Spring Open Final Round Pairings

Below are the pairings for the final round in the 2012 Peter Sibbald Spring Open.  This is also the final round of the current chess season.

As a reminder to all, 30 Apr 12 will be the closing party.  This event will consist of open chess games, food and handing out the trophy's to all the tournament winners.  There will also be a trophy for the most improved player and a new trophy this year the Grand Aggregate.
 
Here are the tournament's final pairings:

White	Rd. 5 Pairings	Black
Wayne Coppin (4.0)	-	Sid Anjilvel (3.0)
Azroy Kandan (3.0)	-	Peter Sibbald (3.0)
Dave Gordon (3.0)	-	Jay Serdula (2.0)
John Lukezich (2.0)	-	Jeff Mann (1.0)
Harry Jordan (2.0)	-	Brian Murray (2.0)
Roman Polywkan (2.0)	-	Alex Chan (2.0)
David Chan (1.0)	-	Arman Azroy (1.0)
Chris Hargreaves (1.0)	-	Huxley Anjilvel (1.0)

1-point BYE: David Greenland

- TD Brian Murray

Spring Open Round 4 Results

Here are the results for Round 4. Looks like Wayne Coppin is unstoppable with a full 4 points. He has secured a first place finish. A loss in the final round would only mean that he'd share the first place title with the next tier of players (currently with 3 points). He only needs a draw to finish clear first.

White	Rd. 4 Results	Black
Jay Serdula (2.0)	0 – 1	Wayne Coppin (3.0)
Peter Sibbald (2.0)	1 – 0	Alex Chan (2.0)
Harry Jordan (2.0)	0 – 1	Azroy Kandan (2.0)
Sid Anjilvel (2.0)	1 – 0	John Lukezich (2.0)
Jeff Mann (1.0)	0 – 1	Dave Gordon (2.0)
Brian Murray (1.0)	1 – 0	David Greenland (1.0)
David Chan (1.0)	0 – 1	Roman Polywkan (1.0)
Arman Azroy (1.0)	0 – 1	Chris Hargreaves (0.0)

1-point BYE: Huxley Anjilvel (0.0) 

So who will be playing Wayne in the final round? We'll have the final round pairings posted in a few days. Thanks!

2012 EASTERN ONTARIO YOUTH CHESS TOURNAMENT RESULTS

The 2012 EASTERN ONTARIO YOUTH CHESS TOURNAMENT, was held on Sunday April 15th at H.M.C.S. Cataraqui, the Naval Reserve training building in Kingston.

The tournament attracted 145 students. Most were from the Kingston - Trenton - Smith Falls - Gananaque area, but there were also some participants from the Ottawa area.

The medal winners were:

Annotated Game: Wayne Coppin vs Peter Sibbald (Apr 2, 2012)

This is the second annotated game in our new Annotated Games series. This game is from our Round 3 game of the 2012 Peter Sibbald Spring Open on Board 1, between club rivals Wayne Coppin and Peter Sibbald. This game was annotated by Brian Murray. Please comment using the comments section below.

Spring Open Round 4 Pairings

Here are the pairings for Round 4 of the Peter Sibbald Spring Open:

White	Rd. 4 Pairings	Black
Jay Serdula (2.0)		Wayne Coppin (3.0)
Peter Sibbald (2.0)		Alex Chan (2.0)
Harry Jordan (2.0)		Azroy Kandan (2.0)
Sid Anjilvel (2.0)		John Lukezich (2.0)
Jeff Mann (1.0)		Dave Gordon (2.0)
Brian Murray (1.0)		David Greenland (1.0)
David Chan (1.0)		Roman Polywkan (1.0)
Arman Azroy (1.0)		Chris Hargreaves (0.0)

1-point BYE: Huxley Anjilvel (0.0)

See you guys on Monday!

Spring Open Round 3 Results

It looks like Wayne Coppin is leading the pack with 3 points. 8 others are trailing behind with 2 points. It's still anyone's game, folks. Here are the results from today:

White	Rd. 3 Pairings	Black
Wayne Coppin (2.0)	1 – 0	Peter Sibbald (2.0)
Dave Gordon (1.0)	1 – 0	Sid Anjilvel (2.0)
Azroy Kandan (1.0)	1 – 0	David Chan (1.0)
Roman Polywkan (1.0)	0 – 1	Harry Jordan (1.0)
John Lukezich (1.0)	1 – 0	Brian Murray (1.0)
Alex Chan (1.0)	1 – 0	Jeff Mann (1.0)
David Greenland (0.0)	1 – 0	Chris Hargreaves (0.0)
Huxley Anjilvel (0.0)	0 – 1	Arman Azroy (0.0)

0.5-point BYE: Jay Serdula (1.5)

Also note, that there is NO MEETING next week, due to the long Easter weekend. The next meeting, Round 4, will be on April 16. 

Also a quick reminder, the 2012 Eastern Ontario Youth Chess Tournament in on Sunday, April 15. Please contact Chris Hargreaves if you'd like to volunteer. Here's a link to the event:

http://kingstonchessclub.blogspot.ca/2012/03/2012-eastern-ontario-youth-chess.html

See you guys in TWO WEEKS!

Annotated Game: Peter Sibbald vs. Dave Gordon (Mar 26, 2012)

This is part of our new initiative, where every week (that we have a tournament) somebody from the club will annotate the game from Board 1. The idea is that the annotator will get feedback on how to annotate a game, while at the same time, everybody can learn from the strategies and mistakes of our top player (presumably on Board 1).

Here's is our first annotated game from Round 2 of the 2012 Peter Sibbald Spring Open: