2019 Charlottetown Open - May 25 & 26

UPEI
McDougall Hall, Room 328 & 329

For more information or to pre-register contact Fred McKim - fred_mckim at hotmail.com
http://mcc.cdevastation.com/charop19.html

OPEN
Sat, May 25 & Sun, May 26

Check-In/Registration: Sat 9:00am - 9:20am
Entry Fee for pre-registered players:
Adults $40,
Juniors (U20) $30
Elementary school players $20
Second Family Member $10 off
First Time CFC Member $10 off
Late Entry (no pre-registration by pre-tournament Wed): $10 extra

Chess Federation of Canada (CFC):
All players must be (or become) a member of the CFC or pay a CFC Tournament Fee

Format: 5 Round Swiss
Schedule: Sat: 9:30am, 1pm, 6pm; Sun: 9am, 2pm
1/2 point bye available for rounds 1-4 (maximum of 2)

Time Control: Game/120 minutes with 30 sec delay (Round 1 - Game/75 minutes with 15 sec delay).
It is anticipated there will be enough Digital clocks for all games.
If not: Game/150 (except Rd 1: Game/90) will be used for Analog clocks

Prize Fund:
Cash (Guaranteed): 1st = 200, 2nd = 100,
Cash or Book: Most Improved, Top Youth (U18), Top Cadet (U12), etc ....


Junior Division
Saturday, May 25

Open to Juniors:
1) born in 2005 or later
2) having an "active" CFC Quick Chess Rating less than 1300 or less than 1400 (if provisional) or unrated
3) having (an "active" CFC Regular Rating less than 1200 or less than 1300 (if provisional)) or a CMA Rating less than 1100
4) In order to be competitive players SHOULD have a CMA rating of at least 500

Check In/Registration Sat 12:15-12:45pm
Entry Fee for pre-registered players
All Players - $20
Second Family Member - $10
Cut entry fee in half if also playing in Open (and taking Round 2 bye there)
Late Entry (no pre-registration by pre-tournament Wed): $10 extra

CFC Quick Chess & CMA Rated
CFC Membership not Required

Format: 5 Round Swiss
Schedule: Rd 1 at 1pm - subsequent rounds follow as soon as all games are finished. Event should finish around 5pm.
Time Control G/25 minutes with a 5 second delay (or G/30 minutes for analog clocks)

Minimum of 6 players; maximum of 16

Book Prizes

I received a nice International entrant today, Lawrence Cohen from Illinois. Lawrence seems to play in one Canadian event per year, visiting a different province each time.

We seem to be on track to have our usual 20 or so players …. maybe a dozen youngsters in the Junior division.

$200 for 1st place …. and I'm still the 1st seed (bonus).

Fred

Up to 18 players registered (and representing 5 provinces / states) and 14 in the Junior.

We ended up with 27 players in the Open, 14 in the junior (with an overlap of 10). Players were from PE, NB, NS, ME, IL. Biggest turnout to this event in nearly 20 years. Bodes well for upcoming events.