GM Gergely Szabo Lecture/Tournament/Casual/Drink Ticket - $10 / Wed, June 22, 2015

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  • GM Gergely Szabo Lecture/Tournament/Casual/Drink Ticket - $10 / Wed, June 22, 2015

    Pub Chess Toronto is so happy to announce that GM Gergely Szabo will be doing a lecture for us on June 22, 2016!

    Please confirm your participation by going to this event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/190647224666081/

    Highlights as a player:
    - Romanian Youth Champion (1993,1997,2000), multiple times silver and bronze medalist on the Romanian Youth Championships
    - Multiple times national youth team champion, between 1996-2002, with the teams BNR Bucureşti and RAT Bucureşti
    - World Youth Team silver medalist U-16, Belgrade (Serbia), 1997
    - European Youth Team silver and bronze medalist U-18, Balatonlelle (Hungary), 2000 and 2001
    - Member of the Romanian junior U-16 and later U-18 Team (1997-2001).
    - 9th place in the World Youth Chess Championship U-18, Oropesa del Mar (Spain), 2000
    - National vice-champion (Cluj, 2008)
    - Winner of the Memorial „Victor Ciocâltea” GM group, București, (2009, 2011)
    - Winner of the Sárkány - Aranytíz GM group (2015) , Budapest
    - Obtained the title of Grand Master in 2010
    - Actual FIDE rating : 2548 (01.01.2016)
    - Highest FIDE rating: 2568 (01.07.2010)
    - From 2010, in TOP 10 Romania, according to FIDE ratings
    - Member of the Romanian National Team (ETCC 2009, 2011,2013)
    Highlights as a coach :
    - FIDE Trainer (2013)
    - Trainer of the Romanian National Women Team (ETCC - Heraklion 2007, Olympiad - Dresden 2008)
    - Trainer and captain of the Romanian National Women Team in Istanbul (Olympiad, 2012 - 5th place) , Astana (World Team - 2013) and Warsaw (ETCC – 2013)
    - Trainer and captain of Surinamese National Team in Tromso (Olympiad - 2014)
    - Trainer of several Romanian juniors ( IM Anton Teodor, WFM Trăistaru Teodora, WFM Vişănescu Daria, FM Costachi Mihnea, FM Dolana Andrei and others)
    - Trainer of juniors from other countries : WIM Zhou Qiyu (World Champion U14 – 2014), IM Preotu Răzvan (with 2 GM norms until now) , both from Canada; WCM Mîrza Diana (EU School champion - 2013), from Ireland, and others
    - Trainer and captain of the Team U16 Canada (U16 Olympiad 2014 - 5th place)
    - Head coach of the Canadian delegation (World Youth Chess Championship - Greece, 2015)

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    Entry fee: $10 (Includes a drink/food ticket, lecture, tournament & casual play)

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    Casual Play anytime between 7 - 11 PM.
    Females play FREE.
    Feel free to ask the organizers for some tips during your casual games!

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    The point of our meet up is to popularize chess. Chess is known to be a very sophisticated game but we want to show the social and fun aspect of it! Come out, drink/eat, meet new people over the chess board!

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    Tournament:

    Tournament starts at 7:45 PM. There will be no money prizes, the tournament is included in the $10 club fee.

    Pub Chess Toronto offers tournaments for fun. We will have a tournament no matter how many people decide to register. The maximum rounds will be 5. There will be the option of two time controls, blitz or rapid. Blitz - 3 minutes + 3 seconds, 5 double-round
    Rapid - 8 minutes + 5 seconds, 5 rounds

    Since this is a special event, depending on how many people are interested in the tournament we may have two sections.

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    The Madison specials on Wednesdays:
    - 50% off appetizers from 5-8PM
    - Wings $5 per 1lb
    - $4 2 oz mixed drinks 5-8PM

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    Website: https://pubchess.org/
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PubChessToronto
    Chess.com: http://www.chess.com/groups/home/pub-chess-toronto
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/pubchesstoronto
    Instagram: https://instagram.com/pubchesstoronto/
    Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Pub-Chess-Toronto/
    Sincerely,
    WCM/WNM Yelizaveta Orlova

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    Re: GM Gergely Szabo Lecture/Tournament/Casual/Drink Ticket - $10 / Wed, June 22, 201

    Wednesday is coming up! Hope to see some of you on Wednesday.

    $10 entry fee w/ drink-food ticket.

    Drinks: coffee, tea, pop, domestic bottles or a pint of Canadian (all night). 2-ounce mixed drinks before 8PM.
    Food: 1lb of wings (all night). Before 8PM there is a lot of options from the starters list.
    Sincerely,
    WCM/WNM Yelizaveta Orlova

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