Date: October 7-9, 2023
Venue: Edmonton Chess Club — (780) 424-0283
Address: #204 10840 124 Street, Edmonton, AB T5M 0H3
Organizer & Director: Rafael Arruebarrena — rafael.arruebarrena@gmail.com
Qualifier for the 2024 Alberta Closed
Format: 6-round open Swiss, CFC & FIDE rated.
Time control: 40 moves in 90 minutes then game in 30 minutes, 30 second increment from move 1.
Round Times
Saturday – 10:00 a.m. & 4:00 p.m.
Sunday – 10:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.
Monday – 10:00 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. or ASAP after round 5
A 45-minutes break between games is guaranteed. Default late time is 60 minutes.
Entry Fee
$50 if pre-registered by 11:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 5. $60 after.
$15 discount for juniors (2003 birth year or later), seniors (age 65 and over), and female players. GM/IM title holders receive free entry.
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.
Prizes
The ACA is contributing $500 to the prize fund, plus entry fees less $10 ACA dues per paid participant.
The winner (if an Albertan) qualifies for the 2024 Alberta Closed.
Registration
Fill out the registration form below. Payment will be made on-site by cash. On-site Registration runs 9:15 – 9:45 a.m. on Saturday, October 7. Players must arrive by 9:45 a.m. or they won’t be paired.
Byes: A maximum of two half-point byes are available in rounds 1-5 if requested before the start of round 1.
Miscellaneous
The ACA Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Sunday, October 8th at 3:30 p.m.
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Final Pre-Registered List
Damien Bender
Dante Briones
Anand Chandra
John Clemens
Alberto Cunan
Jim Daniluk
Yash Darvekar (rd. 2 bye)
Michael Decaire
Amr Elsouefi
Jason Green
Dale Haessel
Kevin Hawkshaw
Samuel Hoekman
Mateo Jackson
Ansh Jain
Eric James
Jacob Jolicoeur
Tymur Keleberda
Jake Li
Oliver Li
Ryan Li
Omid Malek
Ricky McCoshen
Ben McGillivray
Jack McGillivray
Jerry Ming
Ihor Netesin
Ron Offengenden
Jason Pan
Shanker Raman
Bocan Richard
Trevor Robertson
Philip Santelices
Jaehyun Sung
Tri Tran
Yuri Troitsky
Mark Tuvera
Belsar Valencia
Jonathan Wu
Vincent Yang
Zongyan Yu
James Zhang