XXIV Torneo Magistral Internacional de Elgoibar 2014-GM Spraggett(CAN)

GM Spraggett was 2nd with 5.5/9.

Final Ranking Crosstable

Rk.		Name	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	IM	Etchegaray Patrice	FRA	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	6.0	25.75	0.0	2.5
2	GM	Spraggett Kevin	CAN	½	*	½	1	½	½	½	1	0	1	5.5	24.00	0.0	2.5
3	GM	Strikovic Aleksa	SRB	½	½	*	½	0	½	1	1	1	½	5.5	23.00	0.0	1.5
4	IM	Teran Alvarez Ismael	ESP	0	0	½	*	½	1	½	½	1	1	5.0	19.75	0.0	1.0
5		Barrenechea Bahamonde Gustavo	ESP	½	½	1	½	*	½	1	0	0	½	4.5	21.50	0.0	2.5
6	GM	Paunovic Dragan	SRB	½	½	½	0	½	*	0	½	1	½	4.0	17.75	0.0	2.0
7	IM	Gonzalez De La Torre Santiago	ESP	0	½	0	½	0	1	*	0	1	1	4.0	16.25	0.0	1.0
8	FM	Buscara Sevan	FRA	½	0	0	½	1	½	1	*	0	0	3.5	16.00	0.0	2.0
9	IM	Almagro Llamas Pablo	ESP	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	*	½	3.5	15.25	0.5	2.0
10	FM	Astasio Lopez David	ESP	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	1	½	*	3.5	15.25	0.5	1.5

 

World U16 OL Gyor 2014 Rd7

All three Canadian teams lost but spirits have not been dampened.

Peng, Janet did well to draw her 2000 rated opponent. Gedajlovic, Max and Michael Song won.

Michael Song is having a great tournament with 4.5/5 so far.

Song Michael 2257 CAN Rp:2490
Rd.	SNo		Name	Rtg	FED	Rp	Pts.	Res.	Bo.
1	162		Puskar Peter	2051	SVK	1835	2.0	w 1	3
2	46		Livaic Leon	2193	CRO	1946	3.5	s ½	3
3	229	FM	Krstulovic Alex	2099	HUN	2042	3.0	s 1	4
5	51		Jacobsen Mikkel Manosri	2167	DEN	2066	2.5	w 1	3
7	77	WFM	Monnisha Gk	2110	IND	1478	0.5	s 1	4

Photo from Team Canada 1 on FB

Team Happy!!

 

Bo.	7	Canada 1 (CAN1)	Rtg	–	1	India (IND)	Rtg	1½:2½
2.1	IM	Preotu, Razvan	2441	–	IM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2516	½ – ½
2.2	FM	Cao, Jason	2309	–	IM	Karthikeyan, Murali	2497	0 – 1
2.3	IM	Wang, Richard	2363	–	IM	Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr.	2476	0 – 1
2.4		Song, Michael	2257	–	WFM	Monnisha, Gk	2110	1 – 0

 

Bo.	2	Germany (GER)	Rtg	–	30	Canada 2 (CAN2)	Rtg	4 : 0
10.1	FM	Schroeder, Jan-Christian	2390	–		Plotkin, Mark	2128	1 – 0
10.2		Perske, Thore	2402	–	CM	Doknjas, John	2080	1 – 0
10.3		Vogel, Roven	2401	–		Zhu, Hong Rui	2085	1 – 0
10.4		Sieber, Fiona	2019	–		Doknjas, Joshua	2005	1 – 0

 

Bo.	33	Canada 3 (CAN3)	Rtg	–	24	Czech Republic (CZE)	Rtg	1½:2½
26.1	CM	Shi, Diwen	2147	–	FM	Marek, Matyas	2348	0 – 1
26.2		Song, Guannan Terry	2004	–	FM	Pulpan, Jakub	2264	0 – 1
26.3		Gedajlovic, Max	2104	–		Kula, Dominik	2018	1 – 0
26.4		Peng, Janet	1694	–		Nova, Michaela	2015	½ – ½

World U16 OL Gyor 2014 Rd6

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Looks like Team Happy is having a great time!

Team Canada (from their nice FB page)

Board Pairings

o.	20	Moldova (MDA)	Rtg	–	7	Canada 1 (CAN1)	Rtg	0 : 0
3.1	FM	Morozov, Nichita	2307	–	IM	Preotu, Razvan	2441
3.2		Abramciuc, Marius	2204	–	FM	Cao, Jason	2309
3.3		Macovei, Andrei	2168	–	IM	Wang, Richard	2363
3.4		Chetrari, Nikita	2117	–	WFM	Zhou, Qiyu	2156

 

Bo.	30	Canada 2 (CAN2)	Rtg	–	45	Ireland (IRL)	Rtg	0 : 0
13.1		Plotkin, Mark	2128	–		McGovern Leahy, Cian	1929
13.2	CM	Doknjas, John	2080	–	WCM	Mirza, Diana	1768
13.3		Zhu, Hong Rui	2085	–		Keating, Geoffrey	1575
13.4	WIM	Peng, Jackie	1982	–		Dwyer, Daniel	1777

 

Bo.	17	Slovakia 1 (SVK1)	Rtg	–	33	Canada 3 (CAN3)	Rtg	0 : 0
26.1		Repka, Christopher	2407	–	CM	Shi, Diwen	2147
26.2		Nayhebaver, Martin	2332	–		Song, Guannan Terry	2004
26.3	CM	Pechac, Jergus	2182	–		Cai, Jason	1962
26.4		Sucikova, Svetlana	1985	–		Peng, Janet	1694

 

World U16 OL Gyor 2014 Rd 5

Results and Standings

Russia beat Indian convincingly 3-1 to take over first overall.

• CAN 1 crushed Denmark 4-0
• CAN 2 lost to POL 1 1-3
• CAN 3 pulled off an upset to beat Slovenia 2.5-1.5

Partial Standings

Rk.	SNo		Team	Team	Games	+	=	–	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3		Russia	RUS	5	5	0	0	10	15.5	56.0
2	6		Iran	IRI	5	4	0	1	8	15.5	52.0
3	5		Hungary 1	HUN1	5	4	0	1	8	15.0	56.5
4	7		Canada 1	CAN1	5	3	2	0	8	14.5	51.0
5	8		Romania	ROU	5	4	0	1	8	13.5	60.5
6	20		Moldova	MDA	5	4	0	1	8	13.5	51.5
7	1		India	IND	5	4	0	1	8	12.5	68.0
8	16		Georgia	GEO	5	3	2	0	8	12.0	56.0
9	4		Ukraine	UKR	5	3	1	1	7	14.0	56.0
10	13		Poland 1	POL1	5	3	1	1	7	13.5	51.5
11	2		Germany	GER	5	3	1	1	7	12.5	59.5

 

Bo.	7	Canada 1 (CAN1)	Rtg	–	25	Denmark (DEN)	Rtg	4 : 0
6.1	IM	Preotu, Razvan	2441	–		Bjerre, Jonas	2073	1 – 0
6.2	FM	Cao, Jason	2309	–		Moller, Sophus Mechlenburg	2133	1 – 0
6.3		Song, Michael	2257	–		Jacobsen, Mikkel Manosri	2167	1 – 0
6.4	WFM	Zhou, Qiyu	2156	–		Vangsgaard, Freja	1801	1 – 0

 

Bo.	30	Canada 2 (CAN2)	Rtg	–	13	Poland 1 (POL1)	Rtg	1 : 3
9.1		Plotkin, Mark	2128	–		Tomczak, Mikolaj	2266	½ – ½
9.2		Zhu, Hong Rui	2085	–		Gumularz, Szymon	2241	0 – 1
9.3		Doknjas, Joshua	2005	–		Janik, Igor	2182	½ – ½
9.4	WIM	Peng, Jackie	1982	–	WFM	Harazinska, Ewa	2143	0 – 1

 

Bo.	33	Canada 3 (CAN3)	Rtg	–	15	Slovenia (SLO)	Rtg	2½:1½
26.1	CM	Shi, Diwen	2147	–	FM	Markoja, Boris	2335	½ – ½
26.2		Song, Guannan Terry	2004	–	WIM	Unuk, Laura	2249	1 – 0
26.3		Gedajlovic, Max	2104	–		Bratkovic, Jakob	2158	0 – 1
26.4		Cai, Jason	1962	–		Hrescak, Ivana	2039	1 – 0

 

Every detail is taken care in Gyor-even birthdays!

Photo from Team Canada on FB

Jason Cao with nice birthday cake

World U16 OL Gyor 2014 Rd4

Results

Good result for Uzbekistan to tie Canada 1. Canada 2 and 3 both won.

Photo from Team Canada 1 on FB

More great pics from Team Canada FB site

Bo.	21	Uzbekistan (UZB)	Rtg	–	7	Canada 1 (CAN1)	Rtg	2 : 2
4.1		Nigmatov, Ortik	2236	–	IM	Preotu, Razvan	2441	0 – 1
4.2		Yakubboev, Nodirbek	2144	–	FM	Cao, Jason	2309	1 – 0
4.3	WFM	Abdusattorova, Bakhora	2216	–	IM	Wang, Richard	2363	0 – 1
4.4	FM	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2186	–	WFM	Zhou, Qiyu	2156	1 – 0

Bo.	47	Scotland (SCO)	Rtg	–	30	Canada 2 (CAN2)	Rtg	½ :3½
15.1		Abdulla, Murad	1958	–	CM	Doknjas, John	2080	½ – ½
15.2		Shafi, Declan	0	–		Zhu, Hong Rui	2085	0 – 1
15.3		Gray, Euan	1625	–		Doknjas, Joshua	2005	0 – 1
15.4		Milton, Anna	1547	–	WIM	Peng, Jackie	1982	0 – 1

Bo.	44	Iraq (IRQ)	Rtg	–	33	Canada 3 (CAN3)	Rtg	1 : 3
26.1		Rebaz, Nasir Jamal	1719	–		Song, Guannan Terry	2004	0 – 1
26.2	FM	Rabeea, Sabah Nori	1944	–		Gedajlovic, Max	2104	0 – 1
26.3		Noori, Sabah Nori	1891	–		Cai, Jason	1962	1 – 0
26.4	CM	Ameer, Dhafer Abdulameer	1469	–		Peng, Janet	1694	0 – 1

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World U16 OL Gyor 2014 Rd3

Results

• Canada 1 beat Hungary 3 by a narrow 2.5-1.5 margin.
• Canada 2 did well to tied Belarus 2-2.
• Canada 3 clobbered RSA 1 3.5-0.5

Photo from Team Canada 1 on FB

Canada 1 with Michael Song on far right

 

Bo.	7	Canada 1 (CAN1)	Rtg	–	23	Hungary 3 (HUN3)	Rtg	2½:1½
6.1	IM	Preotu, Razvan	2441	–		Dankhazi, Andras	2237	½ – ½
6.2	FM	Cao, Jason	2309	–		Peczely, Sebastian Zsombor	2197	½ – ½
6.3	IM	Wang, Richard	2363	–		Marosi, Levente	2211	½ – ½
6.4		Song, Michael	2257	–	FM	Krstulovic, Alex	2099	1 – 0

 

Bo.	14	Belarus (BLR)	Rtg	–	30	Canada 2 (CAN2)	Rtg	2 : 2
13.1		Nikitenko, Mihail	2379	–		Plotkin, Mark	2128	1 – 0
13.2		Kazakovskiy, Valeriy	2378	–	CM	Doknjas, John	2080	1 – 0
13.3	FM	Zarubitski, Viachaslau	2219	–		Zhu, Hong Rui	2085	0 – 1
13.4		Badelka, Olga	1996	–		Doknjas, Joshua	2005	0 – 1

 

Bo.	33	Canada 3 (CAN3)	Rtg	–	46	South Africa 1 (RSA1)	Rtg	3½: ½
26.1	CM	Shi, Diwen	2147	–		Essop, Hishaam	1748	1 – 0
26.2		Gedajlovic, Max	2104	–		Roos, Lucas	1732	1 – 0
26.3		Cai, Jason	1962	–		Berman, Jacob	1833	1 – 0
26.4		Peng, Janet	1694	–	CM	Modi, Sachin	1718	½ – ½

 

World U16 OL Gyor 2014 Rd2

Results

Canada 3 went down in a big upset to RSA 2 by a narrow 2.5-1.5 score after getting upset on boards 1 and 4.

Photo from Team Canada 1 on FB

Team Canada 1 captain and coach GM Gergely Szabo and WFM Qiyu Zhou

Bo.	19	Croatia (CRO)	Rtg	–	7	Canada 1 (CAN1)	Rtg	2 : 2
4.1	FM	Plenca, Jadranko	2313	–	FM	Cao, Jason	2309	1 – 0
4.2		Tica, Sven	2236	–	IM	Wang, Richard	2363	0 – 1
4.3		Livaic, Leon	2193	–		Song, Michael	2257	½ – ½
4.4		Muha, Miljenko	2105	–	WFM	Zhou, Qiyu	2156	½ – ½

Bo.	30	Canada 2 (CAN2)	Rtg	–	43	Györ (Hungary) (HUN5)	Rtg	3½: ½
18.1		Plotkin, Mark	2128	–		Csuta, Akos Koppany	2027	½ – ½
18.2	CM	Doknjas, John	2080	–		Pesti, Mate	1649	1 – 0
18.3		Doknjas, Joshua	2005	–		Kurcsics, Erika	1803	1 – 0
18.4	WIM	Peng, Jackie	1982	–		Nemeth, Balint	1560	1 – 0

Bo.	48	South Africa 2 (RSA2)	Rtg	–	33	Canada 3 (CAN3)	Rtg	2½:1½
26.1		Conradie, Andre	1760	–	CM	Shi, Diwen	2147	1 – 0
26.2		Kolver, Chris	1806	–		Song, Guannan Terry	2004	½ – ½
26.3	FM	Gluckman, Paul	1696	–		Gedajlovic, Max	2104	0 – 1
26.4		Marx, Inge	1524	–		Peng, Janet	1694	1 – 0

World U16 Gyor 2014 Rd1

Great coverage on Fb-CFC!! and on FB Team Page

Results

Round 1 on 2014/12/13 at 14:00
Bo.	7	Canada 1 (CAN1)	Rtg	–	32	Slovakia West (SVK4)	Rtg	4 : 0
6.1	IM	Preotu, Razvan	2441	–		Karas, Marek	2170	1 – 0
6.2	IM	Wang, Richard	2363	–		Kavon, Rastislav	2153	1 – 0
6.3		Song, Michael	2257	–		Puskar, Peter	2051	1 – 0
6.4	WFM	Zhou, Qiyu	2156	–		Vrtiakova, Anna	1866	1 – 0

Round 1 on 2014/12/13 at 14:00
Bo.	4	Ukraine (UKR)	Rtg	–	30	Canada 2 (CAN2)	Rtg	3 : 1
4.1	IM	Vetoshko, Volodymyr	2424	–		Plotkin, Mark	2128	0 – 1
4.2	FM	Vorontsov, Pavlo	2374	–	CM	Doknjas, John	2080	1 – 0
4.3	WFM	Osmak, Iulija	2426	–		Zhu, Hong Rui	2085	1 – 0
4.4	FM	Shtembuliak, Evgeny	2332	–	WIM	Peng, Jackie	1982	1 – 0

Round 1 on 2014/12/13 at 14:00
Bo.	33	Canada 3 (CAN3)	Rtg	–	8	Romania (ROU)	Rtg	½ :3½
26.1	CM	Shi, Diwen	2147	–	FM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	2391	½ – ½
26.2		Song, Guannan Terry	2004	–		Dolana, Andrei-Theodor	2279	0 – 1
26.3		Gedajlovic, Max	2104	–	FM	Costachi, Mihnea	2356	0 – 1
26.4		Cai, Jason	1962	–		Toma, Radu-Cristian	2255	0 – 1

 

Team happy

 

Pic from FB page by Victoria Jung-Doknjas

World U16 OL 2014-12

Team Lineups

Three Canadian teams are playing. Follow the team on FB

6. Canada 1 (RtgAvg:2343 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Szabo Gergely Andras
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	FideID	Games
1	IM	Preotu Razvan	2441	CAN	2613280	0.0
2	IM	Wang Richard	2363	CAN	2608243	0.0
3	FM	Cao Jason	2309	CAN	2611112	0.0
4		Song Michael	2257	CAN	2613190	0.0
5	WFM	Zhou Qiyu	2156	CAN	505161	0.0

30. Canada 2 (RtgAvg:2075 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Plotkin Victor
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	FideID	Games
1		Plotkin Mark	2128	CAN	2611651	0.0
2	CM	Doknjas John	2080	CAN	2608367	0.0
3		Zhu Hong Rui	2085	CAN	2614740	0.0
4		Doknjas Joshua	2005	CAN	2614316	0.0
5	WIM	Peng Jackie	1982	CAN	2609819	0.0

 

32. Canada 3 (RtgAvg:2054 / TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) Captain: Plotkin Victor
Bo.		Name	Rtg	FED	FideID	Games
1	CM	Shi Diwen	2147	CAN	2609886	0.0
2		Song Guannan Terry	2004	CAN	2614189	0.0
3		Gedajlovic Max	2104	CAN	2616840	0.0
4		Cai Jason	1962	CAN	2618133	0.0
5		Peng Janet	1694	CAN	2609827	0.0