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Brantford 2025 Ontario Open Fundraising Grand Prix #2 of 3 (Saturday Jan 18, 2025)
Brantford 2025 Ontario Open Fundraising Grand Prix #2 of 3 (Saturday Jan 18, 2025)
Brantford Ontario Open Fundraising
Grand Prix Event 2 of 3
Saturday January 18, 2025
10 Albion St. Brantford Ontario
Grace Anglican Church, Lower Level
#3/3 Saturday April 5, 2025
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Type: 5 Round CFC Active Rated Swiss
CFC Membership required
Time Control: 25 minutes + 5 second bonus
Registration / Check In: 9:45 am – 10:20 am
Round 1: 10:30 am
(Players arriving late may receive a non-Swiss pairing or ½ point bye)
Lunch Break: After Round 2
Entry Fee:
$50 Adult if payment received between Jan 12 and Jan 17, 2025
$45 Juniors D.O.B on / after 2005,Seniors born on / before, 1960 and Females
-$5.00 if E-Transfer / Payment received by Saturday Jan 11, 2025
+5.00 On-site, cash only Jan 18, 2025
Titled Players Entry Fees:
GM / IM Free Entry
FM / NM 50% Off
Prizes: November 18
$1000 based on 40 Adult Entries
Open section with class prizes—depending on entries
Unrated players not eligible for Class prizes
More Prizes maybe added based on entries
We are hosting 3 events as fundraisers for the 2025 Ontario Open in May 2025.
These events will also be a Grand Prix, meaning that total points accumulated over
the three events will be eligible for the prizes below.
Grand Prix Prizes
Guaranteed Prizes (May Increase based on entries)
Open 1st $250 2nd $150
U1800 1st $125
U1400 1st $75
Last edited by Lee Hendon; Friday, 13th December, 2024, 06:18 PM.
1 Ivanov Mike
3 Koopman John
4 Samarth Anand
5 Hans Jung
6 Emmanuel Gonnet
7 Hafey Fenn
8 Erickson John
9 Fintas Randy
10 Webster Jake
11 Osborne Christopher
12 Gashgarian Rob
13 DeBoer Brady
14 Mombach Gabriel
15 Samuel Saji
16. Lee Hendon
Last edited by Lee Hendon; Saturday, 11th January, 2025, 01:39 AM.
Has there been any updates in the Players for the ONTARIO OPEN since the rate changed? I've had a few people ask me who is playing and to my knowledge the player list has not changed lately.
1 Ivanov Mike
2 Hendon Lee
3 Koopman John
4 Samarth Anand
5 Hans Jung
7 Hafey Fenn
8 Erickson John
9 Fintas Randy
10 Webster Jake
11 Osborne Christopher
12 Gashgarian Rob
13 DeBoer Brady
14 Mombach Gabriel
15 Samuel Saji
16 Mathew Joash
17 Mathew Nathaniel
18 Takeuchi Nobuko
19 Sato Morin
20 McRae Mike
21 Li Jerry
22 Washington Michael
23 Davis Justin
24 Muminov Diyor
25 Emmanuel Gonnet
26 Stajov George
27 Gillanders Bob
28 Gooding Gordon
1 Ivanov Mike 2,465
2 Hans Jung 2,062
3 Gooding Gordon 1,977
4 Li Jerry 1,812
5 Gashgarian Rob 1,803
7 Erickson John 1,757
8 DeBoer Brady 1,750
9 Gillanders Bob 1,654
10 Song Andrew 1,650
11 Hendon Lee 1,645
12 Mathew Joash 1,625
13 Morin Sato 1,545
14 Davis Justin 1,539
15 Fintas Randy 1,489
16 Koopman John 1,462
17 Mathew Nathaniel 1,462
18 Takeuchi Nobuko 1,225
19 Muminov Diyor 1,211
20 Emmanuel Gonnet 1,210
21 Osborne Christopher 1,196
22 Stajov George 1,177
23 Anand Samarth 1,168
24 Webster Jake 1,164
25 McRae Mike 1,058
26 Hafey Fenn 0
27 Mombach Gabriel 0
28 Samuel Saji 0
29 Washington Michael 0
Keep posting frequently and you will pump the numbers up, Lee! I want people to know that you run a great tournament. Definitely worth going out of your way for.
1 Ivanov Mike 2,465
2 Hans Jung 2,062
3 Gooding Gordon 1,977
4 MacLeod Brian 1821
5 Li Jerry 1,812
6 Gashgarian Rob 1,803
7 Pooran Isaac 1766
8 Erickson John 1,757
9 DeBoer Brady 1,750
10 Mombach Gabriel 1,750
11 Abbas Sahir 1704
12 Gillanders Bob 1,654
13 Song Andrew 1,650
14 Hendon Lee 1,645
15 Mathew Joash 1,625
16 Morin Sato 1,545
17 Davis Justin 1,539
18 Armstrong Robert 1538
19 Fintas Randy 1,489
20 Koopman John 1,462
21 Mathew Nathaniel 1,462
22 Buthman Patrick 1429
23 Takeuchi Nobuko 1,225
24 Muminov Diyor 1,211
25 Emmanuel Gonnet 1,210
26 Osborne Christopher 1,196
27 Stajov George 1,177
28 Anand Samarth 1,168
29 Webster Jake 1,164
30 McRae Mike 1,058
31 Hafey Fenn 0
32 Samuel Saji 0
33 Washington Michael 0
34 Naidoo Yedishtra 0
Keep posting frequently and you will pump the numbers up, Lee! I want people to know that you run a great tournament. Definitely worth going out of your way for.
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