{"id":206,"date":"2019-05-21T21:12:50","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T21:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albertachess.wordpress.com\/?page_id=206"},"modified":"2019-05-21T21:12:50","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T21:12:50","slug":"2018-northern-alberta-open","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/2022-schedule-2\/2018-tournament-schedule\/2018-northern-alberta-open\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Northern Alberta Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a0February 10-11, 2018<br><strong>Venue:<\/strong>\u00a0Edmonton Chess Club\u00a0<br><strong>Address:<\/strong>\u00a0#204 10840 124 Street, Edmonton, AB T5M 0H3<br><strong>Organizer:\u00a0<\/strong>FA Ali Razzaq<strong><br>Tournament Director:<\/strong>\u00a0Rob Gardner<br><a href=\"http:\/\/albertachess.org\/2018NAO.pdf\">Tournament Flyer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Qualifier for the 2018 Alberta Closed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Format:<\/strong>\u00a05-round Swiss, CFC &amp; FIDE rated<br><strong>Time control:\u00a0<\/strong>Game in 90 minutes with a 30-second increment from move 1<br><strong>Round times:<\/strong>\u00a0Saturday &#8211; 10 am, ~2 pm, ~6 pm; Sunday &#8211; 10 am, ~2 pm or ASAP.\u00a0A 30-minute break between games is guaranteed. Default late time is 60 minutes.<br><strong>Entry fee:<\/strong>\u00a0$30 if pre-registered online before noon, Friday, February 9. $35 on-site. $5 discount for juniors (age 20 and under). GM\/IM\/FM title holders receive free entry. CFC membership is required and may be purchased on-site. Annual membership is $43 for adults, $28 for juniors. A single CFC tournament membership is $21 for adults, $11 for juniors.<br><strong>Registration process:<\/strong>\u00a0Fill out the Registration Form above. Payment will be made on-site by cash.On-site Registration: 9:15-9:45 am on Saturday, February 10.<br><strong>Prizes: The winner (if an Albertan) qualifies for the 2018 Alberta Closed.\u00a0<\/strong>All entry fees go to the prize fund except for the ACA dues of $5 per paid participant. Edmonton Chess Club guarantees a $300 first prize.<br><strong>Byes:\u00a0<\/strong>A maximum of two\u00a0\u00bd-point byes available in rounds 1-4 if requested before the start of round 1.<br><strong>Qualification for Alberta Closed:<\/strong>\u00a0Based on a regular ACA tie-breaking system in case of a tie for first place. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date:\u00a0February 10-11, 2018Venue:\u00a0Edmonton Chess Club\u00a0Address:\u00a0#204 10840 124 Street, Edmonton, AB T5M 0H3Organizer:\u00a0FA Ali RazzaqTournament Director:\u00a0Rob GardnerTournament Flyer Qualifier for the 2018 Alberta Closed Format:\u00a05-round Swiss, CFC &amp; FIDE ratedTime control:\u00a0Game in 90 minutes with a 30-second increment from move 1Round times:\u00a0Saturday &#8211; 10 am, ~2 pm, ~6 pm; Sunday &#8211; 10 am, ~2 pm or&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/2022-schedule-2\/2018-tournament-schedule\/2018-northern-alberta-open\/#more-206\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":60,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-206","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","clear"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}