{"id":5448,"date":"2024-01-10T21:19:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T04:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/?page_id=5448"},"modified":"2024-02-10T00:46:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T07:46:20","slug":"2024-edmonton-youth-regional","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/2024-edmonton-youth-regional\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Edmonton Youth Regional"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sponsored by the Alberta Chess Association and the Edmonton Chess Club
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Date: <\/strong>Saturday, February 10, 2024
Venue: <\/strong>Edmonton Chess Club
Address: <\/strong>#204 10840 124 Street, Edmonton — (780) 424-0283
Organizer:<\/strong> Samuel Hoekman
Tournament Director:<\/strong> GM Dimitri Komarov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sections<\/strong>
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)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Format: <\/strong>The exact format of each section will depend on the number of participants but players should expect to play 4 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time control: <\/strong>Game in 25 minutes with a 5-second increment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entry fee: <\/strong>$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).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Byes: <\/strong>Up to two 1\/2-point byes are allowed in rounds 1-3 if requested before the start of the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Approximate Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On-Site Registration: 10:15 a.m. \u2013 10:45 a.m.
Rounds 1 and 2: 11:00 a.m. \u2013 12:30 p.m.
Lunch break: 12:30 p.m. \u2013 1:00 p.m.
Rounds 3 and 4: 1:00 p.m. \u2013 2:30 p.m.
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 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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tie-Break Procedures<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tie-breaks for all other places will be determined by the following criteria:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registration<\/strong>
Fill out the registration form below. Pre-registered players must show up by 10:45 a.m. or they won\u2019t 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.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

Submit a form.<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n

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*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final Pre-Registered List<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

U8<\/strong>
Allister Erickson
Caleb Castro
Zaid Kassas
Joaquin Villacura
David Djumayev<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U10<\/strong>
Austin Lu
Radmehr Jadidizadeh
Oliver Li
Leo Roy
Michael Prianichnikov
Veronika Shapiro
Nicole Kikot
Maximus Witwer
Levi Harper<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U12<\/strong>
Meijia Li
Emily Zeng
Manny Perla
Joshua Castro
Zhihui Lai
Daria Spribille-Wagner
Hans Sharma
Platon Kikot
Sina Rajabzadeh
Adrian Wang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U14<\/strong>
Milana Inozemtseva
Mahmoud Abdelaziz
Alexander Patel
Lev Kuznietsov
Ivan Alboreggia
Brock Dunlop
Elliott Dahlman
Zlata Butenko
Anya
Nikolai Nikolov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U16<\/strong>
Eric Jin
Yuri Troitsky
Allen Chaulk
Yehor Diukov
Yash Darvekar
Bocan Richard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U18<\/strong>
Jason Pan
Behrad Jadidizadeh
Owen Holt
Jonathan Stobbe
Arshia Torabgar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last updated: February 9, 11:00 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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