{"id":9215,"date":"2026-05-15T16:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/?page_id=9215"},"modified":"2026-05-15T16:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:38:11","slug":"2026-summer-demi-classical","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/2026-summer-demi-classical\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Summer Demi-Classical"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Date:\u00a0<\/strong>June 20-21, 2026<br><strong>Venue:<\/strong> Edmonton Chess Club\u00a0\u2014 (780) 424-0283<br><strong>Address:<\/strong>\u00a0#204 10840 124 Street, Edmonton, AB T5M 0H3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Organizer:\u00a0<\/strong>Sam Hoekman<strong><br>Email:\u00a0<\/strong>samuelthoekman@gmail.com<br><strong>Director:<\/strong> TBD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Format:&nbsp;<\/strong>6-round Swiss, CFC rated.<br><strong>Time Control:&nbsp;<\/strong>Game in 45 minutes with a 30-second increment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Round Times<br><\/strong>Saturday: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m.<br>Sunday: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 3:30 p.m. or ASAP<br>A 30-minute break between games is guaranteed. Default late time is 45 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Entry fee:\u00a0<\/strong>$50 if pre-registered by 11:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 18. $60 after.<br>$15 discount for juniors (2006 birth year or later) and female players.<br>$25 discount for NMs, CMs, FMs, and 2300-rated CFC players (at the time of registration; supercedes any junior\/female discount). GM\/IM title holders receive free entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CFC membership is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Registration:\u00a0<\/strong>Fill out the form below. Payment may be made on site by cash, or by etransfer to samuelthoekman@gmail.com. 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>\u00a0A maximum of two \u00bd-point byes are available in rounds 1-5 if requested before the start of round 1.<br><strong><br>Prizes:\u00a0<\/strong>Sum of entry fees minus ACA dues of $10 per paid entry.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-contact-form\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/2026-summer-demi-classical\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submit a form.<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p>*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date:\u00a0June 20-21, 2026Venue: Edmonton Chess Club\u00a0\u2014 (780) 424-0283Address:\u00a0#204 10840 124 Street, Edmonton, AB T5M 0H3 Organizer:\u00a0Sam HoekmanEmail:\u00a0samuelthoekman@gmail.comDirector: TBD Format:&nbsp;6-round Swiss, CFC rated.Time Control:&nbsp;Game in 45 minutes with a 30-second increment. Round TimesSaturday: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m.Sunday: 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 3:30 p.m. or ASAPA 30-minute break between games is guaranteed. Default late time&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/2026-summer-demi-classical\/#more-9215\">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-9215","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","clear"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9215","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=9215"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9231,"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9215\/revisions\/9231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}