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2007 Kitchener Chess Festival
(last Year)
An Annual Festival celebrating chess and
the chess community
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The Canadian Closed Championship
- An Internationally renowned event
- Attracts Canada’s top chess players
- New Format: Championship and Reserve sections
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The Canadian Women's Championship
- Canada's top women chess players
- Champion represents Canada on the World stage
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The Canadian Amateur Championship
- The First Annual
- Under 2200 sectional tournament
- August 3-6, 2007
- New twist on traditional events
- Meet the Masters
- Lectures
- Corporate Team Challenge
- Simultaneous Exhibitions
- “non-ranker” and Senior add-on tournaments
- Extra fun tournaments (Doubles, team, Blitz)
- TV coverage
- Newspaper coverage
- Come to Play - Come to Watch - Enjoy the Festival Atmosphere
- Events and displays throughout the Kitchener downtown area
- “Live” displays of top games as they are being played
- Organizer: Hal Bond, IO, IA
- Has earned his International Organizer and his International
Arbiter titles (FIDE awarded)
- Arbiter at the World Chess Cup
- Extensive experience both Nationally and Internationally
- Assistant Organizer: Patrick McDonald, IA
- Youth Coordinator for the Chess Federation of Canada
- Youth Coordinator for the Ontario Chess Association
- International Arbiter, with international and national experience
- Tournaments Fully accredited by the Chess Federation of Canada
- Full support of the Kitchener Waterloo Chess Club (KWCC)
- KWCC President, Doug Hoch and KWCC Treasurer Hans Jung FM
integral participants in the organization of the 2007 Canadian Chess
Festival
- Excitement Generated by this Festival has lead to an
annual event in Kitchener
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