36th Annual Keres Memorial
May 20-23, 2011
River Rock Casino Resort
Richmond, BC
This year's version of the Keres Memorial took place at the River Rock Casino Hotel and Resort, a new venue for us. The new tournament site was well situated close to transportation, on the waterfront with a panoramic view of the marina and Vancouver, natural light for playing conditions, and was well received by all.
Top honors in the Open Section went to Washington IM Georgi Orlov and the recently arrived in Vancouver Maxim Doroshenko. Georgi played very enterprising bloodthirsty chess which nearly backfired on him in the first round when he didn't quite manage to make his piece sacrifice work against Andrey Kostin. However, the style pulled through for him in the end, particularly in his games against FM Bindi Cheng and IM Leon Piasetski. Maxim is fairly new to Vancouver. He has been playing casually in the local Russian speaking community but this his first serious outing in Canada. This tournament puts his FIDE rating over 2300 so he will be an FM although FIDE seems to have blanked out his rating. Tied for 3rd were FM Bindi Cheng, Butch Villavieja, and Joe Soliven (who actually took the U2200 prize). Bindi and Butch playing each other both could have tied for first with a decisive result but in a brutal struggle that ended an hour and a half after everyone else had finished had to settle for a draw and 3rd place. Play it over and imagine that you are playing on increment only for the last 30 moves or so.
Stay tuned for info on next year's Keres: the 37th Annual!
Organizers: Roger Patterson, Paul Leblanc, Brian Raymer
TD: Stephen Wright, F.A.
Games: (pgn file)
Prizes: ($4000 total guaranteed)
Open Section:
1st-2nd: IM Georgi Orlov, Maxim Doroshenko 5.5 points, $800 each
3rd-4thL FM Bindi Cheng, Butch Villavieja 5.0 points, $200 each
Top U2200 Joe Soliven 5.0 points, $300.
U2000 Section:
1st-2nd: Hiva Menbari, Igor Kurganskyy 6.0 points, $500 each
Top U1800 Alice Xiao 4.5 points, $200
U1600 Section:
1st: Gopal Singh Hayer 5.5 points, $300
Top U1400 Marcel Holtmann 4.5 points, $100
Top Unrated:
Michael D. Greene 3 points (U1600 section) $100.
SwissSys Standings. 36th Paul Keres Memorial: Open |
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Name |
Rtng |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Rd 5 |
Rd 6 |
Rd 7 |
Tot |
1 |
IM Georgi Orlov |
2537 |
D17 |
W33 |
W14 |
D4 |
W3 |
D2 |
W6 |
5.5 |
2 |
Maxim Doroshenko |
2295 |
W20 |
W10 |
D3 |
W23 |
D6 |
D1 |
W7 |
5.5 |
3 |
FM Bindi Cheng |
2500 |
W5 |
W9 |
D2 |
W13 |
L1 |
W12 |
D4 |
5 |
4 |
Butch Villavieja |
2309 |
D11 |
B--- |
W28 |
D1 |
D7 |
W8 |
D3 |
5 |
5 |
Joe Soliven |
2084 |
L3 |
W26 |
W34 |
L7 |
W30 |
W13 |
W12 |
5 |
6 |
IM Leon Piasetski |
2416 |
W18 |
H--- |
D7 |
W10 |
D2 |
W9 |
L1 |
4.5 |
7 |
Tarek Toubale |
2280 |
D25 |
W19 |
D6 |
W5 |
D4 |
W23 |
L2 |
4.5 |
8 |
Dezheng Kong |
2053 |
L23 |
W27 |
W15 |
W14 |
D13 |
L4 |
W19 |
4.5 |
9 |
Brian McLaren |
2211 |
W27 |
L3 |
W29 |
W20 |
D12 |
L6 |
D11 |
4 |
10 |
Roger Patterson |
2144 |
W34 |
L2 |
W22 |
L6 |
D21 |
D20 |
W28 |
4 |
11 |
Savvas Kyriakides |
2047 |
D4 |
W25 |
L12 |
D24 |
D16 |
W15 |
D9 |
4 |
12 |
Alfred Pechisker |
2282 |
W21 |
L14 |
W11 |
W17 |
D9 |
L3 |
L5 |
3.5 |
13 |
FM Kevin Gentes |
2270 |
W26 |
W16 |
D23 |
L3 |
D8 |
L5 |
D22 |
3.5 |
14 |
Howard Chen |
2216 |
W22 |
W12 |
L1 |
L8 |
D23 |
W18 |
U--- |
3.5 |
15 |
Georgi Kostadinov |
2184 |
L28 |
W32 |
L8 |
W25 |
D18 |
L11 |
W29 |
3.5 |
16 |
Howard Wu |
2154 |
W31 |
L13 |
L20 |
W28 |
D11 |
D22 |
D21 |
3.5 |
17 |
Andrey Kostin |
2084 |
D1 |
W30 |
H--- |
L12 |
D19 |
D21 |
D20 |
3.5 |
18 |
Pavel Trochtchanovitch |
2077 |
L6 |
L22 |
W32 |
W31 |
D15 |
L14 |
W30 |
3.5 |
19 |
James Chan |
2014 |
H--- |
L7 |
D25 |
W27 |
D17 |
W24 |
L8 |
3.5 |
20 |
Jingzhou [Peter] Lai |
1961 |
L2 |
W36 |
W16 |
L9 |
D24 |
D10 |
D17 |
3.5 |
21 |
Lubomir Pokora |
1957 |
L12 |
W31 |
D24 |
D30 |
D10 |
D17 |
D16 |
3.5 |
22 |
Han Du |
1867 |
L14 |
W18 |
L10 |
D29 |
W33 |
D16 |
D13 |
3.5 |
23 |
IM Vicente Lee Jr |
2331 |
W8 |
W24 |
D13 |
L2 |
D14 |
L7 |
U--- |
3 |
24 |
Bradley J Willis |
2156 |
W36 |
L23 |
D21 |
D11 |
D20 |
L19 |
D27 |
3 |
25 |
Joe Roback |
1921 |
D7 |
L11 |
D19 |
L15 |
L27 |
W34 |
W32 |
3 |
26 |
H G Pitre |
1909 |
L13 |
L5 |
H--- |
W32 |
D29 |
X33 |
U--- |
3 |
27 |
Jeremy Hui |
1766 |
L9 |
L8 |
W36 |
L19 |
W25 |
D29 |
D24 |
3 |
28 |
Manuel Omana Escandor |
1758 |
W15 |
H--- |
L4 |
L16 |
W31 |
D30 |
L10 |
3 |
29 |
Changhe Li |
2071 |
H--- |
H--- |
L9 |
D22 |
D26 |
D27 |
L15 |
2.5 |
30 |
Leonard Molden |
1995 |
H--- |
L17 |
W33 |
D21 |
L5 |
D28 |
L18 |
2.5 |
31 |
Casey Collins |
1704 |
L16 |
L21 |
B--- |
L18 |
L28 |
L32 |
W34 |
2 |
32 |
Lionel Han |
1526 |
D35 |
L15 |
L18 |
L26 |
D34 |
W31 |
L25 |
2 |
33 |
Daniel E Salcedo |
2031 |
H--- |
L1 |
L30 |
W34 |
L22 |
F26 |
U--- |
1.5 |
34 |
Marionito Jose |
1689 |
L10 |
B--- |
L5 |
L33 |
D32 |
L25 |
L31 |
1.5 |
35 |
Dejan Radic |
1616 |
D32 |
U--- |
U--- |
U--- |
U--- |
U--- |
U--- |
0.5 |
36 |
George Wilson-Tagoe |
1730 |
L24 |
L20 |
L27 |
U--- |
U--- |
U--- |
U--- |
0 |
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SwissSys Standings. 36th Paul Keres Memorial: U2000 |
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Name |
Rtng |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Rd 5 |
Rd 6 |
Rd 7 |
Tot |
1 |
Hiva Menbari |
1956 |
W18 |
W23 |
W7 |
D3 |
D2 |
W5 |
W6 |
6 |
2 |
Igor Kurganskyy |
1900 |
W6 |
D3 |
W17 |
W4 |
D1 |
W7 |
W9 |
6 |
3 |
Robert North |
1926 |
W--- |
D2 |
W13 |
D1 |
W9 |
D4 |
D5 |
5 |
4 |
Alice Xiao |
1780 |
W25 |
D5 |
W21 |
L2 |
W13 |
D3 |
D7 |
4.5 |
5 |
Paul Leblanc |
1934 |
W19 |
D4 |
D9 |
W18 |
D7 |
L1 |
D3 |
4 |
6 |
Philip Allan |
1909 |
L2 |
L19 |
W26 |
W22 |
W20 |
W11 |
L1 |
4 |
7 |
Daniel Saldanha |
1837 |
W22 |
W24 |
L1 |
W10 |
D5 |
L2 |
D4 |
4 |
8 |
Peter Thompson |
1785 |
L24 |
D22 |
D14 |
H--- |
W15 |
X21 |
D11 |
4 |
9 |
Darren Bates |
1760 |
D15 |
W14 |
D5 |
W24 |
L3 |
W10 |
L2 |
4 |
10 |
Sylvain Gaudreau |
1685 |
H--- |
D15 |
W23 |
L7 |
W24 |
L9 |
W16 |
4 |
11 |
Dejan Radic |
1616 |
H--- |
W16 |
D15 |
H--- |
W17 |
L6 |
D8 |
4 |
12 |
Jofrel Landingin |
1769 |
L21 |
L20 |
L25 |
B--- |
D22 |
W26 |
W23 |
3.5 |
13 |
Donovan Zhao |
1719 |
D--- |
W26 |
L3 |
W21 |
L4 |
D17 |
D14 |
3.5 |
14 |
Payam Mousavi |
1681 |
D16 |
L9 |
D8 |
W25 |
L18 |
W24 |
D13 |
3.5 |
15 |
Manfrei Aquino |
1958 |
D9 |
D10 |
D11 |
L17 |
L8 |
D25 |
W22 |
3 |
16 |
Severo [Juni] Caluza |
1838 |
D14 |
L11 |
L22 |
H--- |
W19 |
W20 |
L10 |
3 |
17 |
Philip Harris |
1819 |
W20 |
D21 |
L2 |
W15 |
L11 |
D13 |
U--- |
3 |
18 |
Hugh Long |
1759 |
L1 |
W25 |
W20 |
L5 |
W14 |
U--- |
U--- |
3 |
19 |
Elliot Raymer |
1756 |
L5 |
W6 |
L24 |
L20 |
L16 |
B--- |
W25 |
3 |
20 |
Robert Hamm |
1665 |
L17 |
W12 |
L18 |
W19 |
L6 |
L16 |
W24 |
3 |
21 |
Louis Cheng |
1969 |
W12 |
D17 |
L4 |
L13 |
W23 |
F8 |
U--- |
2.5 |
22 |
Hector Rathburn |
1678 |
L7 |
D8 |
W16 |
L6 |
D12 |
D23 |
L15 |
2.5 |
23 |
Joanne Foote |
1466 |
B--- |
L1 |
L10 |
W26 |
L21 |
D22 |
L12 |
2.5 |
24 |
Brian Sullivan |
1623 |
W8 |
L7 |
W19 |
L9 |
L10 |
L14 |
L20 |
2 |
25 |
Doug Sly |
1546 |
L4 |
L18 |
W12 |
L14 |
D26 |
D15 |
L19 |
2 |
26 |
Trevor Yonkman |
1401 |
H--- |
L13 |
L6 |
L23 |
D25 |
L12 |
U--- |
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SwissSys Standings. 36th Paul Keres Memorial: U1600 |
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Name |
Rtng |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Rd 5 |
Rd 6 |
Rd 7 |
Tot |
1 |
Gopal Singh Hayer |
1577 |
L3 |
W11 |
D4 |
W7 |
W2 |
W8 |
W5 |
5.5 |
2 |
Constantin Rotariu |
1410 |
W5 |
W10 |
D3 |
W4 |
L1 |
W9 |
D7 |
5 |
3 |
Marcel Holtmann |
1304 |
W1 |
W7 |
D2 |
W10 |
L8 |
W4 |
L6 |
4.5 |
4 |
Michael Su |
1249 |
D7 |
W9 |
D1 |
L2 |
W10 |
L3 |
B--- |
4 |
5 |
Edward Enns |
1107 |
L2 |
B--- |
L10 |
W6 |
W9 |
W11 |
L1 |
4 |
6 |
Alan H Griffith |
1515 |
L12 |
L8 |
B--- |
L5 |
D7 |
W10 |
W3 |
3.5 |
7 |
Petr Straka |
1453 |
D4 |
L3 |
W8 |
L1 |
D6 |
B--- |
D2 |
3.5 |
8 |
Aaron Cosenza |
1388 |
L10 |
W6 |
L7 |
W11 |
W3 |
L1 |
L9 |
3 |
9 |
Micah Chesher |
1284 |
H--- |
L4 |
W11 |
H--- |
L5 |
L2 |
W8 |
3 |
10 |
Michael D. Greene |
unr. |
W8 |
L2 |
W5 |
L3 |
L4 |
L6 |
W11 |
3 |
11 |
Brian Parker |
920 |
H--- |
L1 |
L9 |
L8 |
B--- |
L5 |
L10 |
1.5 |
12 |
Joanne Foote |
1466 |
W6 |
U--- |
U--- |
U--- |
U--- |
U--- |
U--- |
1 |
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