Hart House Spring Open

[Alex Ferreira]

Hi everybody,


Hart House Spring Open


When: March 25-27
Where: Great Hall, Hart House, University of Toronto
Rounds: Friday 10am & 4pm, Saturday 10am & 4pm, Sunday 10am & 4pm
Sections: Crown, U2200, U1900, U1600 & U1300
Time Control: 120 minutes + 30 seconds increment for all sections.
Entry Fee: $70 in advance

Registration: by cheque, or by e-mail
Organizer: Alex Ferreira at hhtournaments(at)gmail(dot)com
Arbiter: Tyler Longo

Note: Please Bring Sets & Clocks


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Our Website is still down as we will have to migrate it to a new domain, so I posted all info here, but feel free to e-mail questions.

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Registration:

• Email registrations must be completed by March 23rd, or else considered late.
• After pre-registering by email, please bring cash payment to the playing site before 9:30am on March 25th, or mail a cheque which arrives by March 23rd. If online registrants paying in cash arrive after 9:30am on March 25th, they cannot be guaranteed a pairing in Round 1. No cheques on site.
• To register in advance by mailing a cheque (arrival by March 23rd, 2016), make cheque payable to Hart House Chess Club, at 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto ON, M5S 3H3. No postdated cheques.
• Registrants after March 23rd, 2016 are not guaranteed to be paired in Round 1, and must pay onsite entry fee ($90).
• Players taking a bye in Round 1 can pay the entry fee twenty minutes before the start of Round 2.

Entry Fee: $70 in advance, $90 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 juniors (born after March 25th, 1998), seniors (born before March 25th, 1956), women, and University of Toronto students. One discount per player. Free entry for IMs and WIMs if registered by March 18th.
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.


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Advance Entries:

IM - International Master
j - junior
s - senior
w - woman
ut - University of Toronto student

Note: Crown Section will be paired using FIDE ratings

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2466 (2601) - Noritsyn, Nikolay - IM
2438 (2497) - Vavrak, Peter - IM
2437 (2544) - Krnan, Tomas - IM
2381 (2442) - Song, Michael - j
2311 (2430) - Plotkin, Victor
2308 (2416) - Cummings, David - IM
2263 (2313) - Zhu, Hong Rui - j
2216 (2335) - Chen, Richard - j
2151 (2276) - Plotkin, Mark - j
2138 (2249) - Bellissimo, Joseph - j
2066 (2246) - Talukdar, Rohan - j
2059 (2300) - Xu, Haizhou
2045 (2321) - Mark, Eddie - ut
2042 (2246) - Vettese, Nicholas - j
2031 (2184) - Filipovich, David
1988 (2154) - Liang, Hairan - j
1959 (2125) - Cai, Jason - j
1956 (2124) - Zotkin, Daniel - j
1823 (2196) - Li, William - j

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2123 - Perelman, Leon
2063 - Zhang, Henry - j
2038 - Chernik, Dmitry
2031 - Zhao, Harry - j
2017 - Pramanik, Projjwal
1995 - Mendoza, Armand Jess
1983 - Maulucci, Anthony - j
1960 - Wang, Constance - j
1915 - Yie, Kevin Yi-Xiao - j
1907 - Magnan, Michel
1903 - Liu, Daniel - j
1888 - Cliff, Scott
1852 - Maulik, Anubhav - j
1847 - Qiao, Cindy - j

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1888 - Stein, Jacob
1825 - Zhao, Yanchun
1785 - Dervishyan, Arsen
1782 - Kaneshalingam, Mathanhe - j
1779 - Lin, Benjamin - j
1770 - Atanasov - Anthony - j
1749 - Moran-Venegas, Mario
1719 - Zhu, Jiarong - j
1675 - Nakagawa, Seiji - ut
1654 - Wing, Richard
1632 - Zhao, Zhong
1622 - Uthayakumar, Ronan - j
1608 - Sun, Andy - j
1577 - Le, Ken
1550 - Wang, Yanning - j
1541 - Ning, Eric - j
1513 - Shen, Tianyi - j
1503 - Bhanji, Zaynah - j

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1574 - Ranola, Alberto
1561 - Donan, Eduardo
1528 - Paraparan, Varshini - j
1507 - Gillis, Doug - s
1481 - Archibald, Colin B. - s
1460 - Ruan, Colin - j
1455 - Ali, Shafkat
1449 - Singh, Malhar - j
1422 - Atanasov, David - j
1419 - Nguyen, John
1400 - Liu, Harry - j
1395 - Shi, William - j
1382 - He, Emma - j
1344 - Moore, Jonathan - ut
1344 - Liao, Joseph - j
1311 - Qiao, Joey - j
1310 - Zhao, Jeffrey R. - j
1304 - Xie, Austin - j
1304 - Guo, Hazel Haotong - j
1301 - Sarkar, Rishi - j
1300 - Zhang, Henry XianRui - j
1241 - Balachandran, Kousihan - j
1240 - Xie, Patrick - j

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1271 - Jeyakumar, Bhavatharshan - j
1266 - Dorn, Hendrik
1260 - Bercovici, Mark
1179 - Bhanji, Areez - j
1171 - Vera, Jesus - s
1166 - Jeyakumar, Yathushan - j
1153 - Pishdad, M. Hassan - s
1124 - Finkelstein, Michael
1120 - Srinivas, Atharva - j
1120 - Li, Wing - j
1097 - Khakimov, Karim - j
1065 - Lin, Angela - j
1053 - Shi, David - j
1030 - Vaz, Jake - j
1028 - Xiang, Christopher j
993 - Souchko, Larissa - s
977 - Guo, Roger - j
963 - Rawal, Aahan - j
885 - Tuong, Rose - w
799 - Plotkin, Julia - j
799 - Chen, Andrew - j
UNR - Sritharan, Sriprasanna
UNR - Clugh, Rohan
UNR - Khamidov, Bek - j
UNR - Singh, Harpreet

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Edit: - Total Early Entries: 99



Alex Ferreira

[Vlad Dobrich]

Re: Hart House Spring Open

Three weeks til the tournament - but the initial post is lost down on page 4 (til now). The prereg list has been updated however.

[Alex Ferreira]

Changes

Hi all,


Couple of changes from the previous editions:


A - The added section is now U1300, since the previous tournament still had a lop-sided number of entries.

B - Bye Request policy to be enforced: Participants will continue to be allowed to request total of two times 1/2 (one half) point byes, in Rounds 1-4. All bye requests must be made at the start of the tournament, at the start of Round 1. Bye requests made after the start of the tournament will be zero-point byes. Bye request withdrawals will be subject to arbiter/organizer's discretion.

C - U1900 Section will be registered and submitted to FIDE for rating purposes. Since not as many players in this section have a FIDE rating, we cannot guarantee that participants will have a FIDE-rating after the event. Note that unrated FIDE players need to score 1 point against FIDE-rated opposition, a minimum of 3 games in the same tournament, for the FIDE rating count to begin. We feel that a 6-round event is more ideal to maximize chances of increasing the pool of future FIDE-rated players, and will be rating this edition as an experiment.


Alex Ferreira

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: Changes

Hi all,

Couple of changes from the previous editions:

A -
C - U1900 Section will be registered and submitted to FIDE for rating purposes. Since not as many players in this section have a FIDE rating, we cannot guarantee that participants will have a FIDE-rating after the event. Note that unrated FIDE players need to score 1 point against FIDE-rated opposition, a minimum of 3 games in the same tournament, for the FIDE rating count to begin. We feel that a 6-round event is more ideal to maximize chances of increasing the pool of future FIDE-rated players, and will be rating this edition as an experiment.

Alex Ferreira

Pleased to see this Alex.......to increase the Canadians with FIDE ratings requires more FIDE players for the newbies to play at their level......and the U 1900 section is a prime pool from which to grow our pool of Canadian FIDE-rated players. Though I believe it will not fit in my schedule this time (I love to play at Hart House!), and I am FIDE rated, I at least will encourage U 1900's with FIDE ratings to come out and support this tournament. The newbies need to beat up on you only a bit......1 win out of three, or two draws out of three. And additional games beyond 3 start them toward meeting the 2 year FIDE expiry period.

Good luck with the tournament, Alex.

Bob A

[Alex Ferreira]

Re: Hart House Spring Open

*bump*

Less than 2 weeks to tournament!

[Hugh Siddeley]

Re: Changes

B - Bye Request policy to be enforced: Participants will continue to be allowed to request total of two times 1/2 (one half) point byes, in Rounds 1-4. All bye requests must be made at the start of the tournament, at the start of Round 1. Bye requests made after the start of the tournament will be zero-point byes. Bye request withdrawals will be subject to arbiter/organizer's discretion.

Just wanted to double-check with you, as it's advertised as a 6-round tournament, no byes for round 5 (the penultimate round)?

As I work nights now I'd only be able to make the afternoon games, I'd have to take 3 byes... but only 2 is allowed?

[Alex Ferreira]

Re: Changes

A 3rd bye, or a Round 5 / Round 6 bye would be a zero-point bye.

[Alex Ferreira]

Re: Hart House Spring Open

*bump*

Just over a week for the tournament!

[Alex Ferreira]

Re: Hart House Spring Open

*bump*

Lots of chess happening.
Spring Open in less than a week!

[Alex Ferreira]

Re: Hart House Spring Open

*bump*
Registrations picking up fast.
Note that deadline for early entry is 23h59 Wednesday evening.
Alex Ferreira

[Alex Ferreira]

Re: Hart House Spring Open

*bump*
Last 24 hours for early entry.
Alex F.

[William Li]

Re: Hart House Spring Open

Hi Alex, my CFC rating is now 2196. I'm just wondering if you can let me play in the OPEN section without a playing up fee as I am only 4 points away from the rating floor.

[Alex Ferreira]

Re: Hart House Spring Open

List updated with current ratings. Further registrations are considered late, do e-mail me if your name is not on the list if you're planning on playing.
See you all tomorrow,
Alex Ferreira

[Jesse Wang]

Re: Hart House Spring Open

Hi Alex,

Could tell me if there are any nearby places to eat that will be open on Good Friday? Or should I bring my own food?

Thanks.

[Alex Ferreira]

Re: Hart House Spring Open

Hi,
7-8 minutes walk in any direction, there are various food options. Though it is Good Friday, not sure what will be open/closed.
Alex F.

Hi Alex,

Could tell me if there are any nearby places to eat that will be open on Good Friday? Or should I bring my own food?

Thanks.