Simul by GM Andrey Gorovets

Andrey won all the games.
Among all simul takers, Joyce Zhang and Chuyang Gu stood longest: both by 44 moves!  The youngest one is Caitlin Wang, who's 8 years old at the time.

Greatest Upset Prizes

Bubble World has generously provided coupons (value of $20) to each of the following winners:

Round 1 - Steven Wang and Steven Yuhao Zhang
Round 2 - Gillian Mok
Round 3 - Felix Tian Zhou
Round 4 - Ethan Song

Thanksgiving Blitz

# Place Name ID Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot Prize
1 1 GM Andrey Gorovets 170022 2526 W12 W16 W10 W3 W5 5.0 1st $75
2 2-4 Arun Dixit 170019 2166 D13 B--- W7 D5 W11 4.0 =2nd $50
3   Madiyar Amerkeshev 160385 2066 W17 W4 W11 L1 W8 4.0 =2nd $50
4   Ryan Leong 150533 1881 W14 L3 W25 W16 W12 4.0 =2nd $50
5 5-6 Ashton Taylor 147575 1826 W25 W9 W8 D2 L1 3.5 =3rd $20
6   Chuyang Gu 156472 1806 W15 L8 D14 W20 W13 3.5 =3rd $20
7 7-11 Brandon Zhu 158715 2208 W23 L11 L2 W18 W16 3.0  
8   ZhiQi Ryan Huang 166542 2002 W21 W6 L5 W13 L3 3.0  
9   Henry Chiu 100316 2000 W24 L5 L13 W19 W20 3.0  
10   Tristan Taylor 146358 1997 W18 W20 L1 L11 W17 3.0  
11   Ethan Su 158714 1902 W19 W7 L3 W10 L2 3.0  
12 12-15 Tyler Cruz 111010 1455 L1 D22 W24 W14 L4 2.5  
13   Jungmin Shinn 162675 1424 D2 W23 W9 L8 L6 2.5  
14   Eric Shan 163617 912 L4 W21 D6 L12 W22 2.5  
15   Hanxi Liu 164359 832 L6 L18 B--- D21 W25 2.5  
16 16-20 Joe Roback 143038 1986 W22 L1 W18 L4 L7 2.0  
17   Martin Cook 165178 1244 L3 W19 L20 W25 L10 2.0  
18   Andy Zhao 153357 1089 L10 W15 L16 L7 W21 2.0  
19   Ryan Bole Yu 164361 919 L11 L17 W23 L9 W24 2.0  
20   Xinhua Luke Shu 171391 unr. W26 L10 W17 L6 L9 2.0  
21 21-22 Raymond Tangning Zhang 163404 1229 L8 L14 W22 D15 L18 1.5  
22   Aaron Chiu 164358 922 L16 D12 L21 B--- L14 1.5  
23 23-25 Robert Hamm 108361 1453 L7 L13 L19 L24 B--- 1.0  
24   Ruihan Xu   1175 L9 L25 L12 W23 L19 1.0  
25   Felix Zhou 154138 861 L5 W24 L4 L17 L15 1.0  
26 26 Ethan Song 161587 1633 L20 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  

SwissSys Standings. 2019 New West Fall Open: Premier

https://chess.ca/crosstable?tournament_check_number=201910042&key=191017

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 GM Gorovets, Andrey 2526 W26 W6 W2 W3 W11 W7 6.0 1st $1000.00
2 Moura, Eduardo 2066 W23 W24 L1 W5 W12 W10 5.0 2nd $600.00
3 Amerkeshev, Madiyar 2066 H--- W30 W8 L1 W17 W5 4.5 3rd $400.00
4 Huang, ZhiQi Ryan 2002 D16 L20 W13 D14 W24 D9 3.5  
5 Roback, Joe 1986 W27 W18 D11 L2 W20 L3 3.5  
6 Yang, Brian 1959 W10 L1 W17 D20 D9 D8 3.5  
7 Shinn, Jungmin 1922 W28 D11 D9 D10 W21 L1 3.5  
8 Petrov, Ivan 1838 B--- D12 L3 D24 W16 D6 3.5 =1st U1900 $70
9 He, Matthew 1731 D22 W13 D7 D12 D6 D4 3.5 =1st U1900 $70
10 Zhang, Andy 1687 L6 B--- W15 D7 W14 L2 3.5 =1st U1900 $70
11 Dixit, Arun 2166 W14 D7 D5 W16 L1 U--- 3.0  
12 Erichsen, Dan 2052 W29 D8 D20 D9 L2 D15 3.0  
13 Zheng, Victor 1979 D17 L9 L4 W26 W19 D18 3.0  
14 Su, Ethan 1902 L11 W21 W18 D4 L10 D17 3.0  
15 Gu, Chuyang 1806 H--- H--- L10 W28 D18 D12 3.0  
16 Escandor, Manuel Omana 1763 D4 H--- W26 L11 L8 W21 3.0  
17 Wu, Nathan Ping-Ying 1691 D13 W22 L6 W19 L3 D14 3.0  
18 Song, Ethan 1633 W19 L5 L14 W22 D15 D13 3.0  
19 Cheng, Louis 1935 L18 W23 D24 L17 L13 W22 2.5  
20 Wu, Charles 1824 H--- W4 D12 D6 L5 U--- 2.5  
21 Jiang, Kate 2034 L24 L14 W23 W27 L7 L16 2.0 Top woman $50
22 Taylor, Tristan 1997 D9 L17 D28 L18 W27 L19 2.0  
23 Taylor, Ashton 1826 L2 L19 L21 L25 W28 W24 2.0  
24 Yang, Jingyun [Ryan] 1784 W21 L2 D19 D8 L4 L23 2.0  
25 Leong, Ryan 1881 U--- U--- U--- W23 H--- U--- 1.5  
26 Pitre, H. G. 1918 L1 W27 L16 L13 U--- U--- 1.0  
27 Gu, Stephanie 1718 L5 L26 B--- L21 L22 U--- 1.0  
28 Caluza, Severo [Juni] 1603 L7 H--- D22 L15 L23 U--- 1.0  
29 Landingin, Jofrel 1791 L12 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  
30 Shah, Darshil unr. U--- L3 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  

SwissSys Standings. 2019 New West Fall Open: U1800

https://chess.ca/crosstable?tournament_check_number=201910045&key=191017

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Guo, Yu Han [Veronica] 1589 D14 D18 W16 W6 W10 W2 5.0 1st + top woman $450.00
2 Talosig, Jaylord 1793 W12 W5 W15 W10 D4 L1 4.5 =2nd/1st U1600 $100.00
3 Hoffman, Aaron 1521 D18 W17 D9 H--- W12 W7 4.5 =2nd/1st U1600 $100.00
4 Qiu, Andrew Yu 1521 W23 W8 L10 W9 D2 W12 4.5 =2nd/1st U1600 $100.00
5 Qian, Jessica 1580 W6 L2 W18 L12 W14 W10 4.0  
6 Mok, Gillian 1399 L5 W24 W11 L1 W17 W9 4.0  
7 Zhou, Zhengyuan [Frank] 1331 L11 W13 D17 W19 W16 L3 3.5  
8 Prem, Jose 1782 D19 L4 D14 L11 W21 W15 3.0  
9 Leblanc, Paul 1733 W20 D15 D3 L4 W11 L6 3.0  
10 Cronin, Kent 1661 W13 W11 W4 L2 L1 L5 3.0  
11 Yang, Henry 1533 W7 L10 L6 W8 L9 W17 3.0  
12 Imoo, Joshua 1520 L2 W14 W23 W5 L3 L4 3.0  
13 Hamm, Robert 1453 L10 L7 W21 L14 B--- W16 3.0  
14 Zhang, Joyce 1403 D1 L12 D8 W13 L5 W23 3.0  
15 Sullivan, Brian 1551 W21 D9 L2 L16 W20 L8 2.5  
16 Qiu, Peter Yong 1422 D17 W19 L1 W15 L7 L13 2.5  
17 Lee, Mau-Seng 1644 D16 L3 D7 W23 L6 L11 2.0  
18 Zhang, Raymond Tangning 1229 D3 D1 L5 L20 W23 L22 2.0  
19 Mamaradlo, Jerald 1520 D8 L16 W20 L7 U--- U--- 1.5  
20 Cruz, Tyler 1455 L9 D21 L19 W18 L15 U--- 1.5  
21 Han, Aaron 1363 L15 D20 L13 B--- L8 U--- 1.5  
22 Leong, Ryan 1881 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- W18 1.0  
23 Shah, Darshil unr. L4 B--- L12 L17 L18 L14 1.0  
24 Landingin, Jofrel 1791 U--- L6 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0  

SwissSys Standings. 2019 New West Fall Open: U1400

https://chess.ca/crosstable?tournament_check_number=201910044&key=191017

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Parpatt, Mark 1325 W32 W25 W2 L4 W7 W6 5.0 =1st/2nd $225.00
2 Gao, Justin 1221 W27 W23 L1 W18 W6 W8 5.0 =1st/2nd $225.00
3 Cheng, Tian Yi 1370 W20 D5 D9 D12 W17 W16 4.5 =3rd $20
4 Cook, Martin 1244 W21 W17 W18 W1 H--- U--- 4.5 =3rd $20
5 Li, Anthony Zongyue 1121 W22 D3 L11 W21 W23 W9 4.5 =3rd $20
6 Huang, Winston 1200 W14 W12 W7 W11 L2 L1 4.0  
7 Street, Jeffrey 1389 W26 W10 L6 D9 L1 W22 3.5  
8 Bhasin, Pavanpal Singh 1373 L12 W27 W32 D16 W11 L2 3.5  
9 Xu, Ruihan [Hannah] 1175 H--- W30 D3 D7 W13 L5 3.5 Top woman $50
10 Mok, Erwin Jun-Han 1136 W29 L7 L12 W30 W22 D15 3.5  
11 Jiang, Zihao William 1119 D30 W13 W5 L6 L8 W23 3.5  
12 Wang, Steven 972 W8 L6 W10 D3 D16 D17 3.5 =1st U1100 $35
13 Yu, Christopher 938 W15 L11 D17 W20 L9 W19 3.5 =1st U1100 $35
14 Yu, Ryan Bole 919 L6 D15 L20 W26 W21 W27 3.5 =1st U1100 $35
15 Huang, Nico 1238 L13 D14 L22 W31 W29 D10 3.0  
16 Eisenberg, Lucas 1181 W28 L18 W26 D8 D12 L3 3.0  
17 Leong, Aiden 1099 W31 L4 D13 W25 L3 D12 3.0  
18 Kofmansky, Matthew 821 B--- W16 L4 L2 L19 W26 3.0  
19 Wu, Stanley 1113 L23 W28 D21 L22 W18 L13 2.5  
20 Chen, Zhengyu 957 L3 D22 W14 L13 D25 D29 2.5  
21 Wu, Nicholas Pei-Chang 940 L4 W31 D19 L5 L14 W30 2.5  
22 Zhou, Felix Tian 891 L5 D20 W15 W19 L10 L7 2.5  
23 Imoo, Jason 855 W19 L2 D25 W32 L5 L11 2.5  
24 Liu, Hanxi 832 L25 L32 L27 D28 B--- W31 2.5  
25 Bhatt, Shushrutha 1043 W24 L1 D23 L17 D20 U--- 2.0  
26 Batisse, Norman 1027 L7 W29 L16 L14 W32 L18 2.0  
27 Jain, Neelesh 935 L2 L8 W24 D29 D30 L14 2.0  
28 Xu, Joey 910 L16 L19 D30 D24 L31 W32 2.0  
29 Zhou, Leonardo 900 L10 L26 W33 D27 L15 D20 2.0  
30 Li, Mengyang 868 D11 L9 D28 L10 D27 L21 1.5  
31 Luan, Jacky Wang 850 L17 L21 H--- L15 W28 L24 1.5  
32 Li, Mengbai 956 L1 W24 L8 L23 L26 L28 1.0  
33 Bhasin, Harsahiba unr. U--- U--- L29 U--- U--- U--- 0.0  

SwissSys Standings. 2019 New West Fall Open: U1000

https://chess.ca/crosstable?tournament_check_number=201910043&key=191017

# Name Rtng Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
1 Shan, Eric 912 W9 W13 W20 W2 W5 D4 5.5 1st $200.00
2 Wessels, Rohan 960 W21 W18 W3 L1 W7 W15 5.0 =2nd/3rd $75.00
3 Li, Yuhan [John] 895 W32 W7 L2 W20 W9 W5 5.0 =2nd/3rd $75.00
4 Tang, Gideon 819 H--- H--- W21 W15 W18 D1 4.5  
5 Md Nahiduzzaman, Kaiser 911 W10 W8 W11 W14 L1 L3 4.0  
6 Chen, Tom 870 L29 W23 L8 W37 W14 W20 4.0  
7 Hu, Jingheng 799 W38 L3 W39 W12 L2 W22 4.0 =1st/2nd U800 $40
8 Tran, Philip 786 W34 L5 W6 D27 W29 D12 4.0 =1st/2nd U800 $40
9 Mou, Willard 689 L1 W38 W26 W17 L3 W18 4.0 =1st/2nd U800 $40
10 Buhay, Alren 681 L5 W33 D13 W25 D11 W27 4.0 =1st/2nd U800 $40
11 Shu, Luke unr. W19 W27 L5 D30 D10 W17 4.0 Top unrated $50
12 Wang, Alan 858 L14 W35 W32 L7 W24 D8 3.5  
13 Shi, Dong Fang 816 W37 L1 D10 D26 W21 D16 3.5  
14 Li, Henry 642 W12 H--- W16 L5 L6 W29 3.5  
15 Wang, Bessie unr. H--- W30 W25 L4 W27 L2 3.5 Top woman $50
16 Zhao, Andy unr. W31 W17 L14 L18 W19 D13 3.5  
17 Yang, Nathan Yi-Hsin 823 W24 L16 W22 L9 W32 L11 3.0  
18 Eisenberg, Colette 799 W33 L2 W34 W16 L4 L9 3.0  
19 Zhang, Walter 723 L11 L37 W38 W23 L16 W26 3.0  
20 Bu, Max 719 W36 W26 L1 L3 W30 L6 3.0  
21 Lu, Aiden 716 L2 W24 L4 W34 L13 W32 3.0  
22 Yu, Roger 647 L26 W31 L17 W36 W25 L7 3.0  
23 Ye, Oliver 639 L27 L6 W33 L19 W34 W30 3.0  
24 Wang, Abigail 606 L17 L21 W28 W38 L12 W31 3.0  
25 Shan, Lyvia 895 W28 D29 L15 L10 L22 W36 2.5  
26 Shaeri, Dorsa 879 W22 L20 L9 D13 W35 L19 2.5  
27 Wang, Haoze [Dennis] 840 W23 L11 W29 D8 L15 L10 2.5  
28 Li, Aaron 660 L25 L34 L24 B--- D36 W35 2.5  
29 Zhang, Steven Yuhao 645 W6 D25 L27 W35 L8 L14 2.5  
30 Tang, Julian 972 H--- L15 W31 D11 L20 L23 2.0  
31 Li, Anthony 721 L16 L22 L30 W33 W37 L24 2.0  
32 Tran, Lucas 669 L3 W36 L12 W39 L17 L21 2.0  
33 Deng, Joey Jiayi 586 L18 L10 L23 L31 W39 W38 2.0 =1st U600 $25.00
34 Wang, Caitlin 356 L8 W28 L18 L21 L23 W39 2.0 =1st U600 $25.00
35 Tang, Gwendolyn 607 H--- L12 W37 L29 L26 L28 1.5  
36 Bhasin, Harsahiba unr. L20 L32 B--- L22 D28 L25 1.5  
37 Liang, Jeremy 604 L13 W19 L35 L6 L31 U--- 1.0  
38 Wang, Lucas 475 L7 L9 L19 L24 B--- L33 1.0  
39 Song, Mia unr. H--- H--- L7 L32 L33 L34 1.0