2008 CHESSCA OPEN: Additional prizes

[Mei Chen Lee]

Hello everyone,

Good news! I just received some gifts for the tournament, and they will be handed out during the tournament. Mmm? feels like Christmas comes early this year.

I have not decided how the prizes would be awarded (draw / best dressed / best sportsmanship, etc.), but any brilliant suggestions would be most welcomed!

Additional prize 1: One VIP Sequel Card, which is valid for a complimentary night stay at any Sequel Property. This card has an approximately $200 value.

Please visit the links below to find out more about Sequel Property:

Sequel Lifestyle Hotels and Resorts
www.sequelhotels.com

Sequels? family of fine Inns & Resorts
www.hvmuskoka.com
www.eloramill.com
www.benmiller.on.ca
www.touchstoneonlakemuskoka.com
www.chateaubeauvallon.com





Additional prize 2: One ticket to the Umbra Olympian Chess Tournament + Fundraiser. This ticket has an $80 value.

To learn more about the Umbra Olympian Chess Tournament, visit:
http://chess.ca/misc2008/Chess4x6%20Postcard.pdf
http://chess.ca/UmbraOlympiad.htm

GO! Team Canada GO!





Green-Pens for everyone: Every participant will receive a Green-Pen valued at MSRP $2.22.



About Green-Pens:
Green-Pen? is made from Mater-bi. It is a corn starch?based material, fully biodegradable, and can successfully replace standard plastic materials. After composting it is transformed into a fertilizer to generate new agricultural products. Mater-bi does not release any metal or toxic residues, it comes from the earth and it returns to the earth without altering the eco-system.

Furthermore, it has been certified by BPI (Biodegradable Products Institute), approved by the CPIA (Canadian Plastic Industry Association), and has obtained the CEE safety mark for children.

Once the ink completed, simply remove the tungsten cartridge from the barrel. Plant the pen in soil and after approximately 8 months, the pen will have decomposed and will serve as a fertilizer for your plant! Also available is a little bottom cap with flower seeds. Simply plant in soil and watch the seeds sprout and bloom while the pen decomposes into the soil.

To learn more about GreenPens, visit:
http://www.greenpen.ca/en/

2008 Chessca Open: Pre-registered list (as of October 22nd, 2008)

Name Rating
IM Samsonkin, Artiom 2504
Henry, Liam 2256
Sapozhnikov, Roman 2232
Zhou, Haonan 2220
WFM Yuan Yuanling 2205
Egorov, Mikhail 2188
FM Jung, Hans 2170
WFM Kagramanov, Dina 2160
WFM Smith, Hazel 2094
Hambleton, Aman 2093
Gusev, Nikita 2054
Drkulec, Vlado 2028
Bzikot, Robert 1981
Wang, Jesse B.J. 1950
Shah, Omaray M. 1949
Gashgarian, Rob 1921
Li, Mann-Kee 1901
Prysiazny, Michael 1888
Gillanders, Robert 1809
Knechtel, Tim 1798
Liu, Steven H. 1779
Itkin, Victor 1768
Itkin, David, 1714
Moran-Vanegas, Mario 1696
Bellomo, Joe 1686
MacLeod, Neil 1670
Khaiter, Dennis 1668
Farrant-Diaz, Nathan 1602
Karpik, Steve 1542
Giblon, Rebecca 1542
Supsup, Ferdinand 1482
Zhou, Kevin 1468
Befurt, Joey 1346
Yin, Zining 1329
MacLean, John 1310
McCleary, Reuben 1302
Ravi, Anand 1297
Giblon, Andrew 1280
Fang, Tina 1270
McCleary, Rick 1220
Martin, James Denis Dylan 1200
Giblon, Melissa 1198
Liu, Peter 904
Li, Michael 0
Nicholson, Matthew 0

Regards,
Mei.
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MFLB REVIEW

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: 2008 CHESSCA OPEN: Additional prizes

Hi Mei Chen:

Wonderful work on getting sponsors to donate, and in promoting your sponsors. You should definitely send them a copy of your post to show part of the publicity they get for donating ( on a national/international chat board ). And once sponsors have felt that a sponsorship was satisfactory for something, they are more amenable to being approached a second time.

Good luck with the tournament ( sorry I can't make this one ). It seems like a good pre-reg list.

Bob

[Mei Chen Lee]

Re: 2008 CHESSCA OPEN: Additional prizes

Thank you for the kind words and good suggestion, Bob.

I will definitely send a thank you card along with the chesstalk posting as you?ve suggested. Incidentally, these sponsorships were very pleasant surprises, as I have not been able to approach any sponsors this year due to a hectic work schedule.

As the gifts have only arrived within less than 10 days to the tournament, sponsors were made aware that there would be very limited publicity available. The sponsors have been very pleasant and understanding about the matter. Nevertheless, I will try my level best to get as much word out possible about their generosity.

Have a good weekend, and see you at the next chess tournament!

Cheers and happy chess,
Mei.
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