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

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

    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
    Last edited by Yuanling Yuan; Saturday, 27th November, 2010, 08:04 PM.

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    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
    Last edited by Yuanling Yuan; Tuesday, 30th November, 2010, 08:11 PM.

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    • #3
      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!


      Originally posted by Yuanling Yuan View Post
      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

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      • #4
        Re: 2010 Winter Open Pre-Registration List Updated

        Originally posted by Rob Love View Post
        Are you going to post any results from your tournament
        a link to all results: http://chesstournamentintoronto.webs...tsarchives.htm

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        • #5
          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!:)

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          • #6
            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! :)

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            • #7
              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!

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