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Location Kitchener City Hall
Date July 20-21, 2019
Itinerary 7 rounds Quick Rated 25min+10sec + Saturday Blitz Tournament + Sunday Blitz Tournament
Entry Fee $40
Prizes $30/entry overall as follows: Quick 1st $15/entry, Bottom Half Rated 1st $5/entry, Saturday Blitz 1st $10/entry, Sunday Blitz 1st who did not win a prize gets a free entry to next year's marathon. Any player winning 1st place in all three tournaments will be immortalized.
Pre-Register Contact kwchessclub@gmail.com
Schedule
Saturday
09:00am Registration
10:00am Round 1
11:15am Round 2
01:00pm Round 3
03:00pm Time Odds Blitz Challenge (5 double rounds of time odds: 4 1, 5 1 vs 3 1 if rating difference over 150 points, 6 1 vs 2 1 if rating difference over 300 points, 7 1 vs 1 1 if rating difference over 450 points). Player giving time-odds have choice of clock side in both games.
FM Roman Sapozhnikov 2440
Adam Cormier 2271 (tentative - needs ride)
Jude Aniunoh 2189
Ron Leblanc 1900
Victor Leford 1530
Sam Sinclair 1522
Samuel Zhao 1274
Anya Singh 999
Aiden Li 875
FM Roman Sapozhnikov 2440
Adam Cormier 2271 (tentative - needs ride)
Jude Aniunoh 2189
Ron Leblanc 1900
Victor Leford 1530
Sam Sinclair 1522
Shreyas Krishna Prasad 1355
Samuel Zhao 1274
Anya Singh 999
Aiden Li 875
FM Roman Sapozhnikov 2440
Adam Cormier 2271
Jude Aniunoh 2189
Ron Leblanc 1900
Rob Gashgarian 1736
Victor Lefort 1530
Sam Sinclair 1522
Shreyas Krishna Prasad 1355
Samuel Zhao 1274
Anya Singh 999
Aiden Li 875
FM Roman Sapozhnikov 2440
Adam Cormier 2271
Jude Aniunoh 2189
Ron Leblanc 1900
Rob Gashgarian 1736
Victor Lefort 1530
Sam Sinclair 1522
Shreyas Krishna Prasad 1355
Henry XianRui Zhang 1315
Samuel Zhao 1274
Mahmoud Mussa 1111
Anya Singh 999
Aiden Li 875
FM Roman Sapozhnikov 2440
FM Mike Ivanov 2365
Adam Cormier 2271
FM Nicholas Vettese 2269
Jude Aniunoh 2189
Gordon Gooding 2103
Ron Leblanc 1900
Sahir Abbas 1847 Regular
Rob Gashgarian 1736
Mate Milinkovic 1709
Victor Lefort 1530
Sam Sinclair 1522
Kyle van der Welle 1479
Shreyas Krishna Prasad 1355
Henry XianRui Zhang 1315
Samuel Zhao 1274
Mahmoud Mussa 1111
Anya Singh 999
Aiden Li 875
Chris Unknown
Last edited by Tony Li; Tuesday, 16th July, 2019, 11:39 PM.
We are at 21 players! If we get close to 30 players the Sunday Blitz Survivor Challenge may be tweaked slightly to allow for timely finish (double elimination with 30 players at 6min/5min could take 3 hours).
Preregistered (21)
FM Roman Sapozhnikov 2440
FM Mike Ivanov 2365
Adam Cormier 2271
FM Nicholas Vettese 2269
Jude Aniunoh 2189
Gordon Gooding 2103
Ron Leblanc 1900
Sahir Abbas 1847 Regular
Rob Gashgarian 1736
Mate Milinkovic 1709
Victor Lefort 1530
Sam Sinclair 1522
Kyle van der Welle 1479
Chris ? 1400
Shreyas Krishna Prasad 1355
Henry XianRui Zhang 1315
Samuel Zhao 1274
Henry Yao 1265
Mahmoud Mussa 1111
Anya Singh 999
Aiden Li 875
FM Roman Sapozhnikov 2440
FM Mike Ivanov 2365
Adam Cormier 2271
FM Nicholas Vettese 2269
Jude Aniunoh 2189
Gordon Gooding 2103
Ron Leblanc 1900
Sahir Abbas 1847 Regular
Yevhen Samokysh 1767
Rob Gashgarian 1736
Mate Milinkovic 1709
Victor Lefort 1530
Sam Sinclair 1522
Kyle van der Welle 1479
Chris Kohar 1408
Shreyas Krishna Prasad 1355
Henry XianRui Zhang 1315
Samuel Zhao 1274
Henry Yao 1265
Mahmoud Mussa 1111
Anya Singh 999
Aiden Li 875
Tournament is tomorrow! See you all at the Learning Room on the 2nd floor of Kitchener City Hall.
Preregistered (24)
FM Roman Sapozhnikov 2440
FM Mike Ivanov 2365
Adam Cormier 2271
FM Nicholas Vettese 2269
Jude Aniunoh 2189
Gordon Gooding 2103
Tony Li 1966
Ron Leblanc 1900
Sahir Abbas 1847 Regular
Yevhen Samokysh 1767
Bob Gillanders 1761
Rob Gashgarian 1736
Mate Milinkovic 1709
Victor Lefort 1530
Sam Sinclair 1522
Kyle van der Welle 1479
Chris Kohar 1408
Shreyas Krishna Prasad 1355
Henry XianRui Zhang 1315
Samuel Zhao 1274
Henry Yao 1265
Mahmoud Mussa 1111
Anya Singh 999
Aiden Li 875
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