We are pleased to announce that MonRoi will webcast the games of the Open Section live.
http://www.monroi.com/
We are pleased to announce the participation of FIDE Master & Canadian Under-18 Champion Aman Hambleton.
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We are pleased to announce that MonRoi will webcast the games of the Open Section live.
http://www.monroi.com/
We are pleased to announce the participation of FIDE Master & Canadian Under-18 Champion Aman Hambleton.
Chess books and equipment will be available for purchase throughout the event from our vendor, Strategy Games.
Artist Jane Hoople will display her chess art during the opening weekend. She invites you to try out her chess boards and pieces.
We are pleased to announce the participation of International Master / Woman Grandmaster Irina Krush of the United States; and Grandmaster Giorgi Kacheishvili of Georgia.
We are pleased to announce the participation of Grandmaster Joel Benjamin of the United States, who will also lecture on his book American Grandmaster: Four Decades of Chess Adventures.
We are pleased to announce the participation of 2010 Canadian Junior Champion FM Shiyam Thavandiran; 2010 Canadian Olympiad Team member IM Artiom Samsonkin; Canadian Girls Under-14 Champion Regina-Veronicka Kalaydina; and IM Michael Mulyar of the USA.
We have 150 players registered.
Reminder: deadline is June 30!
Mark Bluvshtein's simul on Friday, July 8 has been delayed to 8pm, in case any of the CYCC players would like to play him.
We have 10 GMs, 11 IMs, 10 FMs. For the women, we have 1 WGM, 2 WIM, 3 WCM.
150 players (Female/Under 14/Under 18/Senior):
Open 93 (9/9/9/20)
Under 2000 32 (3/7/2/11)
Under 1600 25 (2/5/0/8)
We are pleased to announce the participation of Grandmaster Dejan Bojkov of Bulgaria, who will also give a free lecture.
Canadian Chess Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday, July 9 at 11:00 will start with a presentation by Lithuania's Ambassador to Canada, Her Excellency Ms. Ginte Damusis, to the family of Povilas Vaitonis. Followed by a review of his life, and a lecture by Grandmaster Eduardas Rozentalis of Lithuania. Free and open to the public.
GM Ben Finegold's Blindfold Simultaneous Exhibition is re-scheduled to Sunday, July 10 at 10:00am.
GM Dejan Bojkov's lecture will be Monday, July 11 at 10:00 about former Women's World Champion GM Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria.