First 31 registrations for ZONAL & Easter Sectionals

[Aris Marghetis]

Hello again everyone, we're now at 31 registrations, and I expect this week will be busy trying to beat the March 1st $20 increase.

As would be expected, more than half of the players registered so far are for the elite Zonal section.

For lower-rated players, we also have 3 great sections (U2200/U1900/U1600) with good prize funds!

For more information, please go to eoca.ca, and scroll down to the entry for:
2019 Canada Zonal & Easter Sectionals (U2200/U1900/U1600)

(especially if you'll MAIL (vs. e-transfer) payment,
if you want to save the $20 more on March 1st,
email me ASAP! [arismarghetis at rogers dot com])

section title surname, name FIDE# CFC# FQE# byes

Zonal CM Chen, Max 2622440 155238
Zonal CM Doknjas, Joshua 2614316 146444
Zonal CM Gordon, David 2602431 106629
Zonal GM Hambleton, Aman 2606577 129797
Zonal FM Hua, Eugene 2618150 154197
Zonal FM Huang, Qiuyu 2619903 156151 103895
Zonal CM Kang, Dorian 2619156 155339
Zonal Li, William 2619750 154677
Zonal FM Munro, Allan 7700245 140841
Zonal IM Noritsyn, Nikolay 2604922 132534
Zonal FM Plotkin, Victor 2606674 142063
Zonal IM Song, Michael 2613190 144236
Zonal FM Vettese, Nicholas 2620090 154199
Zonal Wiebe, Isaac 2623862 146995
Zonal IM/GM Yang, Kaiqi 8604398 160390
Zonal CM Zhong, Kevin 2624907 159604 105652

U2200 England, Max 2622602 155135 1
U2200 Xu, Daniel 2627345 160020
U2200 Xu, Ruoying 8603707 160490

U1900 Hsu, Ted 2630796 102608
U1900 Hua, Michelle 2626837 159858
U1900 JosephBenher, Savio 2629453 161296
U1900 Kandan, Azroy 5714095 166627
U1900 Srinivas, Atharva 2623900 157721 1
U1900 Stopic, Alexander 2630036 160017

U1600 Azroy, Arman 5714087 152657
U1600 Hua, Gary 154420
U1600 Li, Allen 168951 107495
U1600 Paulsen, Lorenz 2620936 106406
U1600 Samuel, Victor 2629062 112306
U1600 Sztuka, Jeremy 2629089 162452

[Ian Findlay]

It looks like a great tournament. Sadly the Alberta Closed is being held the same weekend! I have sent an email to the President of the ACA and the ED, to try to get the AB closed moved.
Is it possible for you to list the entrants in rating order and provide the rating - at least in the Zonal section? Not a big deal, but it would be nice.

[Aris Marghetis]

It looks like a great tournament. Sadly the Alberta Closed is being held the same weekend! I have sent an email to the President of the ACA and the ED, to try to get the AB closed moved.
Is it possible for you to list the entrants in rating order and provide the rating - at least in the Zonal section? Not a big deal, but it would be nice.

Hello Ian, nice talking to you again, since the Seniors in Calgary last summer. My family still talks about what a wonderful vacation (chesscation!) that was.

Yes, eventually, I'll post with ratings, etc. These days, I'm just coming off knee surgery, resting a lot, so I'm just trying to slap the list of names up as soon as possible, as often as feasible.

I'm also bracing/hoping for a bit of a registration blitz this week (rates go up $20 after Thursday). There's a couple of sponsors who haven't seen enough yet to bite, but I'm hoping this week is strong enough in sheer total numbers to pique their interest. If I can get them interested enough early enough, then there could be opportunities. The buzz around the Zonal section is great!

That's unfortunate about conflicting with the Alberta Closed, and I thank you for discussing the situation there. We would love to have more Alberta representation! (B.C. is already in!) We've been trying for years to find just the right long weekend for this event, and Easter is the only one where things seemed to come together decently (Tourism board, hotel, avoiding bigger events, etc)

All the best, Aris.