Event_Report_2018

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12th Annual Grand Pacific Open

Victoria 2018

Chess boards as far as the eye can see.......

The 12th annual Grand Pacific Open attracted 144 participants in 4 sections over the 2018 Easter weekend. That was enough for us to require overflow space for a few boards for some of the rounds. Players came from across BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba as well as Nevada, California and Washington. The 6 players from Saskatchewan makes the GPO one of the largest Saskatchewan tournament groups in any Canadian tournament including Saskatchewan :-) . I understand it was -20 degrees in Saskatchewan at Easter so it's understandable what the attractions are of Victoria's cherry blossoms are.....

Tournament winner IM Mark Ginsburg

IM Mark Ginsburg was one of the furthest traveled but also a favourite to win. Old timers might remember the "Corporation" of Ginsburg, Tisdall, and Fedorowicz travelling throughout the US and Canada to tournaments, splitting expenses and prize money. In any event, Ginsburg is the 2018 Grand Pacific Open Champion with a score of 5/6. The win looks like a smooth story of the favourite taking a few draws and a bunch of wins to sew things up but had the stars been differently aligned, IM Raymond Kaufman, who finished well down the placings, could have been the champion. Kaufman was leading the tournament after 4 rounds but hit a roadblock. In the critical game against Ginsburg, he had an edge and Ginsburg either sacked a pawn or perhaps just lost it (hard to tell) leaving him with a comfortable plus until inattention to his back rank problems reversed the advantage. I didn't see the finish of the game but judging by Kaufman's score sheet, he was playing on increment for the last 20 moves or so. The final position, while probably lost, is not resignable so was probably lost on time. Kaufman's final game against WIM Agnieszka Matras-Clement was a mess with Matras-Clement offering a speculative piece sac in which Kaufman was not worse. But again, it didn't go his way. [and there should be a prize for figuring out the moves of that game from the largely illegible score sheet for the pgn file.]

Four players finished tied for second a half point behind Ginsburg - two of the strong Alberta contingent FM Ian Findlay, WIM Agnieszka Matras-Clement, Vancouver junior Andrew Hemstapat, and local Victoria resident Zulfikar Sali

Tied for 2nd Place left to right: Zulfikar Sali, Andrew Hemstapat, FM Ian Findlay, Paul Leblanc (organizer), WIM Agnieszka Matras-Clement

As always, the Grand Pacific Open features side events - Midnight blitz with 40 players won by Davaa-Ochir Nyamdorj ahead of Raymond Kaufman (standings) and a Bughouse to close out the tournament.

Also as always, it takes a lot from a lot of people to run an event like this. Many thanks to our TDs (Elliot Raymor, Marc Moisan, Anca Datcu-Romano), floaters, volunteers, and our sponsors both corporate and individual.

PGN file and crosstable are below. (some photos to come soon)

PGN file

Prize Winners: ($5140 in prizes)

Premier Section:

1st: IM Mark Ginsburg $1000 + trophy

2nd-5th: FM Ian Findlay, Andrew Hemstapat, WIM Agnieska Matras-Clement, Zulfikar Sali; $250 each.

U2100: Louis Cheng (trophy), Naomi Bashkansky, Mike Murray $270 each

Top Women (Courtesy of Goddess Chess): WIM Agnieszka Matras-Clement $125, NM Valeria Gansvind $100, WIM Naomi Bashkansky, Anna Van (U2000 section) $50, Kate Jiang (U1700 section) $25.

Top Women prize winners: left to right (front) Kate Jiang, WIM Agnieszka Matras-Clement, NM Valeria Gansvind, WIM Naomi Bashkansky, Missing: Anna Van

(back) Brian Raymer (organizer), Paul Leblanc (organizer), Elliot Raymer (TD)

U2100: Louis Chang, WIM Naomi Bashkansky (missing Mike Murray)

U2000 Section:

1st-2nd: Jason Williamson (trophy), Ryan Leong (U1800 trophy) $350 each.

U1800 1st: Reza Sardari $225, 2nd-3rd: Lucian Wu, Victor Zhang $75 each.

U2000 Winners: Jason Williamson and Ryan Leong

U1700 Section:

1st-2nd: David Crook (trophy), Kent Cronin $175 each.

U1400: 1st: Haibo Sun $125+trophy, 2nd-3rd: Kate Jiang, Ivan Nicolici $40 each.

U1700 Winners: David Crook & Kent Cronin

U1400 winners: Haibo Sun, Kate Jiang

U1200 Section:

1st-5th: Barna Amjadi (Trophy), Amanda Yang (U900 Trophy), Pepi Eirew, Elaine Fan, Marc Moisan $35 each.

U1200 winners: Amanda Yang, Barna Amjadi, Marc Moisan plus Brian Raymer (organizer) Paul Leblanc (organizer) and TD Elliot Raymer

Top Unrated (any section): Suhao Hu.

Biggest Upset (478 points) Eric Jiang $50.

Organizers: Victoria Chess (Brian Raymer, Paul Leblanc, Roger Patterson.

TDs: NA Elliot Raymer, Anca Datcu-Romano (blitz), Marc Moisan (bughouse)

Grand Pacific Open: Premier

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot
1	IM Mark Ginsburg	2372	W22	W5	D2	D6	W10	W11	5.0
2	FM Ian Findlay	2290	W30	W8	D1	D4	W12	D5	4.5
3	Andrew Hemstapat	2166	W37	W9	D13	L10	W17	W16	4.5
4	WIM Agnieszka Matras-Clement	2300	D17	W32	W20	D2	D11	W10	4.5
5	Zulfikar Sali	2225	W31	L1	W29	W13	W6	D2	4.5
6	NM Keith MacKinnon	2280	W36	W12	D10	D1	L5	W22	4.0
7	Davaa-Ochir Nyamdorj	2253	W26	L10	W24	D17	W19	D8	4.0
8	NM Valeria Gansvind	2157	W23	L2	W39	D9	W27	D7	4.0
9	FM John Doknjas	2291	W29	L3	W21	D8	D14	W20	4.0
10	IM Raymond Kaufman	2323	W25	W7	D6	W3	L1	L4	3.5
11	NM Joshua Doknjas	2256	W41	D13	D17	W18	D4	L1	3.5
12	Louis Cheng	2092	W27	L6	W33	W16	L2	D18	3.5
13	FM Jason Cao	2423	W24	D11	D3	L5	W33	D14	3.5
14	WIM Naomi Bashkansky	2080	H---	D19	D32	W28	D9	D13	3.5
15	Michael A. Murray	2059	D28	D33	D23	L27	W32	W30	3.5
16	NM Jeff Reeve	2286	W39	D21	D18	L12	W23	L3	3.0
17	Joe Roback	2005	D4	W28	D11	D7	L3	D19	3.0
18	NM Roger Patterson	2116	D19	W38	D16	L11	D24	D12	3.0
19	Anand Rishi Chandra	1825	D18	D14	W40	D21	L7	D17	3.0
20	NM Georgi Kostadinov	2173	D33	W34	L4	D23	W25	L9	3.0
21	Gabriel Brown	2075	W42	D16	L9	D19	L22	W32	3.0
22	Patrick Huang	2039	L1	D31	D27	W41	W21	L6	3.0
23	Callum Lehingrat	1828	L8	W30	D15	D20	L16	W34	3.0
24	Brandon Zhu	2048	L13	W41	L7	W39	D18	D26	3.0
25	James Li	2016	L10	D37	W38	D32	L20	W27	3.0
26	Neil Doknjas	1888	L7	L40	D30	W38	W37	D24	3.0
27	Alec Chung	1792	L12	W36	D22	W15	L8	L25	2.5
28	Nicholas Hawkins	1824	D15	L17	W31	L14	W39	U---	2.5
29	Henrik Jacobsen	1951	L9	W42	L5	D37	L30	W33	2.5
30	Maven Zheng	1939	L2	L23	D26	W31	W29	L15	2.5
31	Rowan James	1881	L5	D22	L28	L30	W38	W37	2.5
32	Matthew Geng	1848	W40	L4	D14	D25	L15	L21	2.0
33	William Bremner	1845	D20	D15	L12	W34	L13	L29	2.0
34	Jim Daniluk	1977	H---	L20	D37	L33	W41	L23	2.0
35	Ian Cordon	2050	H---	H---	U---	U---	W36	U---	2.0
36	Gregory Freeze	1900	L6	L27	L41	W42	L35	W39	2.0
37	Houshyar Ghandi	1843	L3	D25	D34	D29	L26	L31	1.5
38	Manuel Omana Escandor	1830	H---	L18	L25	L26	L31	W41	1.5
39	Chuyang Gu	1917	L16	W43	L8	L24	L28	L36	1.0
40	NM Harry Moore	2209	L32	W26	L19	U---	U---	U---	1.0
41	Daniel Wei	1885	L11	L24	W36	L22	L34	L38	1.0
42	Frank O'Brien	1776	L21	L29	U---	L36	U---	U---	0.0
43	Li Geng	1448	U---	L39	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0

Grand Pacific Open: U2000

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot
1	Jason Williamson	1870	W22	W2	L3	W9	W8	W7	5.0
2	Ryan Leong	1712	W16	L1	W15	W18	W4	W3	5.0
3	Reza Sardari	1562	W11	W5	W1	D4	W6	L2	4.5
4	Lucian Wu	1766	W17	W21	W10	D3	L2	D8	4.0
5	Victor Zheng	1788	W27	L3	W14	L8	W17	W13	4.0
6	H. G. Pitre	1917	H---	W15	H---	W10	L3	W14	4.0
7	Paul Leblanc	1721	W20	W8	L9	D13	W11	L1	3.5
8	Graham Sorgard	1909	W19	L7	W12	W5	L1	D4	3.5
9	James Windram	1742	D18	W24	W7	L1	D13	D10	3.5
10	Bill Tate	1768	W23	W12	L4	L6	W19	D9	3.5
11	Daniel Du	1728	L3	W27	D17	W20	L7	W18	3.5
12	Brian Yang	1676	W13	L10	L8	D17	W21	W20	3.5
13	Ross Richardson	1801	L12	W23	W16	D7	D9	L5	3.0
14	Philip Harris	1724	D24	W18	L5	D19	W16	L6	3.0
15	Mau-Seng Lee	1437	W28	L6	L2	W24	L20	W22	3.0
16	Andrew Xu	1475	L2	W22	L13	W21	L14	W25	3.0
17	Anna Van	1626	L4	W25	D11	D12	L5	D19	2.5
18	Charles Wu	1665	D9	L14	W22	L2	W25	L11	2.5
19	Richard J Lapenna	1698	L8	D20	W21	D14	L10	D17	2.5
20	Nathan Ping-Ying Wu	1495	L7	D19	W23	L11	W15	L12	2.5
21	Lincoln Camphaug	1460	W25	L4	L19	L16	L12	W24	2.0
22	Ken Forman	1696	L1	L16	L18	W23	W27	L15	2.0
23	John Simms	1665	L10	L13	L20	L22	W29	W27	2.0
24	Paul McNichol	1499	D14	L9	H---	L15	H---	L21	1.5
25	Duncan Jillings	1705	L21	L17	H---	W27	L18	L16	1.5
26	Shayan Rahimabadi	1504	U---	U---	W27	U---	U---	U---	1.0
27	Quinton Burrows	1666	L5	L11	L26	L25	L22	L23	0.0
28	Li Geng	1448	L15	U---	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0
29	Garth Edgar	966	U---	U---	U---	U---	L23	U---	0.0

Grand Pacific Open: U1700

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot
1	David Crook	1670	W30	W15	W5	W4	W3	L2	5.0
2	Kent Cronin	1566	W26	L3	W19	W17	W15	W1	5.0
3	Haibo Sun	1337	W21	W2	W12	D6	L1	W10	4.5
4	Jerry Wang	1552	W29	W24	W16	L1	W13	D5	4.5
5	Levi Kirkby	1490	W35	W36	L1	W27	W7	D4	4.5
6	Isaac Trenton	1459	D14	W23	W8	D3	D10	W11	4.5
7	Kate Jiang	1345	D10	W14	D11	W18	L5	W15	4.0
8	Joshua Imoo	1412	W20	D11	L6	W33	D21	W16	4.0
9	Ivan Nicolici	1336	W38	L12	L21	W36	W18	W25	4.0
10	Nicholas Peters	1584	D7	W33	W22	D11	D6	L3	3.5
11	Richard Ingram	1650	W28	D8	D7	D10	W14	L6	3.5
12	Peter Eirew	1523	W19	W9	L3	U---	W27	D13	3.5
13	Stephanie Gu	1453	L15	W25	W36	W21	L4	D12	3.5
14	Eric Jiang	1223	D6	L7	W20	W22	L11	W21	3.5
15	Henry Yang	1421	W13	L1	W23	W16	L2	L7	3.0
16	Eric Gu	1455	W25	W27	L4	L15	W17	L8	3.0
17	Ethan Song	1455	L23	W35	W24	L2	L16	W27	3.0
18	Robert Hamm	1495	L27	W29	W26	L7	L9	W31	3.0
19	Stephen Drake	1302	L12	W31	L2	D28	W26	D20	3.0
20	Arthur Milne	1701	L8	D30	L14	W24	W29	D19	3.0
21	Paul Clarkson	1568	L3	W28	W9	L13	D8	L14	2.5
22	Yanyu Lei	1341	H---	W34	L10	L14	W23	U---	2.5
23	Gillian Mok	1160	W17	L6	L15	D26	L22	W36	2.5
24	Dylan Fox	1277	W32	L4	L17	L20	D30	W33	2.5
25	Randolph M Slaby	1174	L16	L13	W31	D29	W28	L9	2.5
26	Joe Wong	1331	L2	W32	L18	D23	L19	W34	2.5
27	Bernie Stanley	1270	W18	L16	W34	L5	L12	L17	2.0
28	Gurbaz Singh	1374	L11	L21	W32	D19	L25	D30	2.0
29	Miles Hamilton-Sommer	1309	L4	L18	W39	D25	L20	D32	2.0
30	Andy Zhang	1406	L1	D20	L33	D34	D24	D28	2.0
31	Mergal Primo	1497	L36	L19	L25	W35	W33	L18	2.0
32	Peter Kenyon	1499	L24	L26	L28	W39	D34	D29	2.0
33	Simon J Smith	1133	D34	L10	W30	L8	L31	L24	1.5
34	Anthony Bertovic	1434	D33	L22	L27	D30	D32	L26	1.5
35	Nikolas Milonas	1264	L5	L17	H---	L31	W36	L37	1.5
36	Jeffrey Street	1277	W31	L5	L13	L9	L35	L23	1.0
37	Li Geng	1448	U---	U---	U---	U---	U---	W35	1.0
38	Cliff Jones	1556	L9	U---	U---	U---	U---	U---	0.0
39	Garth Edgar	966	U---	U---	L29	L32	U---	U---	0.0

Grand Pacific Open: U1200

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Tot
1	Suhao Hu	unr.	W13	W14	W8	W3	D4	D2	5.0
2	Borna Amjadi	877	W9	W11	D12	W5	D13	D1	4.5
3	Amanda Yang	843	W17	W10	W7	L1	W12	D4	4.5
4	Pepi Eirew	1082	W28	D31	W22	W12	D1	D3	4.5
5	Elaine Fan	1047	W18	D22	W31	L2	W17	W13	4.5
6	Marc Moisan	848	L25	W36	W27	W10	D11	W15	4.5
7	Raymond Tangning Zhang	901	W33	W34	L3	W14	L9	W24	4.0
8	Bill Wang	915	W35	W25	L1	L11	W18	W16	4.0
9	Russell Kerr	unr.	L2	W21	W28	W16	W7	U---	4.0
10	Al Hui	1052	W26	L3	W34	L6	W20	W11	4.0
11	Kevin Pi	684	W16	L2	W19	W8	D6	L10	3.5
12	Milo Eirew	970	W29	W27	D2	L4	L3	W23	3.5
13	William Ma	872	L1	W29	W25	W17	D2	L5	3.5
14	Julian Tang	949	W36	L1	W18	L7	D23	W22	3.5
15	Stanley Wu	993	D24	L17	W21	W31	W22	L6	3.5
16	Jordan Lathwell	956	L11	W32	W23	L9	W26	L8	3.0
17	Inna Rabinovich	1154	L3	W15	W26	L13	L5	W28	3.0
18	Jason Imoo	720	L5	W20	L14	W25	L8	W31	3.0
19	William Sorgard	998	L34	W33	L11	L22	W29	W26	3.0
20	William Li	884	L27	L18	W35	W29	L10	W25	3.0
21	Edward Enns	942	L23	L9	L15	W30	W35	W27	3.0
22	Raegan Van Raamsdonk	634	W32	D5	L4	W19	L15	L14	2.5
23	Winston Huang	630	W21	L24	L16	W28	D14	L12	2.5
24	Yun Xu Cao	818	D15	W23	U---	U---	W32	L7	2.5
25	Declan O'Sullivan	unr.	W6	L8	L13	L18	W34	L20	2.0
26	William Jiang	768	L10	W35	L17	W27	L16	L19	2.0
27	Guan Lin Chen	unr.	W20	L12	L6	L26	W33	L21	2.0
28	Nicholas Pei-Chang Wu	793	L4	W30	L9	L23	W31	L17	2.0
29	Gideon Tang	701	L12	L13	W30	L20	L19	W32	2.0
30	Michael Liu	625	L31	L28	L29	L21	W36	W35	2.0
31	Anthony Xu	864	W30	D4	L5	L15	L28	L18	1.5
32	Matthew Imoo	344	L22	L16	D33	W36	L24	L29	1.5
33	Gwendolyn Tang	602	L7	L19	D32	L35	L27	W36	1.5
34	David Eirew	708	W19	L7	L10	U---	L25	U---	1.0
35	Abigail Sorgard	603	L8	L26	L20	W33	L21	L30	1.0
36	Dennis Quay	639	L14	L6	U---	L32	L30	L33	0.0