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Hey Everyone, Chess in the Library is proud to announce that we will be hosting a Fall Open chess tournament on November 24, 2018, at Milliken Mills Library (7600 Kennedy Rd #1, Markham, ON L3R 9S5). The cost of attending this tournament is free, and it will be divided into a rated section and an unrated section. We encourage people of all ages to attend! In addition to the tournament, we will be having a special guest attending, Yuanling Yuan, who holds the title of Woman's International Master and is also the founder of Chess In The Library. Yuanling will be providing a talk about chess and her life and will host a Q and A session to answer any questions you may have. She will be giving a simul, which is also free of charge. For more information and to register, visit chessinthelibrary.com. We hope to see you there!
Please note that, due to MPL policy, we are unable to sell lunch inside of the library. However, there is a Pizza Pizza, a McDonalds, and other restaurants nearby.
Tournament Information: Where: Milliken Mills Library 7600 Kennedy Rd #1, Markham, ON L3R 9S5 When: Saturday November 24, 2018 9:30 a.m. - 5p.m. Rounds: 5 Time Control: 25 min + 0 Registration Fee: Free 2 Sections: CFC rated and Unrated SPECIAL GUEST: WIM and CITL founder YUANLING YUAN will be giving a talk and a simul.
Hey Everyone. The tournament is 10 days away, and we have an updated list of registrants.
Rated Section:
1 Joseph Orozco
2 Brian Lu
3 April Zhong
4 Yunkai Chen
5 Andrew Chen
6 Tianyu Zhang
7 Jasper Xie
8 Ryan Zhong
9 Percy Xing
10 Elbert Zeng
11 Mason Lu
12 Gordon Dh Zeng
Unrated Section:
1 Olivia Dong
2 Thomas Chen
3 Xiyu Lu
4 Ludi Fang
5 Josiah Orozco
As previously mentioned, Yuanling Yuan, a Yale University Graduate, will be giving a talk about chess and her life. Yuanling will also be hosting a Q&A session and a simul, so come and challenge her! Registration is still open, although spots are limited, so don't wait. See you there!
FINAL UPDATE: The tournament is coming soon; there is less than one week left to register! Also, we are happy to announce that Canada's very own 2018 Junior Open Champion, Jeffrey Xu, will be playing. He also recently became a National Master.
Here is the updated list:
Rated:
1 Jeffrey Xu
2 Fengxi Mao
3 Joseph Orozco
4 April Zhong
5 Yunkai Chen
6 Andrew Chen
7 Tianyu Zhang
8 Jasper Xie
9 Ryan Zhong
10 Justin Wu
11 Percy Xing
12 Samuel Zheng
13 Elbert Zeng
14 Gordon Dh Zeng
15 Jacob Tian
Unrated:
1 Olivia Dong
2 Thomas Chen
3 Josiah Orozco
4 Johnny Zhou
5 Jason Tian
We may merge the sections if there are not enough players in the unrated section, but there is still time for others to register so please tell your friends about this amazing tournament!
Last edited by Hairan Liang; Sunday, 18th November, 2018, 07:50 PM.
We are now at 29 registered players! The tournament is 4 days away and spots are limited, so register now at http://chessinthelibrary.com/
Rated:
1 Jeffrey Xu
2 Fengxi Mao
3 Daniel Odoemelam
4 Joseph Orozco
5 Thomas Huang
6 April Zhong
7 Yunkai Che
8 Andrew Chen
9 Ruicheng [richard] Dai
10 Tianyu Zhang
11 Jasper Xie
12 Ryan Zhong
13 Justin Wu
14 Percy Xing
15 Samuel Zheng
16 Elbert Zeng
17 Gordon Dh Zeng
18 Jacob Tian
Unrated:
1 Greta Qu
2 Olivia Dong
3 Kate Schmidt
4 Johnny Zhou
5 Thomas Chen
6 Jason Wu
7 Kaidong [Kayden] Hong
8 Josiah Orozco
9 Joey Schmidt
10 Ryan He
11 Jason Tian
Due to an error on my behalf(I forgot to plug in the laptop that we used to make pairings, and it ran out of battery), we will be unable to publish the official standings for some time; I have to input the results of round 4 and 5 manually. However, I can share the 3 winners of each section. The winners received medals.
Rated:
1st: Fengxi Mao 4.5/5
2nd: Jeffrey R Zhao 4/5 (required playoffs)
3rd: Daniel Odoemelam 4/5 (required playoffs)
Unrated:
1st: Joseph Orozco 4.5/5
2nd: Thomas Chen 4/5
3rd: Josiah Orozco 3.5/5
Overall, we had almost 40 players in our tournament, even if some were not able to play every round. Yuanling Yuan, the founder of Chess in the Library, gave a great talk about her life and how chess has affected her. In addition, people were able to ask her questions about anything such as who she was cheering for in the World Championship Match(she said Fabi). After that, she performed a simul which we had to unfortunately conclude early because the library closed at 5:00. All in all, it was a successful tournament and Chess in the Library can't wait to host more tournaments in the future!
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