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A Note On Hamilton Junior Champs and Conflict with Hart House
A Note On Hamilton Junior Champs and Conflict with Hart House
On July 4-5 Hamilton will be having its annual Junior Chess Championships. This will be a good event for younger and beginning juniors to get their first tournament experience. The entry fee will be ten dollars.
To see a detailed poster of this event please visit:
Our apologies to Hart House organizers for the conflict with their event. The YMCA, who provides our venue booked the rooms for the first weekend in July since that's when it took place in previous years. By the time I realized there was a conflict I was unable to get multiple rooms needed on weekends that time of year.
We will do our best to cater to younger and beginning juniors so that there is as little conflict as possible. Also, there is no prize fund in this event, only trophies. Given that, I think both tournaments have a very good chance to be successful.
Reminder of the Hamilton Junior Championship this weekend:
Hamilton Junior Chess Championships
A Tournament for Chess Players 17 and under
Presented by the Hamilton City Chess Club and the YMCA
Time And Place
Saturday July 4th and Sunday July 5th
YMCA 79 James Street South
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton and Paddy Cline Rooms
Schedule
Saturday
9:00am Registration
9:30am Round 1
12:30pm Lunch
1:00pm Round 2
4:00 pm Round 3
Sunday
10:00am Round 4
1:00pm Round 5
2:00pm Tie Breakers
Trophy prizes will be awarded immediately after tie breakers are completed
Registration
Entry is 5 dollars if you pre-register by email or 10 dollars on site
Please include your CFC information when you email us
If you are not a CFC member or new to chess let us know when you pre-register
Please show up on site (Saturday) 9:00am to confirm your registration
Rules and Conditions
Players are asked to bring clocks and tournament chess sets
If you do not have a chess set please inform us when you pre-register
Players who register on site without chess equipment may not be entered
(If we run out of sets)
Sets and clocks can be purchased at strategygames.ca or members.chess.ca/store/
All cell phones must be turned off
Talking must be kept to a minimum during games
All moves must be written down until 5 minutes left on player’s clock
Touch move rule is in effect
CFC Rules and conditions apply: This is a CFC rated and sanctioned event
HCCC Charter rules governing sportsmanship are in effect
All TD Decisions are final
Bye Requests: half point byes available for rounds 1-3 only
Time Controls: all games will be 90 minutes each player
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