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I saw that you will provide special boards/sets for top players. Do other players need to bring their own sets? I re-read the flyer and could not see it written (provided or own).
I saw that you will provide special boards/sets for top players. Do other players need to bring their own sets? I re-read the flyer and could not see it written (provided or own).
Please check our website again. At the bottom you will see the followings :
All provided
>>Coffee and water provided.
Chess equipments and clocks provided.
We have a couple more registration coming in and we are above 180 now even with some withdrawals.
We have a very good support from Windsor players with about 10 or more players coming all the way of about 3-4 hours journey. Very good players and beginners. Thanks again for your support.
Going to the hotel this morning for breakfast and site inspection.
Don't miss out this event. We would love to have you playing in our maiden and premier tournament.
We will have surprise gifts for all participants for your support for our maiden tournament.
Thanks to those who have registered so far and I am sure we will do our best to make this tournament a success.
We are testing our two DGT boards currently at our OJCC and I think they are doing well especially in round 3 last night.
We will continue to test them in round 4 and 5.
IA Danny Goldenberg and Mikhail have been working tirelessly for OJCC and will resume again for this bigger tournament.
Please check our latest list which should be uploaded today for your byes or number of playing days schedule to avoid any mistakes
See you this Friday evening or Saturday morning.
Cheers
Gary Hua
EMC
Last edited by Gary Hua; Sunday, 28th January, 2018, 08:44 AM.
Another question, if I might - why did you choose today for your last update? There is still a CFC rating update day on Wednesday (Jan. 31). Would you not go with the absolutely most recent ratings?
Looking forward to coming.
Bob A
Last edited by Bob Armstrong; Sunday, 28th January, 2018, 02:04 PM.
1. We will update the list today on our website as soon as possible.
2. For the tournament we will use latest rating after Wednesday rating update. it's just that the weekly update on Sunday will be the final one on website.
1. We will update the list today on our website as soon as possible.
2. For the tournament we will use latest rating after Wednesday rating update. it's just that the weekly update on Sunday will be the final one on website.
Fortunately, we have the additional room to fit in all the players now. In fact we can fit in about 220-240 players. We also have a skittle room. The hotel is pretty big and have many space to rest and take a break for the players and parents.
Finally finished the update of the rating which took more than an hour.
Should be able to upload it to the website.
Noticed that most participants have renew their CFC membership which is a nice surprise ( reduce our work load in getting players to pay us the CFC membership ). I am pretty sure Bob Gillanders will say that CFC membership for Feb 1st, 2018 goes up compared to last year or previous month. At least 30-40 renew or new memberships. Good sign for chess in Canada.
Whoever sign up after now - will not be in the list on the website but i will continue to update the list for IA Danny Goldenberg.
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