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Hi Folks - it's a little light so far but here it is. Typically the u2000 Section is the largest so I expect it to fill up quickly. You can enter my emailing me, halbond@sympatico.ca. Snacks, refreshments and all equipment provided.
Pro Section
#
1 GM Bator Sambuev
2 FM Michael Dougherty
3 David Filipovich
4 Ilia Bluvshtein
5 Gordon Morrell
6 Alex T. Ferreira
7 Dale McTavish
Under 2000 Section
1 Michael von Keitz
2 Eugene Hua
Under 1600 Section
1 Bruce Hurst
2 James Mourgelas
3 James Williamson
4 Cindy Qiao
Re: Pre-registered list, Guelph Fall Pro-Am Nov. 2-3
I woke up this morning thinking, I'm gonna register for Guelph this morning and be on the initial pre registered list.
In the words of Maxwell Smart, missed it by that much! :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4eUa8owgTE
Last edited by Bob Gillanders; Sunday, 27th October, 2013, 11:05 AM.
Re: Pre-registered list, Guelph Fall Pro-Am Nov. 2-3
You're in now Bob! Entries are starting to trickle in:
2013 guelph fall pro-am: Pro Section
1 GM Bator Sambuev
2 IM Bindi Cheng
3 FM Michael Dougherty
4 David Filipovich
5 Ilia Bluvshtein
6 Gordon Morrell
7 Alex T. Ferreira
8 Dale McTavish
2013 guelph fall pro-am: Under 2000 Section
1 Michael von Keitz
2 Eugene Hua
3 Robert Gillanders
4 Mark Brauer
5 Lan Qian
6 Nicholas Vettese
2013 guelph fall pro-am: Under 1600 Section
1 Bruce Hurst
2 James Mourgelas
3 James Williamson
4 Daniel Caron
5 Kevin Caron
6 Kevin Boronka
7 Cindy Qiao
Re: Pre-registered list, Guelph Fall Pro-Am Nov. 2-3
We are sitting at 30 players this morning. You can register by email, halbond@sympatico.ca, to avoid the late fee on site. Ratings will be added after the next update.
Pro Section
#
1 GM Bator Sambuev
2 IM Bindi Cheng
3 FM Razvan Preotu
4 FM Michael Dougherty
5 David Filipovich
6 Ilia Bluvshtein
7 Gordon Morrell
8 Alex T. Ferreira
9 Dale McTavish
10 Jonathan Yu
11 Mahmud Hassain
12 Digeng Du
Under 2000 Section
#
1 Michael von Keitz
2 Wenyang Ming
3 Eugene Hua
4 Robert Gillanders
5 Mark Brauer
6 Chris Wehrfritz
7 Lan Qian
8 Nicholas Vettese
Under 1600 Section
#
1 Doug Gillis
2 Bruce Hurst
3 James Mourgelas
4 Kylie Tan
5 James Williamson
6 Tyler D'Amore
7 Daniel Caron
8 Kevin Caron
9 Kevin Boronka
10 Cindy Qiao
Re: Pre-registered list, Guelph Fall Pro-Am Nov. 2-3
For players interested in staying over on Saturday, the Best Western Royal Brock is offering a special rate of $93.99 for single or double occupancy, which includes parking, hot breakfast and internet. They are located directly across the road from the University. Address: 716 Gordon St, Guelph, ON N1G 1Y6
Phone: (519) 836-1240. Mention the University Chess tournament to get the special rate.
Here is the current list:
Pro Section
#
1 GM Bator Sambuev
2 IM Bindi Cheng
3 FM Razvan Preotu
4 FM Michael Dougherty
5 David Filipovich
6 Ilia Bluvshtein
7 Alex T. Ferreira
8 Dale McTavish
9 Jonathan Yu
10 Mahmud Hassain
11 Digeng Du
Under 2000 Section
#
1 Michael von Keitz
2 Mario Piccinin
3 Wenyang Ming
4 Eugene Hua
5 Rebecca Giblon
6 Robert Gillanders
7 Harmony Zhu
8 Mark Brauer
9 Chris Wehrfritz
10 Lan Qian
11 Nicholas Vettese
Under 1600 Section
#
1 Doug Gillis
2 Andrew Giblon
3 Bruce Hurst
4 James Mourgelas
5 Ethan Zheng
6 Kylie Tan
7 James Williamson
8 Tyler D'Amore
9 Daniel Caron
10 Kevin Caron
11 K Gauer
12 Kevin Boronka
13 Cindy Qiao
Last edited by Hal Bond; Thursday, 31st October, 2013, 09:53 PM.
Re: Pre-registered list, Guelph Fall Pro-Am Nov. 2-3
Here is the latest list of players for Guelph. Looking forward to some great battles in the Pro Section. You can still register by email, halbond at sympatico dot ca , to avoid the onsite late fee.
2013 guelph fall pro-am: Pro Section
#
1 GM Bator Sambuev
2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn
3 IM Bindi Cheng
4 FM Razvan Preotu
5 FM Victor Plotkin
6 FM Michael Dougherty
7 David Filipovich
8 Ilia Bluvshtein
9 Alex T. Ferreira
10 Mark Plotkin
11 Dale McTavish
12 Jonathan Yu
13 Mahmud Hassain
14 Sergey Noritsyn
15 Digeng Du
Under 2000 Section
#
1 Michael von Keitz
2 Mario Piccinin
3 Wenyang Ming
4 Brian Clark
5 Jacob Stein
6 Eugene Hua
7 Tim Knechtel
8 Rebecca Giblon
9 Robert Gillanders
10 Harmony Zhu
11 Mark Brauer
12 Chris Wehrfritz
13 Lan Qian
14 Nicholas Vettese
15 Kristen Li
16 Varshini Paraparan
Under 1600 Section
#
1 Doug Gillis
2 Daniel Moorehouse
3 Andrew Giblon
4 Manxuan [Rebecca] Zhang
5 Bruce Hurst
6 James Mourgelas
7 Ethan Zheng
8 Kylie Tan
9 James Williamson
10 Catherine Li
11 Nicholas Wu
12 Tyler D'Amore
13 Daniel Caron
14 Kevin Caron
15 K Gauer
16 Kevin Boronka
17 Cindy Qiao
Here is the current list of 60 players. You can still register until 10pm tonite by email, halbond at sympatico dot ca , to avoid the onsite late fee. I am leaving momentarily to set up the venue.
2013 guelph fall pro-am: Pro Section
#
1 GM Bator Sambuev 2672
2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2621
3 IM Bindi Cheng 2535
4 FM Shiyam Thavandiran 2495
5 FM Razvan Preotu 2490
6 FM Victor Plotkin 2433
7 Michael Song 2350
8 FM Michael Dougherty 2310
9 Yuri Aronov 2303
10 Digeng Du 2268
11 David Filipovich 2241
12 Jonathan Yu 2222
13 Ilia Bluvshtein 2219
14 Dale McTavish 2214
15 Mark Plotkin 2144
16 Alex T. Ferreira 2057
17 Sergey Noritsyn 2048
18 Mahmud Hassain 2007
19 Wenlu Yu 1963
Under 2000 Section
#
1 Mario Piccinin 1849
2 Jacob Krolczyk 1836
3 Michael von Keitz 1829
4 Rebecca Giblon 1816
5 Jacob Stein 1811
6 Wenyang Ming 1802
7 Lanting Qian 1784
8 Jason Cai 1782
9 Eugene Hua 1747
10 Brian Clark 1741
11 Nicholas Vettese 1730
12 Robert Gillanders 1729
13 Harmony Zhu 1700
14 Tim Knechtel 1674
15 Kristen Li 1655
16 Mark Brauer 1635
17 Chris Wehrfritz 1622
18 Varshini Paraparan 1575
19 Benito Surya 1566
Under 1600 Section
#
1 Daniel Moorehouse 1563
2 Mathanhe Kaneshalingam 1466
3 Doug Gillis 1463
4 James Mourgelas 1415
5 Joey Befurt 1348
6 Tyler D'Amore 1342
7 Bruce Hurst 1321
8 Andrew Giblon 1317
9 Manxuan (Rebecca) Zhang 1296
10 Ethan Zheng 1274
11 Nicholas Wu 1256
12 Catherine Li 1215
13 Kylie Tan 1189
14 James Williamson 1187
15 Kai Gauer 1181
16 Peter Downie 1123
17 Cindy Qiao 1058
18 Daniel Caron 894
19 Kevin Caron 834
20 Kevin Boronka unr.
21 Ousama Damen unr.
22 Nick Stepanov unr.
One last look at the pre-reg list with updated ratings
Pro Section
#
1 GM Bator Sambuev 2672
2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2621
3 IM Bindi Cheng 2535
4 FM Shiyam Thavandiran 2495
5 FM Razvan Preotu 2490
6 FM Victor Plotkin 2433
7 Michael Song 2350
8 FM Michael Dougherty 2310
9 Yuri Aronov 2303
10 Digeng Du 2268
11 David Filipovich 2241
12 Jonathan Yu 2222
13 Ilia Bluvshtein 2219
14 Yuanchen Zhang 2219
15 Dale McTavish 2214
16 Mark Plotkin 2144
17 Alex T. Ferreira 2057
18 Sergey Noritsyn 2048
19 Zachary Dukic 2038
20 Wenlu Yu 1963
Under 2000 Section
#
1 Mahmud Hassain 1977
2 Robert Bzikot 1894
3 Eugene Hua 1845
4 Jacob Krolczyk 1836
5 Michael von Keitz 1829
6 Rebecca Giblon 1816
7 Jacob Stein 1811
8 Wenyang Ming 1802
9 Lanting Qian 1784
10 Jason Cai 1782
11 Mario Piccinin 1775
12 Nicholas Vettese 1730
13 Robert Gillanders 1722
14 Harmony Zhu 1700
15 Tim Knechtel 1684
16 Kristen Li 1655
17 Janet Peng 1654
18 Benito Surya 1628
19 Chris Wehrfritz 1622
20 Brian Clarke 1596
21 Varshini Paraparan 1575
Under 1600 Section
#
1 Daniel Moorehouse 1563
2 Mathanhe Kaneshalingam 1466
3 Doug Gillis 1463
4 James Mourgelas 1415
5 Joey Befurt 1369
6 Nameer Issani 1367
7 Tyler D'Amore 1342
8 Aahil Noorali 1328
9 Ethan Zheng 1322
10 Bruce Hurst 1321
11 Andrew Giblon 1317
12 Manxuan (Rebecca) Zhang 1296
13 Nicholas Wu 1256
14 Kylie Tan 1237
15 Catherine Li 1215
16 James Williamson 1187
17 Mysha Gilani 1166
18 Kai Gauer 1160
19 Peter Downie 1123
20 Cindy Qiao 1058
21 Daniel Caron 894
22 Kevin Caron 834
23 Kevin Boronka unr.
24 Ousama Damen unr.
25 Nick Stepanov unr.
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