Dates: November 2-3, 2024
Venue: Edmonton Chess Club — (780) 424-0283
Address: #204 10840 124 Street, Edmonton, AB T5M 0H3
Tournament Director: TBD
Eligibility: Alberta residents born January 1, 2005 or later. Capacity is 52 players.
CAPACITY HAS BEEN REACHED AND REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.
Championship format: Closed 6-player round robin. No byes available. Game in 90 minutes + 30 seconds/move. No entry fee. CFC & FIDE rated. The winners of the 2024 Edmonton Junior Regional and Calgary Junior Regional automatically qualify. The other four spots will be filled by players who have expressed interest in playing, with the highest CFC rating as of Saturday, October 26th.
Open format: 5-round Swiss, CFC & FIDE rated. Game in 90 minutes + 30 seconds/move.
Under 1300 & Under 800 format: 7-round Swiss (or round robin if the section is smaller). Game in 45 minutes + 30 seconds/move.
Schedule
Saturday, November 2nd
On-site registration and check-in: 9:10 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Opening announcements: 9:55 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Championship & Open sections
Saturday, November 2:
Rounds 1-3: 10:00 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 3:
Rounds 4-5: 10:00 a.m., 1:30 p.m.
Under 1300 & Under 800 (Approximate)
Saturday, November 2:
Rounds 1-4: 10:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m., 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 3:
Rounds 5-7: 10:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m.
Registration: Fill out the form below. Payment will be made on-site by cash. Pre-registered players must arrive by 9:45 a.m. on Saturday or they won’t be paired.
Entry fee: $40 if registered online by noon, Friday, November 1. $50 on-site.
Prizes: Trophies for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in each section. The winner of the Championship section is eligible for a travel grant of up to $750 towards a trip to the 2025 Canadian Junior Championship. If the 2025 Canadian Junior Championship does not take place as expected, the winner may apply to the ACA board to use the grant for another tournament (within one year of winning the award).
Tiebreak Rules: Ties will be broken using the ACA Tiebreak Procedure.
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Pre-Registered List
Open
Mahmoud Abdelaziz
Zlata Butenko
Steven Gan
Behrad Jadidizadeh (late rd. 1)
Zhihui Lai
Jake Li
Nikolai Nikolov
Son Tran
Lucas Wang
Zongyan Yu
Yanchen Zheng
U1300
Rhys Andrew
Platon Bilyk
Caleb Izrajel Castro
Joshua Jahrvn Castro
Kyle Chen
Zeth Matthew Dahlke
Elliott Dahlman
Radmehr Jadidizadeh
Ian Jin
Zaid Kassas
Aryan Ranjan Kumar
Raphael Lee
Meijia Li
Dominic Martin
Kaiser Nguyen
Hange Ning
Anu Purevjamts
Sina Rajabzadeh
Leo Roy
Hanush Sethi
Audvik Verma
Isaac Zhang
Sherry Zhou
U800
Matviy Kostyuk
Loki Lai
Darrin Ma
Anya Mckenzie
Kayla Mckenzie
Aanya Rathee
Erik Reuter
Vasyl Shynkaryk
Aadhavan Suresh
Gabriel Yu
Ethan Zhang
Maxwell
Last updated: October 28th, 11:00 p.m.