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We have 14 players pre-registered thus far for the Olympic Waive tournament in Room 442 of the Guelph University Centre on Sunday, June 6.
The first round begins at 10am and we should finish around 5pm. This is a 3 game tournament, CFC rated, and the CFC waives all membership and rating fees. The entry fee is $20, all of which is donated to the Olympic teams. All equipment is provided.
There is a $5 late fee if I don't hear from you beforehand. Email me at halbond@sympatico.ca before midnight June 5 to avoid the late fee. I hope you can join us on June 6!
Pre-registered list
# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Dima Shamroni
1868 146428
2 Paul Stephens
1854 132545
3 Hal Bond
1839 111830
4 Lee Hendon
1730 105731
5 Michael von Keitz
1722 128800
6 Sanjay Saxena
1706 142323
7 Zoltan Cservenyi
1638 107146
8 Daniel Coren
1630 150504
9 Nicholas Jackson
1604 146311
10 Mei Chen Lee
1570 130962
11 Liquan Wang
1567 151049
12 Mark Brauer
1536 132166
13 Mike Krause
1460 122240
14 Dennis Shamroni
1069 149741
We have a couple more - Rob Gashgarian and Adam Cormier have joined the fray. Avoid the late fee by contacting halbond@sympatico.ca to register in advance. Her is the updated list:
# Name/Rtng/ID
1 Rob Gashgarian
1884 112426
2 Dima Shamroni
1868 146428
3 Paul Stephens
1854 132545
4 Adam Cormier
1849 149091
5 Hal Bond
1839 111830
6 Lee Hendon
1730 105731
7 Michael von Keitz
1722 128800
8 Sanjay Saxena
1706 142323
9 Zoltan Cservenyi
1638 107146
10 Daniel Coren
1630 150504
11 Nicholas Jackson
1604 146311
12 Mei Chen Lee
1570 130962
13 Liquan Wang
1567 151049
14 Mark Brauer
1536 132166
15 Mike Krause
1460 122240
16 Dennis Shamroni
1069 149741
Good move on the part of the CFC for endorsing this concept. This is the sort of thing the CFC should have been doing in years past. In past years the CFC has competed against successsful projects - the original Chess Canada, the Chess & Math sales etc. Instead they should have been endorsing quality ventures. To illustrate a wrong-headed blunder which they could stumble on - A competing chess-in-the-schools program which CMA does well. Or how about chess-in-the-libraries which Yuanling Yuan is doing brilliantly. Of course the CFC would never do something so idiotic, would they?
Instead the CFC should expand the waive idea to support other national events such as the Canadian Junior, the Open and the Closed.
My theory is that a newcomer to chess should get their first rating free! Then the newcomer will see that Joe Putz has a higher rating and say "We can't have that, can we?" And for the next event they take a membership and pay a rating fee, or even join a chess club!
So I say this to the CFC - "Don't compete. Endorse!"
I will be in Toronto this weekend at a seimnar about IFRS. For all you non accountants, that is International Financial Reporting Standards. :( :( You can believe me, I would rather be playing chess!! uggrrr.
So there is simply no truth to the rumour that I am afraid to play the Gashman! No matter what Rob tells you! :D
thanks, I do always like to play new people, I have been studying the Benko more as white, it seems as soon as white makes one little inaccuracy it goes back to around = but with perfect play white has some advantage. Too bad I'm nowhere near perfect play. :)
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