Alberta Chess Association
TD Procedures
The ACA Tournament Procedures
Introduction
In addition to the policies outlined in this handbook on tournament directing in general, the ACA has a few extra rules and guidelines.
Venue
The venue is booked by the ACA; the tournament director should merely contact the ACA, at least one month prior to the event date, to make sure the venue is booked. An ACA director or the ACA Treasurer will ensure the site is booked and will take care of the details.
Entry Fees, Prize Fund, Honorariums
Entry Fees to ACA tournaments (for regular time control, 5-round events) are $30 regular,$40 for Alberta Open. ACA charges $5 from every paid entry. The prize fund is computed from total entry fees minus $5 per paid entry. Once again, the ACA takes care of 100% of the venue rental costs, the CFC rating fees and FIDE fees if the tournament is approved for FIDE rating. ACA also pays the TD honorarium. The ACA pays an honorarium of $35.00 / day for TD’s. Unlike Calgary or Edmonton Chess Club events, the ACA events usually take place on the weekend and span 2 or sometimes 3 full days. That’s why the honorarium is higher than at the CCC or ECC.
Knowledge of Tournament Cycle
The TD should have a working knowledge of the ACA tournament cycle. Briefly, the AB Closed is an invitation only event, and is the most prestigious tournament of year as it elects the “Alberta Champion”, who qualifies for funding to attend the Canadian Closed Championship.
The rules of the ACA state that to qualify for the AB Closed, a player must earn enough participation points (1.0 – by playing in ACA qualifying events and 0.5 for playing in other ACA open events) as well as either winning a “qualifier” event, or by being select by rating after all qualification spots have been filled by “qualifier” event winners.
For more details, please ask an ACA board member yourself, or refer the concerned player to submit his query to the ACA. When directing the AB Closed for the ACA, it is of course necessary to be intimately familiar with all of these rules, and to contact players 1-2 months ahead of time if they may or may not be eligible.
Responsibilities
The TD must send in the report to the CFC for rating purposes, as well as submit rating fee costs. The TD should also send in the results to the ACA website (vrekhson@yahoo.ca), as well as to the ACR Editor Vlad Rekhson.
The ACA Tournament Procedures
Introduction
In addition to the policies outlined in this handbook on tournament directing in general, the ACA has a few extra rules and guidelines.
Venue
The venue is booked by the ACA; the tournament director should merely contact the ACA, at least one month prior to the event date, to make sure the venue is booked. An ACA director or the ACA Treasurer will ensure the site is booked and will take care of the details.
Entry Fees, Prize Fund, Honorariums
Entry Fees to ACA tournaments (for regular time control, 5-round events) are $30 regular,$40 for Alberta Open. ACA charges $5 from every paid entry. The prize fund is computed from total entry fees minus $5 per paid entry. Once again, the ACA takes care of 100% of the venue rental costs, the CFC rating fees and FIDE fees if the tournament is approved for FIDE rating. ACA also pays the TD honorarium. The ACA pays an honorarium of $35.00 / day for TD’s. Unlike Calgary or Edmonton Chess Club events, the ACA events usually take place on the weekend and span 2 or sometimes 3 full days. That’s why the honorarium is higher than at the CCC or ECC.
Knowledge of Tournament Cycle
The TD should have a working knowledge of the ACA tournament cycle. Briefly, the AB Closed is an invitation only event, and is the most prestigious tournament of year as it elects the “Alberta Champion”, who qualifies for funding to attend the Canadian Closed Championship.
The rules of the ACA state that to qualify for the AB Closed, a player must earn enough participation points (1.0 – by playing in ACA qualifying events and 0.5 for playing in other ACA open events) as well as either winning a “qualifier” event, or by being select by rating after all qualification spots have been filled by “qualifier” event winners.
For more details, please ask an ACA board member yourself, or refer the concerned player to submit his query to the ACA. When directing the AB Closed for the ACA, it is of course necessary to be intimately familiar with all of these rules, and to contact players 1-2 months ahead of time if they may or may not be eligible.
Responsibilities
The TD must send in the report to the CFC for rating purposes, as well as submit rating fee costs. The TD should also send in the results to the ACA website (vrekhson@yahoo.ca), as well as to the ACR Editor Vlad Rekhson.
