Chessca Open - This weekend !!

[Bob Gillanders]

Date • October 25-26 ‘08
Location • Elora Mill Inn, Elora
Rounds • 5 rounds swiss
Time control • 90 mins (RD1-3), 120 mins (RD4-5)
Email • meichenlee@gmail.com
Prizes • http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/cale...2008-10-25&c=1

Hello all!

The 2008 Chessca Open is coming up this weekend. Registration is still open, and feel free to email me if you have any questions. For the players who have registered, do bring your camera -- Elora gorge is so beautiful in the fall.

See you on Saturday!
Mei.

Pre-registered list as of October 21st 2008:

Name, Rating
Henry, Liam 2256
Sapozhnikov, Roman 2232
Zhou, Haonan 2220
WFM Yuan Yuanling 2205
Egorov, Mikhail 2188
FM Jung, Hans 2170
WFM Kagramanov, Dina 2160
WFM Smith, Hazel 2094
Drkulec, Vlado 2028
Bzikot, Robert 1981
Wang, Jesse B.J. 1950
Gashgarian, Rob 1921
Li, Mann-Kee 1901
Prysiazny, Michael 1888
Gillanders, Robert 1809
Knechtel, Tim 1798
Liu, Steven H. 1779
Itkin, Victor 1768
Itkin, David, 1714
Moran-Vanegas, Mario 1696
Bellomo, Joe 1686
MacLeod, Neil 1670
Khaiter, Dennis 1668
Farrant-Diaz, Nathan 1602
Karpik, Steve 1542
Giblon, Rebecca 1542
Supsup, Ferdinand 1482
Zhou, Kevin 1468
Befurt, Joey 1346
Yin, Zining 1329
MacLean, John 1310
McCleary, Reuben 1302
Ravi, Anand 1297
Giblon, Andrew 1280
McCleary, Rick 1220
Martin, James Denis Dylan 1200
Giblon, Melissa 1198
Liu, Peter 904
Li, Michael 0
Matthew Nicholson 0

[Bob Gillanders]

This was the 2nd Chessca Open. Last year it was located in a rejuvenated downtown Guelph enclosed shopping area. The skittles tables being located in a common shopping area, accessible to the general public. This year, it was held at the famous Elora Mill Inn in picturesque Elora. The skittles room was in the Inn's tea room, where you could get table service while doing your post mortem. The point being, close proximity to the non-chess world, instead of the usual isolation. Excellent.

This was a classy event. An excellent venue, tableclothes, waterglasses, tea & coffee, and snacks. A prize for best dressed. Mei's attention to detail and planning makes for a special event. The best tournament flyer I have ever seen.

I know she is working on a tournament report, so I will stop here. Well done Mei, another jewel. Many thanks.