More Tournaments

Please see my tournament link on the side bar for my recent tournament post. Here are some more:

Canadian Chess Academy Tournaments (CFC rated)
- Every Sunday
- 25 Fairway Heights Drive (Steeles & Leslie), Toronto
- 1 pm to 4 pm
- $20, family discounts available, third child free, discounts for 8 week session
- FREE for all group and private students of Predrag Putic
- All equipment provided
- http://www.chessteacherno1.com/

Royal Game Blitz Tournament
- February 19
- Olympic Stadium, Montreal
- 7 pm, tournament starts at 7:30 pm
- $10
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2760

Stephen Leacock Chess Challenge, Grades 1 - 12
- February 27
- Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute, Toronto
- 9 am, tournament 9:30 am - 6:30 pm
- $20
- All equipment provided, lunch & merchandise for a fee
- http://www.chess.ca/misc2010/SLCI.pdf

Ontario Team Chess Championship (Juniors CMA)
- March 6 - 7
- Senator O'Connor C.S.S., North York
- 10:30 am, tournament 11 am - 5 pm
- $40 per team, must register by February 28
- 4 sections (K-3, K-6, K-9, K-12)
- http://chess-math.org/pdf/tor_mar_6.pdf

--> for more CMA events outside of the GTA (Ottawa, Montreal, Winnipeg, etc.), Provincial qualification tournaments, and information on March Break camps, visit http://www.chess-math.org/calendar/?date=2010-03

Mauricie Open Chess Championship
- March 19 - 21
- L'Hotel du Roy
- Register online (Paypal), see site for more details
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2720
- http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/index.php?typ=actu&id=2768&catagorie=1

Toronto Open @ Hart House
- April 2 - 4
- Hart House, U of T
- 10 am & 4 pm each day
- $70 in advance, $80 cash on-site, $10 extra to play up one section
- Please bring sets and clocks
- http://hhchess.sa.utoronto.ca/hhopen
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2749

Saguenay Open
- April 9 - 11
- La Pulperie de Chicoutimi
- 90 player limit
- Accommodation rates available
- See site for additional features
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2751
- http://www.clubechecschicoutimi.com/cos2010.html

2010 Lanaudiere Regional Chess Tournament
- April 17 - 18
- Jean-Baptiste-Meilleur Secondary School, Repentigny, Quebec
- See site for schedule
- $30 for juniors 16 and under, $35 for section D, $45 for section B and C, $55 for section A, add $15 after April 9, 2010 (no additional fee for junior and unrated)
- Free for NM and FM if confirmed before April 1, 2010; $20 after
- Free for IM and GM
- Accommodation rates available
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2714
- http://www.lechecsl.org/activites.php

Canadian Junior 2010 @ Hart House
- April 30 - May 4
- Hart House, U of T
- 6 pm Friday, 10 am & 4 pm all other days
- $150 by April 26
- All equipment provided
- http://hhchess.sa.utoronto.ca/cj
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2728

43rd Annual Ontario High School Chess Championship
- May 7 - 9
- New College, U of T
- See link for schedule
- $30 per individual by March 26, $40 by April 16, $50 by May 3, school/family discounts available (see link)
- Equipment provided (bring your own for practice)
- Championship, immediate, and beginner sections
- Individual and team awards
- Bed and breakfast for $40 per night available
- http://www.chess.ca/misc2010/OHSCC.pdf

35th Annual Paul Keres Memorial (featuring GM Manuel Rivas and IM Georgi Orlov)
- May 22 - 24
- Delta Hotel, Vancouver
- See site for schedule and entry fees
- FIDE and CFC rated
- Accommodation rates available
- All equipment provided
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2758
- http://keresmemorial.pbworks.com/

Congrats to:
FM Eric Hansen, who has been invited to Susan Polgar's SPICE Spring Invitational, to play alongside IMs and GMs from around the world!
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2684

Cafe Pi Blitz (next tournament March 7 in Montreal)
1. Andrei Gulko 21.5/22.0
2. Marc Ghannoum 20.5/22.0
3. Roland Chabot 17.5/22.0
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2726

Shirov Simul - Congrats to Pranav Sharma and Karoly Szalay!
Photos and article: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2737
Simul report: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2739
Participant game: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2756
Participant game: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2761

2010 Guelph Pro-Am Results
Nikita Gusev, 2660 performance! http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2732
Now FIDE rated: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2746
Report by Hal Bond: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2709
Pro Section: Artiom Samsonkin, Nikolay Noritsyn (4.5/5)
U2000: Israel Crooks, Ian Finlay, Liza Orlova (4/5)
U1700: Shafkat Ali (5/5)
U1400: Sergey Noritsyn (4/5)

Gerzhoy beats GM Petrosian at the 2010 Moscow Aeroflot!
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2755

Simul for Haiti - report by Karoly Szalay
$200 raised for the relief fund!!!!
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2764

Ontario Chess Challenge Top Ten Pre-Qualifiers!
(event - April 18, 2010 @ Paradise Banquet Hall, Jane and Highway 7)
http://members4.boardhost.com/chess-math/msg/1265383849.html

Games & Analysis from RA Winter Open (January 22 to 24)
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2725