Keres Memorial Winners

# Year Winner Score Rds Players
0 1975 GM Paul Keres 8.5 10 320
1 1976 GM James Tarjan 9 10 210
2 1977 IM John Watson 9 10   99
3 1978 Robert Zuk 6   7 126
4 1979 IM John Grefe, GM Peter Biyiasas, James McCormick 5.5   7   97
5 1980 Viktors Pupols 5.5   7 154
6 1981 IM John Donaldson, Ray Fasano 5.5   7 180
7 1982 IM John Donaldson, IM Eric Tangborn 5   6 142
8 1983 IM John Donaldson 5.5   6 132
9 1984 IM Leon Piasetski, Gordon Taylor, IM Jeremy Silman, Robert Zuk 4.5   6 121
10 1985 IM John Donaldson, Lionel Joyner, John Braley 5.5   6 151
11 1986 GM Kevin Spraggett 6   7 144
12 1987 IM Tom O'Donnell 6   7 138
13 1988 GM Kevin Spraggett, Alex Kuznecov 5.5   7 174
14 1989 Juri Vetemaa 6   7 159
15 1990 IM John Donaldson, Jonathan Berry 4.5   6 125
16 1991 GM Lubomir Ftacnik 5   6   97
17 1992 GM Lubomir Ftacnik 5.5   6   98
18 1993 GM Igor Stohl 6.5   7   93
19 1994 Jonathan Berry, Juri Vetemaa, Gary Basanta   89
20 1995 John Hallam, Juri Vetemaa, IM Yan Teplitsky   7   97
21 1996 IM Georgi Orlov   69
22 1997 IM Yan Teplitsky 6   7   74
23 1998 GM Kevin Spraggett 6.5   7 104
24 1999 IM Yan Teplitsky, IM Georgi Orlov, Jack Yoos 5.5   7 105
25 2000 GM Epishin 8.5 10  77
26 2001 IM Georgi Orlov 6   7 103

Donaldson34
Spraggett30
Orlov28
Ftacnik24
Teplitsky20
Vetemaa20
Zuk15
Epishin12
Keres12
O'Donnell12
Pupols12
Stohl12
Tarjan12
Watson12
Berry10
Fasano6
Kuznecov6
Tangborn6
Basanta4
Biyiasas4
Braley4
Grefe4
Hallam4
Joyner4
McCormick4
Yoos4
Piasetski3
Silman3
Taylor3

Titles (IM, GM) are current ones, not necessarily the ones held at the time.

Results from 1993 to 1996 were difficult to find, because for no obvious reason the Chess Federation of Canada stopped covering the tournament during those years. A big change from 1975, when they published the complete crosstable of every section.

Attendance suffered a big dip in 1991 when the rent at Robson Square Media Centre went way up and the tournament had to move elsewhere. The tournament has seen many locations since, some as far away as exotic New Westminster.

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Just for fun, if you give each event 12 points, and divide them equally for tied victory, here are the big leaders.


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