PwC Toronto Open - Almost 140 Pre-regs to Thurs. - Entries Close Tues., April 14

[Bob Armstrong]

2009 PwC Toronto Open -

APRIL 17TH to 19TH, 2009

PRESENTED BY: PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
IN ASSOCIATION WITH: THE GREATER TORONTO CHESS LEAGUE
LOCATION: The Suites at 1 King West, Grand Banking Hall.
Financial District, Downtown Toronto.
STYLE: 5 Round Swiss System, 3 Sections (Open, < 2000, <1600), CFC rated.
WEBSITES:http://www.gtachessevents.memberlodge.com/
Also See MonRoi Website : http://monroi.com/pwc-toronto-open-c...ship-home.html

Note: ENTRY DEADLINE: EXTENDED one day to Tuesday, April 14 ( due to Holiday Weekend )

Brian just sent the following as well:

Players still wishing to enter have 3 options:

1. By mail. Players should mail their entry form and cheque/money order this coming Monday (April 13) to Brian Fiedler ( fiedlerbrian@yahoo.com.au ) . They should also e-mail me to advise that they have done so.

2. In person at Strategy Games stores in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal up until close of business on Tuesday April 14. They should first call the stores to confirm hours of operation.

3. In person at The Suites at 1 King West in Toronto between 6:00pm and 7:00pm on
Monday April 13 only.

Players are reminded that the deadline for entries is April 14 and no entries will be accepted after that time. [ Also, no on-site entries ]

ADVANCE FIRST ROUND PAIRINGS: will be posted on websites Wed. or Thursday

We now have 5 GM's, 7 IM's, 7 FM's, 1 WIM and 1 WFM amongst the almost 140 so far.

Note the first place prizes in the three sections ( there are 2nd/5th prizes as well, and consideration is being given to adding more prizes to the Open section, given the high registration ):

Open - $3,000

< 2000 - $ 1,000

< 1600 - $ 1,000

Note the Class Prizes:

< 2200 - $ 500

< 1800 - $ 500

< 1400 - $ 500

Note the Special Categories Prizes ( for each section ! ):

Top Junior - $ 250

Top Senior ( 50+ ) - $ 250

Top Female - $ 250

Pre-Registrations received to Thursday, April 9, 2009:

Title First Name(s) Surname Rating Province Bye ?


Open Section

GM Hikaru Nakamura 2757 USA
GM Alexander Shabalov 2630 USA
GM Eugene Perelshteyn 2601 USA
GM Bator Sambuev 2584 ON
GM Joshua Friedel 2537 USA
IM Leonid Gerzhoy 2528 ON
IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2503 ON
IM Brian Hartman 2434 ON
IM David Cummings 2430 ON 4
IM Ron Livshits 2427 ON
FM Christian Stevens 2408 ON
FM Robert Hamilton 2384 ON
FM Bindi Cheng 2376 ON
David (Yu) Peng 2375 ON
FM Michael Barron 2344 ON
FM Goran Milicevic 2340 ON 2
Roman Sapozhnikov 2327 ON
IM Lawrence Day 2322 ON
Victor Plotkin 2322 ON
Eddie Urquhart 2289 ON
Liam Henry 2278 ON
IM Raymond Kaufman 2274 USA
Alexander Martchenko 2272 ON
FM Michael Dougherty 2268 ON
WIM Natalia Khoudgarian 2252 ON 2
Keith MacKinnon 2250 SK
David Filipovich 2241 ON
WFM Yuanling Yuan 2240 ON
Hugues Masse 2234 QC
Wajdi Shbaita 2230 ON
Ziyi (Joey) Qin 2226 ON
Joshua Guo 2220 ON
David Lavin 2219 ON
Ilia Bluvshtein 2200 ON
Hugh Siddeley 2171 ON
FM Hans Jung 2170 ON 1
Felix Barrios 2161 ON
Aman Hambleton 2160 ON
Ted Kret 2158 ON
David Southam 2148 ON
Mikhail Egorov 2127 ON
Fredrico Austria 2117 ON
Michael Humphreys 2117 ON
Michael Kleinman 2090 ON
Alexander Friedman 2085 ON 3
Mavros Whissell 2067 ON
Geordie Derraugh 2063 ON
Andrew Picana 2057 ON
Christopher Knox 2056 ON
Ralph Gregorz 2053 ON
Vladimir Drkulec 2052 ON
Jessie Wang 2046 ON
Julia Lacaurodean 2035 ON
Vladimir Semyonov 2031 ON
Anthony Cheron 2025 ON
Daniel Abrahams 2007 ON
Aaron Wu 1986 ON
Andre Zybura 1959 ON
Dalia Kagramanov 1943 ON
Peter Boross-Harmer 1930 ON
John Chidley-Hill 1903 ON
Simon Gladstone 1820 ON
Mathew Nicholson 1814 ON
Robert Armstrong 1803 ON
Pino Verde 1712 ON
Total - 65

Under 2000 Section

Manuel Balboa 1968 ON
Mickey Stein 1965 ON
Omar Shah 1958 ON
Raymond Singh 1954 ON
Garvin Nunes 1945 ON
Robert Bzikot 1929 ON
Ross Richardson 1922 ON
Robert Gashgarian 1919 ON
Olya Chichkina 1904 ON
Eric Van Dusen 1871 ON
Pepin Manalo 1863 ON
Zhiyuan Zhang 1843 ON
David Bowers 1831 ON 2, 4
Bill Kim 1826 ON
Yuriy Kryvoshlyk 1823 ON
David Itkin 1810 ON
Laurent Allard 1802 QC
Marcus Wilker 1794 ON
Victor Itkin 1789 ON
Christopher Takov 1782 ON
Saveli Trostidusky 1780 ON
Bruce Dowling 1771 ON 2
William Gordon Rutherdale 1762 ON
Pacifico Cortez 1760 ON
Steven H. Liu 1760 ON
Joe Bellomo 1755 ON
Florian Bergeron 1754 ON
David Gunapalan 1749 ON
Jose Cabioc 1717 ON
Richard Wing 1716 ON
Caesar Posylek 1714 ON 1, 3
Mario Moran-Venegas 1712 ON
Mark Patton 1705 ON
Alan Power 1700 ON
Kevin Zhou 1690 ON
Genadi Medvedev 1680 ON
Jose Belzunce 1664 ON
Jim Zhou 1653 ON
Ken Kurkowski 1644 ON
John Brown 1627 ON
Ferdinand Supsup 1626 ON
Drake Lalonde 1624 ON
Jason Nguyen 1620 ON
Zeljko Kitich 1617 ON 1, 2
Mark Bercovici 1576 ON
Total - 45

Under 1600 Section

Mike Vasovic 1580 ON
Mei Chen Lee 1578 ON
James Roe 1562 ON
Andre Siegel 1540 ON
Mark Plotkin 1534 ON
Rebecca Giblon 1526 ON
Patrick Yu 1462 ON
Jesus Vera 1448 ON
Joseph Bellissimo 1446 ON
Adam Cormier 1442 ON
Jackie Peng 1424 ON
Michael Rogers 1389 ON
Dinesh Dattani 1374 ON
Ping Lin 1354 ON
Daniel Zotkin 1340 ON
James D. D. Martin 1340 ON
Andrew Giblon 1322 ON
Joey Orozco 1309 ON
Brett Gugel 1308 ON
Ernesto Villaluz 1293 ON
Jeffrey Pancer 1250 ON 2, 3
Renifel Caday 1240 ON
Jason Xi 1064 ON
Shafkat Ali Unrated ON
Abzal Kumar Unrated ON
Keith Denning Unrated ON
Bruce MacInnis Unrated ON
Jeffrey Nool Unrated ON
Total – 28

Total Pre-registrations - 138

So get your entries in ( only 4 more days ‘til registrations close – no on-site entries ! ) !

Bob

[Caesar Posylek]

Re: PwC Toronto Open - Almost 140 Pre-regs to Thurs. - Entries Close Tues., April 14

Hi Bob,
Any news from GM.Anton Kovalyev?
:)

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: PwC Toronto Open - Almost 140 Pre-regs to Thurs. - Entries Close Tues., April 14

Hi Caesar:

Looks like he is not coming.

Bob

[Caesar Posylek]

Re: PwC Toronto Open - Almost 140 Pre-regs to Thurs. - Entries Close Tues., April 14

How about IM.Artiom and FM.Shiyam...? The upset kids!
:)

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: PwC Toronto Open - Almost 140 Pre-regs to Thurs. - Entries Close Tues., April 14

Hi Caesar:

As far as I know, Brian has not heard from either of them.

Bob

[John Brown]

Re: PwC Toronto Open - Almost 140 Pre-regs to Thurs. - Entries Close Tues., April 14

Hi Bob
Did you forget Robert Gillanders in the U 2000 ?
Or did he drop out?

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: PwC Toronto Open - Almost 140 Pre-regs to Thurs. - Entries Close Tues., April 14

Hi John:

I asked Brian Fiedler - he replied:

" Bob G. unfortunately had to withdraw ".

Bob

[Caesar Posylek]

Re: PwC Toronto Open - Almost 140 Pre-regs to Thurs. - Entries Close Tues., April 14

Hi Bob,
Would you have any newest update to the list of players? It is the last Saturday prior to the start of the tournament.
:)

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: PwC Toronto Open - Almost 140 Pre-regs to Thurs. - Entries Close Tues., April 14

Hi Bob,
Would you have any newest update to the list of players? It is the last Saturday prior to the start of the tournament.
:)

The next update will be the "final":
"The final listing of entrants will be done on Wednesday April 15. Bryan will subsequently complete and post the first round pairings."

[Erik Malmsten]

Re: PwC Toronto Open site

2009 PwC Toronto Open -

APRIL 17TH to 19TH, 2009

PRESENTED BY: PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
IN ASSOCIATION WITH: THE GREATER TORONTO CHESS LEAGUE
LOCATION: The Suites at 1 King West, Grand Banking Hall.
Financial District, Downtown Toronto.
STYLE: 5 Round Swiss System, 3 Sections (Open, < 2000, <1600), CFC rated.
WEBSITES:http://www.gtachessevents.memberlodge.com/
Also See MonRoi Website : http://monroi.com/pwc-toronto-open-c...ship-home.html

Note: ENTRY DEADLINE: EXTENDED one day to Tuesday, April 14 ( due to Holiday Weekend )

Brian just sent the following as well:

Players still wishing to enter have 3 options:

1. By mail. Players should mail their entry form and cheque/money order this coming Monday (April 13) to Brian Fiedler ( fiedlerbrian@yahoo.com.au ) . They should also e-mail me to advise that they have done so.

2. In person at Strategy Games stores in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal up until close of business on Tuesday April 14. They should first call the stores to confirm hours of operation.

3. In person at The Suites at 1 King West in Toronto between 6:00pm and 7:00pm on
Monday April 13 only.

Players are reminded that the deadline for entries is April 14 and no entries will be accepted after that time. [ Also, no on-site entries ]

I visited the site tonight (saw a few late entries come in) and it's a pretty historic building, the main playing hall is two stories tall and a short walk down the stairs to outdoors for the smokers. Fast to many elevators up for the washrooms/ bookstore/ lower boards. The first floor also has washrooms and a bar. Pass the vault in the basement there is an entrance to the PATH underground (Hockey Hall of Fame). The cheapest parking is the multi-level garage at the bottom of Church Street.

With only 5 rounds will the winner(s) have to get 5-0? Two draws and they may end up in a big tie for the lower prizes.

[Christopher Mallon]

Re: PwC Toronto Open site

With 65 people in the Open section it is mathematically possible for three people to finish 5-0 having never played each other.

[Precy Mckoy]

Re: PwC Toronto Open site

With 65 people in the Open section it is mathematically possible for three people to finish 5-0 having never played each other.

TD might consider applying the accelerated pairing right from the 1st round with players from same country being paired in the first three rounds.

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: PwC Toronto Open site

I don't think a TD can really legitimately introduce a new term into the tournament, like accelerated pairings, at the last minute, if it was not advertised in advance as part of the tournament. If you want that, I think you have to let everyone know in advance.

Some players enter on the hopes of getting to play one of the top dogs in the first round. Accelerated pairings lock the bottom half of the registered players out of playing anyone in the top half. They would have a valid complaint if accelerated pairings came in at the last minute.

Bob

[Precy Mckoy]

Re: PwC Toronto Open - Almost 140 Pre-regs to Thurs. - Entries Close Tues., April 14

We have not heard of the latest update so far and i believe, its going to be posted late tonight. Hope to see the latest final list of pre-registered participants and the tentative 1st round pairing.

Cheers!:)

[Erik Malmsten]

Re: PwC Toronto Open - Over 200 Entries

We have not heard of the latest update so far and i believe, its going to be posted late tonight. Hope to see the latest final list of pre-registered participants and the tentative 1st round pairing.

Cheers!:)

Brian and Chess 'n Math were swamped with last minute entries (including masters), so maybe as many as 220 players. Brian was up late last night trying to make the list, so hopefully it will get posted today. He has had to say NO to people who phoned him.