uOttawa Open Tournament
Date: October 25, 26, 27, 2024
Location: FSS Room 4007, 120 University Private, Ottawa.
Rounds: 5, Friday 7:00 PM, Saturday & Sunday 10 AM & 3 PM.
Type: Regular Swiss
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Time Control: Game-in-90-plus-30-seconds-a-move
Sections and prizes are based on projected entries and may change. Additional prizes may be added if there are sufficient entries.
Open - (rated CFC); 1st $250, 2nd $150 3rd $80
U1600 – (rated CFC); 1st $200, 2nd $100 3rd $60
Entry Fees:
Open - $80
U1600 - $60
Free entry for GM/WGM & IM/WIM. National Master entry fee is $50.
Add $20 if playing up a section. A player must be 100 points or less from the rating floor for the section they want to play up in.
CFC or FQE membership is required.
Requesting byes: max of three ½ point byes in the first four rounds.
Organizers: uOttawa Chess Club
Tournament Director: Will Smith & Other uOChess Execs
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Registration: Contact us by email & send Interac e-transfers to uochess@gmail.com. Tournament is open to anyone who wants to play!​​
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Open Section
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NM Sebastien Azar 137031 2166
NM David Gordon 106629 2154
Marc Nassar 185266 2108
NM Sam Marin 156145 2067
Thomas Knechtel 172307 1998
Lucas Pitre 157622 1931
NM Halldor P Palsson 106856 1865
Huy Minh Vu 177037 1828
Douglas Graham 169362 1803
Samuel Filion 182218 1751
Oliver Byl 174403 1666
Matteus McCulloch 175263 1660
Aaron Sethi 184769 1653
Anuj Radia 183825 1619
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Byes:
r1: Sebastien Azar, Anuj Radia, Aaron Sethi
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u1600 Section
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Gregory Marcelin 181507 1449
Noah Boisvert 175861 1384
Brian Batchelar 169909 1348
Florence Zixin Xu 175835 1345
Apostolos Vafeas 187987 1339
Yves Filion 146488 1306
Shuwen Tan 177847 1299
Thanish Karuvarasan 181868 1269
Anastasia Auger 183149 1267
Jiapeng Justin Yang 186514 1247
Adhvik Aravinthan 181782 1194
Iain Wong 179340 1174
Natasha Griffin 181772 1097
Aaron Sider 186572 1070
Jim Wright 105417 1068
Ian Luo 185294 1021
Dale Wang 184002 1003
Amine Lahlou 187843 686
Tom Haythornewaite 190932 unr
Iahhel Victor 191145 unr
Darby Martin 191211 unr
Cedric Garand 191231 unr
John Bobby Mesadieu 191233 unr
Byes:
r1: Noah Boisvert, Thanish Karuvarasan, Anastasia Auger
r5 (0 points): Natasha Griffin
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Round 1 Pairings
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Pairings for Round 1. UOttawa Chess Tournament: UOttawa Open
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 8 Huy Minh Vu 2 David Gordon
2 3 Marc Nassar 9 Douglas Graham
3 10 Samuel Filion 4 Sam Marin
4 5 Thomas Knechtel 11 Oliver Byl
5 12 Matteus McCulloch 7 Halldor Peter Palsson
6 ½ Lucas Pitre BYE
1 ½ Sebastien Azar BYE
13 ½ Aaron Sethi BYE
14 ½ Anuj Radia BYE
15 ½ Justin Wen BYE
Pairings for Round 1. UOttawa Chess Tournament: UOttawa U1600
Bd # Res White # Res Black
10 1 Gregory Marcelin 14 Aaron Sider
11 15 Jim Wright 3 Brian Batchelar
12 4 Florence Zixin Xu 16 Ian Luo
13 17 Dale Wang 5 Apostolos Vafeas
14 6 Yves Filion 18 Amine Lahlou
15 19 Darby Martin 7 Shuwen Tan
16 10 Jiapeng Yang 20 Cedric Garand
17 22 John Mesadieu 11 Adhvik Aravinthan
18 12 Iain Wong 23 Iahhel Victor
19 24 Tom Haythornthwaite 13 Natasha Griffin
2 ½ Noah Boisvert BYE
8 ½ Thanish Karuvarasan BYE
9 ½ Anastasia Auger BYE
21 ½ Andrew Smith BYE
Pairings for Round 2
Pairings for Round 2. UOttawa Chess Tournament: UOttawa Open
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 2 David Gordon (2154 1.0) 5 Thomas Knechtel (1998 1.0)
2 4 Sam Marin (2067 1.0) 12 Matteus McCulloch (1660 1.0)
3 9 Douglas Graham (1803 0.5) 1 Sebastien Azar (2166 0.5)
4 13 Aaron Sethi (1653 0.5) 3 Marc Nassar (2108 0.5)
5 14 Anuj Radia (1619 0.5) 6 Lucas Pitre (1931 0.5)
6 7 Halldor Peter Palsson (1865 0.0) 15 Justin Wen (1513 0.5)
7 10 Samuel Filion (1751 0.0) 8 Huy Minh Vu (1828 0.0)
11 1 Oliver Byl (1666 0.0) BYE
Pairings for Round 2. UOttawa Chess Tournament: UOttawa U1600
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 3 Brian Batchelar (1348 1.0) 11 Adhvik Aravinthan (1194 1.0)
2 13 Natasha Griffin (1097 1.0) 4 Florence Zixin Xu (1345 1.0)
3 5 Apostolos Vafeas (1339 1.0) 12 Iain Wong (1174 1.0)
4 14 Aaron Sider (1070 1.0) 6 Yves Filion (1306 1.0)
5 7 Shuwen Tan (1299 1.0) 20 Cedric Garand (unr. 1.0)
6 2 Noah Boisvert (1384 0.5) 8 Thanish Karuvarasan (1269 0.5)
7 9 Anastasia Auger (1267 0.5) 1 Gregory Marcelin (1449 0.0)
8 19 Darby Martin (unr. 0.0) 10 Jiapeng Yang (1247 0.0)
9 16 Ian Luo (1021 0.0) 24 Tom Haythornthwaite (unr. 0.0)
10 22 John Mesadieu (unr. 0.0) 15 Jim Wright (1068 0.0)
11 23 Iahhel Victor (unr. 0.0) 17 Dale Wang (1003 0.0)
18 1/2 Amine Lahlou ( 686 0.0) BYE
21 ½ Andrew Smith (unr. 0.5) BYE
Pairings for Round 3​
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Pairings for Round 3. UOttawa Chess Tournament: UOttawa Open
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 4 Sam Marin (2067 2.0) 2 David Gordon (2154 2.0)
2 1 Sebastien Azar (2166 1.5) 3 Marc Nassar (2108 1.5)
3 15 Justin Wen (1513 1.5) 5 Thomas Knechtel (1998 1.0)
4 6 Lucas Pitre (1931 1.0) 10 Samuel Filion (1751 1.0)
5 11 Oliver Byl (1666 1.0) 14 Anuj Radia (1619 1.0)
6 9 Douglas Graham (1803 0.5) 13 Aaron Sethi (1653 0.5)
8 1 Huy Minh Vu (1828 0.0) BYE
12 ½ Matteus McCulloch (1660 1.0) BYE
Pairings for Round 3. UOttawa Chess Tournament: UOttawa U1600
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 5 Apostolos Vafeas (1339 2.0) 3 Brian Batchelar (1348 2.0)
2 4 Florence Zixin Xu (1345 2.0) 7 Shuwen Tan (1299 2.0)
3 8 Thanish Karuvarasan (1269 1.5) 14 Aaron Sider (1070 2.0)
4 6 Yves Filion (1306 1.0) 9 Anastasia Auger (1267 1.5)
5 11 Adhvik Aravinthan (1194 1.0) 19 Darby Martin (unr. 1.0)
6 12 Iain Wong (1174 1.0) 22 John Mesadieu (unr. 1.0)
7 20 Cedric Garand (unr. 1.0) 13 Natasha Griffin (1097 1.0)
8 23 Iahhel Victor (unr. 1.0) 16 Ian Luo (1021 1.0)
9 18 Amine Lahlou ( 686 0.5) 2 Noah Boisvert (1384 0.5)
10 1 Gregory Marcelin (1449 0.0) 15 Jim Wright (1068 0.0)
11 10 Jiapeng Yang (1247 0.0) 24 Tom Haythornthwaite (unr. 0.0)
17 1/2 Dale Wang (1003 0.0) BYE
21 ½ Andrew Smith (unr. 1.0) BYE
Round 4 Pairings
Pairings for Round 4. UOttawa Chess Tournament: UOttawa Open
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 2 David Gordon (2154 3.0) 15 Justin Wen (1513 2.5)
2 1 Sebastien Azar (2166 2.0) 4 Sam Marin (2067 2.0)
3 3 Marc Nassar (2108 2.0) 6 Lucas Pitre (1931 2.0)
4 12 Matteus McCulloch (1660 1.5) 11 Oliver Byl (1666 2.0)
5 5 Thomas Knechtel (1998 1.0) 10 Samuel Filion (1751 1.0)
6 13 Aaron Sethi (1653 1.0) 8 Huy Minh Vu (1828 1.0)
7 14 Anuj Radia (1619 1.0) 9 Douglas Graham (1803 1.0)
Pairings for Round 4. UOttawa Chess Tournament: UOttawa U1600
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 3 Brian Batchelar (1348 3.0) 7 Shuwen Tan (1299 3.0)
2 14 Aaron Sider (1070 3.0) 4 Florence Zixin Xu (1345 2.0)
3 16 Ian Luo (1021 2.0) 5 Apostolos Vafeas (1339 2.0)
4 20 Cedric Garand (unr. 2.0) 6 Yves Filion (1306 2.0)
5 8 Thanish Karuvarasan (1269 1.5) 18 Amine Lahlou ( 686 2.0)
6 9 Anastasia Auger (1267 1.5) 22 John Mesadieu (unr. 1.5)
7 11 Adhvik Aravinthan (1194 1.5) 21 Andrew Smith (unr. 1.5)
8 19 Darby Martin (unr. 1.5) 12 Iain Wong (1174 1.5)
9 13 Natasha Griffin (1097 1.0) 1 Gregory Marcelin (1449 1.0)
10 10 Jiapeng Yang (1247 1.0) 23 Iahhel Victor (unr. 1.0)
11 2 Noah Boisvert (1384 0.5) 17 Dale Wang (1003 1.0)
12 15 Jim Wright (1068 0.0) 24 Tom Haythornthwaite (unr. 0.0)
Pairings for round 5
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Pairings for Round 5. UOttawa Chess Tournament: UOttawa Open
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 2 David Gordon (2154 4.0) 1 Sebastien Azar (2166 3.0)
2 11 Oliver Byl (1666 2.5) 3 Marc Nassar (2108 3.0)
3 15 Justin Wen (1513 2.5) 4 Sam Marin (2067 2.0)
4 6 Lucas Pitre (1931 2.0) 13 Aaron Sethi (1653 2.0)
5 5 Thomas Knechtel (1998 1.5) 12 Matteus McCulloch (1660 2.0)
6 10 Samuel Filion (1751 1.5) 14 Anuj Radia (1619 2.0)
9 1 Douglas Graham (1803 1.0) BYE
8 0 Huy Minh Vu (1828 1.0) BYE
Pairings for Round 5. UOttawa Chess Tournament: UOttawa U1600
Bd # Res White # Res Black
1 7 Shuwen Tan (1299 3.5) 14 Aaron Sider (1070 3.5)
2 3 Brian Batchelar (1348 3.5) 20 Cedric Garand (unr. 3.0)
3 5 Apostolos Vafeas (1339 3.0) 8 Thanish Karuvarasan (1269 2.5)
4 4 Florence Zixin Xu (1345 2.5) 11 Adhvik Aravinthan (1194 2.5)
5 9 Anastasia Auger (1267 2.5) 19 Darby Martin (unr. 2.5)
6 1 Gregory Marcelin (1449 2.0) 10 Jiapeng Yang (1247 2.0)
7 6 Yves Filion (1306 2.0) 16 Ian Luo (1021 2.0)
8 18 Amine Lahlou ( 686 2.0) 12 Iain Wong (1174 1.5)
9 21 Andrew Smith (unr. 1.5) 22 John Mesadieu (unr. 1.5)
10 23 Iahhel Victor (unr. 1.0) 2 Noah Boisvert (1384 1.5)
11 17 Dale Wang (1003 1.0) 15 Jim Wright (1068 1.0)
24 1 Tom Haythornthwaite (unr. 0.0) BYE
13 0 Natasha Griffin (1097 1.0) BYE
Results:
Standings. UOttawa Chess Tournament: UOttawa Open
# Place Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total
1 1 David Gordon 106629 2154 W14 W13 W7 W6 D3 4.5
2 2 Marc Nassar 185266 2108 D10 W12 D3 W4 W8 4.0
3 3 Sebastien Azar 167031 2166 H--- W10 D2 W7 D1 3.5
4 4-6 Lucas Pitre 157622 1931 H--- D9 W11 L2 W12 3.0
5 Matteus McCulloch 175263 1660 W15 L7 H--- D8 W13 3.0
6 Justin Wen 174383 1513 H--- W15 W13 L1 D7 3.0
7 7-9 Sam Marin 156145 2067 W11 W5 L1 L3 D6 2.5
8 Oliver Byl 174403 1666 L13 B--- W9 D5 L2 2.5
9 Anuj Radia 183825 1619 H--- D4 L8 W10 D11 2.5
10 10-12 Douglas Graham 169362 1803 D2 L3 D12 L9 B--- 2.0
11 Samuel Filion 182218 1751 L7 W14 L4 D13 D9 2.0
12 Aaron Sethi 184769 1653 H--- L2 D10 W14 L4 2.0
13 13 Thomas Knechtel 172307 1998 W8 L1 L6 D11 L5 1.5
14 14 Huy Minh Vu 177037 1828 L1 L11 B--- L12 U--- 1.0
15 15 Halldor Peter Palsson 106856 1865 L5 L6 U--- U--- U--- 0.0
Standings. UOttawa Chess Tournament: UOttawa U1600
# Place Name ID Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Total
1 1 Brian Batchelar 169909 1348 W19 W6 W2 D3 W8 4.5
2 2-4 Apostolos Vafeas 187987 1339 W20 W14 L1 W7 W12 4.0
3 Shuwen Tan 177847 1299 W15 W8 W11 D1 D4 4.0
4 Aaron Sider 186572 1070 W9 W17 W12 D11 D3 4.0
5 5-6 Anastasia Auger 183149 1267 H--- W9 L17 W21 W15 3.5
6 Adhvik Aravinthan 181782 1194 W21 L1 D15 W16 W11 3.5
7 7-8 Ian Luo 185294 1021 L11 W24 W23 L2 W17 3.0
8 Cedric Garand 191231 unr. W13 L3 W22 W17 L1 3.0
9 9-16 Gregory Marcelin 181507 1449 L4 L5 W19 W22 D13 2.5
10 Noah Boisvert 175861 1384 H--- L12 L18 W20 W23 2.5
11 Florence Zixin Xu 175835 1345 W7 W22 L3 D4 L6 2.5
12 Thanish Karuvarasan 181868 1269 H--- W10 L4 W18 L2 2.5
13 Jiapeng Yang 186514 1247 L8 L15 W24 W23 D9 2.5
14 Iain Wong 179340 1174 W23 L2 D21 L15 W18 2.5
15 Darby Martin 191211 unr. L3 W13 D6 W14 L5 2.5
16 Andrew Smith 191232 unr. H--- H--- H--- L6 W21 2.5
17 17-18 Yves Filion 146488 1306 W18 L4 W5 L8 L7 2.0
18 Amine Lahlou 187843 686 L17 B--- W10 L12 L14 2.0
19 19-21 Jim Wright 105417 1068 L1 L21 L9 W24 D20 1.5
20 Dale Wang 184002 1003 L2 L23 B--- L10 D19 1.5
21 John Mesadieu 191233 unr. L6 W19 D14 L5 L16 1.5
22 22-24 Natasha Griffin 181772 1097 W24 L11 L8 L9 U--- 1.0
23 Iahhel Victor 191145 unr. L14 W20 L7 L13 L10 1.0
24 Tom Haythornthwaite 190932 unr. L22 L7 L13 L19 B--- 1.0