2009 Canadian Open Chess Championship, Edmonton
Play in the same tournament as GM Alexei Shirov ESP, GM Hua Ni CHN, GM Michael Adams ENG, GM Victor Mikhalevski ISR, GM Surya Ganguly IND, GM Anton Kovalyov ARG/QC, GM Alexander Shabalov USA, GM Mark Bluvshtein CAN/ON, IM Artiom Samsonkin CAN/ON, GM Eugene Perelshteyn USA, GM Xue Zhao CHN, IM/WGM Irina Krush USA and more!
Round 1 starts on Saturday, July 11th at 4pm MDT (6pm EDT)
Prize fund (based on 200 paid entries): $25,000, 9-round Swiss!
http://monroi.com/2009-canadian-open-chess-championship-home.html
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The Canadian Open is much stronger than the U.S. Open. Thank you Mr. Goichberg. I guess the USCF is busy bribing people instead organizing good tournaments.
hehe! Kold!