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taking registrations in Kitchener this weekend for the RA Fall Open
taking registrations in Kitchener this weekend for the RA Fall Open
Mr. Sanjiv Kalra is taking his son Agastya to Kitchener this weekend, and he has graciously offered to take registrations for the RA Fall Open. The $20 July discount will apply to anyone who registers with Mr.Kalra this weekend in Kitchener! You can pay Mr.Kalra in cash or by cheque, and if the latter, please make it out to "NNOCC", with no postdating please. In any case, anyone can ask for a full refund later, anytime until I do the pairings before the first round.
For non-RA members, registration this weekend would cost either $60 for non-Amateur, or $30 for Amateur. IMs can deduct a further $40, while $20 for FMs. Of course, the lowest possible entry fee would be $0! Please feel free to check out the weblink below for complete details about this tournament :
Re: taking registrations in Kitchener this weekend for the RA Fall Open
Hi again, in case some players would prefer to know how many other players are already registered, here is a quick look at those players that have already paid. There are others currently paying by mail, and I will include their names by the middle of the coming week.
4128290 146462 2568 GM Sambuev, Bator
2600064 106245 2438 IM O'Donnell, Tom
2600455 103715 2362 Pacey, Kevin
2600544 134902 2273 Szalay, Karoly
2605651 134989 2240 Qin, Joey
2602431 106629 2204 Gordon, David
2682419 103754 2193 Doubleday, William
2606844 133928 2166 Xiong, Jerry
2606810 139655 2165 Sadeghi, Saeid
2606437 101925 2142 Upper, John
2603136 106856 2096 Palsson, Halldor
2606879 134333 2032 Abrahams, Daniel
2604965 134898 2012 Li, Ruokai
2606321 111290 1952 Smilovici, Emil
2603926 101895 1904 Danilov, Alex
2606445 112806 1901 Van Dusen, Eric
2609177 134845 1851 Renaud, Joshua
2607182 133929 1843 Xiong, Sonja
2604744 137927 1817 Kalra, Agastya
2604892 104270 1792 Laszlo, Robert
2603853 102589 1697 Daku, Zoltan
2610213 136037 1654 Xiong, Wei
147276 1622 Zhang, Kevin
2604205 135113 1553 Eyre, Keven
2610191 147460 1418 Wan, Kevin
147277 1342 Zhang, David
2609983 146449 1296 Buss, Andreas
2610639 148924 1152 Zhang, Jeff
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