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Having skipped last weekend, we resume our regular schedule this Saturday with a big turnout. So come by and see what you can do against Hart House winner Artiom Samsonkin. And for serious students of the game, come by and arrange private tutoring with Artiom before he wins any more tournaments and his rates go up!:)
Reminder for new Rapid players: Your first entry is at half price ($15 instead of the usual $30) - you are counted as new if your name does not appear among the Rapid rated players here>>>
Rapid Ratings
Sambuev Bator 2682
Samsonkin Artiom 2621
Gerzhoy Leonid 2615
Noritsyn Nikolay 2605
Turner Matthew 2538
Sapozhnikov Roman 2465
Plotkin Victor 2448
Cummings David 2432
Ochkoos Yuri 2432
Tayar Jonathan 2420
Martchenko Alex 2419
Kleinman Michael 2400
Gulko Andre 2398
Rek Slava 2392
Aronov Yuri 2366
Bailey Doug 2356
Zuniga Dante 2342
Barron Michael 2289
Preotu Razvan 2282
Fiedler Brian 2267
Plotkin Mark 2263
Puri Vinny 2249
Campbell Bret 2248
Jung Hans 2247
Murray Peter 2240
Molchanov Yevhen 2229
Murray Bob 2224
Dougherty Mike 2220
Song Michael 2218
Filipovich David 2215
Ivanov Mike 2200
Southam Dave 2170
Smith Dan 2167
Miletic Dusan 2146
Zeromskis Egis 2140
Shebetah Wajdy 2138
Pedersen Rune 2118
Haziprodromu Sam 2080
Ferreira Alex 2076
Malette Martin 2071
Zhang Yuan Chen 2042
Evans Bill 2035
Brajkovic Nikola 2020
Dobrich Vlad 2000
Stavropoulos Greg 1999
Zelcer Isaac 1974
Chernik Dmitry 1970
Posaratnanathan Julian 1950
Twesigye Derek 1936
Jolliffe Kyle 1934
Malmsten Eric 1930
Robinson Dave 1916
Zagar Milan 1911
Chidley-Hill John 1903
McSherry Peter 1894
Gunapalan David 1863
McNeil Hugh 1838
Steadman Richard 1829
Delacerna Jeff 1824
Chen Richard 1808
Bell Ian 1795
Stein Jacob 1793
Zamir Guy 1783
France Kyle 1771
Gomes Joe 1762
O'Bumsawin Nick 1714
Shafkat Ali 1705
Belaiche Kyle 1689
Matthews Dan 1678
Mowers Dan 1676
Goodman Shaul 1604
Adragna Mario 1600
Singer Ron 1600
Heller Bob 1600
Goodman Halli 1600
The 15 minute Rapid is played from 2pm every Saturday
at The Pump Sports Lounge, 410 Bloor Street west (Between the Bathurst and Spadina subway stns).
Entry fee is $30 - cash prizes for winners in rating
groupings as well as the top two or three over all.
OK looks like there will be a lot of draws at the Tata tournament in Wiik aan Zee so turn of your computers and get over to the Saturday Rapid today and play some live chess!
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