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Players may play up one section if current rating is within
100 points of rating floor.
Extra cost is $20, proceeds to the Olympic Fund.
Round Times: Saturday 10:00am, 2:00pm, 6:30pm, Sunday 10:00am, 2:30pm
Time Control: All rounds G/90 + 30 sec
Entry Fees: On or before May 20, 2016:
Pro Section $60, others $40.
After May 20, 2016, Pro Section is $70, others $50.
On Site Late Fee: $10.00
Single Half Point Byes: in rounds 1-4 may be requested in advance
Prizes: $60 per Pro player returned as prizes.
Trophies awarded in other sections
Registration: Prepayment required to avoid the onsite late fee.
For Paypal, the payee is chess@uoguelph.ca.
For E-transfers, send to halbond@sympatico.ca
Or mail cheques payable to Hal Bond,
205 – 105 Conroy Crescent, Guelph, ON N1G 2V5
Players registering on site after 9:30 Saturday may not receive
a swiss pairing in first round.
Equipment, snacks and refreshments provided by organizer
Thanks John! Hopefully you can get your rating up over 1700 where it belongs!
Here is our list as of today;
2016 Guelph Summer Pro-Am: Pro Section
# Name
1 GM Gergely-Andras-Gyula Szabo
2 FM Guannan Terry Song
3 Corin Schneider
4 Benjamin Lin
U2000 Section
# Name
1 David G Plaxton
2 Nicholas Jackson
3 Istvan Kiss
4 Alex de Costa
5 Rob Gashgarian
6 Rene Preotu
7 Nathaniel Deshpande
8 Jeannie Zhang
U1600 Section
# Name
1 Benjamin de Costa
2 John Nguyen
3 Austin Hunter
4 Qalib Ladhani
5 Haotong Hazel Guo
6 Atharva Srinivas
7 Bruce Hurst
U1200 Section
# Name
1 Angela Lin
2 Daniel Caron
3 Nevin Deshpande
4 Roger Guo
5 Caden Zhang
30 players pre-registrered now with nearly a month to go. The price goes up tomorrow!
Standings. 2016 Guelph Summer Pro-Am: Pro Section
1 GM Gergely-Andras-Gyula Szabo
2 FM Guannan Terry Song
3 Eugene Hua
4 Corin Schneider
5 Benjamin Lin
6 Constance Wang
U2000 Section
1 David G Plaxton
2 Nicholas Jackson
3 Istvan Kiss
4 Alex de Costa
5 Rob Gashgarian
6 Brian Clarke
7 Rene Preotu
8 John Jordan
9 Nathaniel Deshpande
10 Jeannie Zhang
U1600 Section
1 Austin Xie
2 Benjamin de Costa
3 John Nguyen
4 Austin Hunter
5 Qalib Ladhani
6 Haotong Hazel Guo
7 Atharva Srinivas
8 Bruce Hurst
U1200 Section
1 Angela Lin
2 Daniel Caron
3 Nevin Deshpande
4 Roger Guo
5 Michelle Hua
6 Caden Zhang
Here is the latest list. The entry fee is now $70 for the Pro Section and $50 for the Amateur Sections.
Pro Section
1 GM Gergely-Andras-Gyula Szabo
2 Richard Chen
3 FM Guannan Terry Song
4 Eugene Hua
5 Corin Schneider
6 Henry Zhang
7 Zhanhe [Lambert] Liu
8 Benjamin Lin
9 Constance Wang
U2000 Section
1 David G Plaxton
2 Nicholas Jackson
3 Istvan Kiss
4 Robert Gillanders
5 Alex de Costa
6 Rob Gashgarian
7 Andrew Colvin
8 Brian Clarke
9 Rene Preotu
10 John Jordan
11 Kylie Tan
12 Dorian Kang
13 Nathaniel Deshpande
14 Jeannie Zhang
15 Harry [Siqi] Chen
U1600 Section
1 Austin Xie
2 Benjamin de Costa
3 John Nguyen
4 Kousihan Balachandran
5 Austin Hunter
6 Emma He
7 Qalib Ladhani
8 Haotong Hazel Guo
9 Atharva Srinivas
10 Bruce Hurst
U1200 Section
1 Angela Lin
2 Daniel Caron
3 Nevin Deshpande
4 Tianjiu Zhao
5 Roger Guo
6 Grant Chen
7 Michelle Hua
8 Caden Zhang
1 GM Gergely-Andras-Gyula Szabo
2 Richard Chen
3 FM Guannan Terry Song
4 Eugene Hua
5 William Li
6 Corin Schneider
7 Henry Zhang
8 Zhanhe [Lambert] Liu
9 Anubhav Maulik
10 Anthony Maulucci
11 Benjamin Lin
12 Constance Wang
U2000 Section
1 David G Plaxton
2 Nicholas Jackson
3 Istvan Kiss
4 Robert Gillanders
5 Alex de Costa
6 Rob Gashgarian
7 Andrew Colvin
8 Manojh Sivapathasundaram
9 Brian Clarke
10 Rene Preotu
11 John Jordan
12 Kylie Tan
13 Dorian Kang
14 Tim Knechtel
15 Ronan Uthayakumar
16 Nathaniel Deshpande
17 Jeannie Zhang
18 Harry [Siqi] Chen
U1600 Section
1 Austin Xie
2 Benjamin de Costa
3 John Nguyen
4 Kousihan Balachandran
5 Bhargava Guntoori
6 Austin Hunter
7 Emma He
8 Qalib Ladhani
9 Haotong Hazel Guo
10 Atharva Srinivas
11 Bruce Hurst
12 Evgeny Kalmanson
U1200 Section
# Name Grd Tot
1 Angela Lin
2 Daniel Caron
3 Nevin Deshpande
4 Tianjiu Zhao
5 Roger Guo
6 Grant Chen
7 Michelle Hua
8 Caden Zhang
9 Nithusa Sivapathasundaram
I will publish an current list later this week after ratings have been updated. My capacity for the tournament is 80 players, and having such a strong pre-registration is a most pleasant surprise! Must be the free chips!! I shall check to see if more space is available.
We just got our 70th registrant. Some players are returning after long absences, some others are rookies. I will add ratings to the pre-reg list by Friday.
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