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to clarify, there are many individuals in BC who would be perfectly happy to see Larry here, including me. But..... there are people who view Larry as the great Satan and feel he has nothing to offer. You also see the view sometimes on this board or the CFC board that the CMA is some kind of competitive threat. I don't get it myself but there you are. If Larry's standard for setting up shop is that there be some level of consensus, he will be waiting for a while.
Some of the Vancouver folks are touchy. I get blowback occasionally for organizing tournaments there.
Victoria would probably welcome Larry with open arms - I can't think of anybody in Victoria who is anti-Larry/CMA but I guess we are probably too small a market.
Yep, looks like BC has the same problem as do many chess organizations ...
the chess world is infested with control freaks. They run for election just so they can print cards saying >>>>>>
I AM THE PRESIDENT
.....just like the CFC! They are not interested in what is good for chess They see Larry as a competing control freak. They have no idea how hard Larry works at chess promotion. Larry, at times, drives all night from Montreal to Toronto to arrive in time to set up by six am at a tournament. The entire Canadian chess world owes Larry big time!
I am a CFC Governor, and I don't see CMA/Larry as a competitor - he is a most worthwhile and avid contributor to Canadian chess. I know many governors who feel similarly. Though I admit there are some from the past, who still view it from a " competition " point of view - I believe they are now in a minority.
I, as CFC Public Relations Officer, have reported on our " News " Forum CMA events in BC, Toronto and Quebec, and this is considered " normal " - we promote as much different chess across the country as we can.
I am " interested in what is good for chess ", and so are many of my fellow governors, though you are entitled to your wrong opinion.
In general I find that the more I travel in Europe and live here long term that I find Canadians (including Quebecers) to be a lot more similar than we think. Having visited Montreal for a week at a time on 3 occassions I can say that I feel much more at home there than I would ever feel in France. I love France but it is not Canada while Quebec is, in many cultural ways. Even the love of hockey and the Montreal Canadians for example is one cultural commonality we share as Canadians that the French do not share with us. Snow and ice and a cold winter is another. There is no real winter to speak of even here in northern France. It's more like November or October all winter long. The French as most Europeans are preoccupied with football. There are students from all over the world here and I find that I have much more in common with similar ethnic groups in Canada than I do with the same ethnic groups abroad. An Indian from India, who has never even been to Canada, is much different than an ethnic Indian in Canada. The same goes for the Chinese, Brazilians, Mexicans, Turks, Khazaks, Germans, Poles, etc etc that are here. Canada is touted as a multi-cultural place which is true but I never really understood what multi-cultural or world cultural meant until I came here. I can say that Canada still has a good reputation on the world stage. There is an appreciable difference towards me when people learn I am Canadian and not American. Particularly from the French because of Quebec even when they find out I'm not from Quebec. I find myself trying to speak as much French as possible and feel better when I do so rather than using English. When we were introduced at the initial school welcoming day by country the fact that Canada is officially bilingual was mentioned proudly. Of course that did not compare with the 21 official languages of India.
On a chess note, I hope to be playing tournaments in Paris, Crete and Barcelona this summer. I also have a tournament at the end of the month in a small town near here. I just finished a tournament in Lille where Leon Piateski was playing as well. We were the only 2 Canadians here. Entry costs are pretty low, I now know why Michael Yip warns us about the First Saturday tournaments being overpriced. The tournament in the town near here is 38 euros and 10 euro per night for accomodation. The tournament in Lille was 50 euro. All sets, boards, clocks were provided and set up, as well as our name tags at our boards with our rating and country flag. As well as duplicate score sheets. All players here sign each other's score sheets. The tournament staff enter our games into the site database, often on the same day. Pairings, results etc are posted pretty quickly and pairings are posted in alphabetica order. You just look for your name, colour and board number., it's a lot easier alphabetically www.lucopen.fr is the site for the tournament I played in. There were 3 TD's as far as I could see and they did a great job.
I really like the long round tournaments here. The tournament I finished was 9 rounds, of which I played 7 due to having to having to finish up a class project. The tournament in Fourmies is 7 rounds and all the others I plan to play in are 9 rounds.
Last edited by Zeljko Kitich; Tuesday, 1st May, 2012, 05:52 PM.
Re: "Chess'n Math will refund your airline ticket..."
10 Euros accommodation?? Wow. I see I should check the fine print more often. I always thought the accommodation expense was the highest at tournaments. Thats good news.
10 Euros accommodation?? Wow. I see I should check the fine print more often. I always thought the accommodation expense was the highest at tournaments. Thats good news.
There are lots of good hostels in Europe that are about 35 euros, including Paris, Barcelona etc. if you don't mind bunking up. This particular place is on the smaller side so I think we are being billeted in people's homes. The tournament itsef is quite sizable and I think has been going on for something like 38 years. The one in Lille was the 3rd edition. The 10 euros includes a petit dejeuner. It's going to cost me 36 euros round trip for the train from Lille to Formies. We are staying the Friday before the tournament, the Saturday and Sunday and have the option of staying Monday night too if our travel plans require it.
They have a lot of great tournaments here but some are out of the way places. For example I asked Leon about Benasque which is in a mountain resort in Spain. I had reserved a hotel for the 10 rounds at about 42 euros per night. Unfortunately I had to cancel as it is a 5 hour bus ride from Barcelona to Benasque and it conflicted with the Paris tournament anyway. It might have been possible to take a bus from elsewhere but not sure. You can rent a car but the best deals are on standards and that's still a lot of car rental days and gas is expensive here. I will have to fly from Paris to Athens or Crete to make the tournament next day in Crete, which on easyjet is not too expensive. I might have to miss the first round in Crete.
Also it looks like I made a mistake in not renewing my CFC. International tournaments in Europe are open to any member of any FIDE member country federation. So I'll be renewing my CFC shortly. I'm not sure what happens if I want to play some non-international tournaments in Paris next fall but we'll see.
Last edited by Zeljko Kitich; Tuesday, 1st May, 2012, 06:32 PM.
Re: "Chess'n Math will refund your airline ticket..."
As people are jumping in on BC chess, I hope someone could shed me some light on what is happening to BC junior tournament rating. The past three major junior tournaments - BC, Vancouver & Fraser Valley Chess Challenge did not seems to be rated - CMA or CFC. BCYCC's results are posted with a "BC ChessID" and ratings apparently are from the US Northwest Rating List - http://chess.ratingsnw.com/ratings.html.
I've heard rumors on the first day of BCYCC that BCYCC will not be CFC rated, and CYCC may not be CFC rated. More rumors on the next day that parents negotiated with the organizer for hours to have both tournaments CFC rated. Anyone that can clarify the status of junior tournament rating in BC would be greatly appreciated.
For a current example of First Saturday pricing, The Danish player Holtzmann(FIDE 1688) paid 200EUR/CAN$259 in The just completed April group of RRs. This was for no prizes, organizer gets 100%.
The standard price for Hungarian players is 12,000HUF or C$54. FM Mayer is the designated house player who is paid an honorarium to play and raise the rating average of the group. Most likely what happened was the 2 foreign players paid up the foreign price and all the Hungarians played for free as 12,000HUF is a small fortune for normal Hungarian people.
Schmidt, Wolfgang 1. GER UNR
Mayer, Istvan 2. FM HUN 2063
Szabo, Miklos 3. HUN 1355
Lukacs, Albert 4. HUN 1735
Berta, Sandor 5. HUN 1895
Holtzmann, Sonny R. 6. DEN 1668
Holtzmann is playing in the local Torokves group of tournaments in the open section now while I am in the round robin A group. My entry fee was C$25 with prizes for the top 3 finishers. This is why I am quite emphatic in warning off foreign players from coming to play in First Saturday.
For a current example of First Saturday pricing, The Danish player Holtzmann(FIDE 1688) paid 200EUR/CAN$259 in The just completed April group of RRs. This was for no prizes, organizer gets 100%.
The standard price for Hungarian players is 12,000HUF or C$54. FM Mayer is the designated house player who is paid an honorarium to play and raise the rating average of the group. Most likely what happened was the 2 foreign players paid up the foreign price and all the Hungarians played for free as 12,000HUF is a small fortune for normal Hungarian people.
Schmidt, Wolfgang 1. GER UNR
Mayer, Istvan 2. FM HUN 2063
Szabo, Miklos 3. HUN 1355
Lukacs, Albert 4. HUN 1735
Berta, Sandor 5. HUN 1895
Holtzmann, Sonny R. 6. DEN 1668
Holtzmann is playing in the local Torokves group of tournaments in the open section now while I am in the round robin A group. My entry fee was C$25 with prizes for the top 3 finishers. This is why I am quite emphatic in warning off foreign players from coming to play in First Saturday.
Your point is very well taken, I could play in at least 4 major international tournaments for 200 euro in entry fees.
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