Horse and Buggy Open 2023

[Riley Khan]

The Horse and Buggy Open 3.1 is being hosted October. The flyer / poster is located here.

WHEN: October 7 - 9th, 2023

WHERE: St Jacobs Lion’s Hall, 31 Parkside Drive, St Jacobs

FORMAT: 6 Round Swiss

SECTIONS: Open (FIDE + CFC rated), U2000 (FIDE + CFC rated), U1600 (CFC rated)

RATING: CFC for all, and FIDE rated for the Open section, U2000 and U1600. Current CFC membership required. Higher of FIDE, USCF and CFC current ratings used.

ENTRY FEES:
Open: 90$
U2000: 80$
U1600: 70$
Unrated: 60$

GM / WGM, IM / WIM free
FM / WFM: $20 discount at time of entry

PLAY UP: must be within 100 points of rating floor: ADD $20

Hamilton CC Members get $20 discount at time of entry send me code: Hamilton

BYES: Rounds 1 through 5, if requested in advance

TIME CONTROL: Game in 90 minutes plus 30 second increment from move one

ROUND TIME: Saturday, Sunday and Monday 10 AM and ASAP after 3:00 PM, daily, curfew 10 pm.

PRIZE FUND: Monetary awards for Open, U2000, trophies for U1600

ORGANIZER: Scott Kuehl

CHIEF ARBITER: Riley Khan

DEPUTY ARBITER: Matthew Bergeron

TD: TBD

REGISTRATION: E - mail entry info and e - transfer fees to: scottkuehl91@gmail.com. Please Include return e – transfer address in case of refunds / monetary prize awards

Registration list link is here

CAPACITY: 180 players

EQUIPMENT: Chess sets, clocks, pens, scoresheets will all be provided.

LINKS:

DGT live games --> TBD
chess.com event link --> https://www.chess.com/events/2023-horse-and-buggy-open
lichess broadcast link --> https://lichess.org/broadcast/horse-...und-1/KnvoYjgq
chess talk post --> https://forum.chesstalk.com/forum/ch...3-1#post229006
flyer --> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MsJ.../preview?pli=1
registration list --> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...gid=1903153358

[Riley Khan]

Current registration list:

Open Section

First Name Last Name CFC Rating CFC Number FIDE Rating FIDE number Title
Mark Plotkin 2515 141086 2353 2611651 IM
Eugene Hua 2351 154197 2251 2618150 FM
Andrew Colvin 1993 155525 1754 2621517
Chike ( Jude ) Aniunoh 2186 156428 1949 2622394

U2000 Section

CFC Rating CFC Number FIDE Rating FIDE number
Scott Kuehl 1809 110732 1560 2625270
Michelle Hua 1914 159858 1722 2626837
Istvan Kiss 1745 101198 1745 2614294
Hongyi Li 1929 139599 1768 2617447

U1600 Section

CFC Rating CFC Number FIDE Rating FIDE number
Tim Knechtel 1586 106376 1440 2614235
Aiden Li 1478 167620 1320 2642557
Mario Moran – Venegas 1586 143315 1506 2605279
Sean Kuehl 1141 / 10 169828

[Riley Khan]

The tournament has been cancelled due to a lack of players. Thanks to everyone who registered.