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Congratulations to FM Eugene Hua and Sasha Starr on their 4.5 scores to win the first annual Collingwood Somborac Chess Festival. Nava Starr ad Michelle Hua also finished in the money, making it a...

Pairings for Round 5. Collingwood Somborac:
Bd Res White Res Black
1 Hancy Jiang (1746 3.5) FM Eugene Hua (2420 3.5)
2 Iassen Pelev (1333 3.5) Sasha Starr (2148 3.5)
3 Gordon...

Standings after round 4. You don't see this every day!

Standings. Collingwood Somborac: Roster
# Name Rating Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Total
1 Iassen Pelev 1333 W9 W11 W41 D4 3.5
2 Gordon...

Plenty of upsets so far in Collingwood as you can see from the round 4 pairings.

Pairings for Round 4. Collingwood Somborac: Roster
Bd Res White Res Black
1 Hancy Jiang (1746 3.0) Gordon...

Collingwood Pairings Round one

Pairings for Round 1. Collingwood Somborac: Roster
Bd Res White Res Black
1 Aiden Li (1351 0.0) FM Eugene Hua (2420 0.0)
2 IM Brian Hartman (2349...

I have an odd request chess friends. For some reason I can't seem to post anything on Chess Talk. Could someone place the above list on that forum? I have already had people asking if the event is...

We are currently at 53 players. Kindly ensure your name is on the list if you are playing. if needed, contact me bondhal at hotmail dot com before 6pm tonite. I am leaving soon for the venue.
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Closing in on 50 players! Here is the newest list:

Collingwood Somborac: Festival Section

1 FM Eugene Hua 2420
2 IM Brian Hartman 2349
3 Sasha Starr 2148
4 Kyrylo Demchenko 2134
5 Nava...

Today is the last day before the late fee kicks in. We have 40 players now:

Standings. Collingwood Somborac: NoName
# Name Rating Total
1 FM Eugene Hua 2420
2 IM Brian Hartman 2349
3 Kyrylo...

Over 30 players as of this morning!

Collingwood Somborac:

1 FM Eugene Hua 2420
2 IM Brian Hartman 2349
3 Nicolae Oancea 2029
4 Gordon Gooding 2018
5 Vaibhav Bhat 1981
6 Hongyi Li 1951

FM Eugen Hua has joined IM Brian Hartman at the top. Over 20 players entered now.
Standings. Collingwood Somborac: Collingwood
# Name Rating Total
1 FM Eugene Hua 2420
2 IM Brian Hartman 2349...

Pre-registered as of this morning:

Standings. Collingwood Somborac: Collingwood
# Name Rating Total
1 IM Brian Hartman 2349
2 Gordon Gooding 2018
3 Rajan Verma 1828
4 Ande Li 1676
5 Brian...

Collingwood will be FIDE rated. I will post a pre-registered list later this week.

Here is the flyer:

Collingwood-Somborac Chess Festival
May 7-8, 2022
$3,000 Guaranteed Prize Fund
To be held at the Living Stone Resort
19 Keith Avenue, Hwy. 26 West
Collingwood, ON, L9Y-4T9...

Hello chess friends!

I am working with a new organizer in Collingwood - Milan Somborac. At this moment we are finalizing the details of the tournament. Milan intends to create an annual event in...

It was a pleasure to return to the tournament hall this past weekend! Congratulations to Scott Kuehl for organizing this event under such uncertainty. It is unusual to hold a single section event...

Registration now at 35 players

Standings. Horse and Buggy Open: Open
# Name Rtng Tot
1 IM Tangi Migot 2429
2 Eddie Xu 2209
3 Andrew Colvin 1996
4 Nikola Brajkovic 1987
5 Matthew...

Ontario's new protocols for COVID will be in effect at this tournament. I view this positively. Catching the virus, even as a vax'ed vector, is not an option for me.

30 players now registered:...

Over the Board play is coming to Elmira on the first weekend of October. Masks required. All equipment is provided. Here are the registered players thus far:

Standings. Horse and Buggy Open:...

The Arbiter Seminar has been cancelled. Hopefully interest will return as we draw closer to over the board play.

My hope is to run another one in the autumn season this year.

Our FA seminar is now less than two weeks away. If you are interested in attending but are not a FIDE licensed National Arbiter, there is still time to obtain this designation. Your Provincial...

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Following the 2020 CFC AGM, Drkulec tries to take my place at the FIDE Online General Assembly.

October 9th, 2020: FIDE publishes the LIST OF DELEGATES for the 2020 FIDE Online...

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October 11th, 2018: Tsypin writes to CFC Executive and others, and appears to make an oblique reference to the forgery above:

“Those inept people who "distinguished" themselves by...

Hal Bond: Report to CFC Voting Members (February 2021)

The position of “FIDE Representative” in Canada is all about public service. Integrity is the most important quality for any candidate.
I...

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Following the 2020 CFC AGM, Drkulec tries to take my place at the FIDE Online General Assembly.

October 9th, 2020: FIDE publishes the LIST OF DELEGATES for the 2020 FIDE Online...