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The 35th Keres Memorial Chess Tournament will be held in the Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel. This location is accessible by skytrain and free shuttle from the Vancouver airport. Downtown Vancouver is 30 minutes away on the new Canada line. Parking is available on site. A rate of $5 is available by prior arrangement only (when registering indicate whether you would like 3 days of parking to receive the discounted rate).
The hotel is easily accessible by free shuttle from Vancouver International Airport (5 minute trip). Shuttles run every 20 minutes.
Compared with the previous years, the EF went up. The playing area is nicer but is not central. One week later is the Washington Open next to Seattle, here is a parallel between the tournaments:
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$4000 GUARANTEED Prize Fund
Entry Fees:
Open (FIDE): $100 by May 1, $130 by May 20, $140 on site.
U2000: $100 by May 1, $110 by May 20, $120 on site.
U1600 $80 by May 1, $90 by May 20, $100 on site.
andrei: there is a typo in your list of entry fees (Open before May 1 is $120).
We were careful not to change the entry fees up although we did eliminate a number of discounts (e.g. no discount for having a FIDE rating).
The prize fund is as large or larger than it has been for the last 5 years.
I presume the Washington people are either expecting a significantly larger crowd or have other additional funding.
Hi Roger,
This is from the old page, you can see that EF's are higher now in 4 cases (Early and On Site for Open & U2000) out of 9 and no more discounts for Juniors and Seniors (~75% of the players):
Entry Fees: (Open / U2000 / U1600)
Before or on March 30, 2006 $110 / $95 / $80
Before or on May 12, 2006 $130 / $110 / $90
At site $150 / $125 / $100
Discounts:
Born after May 20, 1986: 50% (proof of date of birth required)
Born before May 20, 1941: 50% (proof of date of birth required)
FIDE rated players w/o Titles 25%
FIDE Titled Players Free entry
My point is, based on this changes the attendance will drop a lot. I hope I am wrong.
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Last edited by Andrei Botez; Monday, 9th May, 2011, 08:13 AM.
One thing you guys can agree on: the Keres entry fees are up *for US players*. In their own dollars.
Entry fees can play a psychological role. When the EF for me was $0, I made a special effort to play every year. Aside from the personal nostalgic reasons in connection with Vancouver 1975. Didn't always succeed, but I did play a lot in the Keres. They call--I answer, as often as possible. Now it's a flat entry fee. We might ask players to consider the fees and values and love of chess on their own merits, not to get too caught up in historical considerations.
If that doesn't work, organizers might consider the implications, financial and psychological, of offering incentives, but not necessarily at the historical levels of 50% and 100%.
The biggest difference from recent years is not the entry fees, but the location. The Hungarian centre with its Isten Hozott sign but funky East-side neighbourhood, versus an airport hotel. The second biggest difference (for me) is no Friday round in the Open Section. The event is 6 rounds this year, for everybody. I always took a 4th round bye anyway so maybe that's not such a big difference....
The biggest difference from recent years is not the entry fees, but the location. The Hungarian centre with its Isten Hozott sign but funky East-side neighbourhood, versus an airport hotel. The second biggest difference (for me) is no Friday round in the Open Section. The event is 6 rounds this year, for everybody. I always took a 4th round bye anyway so maybe that's not such a big difference....
I hope you are right, but extra 50% and the slightly increase for EF for all the juniors/seniors (for last year I counted around 25) might be a factor. Time will tell, and that in less then a month.
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Last edited by Andrei Botez; Monday, 9th May, 2011, 08:13 AM.
We've moved to a much, much nicer playing site, GUARANTEED a higher prize fund than last year and kept the entry fees the same. Granted, some players will have to do without the traditional discounts, but I always felt it was unfair to have these discounts in the first place. The playing field is a bit more equal this year in that regard.
Sure, the Washington Open can charge less because they will get twice as many players and will still earn a profit. Their prize fund payout per participant will be lower than the Keres.
According to whom is the playing site much nicer? Sure, it's great for visitors, but for locals, the site is terrible. It's completely inaccessible by transit. There are no restaurants around it, and I don't find the prospects of either eating at an overpriced hotel restaurant all weekend or getting up early to pack a lunch each morning appealing.
As others have pointed out, the increased entry fee and the reduction of rounds are negative factors, but personally, the playing site is the main reason I've decided I'm not playing this year. I know that other Vancouver players made the same decision for the same reason.
everytime it hurts, it hurts just like the first (and then you cry till there's no more tears)
Compared with the previous years, the EF went up. The playing area is nicer but is not central. One week later is the Washington Open next to Seattle, here is a parallel between the tournaments:
A similar "parallel" exists between this years' Canadian Open and Quebec Open events. A 1900-rated player is eligible to win one of two U2000 prizes totalling $1500 in the Canadian Open (OK - also eligible to win a place prize - good luck!) - whereas the same player is eiligible to win one of five U2000 prizes totalling $2000 in the Quebec Open - for half the entry fee!
You were the guy who told me that the old Kingsway location was difficult to get to for locals..... I'm surprised that people would think the Shaw location last year was easier too.
There is a reasonably priced restaurant (part of the hotel) that is by the marina.
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