Date: October 25-27, 2024
Venue: Edmonton Chess Club — (780) 424-0283
Address: #204 10840 124 Street, Edmonton, AB T5M 0H3
Organizer & Director: Mike Zeggelaar
Email: zerg_gosu@hotmail.com
Format: 6-player round robins. No byes allowed. CFC rated; the top three sections will also be FIDE rated. The organizer may choose to register other sections to be FIDE rated.
Time control: 40 moves in 90 minutes, then game in 30 minutes, with a 30 second increment from move 1.
Schedule
Round 1: Friday, October 25: 7:00 p.m.
Round 2: Saturday, October 26: 10:00 a.m.
Round 3: Saturday, October 26: 4:00 p.m.
Round 4: Sunday, October 27: 10:00 a.m.
Round 5: Sunday, October 27: 4:00 p.m.
Entry fee: $50. $15 discount for juniors (2004 birth year or later), seniors (age 65 and over), female players, and FMs. GM/IM title holders receive free entry.
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: Contact the organizer or fill out the form below. Payment must be made to the organizer in cash or by e-transfer to zerg_gosu@hotmail.com by 8:00 p.m. on Monday, October 21st, when official registration closes. After that, entries will only be taken to make all sections consist of six players, or for replacements. A refund is available for withdrawals prior to the deadline.
Prizes: Entry fees less ACA dues of $10 per paid participant.
Section formation: Players will be slotted into sections according to their rating. For Section A, CFC ratings on October 21st and FIDE ratings published on October 1st will be used. For all other sections, only CFC ratings published on October 21st will be used. Unrated players will be assigned a rating of 1500 for sectioning purposes, unless the organizer decides otherwise.
All sections will have 6 players, except possibly the lowest-rated section. If there are 4 players in the bottom section, then it will be a double-round-robin. If there are 5 players, it will be a round-robin with one bye. If there are 7, 8, or 9 in the bottom Section, then there will be Swiss pairings.
If sections are full, pairings will come out on the evening of Monday, October 21. Otherwise, pairings will be done on Thursday, October 24.
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