Blitz Satellite ! Friday

Yanofsky Memorial blitz tournament

Written by Blair Rutter

We will be having a special blitz tournament this Friday, August 31 at Merchant Park at noon. The winner will get free entry into the Abe Yanofsky Memorial tournament to be held this upcoming weekend. The highest ranking unrated player in the blitz tournament will also get free entry into either one of the novice tournaments to be held Saturday and Sunday in conjunction with the Yanofsky tournament. Entry in the blitz is free and please show up at least 5 minutes before noon to register. Merchant Park is located on the south side of Portage Ave., between Kennedy and Edmonton Street.

Top Section to be FIDE rated

We will be submitting the results of the top section for FIDE rating

Also there is a possibility that the first round time control may be G /120

28 Players Pre-registered

Includes (list will be confirmed on Sunday, August 19)
Fred Gibson
Wiexi Liu
James Atem
Leah Green
Aaron Green
Jim Green
Tony Boron
Aron Kaptsan
Alex Nikouline
Jay Khedkar
Daniel Oberton
Keith Gannon
Daneil Raihman
Igal Raihman
Gary Campbell
Jim Lauritson
Waldemar Schulz
Edward Tang
Saul Magnusson
Jeff Babb
Ryan Swift
Rory Curtis
Gustavo Melamedoff
Trevor Vincent