Tournaments and Results!

Tournaments:

Oriole Chess Club
- Consecutive Sundays
- Oriole Community Centre, Toronto
- 1 pm start
- $12 for members, $20 for non-members (per tournament)
- http://www.angelfire.com/alt/ochess/

Swansea Chess Club Saturday Rated Tournaments
- Every Saturday
- Swanseas Town Hall Community Centre
- 12:30 pm, tournament 1 - 4 pm
- $15 per tournament, family discount available
- http://www.chessforchildren.ca/

Knights of Chess Sunday Rated Tournaments
- Every Sunday, current session until December 12, 2010
- 5635 Yonge Street, Suites 201 - 202, Toronto
- 2:30 pm, tournament starts at 3 pm
- $15 per tournament, family discounts available
- http://sites.google.com/site/theknightsofchess/
- http://www.chess.ca/ontoronto.shtml

* The three regular tournaments listed above can also be found on the CMA calendar
http://www.chess-math.org/calendar

Chess in the Library (14 locations and counting!)
- free games and lessons!
- http://www.chessinthelibrary.com/
- http://yuanlingyuan.blogspot.com/

Richmond Friday Chess
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3599

2010 Guelph Fall Pro-Am
- November 6 - 7, 2010
- Guelph University Centre, room 442
- 10 am, 1:30 pm & 6 pm Saturday, 10 am & 2 pm Sunday
- Pro $60 (play for cash), others $40 (play for trophies)
- Add $10 if paying on-site
- Pro and U2000 are also FIDE rated
- May only play up a section if current rating is within 100 points of rating floor
- Equipment, snacks, and refreshments provided
- http://www.chess.ca/ontario.shtml
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3879
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4134

Toronto Junior Championship 2010
- November 7, 2010 - December 19, 2010, consecutive Sundays x 7
- 5635 Yonge Street, Suites 201 - 202, Toronto (Knights of Chess)
- 10 am
- only for those already pre-registered
- http://www.chess.ca/ontoronto.shtml
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3975

Celebration for Jason Cao
- November 8, 2010
- Victoria Chess Club, B.C.
- light refreshments
- http://victoriachessclub.pbworks.com/

2010 National Capital Open
- November 12 - 14, 2010
- RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa
- 7:30 pm Friday, 1 pm & 6 pm Saturday, 10 am & 3 pm Sunday
- $0 - $95, only cash (various discounts for early registration, free for GM, WGM, IM, WIM, IA)
- also FIDE rated
- http://www.eoca.org/htm/tournaments_2010-11.html
- http://www.chess.ca/ontario.shtml

4th Mediterranean 2017 (Croatia)
- November 13 - 20, 2010
http://www.mediteran2017.com/en/home/About_the_tournament/Application
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3828

Nigel Short in Ottawa
- Simul: November 18, 2010 (7 pm)
- Lectures: November 20 - 21, 2010 (2 - 5 pm)
- RA Centre
- $25 simul (SOLD OUT), $150 two lectures
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3771
List of participants in simul: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3965

Jack Taylor Memorial
- November 20 - 21, 2010
- Royal Scott Hotel and Suites, 425 Quebec St., Victoria, B.C.
- 10 am, 2 pm, & 7 pm Saturday, 10 am & 2 pm Sunday
- $30 before Nov. 15, $35 on-site
- accommodation available for $89/night
- BCCF membership included in entry fee
- all equipment provided
- http://victoriachessclub.pbworks.com/Jack-Taylor-Memorial
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3576

London November Open
- November 27, 2010
- Hillside Church, 250 Commissioners Rd. East, London
- registration 9:30 am - 9:55 am, 10 am start, 4 rounds
- $20
- bring your own equipment, no smoking, parking in back
- http://www.chess.ca/ontario.shtml

50th Anniversary Tournament for Victoria Park C.I.
- December 4, 2010
- 8:30 am - 9 am registration, 9 am - 6 pm play
- both CFC and CMA sections available
- CFC section: $45 cheque or $43 Paypal before November 26
- CMA sections: $28 cheque or $26 Paypal before November 26
- add $10 after November 26 (all sections), only cash on-site
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4157

CF Chess Tournament 2010 - RMC Kingston
- December 10 - 12, 2010
- Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston
- 9:30 am & 2 pm Saturday & Sunday
- $25, supports CF Chess, $5 discount before Nov. 27
- special prizes for first active military, first active civilian, first retired
- see website for meet & greet (Dec. 10), opening ceremony (Dec. 11), dress code (casual), and accommodation information
- http://www.chess.ca/ontario.shtml

Hart House Holiday Open
- December 17 - 19, 2010, unfortunately I have an exam :(
- 7 Hart House Circle, University of Toronto
- 6 pm Friday, 10am & 4pm Saturday & Sunday
- $60, must register before December 15
- http://hhchess.sa.utoronto.ca/hhopen
- http://www.chess.ca/ontoronto.shtml
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4080

London Christmas Open
- December 18, 2010
- Hillside Church, 250 Commissioners Rd. East, London
- registration 9:30 am - 9:55 am, 10 am start, 4 rounds
- $20
- bring your own equipment, no smoking, parking in back
- http://www.chess.ca/ontario.shtml

2011 Berkeley International (norm tournament in California)
- January 2 - 8, 2011
- http://dotq.org/chess/
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3841

Toronto Closed
- January 23, 2011 - March 6, 2011
- FIDE rated
- this tournament and other GTCL events: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4101

London January Open
- January 29, 2011
- Hillside Church, 250 Commissioners Rd. East, London
- registration 9:30 am - 9:55 am, 10 am start, 4 rounds
- $20
- bring your own equipment, no smoking, parking in back
- http://www.chess.ca/ontario.shtml

Alexei Shirov in Ottawa
- Simul: February 3, 2011 (7 pm)
- Lectures: February 5 - 6, 2011 (2 pm)
- RA Centre
- $25 simul, $150 two lectures
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3771
Interview with Shirov: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4135

Bermuda International Open
- February 11 - 13, 2011
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3891

Hart House Reading Week Open
- February 19 - 21, 2011
- 7 Hart House Circle, University of Toronto
- 10 am & 4 pm each day
- $70, must register before February 17
- http://www.chess.ca/ontoronto.shtml

2011 Brantford Active
- February 26, 2011
- Holy Trinity Anglican Church, 70 Superior St., Brantford
- registration 9:30 am - 10 am, 10 am start, 6 rounds
- $35 regular, $30 for women and juniors (U18)
- $5 off if pre-register by Jan. 30
- free for GM, IM, WIM
- 25 minutes per player per game
- lunch and snack provided
- http://www.brantchess.ca/
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4099

5th Annual Grand Pacific Open
- April 22 - 25, 2011
- http://grandpacificopen.pbworks.com/
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3405
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3962

36th Annual Paul Keres Memorial
- May 20 - 23, 2011
- http://keresmemorial.pbworks.com/
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3405

Tournaments in Victoria, BC
- http://victoriajuniorchess.pbworks.com/Tournament-Schedule

U.S. Tournaments
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3435

Various CMA Events for Juniors (many locations across Canada!!!)
- http://www.chess-math.org/calendar

* Toronto regular scholastic tournament dates (Marshall McLuhan Catholic S. S.)
Nov. 28 http://www.chess-math.org/pdf/tor_2010_11_28.pdf
Jan. 23 http://www.chess-math.org/pdf/tor_2011_01_23.pdf
Feb. 27 http://www.chess-math.org/pdf/tor_2011_02_27.pdf

* Toronto GRAND PRIX dates (Marshall McLuhan Catholic S. S.)
Nov. 7 http://www.chess-math.org/pdf/tor_2010_11_07.pdf
Feb. 6 http://www.chess-math.org/pdf/tor_2011_02_06.pdf
May 1 http://www.chess-math.org/pdf/tor_2011_05_01.pdf
Register for all three to receive a discounted entry fee + best chance for prizes

CMA Chess Lessons
- http://www.chess-math.org/chess/lesson.htm

More Tournaments Outside Ontario
- http://www.chess.ca/tournaments.shtml

FQE (Quebec) Calendar
- http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/index.php?typ=actu&categorie=1&id=2995

FIDE (International) Calendar
- http://www.fide.com/component/fidecalendar/?view=fidecalendar

Scarborough Chess Club Tournaments
Falling Leaves Swiss (7 rounds): October 28, November 4, 11, 18, 25, December 2, 9, 2010 (club closed December 16, 23, 30)
Jack Frost Swiss (7 rounds): January 6, 13, 20, 27, February 3, 10, 17, 2011
Club Championship (9 rounds): February 24, March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, April 7, 14, 21, 2011
Spring Into Summer (9 rounds): April 28, May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2011 (no game May 5)
- http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3846

Simcoe County Chess Club
- http://www.simcoecountychessclub.com/index

EOCA
- http://www.eoca.org/htm/tournaments_2010-11.html

KW Chess Club
- http://www.kwchess.com/

Annex Chess Club
- http://annexchessclub.com/

Ajax Chess Club (new)
- http://www.ajaxchessclub.com/

Saguenay Chess Club (new site)
- http://www.clubechecssaguenay.com/

*If you wish to have your tournament/club listed, feel free to send me an email!*

Some Results:
Summer/Fall 2010 (since my previous post, June 20, 2010)

Philadelphia Open, June 25 - 29
IM Raja Panjwani 12th place/59 (5.5/9.0)
FM Louie Jiang 20th place/59 (5.0/9.0)
Keith Mackinnon 31st place/59 (4.5/9.0)
http://www.worldopen.com/

Chess in the Library 1st Annual Festival, June 26
Open Section Individual
1st: Magas Yusuf
2nd: Steven Xia
3rd: Calvin Tang
Grade 6 Individual
1st: Jonathan Chan
2nd: Jeffrey Li
3rd: Jaden Wang
Grade 3 Individual
1st: Catherine Li
2nd: Benjamin Lin
3rd: Colin Ruan
Open Team
1st: Fairview
2nd: North York
3rd: Brookbanks
Grade 6 Team
1st: Brookbanks
2nd: Pleasant View
3rd: Gerrard/Ashdale
Grade 3 Team
1st: North York
2nd: Pleasant View
3rd: Brookbanks
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3391

World Open, June 29 - July 5
Open
IM Raja Panjwani 48th place/119 (4.5/9.0)
FM Shiyam Thavandiran 65th place/119 (4.0/9.0)
Liam Henry 70th place/119 (4.0/9.0)
U2400
Victor Dzera 89th place/121 (3.0/9.0)
U2000
James Fu 12th place/200 (6.5/9.0)
Paul Leblanc 80th place/200 (4.5/9.0)
More:
http://www.worldopen.com/

More CCA U.S. Tournament Results
- Continental Class Championships
- National Chess Congress
- North American Open
- Chicago Open
http://www.worldopen.com/

Hart House Summer Open, July 2 - 4
1st IM Leonid Gerzhoy 5.0/5.0
More:
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3434

CYCC, July 6
U8 Open: Joshua Doknjas 7.0/7.0
U8 Girls: Andrea Botez 6.5/7.0
U10 Open: Yuan Chen Zhang 5.5/7.0
U10 Girls: Kelly Wang 7.0/7.0
U12 Open: Terry Song 5.5/7.0
U12 Girls: Jackie Peng 6.0/6.0
U14 Open: Tanraj S Sohal 6.0/7.0
U14 Girls: Regina-Veronicka Kalaydina 5.5/7.0
U16 Open: Roman Sapozhnikov 5.5/7.0
U16 Girls: Alexandra Botez 6.0/7.0
U18 Open: FM Aman Hambleton 6.0/7.0
U18 Girls: Sonja Xiong 6.0/7.0 (combined section with U16 girls)
More:
http://monroi.com/2010-cycc-results.html
http://markbluvshtein.wordpress.com/
* Games: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3707

Canadian Open, July 10 - 18
1st: GM Luke McShane 8.0/9.0
2nd: IM Nikolay Noritsyn 7.5/8.0
3rd to 6th: GM Merab Gagunashvili, GM Alexander Shabalov, GM Vladimir Malaniuk, FM Jack Yoos 7.0/9.0
More:
http://monroi.com/2010-cocc-results.html
* Prize list: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3538
* FIDE ratings: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3562
* GM Mark Bluvshtein simul (raised $320), 16 wins: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3448
* FM Hans Jung blindfold simul: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3523
* Photos: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3477, http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3544
* More Photos: http://www.kris-egis.com/egisphoto/thumbnails.php?album=26
* Video: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3498
* Games: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3639
* Trivia Contest: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3422
* Article About Junior: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3905
* Other side activity results & more on chesstalk

Canadian Chess Volunteer of the Year: Maurice Smith
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3527

6th World School Chess Championship, July 20 - 31
Agastya Kalra 13th place/42 (5.5/9.0)
http://wscc2010.tsf.org.tr/component/option,com_turnuva/task,show/dosya,39/Itemid,39/lang,turkish/

3rd International Chess Tournament of Paleohora, July 22 - 29
Andrew McMillan 65th place/150 (5.5/9.0)
Alex Ferreira 124th place/150 (4.5/9.0)
http://www.chaniachess.gr/International%20Tournament/Paleogora%20tournament/index_en.html
* Report: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3725

Medieval Chess, Cooks Creek, Manitoba (such a cute video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-eapaB-QjU

Quebec Open, July 24 - 31
Invitation
1st to 3rd: GM Bator Sambuev, GM Anton Kovalyov, GM Merab Gagunashvili 6.0/9.0
Open
1st: Vahagn Voskanyan 7.5/9.0
2nd & 3rd: Keith Mackinnon, Galbadrakh Enkhamar 7.0/9.0
U2000
1st: Roman Sarrazin-Gendron 7.5/9.0
2nd to 4th: Jeremie Poschmann, Emile Trottier, Sylvain De Lagrave 6.5/9.0
U1700
1st: Réjean Labrecque 8.0/9.0
2nd: Samuel Messier 7.5/9.0
3rd: Eric Sonn 7.0/9.0
U1400
1st: Ke Xin Yu 7.5/9.0
2nd: Sam Selmani 7.0/9.0
3rd & 4th: Marek Adamowicz, Oleksandr Nikulich 6.5/9.0
U1100
1st & 2nd: Nikola Isaev, Andriy Nikulich 7.0/9.0
3rd: Dylan Fraser 6.5/9.0
http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/index.php?typ=actu&id=2949&categorie=1&prvsl=oui
* Photos: http://www.royalgame.ca/index.php?option=com_oziogallery2&view=04carousel&Itemid=18&lang=en
* Games: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3578, http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3577, http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3633

5th Edmonton Chess Festival, July 28 - August 2
1st: GM Magesh Panchanathan 8.5/9.0
2nd: GM Jesse Kraai 7.0/9.0
3rd & 4th: GM Mikheil Kekelidze, IM Edward Porper 6.5/9.0
http://www.albertachess.org/2010ECF/2010ECFStandings.html

4th Annual Canadian Amateur, July 30 - August 2
U2100
1st & 2nd: Paul Becker, Matthew Nicholson 5.5/7.0
3rd & 4th: Richard Leu, Adam Cormier 5.0/7.0
U1700
1st: Mark Brauer 6.0/7.0
2nd: Tina Fang 5.0/7.0
3rd to 7th: Daniel Moorehouse, Qiang Li, Steven Douglas, Matt Finnie, Steven Leu 4.5/7.0
U1400
1st: Owen Qian 6.0/7.0
2nd: John Zhang 5.5/7.0
3rd: James Chung 5.0/7.0
http://www.chessfest.ca/chessfest10/canamstandings.htm

Canadian Senior, July 30 - August 2
1st: Ralph Deline 6.0/7.0 (will represent Canada at the World Seniors Championship in Italy)
2nd to 4th: Jaime Solis, Ian Finlay, Pierre Maheux 4.5/7.0
http://www.chessfest.ca/chessfest10/canseniorsstandings.htm
* World Seniors Championship: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4113

Ontario Closed, July 30 - August 2
1st: Michael Kleinman 5.5/7.0
2nd: IM Tomas Krnan 5.0/7.0
3rd to 5th: Liam Henry, Steve Demmery, Michael Humphreys 4.0/7.0
http://www.chessfest.ca/chessfest10/ontclosedstandings.htm
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3638

Kitchener Chessfest (above three tournaments) games:
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3628

New CMA Leadership, August 1
Francis Rodrigues: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3618
CMA is also mortgage-free! http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4043

2010 PanAm Youth, August 1 - 8
U10 Girls
Jiaxin Liu 5.0/9.0
Kelly Wang 5.5/9.0
U12 Girls
Jackie Peng 7.0/9.0 (3rd, WCM)
U18 Girls
Marguerite Yang 3.0/9.0
http://www.panamericano2010.blogspot.com/
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3625

World Junior, August 3 - 16
IM Raja Panjwani 40th place/121 (7.0/13.0)
FM Shiyam Thavandiran 50th place/121 (7.0/13.0, IM norm)
http://www.chessarbiter.to.pl/turnieje/t_3905/final_standings&13.html
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3641
* Photo: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6609

Negroponte 2010, August 9 - 17
IM Leonid Gerzhoy 34th place/150 (6.0/9.0)
Antoine Berube 73rd place/150 (5.0/9.0)
http://www.negroponte2010.gr/en/results.html
http://chess-results.com/tnr33842.aspx?art=4&lan=1&turdet=YES&flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000&lansel=NO&css=2

Continental Open in Sturbridge, MA, August 12 - 15
http://main.uschess.org/content/view/10621/598

2nd Annual Brantford Food Bank Tournament (raised $150 + food), August 15
Open
1st & 2nd: Erwin Casareno, Mikhail Egorov 5.0/6.0
3rd: Adam Cormier 4.0/6.0
U1500
1st: Randy Fintas 3.5/6.0
2nd: Roy Jones 3.0/6.0
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3694

NAYCC, August 16 - 19
U8 Open: Aravind Kumar 7.0/7.0
U8 Girls: Akshita Gorti 6.0/7.0
U10 Open: Jeffery Xiong 6.5/7.0
U10 Girls: Samritha Palakollu 7.0/7.0
U12 Open: Hong Rui Zhu 6.5/7.0
U12 Girls: Rachel Gita Gologorsky 6.0/7.0
U14 Open: Ziyi [Joey] Qin 6.5/7.0
U14 Girls: Eve Zhurbinskiy 5.5/7.0
U16 Open: Arthur Calugar 6.0/7.0
U16 Girls: Anna Matlin 7.0/7.0
U18 Open: Alexander Martchenko 6.0/7.0
U18 Girls: Yang Dai 6.0/7.0
More:
http://monroi.com/2010-north-american-youth-championship-results.html
* Games: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4001

Sants Open, Barcelona, August 20 - 29
IM Leonid Gerzhoy
GM Mark Bluvshtein
Antoine Berube
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3717
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3740
* This and more of Mark's tournaments/games: http://markbluvshtein.wordpress.com/

Battle of Alberta, August 21
http://www.albertachess.org/2010BOA.html
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3702

Hamilton Summer Open, August 21 - 22
Open
1st: WIM Yuanling Yuan 4.5/5.0
2nd & 3rd: Roman Sapozhnikov, FM Doug Bailey 4.0/5.0
U1900
1st: Ferdinand Supsup 4.5/5.0
2nd: Nicholas O'Bumsawin 4.0/5.0
3rd & 4th: Joe Bellomo, Leslie Tang 3.5/5.0
Junior Trophies
Michael Huang, Janet Peng, Constance Wang, Junwen Jiang
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3739
* More Photos: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3731
* Games: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3744

CMA 25th Anniversary Bash
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3721

Battle at the Border, September 4 - 6
1st: GM Pascal Charbonneau 5.5/6.0
2nd: GM Hikaru Nakamura 5.0/6.0
3rd & 4th: IM Yan Teplitsky, FM Jack Yoos 4.5/6.0
http://www.albertachess.org/2010BATB/standings.php
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3799
http://main.uschess.org/content/view/10658/601/

World University Chess Championship, September 5 - 11
IM Raja Panjwani 34th place/57 (4.5/9.0)
http://www.wucc2010.ch/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40&Itemid=24

RAW World Chess Challenge, September 10
GM Magnus Carlsen defeats over 70,000 online players in a single game
http://www.g-star.com/en/#/en-ca/friends/magnus-carlsen/friends-magnus-carlsenabout_raw_chess/
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3840

Montreal Open, September 10 - 12
Open
1st & 2nd: IM Leonid Gerzhoy, GM Bator Sambuev 4.5/5.0
3rd to 5th: GM Alex Lenderman, IM Jean Hebert, IM Arnaud Rainfray 4.0/5.0
U2000
1st & 2nd: Emile Trottier, Jonathan Turcotte 4.5/5.0
3rd to 9th: Gabriel Gagnon, Valentin Gueorguiev, Claude Lalumiere, Daniel Lavergne, Kiran Ramaswamy, Robert Blanchet, Tristan Cote-Lalumiere 4.0/5.0
U1600
1st: Sylvain Lessard 5.0/5.0
2nd & 3rd: Cesar Lopez-Linares, Luc Trottier 4.5/5.0
U1200
1st: William Lai 5.0/5.0
2nd to 5th: Robert Bureau, Jessy Giroux, Run Kun Fan, Gabriel Sarateanu 4.0/5.0
http://www.echecsmontreal.ca/chom/resultats.htm
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3859
* Games: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3850, http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3856, http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3843
* Videos: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3873, http://www.chessblog.com/2010/09/2010-city-of-montreal-open-chess.html#links

Victoria Chess Club Fundraiser (raised $283), September 11
Overall
1st: WFM Valeria Gansvind 4.5/5.0
2nd & 3rd: Jesse Johnson, Jason Cao 4.0/5.0
U1700
1st & 2nd: Ian Cordon, Neil Cruden 3.0/5.0
3rd: Sandy Cordon: 2.5/5.0
U1400
1st: Li Geng 2.5/5.0
2nd & 3rd: Nick Peters, Mathew Geng 2.0/5.0
http://victoriachessclub.pbworks.com/Results-Sept-2010-Fundraiser

GTCL Club Competition Awards
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3758

Windsor Tournament Results
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3849
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3795

Toronto Labour Day Open
Top Board Final Game http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3801

Chess Olympiad, September 20 - October 3
Team Canada, Open (initial rank 53, average rating 2492)
1 GM Mark Bluvshtein 2583
2 IM Thomas Roussel-Roozmon 2484 (GM)
3 IM Leonid Gerzhoy 2485
4 IM Artiom Samsonkin 2409
5 IM Nikolay Noritsyn 2414
RESULT: Finished 37th/149
Team Canada, Women (initial rank 58, average rating 2054)
1 WIM Yuanling Yuan 2189
2 WIM Dina Kagramanov 2086
3 Iulia Lacau Rodean 2024
4 Yelizaveta Orlova 1917 (WCM)
5 Dalia Kagramanov 1866
RESULT: Finished 67th/115
http://ugra-chess.com/standings.php
http://checkmateupdate.blogspot.com/2010/10/olympiad-results-more-later.html
* Pictures: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3908
* Games: http://games.ugra-chess.com/, http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3940 (earlier games can also be found on chesstalk)
* Overview: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4005
* Thomas named Personality of the Week: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4110

Ottawa Autumn Open, September 24 - 26
Open
1st: GM Bator Sambuev 4.0/5.0
2nd: Michael Humphreys 3.5/5.0
3rd to 5th: Lloyd Mai, Brian Hartman, Nicolas Arsenault 3.0/5.0
U2200
1st: Christopher Pace 4.0/5.0
2nd & 3rd: John Upper, Alexandre Levkovsky 3.5/5.0
U2000
1st: Zhiyuan Zhang 4.0/5.0
2nd to 6th: Kar-Fai Gee, Danail Donev, Adam Murray, David Li, Gilles Groleau 3.5/5.0
U1800 (combined with U2000)
1st: Yuanchen Zhang 3.0/5.0
2nd & 3rd: Bryan Morgan, Kevin Wan 2.0/5.0
U1600
1st: Francesco Dunne 4.5/5.0
2nd: Jacob Krolczyk 4.0/5.0
3rd to 6th: Jeff Zhang, Michael Sun, Emil Levkovsky, Pranav Sharma 3.0/5.0
http://www.eoca.org/htm/tournaments_2010-11.html
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3963
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3970

Guelph Olympic Waive (raised $120), October 2
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3880

BC Closed, October 8 - 11
1st: FM Jack Yoos 5.0/7.0
2nd: WFM Valeria Gansvind 4.5/7.0
3rd: Howard Wu 4.0/7.0
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4028

Elite Championship POM, October 8 - 11
1st: IM Renier Castellanos 6.5/7.0
2nd: GM Anton Kovalyov 6.0/7.0
3rd to 5th: GM Bator Sambuev, Steve Bolduc, Zi Yi Qin 5.0/7.0
http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/elite/elite-classement.html
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4048
* Games: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4038, http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4067

Juste pour Jouer, October 8 - 11
1st: Claude Lalumiere 6.5/7.0
2nd: Jonathan Turcotte 5.5/7.0
3rd - 5th: Daniel Pregent, Theo Mathews, Kelly Wang 5.0/7.0
http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/elite/jpj-classement.html

Alberta Open , October 9 - 11
1st to 3rd: IM Edward Porper, Roy Yearwood, FM Nenad Ristovic 5.0/6.0
http://www.albertachess.org/2010AOStandings.html
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4031

Toronto Thanksgiving Open, October 9 - 11
1st: FM Bindi Cheng 5.0/6.0
2nd & 3rd: IM Nikolay Noritsyn, Victor Plotkin 4.5/6.0
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3959

KW Oktoberfest Open, October 15 - 17
Open
1st: Konstantin Semianiuk 4.0/5.0
2nd & 3rd: FM Michael Dougherty, Michael Humphreys 3.5/5.0
U2000
1st: Razvan Preotu 4.0/5.0
2nd to 5th: Adam Cormier, Rob Gashgarian, Robert Gillanders, Tim Knechtel 3.0/5.0
U1700
1st: Hongyi Li 4.5/5.0
2nd & 3rd: Matt Finnie, Owen Qian 3.5/5.0
http://www.kwchess.com/
* Games: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4006

Seaway Valley Open, October 16 - 17
1st: Christopher Pace 4.5/5.0
2nd: Dan Liu 4.0/5.0
3rd to 5th: Zhiyuan Zhang, Curtis Peterson, Agastya Kalra 3.5/5.0
http://www.eoca.org/htm/tournaments_2010-11.html

WYCC, October 20 - 30
See my earlier post http://checkmateupdate.blogspot.com/2010/10/canada-gets-gold.html
http://wycc2010.chessdom.com/
* Aris' reports: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4087, http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4102, http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4104, http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4106, http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4114
* Radio Interview of Jason Cao: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4119
* TV Interview of Jason Cao + CMA Announcement ($1000 award): http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4141
* Videos, Pictures, and More: http://wycc2010.blogspot.com/
* Some Games: http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4118
* Many other results, opinions, games, etc. on chesstalk

Edmonton Fall Sectional, October 22 - 24
Section A: IM Edward Porper 4.0/5.0
Section B: Vladislav Rekhson 4.5/5.0
Section C: Phil Holmstrom 5.0/5.0
http://www.albertachess.org/2010EFS.html

Giant Chess Set Tournament, October 23
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=3897

Florencio Campomanes Memorial Blitz, October 30 - 31
Stage 1: Jingle Kho, Andrew Picana
Stage 2 (over 12 hours!): Andrew Picana, Erwin Casareno
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4144

Next Year's CYCC and COCC bids
http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4096

Chess Quotes by David Lawless: http://www.chessquotes.com/

"Endgame" TV series coming to Canada in Spring 2011? http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/showthread.php?t=4079