2009 Canadian Open Chess Championship Players
| GM | Shirov | Alexei | 2748 |
| GM | Adams | Michael | 2712 |
| GM | Nakamura | Hikaru | 2699 |
| GM | Smirin | Ilya | 2647 |
| GM | Mikhalevski | Victor | 2616 |
| GM | Ganguly | Surya | 2614 |
| GM | Bluvshtein | Mark | 2568 |
| GM | Kovalyov | Anton | 2557 |
| IM | Krush | Irina | 2457 |
http://monroi.com/2009-canadian-open-chess-championship-players.html
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Very impressive top of the lineup…
Yeah looks like fun!! is the short pimp gunna be there? hehe
What is so special about this year’s tournment? Big prizes?
No Charbonneau??
GM Charbonneau is still deciding. He has been invited by me, personally, when I was in NYC. I passed a white envelope across the table to him at a Turkish restaurant and everything. Really. 🙂
Micah Hughey
Organizer,
Canadian Open 2009