{"id":4841,"date":"2023-10-15T20:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T02:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/?p=4841"},"modified":"2023-11-08T18:45:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T01:45:15","slug":"2023-banff-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/2023\/10\/15\/2023-banff-open\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Banff Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>**** Please note that the change in the Banff Centre Board of Directors as announced in the news recently will in no way impact the Banff Open.  Everything is good. ***<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entries are now open for the 2023 Banff Open, Nov 10-12.  This will be the last Banff Open organized by Ian Findlay.  Entries are limited to 130 players. Last year, we had a waiting list by October 1st, so enter early if you can.  Details and entry form can be found in Schedule 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please pay immediately when you enter.  There is a $40 charge to play up a section. <\/strong> 114 entries as of Sept 6, with 4 on the waiting list for under 1600.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am delighted to announce that two time Banff Open winner IM Mark Ginsburg has entered and Canadian legend Leon Piasetski who has represented Canada many times at the Chess Olympiad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IM Raymond Kaufman is the latest IM to join.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Entries are now closed in the Under 1600 section.  You may play up for $40 surcharge if you still want to play.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The link to the hotel reservations was corrected and should now work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*** Entries are now CLOSED and waitlist removed ***<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*** Anyone 30 minutes late for a round forfeits on time ***<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*** Facebook page has been created for this event. ***<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top?q=banff%20chess%20open%202023\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top?q=banff%20chess%20open%202023<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**** Please note that the change in the Banff Centre Board of Directors as announced in the news recently will in no way impact the Banff Open. Everything is good. *** Entries are now open for the 2023 Banff Open, Nov 10-12. This will be the last Banff Open organized by Ian Findlay. Entries are&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/2023\/10\/15\/2023-banff-open\/#more-4841\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","clear"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=4841"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5388,"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4841\/revisions\/5388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}