There have been several late withdrawals. Unregistered players may show up Saturday morning to see if there is space available.
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Date: February 18-19, 2023
Venue: Edmonton Chess Club — (780) 424-0283
Address: #204 10840 124 Street, Edmonton, AB T5M 0H3
Organizer: David Ludwig
E-mail: davidludwigca@gmail.com
Tournament Director: Mike Zeggelaar
Qualifier for the 2023 Alberta Closed
Format: 5-round Swiss, CFC & FIDE rated
Time control: Game in 90 minutes with a 30-second increment
Round times: Saturday – 10 a.m., ~2 p.m., ~6 p.m. ; Sunday – 10 a.m., ~2 p.m. or ASAP.
A 30-minute break between games is guaranteed. Default late time is 60 minutes.
Entry fee: $50 if pre-registered by 11:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 16. $60 after.
$15 discount for juniors (2003 birth year or later), seniors (age 65 and over), and female players. GM/IM/FM title holders receive free entry.
Post-secondary student promotion: For this event, the entry fee for students with a valid post-secondary ID is $20.
CFC membership is required and may be purchased on-site. Annual membership is $43 for adults, $28 for juniors. CFC tournament membership is $20 for adults, $10 for juniors.
Registration: Fill out the registration form below. Payment should be made by e-transfer to the organizer but may be made on-site by cash. On-site Registration runs 9:15 – 9:45 a.m. on Saturday, February 18. Players must arrive by 9:45 a.m. or they won’t be paired.
Prizes: Entry fees less ACA dues of $10 per paid participant. The winner (if an Albertan) qualifies for the 2023 Alberta Closed.
Byes: A maximum of two ½-point byes are available in rounds 1-4 if requested before the start of round 1.
Qualification for Alberta Closed: In the event that two players finish with a 5 out of 5 score (and thus have not played each other, nor had the opportunity to do so), a single armageddon game will be played. Players will submit a bid of the lowest amount of time they would accept as Black (White will have 15 minutes) and whoever bids less will play Black with draw odds. Any first-place ties on a score of 4.5 or less will be settled directly by the ACA tie-breaking system.
Registration Form
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Pre-Registered Players
Bitan Banerjee 2495
Patrick Tolentino 2242
Tymur Keleberda 2232
Dale Haessel 2232
Anand Rishi Chandra 2184
Omid Malek 2153
Paris Dorn 2133
Micah Hughey 2110
Samuel Hoekman 1961
Eric Jin 1945
Roy Yearwood 1933
Tevanio Steadman 1896
Mike Zeggelaar 1877
Jason Green 1876
Jim Daniluk 1861
Cameron Ratte 1859
Ryan Chen 1843
Michael Decaire 1840
Yash Darvekar 1803
Dustin Koperski 1803
Mateo Jackson 1790
Nicholas Zacharias 1789
Ron Offengenden 1778
Bhavik Dave 1772
Shreyas Prasanna 1745
Ricky McCoshen 1725
Gerhard Reuter 1683
Ronald Sauve 1631
Tri Tran 1629
Paul McGinnis 1605
Stephen Ejack 1469
Daniel Ratte 1467
Ryan Meneses 1430
Dean Macdonald 1420
Michael Mcgovern 1340
Zayd Ghoggali 1323
Harrison Mantla 1219
Gordon McCall 1128
Yuri Troitsky 1155
James Ratte 1119
Zongyan Yu 1078
Milana Inozemtseva 889
Brody Lindbergh unrated
Stephen Marshall unrated
Jacob Mogg unrated
Saswat Sahoo unrated
Keerat Sandhu unrated
Selena (Qian) Yang unrated
Tanush Das unrated
Benjamin Lehmann unrated
Andrew Senador Valendez unrated
Bhavi Singh unrated
Eric James unrated
Brendan Olson unrated
Eric Kim
Last updated February 16, 4:00 p.m.