{"id":9499,"date":"2026-09-16T18:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T00:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/?page_id=9499"},"modified":"2026-10-02T16:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T22:03:22","slug":"2026-alberta-seniors-championship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/2026-alberta-seniors-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Alberta Senior’s Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dates:<\/strong> October 17-18, 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 & Director:<\/strong> Amir Bahmani
Email:<\/strong> amirr.bahmani@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eligibility: <\/strong>Alberta residents who will have reached the age of 50 by December 31, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tournament format:<\/strong> 5-round Swiss, CFC & FIDE rated.
CFC membership is required and may be purchased on site. Annual membership is $43, CFC tournament membership is $20.
Time Control:<\/strong> Game in 90 minutes + 30 seconds\/move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schedule
<\/strong>Saturday
On-site registration: 9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Rounds 1-3: 10:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m.
Sunday
Rounds 4-5: 10:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m. or ASAP
Default late time is 60 minutes. A 30-minute break between games is guaranteed.<\/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 9:45 a.m. on Saturday or they won’t be paired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entry Fee:<\/strong> $50 if pre-registered by 11:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 15. $60 after.
$25 discount for NMs, CMs, FMs, female players, and 2300-rated CFC players (at the time of registration). GM\/IM title holders receive free entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prizes:<\/strong> Sum of entry fees minus ACA dues of $10 per paid entry. The winner is eligible for a travel grant of up to $750 towards a trip to the 2027 Canadian Seniors Championship. If the 2027 Canadian Senior’s Championship does not take place as expected, the winner may apply to the ACA board to use the grant for another tournament (within one year of winning the award).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Daton Best
Dale Haessel
Gerhard Reuter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last updated: October 2nd, 4:00 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dates: October 17-18, 2026Venue: Edmonton Chess Club — (780) 424-0283Address: #204 10840 124 Street, Edmonton, AB T5M 0H3 Organizer & Director: Amir BahmaniEmail: amirr.bahmani@gmail.com Eligibility: Alberta residents who will have reached the age of 50 by December 31, 2026 Tournament format: 5-round Swiss, CFC & FIDE rated.CFC membership is required and may be purchased on site. Annual membership is $43, CFC tournament… 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-9499","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","clear"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9499","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=9499"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9586,"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9499\/revisions\/9586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albertachess.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}