Dates: March 17-19, 2023
Venue: Calgary Chess Club
Address: #274, 3359 27 Street NE Calgary, AB T1Y 5E4
Tournament Organizer: Zeeshan Munir (403-850-7171)
Tournament Director: Bhavik Dave (403-826-6747)
Tournament Format: 6-player round-robin, CFC & FIDE rated
Round Times
Friday, Mar 17: 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, Mar 18: 11:00 a.m., 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, Mar 19: 11:00 a.m., 5:00 p.m.
Default late time is 60 minutes
Time Control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
Prizes: $300* for first place, $200* for second, and $100* for third. The Champion will receive a travel grant of up to $1,000 to represent Alberta at the 2023 Canadian Closed Championship (subject to AGLC approval). The Champion may instead use the travel grant for the 2023 Canadian Open in Calgary, if applicable.
* These are tentative amounts, the final amount will be confirmed just before the first round.
Participants:
1. IM Bitan Banerjee (2495) – Paring # 2
2. NM Sherzod Khodjimatov (2317) – Paring # 6
3. CM Rafael Arruebarrena (2265) – Paring # 3
4. FM Tymur Keleberda (2253) – Paring # 1
5. FM Dale Haessel (2236) – Paring # 5
6. NM Anand Rishi Chandra (2192) – Paring # 4
Pairings:
Round 1 – 17th March (Friday) 18:00 MT
Board 1: Keleberda v Banerjee
Board 2: Haessel v Chandra
Board 3: Arruebarrena v Khodjimatov
Round 2 – 18th March (Saturday) 11:00 MT
Board 1: Banerjee v Khodjimatov
Board 2: Chandra v Keleberda
Board 3: Arruebarrena v Haessel
Round 3 – 18th March (Saturday) 17:00 MT
Board 1: Keleberda v Arruebarrena
Board 2: Khodjimatov v Haessel
Board 3: Chandra v Banerjee
Round 4 – 19th March (Sunday) 11:00 MT
Board 1: Khodjimatov v Chandra
Board 2: Haessel v Keleberda
Board 3: Banerjee v Arruebarrena
Round 5 – 19th March (Sunday) 17:00 MT
Board 1: Banerjee v Haessel
Board 2: Keleberda v Khodjimatov
Board 3: Arruebarrena v Chandra
Players must qualify per the Alberta Closed Regulations.
Tie Break:
Official ACA tie-breaking rules are in effect. Cash prizes are split equally.
1. Head to head.
2. Sonneborn-Berger (Sum of all scores of opponents you won against and half the scores of opponents you drew.)
3. Koya system (Total points scored against opponents who scored at least 50%).
4. Most wins.
5. Most games with black
Live Broadcast of the games will be available at the below links.
Lichess: https://lichess.org/broadcast/2023-alberta-closed/round-1/NtYIAKC0
DGT Chess Cloud: https://view.livechesscloud.com/#e6638e74-063f-49bf-b633-3455bed20eec