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  • Pub Chess - Sept 9, WGM Jennifer Shahade lecture! + *ladies play free*

    The perfect score bonus is now at $190 in the open section!!

    We have a very special event planned on Sept 9th! After the success of the first "ladies play free" event we've decided to run it as a monthly special and have enlisted WGM Jennifer Shahade as our guest speaker for ladies night version 2.0

    Jennifer Shahade is a writer, feminist, two time US Women's chess champ, and accomplished poker player. She is the author of several books, most notably: Chess Bitch - Women in the Ultimate Intellectual Sport

    Among her many poker wins, in 2014, she won the biggest Open-Face Chinese Poker event in history and netted 100 grand for her efforts.

    She was also one of the expert commentators for the Sinquefield Cup which just ended in St. Louis: http://grandchesstour.com/2015-sinquefield-cup-live

    Jennifer's website - http://www.jennifershahade.com/


    Note that men are also welcome and encouraged to come on Ladies Play Free nights. RSVP


    Price: $20 for tournament, $10 for casual play (both come with food or drink ticket), ladies play free
    Time: Lecture at 6:15pm, casual games/tournament 7pm-10pm
    Registration: Pre-register to pubchesstoronto@hotmail (.com)
    Location: Madison Ave Pub, 14 Madison Ave, Toronto
    2 min NE of Spadina station
    Time control (Open): 5 min 2 sec inc, 5 double rounds (Play opponent white & black)
    (2nd section): 10 min 5 sec inc, 5 rounds
    Sections: Players divided into 2 sections depending on turnout, may "play up"
    Prizes: Based on entries, overall prizes & class prizes awarded, 2 puzzle prizes sponsored by Strategy Games
    Perfect Score Bonus: $190

    Wednesday Food/Drink Specials at the Madison:

    - 50% off appetizers from 5-8PM
    - Wings $5 per 1lb
    - $4 2 oz mixed drinks

    Website: https://pubchesstoronto.wordpress.com/
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PubChessToronto
    Chess.com: http://www.chess.com/groups/home/pub-chess-toronto
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/pubchesstoronto
    Instagram: https://instagram.com/pubchesstoronto/
    Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Pub-Chess-Toronto/
    Last edited by Geordie Derraugh; Monday, 7th September, 2015, 07:14 PM.

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    Re: Pub Chess - Sept 9, WGM Jennifer Shahade lecture! + *ladies play free*

    Pre-registered / RSVP

    Open
    IM Razvan Preotu 2607
    IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2578
    WGM Jennifer Shahade ~2450 (2322 FIDE)
    IM David Cummings 2412
    NM Trevor Vincent 2377
    FM Roman Sapozhnikov 2366
    NM Geordie Derraugh 2338 (floater)
    NM Eddie Mark 2322
    NM David Peng 2318
    NM Mike Ivanov 2317
    NM Mark Plotkin 2249
    FM Hans Jung 2223
    Kevork Hacatoglu 2200
    Stephan Tonakanian 2198
    NM Pavel Peev 2182
    WNM Lali Agbabishvili 2151
    WIM Nava Starr 2140
    NM Gord Olheiser 2122
    NM Sasha Starr 2115
    WNM Liza Orlova 2108 (floater)
    Daniel Zotkin 2086
    Alexandru Florea 2081
    WNM Iulia Lacau-Rodean 2014
    Justin McDonald 2014
    Cindy Qiao 1706

    Under 2000
    Alex Marcadella 1845
    Steve Nikoloff 1771
    Ivan Cajic 1700
    Phil Ter-Mikaelian 1604
    Shafkat Ali 1490
    Mike Murray 1477
    Septi Popescu 1448
    Brendan Grady 1405
    Justin Tanasijczuk 1400
    Jim Mourgelas 1351
    Trevor Koverko 1223
    James Williamson 1161
    Brian Zhang 1100
    Joey Qiao 1096
    Gannon Lawlor 1000
    Johan Todi 867
    Mitchell Schneider 848

    Casual & Tournament, unsorted
    Kevin Webster
    Matt Gubasta
    Tal Zisckind
    Brad Arsenault
    Aldair
    Lauren Martin
    Akram Jmii
    Judith Castro
    Aaron James Landry
    Rachel James+1
    Carm Ella
    Eric Kim
    Sergio Aldair Clavijo
    Nick M
    Rick Dhaliwal
    Aaron Tucker
    Ashley Abbott
    Pri
    Birgir Robertsson
    Xuan Liu
    Gizzard Ventriculus
    Joseph Ianni
    Joe McGrade
    Chimy Tuvshintugs
    NickL
    Anton Volga
    Ray M
    Anthony Kwan
    Michaela Deng
    Nancy Vanstone +1
    Raza
    +14 maybes

    Note that some ratings are estimates based on past events. If you're U2000, let me know if you'd prefer to play up in the Open blitz tournament, instead of the U2000 rapid.
    Last edited by Geordie Derraugh; Wednesday, 9th September, 2015, 04:09 PM.

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    • #3
      Re: Pub Chess - Sept 9, WGM Jennifer Shahade lecture! + *ladies play free*

      Add my name please - Hans

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        Re: Pub Chess - Sept 9, WGM Jennifer Shahade lecture! + *ladies play free*

        Less than a week to go! No one won the perfect score jackpot on Wednesday so it's now at $190. Check the 2nd post for the pre-registered/RSVP list.

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          Re: Pub Chess - Sept 9, WGM Jennifer Shahade lecture! + *ladies play free*

          I'll try to come, no promise.

          How did you get her to come to Toronto?

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            Re: Pub Chess - Sept 9, WGM Jennifer Shahade lecture! + *ladies play free*

            Originally posted by Egidijus Zeromskis View Post
            I'll try to come, no promise.

            How did you get her to come to Toronto?
            She's in town to play poker. If I understood her facebook post correctly she's here to play online poker, which I believe is illegal in the states.

            To those coming to the event, we have some press coming on Wednesday from one of the major papers, so try to look your best!

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            • #7
              Re: Pub Chess - Sept 9, WGM Jennifer Shahade lecture! + *ladies play free*

              Only two days to go!

              Updates:
              - IM Razvan Preotu is now the top seed
              - The Madison management has assured me the A/C will be working this week
              - Our website has been updated with a list of sponsors, upcoming lecturers, etc. https://pubchesstoronto.wordpress.com/

              See you soon!

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                Re: Pub Chess - Sept 9, WGM Jennifer Shahade lecture! + *ladies play free*

                One day to go now... We're looking at about 60 to 80 players, so please arrive as early as possible so we can get the tournament started on time. I'll be doing computer pairings, so the round turnovers should go smoothly.

                Lecture at 6:15pm, tournament at 7pm. RSVP

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                • #9
                  Re: Pub Chess - Sept 9, WGM Jennifer Shahade lecture! + *ladies play free*

                  60 to 80 players! I hope the place can hold that many, or are you on good terms with the fire marshall? :-)

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                  • #10
                    Re: Pub Chess - Sept 9, WGM Jennifer Shahade lecture! + *ladies play free*

                    Haha the Maddy is basically two connected buildings with 3 floors.. and they've been warned about our numbers. We should be okay :)

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                      Re: Pub Chess - Sept 9, WGM Jennifer Shahade lecture! + *ladies play free*

                      Just 2.5 hours to go! We'll be giving out a shot glass chess set, and several tickets to the TIFF screening of "Pawn Sacrifice" as extra prizes. RSVP

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                      • #12
                        Re: Pub Chess - Sept 9, WGM Jennifer Shahade lecture! + *ladies play free*

                        Click on facebook in the first post to see pictures of this event.

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