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Wow! Time flies. The 2016 Guelph Winter Pro-Am is barely 5 weeks away. The tournament info is posted below. Take advantage of the 2015 early bird pricing!
Guelph Winter Pro-Am
January 9-10, 2016
Room 442, Guelph University Centre
5 Round Swiss
Players may play up one section if current rating is within
100 points of rating floor.
Extra cost is $20, proceeds to the Olympic Fund.
Round Times: Saturday 10:00am, 2:00pm, 6:30pm, Sunday 10:00am, 2:30pm
Time Control: All rounds G/90 + 30 sec
Entry Fees: On or before December 31, 2015:
Pro Section $60, others $40.
After December 31, 2015 Pro Section is $70, others $50.
On Site Late Fee: $10.00
Single Half Point Byes: in rounds 1-4 may be requested in advance
Prizes: $60 per Pro player returned as prizes.
Trophies awarded in other sections
Registration: Prepayment required to avoid the onsite late fee.
For Paypal, the payee is chess@uoguelph.ca.
For E-transfers, send to halbond@sympatico.ca
Or mail cheques payable to Hal Bond,
205 – 105 Conroy Crescent, Guelph, ON N1G 2V5
Players registering on site after 9:30 Saturday may not receive
a swiss pairing in first round.
Equipment, snacks and refreshments provided by organizer
Here are the first dozen entries: Happy holidays folks!
Standings. 2016 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: Pro Section
# Name Rtng Team Tot
1 Matthew Nicholson 2329 0.0
2 FM Guannan Terry Song 2246 0.0
3 Corin Schneider 2039 0.0
4 David G Plaxton 1928 0.0
Standings. 2016 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U2000 Section
# Name Rtng Team Tot
1 Anthony Atanasov
Standings. 2016 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U1600 Section
# Name Rtng Team Tot
1 David Atanasov 1432
2 Haotong Hazel Guo 1270
3 Austin Hunter 1247
4 Bruce Hurst 1232
5 Atharva Srinivas 1023
6 Henry Hughes 953
7 Roger Guo 854
Thanks Bob! Here is the new list. We boast 2 Preotu's now on our roster!
Standings. 2016 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: Pro Section
# Name Rtng Team Tot
1 IM Razvan Preotu 2607
2 Matthew Nicholson 2329
3 FM Guannan Terry Song 2246
4 Eugene Hua 2202
5 Jason Cai 2200
6 Corin Schneider 2039
7 Anthony Maulucci 2024
8 David G Plaxton 1928
Standings. 2016 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U2000 Section
# Name Rtng Team Tot
1 Constance Wang 1848
2 Mario Piccinin 1843
3 Adam Gaisinsky 1842
4 Scott Kuehl 1814
5 Mate Milinkovic 1811
6 Rene Preotu 1780
7 Robert Gillanders 1766
8 Kylie Tan 1733
9 Brian Clarke 1663
10 Manojh Sivapathasundaram 1630
11 Dorian Kang 1626
12 Max Rusonik 1624
13 Anthony Atanasov 1592
Standings. 2016 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U1600 Section
# Name Rtng Team Tot
1 David Atanasov 1432
2 Alan Bui 1340
3 Haotong Hazel Guo 1270
4 Emma He 1262
5 Austin Hunter 1247
6 Bruce Hurst 1232
7 Zack Dinatolo 1192
8 Harry Liu 1121
9 Atharva Srinivas 1023
10 Henry Hughes 953
11 Daniel Caron 877
12 Roger Guo 854
13 Caden Zhang 578
14 Nithusa Sivapathasundaram 564
15 Michelle Hua 294
Here is the new list- inching toward 50 players now.
Standings. 2016 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: Pro Section
# Name Rtng Team Tot
1 IM Razvan Preotu 2607
2 Matthew Nicholson 2329
3 FM Guannan Terry Song 2246
4 Eugene Hua 2202
5 Jason Cai 2200
6 Rohan Talukdar 2094
7 Corin Schneider 2039
8 Anthony Maulucci 2024
9 Zhanhe [lambert] Liu 1951
10 David G Plaxton 1928
11 Kevin Yi-Xiao Yie 1907
12 Derick Aghamalian 1876
Standings. 2016 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U2000 Section
# Name Rtng Team Tot
1 Constance Wang 1848
2 Mario Piccinin 1843
3 Adam Gaisinsky 1842
4 Scott Kuehl 1814
5 Mate Milinkovic 1811
6 Rene Preotu 1780
7 Robert Gillanders 1766
8 Mario Moran-Venegas 1753
9 Kylie Tan 1733
10 Rob Gashgarian 1706
11 Brian Clarke 1663
12 Manojh Sivapathasundaram 1630
13 Dorian Kang 1626
14 Max Rusonik 1624
15 Anthony Atanasov 1592
16 Nicholas Wu 1567
17 Lee Hendon 1547
Standings. 2016 Guelph Winter Pro-Am: U1600 Section
# Name Rtng Team Tot
1 Leonid Aghamalian 1512
2 David Atanasov 1432
3 Alan Bui 1340
4 Haotong Hazel Guo 1270
5 Emma He 1262
6 Austin Hunter 1247
7 Bruce Hurst 1232
8 Zack Dinatolo 1192
9 Harry Liu 1121
10 Atharva Srinivas 1023
11 Henry Hughes 953
12 Daniel Caron 877
13 Roger Guo 854
14 Caden Zhang 578
15 Nithusa Sivapathasundaram 564
16 Michelle Hua 294
17 Ashley Caron unr.
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