Sponsored by the Alberta Chess Association and the Edmonton Chess Club
Date: Saturday, February 10, 2024
Venue: Edmonton Chess Club
Address: #204 10840 124 Street, Edmonton — (780) 424-0283
Organizer: Samuel Hoekman
Tournament Director: GM Dimitri Komarov
Sections
U-8 (Born after Jan 1, 2016) U-10 (Born after Jan 1, 2014) U-12 (Born after Jan 1, 2012)
U-14 (Born after Jan 1, 2010) U-16 (Born after Jan 1, 2008) U-18 (Born after Jan 1, 2006)
Format: The exact format of each section will depend on the number of participants but players should expect to play 4 games.
Time control: Game in 25 minutes with a 5-second increment.
Entry fee: $20. Payment will be made on site by cash. CFC rated. ACA junior membership required (included if you are a CFC member; $3 per year otherwise).
Byes: Up to two 1/2-point byes are allowed in rounds 1-3 if requested before the start of the tournament.
Approximate Schedule
On-Site Registration: 10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Rounds 1 and 2: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Lunch break: 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Rounds 3 and 4: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Tie-breaks (if necessary) and awards: immediately after the completion of the last round
Prizes in each section
1st place: Free entry to the 2024 Alberta Youth Championship (held on April 27-28 in Edmonton)
2nd place: Free entry to the 2024 Alberta Youth Championship
Tie-Break Procedures
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.
Tie-breaks for all other places will be determined by the following criteria:
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.
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.
Registration
Fill out the registration form below. Pre-registered players must show up by 10:45 a.m. or they won’t be paired.
Maximum capacity is 52 total participants. Players registering beyond that will be wait-listed and only able to play in the event of no-shows.
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Final Pre-Registered List
U8
Allister Erickson
Caleb Castro
Zaid Kassas
Joaquin Villacura
David Djumayev
U10
Austin Lu
Radmehr Jadidizadeh
Oliver Li
Leo Roy
Michael Prianichnikov
Veronika Shapiro
Nicole Kikot
Maximus Witwer
Levi Harper
U12
Meijia Li
Emily Zeng
Manny Perla
Joshua Castro
Zhihui Lai
Daria Spribille-Wagner
Hans Sharma
Platon Kikot
Sina Rajabzadeh
Adrian Wang
U14
Milana Inozemtseva
Mahmoud Abdelaziz
Alexander Patel
Lev Kuznietsov
Ivan Alboreggia
Brock Dunlop
Elliott Dahlman
Zlata Butenko
Anya
Nikolai Nikolov
U16
Eric Jin
Yuri Troitsky
Allen Chaulk
Yehor Diukov
Yash Darvekar
Bocan Richard
U18
Jason Pan
Behrad Jadidizadeh
Owen Holt
Jonathan Stobbe
Arshia Torabgar
Last updated: February 9, 11:00 p.m.