CYCC Qualifier

The Quebec Rapid Youth Chess Championship, which will also be used as a CYCC Qualifier, will be held in Montreal on Sunday May 28th 2023.

Tournament web site : https://fqechecs.qc.ca/fqe/content.php?Id=14820

Registration is 60$ for everybody payable only online at this link https://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/boutique/...rifs.php?Id=68

Tournament venue: Maison du Loisir et du Sport, 7665 Boulevard Lacordaire, Montréal

Time Control: Game in 25 minutes, with the addition of 5 seconds per move.

Swiss system, five rounds, with possible adjustments if too few players in one section.

Schedule: Welcoming of the player and Technical Meeting 9h20

Round 1 : 9h30

Round 2 : 10h45

Round 3 : 13h00

Round 4 : 14h15

Round 5 : 15h30

Prize award ceremony around 16h45, except for players engaged in over the board tiebreaks.

Sections: U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18, boys and girls will be playing in the same section.

Prizes:

Prize and Trophies are reserved for players who have been Quebec resident for at least one year,

Special prizes for the U8 and U10 sections only: medals for the first 10 players,

Regular prizes for all sections; First: Provincial Rapid Champion, free entry into the CYCC (value 250$) and a trophy
second and third place: Trophy and free entry in a Tour du Quebec tournament or in an U8 Youth Tournament.

All players with a score of 50% or more (2.5 in a 5 rounds Swiss) will qualify for the CYCC.

All the publicity is in French, but if you need assistance, you can contact me.

74 preregistered players an still counting.

The U18 section has only 4 players and will be played as a double round robin, not as a Swiss. The tiebreaks have been adjusted accordingly because two of them are meaningless for a round robin.

Tiebreaks for the round robin U18 section

1. Direct encounter
2. Sonneborn-Berger with no result removed
3. Greater number of wins
4. Koya, extended if necessary,