{"id":4487,"date":"2023-03-09T16:10:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T23:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/?page_id=4487"},"modified":"2023-04-07T00:19:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T06:19:30","slug":"2023-alberta-chess-challenge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/2023-alberta-chess-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Alberta Chess Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DUE TO OUTSTANDING TURNOUT AND SPACE LIMITATIONS, ON-SITE REGISTRATIONS MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date:<\/strong> Saturday April 8, 2023
Venue:<\/strong> Radisson Hotel Red Deer (David Thompson West & Centre)
Address:<\/strong> 6500 \u2013 67 Street, Red Deer, AB, T4P 1A2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizer:<\/strong> Sean Wu
E-mail:<\/strong> wuxiangyu06@gmail.com
Tournament Director:<\/strong> TBD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Format:<\/strong> 12 Sections (Grades 1-12). The exact format of each section will depend on the number of participants but players should expect to play 5 games.
CFC and Chess\u2019N Math (CMA) rated. Open to Alberta residents only.
Time control:<\/strong> Game in 25 minutes with a 5-second delay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entry fee:<\/strong>
Regional Chess Challenge participants: $35 if pre-registered online by 10 p.m. on Thursday, April 6.
Non-Regional Chess Challenge participants: $40 if pre-registered online by 10 p.m. on Thursday, April 6.
All players: $45 afterwards and on-site (on-site may not be available depending on the number of registrants).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registration<\/strong>
Fill out the registration form Alberta Chess Challenge 2023<\/a>. Payment should be made by e-transfer to calgarychessschool@gmail.com (or if necessary, by cash on-site). The deadline for online registration is Thursday, April 6, 2023 @ 10:00 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Approximate Schedule on April 8<\/strong>
Registration: 9:45 a.m. \u2013 10:15 a.m.
Rounds 1 and 2: 10:30 a.m. \u2013 12:30 p.m.
Lunch: 12:30 p.m. \u2013 1:30 p.m.
Rounds 3 to 5: 1:30 p.m. \u2013 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers will receive trophies.
Section winners will represent Team Alberta at the 2023 Canadian Chess Challenge. The ACA will provide a $250 travel grant to help offset expenses for travel to Montreal, Quebec for the May 20-22 tournament. Travel reimbursement policies apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JUNIOR DRAW RULE
In junior only events, the draw offer and acceptance are only allowed once both players have played 30 moves. For games without scoresheets, allowing the draw will be at the TD\u2019s discretion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tie-break procedure
a. There will be playoff games for 1st place ties.
b. No playoff games for 2nd or 3rd place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See playoff and tiebreak procedure<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Grade 1<\/strong>
Nguyen, Kaiser
Muneer Hussain
Senthilkumar, Advik
Chen, Owen
Gao, Anne<\/td>		Grade 2<\/strong>
Zhang, Finley
Li, Oliver
Chan, Calvin
Singh, Aarav
Hughey, Vienna
Shamanth, Saanvi
Yan, Morgan
Nowacki, Adam
Yang, Jesse
Mak, Julian<\/td>		Grade 3<\/strong>
Zhao, Lucy
Nguyen, Dennis
Wang, Lucas
Tolentino, Kaisa Angela
Prokopiv, Maksym
Chevvan, Shri Sahasra
Lu, Austin
Vinotha Sathish Kumar, Lakshan<\/td><\/tr>
Grade 4<\/strong>
Bhaumik, Rishi
Funk, Karlee
Sheng, Jack
Wang, Elsa
Lai, Zhihui
Daiyan, Kian
Li, Ryan
Christopher, Jack
Deeg, Micah
Negm, Ismael
Dahlke, Zeth Matthew
Zhao Pinzhu
Castro, Joshua
Wong, Jonah
Perla, Manny
Zhang, Eileen<\/td>		Grade 5<\/strong>
Ma, Nicholas
Chan, Bryan
Chung, Elliot
Jin, Linus
Huynh, Nathan
Xu, Michael
Wang, April
Nguyen, Leo
Gupta, Dhruv
Johnson, Joshua
Lee, Ethan
Ritchie, Isaac<\/td>		Grade 6<\/strong>
Zhang, Felix
Chan, Allison
Ivanescu, Matthew
Harrington, Luka
Rehill, Naveen
Vong, Nathan
Nguyen, Katherine
Skorinskiy, Oleg
Singh, Jovan
Johal, Jaiven<\/td><\/tr>
Grade 7<\/strong>
Martin, Dominic
Inozemtseva, Milana
Alpuri Aaqil Ahmed
Saini, Eshan
Williams, Benjamin
Wu, Jonathan
Yan, Henry
Arthithan Murallidaran
Choi, Brian
Huang, Jonas
Langdon, Kade
Stadt, Simon
Aydin Samei
Luo, Eric<\/td>		Grade 8<\/strong>
Zelenitsky, Kyle
Williams, Matthew
Gao, Nuno
Rostyslav Spiian
Purevjamts, Anu
Jarvie, Kyle
Suo, Luke
Swertz, Ben
Tran, Tri
Vedula, Pranay<\/td>		Grade 9<\/strong>
Jin, Eric
Zhang, James
Usman, Ali
Anand Chandra
Goulko, Aleksey
Chevvan, Siddharth Singh
Jewell, Rosalina
Offengenden, Ron
Bocan, Richard<\/td><\/tr>
Grade 10<\/strong>
Yang, Vincent
Srinivasan, Hemant
Luo, Edward<\/td>		Grade 11<\/strong>
Ivanescu, Mark
Hoekman, Samuel<\/td>		Grade 12<\/strong>
Superceanu, Andi
Ibrahimov, Nijat<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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