{"id":511,"date":"2019-06-02T01:53:03","date_gmt":"2019-06-02T01:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albertachess.wordpress.com\/?page_id=511"},"modified":"2019-06-02T01:53:03","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T01:53:03","slug":"2018-alberta-junior-championship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/2022-schedule-2\/2018-tournament-schedule\/2018-alberta-junior-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Alberta Junior Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>November 17-18, 2018 &#8211; Edmonton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Venue: Edmonton Chess Club<br>Address: #204 10840 124 Street, Edmonton, AB T5M 0H3<br>Organizer: Dustin Koperski<br>Tournament Director: Dustin Koperski, TBD<br>Sections: Championship, Girls, Open, Under 1300 (see below)<br><br>Eligibility: Anyone born after January 1, 1999.<br>ACA junior membership ($1\/year, included in CFC memberships) required.\\<br><br>Registration: Fill out the form on the right<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entry fee: $30 if preregistered online by noon, Friday, November 16. $35 onsite. Championship players are free. Payment will be made onsite by either cash or cheque made out to &#8220;Alberta Chess Association.&#8221; Pre-registered players must come by 9:45 am on the morning of the first round, or they won&#8217;t be paired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Section: Championship<br><\/strong>This is a closed 6-player round robin. No byes available. Game in 90 minutes + 30 seconds\/move. No entry fee. CFC &amp; FIDE rated. Alberta residents only. The winners of the 2018 Edmonton Junior Regional and Calgary Junior Regional will automatically qualify. The other four spots will be filled by players with the highest CFC rating between July 18 and Oct 17, 2018. Players are eligible only by gaining a full participation point since the 2017 Alberta Junior Championship. 1 participation point is awarded for the Edmonton and Calgary Junior Regionals. All other ACA tournaments are worth a half point. All qualifiers must confirm their entry by contacting Dustin by November 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Confirmed Participants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Paul Wang (1828 &#8211; Calgary Regional Champion)<\/li><li>Mark Ivanescu (1948 &#8211; Edmonton Regional Champion)<\/li><li>Maxim Vasic (2005 &#8211; Ratings List)<\/li><li>David Yao (1982 &#8211; Ratings List)<\/li><li>Aditya Raninga (2026 &#8211; Ratings List)<\/li><li>Patrick Tolentino (1931 &#8211; Ratings List)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>1st place: $1,000 travel grant to 2019 Canadian Junior Championship + Trophy<br>2nd: $100 coaching award + Trophy<br>3rd: Trophy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Section: Girls<\/strong><br>This tournament is a qualifier for the 2019 SPFGI in St. Louis. The winner will be the official Alberta representative to this tournament. Alberta residents only. Game in 90 minutes + 30 seconds\/move. Additional age restriction: must be born after July 22, 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1st place: $500 travel grant (airfare) to the 2019 SPFGI in St. Louis + Trophy<br>2nd: $100 coaching award + Trophy<br>3rd: Trophy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Section: Open<\/strong><br>This is a five round, open Swiss. Game in 90 minutes + 30 seconds\/move. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1st place: $100 coaching award + Trophy<br>2nd\/3rd: Trophy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Section: Under-1300<\/strong><br>This section will be a 7-round Swisses (or round robins if small). Restricted by rating. Game in 45 minutes + 30 seconds\/move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1st place: $100 of professional coaching + Trophy<br>2nd\/3rd places: Trophy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schedule (Championship, Girls, and Open sections)<br>Saturday, November 17:<br>On-site registration: 9:00 am &#8211; 9:30 am <br>Opening ceremony: 9:45 am &#8211; 9:55 am<br>Rounds 1-3: 10 am, 1:30 pm, 5 pm<br>Sunday, November 18: <br>Rounds 4 and 5: 10 am, 1 pm<br>Tie-breaks: immediately after the completion of round 5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schedule (Under 1300) &#8211; Approximate<br>Saturday, November 17:<br>On-site registration: 9:00 am &#8211; 9:30 am <br>Opening ceremony: 9:45 am &#8211; 9:55 am<br>Rounds 1-4: 10 am, 11:30 am, 2:30 pm, 4 pm<br>Sunday, November 18: <br>Rounds 5-7: 10 am, 11:30 am, 1 pm<br>Tie-breaks: immediately after the completion of round 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All sections CFC rated.<br>All non-prize winning participants will receive ribbons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 17-18, 2018 &#8211; Edmonton Venue: Edmonton Chess ClubAddress: #204 10840 124 Street, Edmonton, AB T5M 0H3Organizer: Dustin KoperskiTournament Director: Dustin Koperski, TBDSections: Championship, Girls, Open, Under 1300 (see below) Eligibility: Anyone born after January 1, 1999.ACA junior membership ($1\/year, included in CFC memberships) required.\\ Registration: Fill out the form on the right Entry fee:&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/2022-schedule-2\/2018-tournament-schedule\/2018-alberta-junior-championship\/#more-511\">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-511","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","clear"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/511","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=511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/511\/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=511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}