Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

[Gordon Gooding]

CAMPBELLVILLE 2014 OPEN
CHESS TOURNAMENT

WHEN: Saturday and Sunday, Nov 29th and 30th, 2014
Registration and payment on Sat 9:00-9:45 am
Saturday: 10am, 2pm, 6pm. Sunday: 10am, 2pm

WHERE: Mohawk Inn & Conference Centre (www.mohawkinn.com)
9230 Guelph Line, Campbellville, ON
(Just North of the 401)

Sections ..…Elite..….…. Under 1900…….. Under 1400 & unrated
Prizes.... Cash only........ Cash & Trophies...... Trophies
Entry Fee ..$70................ $60 .................. $50
Rated .... CFC........... CFC ............. CFC


TIME CONTROL: 90 minutes plus 10 second increment
PLAYING UP: Only if you are within 100 points: $5 extra
You’re first chess tournament? – This is the tournament for you!

ORGANIZERS: Gordon Gooding, Bob Gillanders

BONUS: REGISTER BY NOV 22nd MIDNIGHT AND RECEIVE A $10 FOOD VOUCHER VALID AT THE CHOPHOUSE RESTAURANT DURING THE TOURNAMENT!
CONTACT: Gordon Gooding via miltonchess@hotmail.com or www.miltonchess.ca for registration, enquiries and updates

EQUIPMENT PROVIDED BY ORGANIZERS

REMINDER: WE HAVE THE MAIN BANQUET ROOM TOMORROW (SUNDAY NOV 30TH) ONLY, PLEASE DO NOT COME THROUGH THE HOTEL LOBBY BUT THROUGH THE EXTERIOR DOOR CLOSEST TO THE PARKING LOT. RD 4 STARTS AT 10AM. THAT EXTERIOR DOOR SHOULD BE OPEN AT 9AM. IF YOU ARE NOT COMING PLEASE LET US KNOW ASAP.THANK YOU.



PRE REG LIST BELOW (AS OF NOV 29,9:00) Any errors please let me know. Thnx.

Open


Eugene Hua 2040
Nikola Brajkovic 2066
Yuetong Davy Zhao 2045
FM Mike Dougherty 2293
Jason Cai 2154
Richard Chen 2175
Adam Cormier 2172
Alex Friedman 1920


Yuri Aronov 2317
Hairan Liang 1914
Thomas Bark 1975
Daniel Zotkin 2035
Wenyang Ming 2001
FM Doug Bailey 2266




Under 1900

Mario Moran Venegas 1732
Anthony Maulucci 1683
Daniele Pirri 1605
James Mourgelas 1353
Robert Beaubien 1669
Mathew Cooke 1816
Arman Sydykhanov 1528
Lee Hendon 1344
Andrew Colvin 1585
Ferdinand Supsup 1855
Yury Cherachukin 1792
Andrei Korcsak 1788
Richard Glew 1736
Nicholas Wu 1557
Thomas Guo 1747
Brian Clarke 1697
Rob Gashgarian 1762

Raju Gowda 1613
Louay Sakka 1705
Doug Gillis 1356
Max Rusonik 1306
Manojh Sivapathasundaram 1544
Jason Dubeau 1867
Carl Martin 1888
Cindy Qiao 1462
Agniya Pobereshnikova 1595
Richard Feng 1606
Janet Peng 1715
Mathanhe Kaneshalingam 1650


Under 1400

Matthew Robinson 1092
Nicholas Henein 533
Joseph Liao 897
Mark Gelowitz 1370
Jerry McKitrick 942
David Atanasov 1276
Anthony Atanasov 1058
Jewel (Yi Xuan) Li 810
Sasha Chertkow 1162
Matthew Chertkow 1225
Joshua Du 1006
Grant Chen 707


Aahaan Rawal 847
Darwin Li 754
Ronan Uthayakumar 897
Austin Xie 1039

[Gordon Gooding]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

Cmon everybody, your early registration comes with a $10 food voucher at the mohawk inn chophouse restaurant. Last tourney of the year at Mohawk that I know of anyways.

[Gordon Gooding]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

Cmon everybody, your early registration comes with a $10 food voucher at the mohawk inn chophouse restaurant. Last tourney of the year at Mohawk that I know of anyways.

Okay folks, how about this?! Eat at the chophouse, save your recepit, clearly print your name on it and hand it in to the organizers. One chophouse recepit will be drawn at random and that contestant (must be registered player ) will have their individual meal paid back to them up to a max of $20. Now who said there isnt anything like a free lunch?

[Bob Gillanders]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

But guys, the Grey Cup game is on Nov 30th.
Kick off is not till 6pm Eastern.
The last round starts at 2pm. Most of you should be home in time for the kick off.

[Gordon Gooding]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

Just a few days left until the $10 food voucher offer expires. Sat Nov 22, 11:59 pm is the last time to register to get this offer. Dont forget the $20 Sat lunch raffle as well. Save your chophouse receipt from Nov22 saturday's lunch, print your name on it and hand it in to the organizers. we will randomly pick one player slunch receipt before round two starts. If we pick yours, you will get up to $20 for your meal.

[Bob Gillanders]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

We have a sponsor who is in the business of chess apparel. :)
Hm....say what?!

Yes, chess apparel. T shirts etc. with a chess theme.
They will be on site to display and donate 2 items as door prizes. This will be your best chance to buy these unique items. I will try and post some pictures soon.

[Bob Gillanders]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

Gord, how about a pre registration list?
Do you think we will surpass last year of 80 players?

[Mark Kamenskiy]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

Can you make time control as 90+30 instead of 90+10? That may boost players to register.

[Bob Gillanders]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

Can you make time control as 90+30 instead of 90+10? That may boost players to register.

We changed it to 90+10 to help boost registration. Saturday is 3 games, and if rounds are delayed because of long endgames played on the increment, well, "why should a hundred people have to wait for just 2?"

With only a 10 second increment, we have a better chance to stay on schedule and keep everyone happy.

[Mark Kamenskiy]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

No, not everyone happy with 90+10, I heard from several serious players about the concern of 90+10, Guelph and Aurora are all 5 games with 90+30, players enjoyed their tournaments very much. Last year, Campbellvie Open was very successful, thank you Bob and Garvin. It was also 90+30 too. Why keep changing without reason? If you have concern about 3 games in Sat, then you can consider a bit short for the 1st game ( I believe some tournaments went that way), no reason to put all 5 games as 90+10. Players come to play and enjoy games, not for 10 or 15 minutes earlier going home, instead, they hope they can have proper time to think about their moves.

[Bob Gillanders]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

Why keep changing without reason?

Mark, I did explain the reason.
Besides, where would we be if we didn't explore new ideas?
"But that's the way we have always done it" is not sufficient reason not to try and improve things. Yes, not all "serious" players will like it, but I'm betting most players will welcome the change. Maybe, not all right away, but eventually. It will mean more rounds will start on time. Many players already take a bye simply to avoid 3 games in a day. Maybe they will be more willing to play all 3 if their games start on time and they have a little more time for food.

Embrace the change!

[Mark Kamenskiy]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

Come on Bob, we did not see player(s) support new idea, but you did see player did not like the idea, why not even consider to change it? Or change to 90+30 for Sunday games? Or change 90+30 for Open sections only, similar to Hart House or Ontario Open that gave different TC for Open and non Open sections if they really want more time for food.

[Gary Hua]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

Gord, how about a pre registration list?
Do you think we will surpass last year of 80 players?

Hey Bob,

It`s long overdue.....when can we see the list, please.....

[Bob Gillanders]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

Hey Bob,

It`s long overdue.....when can we see the list, please.....

Gord is taking the registrations! He has the list.
I am just as curious as you.

[Mark Kamenskiy]

Re: Campbellville open chess tournament nov 29th and 30th

Great location for Campbellville tournament, right beside the HWY 401, from GTA, Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford, Guelph, Kitchener, Straford etc...all within 100KM, covered more than half of the Ontario population. Wish more players to join, and more success than last year!