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3rd Annual Collingwood Somborac Chess Festival, May 3-5 2024, player list
3rd Annual Collingwood Somborac Chess Festival, May 3-5 2024, player list
Registration is already off to a good start, especially since capacity is only 100 players
Here are our players to date:
Crown: 1 IM Brian Hartman 2334 2 Sasha Starr 2115 3 Nicolae Oancea 1986 4 Andrew Plunkett 1938 U1900 1 Omaray M Shah 1744 2 Max Manga 1571 U1500 1 Kapahi Chandan 1425 2 Robert J Armstrong 1342 3 Greg Wilson 1200 4 Caleb Hart 1153 5 Jacob Hood 1151 6 Serena Wilson 1130 7 Arka Singh 844 8 Scott Bradley McManus unr.
We now have 20 players signed up for the 3rd Annual Collingwood Somborac Chess Festival. The first 50 registrants will participate in a draw for some chess art.
Collingwood 2024:
Crown Section
1 IM Brian Hartman 2334
2 Sasha Starr 2115
3 Nicolae Oancea 1957
4 Andrew Plunkett 1938
Under 2000
1 Riley Khan 1746
2 Omaray M Shah 1744
3 Richard Garel 1577
4 Max Manga 1518
5 Evan Andersen 1505
Under 1500
1 Michael Van Harten
2 Oscar Cheung
3 Robert J Armstrong
4 Caleb Hart
5 Jacob Hood
6 Devin Arnold
7 Serena Wilson
8 Michael Ivkin
9 Milan Somborac
10 Arka Singh
11 Scott Bradley McManus
Over 40 players now. Today is the last day for early bird entry fees.
Crown:
1 IM Brian Hartman 2334 2 Sasha Starr 2115 3 Iassen Pelev 2043 4 Isai Berengolts 2016 5 Andrew Colvin 1993 6 Nicolae Oancea 1952 7 Hongyi Li 1948 8 Andrew Plunkett 1938 9 Gordon Gooding 1922 10 Michael Blair 1829
U1900 1 Riley Khan 1746 2 Omaray M Shah 1744 3 Andrew Leliveld 1634 4 Ferenc Ramocsan 1625 5 Ferdinand Supsup 1563 6 Richard Garel 1544 7 Max Manga 1518 8 Ralf Meyer 1508 9 Oscar Kerrebyn 1508 10 Evan Andersen 1505 11 Aiden Li 1489
Under 1500
1 Michael Van Harten 1471 2 Oscar Cheung 1429 3 Anthony McCarthy 1400 4 Jeffrey Gibbens 1368 5 Robert J Armstrong 1349 6 Evan O'Connor-Fernando 1302 7 Gergo Ramocsan 1172 8 Jacob Hood 1151 9 Farhaan Syed 1137 10 Devin Arnold 1132 11 Brendan Munro 1128 12 Caleb Hart 1078 13 Serena Wilson 1045 14 Leo Hocaluk 1004 15 Michael Ivkin 937 16 Milan Somborac 878 17 Arka Singh 835 18 Kristine Tkachenko 827 19 Calvin Van Harten unr. 20 Scott Bradley McManus unr.
Please note that early pricing for accommodation at the Days Inn expires today.
Crown Section
1 IM Brian Hartman 2334
2 Sasha Starr 2115
3 Iassen Pelev 2043
4 Isai Berengolts 2016
5 Andrew Colvin 1993
6 Nicolae Oancea 1952
7 Hongyi Li 1948
8 Andrew Plunkett 1938
9 Gordon Gooding 1922
10 Hanxi [hancy] Jiang 1874
11 Michael Blair 1829
Under 1900
1 Riley Khan 1746
2 Omaray M Shah 1744
3 William Bi 1642
4 Andrew Leliveld 1634
5 Ferenc Ramocsan 1625
6 Ferdinand Supsup 1563
7 Hanzel Pinto 1560
8 Richard Garel 1544
9 Max Manga 1518
10 Oscar Kerrebyn 1508
11 Ralf Meyer 1508
12 Evan Andersen 1505
13 Aiden Li 1489
14 Shabd Dembla 1487
15 Robert J Armstrong 1349
Under 1500
1 Michael Van Harten 1471
2 Robert Gillanders 1467
3 Oscar Cheung 1429
4 Anthony McCarthy 1400
5 Alex Dodd 1380
6 Jeffrey Gibbens 1368
7 Evan O'Connor-Fernando 1302
8 Mary Vaudry 1280
9 Gergo Ramocsan 1172
10 Jacob Hood 1151
11 Farhaan Syed 1137
12 Devin Arnold 1132
13 Brendan Munro 1128
14 Caleb Hart 1078
15 Serena Wilson 1045
16 Leo Hocaluk 1004
17 Michael Ivkin 937
18 Milan Somborac 878
19 Arka Singh 835
20 Kristine Tkachenko 827
21 Calvin Van Harten unr.
22 Scott Bradley McManus unr.
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