I am delighted to report that the Canadian Youth Under 16 Chess Team is in Istanbul on their way to Burdur Turkey, to compete in the World Youth Under 16 Olympiad to start on Saturday. Full tournament details are available here:
http://wyco2010.tsf.org.tr/component...page/Itemid,1/
The team consists of:
Board 1 Nikita Kraiouchkine
Board 2 Konstantin Semianiuk
Board 3 Michael Ivanov and
Board 4 Simon Gladstone
I am honored to be the Team Captain, and I promise not to assist in any chess coaching
Special thanks to the following corporations / individuals for sponsoring some of the expenses for the team:
The Fulcrum Investment Company Ltd.
1405045 Ontario Ltd.
Andrew Pringle
James C. Morton
Fabricland
Pugi Fund of the CFC
Chess N Math
Art Printing Company
Jonathan Tucker, CA
Mendel Fishman
Michael Serruya
I will keep everyone posted as the Tournament progresses. We are spending 2 days in Istanbul to tour and adjust to the time change.
Gary Gladstone