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Executive Committee Elected
On Thursday, September 2, 2010, the Scarborough Chess Club held its Annual General Meeting. Discussion was lively and some excellent new initiatives for the future were forged at this meeting. There were also some surprises. Club president Maurice Smith had given the club warnings all this past year that he was going not going to seek re-election and instead retire from the Executive and simply enjoy playing chess at the club. At the meeting he revealed a change of heart saying that he wished to continue leading the club for one more year, a decision that was greeted with enthusiastic support by all. The result of that declaration was Maurice’s acclamation. In terms of the remaining elections for Executive positions, continuity was the theme of the night as all the 2009-2010 Executive team are back for another year:
President: Maurice Smith
Vice-President: Bryan Lamb
Treasurer: Andrew Philip
Secretary: Steve Karpik
Officer-at-Large: Martin Maister
New Structure for Swiss Tournaments
Other big news coming from the AGM is a new structure for our Thursday night Swiss tournaments. The club continues to grow and we were outgrowing the two-tiered Swiss format we used in 2009-2010 (Open and U1700 sections). Starting on September 9, 2010, our Swiss tournaments will be in three sections: 2000+, U2000 and U1700 plus unrated. Players within 100 points of the rating floor of a higher section may elect to play up a section (so players rated 1900 to 1999 can elect to play in the 2000+ section and players rated 1600 to 1699 can similarly elect to play in the U2000 section). These sections will ensure that club members are paired in games that are competitive and exciting. There’s also the incentive to improve your play in order to qualify to play in higher sections.
New Qualification Rules for the Club Championship
In order to ensure that the SCC Club Championship is indeed a championship for club members, it was decided at the AGM to strengthen the qualification rules. Starting with this year’s club championship (beginning February 24, 2011) , the round robin championship is open to the top-ranked nine players plus the winner of the 2009-2010 club championships reserve section. In addition, these players must satisfy the following:
• They must have played in at least ten club games since the beginning of the chess season (September 9, 2010); and
• They must hold valid club and CFC memberships for the duration of the tournament.
For more information about the club, check out our web site at http://www.scarboroughchessclub.ca. Don't forget our first tournament of the 2010-2011 chess season, the Howard Ridout Memorial Swiss, kicks off on Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. at the Birkdale Community Centre, 1299 Ellesmere Road, Scarborough, Ontario. If you'd like to enter the tournament, email Steve Karpik at skarpik@sympatico.ca.
On Thursday, September 2, 2010, the Scarborough Chess Club held its Annual General Meeting. Discussion was lively and some excellent new initiatives for the future were forged at this meeting. There were also some surprises. Club president Maurice Smith had given the club warnings all this past year that he was going not going to seek re-election and instead retire from the Executive and simply enjoy playing chess at the club. At the meeting he revealed a change of heart saying that he wished to continue leading the club for one more year, a decision that was greeted with enthusiastic support by all. The result of that declaration was Maurice’s acclamation. In terms of the remaining elections for Executive positions, continuity was the theme of the night as all the 2009-2010 Executive team are back for another year:
President: Maurice Smith
Vice-President: Bryan Lamb
Treasurer: Andrew Philip
Secretary: Steve Karpik
Officer-at-Large: Martin Maister
New Structure for Swiss Tournaments
Other big news coming from the AGM is a new structure for our Thursday night Swiss tournaments. The club continues to grow and we were outgrowing the two-tiered Swiss format we used in 2009-2010 (Open and U1700 sections). Starting on September 9, 2010, our Swiss tournaments will be in three sections: 2000+, U2000 and U1700 plus unrated. Players within 100 points of the rating floor of a higher section may elect to play up a section (so players rated 1900 to 1999 can elect to play in the 2000+ section and players rated 1600 to 1699 can similarly elect to play in the U2000 section). These sections will ensure that club members are paired in games that are competitive and exciting. There’s also the incentive to improve your play in order to qualify to play in higher sections.
New Qualification Rules for the Club Championship
In order to ensure that the SCC Club Championship is indeed a championship for club members, it was decided at the AGM to strengthen the qualification rules. Starting with this year’s club championship (beginning February 24, 2011) , the round robin championship is open to the top-ranked nine players plus the winner of the 2009-2010 club championships reserve section. In addition, these players must satisfy the following:
• They must have played in at least ten club games since the beginning of the chess season (September 9, 2010); and
• They must hold valid club and CFC memberships for the duration of the tournament.
For more information about the club, check out our web site at http://www.scarboroughchessclub.ca. Don't forget our first tournament of the 2010-2011 chess season, the Howard Ridout Memorial Swiss, kicks off on Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. at the Birkdale Community Centre, 1299 Ellesmere Road, Scarborough, Ontario. If you'd like to enter the tournament, email Steve Karpik at skarpik@sympatico.ca.
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