Markham Open Oct 5-7

[Grey Guo]

We hear you, Toronto Open, people were on summer vacation and missed the early bird deadline, now it's extended to Sep 9.

Early bird price ends on Sep 9

And we got sponsor to provide two slices pizza for each player on Saturday and Sunday



$7000 prizes (based on 200 paid registrations)


When: Oct 5-7, 2018

Where: Bill Hogarth Secondary School, Markham
100 Donald Sim Ave, Markham, ON L6B 0R1

Format
5 Rounds Swiss. CFC membership is required
CFC rated & FIDE rated for Championship and U-2200.
CFC rated for U1800, U1400, Junior U1000 and Junior U700
Time Controls

1.5 hrs + 30 secs increment – All Sections

Registration

Free registration for GMs, WGMs, IMs and WIMs till the end of Sep 30
50% discount for FMs and WFMs till the end of Sep 30

Early bird price till the end of Sep 9,
Sep 10-27, regular price
Sep 28 - Oct 3 late payment applied

Notes:
Players are responsible for providing their chess equipment, players who do not bring equipment are not guaranteed to play in round 1
Unrated player cannot win more than $100;
No refunds from Oct 1. Cancellation fee $20 prior to Oct 1.
Up to two 1/2 byes allowed for round 1-3, the byes must be requested in advance.


https://www.canadachess.ca/markham-open-registration/

[Grey Guo]

[Hugh Brodie]

That's the same weekend as the $20,000 Varennes tournament near Montreal which has been announced frequently on this site.

[Larry Bevand]

That's the same weekend as the $20,000 Varennes tournament near Montreal which has been announced frequently on this site.

Thanksgiving weekend is usually a tough sell in Ontario...but perhaps not with the crowd they are trying to attract. I wish them the best.

On the other hand, I do not believe that they paid the ChessTalk advertising fee...I am sure $20 in their budget of many thousands of dollars, will not hurt too much...Henry?

Larry

[Grey Guo]

Thanksgiving weekend is usually a tough sell in Ontario...but perhaps not with the crowd they are trying to attract. I wish them the best.

On the other hand, I do not believe that they paid the ChessTalk advertising fee...I am sure $20 in their budget of many thousands of dollars, will not hurt too much...Henry?

Larry

Larry, can you help to show me how to pay the advertising fee, I do remember there was something before the ownership transfer, and tried to find this type of information, but failed to locate it

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Thanksgiving weekend is usually a tough sell in Ontario...

This tournament is on Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Monday for turkey :)

[Dark Knight]

Larry, can you help to show me how to pay the advertising fee, I do remember there was something before the ownership transfer, and tried to find this type of information, but failed to locate it

Hello Grey,

I have PM'd you.

Thanks.
Henry

[Grey Guo]

Hello Grey,

I have PM'd you.

Thanks.
Henry

Thanks Henry,

[Mike Ivanov]

In regards to the Varennes International tourney, we wish it wouldn't have to coincide with such a great tourney, and I wish Varennes to be a great tourney this year as always. Unfortunately, there's no other weekend in which Canada Chess Youth Club could cancel classes and commit to organizing something this big. I do hope that everyone in the GTA, if not Quebec, comes :)

[Grey Guo]

We will start to post pre-registred player from late August.

[Grey Guo]

Early bird price ends on Aug 31

[Mike Ivanov]

With over a hundred players already, this should put Markham on the chess-tourney map. The goal here is to allow for GTA players to play in big tournaments without having to drive outside the GTA. This helps juniors and ambitious players achieve titles faster as there are less hotel costs and more opportunities to play strong players. So if you want to see more GTA tourneys, come out and support!

[Grey Guo]

We hear you, Toronto Open, people were on summer vacation and missed the early bird deadline, now it's extended to Sep 9.

Early bird price ends on Sep 9

And we got sponsor to provide two slices pizza for each player on Saturday and Sunday

[Denis Gauthier]

We hear you, Toronto Open, people were on summer vacation and missed the early bird deadline, now it's extended to Sep 9.

Early bird price ends on Sep 9

And we got sponsor to provide two slices pizza for each player on Saturday and Sunday

Sadly there's no open section Markham...Varennes yes...

[Jeffrey Xu]

Sadly there's no open section Markham...Varennes yes...

What's the big deal between the words "open" and "championship"?