Date & Location
September 28, 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. 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 South is Vlad Rekhson/Angelo Tolentino: vrekhson@yahoo.ca; (403) 970-8032; avelangelotolentino@yahoo.com
Captain of Team North is Cristian Ivanescu: cristian.ivanescu@yahoo.ca
The winning team gets the Junior Battle of Alberta trophy. In the event of a 12-12 tie, the defending champion South will keep the trophy.
Each team will be made of twelve players. All players must be Under-18 (born after January 1, 2001). Five players must be Under-12 (born after January 1, 2007). Each team must include at least two girls. Players will be paired by rating within their section (U-18, U-12, Girls), with the captain determining who is in each section if a player qualifies to more than one.
Tiebreak: TBD
CFC & FIDE rated
CFC membership is not required.
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 25. Players’ ratings will be determined by the CFC/FIDE rating lists published on September 18.
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.
Team South is the current champion.