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The Saturday Rapid has gotten seriously competitive with 18 - 20 entries of late with about half masters! What better way for chess students to test their mettle?
Now's the time to firm up the numbers to ensure that we get 20+ entries every week (and bigger prizes! :D)- please reserve a spot in this Saturday's event and we'll be able to attract more players by posting a pre-registration list on ChessTalk.
RSVP,
Vlad D
Roman Sapozhnikov 2478
Yuri Aronov 2290
Hans Jung 2166
Adam Cormier 2160
Gord Olheiser 2041
Francisco Torres 1887
Peter McSherry 1837
Rob Gashgarian 1811
Roman Sapozhnikov 2478
Yuri Aronov 2290
Hans Jung 2166
Adam Cormier 2160
Gord Olheiser 2041
Benito Surya 1983
Francisco Torres 1887
Peter McSherry 1837
Rob Gashgarian 1811
No chess player is ever happy with their rating! Please check out your Rapid rating below. If it should be higher then please play in the Rapid tomorrow to correct the deficit :)
Rapid Ratings
Sambuev Bator 2703
Hansen Eric 2661
Samsonkin Artiom 2652
Noritsyn Nikolay 2640
Hambleton Aman 2577
Gerzhoy Leonid 2563
Bindi Cheng 2548
Krnan Tomas 2542
Turner Matthew 2538
Preotu Razvan 2493
Vavrak Peter 2479
Thavandiran Shiyam 2478
Sapozhnikov Roman 2478
Cummings David 2474
Plotkin Victor 2465
Song Michael 2434
Tayar Jonathan 2420
Martchenko Alex 2419
Plotkin Mark 2419
Rek Slava 2397
Gulko Andre 2389
Kleinman Michael 2359
Zuniga Dante 2342
Ochkoos Yuri 2340
Urquhart Eddie 2308
Aronov Yuri 2290
Findlay Ian 2279
Ivanov Mike 2269
Barron Michael 2269
Bailey Doug 2267
Murray Bob 2261
Vladimir Birarov 2261
Derraugh Geordie 2250
Campbell Bret 2248
Murray Peter 2247
Vaingorten Yakov 2246
Miller Evgeni 2244
Digeng Du 2230
Fiedler Brian 2230
Molchanov Yevhen 2229
Hacatoglu Kevork 2214
Peev Pavel 2207
Mills Morgon 2206
Vettese Nicholas 2204
Dougherty Mike 2199
Upper John 2178
Nasir Zehn 2175
Southam Dave 2170
Zhang Yuanchen 2168
Smith Dan 2167
Jung Hans 2166
Cormier Adam 2160
Jonathan Yu 2152
Miletic Dusan 2146
Puri Vinny 2144
Shebetah Wajdy 2138
Filipovich David 2137
Aniunoh Jude 2132
Cai Jason 2118
Zeromskis Egis 2118
Pedersen Rune 2118
Starr Sasha 2114
Nava Starr 2113
Boris Rotsisan 2111
Brajkovic Nikola 2109
Siddeley Hugh 2101
Erwin Casareno 2100
Dave MacLeod 2090
Haziprodromu Sam 2080
Nekhamkin Vladimir 2072
Malette Martin 2071
Brown Alan 2061
Zhong Joey 2060
Zotkin Daniel 2056
Palanisamy Selva 2055
Olheiser Gord 2041
Dobrich Vlad 2030
Evans Bill 2019
Ferreira Alex 2019
Stefanovic Miroslav 2011
Chernik Dmitry 2006
McMillan Andrew 2000
Stavropoulos Greg 1995
Bzikot Robert 1995
Begoray Dave 1989
Li Hongyi 1985
Surya Benito 1983
Zelcer Isaac 1974
Ozcan Mustafa 1972
Malmsten Erik 1961
Wiebe Daniel 1959
Gunapalan David 1958
Posaratnanathan Julian 1950
Chen Chinhua 1947
El-Khoury Brian 1944
Twesigye Derek 1936
Jolliffe Kyle 1934
Roller Robert 1929
Sottile Claudio 1928
Troy Tony 1927
Ferner Wilf 1924
Bokhout Peter 1921
Victor Trifan 1920
Robinson Dave 1916
Davy Zhao 1915
Zagar Milan 1911
Torres Francisco 1887
Torkan Behnam 1883
Chernoff Victor 1873
Magnan Mike 1862
Stein Jacob 1852
McSherry Peter 1837
Steadman Richard 1831
Allen Marc-Antoine 1829
McNeil Hugh 1825
Delacerna Jeff 1824
Goodridge Corrie 1820
Gashgarian Rob 1811
Chen Richard 1808
Bell Ian 1795
D’Souza Jason 1794
alNajjar Mohamad 1793
Walker John 1790
Zamir Guy 1783
Gillanders Bob 1772
France Kyle 1771
Sirkovich Daniel 1764
Leveau Stan 1763
Gomes Joe 1762
Rajendran Partha 1745
Lee Hendon 1736
Othungot Deepak 1736
Holly Jerry 1727
O'Bumsawin Nick 1714
Johnson Chris 1707
Tan Kylie 1703
Tim Vince 1702
Ashraf Zaur 1691
Duke Peter 1690
Belaiche Kyle 1689
Shafkat Ali 1684
Matthews Dan 1678
Mowers Dan 1676
Schneider Mitchell 1656
Stanwick Richard 1639
Bahgat Sofi 1607
Goodman Shaul 1604
Breslin Zorka 1600
Senaratne Udesh 1600
Albion Tom 1600
Sam Park 1600
Lee John S 1600
Manifar Aliakbar 1600
Akbarian Reza 1600
Gonzalez Americo 1600
Salama Ayyad 1600
Medisetty Madhav 1600
Wan Karen 1600
Little Steve 1600
Adragna Mario 1600
Singer Ron 1600
Heller Bob 1600
Goodman Halli 1600
The 15 minute Rapid is played from 4 pm every Saturday as a 5 round swiss tournament.
We are now at the UNICORN PUB at 175 Eglinton East
Entry fee is $20 + $5 for food & drink voucher -
CASH PRIZES - for winners in rating groupings as well as
the top two or three over all.
If you’re running late call the TD Vlad on his cel #647 207-9342
Whatever your level of play, you will enjoy the competition either for the top prizes at the 2400 level or for the A and B Prizes down to the 1600's.
The pre-registered list is posted on ChessTalk towards the end of each week.
Please RSVP if you think you might play.
Thanks,
Roman Sapozhnikov 2478
Yuri Aronov 2290
Hans Jung 2166
Adam Cormier 2160
Gord Olheiser 2041
Benito Surya 1983
Hairan Liang 1957
Francisco Torres 1887
Peter McSherry 1837
Rob Gashgarian 1811
Roman Sapozhnikov 2478
Yuri Aronov 2290
Hans Jung 2166
Adam Cormier 2160
Daniel Zotkin 2056
Gord Olheiser 2041
Benito Surya 1983
Hairan Liang 1957
Francisco Torres 1887
Peter McSherry 1837
Rob Gashgarian 1811
Lee Hendon 1736
Roman Sapozhnikov 2478
Victor Plotkin 2465
Mark Plotkin 2419
Yuri Aronov 2290
Hans Jung 2166
Adam Cormier 2160
Daniel Zotkin 2056
Gord Olheiser 2041
Hairan Liang 1957
Francisco Torres 1887
Peter McSherry 1837
Rob Gashgarian 1811
Lee Hendon 1736
Roman Sapozhnikov 2478
Victor Plotkin 2465
Mark Plotkin 2419
Yuri Aronov 2290
Yuanchen Zhang 2168
Hans Jung 2166
Adam Cormier 2160
Daniel Zotkin 2056
Gord Olheiser 2041
Hairan Liang 1957
Francisco Torres 1887
Peter McSherry 1837
Rob Gashgarian 1811
Lee Hendon 1736
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