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I thought it might be interesting to see where the largest tournaments were this year.
Here's a preliminary list. Numbers may be out by a couple as I didn't search for floater duplication between sections. Let me know if I missed any events.
Trois-Rivieres 222
Varennes 221
Toronto Open 178
Hart House 161
Montreal 156
Aurora Fall 154
Victoria GPO 146
Vancouver Keres 145
Aurora Summer 144
Laval 139
Cdn Open 137
Que Carnival 137
Quebec Open 136
Vancouver BC Open 132
Pere Noel Montr 118
That must be the Pere Noel tournament from 2016 - the 2017 event hasn't been held yet.
I assume these are CFC-rated events only. - if so - Laval (38 players) and the Quebec Carnival(37 players) tournaments only had the top sections CFC-rated. I also don't see any CFC rating report for the 2016 Pere Noel event (Dec. 26-30, 2016).
What about the CYCC (about 260 players)? Were all sections CFC-rated?
The 2017 Quebec Chess Challenge had 438 players (rated by CMA).
NB Provincial had 320 players (rated by CMA).
There were several other CMA-rated events with more than 200 players since January.
Last edited by Hugh Brodie; Saturday, 4th November, 2017, 01:40 PM.
Indeed I only looked at CFC and FQE rated open tournaments.
The Pere Noel event seemed was 30 Jan 2016 to 04 Jan 2017 according to the FQE website so I considered it as a 2017 tournament.
Caissa seems alive and well - judging by the encouraging numbers at
the above annual and seasonal events. For CMA Toronto (as Mr. Malmsteen
has generously commented on), the challenge is to reproduce numbers in
excess of 200-300, month after month! We just managed 218 players at
our Halloween event last week, and have a Grand Prix looming in 3 weeks:)
Francis Rodrigues, LLB - Regional Director
Strategy Games & The Chess'n Math Association
tel: 416-488-5506; 416-486-3395; 647-232-6014 (cell)
701 Mt. Pleasant Road, Toronto, ON, M4S 2N4
fax: 416-486-4637; website: https://www.chess-math.org/
Caissa seems alive and well - judging by the encouraging numbers at
the above annual and seasonal events. For CMA Toronto (as Mr. Malmsteen
has generously commented on), the challenge is to reproduce numbers in
excess of 200-300, month after month! We just managed 218 players at
our Halloween event last week, and have a Grand Prix looming in 3 weeks:)
Francis Rodrigues, LLB - Regional Director
Strategy Games & The Chess'n Math Association
tel: 416-488-5506; 416-486-3395; 647-232-6014 (cell)
701 Mt. Pleasant Road, Toronto, ON, M4S 2N4
fax: 416-486-4637; website: https://www.chess-math.org/
Yes, Francis I praise your large events because when I was a kid I felt energized by the large crowd to play more chess; No longer some strange hobby in isolation. I highly recommend to all Toronto chess coaches to send their competitive students to these large events.
Maybe Vlad can answer questions about the 1400-kid event in Windsor in 2012.
1) I assume it was an unrated event.
2) Were all the kids playing in the same building at the same time? If not - was there a chance that some/many may have played in multiple events? If so - was there room for the parents? Were they allowed in the tournament room(s)?
3) How were sections decided upon? By grade? Age? Swiss system? Round-robin? Number of rounds?
4) Were results well documented (e.g complete first and last names of all players, and complete crosstables)?
Maybe Vlad can answer questions about the 1400-kid event in Windsor in 2012.
1) I assume it was an unrated event.
2) Were all the kids playing in the same building at the same time? If not - was there a chance that some/many may have played in multiple events? If so - was there room for the parents? Were they allowed in the tournament room(s)?
3) How were sections decided upon? By grade? Age? Swiss system? Round-robin? Number of rounds?
4) Were results well documented (e.g complete first and last names of all players, and complete crosstables)?
Windsor has been running a big event since 1999. 2018 will be the 20th year.
In 2017, there were about 1450 players registered, plus (as I remember) about 12 walk-ins, minus about 30 no-shows, for about 1430 players who actually played.
To answer Hugh's questions...
1) Unrated. Most of these children play only one event per year.
2a) We have about 17,000 square feet in three halls at the Ciociaro Club. Half the kids play one day, half the next.
2b) Because the events are on school days, there are not many parents. Parents are allowed in the playing rooms, but not too close to the players.
3a) Players are divided by grade, and play in sections of about 16. In 2017 there were 92 sections.
3b) The event is an 8-round continuous-swiss ( a hybrid of swiss and round robin, devised by yours truly)
4a) Medal winners are published the same day of the event, a tradition. You can see medal winners and school standings for the last 10 years at www.chesschallenge.info The results links are in the left column.
4b) Gold and silver medal winners are invited to playoffs, which are held on a Saturday a few weeks after the main event. A couple of times the playoffs have been CFC active-rated, most recently in 2016. There are usually about 180 players at the playoffs.
Again - regarding my question 4 - were complete and accurate crosstables kept for posterity? Suppose you (or a parent) wanted to find out how player "x" had done within a group, or how someone had progressed over the years?
5) What was the female participation percentage (approximate)? I assume it decreased by grade.
I keep all the pairing cards for a year, by section. I get the occasional question right after the event, but no one inquires about previous years. Water under the bridge.
It is unlikely that someone would be interested in year-to-year progress, unless they were one of the top players, in which case their name would be among the medal winners or trophy winners each year.
I don't keep records of male/female participation, I've never really noticed. I could look at the player first names, which would (mostly) be a guide, but so could anyone who was interested. Go for it... http://www.chesschallenge.info/import1.php
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