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Open 93 (9/9/9/20)
Under 2000 32 (3/7/2/11)
Under 1600 25 (2/5/0/8)
We have 10 GMs, 11 IMs, 10 FMs. For the women, we have 1 WGM, 2 WIM, 3 WCM.
Mark Bluvshtein's simul on Friday, July 8 has been delayed to 8pm, in case any of the CYCC players would like to play him.
Daytime lectures by Rozentalis, Perelshteyn, Benjamin and others are free and open to the public! Weekday noon simuls are $10 for players ($20 for the public). We also have Blitz, Chess960, Double chess and more. Please click on our Schedule tab.
Reminder: registration deadline is June 30.
David Cohen, MPPM, IA
Chief Organizer
Pinnacle 48th Canadian Open Chess Championship 2011
Saturday, July 9 - Sunday, July 17
The Westin Harbour Castle, One Harbour Square, Toronto, Ontario, Canada http://www.canadianchess.info/2011canadianopen
2011CanadianOpen AT canadianchess.info
You can book until June 30 at the Westin for their chess event rate of $99/night (+13% tax) immediately before, during, and immediately after the Canadian Open.
We are pleased to announce the participation of Grandmaster Walter Arencibia of Cuba, who will also give a simultaneous exhibition Friday, July 15 at noon.
David Cohen, MPPM, IA
Chief Organizer
Pinnacle 48th Canadian Open Chess Championship 2011
Saturday, July 9 - Sunday, July 17
The Westin Harbour Castle, One Harbour Square, Toronto, Ontario, Canada http://www.canadianchess.info/2011canadianopen
2011CanadianOpen AT canadianchess.info
I am a 1700+ player with no FIDE rating playing in the open section where the majority of players have a FIDE rating. How many games against FIDE rated players will I need to get a FIDE rating? Thank you in advance for any infomation.
Larry Castle
I am a 1700+ player with no FIDE rating playing in the open section where the majority of players have a FIDE rating. How many games against FIDE rated players will I need to get a FIDE rating? Thank you in advance for any infomation.
Larry Castle
Nine. But partial results are saved for three (I think) years.
I'm kinda curious why there's only 3 sections, U1600, U2000 and open, shouldn't there be like a U2200 or something to bridge the gap? cause basically all the expert players are kinda forced to play in the open and the only players in the U2000 section are like 1500s-1700s. It`s kinda faulty formatting imo
It looks like they are compensating for this (lack of an U2200 section) in an acceptable manner by giving three U2200 prizes, which is fine for experts I believe. In this way expert level players like myself have a chance to learn against titled players while having real chances for prize money.
Tournaments like Hart House and more recently Hamilton have been a bit shy of the mark here, by not giving a prize fund for such a group. In Hamilton I joked with Egorov and Sambuev about giving my money to Sambuev before the tournament begins. At least that way I might get a lesson for my money instead of just donating it. All joking aside this should be addressed, especially when there is a large amount of experts playing.
Returning to the Canadian Open, perhaps a concern from titled players might be too many lowbies getting in the way of things, however. I would completely understand that perspective.
The Canadian Open should keep its traditional one-section format. The yo-yo effect can be resolved by using accelerated (or more exotic) pairing systems. Leave the multi-section tournaments for weekends when it's hard to get a single winner in a one-section (4-6 rounds) event. 9 (or 10) rounds is enough to eliminate multiple perfect scores at the end.
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