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Coming up in less than two weeks - in celebration of the International Master title awarded to 15 year-old Razvan Preotu of Burlington who, with one more grandmaster norm, will become Canada's youngest grandmaster!
This will be the fifth special Rapid tournament in the past two years. And the attendance has grown in each succeeding event as follows >>>>
Nikolai Noritsyn GM norm celebration .............18 entries
50th Anniversary tournament - Nov 2013 .......28 entries
John Chidley-Hill Memorial - March 2014 ........34 entries
Olympiad Fundraiser - June 2014 ..................38 entries
Dare we hope to reach 40 entries on Nov 22?
As always, the entry fee remains at $25 and includes a $5 food and drink voucher but the food (a heavily-laden table of the Unicorn's tasty appetizers) will be provided by a sponsor.
Also sponsored will be a money-added prize pool.
For now, the First Prize is guaranteed at $300 but this will likely be increased as the tournament date approaches.
It is not too early to indicate your intent to play and we will update the pre-registered list regularly on ChessTalk.
If past turnout is an indicator and we achieve 40 entries then half the players will be masters (2200+ rating). Also - Razvan will be showing one of his recent wins against a grandmaster on a demo board = don't miss it!
Last edited by Vlad Dobrich; Tuesday, 11th November, 2014, 12:29 PM.
Tomas Krnan 2559
Peter Vavrak 2484
Razvan Preotu 2470
Michael Barron 2308
Mike Dougherty 2268
Hans Jung 2203
Brian Fiedler 2199
Peter Bokhout 1968
Peter McSherry 1836
Francisco Torres 1835
Last edited by Vlad Dobrich; Wednesday, 12th November, 2014, 08:04 PM.
Tomas Krnan 2559
Peter Vavrak 2484
Razvan Preotu 2470
Victor Plotkin 2427
Mark Plotkin 2367
Michael Barron 2308
Mike Dougherty 2268
Hans Jung 2203
Brian Fiedler 2199
Peter Bokhout 1968
Peter McSherry 1836
Francisco Torres 1835
Last edited by Vlad Dobrich; Wednesday, 12th November, 2014, 08:04 PM.
Tomas Krnan 2559
Peter Vavrak 2484
Razvan Preotu 2470
Victor Plotkin 2427
Mark Plotkin 2367
Michael Barron 2308
Mike Dougherty 2268
Hans Jung 2203
Brian Fiedler 2199
Selva Palanisamy 2055
Peter Bokhout 1968
Peter McSherry 1836
Francisco Torres 1835
Last edited by Vlad Dobrich; Wednesday, 12th November, 2014, 08:04 PM.
Tomas Krnan 2559
Peter Vavrak 2484
Razvan Preotu 2470
Victor Plotkin 2427
Mark Plotkin 2367
Michael Barron 2308
Mike Dougherty 2268
Hans Jung 2203
Brian Fiedler 2199
Nicholas Vettese 2146
Selva Palanisamy 2055
Peter Bokhout 1968
Peter McSherry 1836
Francisco Torres 1835
Last edited by Vlad Dobrich; Wednesday, 12th November, 2014, 08:03 PM.
Tomas Krnan 2559
Peter Vavrak 2484
Razvan Preotu 2470
Victor Plotkin 2427
David Cummings 2421
Mark Plotkin 2367
Michael Barron 2308
Mike Dougherty 2268
Hans Jung 2203
Brian Fiedler 2199
Nicholas Vettese 2146
Selva Palanisamy 2055
Peter Bokhout 1968
Peter McSherry 1836
Francisco Torres 1835
Last edited by Vlad Dobrich; Wednesday, 12th November, 2014, 08:02 PM.
This is a bit confusing as we have to play the 15th first, how many are coming then? [I'm not because of work.]
Vlad, could you please give the address and start time in your emails for the big event as some irregulars may have not come to your latest location. Thanks.
Tomas Krnan 2559
Peter Vavrak 2484
Razvan Preotu 2470
Victor Plotkin 2427
David Cummings 2421
Mark Plotkin 2367
Michael Barron 2308
Mike Dougherty 2268
Hans Jung 2203
Brian Fiedler 2199
Adam Cormier 2179
Nicholas Vettese 2146
Selva Palanisamy 2055
Peter Bokhout 1968
Peter McSherry 1836
Francisco Torres 1835
Rob Gashgarian 1821
Lee Hendon 1753
Nikolay Noritsyn 2605
Tomas Krnan 2559
Peter Vavrak 2484
Razvan Preotu 2470
Victor Plotkin 2427
David Cummings 2421
Mark Plotkin 2367
Michael Barron 2308
Mike Dougherty 2268
Hans Jung 2203
Brian Fiedler 2199
Adam Cormier 2179
Nicholas Vettese 2146
Selva Palanisamy 2055
Peter Bokhout 1968
Peter McSherry 1836
Francisco Torres 1835
Rob Gashgarian 1821
Lee Hendon 1753
Re : Re: Re : Re: Re : November 22 - Special Rapid
23 Pre-registered
Nikolay Noritsyn 2605
Tomas Krnan 2559
Peter Vavrak 2484
Razvan Preotu 2470
Victor Plotkin 2427
David Cummings 2421
Mark Plotkin 2367
Michael Barron 2308
Mike Dougherty 2268
David Filipovich 2230
Yuri Aronov 2214
Hans Jung 2203
Brian Fiedler 2199
Pavel Peev 2180
Adam Cormier 2179
Nicholas Vettese 2146
Selva Palanisamy 2055
Bill Evans 1991
Peter Bokhout 1968
Peter McSherry 1836
Francisco Torres 1835
Rob Gashgarian 1821
Lee Hendon 1753
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