Toronto Rapid Chess Championships, Sat. Dec 5th 2015 - $1500 guaranteed!

**Hans Jung** · Monday, 9th November, 2015, 01:21 PM

Re: Toronto Rapid Chess Championships, Sat. Dec 5th 2015 - $1500 guaranteed!

You got Lawrence to come. What an accomplishment! Congratulations.

**Geordie Derraugh** · Tuesday, 10th November, 2015, 07:43 PM

Re: Toronto Rapid Chess Championships, Sat. Dec 5th 2015 - $1500 guaranteed!

Yes, Hans, very excited that Lawrence has agreed to play!
A few updates:

1) We now have an online payment option available. Important: To receive the discount rate you must use a discount code. If you use a code that does not apply to you, you'll be required to pay the difference on site: https://pubchesstoronto.yapsody.com/...-championships

Discount Codes:
Fmdiscount - $10 off for FIDE masters by Nov 29
U1200 - Rate for u1200 section ($25) by Nov 29

We ask that you pay online if possible to help ease the onsite registration process. There will be a $10 late fee applied after Nov 29th.

2) Liza has made chess key chains which we'll be selling for the next few weeks at Pub Chess to raise money for the rapid. One for $3 or two for $5. We'll also be selling some used chess books and magazines

3) More updates to come shortly, stay tuned!

**Geordie Derraugh** · Wednesday, 11th November, 2015, 03:26 PM

Perfect Score / Clear First bonuses

Great news! Thanks to a generous donation, there will be a perfect score bonus and a clear first bonus in the top 3 sections! There will also be a $100 top senior (over 50 yrs) prize in the Open. Distribution is as follows.

OPEN
Perfect 5/5 - $250 bonus
Clear first - $250 bonus
Top senior (50+) - $100

U2000
Perfect 5/5 - $50 bonus
Clear first - $50 bonus

U1600
Perfect 5/5 - $50 bonus
Clear first - $50 bonus

The prizes are "stackable" so a senior scoring a perfect 5/5 in the open (will also get clear first) wins $250 + $250 + $100 + $400 first prize = $1000

The early bird rate ends on Sunday so register quickly! Online payment link posted above, updated pre-registered list in original post.

Ladies Play Free at Pub Chess tonight, you can also register & pay for the Toronto rapid tonight. See you there!

**Egidijus Zeromskis** · Wednesday, 11th November, 2015, 04:32 PM

Re: Perfect Score / Clear First bonuses

Just to clarify: you'll use standard CFC ratings for splitting into sections and for pairings; but events will be rated in the CFC Quick rating system.

**Bob Armstrong** · Wednesday, 11th November, 2015, 06:32 PM

Re: Perfect Score / Clear First bonuses

Originally posted by Egidijus Zeromskis View Post

Just to clarify: you'll use standard CFC ratings for splitting into sections and for pairings; but events will be rated in the CFC Quick rating system.

Hi Egis:

Not sure you are right.....the flyer asked for registrants to give either a FIDE or CFC rating. I had thought they were going to use the rating type submitted. But I guess, they could ignore that and just use CFC ratings. But people, like me, may have used their FIDE rating to get into a preferred section :)!

Bob A

**Geordie Derraugh** · Thursday, 12th November, 2015, 01:29 AM

Re: Perfect Score / Clear First bonuses

Hi Egis, we'll be using the cfc quick rating or pub chess rating for pairings if it's established, the higher of the two if they're both established, or cfc regular or fide+100 as back up and yes we will rate the event with cfc quick ratings. The regular ratings I posted for now since it's most convenient to do on the fly (I'm using Leon Perelman's app, CFC rating tool, highly recommend it)

**Geordie Derraugh** · Sunday, 15th November, 2015, 06:26 PM

Re: Toronto Rapid Chess Championships, Sat. Dec 5th 2015 - $1500 guaranteed!

Hi all, this is just a reminder that the $5 early bird discount ends today. The pre-reg is looking quite strong. We could use some more U2000 players though! Don't be shy, plenty of section prizes to be won.

NM Liam Henry will be doing our advanced lecture this week. You can pay for the rapid this Wednesday as well and we have books, magazines and key chains for sale

**Sasha Starr** · Sunday, 15th November, 2015, 10:14 PM

Re: Toronto Rapid Chess Championships, Sat. Dec 5th 2015 - $1500 guaranteed!

Geordie, please count me in!

**Yelizaveta Orlova** · Saturday, 21st November, 2015, 05:07 AM

Re: Toronto Rapid Chess Championships, Sat. Dec 5th 2015 - $1500 guaranteed!

Originally posted by Geordie Derraugh View Post

We are happy to announce that Pub Chess Toronto will be hosting the Toronto Rapid Championships at the Madison Ave Pub on December 5th, 2015! Details and pre-registered list are as follows:

When: Saturday, December 5, 2015, on-site registration 11-11:45 am, round 1- 12pm, finished around 6pm
Where: The Madison Pub. 14 Madison Ave, Toronto, Canada (One block east from Spadina Station)
Rounds: 5 rounds. There will be a break between the 3rd and 4th round so players can order food
Time Control: 20 minutes + 5 sec inc.
Rating: CFC & Pub Chess Toronto rated.
Prizes: To be determined. $1,500 guaranteed for prizes, class & sectional prizes awarded. Top senior (50+) - $100
Sections: Open, U2000, U1600, U1200/unrated
Entry Fees: Before November 15 - $35; November 15 to 29 - $40; After November 29 - $50; titled players: contact us
U1200/unrated: Before November 15 - $20; After November 15 - $25
Contact: Geordie Derraugh at pubchesstoronto@hotmail.com

Online Payment: https://pubchesstoronto.yapsody.com/...-championships

Discount Codes ($40 before discount):
Fmdiscount - $10 off for FIDE masters
U1200 - rate for u1200 section ($25)

Perfect score/ Clear first bonuses
OPEN
Perfect 5/5 - $250 bonus
Clear first - $250 bonus

U2000
Perfect 5/5 - $50 bonus
Clear first - $50 bonus

U1600
Perfect 5/5 - $50 bonus
Clear first - $50 bonus

The prizes are "stackable" so a senior scoring a perfect 5/5 in the open (will also get clear first) wins $250 + $250 + $100 + $400 first prize = $1000

Pre-Registered:
Title - Name - CFC rating

GM Bator Sambuev 2623
IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2578
IM Tomas Krnan 2562 (Canadian Champion)
IM Peter Vavrak 2520
FM Victor Plotkin 2427
IM David Cummings 2412
IM Kaiqi Yang 2380
IM Michael Barron 2340
NM Eddie Urquhart 2282
FM Michael Dougherty 2275
NM Mark Plotkin 2268
NM Nicholas Vettese 2263
FM Hans Jung 2225
NM Ilia Bluvshtein 2221
NM Sergey Noritsyn 2216
NM David Lavin 2212
Wenlu Yu 2205
Jason Cai 2200
IM Lawrence Day 2198
Stephan Tonakanian 2198
NM Egidijus Zeromskis 2163
Gordon Gooding 2130
Sasha Starr 2130
Dmitry Chernik 2117
Zehn Nasir 2090
NM Hugh Siddeley 2085
Sergiy Orlov 2036
Ruoying Xu (2031 FIDE)
Justin McDonald 2014
NM Erwin Casareno 1982
Peter Bokhout 1918
Yury Cheryachukin 1908
Greg Stavropoulos 1766
Mihao Ganea 1747
Hooshang Abbarin 1640
Bob Armstrong 1570
Shafkat Ali 1490
Shabnam Abbarin 1445
Peter De Verteuil 1252
Ivan Noritsyn 901
Gannon Lawlor unr
Qi Shi unr

Total: 41

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/

Excited about the tournament! 2 weeks away!

We sold over 70$ worth of key chains & over 5 books!

Thank you to those who are coming and supporting us!

All the best,
Liza

**Geordie Derraugh** · Saturday, 21st November, 2015, 05:18 PM

Re: Toronto Rapid Chess Championships, Sat. Dec 5th 2015 - $1500 guaranteed!

Great news! Grandmaster Thomas Roussel-Rouzman has just joined! Check the first post for pre-registered list.

Further updates/reminders:
- the entry fee goes up next Monday (nov 30th). Register before then to get the $40 rate!
- we have the 3rd floor booked and will likely have a room downstairs as well. We'll have our own bartenders/servers and the areas will be away from the noise and music of the other floors
- every player will receive a $5 food or drink voucher included in their registration
- we will be adjusting the top section cutoff to 2100. Players may still play up at no extra cost
- sets & clocks provided

RSVP!

**Geordie Derraugh** · Sunday, 22nd November, 2015, 01:38 PM

Re: Toronto Rapid Chess Championships, Sat. Dec 5th 2015 - $1500 guaranteed!

IM Razvan Preotu has thrown his hat in the ring.

**Yelizaveta Orlova** · Monday, 23rd November, 2015, 02:38 PM

Re: Toronto Rapid Chess Championships, Sat. Dec 5th 2015 - $1500 guaranteed!

Originally posted by Geordie Derraugh View Post

IM Razvan Preotu has thrown his hat in the ring.

IM Artiom Samsonkin has also confirmed he will participate in the tournament!

**Geordie Derraugh** · Saturday, 28th November, 2015, 12:19 PM

Re: Toronto Rapid Chess Championships, Sat. Dec 5th 2015 - $1500 guaranteed!

Only one week to go! Remember to pre-register today or tomorrow to get the $40 rate (pubchesstoronto@hotmail dot com) I'll be updating the list with rapid ratings and divided into sections some time next week.

**Yelizaveta Orlova** · Monday, 30th November, 2015, 06:54 PM

Re: Toronto Rapid Chess Championships, Sat. Dec 5th 2015 - $1500 guaranteed!

Extremely excited about this event!

Gofundme project: gofundme.com/torontorapidchess
If you'd like to help us raise/add prizes to this event :)

Toronto Rapid Chess Championships, Sat. Dec 5th 2015 - $1500 guaranteed!

Toronto Rapid Chess Championships, Sat. Dec 5th 2015 - $1500 guaranteed!

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