Ashley Tapp at the Keres 2013-05

Canadian Hopeful at the Keres Memorial
[All photos by Sophia Hague]

Ashley Tapp played in the under 2000 and finished with 1.5/6. She played up a  section to gain valuable experience rather than the under 1600 where she would have had a chance for a high finish.

Tapp's rating has climbed from the 1300s from the WYCC 2012 in Maribor to a peak of 1659 before dropping back to 1503.

The playing hall

She plans to play in the CYCC July 10-13 and the Canadian Open July 14-20 later in the summer. 

Her fundraising activities keep her busy and include a big fundraiser combining chess and Martial Arts with a local school-Dojang Martial Arts. More details coming soon.

Tapp(left) Ashley is shaking hands with IM Orlov,G(USA) 
IM Raymond Kaufman is in the background.

Ashley getting ready to play

Coach Stephen Wright(left) working with Ashley(right)

Final Standings Under 2000

#	Name	Rating	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Total
1	Joe Soliven	1995	W22	W9	W7	W2	W6	D4	5.5
2	Hiva Menbari	1946	W30	W10	W11	L1	W17	W12	5
3	Joshua Doknjas	1809	D27	W35	W5	L18	W26	W17	4.5
4	Marionito Jose	1635	L14	W38	W8	W11	W18	D1	4.5
5	Robert North	1948	W24	H---	L3	H---	W32	W16	4
6	Neale Monkhouse	1863	D17	W27	W15	W14	L1	D9	4
7	Eugenio Alonso Campos	1860	W12	W26	L1	W23	D16	D10	4
8	Philip Harris	1770	W36	L16	L4	W25	W33	W18	4
9	Paul Leblanc	1763	W28	L1	W30	D26	W27	D6	4
10	Peter Yee	1752	W33	L2	D31	W15	W14	D7	4
11	Mau-seng Lee	1732	W38	W19	L2	L4	W34	W20	4
12	Andrew Toi	1546	L7	W40	W29	W21	W20	L2	4
13	Richard Ingram	1977	L23	W32	L17	D30	W36	W22	3.5
14	Jofrel Landingin	1894	W4	D15	W23	L6	L10	W26	3.5
15	Hector Rathburn	1751	W34	D14	L6	L10	W28	W27	3.5
16	Kent Cronin	1702	W39	W8	W18	L17	D7	L5	3.5
17	Michael Su	1616	D6	W21	W13	W16	L2	L3	3.5
18	Richard Lapenna	1876	W31	W29	L16	W3	L4	L8	3
19	Constantin Rotariu	1825	W25	L11	L22	L32	W38	W31	3
20	George Kosinski	1822	W32	L---	W24	W22	L12	L11	3
21	Karl [lizhe] Cui	1790	D35	L17	W36	L12	D31	W34	3
22	Sylvain Gaudreau	1693	L1	W28	W19	L20	W23	L13	3
23	Houshyar Ghandi	1677	W13	W---	L14	L7	L22	W33	3
24	Gilles Bruneau	1664	L5	W34	L20	D28	D30	W32	3
25	Jill Ding	1544	L19	W39	L26	L8	W29	W30	3
26	Payam Mousavi	1713	W40	L7	W25	D9	L3	L14	2.5
27	Nathaniel Knox	1535	D3	L6	W35	W31	L9	L15	2.5
28	Kevin Low	1470	L9	L22	W38	D24	L15	W36	2.5
29	Chris Johnston	1735	W37	L18	L12	L34	L25	W39	2
30	Kai Richardson	1645	L2	W33	L9	D13	D24	L25	2
31	Luke Pulfer	1622	L18	W37	D10	L27	D21	L19	2
32	Robert Hamm	1539	L20	L13	W37	W19	L5	L24	2
33	Stewart Paulson	1342	L10	L30	W---	W35	L8	L23	2
34	James Chometa	1328	L15	L24	W40	W29	L11	L21	2
35	Brian Sullivan	1513	D21	L3	L27	L33	L39	W40	1.5
36	Ashley Tapp	1503	L8	H---	L21	W37	L13	L28	1.5
37	Rinna Yu	1324	L29	L31	L32	L36	D40	W38	1.5
38	Frank Hou	1195	L11	L4	L28	W40	L19	L37	1
39	Kennedy Rojas	unr.	L16	L25	U---	U---	W35	L29	1
40	Annika Zhou	1049	L26	L12	L34	L38	D37	L35	0.5