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Ontario Open - RA East Wing - room: Courtside B (& A)
TOP Section
1st: $1000 to GM Bator Sambuev
2nd: $500 to IM Michael Song
3rd: $300 to IM Kaiqi Yang
4th: $50 each to Matthew Nicholson, David Gordon, Nicholas Vettese, Jason Cai
U2200 Section:
1st: $700 to Francesco Dunne
2nd/3rd: $350 each to Constance Wang, Jikai Zhang
4th: $66.67 each to Curtis Peterson, Danail Donev, Daniel Xu
U1900 Section:
1st/2nd: $500 each to Alex Danilov, Harry Liu
3rd/4th: $166.67 to Larry Ju, Brian Clarke, Emma He
U1600 Section:
1st/2nd: $450 each to Etienne Latreille, Jeremy Sztuka
3rd: $300 to Alexander Stopic
4th: $50 each to Drew Metcalfe, Isabelle Wang, Alexander Dukkardt, Arman Azroy
If you did not pick up your prize cheque before leaving, then:
a) if you are from Ottawa, I'll bring prize cheques to the RA club this Thursday evening
b1) if you are from outside Ottawa, let's email each other for your snail-mail address
b2) if the player is a minor, please confirm the actual name you want on the cheque
Thanks again to Halldor for his exceptional assistance and support this weekend!!
Aris Marghetis, EOCA President
arismarghetis at rogers dot com
Last edited by Aris Marghetis; Monday, 22nd May, 2017, 08:34 PM.
Wow, great turnout. This must have been very well organized and run. I wish I could have played. As a lot of you know, I try to miss as few of these as possible. This time, I have good excuses: College! And work!
Congratulations to all the winners. I hope to be at the RA Thursday nights here and there.
TOP Section
1st: $1000 to GM Bator Sambuev
2nd: $500 to IM Michael Song
3rd: $300 to IM Kaiqi Yang
4th: $50 each to Matthew Nicholson, David Gordon, Nicholas Vettese, Jason Cai
U2200 Section:
1st: $700 to Francesco Dunne
2nd/3rd: $350 each to Constance Wang, Jikai Zhang
4th: $66.67 each to Curtis Peterson, Danail Donev, Daniel Xu
U1900 Section:
1st/2nd: $500 each to Alex Danilov, Harry Liu
3rd/4th: $166.67 to Larry Ju, Brian Clarke, Emma He
U1600 Section:
1st/2nd: $450 each to Etienne Latreille, Jeremy Sztuka
3rd: $300 to Alexander Stopic
4th: $50 each to Drew Metcalfe, Isabelle Wang, Alexander Dukkardt, Arman Azroy
If you did not pick up your prize cheque before leaving, then:
a) if you are from Ottawa, I'll bring prize cheques to the RA club this Thursday evening
b1) if you are from outside Ottawa, let's email each other for your snail-mail address
b2) if the player is a minor, please confirm the actual name you want on the cheque
Hello again, due to an ongoing family situation, I cannot attend the RA chess club this Thursday. So if you're a local player who won a prize but left before claiming it, please do the same as travelling winning players. In other words, email me your snail-mail address (and if the player is a minor, please confirm the actual name you want on the cheque).
Thanks and regards, arismarghetis at rogers dot com
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