2016 Aurora Fall Open

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Please use this email for registration/inquires/questions: aurorafallopen@gmail.com

The tournament website is at http://www.aucc.club/aucc-2016-fall-open


What: CFC/FIDE Rated Chess Tournament
When: October 1-2, 2016
Where: The Royal Canadian Legion 89 Industrial Parkway North, Aurora, Ontario L4G 4C4

Format: 5 Round Swiss. FIDE/CFC rated. CFC membership is required.
Sections: Open (FIDE rated), U2000*, U1600, U1300.
Round Times: Saturday 9:30 AM, 2:00 PM, 6:30 PM, Sunday 10:00 AM, 2:30 PM.
Time Control: G/90 min + 30 sec/move.
Half Point Byes: Two byes may be requested in advance for Rounds 1-4.

Chief Arbiter: Graeme Knight.
Entry fee: $65 for pre-registered before end of day, Thursday, September 29th.
IM/GM: Free entry.

Late fee: $20. Walk-in registrations will be paired from Round 2 onward.
To play up: $20 play-up fee if current rating is within 100 points of rating floor.
Fees include the HST.

Prizes: $2000+ (based on entries).

Pre-Registration: Please use aurorafallopen@gmail.com. Check the website for registration too: http://www.aucc.club/aucc-2016-fall-open/
Registration cut-off: Please make sure you have checked yourself in ON-SITE and paid entry fees before 9:00 AM on Saturday to guarantee a pairing for Round 1.

NEW** Once again the Royal Canadian Legion will be offering lunch both days and dinner on Saturday. The menu includes goulash, chili, pizza and sandwiches. All very good and very reasonably priced.

Coffee and water provided. Chess sets and clocks are provided for play.
Free parking. Great facilities and restaurants within walking distance.

* U2000 will be FIDE rated if 6 or more FIDE rated players participate in the section.

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: 2016 Aurora Fall Open

All information at http://www.aucc.club/aucc-2016-fall-open
A direct link to preregistered players: http://www.aucc.club/aucc-2016-fall-open/#players
At this moment ~50 players on the list.


We have unclear issues with an email, thus the form to register or send any questions/requests is at http://www.aucc.club/aucc-2016-fall-open/#registration


What: CFC/FIDE Rated Chess Tournament
When: October 1-2, 2016
Where: The Royal Canadian Legion 89 Industrial Parkway North, Aurora, Ontario L4G 4C4

Format: 5 Round Swiss. FIDE/CFC rated. CFC membership is required.
Sections: Open (FIDE rated), U2000*, U1600, U1300.
Round Times: Saturday 9:30 AM, 2:00 PM, 6:30 PM, Sunday 10:00 AM, 2:30 PM.
Time Control: G/90 min + 30 sec/move.
Half Point Byes: Two byes may be requested in advance for Rounds 1-4.

Chief Arbiter: Graeme Knight.
Entry fee: $65 for pre-registered before end of day, Thursday, September 29th.
IM/GM: Free entry.

Late fee: $20. Walk-in registrations will be paired from Round 2 onward.
To play up: $20 play-up fee if current rating is within 100 points of rating floor.
Fees include the HST.

Prizes: $2000+ (based on entries).

Pre-Registration: Please use the the form at the website http://www.aucc.club/aucc-2016-fall-open/
Registration cut-off: Please make sure you have checked yourself in ON-SITE and paid entry fees before 9:00 AM on Saturday to guarantee a pairing for Round 1.

NEW** Once again the Royal Canadian Legion will be offering lunch both days and dinner on Saturday. The menu includes goulash, chili, pizza and sandwiches. All very good and very reasonably priced.

Coffee and water provided. Chess sets and clocks are provided for play.
Free parking. Great facilities and restaurants within walking distance.

* U2000 will be FIDE rated if 6 or more FIDE rated players participate in the section.

Hi Egis:

I see on the pre-registration list that you have provided FIDE ratings for those in the U 2000 section - thanks. I see we currently have 4 FIDE rated players. The flyer says:


"* U2000 will be FIDE rated if 6 or more FIDE rated players participate in the section."

If you are in the U 2000 section and have a FIDE rating, and are available that weekend, seriously consider playing.

The participation of 2 more FIDE-rated players in our section will get it FIDE rated. For the U 2000 players, the more new players that get FIDE ratings, the more often other organizers will offer this option to us as well......but there must be a big enough pool of U 2000 FIDE rateds to make FIDE rating both available and worthwhile.

I, and I know many others, enjoy playing in AuCC tournaments. And on Saturday AM, I can get from my door in Toronto to the Legion Hall in only 30 min.! And coming back late Sat. night is almost as fast.

It's worth the trip to Aurora! (To cop an ad)

Bob A (I declare that Graeme did not pay me for this! ;) )

P.S. - Egis - a small thing that may not really matter - the pre-reg list uses my old rating at the time I pre-registered. It is now 1611 - the real significance of this is that I don't have to pay the playing up fee, as I usually have had to for many years past now! Whoohoo (Though I suppose you will be waiting 'til next Wed. to update all ratings).

[Matthew Nicholson]

Re: 2016 Aurora Fall Open

Just a thought, and I'll respect any decision that Graeme makes...

Ruperto Frilles has a FIDE rating over 2000 and so IMHO should not be allowed to play U2000, in spite of his CFC rating. He should have to play in the Open (Tier1, lol) section.

-Matt

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: 2016 Aurora Fall Open

P.S. - Egis - a small thing that may not really matter - the pre-reg list uses my old rating at the time I pre-registered. It is now 1611 - the real significance of this is that I don't have to pay the playing up fee, as I usually have had to for many years past now! Whoohoo (Though I suppose you will be waiting 'til next Wed. to update all ratings).

Yup, you're right. The list will be updated with new ratings on the September 29 or 30 after registration closing.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: 2016 Aurora Fall Open

Ruperto Frilles has a FIDE rating over 2000 and so IMHO should not be allowed to play U2000, in spite of his CFC rating.

I think I have seen that he was once on the Open list then moved to U2000. Need to double check what happened.

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: 2016 Aurora Fall Open

Just a thought, and I'll respect any decision that Graeme makes...

Ruperto Frilles has a FIDE rating over 2000 and so IMHO should not be allowed to play U2000, in spite of his CFC rating. He should have to play in the Open (Tier1, lol) section.

-Matt

We'd miss Ruperto in the U 2000's, but I think Matthew is right.

I have had my FIDE rating given precedence over my CFC rating in a Canadian tournament. I have had my FIDE rating used, though for me to my benefit.

When my FIDE rating was over 1600, but my CFC rating was below 1600, I argued that my highest rating was the one the organizer should use for section selection. In this case, the sections were (If I'm remembering correctly) U 2100 and U 1700.

I wanted to play up in the U 2100. I said I was within 100 pts. of the floor of the higher section, IF my FIDE rating is the proper one to use. And that I should be able to pay a "playing up fee" to get into the U 2100, because of the use of my FIDE (Not CFC) rating.

The organizer agreed (Of course it was because I was right in principle, not just because he got an unexpected playing up fee! ;). )

Bob A

P.S. IF a FIDE rating is old (say 5 years, with no subsequent FIDE tournament ratings), maybe there is an argument from the player that it should not override a current CFC rating, that has changed numerous times over the last 5 years. But I note that Ruperto's FIDE rating has been updated already 3 times in 2016, so it is likely as good an indicator of current strength as the current CFC rating.

[Matthew Nicholson]

Re: 2016 Aurora Fall Open

FYI your website is down, as is the pre-reg list. :)

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: 2016 Aurora Fall Open

FYI your website is down, as is the pre-reg list. :)

Yup down probably till Sunday or Monday. We created a new email to handle registrations: aurorafallopen@gmail.com

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: 2016 Aurora Fall Open

Ruperto Frilles has a FIDE rating over 2000 and so IMHO should not be allowed to play U2000, in spite of his CFC rating

There was an error entering his FIDE rating: 2025 was taken from the chess.ca, while his actual rating is 1925 from fide.com

[Gary Hua]

Re: 2016 Aurora Fall Open

pre-registered list at 52 now. Looks good and should surpass 70 soon.

Always a well run tournament and hopefully more players will sign up soon.

Cheers

[Bernie Prost]

Re: 2016 Aurora Fall Open

Thanks Gary, appreciate that! :)

Due to our email hiccup as Egis has just said you can also register here.. aurorafallopen@gmail.com

If you've registered and your name isn't on the list let us know.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: 2016 Aurora Fall Open

57 players now.
Still use a special email: aurorafallopen@gmail.com for registration. It might take several days for website go online.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: 2016 Aurora Fall Open

Seems the website is back online, emails get to us, and only several days left till the early registration.

~69+ players on the list (not yet updated on the website)

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: 2016 Aurora Fall Open

72 players
The list nicely formatted is at http://www.aucc.club/aucc-2016-fall-open

The tournament is this weekend.

Avoid late fees by letting us know if you're coming by this Thursday.

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: 2016 Aurora Fall Open

72 players
The list nicely formatted is at http://www.aucc.club/aucc-2016-fall-open

The tournament is this weekend.

Avoid late fees by letting us know if you're coming by this Thursday.

I am pleased to see 7 players with FIDE ratings in the U 2000 section - the organizers guaranteed that the U 2000 section would also be FIDE rated if there were at least 6 FIDE-rated players in the section. Whooohooo.

This is important to class players since we have few opportunities to play for FIDE-rating points. The more of us class players that get FIDE ratings, the more often we will meet organizer terms as to no. of players for FIDE-rating our section since our pool will be growing.

It's worth the trip to Aurora!

Bob A