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Alex Ferreira
10-30-2016, 05:16 PM
Hello all,


Hart House Holidays Open

Where: Great Hall, Hart House, University of Toronto
When: December 16th, 17th, 18th
Round Times: 6:30pm Friday, 10am & 3:30pm Saturday, 10am & 3:30pm Sunday
Style: 5 Round Swiss in 4 Sections: Crown, U2200, U1900 & U1600
Time Control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move 1, for all sections

Entry Fee: $60 in advance for all players. $80 only on site.
Discounts: $20 less for University of Toronto students. Free for IMs & WIMs if registered by December 9th.

Arbiter: TBA
Organizer: Alex Ferreira & Hart House Chess Club. Contact hhtournaments(at)gmail(dot)com

Other Info: Please bring sets & clocks
Website: harthousechess.com


Our website will take a few more days to have the tournament information up.


Registration:

• Email registrations must be completed by December 14th, or else considered late.
• After pre-registering by email, please bring cash payment to the playing site before 6:00pm on December 16th, or mail a cheque which arrives by December 14th. If online registrants paying in cash arrive after 6:00pm on December 16th, they cannot be guaranteed a pairing in Round 1. No cheques on site.
• To register in advance by mailing a cheque (arrival by December 14th, 2016), make cheque payable to Hart House Chess Club, at 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto ON, M5S 3H3. No postdated cheques.
• Registrants after December 14th, 2016 are not guaranteed to be paired in Round 1, and must pay onsite entry fee ($80).
• Players taking a bye in Round 1 can pay the entry fee twenty minutes before the start of Round 2.

Entry Fee: $60 in advance, $80 cash only on site. Extra $20 to play up a section. Playing up is allowed only for players within 100 rating points of the section’s minimum rating. For example: a player in the Under 1600 section who wants to play up in the Under 1900 section must have a rating no lower than 1500.
Discounts: $20 less for University of Toronto students. Free entry for IMs and WIMs if registered by December 9th.
Special Discount: Free entry for players who have never played in any CFC or FIDE rated tournament. Chess Federation of Canada (CFC) membership purchase still required for $48, and entrants will not be eligible for prize money.

Other Info: Please bring chess sets and clocks. Registrants must be current CFC members or bring payment prior to playing - http://chess.ca/membership-rates.



Alex Ferreira

Michael Barron
12-11-2016, 06:59 PM
Dear chess friends,
We will have a short GTCL Cup awards ceremony at Hart House Holidays Open before round 3 - on Saturday, December 17, at 3:25 pm.

GTCL will present trophies to 2016 GTCL Cup winners:

Starks:

1. Nikolay Noritsyn
2. Victor Plotkin
3. Mark Plotkin
4. Max Rusonik

The Stragglers (U1800):

1. Daniel Abrahams
2. Yury Cheryachukin
3. Dragan Jevtic
4. Abdolreza Radpey

Hopefully, all these players will play at Hart House Holidays Open or at least will come on Saturday to receive their trophies.

See you on Saturday at Hart House!