Eastern Ontario Open: $10 May discount

[Aris Marghetis]

Hi again, we are pleased to report that after April registrations, that we now have over 55 players! This is over a month before the tournament, so we should get more players than usual, and the prize fund is already over $2000! Note that as early registration discounts wind down, and all expenses have already been covered, that new registrations increase the prize fund faster than the first registrations. I know that the size of the prize fund matters a lot to some players, especially those travelling from further away, so I will try to remember to keep posting it weekly along with the list of registered players.

For new players, please note that May is the month for the $10 early discount (and there are no such discounts in June). To be fair to the 55 players who have already paid up, I sure will respect the May 31st postmark cutoff. Cheques are still welcome at the RA chess club in person (as is cash), or I really do love registration by email, followed by payment by cheque in the mail (postmarked by May 31st if taking advantage of the May $10 early discount). There are some people who do not use cheques, then if I may suggest, just get a postal money order at the post office. Many players have done this successfully.

N.B. As this event occurs after the end of the University school year, travelling players can get great deals to stay in the residences of Carleton University, which is a convenient walking distance from the playing site. It is not right next door, but close enough, and includes free breakfasts!

Yours in chess,

Aris Marghetis, FIDE Arbiter
Organizer/TD, EOCA President

Please note that we are looking for up to 4 floater players :
- floater players help the TD guarantee no “forced byes”
- floater players are paired and rated like all the players
- floater players play for free, but under some conditions :
----- they play in 0 to 5 rounds, depending on byes by all the players
----- they can be phoned/texted in the hour before every single round
----- they have a current CFC membership by the time of first pairings
if you are interested in being a floater player for this event, please apply by email

--------- ongoing registration list ---------

CFC# rating name: title last, first

Top Section
146462 2610 GM Sambuev, Bator
106245 2452 IM O'Donnell, Tom
138609 2420 Sapozhnikov, Roman
U2400 Class
103715 2377 Pacey, Kevin
134989 2304 Qin, Joey
106629 2277 Gordon, David
135223 2276 Kraiouchkine, Nikita
103754 2238 Doubleday, William
149947 2224 Modwal, Sankalp
101925 2206 Upper, John
U2200 Class
141393 2194 Marinkovic, Mate
111166 2164 Collins, Christian
131936 2087 Desjardins, Michel (bye 1)
139655 2073 Sadeghi, Saeid
145427 2060 Fritzsche, Helmut (bye 1)
127516 2057 Ferreira, Alex
104837 2049 Riordon, Jason
106856 2043 Palsson, Halldor
121867 2012 Pepin, Christian

U2000 Section
102539 1994 Groleau, Gilles
106383 1989 Spicer, Christopher
142032 1981 Forget, David
101203 1977 Arseneau, Peter (floater)
111290 1963 Smilovici, Emil
103276 1961 Martin, Spencer (bye 1)
137927 1940 Kalra, Agastya
101895 1909 Danilov, Alex
107565 1909 Hubley, Roger
146811 1902 Zhang, Zhiyuan
110972 1899 Ritchie, Gordon
134845 1868 Renaud, Joshua
104270 1853 Laszlo, Robert (bye 3)
112806 1837 VanDusen, Eric
102205 1836 Thibault, Mario
112353 1814 Tomalty, Alan
100337 1810 Laurin, Marcel (bye 1)

U1800 Section
147276 1760 Zhang, Kevin
103050 1748 Best, Garland
128651 1718 Gagnon, Gabriel (bye 1)
127526 1709 Devine, Norman (bye 3)
129952 1654 MacNevin, Dave
149904 1634 Yang, Benjamin
102589 1605 Daku, Zoltan (bye 1)
147460 1602 Wan, Kevin

U1600 Section
104858 1594 Hunt, Murray (CFC membership)
142663 1568 Marcouiller, David
140794 1564 Huang, Jayson
135113 1554 Eyre, Keven
128144 1550 Murray, Brian (bye 1)
146765 1420 Lukezich, John
150262 1378 Muhammad, Nizam
147277 1376 Zhang, David
105729 1294 D'Aoust, Marc (floater)
150390 1228 Carroll, Billy
148924 1174 Zhang, Jeff
146319 1139 Fritzsche, Philipp (bye 1)

P.S. All applicable ratings will be rechecked before first pairings at 645pm.

--------- original event announcement ---------

The Eastern Ontario Chess Association (EOCA) organizes the EOCA Grand Prix, a series of weekend tournaments over the 2009-2010 chess season.

The next EOCA event in Ottawa will be the Eastern Ontario Open, on June 11th-13th. It will consist of 5 rounds, with flexible bye and discount options.

We are planning 4 sections (rated CFC, Top Section also rated FIDE), and prizes (2010 average > $2600) for every 200 rating points (U2400 to U1600).

For more details on this event, and a great webpage for all of the events in the 2009-2010 EOCA Grand Prix, please consider bookmarking this weblink:
http://www.eoca.org/htm/tournaments_2009-2010.html

[Aris Marghetis]

Re: Eastern Ontario Open: $10 May discount

Hi again, for local players who would rather register/pay in person, I am planning on playing at the RA chess club tonight. Cheques are still welcome (actually preferred :)

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Eastern Ontario Open: $10 May discount

Hi Aris,

Do you combine discounts? (early and am.)
May you mentioned how many juniors with ratings U1400 are in the U1600 section?

[Aris Marghetis]

Re: Eastern Ontario Open: $10 May discount

Hi Aris,

Do you combine discounts? (early and am.)
May you mentioned how many juniors with ratings U1400 are in the U1600 section?

Hi Egidijus, here are the answers to your questions :

1) Yes, early and Amateur discounts can be combined. In May, that would be $40 off.

2) I am not absolutely sure what you are asking for here, but it seems to be how many of the players rated U1400 are Juniors? There are currently 5 players in the U1600 section that are rated U1400. Of those 5 players, 3 are Juniors and 2 are adults.

If you are planning to register, please feel free to send me a heads-up email, thanks.

[Aris Marghetis]

Re: Eastern Ontario Open: $10 May discount

Please note that I am currently scheduled to work on the remaining Thursdays in May, more specifically, May 20th and 27th. So, I will not be playing at the RA chess club on those Thursday evenings. Therefore, if you want to take advantage of the $10 May discount, the only way to do it now would be by mail (feel free to also email me).

Thanks and regards, Aris.