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2014 Guelph Winter Pro-Am Jan 25-26 - preregistered
2014 Guelph Winter Pro-Am Jan 25-26 - preregistered
Hello everyone;
Registrations for the Guelph Winter Pro-Am are trickling in. All 5 games are FIDE rated. We will rate the U2000 if we have 6 or more FIDE rated players. You can avoid the onsite late fee if you register by email: halbond@sympatico.ca
Guelph Winter Pro-Am: Pro Section
1 Digeng Du
2 Sasha Starr
3 Nava Starr
4 Eugene Hua
Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U2000 Section
1 Michael von Keitz
2 Rob Gashgarian
3 Mark Brauer
4 Lee Hendon
Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U1600 Section
1 Robin Johnston
2 Bruce Hurst
3 James Williamson
4 Cindy Qiao
Re: 2014 Guelph Winter Pro-Am Jan 25-26 - preregistered
We are now over 30 players:
Guelph Winter Pro-Am: Pro Section
1 FM Victor Plotkin
2 Jura Ochkoos
3 Digeng Du
4 Geordie Derraugh
5 Sasha Starr
6 Adam Cormier
7 Nava Starr
8 Brian Fiedler
9 Nicholas Vettese
10 Richard Chen
11 Eugene Hua
U2000 Section
1 Mahmud Hassain
2 Michael von Keitz
3 Rob Gashgarian
4 Jason Cai
5 Mario Moran-Venegas
6 Robert Gillanders
7 Hikmet Bosnac
8 Mark Brauer
9 Lee Hendon
U1600 Section
1 Robin Johnston
2 Bruce Hurst
3 Graeme Knight
4 Tamir Landa
5 Steve Killi
6 James Williamson
7 Kevin Boronka
8 Cindy Qiao
9 Jack Li
10 Kevin Caron
11 Daniel Caron
12 Victor Yao
13 Kevin Wu
14 Steven Little
So far we have the most entries from the section which used to be the smallest - the U1600. You can register by email, halbondatsympaticodotca in order to avoid the onsite late fee.
Guelph Winter Pro-Am: Pro Section
1 FM Victor Plotkin
2 FM Jura Ochkoos
3 Digeng Du
4 FM Michael Dougherty
5 Geordie Derraugh
6 Adam Cormier
7 Sasha Starr
8 Nava Starr
9 Sergey Noritsyn
10 Brian Fiedler
11 Nicholas Vettese
12 Richard Chen
13 Eugene Hua
U2000 Section
1 Mahmud Hassain
2 Michael von Keitz
3 Rob Gashgarian
4 Jason Cai
5 Mario Moran-Venegas
6 Robert Gillanders
7 Hikmet Bosnac
8 Mark Brauer
9 Lee Hendon
U1600 Section
1 Todd Belrose
2 Aaron Kong
3 Robin Johnston
4 Bruce Hurst
5 Graeme Knight
6 Tamir Landa
7 Steve Killi
8 Kylie Tan
9 James Williamson
10 Jaden Michno
11 Kevin Boronka
12 Cindy Qiao
13 Jack Li
14 Kevin Caron
15 Daniel Caron
16 Victor Yao
17 Kevin Wu
18 Steven Little
Below is our latest list. You can still register by email, halbondatsympaticodotca to avoid the onsite late fee. Refreshments, snack and all equipment is provided by the organizer.
Guelph Winter Pro-Am: Pro Section
1 FM Victor Plotkin
2 FM Jura Ochkoos
3 Digeng Du
4 FM Michael Dougherty
5 Geordie Derraugh
6 Adam Cormier
7 Sasha Starr
8 Christopher Pace
9 Nava Starr
10 Sergey Noritsyn
11 Brian Fiedler
12 Nicholas Vettese
13 Richard Chen
14 Eugene Hua
U2000 Section
1 Mahmud Hassain
2 Omaray M. Shah
3 Michael von Keitz
4 Rob Gashgarian
5 Yury Cheryachukin
6 Jason Cai
7 Mario Moran-Venegas
8 Robert Gillanders
9 Mate Milinkovic
10 Hikmet Bosnac
11 Tyler Ensor
12 Jake Van Rooy
13 Tim Knechtel
14 Mark Brauer
15 Masoud Jizan
16 Lee Hendon
U1600 Section
1 Sophie Wang
2 Todd Belrose
3 Aaron Kong
4 Nicholas Wu
5 Robin Johnston
6 Bruce Hurst
7 Graeme Knight
8 Tamir Landa
9 Steve Killi
10 Kylie Tan
11 James Williamson
12 Jaden Michno
13 Kevin Boronka
14 Cindy Qiao
15 Jack Li
16 Matthew Chertkow
17 Matthew Tang
18 Sasha Chertkow
19 Kevin Caron
20 Daniel Caron
21 Victor Yao
22 Kevin Wu
23 Mir Husan Ali
24 Steven Little
We now have over 60 players. I will be out most of the day, fetching snacks and such for the tournament. I will be accepting email entries until 10pm this evening, halbond@sympatico.ca
Guelph Winter Pro-Am: Pro Section
1 IM Nikolay Noritsyn
2 FM Victor Plotkin
3 FM Jura Ochkoos
4 Digeng Du
5 FM Michael Dougherty
6 Geordie Derraugh
7 Adam Cormier
8 Sasha Starr
9 Christopher Pace
10 Nava Starr
11 Sergey Noritsyn
12 Brian Fiedler
13 Nicholas Vettese
14 Richard Chen
15 Eugene Hua
U2000 Section
1 Mahmud Hassain
2 Omaray M. Shah
3 Michael von Keitz
4 Troy Hansen
5 Rob Gashgarian
6 Yury Cheryachukin
7 Jason Cai
8 Mario Moran-Venegas
9 Robert Gillanders
10 Mate Milinkovic
11 Hikmet Bosnac
12 Michael Zaghi
13 Tyler Ensor
14 Jake Van Rooy
15 Tim Knechtel
16 Mark Brauer
17 Rachel Tao
18 Masoud Jizan
19 Shafkat Ali
20 Benito Surya
21 Lee Hendon
U1600 Section
1 Sophie Wang
2 Todd Belrose
3 Doug Gillis
4 Aaron Kong
5 Nicholas Wu
6 Robin Johnston
7 Bruce Hurst
8 Ellen Tao
9 Graeme Knight
10 Tamir Landa
11 Kylie Tan
12 James Williamson
13 Jaden Michno
14 Kevin Boronka
15 Cindy Qiao
16 Jack Li
17 Matthew Chertkow
18 Matthew Tang
19 Sasha Chertkow
20 Kevin Caron
21 Daniel Caron
22 Victor Yao
23 Kevin Wu
24 Mir Husan Ali
25 Steven Little
This weekend has some Olympic overtones, particularly for the Women's Team. WIM Nava Starr plans to complete her 10 games for the selection rating list and now Ottawa's Qiyu Zhou, who is among the top candidates for the selection committee, will compete in Guelph as well. Here is the new list, with current ratings:
Pro Section
# Name Rtng Tot TBrk[H] TBrk[P]
1 IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2608
2 FM Victor Plotkin 2426
3 FM Jura Ochkoos 2323
4 Digeng Du 2295
5 FM Michael Dougherty 2294
6 Geordie Derraugh 2291
7 Adam Cormier 2253
8 Christopher Pace 2220
9 Qiyu Zhou 2212
10 Sasha Starr 2211
11 Nava Starr 2138
12 Sergey Noritsyn 2127
13 Brian Fiedler 2044
14 Nicholas Vettese 1956
15 Wenyang Ming 1924
16 Richard Chen 1904
17 Eugene Hua 1900
U2000 Section
1 Mahmud Hassain 1968
2 Omaray M. Shah 1950
3 Michael von Keitz 1857
4 Troy Hansen 1827
5 Rob Gashgarian 1827
6 Yury Cheryachukin 1812
7 Mate Milinkovic 1809
8 Jason Cai 1789
9 Robert Gillanders 1772
10 Hikmet Bosnac 1746
11 Mario Moran-Venegas 1742
12 Michael Zaghi 1742
13 Jake Van Rooy 1715
14 Tyler Ensor 1681
15 Tim Knechtel 1655
16 Mark Brauer 1635
17 Rachel Tao 1620
18 Zoltan Cservenyi 1601
19 Masoud Jizan 1591
20 Shafkat Ali 1581
21 Benito Surya 1570
22 Lee Hendon 1542
U1600 Section
1 Sophie Wang 1461
2 Todd Belrose 1450
3 Doug Gillis 1436
4 Nicholas Wu 1426
5 Aaron Kong 1419
6 Ethan Zheng 1367
7 Robin Johnston 1310
8 Bruce Hurst 1307
9 Ellen Tao 1293
10 Graeme Knight 1283
11 Kylie Tan 1216
12 James Williamson 1190
13 Jaden Michno 1180
14 Kevin Boronka 1170
15 Cindy Qiao 1133
16 Jack Li 1097
17 Matthew Chertkow 1020
18 Matthew Tang 1009
19 Sasha Chertkow 985
20 Kevin Caron 909
21 Daniel Caron 884
22 Victor Yao 824
23 Kevin Wu 589
24 Mir Husan Ali unr.
25 Steven Little unr.
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