Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Upcoming Presidents Challenge

Hello all,

Results from the recent 6-round Jim Cairns Memorial Swiss has been posted. Congratulations to Peter Sibbald on the impressive win with 5.5 points. Also a big congratulations to David Chan on the highest rating improvement for a non-provisional player.

The next tournament is the 5-round Presidents Challenge, which will start next week Nov 5, and will conclude on Dec 3. Please let me know if you'll be arriving late. I will be pairing players at 7:15 pm. Round 1 should start shortly after.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Jim Cairns Memorial Swiss - 2012

Hello all,

Here are the final results for the 2012 Jim Cairns Memorial Swiss. Congratulations to Peter Sibbald on winning the tournament with an unencumbered 5.5 points out of 6. In second place is Dave Gordon with 4.5 points.



#
Name
Start
End
Rd 1
9/17
Rd 2
9/24
Rd 3
10/1
Rd 4
10/15
Rd 5
10/22
Rd 6
10/29
Total
1
Peter Sibbald
2055
2077
W+11
B=4
W+9
W+3
B+2
W+7
5.5
4
Dave Gordon
1718
1755
B+14
W=1
B+5
W-2
W+6
B+9
4.5
9
David Chan
1362
1427
B+18
W+8
B-1
B+16
W+3
W-4
4.0
17
Stephen Laughren
1055
1093
B=8
W=10
W-11
B+5F
B+16
B+3F
4.0
2
Azroy Kandan
1897
1871
B+12
W+5
B-3
B+4
W-1
B=6
3.5
6
John Lukezich
1531
1544
B+16
W-3
B+14
W+11
B-4
W=2
3.5
7
Lorenz Paulsen
1462
1481
-BYE
=BYE
W+18
B+8
W+14
B-1
3.5
15
Sean George
P1200
P1351
B-5
W-16
B+13
W+10
=BYE
B+8
3.5
3
Jay Serdula
1830
1812
W+13
B+6
W+2
B-1
B-9
W-17F
3.0
10
Chris Hargreaves
1361
1323
=BYE
B=17
W-16
B-15
W+13
B+14
3.0
16
Arman Azroy
1193
1183
W-6
B+15
B+10
W-9
W-17
B+13
3.0
8
Roman Polywkan
1367
1330
W=17
B-9
W+12F
W-7
B+11
W-15
2.5
11
Alex Chan
1274
1253
B-1
W+13
B+17
B-6
W-8
W-12
2.0
12
David Greenland
P1223
P1291
W-2
B-14
B-8F
W-13F
+BYE
B+11
2.0
14
Steve Hughes
P1200
P1126
W-4
B+12
W-6
B+18F
B-7
W-10
2.0
5
Harry Jordan
1606
1583
W+15
B-2
W-4
W-17F
W/D
W/D
W/D
13
Kevin MacDonald
P1200
P1013
B-3
W-11
W-15
B+12F
B-10
W-16
1.0
18
Zoe Spronk
P900
P900
W-9
+BYE
B-7
W-13F
W/D
W/D
W/D

Also worth mentioning, here are the 5 most improved players, based on increase in rating points. Sean and David Greenland have provisional ratings, but a really nice improvement by David Chan, Stephen and Dave Gordon. Congratulations guys!

Rating Improvements
Sean George (P)
151
David Greenland (P)
68
David Chan
65
Stephen Laughren
38
Dave Gordon
37


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