Halifax Open 2024

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When:
April 12, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – April 14, 2024 @ 8:30 pm
2024-04-12T18:00:00-03:00
2024-04-14T20:30:00-03:00
Where:
Mount Saint Vincent University
166 Bedford Highway
Halifax, NS
Canada
Cost:
Adults (age 18 and over): $40, Seniors (age 65 and over): $35, Juniors (under age 18): $35
Contact:
Chris Felix
When the tournament begins this will be the DGT Link to see the live games:
https://view.livechesscloud.com/#57ff1393-3ddb-4517-9be0-0b605ba22bdf

*** YOU MUST email CHRIS FELIX if you intend to play in this tournament: ***  chris.felix@chessns.ca

The deadline to pre-register for this tournament is 6 pm Tuesday, April 9th.

Please read the entire registration process, below, before emailing Chris Felix.

The tournament will follow Government of Nova Scotia Guidelines re COVID-19. It will also follow the COVID-19 protocols of its host, Mount Saint Vincent University, which can be viewed here.

You can pay your CFC membership online at: https://www.chess.ca/en/players/membership-join/

Registration process:

  1. Send an email message to Chris Felix chris.felix@chessns.ca to tell him that you intend to play. This must be done before 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 9th. Also provide your age and your chess rating, if you have one. This is the “pre-registration” step.
  2. Purchase or renew your Chess Federation of Canada membership. You can do that online, here. Or, you could pay Chris Felix for it onsite on the first day of the tournament. If you will be paying Chris Felix for the CFC membership, please email him the registrant’s date of birth and home town.
    *** Payment method onsite for CFC membership is cash only ***
  3. Check in at the registration desk before 5:15 p.m. on Friday, April 12th and pay the tournament entry fee (see fees below). This you pay to Chris Felix onsite at the tournament.

    *** Payment method for tournament entry fee is cash only ***

*** All players MUST check in at the reg desk well in advance of (an hour and 15 minutes before) the start of the first round in order to be paired for the first round. This is so that Chris knows they are on site and able to play. ***  

Date of tournament: April 12-14, 2024

Location: Mount Saint Vincent University, 166 Bedford Highway, Halifax, N.S., MARGARET NORRIE MCCAIN CENTRE, rooms 105 and 106.

See building # 1 on campus map here.

Contact: Chris Felix chris.felix@chessns.ca

Type: Five round Swiss.

Registration: Friday, April 12th, onsite, from 4:00 pm to 5:15 pm. Late registrants will be disqualified from playing in the first round. Do not be late.

Rounds:

Rd 1: Friday, April 12th, 6 p.m.
Rd 2: Saturday, April 13th, 10 a.m.
Rd 3: Saturday, April 13th, 4:30 p.m.
Rd 4: Sunday, April 14th, 9 a.m.
Rd 5: Sunday, April 14th, 3:30 p.m.

Note that the reason the games start a little earlier on Sunday is to give out-of-town participants more daylight time to travel home after the tournament.

Prizes: Cash prizes will be awarded, based on the number of entrants. 

Time control: Game in 2 hours, with 30-second increments starting at move one.

Note: if numbers warrant, the tournament will be run as a sectional; i.e., in two or more sections, determined by the ratings of the players.

Tournament Entry Fee:

Adults (age 18 and over): $40
Seniors (age 65 and over): $35
Juniors (under age 18): $35

Byes: Up to two (2) half-point byes are available, but must be requested to the tournament director before the tournament begins, i.e., either before or at the time of registration.

Forfeits: Players are required to play all five rounds unless they have declared byes beforehand, as indicated above. Unless they have declared a bye for a particular round, as indicated above, players who do not show up for a game will be forfeited for that game, i.e., they will earn a score of zero for the game and their opponent will earn a score of one point for the game.

Also, a player is expected to show up on time for the start of the round, as a courtesy to their opponent. If a player does not show up within an hour after a game starts, the player will be forfeited for that round, i.e., they will earn a score of zero for the game and their opponent will earn a score of one point for the game.

Forced byes: In rounds where there is an uneven number of players, a full-point, forced bye will be given to one player, as determined by the pairing software.  

*** Note: In addition to paying the tournament entry fee stated above, to participate in the tournament a player must be a member of the Chess Federation of Canada (CFC). The membership can be purchased online on the CFC site before the tournament, or can be paid to the tournament director onsite at time of registration.

*** Note: This tournament is subject to the Chess Nova Scotia Fair Play and Electronic Device Policy.


Updated April 11, 2024

Confirmed Participants  (Note: the ratings below are as of the date above and may not reflect the most recent CFC tournament results. Ratings are included here only to give potential tournament entrants an idea of who is playing and the level of competition to expect.)  

1. Sriram Sarja (2295) (bye round 2)
2. Jordan Clyde (2224)
3. Calix Marchand (2223)
4. Brian Zhang (2106)
5. Chris Felix (2061)
6. Jose Gonzalez-Cueto (2005) (bye round 3)
7. Glenn Charlton (1978) (bye round 1)
8. Paul Dec (1977) (bye round 3)
9. Michelle Zhang (1965)
10. Samuel Heran-Boily (1963)
11. Remo Lacson (1910)
12. Jamil Muradov (1852)
13. Megan Chen (1850)
14. Julius Lopez (1845)
15. Ryan Memet (1844)
16. Josh MacRitchie (1842)
17. Paulo Ferreira (1799) (byes in rounds 2 and 4)
18. Emma Norovsambuu (1785)
19. Brian McKay (1777)
20. Ken Cashin (1757)
21. Magnus Justason (1757)
22. Aneesh Mahatekar (1707)
23. Calvin Scallion (1693)
24. Donald MacLean (1683)
25. Brandon MacDonald (1661)
26. Eric Newman (1652)
27. Con MacNeil (1636)
28. Sajjad Bashiri (1623)
29. Phil Boyle (1574) (bye round 1)
30. Ryan Weir (1562) (bye round 1)
31. Joshua Harmon (1556) (bye round 1)
32. Jarrett Gabriel (1547)
33. Louis Fillmore (1543)
34. Jordan Winfield (1532)
35. David Payne (1516)
36. Greg Van De Moortele (1502)
37. Paul Bates (1439)
38. Charles Culver (1417)
39. Aden Yip (1404)
40. Francois LeBlanc (1397) (bye round 1)
41. Soham Ausekar (1362)
42. Dev Gupta (1360)
43. Kaven Sharma (1342)
44. Andrew, Mayo (1337)
45. Sam Jubin (1335)
46. Travis Lloyd (1334)
47. Skye Cross (1333)
48. Houssam Elokda (1315)
49. David Wang (1361)
50. Eva Norovsambuu (1279)
51. Vanshpreet Singh (1272)
52. Tommy Tang (1237)
53. Irina Volosincu (1233)
54. Ujjwal Sujith (1201)
55. Tris Winfield (1178)
56. Goldy Vu (1175)
57. Adrian Fu (1036)
58. Kush Asthana (990)
59. Atheshpranav Thanagaraj (957)
60. Daniel Huang (UNR)
61. Alice Yancey (UNR)
62. Ehsan Dehghanizadeh (UNR)
63. Yuk Long Lau (UNR)
64. Tejesh Pedereddla (UNR)
65. Jayden Webber (UNR)

Accommodations:

Affordable hotels nearby:

Wedgewood Hotel, Bedford Highway (near MSVU)
Howard Johnson/The Bluenose Inn & Suites, Bedford Highway (near MSVU)
Comfort Inn, Bedford Highway (near MSVU)
Chebucto Inn, Lady Hammond Road (between MSVU and SMU)
Robie’s End, (B&B, very close to SMU)

And a little more upscale…

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Halifax – Bedford, 980 Parkland Drive (near MSVU)
Chateau Bedford Trademark Collection by Wyndham, 133 Kearney Lake Road (near MSVU)
Lord Nelson Hotel, 1515 South Park Street (closer to SMU)
Atlantica Hotel Halifax, 1980 Robie Street (closer to SMU)

*** Note: If you are looking for a roommate to share hotel and/or travel costs with for the Halifax Open 2024 tournament, please contact: Chris Felix chris.felix@chessns.ca to have your name and contact info posted on this site, here, for others to contact you. A list will be published below for people looking for roommates for the tournament.

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