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Toronto's $4,000 Junior Grand Prix - 24 November, 2019!
1. BREAKING NEWS !!!! VAA-VAA-VAA-VOOOOOMM!! Toronto GRAND PRIX CHESS TOURNAMENT 2019 - SUNDAY 24 NOV. 11:15 a.m.
PRE-REGISTER TODAY! ANY chess-playing child CAN PLAY in this s tunning event!
2. KIDS PA DAY CHESS CAMP, TORONTO - FRIDAY 15th NOVEMBER: 9 AM - 5 PM!
SUPER CAMP! Early drop-off - 8:15 am, Late pick-up - 6 pm - no extra charge! https://chess-math.org/paday-2019-2020
Francis Rodrigues, LLB - Regional Director
Strategy Games & The Chess'n Math Association
tel: 416-488-5506; 416-486-3395; 647-232-6014 (cell)
701 Mt. Pleasant Road, Toronto, ON, M4S 2N4
fax: 416-486-4637; website: www.chess-math.org
1 Ethan Zou - Grade 1 2 Jason Wang - Grade 1 3 Jayden Yang - Grade 1 4 Andy R. Wang - Grade 2 5 Brandon Ben-Porat - Grade 2 6 Curtis Hu - Grade 2 7 Ella Lu - Grade 2 8 Jayden Zhan - Grade 2 9 Justin Tso - Grade 2 10 Onur Naiboglu - Grade 2 11 Sierra Lucus - Grade 2 12 Atam Vartanian - Grade 3 13 Ethan Shen - Grade 3 14 Felix Zhou - Grade 3 15 Yeva Kozyrieva - Grade 3 16 Eric Liu - Grade 4 17 Jayden Lau - Grade 4 18 Maxim Kim - Grade 4 19 Wah Sing [Joseph] Leung - Grade 4 20 Dominic Leonienco - Grade 5 21 Jasper Xie - Grade 5 22 Lucy Lu - Grade 5 23 Ruby Li - Grade 5 24 Ryan Wang - Grade 5 25 Uday Singh - Grade 6 26 Kevin Tso - Grade 7 27 Sri Harsith Jain - Grade 7 28 Yichen［Ethan］ Li - Grade 7 29 Bek Khamidov - Grade 9 30 Quintin Lang - Grade 9
Francis Rodrigues, LLB - Regional Director Strategy Games & The Chess'n Math Association
tel: 416-488-5506; 416-486-3395; 647-232-6014 (cell)
701 Mt. Pleasant Road, Toronto, ON, M4S 2N4 fax: 416-486-4637; website: www.chess-math.org
1 Ethan Zou - Grade 1 2 Jason Wang - Grade 1 3 Jayden Yang - Grade 1 4 Aleksandr Zlatkovikzh - Grade 2 5 Andy R. Wang - Grade 2 6 Brandon Ben-Porat - Grade 2 7 Curtis Hu - Grade 2 8 Ella Lu - Grade 2 9 Heye Gao - Grade 2 10 Isabella li - Grade 2 11 Jayden Zhan - Grade 2 12 Justin Tso - Grade 2 13 Michael Wu - Grade 2 14 Onur Naiboglu - Grade 2 15 Sierra Lucus - Grade 2 16 Zeming (Brandon) Yin - Grade 2 17 Atam Vartanian - Grade 3 18 Ethan Shen - Grade 3 19 Felix Zhou - Grade 3 20 Yeva Kozyrieva - Grade 3 21 Eric Liu - Grade 4 22 Jayden Lau - Grade 4 23 Maxim Kim - Grade 4 24 Runyang (Raymond) Gao - Grade 4 25 Wah Sing [Joseph] Leung - Grade 4 26 Caden Smith - Grade 5 27 Dominic Leonienco - Grade 5 28 Jasper Xie - Grade 5 29 Jax Cooperman - Grade 5 30 Lucy Lu - Grade 5 31 Nathan Glazer - Grade 5 32 Ruby Li - Grade 5 33 Ryan Wang - Grade 5 34 Jerry Zheng - Grade 6 35 Loren Senderovich - Grade 6 36 Uday Singh - Grade 6 37 Kevin Tso - Grade 7 38 Sri Harsith Jain - Grade 7 39 Yichen［Ethan］ Li - Grade 7 40 Atharva Srinivas - Grade 8 41 Bek Khamidov - Grade 9 42 Quintin Lang - Grade 9
Francis Rodrigues, LLB - Regional Director Strategy Games & The Chess'n Math Association
tel: 416-488-5506; 416-486-3395; 647-232-6014 (cell)
701 Mt. Pleasant Road, Toronto, ON, M4S 2N4 fax: 416-486-4637; website: www.chess-math.org
1 Andy Rosada - Grade 1 2 Ethan Zou - Grade 1 3 Jason Wang - Grade 1 4 Jayco Cao - Grade 1 5 Jayden Yang - Grade 1 6 Aleksandr Zlatkovikzh - Grade 2 7 Andy R. Wang - Grade 2 8 Brandon Ben-Porat - Grade 2 9 Curtis Hu - Grade 2 10 Dylan Wang - Grade 2 11 Ella Lu - Grade 2 12 Haoran Fan - Grade 2 13 Heye Gao - Grade 2 14 Isabella Li - Grade 2 15 Jayden Zhan - Grade 2 16 Joseph Marks-Forder - Grade 2 17 Justin Tso - Grade 2 18 Michael Wu - Grade 2 19 Onur Naiboglu - Grade 2 20 Percy Xing - Grade 2 21 Sierra Lucus - Grade 2 22 Zeming (Brandon) Yin - Grade 2 23 Atam Vartanian - Grade 3 24 Ethan Shen - Grade 3 25 Felix Zhou - Grade 3 26 Patrick O'Malley - Grade 3 27 Yeva Kozyrieva - Grade 3 28 Zheyi Zhang - Grade 3 29 Alex Sawkey - Grade 4 30 Eric Liu - Grade 4 31 Jayden Lau - Grade 4 32 Larry Zhou Chen - Grade 4 33 Maxim Kim - Grade 4 34 Nathan Han - Grade 4 35 Ruihan Ma - Grade 4 36 Runyang (Raymond) Gao - Grade 4 37 Wah Sing [Joseph] Leung - Grade 4 38 ZhiAn Wu - Grade 4 39 Aaronleib Litovsky - Grade 5 40 Alex Xu - Grade 5 41 Arseniy Chepushtanov - Grade 5 42 Caden Smith - Grade 5 43 Daniel Zhang - Grade 5 44 Dominic Leonienco - Grade 5 45 Jasper Xie - Grade 5 46 Jax Cooperman - Grade 5 47 Larry Yang - Grade 5 48 Lucy Lu - Grade 5 49 Nathan Glazer - Grade 5 50 Ruby Li - Grade 5 51 Ryan Wang - Grade 5 52 Shane Smith - Grade 5 53 Danielle Gertsenstein - Grade 6 54 Joseph O'Malley - Grade 6 55 Jerry Zheng - Grade 6 56 Kevin Zou - Grade 6 57 Loren Senderovich - Grade 6 58 Uday Singh - Grade 6 59 Wesley Cheung - Grade 6 60 Kevin Tso - Grade 7 61 Sri Harsith Jain - Grade 7 62 Yichen［Ethan］ Li - Grade 7 63 Atharva Srinivas - Grade 8 64 Bek Khamidov - Grade 9 65 Jingchun Ji - Grade 9 66 Quintin Lang - Grade 9 67 Gregory Mineev - Grade 12 68 Maxim Okunev - Grade 12
Francis Rodrigues, LLB - Regional Director Strategy Games & The Chess'n Math Association
tel: 416-488-5506; 416-486-3395; 647-232-6014 (cell)
701 Mt. Pleasant Road, Toronto, ON, M4S 2N4 fax: 416-486-4637; website: www.chess-math.org
1 Andy Rosada - Grade 1 2 Emily Huang - Grade 1 3 Ethan Zou - Grade 1 4 Jason Wang - Grade 1 5 Jayco Cao - Grade 1 6 Jayden Yang - Grade 1 7 Tymon Chen - Grade 1 8 Yunis Ferjani - Grade 1 9 Aleksandr Zlatkovikzh - Grade 2 10 Andy R. Wang - Grade 2 11 Brandon Ben-Porat - Grade 2 12 Curtis Hu - Grade 2 13 Dylan Wang - Grade 2 14 Ella Lu - Grade 2 15 Haoran Fan - Grade 2 16 Heye Gao - Grade 2 17 Isabella Li - Grade 2 18 Jayden Zhan - Grade 2 19 Joseph Marks-Forder - Grade 2 20 Justin Tso - Grade 2 21 Michael Wu - Grade 2 22 Nathan Brody - Grade 2 23 Onur Naiboglu - Grade 2 24 Percy Xing - Grade 2 25 Sierra Lucus - Grade 2 26 Zeming (Brandon) Yin - Grade 2 27 Atam Vartanian - Grade 3 28 Ethan Shen - Grade 3 29 Felix Zhou - Grade 3 30 Isaac Duanmu - Grade 3 31 Ivan Wilhelm - Grade 3 32 Jayden Ching - Grade 3 33 Oliver Das - Grade 3 34 Patrick O'Malley - Grade 3 35 Serene Kan - Grade 3 36 Tyler Hua - Grade 3 37 Yeva Kozyrieva - Grade 3 38 Yusef Ferjani - Grade 3 39 Zheyi Zhang - Grade 3 40 Alex Sawkey - Grade 4 41 Cheney Chen - Grade 4 42 Eric Liu - Grade 4 43 Jayden Lau - Grade 4 44 Larry Zhou Chen - Grade 4 45 Maxim Kim - Grade 4 46 Nathan Han - Grade 4 47 Ruihan Ma - Grade 4 48 Runyang (Raymond) Gao - Grade 4 49 Wah Sing [Joseph] Leung - Grade 4 50 William Godley - Grade 4 51 ZhiAn Wu - Grade 4 52 Aaronleib Litovsky - Grade 5 53 Alex Xu - Grade 5 54 Arseniy Chepushtanov - Grade 5 55 Caden Smith - Grade 5 56 Daniel Zhang - Grade 5 57 Dominic Leonienco - Grade 5 58 Howard Andrei Villegas - Grade 5 59 Isabelle Duanmu - Grade 5 60 Jasper Xie - Grade 5 61 Jax Cooperman - Grade 5 62 Larry Yang - Grade 5 63 Lucy Lu - Grade 5 64 Mathusha Jeyakumar - Grade 5 65 Nathan Glazer - Grade 5 66 Ruby Li - Grade 5 67 Ryan Wang - Grade 5 68 Shane Smith - Grade 5 69 Abigail D'Souza - Grade 6 70 Danielle Gertsenstein - Grade 6 71 Joseph Li - Grade 6 72 Joseph O'Malley - Grade 6 73 Jerry Zheng - Grade 6 74 Kevin Zou - Grade 6 75 Loren Senderovich - Grade 6 76 Uday Singh - Grade 6 77 Wesley Cheung - Grade 6 78 Akshay Ram - Grade 7 79 David Shtarker - Grade 7 80 Kevin Tso - Grade 7 81 Sri Harsith Jain - Grade 7 82 Yichen［Ethan］ Li - Grade 7 83 Atharva Srinivas - Grade 8 84 Bek Khamidov - Grade 9 85 Jingchun Ji - Grade 9 86 Quintin Lang - Grade 9 87 Abby Mattina - Grade 10 88 Adrian D'Souza - Grade 10 89 Gregory Mineev - Grade 12 90 Maxim Okunev - Grade 12
Francis Rodrigues, LLB - Regional Director Strategy Games & The Chess'n Math Association
tel: 416-488-5506; 416-486-3395; 647-232-6014 (cell)
701 Mt. Pleasant Road, Toronto, ON, M4S 2N4 fax: 416-486-4637; website: www.chess-math.org
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