{"id":8882,"date":"2026-02-10T18:53:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T01:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/?page_id=8882"},"modified":"2026-02-10T18:53:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T01:53:42","slug":"41st-trumpeter-open","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/41st-trumpeter-open\/","title":{"rendered":"41st Trumpeter Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Date:\u00a0<\/strong>June 6-7, 2026<strong><br>Venue:\u00a0<\/strong>Northwestern Polytechnic<strong><br>Address:<\/strong>\u00a010726 106 Ave, Grande Prairie, AB, T8V 4C4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Organizer:\u00a0<\/strong>Chris Kaut<strong><br>Email:\u00a0<\/strong>chris.kaut@yahoo.ca<strong><br>Tournament Director:<\/strong>\u00a0TBD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Format:&nbsp;<\/strong>5-round Swiss, CFC and FIDE rated.<br><strong>Time Control:&nbsp;<\/strong>Game in 90 minutes with a 30-second increment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Round Times<br><\/strong>Saturday: 10:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m.<br>Sunday: 10:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m. or ASAP<br>A 30-minute break between games is guaranteed. Default late time is 60 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Entry fee:\u00a0<\/strong>$50 if pre-registered by 11:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 4. $60 after.<br>$10 discount for juniors (2006 birth year or later), seniors (age 65 and over), and female players.<br>$20 discount for NMs, CMs, and 2300-rated CFC players (at the time of registration; supercedes any junior\/senior\/female discount).<br>GM\/IM\/FM title holders receive free entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CFC membership is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Registration:&nbsp;<\/strong>Fill out the form below. Payment will be made on site by cash. Pre-registered players must arrive by 9:50 a.m. on the morning of the first round or they will not be paired.<br><strong><br>Byes:<\/strong>&nbsp;A maximum of two \u00bd-point byes are available in rounds 1-4 if requested before the start of round 1.<br><strong><br>Prizes:&nbsp;<\/strong>Sum of entry fees minus ACA dues of $10 per paid entry. The ACA is contributing an extra $200 to the prize fund.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-contact-form\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/41st-trumpeter-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submit a form.<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p>*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date:\u00a0June 6-7, 2026Venue:\u00a0Northwestern PolytechnicAddress:\u00a010726 106 Ave, Grande Prairie, AB, T8V 4C4 Organizer:\u00a0Chris KautEmail:\u00a0chris.kaut@yahoo.caTournament Director:\u00a0TBD Format:&nbsp;5-round Swiss, CFC and FIDE rated.Time Control:&nbsp;Game in 90 minutes with a 30-second increment. Round TimesSaturday: 10:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m.Sunday: 10:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m. or ASAPA 30-minute break between games is guaranteed. Default late time is 60 minutes. Entry&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/41st-trumpeter-open\/#more-8882\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8882","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","clear"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8882"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8885,"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8882\/revisions\/8885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}