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This year we have moved to a larger space in order to accommodate everyone. Peter Clark Hall is located on the lower floor on the Guelph University Centre and will be the playing venue. You may register in advance by emailing me, halbond@sympatico.ca
Another small change this year regards the sections and eligibility to play in them. We are going with 3 sections: Pro, U2000 and U1600. Anyone wishing to play up must pay a premium to the Chess Foundation. GMs and IMs play for free if they register by Wednesday Jan 26. Here are the details.
Dates: February 5-6, 2011
Place: Peter Clark Hall, Guelph University Centre
Rds: 5
Times: 10am, 1:30pm, 6pm, 10am, 2pm
Type: Swiss
TC: G/90 + 30 sec inc
EF: $60 Pro, $40 Ams, $10 late fee on site.
Prizes: $55 per Pro player paid in Pro Section, trophies in Amateur sections.
Reg: email registration halbond@sympatico.ca. Cheques to; Hal Bond, #205-105 Conroy Crescent, Guelph, ON N1G 2V5
Misc: All equipment, snacks and refreshments provided by organizer. All sections FIDE rated. Players must play in the section of their rating. Anyone wishing to play up must pay $20 per 100 points or part thereof below section floor, all proceeds to the Chess Foundation of Canada.
Registrations are starting to trickle in. I will post a preregistered list when I have a few more names.
GMs and IMs kindly note that free entry is granted if you register by Jan 26. You may register in advance by emailing me, halbond@sympatico.ca This event is CFC and FIDE rated.
Below is the list of preregistered players for the Guelph Winter Pro-Am. Please note that the first round has a faster time control - G/60 +30 seconds.
Although I always enjoy this First SWOCL event , I'll have to sit this one out. Gotta Work.
Hope you get a great turnout Hal. Let's hope the weather holds.
Wow, that's a lot of chess! :D
What are you predicting for 2011?
I predict about 120 CFC games with 20 or 30 USCF games on top . After tonight I will have played 10 games this month (5 CFC + 5 USCF) which is more than I had played by this point in 2010. If I get sixty or eighty games locally (Windsor area) I will be hard pressed not to exceed my target again this year. Last year, my plan was to play 80 to 100 CFC games but I didn't count on playing so much locally. I skipped all USCF events last year.
Hi Hal: I like your idea of letting players "play up" with the
extra fee going to the Chess Foundation. Is this a new idea? oked by Chess Foundation & CFC Executive? Will players get a receipt for tax purposes or is that no more?
Thanks Wilf. I have not asked for approval from anyone to make these donations to the Foundation - it just seemed like a good idea. Paul LeBlanc has worked hard trying to build the Foundation and I wish to support him.
Unfortunately tax receipts are no longer possible. I am not sure this money would be receiptable in any case becasue the payer is receiving the "benefit" of stronger competition.
We are over 30 players now - I will post an updated list later today.
I am not a fan of the practice of allowing players more than 100 points below the floor to buy their way in to the top section especially when you have a relatively small top section. This practice really dilutes the attractiveness of the event in a couple of ways. First, you are reducing the number of FIDE rated games by 20% for half of the participants in the top section if there is only one person who takes advantage of this offer and the total number of entries in the top section remains at around ten. Second, you significantly cut down on the possibility of achieving a good performance rating for anyone who plays someone 500 points below their own rating.
Performance ratings are important because a good performance allows you the possibility of gaining a few CFC performance bonus points.
I opted out of playing in a recent Toronto tournament because I had to take a bye in the Friday night first round (no vacation days left) leaving 4 rounds with at least one remaining round likely being against similarly significantly lower rated opposition. My calculations included the possible eight to ten hour drive in poor winter conditions, a likely cost of $300 or more for the entry fee, hotels, extra food costs, gas, parking etc. versus the benefit of three games with strong players. I tend to err on the side of playing too much rather than too little but in that case the balance tipped away from playing. Had I been able to play all five rounds or had there not been the possibility of playing one or two much lower rated players, or had driving conditions been better, I probably would have played in Toronto.
Last edited by Vlad Drkulec; Friday, 28th January, 2011, 02:07 AM.
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