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I'm unofficially nominating seven outstanding Canadian chess people as 'Contributors of the Year' for 2008.
1) Bruce Harper, for his mind-boggling efforts with the amazing three-volume Duncan Suttles book project;
2) Eric Hansen, for achieving the best result by any young Canadian since 1986 at the 2008 World Youth Championships;
3) Kelly Wang, for achieving the best result by any young Canadian female since 1986 at the 2008 World Youth Championships;
4) Kevin Spraggett, Canada's most successful player of all time, now age 54, for his several superb tournament performances at the international level;
5) David Cohen, for his efforts leading Canada's small but dedicated community of chess historians, and for overcoming a late start to spearhead the successful fundraising drive which led to Canada being able to send a full contingent to the 2008 Dresden Olympiad, leading to a 28th-place finish by the National team (20 places ahead of its seeding);
6) Brian Lamb, for stepping into a vacuum to organize several good-sized Toronto events, while continuing to sacrifice his own competitive chess possibilities; Brian has IM potential as a player, which he is putting on hold in a tremendous demonstration of unselfishness;
7) Hal Bond, who became the first Canadian to be involved with running a World Championship match, the 2008 Bonn clash between GMs Anand and Kramnik.
I think these seven individuals stood out from the crowd of many other worthy efforts this year. They all deserve our kudos, thanks, and recognition!!
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1) Bruce Harper, for his mind-boggling efforts with the amazing three-volume Duncan Suttles book project;
2) Eric Hansen, for achieving the best result by any young Canadian since 1986 at the 2008 World Youth Championships;
3) Kelly Wang, for achieving the best result by any young Canadian female since 1986 at the 2008 World Youth Championships;
4) Kevin Spraggett, Canada's most successful player of all time, now age 54, for his several superb tournament performances at the international level;
5) David Cohen, for his efforts leading Canada's small but dedicated community of chess historians, and for overcoming a late start to spearhead the successful fundraising drive which led to Canada being able to send a full contingent to the 2008 Dresden Olympiad, leading to a 28th-place finish by the National team (20 places ahead of its seeding);
6) Brian Lamb, for stepping into a vacuum to organize several good-sized Toronto events, while continuing to sacrifice his own competitive chess possibilities; Brian has IM potential as a player, which he is putting on hold in a tremendous demonstration of unselfishness;
7) Hal Bond, who became the first Canadian to be involved with running a World Championship match, the 2008 Bonn clash between GMs Anand and Kramnik.
I think these seven individuals stood out from the crowd of many other worthy efforts this year. They all deserve our kudos, thanks, and recognition!!
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
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