BC OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT 2025 (CFC or CFC/Fide rated)
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Classical Tournament Timing: February 15th, February 16th and February 17th, 2025 (6 classical rounds)
Round 1: Saturday, February 15th at 11am G/90+30
Round 2: Saturday, February 15th at 4pm G/90+30
Round 3: Sunday, February 16th at 10am G/90+30
Round 4: Sunday, February 16th at 3pm G/90+30
Round 5: Monday, February 17th at 10am G/90+30
Round 6: Monday, February 17th at 3pm G/90+30
Blitz Tournament Timing: Sunday, February 16th at 7pm or as soon as Round 4 finishes G/3+2, 7 rounds. One Section Only.
Registration Deadline: Before noon February 14th 2025 for classical, February 15th 2025 for Blitz Tournament.
Section: Premier (cfc and fide rated); U1800, U1400 and U1000 (CFC rated)
Time control: G/90 + 30
Pairings: Swiss System
Event Address: SFU Central Gym, 8888 University Dr W, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, BC, Canada
Parking: $9/day/event available
Entry fee: Regular $120, Early bird $100 before or on January 1st 2025. Siblings discount: $10 for the 2nd/3rd one. PCC members $10. Blitz tournament, 1 section only $40.
Prizes: Guaranteed by section.
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Trophies for top prizes of Premier, U1800, U1400, U1000 and Top Woman for both classical and blitz tournaments
You may play up a section with a rating floor no more than 200 rating points above your rating. In this case you need to add a play up fee of $30, in addition to the entry fee, at checkout. Unrated players may play in either the U1000, U1400, U1800 without paying the play up fee. However, unrated players are not recommended to play in the U1800 section, unless they have other significant chess experience, such as a rating of 1800 or more on chess.com or other equivalent chess websites.
Refund Refund 100% before January 14th, 2025, 50% on or after January 14th until February 14th, 2025. No refund on or after February 14th, 2025.
Misc: a CFC membership is required. Players must have CFC ID before the deadline of registration. If you need to create a new CFC ID, please go to chess.ca and follow their instructions. All chess equipment will be provided by the organizer.
Tournament Director: Quang-Long Le
Organizer: Greater Vancouver Chess Society and Penny Chess Club
Contact us at pennychessclub@gmail.com
THE TOURNAMENT RULES AND POLICES
I. Anti-cheating rules
We will follow anti-cheating rules guidelines by FIDE. You can find more detail in this link: https://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/Anti%20Cheating%20Guidelines.pdf
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II. Food and drinks
You are allowed to bring snacks and non-alcoholic drinks to the playing venue, for example: fruits, chocolate, soft drinks, coffee, milk.
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III. CFC membership
You are required to have a valid CFC ID for this tournament. Check the link below to register if you have not got one.
https://www.chess.ca/en/players/membership-join/
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IV. Refusal of Entry
We reserve the rights to refuse your entry to the tournament.
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V. Byes
- If you request bye(s), please confirm with us prior to the deadline of registration.
- Bye requests for the next round received during the tournament may only be accepted before the pairings of the next round are published, either on the internet or at the playing venue. We will not accept any bye requests received afterwards.
- If your bye is allocated by the computer pairings (ie. not your request), you will have 1 point.
- If your bye is requested by you for round 1, 2 or 3, you will have 0.5 points per game
- If your bye is requested by you for round 4, 5, or 6 you will have 0 point.
- You cannot request byes for more than 2 rounds.
- Tournament Director (TD) reserves the right to refuse your bye requests
VI. 1-hour tolerance
- After 1 hour since the start of any round, absent players will be considered to forfeit that game and get 0 point.
- Players who cannot attend any round are encouraged to inform the TD or Arbiters before the start of the round. Players who are absent for 2 games without any notice to the TD or Arbiters will be removed from the tournament.
VII. Tie-break rules
Tie-break 1: Direct encounter (The results of the players in the same point group)
Tie-break 2: Greater number of victories
Tie-break 3: Buchholz: N, N-1, N-2
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VIII. Electronic device rules
1. All electronic devices (for example: phones, tablets, laptops, smart watches…) are not permitted to be used while players are playing except for special needs with TD’s approval.
2. Electronic devices that can communicate with other people or devices, or operate softwares should be kept in a bag or a case. They must be turned off completely. They must remain at the playing table if the game is in progress.
3. Spectators are asked to keep their phone in silent mode.
4. Violators can be asked to leave the room. Serious cases might lead to an anti-cheating investigation.
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IX. Others
- We follow FIDE rules of chess. If there is any argument between players, or player and arbiter, the TD will make the final decision based on FIDE guidelines.
- For the purposes of anti-rating manipulation, the TDs reserve the rights to decide which section a player is, or is not, eligible to play in. The player can choose to agree with the TDs or withdraw from the tournament with a full refund of registration fee. This policy is in line with US Chess Minimum Ratings to take into consideration of unusually inconsistent performances of any player.
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