BC and Washington Masters Tie 12.5-12.5

 

 

NM Joshua Doknjas vs Wash. Chess Fed. President Josh Sinanan (photo: Victoria Doknjas)

 

 

The second annual BC-WA Scheveningen match took place in the lovely Topaz Room at the Comfort Inn and Suites in Victoria on the weekend of 12-14 January, 2018.  The results of the match were exactly the same as last year, a 12.5-12.5 tie.  In a separate match BC Team Number Two succumbed to Washington 16-9.  Each team comprised five players, each of whom played one game against each member of the opposing team.

 

Cash and trophy prizes were awarded to the top two players on each team as follows:

BC Team A: John Doknjas 4.5 and Jason Kenney 3

WA Team A: Nat W Koons 4.5 and Howard Chen 3.5

BC Team B: Michael Su 3.0 and Neil Doknjas 2.5

WA Team B: Sloan Setiadikurnia 4.5 and Oscar Petrov 4

 

Two interesting events shared the same playing space – an invitational round-robin of six masters/experts and the 2018 Victoria Open, a 5-round Swiss with two sections.  In the invitational round-robin, Zulfikar Sali, who has resided in Victoria for three years, took first prize with a brilliant 4.5/5 result and will be Victoria’s newest master.  This event also featured the two top women in BC chess, WFM Valeria Gansvind of Sidney and WFM Adela Fratila of Surrey.  Former BCCF President Roger Patterson (who finished clear 2^nd), Victoria physician Ian Cordon and German exchange student Bennett Schnable rounded out the field.

 

In the Victoria Open, Nicolau Machado de Oliveira, originally from Brazil but residing in Nanaimo tied for first with George Kim - Nicolau taking the trophy on tie-break, having defeated George in the last round.  The U1600 Section was won resoundingly by Shayan Rahimabadi of Victoria with a perfect 5-0 score.

 

National Arbiter Elliot Raymer capably directed all three events.  Elliot has had lots of experience directing side events at the Grand Pacific Open and recently acquired the NA qualification after completing a TD seminar given by International Arbiter Stephen Wright and sponsored by Victoria Chess.

 

Organizationally, the Scheveningen matches presented great difficulty for both sides.  WCF President Josh Sinanan and I both see the matches as an opportunity to have more co-operation between BC and Washington and we agreed a year ago that we would repeat the 2017 experience.  All four teams and the round-robin suffered withdrawals, some with very little notice.  Several players suffered from the flu.  Others just decided they didn’t feel like playing. Several BC masters did not even have the courtesy to respond to their invitations, leaving me wondering whether they had received them.  As a result, team composition changed almost daily in the two weeks preceding the event.  My thanks go out to the players who were “promoted” to the BC and Washington teams and the round-robin: Jason Kenney, Howard Wu, Howard Chen, Timothy Moroney, Sloan Setiadikurnia, Jacob Mayer, Rowan James, Jason Williamson, Jamie Campbell, Zulfikar Sali, Bennett Schnable and Dr. Ian Cordon.

 

The event was sponsored by Victoria Chess, the BCCF, the Washington Chess Federation, the Victoria Chess Club, Thrifty’s groceries, Designer Chess and several of the players.

I would like to thank Roger Patterson for tremendous technical support with the website and online registration.

Altogether, 70 players enjoyed a pleasant chess weekend.  Stay tuned for 2019!

 

Standings given below.

 

pgn Game file:

 

Report: Paul Leblanc

 

 

A Teams: Back row: Tim Moroney(WA), organizer Paul Leblanc, Joshua Doknjas(BC), Javier Cortes(BC), a Chilean chess master attending UBC, Howard Wu(BC).

Front row: Howard Chen(WA), Curt Collyer(WA), Josh Sinanan(WA), John Doknjas(BC), Jason Kenney(BC). Missing: Nat Koons(WA). (photo: Victoria Doknjas)

 

 

 

B Teams: Top row: Oscar Petrov(WA), Sloan Setiadikurnia(WA), Jacob Mayer(WA), organizer Paul Leblanc, Jamie Campbell(BC), Jason Williamson(BC).

Bottom Row: Advaith Vijayakumar(WA), Daniel Shubin(WA), Rowan James(BC), Neil Doknjas(BC), Michael Su(BC).

(photo: Victoria Doknjas)

 

 

Josh Sinanan's and Paul Leblanc's car license plates.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BC-WA "A" TEAMS DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE

 

Victoria, 12-14 January 2018			WA1	WA2	WA3	WA4	WA5	Total
BC1	Doknjas, Joshua	2273	0	½	0	1	1	2.5
BC2	Cortes Orihuela, Javier	2267	0	½	0	½	½	1.5
BC3	Doknjas, John	2266	1	1	½	1	1	4.5
BC4	Kenney, Jason	2246	½	1	0	½	1	3.0
BC5	Wu, Howard	2213	0	0	0	1	0	1.0
British Columbia average		2253						12.5
			BC1	BC2	BC3	BC4	BC5
WA1	Chen, Howard	2416	1	1	0	½	1	3.5
WA2	Collyer, Curt	2309	½	½	0	0	1	2.0
WA3	Koons, Nathaniel W.	2290	1	1	½	1	1	4.5
WA4	Sinanan, Josh	2278	0	½	0	½	0	1.0
WA5	Moroney, Timothy M.	2044	0	½	0	0	1	1.5
Washington average		2267						12.5

 

SwissSys Standings. victoria open: BC-WA Team 1

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	John Doknjas	141225	2266	BC	D2	W10	W6	W3	W8	4.5
2	Nat W Koons	139700	2249	WA	D1	W4	W9	W7	W5	4.5
3	Howard Chen	149526	2251	WA	W9	W7	W5	L1	D4	3.5
4	Jason Kenney	110204	2246	BC	W8	L2	D10	W6	D3	3.0
5	Joshua Doknjas	146444	2273	BC	W10	D6	L3	W8	L2	2.5
6	Curt Collyer	160460	2269	WA	D7	D5	L1	L4	W9	2.0
7	Javier Cortes Orihuela	162676	2267	BC	D6	L3	D8	L2	D10	1.5
8	Timothy Moroney		unr.	WA	L4	W9	D7	L5	L1	1.5
9	Howard Wu	105433	2213	BC	L3	L8	L2	W10	L6	1.0
10	Josh Sinanan	146269	2109	WA	L5	L1	D4	L9	D7	1.0

 

BC-WA "B" TEAMS

 

Victoria, 12-14 January 2018			BC1	BC2	BC3	BC4	BC5	Total
WA1	Shubin, Daniel	1954	0	1	½	1	½	3.0
WA2	Setiadikurnia, Sloan Christopher	1981	1	½	1	1	1	4.5
WA3	Petrov, Oscar	1910	0	1	1	1	1	4.0
WA4	Vijayakumar, Advaith	1769	½	1	0	½	½	2.5
WA5	Mayer, Jacob	1775	½	½	0	0	1	2.0
Washington average		1878						16.0
			WA1	WA2	WA3	WA4	WA5
BC1	Su, Michael	2032	1	0	1	½	½	3.0
BC2	Williamson, Jason	1959	0	½	0	0	½	1.0
BC3	Doknjas, Neil	1914	½	0	0	1	1	2.5
BC4	James, Rowan	1899	0	0	0	½	1	1.5
BC5	Campbell, Jamie	1886	½	0	0	½	0	1.0
British Columbia average		1938						9.0

 

 

 

SwissSys Standings. victoria open: BC-WA Team 2

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Sloan Christopher Setiadikurnia	149902	1754	WA	W3	W5	W8	D9	W10	4.5
2	Oscar Petrov	157581	1820	WA	W10	L3	W5	W8	W9	4.0
3	Michael Su	149622	2032	BC	L1	W2	W4	D6	D7	3.0
4	Daniel Shubin	159398	1843	WA	W9	D10	L3	D5	W8	3.0
5	Neil Doknjas	151942	1914	BC	W7	L1	L2	D4	W6	2.5
6	Advaith Vijayakumar	162590	1459	WA	D8	W9	D10	D3	L5	2.5
7	Jacob Mayer	163192	1752	WA	L5	L8	D9	W10	D3	2.0
8	Rowan James	153852	1899	BC	D6	W7	L1	L2	L4	1.5
9	Jason Williamson	106287	1959	BC	L4	L6	D7	D1	L2	1.0
10	Jamie Campbell	124453	1886	BC	L2	D4	D6	L7	L1	1.0

 

 

SwissSys Standings. victoria open: Round Robin

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Zulfikar Sali	149874	2113	D2	W4	W3	W5	W6	4.5
2	Roger Patterson	103043	2092	D1	W6	D5	D4	D3	3.0
3	Bennett Schnable	165803	2093	D4	D5	L1	W6	D2	2.5
4	Ian Cordon	160969	2041	D3	L1	D6	D2	D5	2.0
5	Valeria Gansvind	135048	2190	D6	D3	D2	L1	D4	2.0
6	Adela Fratila	163383	2202	D5	L2	D4	L3	L1	1.0

 

SwissSys Standings. victoria open: Premier

#	Name	ID	Rtng	Post	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Nicolau Machado De Oliveira	160780	1810	1822	W11	L4	W10	W8	W2	4.0
2	George Kim	156439	1714	1760	W9	W13	W8	W4	L1	4.0
3	Ross Richardson	111115	1787	1797	D5	D6	D4	W11	W8	3.5
4	Philip Harris	112311	1671	1711	W12	W1	D3	L2	D5	3.0
5	William Bremner	150238	1577	1655	D3	D7	W13	D6	D4	3.0
6	Paul Leblanc	104186	1865	1829	L8	D3	W7	D5	D9	2.5
7	Frank O'Brien	139824	1828	1773	L13	D5	L6	W10	D11	2.0
8	Ken Forman	123040	1707	1696	W6	W10	L2	L1	L3	2.0
9	Stephen Ejack	137895	1475	1517	L2	L12	D11	W14	D6	2.0
10	Mau-seng Lee	100313	1440	1490	W14	L8	L1	L7	W13	2.0
11	Brian Sullivan	103750	1599	1592	L1	D14	D9	L3	D7	1.5
12	Matthew Geng	147851	1870	1849	L4	W9	U---	U---	U---	1.0
13	Philip Boyle	110332	1622	1593	W7	L2	L5	U---	L10	1.0
14	Deron Stewart	142413	1712	1655	L10	D11	U---	L9	U---	0.5

 

SwissSys Standings. victoria open: U1600

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Shayan Rahimabadi	1376	W24	W22	W13	W10	W8	5.0
2	Lincoln Camphaug	1390	W27	D17	W16	D8	W14	4.0
3	Nikolas Milonas	1177	L14	W29	W22	W13	W10	4.0
4	Ryan Hansen	1448	W18	W20	L10	W17	D5	3.5
5	Bernie Stanley	1270	L22	W24	W12	W11	D4	3.5
6	Jeffrey Street	1207	L13	W28	D7	W18	W16	3.5
7	Trevor Soare	810	W9	L19	D6	W15	W17	3.5
8	Kent Cronin	1594	H---	W12	W19	D2	L1	3.0
9	Joshua Imoo	1359	L7	L21	W25	W24	W20	3.0
10	Ivan Nicolici	1335	W29	W14	W4	L1	L3	3.0
11	Inna Rabinovich	1154	W28	L13	W21	L5	W22	3.0
12	Marc Moisan	700	B---	L8	L5	W26	W23	3.0
13	Reza Sardari	unr.	W6	W11	L1	L3	W19	3.0
14	Jeremy Paterson	unr.	W3	L10	W20	W19	L2	3.0
15	Julius Briner	1416	H---	W25	L17	L7	W27	2.5
16	Simon J Smith	1099	D25	W26	L2	W23	L6	2.5
17	Bruce Kidd	945	W23	D2	W15	L4	L7	2.5
18	Jordan Lathwell	928	L4	W30	D23	L6	W25	2.5
19	Stephen Drake	1331	W21	W7	L8	L14	L13	2.0
20	Al Hui	1055	W30	L4	L14	W21	L9	2.0
21	William Ma	714	L19	W9	L11	L20	W28	2.0
22	Kyle Argue	unr.	W5	L1	L3	W27	L11	2.0
23	Ethan Su	1462	L17	W27	D18	L16	L12	1.5
24	Anthony Xu	868	L1	L5	W28	L9	D29	1.5
25	Jeffrey Freed	unr.	D16	L15	L9	W29	L18	1.5
26	Garth Edgar	999	H---	L16	H---	L12	U---	1.0
27	William Li	885	L2	L23	W29	L22	L15	1.0
28	Michel Lauzon	unr.	L11	L6	L24	W30	L21	1.0
29	Jason Imoo	719	L10	L3	L27	L25	D24	0.5
30	Hope Woods	unr.	L20	L18	U---	L28	U---	0.0