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PwC Toronto Open - Almost 250 Pre-regs to Thurs. - Entries
PwC Toronto Open - Almost 250 Pre-regs to Thurs. - Entries
Congratulations to the organizers - Brian Fiedler and TD Brian Lamb. That's been a great success in organizing such a huge chess event in GTA area for a couple of last years. Bravo!
P.S.We are still awaiting a final list of players with pairings for first round.
:)
Last edited by Caesar Posylek; Thursday, 16th April, 2009, 09:56 PM.
Re: PwC Toronto Open - Almost 250 Pre-regs to Thurs. - Entries
By the way, could we all please try to be on our best behaviour? None of the things that cost us the Primrose as a location and maybe we'll get to do it again next year at the same location. I remember one Thanksgiving tournament at the Hilton in 1992 or so and we didn't get invited back there since either. Let's take the opportunity to showcase chess a bit in a public place like this and maybe do some PR. A wild & crazy suggestion I know but there you are, do it or don't but do expect some consequences or results either way.
Re: PwC Toronto Open - Almost 250 Pre-regs to Thurs. - Entries
I just want to thank Artiom Samsonkin and Shiyam Thavandiran for making my wish come true. The upset kids almost made my prediction to close to be true!
Thank you very much for your appearances. Excellent job in the top two boards in the last round!
Re: PwC Toronto Open - Almost 250 Pre-regs to Thurs. - Entries
I hope so But don't make it after Easter. Try Easter Weekend Like the Old Toronto Opens passed by with 6 Rounds. That would have made a nice finisher with a 6 Round This year. It would have been interesting if the two GM's would have fought it out.:)
Re: PwC Toronto Open - Almost 250 Pre-regs to Thurs. - Entries
Hi Precy:
I have been waiting for it to be published for the Scarborough CC newsletter coming out Thursday night, where I'm reporting on the tournament. So far it is not on the " Lamb " official website ( it shows it was last updated April 21, when it said the list would be out later that day, which obviously didn't happen ).
Re: PwC Toronto Open - Almost 250 Pre-regs to Thurs. - Entries
I will repeat after Bob Armstrong's message, as below:
2009 PwC Toronto Open
Prize Winners:
Amount /
Prize Title First Name Surname Score Value Notes
Open Section
1st - 2nd GM Bator Sambuev 5 2,500 a
GM Joshua Friedel 5 2,500
3rd FM Goran Milicevic 4.5 1,000
4th - 7th GM Hikaru Nakamura 4 150
GM Eugene Perelshtyn 4 150
IM Leonid Gerzhoy 4 150
IM Nikolay Noritsyn 4 150
IM Artiom Samsonkin 4 150
Top Under 2200 Nikita Gusev 3.5 500
Chess N' Math Junior Achievement Award (<18 yrs.) Alex Martchenko 4 250
RBC Dominion Securities Retirement Plan Award (50+ years)IM Lawrence Day 2.5 250
PwC Ladies Prize WIM Iryna Zenyuk 3 250
U 2000 Section
1st - 3rd Manuel Balboa 4.5 750
Robert Bzikot 4.5 750
Jim Zhou 4.5 750
4th - 5th Randy Moysoski 4 25 b
Ian Finlay 4 25 b
Yuriy Kryvoshlyk 4 150
Laurent Allard 4 150
Jeffrey Nool 4 150
Top Under 1800 David Gunapalan 3.5 500
Chess N' Math Junior Achievement Award (<18 yrs.) Aaron Wu 3 84
Brent Zhang 3 84
David Itkin 3 84
RBC Dominion Securities Retirement Plan Award (50+ years) Randy Moysoski 4 125
Ian Finlay 4 125
PwC Ladies Prize Yelizaveta Orlova 3 125
Olya Chichkina 3 125
U 1600 Section
1st - 3rd Mike Ivanov 4.5 750
Joey Orozco 4.5 750
Ferdinand Cale 4.5 750
4th - 5th James Fu 4 250
Misha Kurbatov 4 250
Top Under 1400 Tony Lin 4 500
Chess N' Math Junior Achievement Award (<18 yrs.) Patrick Yu 3.5 84
Yutong Luo 3.5 84
Daniel Molev 3.5 84
RBC Dominion Securities Retirement Plan Award (50+ years) Alice Laimer 4 250 PwC Ladies Prize Rebecca Giblon 3.5 250
Individual Game Prizes:
CN Tower Reach for the Top Award (biggest upset) Simon Gladstone N/A 250
Lexus Brilliancy Prize IM Artiom Samsonkin N/A 250 c
Runner up Alex Martchenko N/A 80 CN Tower Passes
Toyota Quality Award for Best Game (shared) FM Goran Milicevic N/A 125 c
GM Alexander Shabalov N/A 125 c
Runner up FM Bindi Cheng N/A 80 CN Tower Passes
Felix Barrios N/A 80 CN Tower Passes
Other Prizes:
Strategy Games Chess Trivia Contest FM Hans Jung N/A 50
FM Shiyam Thavaadiran N/A 50
Liam Henry N/A 50
Omar Shah N/A 50
Keith Wight N/A 50
Imagewear by Mark's Sharp Dresser Award Drake Lalonde N/A 250 d
1st runner up Devon Thomas N/A 100 Mark's Work Wearhouse Gift Cert.
2nd runner up Brett Gugel N/A 50 Mark's Work Wearhouse Tote Bag
Tournament Evaluation Form Lucky Draw Misha Kurbatov N/A 80 CN Tower Passes:
RBC Dominion Securities Lucky Draw Andrei Moffat N/A 100 Digital Picture
RBC Dominion Securities Lucky Draw John Chidley-Hill N/A 100 Keg gift certificate
TOTAL VALUE OF PRIZES DISTRIBUTED 17,844
Notes:
a Sambuev winner of PwC cup trophy on tie break
b Balance of senior's prize
c Judges for Brilliancy & Best Game prizes were IM Lawrence Day and Vladimir Dobrich
d Judge for Sharp Dresser award was Karen Domriady of Mark's Work Wearhouse
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