2007 McIntosh Open
 

Date: April 14 - 15, 2007
Place:McIntosh Country Inn and Conference Centre. 12495 County Road 2 Morrisburg, ON (rates $55 + taxes per night)
Rounds: 5
Type: Regular Swiss, One Section tournament with prizes by rating group - rating groups determined by player distribution
Times: Sat: 9/2/7 ; Sun: 9:30/2:30
Time Control: SD/90 + 30 sec Inc
Entry Fee: $50 per player. $40 if paid on or before April 12. $20 Amateur option (not eligible for prizes) available for all players.
$20.00 Amateur option(not eligible for prizes and no discount for RA Chess Club Members) Prizes: $$Based on Entries: Prizes by rating group.
Organizer: Raymond Lacroix/Stijn DeKerpel
Tournament Director: Stijn DeKerpel
E-mail: stijn@rogers.com(E-mail Entries Not Accepted)
Advance Registration: Make cheques payable and mail to:

Au Diapason Inc.
c/o Raymond Lacroix
41 Kingslea Cres.
Cornwall, Ontario, K6H 2J2
or
From 6:30pm - 7:30pm on site, in person at the RA Chess Club (Cash only) April 12. Registration: 8:00am - 8:45am on site, register in person with cash only.
Miscellaneous: Bring your clocks, no computers, no smoking, byes available Rds 1-3
(max. of two .5 point byes) if requested in advance. An EOCA Grand Prix event. Registration for the tournament ends at 8:45 SHARP. Players arriving after 8:45 am on April 14th may register late and receive a half point bye in Rd 1.

Reserve your room at the Inn and mention you are with the chess tournament to receive the special rate.

Directions to the Inn (1-888-229-2850 – email: info@mcintoshcountryinn.com)
The McIntosh Country Inn and Conference Centre is conveniently located at the junction of Highway 401 and Highway 31 in the Town of Morrisburg, Ontario. The Inn is only a half hour drive from Cornwall and Brockville, one hour from Ottawa, three and a half hours from Toronto, one and a half hours from Montreal and twenty five minutes from U.S. border crossings.

From Toronto or Montreal
Take Highway 401 to Exit 750 and proceed south to County Road 2. Turn left and travel one kilometre where you will find the Inn on the north side of the road.

From Ottawa
Take Bank Street (Highway 31) south to County Road 2. Turn left and travel one kilometre where you will find the Inn on the north side of the road.

From Upper Canada Village or Golf Course
Take County Road 2 west to Morrisburg. You will find the Inn on the north side of the road near the junction of Highway 31.

From the United States
There are three points of entry into Canada from New York State:
Massena, N.Y. into Cornwall, Ontario - 25 minutes via Country Road 2 West. Ogdensburg, N.Y. into Prescott, Ontario - 25 minutes via Hwy. 401 East. Alexandria Bay, N.Y. into Lansdowne, Ontario - 40 minutes via Hwy 401 East.

An EOCA Grand Prix event.