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Canada's highest rated player, GM Bator Sambuev, will test the Olympians this weekend in Guelph. No doubt he will be looking to avenge his loss against Nikolay in their last Guelph encounter.
The U1700 and U1400 sections will be merged, and a trophy will be awarded to the top scoring U1400 player. I will post an updated list as soon as I get the latest ratings implanted.
I just returned from the grocery store with a carload of snacks for the cantine.
Hal, I was trying to find a way to make it to your event, but the last straw was that it snowed a fair chunk in Ottawa while I was away last week, and the wet stuff absolutely crushed the cheap soft metal Wal-Mart gazebo that I had installed last summer. It is just an ugly mass of twisted metal now, that I have to fully unscrew from the deck! :)
Regardless, here's wishing you and your participants a fun successful weekend in Guelph!
Lame excuse #8734. So the world will end if the twisted metal persists for an extra week? Ottawa is famous for twisted metal sculptures. Just call it "J'oualgazeberais" and sell it to some arts council for $250,000.
You should take Jonathan's advice Aris. ;)
Another 5 entries came in over night. If you wish to play you can still register by email until midnight tonight and avoid the late fee. Once again, halbond@sympatico.ca
Standings. Guelph Fall Pro-Am 2010: Pro Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Bator Sambuev 2672
2 Artiom Samsonkin 2582
3 Nikolay Noritsyn 2559
4 Victor Plotkin 2398
5 Roman Sapozhnikov 2390
6 Michael Humphreys 2253
7 Nikita Gusev 2247
8 Vladimir Drkulec 2230
9 Mikhail Egorov 2201
10 Josh Guo 2198
11 Lucian Lacau-Rodean 2168
12 Steve Demmery 2159
13 Brian Fiedler 2137
14 Michael Song 2133
15 Federico Austria 2115
16 Laurentiu Grigorescu 2091
17 Alex T. Ferreira 2087
18 Alexander Friedman 2034
19 Iulia Lacau-Rodean 2031
20 Robert Bzikot 2024
21 Yelizaveta Orlova 2023
22 Razvan Preotu 1920
23 Daniel Parmet 1905
24 Ferdinand Supsup 1900
Standings. Guelph Fall Pro-Am 2010: U2000 Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Adam Cormier 1938
2 Richard C. Moran 1931
3 Rob Gashgarian 1904
4 Robert Gillanders 1897
5 Stuart Brammall 1882
6 Daniel Wiebe 1853
7 Brian Villarreal 1852
8 Robert Laszlo 1841
9 Steven H. Liu 1840
10 Ian Finlay 1836
11 Mark Plotkin 1832
12 Michael Zaghi 1827
13 Robert Clark 1774
14 Tim Knechtel 1765
15 Mario Piccinin 1756
16 Lee Hendon 1746
17 Liquan Wang 1742
18 Matija Elez 1723
19 Joe Bellomo 1719
20 Nicholas Jackson 1717
21 Hongyi Li 1706
22 Daniel Moorehouse 1688
23 Patrick Yu 1678
24 Doug Gillis 1622
25 Hugo Ortiz 1614
Standings. Guelph Fall Pro-Am 2010: U1700 Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Leslie Tang 1680
2 Mark Brauer 1680
3 Corin Schneider 1630
4 Zachary Dukic 1550
5 Lee Merrick 1524
6 Jiaxin Liu 1474
7 Sergey Noritsyn 1444
8 Yue Tong (Davy) Zhao 1438
9 James Williamson 1398
10 Joey Befurt 1374
11 Bruce Hurst 1358
12 Benjamin Papernick 1276
13 Richard Chen 1222
14 Joey Sexton unr.
15 Chris Wehrfritz unr.
You should take Jonathan's advice Aris. ;)
Another 5 entries came in over night. If you wish to play you can still register by email until midnight tonight and avoid the late fee. Once again, halbond@sympatico.ca
Standings. Guelph Fall Pro-Am 2010: Pro Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Bator Sambuev 2672
2 Artiom Samsonkin 2582
3 Nikolay Noritsyn 2559
4 Victor Plotkin 2398
5 Roman Sapozhnikov 2390
6 Michael Humphreys 2253
7 Nikita Gusev 2247
8 Vladimir Drkulec 2230
9 Mikhail Egorov 2201
10 Josh Guo 2198
11 Lucian Lacau-Rodean 2168
12 Steve Demmery 2159
13 Brian Fiedler 2137
14 Michael Song 2133
15 Federico Austria 2115
16 Laurentiu Grigorescu 2091
17 Alex T. Ferreira 2087
18 Alexander Friedman 2034
19 Iulia Lacau-Rodean 2031
20 Robert Bzikot 2024
21 Yelizaveta Orlova 2023
22 Razvan Preotu 1920
23 Daniel Parmet 1905
24 Ferdinand Supsup 1900
Standings. Guelph Fall Pro-Am 2010: U2000 Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Adam Cormier 1938
2 Richard C. Moran 1931
3 Rob Gashgarian 1904
4 Robert Gillanders 1897
5 Stuart Brammall 1882
6 Daniel Wiebe 1853
7 Brian Villarreal 1852
8 Robert Laszlo 1841
9 Steven H. Liu 1840
10 Ian Finlay 1836
11 Mark Plotkin 1832
12 Michael Zaghi 1827
13 Robert Clark 1774
14 Tim Knechtel 1765
15 Mario Piccinin 1756
16 Lee Hendon 1746
17 Liquan Wang 1742
18 Matija Elez 1723
19 Joe Bellomo 1719
20 Nicholas Jackson 1717
21 Hongyi Li 1706
22 Daniel Moorehouse 1688
23 Patrick Yu 1678
24 Doug Gillis 1622
25 Hugo Ortiz 1614
Standings. Guelph Fall Pro-Am 2010: U1700 Section
# Name Rtng Tot
1 Leslie Tang 1680
2 Mark Brauer 1680
3 Corin Schneider 1630
4 Zachary Dukic 1550
5 Lee Merrick 1524
6 Jiaxin Liu 1474
7 Sergey Noritsyn 1444
8 Yue Tong (Davy) Zhao 1438
9 James Williamson 1398
10 Joey Befurt 1374
11 Bruce Hurst 1358
12 Benjamin Papernick 1276
13 Richard Chen 1222
14 Joey Sexton unr.
15 Chris Wehrfritz unr.
Hi Hal,
Will you setup the free wireless internet for parents to use like last year? It will be a long day without internet access.
Will you setup the free wireless internet for parents to use like last year? It will be a long day without internet access.
Thanks,
Robert and all.
The free wired and wireless internet access is no longer available for security concerns, however UoG provides free Guest Access instead and I am happy to set it up for you if you require, just come and see me during the day and I will be around.
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