May 22-24, 2010
Richmond, BC
A CFC and FIDE rated event with $4000 in prizes.
The 35th Annual Keres Memorial had 81 players, marginally higher than the attendence of the last few years. Titled players included one each of GM, IM, FM, and WGM. They all finished at the top, joined by NM Roman Jiganchine in a 5 way tie for first place. Roman also took the qualifying spot for this year's BC Closed.
The tournament was marred by the collapse of one of the players, Ernie Krzyzowski during round 3. He later died in hospital. Ernie has played for many years in BC going back to the 1960s at least, including many Keres Memorials. The fourth round started with a moment of silence in memory of him.
Many thanks to our volunteers Ralph Lavallee and Michael Bickley who helped with the demo boards and stepped in as floating players when needed.
Thanks too, to Casey Collins for a generous donation of $101 (apparently a lucky number) to Canada's Olympiad Team.
Stay tuned and join us next year for the 36th Annual Keres on the Victoria Day weekend in 2011!
Organized by Roger Patterson, Paul Leblanc, and Brian Raymer.
TD: Stephen Wright.
Open Section:
1st-5th: IM Georgi Orlov, GM Manuel Rivas Pastor, FM Jack Yoos, WGM Katerina Rohonyan, Roman Jiganchine ($400 each)
Qualifying spot to the 2010 BC Closed: Roman Jiganchine
U2200: Howard Wu ($300)
U2000 Section:
1st: Louis Cheng $600
2nd: Sylvain Gaudreau $400
U1800: Juni Caluza, Dejan Radic ($100 each)
U1600 Section:
1st: Jack Qian $350
U1400: Lionel Han, Petr Straka ($75 each)
# | Name | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Tot | Prize |
1 | IM Georgi Orlov | 2546 | W12 | L8 | W14 | W16 | W7 | D3 | 4.5 | 400.00 |
2 | GM Manuel Rivas Pastor | 2536 | W13 | W7 | D8 | D3 | D6 | W12 | 4.5 | 400.00 |
3 | FM Jack Yoos | 2453 | W14 | W10 | W11 | D2 | D4 | D1 | 4.5 | 400.00 |
4 | WGM Katerina Rohonyan | 2329 | W15 | D16 | W17 | W8 | D3 | D6 | 4.5 | 400.00 |
5 | Roman Jiganchine | 2254 | D22 | D17 | D25 | W23 | W13 | W8 | 4.5 | 400.00 |
6 | Radu-Laurentiu Roua | 2263 | W21 | D24 | D16 | W11 | D2 | D4 | 4.0 | |
7 | Howard Wu | 2187 | W33 | L2 | W18 | W24 | L1 | W19 | 4.0 | 300.00 |
8 | Sverrir Thorgeirsson | 2218 | W25 | W1 | D2 | L4 | W15 | L5 | 3.5 | |
9 | Roger Patterson | 2183 | D23 | W22 | D24 | D13 | D19 | H--- | 3.5 | |
10 | Pavel Trochtchanovitch | 2090 | W28 | L3 | D29 | L19 | W18 | W23 | 3.5 | |
11 | Andrey Kostin | 2062 | W19 | W20 | L3 | L6 | W16 | D14 | 3.5 | |
12 | Joe Soliven | 2040 | L1 | W33 | D19 | W25 | W20 | L2 | 3.5 | |
13 | Edward Tang | 2038 | L2 | W34 | W26 | D9 | L5 | W21 | 3.5 | |
14 | Richard Ingram | 2033 | L3 | W28 | L1 | W31 | X24 | D11 | 3.5 | |
15 | Norman Verdon | 2032 | L4 | H--- | W21 | W17 | L8 | W20 | 3.5 | |
16 | Savvas Kyriakides | 2092 | W34 | D4 | D6 | L1 | L11 | W25 | 3.0 | |
17 | David Moore | 2072 | W27 | D5 | L4 | L15 | D25 | W26 | 3.0 | |
18 | Leonard Molden | 1997 | L20 | W31 | L7 | W26 | L10 | W27 | 3.0 | |
19 | Lubomir Pokora | 1518 | L11 | W35 | D12 | W10 | D9 | L7 | 3.0 | |
20 | Dragoljub Milicevic | 2230 | W18 | L11 | D23 | W22 | L12 | L15 | 2.5 | |
21 | Travis Lane | 2021 | L6 | H--- | L15 | W34 | W28 | L13 | 2.5 | |
22 | Dezheng Kong | 2014 | D5 | L9 | W33 | L20 | L23 | W28 | 2.5 | |
23 | Jingzhou [Peter] Lai | 1854 | D9 | D30 | D20 | L5 | W22 | L10 | 2.5 | |
24 | Daniel E Salcedo | 2084 | W31 | D6 | D9 | L7 | F14 | U--- | 2.0 | |
25 | Curtis Lister | 1971 | L8 | W27 | D5 | L12 | D17 | L16 | 2.0 | |
26 | Romeo Ranile | 1813 | H--- | H--- | L13 | L18 | W31 | L17 | 2.0 | |
27 | Casey Collins | 1713 | L17 | L25 | L28 | W32 | W34 | L18 | 2.0 | |
28 | Manuel Omana Escandor | 1782 | L10 | L14 | W27 | H--- | L21 | L22 | 1.5 | |
29 | Ernest Krzyzowski | 1780 | D30 | H--- | D10 | U--- | U--- | U--- | 1.5 | |
30 | Richard Huang | 2089 | D29 | D23 | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 1.0 | |
31 | George Wilson-Tagoe | 1743 | L24 | L18 | W34 | L14 | L26 | U--- | 1.0 | |
32 | Edward Enns | 1174 | U--- | U--- | U--- | L27 | U--- | U--- | 1.0 | |
33 | Stefan Trandafir | 1885 | L7 | L12 | L22 | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.0 | |
34 | Amir Fazel | 1815 | L16 | L13 | L31 | L21 | L27 | U--- | 0.0 | |
35 | Ralph Lavallee | 1149 | U--- | L19 | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.0 | |
# | Name | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Tot | Prize |
1 | Louis Cheng | 1889 | W27 | D4 | W11 | W9 | W6 | W7 | 5.5 | 600.00 |
2 | Sylvain Gaudreau | 1531 | L3 | W26 | W19 | W15 | W13 | W6 | 5.0 | 400.00 |
3 | Yiming Han | 1854 | W2 | L6 | W17 | D13 | W12 | W10 | 4.5 | |
4 | Juni Caluza | 1778 | W29 | D1 | W20 | L14 | W8 | W11 | 4.5 | 100.00 |
5 | Dejan Radic | 1528 | D32 | L30 | W31 | W21 | W9 | W14 | 4.5 | 100.00 |
6 | Jofrel Landingin | 1898 | W26 | W3 | W10 | W7 | L1 | L2 | 4.0 | |
7 | Paul Leblanc | 1883 | W23 | W16 | W8 | L6 | W14 | L1 | 4.0 | |
8 | John Doknjas | 1917 | W25 | W19 | L7 | D18 | L4 | W21 | 3.5 | |
9 | George Kosinski | 1884 | W22 | D20 | W12 | L1 | L5 | W23 | 3.5 | |
10 | Richard Reid | 1866 | W28 | W18 | L6 | D11 | W20 | L3 | 3.5 | |
11 | Denis Belanger | 1856 | W24 | W13 | L1 | D10 | W18 | L4 | 3.5 | |
12 | Jason Cao | 1306 | W34 | D15 | L9 | W16 | L3 | W20 | 3.5 | |
13 | Jack [Kun] Cheng | 1991 | W21 | L11 | W30 | D3 | L2 | D16 | 3.0 | |
14 | Philip Harris | 1910 | L16 | W23 | W27 | W4 | L7 | L5 | 3.0 | |
15 | Yifei Han | 1880 | D30 | D12 | W28 | L2 | D19 | D18 | 3.0 | |
16 | Alice Xiao | 1714 | W14 | L7 | D21 | L12 | W31 | D13 | 3.0 | |
17 | Jacob Jensen | 1628 | L19 | W25 | L3 | D23 | D22 | W28 | 3.0 | |
18 | Tian Tian Geng | 1380 | W33 | L10 | W22 | D8 | L11 | D15 | 3.0 | |
19 | Mau-Seng Lee | 1854 | W17 | L8 | L2 | D29 | D15 | D22 | 2.5 | |
20 | Hugh Long | 1752 | W31 | D9 | L4 | W30 | L10 | L12 | 2.5 | |
21 | Marionito Jose | 1739 | L13 | W24 | D16 | L5 | W28 | L8 | 2.5 | |
22 | Rick Martinson | 1674 | L9 | D31 | L18 | W24 | D17 | D19 | 2.5 | |
23 | Brian Sullivan | 1656 | L7 | L14 | W33 | D17 | W30 | L9 | 2.5 | |
24 | Dylan Parker | 1636 | L11 | L21 | D25 | L22 | W33 | W29 | 2.5 | |
25 | Catherine Smith | 1724 | L8 | L17 | D24 | H--- | D29 | D27 | 2.0 | |
26 | Norman Devine | 1709 | L6 | L2 | L29 | H--- | D27 | W30 | 2.0 | |
27 | Robert Hamm | 1682 | L1 | W29 | L14 | L28 | D26 | D25 | 2.0 | |
28 | Konstantin Pyryaev | 1643 | L10 | W33 | L15 | W27 | L21 | L17 | 2.0 | |
29 | Joanne Foote | 1422 | L4 | L27 | W26 | D19 | D25 | L24 | 2.0 | |
30 | Hector Rathburn-Mackay | 1650 | D15 | W5 | L13 | L20 | L23 | L26 | 1.5 | |
31 | Trevor Yonkman | 1323 | L20 | D22 | L5 | W33 | L16 | U--- | 1.5 | |
32 | Romeo Ranile | 1813 | D5 | H--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 1.0 | |
33 | Donovan Zhao | 1773 | L18 | L28 | L23 | L31 | L24 | B--- | 1.0 | |
34 | Ralph Lavallee | 1149 | L12 | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.0 | |
# | Name | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Tot | Prize |
1 | Jack Qian | 1560 | W7 | W4 | D3 | W5 | W2 | W6 | 5.5 | 350.00 |
2 | Dennis Gairdner | 1522 | W13 | L5 | W7 | W3 | L1 | W4 | 4.0 | |
3 | James Taylor | 1490 | W8 | W9 | D1 | L2 | D5 | W7 | 4.0 | |
4 | Lionel Han | 1340 | W14 | L1 | W9 | W11 | W6 | L2 | 4.0 | 75.00 |
5 | Petr Straka | 1282 | W12 | W2 | D6 | L1 | D3 | W9 | 4.0 | 75.00 |
6 | Aaron Cosenza | 1442 | D11 | W15 | D5 | W12 | L4 | L1 | 3.0 | |
7 | Michael Su | 1192 | L1 | W14 | L2 | W8 | W12 | L3 | 3.0 | |
8 | Owen Napieralski | 1152 | L3 | L12 | W13 | L7 | W14 | W11 | 3.0 | |
9 | Amir-Arsalan Kashfolayat | 926 | W15 | L3 | L4 | W14 | W11 | L5 | 3.0 | |
10 | Michael Bickley | 985 | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | W13 | W12 | 2.0 | |
11 | Brian Parker | 917 | D6 | W13 | D12 | L4 | L9 | L8 | 2.0 | |
12 | Yauheni Basko | unr. | L5 | W8 | D11 | L6 | L7 | L10 | 1.5 | |
13 | Edward Enns | 1174 | L2 | L11 | L8 | U--- | L10 | W14 | 1.0 | |
14 | Jefferson Yang Xia | 882 | L4 | L7 | B--- | L9 | L8 | L13 | 1.0 | |
15 | Berthold Chiang | 1472 | L9 | L6 | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.0 | |