Date & Location
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Baymont by Wyndham Red Deer — Pine Lake Room
4311 49 Ave, Red Deer, AB T4N 5Y7
Tournament Arbiter: Summa Lai
Captain of Team North is Sam Hoekman: samuelthoekman@gmail.com
Captain of Team South is Summa Lai: summalai@outlook.com
Please contact your team captain as soon as possible if you wish to join the team as a player or a substitute.
Time control: Game in 90 minutes with a 30-second increment.
Round times: 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. The Arbiter at their discretion may postpone the start by up to half an hour if many of the players from one team are not available at the start for a good reason.
Default late time: 60 minutes unless the Arbiter decides otherwise.
CFC & FIDE rated. CFC membership is not required.
Battle Regulations
North vs. South. Dividing line: Red Deer river or 52°16’05” elsewhere in the province. Each player players two rounds against the same opponent, one game each with white and black. Drawing of lots for colours will be done immediately before round 1.
Team Composition
Each team will be made up of twelve players. All players must be Under-18 (born January 1, 2007 or later). Five players must be Under-12 (born January 1, 2013 or later). Each team must include at least two girls, one of whom must be Under-12. Players will be paired by rating within their section (U-18, U-12, Girls), with the captain determining who is in each section if a player qualifies into more than one.
Final roster/board order announcements must be made by noon on Wednesday, September 24 using the most recently published rating lists as of September 19th.
After the official roster announcement, replacements must be lower rated than the players they are replacing, and replace them on the same board. Replacements after the first game will only be allowed in case of an emergency. The final decision on whether to allow a replacement will be made by the Arbiter.
The winning team receives the Junior Battle of AB trophy. If the match ends up in a 12-12 tie, the defending champion keeps the trophy.
PAIRINGS
| Team South | Team North | ||||
| U18 | |||||
| Name | CFC Rating | Name | CFC Rating | ||
| Board 1 | Jonathan Wu | 2266 | Tri Tran | 2204 | |
| Board 2 | Emil Soberov | 2188 | Yash Darvekar | 2083 | |
| Board 3 | Therense Delloro | 1826 | Matthew Ivanescu | 1956 | |
| Board 4 | Michael Xu | 1736 | Steven Gan | 1896 | |
| Board 5 | Felix Zhang | 1683 | Yuri Troitsky | 1855 | |
| Board 6 / Sub | Jake Chi Hang Li | 1637 | Aryan Ranjan-Kumar | 1839 | |
| Girl Board | April Wang | 1719 | Zlata Butenko | 1965 | |
| U12 | |||||
| Name | CFC Rating | Name | CFC Rating | ||
| Board 1 | Jack Sheng | 1825 | Michael Prianichnikov | 1974 | |
| Board 2 | Lucas Yuebo Wang | 1761 | Jason Josh Gregory Louis Genova | 1781 | |
| Board 3 | Liubov Shtepa | 1739 | Austin Lu | 1702 | |
| Board 4 | Zhihui Lai | 1712 | Isaac Sajosh | 1661 | |
| Board 5 | Hien Son Tran | 1623 | Platon Bilyk | 1497 | |
| Board 6 / Sub | Finley Zhang | 1610 | Loki Lai | 1259 | |
| Girl Board | Saanvi Shamanth | 1725 | Meijia Li | 1472 |