GM Bator Sambuev joins the Closed

[Hal Bond]

Canada's most active GM, Bator Sambuev will play in the 2011 Canadian Closed and Zonal Championship in Guelph, May 6-11. Registration currently stands at 11 players:

Standings. 2011 Canadian Closed: 2011 Closed
# Name
1 GM Bator Sambuev
2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn
3 IM Artiom Samsonkin
4 Dale Haessel
5 FM Hans Jung
6 Réjean Tremblay
7 Josh Guo
8 Vladimir Drkulec
9 David Filipovich
10 John Upper
11 Morgon Mills

We are also pleased to confirm that Mon Roi will be providing coverage for the tournament.

Sponsor news is expected next week.

If you are, or have been, over 2200 and eligible for the World Cup you can play. You can email me at halbond@sympatico.ca . Forward your $250 entry payable to:

Hal Bond
$205-105 Conroy Crescent
Guelph Ontario
N1G 2V7

[David Cohen]

.. is an FM. Important to know if people are aiming for an FM title themselves! (2 highest scores with 50% that don't have the title yet).

[Kerry Liles]

Canada's most active GM, Bator Sambuev will play in the 2011 Canadian Closed and Zonal Championship in Guelph, May 6-11. Registration currently stands at 11 players:

Standings. 2011 Canadian Closed: 2011 Closed
# Name
1 GM Bator Sambuev
2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn
3 IM Artiom Samsonkin
4 Dale Haessel
5 FM Hans Jung
6 Réjean Tremblay
7 Josh Guo
8 Vladimir Drkulec
9 David Filipovich
10 John Upper
11 Morgon Mills

We are also pleased to confirm that Mon Roi will be providing coverage for the tournament.

Sponsor news is expected next week.

If you are, or have been, over 2200 and eligible for the World Cup you can play. You can email me at halbond@sympatico.ca . Forward your $250 entry payable to:

Hal Bond
$205-105 Conroy Crescent
Guelph Ontario
N1G 2V7

Thanks for posting this... if each person's FIDE and CFC rating are known, perhaps that info could be included too?

[Bob Armstrong]

Hi Hal:

Could you please post a current pre-registration list? Thanks.

Bob

[Bob Armstrong]

Here are the 23 Pre-registered players to date ( confirmed by Hal Bond today ):

1 GM Bator Sambuev, Quebec ( FIDE – 2512; CFC – 2750 )
2 IM Nikolay Noritsyn, Ontario ( FIDE – 2419; CFC - 2584 )
3 IM Eric Hansen, Alberta ( FIDE – 2412; CFC – 2572 )
4 IM Artiom Samsonkin, Ontario ( FIDE – 2387; CFC - 2561 )
5 FM Shiyam Thavandiran, Ontario ( FIDE – 2362; CFC – 2463 )
6 Roman Sapozhnikov, Ontario ( FIDE – 2280; CFC – 2451 )
7 Réjean Tremblay, Quebec ( FIDE – 2234; CFC – 2238 )
8 FM Dale Haessel, Alberta ( FIDE – 2209; CFC - 2255 )
9 FM Aman Hambleton, Ontario ( FIDE – 2206; CFC – 2349 )
10 FM Michael Dougherty, Ontario ( FIDE – 2204; CFC – 2312 )
11 Arthur Calugar, Ontario ( FIDE – 2202; CFC - 2401 )
12 Miladin Djerkovic, Ontario ( FIDE – 2186; CFC – 2280 )
13 Zi Yi ( Joey ) Qin, Ontario ( FIDE – 2173; CFC - 2353 )
14 Michael Kleinman, Ontario ( FIDE – 2170; CFC – 2284 )
15 David Filipovich, Ontario ( FIDE – 2134; CFC – 2174 )
16 FM Hans Jung, Ontario ( FIDE – 2119; CFC - 2289 )
17 Nikola Anastasovski, Quebec ( FIDE – 2110; CFC – 2190 )
18 Josh Guo, Ontario ( FIDE – 2088; CFC - 2272 )
19 Vladimir Drkulec, Ontario ( FIDE – 2044; CFC - 2202 )
20 John Upper, Ontario ( FIDE – 1968; CFC - 2196 )
21 David Itkin, Ontario ( FIDE – 1929; CFC – 2160 )
22 Matthew Nicholson, Ontario ( FIDE – 1928; CFC – 2020 )
23 Morgon Mills, Newfoundland/Labrador ( FIDE – unr; CFC - 2056 )

Bob, CFC Public Relations Coordinator