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).
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:
FINAL STANDINGS
Premier |
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# |
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 |
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6 |
IM Leon Piasetski |
2391 |
W17 |
D8 |
L10 |
B--- |
W13 |
L1 |
3.5 |
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7 |
Butch Villavieja |
2247 |
W14 |
L4 |
D18 |
W19 |
W10 |
L2 |
3.5 |
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8 |
Jack [Kun] Cheng |
2244 |
W15 |
D6 |
D5 |
D13 |
D11 |
D9 |
3.5 |
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9 |
Howard Wu |
2240 |
L10 |
W24 |
W16 |
L2 |
W15 |
D8 |
3.5 |
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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 |
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12 |
Roman Jiganchine |
2223 |
D24 |
W19 |
D17 |
H--- |
L3 |
D13 |
3 |
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13 |
Edward Tang |
2051 |
L11 |
W14 |
W21 |
D8 |
L6 |
D12 |
3 |
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14 |
Richard Ingram |
1932 |
L7 |
L13 |
L15 |
B--- |
W25 |
W20 |
3 |
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15 |
Daniel E Salcedo |
1932 |
L8 |
L17 |
W14 |
W16 |
L9 |
W24 |
3 |
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16 |
Manuel Omana Escandor |
1685 |
H--- |
D18 |
L9 |
L15 |
B--- |
W21 |
3 |
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17 |
Roger Patterson |
2131 |
L6 |
W15 |
D12 |
L3 |
B--- |
L10 |
2.5 |
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18 |
Dan Erichsen |
2092 |
D2 |
D16 |
D7 |
H--- |
H--- |
U--- |
2.5 |
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19 |
Robert North |
2011 |
D3 |
L12 |
W24 |
L7 |
W23 |
U--- |
2.5 |
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20 |
Pavel Trochtchanovitch |
1949 |
L5 |
D22 |
H--- |
W25 |
D21 |
L14 |
2.5 |
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21 |
Kim Nguyen |
2230 |
W25 |
L11 |
L13 |
D22 |
D20 |
L16 |
2 |
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22 |
Jason Kenney |
2137 |
L1 |
D20 |
W23 |
D21 |
U--- |
U--- |
2 |
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23 |
Robin Yu |
1934 |
H--- |
L3 |
L22 |
D24 |
L19 |
W25 |
2 |
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24 |
Nathan Shao |
1814 |
D12 |
L9 |
L19 |
D23 |
B--- |
L15 |
2 |
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25 |
Michael Su |
1839 |
L21 |
B--- |
L2 |
L20 |
L14 |
L23 |
1 |
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26 |
James Chan |
2104 |
L4 |
H--- |
U--- |
U--- |
U--- |
U--- |
0.5 |
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U2000 |
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# |
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 |
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5 |
Karl [Lizhe] Cui |
1759 |
D15 |
D10 |
W7 |
D3 |
D8 |
W13 |
4 |
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6 |
Joe Soliven |
1974 |
D10 |
W15 |
W13 |
W2 |
L1 |
L3 |
3.5 |
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7 |
Kent Cronin |
1724 |
L17 |
W16 |
L5 |
W20 |
W18 |
D8 |
3.5 |
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8 |
H G Pitre |
1724 |
W18 |
D13 |
L1 |
W15 |
D5 |
D7 |
3.5 |
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9 |
Yutong Zhang |
1624 |
L13 |
D18 |
L15 |
B--- |
W14 |
W17 |
3.5 |
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10 |
Duncan Haines |
1743 |
D6 |
D5 |
W17 |
W12 |
L2 |
L4 |
3 |
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11 |
Maven Zheng |
1464 |
L3 |
W19 |
L4 |
L17 |
B--- |
W20 |
3 |
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12 |
Paul Leblanc |
1802 |
W19 |
W3 |
L2 |
L10 |
L4 |
D15 |
2.5 |
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13 |
Marionito Jose |
1788 |
W9 |
D8 |
L6 |
D18 |
H--- |
L5 |
2.5 |
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14 |
Philip Harris |
1726 |
D4 |
L1 |
L18 |
W16 |
L9 |
W19 |
2.5 |
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15 |
Kevin Low |
1546 |
D5 |
L6 |
W9 |
L8 |
D16 |
D12 |
2.5 |
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16 |
Brian Sullivan |
1542 |
L2 |
L7 |
W19 |
L14 |
D15 |
B--- |
2.5 |
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17 |
Richard Lapenna |
1836 |
W7 |
L2 |
L10 |
W11 |
L3 |
L9 |
2 |
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18 |
Severo [Juni] Caluza |
1829 |
L8 |
D9 |
W14 |
D13 |
L7 |
U--- |
2 |
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19 |
Mau-Seng Lee |
1646 |
L12 |
L11 |
L16 |
H--- |
W20 |
L14 |
1.5 |
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20 |
Rinna Yu |
1623 |
H--- |
D4 |
L3 |
L7 |
L19 |
L11 |
1 |
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U1600 |
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# |
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 |
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4 |
Victor Zheng |
1463 |
W16 |
L28 |
W35 |
W23 |
W11 |
D5 |
4.5 |
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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 |
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9 |
Robert Hao |
1168 |
W42 |
W41 |
L1 |
W13 |
W18 |
L2 |
4 |
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10 |
Cindy Ziyi Zhao |
1028 |
L3 |
W50 |
W14 |
D7 |
D28 |
W19 |
4 |
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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 |
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15 |
Paul Clarkson |
1157 |
W12 |
W13 |
L2 |
H--- |
W17 |
L3 |
3.5 |
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16 |
An Yu |
963 |
L4 |
D34 |
W42 |
W22 |
W20 |
L6 |
3.5 |
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17 |
Evert van Leeuwen |
unr. |
W26 |
W38 |
D6 |
L8 |
L15 |
W35 |
3.5 |
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18 |
Tim Rhodes |
1484 |
L28 |
W46 |
W36 |
W6 |
L9 |
L7 |
3 |
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19 |
Alex Reny |
1310 |
W30 |
W29 |
L11 |
W25 |
L5 |
L10 |
3 |
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20 |
Clark Zhang |
1249 |
L46 |
W40 |
W39 |
D28 |
L16 |
D27 |
3 |
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21 |
Danny Liu |
1170 |
L11 |
W43 |
L29 |
W32 |
W26 |
L12 |
3 |
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22 |
Daniel Du |
1161 |
W43 |
L11 |
D31 |
L16 |
W34 |
D33 |
3 |
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23 |
James Li |
1154 |
L13 |
W12 |
W33 |
L4 |
W31 |
L11 |
3 |
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24 |
Daniel [YiJia] Li |
1086 |
W50 |
L3 |
L13 |
W40 |
L12 |
W44 |
3 |
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25 |
Aidan Madokoro |
1076 |
W48 |
L2 |
W46 |
L19 |
W37 |
L13 |
3 |
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26 |
David Jiang |
1035 |
L17 |
W44 |
L5 |
W43 |
L21 |
W41 |
3 |
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27 |
Michael Guo |
1004 |
L8 |
B--- |
H--- |
W34 |
L7 |
D20 |
3 |
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28 |
Jim Guo |
988 |
W18 |
W4 |
L8 |
D20 |
D10 |
L14 |
3 |
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29 |
Tyler Stephens |
942 |
W34 |
L19 |
W21 |
W37 |
L6 |
U--- |
3 |
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30 |
Edward Enns |
934 |
L19 |
L5 |
L34 |
W50 |
W47 |
W43 |
3 |
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31 |
Jerry Chen |
921 |
W5 |
L6 |
D22 |
D35 |
L23 |
W45 |
3 |
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32 |
Qiwen [Kevin] Tang |
916 |
L6 |
L14 |
W48 |
L21 |
W42 |
W37 |
3 |
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33 |
Justin Wan |
911 |
W14 |
L7 |
L23 |
W45 |
D35 |
D22 |
3 |
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34 |
Lahiru Jayaweera |
1413 |
L29 |
D16 |
W30 |
L27 |
L22 |
W46 |
2.5 |
|
35 |
Griffin Keyes |
1126 |
W47 |
D8 |
L4 |
D31 |
D33 |
L17 |
2.5 |
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36 |
Zdenek Los |
1051 |
W49 |
L1 |
L18 |
W41 |
D14 |
U--- |
2.5 |
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37 |
Aaron Cosenza |
1215 |
L41 |
W42 |
W45 |
L29 |
L25 |
L32 |
2 |
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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 |
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42 |
Leo Liu |
unr. |
L9 |
L37 |
L16 |
W48 |
L32 |
W47 |
2 |
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43 |
William Ng |
unr. |
L22 |
L21 |
W44 |
L26 |
W40 |
L30 |
2 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Contact us at victoriachessclub@gmail.com
Organizing Committee: Roger Patterson, Paul Leblanc
TD: Stephen Wright, FA
Previous Keres Memorial Tournaments:
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