Top Tables — Round 7
This is it! The final round of Swiss in the Canadian National Championships. Who might we see in the Top 8 playoffs?
Table 1: Matthew Lai (6 wins) vs. Ryan Peddle (6 wins)
Table 2: Richard Clegg (5 wins) [SBC Competitor] vs. Andrew Hayton (5 wins) [SBC Competitor]
Table 3: Dexter Dalit (5 wins) [2005 Canadian Champion] vs. Ervin So (5 wins) [this round’s Feature Match!]
Table 4: Kyle Duncan (5 wins) vs. Vinh Lam (5 wins)
Table 5: Dale Bellido (5 wins) vs. Joseph Leung (5 wins) [2004 Canadian Champion]
Table 6: Matt Peddle (5 wins) vs. Richard Piper (5 wins)
Table 7: Noah White (4 wins) vs. Mitchell Wolff (4 wins)
Table 8: Jonathan Chauvin (4 wins) vs. Marlon Lakhan (4 wins)
The round will be over shortly, and we’ll see who’ll be moving on to take the final spots!
Top Tables — Round 6
All right, there’s only one round remaining after this — this has been a lightning-fast event! There’s very little room for error if these players want to go on to represent Canada at Worlds next month, so let’s see how things are going at Tables 1-8, shall we?
Table 1: Andrew Hayton (5 wins) [SBC Competitor] vs. Matthew Lai (5 wins)
Table 2: Ryan Peddle (5 wins) vs. Jason Tan (5 wins) [this round’s feature match!]
Table 3: Kyle Andrews (4 wins) vs. Ervin So (4 wins)
Table 4: Kyle Duncan (4 wins) vs. Brad McLean (4 wins)
Table 5: James Neumann (4 wins) vs. Richard Piper (4 wins)
Table 6: Rob Cedar (4 wins) vs. Dexter Dalit (4 wins) [2005 Canadian Champion]
Table 7: Matt Peddle (4 wins) vs. Noah White (4 wins)
Table 8: Joseph Leung (4 wins) [2004 Canadian Champion] vs. Shane Morris (4 wins)
We’ll see what the next and final round brings us in less than 20 minutes!
Top Tables — Round 5!
Missed round 4, sorry about that . . . but let’s check in on Round 5. The day is going by very quickly; only two rounds remain in today’s event before the fateful cut to Top 8.
Table 1: Andrew Hayton (4 wins) [SBC Competitor] vs. Brad McLean (4 wins)
Table 2: James Neumann (4 wins) vs. Ryan Peddle (4 wins)
Table 3: Matthew Lai (4 wins) vs. Richard Piper (4 wins)
Table 4: Wren Kozakevich (3 wins) vs. Matt Peddle (4 wins)
Table 5: Manuel De Jesus Gonzalez (3 wins) vs. Shane Morris (3 wins)
Table 6: Michael Chin (3 wins) vs. Vinh Lam (3 wins)
Table 7: Geoffrey Campbell (3 wins) vs. Rob Cedar (3 wins)
Table 8: Jonathan Chauvin (3 wins) vs. Tristan Gonzalez (3 wins)
Hmm, looks like only Andrew Hayton is still up at the top table, of our SBC competitors. There are still two rounds left to go, though, so anything can happen . . .
Top Table — Round 3Well, there are some noted names here already! You’ve probably heard of most of these guys at some point, I think. Here you are!
Table 1: Dale Bellido (2 wins) vs. Chris Simoes (2 wins) [this round’s feature match]
Table 2: Karim Ahamjik (2 wins) vs. Joseph Leung (2 wins) [2004 Canadian Champion]
Table 3: Dexter Dalit (2 wins) [2005 Canadian Champion] vs. Matthew Lai (2 wins)
Table 4: Lazaro Bellido (2 wins) vs. Matt Peddle (2 wins)
Table 5: Shawn Chauvin (2 wins) vs. Chris Pittao (2 wins)
Table 6: Richard Clegg (2 wins) vs. Marlon Lakhan (2 wins)
Table 7: Kyle Andrews (2 wins) vs. Richard Piper (2 wins)
Table 8: Geoffrey Campbell (2 wins) vs. Noah White (2 wins)
There are only 4 rounds left until the cut, so no one’s willing to give any ground. We’ll be back next round with another look at the Top Tables.