The ACA Tournament Procedures
A Tournament Director (TD) must follow the CFC rules and regulations in the CFC Handbook. In addition to the policies outlined in this handbook on tournament directing in general, the ACA has a few extra rules and guidelines.
Venue
The venue is booked by the ACA and/or the organizer; the tournament director need only contact the ACA at least one month prior to the event date to make sure the venue is booked.
Entry Fees, Prize Fund, Honorariums
Entry fees to ACA tournaments (5-round events with a regular time control) are whatever the organizer sees as appropriate. For smaller tournaments we recommend an entry fee of approximately $50, with discounts to juniors (under 20), seniors (65 and over), women/girls, and first-time CFC players. The ACA collects $10 dues from every paid entry. The prize fund consists of total entry fees minus $10 per paid entry. The ACA takes care of 100% of the venue rental costs, the CFC rating fees, and FIDE fees if the tournament is approved to be FIDE rated. The ACA also pays the TD honorarium of $75.00/day.
Knowledge of Tournament Cycle
The TD should have a working knowledge of the ACA tournament cycle. When directing the Alberta Closed for the ACA, it is of course necessary to be intimately familiar with all rules, and to contact players 1-2 months ahead of time if they may or may not be eligible.
Responsibilities
The TD must send in the results to the CFC for rating purposes — free software facilitating this task is available for download on the CFC website — and is responsible for collecting membership fees from every participant with no or expired membership. The player’s mailing address, e-mail address, and date of birth (for juniors) must also be recorded. The TD should also send in a tournament form and a short tournament report to albertachess@gmail.com.
International Arbiter Vlad Rekhson has also developed a useful TD Manual .
TDs wishing to run their tournament in the old fashioned way may download the following:
Pairing Cards
Pairing Sheets
CFC Membership Report Form
CFC Wallchart
CFC Swiss Report Form 6 round
CFC Swiss Report Form 10 round
CFC Round Robin Report Form 6 player
CFC Round Robin Report Form 10 player
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