Quote Originally Posted by Victor Plotkin View Post
If you want to make a point, please provide us with the real FIDE rating. The CFC site gives the wrong FIDE rating.
You're right, Victor - the CFC site gives the wrong FIDE ratings.
Here is correct ones from FIDE website:

# Name Title Fed Rating G B-Year
1 Bareev, Evgeny g CAN 2666 0 1966
2 Kovalyov, Anton g CAN 2647 4 1992
3 Hansen, Eric g CAN 2603 1 1992
4 Spraggett, Kevin g CAN 2542 2 1954
5 Sambuev, Bator g CAN 2534 5 1980
6 Lesiege, Alexandre g CAN 2525 5 1975
7 Preotu, Razvan g CAN 2495 0 1999
8 Noritsyn, Nikolay m CAN 2479 0 1991
9 Roussel-Roozmon, Thomas g CAN 2463 5 1988
10 Tyomkin, Dimitri g CAN 2455 0 1977

Still my point stands:
FIDE rating is not accurate for players who play mostly in Canada.

At the moment Canada has 3 very strong players, whose place in the National team is guaranteed:
Evgeny Bareev, Anton Kovalyov and Eric Hansen.
The next group of players, who are the real contenders for remaining spots - Bator Sambuev, Alexandre Lesiege, Razvan Preotu, Nikolay Noritsyn - play approximately at the same level.
But their FIDE ratings are significantly different:
experienced players - Bator and Alexandre - have higher ratings,
while younger players - Razvan and Nikolay - have lower ratings.
Difference between Bator and Nikolay is 55 points.
It's quite a big difference, but does it reflect their current strength?
Do you recall - when last time Bator achieved a better result than Nikolay at the same event?