2011 Canadian Open Chess Championship

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So here I am at 2 in the morning with a mild bout of insomnia, incredibly excited about the game tomorrow.  Round 1 of the Canadian open starts tomorrow and judging by the preregistered list I'll be playing someone with a FIDE over 2400.  Looks like my opponent is likely to be somewhere between IM Krnan and GM Perelshteyn.  I've never played a GM before, sounds pretty exciting.  

Anyways, just wanted to let the world know that I'll be posting my games in progressive blogs as I finish them.  There will be one game/day for 9 rounds.  

This is a great opportunity to get my rating back over 2100 where it belongs :P.

Tune in tomorrow to see my first win against a GM! :P

g'nite ya'll :P

MapleDanish
NM Matt Nicholson

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