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2018 Canadian Junior Chess Championship Aug 8-12, 2018 Latest update
2018 Canadian Junior Chess Championship Aug 8-12, 2018 Latest update
I am starting a new thread instead of continuing from the last thread as it was getting to page 3. We dont want anyone missing this new information as much as possible.
Here are the latest updates as at July 27, 2018
1. We have surpassed 120 players as of this morning and hopefully will reach 130 players after this weekend. Pre-registered list will be out this weekend.
2. We will provide a map of the Humber college on how to reach the venue in our newsletter and also on our website
3. 10 beautiful trophies and 3 glass maple leaf plaques were delivered yesterday.
4. We are about 10 days away from tournament commencement.
5. For Invited players in the Invitational section, pairings will be done live 1.5-2 hours before round 1 begins. Players should have about 1 hour to prepare the round one opponent.
Latest Update as at Aug 2, 2018 - 5 days before tournament begins.
We have more than 130 players on board now and closing on to 140 players. Latest pre-registered list will be made available this weekend newsletter and website.
Once we have another 10+ players signed up, we will close the registration when we reach 150 players.
Final call as at August 5, 2018 - 2 days away from commencement of the tournament.
We have almost 140 players on board as of Aug 4, 2018.
We may close the registration after tomorrow ( Aug 6, 2018 ) to make preparation work.
Round 1 for the first 3 sections will start 7PM on Aug 8, 2018
Those who are still thinking of joining may have to join ONSITE price ( $ 20 EXTRA )after tomorrow and register onsite. Places may not be available once we hit 150 players.
Latest list will be up in our this weekend newsletter and on our website.
Finally it is here. CJCC will commence tomorrow. We have close the registration and I have download all the registrations and doing the updating now. An additional 20-30 players signed up since Aug 2.
For those who intends to play but have not registered yet, you will have to come early to register ONSITE.. $ 20 extra applies to the regular entry fees.
We have about 145 players ( 148 less 3 withdrawals ) with two strong juniors from Montreal and Ottawa just signed up yesterday ( just before we close the registration ).Open section are still sorely missing top players with about only 20 players on the list.
Note :
1. If you need to take a bye in any round, please email me at ghua71@yahoo.ca or gary@elevatemychess.com. Please take note that during the tournament, if you really need to take a bye in the next round, please tell IA Danny Goldenberg directly. I may not receive email during the tournament.
2. For Invitational section, please come earlier ( about 1.5-2 hours ) to see the pairings being done LIVE. No byes allowed in this section.
3. For Invitational, Open and U1800, round 1 begins tomorrow 7PM sharp. - 9 rounds
4. For U1300 section, round 1 begins on Friday 10AM. - 6 rounds
Thanks to all who have registered and hope to see you guys tomorrow or on Friday.
Cheers for Chess in Canada
Gary Hua
EMC
Last edited by Gary Hua; Tuesday, 7th August, 2018, 08:15 PM.
Photos at the 2018 Canadian Junior CC. Beautiful rolling trophy for the winner in the Invitational section.
Today is already day 3. How time flies....
We have close to 150 players participating in this year championship. We aim to improve and make next year tournament a bigger and better one if we win the bid. We had about 100 players in 2017.
Give us feedback on how we perform at info@elevatemychess.com. We would love to hear from you on how we can improve and make it worthwhile for you to play in our tournaments.
With IA Danny Goldenberg and assistant Mikhail Egorov in our team, we are in safe hands as far as on the operation side.
Cheers for Chess in Canada
Gary Hua
EMC
Last edited by Gary Hua; Friday, 10th August, 2018, 04:02 PM.
Time flies and we are the 2nd last day of the tournament. Tomorrow is the last day of the tournament.
I spent many hours to talk to the parents about their feedback. Many excellent feedback and we definitely will take them into account into our future tournament.
Thanks to all who spent the time talking to me. We feel very encouraged and appreciate your feedback very much/
Why do we do that ? Simply because we care about your feedback and want to make and improve our tournament to reach another higher level.
Good luck to everyone in their last two rounds tomorrow.
Cheers for Chess in Canada
Gary Hua
EMC
Last edited by Gary Hua; Saturday, 11th August, 2018, 09:15 PM.
A summary of the tournament coming with the full results in the next 1-2 days.
FM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemiuex from Quebec became 2018 Canadian Junior Champion after beating FM Mark Plotkin over 4 playoff games. Both achieved 7/9 in the round robin. Sherry Tan from BC won the Top Girls in the Invitational section thereby become the official player for Canada to the WJCC next month.
All the best to both of the official player to WJCC in Turkey next month
Congratulations to all the winners
The play off games ( U1800 and Invitational ) to decide the winner was broadcast live. There were more than 1700 views on our live games during the tournament.
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