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.
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
Robert Brazeau
Abhinav Iyer
Altaf Khetani
Arshaan Khetani
Aryan Ranjan Kumar
Omid Malek
Kian Shirvani
David Wait
Declan Wong
Zongyan Yu
Last updated: January 14, 6:00 p.m.