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That's correct, as per the time control. The time control must be uniform from game to game and within a section (since different sections can be considered practically different tournaments). We have a limited supply of clocks and the reason we use digital with increments for the top two sections is because these are rated with FIDE, where breaking the time control at move 30 is not recognized.
The pre-registered list is small at the moment, yes. People generally choose to register closer to the day, and because of that some organizers prefer publishing a list closer to the tournament. Giving our history of tournaments, I am not worried at all about having low numbers at the moment. The tournament is expected to have 100+ players and my guess is that 30+ will be playing the U1600 section.
That's correct, as per the time control. The time control must be uniform from game to game and within a section (since different sections can be considered practically different tournaments). We have a limited supply of clocks and the reason we use digital with increments for the top two sections is because these are rated with FIDE, where breaking the time control at move 30 is not recognized.
The pre-registered list is small at the moment, yes. People generally choose to register closer to the day, and because of that some organizers prefer publishing a list closer to the tournament. Giving our history of tournaments, I am not worried at all about having low numbers at the moment. The tournament is expected to have 100+ players and my guess is that 30+ will be playing the U1600 section.
Alex Ferreira
Thanks Alex, sounds like it's worth to participate this tournament, just wondering since this is still in holiday season, why don't play 2 rounds on Friday and 1 round on Sunday so that people who lives far from Toronto don't have to worry about coming home midnight(or even 2am Monday depends how late the last round finish), and kids have to go to school on Monday, parents have to go to work Monday.
also wondering why this tournament is not listed under CFC website http://chess.ca/toronto-tournaments, it not easy to check chesstalk for a tournament ad.
Last edited by George Zhou; Thursday, 6th December, 2012, 02:31 PM.
I've sent CFC a form now to have it listed, thanks for spotting that.
We always also post the equivalent to chesstalk ad on the CFC Forum.
It is holidays season. However, I expect most adults to have to work Friday January 4th during the day. In the event that we catch a 3-day weekend, the tournament is 6 rounds. This way, only 5.
Perhaps it's a challenge worth surveying: to keep the more classical, longer type time controls, or to speed them up. We tried to follow the model for most tournaments preceeding ours in Toronto. Those games could have taken up to 6 hours. At Hart House they last about 5 hours maximum.
Round times are definitely a bit tough on people coming into Toronto, and we've discussed this many times. Especially on Sunday, in good part due to limitations in public transit (subway starting at 9am), it's tough starting the round any earlier than 10am. If there is a Friday night round, likewise if most people finish work around 5pm, it's impossible to start before 6.
Thanks Alex, sounds like it's worth to participate this tournament, just wondering since this is still in holiday season, why don't play 2 rounds on Friday and 1 round on Sunday so that people who lives far from Toronto don't have to worry about coming home midnight(or even 2am Monday depends how late the last round finish), and kids have to go to school on Monday, parents have to go to work Monday.
also wondering why this tournament is not listed under CFC website http://chess.ca/toronto-tournaments, it not easy to check chesstalk for a tournament ad.
If you want to leave early,you
do not have to play in the last
round.Tell the tournament
director that you are withdrawing
in the last round.:)
We have over 40 entries now, after the list has doubled in the past 5 days.
We seem to be very much on track to our estimate 120. A good spread of players on the pre-registered list, although still missing the top guys!
We have our first two International Masters join, Nikolay Noritsyn and Peter Vavrak!
Early entries currently at 52. http://hhchess.sa.utoronto.ca/hhopen
We started slow with the entries, but have skyrocketed in the past two weeks and are now at 80 players, with some 12 days still to go. A bit scary if it keeps up with previous tournament trends.
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Labour Day Entry Stats:
Hart House Labour Day Open 2012
Sept 1-2-3
1st Advertised July 31
Entries at Start: 6
10 - August 2
20 - August 7
30 - August 11
40 - August 14
50 - August 17
60 - August 20
70 - August 22
80 - August 24
90 - August 26
100 - August 27
110 - August 28
120 - August 29
130 - August 29
140 - August 29
150 - August 30
156 - Final
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Alright!
A great group so far. At the top Grandmaster Bator Sambuev. IMs Tomas Krnan and Bindi Cheng have also joined Noritsyn & Vavrak. A few players will be making their debut in Canada, some will play their first rated tournament.
Just a reminder that today is the last day for IMs to pre-register in order to receive free entry. Wednesday, January 2nd is the last day for players to avoid the late fee. We'll be accepting late registrations up until 5:30pm on Friday, January 4th.
If you pre-registered but are paying on-site, you must arrive before 5:30pm Friday to pay or be charged onsite fee.
Geordie, Alex, et al, it looks like you guys will have an awesome event! I need to stay around home to help an ailing relative, so I'm jealous to be missing out! All the best!
Congratulations to the organisers - you've now passed 150 registered entries! Especially good to see the many entries at the 1200 level - you need those so that newcomers to tournament chess are not intimidated by a string of crushing defeats. If they win a game or two they'll keep coming back!
Also, you might update the prize list with the guarantee based on 150 players and the projected prizes based on 180 (200?) entries. Excellent job! Well done!
Thanks but... lets see if we can manage first :)
It's still unclear how many entries we will have in the end. As for the prize fund, it will consist of ~70% of the entries, as always.
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