2010 Ontario Open

[John Brown]

Re: 2010 Ontario Open

Is there a pre-registered list yet? Have you filled to capacity? I want to send in my cheque this week.

[Francis Rodriguez]

Re: 2010 Ontario Open

The modern series began in 1947 with Peter Avery winning. He was a polymath who spoke all the major European languages. He was from Russia and had fascinating stories of his family making a fast exit after the 1917 revolution since they were aristocrats. Having studied stage magic as a boy he smuggled out a bunch of gold coins well enough palmed and hidden up his sleeves that border guards never suspected. In the mid-sixties he was ancient, rated about 1900-2000 and could still vanish a quarter with impressive mystery.
I first played in 1963. Zvonko Vranesic won ahead of Theodorovich, Fuster, Kalotay, Grimshaw, Sarosy etc. It had about 20 players at the Harmonie Club with 8 rounds over two weekends. The next year in Hamilton it switched to 6 rounds on one long weekend which was a big improvement. There were usually three prizes, 1st, 2nd and a 50$ junior prize which delightfully covered bus fare from Ottawa.
I played all of the Ontario Opens until 1979 when regionalism trumped sanity and the site was way way far away.

Thank you Lawrence for that rich vignette on the
continuing tradition of the Ontario Open - saves me
some elbow-grease on writing "part 3"! I'm sure you
must have some absorbing memories of Ontario Opens
past - would be delighted if you could jot down a few.....

Francis.

[Francis Rodriguez]

Re: 2010 Ontario Open

Is there a pre-registered list yet? Have you filled to capacity? I want to send in my cheque this week.

Hi John,

I gather the Ontario Open is not yet over-subscribed,
and thus still accepting entries:-). Ted is still collating
his pre-registered list - if not done by this weekend,
I will post the initial one I had from him of 60 entries.

Francis.

[David Cohen]

Re: 2010 Ontario Open

70 entries now! ... do you have the pre-registered list posted?!

[Luke Peristy]

Re: 2010 Ontario Open

For clarification, do university students get a discount only if they are in summer school, or if they will be going back to school in September?

[Francis Rodriguez]

Re: 2010 Ontario Open

For clarification, do university students get a discount only if they are in summer school, or if they will be going back to school in September?

Hi Luke,

I've just checked quickly with Ted -

Either way, they're eligible for the student discount.

:-)

Francis.

[Luke Peristy]

Re: 2010 Ontario Open

Hi Luke,

I've just checked quickly with Ted -

Either way, they're eligible for the student discount.

:-)

Francis.

Thanks! I thought it was phrased a bit ambiguously.

[Francis Rodriguez]

Re: 2010 Ontario Open

70 entries now! ... do you have the pre-registered list posted?!

Hi David,

I'm not up to speed yet, but as promised, here's the initial
list of pre-registrants for the 2010 Ontario Open I had earlier.
I'm sure Ted will update us when he has a breathing space:-)

Francis.

[David Cohen]

Re: 2010 Ontario Open

There's nothing ambiguous about the original wording: it says you have to BE in full time attendance. That means while the tournament is going on. It's a break for students IN school. Luckily for you, the organizers are extending it to a wider group of university students!

David

[David Cohen]

Re: 2010 Ontario Open - free entry offered to Olympians and WJrCh

Chess Institute of Canada is pleased to aid Canada's representatives with their training expenses for the 2010 World Junior Championship and 2010 Olympiad by offering them free entry to the 2010 Ontario Open Championship!

Tourney details: www.ChessInstitute.ca - Victoria Day weekend, downtown Toronto

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: 2010 Ontario Open - free entry offered to Olympians and WJrCh

Hi David:

Neat video advertisement for the Ontario Open !! It's that kind of stuff that the CFC has to start packaging for the main stream media, to promote chess to the Canadian public. Good on the CIC ! Good luck to them in the tournament.

Bob

[Erik Malmsten]

Re: 2010 Ontario Open

In 1947 the first Ontario Open Championship was won by Peter Avery, 4-1, over seven others. It was probably the first weekend Swiss tournament in Ontario.

Avery had won the Toronto Championship in 1937, 8.5-.5 ahead of Crompton 7 and Ridout 6.5.

Avery was very active into the 1970s. Here’s a few of his games he played in the Ontario Opens:

[Event "ONT-op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1948.03.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Avery, Peter"]
[Black "Jewett, Earl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C22"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd2?! d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Qg3?! Bf5 9. Bd3? Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ndb4 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. O-O-O Nd4 13. Bf4 c5 14. Rd2 O-O 15. a3 Nbc6 16. Nh3 Bf6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Kb1 Ne6 19. Rhd1 Nxf4 20. Nxf4 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Nd5 Bf8 24. Kc1 f5 25. Ng3 g6 26. Kd2 Kf7 27. Kd3 Ke6 28. c4 Nc6 29. f4 Bg7 30. b4 Bb2 31. b5 Ne7 32. Nxe7 Kxe7 33. a4 a6 34. Nf1 Bd4 35. Nd2 Bg1?? 36. Nf3 Bf2 37. Ke2 Bd4 38. Nxd4 cxd4 39. Kd3 axb5 40. cxb5 h6 41. Kxd4 Kd6 42. Kc4 b6 43. Kb4 g5 44. a5 bxa5+ 45. Kxa5 Kc7 46. Ka6 Kb8 47. Kb6 gxf4 48. h4 h5 49. Kc6 Kc8 50. Kd6 1-0

[Event "ONT-ch"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1953.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vaitonis, Paul"]
[Black "Avery, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 h6? 9. Bf4 c6 10. h3 Nb6 11. Nge2 Bd6 12. g4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Re8 14. O-O-O Nc4 15. Rdg1 Nd6 16. g5 hxg5 17. Rxg5 Nfe4 18. Rg2 f5 19. Rhg1 Re7 20. f3 Nf6 21. Qf2 Nde8 22. Ng6 Rc7 23. Qh4 Qd6 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Nf4? (25. Ne5+ {Vaitonis}) 25... Qf8 26. Qh4 Qg8 27. Ng6 Qh7 28. Qf4 Qh6 29. Ne5+ Kf8 30. Qxh6 gxh6 31. Rg6 Rh7 32. e4! dxe4 33. fxe4 fxe4 34. Nxe4 Ke7 35. Nxf6 Nxf6 36. Rxf6 Kxf6 37. Bxh7 Bxh3 38. Rg6+ Ke7 39. Rxh6 Be6 40. b3 Rd8 41. Rh4 a5 42. Kb2 a4 43. bxa4 Ra8 44. Bc2 Ra7 45. Nxc6+ bxc6 46. Rh7+ Bf7 47. Bb3 Ke8 48. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "ONT-op"]
[Site "Hamilton"]
[Date "1964.05.17"]
[White "Avery, Peter"]
[Black "Rubin, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C22"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1964.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 b6 6. Bd2 Bc5 7. Qg3 O-O 8. O-O-O d6 9. Bg5 Kh8 10. f4 h6 11. h4 Bxg1 12. Rxg1 Ne7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. e5 Nf5 15. Qf3 Be6 16. exd6 Nxd6 17. g4 Rg8 18. g5 fxg5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Qh5+ Kg7 21. Rxg5+ Kf8 22. Qh6+ Ke7 23. f5 Rxg5 24. Qxg5+ f6 25. Qg7+ Bf7 26. Nd5+ Kd7 27. Nxf6+ Kc8 28. Ba6+ Kb8 29. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "ONT-op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "1973.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Avery, Peter"]
[Black "Brodie, Hugh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1973.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 d5 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. f4 Bd6 7. Ngf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nb4 9. Bb1 Bd7 10. a3 Nc6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Ne5 O-O 13. g4 Ne8 14. g5 f5 15. Qh5 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Qe7 17. Nf3 Qf7 18. Qh3 Qg6 19. Kh1 Nc7 20. Rg1 Be8 21. Nh4 Qh5 22. Bc2 Qe2 23. Bd1 Qd3 24. Ng2 Nxd4 25. Qg3 Ne2 26. Bxe2 Qxe2 27. h4 Bh5 28. a4 Bf3 29. b3 Na6 30. Ba3 Rfd8 31. Rae1 Bxg2+ 32. Rxg2 Qd3 33. Be7 Rd7 34. Bf6 Rc2 35. Rgg1 Qe4+ 36. Rg2 Rxg2 37. Qxg2 Qxh4+ 0-1

[David Cohen]

Re: 2010 Ontario Open - free entry offered to Olympians and WJrCh

Bob,

Francis and his son did that video - great idea and well done. Yes, more of this, Facebook, etc. needed. And yet the CFC can't even keep their own web site up to date. How is anyone supposed to raise funds for them? You can't refer a potential sponsor there, it's so bad.

David

[Francis Rodriguez]

Re: 2010 Ontario Open - free entry offered to Olympians and WJrCh

Re. Toronto accomodation enquiries for the Ontario Open -

Great deal -

Singles, all mod cons, from $25 to $35/night!

Special offer from a 2100+ chess master - Erwin Casareno.

Townhouse accomodation - microwave, fridge, cooker, cable,
internet access, kitchen, etc. all fully self-contained rooms.

I gather though, all the $25 rooms have been snapped up!

The $35 works out -
single $35; double $20 each; triple $15 each; separate beds!

Quite a deal:-)

Call Erwin on: 416-918-0528.
casareno.erwin@gmail.com;

Incidentally, Erwin asks if someone could offer him similar in
Montreal, Ottawa - he's dying to visit and play blitz/all-comers!

Francis.

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: 2010 Ontario Open

Incidentally, Erwin asks if someone could offer him similar in
Montreal, Ottawa - he's dying to visit and play blitz/all-comers!

In Montreal, McGill University residence rooms are available (until Aug. 15) for $40-$45/night - some including breakfast.

The Cafe Pi Chess crowd is always hungry for fresh meat :)