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Aurora Fall Swiss (Oct. 20-21) - Blog
Rds. 1-3 - 18/10/20 (Saturday)
Bob's Chess Blog # 1 (Part I of 2 parts)
(See Knight Logo below)
Organizer: Aurora Chess Club (http://www.aucc.club/)
- Being played at the Old Town Hall, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.
- 5 rounds in 5 sections: Master, U 2000; U 1600; U 1300; U 900 Juniors Only.
Note: The next sections are usually a template. I repeat them in each Blog....They concern the History & Future of my Blogging. Please refer to Part I of the Blog below if you are a new reader. In this case, I will not repeat the template.
The First Day (A 2-day tournament; 3 Rds. on Sat.; 2 Rds. on Sunday)
My main principal residence is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and that is where I am at the moment.
I went to bed about 11:00 PM on Friday, which is pretty early for me. I awoke today at 5:00 AM, before my alarm.
I got up, got my morning coffee, and started my morning routine on my old laptop in my home office, which I follow whether I am playing in chess tournaments or not (For my regular readers, this list is a template that appears in all my blogs; so you can skip down if so inclined):
1. Check for e-mails and Fb messages;
2. Check new posts/comments on CT;
3. Checked my Twitter feed to see what had been happening in the world (I follow numerous mainstream media from countries around the world, such as CBC, NBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, France 24, China Daily, Al Jezeera (English), Japan Times, Sputnik News, The Guardian, etc.)
4. Update my company's Fb page, Canadian Life Consulting (CLC) - https://www.facebook.com/Canadian-Li...ing-16406543…/. I do this by checking some of my Fb friends timelines for posts to "share" and my Twitter inbox for articles to re-post onto CLC.
5. Update the discussion group formed under my company page, called Canadian Life Consulting Cooperative Supporters' Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/2042495809374373/. I update it by sharing some more discussable of the posts now on the CFC page.
6. Update this Fb world events/life discussion group that I have created here on my own personal Fb account, called PEERS (A Discussion Club of Equals) - Fb URL above. I do this by also sharing some of the CLC page posts. But I also share some of my sources posts directly to this discussion club.
7. I share at least one chess post per day to my Fb Chess Chat group, formed under my personal Fb account - see Fb URL above.
8. When I find them, I share discussable religious posts to my religious Fb Group, Theist Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1052227598173591/. Sometimes these also appear in PEERS.
Sometime during this process, I got my breakfast; I often eat it at the computer, if I am up before my wife.
As well, I tend to go back and forth between my routine items and my own personal life tasks to be done that day, throughout the whole day.
Heading Out
I then drove my wife to her potters' cooperative workshop for the day (She is an amateur potter, and her studio has their Fall Sale in a few weeks; so my wife is trying to meet deadlines).
Then I headed for Newmarket. It was an easy and fast drive right up the Don Valley Parkway and Hwy. 404. I got some gas on the way (I had noticed that I was quite down). I got into the playing hall about 8:45 AM - announcements were to be at 9:15 AM, and the 1st round was going to start right at 9:30 AM.
Pre-Rd. 1
On the main floor, where the two bottom sections played, I met my chess friend, Colin Archibald - we have both been weekend warriors for many moons now. Colin plays in the U 1300 section. We talked a bit about how tournament sections had changed, and how good it was now that many organizers have low-rated junior only sections.
On the second floor, where the top 3 sections played, I met the arbiter, from the Aurora CC, Egis Zeromskis. I explained why I had been such a late entry - Egis, knowing my general schedule, had not been expecting me to show up. While we were talking, organizer Gary Hua joined us - he has an organizing private company, Elevate My Chess, that started only a short while ago...he indicated that it was going well so far, and he was pleased. I also met another member of the organizing committee, Brian Prost, along with the fourth member whom I've met before at Aurora tournaments when I've been able to add them in, Oman (Hope I've got this right - if not, he can rib me tomorrow!).
When I got into the hall, I met Doug Gillis, an Aurora CC member, and former member of my Scarborough CC (SCC) - we talked about a mutual chess friend who is having health problems, and also about the regular Seniors Round Robin he plays in weekly in Richmond Hill.
Then Mark Bercovici of SCC and I got into a conversation about how the human brain is hard-wired against "change", and Mark added in that in evolution, it is amazing that certain minerals have been critical - for example iron.......one never knows what conversations one might have at a chess tournament!
I then went downstairs to see the playing space for the two bottom sections, and met Chris Tapping, Chair of the AuCC Tournament Cttee. He explained a bit about the new location and that they were all quite pleased about it. I confirmed this, and noted that I felt they had been very professional in the organizing of this tournament (Which they always have been).
Then I chatted briefly with Undriadi Benggawan - we had already made arrangements to go to lunch if we both finished in decent time. I saw Mario Moran-Venegas, and Undriadi and I had intended to invite him to join us, and he was interested.
[See Part II below]
Bob A
Rds. 1-3 - 18/10/20 (Saturday)
Bob's Chess Blog # 1 (Part I of 2 parts)
(See Knight Logo below)
Organizer: Aurora Chess Club (http://www.aucc.club/)
- Being played at the Old Town Hall, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.
- 5 rounds in 5 sections: Master, U 2000; U 1600; U 1300; U 900 Juniors Only.
Note: The next sections are usually a template. I repeat them in each Blog....They concern the History & Future of my Blogging. Please refer to Part I of the Blog below if you are a new reader. In this case, I will not repeat the template.
The First Day (A 2-day tournament; 3 Rds. on Sat.; 2 Rds. on Sunday)
My main principal residence is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and that is where I am at the moment.
I went to bed about 11:00 PM on Friday, which is pretty early for me. I awoke today at 5:00 AM, before my alarm.
I got up, got my morning coffee, and started my morning routine on my old laptop in my home office, which I follow whether I am playing in chess tournaments or not (For my regular readers, this list is a template that appears in all my blogs; so you can skip down if so inclined):
1. Check for e-mails and Fb messages;
2. Check new posts/comments on CT;
3. Checked my Twitter feed to see what had been happening in the world (I follow numerous mainstream media from countries around the world, such as CBC, NBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post, France 24, China Daily, Al Jezeera (English), Japan Times, Sputnik News, The Guardian, etc.)
4. Update my company's Fb page, Canadian Life Consulting (CLC) - https://www.facebook.com/Canadian-Li...ing-16406543…/. I do this by checking some of my Fb friends timelines for posts to "share" and my Twitter inbox for articles to re-post onto CLC.
5. Update the discussion group formed under my company page, called Canadian Life Consulting Cooperative Supporters' Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/2042495809374373/. I update it by sharing some more discussable of the posts now on the CFC page.
6. Update this Fb world events/life discussion group that I have created here on my own personal Fb account, called PEERS (A Discussion Club of Equals) - Fb URL above. I do this by also sharing some of the CLC page posts. But I also share some of my sources posts directly to this discussion club.
7. I share at least one chess post per day to my Fb Chess Chat group, formed under my personal Fb account - see Fb URL above.
8. When I find them, I share discussable religious posts to my religious Fb Group, Theist Community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1052227598173591/. Sometimes these also appear in PEERS.
Sometime during this process, I got my breakfast; I often eat it at the computer, if I am up before my wife.
As well, I tend to go back and forth between my routine items and my own personal life tasks to be done that day, throughout the whole day.
Heading Out
I then drove my wife to her potters' cooperative workshop for the day (She is an amateur potter, and her studio has their Fall Sale in a few weeks; so my wife is trying to meet deadlines).
Then I headed for Newmarket. It was an easy and fast drive right up the Don Valley Parkway and Hwy. 404. I got some gas on the way (I had noticed that I was quite down). I got into the playing hall about 8:45 AM - announcements were to be at 9:15 AM, and the 1st round was going to start right at 9:30 AM.
Pre-Rd. 1
On the main floor, where the two bottom sections played, I met my chess friend, Colin Archibald - we have both been weekend warriors for many moons now. Colin plays in the U 1300 section. We talked a bit about how tournament sections had changed, and how good it was now that many organizers have low-rated junior only sections.
On the second floor, where the top 3 sections played, I met the arbiter, from the Aurora CC, Egis Zeromskis. I explained why I had been such a late entry - Egis, knowing my general schedule, had not been expecting me to show up. While we were talking, organizer Gary Hua joined us - he has an organizing private company, Elevate My Chess, that started only a short while ago...he indicated that it was going well so far, and he was pleased. I also met another member of the organizing committee, Brian Prost, along with the fourth member whom I've met before at Aurora tournaments when I've been able to add them in, Oman (Hope I've got this right - if not, he can rib me tomorrow!).
When I got into the hall, I met Doug Gillis, an Aurora CC member, and former member of my Scarborough CC (SCC) - we talked about a mutual chess friend who is having health problems, and also about the regular Seniors Round Robin he plays in weekly in Richmond Hill.
Then Mark Bercovici of SCC and I got into a conversation about how the human brain is hard-wired against "change", and Mark added in that in evolution, it is amazing that certain minerals have been critical - for example iron.......one never knows what conversations one might have at a chess tournament!
I then went downstairs to see the playing space for the two bottom sections, and met Chris Tapping, Chair of the AuCC Tournament Cttee. He explained a bit about the new location and that they were all quite pleased about it. I confirmed this, and noted that I felt they had been very professional in the organizing of this tournament (Which they always have been).
Then I chatted briefly with Undriadi Benggawan - we had already made arrangements to go to lunch if we both finished in decent time. I saw Mario Moran-Venegas, and Undriadi and I had intended to invite him to join us, and he was interested.
[See Part II below]
Bob A
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