{"id":263,"date":"2019-05-21T23:02:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T23:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albertachess.wordpress.com\/?page_id=263"},"modified":"2019-05-21T23:02:07","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T23:02:07","slug":"24th-annual-medicine-hat-open","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/2022-schedule-2\/2018-tournament-schedule\/24th-annual-medicine-hat-open\/","title":{"rendered":"24th Annual Medicine Hat Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Dates:\u00a0<\/strong>September 22-23, 2018<br><strong>Venue:\u00a0<\/strong>Gas City Kiwanis Centre<br>(an old red brick 2 storey school),\u00a0Room 5 (upstairs)<br><strong>Address in Medicine Hat:\u00a0<\/strong>826 &#8211; 11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Street SE<br><br><strong>Organizer:\u00a0<\/strong>Medicine Hat Chess Club<br><strong>Tournament Director:\u00a0<\/strong>Dr. Bill Taylor, (403) 526-5484 (H); (403) 529-0221 (W); taylormw@shaw.ca<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Format:\u00a0<\/strong>5 round Swiss, CFC and FIDE rated<br><strong>Time Control:\u00a0<\/strong>Game in 90 minutes + 30 seconds\/move. Default late time: 60 minutes<br><strong>Round times:\u00a0<\/strong>Saturday &#8211; 10:15 am, 2:30 pm, 6:30 pm; Sunday &#8211; 9 am, 1 pm<br><strong>Entry Fee:\u00a0<\/strong>$30 adult, $25 junior (18 and under) if registered online by noon, Friday, September 21. No prize option: $15. Free entry for players over 2300. Late payment (on site) fee is $5.CFC Membership is required and may be purchased on site. Annual membership is $43 for adults, $28 for juniors. CFC tournament membership is $21 for adults, $11 for juniors.<br><strong>Prizes:<\/strong>\u00a0BEN &gt; 100%! (cash as per ACA policy for official tournaments; merchandise included).Prize sections to be determined by rating distribution.1st and 2nd place plaques; permanent trophy nameplate on the &#8220;Taylor Cup&#8221;.<br><strong>Registration:\u00a0<\/strong>Fill out the form above to pre-register. Space is limited to 40 players so pre-event registration is strongly encouraged. On-site registration (space permitting): Saturday, September 22, 9:00 &#8211; 9:45 am.A limited number of billeting opportunities may be available and will be decided on a case-by-case basis.For more information, contact Dr. Bill Taylor:(403) 526-5484 (home); (403) 529-0221 (work); e-mail:\u00a0taylormw@shaw.ca<br><strong>Miscellaneous:<\/strong>\u00a0Free snacks, &#8220;Drinks and Dessert&#8221; (Saturday night), &#8220;Lunch for a Buck&#8221; (Sunday), Jokes,Extensive chess library with some antique chess books (&gt;100 years old!).<br><a href=\"http:\/\/albertachess.org\/CHESSACCOMODATIONS.pdf\">ACCOMMODATIONS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dates:\u00a0September 22-23, 2018Venue:\u00a0Gas City Kiwanis Centre(an old red brick 2 storey school),\u00a0Room 5 (upstairs)Address in Medicine Hat:\u00a0826 &#8211; 11th\u00a0Street SE Organizer:\u00a0Medicine Hat Chess ClubTournament Director:\u00a0Dr. Bill Taylor, (403) 526-5484 (H); (403) 529-0221 (W); taylormw@shaw.ca Format:\u00a05 round Swiss, CFC and FIDE ratedTime Control:\u00a0Game in 90 minutes + 30 seconds\/move. Default late time: 60 minutesRound times:\u00a0Saturday &#8211;&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/2022-schedule-2\/2018-tournament-schedule\/24th-annual-medicine-hat-open\/#more-263\">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-263","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","clear"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263","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=263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/263\/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=263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}