2012 AY Open games - Rounds 1-5 have been posted

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Thanks to Les Mundwiler for compiling, and to those that sent in their games.

2012 Abe Yanofsky Memorial U1800 games

Les Mundwiler has compiled the game file all five rounds.
 http://www.chessmanitoba.com/viewer/MyChessviewer.php?pgn=2012_AY_U_p.pgn

He has also supplied some commentary based on his impressions while entering the games:

Round 1
My nominee for best game of the first round is Phil Le Dorze's French versus Larry Samson. The upsets were kind of horrible to contemplate, and then there was Theo's game versus Damola or Derek's game with Francis, the upsets that didn't happen.

Round 2
Some interesting games--I liked Remillard's win and Czarny's, but I'd have to give the "best game of the rouond" prize to Ma-Baron, with a tactical sequence that might have been the finest of the event.

Round 3
 Trueman-A. Wasserman didn't report a score for the round. Pivotal games among the leaders, but my vote for best game of the round would go to Baron-Samson, the sort of protracted game of manoeuvre in both middlegame and endgame that is very unusual in Class player games and that does them both a lot of credit.

Round 4
It's a pity we don't have the last half of Ma-Gannon to ponder--Keith didn't hand in the game score. But I think the best game of the round was Wolchock-Campbell. A summing-up after the third round might note that Remillard, Avena, and Le Dorze were all having a good tournament at that point and that, surprisingly, the crew of 1700-rated spoilers--Green, Einarsson, Wasserman, and Wolchock--were on the point of being so far back that, with two rounds to go, they were going to have a minimum impact on the outcome. In fact, Avena is the last of the leaders to meet one of these four, handily rolling up Arie in the fourth round. Quite an unusual turn for the event!

Round 5
Best game of the round was John Remillard's win versus Danilo Avena. It's easy to stumble in that last round, but John played in the same steady style he had used throughout the event, solid early moves and a persistent search for reasonable tactical chances. There was a moment (move 23) when Danilo might have gotten the last minor pieces off the board, leaving Black with a backward pawn to be defended by the heavies. But there weren't a lot of lines for the heavies to work with and White may have thought the situation was drawish without the Bs--and, being half a point back, he needed to play for a win. His judgment seemed confirmed a few moves later when he'd won a pawn, but often a pawn isn't much of a guarantee when the heavies are still on the board; and Black continued with his search for tactical pressure and created threats that finally decided the contest.

2012 Abe Yanofsky Memorial Final Standings

FM Fletcher Baragar showed no rust in his first tournament in 4 years, winning the 2012 Abe Yanofsky Memorial by a full point over second place finishers Jeff Babb, Jason Repa, and Edmontonian Bradley Willis.
Baragar ground down C. Iyer in an ending most of the spectators expected to be drawn. Steven de Groot took top U2000 with a fine performance, while James Currie took 2nd U2000.
Keith Czarny deserves special mention.  As the house player, he did double-duty in both sections and was undefeated in his two games in the Open Section, and winning 2 of three games in the U1800 section.

Open Section

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
2	Fletcher Baragar	2248	W12	W7	W1	D3	W4	4½	250.00
3	Jeff Babb	2214	D13	W8	W6	D2	D10	3½	75.00
6	Jason Repa	2106	W17	H---	L3	W14	W13	3½	75.00
10	Bradley J. Willis	2048	D22	W21	W5	D4	D3	3½	75.00
1	Trevor Vincent	2356	W11	W5	L2	W15	U---	3
4	Chandrashekhar Iyer	2183	D14	W19	W22	D10	L2	3
11	Aron Kaptsan	2045	L1	X17	D8	D18	W15	3
18	Steven de Groot	1897	L7	W12	D19	D11	W8	3	100.00
5	Gustavo Melamedoff	2125	W15	L1	L10	W9	D22	2½
7	Nilo Moncal	2098	W18	L2	D14	L13	W17	2½
13	Leor Wasserman	2033	D3	L22	W21	W7	L6	2½
22	Ryne Swift	1815	D10	W13	L4	D8	D5	2½	50.00
8	Alexandre Nikouline	2090	W20	L3	D11	D22	L18	2
12	Waldemar Schulz	2045	L2	L18	D23	W19	D14	2
14	Aaron Green	2002	D4	D9	D7	L6	D12	2
15	James Currie	1996	L5	W20	W9	L1	L11	2	30.00
16	Daniel Wiebe	1989	U---	U---	U---	W20	W19	2
9	Anthony Boron	2086	D21	D14	L15	L5	H---	1½
17	Johan Kenneth Moleta	1944	L6	F11	Z20	W21	L7	1½
23	Keith Czarny	1655	U---	U---	D12	H---	D21	1½
19	Sam Cleto	1884	H---	L4	D18	L12	L16	1
21	Carl Pottinger	1869	D9	L10	L13	L17	D23	1
20	Blair Rutter	1870	L8	L15	Z17	L16	U---	½

John Remillard, ranked 11th at the outset, score a perfect 5-0 to win the U1800 section.
Young Derek Ma took clear second with 4, Danilo Avena and Keith Gannon were 3rd-4th with 3.5 points. Also scoring 3.5 were Phil Le Dorze and Bruce Reimer, who shared the U1600 prizes. Top U1400/unrated was Larry Samson, 2nd U1400/unrated were Edward Enns of BC and young Justin Villeneuve.

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot	Prize
11	John Remillard	1583	W22	W4	W3	W10	W2	5	100.00
6	Derek Ma	1682	W17	W14	L10	W8	W21	4	50.00
2	Danilo Avena	1756	W13	W9	D8	W4	L11	3½	20.00
8	Keith Gannon	1603	W19	W18	D2	L6	W5	3½	20.00
10	Phil Le Dorze	1598	W21	W5	W6	L11	D18	3½	50.00
18	Bruce Reimer	1446	W7	L8	W13	W1	D10	3½	50.00
4	Arie Wasserman	1736	W15	L11	W17	L2	W9	3
7	Keith Czarny	1655	L18	W12	H---	W13	H---	3
21	Larry Samson	unr.	L10	W16	W14	W9	L6	3	50.00
3	Ken Einarsson	1746	L14	W1	L11	W20	H---	2½
5	Theo Wolchock	1735	W16	L10	H---	W12	L8	2½
12	Jamie Campbell	1582	D1	L7	W19	L5	W14	2½
15	Bruce Leaden	1544	L4	W20	L9	W22	D1	2½
1	Jim Green	1769	D12	L3	W16	L18	D15	2
9	Cory Letain	1600	W20	L2	W15	L21	L4	2
16	Damola Afolabi	1516	L5	L21	L1	W19	W22	2
17	Francis Trueman	1504	L6	W22	L4	D14	D13	2
13	Richard Ott	1581	L2	W19	L18	L7	D17	1½
14	Cody Baron	1551	W3	L6	L21	D17	L12	1½
19	Justin Villeneuve	1211	L8	L13	L12	L16	W20	1	15.00
20	Edward Enns	1136	L9	L15	W22	L3	L19	1	15.00
22	Gabrielle Villeneuve	unr.	L11	L17	L20	L15	L16	0

Thanks to all, and thanks for those helping with setup and takedown.

2012 Abe Yanofsky Memorial - Standing after Round 4

Round three leader Fletcher Baragar was held to a draw by Jeff Babb, but Willis-Iyer was also indecisive, so Baragar still leads by .5 going into the final round.  Iyer cut it close, as I observed him having only 2 seconds on two occasions, and one second once, before pressing his clock and gaining the 30-second increment.

#	Open Section	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
2	Fletcher Baragar	W  12	B    7	W    1	W    3	B    4
	2248   102014	1	2	3	3½
1	Trevor Vincent	B  11	W    5	B    2	W  15	----
	2356   125311	1	2	2	3
3	Jeff Babb	B  13	W    8	W    6	B    2	W  10
	2214   102141	½	1½	2½	3
4	Chandrashekhar Iyer	W  14	B  19	W  22	B  10	W    2
	2183   153597	½	1½	2½	3
10	Bradley J. Willis	W  22	B  21	B    5	W    4	B    3
	2048   101736	½	1½	2½	3
6	Jason Repa	W  17	bye	B    3	B  14	W  13
	2106   109227	1	1½	1½	2½
13	Leor Wasserman	W    3	B  22	W  21	B    7	B    6
	2033   139153	½	½	1½	2½
5	Gustavo Melamedoff	B  15	B    1	W  10	B    9	W  22
	2125   136900	1	1	1	2
8	Alexandre Nikouline	W  20	B    3	W  11	B  22	W  18
	2090   112475	1	1	1½	2
11	Aron Kaptsan	W    1	-  17	B    8	W  18	B  15
	2045   112549	0	X  1	1½	2
15	James Currie	W    5	B  20	W    9	B    1	W  11
	1996   111091	0	1	2	2
18	Steven de Groot	W    7	B  12	W  19	B  11	B    8
	1897   137876	0	1	1½	2
22	Ryne Swift	B  10	W  13	B    4	W    8	B    5
	1815   143093	½	1½	1½	2
7	Nilo Moncal	B  18	W    2	B  14	W  13	B  17
	2098   152424	1	1	1½	1½
12	Waldemar Schulz	B    2	W  18	B  23	W  19	W  14
	2045   106687	0	0	½	1½
14	Aaron Green	B    4	B    9	W    7	W    6	B  12
	2002   142429	½	1	1½	1½
17	Johan Kenneth Moleta	B    6	-  11	-  20	W  21	W    7
	1944   153217	0	F  0	Z  ½	1½
9	Anthony Boron	B  21	W  14	B  15	W    5	bye
	2086   101126	½	1	1	1
16	Daniel Wiebe	----	----	----	B  20	B  19
	1989   132137	U  0	U  0	U  0	1
19	Sam Cleto	bye	W    4	B  18	B  12	W  16
	1884   111659	½	½	1	1
23	Keith Czarny	----	----	W  12	bye	B  21
	1655   106887	U  0	U  0	½	1
20	Blair Rutter	B    8	W  15	-  17	W  16	----
	1870   132113	0	0	Z  ½	½
21	Carl Pottinger	W    9	W  10	B  13	B  17	W  23
	1869   124202	½	½	½	½

John Remillard beat co-leader Phi Le Dorze, and now leads by .5 over his round 5 opponent, Danilo Avena.

#	U1800 Section	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
11	John Remillard	W  22	B    4	W    3	W  10	B    2
	1583   104699	1	2	3	4
2	Danilo Avena	B  13	W    9	B    8	W    4	W  11
	1756   107743	1	2	2½	3½
6	Derek Ma	B  17	W  14	B  10	W    8	B  21
	1682   149822	1	2	2	3
10	Phil Le Dorze	B  21	W    5	W    6	B  11	W  18
	1598   106957	1	2	3	3
18	Bruce Reimer	B    7	B    8	W  13	W    1	B  10
	1446   131407	1	1	2	3
21	Larry Samson	W  10	B  16	B  14	W    9	W    6
	unr.	0	1	2	3
5	Theo Wolchock	W  16	B  10	bye	W  12	B    8
	1735   149820	1	1	1½	2½
7	Keith Czarny	W  18	B  12	bye	B  13	bye
	1655   106887	0	1	1½	2½
8	Keith Gannon	B  19	W  18	W    2	B    6	W    5
	1603   105641	1	2	2½	2½
3	Ken Einarsson	W  14	W    1	B  11	B  20	bye
	1746   106554	0	1	1	2
4	Arie Wasserman	B  15	W  11	B  17	B    2	W    9
	1736   133860	1	1	2	2
9	Cory Letain	W  20	B    2	W  15	B  21	B    4
	1600   145127	1	1	2	2
15	Bruce Leaden	W    4	B  20	B    9	W  22	B    1
	1544   152654	0	1	1	2
1	Jim Green	W  12	B    3	W  16	B  18	W  15
	1769   105246	½	½	1½	1½
12	Jamie Campbell	B    1	W    7	W  19	B    5	W  14
	1582   124453	½	½	1½	1½
14	Cody Baron	B    3	B    6	W  21	W  17	B  12
	1551   152320	1	1	1	1½
17	Francis Trueman	W    6	B  22	W    4	B  14	W  13
	1504   103193	0	1	1	1½
13	Richard Ott	W    2	B  19	B  18	W    7	B  17
	1581   108926	0	1	1	1
16	Damola Afolabi	B    5	W  21	B    1	W  19	B  22
	1516   150773	0	0	0	1
20	Edward Enns	B    9	W  15	B  22	W    3	B  19
	1136   122461	0	0	1	1
19	Justin Villeneuve	W    8	W  13	B  12	B  16	W  20
	1211   147727	0	0	0	0
22	Gabrielle Villeneuve	B  11	W  17	W  20	B  15	W  16
	unr.   153220	0	0	0	0

2012 Abe Yanofsky Memorial after 3 rounds

Fletcher Baragar stands alone with 3 points; there are three players with 2.5.

#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3
2	Fletcher Baragar	W  12	B    7	W    1
	2248   102014	1	2	3
3	Jeff Babb	B  13	W    8	W    6
	2214   102141	½	1½	2½
4	Chandrashekhar Iyer	W  14	B  18	W  21
	2183   153597	½	1½	2½
10	Bradley J. Willis	W  21	B  20	B    5
	2048   101736	½	1½	2½
1	Trevor Vincent	B  11	W    5	B    2
	2356   125311	1	2	2
15	James Currie	W    5	B  19	W    9
	1996   111091	0	1	2
6	Jason Repa	W  16	bye	B    3
	2106   109227	1	1½	1½
7	Nilo Moncal	B  17	W    2	B  14
	2098   152424	1	1	1½
8	Alexandre Nikouline	W  19	B    3	W  11
	2090   112475	1	1	1½
11	Aron Kaptsan	W    1	-  16	B    8
	2045   112549	0	X  1	1½
13	Leor Wasserman	W    3	B  21	W  20
	2033   139153	½	½	1½
14	Aaron Green	B    4	B    9	W    7
	2002   142429	½	1	1½
17	Steven de Groot	W    7	B  12	W  18
	1897   137876	0	1	1½
21	Ryne Swift	B  10	W  13	B    4
	1815   143093	½	1½	1½
5	Gustavo Melamedoff	B  15	B    1	W  10
	2125   136900	1	1	1
9	Anthony Boron	B  20	W  14	B  15
	2086   101126	½	1	1
18	Sam Cleto	bye	W    4	B  17
	1884   111659	½	½	1
12	Waldemar Schulz	B    2	W  17	B  22
	2045   106687	0	0	½
16	Johan Kenneth Moleta	B    6	-  11	-  19
	1944   153217	0	F  0	Z  ½
19	Blair Rutter	B    8	W  15	-  16
	1870   132113	0	0	Z  ½
20	Carl Pottinger	W    9	W  10	B  13
	1869   124202	½	½	½
22	Keith Czarny	----	----	W  12
	1655   106887	U  0	U  0	½

Phil Le Dorze and John Remillard, ranked 10th and 11th respectively,  lead with 3 points.

#	U1800 Section	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3
10	Phil Le Dorze	B  21	W    5	W    6
	1598   106957	1	2	3
11	John Remillard	W  22	B    4	W    3
	1583   104699	1	2	3
2	Danilo Avena	B  13	W    9	B    8
	1756   107743	1	2	2½
8	Keith Gannon	B  19	W  18	W    2
	1603   105641	1	2	2½
4	Arie Wasserman	B  15	W  11	B  17
	1736   133860	1	1	2
6	Derek Ma	B  17	W  14	B  10
	1682   149822	1	2	2
9	Cory Letain	W  20	B    2	W  15
	1600   145127	1	1	2
18	Bruce Reimer	B    7	B    8	W  13
	1446   131407	1	1	2
21	Larry Samson	W  10	B  16	B  14
	unr.	0	1	2
1	Jim Green	W  12	B    3	W  16
	1769   105246	½	½	1½
5	Theo Wolchock	W  16	B  10	bye
	1735   149820	1	1	1½
7	Keith Czarny	W  18	B  12	bye
	1655   106887	0	1	1½
12	Jamie Campbell	B    1	W    7	W  19
	1582   124453	½	½	1½
3	Ken Einarsson	W  14	W    1	B  11
	1746   106554	0	1	1
13	Richard Ott	W    2	B  19	B  18
	1581   108926	0	1	1
14	Cody Baron	B    3	B    6	W  21
	1551   152320	1	1	1
15	Bruce Leaden	W    4	B  20	B    9
	1544   152654	0	1	1
17	Francis Trueman	W    6	B  22	W    4
	1504   103193	0	1	1
20	Edward Enns	B    9	W  15	B  22
	1136   122461	0	0	1
16	Damola Afolabi	B    5	W  21	B    1
	1516   150773	0	0	0
19	Justin Villeneuve	W    8	W  13	B  12
	1211   147727	0	0	0
22	Gabrielle Villeneuve	B  11	W  17	W  20
	unr.   153220	0	0	0

2012 Abe Yanofsky Memorial - after 2 rounds

In the Open Section, Round 3, top board is Baragar-Vincent, the only players with 2 points.

	OPEN SECTION
#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3
1	Trevor Vincent	B  11	W    5	B    2
	2356   125311	1	2
2	Fletcher Baragar	W  12	B    7	W    1
	2248   102014	1	2
3	Jeff Babb	B  13	W    8	W    6
	2214   102141	½	1½
4	Chandrashekhar Iyer	W  14	B  18	W  21
	2183   153597	½	1½
6	Jason Repa	W  16	bye	B    3
	2106   109227	1	1½
10	Bradley J. Willis	W  21	B  20	B    5
	2048   101736	½	1½
21	Ryne Swift	B  10	W  13	B    4
	1815   143093	½	1½
5	Gustavo Melamedoff	B  15	B    1	W  10
	2125   136900	1	1
7	Nilo Moncal	B  17	W    2	B  14
	2098   152424	1	1
8	Alexandre Nikouline	W  19	B    3	W  11
	2090   112475	1	1
9	Anthony Boron	B  20	W  14	B  15
	2086   101126	½	1
11	Aron Kaptsan	W    1	-  16	B    8
	2045   112549	0	X  1
14	Aaron Green	B    4	B    9	W    7
	2002   142429	½	1
15	James Currie	W    5	B  19	W    9
	1996   111091	0	1
17	Steven de Groot	W    7	B  12	W  18
	1897   137876	0	1
13	Leor Wasserman	W    3	B  21	W  20
	2033   139153	½	½
18	Sam Cleto	bye	W    4	B  17
	1884   111659	½	½
20	Carl Pottinger	W    9	W  10	B  13
	1869   124202	½	½
12	Waldemar Schulz	B    2	W  17	B  22
	2045   106687	0	0
16	Johan Kenneth Moleta	B    6	-  11	W  19
	1944   153217	0	F  0
19	Blair Rutter	B    8	W  15	B  16
	1870   132113	0	0
22	Keith Czarny	----	----	W  12
	1655   106887	U  0	U  0

In the U1800 section,  a scarcity of draws has resulted in 5 players with perfect scores entering the third round.

	U1800 section
#	Name/Rtng/ID	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3
2	Danilo Avena	B  13	W    9	B    8
	1756   107743	1	2
6	Derek Ma	B  17	W  14	B  10
	1682   149822	1	2
8	Keith Gannon	B  19	W  18	W    2
	1603   105641	1	2
10	Phil Le Dorze	B  21	W    5	W    6
	1598   106957	1	2
11	John Remillard	W  22	B    4	W    3
	1583   104699	1	2
3	Ken Einarsson	W  14	W    1	B  11
	1746   106554	0	1
4	Arie Wasserman	B  15	W  11	B  17
	1736   133860	1	1
5	Theo Wolchock	W  16	B  10	bye
	1735   149820	1	1
7	Keith Czarny	W  18	B  12	bye
	1655   106887	0	1
9	Cory Letain	W  20	B    2	W  15
	1600   145127	1	1
13	Richard Ott	W    2	B  19	B  18
	1581   108926	0	1
14	Cody Baron	B    3	B    6	W  21
	1551   152320	1	1
15	Bruce Leaden	W    4	B  20	B    9
	1544   152654	0	1
17	Francis Trueman	W    6	B  22	W    4
	1504   103193	0	1
18	Bruce Reimer	B    7	B    8	W  13
	1446   131407	1	1
21	Larry Samson	W  10	B  16	B  14
	unr.	0	1
1	Jim Green	W  12	B    3	W  16
	1769   105246	½	½
12	Jamie Campbell	B    1	W    7	W  19
	1582   124453	½	½
16	Damola Afolabi	B    5	W  21	B    1
	1516   150773	0	0
19	Justin Villeneuve	W    8	W  13	B  12
	1211   147727	0	0
20	Edward Enns	B    9	W  15	B  22
	1136   122461	0	0
22	Gabrielle Villeneuve	B  11	W  17	W  20