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This will be a round-robin team tournament. Each team shall consist of 4 players with unlimited number of reserve players.
The deadline for team entries will be December 31, 2013, by email to Tournament Coordinator Evgeny Tobolovsky. An additional section Under 2000 will be formed, if 6 or more teams with average rating under 2000 enter the competition. The event will be CFC rated, and the rating fees will be paid by the GTCL.
CFC membership is required.
Schedule: All games will be played on consecutive Tuesdays at 6:30 pm at the Willowdale Chess Club ( at the Earl Bales Park near Bathurst and Sheppard intersection)
Time control: 60 minutes for the game with 30 seconds per move increment. Any games not yet completed by 10:00 pm will be adjudicated by the appeal committee.
Entry fee: FREE
Prizes: Trophy for all players of the winning team.
Chess sets and boards are provided by the Willowdale Chess Club. Please bring your chess clock (2 per team).
Less than a month to go for the Greater Toronto Chess League. The event will be CFC rated, and the rating fees will be paid by the GTCL. All games will be played on consecutive Tuesdays at 6:30 pm at the Willowdale Chess Club (Bathurst and Sheppard intersection).
Last year we hosted 8 teams - Aurora, Annex, Knights of Chess, Willowdale, Hart House, GGY, Phantoms, and Chess Academy.
Less than a month to go for the Greater Toronto Chess League. The event will be CFC rated, and the rating fees will be paid by the GTCL. All games will be played on consecutive Tuesdays at 6:30 pm at the Willowdale Chess Club (Bathurst and Sheppard intersection).
Last year we hosted 8 teams - Aurora, Annex, Knights of Chess, Willowdale, Hart House, GGY, Phantoms, and Chess Academy.
We have 4 teams registered for The GREATER TORONTO CHESS LEAGUE 2014:
Willowdale Chess Club,
Annex Chess Club,
Aurora Chess Club, and
GGY.
Most likely it will be double round robin - 6 rounds.
On Tuesday, January 7 we will draw lots and determine pairings for Round 1, which will start at 6:30 pm next Tuesday - January 14.
We have 4 teams registered for The GREATER TORONTO CHESS LEAGUE 2014:
Willowdale Chess Club,
Annex Chess Club,
Aurora Chess Club, and
GGY.
Most likely it will be double round robin - 6 rounds.
On Tuesday, January 7 we will draw lots and determine pairings for Round 1, which will start at 6:30 pm next Tuesday - January 14.
We have one more team registered:
Hart House Chess Club.
Finally, we have 6 teams registered for The GREATER TORONTO CHESS LEAGUE 2014:
Willowdale Chess Club,
Annex Chess Club,
Aurora Chess Club,
GGY,
Hart House Chess Club, and
Pinoy Chess Club.
It will be single round robin - 5 rounds.
Round 1 will start at 6:30 pm next Tuesday, January 14, at Willowdale Chess Club.
All information about event, including teams composition and pairings for all rounds could be found on the Chess-Results website:
Looks great, cant wait. What are the rules for board order?
Does it have to be by rating? Or is there some leaway?
Geordie, we want to leave as much freedom as possible to the team captains - they could define board order.
The only restriction - the order shouldn't be changed during the event - it should be the same for all matches.
Round 1 was played on Tuesday, January 14 at Willowdale Chess Club.
The results are:
Code:
No. SNo. Team Res. Team SNo.
1 1 GGY 0 - 4 Aurora Chess Club 6
2 2 Pinoy Chess Club 1 - 3 Willowdale Chess Club 5
3 3 Hart House Chess Club 3½ - ½ Annex Chess Club 4
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