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I have checked the CFC Calendar, and the GTCL Calendar. No TLDO is listed for this Labour Day Weekend.
Has anyone indicated publicly any intention to hold this tournament this year? I have seen nothing here on Chesstalk.
Randy Moysoski has in the past organized a number of them (with Bryan Lamb being arbiter) - I have seen nothing from either of them saying either of them have any intention of organizing this year's TLDO.
Is anyone aware of whether either Randy or Bryan have publicly said they will NOT be doing it this year? That would help, given their almost lock on this tournament for years. It would not be an issue, but for the fact that sometimes this TLDO has not been advertised in advance, and then at the last minute, notice is given that it is indeed going ahead.
But, given zero info evidencing it is happening, and there being now only 4 weeks to organize/advertise it, I assume we all can just go ahead and take this sometimes tournament out of our possibles this year?
May give the Mississauga Open, the weekend BEFORE Labour Day, somewhat of a boost, from Toronto players wanting a late summer tournament. I'm going to now enter it, given the absent TLDO.
ENTRY FEE
$60 until Aug 15. $70 after Aug 15 up to registration.
Free Entry for Players Rated 2300 (CFC) or above.
Family Rate: $30 per player for 2nd and above family member
PRIZES
Prize Fund of $2000 based on a minimum of 40 players, with generous prizes for Best Under 2000 rated player, Best Under 1700 rated player and biggest upset! All levels welcome!
PRE-REGISTERED PLAYERS
Player Rating Notes Payment
IM Raymond Kaufman 2318 Free Entry
NM John Doknjas 2285
NCM Joshua Doknjas 2203 PayPal
James Chan 2131 PayPal
Luke Pulfer 2021 PayPal
Joe Roback 1950
Jofrel Landingin 1858 PayPal
NCM Richard Ingram 1855 PayPal
Paul Leblanc 1835 PayPal
Michael Su 1782 PayPal
Karl Cui 1781 PayPal
Neil Doknjas 1762 PayPal
H. G. Pitre 1703 PayPal
Hugh Long 1650
Patrick Huang 1645 PayPal
Brian Davidson 1623
Andrew Hoyer 1571
Callum Lehingrat 1537 PayPal
Ryan Branch 1451 PayPal
Brian Sullivan 1438 PayPal
Kai Wang 1351 PayPal
Kenneth Mitchell 1216 PayPal
Caolan Martin 1214 PayPal
Stewart Paulson 1117 Cheque
Carina Du 1055 PayPal
Edward Enns 980 PayPal
Daniel Wang 886 PayPal
Ethan Su 880 PayPal
I have checked the CFC Calendar, and the GTCL Calendar. No TLDO is listed for this Labour Day Weekend.
Has anyone indicated publicly any intention to hold this tournament this year? I have seen nothing here on Chesstalk.
Randy Moysoski has in the past organized a number of them (with Bryan Lamb being arbiter) - I have seen nothing from either of them saying either of them have any intention of organizing this year's TLDO.
Is anyone aware of whether either Randy or Bryan have publicly said they will NOT be doing it this year? That would help, given their almost lock on this tournament for years. It would not be an issue, but for the fact that sometimes this TLDO has not been advertised in advance, and then at the last minute, notice is given that it is indeed going ahead.
But, given zero info evidencing it is happening, and there being now only 4 weeks to organize/advertise it, I assume we all can just go ahead and take this sometimes tournament out of our possibles this year?
May give the Mississauga Open, the weekend BEFORE Labour Day, somewhat of a boost, from Toronto players wanting a late summer tournament. I'm going to now enter it, given the absent TLDO.
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