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  • Sammy Yao
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    Many thanks to Ian for organizing and Mark and Christine for directing yet another prestigious Banff Open! Was a pleasure to take part in it for a third consecutive year.

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  • Aris Marghetis
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    Congratulations Agnieszka-Ian-Mark, that looked like a GREAT event!

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  • Mark S. Dutton
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    2019 Banff Open Champion WIM Agnieszka Matras-Clement!
    at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

    9 of the TOP 10 finishers were from ALBERTA!
    Great job Alberta Chess Association!​​​​​​​


    FINAL Standings. 2019 Banff Open: 2019 Banff Open - OPEN SECTION


    # Name Rtng Post St Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
    1 WIM Agnieszka Matras-Clement 2351 2385 AB +34 +25 +23 +7 +5 =3 $1,300
    2 FM* Belsar Valencia 2348 2377 AB +26 +19 +22 =3 +7 +9 $ 800
    3 IM Mark Ginsburg 2395 2403 US +33 +11 +32 =2 +17 =1 5 $ 125
    4 David Miller 2234 2247 AB =42 +46 =21 +22 +8 +14 5 $ 125
    5 FM Ian Zhao 2402 2394 AB =21 +40 +42 +24 -1 +17
    6 James Windram 2034 2068 AB =46 -42 +50 +30 +32 +13
    7 IM Bitan Banerjee 2499 2487 AB +20 +16 +9 -1 -2 +24 4
    8 FM Ian Findlay 2362 2346 AB +48 -24 +33 +27 -4 +21 4
    9 Rafael Arruebarrena 2329 2328 AB +12 +38 -7 +23 +16 -2 4
    10 Georgi Kostadinov 2209 2188 AB =49 +50 -36 =28 +41 +31 4
    11 Roger Patterson 2113 2117 BC +37 -3 =28 =42 +36 +23 4 $ 130
    12 Michael Blanchard 1903 1997 AB -9 +52 -13 +47 +42 +32 4 $ 220
    13 IM Brian Hartman 2374 2352 ON +39 -23 +12 +19 =14 -6
    14 Omid Malek 2311 2295 AB +27 =36 =24 +41 =13 -4
    15 Viktors Pupols 2238 2210 US +41 -22 -27 +40 +28 =19
    16 Brad Booker 2132 2129 AB +28 -7 +49 +29 -9 =22
    17 Hemant Srinivasan 2096 2097 AB =51 +44 +30 +36 -3 -5
    18 Roy Yearwood 2093 2072 AB -43 +35 =31 +46 -21 +34
    19 Sammy Yao 2039 2058 AB +31 -2 +43 -13 +29 =15
    20 Richard J. Cannon 2000 2004 UK -7 -28 =35 +37 +43 +36
    21 Paul Wang 1993 2062 AB =5 +51 =4 =32 +18 -8
    22 Jeffrey Chen 1668 1795 AB B--- +15 -2 -4 +27 =16 $ 110
    23 Maxim Vasic 2083 2092 AB +29 +13 -1 -9 +44 -11 3
    24 Anand Rishi Chandra 2062 2085 AB +45 +8 =14 -5 =31 -7 3
    25 Brian Timmerman 2034 2021 AB +52 -1 -41 =49 =30 +33 3
    26 Douglas Nechio 1911 1908 AB -2 -31 -37 +53 +48 +44 3
    27 Mark Linnick 1902 1920 SK -14 +53 +15 -8 -22 +45 3
    28 Tyson Menard 1856 1936 SK -16 +20 =11 =10 -15 +38 3
    29 Michael Decaire 1837 1895 AB -23 +39 +38 -16 -19 +42 3
    30 Chris Jonker 1826 1881 AB +47 H--- -17 -6 =25 +41 3
    31 Damon MacLeod 1824 1894 AB -19 +26 =18 +34 =24 -10 3
    32 Isaac Wiebe 2239 2208 MB +35 +43 -3 =21 -6 -12
    33 Juraj Pivovarov 1991 1988 AB -3 +37 -8 =43 +35 -25
    34 Bhavik Dave 1917 1910 AB -1 H--- +45 -31 +46 -18
    35 Daniel Wei 1902 1908 SK -32 -18 =20 +48 -33 +50
    36 Ethan Su 1859 1921 BC +54 =14 +10 -17 -11 -20
    37 Tevanio Steadman 1854 1869 SK -11 -33 +26 -20 =39 +47
    38 Leo Lin 2028 1985 SK +53 -9 -29 -44 +52 -28 2
    39 Dustin Koperski 1959 1926 AB -13 -29 =52 =50 =37 =43 2
    40 Dante Briones 1958 1935 AB H--- -5 =44 -15 -45 +53 2
    41 Logan McLeod 1897 1906 YT -15 +47 +25 -14 -10 -30 2
    42 Colin Prince 1884 1897 MB =4 +6 -5 =11 -12 -29 2
    43 Nathan Ping-Ying Wu 1845 1857 BC +18 -32 -19 =33 -20 =39 2
    44 Alvin Guevarra 1835 1837 AB H--- -17 =40 +38 -23 -26 2
    45 Jason Danner 1829 1820 SK -24 =48 -34 =52 +40 -27 2
    46 David Suominen 1745 1767 AB =6 -4 +48 -18 -34 =52 2
    47 Mike McDonald 2052 1988 ON -30 -41 +53 -12 =50 -37
    48 Jim Daniluk 1922 1871 AB -8 =45 -46 -35 -26 B---
    49 Charles Wu 1878 1888 BC =10 H--- -16 =25 U--- U---
    50 Joseph Young 1866 1850 AB H--- -10 -6 =39 =47 -35
    51 Robin Templeton 1847 1849 AB =17 -21 H--- H--- U--- U---
    52 Pat Moore 1795 1779 AB -25 -12 =39 =45 -38 =46
    53 Ricky Chen 1734 1698 AB -38 -27 -47 -26 B--- -40 1
    54 Steven Peter 2150 2132 AB -36 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0
    SwissSys Standings. 2019 Banff Open: 2019 Banff Open - UNDER 1800 SECTION

    # Name Rtng Post St Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Tot Prize
    1 Nathanael David Bertrand 1702 1753 SK +18 +16 -3 +8 +15 +2 5 $150
    2 Paul Leblanc 1693 1756 BC +28 +11 +20 +6 +5 -1 5 $150
    3 Husain Ali 1678 1737 AB +19 +27 +1 -5 +13 +9 5 $150
    4 Mark Tuvera 1688 1714 AB H--- +12 -9 +17 +11 +10
    5 Kevin D Moore 1582 1676 BC +25 =22 +7 +3 -2 +13
    6 Tim Kowalyk 1697 1695 AB +8 +26 +15 -2 -9 +14 4
    7 Jacob Collins 1694 1680 AB =9 +24 -5 +22 =14 +21 4
    8 Pranav Pathak 1475 1544 AB -6 +33 +16 -1 +24 +15 4 $175
    9 Tri Tran 1467 1580 AB =7 +36 +4 H--- +6 -3 4 $175
    10 Piotr Pisanski 1725 1701 AB +17 -15 =13 +25 +20 -4
    11 Eoin Dunne 1538 1546 AB +34 -2 +28 =20 -4 +22
    12 Jonathan Wu 1374 1477 AB =13 -4 =25 +27 +26 =16 $210
    13 Avery Li 1683 1651 AB =12 +31 =10 +18 -3 -5 3
    14 Adam Szulski 1604 1564 AB -24 +29 =17 X31 =7 -6 3
    15 Mau-Seng Lee 1560 1555 BC +29 +10 -6 +24 -1 -8 3
    16 Brian Sullivan 1560 1528 BC +30 -1 -8 =19 +25 =12 3
    17 Jerry Mikusek 1490 1501 AB -10 +30 =14 -4 +27 =20 3
    18 Roland Schech 1477 1467 AB -1 +34 +26 -13 -21 +28 3
    19 Jeffrey Street 1334 1386 BC -3 -20 +35 =16 =23 +26 3 $105
    20 David Mielke unr. 1556 SK +22 +19 -2 =11 -10 =17 3
    21 Bart Simpson unr. 1334 AB -32 -25 +33 X36 +18 -7 3
    IA Mark S. Dutton and Organizer Ian Findlay - congratulate the 2019 Banff Open Champion WIM Matras-Clement, Agnieszka !
    at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

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    Tournament Name 2019 Banff Open
    City Banff
    Country CAN
    Chief Arbiter Dutton, Mark S (CAN) IA,IO
    Deputy Chief Arbiter Dutton, Christine (CAN)
    Chief Organizer Findlay, Ian T. (CAN)

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  • Ian Findlay
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    Our record prize fund, which if you add the $500 Armageddon prize, is over $4000. If someone goes 6-0, the prize fund will be over $5000. Not bad for a weekend event.
    The 4th round started with 4 perfect scores. Mark Ginsburg and Belsar Valencia drew on board 2. Bitan Banerjee and Agnieszka Matra-Clement are battling on board 1 with perfect scroes.
    Updates are on Mark Dutton's Facebook page and later updates at the Alberta Chess Association webpage. www.albertachess.org
    2019 Banff Open Prize Fund
    Open Section
    1st 1100 Plus $500 Armgeddon prize 1600 Plus Fischer $1000 for 6-0 2600
    2nd 500
    3rd 250
    Under 2200 250
    2nd 130
    Under 1950 220
    2nd 110
    Under 1800 Section
    1st Under 1800 300
    2nd 150
    1st Under 1550 230
    2nd 120
    Under 1400 210
    2nd 105
    Total Prizes 3675
    Entry fees 4930
    75% of entries (rounded up by $2.50) 3700
    Minus Aca dues 425
    Plus Cupe Local 4318 300
    Plus SoCA - Under 1800 100
    Total Prizes 3675

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  • Aris Marghetis
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    I am SOOO envious, looks great there!

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  • Mark S. Dutton
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    ROUND 1 is underway at the record breaking 89-player 2019 BANFF OPEN CHESS tournament! November 9-11, 2019
    Kinnear Centre for Creativity and Innovation, Room 103 at Banff Centre, 107 Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta
    _______________________________________________
    Pairings for Round 1. 2019 Banff Open:
    2019 Banff Open - OPEN SECTION
    Bd Res White Res Black
    1 IM Bitan Banerjee (2499) Richard Cannon (2017)
    2 Paul Wang (1993) FM Ian Zhao (2402)
    3 IM Mark Ginsburg (2395) Juraj Pivovarov (1991)
    4 Dustin Koperski (1959) IM Brian Hartman (2374)
    5 FM Ian Findlay (2362) Jim Daniluk (1922)
    6 Bhavik Dave (1917) WIM Agnieszka Matras-Clement (2351)
    7 FM* Belsar Valencia (2348) Douglas Nechio (1911)
    8 Michael Blanchard (1903) Rafael Arruebarrena (2329)
    9 Omid Malek (2311) Mark Linnick (1902)
    10 Daniel Wei (1902) Isaac Wiebe (2239)
    11 Viktors Pupols (2238) Logan McLeod (1897)
    12 Colin Prince (1884) David Miller (2234)
    13 Georgi Kostadinov (2209) Charles Wu (1878)
    14 Ethan Su (1859) Steven Peter (2150)
    15 Brad Booker (2132) Tyson Menard (1856)
    16 Tevanio Steadman (1854) Roger Patterson (2113)
    17 Hemant Srinivasan (2096) Robin Templeton (1847)
    18 Nathan Ping-Ying Wu (1845) Roy Yearwood (2093)
    19 Maxim Vasic (2083) Michael Decaire (1837)
    20 Jason Danner (1829) Anand Rishi Chandra (2062)
    21 Mike McDonald (2052) Chris Jonker (1826)
    22 Damon MacLeod (1824) Sammy Yao (2039)
    23 Brian Timmerman (2034) Pat Moore (1795)
    24 David Suominen (1745) James Windram (2034)
    25 Leo Lin (2028) Ricky Chen (1734)
    1 Jeffrey Chen (1668) Please see T.D. (PAB)
    ½ Dante Briones (1958) BYE
    ½ Joseph Young (1866) BYE
    ½ Alvin Guevarra (1835) BYE

    Pairings for Round 1. 2019 Banff Open:
    2019 Banff Open - UNDER 1800 SECTION
    Bd Res White Res Black
    28 Piotr Pisanski (1725) Jerry Mikusek (1490)
    29 Roland Schech (1477) Nathanael David Bertrand (1702)
    30 Tim Kowalyk (1697) Pranav Pathak (1475)
    31 Tri Tran (1467) Jacob Collins (1694)
    32 Paul Leblanc (1693) Andrew Xiao (1431)
    33 Jonathan Wu (1374) Avery Li (1683)
    34 Husain Ali (1678) Jeffrey Street (1334)
    35 Jerry Ming (1307) Adam Szulski (1604)
    36 Kevin D Moore (1582) Berry de Groot (1275)
    37 Patrick Gougeon (1137) Mau-Seng Lee (1560)
    38 Brian Sullivan (1560) Khoi Trinh (1135)
    39 Daniel Jason Smith (940) Charles Culver (1541)
    40 Eoin Dunne (1538) Mateo Jackson (883)
    41 Joel Hyvarinen (unr.) Felix Lin (1536)
    42 Mike Sekuloff (1512) David Mielke (unr.)
    1 Bart Simpson (unr.) Please see T.D. (PAB)
    ½ Mark Tuvera (1688) BYE
    ½ Mike Scholz (1439) BYE
    ½ Tyler Davis (unr.) BYE
    ½ Logan Stafford (unr.) BYE

    https://www.facebook.com/Mark.S.Dutt...7690167&type=3


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  • Ian Findlay
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    Now up to 87 entries. With the $500 added to first prize, this puts the prize fund over $4000 and if someone wins the Fischer prize in the top section for a 6-0, then over $5000.
    The 1st prize if someone had a 6-0 would be at least $2600. $1100 (1st) + $500 (Armageddon) + $1000 (Fischer)
    Nov 7 at midnight is the deadline. No last minute entries, as we will be doing pairings in advance. Only 13 spots left
    Go to website in order to enter or to view the pre registration list http://www.albertachess.org/home/sch...19-banff-open/

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  • Ian Findlay
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    Originally posted by Neil Frarey View Post
    Hi Ian,

    Just tossed $100.00 your way. We want it all to go to the U1800 section :)

    Grow those roots bro ;)

    And if you ever ever ... like as if 'ever' get to that magic 100 registered ...we're there for you too with another C note ...ha.


    peace.
    n.
    Thanks Neil, that is very generous of you and the Society of Chess Aficionados (SoCA). We need 15 more. You offer of the magic $100, certainly adds to the suspense! Thank you for your continued support over our first four years. I was playing in LA this weekend, they had about 35 players with 2 weeks to register and ended up with over 200! It seems the norm to enter last minute in the US, but one has to plan to come to Banff, so I am only expected about 90. Still up from 78 from last year and the advance payments should mean we will not get the 20 last minute withdrawals!

    Nov 7 at midnight is the deadline. No last minute entries, as we will be doing pairings in advance. Only 15 spots left

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  • Neil Frarey
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    Hi Ian,

    Just tossed $100.00 your way. We want it all to go to the U1800 section :)

    Grow those roots bro ;)

    And if you ever ever ... like as if 'ever' get to that magic 100 registered ...we're there for you too with another C note ...ha.


    peace.
    n.

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  • Mark S. Dutton
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    only 16 places left -- now 84 ADVANCE ENTRIES
    2019 Banff Open: 2019 Banff Open - OPEN SECTION

    # Name Rtng Tot
    1 IM Bitan Banerjee 2499 0.0
    2 FM Ian Zhao 2402 0.0
    3 IM Mark Ginsburg 2395 0.0
    4 IM Brian Hartman 2374 0.0
    5 FM Ian Findlay 2362 0.0
    6 WIM Agnieszka Matras-Clement 2351 0.0
    7 FM* Belsar Valencia 2348 0.0
    8 Rafael Arruebarrena 2330 0.0
    9 Omid Malek 2311 0.0
    10 Isaac Wiebe 2239 0.0
    11 Viktors Pupols 2238 0.0
    12 Georgi Kostadinov 2209 0.0
    13 Steven Peter 2150 0.0
    14 David Miller 2138 0.0
    15 Brad Booker 2132 0.0
    16 Roger Patterson 2113 0.0
    17 Vladislav Rekhson 2111 0.0
    18 Hemant Srinivasan 2096 0.0
    19 Maxim Vasic 2083 0.0
    20 Anand Rishi Chandra 2062 0.0
    21 Mike McDonald 2052 0.0
    22 Sammy Yao 2039 0.0
    23 Brian Timmerman 2034 0.0
    24 James Windram 2034 0.0
    25 Leo Lin 2028 0.0
    26 Richard Cannon 2017 0.0
    27 Paul Wang 1993 0.0
    28 Juraj Pivovarov 1991 0.0
    29 Dustin Koperski 1983 0.0
    30 Dante Briones 1958 0.0
    31 Douglas Nechio 1928 0.0
    32 Jim Daniluk 1922 0.0
    33 Bhavik Dave 1917 0.0
    34 Mark Linnick 1902 0.0
    35 Daniel Wei 1902 0.0
    36 Logan McLeod 1897 0.0
    37 Colin Prince 1884 0.0
    38 Charles Wu 1878 0.0
    39 Ethan Su 1859 0.0
    40 Tevanio Steadman 1854 0.0
    41 Robin Templeton 1847 0.0
    42 Nathan Ping-Ying Wu 1845 0.0
    43 Joseph Young 1844 0.0
    44 Michael Decaire 1837 0.0
    45 Alvin Guevarra 1835 0.0
    46 Jason Danner 1829 0.0
    47 Chris Jonker 1826 0.0
    48 Damon MacLeod 1816 0.0
    49 Pat Moore 1795 0.0
    50 David Suominen 1769 0.0
    51 Ricky Chen 1627 0.0
    52 Jeffrey Chen 1615 0.0
    SwissSys Standings. 2019 Banff Open: 2019 Banff Open - UNDER 1800 SECTION

    # Name Rtng Tot
    1 Piotr Pisanski 1725 0.0
    2 Nathanael David Bertrand 1702 0.0
    3 Mark Tuvera 1701 0.0
    4 Tim Kowalyk 1697 0.0
    5 Jacob Collins 1694 0.0
    6 Paul Leblanc 1693 0.0
    7 Avery Li 1683 0.0
    8 Husain Ali 1678 0.0
    9 Adam Szulski 1604 0.0
    10 Kevin D Moore 1582 0.0
    11 Mau-Seng Lee 1560 0.0
    12 Brian Sullivan 1560 0.0
    13 Charles Culver 1541 0.0
    14 Eoin Dunne 1538 0.0
    15 Felix Lin 1536 0.0
    16 Mike Sekuloff 1512 0.0
    17 Pranav Pathak 1475 0.0
    18 Roland Schech 1465 0.0
    19 Mike Scholz 1439 0.0
    20 Andrew Xiao 1416 0.0
    21 Tri Tran 1400 0.0
    22 Jonathan Wu 1374 0.0
    23 Jeffrey Street 1334 0.0
    24 Jerry Ming 1307 0.0
    25 Berry de Groot 1275 0.0
    26 Patrick Gougeon 1137 0.0
    27 Khoi Trinh 1135 0.0
    28 Daniel Jason Smith 940 0.0
    29 Mateo Jackson 883 0.0
    30 Joel Hyvarinen unr. 0.0
    31 David Mielke unr. 0.0
    32 Bart Simpson unr. 0.0
    https://ratings.fide.com/tournament_...fQQQt2vz2EGdOg

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  • Mark S. Dutton
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    some quick updates -- I have created a 2019 PHOTO ALBUM on Facebook for this event: https://www.facebook.com/Mark.S.Dutt...7690167&type=3

    Ian tells me we are around 82 to 84 advance entries now -- so less than 18 places remain available! These are the 82 I have so far:
    SwissSys Standings. 2019 Banff Open: 2019 Banff Open - OPEN SECTION

    # Place Name Rtng Tot
    1 1-51 IM Bitan Banerjee 2499 0.0
    2 FM Ian Zhao 2402 0.0
    3 IM Mark Ginsburg 2395 0.0
    4 IM Brian Hartman 2374 0.0
    5 FM Ian Findlay 2362 0.0
    6 WIM Agnieszka Matras-Clement 2351 0.0
    7 FM* Belsar Valencia 2348 0.0
    8 Rafael Arruebarrena 2330 0.0
    9 Omid Malek 2311 0.0
    10 Isaac Wiebe 2239 0.0
    11 Viktors Pupols 2238 0.0
    12 Georgi Kostadinov 2209 0.0
    13 Steven Peter 2150 0.0
    14 David Miller 2138 0.0
    15 Brad Booker 2132 0.0
    16 Roger Patterson 2113 0.0
    17 Vladislav Rekhson 2111 0.0
    18 Hemant Srinivasan 2096 0.0
    19 Maxim Vasic 2083 0.0
    20 Anand Rishi Chandra 2062 0.0
    21 Mike McDonald 2052 0.0
    22 Sammy Yao 2039 0.0
    23 Brian Timmerman 2034 0.0
    24 James Windram 2034 0.0
    25 Leo Lin 2028 0.0
    26 Richard Cannon 2017 0.0
    27 Paul Wang 1993 0.0
    28 Juraj Pivovarov 1991 0.0
    29 Dustin Koperski 1983 0.0
    30 Dante Briones 1958 0.0
    31 Douglas Nechio 1928 0.0
    32 Jim Daniluk 1922 0.0
    33 Bhavik Dave 1917 0.0
    34 Mark Linnick 1902 0.0
    35 Daniel Wei 1902 0.0
    36 Logan McLeod 1897 0.0
    37 Colin Prince 1884 0.0
    38 Charles Wu 1878 0.0
    39 Ethan Su 1859 0.0
    40 Robin Templeton 1847 0.0
    41 Nathan Ping-Ying Wu 1845 0.0
    42 Joseph Young 1844 0.0
    43 Michael Decaire 1837 0.0
    44 Alvin Guevarra 1835 0.0
    45 Jason Danner 1829 0.0
    46 Chris Jonker 1826 0.0
    47 Damon MacLeod 1816 0.0
    48 Pat Moore 1795 0.0
    49 David Suominen 1769 0.0
    50 Ricky Chen 1627 0.0
    51 Jeffrey Chen 1615 0.0
    SwissSys Standings. 2019 Banff Open: 2019 Banff Open - UNDER 1800 SECTION

    # Place Name Rtng Tot
    1 1-31 Nathanael David Bertrand 1702 0.0
    2 Mark Tuvera 1701 0.0
    3 Tim Kowalyk 1697 0.0
    4 Jacob Collins 1694 0.0
    5 Paul Leblanc 1693 0.0
    6 Avery Li 1683 0.0
    7 Husain Ali 1678 0.0
    8 Adam Szulski 1604 0.0
    9 Kevin D Moore 1582 0.0
    10 Mau-Seng Lee 1560 0.0
    11 Brian Sullivan 1560 0.0
    12 Charles Culver 1541 0.0
    13 Eoin Dunne 1538 0.0
    14 Felix Lin 1536 0.0
    15 Mike Sekuloff 1512 0.0
    16 Pranav Pathak 1475 0.0
    17 Roland Schech 1465 0.0
    18 Mike Scholz 1439 0.0
    19 Andrew Xiao 1416 0.0
    20 Tri Tran 1400 0.0
    21 Jonathan Wu 1374 0.0
    22 Jeffrey Street 1334 0.0
    23 Jerry Ming 1307 0.0
    24 Berry de Groot 1275 0.0
    25 Patrick Gougeon 1137 0.0
    26 Khoi Trinh 1135 0.0
    27 Daniel Jason Smith 940 0.0
    28 Mateo Jackson 883 0.0
    29 Joel Hyvarinen unr. 0.0
    30 David Mielke unr. 0.0
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  • Ian Findlay
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    Only 22 spots left and last minute entries seem to be pouring in. We have just matched last years entries of 78. We will have a record prize fund for Banff Open, which now stands at $3500, with a potential $4500, if someone goes 6-0 and wins the $1000 Fischer prize. The entries seem to be coming in faster now, so first come first serve, but I will let you know quickly when we reach 100.
    Also if we reach 100 entries, we get another $100 added to prize fund from SoCA.

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  • Ian Findlay
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    We are now up to 65 advanced entries with 8 players rated over 2300. Ian Zhao has now become a FM and the Alberta Open Champion since our last update and is now the number 2 seed!
    If any IM's or GM's are interested in playing, there is still one room left at the site, that I can get for a special rate (email me at ianfindlay2314@gmail.com ). Don't forget you cannot enter at the site. Entries close at midnight November 7 or when 100 players have entered. Here are some reasons to enter now
    ** Strongest field ever
    ** Largest prize fund ever
    ** Our tournament room this year is the prestigious ball room., where the Banff Midsummer's Ball is held each year
    ** Dinner reception at the President's Mansion on Sunday Nov 10, is the best chess party in North America.
    Go to website in order to enter or to view the pre registration list http://www.albertachess.org/home/sch...19-banff-open/
    Last edited by Ian Findlay; Friday, 18th October, 2019, 07:00 PM.

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  • Ian Findlay
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    I will update when I get back from cruise. We are up to close to 60 entries now.

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  • Neil Frarey
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    Anysomemore?

    Wat?

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