2010 Winter Open Pre-Registration Deadline Extended by 2 days!

[Yuanling Yuan]

Exactly 1 more week to go before the tournament begins! I'm sure excited! :) Currently we have a total of 54 registered players with an extremely strong Open Section. IM Nikolay is our top seed with 6 more National Masters tightly behind. I've spoke with some of the other organizers of this tournament and we all agreed to extend the pre-registration deadline by 2 days. Our paypal online payment (on our website) will be available until Sunday Nov 28 midnight and all checks that arrive before Wednesday Dec 1st (due to the mailing system) will be accepted without a late fee.
However, we must receive your registration this weekend. ;)

So make sure to sign up before this weekend! I hope to see you all there! To those who already signed up, thank you for your support!

For tournament info please see our website: http://chesstournamentintoronto.webs.com/

Pre-registration List (updated by Nov 26,2010)
Section Name CFC/CMA Rating
Open
1 IM Noritsyn, Nikolay 2556
2 NM Sapozhnikov, Roman 2400
3 NM Calugar, Arthur 2385
4 NM Kleinman, Michael 2282
5 NM Peng, Bill 2218
6 NM Shebetah, Wajdy 2214
7 NM Guo, Josh 2211
8 Klarner, William 2152
9 Pan, Neal 2020
10 Tonakanian, Stephan 1974
11 Wu, Kevin 1957
12 Cale, Ferdinand 1841
13 Posaratnanathan, Juliaan 1867
14 Manalo, Pepin 1840
15 Wiebe, Daniel 1811
16 Su,Stanley 1807
17 Verde, Pino 1708
18 Zotkin, Daniel 1708
19 Song, Lin (Xin) 1677
20 Ye, Stephen 1575
21 Liu, Jiaxin 1470
22 Bansal Vinit 1844 fide

U1700
1 Farhang, Arvin 1626
2 Thanabalachandran, Kajan 1565
3 Zhang, John 1557
4 Garcia, Lawrence 1478
5 Noritsyn, Sergey 1469
6 Spiliotopoulos, Yakos 1467
7 Yie, Yi-Xiao Kevin 1365
8 Chen, Richard 1244
9 Liang, Lakes 1170
10 Guo, Richard 965
11 Zhang,Brian 884
12 Chung, Devon 833


>900
1 Siemeon, Jerick 1334
2 Cheung, Benedict 1186
3 Wang, Constance 1138
4 Kaneshalingam, Mathanhe [Mayee] 1046
5 Wu, Daiqi(David) 938
6 Fu, Linda 924

U900
1 Vahid, Safar unr
2 Thanabalachandran, Luxiga 832
3 Ruan,Colin 804
4 Li, Edward 765
5 Li, Catherine 754
6 MO, Aidan 727
7 Ku,Kevin 614

U600
1 Guo, Haotong (Hazel) 486
2 Orliffe, Daniel 447
3 Naeema, Garcia 365
4 Liu, Hao Yang (Liana) 321
5 Mahmoud Darwin unr
6 Abeenesh, Uthayakumar unr
7 Chachcha, Vivek unr

[Yuanling Yuan]

Re: 2010 Winter Open Pre-Registration List Updated

4 more days left!! :)

As of Nov 30th, we have a total of 62 registered players! :D

We will still accept checks that come in by tomorrow (Wed, Dec 1st, 2010) without a late fee. It's still not too late to register! Simply email us at vpchess@yahoo.com with your name, rating, section and possible byes.

For tournament info please see our website: http://chesstournamentintoronto.webs.com/

Below is the updated list:

Name CFC/CMA Rating
Open
IM Noritsyn, Nikolay 2556
Sapozhnikov, Roman 2400
Calugar, Arthur 2385
Kleinman, Michael 2282
Peng, Bill 2218
Shebetah, Wajdy 2214
Guo, Josh 2211
Klarner, William 2152
Itkin, David 2030
Pan, Neal 2020
Tonakanian, Stephan 1974
Wu, Kevin 1957
Supsup, Ferdinand 1900
Preotu, Razvan 1894
Posaratnanathan, Juliaan 1867
Cale, Ferdinand 1841
Manalo, Pepin 1840
Wiebe, Daniel 1811
Su,Stanley 1807
Verde, Pino 1708
Zotkin, Daniel 1708
Song, Lin (Xin) 1677
Ye, Stephen 1575
Zhao,Yuetong 1438
Bansal Vinit 1844 fide

U1700 CFC
Farhang, Arvin 1626
Thanabalachandran, Kajan 1565
Zhang, John 1557
Garcia, Lawrence 1478
Liu, Jiaxin 1470
Noritsyn, Sergey 1469
Spiliotopoulos, Yakos 1467
Yie, Yi-Xiao Kevin 1365
Mack, James 1353
Chen, Richard 1244
Liang, Lakes 1170
Guo, Richard 965
Zhang,Brian 884
Chung, Devon 833

>900 CMA
Siemeon, Jerick 1334
Cheung, Benedict 1186
Wang, Constance 1138
Tang, Keith 1039
Kaneshalingam, Mathanhe [Mayee] 1046
Wu, Daiqi(David) 938
Fu, Linda 924

U900 CMA
Thanabalachandran, Luxiga 832
Ruan,Colin 804
Li, Edward 765
Li, Catherine 754
MO, Aidan 727
Ku,Kevin 614
Vahid, Safar unr
Wong, Bryan unr

U600 CMA
Guo, Haotong (Hazel) 486
Orliffe, Daniel 447
Gara, Kieran 426
Naeema, Garcia 365
Liu, Hao Yang (Liana) 321
Chachcha,Vivek unr
Mahmoud Darwin unr
Abeenesh, Uthayakumar unr

[Rob Love]

Re: 2010 Winter Open Pre-Registration List Updated

Are you going to post any results from your tournament?

I saw from a post by IM Samsonkin that IM Noritsyn has won the event but IM Noritsyn's CFC rating page was not update yet as of Wednesday.

Can you please post a brief summary of the winners?

Thanks!

4 more days left!! :)

As of Nov 30th, we have a total of 62 registered players! :D

We will still accept checks that come in by tomorrow (Wed, Dec 1st, 2010) without a late fee. It's still not too late to register! Simply email us at vpchess@yahoo.com with your name, rating, section and possible byes.

For tournament info please see our website: http://chesstournamentintoronto.webs.com/

Below is the updated list:

Name CFC/CMA Rating
Open
IM Noritsyn, Nikolay 2556
Sapozhnikov, Roman 2400
Calugar, Arthur 2385
Kleinman, Michael 2282
Peng, Bill 2218
Shebetah, Wajdy 2214
Guo, Josh 2211
Klarner, William 2152
Itkin, David 2030
Pan, Neal 2020
Tonakanian, Stephan 1974
Wu, Kevin 1957
Supsup, Ferdinand 1900
Preotu, Razvan 1894
Posaratnanathan, Juliaan 1867
Cale, Ferdinand 1841
Manalo, Pepin 1840
Wiebe, Daniel 1811
Su,Stanley 1807
Verde, Pino 1708
Zotkin, Daniel 1708
Song, Lin (Xin) 1677
Ye, Stephen 1575
Zhao,Yuetong 1438
Bansal Vinit 1844 fide

U1700 CFC
Farhang, Arvin 1626
Thanabalachandran, Kajan 1565
Zhang, John 1557
Garcia, Lawrence 1478
Liu, Jiaxin 1470
Noritsyn, Sergey 1469
Spiliotopoulos, Yakos 1467
Yie, Yi-Xiao Kevin 1365
Mack, James 1353
Chen, Richard 1244
Liang, Lakes 1170
Guo, Richard 965
Zhang,Brian 884
Chung, Devon 833

>900 CMA
Siemeon, Jerick 1334
Cheung, Benedict 1186
Wang, Constance 1138
Tang, Keith 1039
Kaneshalingam, Mathanhe [Mayee] 1046
Wu, Daiqi(David) 938
Fu, Linda 924

U900 CMA
Thanabalachandran, Luxiga 832
Ruan,Colin 804
Li, Edward 765
Li, Catherine 754
MO, Aidan 727
Ku,Kevin 614
Vahid, Safar unr
Wong, Bryan unr

U600 CMA
Guo, Haotong (Hazel) 486
Orliffe, Daniel 447
Gara, Kieran 426
Naeema, Garcia 365
Liu, Hao Yang (Liana) 321
Chachcha,Vivek unr
Mahmoud Darwin unr
Abeenesh, Uthayakumar unr

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: 2010 Winter Open Pre-Registration List Updated

Are you going to post any results from your tournament

a link to all results: http://chesstournamentintoronto.webs...tsarchives.htm

[Wajdy Shebetah]

Re: 2010 Winter Open Pre-Registration Deadline Extended by 2 days!

I did not see the pictures yet could you please put them in the web mean while my rate did not change could you please fix this
thanks!:)

[Yuanling Yuan]

2010 Winter Open Report

Hey everyone,

I apologize for the delay. I've been terribly sick for the past few days and considering that my teachers at school are cramming everything to be done before the break, there was barely any time on my hands. :(

If you're interested in seeing all the pictures, I just uploaded them on my web album here.

Below is the full report:

Celebrations for Victoria Park C.I.’s 50th Anniversary didn’t just end with the reunion in November. On Saturday December 4th, 2010, a large-scaled chess tournament, the very last of our anniversary celebration events took place on the third floor of our beloved school from 9am - 6pm.

The well organized tournament, named “2010 Winter Open”, attracted almost 70 participants of all ages from every corner of the city plus a few who drove down from Mississauga, Etobicoke and Hamilton! The players were divided into 5 sections according to the nation scholastic rating (CMA) or the national professional rating (CFC): U600 CMA, U900 CMA, 900+ CMA, U1700 CFC and Open. In the Open section, where the highest level of chess International Master and five National Masters, making the 2010 Winter Open one of the stronger tournaments held in Toronto this year.

The day kicked off with a short but meaningful opening ceremony where welcomes and greetings were made by the co-organizers of this event, me and Ms.Quejada, preceded by a few words from our special guest. We were honored to invite Mr.Pressburg, the chess advisor at VPCI two decades ago. Being a sophisticated English and history teacher for many years, Mr. Pressburg delivered a brief but inspirational speech on chess spirit and good sportsmanship. A thunderous applause concluded our opening ceremony with great excitement, anticipation determination and camaraderie in the atmosphere.

As this is our second time hosting a professional chess tournament, much was learned and improved from last year’s 2009 Winter Super Challenge. For the main part, the event was very much on schedule as planned and volunteers were trained beforehand in order to familiarize them with their duties as tournament directors. They ran back and forth in the hallway to update standings, post the new pairings and announce the commencement of the next round. A few other volunteers were in charge of the snack bar along with the pizza table at noon. Speaking of volunteers, we cannot forget those who stayed after school on Friday to help set up and get everything ready for the big event. Without these 20 hardworking volunteers, the 2010 Winter Open wouldn’t have been possible at all.

As much as I hate to see it all end, the closing ceremony had to be done when all the games finished. You can find the standings and the people who won prizes on our website.

Congratulations to all the prizes winners at this tournament! You all showed great sportsmanship proved yourselves on the chessboard.

A special shoutout goes out to IM Nikolay Noritsyn, who won a perfect score and proudly took home $300 along with the title "2010 Winter Open Champion"! Way to go Nikolay!! :)

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who came and took part in this tournament! Also, a big thank you goes out to the Hamilton junior chess club, the Scarborough chess club, the Mississauga chess club and the Bayview junior chess club for their support. Finally, I want to give a special shout out to Mr.Pressburg for everything he's done for VP Chess in the past and present. Without each and every one of you, this tournament wouldn't have been as successful as we see it today. :D

When the tournament was about to end, a few people asked me whether there will be a 2011 Winter Open next year. Originally, I had planned this tournament to be the very last one that I'm ever going to organize, other than Chess in the Library that is. Next year will be my senior year in high school and the months of November-December will be extremely busy for me as university applications are due around that time. Each time I organize a tournament I exhaust myself both mentally and physically - it's truly not an easy task! As a volunteer myself, my reward lies in the smile that I see on young chess players' faces and nothing else.

However, after hearing the sincere requests from some people, I've decided that perhaps I'll try to squeeze in time to organize another Winter Open. For all those who hope for more chess tournaments, for my school and for Canadian chess, I'll probably do it once more. I hope that if I do organize this tournament next year, everyone can continue to support me and my school! Thank you! :)

[Josh Guo]

Re: 2010 Winter Open Pre-Registration Deadline Extended by 2 days!

Thank you Yuanling for a well organized tournament! Also props to all the volunteers. :)

No pressure about next year. Do it only if you feel you have time, university application is much more important, especially if you're aiming good school/scholarships.

Again well done!