Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Brennan Bibic vs. Arman Azroy (2013 President's Challenge Round 1)

Here's Brennan's recent game with Arman in the Exchange French:
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Monday, October 28, 2013

Dave Gordon vs. Azroy Kandan (2013 President's Challenge Round 1)

Here are my annotations from my recent game with Dave:
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Comments anyone?

2013 President’s Challenge – Round 2 Pairings

Here are the pairings for Round 2 of the 2013 President's Challenge:

Player
Rating
Points
Black
Rating
Points
Azroy Kandan
1886
1
Sid Anjilvel
1737
1
Dave Gordon
1739
0
Peter Sibbald
2055
0
Lorenz Paulsen
1473
0.5
John Lukezich
1354
0
Chris Hargreaves
1392
0.5
Harry Jordon
1550
1
Alex Chan
1334
0.5
Arman Azroy
1270
1
Alexis Thomson
1297
0.5
Brennan Bibic
1335
0
Huxley Anjilvel
1142
0
Steve Hughes
1082
1
Roman Polywkan
1130
1
Francois Chan
1149
0
Ian Birch
976
1
Brendan
NR
0
Devin Ancsin
973
0
Stephen Laughren
1073
1

Please let us know if you can't make it. Since pairings are based on the double-round robin format, we really cannot entertain BYE requests. However, if 2 people can't make it, unpaired players can have a rated friendly game.

2013 President’s Challenge – Round 1 Results

Here are the results for the Round 1 of the 2013 President's Challenge:

White
Rating
Results
Black
Rating
Peter Sibbald
2055
0 - 1
Sid Anjilvel
1737
Dave Gordon
1739
0 - 1
Azroy Kandan
1886
Harry Jordon
1550
1 - 0
John Lukezich
1354
Chris Hargreaves
1392
1/2 - 1/2
Lorenz Paulsen
1473
Brennan Bibic
1335
0 - 1
Arman Azroy
1270
Alexis Thomson
1297
1/2 - 1/2
Alex Chan
1334
Francois Chan
1149
0 - 1F
Steve Hughes
1082
Roman Polywkan
1130
1 - 0
Huxley Anjilvel
1142
Stephen Laughren
1073
1 - 0F
Brendan
NR
Devin Ancsin
973
0 - 1
Ian Birch
976

Elections for 2013/2014 Committee Members

We unanimously voted in our existing 2011/2012 committee today (Oct 28, 2013) into the new 2013/2014 season. Just to re-iterate, committee members are as follows:
  • President – Sid Anjilvel
  • Treasurer – John Lukezich
  • Junior Coordinator – Harry Jordan
  • Tournament Director and Web Master – Azroy Kandan
Congratulations to the new elected officials J

Brennan Bibic vs. Francois Chan (2013 Jim Cairns Memorial Swiss Round 5)

This just in:


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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Latest Ratings Are In

Latest Ratings are IN! For the next tournament, the 2013 President's Challenge, players will be grouped into sections of 4 players. Here are the tentative groupings (subject to change if additional players show up on game day next Monday):

PLAYER
OLD
NEW
Peter Sibbald
2069
2055
Azroy Kandan
1881
1886
Dave Gordon
1724
1739
Sid Anjilvel
1723
1737
Harry Jordon
1565
1550
Lorenz Paulsen
1478
1473
Chris Hargreaves
1390
1392
John Lukezich
1343
1354
Brennan Bibic
1330
1335
Alex Chan
1314
1334
Alexis Thomson
1276
1297
Arman Azroy
1290
1270
Francois Chan
1204
1149
Huxley Anjilvel
1137
1142
Roman Polywkan
1132
1130
Steve Hughes
1084
1082
Stephen Laughren
1080
1073
Ian Birch
1032
976
Devin Ancsin
979
973
Nikolas Kotsovolos
928
926

So here's a sample for how the Double Round Robin would play out for Section A:

W
H
I
T
E

B L A C K

P. Sibbald
A. Kandan
D. Gordon
S. Anjilvel
P. Sibbald

Round 3
Round 5
Round 1
A. Kandan
Round 6

Round 4
Round 2
D. Gordon
Round 2
Round 1

Round 6
S. Anjilvel
Round 4
Round 5
Round 3


Round 1

  1. P. Sibbald vs. S. Anjilvel
  2. D. Gordon vs. A. Kandan

Round 2

  1. A.Kandan vs. S. Anjilvel
  2. D. Gordon vs. P. Sibbald

Round 3

  1. P. Sibbald vs. A. Kandan
  2. S. Anjilvel vs. D. Gordon
Also, I thought I'd mention, most improved players from our last tournament are as follows:

PLAYER
GAIN
Alexis Thomson
21
Alex Chan
20
Dave Gordon
15
Sid Anjilvel
14

See you guys on Monday!