Brennan Bibic vs. Arman Azroy (2013 President's Challenge Round 1)

Here's Brennan's recent game with Arman in the Exchange French:

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Dave Gordon vs. Azroy Kandan (2013 President's Challenge Round 1)

Here are my annotations from my recent game with Dave:

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Comments anyone?

2013 President’s Challenge – Round 2 Pairings

Here are the pairings for Round 2 of the 2013 President's Challenge:

Player	Rating	Points	Black	Rating	Points
Azroy Kandan	1886	1	Sid Anjilvel	1737	1
Dave Gordon	1739	0	Peter Sibbald	2055	0
Lorenz Paulsen	1473	0.5	John Lukezich	1354	0
Chris Hargreaves	1392	0.5	Harry Jordon	1550	1
Alex Chan	1334	0.5	Arman Azroy	1270	1
Alexis Thomson	1297	0.5	Brennan Bibic	1335	0
Huxley Anjilvel	1142	0	Steve Hughes	1082	1
Roman Polywkan	1130	1	Francois Chan	1149	0
Ian Birch	976	1	Brendan	NR	0
Devin Ancsin	973	0	Stephen Laughren	1073	1

Please let us know if you can't make it. Since pairings are based on the double-round robin format, we really cannot entertain BYE requests. However, if 2 people can't make it, unpaired players can have a rated friendly game.

2013 President’s Challenge – Round 1 Results

Here are the results for the Round 1 of the 2013 President's Challenge:

White	Rating	Results	Black	Rating
Peter Sibbald	2055	0 - 1	Sid Anjilvel	1737
Dave Gordon	1739	0 - 1	Azroy Kandan	1886
Harry Jordon	1550	1 - 0	John Lukezich	1354
Chris Hargreaves	1392	1/2 - 1/2	Lorenz Paulsen	1473
Brennan Bibic	1335	0 - 1	Arman Azroy	1270
Alexis Thomson	1297	1/2 - 1/2	Alex Chan	1334
Francois Chan	1149	0 - 1F	Steve Hughes	1082
Roman Polywkan	1130	1 - 0	Huxley Anjilvel	1142
Stephen Laughren	1073	1 - 0F	Brendan	NR
Devin Ancsin	973	0 - 1	Ian Birch	976

Elections for 2013/2014 Committee Members

We unanimously voted in our existing 2011/2012 committee today (Oct 28, 2013) into the new 2013/2014 season. Just to re-iterate, committee members are as follows:

• President – Sid Anjilvel
• Treasurer – John Lukezich
• Junior Coordinator – Harry Jordan
• Tournament Director and Web Master – Azroy Kandan

Congratulations to the new elected officials J

Brennan Bibic vs. Francois Chan (2013 Jim Cairns Memorial Swiss Round 5)

This just in:

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Latest Ratings Are In

Latest Ratings are IN! For the next tournament, the 2013 President's Challenge, players will be grouped into sections of 4 players. Here are the tentative groupings (subject to change if additional players show up on game day next Monday):

PLAYER	OLD	NEW
Peter Sibbald	2069	2055
Azroy Kandan	1881	1886
Dave Gordon	1724	1739
Sid Anjilvel	1723	1737
Harry Jordon	1565	1550
Lorenz Paulsen	1478	1473
Chris Hargreaves	1390	1392
John Lukezich	1343	1354
Brennan Bibic	1330	1335
Alex Chan	1314	1334
Alexis Thomson	1276	1297
Arman Azroy	1290	1270
Francois Chan	1204	1149
Huxley Anjilvel	1137	1142
Roman Polywkan	1132	1130
Steve Hughes	1084	1082
Stephen Laughren	1080	1073
Ian Birch	1032	976
Devin Ancsin	979	973
Nikolas Kotsovolos	928	926

So here's a sample for how the Double Round Robin would play out for Section A:

W H I T E		B L A C K
		P. Sibbald	A. Kandan	D. Gordon	S. Anjilvel
	P. Sibbald		Round 3	Round 5	Round 1
	A. Kandan	Round 6		Round 4	Round 2
	D. Gordon	Round 2	Round 1		Round 6
	S. Anjilvel	Round 4	Round 5	Round 3

Round 1

1. P. Sibbald vs. S. Anjilvel
2. D. Gordon vs. A. Kandan

Round 2

1. A.Kandan vs. S. Anjilvel
2. D. Gordon vs. P. Sibbald

Round 3

1. P. Sibbald vs. A. Kandan
2. S. Anjilvel vs. D. Gordon

Also, I thought I'd mention, most improved players from our last tournament are as follows:

PLAYER	GAIN
Alexis Thomson	21
Alex Chan	20
Dave Gordon	15
Sid Anjilvel	14

See you guys on Monday!