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    RA Fall Open: already 35 registered

    We are pleased to report that the discounts for early registration/payment seem to be catching on. With still over a month and a half to go, we already have 35 players. Please note that as we are now in August, the early discount is now $15, where your mailed payment is postmarked by August 31st. If you would prefer to pay in person in August, I expect to be at the RA club on the Thursday evenings of August 6th and 13th (or use mail later in August).

    FIDE# CFC# rating name: title last, first

    Top Class
    4128290 146462 2568 GM Sambuev, Bator
    2600064 106245 2438 IM O'Donnell, Tom
    2600455 103715 2362 Pacey, Kevin
    2600544 134902 2273 Szalay, Karoly
    2605651 134989 2240 Qin, Joey
    2602431 106629 2204 Gordon, David

    U2200 Class
    2682419 103754 2193 Doubleday, William
    2606844 133928 2166 Xiong, Jerry
    2606810 139655 2165 Sadeghi, Saeid
    2606437 101925 2142 Upper, John
    2603136 106856 2096 Palsson, Halldor
    2606879 134333 2032 Abrahams, Daniel
    2604965 134898 2012 Li, Ruokai

    U2000 Class
    109158 1955 Kristjanson, Scott
    2606321 111290 1952 Smilovici, Emil
    2604094 143574 1949 Donev, Danail
    2603926 101895 1904 Danilov, Alex
    2606445 112806 1901 Van Dusen, Eric
    2609177 134845 1851 Renaud, Joshua
    2607182 133929 1843 Xiong, Sonja
    2604744 137927 1817 Kalra, Agastya

    U1800 Class
    2604892 104270 1792 Laszlo, Robert
    136502 1738 Cunningham, Ross
    2603853 102589 1697 Daku, Zoltan
    2610213 136037 1654 Xiong, Wei
    147276 1622 Zhang, Kevin

    U1600 Class
    120860 1588 Krolczyk, Jacob
    128144 1571 Murray, Brian
    2604205 135113 1553 Eyre, Keven
    148220 1460 Sachs, Daniel
    2610108 147280 1436 Martin, James
    2610191 147460 1418 Wan, Kevin

    U1400 Class
    147277 1342 Zhang, David
    2609983 146449 1296 Buss, Andreas
    2610639 148924 1152 Zhang, Jeff

    P.S. Some players need to renew CFC membership by September.
    (Buss, Eyre, Kristjanson, Laszlo, Sadeghi, Smilovici)
    Please ask the CFC office to copy me on your email receipt.

    Yours in chess,

    Aris Marghetis
    - Organizer/TD
    - EOCA President

    --------- original event announcement ---------

    The Eastern Ontario Chess Association (EOCA) organizes the EOCA Grand Prix, a series of weekend tournaments over the 2009-2010 chess season.

    The next EOCA event in Ottawa will be the RA Fall Open, on September 25th-27th. It will consist of 5 rounds, with flexible bye and Amateur options.

    We have multiple sections, and class prizes for every 200 rating points from 2200 to 1400. Every player will be submitted for both CFC and FIDE rating.

    Please note we are offering significant early bird discounts! The earlier you register and pay, the more money you save! This also applies to players with FIDE titles, who may also save money with their FIDE title. Please check out the specific discount amounts and cutoff dates in the event announcement.

    For more details on this event, and a great webpage for all of the events in the 2009-2010 EOCA Grand Prix, please consider bookmarking this weblink:
    http://www.eoca.org/htm/tournaments_2009-2010.html

    Yours in chess,

    Aris Marghetis
    - Organizer/TD
    - EOCA President
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  • #2
    Re: RA Fall Open: already 35 registered

    Aris, as you are mentioning that tournaments will be rated CFC and FIDE, thus you may include both ratings in the listings.

    What do you use to get the listing? Maybe it is possible to generate links to CFC and FIDE ID cards of players.

    Like this:
    4128290 146462 2568 GM Sambuev, Bator
    Last edited by Egidijus Zeromskis; Wednesday, 5th August, 2009, 10:41 PM.

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    • #3
      Re: RA Fall Open: already 35 registered

      Hi Aris:

      Simple question - when you rate both FIDE and CFC, for pairing purposes do you use the higher of the FIDE and CFC ratings?

      Bob

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      • #4
        Re: RA Fall Open: already 35 registered

        Originally posted by Egidijus Zeromskis View Post
        Aris, as you are mentioning that tournaments will be rated CFC and FIDE, thus you may include both ratings in the listings.

        What do you use to get the listing? Maybe it is possible to generate links to CFC and FIDE ID cards of players.

        Like this:
        4128290 146462 2568 GM Sambuev, Bator
        LOL, I just use a spreadsheet that I built using the free Open Office software suite! ;)

        When people register, I use their current CFC rating, and then on the morning of the first round, I recheck their CFC rating, and crosscheck it against FIDE ratings, and sometimes FQE ratings, etc. Would you like to build something more automatic for us?

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        • #5
          Re: RA Fall Open: already 35 registered

          Originally posted by Bob Armstrong View Post
          Hi Aris:

          Simple question - when you rate both FIDE and CFC, for pairing purposes do you use the higher of the FIDE and CFC ratings?

          Bob
          Yes, and sometimes the FQE rating (if it is higher) for players from Quebec, etc.

          Would you agree with this approach?

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          • #6
            Re: RA Fall Open: already 35 registered

            Hi Aris:

            Seems the most reasonable approach to me as a non-organizer.

            Seems like you may have hit something with your early, early bird discounts. Good luck on the tournament.

            Bob

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            • #7
              Re: RA Fall Open: already 35 registered

              Originally posted by Aris Marghetis View Post
              When people register, I use their current CFC rating, and then on the morning of the first round, I recheck their CFC rating, and crosscheck it against FIDE ratings, and sometimes FQE ratings, etc. Would you like to build something more automatic for us?
              I don't know how to retrieve automatically FIDE or CFC rating, but generate a link with OO you can try with this code:

              FIDE
              Code:
              ="" & TEXT(B2; 0) & ""
              CFC
              Code:
              ="" & TEXT(C2; 0) & ""
              You must Quote my message to get what is meaningful between [ code ] -
              copy and paste into your spreadsheet.
              At B2 and C2 should be player's FIDE and CFC #

              Then just copy and paste back here :)
              Last edited by Egidijus Zeromskis; Wednesday, 5th August, 2009, 11:06 PM.

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              • #8
                Re: RA Fall Open: already 35 registered

                Originally posted by Bob Armstrong View Post
                Hi Aris:

                Seems the most reasonable approach to me as a non-organizer.

                Seems like you may have hit something with your early, early bird discounts. Good luck on the tournament.

                Bob
                Thanks for your good wishes. Ideally, I would like to exceed our last prize fund ($2000) while increasing the number of players, thus resulting in more smaller sections, which results in more close enjoyable games. I didn't think that so many people would take advantage of the $20 discount, but this many players early might hopefully really jack up the number of players who register in August and September after having seen the higher than normal (for Ottawa) initial interest. Let's re-evaluate again in a few weeks!

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                • #9
                  Re: RA Fall Open: already 35 registered

                  Originally posted by Egidijus Zeromskis View Post
                  I don't know how to retrieve automatically FIDE or CFC rating, but generate a link with OO you can try with this code:

                  FIDE
                  Code:
                  ="" & TEXT(B2; 0) & ""
                  CFC
                  Code:
                  ="" & TEXT(C2; 0) & ""
                  You must Quote my message to get what is meaningful between [ code ] -
                  copy and paste into your spreadsheet.
                  At B2 and C2 should be player's FIDE and CFC #

                  Then just copy and paste back here :)
                  OK, thanks, but to be honest, I don't know when I'll get the chance to experiment with these ideas. In any case, do registered players really care about EXACT ratings before the tournament pairings actually start? I would rather spend the time job-searching! ;)

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                  • #10
                    Re: RA Fall Open: already 35 registered

                    Just a try

                    Top Class
                    4128290 146462 2568 GM Sambuev,
                    2600064 106245 2438 IM O'Donnell,
                    2600455 103715 2362 Pacey, Kevin
                    2600544 134902 2273 Szalay, Karoly
                    2605651 134989 2240 Qin, Joey
                    2602431 106629 2204 Gordon, David

                    U2200 Class
                    2682419 103754 2193 Doubleday, William
                    2606844 133928 2166 Xiong, Jerry
                    2606810 139655 2165 Sadeghi, Saeid
                    2606437 101925 2142 Upper, John
                    2603136 106856 2096 Palsson, Halldor
                    2606879 134333 2032 Abrahams, Daniel
                    2604965 134898 2012 Li, Ruokai

                    U2000 Class
                    0000000 109158 1955 Kristjanson, Scott
                    2606321 111290 1952 Smilovici, Emil
                    2604094 143574 1949 Donev, Danail
                    2603926 101895 1904 Danilov, Alex
                    2606445 112806 1901 Van Dusen, Eric
                    2609177 134845 1851 Renaud, Joshua
                    2607182 133929 1843 Xiong, Sonja
                    2604744 137927 1817 Kalra, Agastya

                    U1800 Class
                    2604892 104270 1792 Laszlo, Robert
                    0000000 136502 1738 Cunningham, Ross
                    2603853 102589 1697 Daku, Zoltan
                    2610213 136037 1697 Xiong, Wei
                    147276 147276 1622 Zhang, Kevin

                    U1600 Class
                    0000000 120860 1588 Krolczyk, Jacob
                    0000000 128144 1571 Murray, Brian
                    2604205 135113 1553 Eyre, Keven
                    0000000 148220 1460 Sachs, Daniel
                    2610108 147280 1436 Martin, James
                    2610191 147460 1418 Wan, Kevin

                    U1400 Class
                    0000000 147277 1342 Zhang, David
                    2609983 146449 1296 Buss, Andreas
                    2610639 148924 1152 Zhang, Jeff

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                    • #11
                      Re: RA Fall Open: already 35 registered

                      Technically, if a section is FIDE rated, FIDE rules (and ratings) take precedence.

                      In practice I don't think anyone complains about what rating you use for pairings, but you never know...
                      Christopher Mallon
                      FIDE Arbiter

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