The tournament is full and registration has closed.
Date: Saturday, February 8, 2025
Venue: Edmonton Chess Club
Address: #204 10840 124 Street, Edmonton — (780) 424-0283
Organizer: Cristian Ivanescu
Email: cristianivanescu59@gmail.com
Tournament Director: TBD
Sections
U-8 (Born after Jan 1, 2017) U-10 (Born after Jan 1, 2015) U-12 (Born after Jan 1, 2013)
U-14 (Born after Jan 1, 2011) U-16 (Born after Jan 1, 2009) U-18 (Born after Jan 1, 2007)
Format: The exact format of each section will depend on the number of participants but players should expect to play 4 games.
Time control: Game in 25 minutes with a 5-second increment.
Entry fee: $20. Payment will be made on site by cash. CFC rated. ACA junior membership required (included if you are a CFC member; $3 per year otherwise).
Byes: Up to two 1/2-point byes are allowed in rounds 1-3 if requested before the start of the tournament.
Approximate Schedule
On-Site Registration: 10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Rounds 1 and 2: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Lunch break: 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Rounds 3 and 4: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Tie-breaks (if necessary) and awards: immediately after the completion of the last round
Prizes
Medals will be given to top finishers in each section. Top two places in each section receive free entry to the 2025 Alberta Youth Championship, held April 26-27 in Calgary.
Tie-Break Procedures
In case two or more players are tied for first place, the following tie-break procedure will apply:
1) Head to head result. This will only apply if all the players in a tied group played each other.
2) Tie-break match. If two players are tied, they will play a two-game match with the time control of game in 10 minutes + 5 seconds per move.
If more than two players are tied, they will play a round-robin tournament with the same time controls.
If the tie is still not broken, the procedure will be repeated; however, the time control will be game in 3 minutes + 2 seconds per move.
Tie-breaks for all other places will be determined by the following criteria:
If Swiss system pairing system is used:
a) Buchholz (total scores of opponents)
b) Sonnenborn-Berger (total scores of opponents beaten plus half the scores of opponents drawn)
c) Most wins.
d) Most games with the black pieces.
If the tournament is played in a Round-Robin format:
a) Sonnenborn-Berger (total scores of opponents beaten plus half the scores of opponents drawn).
b) Koya System (Only counting the scores of opponents who scored 50% or more).
c) Most wins.
d) Most games with the black pieces.
Registration
Fill out the registration form below. Pre-registered players must show up by 10:45 a.m. or they won’t be paired.
Maximum capacity is 52 total participants. Players registering beyond that will be wait-listed and only able to play in the event of no-shows.
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Pre-Registered List
U8
Inhvar Andriichuk
Platon Bilyk
Milan Shrirag
Aadhavan Suresh
U10
Mitchell Bean
Caleb Izrajel Castro
Leonardo De Crisci
Radmehr Jadidizadeh
Zaid Kassas
Nicole Kikot
Marko Lypovyk
Darrin Ma
Phoenix Scarborough
Sehajveer Singh
Andy Tang
Gabriel Yu
Isaac Zhang
U12
Joshua Jahrvn Castro
Oliver Edden
Wuran Guo
Platon Kikot
Matviy Kostyuk
Loki Lai
Meijia Li
Evan Qu
Leo Roy
Isaac Sajosh
Nisayam Subedi
Danyil Suprovych
Maxwell Wang
Zongyan Yu
Julie Zhao
U14
Zlata Butenko
Ethan Dong
Miles Dutczak
Steven Gan
Matthew Ivanescu
Saman Makkar
Nikolai Nikolov
David Wait
Sherry Zhou
U16
Rhys Andrew
Elliott Dahlman
Aryan Ranjan Kumar
Matthew Metry
Arthithan Murallidaran
Yuri Troitsky
U18
Banaj Bhasin
Behrad Jadidizadeh
Gerard Racine
Daniel Shafieifar
Kian Shirvani
Samarth Shukla
Declan Wong
Wait-list
1. Wesley Cheung (U8)
2. Ryan Lu (U12)
3. Mishka Mathur (U18)
4. Selina Jiang (U12)
5. Maria Lypovyk (U12)
6. Vihan Gandhi (U12)
7. Sina Rajabzadeh (U14)
Last updated: February 7, 10:00 p.m.