35th Annual Paul Keres Memorial Chess Tournament May 22-24

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35th Annual Paul Keres Memorial Chess Tournament Vancouver Canada http://keresmemorial.pbworks.com/ 6 round FIDE and CFC rated Swiss May 22-24, 2010 $4000 in prizes guarantee

Stay on site at the Delta Vancouver Airport Outdoor pool Easy access to downtown Vancouver via the new Millenium line. 21 minutes from YVR to downtown Vancouver. Enjoy the Richmond night market and other local attractions in the Vancouver area. Easy access from Seattle on I-5 and Hwy 99. I-5 turns into Hwy 99 at the border.


Register on line http://35thkeresmemorial.eventbrite.com/

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Early Bird entry ends May 1st. Register for the touenament and book your hotel now.
http://keresmemorial.pbworks.com/

The 35th Keres Memorial Chess Tournament will be held in the Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel. This location is accessible by skytrain and free shuttle from the Vancouver airport. Downtown Vancouver is 30 minutes away on the new Canada line. Parking is available on site. A rate of $5 is available by prior arrangement only (when registering indicate whether you would like 3 days of parking to receive the discounted rate).

The hotel is easily accessible by free shuttle from Vancouver International Airport (5 minute trip). Shuttles run every 20 minutes.

The Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel is offering a rate of $125 for players and spectators. Register for the hotel online http://accounts.deltahotels.com/group.h ... 9&type=grp

Enjoy the outdoor pool and riverside location. Please support our venue. It will help us organize future events at this location.

Check out Tourism Richmond http://www.tourismrichmond.com for more on local attractions, public transportation and more.

http://tourismrichmond.com/visitors/event.aspx?id=4402

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50 players now registered
http://keresmemorial.pbworks.com/
Warm up for the Washington Open
Play in the 35th Annual Keres Open Chess Tournament May 22-24 in Richmond BC (near Vancouver 30 minutes from the US border crossing)

Pre-Registered List as of May 11


Name CFC FIDE Title Origin Parking Passes Misc
1 Rivas, Manuel 2531 GM Spain
2 Orlov, Georgi 2546 2474 IM USA
3 Yoos, Jack 2453 2375 FM BC
4 Roua, Radu 2263 2249 NM USA 3
5 Thorgeirsson, Sveirrir 2218 NM Iceland
6 Jiganchine, Roman 2254 2221 NM BC
7 Wu, Howard 2216 2149 NM BC 3
8 Patterson, Roger 2204 2141 NM BC 5
9 Trochtchanovitch, Pavel 2090 2092 BC
10 Huang, Richard 2089 BC

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Pre-registration for the Keres ends this Thursday (May 20).

If you haven't booked parking passes with us yet, you are in luck - we have managed to get extras as we need them from the hotel ($5 per day instead of the regular rate of $14).

Tournament website: http://keresmemorial.pbworks.com/
Pre-registered list: http://keresmemorial.pbworks.com/Pre...ered+List+2010