IM Joseph Bradford from Texas is driving across the USA and Canada, playing in tournaments this summer. A 12,000 mile roadtrip, he told me. I'm glad he decided to include the Canadian Open.
July 11-19th in Edmonton, Alberta.
Official website:
www.edchess.ca
83 players have joined so far.
Put your registration in the mail before June 1st and save $20. Fully refundable until June 1st.
Registered players (updated April 15th):
GM Shirov Alexei 2745
GM Adams Michael 2703
GM Mikhalevski Victor 2625
GM Ganguly Surya 2625
GM Kovalyov Anton 2571
GM Bluvshtein Mark 2558
IM/WGM Krush Irina 2452
IM Porper Edward 2435
FM Hansen Eric 2428
IM Bradford Joseph 2419
FM Barron Michael 2344
FM Pechenkin Vladimir 2321
Henry Liam 2278
FM Gentes Kevin 2273
Martchenko Alexander 2272
FM Haessel Dale 2270
MacKinnon Keith 2250
Hughey Micah 2206
Perron Sean 2134
Gluckie Jamin 2093
Purewal Sardul 2081
Gorelik Lev 2079
Willis Bradley 2072
Yearwood Roy 2062
Pedersen Rick 2057
Manley Jason 2038
Ferreira Alex 2037
Abrahams Daniel 2007
Wang Richard 1998
Fan Brendan 1992
Tang Edward 1990
Steele Len 1984
Tot Nandor 1975
Hill Rod 1972
Brodie Hugh 1968
Araullo Mark Paulo 1967
Sequillion Aaron 1959
Longo Tyler 1956
Kuczaj Chris 1947
McKay Arnold 1893
Kong Dezheng 1888
Ventura Jason 1879
Miller Brian 1866
Zeggelaar Mike 1857
Green Aaron 1838
Du Jasmine 1830
Razzaq Ali 1824
Caughlin Wade 1814
Dejong Walter 1812
Armstrong Robert 1803
MacLeod Damon 1801
Dejong Werner 1800
Kalaydina Nicka 1798
Green Jim 1788
Caron Harvey 1784
Thompson Peter 1778
MacFie Bob 1774
Wong Ford 1774
Sponga George 1745
Seehagen Terry 1678
Marshall Jim 1658
Robertson Trevor 1656
Purewal Pal 1631
Danner Jason 1626
Sekuloff Michael 1624
Araullo Marlon 1596
Nolan Pat 1579
Du Howard 1562
Thomson Bruce 1555
Vejdani Vahid 1551
Magnusson Saul 1540
MacFie Mathew Unr.
Miller Amber Unr.
McCleary Reuben 1483
Baron Desmond 1472
Johnson Ron 1433
Roberts Richard 1408
Huang Zhonglin 1381
Mccullough David 1336
Sillador Rory 1312
Green Leah 1200
McCleary Rick 1166
McCullough Ian 577
If we made the pairings today, the top boards in round one would be:
GM Alexei Shirov 2748 vs Jason Ventura 1879
GM Michael Adams 2712 vs Brian Miller 1866
By mail send entry to:
Edmonton Chess Club
#204, 10840 124 st
Edmonton, AB
T5M 0H3
Or register online at
http://monroi.com/2009-canadian-open...-register.html
(Be careful to specify the quantity of entries you want. Online registration with Monroi is in U.S. dollars, but equivalent to to the Canadian dollars price).
ENTRY FEE:
$140 before June 1st
$160 after June 1st and at the door
Discount of $30 for juniors under 18 years, FM, WFM (only one discount/player)
Free for GM, IM, WGM, WIM (contact the organizer, Micah Hughey, at mhughey@hotmail.com )
July 11-19th in Edmonton, Alberta.
Official website:
www.edchess.ca
83 players have joined so far.
Put your registration in the mail before June 1st and save $20. Fully refundable until June 1st.
Registered players (updated April 15th):
GM Shirov Alexei 2745
GM Adams Michael 2703
GM Mikhalevski Victor 2625
GM Ganguly Surya 2625
GM Kovalyov Anton 2571
GM Bluvshtein Mark 2558
IM/WGM Krush Irina 2452
IM Porper Edward 2435
FM Hansen Eric 2428
IM Bradford Joseph 2419
FM Barron Michael 2344
FM Pechenkin Vladimir 2321
Henry Liam 2278
FM Gentes Kevin 2273
Martchenko Alexander 2272
FM Haessel Dale 2270
MacKinnon Keith 2250
Hughey Micah 2206
Perron Sean 2134
Gluckie Jamin 2093
Purewal Sardul 2081
Gorelik Lev 2079
Willis Bradley 2072
Yearwood Roy 2062
Pedersen Rick 2057
Manley Jason 2038
Ferreira Alex 2037
Abrahams Daniel 2007
Wang Richard 1998
Fan Brendan 1992
Tang Edward 1990
Steele Len 1984
Tot Nandor 1975
Hill Rod 1972
Brodie Hugh 1968
Araullo Mark Paulo 1967
Sequillion Aaron 1959
Longo Tyler 1956
Kuczaj Chris 1947
McKay Arnold 1893
Kong Dezheng 1888
Ventura Jason 1879
Miller Brian 1866
Zeggelaar Mike 1857
Green Aaron 1838
Du Jasmine 1830
Razzaq Ali 1824
Caughlin Wade 1814
Dejong Walter 1812
Armstrong Robert 1803
MacLeod Damon 1801
Dejong Werner 1800
Kalaydina Nicka 1798
Green Jim 1788
Caron Harvey 1784
Thompson Peter 1778
MacFie Bob 1774
Wong Ford 1774
Sponga George 1745
Seehagen Terry 1678
Marshall Jim 1658
Robertson Trevor 1656
Purewal Pal 1631
Danner Jason 1626
Sekuloff Michael 1624
Araullo Marlon 1596
Nolan Pat 1579
Du Howard 1562
Thomson Bruce 1555
Vejdani Vahid 1551
Magnusson Saul 1540
MacFie Mathew Unr.
Miller Amber Unr.
McCleary Reuben 1483
Baron Desmond 1472
Johnson Ron 1433
Roberts Richard 1408
Huang Zhonglin 1381
Mccullough David 1336
Sillador Rory 1312
Green Leah 1200
McCleary Rick 1166
McCullough Ian 577
If we made the pairings today, the top boards in round one would be:
GM Alexei Shirov 2748 vs Jason Ventura 1879
GM Michael Adams 2712 vs Brian Miller 1866
By mail send entry to:
Edmonton Chess Club
#204, 10840 124 st
Edmonton, AB
T5M 0H3
Or register online at
http://monroi.com/2009-canadian-open...-register.html
(Be careful to specify the quantity of entries you want. Online registration with Monroi is in U.S. dollars, but equivalent to to the Canadian dollars price).
ENTRY FEE:
$140 before June 1st
$160 after June 1st and at the door
Discount of $30 for juniors under 18 years, FM, WFM (only one discount/player)
Free for GM, IM, WGM, WIM (contact the organizer, Micah Hughey, at mhughey@hotmail.com )