2017-18 Women's Zonal
2017-18 Canadian Women's Zonal/Championnat Zonal Féminin
December 26-31, 2017
St.Henri Community Centre, Montréal
Update: due to a burst water pipe, the tournament has been moved to Complexe récréatif Gadbois, 5485 Côte St-Paul, Montréal.
The 2017-18 Zonal is a 10-player Round-Robin. The winner represents Canada at the next Women's World Cup and qualifies for Canadian Women's Olympiad Team. The final list of players, along with the pairings, were settled last week:
Players
| Rank | Name | Prov | Rating | Qualified by | Paring # |
| 1 | Matras-Clement, Agnieszka | AB | 2317 | Runner-up | 4 |
| 2 | Zhou, Qiyu | ON | 2309 | Champion | 3 |
| 3 | Khoudgarian, Natalia | ON | 2248 | Ontario PC | 10 |
| 4 | Demchenko, Svitlana | ON | 2222 | Rating | 7 |
| 5 | Ouellet, Maili-Jade | QC | 2206 | Québec PC | 2 |
| 6 | Xu, Ruoying | ON | 2110 | Rating | 5 |
| 7 | Tian, Shi Yuan | BC | 2017 | BC PC | 9 |
| 8 | Wang, Jiaying | NF | 1925 | Maritime PC | 1 |
| 9 | Cui, Cynthia | NB | 1790 | Maritime PC | 6 |
| 10 | Chao, Lucy | AB | 1634 | Alberta PC | 8 |
With five 2200+ players this may be the strongest Canadian Women's Zonal ever.
Pairings:
| Rd. Pairings | ||
| 1: 1:10, 2:9, 3:8, 4:7, 5:6 | ||
| 2: 10:6, 7:5, 8:4, 9:3, 1:2 | ||
| 3: 2:10, 3:1, 4:9, 5:8, 6:7 | ||
| 4: 10:7, 8:6, 9:5, 1:4, 2:3 | ||
| 5: 3:10, 4:2, 5:1, 6:9, 7:8 | ||
| 6: 10:8, 9:7, 1:6, 2:5, 3:4 | ||
| 7: 4:10, 5:3, 6:2, 7:1, 8:9 | ||
| 8: 10:9, 1:8, 2:7, 3:6, 4:5 | ||
| 9: 5:10, 6:4, 7:3, 8:2, 9:1 | ||
NEW Provisional Schedule:
Note: Due to a water problem outside the playing hall, round 2 was postponed and later rounds rescheduled as follows:
| Round | Date | Time |
| 1 | 2017-12-26 | 10h00 |
| 2 | 2017-12-27 | 18h00 |
| 3 | 2017-12-28 | 10h00 |
| 4 | 2017-12-28 | 18h00 |
| 5 | 2017-12-29 | 10h00 |
| 6 | 2017-12-29 | 18h00 |
| 7 | 2017-12-30 | 10h00 |
| 8 | 2017-12-30 | 18h00 |
| 9 | 2017-12-31 | 10h00 |
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Arbiters: Bernard Ouimet & Vadim Tsypin
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Final Standings
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts. | |
| 1 | WIM | OUELLET Maili-Jade | 2062 | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7,0 |
| 2 | WGM | ZHOU Qiyu | 2240 | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6,5 |
| WIM | MATRAS-CLEMENT Agnieszka | 2260 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6,5 | |
| 4 | WFM | DEMCHENKO Svitlana | 2081 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5,5 |
| 5 | WIM | KHOUDGARIAN Natalia | 2100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 4,5 |
| 6 | XU Ruoying | 2020 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4,0 | |
| CUI Cynthia | 1604 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4,0 | ||
| TIAN Shi Yuan | 1661 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 4,0 | ||
| 9 | WANG Jiaying | 1919 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 3,0 | |
| 10 | CHAO Lucy | 1331 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0,0 |
Links
Live Games (for top 4 boards)
standings (chess-results.com)
photos (FQE facebook)
Annotated Games with final report
The Zonal is being held alongside the Tournoi du Père Noël, Dec 26-30, a 5 round Swiss at one-game-a-day:
http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/activite/tournoi-du-pere-noel-3