Hart House Holidays Open

[Alex Ferreira]

Hello all,


The Hart House Chess Club, at University of Toronto, is organizing another tournament, the weekend before Christmas.

When: December 18th, 19th, 20th (Fri, Sat, Sun)
Where: Debates Room, 2nd Floor, Hart House, University of Toronto
7 Hart House Circle, Toronto

Style: 5 round Swiss in 4 sections: Open (FIDE Rated), U2100, U1800 & U1500
Rounds: Friday 6pm, Saturday 10am & 4pm, Sunday 10am & 4pm
Time Control: 30/90, SD/60 for U2100, U1800 & U1500 --- 120 minutes with 30 second increment for Open Section.

Entry Fees: $60 in advance, $70 cash only on site. Extra $10 to play up each section.
Registration: 5pm – 5:30pm on Friday, December 18th
Registrants after 5:30pm are not guaranteed to be paired by 6pm
In advance (arrival by Dec 17th) by mail to:
Hart House Chess Club – 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 3H3
Make cheque payable to Hart House Chess Club. No postdated cheques please.
Email registration to alex.ferreira@utoronto.ca (by Dec 17th) Email registrants must arrive onsite by 5:30pm to pay or will be charged onsite fee.

Tournament Director: Bryan Lamb
Organizer: Hart House Chess Club

Please bring sets and clocks.
No smoking. No computers. No cellphones (on).

For all the detailed information, including:
- Printable flyer with all the above information
- Access/Maps & parking info
- Prize fund projection
- Pre-Registered list of players

Visit our website at:
http://hhchess.sa.utoronto.ca/hhopen


Hope to see you all there,


Alex Ferreira
Hart House Chess Club

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Hart House Holidays Open

Style: 5 round Swiss in 4 sections: Open (FIDE Rated)

Alex, you probably heard, that FIDE has a new rule:
"Any player who arrives at the chessboard after the start of the session shall lose the game. Thus the default time is 0 minutes. The rules of a competition may specify otherwise."

Thus, what will be at the Holiday open: default or specific?

[Alex Ferreira]

Re: Hart House Holidays Open

Alex, you probably heard, that FIDE has a new rule:
"Any player who arrives at the chessboard after the start of the session shall lose the game. Thus the default time is 0 minutes. The rules of a competition may specify otherwise."

Thus, what will be at the Holiday open: default or specific?

Hi Egis,

We're sticking to the old fashioned rules for now if we can, of 1 hour before forfeit. Worked well at the Summer Open and in Bryan's Labour & Thanksgiving tournaments as far as I know.

Alex Ferreira
Hart House Chess Club

[Zeljko Kitich]

Re: Hart House Holidays Open

How do you think parking will be? I'm a little concerned as its the week before Christmas and I envision a lot of shoppers taking up parking downtown?

[Ken Kurkowski]

Re: Hart House Holidays Open

In answer to your question: "Public Transit"

[Alex Ferreira]

Re: Hart House Holidays Open

Hi,

Typically there isn't too much happening at University at this time (end of exams) and finding parking on campus should not be a problem. Details on the website:
http://hhchess.sa.utoronto.ca/hhopen

As Ken mentioned, if taking public transit is an option, it should probably be considered. Even though parking on campus should be easy, the downtown in general should be quite busy.

Alex Ferreira
Hart House Chess Club

[Zeljko Kitich]

Re: Hart House Holidays Open

Hi,

Typically there isn't too much happening at University at this time (end of exams) and finding parking on campus should not be a problem. Details on the website:
http://hhchess.sa.utoronto.ca/hhopen

As Ken mentioned, if taking public transit is an option, it should probably be considered. Even though parking on campus should be easy, the downtown in general should be quite busy.

Alex Ferreira
Hart House Chess Club

thanks no can do public transit from Hamilton, I need to be home as soon as possible after the games are over for personal reasons, the same as when I take courses at Ryerson, thanks for the suggestion though, I'll take my chances with parking on the two places on your excellent map

[Ferdinand Supsup]

Re: Hart House Holidays Open

Do you have the list of entries for the TEAM COMPETITION?

Thanks!

[Alex Ferreira]

Re: Hart House Holidays Open

Hello all,


Currently at 55 players on the pre-registered list.
Good spread out numbers throughout, with still a week to go.
IM Samsonkin & IM Noritsyn are at the top of the list.
http://hhchess.sa.utoronto.ca/hhopen


I've received a number of questions regarding Team Formation and feedback / interest, but so far teams have been mostly incomplete or with conflict, or without a name

Here's a good example of a team that meets criteria:

Philippine Team:
Casareno, Erwin - Open Section
Austria, Federico - Open Section
Arandia, Henry - U2100 Section
Supsup, Ferdinand - U1800 Section

Each team must consist of 4 players with a maximum of 2 per section. Although we'll welcome Teams Registration on-site on December 18th, it's probably a good idea to make connections in advance, like the organized gentlemen above.


See you all next Friday,


Alex Ferreira
Hart House Chess Club

[Alex Ferreira]

Re: Cap = 110

Hi all,

Registrations are going up very fast (76 now), and it's very possible we'll reach 100+. I was not able to book an additional room, and the Debates Room at Hart House will only accommodate 100-110 comfortably.
We are therefore forced to place a cap of 110 players maximum to ensure proper playing conditions to those who participate. Apologies for the short notice,

Alex Ferreira
Hart House Chess Club

[Ferdinand Supsup]

Re: Cap = 110

Hi all,

Registrations are going up very fast (76 now), and it's very possible we'll reach 100+. I was not able to book an additional room, and the Debates Room at Hart House will only accommodate 100-110 comfortably.
We are therefore forced to place a cap of 110 players maximum to ensure proper playing conditions to those who participate. Apologies for the short notice,

Alex Ferreira
Hart House Chess Club

Close to maximum capacity. Congrats!

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: Cap = 110

99 pre-registrations as of 3:00 AM this morning - looks like they won't be taking on-site entries on Friday night if this keeps up !

Bob

[Ferdinand Supsup]

Re: Cap = 110

99 pre-registrations as of 3:00 AM this morning - looks like they won't be taking on-site entries on Friday night if this keeps up !

Bob

2 Seats and 2 Days left!

Cheers!

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: Cap = 110

Alex advised me that as of early this morning ( 2:00 AM ), Thursday, Dec. 17, he had 107 pre-registrations, with a cap of 110. Whether anyone can get in on-site, will likely depend on whether any of the unpaid pre-regs don't show up. Alex has now stopped distributing flyers for the tournament.

Bob

[Stuart Brammall]

Re: Hart House Holidays Open

This is great... Now all we need to do is avoid last year's apocalyptic snow storm and we'll have a great tournament.