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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