The tournament is full and registration has closed. Further entries will be wait-listed.
Date: February 15-16, 2025
Venue: Edmonton Chess Club — (780) 424-0283
Address: #204 10840 124 Street, Edmonton, AB T5M 0H3
Organizer & Director: Mike Zeggelaar
E-mail: zerg_gosu@hotmail.com
Qualifier for the 2025 Alberta Closed
Format: 5-round Swiss, CFC & FIDE rated. Two sections: Premier, and Under 1700 (CFC).
Time control: Game in 90 minutes with a 30-second increment
Round times: Saturday – 10:00 a.m., ~2:00 p.m., ~6:00 p.m. ; Sunday – 10:00 a.m., ~2:00 p.m. or ASAP.
A 30-minute break between games is guaranteed. Default late time is 60 minutes.
Entry fee: $50 if pre-registered by 11:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 13. $60 after. For an additional $20, U1700 players may ‘play up’ in the Premier section.
$15 discount for juniors (2005 birth year or later), seniors (age 65 and over), and female players.
$20 discount for NMs, CMs, and 2300-rated CFC players (at the time of registration; supercedes any junior/senior/female discount).
GM/IM/FM title holders receive free entry.
Post-secondary student promotion: For this event, the entry fee for students with a valid post-secondary ID is $25.
CFC membership is required and may be purchased on-site. Annual membership is $43 for adults, $28 for juniors. CFC tournament membership is $20 for adults, $10 for juniors.
Registration: Fill out the registration form below. Payment may be made by e-transfer to the organizer or on-site by cash. On-site registration and check-in runs 9:15 – 9:45 a.m. on Saturday, February 15. Players must arrive by 9:45 a.m. or they won’t be paired. Capacity is 54 players.
Prizes: Entry fees less ACA dues of $10 per paid participant. The winner of the Premier section (if an Albertan) qualifies for the 2025 Alberta Closed. Unrated players are ineligible for prizes in U1700.
Byes: A maximum of two ½-point byes are available in rounds 1-4 if requested before the start of round 1.
Qualification for Alberta Closed: In the event that two players finish with a 5 out of 5 score (and thus have not played each other, nor had the opportunity to do so), a single armageddon game will be played. Players will submit a bid of the lowest amount of time they would accept as Black (White will have 15 minutes) and whoever bids less will play Black with draw odds. Any first-place ties on a score of 4.5 or less will be settled directly by the ACA tie-breaking system.
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Pre-Registered List
Rafael Arruebarrena
Amir Mohammad Bahmani
Daton Best
Platon Bilyk
Robert Brazeau
Zlata Butenko
Jim Daniluk (rd. 3 bye)
Yash Darvekar
Michael Decaire
Garth Dunn
Oliver Edden
Steven Gan
Vihan Gandhi
Anthony-Dwight Graham
Jason Green
George Francis Heagle
Samuel Hoekman
Abhinav Iyer
Behrad Jadidizadeh
Radmehr Jadidizadeh
Eric Jin
Tymur Keleberda
Decklyn Kern (rd. 4 bye)
Altaf Khetani
Arshaan Khetani
Dustin Koperski
Aryan Ranjan Kumar
Zhihui Lai
Ayush Laroia
Jake Chi Hang Li
Nenad Lilic
Ryan Lu
Omid Malek
Nathan Marsh
Stephen Marshall
Mishka Mathur
Mike Mckenzie
Arthithan Murallidaran
James Nah
David Odetola
Ron Offengenden (rd. 3 bye)
Kian Shirvani
Lolita Singh
Aadhavan Suresh
Zachary Thomson
Tri Tran
Javier Valdes
David Wait
Declan Wong
Marek Wozniak
Jonathan Wu
Michael Xu
Zongyan Yu
Mike Zeggelaar
Julie Zhao
Sherry Zhou
Saman
Wait-list
1. Ansh Shah
2. Arshia Torabgar
3. Mickail Hendi
4. Roy Yearwood
5. Sina Rajabzadeh
6. Michael Prianichnikov
7. Nathan Doiron
8. Trevor Robertson
9. Bernard Monge
10. Richard Bocan
11. Dante Briones
Last updated: February 13, 11:00 p.m.