Monday, March 31, 2014

2014 Sibbald-Gordon Spring - Round 4 Pairings

Assuming there aren’t any more BYEs for the 4th round, here are the pairings for next week:

Section A: 6-Player Round-Robin
White
Rd. 4
Black
John Lukezich
  
Dave Gordon
Peter Sibbald
  
Sid Anjilvel
Azroy Kandan
  
Astrit Hyseni

Section B: 6-Player Round-Robin
White
Rd. 4
Black
Steve Hughes
  
Arman Azroy
Alexis Thomson
  
Lorenz Paulsen
David Chan
  
Alex Chan

Section C: 5-Round Swiss
White
Rd. 4
Black
Huxley Anjilvel

Ian Birch
Roman Polywkan

Francois Chan
Chris Hargreaves

Harry Jordan
Devin Ancsin

James Greer
Jordan Greer

Stephen Laughren

Hopefully, we’ll have a guest appearance from Harry Jordan this week, playing against Chris Hargreaves!

2014 Sibbald-Gordon Spring - Round 3 Results

Here are the Round 3 Results

Section A: 6-Player Round-Robin
White
Rd. 3
Black
John Lukezich
0 - 1
Sid Anjilvel
Peter Sibbald
1 - 0
Astrit Hyseni
Dave Gordon
0 - 1
Azroy Kandan

Section B: 6-Player Round-Robin
White
Rd. 3
Black
Steve Hughes
1 - 0
Alexis Thomson
Lorenz Paulsen
1 - 0
Alex Chan
Arman Azroy
1 - 0
David Chan

Section C: 5-Round Swiss
White
Rd. 3
Black
Francois Chan
1 - 0
Chris Hargreaves
Stephen Laughren
0 - 1
Roman Polywkan
Ian Birch
1 - 0
Devin Ancsin
James Greer
1 - 0
Jordan Greer

Last Minute Change for Section C of Round 3

There's a last minute change in the pairings for Round 3 in Section C, since Huxley is very ill today. Here are the latest pairings:

White
Rd. 3
Black
Francois Chan
  
Chris Hargreaves
Stephen Laughren
  
Roman Polywkan
Ian Birch
  
Devin Ancsin
James Greer
  
Jordan Greer

Thanks!

Sunday, March 30, 2014

2014 Eastern Ontario Youth Chess Tournament Results

The 2014 EASTERN ONTARIO YOUTH CHESS TOURNAMENT, was held on Sunday March 30th at H.M.C.S. Cataraqui, the Naval Reserve training building in Kingston.

The tournament attracted 140 studentsfrom the Kingston - Belleville - Ottawa area.
The medal winners were:

Grade 1
Gold          Reed Mastorakos                 Centennial P.S, Kingston
Silver        John Angus Davison             Rideau P.S., Kingston

Grade 2
Gold          Makaio Lieberman-Smith      École Madeleine-de-Roybon, Kingston
Silver        Darcy English                      Centennial P.S, Kingston
Siver         Aidon Neidbala                     Rideau P.S., Kingston
(Special circumstances)
   Bronze   Ayaan Ahmed                       Welborne Ave P.S., Kingston
   Bronze   Peter Brachman                    Rideau P.S., Kingston
   Bronze   Dante Law                            Rideau P.S., Kingston

Grade 3
Gold          Roger Ambrose                   Lancaster Drive P.S., Kingston
Silver        Rayleigh Cao                      Centennial P.S, Kingston

Grade 4
Gold          Lev Stefanovich-Thomson   Rideau P.S., Kingston
Silver        Sam Rayner                        Rideau P.S., Kingston

Grade 5
Gold          Lawrence Ju                       John Young E.S., Kanata
Silver        Arman Azroy                       Winston Churchill P.S., Kingston
Silver        Zachary Zoellner-Kraus       Welborne Ave P.S., Kingston
Bronze      Ben Konellos                       Lancaster Drive P.S., Kingston

Grade 6
Gold          Euan Hughes                      Winston Churchill P.S., Kingston
Silver        Andy Cai                             Welborne Ave P.S., Kingston

Grade 7
Gold          Terrence Ju                        Goulbourn Middle School, Kanata
Silver        Alex Chan                           Calvin Park P.S., Kingston

Grade 8
Gold          Nicholas Osanic                 Collins Bay P.S.
Silver        William Ilies                        Selby P.S.

Grade 9
Gold          Alex Beamish                     K.C.V.I., Kingston

Grade 10
Gold          David Chan                        K.C.V.I., Kingston

Grade 11
Gold          Jakob Crotty                      Q.E.C.V.I., Kingston

Grade 12
Gold          Bobby Mao                        Centennial S.S., Belleville.

The number of medal winners depended in part on the number of entries in each Grade.

The Gold and Silver medalists go on to compete in the ONTARIO CHESS CHALLENGE, which will be held in Toronto on Sunday April 13th. - The Provincial Champion in each Grade then plays in the CANADIAN CHESS CHALLENGE, which will be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, at the end of May.

The tournament was organized by KINGSTON SCHOOLS CHESS, which is most grateful for the assistance given by HMCS CATARAQUI, Tim Hortons, many teachers and parents, and by volunteers from the KINGSTON CHESS CLUB who share their love of the game with younger players at this annual event.

For more information please call Chris Hargreaves at 613 389 8993.

Monday, March 24, 2014

2014 Sibbald-Gordon Spring - Round 3 Pairings

Here are the pairings for Round 3, with a guest appearance by Harry Jordan. Good luck to all:

Section A: 6-Player Round-Robin
White
Rd. 3
Black
John Lukezich
  
Sid Anjilvel
Peter Sibbald
  
Astrit Hyseni
Dave Gordon
  
Azroy Kandan

Section B: 6-Player Round-Robin
White
Rd. 3
Black
Steve Hughes
  
Alexis Thomson
Lorenz Paulsen
  
Alex Chan
Arman Azroy
  
David Chan

Section C: 5-Round Swiss
White
Rd. 3
Black
Huxley Anjilvel

Chris Hargreaves
Harry Jordan

Devin Ancsin
Ian Birch

Francois Chan
Stephen Laughren

Roman Polywkan
James Greer

Jordan Greer


2014 Sibbald-Gordon Spring - Round 2 Results

Here are the results for Round 2:

Section A: 6-Player Round-Robin
White
Rd. 2
Black
Azroy Kandan
1 - 0
John Lukezich
Dave Gordon
1 - 0
Peter Sibbald
Astrit Hyseni
1/2 - 1/2
Sid Anjilvel

Section B: 6-Player Round-Robin
White
Rd. 2
Black
Chan David
1 - 0
Steve Hughes
Arman Azroy
1 - 0
Lorenz Paulsen
Alex Chan
1 - 0
Alexis Thomson

Section C: 5-Round Swiss

White
Rd. 2
Black
Francois Chan
0 - 1
Huxley Anjilvel
Chris Hargreaves
1 - 0
Stephen Laughren
Roman Polywkan
1 - 0
James Greer
Devin Ancsin
1 - 0
Jordan Greer