Presidents Challenge - 2012

Hello all,

Here are the final cross tables for the 2012 Presidents Challenge. Winner is Azroy Kandan with 4.5 points, having drawn one game with David Chan. In second place is Peter Sibbald with 4 points, who also drew one game, but with Dave Gordon.

#	Name	Start	End	Rd. 1 Nov 5	Rd. 2 Nov 12	Rd. 3 Nov 19	Rd. 4 Nov 26	Rd. 5 Dec 3	Total
1	Peter Sibbald	2077	2073	=BYE	B+7F	W+8	W=4	W+5	4.0
2	Azroy Kandan	1871	1894	W+12	B=8	W+11	B+3	W+4	4.5
3	Jay Serdula	1812	1802	B+13	W+16	=BYE	W-2	B+9	3.5
4	Dave Gordon	1755	1773	W+14	B+18	W+5	B=1	B-2	3.5
5	Sid Anjilvel	1718	1698	B+15	W+19	B-4	W+16	B-1	3.0
6	John Lukezich	1544	1483	W-16	B-13	W+14	B=11	W+15	2.5
7	Lorenz Paulsen	1481	1494	=BYE	W-1F	B-16F	B+12	-BYE	1.5
8	David Chan	1427	1473	B+17	W=2	B-1	W+18	B+11	3.5
9	Sean George	1351	1391	W-18	B+14	W+17	B+13	W-3	3.0
10	Roman Polywkan	1330	1292	B-19	W+15	B-18	W-17	W+12	2.0
11	Chris Hargreaves	1323	1311	+BYE	=BYE	B-2	W=6	W-8	2.0
12	David Greenland	1291	1255	B-2	W-17F	B-15F	W-7	B-10	0.0
13	Alex Chan	1253	1284	W-3	W+6	B+19	W-9	B+17	3.0
14	Arman Azroy	1183	1167	B-4	W-9	B-6	+BYE	W+19F	2.0
15	Steve Hughes	1126	1105	W-5	B-10	W+12	W=19	B-6	1.5
16	Huxley Anjilvel	1097	1109	B+6	B-3	W+7	B-8	W-18	2.0
17	Stephen Laughren	1093	1091	W-8	B+12F	B-9	B+10	W-13	2.0
18	Kevin Macdonald	1013	1096	B+9	W-4	W+10	B-8	B+16	3.0
19	Alex Beamish	900	1096	W+10	B-5	W-13	B=15	B-14F	1.5

Also worth mentioning are the 5 most improved players for this tournament:

Alex Beamish (P)	196
Kevin MacDonald	83
David Chan	46
Sean George	40
Alex Chan	31

Cross tables on CXR Chess:
http://www.cxrchess.com/WC872.html

President's Challenge Final Round Results

Here are the the final results of the 2012 President's Challenge. Winner is Azroy Kandan with 4.5 points, followed by Peter Sibbald with 4 points:

White	Round 5 Results	Black
Azroy Kandan (3.5)	1 – 0	Dave Gordon (3.5)
Peter Sibbald (3.0)	1 – 0	Sid Anjilvel (3.0)
Sean George (3.0)	0 – 1	Jay Serdula (2.5)
Chris Hargreaves (2.0)	0 – 1	David Chan (2.5)
Stephen Laughren (2.0)	0 – 1	Alex Chan (2.0)
Huxley Anjilvel (2.0)	0 – 1	Kevin Macdonald (2.0)
John Lukezich (2.0)	1 – 0	Steve Hughes (1.5)
Arman Azroy (1.0)	1 – 0F	Alex Beamish (1.5)
Roman Polywkan (1.0)	1 – 0	David Greenland (0.0)

I will update the final cross tables once CXRChess updates their wall chart.

CXRChess Wall Chart: http://www.cxrchess.com/WC872.html
Final Cross Tables: http://kingstonchessclub.blogspot.ca/2012/11/presidents-challenge-2012.html

REMINDER:
Next week, Monday Dec 10, will be the Holiday Season Party. Please feel free to come early and join the juniors. The seniors club will enjoy casual chess.

The following week, Monday Dec 17, will also be an open night. I'd like to suggest a 3-round rapid tournament for those who can make it (25 minutes per person). Rounds start at 7:30, 8:30 and 9:30 pm. Games will end by 10:30. We may do 4-player round robin sections, or a single swiss section, depending on the turnout and player preferences. Let me know what you think/prefer.

Hope to see you guys next week!

Azroy's Games in the 2012 President's Challenge

For those who are interested, I've posted my games from the 2012 President's Challenge (with my own commentary) on my website. You can check them out here:

http://azroykandan.com/2012_PresidentsChallenge.html

Please let me know if you have any thoughts or comments about my chess commentary. See you guys on Monday. Thanks!

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.