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Golden Horseshoe Chess Championship - June 2-3, 2018
Re: Golden Horseshoe Chess Championship - June 2-3, 2018
About one month to go before we begin.
We have close to 150 players now with another GM signed up and a couple of strong juniors as well. We have about 20 players or more in the Championship section now. Updating the list later today.
The only section which is short of players right now is U2000 section. Good prize money in this section as well so don't miss it.
In our future tournaments, we may add another section ie Senior Age 55 and above. This is after we receive feedback from seniors. That will be 8 sections in a tournament.
We may also have mixed team prizes ( best score for male and female )
Stay tuned for our upcoming newsletter this weekend.
Re: Golden Horseshoe Chess Championship - June 2-3, 2018
Bumping up and latest updates :
1. I have updated the ratings and put the players in the right sections. Membership expiry date has been highlighted in YELLOW and hope you guys will renew your CFC membership before the tournament begins.
3. We have about 150 players as of now and 18 players in the top section. 2 GMs and 2 IMs and may other titled players (FMs/CMs and NMs ). This will be a great opportunity for you to play against them and hopefully snatch some points from them.
4. Very disappointingly, we have only 10 players in the U2000 section. All other sections are adequately filled up.
5. Parking is free.
6. Guaranteed prize at $ 7,400 which is quite unheard in GTA tournaments except maybe Ontario Open.
7. We are about 2 weeks away from the tournament commencement on June 2nd and 3rd. Late entry fee ends on May 25, 2018 after which ONSITE fee applies. If you are still contemplating about this tournament, we hope you will join and support our tournament. The tournament hall can fits in 250 players and we are 100 players short of the maximum capacity.
8. Tournament venue can be easily access through 401 highway.
Re: Golden Horseshoe Chess Championship - June 2-3, 2018
Tomorrow is the last day before ONSITE fee applies.
We are closing on 160 players now.
1. Please check to see if your CFC membership has expired.
2. If you wish to play up, please let us know. Playing up fee is $ 20. We have put all the players according to their ratings after the latest CFC rating update. We have more than 20 players in the championship section ( finally ). A couple of juniors opted to play up to play against all the titled players.
3. if you wish to take a bye for round 1-3, please let us know in advance as far as possible.
After this week update for the pre-registered list, we will not be update the list any more on our website or newsletter as tournament will have begun by then.
Thanks to all who has registered for our maiden tournament in Mississauga.
Looking forward to hosting you guys next Saturday.
Cheers
Gary Hua
Last edited by Gary Hua; Thursday, 24th May, 2018, 08:05 PM.
Re: Golden Horseshoe Chess Championship - June 2-3, 2018
With last minute registrations last night ( almost 20 ), we have surpass 180 players and going to 190 now.
25 players in the top section with titled players about 2/3 of the players ( GM/IM/FM/NM and CM ).
Lots of promising juniors aiming for a shot against the top players.
We have more than 50 players in the lowest section ( U750 ) and quite a number of them are newcomers which reflects very well for Chess in Canada and also for CFC. Thanks to CCYC ( Markham ) as there are quite a lot of players from Markham. I hope they will keep improving and go the higher levels in the next tournament.
One week to go before tournament begins.
We have achieved our target of 180 players and hope to achieve a new high of 200 players.
We will keep improvising our tournaments to make it worthwhile for all to join and play.
The new list will be on our this coming newsletter and website on Sunday. Please check your status ( bye/play up/section etc ) as I have put the players to their section based on their latest rating. If you do not request play up, you may find that you may have drop to a lower section after this week CFC rating update.
Cheers for Chess in Golden Horseshoe area and Canada.
Gary Hua
EMC
P/S Entry fee now is $ 120 for U1500 to Championship sections and $ 100 for U750 to U1250
Last edited by Gary Hua; Saturday, 26th May, 2018, 12:01 PM.
Re: Golden Horseshoe Chess Championship - June 2-3, 2018
2 more days to go.....
1. Please let us know if you or your kid is going to play up a section. Playing up fee is $ 20.
2. Please let us know if you are taking a bye
3. Please renew your CFC membership if already expired before the tournament begins
4. Please check if you are in the right section
5. You still can register to play
6. We will start on time as like our other tournaments so if you do not let us know if you are taking a bye for round one, the clock start on time as per schedule
Is there an update to the expected prizes? The current one shows $7400 prize pool, and you have (as you say) nearly 200 entrants at about $100 each.
Good point that you have raised up. We have 180+ players at the moment. Half of them are in lower section ( U750/1000/1250 ) where the entry fee are $ 45 and $ 65 ( early bird ) and not $ 100 and no doubt the prize money for the lower section are lower as well.
We may increase the prize money depending on the final number of entries and also the total revenue BUT $ 7,400 is the minimum amount which we guarantee as prize money.
Please take note that it is not easy to host a tournament in a big hotel where the rent of the venue is much higher than other venue/tournaments. We are taking a big risk in running a good weekend tournament and hope all the participants/future participants understand our stand. Please do not think that we are making huge amount of money.
We ( EMC ) are here to elevate your chess experience to a higher and more comfortable level. The more support we receive from the chess community, the more we will give back to the chess community in the future in many ways.
For example, for the upcoming Kitchener Team tournament, we are sponsoring 4 teams ( all entry fee and lunch provided ) to play in the team tournament. This is just one of the example. Better prize money in future tournaments are of course is another form. We keep improvising and make it better for all chess players/parents.
By the way, have you sign up yet ? Thanks for your support if you have done so.
Good point that you have raised up. We have 180+ players at the moment. Half of them are in lower section ( U750/1000/1250 ) where the entry fee are $ 45 and $ 65 ( early bird ) and not $ 100 and no doubt the prize money for the lower section are lower as well.
We may increase the prize money depending on the final number of entries and also the total revenue BUT $ 7,400 is the minimum amount which we guarantee as prize money.
Please take note that it is not easy to host a tournament in a big hotel where the rent of the venue is much higher than other venue/tournaments. We are taking a big risk in running a good weekend tournament and hope all the participants/future participants understand our stand. Please do not think that we are making huge amount of money.
We ( EMC ) are here to elevate your chess experience to a higher and more comfortable level. The more support we receive from the chess community, the more we will give back to the chess community in the future in many ways.
For example, for the upcoming Kitchener Team tournament, we are sponsoring 4 teams ( all entry fee and lunch provided ) to play in the team tournament. This is just one of the example. Better prize money in future tournaments are of course is another form. We keep improvising and make it better for all chess players/parents.
By the way, have you sign up yet ? Thanks for your support if you have done so.
Cheers
Gary Hua
Gary you are doing a great job!
The costs to run an event are huge! If I wanted to make money...I would sell hot dogs at the corner of Yonge and Bloor :)
You are doing a great job!
When we do our Ontario Chess Challenge in Mississauga we pay about $15,000 for the site for the day...people have no idea of the costs involved...I understand that this is not their problem :).
At the end of the day, we are all benefitting from your implication!
The costs to run an event are huge! If I wanted to make money...I would sell hot dogs at the corner of Yonge and Bloor :)
You are doing a great job!
When we do our Ontario Chess Challenge in Mississauga we pay about $15,000 for the site for the day...people have no idea of the costs involved...I understand that this is not their problem :).
At the end of the day, we are all benefitting from your implication!
Congrats!
Larry
Hi Larry,
Thanks for your kind words. I always look up on Chess n Math in organizing tournaments. OCC and CCC and few other tournaments which I had attended are of great quality and most certainly worth every cents to play in. I certainly strive to match what Chess n Math has been doing all these years. Without Chess n Math in Canada, chess in Canada would be different today. Cheers
On another note, registration keeps coming in and we just received an entry from Ottawa - a rising junior and a very likable one. Thanks for coming all the way to play in our tournament. We are closing in on 190 players at the moment.
We are setting up table and chairs for 220 players at the ball room which can easily fit in 250-300 players. Probably there will be a partition for the lower 3 sections and the 4 upper sections ( Half each ).
Help us to achieve 200 players which is 10% more than our Oakville Open numbers.
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