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Plus the $10 Junior discount attracts entries as well.
Hi John & Robert,
It's possible! We actually raised fees a little bit when comparing to some of our tournaments in the past, but still offer some discount as incentive. Different organizers have different approaches and preferences, as well as budgets to work with. It's always an interesting challenge to remain competitive, keeping up with times and other clubs and events, and try to provide what players look for in a tournament.
The chess scene is constantly evolving
Early registration period is now closed and 128 players are pre-registered! That's two full chess boards (nailed it... see above). Lots of new faces... hope this will be a trend.
Just a reminder to everyone to PLEASE BRING PIECES AND CLOCKS. Sorry for yelling but I needed to get the point across. We are providing the boards.
Also, we are pleased to report that the games will take place in the Great Hall on Saturday & Sunday. (See photos: http://hhchess.sa.utoronto.ca/cpscc-photos.html) For those who don't know me I'm the one in the third picture on the right...
On Friday, registration will be upstairs in the Meeting room most likely, and the top 3 sections will play in the Debates room upstairs & U1600 in Reading room on the main floor.
Please double check the pre-registered list to make sure you are in your preferred section and that we've noted the discount if it applies to you. If something is incorrect please email us at hhchess@utoronto.ca as soon as possible.
Re: Hart House Holidays Open 2011 - December 16-18
Hurrah!
128 pre-registered players :)
The pre-reg list is now fully up to date with all the changes in ratings from today's update. It's also now split into sections, looking like a healthy balance. A couple of names were shifted around a bit, so if you lost yourself, it may be because you jumped a few slots in there.
See you all tomorrow,
Re: Hart House Holidays Open 2011 - December 16-18
Thanks again to everyone who came out to the holidays open! We had one of our biggest turn-outs yet, and definitely the best showing for the holidays edition.
Congrats to GM Bator Sambuev who won clear first in the open section with 4.5/5! IM's Leonid Gerzhoy and Artiom Samsonkin finished tied for 2nd only half a point behind.
Stuart is currently dealing with a problem we had with the SwissSys software (same problem that caused round 5 to start 15 min late) after which we'll post the full results here and on the hart house club website.
Thanks to all the volunteers for their help in setting up and making things run smoothly. First of all a big thank you to my organizing team, Alex Ferreira & Leon Perelman, who tended to the website and were always there to lend a helping hand.
Thanks to Jonathan Yu & Haizhou Xu who acted as floaters and helped with setting up, and to other volunteers such as Daniel Abrahams. Also the hart house staff who set up the event (Alex, myself, Peter, Ian, Alison, Derek & Nigel). And thanks to Stuart Brammall who did an excellent job in what I think was his first major role as TD. And to Marcus Wilker and anyone else who helped spread the word. And thanks to everyone I'm forgetting.
We'll be sure keep you posted about a possible reading week (i.e. family day) tournament.
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