2006 Belzberg Invitational

Canadian Closed and Zonal

Chess Championship Awards

1^st - Canadian Chess Champion – IM Igor Zugic

$5,000 plus $2,500 travel expenses to FIDE World Championship

2^nd – GM Mark Bluvshtein

$2,000 plus $2,000 travel expenses to FIDE Americas Championship

3^rd – GM Pascal Charbonneau

$1,500 plus $2,000 travel expenses to FIDE Americas Championship

4^th – $1,000 (2^nd-5^th $1325 each for GM Mark Bluvshtein,

GM Pascal Charbonneau, IM Leonid Gerzhoy, Vincente Lee Jr.)

5^th – $ 800 (6^th – 12^th tie for $400.00 each for:

6^th – $ 700 (IM Tomas Krnan, IM Eric Lawson, FM Goran Milicevic,

7^th – $ 600 ( FM Marat Khassanov, Shiyam Thavandiran, Jonathan Tayar,

8^th – $ 500 (Dale Haessel)

9^th - $ 500

10^th -$ 500

IM Title Designate – Vincent Lee Jr.

FM Title Contenders - Shiyam Thavandiran, Jonathan Tayar, Dale Haessel

Top Youth – David (Yu) Peng - $ 200

Brilliancy – Leonid Gerzhoy - $ 200 Bryon Nickoloff Memorial

Great Upsets – Louie Jiang - $ 100 (donated by Frank Pushkedra)

Top British Columbia Player – Louie Jiang

Top Alberta Player – Robert Gardiner

Top Manitoba Player – Samuel Lipnowski

Top Ontario Player – Michael Buscar

Top Quebec Player – IM Michael Schleifer

Top Nova Scotia Player – Jason Kenney

Top Woman - Daniela Belc

Top Volunteer of the Tournament - Zeljka Malobabic

Chess Parent of the Year – Patrick Jiang

Chess Patrons of the Year – Sid and Alicia Belzberg

2006 Canadian Blitz Champion – Raja Panjwani