Vancouver League: Class Round Robins
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In a Round Robin tournament, each participant plays with each of the other participants. The first chess tournaments in the modern history of the game often had this format. This type of tournament is the best way to determine the strongest player from a group of players. However, a Round Robin tournament is not practical when there are a large number of participants, as it would require many rounds for completion. For this reason, Round Robin tournaments are not as popular as before. In a single Round Robin, the participants play with each other only one game. In a double Round Robin, the participants play twice each other, once with the White pieces and once with the Black pieces. In both cases, the pairings and colours are allocated according to pre-determined tables. Round Robin tournaments are ideal for the improving player. Because each participant is certain to play the other participants and pairings are predetermined, players have the option of preparing and studying for each round. |
 | Round Robins Completed: |
Expert & Master Single Round Robin (1)
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Master Fanhao Meng captured undefeated the first place of this round
robin. As a prize, he obtained $100.00 and a special CD monograph courtesy
of Chess First! Enterprises. Blagoja Gicev, a very strong player that
had recently arrived to the city, took the second place half a point behind the
winner. The event concluded on May 15, 2004.
It was sponsored by Chess First! Enterprises. Please visit our sponsor at: www.northshorechess.com
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# |
NAME |
Rating |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
TT |
|
1 |
North,
Robert |
2118 |
XX |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2.0 |
|
2 |
Davies,
Lucas |
2137 |
0 |
XX |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2.0 |
|
3 |
Yip,
Michael |
2082 |
1 |
0 |
XX |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2.0 |
|
4 |
Meng,
Fanhao FM |
2296 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
XX |
1 |
½
|
½ |
5.0 |
|
5 |
Chan,
James |
1980 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
XX |
0 |
½
|
1.5 |
|
6 |
Gicev,
Blagoja |
2344 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
½
|
1 |
XX |
1 |
4.5 |
|
7 |
Bouvier,
Jesse |
2168 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
½
|
0 |
XX |
4.0 |
Expert
and Master Single Round Robin (2)
Savvas Kyriakides, a former member of the Zimbabwe Chess Olympic Team, won this edition of the Expert and Master round robin, which concluded at the end of the summer 2004.
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# |
NAME |
Rating |
Rating FIDE |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
TT |
|
1 |
Lucas Davies |
2206 | 2112 |
X |
1/2 |
-- |
|
0 |
0 |
|
|
2 |
Michael Yip | 2110 | 2108 |
1/2 |
X |
-- |
0 |
1/2 |
-- |
1.0 |
|
3 |
Paul Burke | 2011 | -- |
|
-- |
X |
1/2 |
0 |
-- |
0.5 |
|
4 |
Vas Sladek | 2009 | 2058 |
-- |
1 |
1/2 |
X |
1/2 |
-- |
|
|
5 |
Savvas Kyriakides | 1946 | 2240 |
1 |
1/2 |
1 |
1/2 |
X |
|
3.0 |
|
6 |
Vicente Lee | 2336 | -- |
1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
X |
1.0 |
Class "A+" Round Robin (2)
Alfred Pechisker got the clear first after defeating all of his opponents. This was a special round robin that combined players from two sections that could not wait for the start of the next set of regular round robins. The last game was played on September 6, 2004.
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# |
NAME |
Rating |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | TT |
|
1 |
Alfred Pechisker | 2171 | XX | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 |
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2 |
Edward Tang | 1952 | 0 | XX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 |
|
3 |
Andrei Kostin | 1944 | 0 | 1 | XX | 1/2 | 1/2 | 2.0 |
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4 |
Michael Yip | 2111 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | XX | 1 | 1.5 |
|
5 |
Ben Daswani | 1867 | 0 | 1 | 1/2 | 0 | XX | 1.5 |
Class "A" Double Round Robin (1) *
Valentina Goutor, 2003 BC Women Champion, won the tournament without a single loss. Andrei Kostin finished second with one point and a half behind her. The event concluded on July 7, 2004
|
# |
NAME |
Rating |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | TT | |||||
|
1 |
Noam Davies |
1909 |
X |
X |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1/2 |
1/2 |
|
0 |
1/2 |
2.5 |
|
2 |
Ben Daswani |
1869 |
0 |
1 |
X |
X |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3.0 |
|
3 |
Andrei Kostin |
1959 |
1 |
1/2 |
|
0 |
X |
X |
1/2 |
1 |
0 |
1/2 |
4.5 |
|
4 |
James Chan |
1977 | 1/2 |
-- |
1 |
|
|
0 |
X |
X |
1/2 |
1/2 |
3.0 |
|
5 |
Valentina Goutor |
1924 |
1 |
1/2 |
1 |
1 |
|
1/2 |
|
1/2 |
X |
X |
6.0 |
* This round robin was co-directed between Ben Daswani and Eduardo Azmitia.
Vancouver League: Class "B" Double Round Robin (1)
Tiffany Tang, the current Canadian Youth Champion (girls under 14 years-old), won this double round robin quite convincingly. She was the lowest rated of the group, but managed to outplay everybody. She only conceded one loss to another promising junior: Louie Jiang. Veteran chess player William Jung had also a remarkable tournament. He won almost all of his games on the first round, and he finished second. The event concluded at the end of the summer 2004.
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# |
NAME |
Rating
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
TT |
|||||||
|
1 |
Jason
Feng |
1574 |
|
X |
1 |
|
1/2 |
1/2 |
1/2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
1/2 |
1 | - |
4.5 |
|
2 |
Eduardo
Azmitia |
1706 |
0 |
-- |
X |
X |
1/2 |
|
1 |
1/2 |
0 |
1/2 |
1/2 |
0 |
1/2 | - |
3.5 |
|
3 |
Mike
Miller |
1745 |
1/2 |
|
1/2 |
|
X |
X |
0 |
0 |
1/2 |
|
1/2 |
|
- | - |
2.5 |
|
4 |
William
Jung |
1689 |
1/2 |
1 |
0 |
1/2 |
1 |
1 |
X |
X |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 | - |
6.0 |
|
5 |
Louie
Jiang |
1699 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1/2 |
1/2 |
|
0 |
1 |
X |
X |
0 |
1 |
- | - |
5.0 |
| 6 | Tiffany Tang | 1547 | 1 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 1 | 1/2 | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | X | - | - | 6.5 |
|
|
Ernest Krzyzowski |
1709 |
0 |
-- |
1/2 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
-- |
X | X |
0.5 |
U1600 Double Round Robin (1)
Alexandra Botez, the current Canadian Youth Champion (girls under 10 years-old), accumulated the most points after winning all of her games. The event concluded at the end of the summer 2004.
|
# |
NAME |
Rating
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
TT |
||||||
|
1 |
Aaron Cosenza |
1442 |
X |
X |
0 |
0 |
|
-- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
-- |
1.0 |
|
2 |
Stephen Haag |
1137 |
1 |
1 |
X |
X |
|
-- |
0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
|
3 |
Ric. Beauchamp |
997 |
-- |
-- |
|
-- |
X |
X |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1.0 |
|
4 |
Alexandra Botez | 1140 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -- | 1 | 1 |
X |
X |
1 |
-- |
1 |
-- |
7.0 |
|
5 |
Vlad Gaciu | 1408 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
0 |
-- |
X |
X |
1 |
-- |
4.0 |
|
6 |
Cameron Miller |
unrated |
0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
0 |
-- |
|
-- |
X |
X |
|
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Round Robins In-Progress: |
Round
Robin for 5 to 6 players (first cycle)
Round
Robin for 8 players (first cycle)
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Round #1 : 2-7 3-6 4-5 1-8
Round #2 : 1-2 7-3 6-4 8-5
Round #3 : 3-1 4-7 5-6 2-8
Round #4 : 1-4 2-3 7-5 8-6
Round #5 : 5-1 4-2 6-7 3-8
Round #6 : 1-6 2-5 3-4 8-7
Round #7 : 7-1 6-2 5-3 4-8