Date: August 29th to September 2nd, 2024
Location: The Edmonton Chess Club, #204 10840 124 Street, Edmonton, AB T5M 0H3
Organizer: Sam Hoekman
Director: Nicholas Zacharias
Format: 9 round swiss
Rounds:
1 on Thursday Aug 29th — 7:00 p.m.
2-3 on Friday Aug 30th — 12:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m.
4-5 on Saturday Aug 31st — 10:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m.
6-7 on Sunday Sept 1st — 10:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m.
8-9 on Monday Sept 2nd — 10:00 a.m., rd. 9 ASAP
Capacity: 50 players
Time control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds
Entry fee: $150, paid on-site in cash.
Free entry for GMs, IMs, and foreign FMs. 100-dollar discount for local FMs, and CMs.
Registration requirements: players must be 1900+ CFC/FIDE, or have qualified in one of the two qualifiers.
Prize fund: Entry fees plus additional pre-raised funding.
Byes: 3 half-point byes may be taken for rounds 1 through 8, if requested prior to round 1.
IM norms may be possible, but unlikely.
To register, fill out this form: https://forms.gle/51AAGDTm2tC3CNCK9
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Player List
GM Dimitri Komarov
GM Petro Golubka
IM Edward Porper
IM Olivier-Kenta Chiku-Ratte
Vitaly Andreev
Rafael Arruebarrena
Tymur Keleberda
Belsar Valencia
Amir Bahmani
Anand Chandra
Andi Superceanu
Mahan Eshraghi
Maxim Vasic
Dongkai (Harry) Wang
Tamir Bulga
Yash Darvekar
Paris Dorn
Samuel Hoekman
Eric Jin
Avery Michalchuk
Ron Offengenden
Nathan Ping-Ying Wu
Michael Prianichnikov
Bhavi Singh
Ashton Taylor
Tristan Taylor
Tri Tran
Mike Zeggelaar
Erin Zhao