Monday, April 29, 2013

Congratulations to the Winners for 2012-2013

Here are the Kingston Chess Club tournament winners for 2012/2013. So sorry, my camera broke, so I wasn't able to put together a video like I did last year. Here are the winners anyway:

2012 Jim Cairns Memorial Swiss - P. Sibbald 
Most Improved Player  D. Chan (65 rating points)

2012 President’s Challenge – A. Kandan 
Most Improved Player – K. MacDonald (83 rating points)

2013 Kingston Chess Club Championship – A. Kandan
Most Improved Player – A. Beamish (87 rating points)

2013 Kingston Rapid (5-way tie) – A. Kandan, D. Gordon, S. Anjilvel, D. Chan, A. Azroy
Most Improved Player – A. Azroy (116 rating points)

2013 Azroy Kandan Spring Open (3-way tie) – P. Sibbald, A. Kandan, S. Anjilvel
Most Improved Player – K. MacDonald (87 rating points)

2012-2013 Player of the Year – D. Chan

Key Decisions for 2013-2014

Thank you to all for attending the 2012/2013 Year-End Party (except that there was no pizza left by the time the senior club members arrived). Here are some of the decisions we made today:


Etiquette for Missing Tournament Rounds

When possible, players will advise the tournament director (TD) if/when the player will not be able to make it to a tournament round, at least ONE-WEEK in advance. The TD will post pairings the club website on Wednesdays, so players must inform the TD before then, in order for the game to be re-paired.

If a player is unable to inform TD of his/her absence prior to the Wednesday before the tournament round, the player must contact both the TD and the opponent, and re-schedule the game to a mutually agreed upon time. Please consult your TD with questions.

If you miss a round, and do not inform the TD or your opponent, you will receive a loss by forfeit, which counts as a regular loss (i.e. ratings will be adjusted accordingly).

To facilitate communication, we will be collecting contact information from all members at the start of the 2013-2014 season.


Events for 2013-2014

We will have 5 tournaments for 2013-2014 (just like for 2012-2013). List is as follows (dates are tentative):


Tournament Name
Rounds
Sections
Format
Jim Cairns Memorial Swiss
Sept 16 – Oct 21
5
Single-Section
Swiss
President’s Challenge
Oct 28 – Dec 2
6
4-players per section
Double Round-Robin
Kingston Chess Club Championship
Jan 6 – Feb 3
5
Single-Section
Swiss
KCC Rapid
Feb 10 – Mar 3
6
Single Section
Advanced Swiss
Spring Open / Spring Robin
Mar 17 – Apr 21
5
6 players per section
Round-Robin


Determining the Grand Aggregate Winner


Thursday, April 25, 2013

Party Starts at 6 (or later)!

Hello all,

Next Monday April 29 will the last club meeting for the 2012-2013 season. We'll be having our Year-End Party during this time. The Junior club members will be having their party at 6 pm. Everyone's welcome to come early to enjoy food and casual games.

But seeing as the Senior club typically starts at 7:30 pm, we won't start the Prize-giving Ceremony until about that time, when everybody's there. In addition to giving away prizes, we hope to discuss items for the upcoming 2013-2014 season. So please make an effort to be there. We look forward to seeing you.

Check out what happened last year:
http://kingstonchessclub.blogspot.ca/2012/05/have-happy-summer-and-see-you-in-fall.html

Anybody want to play a game?

2013 Ontario Chess Challenge


For those who are interested, the results for the recent Ontario Chess Challenge held in Toronto last Sunday on April 21 are now posted on the Chess 'N Math ratings website. You can check it out here:

http://www.chesstalk.com/elo/pub/scr/tournois.php?no=7894

Congratulations to our team from the Kingston Chess Club:

Name
Grade
Points
Rank
David Chan
9
3 / 5
8 / 17
Alex Chan
6
2 / 6
25 / 50
Zoe Spronk
6
1 / 6
39 / 50
Euan Hughes
5
1 / 5
41 / 46
Arman Azroy
4
2 / 5
26 / 43

See you guys next week at the Year-End Party!

Monday, April 22, 2013

Azroy Kandan Spring Open 2013

Looks like Sid Anjilvel was able to bring down tournament leader Azroy Kandan in an epic final round battle in the Caro Kann. We now have a 3-way tie for the 2013 Azroy Kandan Spring Open. Here are the final results:


#
Name
Rd 1
Rd 2
Rd 3
Rd 4
Rd 5
Tot
1
Peter Sibbald
W17
W5
W3
L2
W8
4
2
Azroy Kandan
W12
W10
W4
W1
L3
4
3
Sid Anjilvel
W18
W6
L1
W11
W2
4
4
Dave Gordon
W7
W11
L2
D8
W5
3.5
5
Harry Jordan
W13
L1
W17
W7
L4
3
6
Chris Hargreaves
W9
L3
L7
W10
W14
3
7
Alex Chan
L4
W14
W6
L5
W15
3
8
Kevin Macdonald
W16
W12
D10
D4
L1
3
9
Huxley Anjilvel
L6
W18
L12
W17
W11
3
10
David Chan
W19
L2
D8
L6
W17
2.5
11
John Lukezich
W14
L4
W15
L3
L9
2
12
Arman Azroy
L2
L8
W9
L14
W18
2
13
Alex Beamish
L5
L17
W18
B---
U---
2
14
Steve Hughes
L11
L7
B---
W12
L6
2
15
Ian Birch
H---
H---
L11
W18
L7
2
16
Lorenz Paulsen
L8
W19
H---
U---
U---
1.5
17
Alexander Reid
L1
W13
L5
L9
L10
1
18
Roman Polywkan
L3
L9
L13
L15
L12
0
19
David Greenland
L10
L16
U---
U---
U---
0

Thank you to all for participating this year. Please come next week for the year-end Pizza Party, where we'll enjoy some food, casual chess, and good company. We'll hopefully discuss some items for the next 2013-2014 season as well.

See you next week!

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

2013 EASTERN ONTARIO YOUTH CHESS TOURNAMENT RESULTS


2013 EASTERN ONTARIO YOUTH CHESS TOURNAMENT
Sunday April 14th - HMCS CATARAQUI, Kingston

The medal winners were:

Grade 1
Gold
Cory Kilfoyle
Kingston
Gold
Tristan White
Kingston

Grade 2
Gold
Kyle Zhu
Ottawa
Silver
Rayleigh Cao
Kingston
Silver
Evan Inghan
Kingston
Silver
Kayden Wallace
Kingston

Grade 3
Gold
Lev Stefanovich-Thomson
Kingston
Silver
Levi Prost
Kingston

Grade 4
Gold
Arman Azroy
Kingston
Silver
Lawrence Ju
Kanata
Bronze
Kevin Cao
Kingston
Bronze
Paige Ingham
Kingston

Grade 5
Gold
Ewan Hughes
Kingston
Silver
Nikolas Kotsovolos
Kingston
Bronze
Rebecca Hill Lamareux
Kingston
Bronze
Connor McAllister
Kingston
Bronze
Zach Savage
Kingston

Grade 6
Gold
Terrence Ju
Kanata
Silver
Alex Chan
Kingston
Silver
Zoe Spronk
Kingston
Bronze
Ben Beardall
Kingston

Grade 7
Gold
Nicholas Osanic
Kingston
Silver
Savanah Young
Kingston

Grade 8
Gold
James Vowles
Kingston
Silver
Matthias Lauprecht
Kingston

Grade 9
Gold
Gaffar Othman
Kingston
Silver
Huxley Anjilvel
Kingston

Grade 11
Gold
Ahmad Nassar
Kingston
Silver
Michael Beauchemin
Kingston

The top players will now compete in the ONTARIO CHESS CHALLENGE, which will be held in Toronto on Sunday April 21st. - The Provincial Champion in each Grade then plays in the CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE, which will be held in Ottawa at the end of May.