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Does "senior" mean 65 years and older, or, in the chess community, 80 years and older? It seems that a passion for playing chess contributes to a calm and happy long life...
Let's say the Toronto Seniors' Chess Championship, which is a regular, I believe, often, in the past, played at the Willowdale CC in Earl Bale's Park.
I checked the CFC events list for the rest of 2024 & 2025, but it is not listed (Or I missed it). Was it played between Jan. 1 & May 16 this year (Last date is the current start of the CFC List)?
Eureka! - Just found it on the Greater Toronto Chess League's website:
2024 Toronto Seniors Chess Championship
Who: GTA resident players (men and women of 50+ ages); CFC membership required
Players are grouped into sections of 10 players by CFC rating (as of Sept 14).
Sections: Championship and Reserve (maximum capacity: 20 players).
To be placed in a section, the player’s entry fee must be paid and CFC membership expiry date must be Nov 23, 2024 or later.
Winner of 2023 Reserve is entitled to a place in the 2024 Championship section.
Winner of 2023 Reserves: Richard Garel. When: Registration: Ends Sept 14, 11:59pm. Game dates: Saturdays: Sept 21, 28; Oct 5, 19, 26; Nov 2, 9, 16, 23.
The flyer at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...gPTuVJcn050Zyo
Unfortunately, the format of 10 player round-robins doesn't allow for me to pursue my question about senior tournaments with two sections: 50+ y.o. and 65+ y.o.
Can someone suggest another seniors' tournament where these are the two sections? Is the FIDE World Seniors in Portugal (24/11/16-29) divided into these 2 sections? If so, can a 65+ player opt to play in the 50+ section?
Bob A
Last edited by Bob Armstrong; Saturday, 22nd June, 2024, 08:38 AM.
Its my understanding that the Canadian Seniors has a veterans section (50+) and a seniors section (65+) and one should play in their appropriate age category.
I inquired of Bob G whether his computer program could pull out the name of any current paid CFC member, 80+ y.o., who had played in a rated tournament (Standard) in the prior 2 years.
As I understood him, this is not possible with the current CFC program.
Thanks! I'll check out the link. At least we'll find some of the 80+ active Canadians.
I guess there may be some more who may be playing in non-FIDE events where there are no FIDE-rated opponents.
I am not 80 y.o. 'til next year. But in the first 1/2 of 2024, I'll have played 13 Standard rated tournaments. I wonder if any of the other Canadian FIDE-rated 80+ are as active?
Bob A
Last edited by Bob Armstrong; Sunday, 23rd June, 2024, 06:14 AM.
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