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GTCL Grand Prix Event #4              

Page Last Updated:  2005-10-18                                                        
 

GTCL Grand Prix Winners 2005

Open: Jura Ochkoos, Nikolay Noritsyn, 15.5 points
U2200: Yevgeni Nahutin, Andrei Gulko, 13.5 points
U2000: Alexander Martchenko, 14.5 points
U1800: Tyler Longo, 11.5 points
U1600: Edward Phung, 14.5 points

Bravo to the players who played in all four Grand Priz weekend Swisses:
Nikolay Noritsyn, Jura Ochkoos, Yevgeni Nahutin, Alan Ang, Alexander
Martchenko,  Conrad Ho, Jordan Palmer, Arthur Calugar, Nikita Gusev, Brent
Zhang, Tyler Longo, Matthew Ramenaden, Edward Phung, Roman Sapozhnikov, and
Nathan Farrant-Diaz.

  15 players played in all four events.
  33 played in 3,
  36 played in 2,
141 only played once.
225 Total

open: 35 players, 60 entries
under 2200: 24 players, 43 entries
under 2000: 51 players, 97 entries
under 1800: 38 players, 61 entries
under 1600: 77 players, 115 entries
Total: 225 players, 376 entries

GTCL Grand Prix 2006
series will include the following tournaments:

1) March Open - March 17-19, 5 rounds
2) Toronto Open - April 15-17, 6 rounds
3) Ontario Open - May 20-22, 6 rounds
4) Canada Day Open - June 30-July 2, 5 rounds
5) Labour Day Open - September 2-4, 6 rounds
6) Thanksgiving Open - October 7-9, 6 rounds
7) Holidays Open - December 26-30, 6 rounds

Erik Malmsten
GTCL Grand Prix Coordinator

2004 CROSSTABLES FROM THANKSGIVING DAY OPEN:

Toronto Thanksgiving Open OPEN	10/11/2004	R
Toronto Thanksgiving Open U2200	10/11/2004	R
Toronto Thanksgiving Open U2000	10/11/2004	R
Toronto Thanksgiving Open U1800	10/11/2004	R
Toronto Thanksgiving Open U1600	10/11/2004	R

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From the 2004 Thanksgiving Open
Oct 9-11 *LOTTO BONUS*  Place: TARTU COLLEGE, 310 Bloor Street West (near Spadina).
Prizes: $4,000
Rds: 6 Type: Regular Swiss,
TC: 6 round swiss. Time Control would be 40 moves in 2 hours followed by 1 hour mate.
Times: 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.   Style: 6 round Swiss,5 sections Open U2200, U2000, U1800, U1600 (w/UNR)
Time Control: 40 moves in 2 hours, then 1 hour S/D

And the winners are...

Posted by Larry Bevand on October 12, 2004, 8:20:16, 205.188.116.198

The Open section was won by Robert Hamilton with an impressive 5.5 points out of 6 which earned him $250. He drew in round 3 against Ron Livshits and won the rest. IM Ron Livshits was held to a draw in the last round by Shiyam Thavandiran so Livshits finished all alone in 2nd place with 5 points and pocketed $150. Tied for third place at 3.5 points were the youth brigade of 13 year old Nikolay Noritsyn, 12 year old Shiyam Thavandiran and 13 year old Hazel Smith. The two boys recently became Canadian Masters and the young lady, looks like she will be following in their shoes in the near future. Hazel lost to the top 2 finishers but scored wins against Shiyam and Jura Ochkoos and Arthur Calugar to move her rating up into the 2100 range. The tie was worth $33.33 each. Under 2200 Daniela Belc and Victor Krayushkin shared top honours in the under 2200 section with 4.5 points out of 6 and each took home $137.50 for their efforts. Belc defeated David Southam in the last round while Krayushkin had a marathon affair with Inigo Assaripallam which Krayushkin managed to win in a tricky endgame. Southam finished all alone in 3rd place with 4 points. Under 2000 The Under 2000 section, with 23 players, was by far the largest section. Once the dust had settled (actually there was no dust in the cafeteria at Hart House...but...it sounds good Sergiy Orlov of Burlington Ontario finished all alone in first place with 5 points and $125 in his pocket. Richard Wing needed a win against Athavan Mylvannan to catch up but a draw was consolidated and Richard had to settle for the $125 2nd place prize with 4.5 points. There was a 5-way tie for 3rd spot at 4 points: Robert Sherman, Omary Shah, Pavel Dimnik, Warren Dutton and Athavan Mylvannan. They each made lunch money of $10. Under 1800 An upset in the last round permitted a 3-way tie in this section. Matthew Ramenaden lead the field by a full point going into the last round but his last round opponent, Poya Oftadeh, wasn't impressed. Oftadeh won the game which allowed Jefferey Butt and Matthew Castle to catch up. They scored 4.5 points which was worth $50 each and thanked Poya profusely (well all except for Matthew . Under 1600 Top ranked Conrad Ho was in control throughout allowing 2 draws on his way to capturing this section with 5 points, a full point ahead of the field. The win was worth $100 and Conrad now moves up to the Under 1800 section for the next event. Jonathan Hyman was held to a draw by Alexandru Florea in the last round allowing a tie for 2nd place at 4 points with Archuthan Mylvannan. They each earned $25 for their efforts. Mylvannan defeated Paul Buzdon in the last round. I must admit I enjoyed the experience directing this event. The players were all extremely polite and I think a good time was had by all. There were no disputes, simply on a few occasions, folks wanted a rule clarification. Thanks to everyone who took part! As I mentioned earlier I got to use a new version of SwissSys which made pairings posting etc a breeze. To think of all the hours I wasted at events years ago writing names, entering results, filling out crosstables etc. Instead, with all this time on my hands....I got a chance to improve my skills at Free Cell on the computer . Thanks to Eric Malmsten for valuable Free Cell tips. The Toronto Thanksgiving Open is a Greater Toronto Chess League (GTCL) event. I will be faxing off the results to the CFC this morning. Larry Bevand

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