Greater Vancouver Chess Tournament 4 (CFC rated)
PAIRING & RESULTS
Event Timing: January 20 and 21, 2024 (5 rounds)
Round 1: Saturday, January 20th at 10 am G/50+10
Round 2: Saturday, January 20th at 1.30 pm G/50+10
Round 3: Saturday, January 20th at 5 pm G/50+10
Round 4: Sunday, January 21st at 10 am G/90+30
Round 5: Sunday, January 21st at 3pm G/90+30
Registration Deadline: 1.00 pm January 17th 2024
Section: Premier, U1800, U1300 and U800 (all CFC rated)
Time control: Round 1, 2, 3 G50+10. Round 4, 5 G/90 + 30
Pairings: Swiss System
Event Address: Bonsor Recreation Complex Banquet Hall 6550 Bonsor Avenue, Burnaby
Entry fee: Regular $90, Early bird $80 before or on Dec 1st. Siblings discount: $10 for the 2nd/3rd one. PCC members $10
Prizes: Guaranteed by section. If there are more than 50 players register in one section, we might divide that section into smaller sections and adjust the prizes accordingly.
Premier Section: 1st: $1200, 2nd: $700, 3rd: $450
U1800 Section: 1st: $700, 2nd: $350, 3rd: $250
U1300 Section: 1st: $450, 2nd: $250, 3rd: $150
U800 Section: 1st: $250, 2nd: $150, 3rd: $100
Trophies will be presented to the followings:
Best U8 Boy, Best U10 Boy, Best U12 Boy,
Best U14 Boy, Best U16 Boy, Best U8 Girl,
Best U10 Girl, Best U12 Girl, Best U14 Girl,
Best U16 Girl.
Coupon Codes: If you think you're eligible for the discounted offer, please enter the code at checkout. We reserve all the rights to check and deny your entry if it is not correct.
- $10 discount for two or more entries from one family via code "SIBLINGS"
- $10 discount for current Penny Chess Club Members & Students via code "PCC STUDENTS"
- $20 discount for two or more entries from one PCC STUDENTS' family via code "PCC SIBLINGS"
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 U800, U1300 or 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 1st 2024, 50% on or after January 1st until January 17th 2024. No refund on or after January 17th 2024.
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: Penny Pham, Andrew Xu, Johnny Dong
Organizer: Greater Vancouver Chess Society and Penny Chess Club
Transportation : By car: FREE PARKING in Bonsor Recreation Complex. By Skytrain to Metrotown station, then ~3-minute walk.
Contact us at pennychessclub@gmail.com
Payment: Online or E-transfer to gvcsociety@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
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.
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/
IV. Refusal of Entry
We reserve the rights to refuse your entry to the tournament.
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 or 5 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. 30 minutes tolerance
- After 30 minutes 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
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.
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.