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Bob and Gord Milton Open Active Tournament and CYCC Qualifier Tournament, Feb 24.
Bob and Gord Milton Open Active Tournament and CYCC Qualifier Tournament, Feb 24.
Hi all,
We are running another installment of the Bob and Gord Winter Active tournaments. PLease see attached flyer for details.
We are also running a CYCC qualifier at the same venue, same day. See flyer 4 details. BandG Feb 2024.pdf
Good tournaments for first timers to tournament chess play! Good tournament for non first timers too!
The door code is 01950 on Feb 24 to enter the premises. Please remember that!
Registration list on post #4.
Hi all, Anyone can play up in the Open section at no extra charge. Just mention the desire to play in the Open section if your active rating is less than 1200 in the registration email to me. The U1200 active rating group is for U1200 active rated players only.
Please indicate which tournament you are registering for. The tournaments will be held in separate venues on site.
Hi all, Anyone can play up in the Open section at no extra charge. Just mention the desire to play in the Open section if your active rating is less than 1200 in the registration email to me. The U1200 active rating group is for U1200 active rated players only.
Last edited by Gordon Gooding; Friday, 9th February, 2024, 03:28 PM.
BOB AND GORD MILTON
WINTER ACTIVE CHESS TOURNAMENT
AND
CYCC QUALIFIER CHESS TOURNAMENT
WHEN: Saturday, Feb 24, 2024
WHERE: St. Paul’s United Church, 123 Main Street East, Milton
APPROX. ROUND START TIMES: 10am, 11:30am, 1:30pm, 3:00pm, 4:30pm/ASAP
Entry fee received by Feb 23 is $50, $60 cash (only) on Feb 24
Registering on Feb 24 may result in a first-round bye
Last round zero-point bye only
This is a Chess Federation of Canada (CFC) rated event
CFC annual memberships / single quick (active) tournament membership fee
can be purchased online at www.chess.ca
Cash prizes based on entries, paid by e-transfer
Tournament capacity: 80 players
TIME CONTROL: 25 minutes + 5 seconds increment after each move
ORGANIZER: Gordon Gooding
ARBITER: Bob Gillanders
REGISTRATION: Email the following to Gordon Gooding at miltonchess@hotmail.com :
1. E-transfer entry fee. Indicate which tournament and section you are entering.
2. Competitor’s name (as found on Chess Federation of Canada website)
3. CFC membership number (in good standing on Feb 24, 2024)
GREAT TOURNAMENT FOR FIRST TIMERS TO CHESS COMPETITION
And the registration has begun: Player name in black: Winter Open. Player name in red CYCC qualifier
Justin Kirby
Daniel Subero
Rob Gashgarian
John Koopman
Antonio Oddi
Victor Lokram
Mike Menard
Dieter von Fintel Simon von Fintel
Brent Goff
Mario Moran Venegas
Trifee Miaco
Merlin Nazareno
Andrew Leliveld
Varun Bhardwaj
Patrick Buthmann Chen Chen
Shuang Chen
Kyle Vanderwelle
Gurdev Singh
Mario Fiorucci
Marcus Fiorucci
John Duralia
Felix Khulis
Matthew M Lewis
Jacob Hood
Jovan Momic
Ryan Jamieson
Andrew Jamieson
William Johnson( bye rd1)
Mason Zhou
George Stajov
Vaibavv Rangasamy
Basharat Mustafa
Pavan Suresh
Rishikesh Balaji
The door code is 01950 to enter the premises.
Last edited by Gordon Gooding; Friday, 23rd February, 2024, 01:29 PM.
Just to be clear. Bob and Gord are running two tournaments on Feb 24 at the same venue. One tournament is for the kids only who want to play in the Canadian Youth Chess Championship (CYCC) qualifier tournament (downstairs). The Bob and Gord Winter Active (upstairs) is Open to everyone, something we have been doing for a few years now. Both tournaments have the same time controls.
The door code is 01950 on Feb 24 to enter premises.
Last edited by Gordon Gooding; Sunday, 4th February, 2024, 01:32 PM.
More updates on registration list. Remember that if renewing cfc membership, the update usually occurs on Wednesdays if I'm not mistaken. Please correct me if I'm wrong. The door code is 01950 to enter the venue.
Hey chess players, Just close to two weeks left before the Bob and Gord Winter Active and the CYCC qualifier tourney starts. Update to registration list.
The door code is 01950 to enter the venue.
Last edited by Gordon Gooding; Friday, 9th February, 2024, 01:10 PM.
Hope everyone had a good Family Day weekend. This is the week of The Bob and Gord Winter Active chess tourney and the CYCC qualifier that we are running as well at the same site. Remeber that cfc membership udates are ususally done on Wed or Thursdays. If have renewed your cfc membership on Wed or later, it mihgt be a good isea to bring proof of renewal to the tourney or just send me a picture of it please. Thank you.
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