Date & Location
September 7, 2019 (Saturday)
Red Deer Baymont Inn & Suites (formerly Red Deer Lodge Hotel)
Pine Lake Room
4311 49th Ave.Red Deer, Alberta
Battle Regulations
North battles South. Dividing line: Red Deer river or 52°16’05” elsewhere in the province. 12 players per team are arranged according to rating from highest down to lowest. Each player plays two rounds against the same opponent, one game with white, the other with black. Drawing of lots for colours will be done immediately before round 1.
Tournament Arbiter TBD
Captain of Team North is Rafael Arruebarrena: rafael.arruebarrena@gmail.com; (780) 993-3391
Captain of Team South is Omid Malek: omid.malek87@gmail.com; (403) 399-3829
Please contact your team Captain as soon as possible if you wish to join the team as a player or a substitute.
The winning team gets the Battle of AB trophy. If the match ends up in a 12-12 tie, the defending champion North keeps the trophy. Team North is currently on a five-year win streak.
CFC & FIDE rated CFC membership is required and may be purchased on site. Expired CFC memberships must be renewed prior to round 1.
Time control: Game in 90 minutes with a 30-second increment
Round times: 11:30 am and 3:30 pm. The Arbiter at his discretion may postpone the start by up to half an hour if many of the players from one team are not available at the start for a good reason.
Default late time: 60 minutes unless the Arbiter decides otherwise.
Final roster/board order announcements must be made by noon, Wednesday, September 4.
Players’ ratings will be determined by the CFC/FIDE rating lists published on September 1.
After the official roster announcement, replacements must be lower rated than the players they are replacing, and replace them on the same board. Replacements after the first game will only be allowed in case of an emergency. The final decision on whether to allow a replacement will be made by the Arbiter.
The ACA will cover the venue rental costs, CFC/FIDE rating fees as well as the TD fee. The captains must ensure that all their players are current CFC members or have purchased a tournament membership ($21 for adults and $11 for juniors).
TEAM NORTH………………………………………….TEAM SOUTH
1) IM Bitan Banerjee 2487………………………Ian Zhao 2384
2) Belsar Valencia 2341………………………….FM Alex Yam 2354
3) CM Rafael Arruebarrena 2329………….Robert South 2312
4) Anuar Caldera 2297……………………………Fred South 2289
5) Robert Gardner 2190………………………….Omid Malek 2263
6) David Miller 2187………………………………FM Dale Haessel 2251
7) Paolo Veneracion 2164………………………Branimir Brebrich 2225
8) Ico Van Den Born 2144 (FIDE)…………..Georgi Kostadinov 2213
9) Butch Villavieja 2143…………………………Anand Rishi Chandra 2090
10) Henadzi Arakelian 2138………………….Maxim Vasic 2064
11) Arniel Frialde 2134………………………….Hemant Srinivasan 2044
12) James Windram 2073………………………Aditya Raninga 2005