January 2-7, 2007

Congratulations to Leonid Gerzhoy,
Canadian Junior Champion

Posted by Jonathan Berry on January 8, 2007, 22:44:47  ---  Link: Canadian Junior history: all the winners

The full results are buried at the bottom of the Canadian Junior thread below. At the 36th Canadian Junior in Toronto, Leonid Gerzhoy became the first player ever to make a perfect score in this event. Raja Panjwani placed 2nd with 5-1. As in the first Canadian Junior in 1970, Vlad Dobrich was the organizer. "Missing" were 9 of the top 10 in the November 2006 Under 20 list published in Chess Canada. The two winners should have been among those top 10. Looks like nobody bothered to transfer their birthdates from the July 2005 FIDE rating list to the CFC database. Anyway, with 3 of the top 12 in the country, this was the strongest Canadian Junior in the past three years, but not as representative of the top talent as events 10, 20, 30 years ago. There are many factors, several of which have been mentioned in the thread below. 1. The World Junior is not as important as it used to be. Players such as Radjabov and Carlsen have never bothered to play in a World Junior. 2. The Canadian Junior is not as important as it used to be. Players can get ratings and titles without competing in it. The Junior is no longer a "gateway" to international competition. 3. The CFC no longer sponsors ($$) the Canadian Junior. The entry fee is $150, it used to be much lower. 4. As an open event, it no longer has the cachet of meeting and beating the best. The open nature of the event makes it harder for players to gain support for travel from their provincial chess associations, or even through fund-raising. Travel and accommodation costs are much greater than the $150 entry fee. "Why should we fund you to represent us, it's an open tournament?"     Link: Canadian Junior history: all the winners

6 Round Swiss

G/90 plus 30 seconds per move

Organizing Body

Greater Toronto Chess League

Chief Organizer

Michael Barron

President, GTCL

Organizing Committee

The GTCL 2007 Junior Committee

Advertising

3 issues of Chess Canada Echecs

(free advertising to be provided by CFC for this event)

Internet, Newspapers, Magazines

Publicity

EXTENSIVE PUBLIC RELATIONS

–Pre-Event Starting October

– Onsite Live Coverage

-- Post Event Updates

Internet Site/ Coverage

Will have Daily Internet Updates

City

Toronto

Address

Bayview Games Club

1681 Bayview Avenue Suite 202

Registration

Advance Registration, prior to 24 December 2006, Late registration additional $10 up to 6 PM EST on Tuesday, 2 January 2007

subject to availability.

The GTCL reserves the right to limit participants to 60 players, and to guarantee space for last years Canadian Junior Champion, last years Runner-up and for each province (and the Territories) up to 3 representatives including their provincial Junior Champion, and up to 6 additional players at the discretion of the GTCL.

Dates

January 2-7, 2007

Format

6 Round Swiss

Time Controls

G/90 plus 30 seconds per move

Rounds

6 rounds, 1 game per day starting at 6:30 PM, Tuesday 2 January to Sunday 7 January 2007

Playoffs

Monday, January 8th if required

Rated By

CFC and FIDE

Equipment Provided

All equipment including clocks provided by the Bayview Games Club (if necessary, additional clocks could be borrowed from OCA).

Prizes

Winner will be Canada's representative at the World Junior (paid for). Top Girl will be invited to compete for Canada at the World Girls (not paid for).

Entry Fees

$150 (cash or cheques received by Dec. 24, 2006)

Late Fee: on day of tournament  $10 extra.

$100 from each entry will be transferred to CFC for World Junior expenses.

TD

Vlad Dobrich (416) 722-9709

Side Events

none.

Budget

Revenues

- Entry fees (20x$150)   $3,000

Total Revenues             $3,000

Expenses

- Prizes (20x$100)         $2,000

- Advertising                  $   200

- TD Fees                      $   500

- Meeting Space            $   200

- Misc                             $   100

Total Expenses              $3,000

CFC to pay for CFC and FIDE ratings, and to provide free advertising in Chess Canada Echecs

Date Submitted:

5 June, 2006

Submitted by:

Michael Barron

Accepted by: