The Battle of Toronto Invitational

[Bob Armstrong]

THE BATTLE OF TORONTO INVITATIONAL

- an 8-player FIDE Rating Round Robin Chess Tournament
- organizer: Canadian Chess Consulting Service ( Bob Armstrong, Scarborough CC member )
- tournament director: Alex Ferreira

Day/Dates: Thursdays
- October 18, 25
- November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
- Make-Up Dates: December 6, 13.

Location: Scarborough CC, Birkdale Community Ctre, 1299 Ellesmere Road ( between Midland Ave. and Brimley Road )

Round Time: 7:30 p.m.

Time Control: Game/90 ( this restricts our registrations to FIDE players under 2200 )

Prize Fund: 1st - $ 150; 2nd - $ 80; 3rd - $ 60.

Registration Fee: $ 50 ( payable by Sept 15; no refunds )
Breakdown:
Prize Fund - $ 30
FIDE Rating Fee - $ 13
CFC Rating Fee - $ 3
Tournament Director - $ 4
Tournament organizer - $ 0

Tie-Break: Head-to-head; Sonneborn-Berger

Spots Still Available:

3 FIDE-rated players under 2200
2 Non-FIDE-rated players between 1600 – 2199
( entries to be allotted on basis of making tournament most competitive - registration closes Friday, August 31 )

Registration: contact Bob Armstrong – bobarm@sympatico.ca

Sponsors:

Canadian Chess Consulting Service – contribution to prize fund ( $ 50 ), and subsidizing TO fee ( $ 40 )
Scarborough Chess Club – site/equipment fee ( $ 70 )
Alex Ferreira – subsidizing TD fee ( $ 213 )

NOTE: To earn a " Part Result " towards a FIDE Rating, the non-FIDE-rated players must score a total of at least one point against the four FIDE-rated players.

- A tournament for those seeking to start on the path to getting a FIDE rating;
- A tournament for those with a FIDE " Part Result " , to obtain more FIDE-rated games toward the total of 9 games needed;
- A tournament for those with a FIDE Rating to pick up some Elo points.

[Bob Armstrong]

Changes to Tournament Details

Due to circumstances beyond our control, Canadian Chess Consulting Service ( CCCS ) advises that its 8-player FIDE Rating round robin, " The Battle of Toronto Invitational ", will not be held at Scarborough Chess Club, as advertised originally. It is seeking a new venue. This may involve a change of the weekday evening of the tournament ( was originally to be on Thursday evening ) - we are attempting to get a venue available Monday nights, which would make the dates:
- October 15, 22, 29;
- November 5, 12, 19, 26;
- Make-Up Dates: December 3, 10.

In this case, there would also be a modest increase in the registration fee, to cover increased site/equipment costs. We anticipate that this will not be confirmed until Thursday, August 30. Thus we will be extending the registration period to Monday, Sept. 3.

Pre-registrations:
Non-FIDE-rated pool - 5 registrations for 4 spaces;
FIDE-rated pool - 2 registrations ( one to be confirmed ); 2 vacancies available.

Since this is an invitational, the registrations are conditional on acceptance. Final choices will be made as follows:

- if by Sept. 3, we have the same no. of registrants as places in the pool, then all will be accepted.
- if by Sept. 3, we have more registrations than places in the pool, then the choice will be based on the ratings that make the tournament most competitive, and that give the most opportunity to non-FIDE players to get a part-result.

A FIDE Rating Round Robin of 8 players must have 4 FIDE-rated players to be registered and to be FIDE-rated. So we invite FIDE-rated players under 2200 to enter, as we still have 2 vacancies. Without these registrations, the tournament will not go ahead.

Decisions will be made as soon after Sept. 3 as possible, and all will be notified if their registration has been accepted or not.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Canadian Chess Consulting Service, Bob Armstrong, Coordinator

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: Finalized Changes to Tournament Details

Canadian Chess Consulting Service has now entered into a location contract with Annex Chess Club to hold " The Battle of Toronto Invitational " on Monday nights. Please go to new thread " The Battle of Toronto Invitational - Detail Changes ", above.

Canadian Chess Consulting Service ( CCCS ), Bob Armstrong, Coordinator