"Despite the documented evidence of chess historian H.J.R. Murray, I have always thought that chess was invented by a goddess." George Koltanowski, from Women in Chess, Players of the Modern Game
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Sunday, July 19, 2009
2009 Canadian Open Chess Championship
Final standings at Monroi - corrected 7/20/09 (203 players)
Winner: GM Mark Bluvshtein 2598 7.5 (won on tie-breaks)
1 GM Mark Bluvshtein 2598 7.5
2 IM Edward Porper 2510 7.5
3 GM Alexei Shirov 2748 7.0
4 GM Michael Adams 2699 7.0
5 GM Eugene Perelshteyn 2588 7.0
6 IM Irina Krush 2481 7.0
14 GM Xue Zhao (Zhao Xue) 2544
31 WFM Dina Kagramanov 2140 6.0
35 WIM Alisa Melekhina 2315 5.5
73 Dalia Kagramanov 1941 5.0
98 Gabrielle Nadeau 1912 4.5
115 Nicka Kalaydina 1879 4.0
120 Jasmine Du 1810 4.0
202 Leah Green 1298 0.5
Our friend, Wayne Mendryk (CAN 1440), finished in 161st place with 3.5. A comment received under Round 7 pointed out that I left off GM Zhao Xue - oops! Thanks for the tip. Anonymous, I added her here in the final standings.
Hi Jan,thanks for covering the 2009 Canadian Open and thanks for including my result in the tournament.It was a very strenuous event for me, I gained an appreciation of how difficult it is to play chess for a living!
ReplyDeleteBest wishes to you,
sincerely,
Wayne