2014 President's Challenge Group Assignment and Round 1 Results

Hello all,

Here are the group assignments for the the President's Challenge. The first 3 groups will be played as a double round robin, while the final/fourth group will be via Swiss Pairings:

CXR ID	Robin Group A	Rating
14676-Q	Sid Anjilvel	1741
12494-Y	Dave Gordon	1737
12505-M	Harry Jordan	1553
15517-P	Alex Chan	1393

CXR ID	Robin Group B	Rating
12504-T	John Lukezich	1377
14601-J	Lorenz Paulsen	1376
12507-Q	Chris Hargreaves	1327
16245-G	Alexis Thomson	1298

CXR ID	Robin Group C	Rating
15842-T	Steve Hughes	1269
14678-C	Huxley Anjilvel	1238
16885-H	Tom Jacques	1183
16244-H	Francois Chan	1101

CXR ID	Swiss Group	Rating
12495-G	Roman Polywkan	1045
15983-N	Ian Birch	1036
14602-V	Stephen Laughren	1018
16886-M	Rick Landry	1000
15516-A	Nikolas Kotsovolos	950
16887-G	Rowan Wright	924
16888-J	Will Wright	906
16246-R	Devin Ancsin	882

Robin Groups

Since this is a double round robin, color assignment for Rounds 1 thru 3 will be random, based on coin toss, or random color selection. Rounds 4 – 6 will reverse the color assignment (so each player will play each other player twice, once with each color).

Here are the pairings for the round robin sections:

• Round 1 & 4: Player 1 vs. Player 3 and Player 2 vs. Player 4
• Round 2 & 5: Player 1 vs. Player 4 and Player 2 vs. Player 3
• Round 3 & 6: Player 1 vs. Player 2 and Player 3 vs. Player 4

Swiss Group

Pairing will be done via SwissSys, and will be posted every week.

Round 1 Results

Here are the results for Round 1, pending one game between Sid and Harry in Robin Group A:

White	Rating	Rd 1	Black	Rating
Sid Anjilvel	1741	TBD	Harry Jordan	1553
Dave Gordon	1737	1 - 0	Alex Chan	1393
John Lukezich	1377	0 - 1	Chris Hargreaves	1327
Alexis Thomson	1298	1/2 - 1/2	Lorenz Paulsen	1376
Tom Jacques	1183	0 - 1	Steve Hughes	1269
Huxley Anjilvel	1238	1 - 0	Francois Chan	1101
Roman Polywkan	1045	1 - 0	Rowan Wright	924
Will Wright	906	0 - 1	Stephen Laughren	1018
Nikolas Kotsovolos	950	0 - 1	Devin Ancsin	882
Rick Landry	1000	BYE
Ian Birch	1036	BYE