Alberta Chess Association
3rd Annual University
Battle of Alberta Open

Edmonton Chess Club, 204-10840 124 Street NW, Phone (780) 424-0283
February 5-6, 2011

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CFC Active Rated & CFC Regular Rated & FIDE Rated

Tournament Organizer:
Roger Zhang, UniversityAlberta
Tournament Director:
Anastasia Kazakevich, University of Alberta

Open to all University and College students, professors and staffs are able to compete for their University Team. Community members are encouraged to join, to compete as individuals.

Format:
7 round Swiss modified. Members from the same university team will not play each other.

Time Control:
Saturday Games (5 Active Games): Game in 25min + 10 second increment.
Sunday Games (2 Normal Length Tournament Games): Game in 90min +30 second increment.

Schedule:
9:00 am: Registration at the Edmonton Chess Club. Meet and greet.
Saturday round times (G/25 +10): Rnd 1, 10 am, Rnd 2 11:30 am, Lunch, Rnd 3 2 pm, Rnd 4 3:30 pm, Rnd 5 5 pm.
6:30 pm: Official Supper for all Participants/Special Event.
Sunday (G/90+30): Rnd 6 9 am, Rnd 7 1:30 pm
Closing Ceremonies/Awarding of Prizes: Approx 5:30 pm (early finish so travelers can get on the road asap)


CFC Membership is required for tournament rating. It can be purchased on site

Entry Fee:
$13/per university students, professors and staff (with current CFC membership)
$23/per non-university students, professors, and staff (with current CFC membership)
$33/per university students, professors, and staff (who want to purchase one-tournament CFC membership),$20 goes to the CFC, $5 goes to the ACA, $8 goes to the prize fund.
$54/per university students, professors, and staff (who want to purchase full CFC membership), $41 goes to the CFC, $5 goes to the ACA, $8 goes to the prize fund.

Prizes:
The results of the top 4 finishers of each university/college team will count toward the score to determine the winner of University Battle of Alberta. The winning team will obtain the trophy and will be displayed in their university/college for a year.
The entry fee will be used as cash prize and will be awarded to individuals who have the best performance in different categories, e.g.,  Overall 1st 2nd 3rd as well as U1700 1st 2nd 3rd, U1400 1st 2nd and Unrated 1st.
Community members are eligible for cash prize!!

Team Captains:
U of A: Katlan and Roger chem_kat@hotmail.com, Tongjun.zhang@ualberta.ca
U of C: Daniel Kazmaier
dan.kazmaier@gmail.com
U of L: Thomas Fox
chess.club@uleth.ca
Community Members: Contact the Tournament Organizer (Roger Zhang):
Tongjun.zhang@ualberta.ca


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