Circle your calendars for 2010 Canadian Open!

[Ilia Bluvshtein]

Circle your calendars for 2010 Canadian Open in Toronto:
July 10 (1st round) – July 18 (last round).
Great Toronto Chess League is working on a bid and will submit it shortly.
Further details will follow.

Ilia Bluvshtein,
VP GTCL

[Bob Gillanders]

Excellent. I sure hope the whole approval process is quick!

[Bob Armstrong]

Hi Bob:

Bids are normally presented to the Governors for approval at the AGM.

But I have checked the CFC Handbook, Section 9 dealing with Important Canadian tournaments and Bids, and it states:

Uncontested Bids for National Tournaments

944. If the published deadline for bids has passed, the CFC Executive is empowered to award all national tournaments unless there are two or more conflicting bids. [see Motion 80-20; GL, June 1980, p. 125]

I believe the deadline for bids is the preceding AGM, which was held in Edmonton in July. So I assume it will be the responsibility now of the Executive to accept the bid.

Bob