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With the players back from the Campbellville Open as well as the RA Ottawa Open (Congrats to 10 year-old Nicholas Vettese for his tie with Bator Sambuev for 1st place there! - and new CFC Master rating 2246 Wow!) we might expect to see more robust turnouts for the Saturday Rapid. I know, its the holiday season but isn't a holiday the best time to play chess?
C U Saturday? Let me know.
RSVP
Vlad D
The most frequently asked question - when does the Rapid start?
For the answer, see the note at the end of the ratings list >>>>>>
Rapid Ratings
Sambuev Bator 2703
Hansen Eric 2661
Samsonkin Artiom 2652
Noritsyn Nikolay 2640
Hambleton Aman 2577
Gerzhoy Leonid 2563
Bindi Cheng 2548
Krnan Tomas 2542
Turner Matthew 2538
Preotu Razvan 2493
Vavrak Peter 2479
Thavandiran Shiyam 2478
Plotkin Victor 2470
Cummings David 2451
Tayar Jonathan 2420
Martchenko Alex 2419
Song Michael 2392
Rek Slava 2392
Kleinman Michael 2389
Gulko Andre 2389
Plotkin Mark 2383
Sapozhnikov Roman 2372
Zuniga Dante 2342
Ochkoos Yuri 2340
Urquhart Eddie 2294
Findlay Ian 2279
Ivanov Mike 2277
Barron Michael 2269
Derraugh Geordie 2267
Bailey Doug 2267
Murray Bob 2261
Vladimir Birarov 2261
Campbell Bret 2248
Murray Peter 2247
Vaingorten Yakov 2246
Miller Evgeni 2244
Digeng Du 2230
Molchanov Yevhen 2229
Dougherty Mike 2225
Aronov Yuri 2221
Mills Morgon 2212
Peev Pavel 2207
Jung Hans 2195
Nasir Zehn 2185
Upper John 2178
Fiedler Brian 2177
Southam Dave 2170
Smith Dan 2167
Filipovich David 2164
Vettese Nicholas 2164
Cormier Adam 2160
Zhang Yuanchen 2155
Jonathan Yu 2152
Miletic Dusan 2146
Puri Vinny 2144
Shebetah Wajdy 2138
Aniunoh Jude 2132
Zeromskis Egis 2118
Pedersen Rune 2118
Starr Sasha 2114
Nava Starr 2113
Boris Rotsisan 2111
Brajkovic Nikola 2102
Erwin Casareno 2100
Dave MacLeod 2090
Siddeley Hugh 2080
Haziprodromu Sam 2080
Nekhamkin Vladimir 2072
Malette Martin 2071
Brown Alan 2061
Zhong Joey 2060
Zotkin Daniel 2056
Palanisamy Selva 2055
Dobrich Vlad 2030
Evans Bill 2029
Ferreira Alex 2019
Stefanovic Miroslav 2011
Chernik Dmitry 2006
McMillan Andrew 2000
Stavropoulos Greg 1995
Begoray Dave 1989
Li Hongyi 1985
Surya Benito 1983
Zelcer Isaac 1974
Ozcan Mustafa 1972
Davy Zhao 1968
Wiebe Daniel 1961
Malmsten Erik 1961
Gunapalan David 1958
Roller Robert 1952
Posaratnanathan Julian 1950
Chen Chinhua 1947
Bzikot Robert 1946
El-Khoury Brian 1944
Twesigye Derek 1936
Jolliffe Kyle 1934
Sottile Claudio 1928
Troy Tony 1927
Ferner Wilf 1924
Bokhout Peter 1921
Victor Trifan 1920
McSherry Peter 1918
Robinson Dave 1916
Zagar Milan 1911
Torkan Behnam 1883
Chernoff Victor 1873
Torres Francisco 1873
Magnan Mike 1862
Stein Jacob 1852
Steadman Richard 1831
Allen Marc-Antoine 1829
McNeil Hugh 1825
Delacerna Jeff 1824
Goodridge Corrie 1820
Gashgarian Rob 1811
Chen Richard 1808
Bell Ian 1795
D’Souza Jason 1794
alNajjar Mohamad 1793
Walker John 1790
Zamir Guy 1783
Gillanders Bob 1772
France Kyle 1771
Sirkovich Daniel 1764
Leveau Stan 1763
Gomes Joe 1762
Rajendran Partha 1745
Lee Hendon 1736
Othungot Deepak 1736
Holly Jerry 1727
O'Bumsawin Nick 1714
Shafkat Ali 1714
Johnson Chris 1707
Tim Vince 1702
Ashraf Zaur 1691
Duke Peter 1690
Belaiche Kyle 1689
Matthews Dan 1678
Mowers Dan 1676
Schneider Mitchell 1656
Bahgat Sofi 1607
Goodman Shaul 1604
Albion Tom 1600
Stanwick Richard 1600
Sam Park 1600
Lee John S 1600
Manifar Aliakbar 1600
Akbarian Reza 1600
Gonzalez Americo 1600
Salama Ayyad 1600
Medisetty Madhav 1600
Wan Karen 1600
Little Steve 1600
Adragna Mario 1600
Singer Ron 1600
Heller Bob 1600
Goodman Halli 1600
The 15 minute Rapid is played from 4 pm every Saturday
We are now at the UNICORN PUB
at 175 Eglinton East
Entry fee is $20 + $5 for food & drink voucher -
CASH PRIZES - for winners in rating groupings as well as
the top two or three over all.
If you’re running late call the TD Vlad on his cel #647 207-9342
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