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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)
Re: Kitchener Team Active- THIS Saturday June 21st!
We are at 14 teams! Joining the melee are:
Annex Chess Club- welcome for the first time!
Enigmatic Endgame Express- with former junior Canadian champions and the current Seniors champion!
2 teams from London- welcome back!
We received an e-mail inquiring if the first all-girls team is free. It is! And the offer was not taken yet.
Regulars including the Knights of Chess and the Kings and Queens of Stratford have also yet to sign up.
Pre-Registered List
1. Backward Pawns (Defending Champions) ~2100
FM Razvan Preotu
Gordon Gooding
Garvin Nunes
Bob Gillanders
Reserve: Tom Bark
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. London Go Ahead Mate My Day ~2100
Steve Demmery
TBD
TBD
TBD
5. Enigmatic Endgame Express ~2000
Andrew Peredun
Justin McDonald
Istvan Kiss
Dennis Shamroni
6. University of Waterloo Zebras ~2000
Karoly Szalay
Damen Oussama
Anand Ravi
TBD
7. Concordia Chess Club ~2000
Gord Olheiser
Stephen Humphreys
TBD
TBD
9. Brantford Chess Club ~1900
Adam Cormier
Rob Gashgarian
Kari Nurmi
Lee Hendon
10. Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club Reserves ~1800
TBD
Mario Piccinin
Barry Forsyth
Mate Milinkovic
11. London Mate Me
Hugo Ortiz
TBD
TBD
TBD
12. Kitchener SpartiKiss ~1700
George Dragasanu
Kai Gauer
TBD
TBD
13. Brantford Chess Club Reserves ~1600
Chris Osborne
Nicholas Archer
Lukas Samwell
FLOATER
14. 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
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, 18th June, 2014, 11:43 AM.
We received an e-mail inquiring if the first all-girls team is free. It is! And the offer was not taken yet.
Regulars including the Knights of Chess and the Kings and Queens of Stratford have also yet to sign up.
Pre-Registered List
1. Backward Pawns (Defending Champions) ~2100
FM Razvan Preotu
Gordon Gooding
Garvin Nunes
Bob Gillanders
Reserve: Tom Bark
2. University of Waterloo Tigers ~2100
Avinaash Sundar
Jude Aniunoh
Aaron Wu
Eugene Hua
3. Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club ~2000
FM Hans Jung
William Klarner
Tony Li
Mate Milinkovic
4. London Go Ahead Mate My Day ~2000
Steve Demmery
TBD
TBD
TBD
5. Enigmatic Endgame Express ~2000
FM Andrew Peredun
Justin McDonald
Istvan Kiss
Dennis Shamroni
6. University of Waterloo Zebras ~2000
Karoly Szalay
Damen Oussama
Anand Ravi
TBD
7. Concordia Chess Club ~2000
Gord Olheiser
Stephen Humphreys
TBD
TBD
9. Brantford Chess Club ~1900
Adam Cormier
Rob Gashgarian
Kari Nurmi
Lee Hendon
10. Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club Reserves ~1800
Mario Piccinin
Miroljub Nikolic
Barry Forsyth
Joey Befurt
11. London Mate Me ~1800
Hugo Ortiz
TBD
TBD
TBD
12. Kitchener SpartiKiss ~1700
George Dragasanu
Kai Gauer
TBD
TBD
13. Brantford Chess Club Reserves ~1600
Chris Osborne
Nicholas Archer
Lukas Samwell
FLOATER
Teams from 2013 Yet to Respond
Knight of Chess (2012 Champions)
Girls Play for Free
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; Thursday, 19th June, 2014, 03:04 PM.
13 Teams are pre-registered. University of Waterloo decided to put all their top players on one team and are now the favourites by rating.
We received an e-mail inquiring if the first all-girls team is free. It is! And the offer was not taken yet.
Regulars including the Knights of Chess and the Kings and Queens of Stratford have also yet to sign up.
Pre-Registered List
1. University of Waterloo Tigers ~2200
Kevin Chung
Avinaash Sundar
Damen Oussama
Jude Aniunoh
2. Backward Pawns (Defending Champions) ~2100
FM Razvan Preotu
Gordon Gooding
Garvin Nunes
Bob Gillanders
Reserve: Tom Bark
3. Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club ~2000
FM Hans Jung
William Klarner
Tony Li
Mate Milinkovic
4. London Go Ahead Mate My Day ~2000
Steve Demmery
TBD
TBD
TBD
5. Enigmatic Endgame Express ~2000
FM Andrew Peredun
Justin McDonald
Istvan Kiss
Dennis Shamroni
7. Brantford Chess Club ~1900
Adam Cormier
Rob Gashgarian
Kari Nurmi
Lee Hendon
8. Concordia Chess Club ~1900
Gord Olheiser
Stephen Humphreys
TBD
TBD
9. University of Waterloo Zebras ~1800
Aaron Wu
Eugene Hua
Jared Ng
Anand Ravi
10. Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club Reserves ~1700
Mario Piccinin
Miroljub Nikolic
Barry Forsyth
Joey Befurt
11. London Mate Me ~1700
Hugo Ortiz
TBD
TBD
TBD
12. Kitchener SpartiKiss ~1700
George Dragasanu
Kai Gauer
TBD
TBD
13. Brantford Chess Club Reserves ~1600
Chris Osborne
Nicholas Archer
Lukas Samwell
FLOATER
Teams from 2013 Yet to Respond
Knight of Chess (2012 Champions)
Girls Play for Free
Asian Powers 1
Asian Power 2
Blazing Young Guns
Kings and Queens of Stratford
St. Catharine's Chess Club (2012 3rd)
What: 14th Annual Kitchener Waterloo Team Active Tournament. Time Control is 25 minutes 10 seconds/move (Bronstein), 5 Rounds. Why: Full bragging rights for 1 year for the Best and Fastest Team. Where: Kitchener City Hall. Free parking at the north-west corner of King St. and Charles St. When: Registration and check-in at 9:00-9:45am. Round 1 begins at 10:00am. How: $40 per team submitted by captain only $20/player not pre-registered (refunded after Round 2 if CFC member) or non-member (not refundable but can be applied towards annual membership after Round 3) to Ed Thompson. Individual players looking for a team please see Brian Clarke.
See you all tomorrow!
Pre-Registered List
1. University of Waterloo Tigers ~2200
Kevin Chung
Avinaash Sundar
Damen Oussama
Jude Aniunoh
2. Backward Pawns (Defending Champions) ~2100
FM Razvan Preotu
Gordon Gooding
Garvin Nunes
Bob Gillanders
Reserve: Tom Bark
3. Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club ~2000
FM Hans Jung
William Klarner
Tony Li
Mate Milinkovic
4. London Go Ahead Mate My Day ~2000
Steve Demmery
TBD
TBD
TBD
5. Enigmatic Endgame Express ~2000
FM Andrew Peredun
Justin McDonald
Istvan Kiss
Dennis Shamroni
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