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Another of our Rapid 'Specials' this coming Saturday. This will be a 'welcome to Toronto' celebration to new resident Evgeny Bareev - a top 100 grandmaster with a FIDE rating of 2663 ! Who but a Moscow resident would consider moving to Toronto in the middle of a winter arctic cold spell?
Already we are getting a strong response to the coming Rapid with 16 pre-registered, mostly from participants in the Hart House reading week Open.
Updates to the list will be posted on ChessTalk during the week.
RSVP - Vlad D
16 Pre-registered - Feb 21
Evgeny Bareev 2663
Artiom Samsonkin 2652
Razvan Preotu 2502
Mark Plotkin 2489
Victor Plotkin 2467
Michael Song 2434
Yuri Aronov 2280
Brian Fiedler 2230
Mike Dougherty 2199
Yuanchen Zhang 2179
Zehn Nasir 2175
Liza Orlova 2067
Daniel Zotkin 2038
Erik Malmsten 1974
Peter McSherry 1812
Brendan Grady 1600
The 15 minute Rapid is played from 4 pm every Saturday as a 5 round swiss tournament.
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
Whatever your level of play, you will enjoy the competition either for the top prizes at the 2400 level or for the A and B Prizes down to the 1600's.
The pre-registered list is posted on ChessTalk towards the end of each week.
Please RSVP if you think you might play.
Thanks,
Evgeny Bareev 2663
Artiom Samsonkin 2652
Razvan Preotu 2502
Mark Plotkin 2489
Victor Plotkin 2467
Michael Song 2434
Yuri Aronov 2280
Brian Fiedler 2230
Nicholas Vettese 2206
Mike Dougherty 2199
Yuanchen Zhang 2179
Zehn Nasir 2175
Stephan Tonakanian 2070
Liza Orlova 2067
Daniel Zotkin 2038
Erik Malmsten 1974
Peter McSherry 1812
Brendan Grady 1600
What does "moving to Toronto" mean, actually? Is it a permanent move - in other words, has he decided to relocate to Canada ( I don't have enough familiarity with the various flavours of potential ways to get into Canada)* - is he a "landed immigrant" or something more or less? In any case, WELCOME to the other North!
*(thanks mostly to watching the Canadian Border Services informercial/TVprogram on National Geographic and getting more and more confused all the time)
Evgeny Bareev 2663
Artiom Samsonkin 2652
Razvan Preotu 2502
Mark Plotkin 2489
Victor Plotkin 2467
Michael Song 2434
Eddie Urquhart 2308
Yuri Aronov 2280
Brian Fiedler 2230
Nicholas Vettese 2206
Mike Dougherty 2199
Yuanchen Zhang 2179
Zehn Nasir 2175
Stephan Tonakanian 2070
Liza Orlova 2067
Daniel Zotkin 2038
Erik Malmsten 1974
Peter McSherry 1812
Brendan Grady 1600
Evgeny Bareev 2663
Artiom Samsonkin 2652
Razvan Preotu 2502
Mark Plotkin 2489
Victor Plotkin 2467
Michael Song 2434
Eddie Urquhart 2308
Yuri Aronov 2280
Brian Fiedler 2230
Nicholas Vettese 2206
Mike Dougherty 2199
Yuanchen Zhang 2179
Zehn Nasir 2175
Stephan Tonakanian 2070
Liza Orlova 2067
Daniel Zotkin 2038
Hairan Liang 1992
Erik Malmsten 1974
Peter McSherry 1812
Brendan Grady 1600
Evgeny Bareev 2663
Artiom Samsonkin 2652
Razvan Preotu 2502
Mark Plotkin 2489
Victor Plotkin 2467
Michael Song 2434
Eddie Urquhart 2308
Yuri Aronov 2280
Brian Fiedler 2230
Nicholas Vettese 2206
Mike Dougherty 2199
Yuanchen Zhang 2179
Zehn Nasir 2175
Stephan Tonakanian 2070
Liza Orlova 2067
Daniel Zotkin 2038
Tyler Longo 2025
Hairan Liang 1992
Erik Malmsten 1974
Peter McSherry 1812
Brendan Grady 1600
Evgeny Bareev 2663
Artiom Samsonkin 2652
Razvan Preotu 2502
Mark Plotkin 2489
Victor Plotkin 2467
Michael Song 2434
Eddie Urquhart 2308
Yuri Aronov 2280
Brian Fiedler 2230
Nicholas Vettese 2206
Mike Dougherty 2199
Yuanchen Zhang 2179
Zehn Nasir 2175
Stephan Tonakanian 2070
Liza Orlova 2067
Daniel Zotkin 2038
Tyler Longo 2025
Hairan Liang 1992
Erik Malmsten 1974
Mike Magnan 1862
Peter McSherry 1812
Brendan Grady 1600
Evgeny Bareev 2663
Artiom Samsonkin 2652
Razvan Preotu 2502
Mark Plotkin 2489
Victor Plotkin 2467
Michael Song 2434
Eddie Urquhart 2308
Yuri Aronov 2280
Brian Fiedler 2230
Nicholas Vettese 2206
Mike Dougherty 2199
Yuanchen Zhang 2179
Zehn Nasir 2175
Stephan Tonakanian 2070
Liza Orlova 2067
Daniel Zotkin 2038
Tyler Longo 2025
Hairan Liang 1992
Erik Malmsten 1974
Mike Magnan 1862
Peter McSherry 1812
Brendan Grady 1600
Steve Little 1600
Evgeny Bareev 2663
Artiom Samsonkin 2652
Razvan Preotu 2502
Mark Plotkin 2489
Victor Plotkin 2467
Michael Song 2434
Eddie Urquhart 2308
Yuri Aronov 2280
Brian Fiedler 2230
Nicholas Vettese 2206
Mike Dougherty 2199
Yuanchen Zhang 2179
Zehn Nasir 2175
Stephan Tonakanian 2070
Liza Orlova 2067
Daniel Zotkin 2038
Tyler Longo 2025
Hairan Liang 1992
Erik Malmsten 1974
Peter Bokhout 1921
Mike Magnan 1862
Peter McSherry 1812
Brendan Grady 1600
Steve Little 1600
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