The 37th annual Keres Memorial took place at the Executive Plaza Hotel in Richmond. This year's edition drew 92 players which is an eight year high for the event. It could have easily reached 100 but there were a rash of last minute cancelations. With a bit more work, perhaps next year's event can compete for BC's largest tournament again.
The field in the top section featured 3 IMs and 4 FMs including IM Dietmar Kolbus from Germany who happened to be visiting BC. The locals held their own against him, defended their turf and perennial favourite Jack Yoos took 1st place over all. This makes his 6th repeat win of this event.
We have reserved the same venue for next year's event May 18-20, 2013. Be there!
Many thanks to those who helped out (Michael & Lara Lo, Ralph Lavallee, and others) as well as to Casey Collins who donated towards the upcoming Canadian Open.
Games: 2012Keres.pgn
Photos:
The Top Gun and 1st place winner Jack Yoos (left) with organizer Roger Patterson
Our visiting German IM, Dietmar Kolbus finished in a tie for 2nd place.
The U2000 winners (left to right) Hiva Menbari, Jofrel Landingin, Jeremy Hui
Prize Winners: ($4000 in prizes guaranteed).
Open Section:
1st: FM Jack Yoos 5 points, $1000
2nd-3rd: IM Dietmar Kolbus, FM Maxim Doroshenko, FM Loren Laceste,, IM Leon Piasetski 4.5 points; $250 each
U2200: Jack Cheng, Ryan Lo, 4 points; $150 each.
U2000 Section:
1st-3rd: Hiva Menbari, Jofrel Landingin, Jeremy Hui; 5 points; $335 each
U1800: Peter Thompson 4 points; $200
U 1600 Section:
1st: Michael Su 5 points: $200
2nd-3rd & U1400: Gopal Singh Hayer, Kyle Zheng, Frank Hou 4.5 points; $70 each.
Final Standings:
Note: for calculation of CFC final ratings, see the CFC website at: www.chess.ca
# | Name | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Tot |
1 | FM John C [jack] Yoos | 2378 | D9 | W30 | W20 | W3 | D2 | W4 | 5.0 |
2 | FM Maxim Doroshenko | 2512 | W8 | W18 | W17 | D4 | D1 | D5 | 4.5 |
3 | IM Leon Piasetski | 2419 | D13 | W28 | W9 | L1 | W24 | W10 | 4.5 |
4 | IM Dietmar Kolbus | 2322 | W36 | W10 | W24 | D2 | W6 | L1 | 4.5 |
5 | FM Loren Brigham Laceste | 2224 | W34 | W11 | W14 | L6 | W8 | D2 | 4.5 |
6 | IM Georgi Orlov | 2541 | W21 | D20 | W13 | W5 | L4 | D7 | 4.0 |
7 | Alfred Pechisker | 2280 | W25 | L24 | W23 | W11 | D10 | D6 | 4.0 |
8 | Jack [kun] Cheng | 2056 | L2 | W29 | W33 | W17 | L5 | W15 | 4.0 |
9 | Ryan Lo | 2013 | D1 | W19 | L3 | W20 | D18 | W16 | 4.0 |
10 | Rudy C. Vrana | 2106 | W27 | L4 | W31 | W15 | D7 | L3 | 3.5 |
11 | Joe Soliven | 2080 | W31 | L5 | W32 | L7 | W22 | D13 | 3.5 |
12 | Savvas Kyriakides | 2069 | D28 | L13 | H--- | W31 | W30 | D14 | 3.5 |
13 | James Chan | 2019 | D3 | W12 | L6 | W19 | D16 | D11 | 3.5 |
14 | CM Janak Awatramani | 2011 | W15 | W16 | L5 | D18 | D17 | D12 | 3.5 |
15 | Butch Villavieja | 2337 | L14 | W26 | W22 | L10 | W23 | L8 | 3.0 |
16 | Jason Kenney | 2190 | W26 | L14 | W25 | D24 | D13 | L9 | 3.0 |
17 | Howard Wu | 2154 | W23 | W33 | L2 | L8 | D14 | D19 | 3.0 |
18 | Adam Corper | 2145 | W29 | L2 | W27 | D14 | D9 | U--- | 3.0 |
19 | Dezheng Kong | 2124 | D30 | L9 | W28 | L13 | W27 | D17 | 3.0 |
20 | Dan Erichsen | 2083 | W35 | D6 | L1 | L9 | D21 | W24 | 3.0 |
21 | FM Jason Cao | 2057 | L6 | L23 | D30 | W33 | D20 | W29 | 3.0 |
22 | Yiming Han | 1969 | H--- | H--- | L15 | W35 | L11 | W30 | 3.0 |
23 | Matthew Herdin | 1848 | L17 | W21 | L7 | W32 | L15 | W31 | 3.0 |
24 | Roger Patterson | 2076 | W32 | W7 | L4 | D16 | L3 | L20 | 2.5 |
25 | Jingzhou [peter] Lai | 1942 | L7 | W35 | L16 | L30 | W26 | D27 | 2.5 |
26 | Joe Roback | 1891 | L16 | L15 | W36 | H--- | L25 | W34 | 2.5 |
27 | Severo [juni] Caluza | 1787 | L10 | W36 | L18 | W34 | L19 | D25 | 2.5 |
28 | Yutong Zhang | unr. | D12 | L3 | L19 | L29 | B--- | W32 | 2.5 |
29 | Stephen Forde | 1802 | L18 | L8 | L34 | W28 | W33 | L21 | 2.0 |
30 | Alice Xiao | 1795 | D19 | L1 | D21 | W25 | L12 | L22 | 2.0 |
31 | Omar Jessa | 1647 | L11 | W34 | L10 | L12 | W35 | L23 | 2.0 |
32 | Constantin Rotariu | 1647 | L24 | B--- | L11 | L23 | W34 | L28 | 2.0 |
33 | Max Gedajlovic | 1527 | B--- | L17 | L8 | L21 | L29 | W35 | 2.0 |
34 | Leonard Molden | 1928 | L5 | L31 | W29 | L27 | L32 | L26 | 1.0 |
35 | Casey Collins | 1671 | L20 | L25 | B--- | L22 | L31 | L33 | 1.0 |
36 | Mehrdad Yousefzadeh | 1992 | L4 | L27 | L26 | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.0 |
# | Name | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Tot |
1 | Hiva Menbari | 1932 | W26 | D4 | W16 | W9 | D2 | W8 | 5.0 |
2 | Jeremy Hui | 1846 | W25 | W14 | W13 | W12 | D1 | D3 | 5.0 |
3 | Jofrel Landingin | 1830 | W17 | W15 | D12 | W4 | W13 | D2 | 5.0 |
4 | Yifei Han | 1820 | W22 | D1 | W18 | L3 | W16 | W7 | 4.5 |
5 | Peter Thompson | 1769 | W29 | D18 | H--- | D8 | D12 | W9 | 4.0 |
6 | Paul Leblanc | 1907 | D9 | L16 | L26 | W--- | W25 | W13 | 3.5 |
7 | Philip Harris | 1816 | W27 | L12 | W14 | D16 | W10 | L4 | 3.5 |
8 | Yascha Friesen | 1743 | L12 | W27 | W15 | D5 | W18 | L1 | 3.5 |
9 | Dejan Radic | 1679 | D6 | W21 | W23 | L1 | W19 | L5 | 3.5 |
10 | Catherine Smith | 1674 | L23 | W29 | W28 | H--- | L7 | W22 | 3.5 |
11 | Luke Pulfer | 1427 | D21 | D24 | W20 | L13 | D15 | W19 | 3.5 |
12 | Lawrence Cohen | 1999 | W8 | W7 | D3 | L2 | D5 | U--- | 3.0 |
13 | Hugh Long | 1768 | W28 | W23 | L2 | W11 | L3 | L6 | 3.0 |
14 | Payam Mousavi | 1652 | W19 | L2 | L7 | D22 | W21 | D17 | 3.0 |
15 | Hector Rathburn | 1624 | W24 | L3 | L8 | W23 | D11 | D16 | 3.0 |
16 | Brian Sullivan | 1553 | W20 | W6 | L1 | D7 | L4 | D15 | 3.0 |
17 | Charlie Ritchie | 1513 | L3 | D19 | W24 | L18 | W26 | D14 | 3.0 |
18 | Christopher Baumgartner | 1866 | W--- | D5 | L4 | W17 | L8 | U--- | 2.5 |
19 | Mavaddat Javid | 1857 | L14 | D17 | W21 | W26 | L9 | L11 | 2.5 |
20 | H G Pitre | 1831 | L16 | W22 | L11 | L25 | W27 | D24 | 2.5 |
21 | Mau-seng Lee | 1806 | D11 | L9 | L19 | W24 | L14 | W25 | 2.5 |
22 | Jill Ding | 1482 | L4 | L20 | W27 | D14 | W23 | L10 | 2.5 |
23 | Peter Yee | 1888 | W10 | L13 | L9 | L15 | L22 | W26 | 2.0 |
24 | George Kosinski | 1855 | L15 | D11 | L17 | L21 | W29 | D20 | 2.0 |
25 | Robert Hamm | 1565 | L2 | L28 | W29 | W20 | L6 | L21 | 2.0 |
26 | Sylvain Gaudreau | 1717 | L1 | H--- | W6 | L19 | L17 | L23 | 1.5 |
27 | Stewart Paulson | 1432 | L7 | L8 | L22 | D29 | L20 | B--- | 1.5 |
28 | Roger Luo | 1283 | L13 | W25 | L10 | U--- | U--- | U--- | 1.0 |
29 | Jingzhi [edwin] Xu | 1328 | L5 | L10 | L25 | D27 | L24 | U--- | 0.5 |
# | Name | Rtng | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Tot |
1 | Michael Su | 1355 | W7 | W18 | D2 | W12 | W11 | D3 | 5.0 |
2 | Sean Blanchard | unr. | W9 | W4 | D1 | W8 | D3 | W10 | 5.0 |
3 | Gopal Singh Hayer | 1491 | W20 | W15 | D8 | W11 | D2 | D1 | 4.5 |
4 | Kyle Zheng | 1283 | W23 | L2 | D12 | W18 | W15 | W8 | 4.5 |
5 | Frank Hou | 1010 | W24 | D12 | D9 | W7 | D10 | W11 | 4.5 |
6 | Paul Macdonell | 1573 | L18 | L7 | W24 | W21 | W16 | W15 | 4.0 |
7 | Paula Brewster | 867 | L1 | W6 | W16 | L5 | W13 | W12 | 4.0 |
8 | Alex Y Lin | 1280 | W--- | W19 | D3 | L2 | W9 | L4 | 3.5 |
9 | Ashley Tapp | 1228 | L2 | W26 | D5 | W19 | L8 | W18 | 3.5 |
10 | Lahiru Jayaweera | 1146 | L17 | W21 | W23 | W20 | D5 | L2 | 3.5 |
11 | Jothi Ramesh | 1495 | W16 | W14 | W13 | L3 | L1 | L5 | 3.0 |
12 | Petr Straka | 1422 | W21 | D5 | D4 | L1 | W20 | L7 | 3.0 |
13 | Conrad Burgert | 1322 | W22 | W17 | L11 | L15 | L7 | W23 | 3.0 |
14 | Zdenek Los | 1108 | W26 | L11 | L20 | W22 | W17 | U--- | 3.0 |
15 | Rowan James | 961 | W27 | L3 | W17 | W13 | L4 | L6 | 3.0 |
16 | Maven Zheng | 922 | L11 | W24 | L7 | W26 | L6 | W22 | 3.0 |
17 | Alex Reny | unr. | W10 | L13 | L15 | W25 | L14 | W21 | 3.0 |
18 | Annika Zhou | 957 | W6 | L1 | D19 | L4 | W25 | L9 | 2.5 |
19 | Nathan Narusis | unr. | W25 | L8 | D18 | L9 | L21 | W27 | 2.5 |
20 | Robert Pulfer | 915 | L3 | W27 | W14 | L10 | L12 | U--- | 2.0 |
21 | Daniel Du | 870 | L12 | L10 | B--- | L6 | W19 | L17 | 2.0 |
22 | Rachel Pulfer | 760 | L13 | W25 | L26 | L14 | W24 | L16 | 2.0 |
23 | Aiden Zhou | 659 | L4 | B--- | L10 | L24 | W27 | L13 | 2.0 |
24 | Vincent Iormetti | unr. | L5 | L16 | L6 | W23 | L22 | W25 | 2.0 |
25 | Arpan Grover | 1020 | L19 | L22 | W27 | L17 | L18 | L24 | 1.0 |
26 | Don Smith | unr. | L14 | L9 | W22 | L16 | U--- | U--- | 1.0 |
27 | Tony Xun | unr. | L15 | L20 | L25 | B--- | L23 | L19 | 1.0 |
Contact us at victoriachessclub@gmail.com
Organizing Committee: Roger Patterson, Paul Leblanc
TD: Stephen Wright, FA