{"id":9498,"date":"2026-09-16T18:00:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T00:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/?page_id=9498"},"modified":"2026-09-23T02:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T08:37:34","slug":"2026-edmonton-fall-sectional","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/2026-edmonton-fall-sectional\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Edmonton Fall Sectional"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date:<\/strong> October 23-25, 2026
Venue:<\/strong> Edmonton Chess Club — (780) 424-0283
Address:<\/strong> #204 10840 124 Street, Edmonton, AB T5M 0H3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizer:<\/strong>\u00a0Sam Hoekman
Email:<\/strong> samuelthoekman@gmail.com
Tournament Director:<\/strong> Amir Bahmani<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Format:<\/strong> 6-player round robins. No byes allowed.<\/strong> CFC rated; the top three sections will also be FIDE rated. The organizer may choose to register other sections to be FIDE rated.
Time control: <\/strong>40 moves in 90 minutes, then game in 30 minutes, with a 30 second increment from move 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schedule<\/strong>
<\/strong>Round 1: Friday, October 23: 7:00 p.m.
Round 2: Saturday, October 24: 10:00 a.m.
Round 3: Saturday, October 24: 4:00 p.m.
Round 4: Sunday, October 25: 10:00 a.m.
Round 5: Sunday, October 25: 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entry fee:<\/strong> $50.
$10 discount for juniors (2006 birth year or later) and female players.
$20 discount for NMs, CMs, FMs, and 2300-rated CFC players (supercedes any junior\/female discount).
GM\/IM title holders receive free entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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>\u00a0Contact the organizer or fill out the form below. Payment must be made to the organizer in cash or by e-transfer to samuelthoekman@gmail.com by 8:00 p.m. on Monday, October 19th, when official registration closes. After that, entries will only be taken to make all sections consist of six players, or for replacements. A refund is available for withdrawals prior to the deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prizes:<\/strong> Entry fees less ACA dues of $10 per paid participant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section formation:<\/strong> Players will be slotted into sections according to their rating. For Section A, CFC ratings on October 19th and FIDE ratings published on October 1st will be used. For all other sections, only CFC ratings published on October 19th will be used. Unrated players will be assigned a rating of 1500 for sectioning purposes, unless the organizer decides otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All sections will have 6 players, except possibly the lowest-rated section. If there are 4 players in the bottom section, then it will be a double-round-robin. If there are 5 players, it will be a round-robin with one bye. If there are 7, 8, or 9 in the bottom Section, then there will be Swiss pairings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If sections are full, pairings will come out on the evening of Monday, October 19. Otherwise, pairings will be done on Thursday, October 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

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

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Date: October 23-25, 2026Venue: Edmonton Chess Club — (780) 424-0283Address: #204 10840 124 Street, Edmonton, AB T5M 0H3 Organizer:\u00a0Sam HoekmanEmail: samuelthoekman@gmail.comTournament Director: Amir Bahmani Format: 6-player round robins. No byes allowed. CFC rated; the top three sections will also be FIDE rated. The organizer may choose to register other sections to be FIDE rated.Time control: 40 moves in 90 minutes, then… 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-9498","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","clear"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9498","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=9498"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9547,"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9498\/revisions\/9547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}