2009 PwC Toronto Open

**Precy Mckoy** · Thursday, 12th March, 2009, 10:55 AM

Re: 2009 PwC Toronto Open

Bob,
Thanks for the update! Good Job!
Hope you can update the preregistered list every week.
Cheers!

**Bob Armstrong** · Thursday, 12th March, 2009, 11:16 AM

Re: 2009 PwC Toronto Open

Hi Precy:

I just update when Brian Fiedler, organnizer, sends me the material. I know he does not intend weekly updates. But I will send him your post, so he knows your view. Thanks for the positive feedback.

Bob

**Bob Armstrong** · Thursday, 12th March, 2009, 03:18 PM

Re: 2009 PwC Toronto Open

Brian Fiedler responded to my sending him Precy's post:

" Hi Bob,

I'll try and send weekly updates then.

I should have another to you by Saturday. "

I am often away, but I will post the lists as soon as I return.

Bob

**Bob Armstrong** · Sunday, 15th March, 2009, 05:25 PM

Pre-registration List - March 14, 2009

2009 PwC Toronto Open -

APRIL 17TH to 19TH, 2009

PRESENTED BY: PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
IN ASSOCIATION WITH: THE GREATER TORONTO CHESS LEAGUE
LOCATION: The Suites at 1 King West, Grand Banking Hall.
Financial District, Downtown Toronto.
STYLE: 5 Round Swiss System, 3 Sections (Open, < 2000, <1600), CFC rated.
WEBSITE: http://www.gtachessevents.memberlodge.com/

Registrations received to 09/03/14

Title First Name(s) Surname Rating Province

Open Section

GM Eugene Perelshteyn 2601 USA
IM Leonid Gerzhoy 2528 ON
IM Brian Hartman 2434 ON
FM Robert Hamilton 2384 ON
David Peng 2375 ON
FM Michael Barron 2344 ON
IM Lawrence Day 2322 ON
FM Michael Dougherty 2274 ON
Keith MacKinnon 2250 SK
David Filipovich 2241 ON
Wajdi Shbaita 2230 ON
Joshua Guo 2220 ON
Ilia Bluvstein 2200 ON
Hugh Siddeley 2167 ON
Aman Hambleton 2160 ON
Mikhail Egorov 2151 ON
Vladimir Drkulec 2131 ON
Fredrico Austria 2117 ON
Ralph Gregorz 2053 ON
Julia Lacaurodean 2035 ON
Vladimir Semyenov 2031 ON
Kyle Jolliffe 2026 ON
Claude Carrier 2022 QC
John Chidley-Hill 1903 ON
Eric Van Dusen 1891 ON
Robert Armstrong 1827 ON
Simon Gladstone 1820 ON

Total - 27

Under 2000 Section

Raymond Singh 1988 ON
Ross Richardson 1953 ON
Robert Gashgarian 1919 ON
Robert Bzikot 1914 ON
Olya Chichkina 1909 ON
Garvin Nunes 1909 ON
David Bowers 1822 ON
David Itkin 1810 ON
Laurent Allard 1802 QC
Victor Itkin 1789 ON
Florian Bergeron 1783 ON
J. Bellomo 1755 ON
David Gunapalan 1749 ON
Richard Wing 1716 ON
Mark Patton 1704 ON
Ken Kurkowski 1644 ON
John Brown 1627 ON
Kevin Zhou 1622 ON
Jason Nguyen 1586 ON
Ferdinand Supsup 1550 ON

Total - 20

Under 1600 Section

Mei Chen Lee 1564 ON
Andre Siegel 1540 ON
Michael Rogers 1376 ON
Ernesto Villaluz 1293 ON
Jeffrey Pancer 1250 ON
Pacifico Cortez Unrated ON
Shafkat Ali Unrated ON

Total - 7

Total Pre-registrations - 54

Brian Fiedler, organizer, is hoping to send me updated lists to post weekly.

Bob

**Caesar Posylek** · Sunday, 15th March, 2009, 06:36 PM

Re: 2009 PwC Toronto Open

Hi Bob,
It looks for a great chess tournament to be held in Toronto's downtown.:)

**Larry Bevand** · Thursday, 19th March, 2009, 09:48 PM

Re: 2009 PwC Toronto Open

Originally posted by Caesar Posylek View Post

Hi Bob,
It looks for a great chess tournament to be held in Toronto's downtown.:)

Hi Caesar,

Yes, thanks to Brian Fiedler, this is the best Open Chess Tournament we have seen in Toronto in a long time! Brian is a low key kinda guy. He is working hard to offer a quality event and he assumes the message is obvious...well...I am less low key so...

HEY TORONTO - LET'S MAKE THIS TOURNAMENT INTO A CHESS HAPPENING!

For the first time out I would expect somewhere over the 200 mark in terms of participation...anything less would be a total disappointment.

Players can register at Strategy Games in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa...anyone who does so in person before April 1, 2009 will receive a chess key chain free of charge (value is $5 including tax) from our shops if you mention this post when registering.

Strategy Games will be on-site with lots of cool stuff :)

Hope to see you there!

http://www.strategygames.ca

Larry Bevand

**Tyler Longo** · Friday, 20th March, 2009, 02:01 AM

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Its a real shame that this is right towards the end of exam period for most university students... I might be attending regardless but I know of several people who will not be able to play because they have exams the next few days.

I realize the tournament might always be typically on this weekend, but why not in the future push it back one week to get more university participation?

-Tyler

**Egidijus Zeromskis** · Friday, 20th March, 2009, 09:48 AM

Re: 2009 PwC Toronto Open

Originally posted by Tyler Longo View Post

I realize the tournament might always be typically on this weekend, but why not in the future push it back one week to get more university participation?

-Tyler

This year the tournament is intentionally one week after Easter. The next year it might be on April 9-11. (2010 Easter is on April 4)

**Hans Jung** · Friday, 20th March, 2009, 11:06 AM

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I came in to Toronto yesterday especially to pay the entry fee (and as usual had an interesting chat with Andrew) I'll second Larry's post about a great tournament - c'mon everybody put it on your calendar and more importantly fit it in your schedule -lets also get the word out. Oh, and by the way, keep the key chain Larry - I already got a couple (dont get me wrong - they make an excellent small gift for the chess lover (or chess supporter))

**Tyler Longo** · Friday, 20th March, 2009, 12:45 PM

Re: 2009 PwC Toronto Open

Originally posted by Egidijus Zeromskis View Post

This year the tournament is intentionally one week after Easter. The next year it might be on April 9-11. (2010 Easter is on April 4)

So if it is intentionally not on a long weekend, why is it not one more weekend later? Just sayin...

**Bob Armstrong** · Friday, 20th March, 2009, 04:50 PM

Re: 2009 PwC Toronto Open

Hi Tyler:

seems like a good point - 1 or 2 weeks after Easter shouldn't matter much.

Bob

**Bob Armstrong** · Friday, 20th March, 2009, 06:39 PM

Re: Pre-registration List - March 20, 2009

2009 PwC Toronto Open -

APRIL 17TH to 19TH, 2009

PRESENTED BY: PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
IN ASSOCIATION WITH: THE GREATER TORONTO CHESS LEAGUE
LOCATION: The Suites at 1 King West, Grand Banking Hall.
Financial District, Downtown Toronto.
STYLE: 5 Round Swiss System, 3 Sections (Open, < 2000, <1600), CFC rated.
WEBSITE: http://www.gtachessevents.memberlodge.com/

Registrations received to 20/03/09

Title First Name(s) Surname Rating Province

Open Section

GM Eugene Perelshteyn 2601 USA
IM Leonid Gerzhoy 2528 ON
IM Brian Hartman 2434 ON
FM Robert Hamilton 2384 ON
David Peng 2375 ON
FM Michael Barron 2344 ON
IM Lawrence Day 2322 ON
FM Michael Dougherty 2274 ON
Keith MacKinnon 2250 SK
David Filipovich 2241 ON
Wajdi Shbaita 2230 ON
Joshua Guo 2220 ON
David Lavin 2219 ON
Ilia Bluvstein 2200 ON
FM Hans Jung 2170 ON
Hugh Siddeley 2167 ON
Aman Hambleton 2160 ON
Mikhail Egorov 2151 ON
Vladimir Drkulec 2131 ON
Fredrico Austria 2117 ON
Ralph Gregorz 2053 ON
Jesse B. Wang 2046 ON
Julia Lacaurodean 2035 ON
Vladimir Semyenov 2031 ON
Kyle Jolliffe 2026 ON
Claude Carrier 2022 QC
John Chidley-Hill 1903 ON
Eric Van Dusen 1891 ON
Robert Armstrong 1827 ON
Simon Gladstone 1820 ON

Total - 30

Under 2000 Section

Raymond Singh 1988 ON
Anthony Cheron 1975 ON
Ross Richardson 1953 ON
Robert Gashgarian 1919 ON
Robert Bzikot 1914 ON
Olya Chichkina 1909 ON
Garvin Nunes 1909 ON
David Bowers 1822 ON
David Itkin 1810 ON
Laurent Allard 1802 QC
Bruce Dowling 1800 ON
Victor Itkin 1789 ON
Florian Bergeron 1783 ON
J. Bellomo 1755 ON
David Gunapalan 1749 ON
Jose Cabioc 1717 ON
Richard Wing 1716 ON
Mark Patton 1704 ON
Ken Kurkowski 1644 ON
John Brown 1627 ON
Kevin Zhou 1622 ON
Jason Nguyen 1586 ON
Ferdinand Supsup 1550 ON

Total - 23

Under 1600 Section

Mei Chen Lee 1564 ON
Andre Siegel 1540 ON
Adam Cormier 1442 ON
Michael Rogers 1376 ON
Daniel Zotkin 1340 ON
Ernesto Villaluz 1293 ON
Jeffrey Pancer 1250 ON
Pacifico Cortez Unrated ON
Shafkat Ali Unrated ON
Abzal Kumar Unrated ON

Total - 10

Total Pre-registrations - 63

Bob

**Bindi Cheng** · Sunday, 22nd March, 2009, 06:16 PM

Re: 2009 PwC Toronto Open

Is Mailing the only way to register? Is there any online registrations available?

**Bob Armstrong** · Sunday, 22nd March, 2009, 06:52 PM

Re: 2009 PwC Toronto Open

Hi Bindi:

No online registration - just snail mail or in person at Strategy Games.

Bob

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