<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Hello everyone,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Last Tuesday we completed our first week of tryouts and we had some great competition. We are one week down and one to go. Congratulations to the following people have advanced to week 2.</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">
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<td height="20" width="124" style="height:15.0pt;width:93pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Adam Johnson</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="height:15.0pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Alex Khazanov</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="height:15.0pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Alex Wolf</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="height:15.0pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Chris Fisher</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="height:15.0pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Ferat Sahin</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="height:15.0pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Ishaq Kothari</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="height:15.0pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Jacob Shmois</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="height:15.0pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Kevin Johnson</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="height:15.0pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Omer Okutan</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="height:15.0pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Pruthvik Ar</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="height:15.0pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Randy Bittner</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="height:15.0pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Santanu Majumdar</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="height:15.0pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Ta-Min Chang</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="height:15.0pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Vadim Feygin</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="height:15.0pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">William Teng</span></td>
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<td height="20" style="height:15.0pt" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Zavior Johnson<br class=""><br class=""></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Congrats to you all. What is next? I have 8 spots available for this years classic league. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Next Tuesday I plan on having 4 groups of 4 to compete in another round robin format. The top 2 from each group are</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><b style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">IN</b><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> the league. Like last week, here is the format for next Tuesday.</span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b class=""><u class="">Format:<o:p class=""></o:p></u></b></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span>I am going to have 4 groups of 4.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span>Each group will play in a round robin format. <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span>Each match will be best of 5 games.</div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">-</span><span class="" style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">I will be taking the top 2 players from each group.</span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span>Each group will have 2 tables assigned.</div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b class=""><u class="">Play:<o:p class=""></o:p></u></b></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><font color="#ff2600" class="">Play will begin <b class="">SHARP</b> at 6:30 PM</font>. Please come early to practice and warm up.</div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span>2 minute warmup before each match to ensure we have continues play.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">-<span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span>If you come to practice and you see a table is in use by others that are not trying out, you have <b class="">priority</b> to take that table as this is your night to tryout.</div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b class=""><u class="">Rest of Club:</u></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">If you come to practice on Tuesday, please allow these folks to either hit with you, or give up your table if you see them waiting for a table. I will be using all 8 tables for this tournament. Play should end early considering each player will play 3 matches each and have 2 tables assigned.</div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">I look forward to see you all this Tuesday. If you have any questions at all do not hesitate to ask me.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Thank you and GOOD LUCK,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p class="">Rating Central Results from Week 1:</o:p></div><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><a href="https://www.ratingscentral.com/EventSummary.php?EventID=34091&SortBy=FinalMean" class="">https://www.ratingscentral.com/EventSummary.php?EventID=34091&SortBy=FinalMean</a></font></o:p></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p class=""><br class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Marc Maronian<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">GVTTC Classic League Director</div></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;" class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></body></html>