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GM Nigel Short will be giving a simultaneous exhibition at the Ottawa RA Chess Club starting at 7 p.m. sharp on Thursday 15 September at the RA Centre. At this point, the following have registered for this special event:
Bill Doubleday
Stijn De Kerpel
David Forget
Garland Best
John Upper
Michel Desjardins
David Gordon
Mate Marinkovic
Max Dai
Joey Qin
Alan Tomalty
Billy Carroll
Gordon Ritchie
Claude Chabot
Peter Arseneau
Halldor Palsson
Victoria Amirshadova
Tony Ivanenko
Keven Eyre
Gerard Felderhof
Jim Paul
Ryan Yang
Agastya Kalra
Tao William
Eric Nguyen
Saied Sadeghi
If you believe you have registered but do not see your name on the list please contact me directly at gordonritchie@rogers.com.
There are still a couple of slots available at $40 less $5 for RA members.
At last year's event, Nigel lost one game, to Ryan Yang, who will be attempting to repeat. ("Not if I can help it," says Nigel.)
Last edited by Gordon Ritchie; Friday, 9th September, 2011, 04:13 PM.
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GM Nigel Short will be giving a simultaneous exhibition at the Ottawa RA Chess Club starting at 7 p.m. sharp on Thursday 15 September at the RA Centre.
Bump.
NOTE:7pm start, not 7:30 as I had posted on RACC website. Be there, seated and ready to play @7 pm
Re: Nigel Short Simultaneous at Ottawa RA Chess Club
RA Chess Club 2011 Nigel Short simul result:
Nigel scored +24 =1 -2 in a marathon 6 hour simul (last game ended just before 1 am).
David Gordon and Mate Marinkovic won, and Stijn de Kerpel drew.
Special note: the Club's newest (and smallest?) young member Qiyu Zhou held off Nigel for 68 moves before conceding a Rpp v Rp ending and the last game to finish.
I'll post a full report on the RACC website next week.
Re: Nigel Short Simultaneous at Ottawa RA Chess Club
I dropped in at 11pm to watch the last games, and it was an exhilerating chess scene! It was incredible watching Mr.Short and his opponents battle for the many spectators!
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