{"id":9022,"date":"2026-03-18T15:48:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/?page_id=9022"},"modified":"2026-04-20T23:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:40:07","slug":"2026-alberta-youth-championship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/2026-alberta-youth-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Alberta Youth Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: <\/strong>April 25-26, 2026
Venue: <\/strong>Quality Inn West Edmonton
Address:<\/strong> 17803 Stony Plain Rd NW, Edmonton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizer:<\/strong> Cristian Ivanescu
Email: <\/strong>cristianivanescu59@gmail.com
Tournament Director:<\/strong> TBD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sections<\/strong>
U-8 (Born after Jan. 1, 2018)   U-10 (Born after Jan. 1, 2016) U-12 (Born after Jan. 1, 2014)
U-14 (Born after Jan. 1, 2012) U-16 (Born after Jan. 1, 2010)   U-18 (Born after Jan. 1, 2008)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time Control: <\/strong>Game in 90 minutes + 30 seconds per move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entry Fee:<\/strong> $50 if registered before Thursday, April 23 at 10:00 p.m., $60 after. All registration and payment must be done online<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registration:<\/strong> Fill out the form through the Calgary Junior Chess Club website: https:\/\/www.calgaryjuniorchess.com\/CJCC\/event\/event\/52603<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All Registration must be done and paid for online at the link above<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Saturday, April 25<\/strong>
On-site check in: 9:15 a.m. \u2013 9:45 a.m.
Opening ceremony: 9:50 a.m. \u2013 10:00 a.m.
Rounds 1-3: 10:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m., ~5:00 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, April 26<\/strong>
Round 4-5: 10:00 a.m., ~1:00 p.m. or ASAP
Tiebreaks: immediately after round 5.
Award ceremony: immediately after the completion of each section.
U-8 and U-10 groups may follow their own schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prizes<\/strong>: Trophies will be awarded to the top three finishers and top girl in each section. Section winners will be eligible for a $500 travel grant to the 2026 Canadian Youth Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiebreak procedure<\/strong>: In case two or more players are tied for places 1-3, the following tie-break procedure will apply:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) Head to head result. This will only apply if all the players in a tied group played each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) If two players are tied, they will play a two-game match. If the tie is for first place, the time control will be Game\/10 minutes + 5 seconds per move. If the tie is for the second, third, or top girl, the time control will be Game\/3 minutes + 2 seconds per move.
If more than two players are tied, they will play a round-robin tournament with the same time controls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the tie is still not broken, the procedure will be repeated, at a Game\/3 minutes + 2 seconds\/move time control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) Tiebreaks for all other places will be determined by the ACA Tiebreak Procedure.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Move Recording<\/strong>
Moves must be recorded at all times by both players. Assistance through notation \u201ccheat sheet\u201d can be provided to inexperienced participants. Scoresheets and pens will be provided by the organizers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junior Draw Rule<\/strong>
In junior only events, a draw offer and acceptance is only allowed once both players have played 30 moves. Players must prove they have each played 30 moves by showing it on their scoresheets. For games without scoresheets, allowing the draw will be at the TD\u2019s discretion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Info for Hotel Booking:<\/strong>
“Guests can call the hotel at 780-484-8000 and ask for the Group Account no. 5294788 OR group name Alberta Chess Association. They can also go online and book it for themselves with the<\/em> URL link for booking rooms: https:\/\/www.choicehotels.com\/reservations\/groups\/AF31H3<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Room rate is $109+ taxes for 02 adult 02 kids \/ room \/ night. Additional Adult guest will be charged 10+ taxes extra. Rates do not include taxes\/fees which are 6% Alberta Room Tax, and 5% GST. Rooms will be released to the general public on April 19th.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Date: April 25-26, 2026Venue: Quality Inn West EdmontonAddress: 17803 Stony Plain Rd NW, Edmonton Organizer: Cristian IvanescuEmail: cristianivanescu59@gmail.comTournament Director: TBD SectionsU-8 (Born after Jan. 1, 2018)   U-10 (Born after Jan. 1, 2016) U-12 (Born after Jan. 1, 2014)U-14 (Born after Jan. 1, 2012) U-16 (Born after Jan. 1, 2010)   U-18 (Born after Jan. 1, 2008) Time Control: Game in 90… 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-9022","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","clear"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9022","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=9022"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9153,"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9022\/revisions\/9153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}