President's Challenge Final Round Pairings

Looks like Sid won a close game against Huxley. With the last result in, here are the pairings for the final Round 5:

White	Round 5 Pairings	Black
Azroy Kandan (3.5)		Dave Gordon (3.5)
Peter Sibbald (3.0)		Sid Anjilvel (3.0)
Sean George (3.0)		Jay Serdula (2.5)
Chris Hargreaves (2.0)		David Chan (2.5)
Stephen Laughren (2.0)		Alex Chan (2.0)
Huxley Anjilvel (2.0)		Kevin Macdonald (2.0)
John Lukezich (1.5)		Steve Hughes (1.5)
Arman Azroy (1.0)		Alex Beamish (1.5)
Roman Polywkan (1.0)		David Greenland (0.0)

Lorenz is getting a 0-point BYE since he cannot make it this week.

Also note that we have 2 weeks left after this tournament is over. The Juniors are having a Holiday Season Party on Monday Dec 10, starting 6 pm. All are welcome to join. It'll just be an open night for chess.

Dec 17 will be the last meeting for the year, again an open night for chess. There will be no tournament rounds this day. But I'm open to suggestions, if people want to do anything specific (like a Blitz Tournament, maybe?).

There will be NO CHESS on Dec 24 and Dec 31. We'll resume with Round 1 of the Kingston Chess Club Championship on Monday, January 7.

President's Challenge Round 4 Results

Here are the results for Round 4:

White	Round 4 Results	Black
Peter Sibbald (2.5)	½ - ½	Dave Gordon (3.0)
Jay Serdula (2.5)	0 – 1	Azroy Kandan (2.5)
Alex Chan (2.0)	0 – 1	Sean George (2.0)
David Chan (1.5)	1 – 0	Kevin Macdonald (2.0)
Chris Hargreaves (1.5)	½ - ½	John Lukezich (1.0)
Roman Polywkan (1.0)	0 – 1	Stephen Laughren (1.0)
Steve Hughes (1.0)	½ - ½	Alex Beamish (1.0)
David Greenland (0.0)	0 – 1	Lorenz Paulsen (0.5)

We are still waiting results for Sid Anjivel vs. Huxley Anjilvel, before we can post the final Round 5 pairings. But it looks like the tournament leaders Azroy Kandan and Dave Gordon, both with 3.5 points, will be playing for the championship. We could see a 3-way or 4-way tie if the tournament leaders wind up with a draw.

Stay tuned for the final Round 5 pairings coming soon.

President's Challenge Round 4 Pairings (UPDATED)

Hi all,

A last minute change. The Anjilvels will not be able to make it this Monday, so they'll be playing each other on their own time. All pairings remain the same, except Alex Chan will now play Sean George. Here are the updated pairings:

White	Round 4 Results	Black
Peter Sibbald (2.5)		Dave Gordon (3.0)
Jay Serdula (2.5)		Azroy Kandan (2.5)
Alex Chan (2.0)		Sean George (2.0)
David Chan (1.5)		Kevin Macdonald (2.0)
Chris Hargreaves (1.5)		John Lukezich (1.0)
Roman Polywkan (1.0)		Stephen Laughren (1.0)
Steve Hughes (1.0)		Alex Beamish (1.0)
David Greenland (0.0)		Lorenz Paulsen (0.5)
Sid Anjilvel (2.0)		Huxley Anjilvel (2.0)

* Arman Azroy (0.0) 1.0-point BYE

See you guys on Monday!

President's Challenge Round 3 Results

Looks like this week's wins were dominated by White, except for one lone board #6, where Alex Chan defeated Alex Beamish as Black. Here are the overall results:

White	Round 3 Results	Black
Dave Gordon	1 – 0	Sid Anjilvel
Peter Sibbald	1 – 0	David Chan
Azroy Kandan	1 – 0	Chris Hargreaves
Sean George	1 – 0	Stephen Laughren
Kevin Macdonald	1 – 0	Roman Polywkan
Alex Beamish	0 – 1	Alex Chan
Huxley Anjilvel	1 – 0F	Lorenz Paulsen
John Lukezich	1 – 0	Arman Azroy
Steve Hughes	1 – 0F	David Greenland

The cross tables have been updated.

Before I post the Round 4 pairings, would anyone like a BYE for Round 4?

President's Challenge Round 3 Pairings

Here are the pairings for Round 3. I did not receive any additional BYE requests (other than Jay Serdula). I hope everyone will be there.

White	Round 3 Pairings	Black
Dave Gordon		Sid Anjilvel
Peter Sibbald		David Chan
Azroy Kandan		Chris Hargreaves
Sean George		Stephen Laughren
Kevin Macdonald		Roman Polywkan
Alex Beamish		Alex Chan
Huxley Anjilvel		Lorenz Paulsen
John Lukezich		Arman Azroy
Steve Hughes		David Greenland

* Jay Serdula  0.5-point BYE

Good luck! And see you there!

President's Challenge Round 2 Results

Hello all. We had 2 no-shows today. If you can't make it, please let your TD know, so that we can pair everyone who is present. That way, we don't have players who make the effort to come, but don't have anyone to play with. Next week, Jay Serdula has requested a BYE. Anybody else needing a BYE please let me know ASAP.

Here are the results for Round 2:

White	Round 2 Results	Black
David Chan	½ – ½	Azroy Kandan
Jay Serdula	1 – 0	Huxley Anjilvel
Kevin Macdonald	0 – 1	Dave Gordon
Sid Anjilvel	1 – 0	Alex Beamish
Lorenz Paulsen	0F – 1	Peter Sibbald
Alex Chan	1 – 0	John Lukezich
Arman Azroy	0 – 1	Sean George
Roman Polywkan	1 – 0	Steve Hughes
David Greenland	0F – 1	Stephen Laughren

My laptop died on me recently, so I need to get a new license key to install SwissSys for pairing purposes. I should have Round 3 pairings by Tuesday or Wednesday. That'll hopefully allow some extra time for players to let me know if they can't make it next week. But from the results this week, you can sort of tell who'll be playing who next week.

Cross tables have been updated as well. Thanks!

President's Challenge Round 2 Pairings

Looks like we have a late entry. Lorenz Paulsen will be joining us starting Round 2, and Chris Hargreaves has requested a BYE for this round. Remember, if you need to request a BYE, please let me know the Monday before, so I can post the next rounds pairings immediately after the club meeting.

Here are the pairings for round 2:

White	Round 2 Pairings	Black
David Chan		Azroy Kandan
Jay Serdula		Huxley Anjilvel
Kevin Macdonald		Dave Gordon
Sid Anjilvel		Alex Beamish
Lorenz Paulsen		Peter Sibbald
Alex Chan		John Lukezich
Arman Azroy		Sean George
Roman Polywkan		Steve Hughes
David Greenland		Stephen Laughren

* Chris Hargreaves 0.5-point BYE

Good luck to all. See you on Monday!

Schedule Change

Per our meeting today (Monday Nov 5, 2012), we will be making the following changes:

The Kingston Chess Club Championship will be changed from 6 rounds to 5 rounds, seeing as we usually have less that 32 players anyway. The extra day will be rolled over into another tournament.

We will be introducing a new 6-round rapid tournament over 3 club meetings, 2 rounds per club meeting. Each player will get 45 minutes for each round. Round 1, 3 and 6 will start at 7:30pm, while rounds 2, 4 and 6 will start at 9 pm. Games will conclude by 10:30 pm. Here is a rough schedule:

	Feb 11, 2013	Feb 25, 2013	Mar 4, 2012
7:30 – 9:00 PM	Round 1	Round 3	Round 5
9:00 – 10:30 PM	Round 2	Round 4	Round 6

Please let me know if there are any objections. Otherwise, we will continue with this format.

President Challenge Round 1

So the 2012 President's Challenge is underway. We have 18 players. We saw 3 upset wins on the lower boards today. Congratulations to the winners. Here are the final results for Round 1:

White	Round 1 Results	Black
Azroy Kandan	1 – 0	David Greenland
Alex Chan	0 – 1	Jay Serdula
Dave Gordon	1 – 0	Arman Azroy
Steve Hughes	0 – 1	Sid Anjilvel
John Lukezich	0 – 1	Huxley Anjilvel
Stephen Laughren	0 – 1	David Chan
Sean George	0 – 1	Kevin Macdonald
Alex Beamish	1 – 0	Roman Polywkan

* Peter Sibbald 0.5-point BYE
** Chris Hargreaves 1-point BYE

We may have a few late entries into this tournament. As such, I will only post the Round 2 pairings tomorrow after I get confirmation. Also, in future, please let me know of any BYEs a week before the round, so that I can post pairings promptly after each round. Cross tables will be posted shortly.