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Date: <\/strong>April 18-19, 2026
Venue: <\/strong>Polish Hall — 745 13th Street N T1H 2T2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizer: <\/strong>Jerry Mikusek
Email: <\/strong>mikusek@telus.net
Tournament Director:<\/strong> Josiah Trentalance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Format: <\/strong>5-round Swiss, CFC & FIDE rated.
Time Control: <\/strong>Game in 90 minutes with a 30-second increment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Round Times
<\/strong>Saturday: 10:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m.
Sunday: 10:00 a.m., 1:30 p.m. or ASAP
A 30-minute break between games is guaranteed. Default late time is 60 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entry fee: <\/strong>$50 if pre-registered by 11:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 16. $60 after.
$15 discount for juniors (2006 birth year or later) and female players.
$25 discount for NMs, CMs, FMs, and 2300-rated CFC players (supercedes any junior\/senior\/female discount). GM\/IM title holders receive free entry.
CFC membership is required and may be purchased on site. Annual membership is $43 for adults, $28 for juniors. CFC tournament membership is $20 for adults, $10 for juniors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registration: <\/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.

Byes:<\/strong> A maximum of two \u00bd-point byes are available in rounds 1-4 if requested before the start of round 1.

Prizes: <\/strong>Sum of entry fees minus ACA dues of $10 per paid entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accommodations are available at the Lethbridge Lodge, https:\/\/www.sandmanhotels.com\/signature-lethbridge<\/a> .<\/p>\n\n\n

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

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

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

Matthew Atwood
Awar Mading Bol
Wyatt Boudreau (rd. 3 bye)
Doug Boyd
Jack Davies
Garth Dunn
Dale Haessel
Sean Kuehl
David Leflar
Jaden Mathew (rd. 3 bye)
Jerry Mikusek
Domingo Ramos
Roland Schech
Isaiah Sehn
Ryan Sunley
Adam Szulski
Josiah Trentalance
Javier Valdes
Maxim Vasic
Paul Viminitz
Roy Yearwood
Andrew Yin
Piotr Zabielski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last updated: April 16th, 11:00 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date: April 18-19, 2026Venue: Polish Hall — 745 13th Street N T1H 2T2 Organizer: Jerry MikusekEmail: mikusek@telus.netTournament Director: Josiah Trentalance Format: 5-round Swiss, CFC & FIDE rated.Time Control: 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., 1:30 p.m. or ASAPA 30-minute break between games is guaranteed. Default late time is 60 minutes…. Continue Reading →<\/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-9021","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","clear"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9021","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=9021"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9147,"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9021\/revisions\/9147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}