2017 Aurora Spring Open

[Fred Harvey]

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There's no open section. Egidijus seems to be narrow-minded.

Well that is the quote of the week! Your obsession with the minutae of definitions is ludricrous when the sports world has re-defined the word "Open"....think tennis, U.S. and Wimbledon "Opens", think golf, U.S. and British "Opens", and that's only scratching the surface! Time to move on young man.....

[Digeng Du]

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There's no open section. Egidijus seems to be narrow-minded.

Open - This label should only be used when the section is open to all with no restrictions whatsoever.
Pro - This suggests that the players are professionals when in reality most, if not all, are amateurs.
Crown (I have seen this elsewhere) - This suggests royalty, of which we have none that I know of.
Closed - To me, closed suggests 'by invitation only' or earned through qualification in a previous tournament(s). This doesn't seem correct to me.
Elite - From Wiktionary "someone who is among the best". I'm not sure that grandmasters would consider players who have a rating around 2000 to be elite. It doesn't seem to fit to me.
Premier - From Wiktionary "first or highest in quality or degree". Similar argument as for elite. In addition, premier is not truly an English word, it's what linguists call a 'borrowed word' (from Middle French).
Advanced (to go along with intermediate, novice, etc.) - This is vague labeling. There is no indication of what rating range each section covers. This is less helpful than our admittedly incorrect 'Open, U2000, and U1600' labels.

Nice April fools post. You're a few days early tho.

[John Brown]

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There's no open section. Egidijus seems to be narrow-minded.

Open - This label should only be used when the section is open to all with no restrictions whatsoever.
Pro - This suggests that the players are professionals when in reality most, if not all, are amateurs.
Crown (I have seen this elsewhere) - This suggests royalty, of which we have none that I know of.
Closed - To me, closed suggests 'by invitation only' or earned through qualification in a previous tournament(s). This doesn't seem correct to me.
Elite - From Wiktionary "someone who is among the best". I'm not sure that grandmasters would consider players who have a rating around 2000 to be elite. It doesn't seem to fit to me.
Premier - From Wiktionary "first or highest in quality or degree". Similar argument as for elite. In addition, premier is not truly an English word, it's what linguists call a 'borrowed word' (from Middle French).
Advanced (to go along with intermediate, novice, etc.) - This is vague labeling. There is no indication of what rating range each section covers. This is less helpful than our admittedly incorrect 'Open, U2000, and U1600' labels.

Denis
I'd suggest you run a tournament and then we can pick it apart line by line.

[Denis Gauthier]

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There's no open section. Egidijus seems to be narrow-minded.

Open - This label should only be used when the section is open to all with no restrictions whatsoever.
Pro - This suggests that the players are professionals when in reality most, if not all, are amateurs.
Crown (I have seen this elsewhere) - This suggests royalty, of which we have none that I know of.
Closed - To me, closed suggests 'by invitation only' or earned through qualification in a previous tournament(s). This doesn't seem correct to me.
Elite - From Wiktionary "someone who is among the best". I'm not sure that grandmasters would consider players who have a rating around 2000 to be elite. It doesn't seem to fit to me.
Premier - From Wiktionary "first or highest in quality or degree". Similar argument as for elite. In addition, premier is not truly an English word, it's what linguists call a 'borrowed word' (from Middle French).
Advanced (to go along with intermediate, novice, etc.) - This is vague labeling. There is no indication of what rating range each section covers. This is less helpful than our admittedly incorrect 'Open, U2000, and U1600' labels.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

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65 player on the list.
I added the current FIDE information (though a new rating list will be released on the day of the tournament). Please check if your name corresponds to a right FIDE ID.

http://www.aucc.club/aurora-weekend-...a-spring-open/

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

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~61 player on the list at http://www.aucc.club/aurora-weekend-...a-spring-open/

Please pre-register and use a Paypal form to pay a tournament fee. It will save everyone's time and the round one will start on time :)

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

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~50 players sorted in sections at http://www.aucc.club/aurora-weekend-...a-spring-open/

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

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42 players. 3 weeks till the tournament.

http://www.aucc.club/aurora-weekend-...ra-spring-open
Details, a players' list, possibility to register and pay fees.

[William Li]

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There is more than one definition for some of the words you suggested.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

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38 on the list.
http://www.aucc.club/aurora-weekend-...ra-spring-open
where you can see the list, register, and pay fees :)

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

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Sign me up please, thanks.

Open Section. CFC: 154677 FIDE: 2619750

You need to send the email or to do at the website to be registered.

[Denis Gauthier]

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There's no open section. Egidijus seems to be narrow-minded.

Open - This label should only be used when the section is open to all with no restrictions whatsoever.
Pro - This suggests that the players are professionals when in reality most, if not all, are amateurs.
Crown (I have seen this elsewhere) - This suggests royalty, of which we have none that I know of.
Closed - To me, closed suggests 'by invitation only' or earned through qualification in a previous tournament(s). This doesn't seem correct to me.
Elite - From Wiktionary "someone who is among the best". I'm not sure that grandmasters would consider players who have a rating around 2000 to be elite. It doesn't seem to fit to me.
Premier - From Wiktionary "first or highest in quality or degree". Similar argument as for elite. In addition, premier is not truly an English word, it's what linguists call a 'borrowed word' (from Middle French).
Advanced (to go along with intermediate, novice, etc.) - This is vague labeling. There is no indication of what rating range each section covers. This is less helpful than our admittedly incorrect 'Open, U2000, and U1600' labels.

[William Li]

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Sign me up please, thanks.

Open Section. CFC: 154677 FIDE: 2619750

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

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bumping up.

31 player on the list.

http://www.aucc.club/aurora-weekend-...a-spring-open/

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

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19 pre-reg players on the list. As my colleague told: it's a really really good start :)