Well, the dust has settled on the 5th annual Grand Pacific Open. A record attendance was set (again!) at 104 players in the main event. We drew players from Europe, across the US, and across Canada. Something like 20+% of the players were out of province (and 80% not from Victoria). The tournament attracted it's first GM and WGM (the eventual winner) as well as a selection of national (and world) and provincial junior champions.
Side events at the GPO (free for participants in the main event) were again popular and included a scholastic event, active tournament, blitz, and bughouse (or double chess).
As always, the event was held at the Hotel Grand Pacific,, a very nice hotel located in Victoria's Inner Harbour next to the BC legislature and across the street from US ferry connections. All equipment was provided and $4250 in guaranteed prizes. Stay tuned for announcements on next year's event - same place, same time (Easter) 2012, same venue.
A big thank you to those to made donations to support the tournament and to our Sponsors:
Bernard Callebaut chocolates
Orca Spirit Whale watching tours
Downtown Victoria Business Association
Bard and Banker Scottish pub
The main event was convincingly won by WGM Nino Maisuradze with a 6-0 score with wins against most of the highest rated players. Coming in with 5.5 points for second place was Vancouver junior Loren Brigham Laceste who despite his A class rating,, took out a number of masters and experts. Not too sure what his new rating will be, but it seems likely he won't see an A class rating again. Most of the favourites by rating and title wound up in the pack tied for 3rd well back at 4.5 points or (shudder) even lower.
Our Champion: WGM Nino Maisuradze
(photo by Polly Wright)
More photos on Facebook
Games: Game scores as recovered from scoresheets and MonRoi.
Organizers: Brian Raymer, Roger Patterson, Paul Leblanc
TD: Mark S. Dutton, IA
Side event TDs: Evan Raymer, Elliot Ramer
Main event Results: (crosstable at bottom of page)
1st: WGM Nino Maisuradze $1000 + trophy 6 points
2nd: Loren Brigham Laceste $600 [+trophy for top U2000] and the qualifying spot for the BC Closed 5.5 points
3rd-10th: GM Igor Rausis, NM Alex Yam, NM Harry Moore, FM Jack Yoos, Roger Patterson, NM Tanraj Sohal, John Williams all with $60 and 4.5 points. [plus the U2000 second place winer Ross Richardson]
U2000:
1st: Loren Brigham Laceste Trophy 5.5 points
2nd: Ross Richardson $400 4.5 points
3rd: John Doknjas $300 4 points.
U1700:
1st-2nd: Ray Wu $300 + trophy, Sarah May $300 3.5 points
Top Women: Courtesy of Goddess Chess and in addition to place prize money:
1st: WGM Nino Maisuradze $70 6 points
2nd: WFM Valeria Gansvind $60 4 points
3rd: WCM Alexandra Botez $50 3.5 points
4th: Sarah May $40 3.5 ponts
5th: Alice Xiao $30 3.0 points
Biggest Upset: Ray Wu $100 (639 points)
U1400 Section:
1st: Leo Stokes $300 + Trophy 6 points
2nd: Ben Seran $200 5 points.
Top Unrated (either section: Regan Thiessen $100
Side Event results:
Scholastic: Crosstable 22 Players in the 2011 Grand Pacific Scholastic with players from the US and Canada
K-3 Section 1st Praveer Sharan US K-1 Champion 2nd Luke Pulfer BC Grade 2 Champion 3rd Neil Doknjas
Gr 4-7 Section 1st Ben Seran 2nd Jasper Hamilton 3rd Jeet Ajmani
Active: Crosstable 14 players, 1st-2nd: Roger Patterson, Han Du (3.5 points) 3rd: Tanraj Sohal
Midnight Blitz: Crosstable 25 players played in the midnight blitz. Noam Davies was a clear 1st with 9/10. Ray Wu 1st U1700 $25 Jill Ding and Adam tied for 1st U1400 - $15 each.
Bughouse: Crosstable: 20 Players in the 2011 Grand Pacific Bughouse. Noam Davies and Ben Daswani finished with a score of 9/10.
Crosstable Open Section: Grand Pacific Open
# | Name | ID | Rtng | Post | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Tot | TBrk[C] | TBrk[O] | Prize |
1 | WGM Nino Maisuradze | NEW CFC | 2296 | 2349 | W68 | W39 | W22 | W12 | W5 | W4 | 6.0 | 21 | 84.5 |
$1000 Trophy 1st |
2 | Loren Brigham Laceste | 150823 | 1929 | 2047 | W72 | W9 | D8 | W19 | W3 | W11 | 5.5 | 19 | 82.5 | $ 600 Trophy U2000 |
3 | NM Alex Yam | 138357 | 2269 | 2266 | W44 | W42 | W15 | D7 | L2 | W23 | 4.5 | 17.5 | 86 | $ 60 |
4 | Harry Moore | 101144 | 2275 | 2283 | W37 | D28 | W55 | W14 | W12 | L1 | 4.5 | 17.5 | 83.5 | $ 60 |
5 | FM John C [Jack] Yoos | 107994 | 2452 | 2440 | W36 | D41 | W38 | W8 | L1 | W21 | 4.5 | 16.5 | 87.5 | $ 60 |
6 | Roger Patterson | 103043 | 2132 | 2141 | W58 | D31 | W32 | D11 | W39 | D10 | 4.5 | 16.5 | 76 | $ 60 |
7 | GM Igor Rausis | NEW CFC | 2489 | 2474 | W30 | D17 | W29 | D3 | D21 | W24 | 4.5 | 16 | 86 | $ 60 |
8 | John M. Williams | NEW CFC | 2168 | 2176 | W66 | W35 | D2 | L5 | W38 | W25 | 4.5 | 16 | 84 | $ 60 |
9 | NM Tanraj S Sohal | 135830 | 2203 | 2192 | W56 | L2 | W26 | W45 | D24 | W22 | 4.5 | 15 | 81 | $ 60 |
10 | Ross Richardson | 111115 | 1946 | 1962 | L43 | W80 | W76 | W34 | W16 | D6 | 4.5 | 14.5 | 64 | $ 400 |
11 | IM Lawrence Day | 101024 | 2278 | 2254 | W47 | W24 | D21 | D6 | W30 | L2 | 4.0 | 16.5 | 86.5 | |
12 | WFM Valeria Gansvind | 135048 | 2318 | 2303 | W65 | W18 | W52 | L1 | L4 | W26 | 4.0 | 16 | 85 | |
13 | NM Lucas Davies | 110614 | 2225 | 2212 | W77 | D32 | W28 | D21 | D25 | D14 | 4.0 | 15.5 | 75 | |
14 | Jamin Gluckie | 127161 | 2148 | 2151 | W48 | D23 | W33 | L4 | W54 | D13 | 4.0 | 15 | 78 | |
15 | John Doknjas | 141225 | 1926 | 1982 | W75 | W20 | L3 | D22 | D29 | W39 | 4.0 | 14.5 | 76.5 | |
16 | Andrey Kostin | 134953 | 2106 | 2089 | W50 | L38 | W59 | W40 | L10 | W46 | 4.0 | 14 | 66 | |
17 | Dezheng Kong | 146641 | 2089 | 2090 | W85 | D7 | D27 | D23 | D44 | W40 | 4.0 | 14 | 65.5 | |
18 | Behrooz Ebrahim-shirazi | 149876 | 2061 | 2057 | W78 | L12 | W66 | L30 | W65 | W38 | 4.0 | 13 | 63.5 | |
19 | Anson De Peiza | 107492 | 2114 | 2104 | W34 | H--- | D40 | L2 | W68 | W45 | 4.0 | 13 | 60 | |
20 | Howard Wu | 105433 | 2192 | 2161 | W59 | L15 | L34 | W75 | W47 | W42 | 4.0 | 12 | 61.5 | |
21 | Yaron Gvili | NEW CFC | 2094 | 2120 | W70 | W53 | D11 | D13 | D7 | L5 | 3.5 | 15.5 | 81.5 | |
22 | Pavel Trochtchanovitch | 143763 | 2091 | 2078 | W61 | W43 | L1 | D15 | W27 | L9 | 3.5 | 14.5 | 83 | |
23 | Jingzhou [Peter] Lai | 144566 | 1918 | 1962 | W83 | D14 | D41 | D17 | W52 | L3 | 3.5 | 14 | 73.5 | |
24 | WCM Alexandra Botez | 132416 | 1994 | 2004 | W51 | L11 | W58 | W53 | D9 | L7 | 3.5 | 14 | 73 | |
25 | Ed Seedhouse | 102195 | 2050 | 2059 | W57 | H--- | W31 | H--- | D13 | L8 | 3.5 | 14 | 52 | |
26 | Ruining [Ray] Wu | 150768 | 1422 | 1528 | D27 | W46 | L9 | W32 | W41 | L12 | 3.5 | 13 | 75.5 |
$300 Trophy U1700 |
27 | Mike Murray | 132150 | 1937 | 1932 | D26 | W49 | D17 | D52 | L22 | W53 | 3.5 | 12.5 | 73 | |
28 | Ryan Lo | 145788 | 1988 | 1989 | W73 | D4 | L13 | D67 | W64 | D30 | 3.5 | 12.5 | 67 | |
29 | James Chan | 128285 | 2032 | 2015 | D63 | W60 | L7 | W43 | D15 | D36 | 3.5 | 12.5 | 66 | |
30 | Joe Roback | 143038 | 1888 | 1921 | L7 | W85 | W62 | W18 | L11 | D28 | 3.5 | 12.5 | 65.5 | |
31 | David Crook | 111494 | 1918 | 1917 | W86 | D6 | L25 | D33 | D61 | W57 | 3.5 | 12 | 60.5 | |
32 | Manfrei Aquino | 110160 | 1968 | 1953 | W84 | D13 | L6 | L26 | W78 | W56 | 3.5 | 11.5 | 59.5 | |
33 | Michael A Schemm | 101909 | 2009 | 1986 | D82 | W63 | L14 | D31 | D60 | W44 | 3.5 | 11.5 | 56.5 | |
34 | Sarah R. May | NEW CFC | 1696 | 1754 | L19 | W83 | W20 | L10 | D35 | W60 | 3.5 | 11 | 63.5 | $300 |
35 | FM Jason Cao | 149413 | 1921 | 1911 | W79 | L8 | H--- | D56 | D34 | W59 | 3.5 | 11 | 49.5 | |
36 | Han Du | 151915 | 1881 | 1874 | L5 | L57 | W73 | W71 | W43 | D29 | 3.5 | 9.5 | 57 | |
37 | Troy Pendergraft | 144115 | 1863 | 1836 | L4 | W73 | L43 | D57 | W69 | W61 | 3.5 | 9.5 | 55.5 | |
38 | Yiming Han | 142321 | 1895 | 1929 | W81 | W16 | L5 | W41 | L8 | L18 | 3.0 | 14 | 76 | |
39 | Lawrence Cohen | 150883 | 2016 | 1993 | W76 | L1 | W57 | W64 | L6 | L15 | 3.0 | 13 | 77 | |
40 | Jack [Kun] Cheng | 133192 | 1943 | 1930 | D69 | W82 | D19 | L16 | W48 | L17 | 3.0 | 12 | 59.5 | |
41 | Benedict Daswani | 111363 | 2061 | 2021 | W80 | D5 | D23 | L38 | L26 | W67 | 3.0 | 11.5 | 71 | |
42 | Louis Cheng | 120825 | 1984 | 1968 | W74 | L3 | D56 | D47 | W66 | L20 | 3.0 | 11.5 | 59 | |
43 | Tian Tian Geng | 147673 | 1482 | 1563 | W10 | L22 | W37 | L29 | L36 | W77 | 3.0 | 11 | 66 | |
44 | Neil Cruden | 149897 | 1835 | 1847 | L3 | W51 | D75 | W55 | D17 | L33 | 3.0 | 11 | 65.5 | |
45 | Hanniegan G Pitre | 110863 | 1936 | 1910 | L53 | W70 | W50 | L9 | W58 | L19 | 3.0 | 11 | 62 | |
46 | Philip Allan | 101947 | 1952 | 1905 | L64 | L26 | W69 | W50 | W67 | L16 | 3.0 | 9 | 60 | |
47 | Colin D Aykroyd | 100288 | 1864 | 1876 | L11 | H--- | W63 | D42 | L20 | W70 | 3.0 | 8.5 | 52 | |
48 | Alice Xiao | 148766 | 1769 | 1758 | L14 | L75 | W51 | W81 | L40 | W65 | 3.0 | 8 | 53 | |
49 | Frederick A. Davis | NEW CFC | 1545 | 1594 | D55 | L27 | D60 | L58 | W81 | W66 | 3.0 | 8 | 52.5 | |
50 | Deron Stewart | 142413 | 1688 | 1714 | L16 | W86 | L45 | L46 | W76 | W68 | 3.0 | 8 | 47.5 | |
51 | Chris Stephenson | 134340 | 1514 | 1555 | L24 | L44 | L48 | W84 | W72 | W64 | 3.0 | 6 | 47 | |
52 | Gavin Steininger | 129264 | 2105 | 2082 | W71 | W64 | L12 | D27 | L23 | U--- | 2.5 | 12.5 | 58 | |
53 | Lionel Han | 147578 | 1418 | 1490 | W45 | L21 | W65 | L24 | D55 | L27 | 2.5 | 11 | 70.5 | |
54 | Evan Raymer | 126641 | 1908 | 1904 | H--- | W69 | H--- | H--- | L14 | U--- | 2.5 | 10 | 21.5 | |
55 | Paul Leblanc | 104186 | 1998 | 1937 | D49 | W67 | L4 | L44 | D53 | D58 | 2.5 | 9.5 | 64.5 | |
56 | Lan Ma | NEW CFC | 1801 | 1807 | L9 | W84 | D42 | D35 | H--- | L32 | 2.5 | 9 | 49.5 | |
57 | Robert Hamm | 108361 | 1619 | 1669 | L25 | W36 | L39 | D37 | W77 | L31 | 2.5 | 8.5 | 64.5 | |
58 | Steven Alexander Witt | NEW CFC | 1713 | 1719 | L6 | W79 | L24 | W49 | L45 | D55 | 2.5 | 8.5 | 63.5 | |
59 | Bill Tate | 105952 | 1789 | 1772 | L20 | W74 | L16 | D76 | W75 | L35 | 2.5 | 8.5 | 54 | |
60 | Severo [Juni] Caluza | 104730 | 1851 | 1819 | H--- | L29 | D49 | W62 | D33 | L34 | 2.5 | 8.5 | 50.5 | |
61 | Rick Martinson | 122911 | 1656 | 1679 | L22 | H--- | W77 | H--- | D31 | L37 | 2.5 | 8 | 41.5 | |
62 | Joanne Foote | 143555 | 1483 | 1507 | H--- | H--- | L30 | L60 | D71 | W78 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 32 | |
63 | Brian Sullivan | 103750 | 1605 | 1621 | D29 | L33 | L47 | L77 | W79 | W76 | 2.5 | 6 | 49.5 | |
64 | Ken Forman | 123040 | 1803 | 1781 | W46 | L52 | W81 | L39 | L28 | L51 | 2.0 | 10 | 58 | |
65 | Yifei Han | 142320 | 1871 | 1824 | L12 | W78 | L53 | W70 | L18 | L48 | 2.0 | 8 | 59 | |
66 | Elliot Raymer | 127485 | 1784 | 1747 | L8 | W72 | L18 | W79 | L42 | L49 | 2.0 | 8 | 57 | |
67 | Jofrel Landingin | 141991 | 1772 | 1769 | H--- | L55 | W82 | D28 | L46 | L41 | 2.0 | 8 | 46 | |
68 | Philip Harris | 112311 | 1867 | 1819 | L1 | L76 | W84 | W80 | L19 | L50 | 2.0 | 7 | 54 | |
69 | Joshua Doknjas | 146444 | 1450 | 1491 | D40 | L54 | L46 | W85 | L37 | D71 | 2.0 | 6.5 | 47.5 | |
70 | Polly P Wright | 150795 | 1657 | 1646 | L21 | L45 | W72 | L65 | W83 | L47 | 2.0 | 6 | 50.5 | |
71 | Jacob Jensen | 141224 | 1660 | 1618 | L52 | L81 | W74 | L36 | D62 | D69 | 2.0 | 5.5 | 44 | |
72 | Petr Straka | 147629 | 1407 | 1422 | L2 | L66 | L70 | W74 | L51 | W81 | 2.0 | 4 | 47 | |
73 | Shaun Luttin | 150798 | 1511 | 1510 | L28 | L37 | L36 | L83 | W82 | W75 | 2.0 | 3 | 45 | |
74 | Li Geng | 150799 | 1505 | 1494 | L42 | L59 | L71 | L72 | W84 | W83 | 2.0 | 3 | 32.5 | |
75 | Trevor Yonkman | 138549 | 1372 | 1401 | L15 | W48 | D44 | L20 | L59 | L73 | 1.5 | 7 | 57 | |
76 | Matthew Herdin | 143881 | 1604 | 1603 | L39 | W68 | L10 | D59 | L50 | L63 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 57 | |
77 | Phil Holmstrom | 112225 | 1808 | 1739 | L13 | H--- | L61 | W63 | L57 | L43 | 1.5 | 5 | 50 | |
78 | Dejan Radic | 109957 | 1637 | 1615 | L18 | L65 | H--- | W82 | L32 | L62 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 43.5 | |
79 | Jill Ding | 146400 | 1208 | 1244 | L35 | L58 | W85 | L66 | L63 | D82 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 37.5 | |
80 | Dylan Parker | 140990 | 1642 | 1634 | L41 | L10 | W83 | L68 | H--- | U--- | 1.5 | 4.5 | 36 | |
81 | Constantin Rotariu | NEW CFC | unr. | 1413 | L38 | W71 | L64 | L48 | L49 | L72 | 1.0 | 5 | 49.5 | |
82 | Doug Sly | 100351 | 1592 | 1547 | D33 | L40 | L67 | L78 | L73 | D79 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 44.5 | |
83 | Kai Richardson | 152020 | unr. | 1388 | L23 | L34 | L80 | W73 | L70 | L74 | 1.0 | 3 | 42 | |
84 | James Taylor | 100325 | 1491 | 1451 | L32 | L56 | L68 | L51 | L74 | B--- | 1.0 | 0 | 37 | |
85 | Eoin Dunne | 140419 | 1649 | 1586 | L17 | L30 | L79 | L69 | U--- | U--- | 0.0 | 0 | 37.5 | |
86 | Joshua Biedak | NEW CFC | unr. | 1403 | L31 | L50 | U--- | U--- | U--- | U--- | 0.0 | 0 | 20 |
Crosstable: U1400 Section Grand Pacific Open
# | Name | ID | Rtng | Post | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Tot | TBrk[C] | TBrk[O] | Prize |
1 | Leo Stokes | 128533 | 1180 | 1257 | W18 | W2 | W12 | W3 | W5 | W7 | 6.0 | 21 | 71 | $300 + Trophy |
2 | Ben Seran | NEW CFC | 1131 | 1190 | W7 | L1 | W8 | W9 | W3 | W5 | 5.0 | 16 | 86.5 | $200 |
3 | Luke Pulfer | 149297 | 1213 | 1222 | W8 | W6 | W9 | L1 | L2 | W12 | 4.0 | 16 | 83 | |
4 | Howie Hare | NEW CFC | 1075 | 1140 | W17 | L9 | W11 | W6 | L7 | W10 | 4.0 | 14 | 59 | |
5 | Andrea Botez | 147577 | 743 | 842 | W11 | D7 | W17 | W12 | L1 | L2 | 3.5 | 15.5 | 73.5 | |
6 | Matthew Geng | 147851 | 1116 | 1130 | W10 | L3 | W16 | L4 | W12 | D8 | 3.5 | 12.5 | 67.5 | |
7 | Michael Su | 149622 | 1293 | 1258 | L2 | D5 | W13 | W17 | W4 | L1 | 3.5 | 11.5 | 78.5 | |
8 | Praveer Sharan | NEW CFC | 1010 | 1068 | L3 | W10 | L2 | W14 | W11 | D6 | 3.5 | 10.5 | 68.5 | |
9 | Daniel Lee | 129739 | 1139 | 1128 | W15 | W4 | L3 | L2 | L10 | W16 | 3.0 | 12 | 66 | |
10 | Adam Rahemtulla | 151924 | 1260 | 1207 | L6 | L8 | W18 | W13 | W9 | L4 | 3.0 | 9 | 57 | |
11 | Garth Edgar | 148849 | 1172 | 1128 | L5 | W15 | L4 | W16 | L8 | W14 | 3.0 | 9 | 57 | |
12 | Edward Enns | 122461 | 1177 | 1109 | W13 | W16 | L1 | L5 | L6 | L3 | 2.0 | 11 | 79 | |
13 | Jefferson Yang Xia | 151047 | 882 | 917 | L12 | W14 | L7 | L10 | W15 | U--- | 2.0 | 7 | 41.5 | |
14 | Fred Wissemann | NEW CFC | 1167 | 1103 | L16 | L13 | W15 | L8 | W17 | L11 | 2.0 | 6 | 42.5 | |
15 | Regan Thiessen | NEW CFC | unr. | 961 | L9 | L11 | L14 | W18 | L13 | W17 | 2.0 | 4 | 40 | $100 |
16 | Graham Allen | NEW CFC | unr. | 914 | W14 | L12 | L6 | L11 | H--- | L9 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 50.5 | |
17 | Conrad Burgert | 138747 | 1254 | 1144 | L4 | W18 | L5 | L7 | L14 | L15 | 1.0 | 5 | 52 | |
18 | Brian Parker | 148112 | 956 | 924 | L1 | L17 | L10 | L15 | H--- | U--- | 0.5 | 0.5 | 39 | |