Alexei Shirov Coming to Ottawa

[Gordon Ritchie]

Just a reminder that Alexei Shirov will be making a return visit to Ottawa in February. He comes here after Wijk an Zee where he made such a spectacular run against the world's best last year.
He will be holding a simul at the RA Centre starting at 7 p.m. on Thursday 3 February. CFCers will recall the dramatic win last year by young Pranav Sharma that made headline news on ChessBase and in the Ottawa Citizen. (Karoly Szalay also won but that was less of a surprise as he was the defending club champion.) Entry fee is $30 less $5 for RA members less $5 for juniors.
He will also be giving two lectures, at 2 p.m. on Saturday-Sunday 5-6 February at the RA Centre. Entry fee is the usual $150 for the pair.
Sign ups are first-come, first-served at the RA chess club on Thursday evenings or by mail to me:
Gordon Ritchie
1837 Juno Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario
K1H6S6
There are a few spots remaining for the simul and a number of seats available for the lectures.

[Gordon Ritchie]

Alexei Shirov's last vist to Ottawa, in February 2010, made international news when he surrendered full points to two young stars. This year, he is looking for revenge and promises to play his trademark "take no prisoners" attacking chess in an attempt at a clean sweep!
The simul is starting to fill up with a month to go. Below is the current list of participants as of 7 January:
Alexei Shirov
Simultaneous Exhibition
RA Ottawa Chess Club
7 p.m. Thursday 3 February 2011
1 Victoria Amirshadna
2 Anthony Ivanenko
3 Max Dai
4 Keven Eyre
5 Jim Paul
6 Ryan Yang
7 Dan Liu
8 Terrence Ju
9 Lawrence Ju
10 Garland Best
11 Gordon Ritchie
12 John Upper
13 Halldor Palssen
14 Stijn De Kerpel
15 Larry Hillyard
16 Amos Kuttner
17 Simon Kuttner
18 Bill Doubleday
19 Tony Luo
20 Francesco Dunne
21 Phil Lidstone
22 Peter Arseneau
I will be taking registrations at the RA Club at 7 p.m. on Thursday nights for the next three weeks, through 27 January.
Gordon Ritchie