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GM Gergely Szabo Lecture/Tournament/Casual/Drink Ticket - $10 / Wed, June 22, 2015
Pub Chess Toronto is so happy to announce that GM Gergely Szabo will be doing a lecture for us on June 22, 2016!
Please confirm your participation by going to this event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/190647224666081/
Highlights as a player:
- Romanian Youth Champion (1993,1997,2000), multiple times silver and bronze medalist on the Romanian Youth Championships
- Multiple times national youth team champion, between 1996-2002, with the teams BNR Bucureşti and RAT Bucureşti
- World Youth Team silver medalist U-16, Belgrade (Serbia), 1997
- European Youth Team silver and bronze medalist U-18, Balatonlelle (Hungary), 2000 and 2001
- Member of the Romanian junior U-16 and later U-18 Team (1997-2001).
- 9th place in the World Youth Chess Championship U-18, Oropesa del Mar (Spain), 2000
- National vice-champion (Cluj, 2008)
- Winner of the Memorial „Victor Ciocâltea” GM group, București, (2009, 2011)
- Winner of the Sárkány - Aranytíz GM group (2015) , Budapest
- Obtained the title of Grand Master in 2010
- Actual FIDE rating : 2548 (01.01.2016)
- Highest FIDE rating: 2568 (01.07.2010)
- From 2010, in TOP 10 Romania, according to FIDE ratings
- Member of the Romanian National Team (ETCC 2009, 2011,2013)
Highlights as a coach :
- FIDE Trainer (2013)
- Trainer of the Romanian National Women Team (ETCC - Heraklion 2007, Olympiad - Dresden 2008)
- Trainer and captain of the Romanian National Women Team in Istanbul (Olympiad, 2012 - 5th place) , Astana (World Team - 2013) and Warsaw (ETCC – 2013)
- Trainer and captain of Surinamese National Team in Tromso (Olympiad - 2014)
- Trainer of several Romanian juniors ( IM Anton Teodor, WFM Trăistaru Teodora, WFM Vişănescu Daria, FM Costachi Mihnea, FM Dolana Andrei and others)
- Trainer of juniors from other countries : WIM Zhou Qiyu (World Champion U14 – 2014), IM Preotu Răzvan (with 2 GM norms until now) , both from Canada; WCM Mîrza Diana (EU School champion - 2013), from Ireland, and others
- Trainer and captain of the Team U16 Canada (U16 Olympiad 2014 - 5th place)
- Head coach of the Canadian delegation (World Youth Chess Championship - Greece, 2015)
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Entry fee: $10 (Includes a drink/food ticket, lecture, tournament & casual play)
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Casual Play anytime between 7 - 11 PM.
Females play FREE.
Feel free to ask the organizers for some tips during your casual games!
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The point of our meet up is to popularize chess. Chess is known to be a very sophisticated game but we want to show the social and fun aspect of it! Come out, drink/eat, meet new people over the chess board!
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Tournament:
Tournament starts at 7:45 PM. There will be no money prizes, the tournament is included in the $10 club fee.
Pub Chess Toronto offers tournaments for fun. We will have a tournament no matter how many people decide to register. The maximum rounds will be 5. There will be the option of two time controls, blitz or rapid. Blitz - 3 minutes + 3 seconds, 5 double-round
Rapid - 8 minutes + 5 seconds, 5 rounds
Since this is a special event, depending on how many people are interested in the tournament we may have two sections.
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The Madison specials on Wednesdays:
- 50% off appetizers from 5-8PM
- Wings $5 per 1lb
- $4 2 oz mixed drinks 5-8PM
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Website: https://pubchess.org/
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/
Please confirm your participation by going to this event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/190647224666081/
Highlights as a player:
- Romanian Youth Champion (1993,1997,2000), multiple times silver and bronze medalist on the Romanian Youth Championships
- Multiple times national youth team champion, between 1996-2002, with the teams BNR Bucureşti and RAT Bucureşti
- World Youth Team silver medalist U-16, Belgrade (Serbia), 1997
- European Youth Team silver and bronze medalist U-18, Balatonlelle (Hungary), 2000 and 2001
- Member of the Romanian junior U-16 and later U-18 Team (1997-2001).
- 9th place in the World Youth Chess Championship U-18, Oropesa del Mar (Spain), 2000
- National vice-champion (Cluj, 2008)
- Winner of the Memorial „Victor Ciocâltea” GM group, București, (2009, 2011)
- Winner of the Sárkány - Aranytíz GM group (2015) , Budapest
- Obtained the title of Grand Master in 2010
- Actual FIDE rating : 2548 (01.01.2016)
- Highest FIDE rating: 2568 (01.07.2010)
- From 2010, in TOP 10 Romania, according to FIDE ratings
- Member of the Romanian National Team (ETCC 2009, 2011,2013)
Highlights as a coach :
- FIDE Trainer (2013)
- Trainer of the Romanian National Women Team (ETCC - Heraklion 2007, Olympiad - Dresden 2008)
- Trainer and captain of the Romanian National Women Team in Istanbul (Olympiad, 2012 - 5th place) , Astana (World Team - 2013) and Warsaw (ETCC – 2013)
- Trainer and captain of Surinamese National Team in Tromso (Olympiad - 2014)
- Trainer of several Romanian juniors ( IM Anton Teodor, WFM Trăistaru Teodora, WFM Vişănescu Daria, FM Costachi Mihnea, FM Dolana Andrei and others)
- Trainer of juniors from other countries : WIM Zhou Qiyu (World Champion U14 – 2014), IM Preotu Răzvan (with 2 GM norms until now) , both from Canada; WCM Mîrza Diana (EU School champion - 2013), from Ireland, and others
- Trainer and captain of the Team U16 Canada (U16 Olympiad 2014 - 5th place)
- Head coach of the Canadian delegation (World Youth Chess Championship - Greece, 2015)
***
Entry fee: $10 (Includes a drink/food ticket, lecture, tournament & casual play)
***
Casual Play anytime between 7 - 11 PM.
Females play FREE.
Feel free to ask the organizers for some tips during your casual games!
****
The point of our meet up is to popularize chess. Chess is known to be a very sophisticated game but we want to show the social and fun aspect of it! Come out, drink/eat, meet new people over the chess board!
***
Tournament:
Tournament starts at 7:45 PM. There will be no money prizes, the tournament is included in the $10 club fee.
Pub Chess Toronto offers tournaments for fun. We will have a tournament no matter how many people decide to register. The maximum rounds will be 5. There will be the option of two time controls, blitz or rapid. Blitz - 3 minutes + 3 seconds, 5 double-round
Rapid - 8 minutes + 5 seconds, 5 rounds
Since this is a special event, depending on how many people are interested in the tournament we may have two sections.
****
The Madison specials on Wednesdays:
- 50% off appetizers from 5-8PM
- Wings $5 per 1lb
- $4 2 oz mixed drinks 5-8PM
***
Website: https://pubchess.org/
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/
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