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****Bring Chess Boards, Sets and Clocks.****
Registration by e-mail jeswifty@hotmail.com up to 10:00 p.m. on 11th April, 2014
Registration by regular mail to:
John Erickson
4-6453 Colborne St.
Niagara Falls
ONTARIO
L2J 1E7
Regular mail entries to be received by 10th April, 2014
On site registration between 8:00 - 8:45AM on 12th April 2014. Late fee $5 added.
Cash only, at site.
Site is Non Smoking. ****Bring Chess Boards, Sets and Clocks.****
CFC membership required.
Memberships can be purchased on site.
Junior memberships need proof of age.
Last edited by John Brown; Monday, 9th December, 2013, 07:34 AM.
Reason: font changes
Niagara Falls open falls on the same date as CMA OCC ( Apr 13 ). Last year Niagara Falls open saw quite a number of juniors playing. With the OCC falling on he same date, I guess they may have to make a decision which one to play which is a shame, isn't it ?
Can this be avoided ? April 27 seems to be a free day of chess so far.....
Niagara Falls Open 2014 date was decided in April 2013 and was posted on chess talk when John Erickson made his last post at that time.
We will not be changing our dates to accommodate the CMA OCC.
Mar 8-9 - Aurora Open
Mar 15-16 - Kitchener Open
Mar 29-30 - Guelph Open
April 5-6 -
April 12-13 - Niagara Falls Open & CMA OCC ( Apr 13 ) - conflict
April 18-20 - Toronto Open
April 26-27 -
May 4 - CMA Grand Prix III
May 10-11 - OYCC ( for juniors only )
Assuming all kids will play at Ontario Chess Challenge, Niagara Falls Open will be the first ever AOCT Adult Only Chess Tournament (excluding of course Canadian Seniors Championship)
Niagara Falls Open 2014 date was decided in April 2013 and was posted on chess talk when John Erickson made his last post at that time.
We will not be changing our dates to accommodate the CMA OCC.
Hi John
Why don't you talk to CMA organizer ? This way a win win situation can be arrived.
Assuming all kids will play at Ontario Chess Challenge, Niagara Falls Open will be the first ever AOCT Adult Only Chess Tournament (excluding of course Canadian Seniors Championship)
Looking at last year tournament, there were 36 players out of which 1/3 are kids. It was a great tournament which I guessed most players agreed. it will definitely missed by the juniors who will be missing the tournament this year.
Chess & Math do their own thing and if they want to run a big event that weekend it is their choice.
Niagara Falls Open is normally the weekend before Easter when it comes in April. Otherwise it is usually the second weekend in April.
We have a limited space and we have a great site, which we do not want to lose. Also our event has to be booked early to secure a spot. There would be no guarantee
we can change it on short notice. If we don't get the juniors, our spaces may be filled with more adults who tend not to play when too many juniors enter.
Each year we have gained some new CFC members, some adults and some juniors.
We are running a chess event. That is all we want to do. We are not interested in who plays as long as we can provide the Chess community with a tournament in April that is at low entry fees. Who can predict how many Juniors will play in CMA OCC? Some may decide that Niagara Falls is a better choice.
If you and your son are so interested in playing chess that weekend, why not play 3 rounds at the Niagara Falls Open, withdraw and play Sunday in Toronto. That way you'll get chess all weekend.
The reason we can't change the date of the Niagara Falls Open is that I won't be able to be there. I organize the tournament with help from John Brown. I work weekends and getting a weekend off is extremely difficult. If I could get weekends off, I would play a whole lot more tournaments including the Guelph tournament this coming weekend. I also have a couple of friends who wouldn't be able to play either as they work at the same place I do.
This tournament was booked last year at this time and is one day off of last year's event. This tournament has been around for 10 years now and has been at this new time for the last 4 years. The organizer of OMA CC should have let everyone know the date they had planned and found out if there were any conflicts pending. If they had done that, I would have let them know.
I wish that you and the many other juniors could play, but that is a decision they and their parents will have to make.
Thanks for the update n I appreciate it very much. Thanks for organizing the tournament for ten years now n I am sure most participants have enjoyed playing there throughout these years.
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