Hart House Holidays Open

Changes from previous tournaments

Hi,

Please note the following changes from previous editions:

Time Control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds for all sections. Several players requested it, taking into account two rounds on Saturday & Sunday.
Players on-site are welcome to voice their preferences and concerns with me, and if a large enough group of people share the same opinion on time control or any other issue, modifications to future editions of Hart House tournaments are possible.

Round Times: Taking into account the new time control, some changes were made. Round 1 will now start at 6:30pm, with players arriving before 6pm. This will give participants an additional half hour (compared to previous years) to make it to round 1 on Friday evening after their earlier Friday routines. Rounds 3 & 5 will start at 3:30pm, again half hour earlier than previous editions. The slightly faster time control will allow for a more comfortable lunch for those whose games go the full length, and overall shorten the total tournament-day by over one hour.

Discounts: Flat Fee early entry is now $60. The vast majority of discounts were removed. The situation had become such that, 80%+ of the players were eligible for a discount and we were targeting a very small group with "normal" fees. This will also allow us to make more accurate prize fund projections based on number of entries. While I appreciate this change may be unpopular among several players, I hope that the community can appreciate that we continue to provide an entry fee that is very competitive with most other tournaments in the region.

Alex Ferreira

Hart House Holidays Open

Where: Great Hall, Hart House, University of Toronto
When: December 16th, 17th, 18th
Round Times: 6:30pm Friday, 10am & 3:30pm Saturday, 10am & 3:30pm Sunday
Style: 5 Round Swiss in 4 Sections: Crown, U2200, U1900 & U1600
Time Control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move 1, for all sections

Entry Fee: $60 in advance for all players. $80 only on site.
Discounts: $20 less for University of Toronto students. Free for IMs & WIMs if registered by December 9th.

Organizer: Alex Ferreira & Hart House Chess Club. Contact hhtournaments(at)gmail(dot)com

Other Info: Please bring sets & clocks
Website: www.harthousechess.com

Registration:

• Email registrations must be completed by December 14th, or else considered late.
• After pre-registering by email, please bring cash payment to the playing site before 6:00pm on December 16th, or mail a cheque which arrives by December 14th. If online registrants paying in cash arrive after 6:00pm on December 16th, they cannot be guaranteed a pairing in Round 1. No cheques on site.
• To register in advance by mailing a cheque (arrival by December 14th, 2016), make cheque payable to Hart House Chess Club, at 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto ON, M5S 3H3. No postdated cheques.
• Registrants after December 14th, 2016 are not guaranteed to be paired in Round 1, and must pay onsite entry fee ($80).
• Players taking a bye in Round 1 can pay the entry fee twenty minutes before the start of Round 2.

Entry Fee: $60 in advance, $80 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 University of Toronto students. Free entry for IMs and WIMs if registered by December 9th.
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.

Early Entries

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Crown
(FIDE Ratings)

2479 - Noritsyn, Nikolay - IM
2405 - Yang, Kaiqi - IM
2404 - Song, Michael - IM
2310 - Morrison, Robert
2299 - Ivanov, Mike - ut
2289 - Zhang, Yuanchen
2248 - Findlay, Ian
2245 - Plotkin, Victor
2192 - Song, Guannan Terry
2188 - Peng, David (Yu)
2180 - Dougherty, Michael
2180 - Bellissimo, Joseph
2152 - Vettese, Nicholas
2140 - Hua, Eugene
2123 - Chen, Richard
2088 - Cai, Jason
2080 - Xu, Haizhou
2076 - Bluvshtein, Ilia
2071 - Agbabishvili, Lali
2051 - Moffat, Andrei
2040 - Calvelo, Jelvis
2008 - Zhang, Henry
1961 - Yu, Wenlu
1947 - Zotkin, Daniel

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U2200

2176 - Southam, David
2173 - Li, William
2158 - Noritsyn, Sergey
2148 - Perelman, Leon
2141 - Aniunoh, Chike (Jude)
2139 - Zeromskis, Egidijus
2116 - Maulucci, Anthony
2110 - Lei, Sean
2079 - Liang, Hairan
2076 - Ryadnov, Denis
2071 - Zhao, Harry
2057 - Chernik, Dmitry
2056 - England, Max
2054 - Malakhovets, Sergey
2051 - Cheryachukin, Yury
2050 - Wiebe, Daniel
2039 - Wang, Constance
2038 - Liu, Daniel
2035 - Ye, Stephen - ut
2024 - Back, Jeff
2014 - Lacau-Rodean, Iulia
1979 - Liu, Zhanhe (Lambert)
1978 - Lin, Benjamin
1939 - Washimkar, Arhant
1933 - Surya, Benito
1926 - Chen, Max
1923 - Li, Michael
1905 - Mendoza, Armand Jess
1902 - Qian, Lanting
1882 - Qiao, Cindy
1844 - Kang, Dorian
1840 - Rusonik, Max
1832 - Uthayakumar, Ronan

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U1900

1875 - Colvin, Andrew
1827 - O'Neill, Brendon
1811 - Cale, Ferdinand
1794 - Ghazarian, Tigran
1758 - Supsup, Ferdinand
1752 - Benggawan, Undriadi
1716 - Ning, Eric
1716 - Ab-barin, Hooshang
1702 - Singh, Malhar
1693 - Feng, Richard
1691 - Sun, Andy
1683 - Sharpe, Michael D
1676 - Liao, Joseph
1674 - Li, Eric M
1666 - Belcadi, Salim
1646 - Armstrong, Robert J.
1638 - Ranola, Alberto
1617 - Ali, Shafkat
1613 - Kathirkamar, Janani
1567 - Zhao, Jeffrey R.
1566 - Jiang, Brian
1543 - Gryn, Maksym
1542 - Xie, Patrick
1538 - Kurkowski, Ken

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U1600

1552 - Giffen, Glenn
1542 - Louie, Kim
1533 - Zhao, Jonathan
1504 - Gillis, Doug
1498 - Cottrell, Deparse - ut
1480 - Liu, Harrison (Hangchen)
1479 - Chen, Cheney
1463 - Brown, John R.
1454 - Bercovici, Mark
1453 - Zhang, Henry XianRui
1428 - Wang, Yanning
1419 - Wu, Edward Yang
1414 - Lu, Lucas Yunkun
1414 - White, Lorne
1395 - Liu, Harry
1385 - Xie, Austin
1375 - Li, Yun Hong (Kevin)
1373 - Zhao, Jeffrey Renfei
1371 - Yang, Elena
1371 - Du, Robert Jinyu
1366 - Liu, Henry
1352 - Dinatolo, Zack
1330 - Hua, Michelle
1314 - Xiao, Edward
1307 - Archibald, Colin B.
1287 - Lu, Leo
1286 - Yuan, Daniel
1273 - Ma, Yue Ran
1269 - Sztuka, Jeremy - ut
1258 - Bhanji, Areez
1239 - Wang, Eric
1239 - Shen, Isamel
1221 - Khakimov, Karim
1219 - Li, Wing
1218 - Dorn, Hendrik
1190 - Lin, Angela
1190 - Field, Christopher
1165 - Finkelstein, Michael
1143 - Vera, Jesus
1116 - Gao, William (Zhimao)
1069 - Salem, Hazem
1068 - Chen, Derek
1044 - Gangolli, Rahul
1034 - Pishdad, M. Hassan
969 - Zhuang, Jin Rong (Winnie)
954 - Plotkin, Julia
952 - Hay, John
945 - Gao, Raymond
938 - Hughes, Henry
918 - Chen, Andrew
899 - Huang, Youhe
891 - Tuong, Rose
854 - Ai, Amy
854 - Zhuang, Leo
831 - Gao, Lucy
708 - Surya, Dania
685 - Mane, Arnav
UNR - Hakimi, Navid - ut
UNR - Mane, Kishor
UNR - Mohan, Manu

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Early Entries: 141

Alex Ferreira

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