Oakville Winter Open - Feb 2-4, 2018

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  • #16
    Re: Oakville Winter Open - Feb 2-4, 2018

    Originally posted by Gary Hua View Post
    179 players on board now.
    Sounds as your dream came true. Congrats!

    I saw that you will provide special boards/sets for top players. Do other players need to bring their own sets? I re-read the flyer and could not see it written (provided or own).

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    • #17
      Re: Oakville Winter Open - Feb 2-4, 2018

      Originally posted by Egidijus Zeromskis View Post
      Sounds as your dream came true. Congrats!

      >> Thanks Egidijus. Will do our best

      I saw that you will provide special boards/sets for top players. Do other players need to bring their own sets? I re-read the flyer and could not see it written (provided or own).
      Please check our website again. At the bottom you will see the followings :

      All provided

      >>Coffee and water provided.
      Chess equipments and clocks provided.

      Cheers

      Gary

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      • #18
        Re: Oakville Winter Open - Feb 2-4, 2018

        Originally posted by Gary Hua View Post
        Please check our website again. At the bottom you will see the followings :

        All provided

        >>Coffee and water provided.
        Chess equipments and clocks provided.
        Thnx Garry, you hid it really well :)

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        • #19
          Re: Oakville Winter Open - Feb 2-4, 2018

          We have a couple more registration coming in and we are above 180 now even with some withdrawals.

          We have a very good support from Windsor players with about 10 or more players coming all the way of about 3-4 hours journey. Very good players and beginners. Thanks again for your support.

          Going to the hotel this morning for breakfast and site inspection.

          Don't miss out this event. We would love to have you playing in our maiden and premier tournament.

          We will have surprise gifts for all participants for your support for our maiden tournament.

          Thanks to those who have registered so far and I am sure we will do our best to make this tournament a success.

          We are testing our two DGT boards currently at our OJCC and I think they are doing well especially in round 3 last night.

          We will continue to test them in round 4 and 5.

          IA Danny Goldenberg and Mikhail have been working tirelessly for OJCC and will resume again for this bigger tournament.

          Please check our latest list which should be uploaded today for your byes or number of playing days schedule to avoid any mistakes

          See you this Friday evening or Saturday morning.

          Cheers

          Gary Hua

          EMC
          Last edited by Gary Hua; Sunday, 28th January, 2018, 08:44 AM.

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          • #20
            Re: Oakville Winter Open - Feb 2-4, 2018

            We had a good look at the rooms for the tournament just now.

            One big room and a medium room for playing and one small room for skittles.

            The big room can easily accommodates 180 players and the medium room can fit in 60-80 players totaling 240-60 players.

            The medium room will be for the Championship and 2100 sections while the big room will accommodate the rest of the players.

            Please come and join the fun. 4 days to go before the tournament begins. Don't miss out

            We have very strong players in both Championship and U2100 sections. Watch out for them how they payer their games.

            We will have two live boards and projectors on outside the rooms for spectators to watch as well.

            Nice restaurant and cafe just outside the playing halls.

            Looking forward to hosting you guys.

            Check out the link below

            https://elevatemychess.com/oakvillewinter/

            Cheers

            Gary Hua

            EMC

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            • #21
              Re: Oakville Winter Open - Feb 2-4, 2018

              Originally posted by Gary Hua View Post
              We had a good look at the rooms for the tournament just now.

              One big room and a medium room for playing and one small room for skittles.

              The big room can easily accommodates 180 players and the medium room can fit in 60-80 players totaling 240-60 players.

              The medium room will be for the Championship and 2100 sections while the big room will accommodate the rest of the players.

              Please come and join the fun. 4 days to go before the tournament begins. Don't miss out

              We have very strong players in both Championship and U2100 sections. Watch out for them how they payer their games.

              We will have two live boards and projectors on outside the rooms for spectators to watch as well.

              Nice restaurant and cafe just outside the playing halls.

              Looking forward to hosting you guys.

              Check out the link below

              https://elevatemychess.com/oakvillewinter/

              Cheers

              Gary Hua

              EMC
              Hi Gary:

              You had in an earlier post said your final pre-registration list update would be today (Sunday).

              I just noted that the website list is still the one from Jan. 20 (https://elevatemychess.com/wp-conten...n-20-2018-.pdf). Will it still be updated later today?

              Another question, if I might - why did you choose today for your last update? There is still a CFC rating update day on Wednesday (Jan. 31). Would you not go with the absolutely most recent ratings?

              Looking forward to coming.

              Bob A
              Last edited by Bob Armstrong; Sunday, 28th January, 2018, 02:04 PM.

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              • #22
                Re: Oakville Winter Open - Feb 2-4, 2018

                Thanks Bob for your concerns.

                1. We will update the list today on our website as soon as possible.

                2. For the tournament we will use latest rating after Wednesday rating update. it's just that the weekly update on Sunday will be the final one on website.

                Trust the above clarifies.

                Cheers

                Gary

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                • #23
                  Re: Oakville Winter Open - Feb 2-4, 2018

                  Originally posted by Gary Hua View Post
                  Thanks Bob for your concerns.

                  1. We will update the list today on our website as soon as possible.

                  2. For the tournament we will use latest rating after Wednesday rating update. it's just that the weekly update on Sunday will be the final one on website.

                  Trust the above clarifies.

                  Cheers

                  Gary
                  Hi Gary:

                  Great.......clear........

                  Thanks.

                  Bob A

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                  • #24
                    Re: Oakville Winter Open - Feb 2-4, 2018

                    3 more days and round 1 will commence this Friday 7pm.

                    We have another registration all the way from Ottawa.

                    Thank you for joining us all the way so far.

                    I will see you guys in a few days

                    Cheers

                    Gary Hua

                    EMC

                    https://elevatemychess.com/oakvillewinter/

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                    • #25
                      Re: Oakville Winter Open - Feb 2-4, 2018

                      Entry Options

                      3 Days – Reg. ends 6pm. Rounds on Friday 7pm, Saturday 11am & 6pm, Sunday 10am & 4pm
                      2 Days – Reg ends 8:30am. Rounds on Saturday 9am, 1pm & 6pm, Sunday 10am & 4pm

                      Please take note of your playing schedule.

                      If you opt for 3 days, please come on time on Friday. Round 1 onsite registration ends at 6PM and round 1 will begin on time at 7PM.

                      If you opt for 2 days, onsite registration ends at 8.30AM and round 1 for 2 days begins at 9AM.

                      Both groups will merge into ONE group after round 2 and from round 3 play as ONE group in different sections ( of course ).

                      Gary Hua

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                      • #26
                        Re: Oakville Winter Open - Feb 2-4, 2018

                        We are inching up to 190 players now.

                        Fortunately, we have the additional room to fit in all the players now. In fact we can fit in about 220-240 players. We also have a skittle room. The hotel is pretty big and have many space to rest and take a break for the players and parents.



                        Help us reach 200 players....

                        2 more days to go.....

                        Gary Hua

                        EMC

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                        • #27
                          Re: Oakville Winter Open - Feb 2-4, 2018

                          When will you post an updated registered list?

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                          • #28
                            Re: Oakville Winter Open - Feb 2-4, 2018

                            Originally posted by John Brown View Post
                            When will you post an updated registered list?
                            We hope to update them on Thursday night or Friday morning after the today's rating update.

                            Gary Hua

                            EMC

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                            • #29
                              Re: Oakville Winter Open - Feb 2-4, 2018

                              To players / parents,

                              If you need to do the followings, please email to me as soon as possible :

                              1. Number of days - if you need to change

                              2. Bye in any round

                              3. Playing Up if you are within 100 points. There is an extra playing up fee of only $ 10.

                              Any other request as well. Please don't wait until Friday to email to us as we may miss the email. We DO NOT want that to happen.

                              We will most probably have the last update on the pre-registered list on Thursday or Friday morning. Stay tuned for that.

                              If You really want to play, please register ONLINE by today or latest tomorrow so that we will not miss your registration.

                              Thanks in advance

                              Cheers

                              Gary Hua

                              EMC

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                              • #30
                                Re: Oakville Winter Open - Feb 2-4, 2018

                                Finally finished the update of the rating which took more than an hour.

                                Should be able to upload it to the website.

                                Noticed that most participants have renew their CFC membership which is a nice surprise ( reduce our work load in getting players to pay us the CFC membership ). I am pretty sure Bob Gillanders will say that CFC membership for Feb 1st, 2018 goes up compared to last year or previous month. At least 30-40 renew or new memberships. Good sign for chess in Canada.

                                Whoever sign up after now - will not be in the list on the website but i will continue to update the list for IA Danny Goldenberg.

                                Keep the registration coming.

                                Cheers

                                Gary Hua

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