2014 Toronto Open Earlybird deadline: one week left!

[Marcus Wilker]

We don't have a junior, senior, or women's discount; we've got a discount for everyone!

$10 off before Feb 28

http://annexchessclub.com/2014/01/2014-toronto-open/

[Felix Nemenyi]

Re: 2014 Toronto Open Earlybird deadline: one week left!

Much expensive? Timing bad: normal people have better things... chess on easter. Sanity & family maybe?

[Alex Ferreira]

Re: 2014 Toronto Open Earlybird deadline: one week left!

Much expensive? Timing bad: normal people have better things... chess on easter. Sanity & family maybe?

I often hear people saying that "people won't play, it's a family weekend".
The Toronto Open was traditionally organized on Easter for many years in the past.
At Hart House, also in Toronto, we just had two tournaments with 148 players. Could we have had more? Who knows. When we first organized a Holidays Open and claimed the weekend before Christmas to run a chess tournament, everyone said the same things: "It's a crazy idea, people are Christmas shopping, people go away, etc..." and surely some do. Then you establish a tradition and things are okay. We just had 148 players at Reading Week Open, which is on the Family-Day long weekend. Some families make it a family outing. Some families have more than one chess-playing person. Some people take byes.
The North American reality is that we do 2-rounds-a-day tournaments and try to take up every long weekend for tournaments.
Alex Ferreira

[Marcus Wilker]

Re: 2014 Toronto Open Earlybird deadline: one week left!

Two days left for earlybird registration

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[Jack Maguire]

Re: 2014 Toronto Open Earlybird deadline: one week left!

The timing is bad not because it's Easter but because it conflicts with the 2014 OYCC in Kitchener, also being held over the Easter weekend. I would surmise that most strong juniors will opt to be in Kitchener that weekend.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: 2014 Toronto Open Earlybird deadline: one week left!

The timing is bad not because it's Easter but because it conflicts with the 2014 OYCC in Kitchener, also being held over the Easter weekend. I would surmise that most strong juniors will opt to be in Kitchener that weekend.

Then it is a good reason for those who don't like to play against or amongst kids LOL

[Ed Zator]

Re: 2014 Toronto Open Earlybird deadline: one week left!

So how do we register for the early bird, yet pay afterwards before April 13 at the ACC?
The online registration takes you to PayPal.

[Ed Zator]

Re: 2014 Toronto Open Earlybird deadline: one week left!

The way I did it, was register as an "elite player".
One who happens to be playing U1900!