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Event Report 2014 Keres Memorial

Page history last edited by roger patterson 9 years, 10 months ago

39th Annual Paul Keres Memorial Chess Tournament

 

A 6 round FIDE and CFC rated Swiss

 

May 17-19, 2014

 

$4000 in prizes guaranteed

 

The 39th Annual Keres Memorial drew 96 players.   This is comparable to last year, although a little disappointing as we had been hoping for a modest uptick in numbers.    However, although the total participation is the same, this masks a huge structural shift in who is actually playing.  Five years ago when we (Victoria Chess) took over running the Keres, the U1600 group was typically 10-12 players, almost an afterthought.    Numbers in that section had gone up in the last few years to the mid 20 range which we had attributed (perhaps incorrectly) to sensitivity to the lower entry fees that we had tried for this group.   This year, the U1600 section was a mammoth 50 players with attendance in the top two sections an anemic 50%-75% of previous years.   Perhaps U1600 is a misnomer - it's actually the large number of U1200 players, typically juniors, who made most of the difference.

 

One consequence of the smaller top section is that it was a little tougher than usual.   Games between contenders for 1st started as early as round 2.    Ultimately perennial favourite Georgi Orlov took 1st place giving up 2 draws along the way.   Visiting IM Dietmar Kolbus (for the third year!) tied with FM Jason Cao for 2nd.

 

This year marks 5 years that Victoria Chess has taken on the Keres.   It will be our last - we are finding new organizers to pass the torch on to.  Stay tuned to the BCCF website or this website's home page for updates on details for the 40th Annual Keres Memorial in 2015.

 

 

Left to right:

Dietmar Kolbus (tie 2nd), Georgi Orlov (1st), Roger Patterson (Organizer), Jason Cao (tie 2nd).

 

 

GAMES FILE (pgn)

 

Prize Winners

$4000 in Guaranteed Prizes:

 

Premier:

1st:  IM Georgi Orlov  $1000

2nd-3rd: IM Dietmar Kolbus, FM Jason Cao $500 each

BC Closed Qualification spot:  FM Jack Yoos

U2200:  Joe Roback $300

 

U2000

1st: Jofrel Landingin $600

2nd-3rd / U1800:  Enayat Ganjian, Hector Rathburn $300 each

 

U1600

1st: Nathaniel Knox $200

2nd: Paul MacDonell $100

U1400:  Jefferson Lee, Patrick Huang, Frank Hou $33.33 each

Unrated: Ali Lamei, Hansen Tong, Trevor van Loon $33.33 each

 

 

Organizing Committee:  Roger Patterson,  Paul Leblanc

TD: Stephen Wright, FA

 

 

 

Previous Keres Memorial Tournaments:

 

39th Annual Keres Memorial

38th Annual Keres Memorial

37th Annual Keres Memorial

36th Annual Keres Memorial

35th Annual Keres Memorial

1st-34th Keres Memorial Tournaments:

 

 

FINAL STANDINGS

 

Premier  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 IM Georgi Orlov 2531 W22 D5 W3 W4 D2 W6 5 $1000
2 IM Dietmar Kolbus 2350 D18 D10 W25 W9 D1 W7 4.5 $500
3 FM Jason Cao 2308 D19 W23 L1 W17 W12 W4 4.5 $500
4 FM Jack Yoos 2363 W26 W7 W11 L1 W5 L3 4 B.C. Closed Qualifier
5 Alfred Pechisker 2275 W20 D1 D8 W10 L4 W11 4  
6 IM Leon Piasetski 2391 W17 D8 L10 B--- W13 L1 3.5  
7 Butch Villavieja 2247 W14 L4 D18 W19 W10 L2 3.5  
8 Jack [Kun] Cheng 2244 W15 D6 D5 D13 D11 D9 3.5  
9 Howard Wu 2240 L10 W24 W16 L2 W15 D8 3.5  
10 Joe Roback 1898 W9 D2 W6 L5 L7 W17 3.5 $300
11 IM Vicente Lee Jr 2321 W13 W21 L4 H--- D8 L5 3  
12 Roman Jiganchine 2223 D24 W19 D17 H--- L3 D13 3  
13 Edward Tang 2051 L11 W14 W21 D8 L6 D12 3  
14 Richard Ingram 1932 L7 L13 L15 B--- W25 W20 3  
15 Daniel E Salcedo 1932 L8 L17 W14 W16 L9 W24 3  
16 Manuel Omana Escandor 1685 H--- D18 L9 L15 B--- W21 3  
17 Roger Patterson 2131 L6 W15 D12 L3 B--- L10 2.5  
18 Dan Erichsen 2092 D2 D16 D7 H--- H--- U--- 2.5  
19 Robert North 2011 D3 L12 W24 L7 W23 U--- 2.5  
20 Pavel Trochtchanovitch 1949 L5 D22 H--- W25 D21 L14 2.5  
21 Kim Nguyen 2230 W25 L11 L13 D22 D20 L16 2  
22 Jason Kenney 2137 L1 D20 W23 D21 U--- U--- 2  
23 Robin Yu 1934 H--- L3 L22 D24 L19 W25 2  
24 Nathan Shao 1814 D12 L9 L19 D23 B--- L15 2  
25 Michael Su 1839 L21 B--- L2 L20 L14 L23 1  
26 James Chan 2104 L4 H--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.5  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U2000  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Jofrel Landingin 1847 H--- W14 W8 W4 W6 D2 5 $600
2 Enayat Ganjian 1758 W16 W17 W12 L6 W10 D1 4.5 $300
3 Hector Rathburn 1747 W11 L12 W20 D5 W17 W6 4.5 $300
4 Ross Richardson 1945 D14 D20 W11 L1 W12 W10 4  
5 Karl [Lizhe] Cui 1759 D15 D10 W7 D3 D8 W13 4  
6 Joe Soliven 1974 D10 W15 W13 W2 L1 L3 3.5  
7 Kent Cronin 1724 L17 W16 L5 W20 W18 D8 3.5  
8 H G Pitre 1724 W18 D13 L1 W15 D5 D7 3.5  
9 Yutong Zhang 1624 L13 D18 L15 B--- W14 W17 3.5  
10 Duncan Haines 1743 D6 D5 W17 W12 L2 L4 3  
11 Maven Zheng 1464 L3 W19 L4 L17 B--- W20 3  
12 Paul Leblanc 1802 W19 W3 L2 L10 L4 D15 2.5  
13 Marionito Jose 1788 W9 D8 L6 D18 H--- L5 2.5  
14 Philip Harris 1726 D4 L1 L18 W16 L9 W19 2.5  
15 Kevin Low 1546 D5 L6 W9 L8 D16 D12 2.5  
16 Brian Sullivan 1542 L2 L7 W19 L14 D15 B--- 2.5  
17 Richard Lapenna 1836 W7 L2 L10 W11 L3 L9 2  
18 Severo [Juni] Caluza 1829 L8 D9 W14 D13 L7 U--- 2  
19 Mau-Seng Lee 1646 L12 L11 L16 H--- W20 L14 1.5  
20 Rinna Yu 1623 H--- D4 L3 L7 L19 L11 1  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U1600  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Nathaniel Knox 1542 W39 W36 W9 W11 W3 W8 6 $200
2 Paul MacDonell 1538 W45 W25 W15 D3 D8 W9 5 $100
3 Anderson Yee 1568 W10 W24 W7 D2 L1 W15 4.5  
4 Victor Zheng 1463 W16 L28 W35 W23 W11 D5 4.5  
5 Jefferson Lee 1292 L31 W30 W26 W38 W19 D4 4.5 $33.33
6 Patrick Huang 1282 W32 W31 D17 L18 W29 W16 4.5 $33.33
7 Frank Hou 1254 W40 W33 L3 D10 W27 W18 4.5 $33.33
8 Robert L Barron 1545 W27 D35 W28 W17 D2 L1 4  
9 Robert Hao 1168 W42 W41 L1 W13 W18 L2 4  
10 Cindy Ziyi Zhao 1028 L3 W50 W14 D7 D28 W19 4  
11 Ali Lamei unr. W21 W22 W19 L1 L4 W23 4 $33.33
12 Hansen Tong unr. L15 L23 W49 W39 W24 W21 4 $33.33
13 Trevor van Loon unr. W23 L15 W24 L9 W38 W25 4 $33.33
14 Tony Xun 1255 L33 W32 L10 W46 D36 W28 3.5  
15 Paul Clarkson 1157 W12 W13 L2 H--- W17 L3 3.5  
16 An Yu 963 L4 D34 W42 W22 W20 L6 3.5  
17 Evert van Leeuwen unr. W26 W38 D6 L8 L15 W35 3.5  
18 Tim Rhodes 1484 L28 W46 W36 W6 L9 L7 3  
19 Alex Reny 1310 W30 W29 L11 W25 L5 L10 3  
20 Clark Zhang 1249 L46 W40 W39 D28 L16 D27 3  
21 Danny Liu 1170 L11 W43 L29 W32 W26 L12 3  
22 Daniel Du 1161 W43 L11 D31 L16 W34 D33 3  
23 James Li 1154 L13 W12 W33 L4 W31 L11 3  
24 Daniel [YiJia] Li 1086 W50 L3 L13 W40 L12 W44 3  
25 Aidan Madokoro 1076 W48 L2 W46 L19 W37 L13 3  
26 David Jiang 1035 L17 W44 L5 W43 L21 W41 3  
27 Michael Guo 1004 L8 B--- H--- W34 L7 D20 3  
28 Jim Guo 988 W18 W4 L8 D20 D10 L14 3  
29 Tyler Stephens 942 W34 L19 W21 W37 L6 U--- 3  
30 Edward Enns 934 L19 L5 L34 W50 W47 W43 3  
31 Jerry Chen 921 W5 L6 D22 D35 L23 W45 3  
32 Qiwen [Kevin] Tang 916 L6 L14 W48 L21 W42 W37 3  
33 Justin Wan 911 W14 L7 L23 W45 D35 D22 3  
34 Lahiru Jayaweera 1413 L29 D16 W30 L27 L22 W46 2.5  
35 Griffin Keyes 1126 W47 D8 L4 D31 D33 L17 2.5  
36 Zdenek Los 1051 W49 L1 L18 W41 D14 U--- 2.5  
37 Aaron Cosenza 1215 L41 W42 W45 L29 L25 L32 2  
38 Andrea Botez 1144 W44 L17 W41 L5 L13 U--- 2  
39 Lucian Wu 996 L1 W49 L20 L12 L41 W48 2  
40 Jacky Wang 806 L7 L20 W50 L24 L43 B--- 2  
41 Arthur Zhang 646 W37 L9 L38 L36 W39 L26 2  
42 Leo Liu unr. L9 L37 L16 W48 L32 W47 2  
43 William Ng unr. L22 L21 W44 L26 W40 L30 2  
44 Eric Wen unr. L38 L26 L43 W49 W50 L24 2  
45 Ping Yu 995 L2 W48 L37 L33 D46 L31 1.5  
46 Anna Van 302 W20 L18 L25 L14 D45 L34 1.5  
47 Timothy Xie unr. L35 U--- U--- B--- L30 L42 1  
48 Bill Yang unr. L25 L45 L32 L42 W49 L39 1  
49 Ciro Zhang unr. L36 L39 L12 L44 L48 W50 1  
50 Joseph Yan unr. L24 L10 L40 L30 L44 L49 0  
                     

 

Contact us at victoriachessclub@gmail.com  

 

                

Organizing Committee:  Roger Patterson,  Paul Leblanc

TD: Stephen Wright, FA

 

 

 

Previous Keres Memorial Tournaments: 

 

38th Annual Keres Memorial

37th Annual Keres Memorial

36th Annual Keres Memorial

35th Annual Keres Memorial

1st-34th Keres Memorial Tournaments:

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