2001 B.C. - Washington Match
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2001 B.C. - Washington Match |
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Round 1 (B.C. playing Black)
B.C. 14½ 9½ Washington Grade 1 Connor Gann (682) 1 0 Ruben Santoyo-Mendez (900)* Philip Sokourinski (unr.) 0 1 Stuart King (905) Grade 2 Joshua Wild (935) 1 0 Emma Roberts (898) Matthew Wong (631) 0 1 Jackson White (947) Grade 3 Elliot Raymer (1153) 0 1 David Maggs (1266) Thomas Chow (1110) 0 1 Sunil Deolalikar (1277) Grade 4 Kristijan Gorgevik (1416) 1 0 Chase Willson (1260) Bryan Young (1289) 1 0 Jacob Roberts (1304) Grade 5 Noam Davies (1670) 1 0 Ryan Putman (1308) Danny Yu (1271) 0 1 Michael Cambareri (1661) Grade 6 Peter Sum (1477) 1 0 Jordan Aisaka (1298) Tiffany Tang (1340) 1 0 Daniel Taylor (1352) Grade 7 Valentina Goutor (1708) ½ ½ Steven Taki (1385) Alexander Reid (1359) 0 1 Stephen Pick (1577) Grade 8 Fanhao Meng (2003) 1 0 Matt Nieman (1228) Lucas Davies (1919) 1 0 Eric Hufnagel (1278) Grade 9 Jason Lee (1886) 1 0 Prithvi Shankar (1391) Ben Daswani (1750) 0 1 Eduard Shamilov (2059) Grade 10 Yamei Wang (1879) 1 0 Paul Reeves (1606) Yaroslav Goutor (1556) ½ ½ Andrew Svehaug (1865) Grade 11 Samuel Wong (2066) 1 0 Matt Hammons (1371) Gavin Atkinson (1758) 0 1 Jeremy Weiss (1745) Grade 12 John Wilson (1893) 1 0 Daniel Baker (1617) Edward Tang (1793) ½ ½ Jeffrey Ching (1679) * (N.B. Washington ratings are Washington scholastic ratings, rather than USCF)
Round 2 (B.C. playing White)
B.C. 10½ 13½ Washington Grade 1 Connor Gann (682) 0 1 Stuart King (905) Philip Sokourinski (unr.) 0 1 Ruben Santoyo-Mendez (900) Grade 2 Joshua Wild (935) 1 0 Jackson White (947) Matthew Wong (631) 1 0 Emma Roberts (898) Grade 3 Elliot Raymer (1153) 0 1 Sunil Deolalikar (1277) Thomas Chow (1110) 0 1 David Maggs (1266) Grade 4 Kristijan Gorgevik (1416) 0 1 Jacob Roberts (1304) Bryan Young (1289) 0 1 Chase Willson (1260) Grade 5 Noam Davies (1670) 0 1 Michael Cambareri (1661) Danny Yu (1271) 0 1 Ryan Putman (1308) Grade 6 Peter Sum (1477) ½ ½ Daniel Taylor (1352) Tiffany Tang (1340) ½ ½ Jordan Aisaka (1298) Grade 7 Valentina Goutor (1708) 0 1 Stephen Pick (1577) Alexander Reid (1359) 1 0 Steven Taki (1385) Grade 8 Fanhao Meng (2003) 1 0 Eric Hufnagel (1278) Lucas Davies (1919) 1 0 Matt Nieman (1228) Grade 9 Jason Lee (1886) 1 0 Eduard Shamilov (2059) Ben Daswani (1750) 0 1 Prithvi Shankar (1391) Grade 10 Yamei Wang (1879) 1 0 Andrew Svehaug (1865) Yaroslav Goutor (1556) 0 1 Paul Reeves (1606) Grade 11 Samuel Wong (2066) 1 0 Jeremy Weiss (1745) Gavin Atkinson (1758) 1 0 Matt Hammons (1371) Grade 12 John Wilson (1893) 0 1 Jeffrey Ching (1679) Edward Tang (1793) ½ ½ Daniel Baker (1617)
This year's edition of the annual B.C. - Washington junior match, played on the campus of B.C.I.T. in Burnaby, resulted in an exciting 25-23 victory for the home players. The B.C. team won the first round handily by a five-point margin, but in the second session the Washington squad gradually closed the gap, first equalling and then surpassing the overall B.C. score. With four games left to finish Washington held a two-point lead over B.C., resulting in the dramatic finale: B.C. won all four games to take the match! First Alexander Reid's opponent blundered into a mating net in an ending, then Jason Lee won a fine game to defeat the highest- rated Washington player, Eduard Shamilov (some readers may remember him from the last Keres Memorial). Yamei Wang and Samuel Wong were the last two B.C. players to finish: both had similiar positions, up an exchange but considerably down on time. The prospect of long technical endgames with a sudden-death time control was not encouraging, but both managed to turn their games into king hunts, thereby winning quickly and giving the B.C. team victory in the match.
Individually, perfect scores were recorded by Joshua Wild (grade 1), Jason Lee (9), Yamei Wang (10) and Samuel Wong (11) for B.C., while the same feat was accomplished by Stuart King (1), Michael Cambareri (5) and Stephen Pick (7) for Washington. In addition, B.C. players Fanhao Meng and Lucas Davies won all their games in the grade 8 matches, while David Maggs and Sunil Deolalikar returned the favour for Washington in grade 3. Others having plus scores: Peter Sum and Tiffany Tang (B.C., both grade 6), and Jeffrey Ching (Washington, grade 12). There were exceptions, but in general B.C. scored better in the higher grades, Washington in the lower.
The match was held on December 1st, 2001. The time control for grades 4-6 was 60 minutes per player, for grades 7-12 90 minutes per player. Clocks were not used for the lowest grades. Many thanks to the players, their parents and coaches, with a special thank you to the organizers, Bill Lee and Katherine Davies (B.C.) and Ollie Lafreniere (Washington). See you next year in Seattle!
