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2018 Oakville Rapid & Blitz Challenge - 1 day Nov 24, 2018
We have a couple more entries and we should probably have 70 players ( as per our expectation ). We have more Open section players than the other sections. The Open section for both Rapid and Blitz will be FIDE rated.
For players who has registered - please take note round 1 should begin at 10AM for Rapid tournament and 4.30PM for Blitz tournament.
Where: Sandman Hotel Oakville, 3451 South Service Road West, Oakville, ON L6L 0C3
Thanks to all who has registered. We will try our best to make this tournament a successful one.
See you guys tomorrow morning
We will be setting up the chess sets this evening.
2 more additions last night which brings up to 70 players which co-incide with our expectation.
Boards set up for 76-80 players in a room good for 100 players ie pretty spacious for everyone.
Nice hotel with Denny restaurant on the group floor and a Steak House restaurant next door. Shopping outlet in 1 minute drive from the venue which is great for the Chess moms.
$2k pay out for this 2 tournaments combined.
FIDE rated for both Rapid and Blitz for Open section and will be reflected in the Dec 1 FIDE rating
Please find a summary of 2018 Oakville Rapid and Blitz challenge :
1. We have more than 70 players in our 1st annual Oakville Challenge which met our expectation. Players cam all the way from London to Richmond Hill to participate.
2. Total 20 winners who walked away with more than $ 2k of prize $$$ and the biggest winner is IM Tomas Krnan with $410 for a one day effort. Thanks for joining us and making this tournament a great success.
3. Tournament went smoothly and many thanks to the superb TD and running of the tournament by Egiz Z ( from Aurora ). The only glitch was lack of lunch break which we took note and will make an improvement in our next one.
4. I am pretty sure most if not all players had so much fun especially in the blitz tournament which I played in as well.
5. Tournament began on time at 10AM and ended at about 7PM.
6. All winners will be paid by e transfer which we will send an email to you today or this week.
7. This concludes our last tournament of the year by EMC
8. All results has been sent to CFC for rating ( FIDE and CFC ) update by TD Egis Z.
Send us feedback ( positive and negative to info@eleatemychess.com for us to make further improvements to our tournaments
And lastly, we would like to thank Egis Z for a well run tournament and all the parents and players for attending our 1st tournament for the Oakville Chess Club.
Cheers for Chess in Canada
Gary Hua / Ken Green
EMC
Please find the list of winners
2018 Oakville Chess Club Challenge - Total Prize Money
Section
Name
Total Prizes
OPEN
Krnan Tomas
$410.00
OPEN
Hua Eugene
$270.00
OPEN
Cormier Adam
$190.00
OPEN
Vettese Nicholas
$35.00
U1600
Pasko Gennadiy
$280.00
U1600
Gauthier David
$186.67
U1600
Zaki Mark
$126.67
U1600
Stroganov Victor
$66.67
U1600
Hua Michelle
$30.00
U1000
Gao Heye
$215.00
U1000
Roach Steven
$180.00
U1000
Wang Edward
$30.00
U1000
Pegg Clark
$30.00
U1000
Sreekumar Gauri
$15.00
U1000
Mulraine M. Dominic
$15.00
U1000
Takeuchi Nobuko
$15.00
U1000
Pillai Varun
$15.00
U1000
Shi Sean
$8.00
U1000
Wang Jessica
$8.00
U1000
Pillai Karma
$8.00
Total
$2,134.01
Last edited by Gary Hua; Sunday, 25th November, 2018, 09:46 AM.
as a participant in the rapid section of the tournament I'd like to extend my own thanks and appreciation to Gary and Egis and all the volunteers who made the tournament a great success,
Thanks TC for your feedback. We take note of your point and will certainly try to get a bigger venue which will at least fits in 120-150 without feeling cramped.
This is our first rapid and blitz tournament so we do not know how many players will play but we are confident that this tournament format will work out.
Thanks for your support and participation and hope you will continue to support our tournaments.
All feedback are most welcome.
Cheers
Gary
EMC
Last edited by Gary Hua; Sunday, 25th November, 2018, 10:10 PM.
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