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Our next Chess Rapid special event: The John Chidley-Hill Memorial Tournament
Saturday February 8th
At Legends Sports Lounge 744 Danforth Avenue
A 5 rounds swiss tournament – 2pm start
Cash prizes to top finishers as well as to best scores in lower rating groupings.
Complimentary lunch buffet will be served from 1:30 pm.
Entry Fee: $20 with $5 from each entry to be donated to John’s traditional charity – the Royal Canadian Legion where he was the secretary-treasure. Hopefully, his son John jr will be present to accept the donated funds.
If you were unlucky enough to miss our last special Rapid (On Nov 8th) with Eric Hansen, then don’t miss the next one this coming Saturday – Eric will still be busy at the Gibralter Festival tournament so the field will be wide open for everyone else. Also, if you were fortunate to have known John Chidley-Hill then you will want to honour his memory by joining this his memorial tournament.
The advance entry list will be updated frequently until Saturday – here on ChessTalk.
Email sent by Brian Fiedler to prospective participants >>>>>>>
Guys,
Would be great if you could turn out to this Saturday’s Rapid Tournament at Vlad’s. Would anticipate a great showing like the one thrown for Vlad’s anniversary celebration last year and is a great way to show respect for “The Counsellor”, a guy that gave you a good game and was about as great a sport as any, even in a losing cause. He did a lot of pro-bono work and helped many overcome some of life’s hurdles. I understand that $5 of each entry will go to his favourite charity, that a sponsor is matching the donations and that his son may be on hand to accept and say a few words.
Free food and beverages are provided and the prize fund is enhanced.
Hope to see you there!
Cheers!
Brian.
PS. I was “in the zone” in Guelph last week so watch out – no cheesy draw offers on Saturday!
Tomas Krnan 2578
Geordie Derraugh 2315
Michael Barron 2279
Adam Cormier 2262
Dave Southam 2183
Brian Fiedler 2181
Rob Gashgarian 1809
Peter McSherry 1744
Tomas Krnan 2578
Peter Vavrak 2525
Geordie Derraugh 2315
Michael Barron 2279
Adam Cormier 2262
Dave Southam 2183
Brian Fiedler 2181
Rob Gashgarian 1809
Peter McSherry 1744
Tomas Krnan 2578
Peter Vavrak 2525
Geordie Derraugh 2315
Michael Barron 2279
Adam Cormier 2262
Dave Southam 2183
Brian Fiedler 2181
Egis Zeromskis 2122
Rob Gashgarian 1809
Peter McSherry 1744
Tomas Krnan 2578
Peter Vavrak 2525
Bruce Amos 2355
Geordie Derraugh 2315
Michael Barron 2279
Adam Cormier 2262
Dave Southam 2183
Brian Fiedler 2181
Egis Zeromskis 2122
Rob Gashgarian 1809
Peter McSherry 1744
Tomas Krnan 2578
Peter Vavrak 2525
Bruce Amos 2355
Geordie Derraugh 2315
Doug Bailey 2285
Michael Barron 2279
Adam Cormier 2262
Dave Southam 2183
Brian Fiedler 2181
Egis Zeromskis 2122
Rob Gashgarian 1809
Peter McSherry 1744
Tomas Krnan 2578
Peter Vavrak 2525
Bruce Amos 2355
Geordie Derraugh 2315
Doug Bailey 2285
Michael Barron 2279
Adam Cormier 2262
David Filipovich 2217
Dave Southam 2183
Brian Fiedler 2181
Egis Zeromskis 2122
Rob Gashgarian 1809
Peter McSherry 1744
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