Event Report 38th Annual Keres Memorial Chess Tournament
The 38th Annual Keres Memorial was won by perennial favourite IM Georgi Orlov followed by IM Raymond Kaufman in 2nd. This years edition drew 98 players which is a 9 year high for attendance. Four IMs played in the top section including a formerly inactive IM Stanislav Kriventsov living in Burnaby who moved here a number of years ago but has never played in Canada. Unfortunately, he was confused about the round times and inadvertently forfeited a game. A number of old timers also signed up after a period of many years of activity. We even pulled in someone from Saskatchewan (which unfortunately, has no CFC tournament activity at all).
The IMs didn't have everything their own way. Ryan Lo delivered a standout performance, beating 2 of the IMs and also holding many time BC champion Jack Yoos to a draw.
Thanks to all those who helped with setup, Ralph Lavallee for filling in as a floater, and Casey Collins for a generous donation to Victoria Chess.
Games: pgn file
We have reserved the same venue for next year's event May 17-19, 2014. Be there!
All Prize Winners ($4000 in prizes)
Premier
1st IM Georgi Orlov $1000
2nd IM Raymond Kaufman $600
3rd Jack Cheng $300
U2200 Alexandra Botez, Ryan Lo, Matthew Herdin $100 each
U2000
1st Joe Soliven $600
2nd Hiva Menbari $400
U1800 Marionito Jose $200
U1600
1st Anderson Yee $200
2nd Clement Cheng, Lahiru Jayaweera $50 each
U1400 Paula Brewster $100
Unrated Navid Samiei $100
TD: FA Stephen Wright
Organizers: Roger Patterson and Paul Leblanc
This year's winner: Left to right: Co-organizer Paul Leblanc, IM Georgi Orlov, and TD FA Stephen Wright. Photo Lara Lo.
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SwissSys Standings. 38th Paul Keres Memorial: Premier |
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# |
Name |
Rtng |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Rd 5 |
Rd 6 |
Tot |
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1 |
IM Georgi Orlov |
2520 |
W33 |
W11 |
W14 |
W10 |
D4 |
W6 |
5.5 |
1st: $1000 |
2 |
IM Raymond Kaufman |
2304 |
W22 |
L7 |
W33 |
W17 |
W11 |
W4 |
5 |
2nd: $600 |
3 |
Jack [kun] Cheng |
2237 |
D20 |
W30 |
W12 |
L4 |
W--- |
W7 |
4.5 |
$3rd: $300 |
4 |
FM John C [jack] Yoos |
2382 |
W19 |
W15 |
D7 |
W3 |
D1 |
L2 |
4 |
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5 |
IM Dietmar Kolbus |
2356 |
W13 |
W25 |
D6 |
L7 |
W15 |
D12 |
4 |
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6 |
Alfred Pechisker |
2275 |
W23 |
W17 |
D5 |
W14 |
D7 |
L1 |
4 |
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7 |
Ryan Lo |
2156 |
W34 |
W2 |
D4 |
W5 |
D6 |
L3 |
4 |
U2200 (tie): $100 |
8 |
Matthew Herdin |
2128 |
D21 |
D31 |
D20 |
D19 |
W29 |
W14 |
4 |
U2200 (tie): $100 |
9 |
Alexandra Botez |
2038 |
L10 |
W23 |
L11 |
W20 |
W31 |
W22 |
4 |
U2200 (tie): $100 |
10 |
IM Stanislav Kriventsov |
2406 |
W9 |
D12 |
W18 |
L1 |
U--- |
W24 |
3.5 |
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11 |
Howard Wu |
2255 |
W27 |
L1 |
W9 |
W16 |
L2 |
D13 |
3.5 |
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12 |
Roman Jiganchine |
2217 |
W28 |
D10 |
L3 |
H--- |
W22 |
D5 |
3.5 |
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13 |
Ruining [ray] Wu |
2015 |
L5 |
W24 |
D15 |
D25 |
W16 |
D11 |
3.5 |
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14 |
Butch Villavieja |
2293 |
W26 |
W32 |
L1 |
L6 |
W19 |
L8 |
3 |
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15 |
Jason Kenney |
2192 |
W24 |
L4 |
D13 |
W35 |
L5 |
D20 |
3 |
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16 |
Alisher Sanetullaev |
2163 |
D30 |
D20 |
W31 |
L11 |
L13 |
W28 |
3 |
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17 |
Lukas Beaudry |
2117 |
W35 |
L6 |
W32 |
L2 |
D24 |
D21 |
3 |
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18 |
John Doknjas |
2094 |
D31 |
W21 |
L10 |
L22 |
D28 |
W29 |
3 |
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19 |
Roger Patterson |
2035 |
L4 |
W28 |
D25 |
D8 |
L14 |
W31 |
3 |
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20 |
Alice Huanyi Xiao |
1885 |
D3 |
D16 |
D8 |
L9 |
W35 |
D15 |
3 |
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21 |
Robin Yu |
1649 |
D8 |
L18 |
L29 |
W30 |
W32 |
D17 |
3 |
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22 |
Benedict Daswani |
2000 |
L2 |
D34 |
W30 |
W18 |
L12 |
L9 |
2.5 |
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23 |
Savvas Kyriakides |
1981 |
L6 |
L9 |
L28 |
W27 |
D26 |
W35 |
2.5 |
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24 |
Alex Y Lin |
1774 |
L15 |
L13 |
B--- |
W34 |
D17 |
L10 |
2.5 |
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25 |
Jamin Gluckie |
2198 |
W29 |
L5 |
D19 |
D13 |
U--- |
U--- |
2 |
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26 |
Lubomir Pokora |
1990 |
L14 |
D35 |
D34 |
L31 |
D23 |
D32 |
2 |
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27 |
Max Gedajlovic |
1922 |
L11 |
L33 |
L35 |
L23 |
B--- |
W34 |
2 |
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28 |
Joe Roback |
1856 |
L12 |
L19 |
W23 |
H--- |
D18 |
L16 |
2 |
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29 |
Darren Bates |
1824 |
L25 |
H--- |
W21 |
H--- |
L8 |
L18 |
2 |
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30 |
Lionel Han |
1759 |
D16 |
L3 |
L22 |
L21 |
D34 |
B--- |
2 |
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31 |
Manuel Omana Escandor |
1624 |
D18 |
D8 |
L16 |
W26 |
L9 |
L19 |
2 |
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32 |
Yutong Zhang |
1525 |
B--- |
L14 |
L17 |
D33 |
L21 |
D26 |
2 |
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33 |
Edward Tang |
2064 |
L1 |
W27 |
L2 |
D32 |
U--- |
U--- |
1.5 |
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34 |
Joanne Foote |
1709 |
L7 |
D22 |
D26 |
L24 |
D30 |
L27 |
1.5 |
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35 |
Casey Collins |
1624 |
L17 |
D26 |
W27 |
L15 |
L20 |
L23 |
1.5 |
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SwissSys Standings. 38th Paul Keres Memorial: U2000 |
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# |
Name |
Rtng |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Rd 5 |
Rd 6 |
Tot |
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1 |
Joe Soliven |
1995 |
W22 |
W9 |
W7 |
W2 |
W6 |
D4 |
5.5 |
1st: $600 |
2 |
Hiva Menbari |
1946 |
W30 |
W10 |
W11 |
L1 |
W17 |
W12 |
5 |
2nd: $400 |
3 |
Joshua Doknjas |
1809 |
D27 |
W35 |
W5 |
L18 |
W26 |
W17 |
4.5 |
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4 |
Marionito Jose |
1635 |
L14 |
W38 |
W8 |
W11 |
W18 |
D1 |
4.5 |
U1800: $200 |
5 |
Robert North |
1948 |
W24 |
H--- |
L3 |
H--- |
W32 |
W16 |
4 |
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6 |
Neale Monkhouse |
1863 |
D17 |
W27 |
W15 |
W14 |
L1 |
D9 |
4 |
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7 |
Eugenio Alonso Campos |
1860 |
W12 |
W26 |
L1 |
W23 |
D16 |
D10 |
4 |
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8 |
Philip Harris |
1770 |
W36 |
L16 |
L4 |
W25 |
W33 |
W18 |
4 |
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9 |
Paul Leblanc |
1763 |
W28 |
L1 |
W30 |
D26 |
W27 |
D6 |
4 |
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10 |
Peter Yee |
1752 |
W33 |
L2 |
D31 |
W15 |
W14 |
D7 |
4 |
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11 |
Mau-seng Lee |
1732 |
W38 |
W19 |
L2 |
L4 |
W34 |
W20 |
4 |
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12 |
Andrew Toi |
1546 |
L7 |
W40 |
W29 |
W21 |
W20 |
L2 |
4 |
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13 |
Richard Ingram |
1977 |
L23 |
W32 |
L17 |
D30 |
W36 |
W22 |
3.5 |
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14 |
Jofrel Landingin |
1894 |
W4 |
D15 |
W23 |
L6 |
L10 |
W26 |
3.5 |
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15 |
Hector Rathburn |
1751 |
W34 |
D14 |
L6 |
L10 |
W28 |
W27 |
3.5 |
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16 |
Kent Cronin |
1702 |
W39 |
W8 |
W18 |
L17 |
D7 |
L5 |
3.5 |
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17 |
Michael Su |
1616 |
D6 |
W21 |
W13 |
W16 |
L2 |
L3 |
3.5 |
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18 |
Richard Lapenna |
1876 |
W31 |
W29 |
L16 |
W3 |
L4 |
L8 |
3 |
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19 |
Constantin Rotariu |
1825 |
W25 |
L11 |
L22 |
L32 |
W38 |
W31 |
3 |
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20 |
George Kosinski |
1822 |
W32 |
L--- |
W24 |
W22 |
L12 |
L11 |
3 |
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21 |
Karl [lizhe] Cui |
1790 |
D35 |
L17 |
W36 |
L12 |
D31 |
W34 |
3 |
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22 |
Sylvain Gaudreau |
1693 |
L1 |
W28 |
W19 |
L20 |
W23 |
L13 |
3 |
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23 |
Houshyar Ghandi |
1677 |
W13 |
W--- |
L14 |
L7 |
L22 |
W33 |
3 |
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24 |
Gilles Bruneau |
1664 |
L5 |
W34 |
L20 |
D28 |
D30 |
W32 |
3 |
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25 |
Jill Ding |
1544 |
L19 |
W39 |
L26 |
L8 |
W29 |
W30 |
3 |
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26 |
Payam Mousavi |
1713 |
W40 |
L7 |
W25 |
D9 |
L3 |
L14 |
2.5 |
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27 |
Nathaniel Knox |
1535 |
D3 |
L6 |
W35 |
W31 |
L9 |
L15 |
2.5 |
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28 |
Kevin Low |
1470 |
L9 |
L22 |
W38 |
D24 |
L15 |
W36 |
2.5 |
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29 |
Chris Johnston |
1735 |
W37 |
L18 |
L12 |
L34 |
L25 |
W39 |
2 |
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30 |
Kai Richardson |
1645 |
L2 |
W33 |
L9 |
D13 |
D24 |
L25 |
2 |
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31 |
Luke Pulfer |
1622 |
L18 |
W37 |
D10 |
L27 |
D21 |
L19 |
2 |
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32 |
Robert Hamm |
1539 |
L20 |
L13 |
W37 |
W19 |
L5 |
L24 |
2 |
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33 |
Stewart Paulson |
1342 |
L10 |
L30 |
W--- |
W35 |
L8 |
L23 |
2 |
|
34 |
James Chometa |
1328 |
L15 |
L24 |
W40 |
W29 |
L11 |
L21 |
2 |
|
35 |
Brian Sullivan |
1513 |
D21 |
L3 |
L27 |
L33 |
L39 |
W40 |
1.5 |
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36 |
Ashley Tapp |
1503 |
L8 |
H--- |
L21 |
W37 |
L13 |
L28 |
1.5 |
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37 |
Rinna Yu |
1324 |
L29 |
L31 |
L32 |
L36 |
D40 |
W38 |
1.5 |
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38 |
Frank Hou |
1195 |
L11 |
L4 |
L28 |
W40 |
L19 |
L37 |
1 |
|
39 |
Kennedy Rojas |
unr. |
L16 |
L25 |
U--- |
U--- |
W35 |
L29 |
1 |
|
40 |
Annika Zhou |
1049 |
L26 |
L12 |
L34 |
L38 |
D37 |
L35 |
0.5 |
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SwissSys Standings. 38th Paul Keres Memorial: U1600 |
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# |
Name |
Rtng |
Rd 1 |
Rd 2 |
Rd 3 |
Rd 4 |
Rd 5 |
Rd 6 |
Tot |
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1 |
Anderson Yee |
1519 |
W16 |
W6 |
D5 |
W2 |
W11 |
D4 |
5 |
1st: $200 |
2 |
Lahiru Jayaweera |
1494 |
W23 |
W7 |
W11 |
L1 |
D5 |
W10 |
4.5 |
2nd (tie): $50 |
3 |
Clement Cheng |
1427 |
W19 |
D17 |
L10 |
W21 |
W16 |
W5 |
4.5 |
2nd (tie): $50 |
4 |
Paula Brewster |
1311 |
L15 |
W19 |
W17 |
W7 |
W6 |
D1 |
4.5 |
U1400: $100 |
5 |
Paul Macdonell |
1516 |
W8 |
W15 |
D1 |
W10 |
D2 |
L3 |
4 |
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Amir-arsalan Kashfolayat |
1151 |
W20 |
L1 |
W15 |
W14 |
L4 |
W11 |
4 |
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7 |
Brenden Wu |
1103 |
W21 |
L2 |
W18 |
L4 |
D8 |
W14 |
3.5 |
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8 |
Tony Xun |
1062 |
L5 |
L9 |
W23 |
W20 |
D7 |
W16 |
3.5 |
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9 |
Alex Reny |
1017 |
L18 |
W8 |
L16 |
W12 |
D21 |
W17 |
3.5 |
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10 |
Aiden Zhou |
905 |
W12 |
D13 |
W3 |
L5 |
W18 |
L2 |
3.5 |
|
11 |
Andrew Hoyer |
1592 |
W14 |
W18 |
L2 |
W13 |
L1 |
L6 |
3 |
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12 |
Jeffrey Dawson |
1268 |
L10 |
W22 |
L14 |
L9 |
W19 |
W20 |
3 |
|
13 |
Tony Cheng |
1128 |
D22 |
D10 |
W20 |
L11 |
L14 |
W21 |
3 |
|
14 |
Andrea Botez |
1101 |
L11 |
W23 |
W12 |
L6 |
W13 |
L7 |
3 |
|
15 |
Maven Zheng |
1013 |
W4 |
L5 |
L6 |
L22 |
B--- |
W18 |
3 |
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16 |
Rowan James |
1082 |
L1 |
D21 |
W9 |
W17 |
L3 |
L8 |
2.5 |
|
17 |
Qiwen Tang |
680 |
B--- |
D3 |
L4 |
L16 |
W--- |
L9 |
2.5 |
|
18 |
Neil Doknjas |
1336 |
W9 |
L11 |
L7 |
W19 |
L10 |
L15 |
2 |
|
19 |
Daniel Du |
1037 |
L3 |
L4 |
B--- |
L18 |
L12 |
W23 |
2 |
|
20 |
Kevin Butchart |
799 |
L6 |
B--- |
L13 |
L8 |
W23 |
L12 |
2 |
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21 |
Navid Samiei |
unr. |
L7 |
D16 |
W22 |
L3 |
D9 |
L13 |
2 |
Top Unrated: $100 |
22 |
Peter Patrick Alvarez |
unr. |
D13 |
L12 |
L21 |
W15 |
U--- |
U--- |
1.5 |
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Edward Enns |
1049 |
L2 |
L14 |
L8 |
B--- |
L20 |
L19 |
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Organizing Committee: Roger Patterson, Paul Leblanc
TD: Stephen Wright, FA
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