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2009 Ontario Open: Thursday registrations later in the evening
IMPORTANT LAST-MINUTE NEWS: I have to work out of town on Thursday, so I might not get to the RA Centre to take registrations at the Thursday evening RA chess club until almost 9pm. Sorry about that. Of course, I will rush to get back earlier. And then I will stay until the last game has ended.
Hi chess friends, this posting includes a lot of useful information, so unless you have already paid, please consider reading it through. Even with the many registrations expected this week, the goal is to start our first round right on time! You can find the list of almost 50 players who are already registered near the end of this posting. Note that the majority of players already registered are travelling to Ottawa. This is because in Ottawa tournaments at the RA Centre, most of the local players register on the Thursday evening before the event. Therefore, I would expect us to have a few more dozen players by Saturday. I plan to re-post the list of registered players late Thursday evening, and finally on Friday evening. I will be offline as of 8am Saturday morning.
Regardless of when you prefer to register and pay, please feel free to email me your intent, as that will save everyone precious time onsite, thanks!
Thursday evening, recommended for local players
- I expect to be at the RA from at least 9pm to 1130pm
Friday evening, recommended rather than Saturday! ;)
- I expect to be in the playing rooms from 530pm onwards
Saturday morning, this should be your last choice! ;)
- I will be in the playing rooms from 1130am to 12noon
- Swiss pairings are planned to be done right at 12noon
- players paying after will be added to pairings as feasible
- by the way, please renew CFC memberships ahead of time (and ask the CFC office to copy me on the email receipt)
P.S. It seems it has proven challenging to secure the OCA equipment. We can only set up what is delivered. Please bring your sets and clocks! ;)
--------- original event announcement ---------
The Eastern Ontario Chess Association (EOCA) is proud to be hosting the 2009 Ontario Open, to be held on the traditional Victoria Day long weekend.
This event will be 6 rounds, with flexible bye and Amateur options. Our schedule also features starting and ending round times to encourage travelling to and from Ottawa. In addition, lodging options include nearby Carleton University residences, with much lower room rates, and breakfast buffet included!
We will have multiple sections, and class prizes for every 200 rating points from 2200 to 1400. Every player will be submitted for both CFC and FIDE rating.
For complete details for this event, and a great webpage for all of the events in the 2008-2009 EOCA Grand Prix & Active Series, bookmark this weblink:
http://www.eoca.org/htm/tournaments%202008-09.html
Aris Marghetis, Organizer/TD
EOCA President, OCA/CFC Governor
--------- May 13th registrations ---------
Please find below the list of players who have already registered for this event :
(everyone's CFC and FIDE ratings will be re-confirmed sometime this Friday)
rating name FIDE# CFC#
Top Class
2622 GM Sambuev, Bator 4128290 146462
2548 IM Samsonkin, Artiom 13503111 146305
2506 IM Noritsyn, Nikolay 2604922 132534
2344 FM Barron, Michael 2605120 134840
2342 Sapozhnikov, Roman 2601842 138609
2316 Pacey, Kevin 2600455 103715
2310 Martchenko, Alexander 2601036 132495
2248 Gordon, David 2602431 106629
2233 FM Davies, Alex 2603284 110120
2221 Torres, Aleksandr 149090
U2200 Class
2166 Doubleday, William 2682419 103754
2134 Whissel, Mavros 2609460 112769
2094 Palsson, Halldor 2603136 106856
2065 Ferreira, Alex 2606763 127516
2040 Wight, Keith 2602075 102934
2032 Abrahams, Daniel 2606879 134333
U2000 Class
1997 Desjardins, Michel 2601427 131936
1972 Longo, Tyler 2607034 135360
1943 Forget, David 2604345 142032
1935 Danilov, Alex 2603926 101895
1933 Gee, Kar-Fai 149112
1929 Bossy, John 104567
1871 Erickson, John 103011
1830 Donev, Danail 2604094 143574
1819 MacNeill, Danny 125677
1816 Laszlo, Robert (bye 4) 2604892 104270
U1800 Class
1788 Renaud, Joshua 2609177 134845
1780 Ritchie, Gordon 2608529 110972
1756 Mallon, Christopher 2607620 109034
1676 Gillis, Doug 2604361 111022
1676 Hendon, Lee 105731
1672 Xiong, Wei (floater) 2610213 136037
1642 Brown, John 102882
U1600 Class
1594 Powell, Samantha 2609800 137961
1582 Lalonde, Drake 146414
1576 Peristy, Luke 2605481 140412
1563 DeCal, Alex 149506
1536 MacIsaac, Alexandre 2610094 148874
1479 Perriard, Real =0 bye 0.5 =0 bye 2605562 143126
1416 Jarmyn, Tom 2604698 145247
U1400 Class
1399 Sachs, Daniel 148220
1374 Powell, Ashley 2608316 138889
1346 Buss, Andreas 2609983 146449
1344 Liiban, Farah 2610019 148746
1268 Pancer, Jeff 107543
1196 Svensson, Andrew 143414
1116 McArthur, Ricky 144021
1031 Latta, Jeremy 2610027 148520
--------- some final points ---------
Note that Wei Xiong is a floater player for the event. Floater players will play between 0 and 6 rounds, whenever the number of players for their section is odd. They will play for free, and have all their games rated, but in exchange, they will receive relatively late notice on whether they are playing in the next round. Good candidates for floater players are people who normally hang around anyway to watch a relative or friend play. I am asking, for all of the 6 rounds, a floater player for every 200 rating points. If you would be interested, please ensure that your CFC membership is current, and apply by email.
Finally, my thanks to Chris Mallon, Bill Doubleday, Frank Dixon, and Eric Van Dusen, who have graciously offered to help in the playing and skittles rooms.
FYI, the skittles (postgame analysis) room will be the Laurentian Room, which is in the the other (West) wing of the RA Centre, and up on the 2nd floor.
Hi chess friends, this posting includes a lot of useful information, so unless you have already paid, please consider reading it through. Even with the many registrations expected this week, the goal is to start our first round right on time! You can find the list of almost 50 players who are already registered near the end of this posting. Note that the majority of players already registered are travelling to Ottawa. This is because in Ottawa tournaments at the RA Centre, most of the local players register on the Thursday evening before the event. Therefore, I would expect us to have a few more dozen players by Saturday. I plan to re-post the list of registered players late Thursday evening, and finally on Friday evening. I will be offline as of 8am Saturday morning.
Regardless of when you prefer to register and pay, please feel free to email me your intent, as that will save everyone precious time onsite, thanks!
Thursday evening, recommended for local players
- I expect to be at the RA from at least 9pm to 1130pm
Friday evening, recommended rather than Saturday! ;)
- I expect to be in the playing rooms from 530pm onwards
Saturday morning, this should be your last choice! ;)
- I will be in the playing rooms from 1130am to 12noon
- Swiss pairings are planned to be done right at 12noon
- players paying after will be added to pairings as feasible
- by the way, please renew CFC memberships ahead of time (and ask the CFC office to copy me on the email receipt)
P.S. It seems it has proven challenging to secure the OCA equipment. We can only set up what is delivered. Please bring your sets and clocks! ;)
--------- original event announcement ---------
The Eastern Ontario Chess Association (EOCA) is proud to be hosting the 2009 Ontario Open, to be held on the traditional Victoria Day long weekend.
This event will be 6 rounds, with flexible bye and Amateur options. Our schedule also features starting and ending round times to encourage travelling to and from Ottawa. In addition, lodging options include nearby Carleton University residences, with much lower room rates, and breakfast buffet included!
We will have multiple sections, and class prizes for every 200 rating points from 2200 to 1400. Every player will be submitted for both CFC and FIDE rating.
For complete details for this event, and a great webpage for all of the events in the 2008-2009 EOCA Grand Prix & Active Series, bookmark this weblink:
http://www.eoca.org/htm/tournaments%202008-09.html
Aris Marghetis, Organizer/TD
EOCA President, OCA/CFC Governor
--------- May 13th registrations ---------
Please find below the list of players who have already registered for this event :
(everyone's CFC and FIDE ratings will be re-confirmed sometime this Friday)
rating name FIDE# CFC#
Top Class
2622 GM Sambuev, Bator 4128290 146462
2548 IM Samsonkin, Artiom 13503111 146305
2506 IM Noritsyn, Nikolay 2604922 132534
2344 FM Barron, Michael 2605120 134840
2342 Sapozhnikov, Roman 2601842 138609
2316 Pacey, Kevin 2600455 103715
2310 Martchenko, Alexander 2601036 132495
2248 Gordon, David 2602431 106629
2233 FM Davies, Alex 2603284 110120
2221 Torres, Aleksandr 149090
U2200 Class
2166 Doubleday, William 2682419 103754
2134 Whissel, Mavros 2609460 112769
2094 Palsson, Halldor 2603136 106856
2065 Ferreira, Alex 2606763 127516
2040 Wight, Keith 2602075 102934
2032 Abrahams, Daniel 2606879 134333
U2000 Class
1997 Desjardins, Michel 2601427 131936
1972 Longo, Tyler 2607034 135360
1943 Forget, David 2604345 142032
1935 Danilov, Alex 2603926 101895
1933 Gee, Kar-Fai 149112
1929 Bossy, John 104567
1871 Erickson, John 103011
1830 Donev, Danail 2604094 143574
1819 MacNeill, Danny 125677
1816 Laszlo, Robert (bye 4) 2604892 104270
U1800 Class
1788 Renaud, Joshua 2609177 134845
1780 Ritchie, Gordon 2608529 110972
1756 Mallon, Christopher 2607620 109034
1676 Gillis, Doug 2604361 111022
1676 Hendon, Lee 105731
1672 Xiong, Wei (floater) 2610213 136037
1642 Brown, John 102882
U1600 Class
1594 Powell, Samantha 2609800 137961
1582 Lalonde, Drake 146414
1576 Peristy, Luke 2605481 140412
1563 DeCal, Alex 149506
1536 MacIsaac, Alexandre 2610094 148874
1479 Perriard, Real =0 bye 0.5 =0 bye 2605562 143126
1416 Jarmyn, Tom 2604698 145247
U1400 Class
1399 Sachs, Daniel 148220
1374 Powell, Ashley 2608316 138889
1346 Buss, Andreas 2609983 146449
1344 Liiban, Farah 2610019 148746
1268 Pancer, Jeff 107543
1196 Svensson, Andrew 143414
1116 McArthur, Ricky 144021
1031 Latta, Jeremy 2610027 148520
--------- some final points ---------
Note that Wei Xiong is a floater player for the event. Floater players will play between 0 and 6 rounds, whenever the number of players for their section is odd. They will play for free, and have all their games rated, but in exchange, they will receive relatively late notice on whether they are playing in the next round. Good candidates for floater players are people who normally hang around anyway to watch a relative or friend play. I am asking, for all of the 6 rounds, a floater player for every 200 rating points. If you would be interested, please ensure that your CFC membership is current, and apply by email.
Finally, my thanks to Chris Mallon, Bill Doubleday, Frank Dixon, and Eric Van Dusen, who have graciously offered to help in the playing and skittles rooms.
FYI, the skittles (postgame analysis) room will be the Laurentian Room, which is in the the other (West) wing of the RA Centre, and up on the 2nd floor.