{"id":4218,"date":"2023-01-10T20:59:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T03:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/?page_id=4218"},"modified":"2023-02-10T19:35:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T02:35:32","slug":"2023-edmonton-youth-regional","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/2023-edmonton-youth-regional\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Edmonton Youth Regional"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sponsored by the Alberta Chess Association and the Edmonton Chess Club
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Date: <\/strong>Saturday, February 11, 2023
Venue: <\/strong>Edmonton Chess Club
Address: <\/strong>#204 10840 124 Street, Edmonton — (780) 424-0283
Organizer:<\/strong> Cristian Ivanescu
Email: <\/strong>cristianivanescu59@gmail.com
Tournament Director:<\/strong> Dustin Koperski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sections<\/strong>
U-8 (Born after Jan 1, 2015)   U-10 (Born after Jan 1, 2013)   U-12 (Born after Jan 1, 2011)
U-14 (Born after Jan 1, 2009)   U-16 (Born after Jan 1, 2007)   U-18 (Born after Jan 1, 2005)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Format: <\/strong>The exact format of each section will depend on the number of participants but players should expect to play 4 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time control: <\/strong>Game in 25 minutes with a 5-second increment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entry fee: <\/strong>$15 if pre-registered online by 10 P.M. Friday, February 10, $20 afterwards and on site. CFC rated. ACA junior membership required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Byes: <\/strong>Up to two 1\/2-point byes are allowed in rounds 1-3 if requested before the start of the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Approximate Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On-Site Registration: 10:15 a.m. \u2013 10:45 a.m.
Rounds 1 and 2: 11:00 a.m. \u2013 12:30 p.m.
Lunch break: 12:30 p.m. \u2013 1:00 p.m.
Rounds 3 and 4: 1:00 p.m. \u2013 2:30 p.m.
Tie-breaks (if necessary) and awards: immediately after the completion of the last round<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prizes in each section<\/strong>
1st place: Free entry to the 2023 Alberta Youth Championship (held on April 22-23 in Calgary)
2nd place: Free entry to the 2023 Alberta Youth Championship<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tie-Break Procedures<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In case two or more players are tied for first place, the following tie-break procedure will apply:
1) Head to head result. This will only apply if all the players in a tied group played each other.
2) Tie-break match. If two players are tied, they will play a two-game match with the time control of game in 10 minutes + 5 seconds per move.
If more than two players are tied, they will play a round-robin tournament with the same time controls.
If the tie is still not broken, the procedure will be repeated; however, the time control will be game in 3 minutes + 2 seconds per move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tie-breaks for all other places will be determined by the following criteria:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Swiss system pairing system is used:
a) Buchholz (total scores of opponents)
b) Sonnenborn-Berger (total scores of opponents beaten plus half the scores of opponents drawn)
c) Most wins.
d) Most games with the black pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the tournament is played in a Round-Robin format:
a) Sonnenborn-Berger (total scores of opponents beaten plus half the scores of opponents drawn).
b) Koya System (Only counting the scores of opponents who scored 50% or more).
c) Most wins.
d) Most games with the black pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registration<\/strong>
Fill out the registration form below. Payment will be made on site by cash. Pre-registered players must show up by 10:45 a.m. or they won\u2019t be paired.
Maximum capacity is 60 total participants. Players registering beyond that will be wait-listed and only able to play in the event of no-shows.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

Submit a form.<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n

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Pre-registered players<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

U8
Vienna Hughey
Oliver Li
Maikl Prianichnikov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U10
Meijia Li
Ariel Ma
Zongyan Yu
Austin Lu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U12
Matthew Ivanescu
Sydney Shi
Joshua Johnson
Brielle Chouinard
Payton Bain
Antonio Robins
Ethan Johannessen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U14
Anu Purevjamts
Milana Inozemtseva
Yash Darvekar
Tri Tran
Weston Young<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U16
Jack Foster
Ryan Chen
Kevin Lu
Ron Offengenden
Bocan Richard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U18
Samuel Hoekman
Mark Ivanescu
Tymur Keleberda
Bhavi Singh
Eric James<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last updated February 10, 7:00 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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