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Another idea is to come up with a rotation scheme something like the Chess Challenge

This Rotation could start next year at any number, I'm going to assume that 2017 is taken

1. West
2....

However, I would not vote against a solitary bid only because of the prizes available to master players. And there have been events in the past 25 years with < 125 players.

Hi Garland. I was TD of the 2001 CO, and ended up as co-organizer after the principal person behind the bid moved. We played in a very small University town (Sackville, NB), with the nearest airport...

The Canadian Open has for better or worse advanced to a point where it cannot realistically be held without significant sponsorship. Some organizers are simply never in a position to be able to do...

Those are professional events, which no doubt turn a profit for the organizers.

The Canadian Open is not a professional event, and any potential organizers likely have to have some level of...