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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Jim Cairns Final Round Pairings

Hello all,

Here are the pairings for the final round. Looks like Peter Sibbald has a commanding 0.5-point lead over closest competitor, David Chan with 4.0 points. Dave Gordon and Lorenz Paulsen will be challenging the leaders with 3.5 points.

Since this is the final round, no BYE's are allowed. So please feel free to arrange your own games if you're not able to meet next week. Just let me know who won.

White		Black
Peter Sibbald (2055)		Lorenz Paulsen (1462)
David Chan (1362)		Dave Gordon (1718)
John Lukezich (1531)		Azroy Kandan (1897)
Jay Serdula (1830)		Stephen Laughren (1055)
Roman Polywkan (1367)		Sean George (P1200)
Steve Hughes (P1200)		Chris Hargreaves (1361)
Alex Chan (1274)		David Greenland (P1223)
Kevin MacDonald (P1200)		Arman Azroy (1193)

Good luck to all!

Jim Cairns Round 5 Results

Hello all,

Here are the final results for Round 5:

White	Results	Black
Azroy Kandan (1897)	0 – 1	Peter Sibbald (2055)
David Chan (1362)	1 – 0	Jay Serdula (1830)
Dave Gordon (1718)	1 – 0	John Lukezich (1531)
Lorenz Paulsen (1462)	1 – 0	Steve Hughes (P1200)
Arman Azroy (1193)	0 – 1	Stephen Laughren (1055)
Alex Chan (1274)	0 – 1	Roman Polywkan (1367)
Chris Hargreaves (1361)	1 – 0	Kevin MacDonald (P1200)
David Greenland (P1223)	1-pt BYE
Sean George (P1200)	½-pt BYE

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Jim Cairns Round 4 Results

Hello all,

Here are the results for Round 4 of 6. We had 3 losses due to forfeit. If you can't make it next week, please let me know as soon as possible, and I'll put in a half-point BYE for you.

White	Results	Black
Peter Sibbald (2055)	1 – 0	Jay Serdula (1830)
Dave Gordon (1718)	0 – 1	Azroy Kandan (1897)
John Lukezich (1531)	1 – 0	Alex Chan (1274)
Arman Azroy (1193)	0 – 1	David Chan (1362)
Roman Polywkan (1367)	0 – 1	Lorenz Paulsen (1462)
Harry Jordan (1606)	0F – 1	Stephen Laughren (1055)
Sean George (P1200)	1 – 0	Chris Hargreaves (1361)
Zoe Spronk (P1000)	0F – 1	Steve Hughes (P1200)
David Greenland (P1223)	0F – 1	Kevin MacDonald (P1200)

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