GREATER VANCOUVER CHESS TOURNAMENT 8
(CFC Regular Rated)
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Event Timing: June 7th and 8th, 2025 (5 rounds)
Round 1: Saturday, June 7th at 10 am G/50+10
Round 2: Saturday, June 7th at 1 pm G/50+10
Round 3: Saturday, June 7th at 4 pm G/50+10
Round 4: Sunday, June 8th at 10 am G/90+30
Round 5: Sunday, June 8th at 3pm G/90+30
Registration Deadline: 1.00 pm June 6th 2025
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 $100, Early bird $90 before or on May 1st, 2025. Siblings discount: $10 for the 2nd/3rd one. PCC current students $10 discount
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.
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 with deduction of $10 processing fee before May 6th, 2025, 50% on or after May 6th, 2025 until June 5th, 2025. No refund on or after June 5th, 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: Penny Pham
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 only
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 last game of your section finishes. Therefore, we strongly encourage players to inform us right after your game. 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, and 3 you will have 0.5 points per game
- If your bye is requested by you for round 4 and 5 you will have 0 point.
- You cannot request byes for more than 2 rounds.
- Any player who fails to show up in one game without noticing Arbiters or Organizer will be removed from pairings of the remaining rounds. We reserve the rights to re-admit the player if we receive a valid reason for their absence. However, the player will not be able to join the current round.
- Tournament Director (TD) reserves the right to refuse your bye requests
VI. 15 minutes tolerance
After 15 minutes since the start of any round, absent players will be considered to forfeit that game and get 0 point.
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
- 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.
- Electronic devices that can communicate with other people or devices, or operate softwares should be kept in a bag, a case or left on the playing table without obstructing other players. They must be turned off completely. Players are not allowed to carry such device with them if their games are still in progress, even when it is turned off.
- Spectators are asked to keep their phone in silent mode.
- 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 and CFC guidelines.
- Our mission is to create a fair and safe environment for chess communities. We have a zero tolerance policy against any forms of verbal and physical abuses towards our staff, facilities staff and tournament players and spectators. Such incidents will be reported to CFC, BCCF and local police department if needed.
- 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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