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Canadian Open Victoria July 8-13 Registration rate goes up $20 after June 29
Canadian Open Victoria July 8-13 Registration rate goes up $20 after June 29
Don't miss the 49th Canadian Open in Victoria BC. It could be another 49 years before the next CO in Victoria.
Great location Great hotel Great Event See you in July http://monroi.com/2012-cocc-home.html
Lots of great side events including a Welcome Barbecue, Whale Watching tour, Blitz, Learn how to Stand Up Paddleboard, Banquet and of course Bughouse. http://monroi.com/2012-cocc-home.html for details.
Hope to see you in July in Victoria. Sunshine Guaranteed. Everyone else will be here. Why not you?
Our original site for the BBQ has been torn up for construction by the city and consequently, it has been moved. The new location is at the Laurel Inn Park which is a bit closer than the previous location and on the waterfront and is an easy walk from the hotel. Not suitable for soccer or volleyball (unless you don't mind losing a few balls in the ocean). All other details are the same as before. Times, etc.
Don't miss the 49th Canadian Open in Victoria BC. It could be another 49 years before the next CO in Victoria.
Great location Great hotel Great Event See you in July http://monroi.com/2012-cocc-home.html
Lots of great side events including a Welcome Barbecue, Whale Watching tour, Blitz, Learn how to Stand Up Paddleboard, Banquet and of course Bughouse. http://monroi.com/2012-cocc-home.html for details.
Hope to see you in July in Victoria. Sunshine Guaranteed. Everyone else will be here. Why not you?
All Aboard?
Don't miss out!
2012 Canadian Open Championship - Preregistered List
Last updated: June 28, 2012
121 entries
Premier
No. Title Name FIDE / USCF. CFC City, Province
1 GM Ernst, Sipke 2593 2551 Groningen, Netherlands
2 GM Perelshteyn, Eugene 2542 2557 Boston, USA
3 GM Mikhalevski,Victor 2542 2642 Beersheba, Israel
4 IM Orlov, Georgi 2479 2614 Seattle, WA, USA
5 IM Porper, Edward 2448 2525 Edmonton, AB
6 IM Hansen, Eric 2447 2594 Calgary, AB
7 GM Fedorowicz, John 2440 2494 New York, NY, USA
8 FM Wang, Richard 2307 2454 Edmonton, AB
9 IM Perez, Rodney 2404 2420 Havana, Cuba
10 IM Piasetski, Leon 2304 2410 Vancouver, BC
11 IM Calugar, Arthur 2271 2339 Toronto, ON
12 FM Yoos, Jack 2344 2393 Vancouver, BC
13 WGM Foisor, Sabina 2364 Baltimore, MD, USA
14 NM MacKinnon, Keith 2183 2353 North Battleford,SK
15 WGM Rohonyan, Kateryna 2294 2351 Seattle, WA, USA
16 FM Plotkin, Victor 2243 2349 Thornhill, Ont.
17 NM, FA Villavieja, Butch 2337 Vancouver, BC
18 NM Kazmaier, Dan 2198 2336 Calgary, AB
19 NM Reeve, Jeff 2244 2335 Edmonton, AB
20 NM Moore, Harry 2283 2279 Victoria, BC
21 NM Pechisker, Alfred 2189 2280 Vancouver, BC
22 FM Laceste, Loren 2292 2256 North Vancouver
23 WFM Foisor, Veronica 2244 Roumania
24 NM Barron, Michael 2168 2236 Toronto, ON
25 NM Chen, Howard 2357 / 2427 2223 Monroe, WA
26 NM Li, Kevin 2097 2223 Winnipeg, MAN
27 Wagner, Bernd 2218 Karlsruhe, Germany
28 NM Itkin, David 2044 2212 Richmond Hill, ON
29 NM Babb, Jeff 2144 2208 Winnipeg, MAN
30 NM McLaren, Brian 2167 2177 Surrey, BC
31 Cheng, Jack 1980 2158 Vancouver, BC
32 NM Wu, Howard 2136 2129 Victoria, BC
33 Awatramani, Janak 2129 Vancouver, BC
34 Kong, Dezheng 2075 2124 Vancouver, BC
35 NM Fiedler, Brian 2066 2102 North York, ON
36 Erichsen, Dan 2083 Vancouver, BC
37 NM Doubleday, William 2052 2080 Ottawa, ON
38 Daswani, Benedict 2031 2072 Delta, BC
39 NM Patterson, Roger 2107 2062 Victoria, BC
40 Daniluk, Jim 2059 Calgary, AB
41 FM Cao, Jason 1993 2057 Victoria, BC
42 Chernik, Dmitry 1975 2049 Toronto, ON
43 Kalisvaart, Peter 2076 2038 Edmonton, AB
44 WCM Botez, Alexandra 2021 2028 Happy Valley, OR
45 Smith, Andrew M. 2024 Tualatin, OR
46 Chan, James 2021 2019 Vancouver, BC
47 Trochtchanovitch, Pavel 2042 2014 Richmond, BC
48 Fritzsche, Helmut 2039 2007 Deep River, ON
49 Longo, Tyler 1909 2004 Toronto, ON
50 Lane, Travis 2158 2000 Vancouver, BC
51 Plotkin, Mark 1887 2000 Thornhill, Ont.
52 Beaudin, Jesse 1994 Gibsons, BC
53 Lindholdt, Malik 1992 Sjælland, Denmark
54 Landingin, Jofrel 1915 Vancouver, BC
55 Grecu, Veaceslav 1881 1880 Moldavia
56 Finlay, Ian 1792 1859 Brampton, ON
57 Wu, Ray 1855 Victoria, BC
58 Raymer, Elliot 1818 Victoria, BC
59 Chen, Clyde 1781 Surrey, BC
60 Xiao, Alice 1776 Vancouver, BC
61 Jessa, Omar 1711 Richmond, BC
62 Rotariu, Constantin 1665 Vancouver, BC
63 Lundy, George 1569 Boise, ID, USA
U2000
1 Doknjas, John 1990 Surrey, BC
2 Richardson, Ross 1954 Mississauga, ON
3 Ozkan, Charlie 1931 Victoria, BC
4 Leblanc, Paul 1920 Victoria, BC
5 North, Robert 1913 Vancouver, BC
6 Roback, Joe 1909 Vancouver, BC
7 Lee, Brendon 1871 Windsor, ON
8 Weller, Tony 1863 Australia
9 Djuric, Olgica 1880 Serbia
10 Han, YiFie 1855 Burnaby
11 Harris, Phillip 1803 Vancouver, BC
12 Anderson, Jack W 1800 Sequim, WA, USA
13 White, Chris 1789 LaCrete, AB
14 Caron, Harvey 1782 Edmonton, Alta
15 Milne, Arthur 1778 Calgary, AB
16 Kosinski, George 1773 Gibsons, BC
17 Ji, Yu 1765 Surrey, BC
18 Faust, Steven 1758 Calgary, AB
19 Hannan, Kelsey 1749 Victoria, BC
20 Solis, Jamie 1736 Fort Erie, ON
21 Itkin, Victor 1729 Richmond Hill, ON
22 Cannon, Farley 1720 Saltspring Island, BC
23 Koke, Conrad 1719 Saltspring Island, BC
24 Blum, Benjamin 1710 Thornill, ON
25 Gates, David 1707 Norwich, UK
26 Tate, Bill 1693 Victoria, BC
27 Wane Inkpen 1684 Fortune, NF
28 Mousavi, Payam 1672 Coquitlam, BC
29 Sullivan, Brian 1668 Langley, BC
30 Thomson, Bruce 1634 Mississauga, ON
31 Doknjas, Joshua 1628 Surrey, BC
32 Schwarz, Heiner 1622 Campbell River, BC
33 Gedajlovic, Eric 1601 Vancouver, BC
34 Ding, Jill 1543 Victoria, BC
U1600
1 Remillard, John 1598 Winnipeg, MAN.
2 Lee, Frank 1592 Windsor, ON
3 Lee, Melissa 1586 Windsor, ON
4 Campbell, Jamie 1582 Winnipeg, MAN.
5 Lapi, Louis 1559 Cassidy, BC
6 Thanabalachandran, Kajan 1518 Toronto, ON
7 Yonkman, Trevor 1481 Castlegar, BC
8 Smith, Maurice 1440 Scarborough, ON
9 Haines, Duncan 1434 Victoria, BC
10 Gjorgjevik, Krisijan 1384 Victoria, BC
11 Su, Michael 1335 Vancouver, BC
12 Fritzsche, Philipp 1241 Deep River, ON
13 Richardson, Kai 1206 Williams Lake, BC
14 Tapp, Ashley 1202 Vancouver, BC
15 Grossmann, Lenard 1200 Edmonton, AB
16 Geng, Matthew 1187 Victoria, BC
17 Peters, Nicholas 1166 Parksville, BC
18 Doknjas, Neil 1090 Surrey, BC
19 Edgar, Garth 1061 Victoria, BC
20 James, Rowan 961 Sooke, BC
21 Huang, Patrick 770 Victoria, BC
22 Nylen, Drew UNR Kamloops, BC
23 Stoilova, Olivija UNR Victoria, BC
24 Pantazi, Emanuel UNR Toronto, ON
Organizers: Brian Raymer, Paul Leblanc, Roger Patterson Contact us at cochess2012@gmail.com
Chief Arbiter: Mark S. Dutton, IA
Assistant Arbiter: Stephen Wright, FA
Assistant Arbiter: Greg Churchill
Tournament Director: Elliot Raymer (Blitz and Bughouse)
Re: Canadian Open Victoria July 8-13 Registration rate goes up $20 after June 29
I have now registered for this tournament. Upon seeing that Jack "The Barbarian" Yoos is also playing, I have been working on some tactics recently. Should I play him, I can now avoid any shenanigans and steer the game towards a friendly draw, as the fans want to see.
Don't miss the 49th Canadian Open in Victoria BC. It could be another 49 years before the next CO in Victoria.
Great location Great hotel Great Event See you in July http://monroi.com/2012-cocc-home.html
Lots of great side events including a Welcome Barbecue, Whale Watching tour, Blitz, Learn how to Stand Up Paddleboard, Banquet and of course Bughouse. http://monroi.com/2012-cocc-home.html for details.
Hope to see you in July in Victoria. Sunshine Guaranteed. Everyone else will be here. Why not you?
Celebrating Canada's Birthday from June 30 to July 1, 2012, in Victoria's beautiful Inner Harbour
Victoria Celebrates Canada Day 2012 is excited to once again announce an impressive line-up of family-friendly events, music performances, fireworks, and A Flavour of Canada, all set to take place over the July long weekend from June 30th to July 1st, 2012! By working towards decreasing our carbon footprint and providing green solutions for all those in attendance, Victoria Celebrates Canada Day 2012 is also proud to be taking a step in the right direction to ensuring the longevity and health of our planet.
Following the Canada Day celebrations, will be the 49th Canadian Open Chess Championship, which is being held at the wonderful Grand Pacific Hotel on the Victoria Inner Harbour! Do not miss out on your chance to join more than 130 Chess players playing for $15,000 Guaranteed Prize Fund!
2012 Canadian Open Championship - Preregistered List
Last updated: June 30, 2012 - 130 entries
Premier
No. Title Name FIDE / USCF. CFC City, Province
1 GM Ernst, Sipke 2593 2551 Groningen, Netherlands
2 GM Perelshteyn, Eugene 2542 2557 Boston, USA
3 GM Mikhalevski,Victor 2542 2642 Beersheba, Israel
4 IM Porper, Edward 2448 2525 Edmonton, AB
5 IM Hansen, Eric 2447 2594 Calgary, AB
6 GM Fedorowicz, John 2440 2494 New York, NY, USA
7 FM Wang, Richard 2307 2454 Edmonton, AB
8 IM Perez, Rodney 2404 2420 Havana, Cuba
9 IM Piasetski, Leon 2304 2410 Vancouver, BC
10 IM Calugar, Arthur 2271 2339 Toronto, ON
11 FM Yoos, Jack 2344 2393 Vancouver, BC
12 NM MacKinnon, Keith 2183 2353 North Battleford,SK
13 WGM Rohonyan, Kateryna 2294 2351 Seattle, WA, USA
14 FM Plotkin, Victor 2243 2349 Thornhill, Ont.
15 NM, FA Villavieja, Butch 2337 Vancouver, BC
16 NM Kazmaier, Dan 2198 2336 Calgary, AB
17 NM Reeve, Jeff 2244 2335 Edmonton, AB
18 NM Moore, Harry 2283 2279 Victoria, BC
19 NM Pechisker, Alfred 2189 2280 Vancouver, BC
20 FM Laceste, Loren 2292 2256 North Vancouver
21 NM Jiganchine, Roman 2230 2255 Coquitlam, BC
22 NM Barron, Michael 2168 2236 Toronto, ON
23 NM Chen, Howard 2357 / 2427 2223 Monroe, WA
24 NM Li, Kevin 2097 2223 Winnipeg, MAN
25 Wagner, Bernd 2218 Karlsruhe, Germany
26 NM Davies, Lucas 2174 2214 Vancouver, BC
27 NM Itkin, David 2044 2212 Richmond Hill, ON
28 NM Babb, Jeff 2144 2208 Winnipeg, MAN
29 NM Sohal, Tanraj 2106 2204 Surrey, BC
30 Ummel, Igor 2185 Arlington, WA
31 NM McLaren, Brian 2167 2177 Surrey, BC
32 Cheng, Jack 1980 2158 Vancouver, BC
33 NM Wu, Howard 2136 2129 Victoria, BC
34 Awatramani, Janak 2129 Vancouver, BC
35 Kong, Dezheng 2075 2124 Vancouver, BC
36 NM Fiedler, Brian 2066 2102 North York, ON
37 Erichsen, Dan 2083 Vancouver, BC
38 NM Doubleday, William 2052 2080 Ottawa, ON
39 Daswani, Benedict 2031 2072 Delta, BC
40 NM Patterson, Roger 2107 2062 Victoria, BC
41 Daniluk, Jim 2059 Calgary, AB
42 FM Cao, Jason 1993 2057 Victoria, BC
43 Chernik, Dmitry 1975 2049 Toronto, ON
44 Kalisvaart, Peter 2076 2038 Edmonton, AB
45 WCM Botez, Alexandra 2021 2028 Happy Valley, OR
46 Smith, Andrew M. 2024 Tualatin, OR
47 Chan, James 2021 2019 Vancouver, BC
48 Trochtchanovitch, Pavel 2042 2014 Richmond, BC
49 Fritzsche, Helmut 2039 2007 Deep River, ON
50 Longo, Tyler 1909 2004 Toronto, ON
51 Lane, Travis 2158 2000 Vancouver, BC
52 Plotkin, Mark 1887 2000 Thornhill, Ont.
53 Beaudin, Jesse 1994 Gibsons, BC
54 Lindholdt, Malik 1992 Sjælland, Denmark
55 Ozkan, Charlie 1931 Victoria, BC
56 Landingin, Jofrel 1915 Vancouver, BC
57 Grecu, Veaceslav 1881 1880 Moldavia
58 Finlay, Ian 1792 1859 Brampton, ON
59 Wu, Ray 1855 Victoria, BC
60 Raymer, Elliot 1818 Victoria, BC
61 Chen, Clyde 1781 Surrey, BC
62 Xiao, Alice 1776 Vancouver, BC
63 Jessa, Omar 1711 Richmond, BC
64 Rotariu, Constantin 1665 Vancouver, BC
65 Lundy, George 1569 Boise, ID, USA
U2000
1 Doknjas, John 1990 Surrey, BC
2 Richardson, Ross 1954 Mississauga, ON
3 Leblanc, Paul 1920 Victoria, BC
4 North, Robert 1913 Vancouver, BC
5 Roback, Joe 1909 Vancouver, BC
6 Lee, Brendon 1871 Windsor, ON
7 Weller, Tony 1863 Australia
8 Djuric, Olgica 1880 Serbia
9 Han, YiFie 1855 Burnaby
10 Bogoev, Yassen 1853 Calgary, AB
11 Aquino, Manfrei 1827 Victoria, BC
12 Harris, Phillip 1803 Vancouver, BC
13 Anderson, Jack W 1800 Sequim, WA, USA
14 White, Chris 1789 LaCrete, AB
15 Caron, Harvey 1782 Edmonton, Alta
16 O'Brien, Frank 1780 Ottawa, ON
17 Milne, Arthur 1778 Calgary, AB
18 Kosinski, George 1773 Gibsons, BC
19 Ji, Yu 1765 Surrey, BC
20 Faust, Steven 1758 Calgary, AB
21 Hannan, Kelsey 1749 Victoria, BC
22 Solis, Jamie 1736 Fort Erie, ON
23 Itkin, Victor 1729 Richmond Hill, ON
24 Cannon, Farley 1720 Saltspring Island, BC
25 Koke, Conrad 1719 Saltspring Island, BC
26 Blum, Benjamin 1710 Thornill, ON
27 Gates, David 1707 Norwich, UK
28 Tate, Bill 1693 Victoria, BC
29 Wane Inkpen 1684 Fortune, NF
30 Mousavi, Payam 1672 Coquitlam, BC
31 Stewart, Deron 1671 Gabriola Island, BC
32 Sullivan, Brian 1668 Langley, BC
33 Lee, Anderson 1640 West Vancouver, BC
34 Thomson, Bruce 1634 Mississauga, ON
35 Doknjas, Joshua 1628 Surrey, BC
36 Schwarz, Heiner 1622 Campbell River, BC
37 Dhingra, Sangeeta 1613 Redmond, WA
38 Gedajlovic, Eric 1601 Vancouver, BC
39 Ding, Jill 1543 Victoria, BC
U1600
1 Remillard, John 1598 Winnipeg, MAN.
2 Lee, Frank 1592 Windsor, ON
3 Lee, Melissa 1586 Windsor, ON
4 Campbell, Jamie 1582 Winnipeg, MAN.
5 Lapi, Louis 1559 Cassidy, BC
6 Thanabalachandran, Kajan 1518 Toronto, ON
7 Yonkman, Trevor 1481 Castlegar, BC
8 Smith, Maurice 1440 Scarborough, ON
9 Haines, Duncan 1434 Victoria, BC
10 Gjorgjevik, Krisijan 1384 Victoria, BC
11 Su, Michael 1335 Vancouver, BC
12 MacKinnon, Don 1308 North Battleford, SK
13 Fritzsche, Philipp 1241 Deep River, ON
14 Richardson, Kai 1206 Williams Lake, BC
15 Tapp, Ashley 1202 Vancouver, BC
16 Grossmann, Lenard 1200 Edmonton, AB
17 Geng, Matthew 1187 Victoria, BC
18 Peters, Nicholas 1166 Parksville, BC
19 Doknjas, Neil 1090 Surrey, BC
20 Edgar, Garth 1061 Victoria, BC
21 James, Rowan 961 Sooke, BC
22 Lathwell, Jordan 890 Errington, BC
23 Huang, Patrick 770 Victoria, BC
24 Nylen, Drew UNR Kamloops, BC
25 Stoilova, Olivija UNR Victoria, BC
26 Pantazi, Emanuel UNR Toronto, ON
Re: Canadian Open Victoria July 8-13 Registration rate goes up $20 after June 29
The whale tours from Victoria fequently cross the border as well. It is one of the few ways you can enter the United States without a passport! Shhhhh don't tell Homeland Security.
Re: Canadian Open Victoria July 8-13 Registration rate goes up $20 after June 29
I think it needs to be noted that this "instance" of the COCC is by far one of the weakest. This may be because it takes place in a rather inconvenient travel spot for many Canadians and perhaps a little further to travel for Europeans, or because the schedule was shortened to more than 1 game/day (I know that's the main reason I'm not playing). However...
So far, I see chesstalk crowded with talk about Hikaru's presence, the high number of entrants, the BBQ festivities, the tourist spots, and the weather...
I feel like the tournament has lost a lot of its competitive edge and is being compensated by making it a family event. It's starting to feel more like a CYCC than a COCC to me. The 2007 Canadian Open in Ottawa featured some of the most notable and numerous (22) GMs to date, while this Canadian Open boasts just THREE (3) GMs. I think the top section has deteriorated and the organizers needed to make a bigger push in this regard.
I think it's labelled a bit deceiving, but the top section has just 16 titled players once you realize that NM isn't actually a recognized FIDE title.
Not to take anything away from the actual functionality and location, which I'm sure will be stellar, but this is supposed to be one of Canada's strongest and biggest tournaments, and has set strong precedents in the past. 3 GM's and the 10th ranked seed being <2400 rated is in my eyes the making of a weak event. The top section should be the most important to an organizer, and I think its been gravely overlooked for BBQ's and weather forecasts.
Last edited by Aman Hambleton; Wednesday, 4th July, 2012, 07:01 PM.
A recent flight I took from Toronto to Vancouver was in US airspace for close to 90% of its route.
Canadian Open Championship (1956-)
Year Winner(s) Location Players
1956 Larry Evans, William Lombardy Montreal 88
1958 Elod Macskasy Winnipeg 44
1960 Anthony Saidy Kitchener 40
1962 Laszlo Witt Ottawa 48
1964 Pal Benko Scarborough 76
1966 Larry Evans Kingston 116
1968 Bent Larsen Toronto 164
1970 Bent Larsen St. John's 55
1971 Boris Spassky, Hans Ree Vancouver 156
1973 Duncan Suttles Ottawa 235
1974 Ljubomir Ljubojevic Montreal 648
1975 Leonid Shamkovich Calgary 215
1976 Nick de Firmian, Lawrence Day Toronto 408
1977 Jan Green-Krotki Fredericton 166
1978 Gyula Sax Hamilton 185
1979 Abe Yanofsky Edmonton 135
1980 Lawrence Day Ottawa 212
1981 Igor Ivanov Beauport, QC 148
1982 Gordon Taylor Vancouver 148
1983 Kevin Spraggett, Bozidar Ivanovic Toronto 330
1984 Igor Ivanov, Brett Campbell, Denis Allan, Dave Ross Ottawa 146
1985 Igor Ivanov, Brian Hartman Edmonton 91
1986 Artur Yusupov, Viktor Kupreichik Winnipeg 146
1987 Kevin Spraggett Toronto 208
1988 Lawrence Day Scarborough 201
1989 Vladimir Tukmakov Edmonton 181
1990 Georgi Timoshenko Edmundston, NB 59
1991 Walter Browne Windsor 120
1992 Alexei Barsov, Bryon Nickoloff Scarborough 254
1993 Kevin Spraggett London 128
1994 Vladimir Tukmakov Winnipeg 187
1995 Kevin Spraggett, Eduardas Rozentalis, Ron Livshits, Bryon Nickoloff, Deen Hergott Toronto 303
1996 Kevin Spraggett Calgary 147
1997 Julian Hodgson Winnipeg 188
1998 Dmitri Tyomkin, Michael Oratovsky, Evgeny Prokopchuk, Kevin Spraggett Ottawa 223
1999 Kevin Spraggett, Georgi Orlov Vancouver 204
2000 Kevin Spraggett, Jonathan Rowson, Joel Benjamin Edmonton 193
2001 Larry Christiansen, Anthony Miles Sackville, NB 169
2002 Jean-Marc Degraeve, Pascal Charbonneau, Jean Hebert Montreal 326
2003 Alex Moiseenko Kapuskasing 141
2004 Dimitri Tyomkin, Alex Moiseenko Kapuskasing 125
2005 Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexei Shirov, Mark Bluvshtein, Viorel Bologan, SR Chowdhury Edmonton 222
2006 Walter Arencibia, Abhijit Kunte Kitchener 198
2007 Bu Xiangzhi Ottawa 280
2008 Alex Moiseenko, Eduardas Rozentalis, Victor Mikhalevski, Matthieu Cornette Montreal 325
2009 Mark Bluvshtein, Edward Porper Edmonton 202
2010 Luke McShane Toronto 265
2011 Walter Arencibia, Joel Benjamin, Dejan Bojkov Toronto 280
2012 ???? WHO WILL IT BE ??? Victoria, BC 140 ish ?:D
2012 Prize Fund: $15,000 Guaranteed:
I think it needs to be noted that this "instance" of the COCC is by far one of the weakest. This may be because it takes place in a rather inconvenient travel spot for many Canadians and perhaps a little further to travel for Europeans, or because the schedule was shortened to more than 1 game/day (I know that's the main reason I'm not playing). However...
So far, I see chesstalk crowded with talk about Hikaru's presence, the high number of entrants, the BBQ festivities, the tourist spots, and the weather...
I feel like the tournament has lost a lot of its competitive edge and is being compensated by making it a family event. It's starting to feel more like a CYCC than a COCC to me. The 2007 Canadian Open in Ottawa featured some of the most notable and numerous (22) GMs to date, while this Canadian Open boasts just THREE (3) GMs. I think the top section has deteriorated and the organizers needed to make a bigger push in this regard.
I think it's labelled a bit deceiving, but the top section has just 16 titled players once you realize that NM isn't actually a recognized FIDE title.
Not to take anything away from the actual functionality and location, which I'm sure will be stellar, but this is supposed to be one of Canada's strongest and biggest tournaments, and has set strong precedents in the past. 3 GM's and the 10th ranked seed being <2400 rated is in my eyes the making of a weak event. The top section should be the most important to an organizer, and I think its been gravely overlooked for BBQ's and weather forecasts.
I wholeheartedly agree with this.
With only 135 players registered and 3 GM's, this event is comparable to a big weekend tournament in Toronto such as the Toronto Labour Day Open.
Traditionally, the Canadian Open was a one game per day event but that is not the case anymore. It use to be the only one of its kind in North America.
The Canadian Open is suppose to be one of Canada's most strongest tournaments, but it seems to have deteriorated.
Re: Canadian Open Victoria July 8-13 Registration rate goes up $20 after June 29
The US Open always has been a one-section event, and one game a day (although there are 4-day and 6-day options - all merge for the last 3 games). Why not the Canadian Open? (and keep it to a maximum of one day with two games - like the Quebec Open)
Mark's list clearly shows that the largest Canadian Opens have been in Montreal and Toronto (with Edmonton and Ottawa close behind). Smaller cities may put up a good prize fund - but that doesn't always attract the players (I won $400 fairly easily in the 59-player Edmunston, NB event in 1990).
Many players don't care how many GM's there are in a Canadian Open (or any event) - the foreign GM's are only taking away prize money that a Canadian might have won.
Many players don't care how many GM's there are in a Canadian Open (or any event) - the foreign GM's are only taking away prize money that a Canadian might have won.
On the contrary, the more GM's there are, the more players it attracts. It makes the tournament atmosphere more exciting to be around. The top section of a tournament should always be the organizer's main focus, as the top section is what attracts other players.
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