Another Junior Tournament

- Chess Academy of Canada tournaments
- Oct 25, 2009 – Dec 13, 2009 (a new tournament every sunday)
- Thornhill Community Centre, 7755 Bayview Avenue (North of Steeles at John Street)
- 1:30pm – 2:30pm lessons
- 2:30 pm – 5 pm tournaments (CFC rated)
http://www.chessacademycanada.110mb.com/flyers/RP2009TournamentsC-jan09.pdf

Tournament update!

I always have trouble sorting through all the tournament information...so to save you all some time, here is what I have found:

HIGHLIGHT THIS WEEKEND

- KW Oktoberfest Open 2009 http://www.kwchessclub.com/

JUNIORS

Oriole Junior Tournament
- October 18, 2009
- Oriole Community Centre, Toronto
- 1 to 4 pm
- $12 ($8 for Oriole Chess Club members)
- register by email: annmail2008-oriole@yahoo.ca

Chess 'n Math Halloween Tournament & Dress Up
- October 25, 2009
- Marshall McLuhan Catholic S. S., Toronto
- 11:30 am, tournament starts at noon
- $16
- New this year: lessons before the tournament (10:30 - 11:30) for an additional $9 per lesson
- http://chess-math.org/pdf/tor_oct_25.pdf
- prize for best costume!!!

Grand Prix Event #1 *one of my old favourites!*
- November 15, 2009
- Marshall McLuhan Catholic S. S., Toronto
- 10 am, tournament starts at 11:15 am
- $25 per tournament
- if you register for ALL THREE grand prix events by November 4, save $15
- http://chess-math.org/pdf/tor_nov_15.pdf
- For best prize eligibility, attend all three grand prix events: November 15, 2009, January 31, 2010, and May 2, 2010

Swansea Chess Club Saturday Rated Tournaments
- Every Saturday
- Swansea Town Hall Community Centre
- 12:30 pm, tournament 1 - 4 pm
- $15, second child in the same family $10
- http://www.chess-math.org/chess/ontario.php?fonction=begin-ON-Toronto-SwanSea

Knights of Chess Sunday Rated Tournaments
- Every Sunday
- 5635 Yonge Street, Toronto
- 4 pm, tournament starts at 4:30 pm
- $15
- http://chess-math.org/pdf/knights.pdf

ALL AGES

Saturday Blitz
- October 17, 2009 (a new tournament every Saturday)
- 1098 Danforth Ave, Toronto
- 2 pm
- Vlad (647) 207-9342

Toronto Women's Chess Championship
- October 27 - December 8, 2009
- Earl Bales Park, Toronto
- 7 pm each week
- $60
- register by October 20, 2009
- http://www.torontochess.org/drupal/node/176

October Blitz
- October 31, 2009
- Simcoe County Chess Club, Barrie
- $25
- register by October 28, 2009
- http://www.simcoecountychessclub.com/october_blitz

2009 CHESSCA OPEN *pre-registered list just updated*
- October 31 - November 1, 2009
- Elora Mill Inn, Elora
- see link for schedule
- $65 BY TODAY, $80 AFTER TODAY, $100 at the door
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=1920
- new this year: more prizes and offerings from sponsors!

2009 Guelph Fall Pro-Am
- November 7 - 8, 2009
- University of Guelph
- Saturday 10:am, 1:30pm, 6:00pm, Sunday 10:00am, 2:00pm
- Pro Section $55, others $35. Late Fee: $10.00 on site
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=2074

Canadian Post-Secondary Chess Championship
- January 15 - 17, 2010
- Hart House, University of Toronto
- 6:30pm Friday, 10am & 3pm Saturday & Sunday
- $120 per team - $20 discount if registered in advance by cheque by December 15th. Free for schools outside of Ontario (register by e-mail by Dec. 15).
- http://hhchess.sa.utoronto.ca/cpscc

Chess in the Library
- Every Saturday
- Brookbanks Library, Toronto
--> RUNNING 10 am - noon casual simuls
- Pleasant View Library, Toronto
--> RUNNING 10 am - noon casual chess
- Maria A. Shchuka Library, Toronto
--> NOVEMBER 7, 2009 noon - 2 pm new
- free!
- http://www.chessinthelibrary.com/about_us.html

RESULTS

Congrats to all participants and prizewinners at the Toronto Thanksgiving Open the past weekend. http://gtachessevents.memberlodge.com/Default.aspx?pageId=458543

OPEN
1st and 2nd GM Bator Sambuev, IM Nikolay Noritsyn 5/6
3rd IM Leonid Gerzhoy 4.5/6
4th IM Artiom Samsonkin, Alexander Martchenko, David Cummings 4/6

U2300
1st Yuriy Kryvoshlyk 3.5/6
2nd & 3rd Karl Sellars, Pavel Rakov, Nikita Gusev 3/6

U2200
1st & 2nd Ruperto Frilles, Ilia Bluvshtein 5/6
3rd Mavros Whissell 4.5/6

U2000
1st Konstantin Semianiuk 5.5/6
2nd & 3rd Dennis Khaiter, Uwe Hahnewald 4.5/6

U1800
1st & 2nd Ferdinand Supsup, Michael Song 5.5/6
3rd Nathan Farrant-diaz, Chris Takov, Mike Ivanov, Richard Wing 4.5/6

U1600
1st Magas Yusuf 5.5/6
2nd Michael Rogers 5/6
3rd Steve Karpik, Yinshi Li 4.5/6

U1400
1st Qiang Li 5/6
2nd Wayne Siu 4.5/6
3rd Zhanna Sametova, Derek Green 4/6

UNR
1st Eric Song 3.5/6

DON'T FORGET TO ORDER...
- Fritz 12, Bullet Chess by Hikaru Nakamura and Bruce Harper

Hazel's Jokes!

What do kings and rooks eat for dinner?

Answer: "Castle"roles!

(Casseroles)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Top 10 things to be thankful for:
1. Family
2. Friends
3. Food/Water
4. Shelter (our homes and neighbourhoods)
5. Our country
6. Human rights/Freedom
7. Education
8. Jobs/Financial security
9. Life
10. Chess!

Toronto Thanksgiving Open next week!

Saturday October 10 - Monday October 12
Macedonian Community Hall, 76 Overlea Blvd

Promotions:
1st place (Open Section) - $1,000 prize guaranteed!
$10 discount if you played in the Toronto Labour Day Open

Note: This tournament is CFC rated.

More information available on the website: http://gtachessevents.memberlodge.com/Default.aspx?pageId=442079

Famous Chess Players

No...I don't mean grandmasters, but people who are/were famous in other disciplines:
http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/famous.htm

Some notable names:
- John Adams, US president
- Ben Affleck, actor
- Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria
- Alan Alda, actor
- Woody Allen, actor/producer/director
- Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher
- Antonio Banderas, actor
- Ludwig van Beethoven, composer
- David Blaine, magician
- Anne Boleyn, mother of Queen Elizabeth I
- Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor
- Barry Bonds, baseball player
- Bono, singer (U2)
- Richard Branson, entrepreneur
- Mel Brooks, producer/actor
- Kobe Bryant, basketball player
- Nicholas Cage, actor
- Lewis Carroll, writer
- Jimmy Carter, US president
- Bill Cartwright, basketball player/coach
- Fidel Castro, Cuban president
- Wilt Chamberlain, basketball player
- Charlie Chaplin, actor
- Charlemagne, French leader
- Ray Charles, musician
- Anton Chekhov, dramatist
- Cher, singer
- Frederic Chopin, pianist
- Winston Churchill, British PM
- Grover Cleveland, US president
- Christopher Columbus, explorer
- Bill Cosby, actor
- Tom Cruise, actor
- Leonardo da Vinci, scientist/artist
- Salvador Dali, artist
- Matt Damon, actor
- Ted Danson, actor
- Neil Diamond, singer
- Charles Dickens, writer
- Albert Einstein, scientist
- Elizabeth I and II, queens of England
- Roger Federer, tennis player
- Ian Fleming, author
- Michael J. Fox, actor
- Jamie Foxx, actor
- Benjamin Franklin, politician/inventor
- Sigmond Freud, phychiatrist
- Zsa Zsa Gabor, actress

AND MANY MANY MORE!

Please don't get me involved in this!

"Says the guy whose daughter's blog gets free plugs from KS's blog." - Brian Profit, chesstalk

I have no idea why the thread is closed, but I'll post my response here instead:

Please do not get me involved in this argument. The Stockhausen incident has already caused tension in one family, and further conflict and personal attacks only seem to divide us (chess players) further. Personally, I am trying my best to promote chess in Canada, and I don't like seeing references to me or my blog in such a distasteful manner. What I post is my sole discretion, and I don't decide whether or not Kevin Spraggett posts my material on his blog (I don't even have contact with him). In fact, I have never judged my blog based on its "free plugs", but instead, on all the work I have put into it, and the people it may have helped. If you don't like it, or think I have some unfair advantage, then just don't read it.