We are pleased to announce the participation of these star players.

Canadian Champion, Canada's #1 rated player & Grandmaster
Dina Kagramanov
Canadian Women's Champion & Woman International Master

Canadian Champion 2009-11 & International Master
2002 Canadian Open Co-Champion

World Under-10 Champion & FIDE Master
2010 Canadian Chess Player of the Year
Canadian Grade 5 Champion

Mark Bluvshtein of Toronto
2010 Canadian Olympiad Team & Grandmaster
2005 & 2009 Canadian Open Co-Champion

2010 Canadian Olympiad Team & International Master

Toronto Star chess columnist & International Master
1976 Canadian Open Co-Champion, 1980 & 1988 Canadian Open Champion

Iulia Lacau-Rodean
2010 Canadian Olympiad Women's Team

Liza Orlova
2010 Canadian Olympiad Women's Team & Woman Candidate Master

Dalia Kagramanov
2010 Canadian Olympiad Women's Team
Canadian Under-8 Champion
Canadian Grade 3 Champion

Ralph Deline
Canadian Senior Champion

Alexandra Botez
Canadian Under-16 Girls Champion

Jackie Peng
Canadian Junior Girls & Under-12 Girls Champion

Roman Sapozhnikov
Canadian Junior & Under-16 Champion

Matthew Nicholson
Canadian Amateur Co-Champion

Richard Wang
2009 World Under-12 Championship Bronze Medallist

Brett Campbell
FIDE Master
1984 Canadian Open Co-Champion

International Master

Vladimir Pechenkin
FIDE Master

Aman Hambleton
FIDE Master & Canadian Under-18 Champion
Arthur Calugar
North American Under-16 Champion

Shiyam Thavandiran
2010 Canadian Junior Champion & FIDE Master

Artiom Samsonkin
2010 Canadian Olympiad Team & International Master

Regina-Veronicka Kalaydina
Canadian Girls Under-14 Champion

Leonid Gerzhoy
2010 Canadian Olympiad Team & International Master

Yuanchen Zhang
Canadian Under-10 Champion

Michael Dougherty
FIDE Master

Tomas Krnan
International Master

Walter Arencibia
Grandmaster
Cuba
2006 Canadian Open Co-Champion

Luis Manuel Perez Rodriguez
Grandmaster
Cuba

Dejan Bojkov
Grandmaster
Bulgaria

Irina Krush
International Master / Woman Grandmaster
United States

Joel Benjamin
Grandmaster
United States
2000 Canadian Open Co-Champion

Benjamin Finegold
Grandmaster
United States
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Eduardas Rozentalis
Grandmaster
Lithuania
1995 & 2008 Canadian Open Co-Champion

Alexander Shabalov
Grandmaster
United States
Photo credit: MonRoi.

Iryna Zenyuk
Candidate Master / Woman International Master
United States

John Fedorowicz
Grandmaster
United States
Photo credit: copyright 2002 James F. Perry.

Michal Meszaros
International Master
Slovakia

Stefan Macak
International Master
Slovakia

Alisa Melekhina
FIDE Master / Woman International Master
United States

Eugene Perelshteyn
Grandmaster
United States

Victor Mikhalevski
Grandmaster
Israel
2008 Canadian Open Co-Champion

Vitali Golod
Grandmaster
Israel

Raymond Kaufman
International Master
United States
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