1 Simic, Dusan R2196 Black, vs 6, Won White, vs 2, Lost Black, vs 5, Lost White, vs 7, Won White, vs 3, Won
- - - 1 1 1 2 3
2 Doubleday, Bill R2110 White, vs 7 Black, vs 1, Won White, vs 3, Drew Black, vs 5, Won Black, vs 4, Won
- - - 1 2 2.5 3.5 4.5
3 Collins, Christian R2084 Black, vs 8, Won White, vs 4, Won Black, vs 2, Drew White, vs 6, Won Black, vs 3, Lost
- - - 1 2 2.5 3.5 3.5
4 Perkins, Simon R1916 White, vs 9, Won Black, vs 3, Lost White, vs 6, Lost Black, vs 8, Won White, vs 2, Lost
- - - 1 1 1 2 2
5 Mahdjoubi, Abdelaziz R1869 Black, vs 10, Won White, vs 6, Lost White, vs 1, Won White, vs 2, Lost Black, vs 9, Won
- - - 1 1 2 2 3
6 Balazadeh, Kamal R1775 White, vs 1, Lost Black, vs 5, Won Black, vs 4, Won Black, vs 3, Lost White, vs 10, Won
- - - 0 1 2 2 3
7 Qin, Vincent R1673 Black, vs 2, Lost White, vs 10, Won Black, vs 8, Won Black, vs 1, Lost White, vs 8, Won
- - - 0 1 2 2 3
8 Sass, Neven A1549 White, vs 3, Lost Black, vs 9, Lost White, vs 10, Won White, vs 4, Lost Black, vs 7, Lost
- - - 0 0 1 1 1
9 Sass, Andrew R1436 Black, vs 4, Lost White, vs 9, Won White, vs 7, Lost Black, vs 10, Won Black, vs 5, Lost
- - - 0 1 1 2 2
10 Honey, Jack UNR White, vs 5, Lost Black, vs 7, Lost Black, vs 8, Lost White, vs 9, Lost Black, vs 6, lost
- - - 0 0 0 0 0

Apologies for the slightly different table format. Things should be better next time.

For the sake of all who might not be fully informed about the RA club's Sunday chess policies, could someone indicate if there is no visitor's charge for coming out to the club this day of the week, and/or no charge for playing in the (informal) events posted about in this thread.

As far as I am aware, yes, this is the case, no charge to come out.

John Upper

08-03-2018, 03:39 PM

For the sake of all who might not be fully informed about the RA club's Sunday chess policies, could someone indicate if there is no visitor's charge for coming out to the club this day of the week, and/or no charge for playing in the (informal) events posted about in this thread.

It has been free for the past 3 years, and continues to be for the rest of the summer.

We may change that in September.

Lazar Ilic

08-05-2018, 04:21 PM

Results from today:

1 Xu, Daniel 2095 4.5 5.5 10.5 12.5
2 Collins, Christian 2081 4 5.5 11.0 12.0
3-4 Demchenko, Svitlana 2275 2 7.5 13.0 8.0
Kellar, Ben 2054 2 7.5 13.0 5.0
5 Mahdjoubi, Abdelaziz 1912 1.5 8.0 13.5 3.5
6 Petrovic, Milos 1274 1 8.0 14.0 4.0

1 Xu, Daniel 2095 5:D 4:W 2:W 3:W 6:W
2 Collins, Christian 2081 6:W 3:W 1:L 5:W 4:W
3 Demchenko, Svitlana 2275 4:W 2:L 6:W 1:L 5:L
4 Kellar, Ben 2054 3:L 1:L 5:W 6:W 2:L
5 Mahdjoubi, Abdelaziz 1912 1:D 6:L 4:L 2:L 3:W
6 Petrovic, Milos 1274 2:L 5:W 3:L 4:L 1:L

Lazar Ilic

08-12-2018, 04:15 PM

John should be around next week, as I understand.

Here are the results from today:

1 Demchenko, Svitlana 2275 5 8.0 13.5 15.0
2 Doubleday, Bill 2097 4 7.5 13.0 11.5
3 Collins, Christian 2081 3.5 9.0 15.0 11.0
4-5 Ilic, Lazar 1447 3 8.5 14.5 9.0
Balazadeh, Kamal 1775 3 7.0 13.0 8.0
6 Kimble, Jeremie 1193 2.5 7.0 11.0 6.5
7-9 Sass, Andrew 1629 2 9.5 15.5 9.0
Sass, Neven 1549 2 8.0 14.0 5.0
Mahdjoubi, Abdelaziz 1912 2 5.5 8.5 5.0
10-11 Landstrom, William 1346 1 7.5 11.0 3.0
Drouin, Nicolas 1 7.0 10.0 2.0
12 Honey, Jack 0 5.5 9.0 0.0

1 Demchenko, Svitlana 2275 8:W 5:W 7:W 3:W 4:W
2 Doubleday, Bill 2097 4:W 3:D 6:D 7:W 8:W
3 Collins, Christian 2081 10:W 2:D 5:W 1:L 7:W
4 Ilic, Lazar 1447 2:L 11:W 9:W 6:W 1:L
5 Balazadeh, Kamal 1775 6:W 1:L 3:L 10:W 11:W
6 Kimble, Jeremie 1193 5:L 12:W 2:D 4:L 10:W
7 Sass, Andrew 1629 11:W 8:W 1:L 2:L 3:L
8 Sass, Neven 1549 1:L 7:L 11:W 9:W 2:L
9 Mahdoubi, Abdelaziz 1912 0: 10:W 4:L 8:L 12:W
10 Landstrom, William 1346 3:L 9:L 12:W 5:L 6:L
11 Drouin, Nicolas 7:L 4:L 8:L 12:W 5:L
12 Honey, Jack 0: 6:L 10:L 11:L 9:L

John Upper

08-13-2018, 12:24 PM

John should be around next week, as I understand.

Thanks to Lazar (and Abdelaziz) for running the Sunday rapids for the past two weeks, and thanks again to Lazar for posting the results online.

I was taking pix at the 2018 Canadian Junior final round on Sunday. I will be back, but there is NO SUNDAY RAPID at the RACC on Sunday August 19 as the Smiths Falls Open will be that weekend, and we don't hold rapid tournaments which conflict with EOCA events. If you want to play chess that weekend, try this (http://www.miltonchess.ca/images/cfc/2018_smith_falls_open.pdf)

The RACC Sunday rapid returns August 26.

Jeremy Sztuka

08-13-2018, 10:07 PM

This year - due to increased registrations (27 and counting), I'm running it with 2 sections: Open (for anyone 1600 or over, basically) - and - an U1600 section - no matter what your rating or skill level is, you will get a good challenge!

Also - like last year - if there is an odd number of people in either section, I will be available to play as a floater player to ensure everyone who is at the tournament who wants a game, gets a game, regardless of their section, rating, or performance in the tournament itself - so no need to worry about getting a 'forced bye'.

If have any questions, please see the main thread for the tournament in this forum for more information, or you can contact me at my email address:

jsztukachess at gmail dot com

I also will be at the RA Chess Club on Thursday August 16 to take additional registrations. For convenience, you can always send me an email at the above address to be added to the pre-registered list as well.

John Upper

08-26-2018, 10:58 PM

After a week off for the Smiths Falls Open, the RACC Sunday Rapid returned... but with only 11 players -- kind of a let-down from the 56 (including three 2018 Olympians) we had on Thursday.

Armando Valdizon hung a piece in a good position in his last-round game, but still finished atop the mini-field with 4/5.

Special mention for Neven Sass, who seems to have been doing some studying!

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Armando Valdizon 2243 +7(w) +5(b) +4(w) +3(b) -2(b) 4.0
2 2 Paul Beckwith 2110 +6(w) -8(b) +7(w) =5(b) +1(w) 3.5
3 3-4 Neven Sass unr. -5(w) +6(b) +9(b) -1(w) +7(w) 3.0
4 Houji Yao 2130 H---(-) H---(-) -1(b) +10(w) +11(b) 3.0
5 5-6 Bill Doubleday 2098 +3(b) -1(w) +10(b) =2(w) -9(b) 2.5
6 Andrew Sass 1436 -2(b) -3(w) +11(b) +9(w) =10(b) 2.5
7 7-9 Gordon Ritchie 1767 -1(b) +9(w) -2(b) +11(w) -3(b) 2.0
8 John Upper 2210 +10(b) +2(w) NOBYE NOBYE NOBYE 2.0
9 Kamal Balazadeh 1775 +11(w) -7(b) -3(w) -6(b) +5(w) 2.0
10 10 Michael Shi 1510 -8(w) +11(b) -5(w) -4(b) =6(w) 1.5
11 11 Dian Bing Jiao unr. -9(b) -10(w) -6(w) -7(b) -4(w) 0.0

We're back in the Gatineau room for the next two weeks, and then a Sunday off Sept 16 for the RA Fall Open.

Aris Marghetis

08-28-2018, 11:05 PM

John Upper

09-07-2018, 11:29 AM

A light Labour Day weekend turnout saw Peter Arseneau win with a perfect 5/5.

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Peter Arseneau 1789 +7(b) +5(w) +6(w) +3(b) +8(w) 5.0
2 2 Bill Doubleday 2098 -3(w) +10(b) +5(b) +7(w) +9(b) 4.0
3 3 William Landstrom 1346 +2(b) +9(w) +4(b) -1(w) =5(w) 3.5
4 4 Gordon Ritchie 1767 +10(w) -6(b) -3(w) +8(b) +7(w) 3.0
5 5-6 Michael Shi 1510 +8(b) -1(b) -2(w) +9(w) =3(b) 2.5
6 John Upper 2210 +9(b) +4(w) -1(b) U---(-) H---(-) 2.5
7 7 Milos Petrovic 1274 -1(w) +8(b) +10(w) -2(b) -4(b) 2.0
8 8 Neven Sass unr. -5(w) -7(w) +9(b) -4(w) -1(b) 1.0
9 9-10 Andrew Sass 1436 -6(w) -3(b) -8(w) -5(b) -2(w) 0.0
10 Andrew Wong unr. -4(b) -2(w) -7(b) U---(-) U---(-) 0.0

John Upper

09-23-2018, 05:59 PM

Watt! Gordon Ritchie shocked the field like freckled tornado, with electrifying play that volted him to the top of the Jacob's Ladder.

Bill Doubleday supplied the static.

Current (final) standings:

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Gordon Ritchie 1767 +7(w) +2(b) +4(b) +5(w) =3(w) 4.5
2 2 Bill Doubleday 2098 +10(b) -1(w) +9(b) +8(w) +11(w) 4.0
3 3 Armando Valdizon 2243 -8(w) +7(b) +6(w) +9(w) =1(b) 3.5
4 4 Peter Arseneau 1784 +9(w) +6(b) -1(w) +11(b) -7(b) 3.0
5 5-7 John Upper 2225 BYE bye +8(w) -1(b) WD 2.5
6 Kamal Balazadeh 1775 +11(b) -4(w) -3(b) =7(w) +9(b) 2.5
7 Simon Perkins 1819 -1(b) -3(w) +11(b) =6(b) +4(w) 2.5
8 8 Spencer Martin 1687 +3(b) +10(w) -5(b) -2(b) WD 2.0
9 9 Matthew White unr. -4(b) +11(w) -2(w) -3(b) -6(w) 1.0
10 10 Andrew Wang 1454 -2(w) -8(b) bye WD WD 0.5
11 11 Jonathan Kuzub unr. -6(w) -9(b) -7(w) -4(w) -2(b) 0.0

Gordon Ritchie

09-29-2018, 11:05 PM

Watt! Gordon Ritchie shocked the field like freckled tornado, with electrifying play that volted him to the top of the Jacob's Ladder.

Bill Doubleday supplied the static.

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Proves that lightning can strike! I should note that while John graciously (?) resigned when faced with the loss of a couple of pieces, Bill forced me to mate him with K+Q against lone K. He must have been studying with the same coach who tells the kids never to resign.

John Upper

10-07-2018, 07:51 PM

Daniel Xu returned after a few weeks away and won with 5/5.

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Daniel Xu 2046 +12 (b) +3 (w) +4 (b) +7 (w) +5 (b) 5.0
2 2 John Upper 2225 +6 (b) +11 (w) +7 (b) bye bye 4.0
3 3 Peter Arseneau 1784 +15 (w) -1 (b) =10 (w) +11 (b) +4 (b) 3.5
4 4-6 Christian Collins 2077 +9 (w) +5 (b) -1 (w) +6 (b) -3 (w) 3.0
5 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi 1798 +17 (b) -4 (w) +12 (b) +8 (w) -1 (w) 3.0
6 Kamal Balazadeh 1775 -2 (w) +13 (b) +11 (b) -4 (w) +10 (b) 3.0
7 7-9 Halldor Palsson 2026 +14 (w) +10 (b) -2 (w) -1 (b) =8 (w) 2.5
8 Simon Perkins 1819 -10 (w) +14 (b) +9 (w) -5 (b) =7 (b) 2.5
9 Gordon Ritchie 1767 -4 (b) +17 (w) -8 (b) +15 (w) =12 (b) 2.5
10 10-13 Derek Wang 1190 +8 (b) -7 (w) =3 (b) =12 (w) -6 (w) 2.0
11 Mike Schofield 1899 +13 (b) -2 (b) -6 (w) -3 (w) +16 (w) 2.0
12 Michael Shi 1584 -1 (w) +15 (b) -5 (w) =10 (b) =9 (w) 2.0
13 William Landstrom 1374 -11 (w) -6 (w) -15 (b) +14 (b) +17 (w) 2.0
14 14-15 Andrew Sass 1436 -7 (b) -8 (w) +17 (b) -13 (w) =15 (b) 1.5
15 Neven Sass unr. -3 (b) -12 (w) +13 (w) -9 (b) =14 (w) 1.5
16 16 Licheng Zhou 1214 --- --- --- +17 (w) -11 (b) 1.0
17 17 Surya Suthakar 768 -5 (w) -9 (b) -14 (w) -16 (b) -13 (b) 0.0

John Upper

10-07-2018, 07:58 PM

With so many players away at serious tournaments (Batumi, Varennes) or happily spending quality time with loved ones (Thanksgiving), only six lost souls had nothing better to do on a Sunday afternoon than play rapid chess at the RA.

The TD showed limited hospitality, gobbling all the points that were on the table, and giving back only one exchange in a winning position.

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 John Upper 2225 +4(b) +2(w) +3(b) =5(w) +6(b) 4.5
2 2-3 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi 1798 +5(w) -1(b) -6(w) +3(w) +4(b) 3.0
3 Kamal Balazadeh 1775 +6(b) +4(w) -1(w) -2(b) +5(b) 3.0
4 4 Gordon Ritchie 1767 -1(w) -3(b) +5(w) +6(b) -2(w) 2.0
5 5 Milos Petrovic 1267 -2(b) +6(w) -4(b) =1(b) -3(w) 1.5
6 6 Matthew White 1207 -3(w) -5(b) +2(b) -4(w) -1(w) 1.0

NOTE: there will be NO SUNDAY RAPID Oct 14 2018 as there is an EOCA event at Almonte that weekend.
the RA Sunday Rapid returns Oct 21, 2018

John Upper

10-24-2018, 12:48 AM

Tie at the top between Christian Collins and Kamal Balazadeh, with Christian getting bragging rights for his win in their head-to-head game

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1-2 Christian Collins 2086 +2(b) +7(w) -5(b) +4(w) +3(w) 4.0
2 Kamal Balazadeh 1825 -1(w) +15(b) +8(w) +11(w) +5(b) 4.0
3 3-4 Bill Doubleday 1989 +14(b) =4(w) +6(b) +5(w) -1(b) 3.5
4 Daniel Xu 1852 +11(w) =3(b) +12(w) -1(b) +9(w) 3.5
5 5-8 Halldor Palsson 2033 +9(w) +8(b) +1(w) -3(b) -2(w) 3.0
6 Peter Arseneau 1878 bye +13(b) -3(w) =9(w) +12(b) 3.0
7 John Upper 1938 +15(w) -1(b) BYE bye bye 3.0
8 Mike Schofield 1895 +16(b) -5(w) -2(b) +13(w) +11(b) 3.0
9 9-10 Spencer Martin 1810 -5(b) +16(w) +10(w) =6(b) -4(b) 2.5
10 Jim Hegney unr. bye -12(w) -9(b) +16(b) +14(w) 2.5
11 11-13 Maxim Kochetkov unr. -4(b) +14(w) +13(w) -2(b) -8(w) 2.0
12 Paul Beckwith 2113 -13(w) +10(b) -4(b) +14(w) -6(w) 2.0
13 Aziz Mahdjoubi 1852 +12(b) -6(w) -11(b) -8(b) +16(w) 2.0
14 14 Charles Gareau 1365 -3(w) -11(b) +16(w) -12(b) -10(b) 1.0
15 15-16 William Landstrom 1084 -7(b) -2(w) WD WD WD 0.0
16 Noah Green 501 -8(w) -9(b) -14(b) -10(w) -13(b) 0.0

Schedule and locations for the next 4 weeks:

October 28: Courtside B
November 4: Gatineau room
November 11: Gatineau room
November 16-18: EOCA National Capital Open, NO SUNDAY RAPID

John Upper

10-28-2018, 10:09 PM

Posting justified crosstables appears to be one thing a tired old-hand TD can do better than this young upstart Ritchie.

Viz:

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Armando Valdizon 2247 W9 W6 W2 W8 W4 5.0
2 2 Daniel Xu 1852 W14 W4 L1 W13 W5 4.0
3 3-6 Christian Collins 2051 L7 W12 W13 L5 W8 3.0
4 John Upper 1943 W10 L2 W7 W6 L1 3.0
5 Bill Doubleday 1879 W11 W7 L8 W3 L2 3.0
6 Peter Arseneau 1878 W13 L1 W14 L4 W10 3.0
7 7-8 Gordon Ritchie 1783 W3 L5 L4 W14 bye 2.5
8 Marc Boudreau 1327 D12 W9 W5 L1 L3 2.5
9 9-10 Spencer Martin 1800 L1 L8 W11 L10 W14 2.0
10 Simon Perkins 1777 L4 L13 W12 W9 L6 2.0
11 11 Michael Shi 1217 L5 L14 L9 D12 W13 1.5
12 12-14 Mike Schofield 1895 D8 L3 L10 D11 WD 1.0
13 Noah Green 501 L6 W10 L3 L2 L11 1.0
14 Jim Hegney unr. L2 W11 L6 L7 L9 1.0

Note: After three years of free entries, starting next week -- November 2018 -- the RACC starts charging non-members $2 to play in each Sunday Rapid tournament.

PS: Happy Birthday to Mike Schofield, who had the best of reasons to withdraw before the final round.

Gordon Ritchie

10-29-2018, 11:25 AM

Posting justified crosstables appears to be one thing a tired old-hand TD can do better than this young upstart Ritchie.

Thanks, John, for putting up with a slow learner. Meanwhile, John was so excited to be liberated from his habitual TD duties that he overpressed in a dead drawn endgame against Daniel Xu, with predictable consequences:)

John Upper

11-05-2018, 01:49 AM

Gordon Ritchie once again muscled his way into the TD chair, leaving the old TD with nothing to look forward to doing but losing badly without the comfort of his usual excuses about "TD distractions" :(...

Christian Collins tied for 1st with the new TD, who gave himself a full-point bye in the final round. Complaints should be sent to:
http://arbiters.fide.com/

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1-2 Christian Collins 2028 W16 W7 L11 W6 W3 4.0
2 Gordon Ritchie 1767 W17 L4 X15 W11 W15 4.0
3 3-4 Zachary Dukic 2314 W9 W11 D5 W7 L1 3.5
4 Paul Beckwith 2110 W8 W2 W6 D5 U--- 3.5
5 5-10 Bill Doubleday 2078 W14 W10 D3 D4 L6 3.0
6 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi 1759 W18 W9 L4 L1 W5 3.0
7 John Upper 2225 W13 L1 W14 L3 W12 3.0
8 William Landstrom 1511 L4 W12 W10 W13 U--- 3.0
9 Spencer Martin 1683 L3 L6 W17 W14 W13 3.0
10 Kamal Balazadeh 1792 W15 L5 L8 W16 W11 3.0
11 11-12 Mike Schofield 1936 W12 L3 W1 L2 L10 2.0
12 Derek Wang 1183 L11 L8 W16 W18 L7 2.0
13 13 Michael Shi 1575 L7 W15 D18 L8 L9 1.5
14 14-17 Cezary Michalozski 1400 L5 W18 L7 L9 U--- 1.0
15 Surya Suthakar 784 L10 L13 F2 W17 L2 1.0
16 Maxim Kochetkov 1269 L1 W17 L12 L10 U--- 1.0
17 Noah Green unr. L2 L16 L9 L15 W18 1.0
18 18 Matthew White unr. L6 L14 D13 L12 L17 0.5

Reminder: the RACC Sunday Rapid is $2 for non-RACC members.

John Upper

11-12-2018, 03:08 PM

"Freed from his TD duties, John Upper swept to victory in this hotly contested Sunday Rapid with an unbeaten record. He was followed by the redoubtable Stijn de Kerpel and Halldor Palsson. There is no Sunday Rapid next weekend as the National Capital Open takes precedence at the RA Centre," is how Gordon Ritchie summed up this Sunday's RA Rapid.

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 John Upper 2225 W10 W3 D5 W2 W6 4.5
2 Stijn De Kerpel 2117 W8 W4 W11 L1 W5 4.0
3 Halldor Palsson 1978 W14 L1 W13 W10 W7 4.0
4 Kamal Balazadeh 1792 W12 L2 W9 D5 W11 3.5
5 Paul Beckwith 2110 W11 W16 D1 D4 L2 3.0
6 Gordon Ritchie 1767 W15 BYE bye bye L1 3.0
7 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi 1759 bye bye W15 W13 L3 3.0
8 Derek Wang 1183 L2 W12 L10 D9 W13 2.5
9 James Hegney unr. bye D13 L4 D8 W14 2.5
10 William Landstrom 1511 L1 W14 W8 L3 WD 2.0
11 Nicolas Drouin 1080 L5 W15 L2 W12 L4 2.0
12 Harpartap Bhango unr. L4 L8 W14 L11 W15 2.0
13 Michael Shi 1575 W16 D9 L3 L7 L8 1.5
14 Noah Green unr. L3 L10 L12 W15 L9 1.0
15 Pio Sano unr. L6 L11 L7 L14 L12 0.0
16 Andrew Wong unr. L13 L5 WD WD WD 0.0

John Upper

11-16-2018, 01:14 PM

The RACC's annual Fischer Random was won by David Gordon with a perfect 5/5. This is David's umpteenth time as Fischer Random champ. Special mention for William Landstrom, who started with the 4th lowest rating but finished clear 3rd.

After a player vote, the event was run at 10 + 5 with 5 rounds.

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 David Gordon 2301 +18(w) +8(b) +2(w) +4(b) +6(w) 5.0
2 2 Adam Adriaanse 2177 +15(b) +14(w) -1(b) +7(w) +4(w) 4.0
3 3 William Landstrom 1490 =9(w) -12(b) +14(b) +11(w) +10(b) 3.5
4 4-8 Fan Yang 2134 +16(w) +17(b) +6(w) -1(w) -2(b) 3.0
5 John Upper 2212 bye +19(w) bye =9(b) bye 3.0
6 Zachary Dukic 2315 +13(b) +7(w) -4(b) +8(w) -1(b) 3.0
7 Mate Marinkovic 1972 +11(w) -6(b) +17(w) -2(b) +9(w) 3.0
8 Jan Huus 1772 +20(w) -1(w) +15(b) -6(b) +13(w) 3.0
9 9-12 Amos Kuttner 1974 =3(b) =10(w) +13(b) =5(w) -7(b) 2.5
10 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi 1780 -14(b) =9(b) +18(w) +12(b) -3(w) 2.5
11 Christopher Sailus 1298 -7(b) +18(b) =12(w) -3(b) +20(w) 2.5
12 Jeremy Sztuka 1639 -17(b) +3(w) =11(b) -10(w) +15(b) 2.5
13 13-14 Gerard Felderhof 1576 -6(w) +16(b) -9(w) +14(b) -8(b) 2.0
14 Milos Petrovic 1290 +10(w) -2(b) -3(w) -13(w) +18(b) 2.0
15 15-16 Michael Shi 1545 -2(w) +20(b) -8(w) =16(b) -12(w) 1.5
16 Ken Huband 1530 -4(b) -13(w) +20(b) =15(w) WD 1.5
17 17-18 Richard Childers unr. +12(w) -4(w) -7(b) WD WD 1.0
18 Daniel Labib 1560 -1(b) -11(w) -10(b) +20(w) -14(w) 1.0
19 19 Peter Arseneau 1784 bye -5(b) WD WD WD 0.5
20 20 Steven Suntres 1254 -8(b) -15(w) -16(w) -18(b) -11(b) 0.0

Aris Marghetis

11-19-2018, 09:40 AM

I've never met William Landstrom, and I agree, THAT'S a great result! Bows again to Dave, who's a continuing Fischer Random fiend! Thanks to John for organizing these!

John Upper

11-25-2018, 11:51 PM

"After a near death escape with a draw in a hopeless position against the neophyte tournament director, Zach Dukic stormed back with four straight wins to edge out the formidable John Upper and win this well attended event with 4.5 out of 5. We do it all again next Sunday." writes TD Gordon Ritchie, who is still learning how to control output files from SwissSys.

# Name /Rtng /ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5
1 Zachary Dukic B 4 W 6 B 2 W 3 B 8
2331 149507 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.5 4.5
2 John Upper W 11 B 10 W 1 B 5 W 7
2225 101925 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
3 Christian Collins B 9 W 8 B 10 B 1 W 11
2002 111166 1.0 1.5 2.5 2.5 3.5
4 Gordon Ritchie W 1 bye bye B 12 W 9
1767 110972 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.5
5 Michael Shi B 6 W 7 B 8 W 2 W 12
1555 167348 0.5 1.5 2.0 2.0 3.0
6 Mike Schofield W 5 B 1 B 7 W 14 B 13
1936 106569 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.5
7 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi bye B 5 W 6 W 13 B 2
1776 155558 0.5 0.5 1.5 2.5 2.5
8 Kamal Balazadeh W 14 B 3 W 5 B 9 W 1
1771 153228 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 2.5
9 William Landstrom W 3 B 14 W 11 W 8 B 4
1652 162880 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.5 2.5
10 Peter Arseneau B 13 W 2 W 3 B 11 B 14
1784 101203 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
11 Jay Serdula B 2 W 13 B 9 W 10 B 3
1736 103877 0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
12 Antonio Giamberardino bye bye bye W 4 B 5
1353 128243 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.5
13 Derek Wang W 10 B 11 W 14 B 7 W 6
1328 166573 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
14 Cayden Grant B 8 W 9 B 13 B 6 W 10
unr. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

John Upper

12-02-2018, 08:37 PM

An ice storm kept away all but the most foolhardy chess addicts, the best of whom turned out to be Dusan Simic, who won with 5/5.

Note: NO SUNDAY RAPID Dec 9; there is an EOCA event that weekend.

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Dusan Simic 2166 +7(w) +8(b) +2(w) +5(b) +9(w) 5.0
2 2 Daniel Xu 2088 +3(b) +4(w) -1(b) +8(w) +5(w) 4.0
3 3 Michael Shi 1555 -2(w) +9(b) +4(b) =7(w) +8(b) 3.5
4 4 Spencer Martin 1692 +6(w) -2(b) -3(w) +9(w) +7(b) 3.0
5 5 Halldor Palsson 1956 bye +7(b) +8(w) -1(w) -2(b) 2.5
6 6 John Upper 2212 -4(b) bye bye bye bye 2.0
7 7 William Landstrom 1652 -1(b) -5(w) +9(b) =3(b) -4(w) 1.5
8 8 Gordon Ritchie 1763 +9(w) -1(w) -5(b) -2(b) -3(w) 1.0
9 9 Noah Green 571 -8(b) -3(w) -7(w) -4(b) -1(b) 0.0

John Upper

12-17-2018, 03:28 PM

Armando Valdizon was 5/5 in the last Sunday Rapid before Christmas.

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Armando Valdizon 2247 +10(w) +3(b) +2(w) +6(b) +8(w) 5.0
2 2 Dusan Simic 2062 +11(b) +8(w) -1(b) +3(w) +7(b) 4.0
3 3 Michael Shi 1217 +7(b) -1(w) +8(b) -2(b) +10(w) 3.0
4 4 John Upper 1943 bye bye bye bye bye 2.5
5 5-7 Peter Arseneau 1878 -8(b) +9(w) +6(w) WD WD 2.0
6 William Landstrom 1175 +9(b) +7(w) -5(b) -1(w) WD 2.0
7 Mike Schofield 1895 -3(w) -6(b) +10(w) +11(b) -2(w) 2.0
8 8 Derek Wang 1185 +5(w) -2(b) -3(w) =10(b) -1(b) 1.5
9 9-10 Gordon Ritchie 1783 -6(w) -5(b) +11(b) WD WD 1.0
10 Simon Perkins 1777 -1(b) =11(w) -7(b) =8(w) -3(b) 1.0
11 11 Ehsan Forouzandeh 1645 -2(w) =10(b) -9(w) -7(w) WD 0.5

Next events:
December 23 - Closed for Christmas
December 30 - Sunday Rapid in Gatineau Room

John Upper

01-09-2019, 01:21 PM

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."

# 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

John Upper

01-13-2019, 09:26 PM

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.

# 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

John Upper

01-31-2019, 05:44 PM

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.

# 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.

John Upper

02-03-2019, 08:17 PM

A tie at the top between Christian Collins and Mike Schofield.

Here's hoping the absent sickos have recovered by next week....

# 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.

John Upper

02-10-2019, 08:57 PM

An encouraging turnout of 14 -- who all braved a cavernous, ill-lit, and uninviting banquet hall -- was topped by Christian Collins.

# 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?

John Upper

02-17-2019, 09:28 PM

With 11 losers and one winner, our odds are better than the Republican primaries! --- and so was our winner: Daniel Xu

# 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)

John Upper

02-25-2019, 03:13 PM

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.

# 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)

John Upper

03-10-2019, 07:31 PM

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.

# 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:

March 17
March 24

but NOT March 31st, during the Kingston Open.

John Upper

03-17-2019, 06:33 PM

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."

# 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

John Upper

03-24-2019, 09:11 PM

A fine turnout of 18 players, and one TD, was topped by Stijn De Kerpel.

# 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)

John Upper

04-07-2019, 07:46 PM

19 players took advantage of a rare Ottawa break between "Spring" freezing rain storms to play in the Sunday Rapid. Daniel Xu, Milos Petrovic, and the peaceably-inclined TD ended in a 3-way tie for first.

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1-3 John Upper 2174 BYE W10 D4 D2 W6 4.0
2 Daniel Xu 2081 W3 W11 W6 D1 D4 4.0
3 Milos Petrovic 1573 L2 W12 W8 W5 W10 4.0
4 4 Paul Beckwith 2059 W17 W5 D1 D9 D2 3.5
5 5-8 Michael Shi 1909 W14 L4 W13 L3 W11 3.0
6 Alexander Stopic 1616 W18 W16 L2 W7 L1 3.0
7 William Landstrom 1583 W19 D9 D11 L6 W14 3.0
8 Zhai Licheng unr. bye bye L3 W13 W15 3.0
9 9-12 Christian Collins 2003 W15 D7 D10 D4 WD 2.5
10 Johnathan Han 1979 W13 L1 D9 W14 L3 2.5
11 Mike Schofield 1936 W12 L2 D7 W17 L5 2.5
12 Johnny Fang 1096 L11 L3 W19 D16 W17 2.5
13 13-14 Zhou Fang 1408 L10 W18 L5 L8 W19 2.0
14 Joachim Kelb unr. L5 W15 W17 L10 L7 2.0
15 15-16 Jeff Small 1428 L9 L14 D16 W19 L8 1.5
16 Noah Green 571 bye L6 D15 D12 WD 1.5
17 17 Douglas Graham 1164 L4 W19 L14 L11 L12 1.0
18 18-19 William Raitanen unr. L6 L13 WD WD WD 0.0
19 Ryan Spurgeon unr. L7 L17 L12 L15 L13 0.0

NEXT:

April 14 - Curling Lounge
April 21 - NO SUNDAY RAPID (Canadian Zonal in Kingston)
April 28 - Gatineau Room

John Upper

04-14-2019, 09:08 PM

Only 10 nutbars chose to forsake a rare mild day out in Ottawa to stay in and play chess. Ben Kellar lost to Paul Beckwith, but won with 4/5.

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Ben Kellar 2063 W6 W4 L3 W5 W7 4.0
2 2-4 John Upper 2174 BYE bye bye bye W3 3.5
3 Paul Beckwith 2059 W7 W5 W1 D4 L2 3.5
4 William Landstrom 1583 W10 L1 W7 D3 W6 3.5
5 5 Gordon Ritchie 1763 W9 L3 W6 L1 W8 3.0
6 6-7 Douglas Graham 1164 L1 W10 L5 W9 L4 2.0
7 Jaoachim Kolb unr. L3 W9 L4 W8 L1 2.0
8 8 Bert Powell unr. bye U--- W9 L7 L5 1.5
9 9-10 Andrew Wright unr. L5 L7 L8 L6 U--- 0.0
10 Casey van Walraven unr. L4 L6 U--- U--- U--- 0.0

NEXT:

April 21 - NO SUNDAY RAPID (Canadian Zonal in Kingston)
April 28 - Gatineau Room

John Upper

04-28-2019, 07:09 PM

Apprentice TD Gordon Ritchie reports:

Derek Wang stormed to victory with five straight wins in the April 28 version of Sunday Rapid Chess. En route, he demolished the TD who settled for second place followed another half point back by Joachim Koltz. There will be no Sunday event this week as the Arnprior Open will be held.

# Place Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Derek Wang W13 W3 W8 W2 W5 5.0
2 2 Gordon Ritchie W9 W4 W5 L1 W7 4.0
3 3 Joachim Koltz W12 L1 D11 W13 W8 3.5
4 4-7 Kamal Balazadeh W14 L2 W6 L5 W10 3.0
5 Christian Collins W6 W7 L2 W4 L1 3.0
6 Mark Saint Louis L5 W13 L4 W12 W11 3.0
7 Michael Shi W11 L5 W12 W10 L2 3.0
8 8 Eric Labelle D10 W9 L1 W11 L3 2.5
9 9 Yann Bourdeau L2 L8 L13 W14 W12 2.0
10 10-11 Sarvel Bourdeau D8 L12 W14 L7 L4 1.5
11 Ehsan Forouz L7 W14 D3 L8 L6 1.5
12 12-14 Gael Bourdeau L3 W10 L7 L6 L9 1.0
13 Noah Green L1 L6 W9 L3 L14 1.0
14 Joshua Han L4 L11 L10 L9 W13 1.0

NEXT:

May 5: NO RA Sunday Rapid: go play in the EOCA event in Arnprior
May 12: Courtside A
May 19: Gatineau room
May 26: Gatineau room

John Upper

05-12-2019, 06:55 PM

A third unannounced room change in one week was made up for by a free platter of warm baked treats from the RA Centre.... and only a crazy person could think it was anything but an unlucky coincidence that this first-time-ever sticky bun delivery came on the one day in 12+ years that the Club was using freshly cleaned-pieces. Only a 1 in 1152 shot... nothing out of the ordinary... move along.

Curiously, the TD once again won the tournament. As the quality of his play could hardly account for this result, some speculate that this is yet more evidence that we live in a simulation.

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 John Upper 2174 H--- B--- W8 W3 W5 4.5
2 2-3 Alexander Stopic 1689 W12 L5 D4 W10 W9 3.5
3 William Landstrom 1583 W7 W9 W5 L1 D4 3.5
4 4-7 Paul Beckwith 2059 H--- H--- D2 W6 D3 3.0
5 Christian Collins 2003 W9 W2 L3 W7 L1 3.0
6 Michael Shi 1909 W11 L8 W10 L4 W12 3.0
7 Derek Wong unr. L3 W11 W12 L5 W10 3.0
8 8-9 Peter Arseneau 1784 W10 W6 L1 U--- U--- 2.0
9 Douglas Graham 1164 L5 L3 W11 W12 L2 2.0
10 10 Gael Bourdeu unr. L8 W12 L6 L2 L7 1.0
11 11-12 Adrien Betermier unr. L6 L7 L9 U--- U--- 0.0
12 Yann Bourdeau unr. L2 L10 L7 L9 L6 0.0

Next Week:

May 19: Gatineau Room
May 26: Zion?

John Upper

05-19-2019, 07:37 PM

13 players, including four first-timers, played in today's RA Sunday Rapid. Christian Collins won with 4.5/5.

1 1 Christian Collins 2003 W13 W2 W6 W3 D4 4.5
2 2 Paul Beckwith 2059 W10 L1 W5 W8 D6 3.5
3 3-5 Kamal Balazadeh 1771 U--- W4 W7 L1 W8 3.0
4 Gordon Ritchie 1763 H--- L3 W10 W6 D1 3.0
5 Zhou Fang 1408 U--- W10 L2 W11 W9 3.0
6 6-7 John Upper 2174 W7 W8 L1 L4 D2 2.5
7 Eric Labelle 1322 L6 W11 L3 D9 W10 2.5
8 8 Alexander Stopic 1667 W11 L6 W9 L2 L3 2.0
9 9 Johnny Fang 1096 U--- W13 L8 D7 L5 1.5
10 10-12 Noah Green 571 L2 L5 L4 W12 L7 1.0
11 Andrew Pochapsky unr. L8 L7 W13 L5 L12 1.0
12 Goran Bahrami unr. U--- U--- U--- L10 W11 1.0
13 13 Tony Martyres unr. L1 L9 L11 U--- U--- 0.0

Next

May 26: Gatineau Room
June 2: Gatineau Room
June 9: Gatineau Room
June 16: NO SUNDAY RAPID (EOCA event in Ottawa)

Gordon Ritchie

05-27-2019, 11:35 AM

On a beautiful Sunday afternoon on the 26 of May 23 intrepid players took part in the weekly Active Tournament. The clear winner with 5 out of 5 was Christian Collins (helped by the withdrawal of his closest competitor John Upper) followed closely by Derek Wang. Another tournament will be held next Sunday in the Gatineau Room of the RA Centre. Registration begins around 1 p.m. and ends at 1:25 p.m. sharp to permit clocks to be started at 1:30 p.m. and the event to end around 4 p.m. Free to RA members but $2 entry fee for non-members. Please note that this is not a rated event but CFC rules apply.
# Place Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Christian Collins 111166 2003 W13 W7 W3 W4 W6 5.0
2 2-3 John Upper 101925 2174 W12 W9 W6 W11 U--- 4.0
3 Derek Wang 166573 1444 W20 W5 L1 W12 W4 4.0
4 4-10 Johnathan Han 161709 1914 W15 W11 W9 L1 L3 3.0
5 Michael Shi 167348 1881 U--- L3 W19 W17 W11 3.0
6 Spencer Martin 7103529 1810 W21 W18 L2 W10 L1 3.0
7 Kamal Balazadeh 153228 1771 W16 L1 L12 W15 W14 3.0
8 Gordon Ritchie 110972 1763 W19 H--- H--- L14 W12 3.0
9 Paul Abrams 103951 1532 W17 L2 L4 W21 W16 3.0
10 Zhou Fang 7108316 1408 U--- W16 W20 L6 W15 3.0
11 11-17Daniel Harrison 9106767 1364 W23 L4 W13 L2 L5 2.0
12 Douglas Graham 169362 1358 L2 W19 W7 L3 L8 2.0
13 Eric Labelle 140596 1322 L1 W22 L11 L16 W20 2.0
14 Johnny Fang 7108317 1096 U--- L17 W23 W8 L7 2.0
15 Austin Liao 166464 878 L4 W23 W18 L7 L10 2.0
16 Goran Bahrami unr. L7 L10 W17 W13 L9 2.0
17 Andrew Pochapsky unr. L9 W14 L16 L5 W22 2.0
18 18-20 Milos Petrovic 160269 1573 W22 L6 L15 H--- U--- 1.5
19 Aden Bergin unr. L8 L12 L5 D20 W23 1.5
20 Matt Thompson 135575 unr. L3 W21 L10 D19 L13 1.5
21 21-22 Noah Green 168591 571 L6 L20 W22 L9 U--- 1.0
22 Joshua Han unr. L18 L13 L21 W23 L17 1.0
23 23 David Vice unr. L11 L15 L14 L22 L19 0.0

Fred McKim

05-28-2019, 01:59 PM

Gordon Ritchie

05-28-2019, 03:28 PM

These seem to be well run events. Is there a reason you choose not to have them rated ? I guess everyone would have to pay an extra $2 (to cover the rating fee) and be CFC members, but maybe you'd get more players to your regular CFC tournaments.

Sundays have long been a problem at the Ottawa club. With a few brief periods of exception, Sundays were not organized and very poorly attended. Over the last few years, John Upper has turned that around with the format we now use and continues to be the principal force behind our success.
We use the Sunday events to give our members a chance to play in a more informal setting, putting the fun back into what has become a very competitive scene; and to attract non-members to the game and hopefully to the club. Many of the players on Sunday are not club or CFC members (often playing mainly online) but a small but growing number get hooked and join the mainstream.
It is telling, however, how many are interested but then balk at the idea of paying CFC membership fees plus RA membership fees plus chess club fees although for a keen player it remains a remarkable bargain.

Gordon Ritchie

06-02-2019, 04:37 PM

Twenty-one players took part in the Rapid Tournament on Sunday 2 June. Notably, more than half were juniors including the top rated, Rachel Miller. In the end, Christian Collins (not a junior) managed to tie for first with young Johnathan Han with an impressive 4.5 out of 5 points. The tournament will run again next weekend with registration between 1 and 1:25 p.m. and clock start at 1:30 p.m. sharp.
# Place Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1-2 Christian Collins 7095837 2096 W18 D2 W5 W9 W3 4.5
2 Johnathan Han 161709 1914 W19 D1 W12 W7 W6 4.5
3 3-4 Halldor Peter Palsson 106856 1968 W11 W4 W7 W6 L1 4.0
4 Kamal Balazadeh 153228 1771 W17 L3 W10 W15 W11 4.0
5 5-10 Rachel Miller 158466 2111 W13 L7 L1 W16 W18 3.0
6 Mike Schofield 106569 1936 W14 W12 W9 L3 L2 3.0
7 Michael Shi 167348 1881 W10 W5 L3 L2 W15 3.0
8 Gordon Ritchie 110972 1763 W21 H--- H--- H--- H--- 3.0
9 Zhou Fang 7108316 1408 W20 W18 L6 L1 W13 3.0
10 Dran Bing Jao unr. L7 W13 L4 W17 W12 3.0
11 11 Johnny Fang 7108317 1096 L3 D17 W20 W14 L4 2.5
12 12-16 Peter Arseneau 101203 1784 W16 L6 L2 W18 L10 2.0
13 Douglas Graham 169362 1358 L5 L10 W17 W20 L9 2.0
14 Austin Liao 7107628 1093 L6 L16 W21 L11 W19 2.0
15 Noah Green 168591 571 U--- W21 W16 L4 L7 2.0
16 Andrew Pochapsky unr. L12 W14 L15 L5 W20 2.0
17 17 Ahora Surkhi unr. L4 D11 L13 L10 W21 1.5
18 18-20 Eric Labelle 140596 1322 L1 L9 W19 L12 L5 1.0
19 Joshua Han unr. L2 L20 L18 W21 L14 1.0
20 David Vice unr. L9 W19 L11 L13 L16 1.0
21 21 Rahim Surkhi unr. L8 L15 L14 L19 L17 0.0

Gordon Ritchie

06-09-2019, 06:21 PM

On a beautiful sunny Sunday 9 June, 17 chess mad enthusiasts huddled indoors at the RA centre to play in the weekly Sunday Active Tournament. The winner with 4.5 out of 5 points was young wizard Johnathan Han who beat the top-rated Rachel Miller and Christian Collins in the last two rounds for the win. Rachel and Kamal Balazadeh ended tied for second place.

# Place Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Johnathan Han 161709 1914 W16 W15 D7 W2 W4 4.5
2 2-3 Rachel Miller 158466 2111 W11 W8 W3 L1 W6 4.0
3 Kamal Balazadeh 153228 1771 W12 W6 L2 W11 W7 4.0
4 4-5 Christian Collins 111166 2003 H--- W16 W8 W7 L1 3.5
5 Ehsan Farouz unr. L7 W17 D15 W12 W11 3.5
6 6 Dian Bing Jiao unr. W10 L3 W9 W15 L2 3.0
7 7-9 Michael Shi 167348 1881 W5 W9 D1 L4 L3 2.5
8 Zhou Fang 7108316 1408 W13 L2 L4 D9 W15 2.5
9 Eric Labelle 140596 1322 W17 L7 L6 D8 W14 2.5
10 10-14Gordon Ritchie 110972 1763 L6 H--- H--- H--- H--- 2.0
11 Johnny Fang 7108317 1096 L2 W13 W14 L3 L5 2.0
12 Joshua Han unr. L3 L14 W17 L5 W16 2.0
13 Andrew Pochapsky unr. L8 L11 W16 L14 W17 2.0
14 Ahura Surkhi unr. L15 W12 L11 W13 L9 2.0
15 15 Doug Graham 169362 1358 W14 L1 D5 L6 L8 1.5
16 16 Goran Bahrami unr. L1 L4 L13 W17 L12 1.0
17 17 Rahim Surkhi unr. L9 L5 L12 L16 L13 0.0
The next event in this weekly series will be 23 June in the Gatineau Room. Next week there will be no Sunday Active as the prestigious Eastern Ontario Open will be taking over the facility for the weekend.

John Upper

06-23-2019, 10:59 PM

People appeared.
# wins = # losses
David Gordon
Repeat?

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 David Gordon 2230 W7 W6 W2 W4 W5 5.0
2 2 Christian Collins 2037 W4 W12 L1 W8 W7 4.0
3 3-5 John Upper 2014 bye? bye? BYE!! bye? bye? 3.0
4 Kamal Balazadeh 1825 L2 W13 W5 L1 W10 3.0
5 Gordon Ritchie 1747 W8 W11 L4 W9 L1 3.0
6 6 Michael Shi 1401 W9 L1 L7 W13 D12 2.5
7 7-11 Paul Beckwith 2081 L1 L9 W6 W11 L2 2.0
8 Ehsan Forouzandeh 1645 L5 W10 W12 L2 F9 2.0
9 Alexander Stopic 1417 L6 W7 W11 L5 F8 2.0
10 Ahmed Taha unr. L11 L8 W13 W12 L4 2.0
11 Dian Bing unr. W10 L5 L9 L7 W13 2.0
12 12 Daniel Kearnan unr. W13 L2 L8 L10 D6 1.5
13 13 Ahura Surkhi unr. L12 L4 L10 L6 L11 0.0

Next
June 30: Gatineau
July 7: Courtside B
July 14: Courtside B
July 21: Gatineau
July 28: Courtside B

John Upper

06-30-2019, 10:57 PM

16 players, including 3-4 newbies, failed to beat Christian Collins who scored 5/5.

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Christian Collins 2037 W6 W7 W9 W3 W4 5.0
2 2-3 Kamal Balazadeh 1825 W11 W12 L3 W10 W6 4.0
3 Michael Shi 1401 W16 W5 W2 L1 W8 4.0
4 4 John Upper 2014 BYE bye W13 W8 L1 3.5
5 5-7 Gordon Ritchie 1747 L7 L3 W11 W15 W10 3.0
6 Zhou Fang 1167 L1 W16 W12 W9 L2 3.0
7 Randeep Singh unr. W5 L1 L8 W12 W9 3.0
8 8-12 Halldor Palsson 2038 W14 L9 W7 L4 L3 2.0
9 Dan Kearnan 1699 W15 W8 L1 L6 L7 2.0
10 Ehsan Forouz 1480 L12 W11 W15 L2 L5 2.0
11 Brad Adams 987 L2 L10 L5 W16 W13 2.0
12 Gojahlion Brighthaupt unr. W10 L2 L6 L7 W14 2.0
13 13 Wayne Sun 751 bye U--- L4 W14 L11 1.5
14 14-16 Johnny Fang 1233 L8 L15 W16 L13 L12 1.0
15 Rahim Surleh unr. L9 W14 L10 L5 L16 1.0
16 Ahura Surkhi unr. L3 L6 L14 L11 W15 1.0

Upcoming Weeks:

July 7: Outaouais (changed 7/4)
July 14: Courtside B
July 21: Gatineau
July 28: Courtside B

John Upper

07-07-2019, 05:58 PM

A beautiful day turned dark when the TD acted selfish rather than welcoming.

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 John Upper 2138 W7 W11 D5 BYE W4 4.5
2 2 Ben Kellar 2063 W6 W3 D4 D5 W8 4.0
3 3-4 Alexander Stopic 1792 W12 L2 D8 W6 W5 3.5
4 Kamal Balazadeh 1771 W14 W7 D2 W10 L1 3.5
5 5-6 Christian Collins 1970 W8 W10 D1 D2 L3 3.0
6 Joachim Kolb 1446 L2 W12 W11 L3 W10 3.0
7 7-9 Gordon Ritchie 1750 L1 L4 W13 D9 W12 2.5
8 Derek Wang 1424 L5 W13 D3 W11 L2 2.5
9 Douglas Graham 1334 L11 W14 L10 D7 W13 2.5
10 10 Peter Arseneau 1784 W13 L5 W9 L4 L6 2.0
11 11-13 Abdelaziz Mahdjoubi 1816 W9 L1 L6 L8 U--- 1.0
12 Dian Bing Jiao 1188 L3 L6 W14 L13 L7 1.0
13 Ahura Surkhi 637 L10 L8 L7 W12 L9 1.0
14 14 Goran Bahrami unr. L4 L9 L12 U--- U--- 0.0

Upcoming:
July 14: Outaouais
July 21: Gatineau
July 28: Outaouais

John Upper

07-15-2019, 01:03 AM

12 humans thought it would be better to sit indoors at chess than enjoying a 24 degree sunny Ottawa day.

OTOH, four of them realized their mistake and left without playing all five rounds, so maybe there's some hope for chess addicts elsewhere.

Christian Collins not only learned how to do pairings using old-fashioned pairing cards, but still had enough focus to win the tournament

Upcoming:
July 21: Gatineau
July 28: Outaouais

John Upper

07-26-2019, 02:37 PM

Good showing with 15 players so the TD had to sit out until round 4 when a player dropped out.

2019 CYCC U10 Champion Jonathan Han went straight through the tournament with a perfect 5 points, beating Ben Kellar and David Gordon along the way.

Douglas Graham and Derek Wang came in second with 3.5 points each.

- Christian Collins, TD

Upcoming:
July 28: Outaouais
Aug 4: TBD

John Upper

07-28-2019, 06:33 PM

David Gordon went through the field for a perfect 5 score. Kamal Balazadeh and Zhou Fang came in second with 3.5. We had a few new players - Eric Wan did extremely well.

Thanks to Kamal for helping to run the tournament.

- Christian Collins (acting TD)

NOTE: there will be NO SUNDAY RAPID on August 4, 2019 (all TDs unavailable). Sunday Rapid returns August 11, 2019.

Thanks to Christian for running the Sunday rapid for the past three weeks (JU)

John Upper

08-11-2019, 07:09 PM

17 players -- more-or-less -- enjoyed the comfy chairs in the Sport House executive meeting room, while Jason Liang (up from New York State!?) made the most of his sitting time by winning all 5 games.

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Jason Liang 2049 W11 W16 W3 W10 W2 5.0
2 2-3 John Upper 2138 BYE W10 BYE bye L1 3.5
3 Peter Arseneau 1784 bye W6 L1 W5 W4 3.5
4 4-8 Kamal Balazadeh 1771 W13 L9 W16 W6 L3 3.0
5 Zhou Fang 1618 bye bye W12 L3 W13 3.0
6 Robert Dinelle 1550 W14 L3 W13 L4 W15 3.0
7 Joachim Kolb unr. L9 L13 W15 W17 W12 3.0
8 Chunlei Liang unr. bye bye bye bye W10 3.0
9 9 David Fei 2099 W7 W4 bye U--- U--- 2.5
10 10-14 Ray Kuryliw 1862 W12 L2 W14 L1 L8 2.0
11 Richard Dextraze unr. L1 L14 L17 W15 W16 2.0
12 Wayne Sun unr. L10 W17 L5 W14 L7 2.0
13 Michael Farach unr. L4 W7 L6 W16 L5 2.0
14 Ahura Surkhi unr. L6 W11 L10 L12 W17 2.0
15 15-17 Johnny Fang 1391 bye bye L7 L11 L6 1.0
16 Vahid Fallahi unr. W17 L1 L4 L13 L11 1.0
17 Mathieu Dextraze unr. L16 L12 W11 L7 L14 1.0

NO SUNDAY RAPID AUG 18: play in the Smiths Falls Open instead.

Sunday Rapid Returns Aug 25.

John Upper

08-25-2019, 07:16 PM

A disappointingly small turnout on a beautiful Sunday afternoon was followed by a disappointingly predictable finish with the top-rated players -- Jason Liang and the TD -- tied for first with 4/5.

Note: Jason has been doing a serious commute for this event -- http://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlMain.php?16041488 -- so it would be nice to see a few of the local Masters come out to give him a harder time.

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1-2 John Upper 2138 W3 D4 BYE D2 W7 4.0
2 Jason Liang 2249 W10 D7 W9 D1 W4 4.0
3 3 Oswin Ning 1706 L1 W8 W10 D4 W11 3.5
4 4-6 Alwin Ning 1969 W8 D1 W7 D3 L2 3.0
5 Kamal Balazadeh 1771 W11 L9 W6 L7 W10 3.0
6 Alex Danilov 1624 H--- H--- L5 W11 W8 3.0
7 7 Derek Wong unr. W9 D2 L4 W5 L1 2.5
8 8 Kipper Li unr. L4 L3 W11 W10 L6 2.0
9 9-10 David Fei 2099 L7 W5 L2 U--- U--- 1.0
10 Pat Frappier unr. L2 W11 L3 L8 L5 1.0
11 11 Kevin Liang unr. L5 L10 L8 L6 L3 0.0

Next Events:

Sept 1
Sept 8
Sept 15
Sept 22
NO SUNDAY RAPID Sept 29 - EOCA Event at the RA

John Upper

09-03-2019, 01:04 PM

Ottawa's last Sunday of the summer was far too beautiful to spend indoors playing chess... so only 10 players showed up for the Rapid, including two new players and two returnees.

The TD raced out to a lead on the strength of two forced byes, and made less severe blunders than his unfortunate opponents to limp home with the win.

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 John Upper 2138 BYE BYE W4 W3 W5 5.0
2 2-6 Dan Kearnan 1824 bye bye L3 W6 W7 3.0
3 Kamal Balazadeh 1771 W9 D5 W2 L1 D4 3.0
4 Gordon Ritchie 1738 W7 W8 L1 D5 D3 3.0
5 Zhou Fang 1618 W10 D3 W8 D4 L1 3.0
6 Johnny Fang 1391 L8 W7 W10 L2 W9 3.0
7 7-8 Pascal Michel unr. L4 L6 W9 W10 L2 2.0
8 Pat Frappier unr. W6 L4 L5 L9 W10 2.0
9 9-10 Jay Revoy 998 L3 L10 L7 W8 L6 1.0
10 Neil Moses unr. L5 W9 L6 L7 L8 1.0

NOTE:
The four September 2019 events are a Grand Prix, where the player with the most points from their best three events wins their choice of book prize or the latest issue of New in Chess. With three events remaining it's wide open.

Next Events:

Sept 8: Curling Lounge
Sept 15: TBD
Sept 22: Gatineau Room
NO SUNDAY RAPID Sept 29 - EOCA Event at the RA

John Upper

09-08-2019, 08:30 PM

12 players on a cool Fall day, same boring winner as last week.

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 John Upper 2152 BYE W4 D6 W2 W3 4.5
2 2-3 Mike Schofield 1936 W10 D3 W9 L1 W5 3.5
3 Gordon Ritchie 1738 W11 D2 W4 W6 L1 3.5
4 4 Jan Huus 1779 W7 L1 L3 W8 W6 3.0
5 5-8 Kamal Balazadeh 1771 D8 L6 W12 W9 L2 2.5
6 Zhou Fang 1618 W12 W5 D1 L3 L4 2.5
7 Douglas Graham 1388 L4 L12 W10 W11 D9 2.5
8 Philip Xu 1083 D5 L9 W11 L4 W10 2.5
9 9 Peter Arseneau 1784 bye W8 L2 L5 D7 2.0
10 10-11 Johnny Fang 1391 L2 D11 L7 W12 L8 1.5
11 Pat Frappier unr. L3 D10 L8 L7 W12 1.5
12 12 Neil Moses unr. L6 W7 L5 L10 L11 1.0

NOTE:
The four September 2019 events are a Grand Prix, where the player with the most points from their best three events wins their choice of book prize or the latest issue of New in Chess.

Next Events:

Sept 15: Riverstone Room (i.e. the new name of the Gatineau Room)
Sept 22: Riverstone Room
NO SUNDAY RAPID Sept 29 - EOCA Event at the RA

John Upper

09-15-2019, 09:51 PM

Another beautiful Sunday afternoon, another smallish turnout, and another win by the TD.

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 John Upper 2152 W5 W8 W2 W7 bye 4.5
2 2 Johnathan Han 2011 W11 W9 L1 W6 W5 4.0
3 3 Derek Wang 1370 W4 L6 W10 D11 W7 3.5
4 4-5 Gordon Ritchie 1738 L3 W12 W6 L5 W9 3.0
5 Zhou Fang 1618 L1 W10 W9 W4 L2 3.0
6 6 Simon Perkins 1683 W12 W3 L4 L2 D10 2.5
7 7-9 Kamal Balazadeh 1771 L9 W11 W8 L1 L3 2.0
8 Johnny Fang 1391 W10 L1 L7 L9 W12 2.0
9 Douglas Graham 1388 W7 L2 L5 W8 L4 2.0
10 10-11 Mike Schofield 1936 L8 L5 L3 W12 D6 1.5
11 Michael Abt 1462 L2 L7 W12 D3 WD 1.5
12 12 Wayne Sun unr. L6 L4 L11 L10 L8 0.0

NOTE:
The four September 2019 events are a Grand Prix, where the player with the most points from their best three events wins their choice of book prize or the latest issue of New in Chess.

Next Events:

Sept 22: Riverstone Room (i.e. the new name of the Gatineau Room)
NO SUNDAY RAPID Sept 29 - EOCA Event at the RA

John Upper

09-22-2019, 10:32 PM

The last hot Sunday of the year saw both first-timers and long-absent-returnees. Armando Valdizon looked to be a lock for the win with 4/4, but Derek Wang beat him in the final round to create a three-way tie for first with Johnahan Han.

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1-3 Armando Valdizon 2243 W12 W8 W2 W7 L3 4.0
2 Johnathan Han 2011 W4 W10 L1 W8 W7 4.0
3 Derek Wang 1370 W13 L7 W12 W5 W1 4.0
4 4 Michael Farach unr. L2 W13 L7 W12 W11 3.0
5 5 Zakia Irfan 974 bye U--- W9 L3 W8 2.5
6 6-11 John Upper 2138 bye bye bye bye U--- 2.0
7 Kamal Balazadeh 1771 L10 W3 W4 L1 L2 2.0
8 Romy Peters 1606 W11 L1 W10 L2 L5 2.0
9 Sabia Irfan 874 bye U--- L5 W13 D12 2.0
10 Pat Frappier unr. W7 L2 L8 L11 W13 2.0
11 Mike Abt unr. L8 L12 W13 W10 L4 2.0
12 12 Philip Xu 1083 L1 W11 L3 L4 D9 1.5
13 13 Tony Horava unr. L3 L4 L11 L9 L10 0.0

Grand Prix
The four September 2019 events were a Grand Prix, where the player with the most points from their best three events wins their choice of book prize or the latest issue of New in Chess. The overall winner (unfortunately) was the TD, who claimed the "Karpov: Move by Move" book by Sam Collins... and decided to give a prize to the second-place finisher, who turned out to be the one player in Ottawa who can be guaranteed to say that he needs another chess book like a hole in the head: Gordon Ritchie.

Best 3 of 4 results:

John Upper 14
Gordon Ritchie 9.5
Zhou Fang 8.5
Johnathan Han 8 (on only 2 events!)
Kamal Balazadeh 7.5

Next Grand Prix: probably November.
Book prizes include: The King J.H.Donner; Nottingham 1936, Alekhine (algebraic ed.); Heroes of Classical Chess & The Giants of Strategy, double volume by Pritchett and MacDonald.

Next Events:

NO SUNDAY RAPID Sept 29 - EOCA Event at the RA

Kevin Pacey

09-22-2019, 10:53 PM

The last hot Sunday of the year...

You must not believe in Global warming. :)

John Upper

10-06-2019, 09:38 PM

Only 8 players, and a superfluous TD, and all of them were losers (at least once each)... Johnathan Han, Gordon Ritchie, and Alexander Stopic, dropped the fewest points and tied for 1st-3rd with 4/5.

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1-3 Johnathan Han 2005 W3 W2 L4 W7 W6 4.0
2 Gordon Ritchie 1738 W6 L1 W7 W4 W8 4.0
3 Alexander Stopic 1706 L1 W6 W8 W9 W7 4.0
4 4 Mike Schofield 1964 W8 D7 W1 L2 W9 3.5
5 5 John Upper 2138 BYE bye bye bye bye 3.0
6 6 Pat Frappier unr. L2 L3 W9 W8 L1 2.0
7 7 Kamal Balazadeh 1771 W9 D4 L2 L1 L3 1.5
8 8 Joachim Kors unr. L4 W9 L3 L6 L2 1.0
9 9 Bruce Brookington unr. L7 L8 L6 L3 L4 0.0

Upcoming Weeks:

October 13: Riverstone Room
October 20: Outaouais Room
October 27: Outaouais Room
November 3: Riverstone Room

Note: "Riverstone Room" is the new name for the Gatineau Room (West End, 2nd floor)

John Upper

10-13-2019, 07:29 PM

Thanks to the players who took some time out from a beautiful Sunday afternoon to play... including three first-timers!

Everyone who played was a winner!

But, in a more real sense, Ehsan Forouz and the TD were the winners.

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1-2 John Upper 2138 W5 W3 W2 H--- H--- 4.0
2 Ehsan Forouz 1535 W7 W5 L1 W4 W3 4.0
3 3 Gordon Ritchie 1738 W4 L1 W7 W6 L2 3.0
4 4 Pat Frappier unr. L3 W7 W5 L2 L6 2.0
5 5-6 Elijah Saikaly 1223 L1 L2 L4 W7 Z7 1.5
6 Jose Miguel unr. H--- U--- U--- L3 W4 1.5
7 7 William Saikaly unr. L2 L4 L3 L5 Z5 0.5

Upcoming Weeks:

October 20: Outaouais Room
October 27: Outaouais Room
November 3: Riverstone Room

Note: "Riverstone Room" is the new name for the Gatineau Room (West End, 2nd floor)

Gordon Ritchie

10-28-2019, 02:50 PM

Nine players braved the elements on Sunday 27 October including several new entrants and a sprinkling of old hands. Co-winners were Kamal Balazadeh and Johnathan Han with Johnathan winning on tie-break as the victor in their encounter.
# Name/Rtng/ID Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5
1 Johnathan Han W 5 B 2 W 3 B 4 B 6
2005 161709 (1813) (2629631) 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 4.0
2 Kamal Balazadeh B 7 W 1 B 6 W 5 W 4
1771 153228 (1825) 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
3 Gordon Ritchie bye W 4 B 1 bye bye
1738 110972 (1747) (2608529) 0.5 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.5
4 Jimmy Nassif W 8 B 3 W 7 W 1 B 2
1600 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
5 Joshua Han B 1 W 7 B 8 B 2 W 9
900 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
6 Jose Miguel ---- B 8 W 2 B 7 W 1
900 U0.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
7 Victoria Feng W 2 B 5 B 4 W 6 B 8
800 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0
8 William Saikely B 4 W 6 W 5 B 9 W 7
800 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Eric Jiang ---- ---- ---- W 8 B 5
991 169080 U0.0 U0.0 U0.0 1.0 2.0
Next week we play in the Riverstone Room. Registration closes and play begins sharp at 1:30 p.m.

Gordon Ritchie

11-08-2019, 09:20 PM

On the third of November. Zachary Dukic led the field of eleven players with a clean 5 out of 5. He was followed by Johnathan Han with four, losing only to the champ.
# Place Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Zachary Dukic 149507 2380 W6 W9 W2 W5 W4 5.0
2 2 Johnathan Han 161709 2005 W10 W4 L1 W7 W5 4.0
3 3 Pat Frappier unr. D5 W10 L4 W11 W9 3.5
4 4 Ehsan Forouz 158124 1535 W7 L2 W3 W6 L1 3.0
5 5-7 Mike Schofield 106569 1964 D3 W8 W9 L1 L2 2.5
6 Elijah Saikaly 121284 1223 L1 W11 D7 L4 W10 2.5
7 Jamil Nassif unr. L4 B--- D6 L2 W11 2.5
8 8-9 Gordon Ritchie 110972 1738 H--- L5 H--- H--- H--- 2.0
9 Jay Serdula 103877 1736 W11 L1 L5 W10 L3 2.0
10 10 Noah Green 168591 571 L2 L3 W11 L9 L6 1.0
11 11 Joshua Han unr. L9 L6 L10 L3 L7 0.0

Next week, we take a Sunday off to make way for the prestigious National Capital Open, a three-day event. Then on the 17th the combat resumes in Courtside A. Registration begins at 1 p.m. and the first round starts at 1:30 p.m. sharp.

David Gordon

11-15-2019, 12:43 AM

Good day Chess Fans.
Unfortunately there is no chess event planned at the RA for this Sunday Nov 17.
5 Round Winter Frost RR starts Thursday Nov 21. Start 7:30pm. Please arrive early for Round Robin preparation.
Thanks

Halldor P. Palsson

11-28-2019, 09:38 PM

I am running Sunday Chess. Club opens at 1 PM and the tournament is underway at 1:30 PM.

2019 Dec 1
# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Dusan Simic 2142 W7 W2 W3 W4 W6 5.0
2 2 Johnathan Han 2005 W8 L1 W6 W3 W11 4.0
3 3-4 Mike Schofield 1988 W10 W4 L1 L2 W9 3.0
4 Spencer Martin 1696 W11 L3 W7 L1 W10 3.0
5 5-6 H P Palsson 1932 H--- L6 W8 H--- H--- 2.5
6 Peter Arseneau 1784 H--- W5 L2 W7 L1 2.5
7 7-9 Colin McHenry 1120 L1 W11 L4 L6 W8 2.0
8 Leon Cretel 861 L2 W10 L5 W11 L7 2.0
9 Simon Gzowski unr. H--- H--- U--- W10 L3 2.0
10 10 Pete Frazier 739 L3 L8 W11 L9 L4 1.0
11 11 Joshua Han unr. L4 L7 L10 L8 L2 0.0

Congrats to Dusan Simic!

Next Sunday event is cancelled because of the RA December Open tournament. Consider playing in that event.

The Sunday 10 min plus 5 sec tournament will run on December 15th. The Sunday Chess. Club opens at 1 PM and the tournament is underway at 1:30 PM. - see you there.

Halldor P. Palsson

12-13-2019, 10:46 AM

Sunday Chess will run every Sunday in December. We are open:

Sunday December 15
Sunday December 22
Sunday December 29

See you there.

Halldor P. Palsson

12-18-2019, 04:40 PM

Congratulations to Ehsan!

Standings. Dec 15 2019:
# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Ehsan Forouzandeh 1878 H--- W6 W2 W4 W7 4.5
2 2 Gordon Ritchie 1738 W9 W4 L1 W6 W8 4.0
3 3-4 Mike Schofield 1988 L4 D7 W9 W8 D6 3.0
4 Veselin G unr. W3 L2 W8 L1 W9 3.0
5 5-6 Halldor P. Palsson 1932 H--- H--- H--- H--- H--- 2.5
6 Kamal Balazadeh 1713 W8 L1 W7 L2 D3 2.5
7 7 Jorge Yera unr. H--- D3 L6 W9 L1 2.0
8 8 D Karam unr. L6 W9 L4 L3 L2 1.0
9 9 C Leon unr. L2 L8 L3 L7 L4 0.0

I will hopefully see more of you on Sunday Dec. 22.

Halldor P. Palsson

12-22-2019, 04:53 PM

Standings. Dec 22 2019:

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Armando Valdizon 2243 W6 W4 W3 W2 W5 5.0
2 2 Ehsan Forouzandeh 1878 H--- W5 W8 L1 W3 3.5
3 3-6 Paul H. Beckwith 2059 W11 W9 L1 W4 L2 3.0
4 Zhou Fang 1634 W12 L1 W6 L3 W10 3.0
5 Joachim Kolb 1407 W10 L2 W9 W8 L1 3.0
6 Johnny Fang 1252 L1 W11 L4 W12 W9 3.0
7 7-8 Halldor Palsson 1916 H--- H--- H--- H--- H--- 2.5
8 Justin Wen unr. H--- W10 L2 L5 W13 2.5
9 9-11 Gordon Ritchie 1738 W13 L3 L5 W11 L6 2.0
10 Jorge Yera 1300 L5 L8 W12 W13 L4 2.0
11 Colin McHenry 1120 L3 L6 W13 L9 W12 2.0
12 12 Leon Cretel 861 L4 W13 L10 L6 L11 1.0
13 13 Neil Beckwith 1050 L9 L12 L11 L10 L8 0.0

Congrats to Armando - 5/0 and he picked Nottingham 1936 21st century edition as his prize.

The books were donated by John Upper! Thank you.

First place for the next four Sunday tournaments a book prize.

The winner gets to choose among four books; Chess King by Donner, Fischer his approach to chess, Carlesen Move by move , and Heroes of Classical chess & Giants of Strategy (one book).

Last Sunday of the year is next Sunday December 29th and the chess club is open!

Halldor P. Palsson

12-29-2019, 05:03 PM

December 29 2019
# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Armando Valdizon 2243 W14 W6 W2 W3 W7 5.0
2 2 Dusan Simic 2142 W7 W9 L1 W6 W4 4.0
3 3 Halldor Palsson 1916 H--- W10 W4 L1 W8 3.5
4 4-7 Mike Schofield 1988 W11 W12 L3 W9 L2 3.0
5 Gordon Ritchie 1738 L12 W8 W11 L7 W9 3.0
6 Zhou Fang 1634 W15 L1 W12 L2 W13 3.0
7 Vahid Fallahi unr. L2 W15 W10 W5 L1 3.0
8 8 Ehsan Forouzandeh 1878 H--- L5 W14 W10 L3 2.5
9 9-13 Johnny Fang 1252 W13 L2 W16 L4 L5 2.0
10 Elijah Saikaly 1223 W16 L3 L7 L8 W11 2.0
11 Leon Cretel 861 L4 W13 L5 W16 L10 2.0
12 Jorge Yera unr. W5 L4 L6 L13 W14 2.0
13 Patrick Frappier unr. L9 L11 W15 W12 L6 2.0
14 14-16 Colin McHenry 1120 L1 L16 L8 W15 L12 1.0
15 Max Soucie unr. L6 L7 L13 L14 W16 1.0
16 Jasmine Kayed unr. L10 W14 L9 L11 L15 1.0

Congrats to Armando who went 5-0 and picked up another book!

We are on again next Sunday and another book will be awarded to the winner.

John Upper

01-01-2020, 01:25 AM

Congrats to Armando - 5/0 and he picked Nottingham 1936 21st century edition as his prize.

The books were donated by John Upper! Thank you.

First place for the next four Sunday tournaments a book prize.

The winner gets to choose among four books; Chess King by Donner, Fischer his approach to chess, Carlesen Move by move , and Heroes of Classical chess & Giants of Strategy (one book).

Thanks, but I'm not that nice.

The books were paid for from the $2 fees I collected from non-RACC members who played in the Sunday Rapid over the past year+. The remainder paid for the paint for the cabinet.

PS: If no one stops Armando's reign of Sunday Rapid terror, I may have to come back to stop him myself on Jan 12... or die trying.

Halldor P. Palsson

01-05-2020, 04:51 PM

2020 January 5

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Halldor Palsson 1916 W4 W5 W2 W3 W6 5.0
2 2 Fernando Echavarria-Hidalgo 1698 W9 W3 L1 W6 W4 4.0 Book prize winner!
3 3-5 Gordon Ritchie 1738 W8 L2 W6 L1 W10 3.0
4 Colin McHenry 1120 L1 W10 W5 W7 L2 3.0
5 Jorge Yera unr. W7 L1 L4 W9 W8 3.0
6 6-7 Johnny Fang 1252 W10 W7 L3 L2 L1 2.0
7 Elijah Saikaly 1223 L5 L6 W8 L4 W9 2.0
8 8-10 Leon Cretel 861 L3 W9 L7 L10 L5 1.0
9 William Saikaly unr. L2 L8 W10 L5 L7 1.0
10 Edward Cretel unr. L6 L4 L9 W8 L3 1.0

Halldor P. Palsson

01-12-2020, 07:21 PM

2020 Jan 12
# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 John Upper 2163 W8 W3 W2 W7 W6 5.0 Carlsen Move-by-Move!
2 2 Mike Schofield 1988 W5 W9 L1 W3 W8 4.0
3 3 Joachim Kolb 1407 W6 L1 W9 L2 W7 3.0
4 4 Halldor Palsson 1916 H--- H--- H--- H--- H--- 2.5
5 5-6 Andrew Wright unr. L2 L7 L6 W8 W9 2.0
6 Thomas Knechtel unr. L3 L8 W5 W9 L1 2.0
7 7-8 Elijah Saikaly 1223 L9 W5 D8 L1 L3 1.5
8 Jorge Yera unr. L1 W6 D7 L5 L2 1.5
9 9 Travis Yaskovich unr. W7 L2 L3 L6 L5 1.0

Halldor P. Palsson

01-26-2020, 06:12 PM

2020 Jan 26

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 David Fei 2066 H--- W3 W2 W7 W4 4.5
2 2 Gordon Ritchie 1738 W4 W6 L1 W3 L7 3.0
3 3-4 Colin McHenry 1173 W7 L1 D4 L2 W6 2.5
4 Vahid Fallahi unr. L2 W7 D3 W6 L1 2.5
5 5-6 Halldor Palsson 1916 L6 H--- H--- H--- H--- 2.0
6 Jorge Yera 1408 W5 L2 W7 L4 L3 2.0
7 7 Thomas Knechtel 1819 L3 L4 L6 L1 W2 1.0

We are back next Sunday!

Halldor P. Palsson

02-03-2020, 05:04 PM

2020 Feb 2

# Place Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Dusan Simic 2115 W9 W6 W7 W5 L2 4.0
2 2-4 Halldor Palsson 1916 H--- H--- H--- W9 W1 3.5
3 Gordon Ritchie 1738 D8 W4 L6 W10 W7 3.5
4 Elijah Saikaly 1223 D7 L3 W9 W8 W10 3.5
5 5-6 Dan Kearnan 1958 B--- H--- H--- L1 W9 3.0
6 Thomas Knechtel 1819 W10 L1 W3 L7 W8 3.0
7 7 Mike Schofield 1940 D4 W8 L1 W6 L3 2.5
8 8 Vahid Fallahi unr. D3 L7 W10 L4 L6 1.5
9 9 Jorge Yera 1408 L1 W10 L4 L2 L5 1.0
10 10 William Saikaly unr. L6 L9 L8 L3 L4 0.0

Hope to see more players next Sunday. Gordon Ritchie TDs.

Gordon Ritchie

02-09-2020, 05:31 PM

Nine players braved the cold and found their way through the labyrinth for the Sunday Rapid tournament on February 9th. Paul Beckwith emerged as the clear winner with a clean sweep of 5 points, followed at some distance by Mike Schofield with 3.5. LTD was Gordon Ritchie. We do it all again next week. Forgive the formatting---Swisssys is a pain.
# Place Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Paul H. Beckwith 106106 2059 W8 W4 W2 W7 W5 5.0
2 2 Mike Schofield 106569 1964 H--- W7 L1 W5 W6 3.5
3 3-4 Gordon Ritchie 110972 1738 W9 H--- H--- H--- H--- 3.0
4 Joachim Kolb 169644 1407 W6 L1 L7 W8 W9 3.0
5 5-7 Halldor Peter Palsson 106856 1950 L7 W9 W6 L2 L1 2.0
6 Ken Einarsson 106554 1800 L4 W8 L5 W9 L2 2.0
7 Jorge Yera 1500 W5 L2 W4 L1 L8 2.0
8 8-9 Vahid Fallahi 1600 L1 L6 L9 L4 W7 1.0
9 Kevin Fice 1200 L3 L5 W8 L6 L4 1.0

Gordon Ritchie

02-18-2020, 03:11 PM

Dusan Simic cruised to 4.5 out of 5 to win the tournament and the book prize, giving up only one draw with second place finisher Mike Schofield. There were eleven contestants. We play again next Sunday at 1 p.m. at the RA Centre. Newcomers welcome.

Gordon Ritchie

02-23-2020, 05:46 PM

In a blast from the past, former club champ Stijn De Kerpel joined the Sunday Active tournament and cruised to victory with 5 out of 5 points. He was followed by rising star Jonathan Han with 4.
# Place Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Stijn De Kerpel 102011 2132 W7 W2 W3 W4 W6 5.0
2 2 Johnathan Han 7107934 1945 W4 L1 W5 W7 W3 4.0
3 3-4 Mike Schofield 106569 1964 W9 W6 L1 W5 L2 3.0
4 Sam Sharifi 1200 L2 W9 W6 L1 W7 3.0
5 5 Gordon Ritchie 110972 1738 H--- W10 L2 L3 W8 2.5
6 6-7 Andrew Wright 1700 W8 L3 L4 W9 L1 2.0
7 Joachim Kolb 169644 1407 L1 W8 W10 L2 L4 2.0
8 8-9 Joshua Han 1000 L6 L7 D9 W10 L5 1.5
9 Silin Yan unr. L3 L4 D8 L6 W10 1.5
10 10 Mateo Le Clair 900 H--- L5 L7 L8 L9 0.5
There will be no Active Chess next weekend as there is a major tournament, the RA March Open, takes over the premises.

Gordon Ritchie

03-09-2020, 02:17 PM

Fifteen players took part in the Sunday Active chess tourney on 8 March. Ben Kellar was flawless with 5 out of 5, followed by Mike Schofield with 4 and Dusan Simic with 3.5. Newcomers included Elber and Li Zhu (with 2 points apiece) and Anderson Kuhne. The book prize was accepted by Mike. Next week in the Riverstone Room. Registration at 1 p.m. with play underway by 1:30 sharp. Late arrivals receive zero point byes.
# Place Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot
1 1 Ben Kellar 148170 2068 W6 W4 W2 W3 W7 5.0
2 2 Mike Schofield 106569 1930 W10 W7 L1 W6 W4 4.0
3 3 Dusan Simic 109808 2115 D8 W5 W13 L1 W9 3.5
4 4-6 Ehsan Forouzandeh 158467 1878 W11 L1 W9 W7 L2 3.0
5 Zhou Fang 170276 1770 W12 L3 L7 W10 W8 3.0
6 Andrew Wright 1600 L1 W11 W14 L2 W12 3.0
7 7-12 Thomas Knechtel 172307 1958 W9 L2 W5 L4 L1 2.0
8 Gordon Ritchie 110972 1738 D3 H--- H--- H--- L5 2.0
9 Douglas Graham 169362 1334 L7 W12 L4 W15 L3 2.0
10 Johnny Fang 170277 1205 L2 L13 W11 L5 W15 2.0
11 Elber Zhu unr. L4 L6 L10 W14 W13 2.0
12 Li Zhu unr. L5 L9 W15 W13 L6 2.0
13 13 Jorge Yera 172240 1336 U--- W10 L3 L12 L11 1.0
14 14-15 Anderson Kuhne 1000 U--- U--- L6 L11 U--- 0.0
15 Silin Yan 1000 U--- U--- L12 L9 L10 0.0