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City: Kitchener, Ontario Dates: Saturday 21 June 2014 Place: Kitchener City Hall, 200 King Street West Rds: 5 Round Times: 10:00am, 11:30am, 1:00pm, 2:30pm, 4:00pm Registration Instructions: 9:00am - 9:45am at the door or email Ed Thompson, edthompson@netflash.net , please include KW June Quick Team Tournament in the subject line. Register by email by June 14th for a $10 discount. CFC membership required. TC: G/25 10 sec (Bronstein) Misc: Chess pieces, boards, and clocks will be provided by the KW Chess Club. Free parking is available a block away at the corner of Water St. and Charles St. EF: $50 per team of four players. CFC membership of each player is required. Prizes: Trophies and prize fund based on entries.
For more details, contact Ed Thompson, edthompson@netflash.net
Last edited by Ralph Deline; Wednesday, 21st May, 2014, 11:14 PM.
A reminder. Hope to see some Toronto area teams again. We had 3 last time. Also more teams from Southwestern Ontario - is Windsor up for the drive? I think its their turn to win it again.
City: Kitchener, Ontario Dates: Saturday 21 June 2014 Place: Kitchener City Hall, 200 King Street West Rds: 5 Round Times: 10:00am, 11:30am, 1:00pm, 2:30pm, 4:00pm Registration Instructions: 9:00am - 9:45am at the door or email Ed Thompson, edthompson@netflash.net , please include KW June Quick Team Tournament in the subject line. Register by email by June 14th for a $10 discount. CFC membership required. TC: G/25 10 sec (Bronstein) Misc: Chess pieces, boards, and clocks will be provided by the KW Chess Club. Free parking is available a block away at the corner of Water St. and Charles St. EF: $50 per team of four players. CFC membership of each player is required. Prizes: Trophies and prize fund based on entries.
For more details, contact Ed Thompson, edthompson@netflash.net
Please find attached updated registration procedure and flyer.
In order to expedite the registration process, we have decided to focus on the biggest challenges:
- Only captains and players looking for a team participate in the registration process.
- Checking on membership for players who did not pre-register delays the start of the tournament. Captains will be asked to submit a $20 deposit for each player who did not pre-register. The TD will check on memberships for these players after the tournament has started. If a refund is applicable, it will be issued to the captain in between rounds 2 and 3.
- Those who need to renew their memberships can submit the balance of the fee and obtain a receipt in between rounds 4 and 5.
Please find attached updated registration procedure and flyer.
In order to expedite the registration process, we have decided to focus on the biggest challenges:
- Only captains and players looking for a team participate in the registration process.
- Checking on membership for players who did not pre-register delays the start of the tournament. Captains will be asked to submit a $20 deposit for each player who did not pre-register. The TD will check on memberships for these players after the tournament has started. If a refund is applicable, it will be issued to the captain in between rounds 2 and 3.
- Those who need to renew their memberships can submit the balance of the fee and obtain a receipt in between rounds 4 and 5.
The defending champions are back! We have 5 pre-registered teams. There were 17 teams (70 players) last year, up from 13 teams in 2012.
Pre-Registered List
Milton Chess Club (Defending Champions)
Razvan Preotu
Gordon Gooding
Bob Gillanders
Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club
FM Hans Jung
Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club Reserves
Mario Piccinin
University of Waterloo Tigers
Avinaash Sundar
Jude Aniunoh
University of Waterloo Zebras
Karoly Szalay
Damen Oussama
Teams from 2013 Yet to Respond
Knight of Chess (2012 Champions)
Girls Play for Free
Anything but That! a.k.a. Peredun School of Chess
London A
London B
Asian Powers 1
Asian Power 2
Brantford Chess Club
The 3 M Company
Concordia Chess Club
Float to the Top
Kitchener Spartacus
Blazing Young Guns
Kings and Queens of Stratford
St. Catharine's Chess Club (2012 3rd)
Windsor (2011 Champions)
Last edited by Tony Li; Friday, 6th June, 2014, 01:58 PM.
The defending champions are back! We have 6 pre-registered teams. There were 17 teams (70 players) last year, up from 13 teams in 2012.
Pre-Registered List
Milton Chess Club (Defending Champions)
FM Razvan Preotu
Gordon Gooding
Bob Gillanders
Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club
FM Hans Jung
Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club Reserves
Mario Piccinin
Mate Milinkovic
University of Waterloo Tigers
Avinaash Sundar
Jude Aniunoh
University of Waterloo Zebras
Karoly Szalay
Damen Oussama
Float to the Top
Joey Befurt
Teams from 2013 Yet to Respond
Knight of Chess (2012 Champions)
Girls Play for Free
Anything but That! a.k.a. Peredun School of Chess
London A
London B
Asian Powers 1
Asian Power 2
Brantford Chess Club
The 3 M Company
Concordia Chess Club
Float to the Top
Kitchener Spartacus
Blazing Young Guns
Kings and Queens of Stratford
St. Catharine's Chess Club (2012 3rd)
We are at 8 pre-registered teams. There were 17 teams (70 players) last year, up from 13 teams in 2012.
Pre-Registered List
Backward Pawns (Defending Champions)
FM Razvan Preotu
Gordon Gooding
Bob Gillanders
Brantford Chess Club
Rob Gashgarian
Brantford Chess Club Reserves
Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club
FM Hans Jung
Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club Reserves
Mario Piccinin
Mate Milinkovic
University of Waterloo Tigers
Avinaash Sundar
Jude Aniunoh
Aaron Wu
University of Waterloo Zebras
Karoly Szalay
Damen Oussama
Anand Ravi
Float to the Top
Joey Befurt
Teams from 2013 Yet to Respond
Knight of Chess (2012 Champions)
Girls Play for Free
Anything but That! a.k.a. Peredun School of Chess
London A
London B
Asian Powers 1
Asian Power 2
The 3 M Company
Concordia Chess Club
Float to the Top
Kitchener Spartacus
Blazing Young Guns
Kings and Queens of Stratford
St. Catharine's Chess Club (2012 3rd)
Last edited by Tony Li; Tuesday, 10th June, 2014, 03:27 PM.
We are at 10 pre-registered teams. There were 17 teams (70 players) last year, up from 13 teams in 2012.
Pre-Registered List
1. Backward Pawns (Defending Champions) ~2200
FM Razvan Preotu
TBD
Gordon Gooding
Bob Gillanders
2. University of Waterloo Tigers ~2100
Avinaash Sundar
Jude Aniunoh
Aaron Wu
TBD
3. Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club ~2100
FM Hans Jung
William Klarner
Shawn Phillips
Tony Li
4. University of Waterloo Zebras ~2000
Karoly Szalay
Damen Oussama
Anand Ravi
TBD
5. Concordia Chess Club ~2000
Gord Olheiser
Stephen Humphreys
TBD
TBD
6. Brantford Chess Club ~1900
Rob Gashgarian
TBD
TBD
TBD
7. Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club Reserves ~1800
Garrett Forsyth
Mario Piccinin
Barry Forsyth
Mate Milinkovic
8. Kitchener SpartiKiss ~1700
Istvan Kiss
George Dragasanu
Kai Gauer
TBD
9. Brantford Chess Club Reserves ~1600
TBD
TBD
Possible Floater
Possible Floater
10. Float to the Top ~1600
Joey Befurt
TBD
TBD
TBD
Teams from 2013 Yet to Respond
Knight of Chess (2012 Champions)
Girls Play for Free
Anything but That! a.k.a. Peredun School of Chess
London A
London B
Asian Powers 1
Asian Power 2
Blazing Young Guns
Kings and Queens of Stratford
St. Catharine's Chess Club (2012 3rd)
Last edited by Tony Li; Wednesday, 11th June, 2014, 12:48 AM.
We are at 10 pre-registered teams. There were 17 teams (70 players) last year, up from 13 teams in 2012.
Pre-Registered List
1. Backward Pawns (Defending Champions) ~2200
FM Razvan Preotu
TBD
Gordon Gooding
Bob Gillanders
2. University of Waterloo Tigers ~2100
Avinaash Sundar
Jude Aniunoh
Aaron Wu
TBD
3. Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club ~2100
FM Hans Jung
William Klarner
Shawn Phillips
Tony Li
4. University of Waterloo Zebras ~2000
Karoly Szalay
Damen Oussama
Anand Ravi
TBD
5. Concordia Chess Club ~2000
Gord Olheiser
Stephen Humphreys
TBD
TBD
6. Brantford Chess Club ~1900
Adam Cormier
Rob Gashgarian
Kari Nurmi
Lee Hendon
7. Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club Reserves ~1800
Garrett Forsyth
Mario Piccinin
Barry Forsyth
Mate Milinkovic
8. Kitchener SpartiKiss ~1700
Istvan Kiss
George Dragasanu
Kai Gauer
TBD
9. Brantford Chess Club Reserves ~1600
Chris Osborne
Nicholas Archer
Lukas Samwell
FLOATER
10. Float to the Top ~1600
Joey Befurt
TBD
TBD
TBD
Teams from 2013 Yet to Respond
Knight of Chess (2012 Champions)
Girls Play for Free
Anything but That! a.k.a. Peredun School of Chess
London A
London B
Asian Powers 1
Asian Power 2
Blazing Young Guns
Kings and Queens of Stratford
St. Catharine's Chess Club (2012 3rd)
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