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CONTACT:Ken Cashin\; skcashin@outlook.com
DESCRIPTION:<dl>\n<dd>When the tournament begins this will be the DGT Link 
 to see the live games:\n<dl>\n<dd><a href='https://view.livechesscloud.com
 #94e57429-a751-43a4-8857-5a7e5de634be'>https://view.livechesscloud.com#94e
 57429-a751-43a4-8857-5a7e5de634be</a></dd>\n</dl>\n</dd>\n</dl>\n<p style=
 'color: #ff0000\;'><strong>*** YOU MUST email Ken Cashin if you intend to 
 play in this tournament: ***    </strong><strong>skcashin@outlook.com </st
 rong></p>\n<p style='color: #ff0000\;'><strong>The deadline to pre-registe
 r for this tournament is 6 pm Tuesday\, February 27th.</strong></p>\n<p>Pl
 ease read the entire registration process\, below\, before emailing Ken Ca
 shin.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament will follow <strong><a href='https://no
 vascotia.ca/coronavirus/restrictions-and-guidance/' target='_blank' rel='n
 oreferrer noopener'>Government of Nova Scotia Guidelines</a> </strong>re C
 OVID-19. It will also follow the COVID-19 protocols of its host\, Mount Sa
 int Vincent University\, which can be viewed <a href='https://www.msvu.ca/
 about-msvu/return-to-campus/university-updates/'><strong>here</strong></a>
 .</p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can pay your CFC membership online at: <a href='https:
 //www.chess.ca/en/players/membership-join/'>https://www.chess.ca/en/player
 s/membership-join/</a></p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Registration process:</strong
 ></p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Send an email message to Ken Cashin <strong>skcashi
 n@outlook.com</strong> to tell him that you intend to play. This must be d
 one before 6 p.m. Tuesday\, February 27th. Also provide your age and your 
 chess rating\, if you have one. This is the “pre-registration” step.</li>
 \n<li>Purchase or renew your <strong>Chess Federation of Canada membership
 </strong>. You can do that online\, <a href='https://www.chess.ca/en/playe
 rs/membership-join/' target='_blank' rel='noreferrer noopener'>here</a>. O
 r\, you could pay Ken Cashin for it onsite on the first day of the tournam
 ent. If you will be paying Ken Cashin for the CFC membership\, please emai
 l him the registrant’s date of birth and home town.\n<p style='color: #ff0
 000\;'><strong>*** Payment method <em>onsite</em> for CFC membership is ca
 sh only ***</strong></p>\n</li>\n<li>Check in at the registration desk bef
 ore 4:45 p.m. on Friday March 1st and pay the <strong>tournament entry fee
  (see fees below).</strong> This you pay to Ken Cashin onsite at the tourn
 ament.\n<p style='color: #ff0000\;'><strong>*** Payment method for tournam
 ent entry fee is cash only ***</strong></p>\n</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p style='col
 or: #ff0000\;'> </p>\n<p><strong>*** All players MUST check in at the reg 
 desk well in advance of (an hour and 15 minutes before) the start of the f
 irst round in order to be paired for the first round. This is so that Ken 
 knows they are on site and able to play. ***</strong>  </p>\n\n<p><strong>
 Date of tournament:</strong> March 1-3\, 2024</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Locati
 on:</strong> Mount Saint Vincent University\, 166 Bedford Highway\, Halifa
 x\, N.S.\,<strong> ROSARIA STUDENT CENTRE\, Multipurpose Room.</strong></p
 >\n\n\n\n<p>See building # 19 on campus map <a href='https://www.msvu.ca/w
 p-content/uploads/2020/05/MSVU20Campus20Map20Accessibility.pdf'><strong>he
 re</strong></a>.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact:</strong> Ken Cashin <stron
 g><a href='mailto:skcashin@outlook.com'>skcashin@outlook.com</a></strong><
 /p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Type:</strong> Five round Swiss.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><stro
 ng>Registration:</strong> Friday\, March 1st\, onsite\, from 3:30 pm to 4:
 45 pm. Late registrants will be <em><strong>disqualified</strong></em> fro
 m playing in the first round. Do not be late.</p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<
 p><strong>Rounds:</strong></p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rd 1: Friday\, March 1st\, 6 p.m.
 </p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rd 2: Saturday\, March 2nd\, 10 a.m.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rd 3: Sa
 turday\, March 2nd\, 4:30 p.m.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rd 4: Sunday\, March 
 3rd\, 9 a.m.</strong></p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rd 5: Sunday\, March 3rd\, 3:3
 0 p.m.</strong></p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that the reason the games start a littl
 e earlier on Sunday is to give out-of-town participants more daylight time
  to travel home after the tournament.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prizes:</stron
 g> Cash prizes will be awarded\, based on the number of entrants. The tour
 nament winner’s name will be engraved on the Bluenose Open trophy.</p>\n\n
 \n\n<p><strong>Time control:</strong> Game in 2 hours\, with 30-second inc
 rements starting at move one.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tournament
  Entry Fee:</strong></p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adults (age 18 and over): $40</p>\n\n\n
 \n<p>Seniors (age 65 and over): $35</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Juniors (under age 18): 
 $35</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Byes: </strong>Up to two (2) half-point byes are
  available\, but must be requested to the tournament director <strong><em>
 before</em></strong> the tournament begins\, i.e.\, either before or at th
 e time of registration.</p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Forfeits: </strong>Playe
 rs are required to play all five rounds unless they have declared byes bef
 orehand\, as indicated above. Unless they have declared a bye for a partic
 ular round\, as indicated above\, players who do not show up for a game wi
 ll 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.</
 p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also\, a player is expected to show up <strong><em>on time</e
 m></strong> for the start of the round\, as a courtesy to their opponent. 
 If a player does not show up <em><strong>within an hour after a game start
 s</strong></em>\, the player will be forfeited for that round\, i.e.\, the
 y will earn a score of zero for the game and their opponent will earn a sc
 ore of one point for the game.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Forced byes: In round
 s where there is an uneven number of players\, a full-point\, <a href='htt
 ps://support.chess.com/article/1310-what-is-a-bye-in-a-tournament'>forced 
 bye</a> will be given to one player\, as determined by the pairing softwar
 e.  </strong></p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class='wp-block-quote is-layout-flow 
 wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow'><strong>*** Note:</strong> In addition to p
 aying the tournament entry fee stated above\, to participate in the tourna
 ment a player must be a member of the Chess Federation of Canada (CFC). Th
 e membership can be purchased online on the <a href='http://chess.ca/membe
 rship-rates'>CFC site</a> before the tournament\, or can be paid to the to
 urnament director onsite at time of registration.</blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blo
 ckquote class='wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow
 '><strong>*** Note:</strong> This tournament is subject to the <a href='ht
 tps://www.chessns.ca/nsca-fair-play-and-electronic-device-policy/'>Chess N
 ova Scotia Fair Play and Electronic Device Policy.</a></blockquote>\n\n\n<
 hr class='wp-block-separator' />\n\n\n<p>Updated list as per March 1st\, 2
 024</p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Confirmed Participants (57)</strong></p>\n<p
 >(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 giv
 e potential tournament entrants an idea of who is playing and the level of
  competition to expect.)  </p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>Juan Ramirez-Orta (1994)</p>
 \n<p>Jose Gonzalez-Cueto (1984)</p>\n<p>Harry Posner (1943)</p>\n<p>Jamil 
 Muradov (1908) (bye round 3)</p>\n<p>Josh MacRitchie (1876)</p>\n<p>Ryan M
 emet (1875)</p>\n<p>Remo Lacson (1861)</p>\n<p>David Kenney (1858) (byes i
 n rounds 2 and 4)</p>\n<p>Kyle Creamer (1811)</p>\n<p>Julius Lopez (1790)<
 /p>\n<p>Paulo Ferreira (1783) (byes in rounds 2 and 4)</p>\n<p>Emma Norovs
 ambuu (1759)</p>\n<p>Calvin Scallion (1735)</p>\n<p>Donald MacLean (1715)<
 /p>\n<p>Eric Newman (1677)</p>\n<p>Ken Cashin (1648)</p>\n<p>Ethan Saunder
 s (1597)</p>\n<p>Aidan Roy (1589)</p>\n<p>Jarrett Gabriel (1576)</p>\n<p>L
 ouis Fillmore (1523)</p>\n<p>Greg Van De Moortele (1522) (bye round 1)</p>
 \n<p>Ryan Weir (1516)</p>\n<p>Jordan Winfield (1512)</p>\n<p>Hwiseong Ahn 
 (1512)</p>\n<p>Steve McLeod (1494)</p>\n<p>Bhumik Kalra (1461)</p>\n<p>Fra
 ncois LeBlanc (1413)</p>\n<p>Ujjwal Sujith (1405)</p>\n<p>Eva Norovsambuu 
 (1400)</p>\n<p>Soham Ausekar (1400)</p>\n<p>Charles Culver (1392)</p>\n<p>
 Justin Cull (1371)</p>\n<p>Shiju Koshy (1367)</p>\n<p>Jayden Tran (1367)</
 p>\n<p>Omar Khan (1365)</p>\n<p>Skye Cross (1339)</p>\n<p>Travis Lloyd (13
 25)</p>\n<p>Sam Jubin (1325)</p>\n<p>Andrew Mayo (1323)</p>\n<p>Callum Eng
 elberts (1316)  (bye round 2)</p>\n<p>Kaven Sharma (1311)</p>\n<p>David Wa
 ng (1306)</p>\n<p>Aden Yip (1287)</p>\n<p>Irina Volosincu (1239)</p>\n<p>D
 ev Gupta (1224)</p>\n<p>Abel Koshy (1207)</p>\n<p>Noah McManus (1205) (bye
  round 3)</p>\n<p>Andy de Champlain (1188)</p>\n<p>Tris Winfield (1138)</p
 >\n<p>Saman Rahman (1109)</p>\n<p>Edi Ducusin (1084)</p>\n<p>Aalan Sathish
 kumar (1054)</p>\n<p>Athesh Pranav Thanagaraj (1031) (byes in rounds 3 and
  4)</p>\n<p>Prassidh Elango (1005) (byes in rounds 1 and 3)</p>\n<p>Kush A
 sthana (976)</p>\n<p>Tommy Tang (UNR)</p>\n<p>Gold Vu (UNR)</p>\n\n\n\n<p>
  </p>\n<p><strong>Maybe</strong></p>\n<p> </p>\n<p> </p>\n<p> </p>\n\n\n\n
 \n\n<p><strong>Accommodations:</strong></p>\n\n\n\n<p>Affordable hotels ne
 arby:</p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href='http://wedgewood-motel.hotelsinnovascotia.com
 /en/'>Wedgewood Hotel</a>\, Bedford Highway (near MSVU)</p>\n\n\n\n<p><a h
 ref='http://www.thebluenoseinn.com/'>Howard Johnson/The Bluenose Inn & Sui
 tes</a>\, Bedford Highway (near MSVU)</p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href='https://www.c
 hoicehotels.com/nova-scotia/halifax/comfort-inn-hotels/cn207?mc=dalzxxcnch
 '>Comfort Inn</a>\, Bedford Highway (near MSVU)</p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href='htt
 p://chebuctoinn.com/'>Chebucto Inn</a>\, Lady Hammond Road (between MSVU a
 nd SMU)</p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href='https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Hotel_Review-g15
 4976-d1165240-Reviews-Robie_s_End-Halifax_Halifax_Regional_Municipality_No
 va_Scotia.html'>Robie’s End</a>\, (B&B\, very close to SMU)</p>\n\n\n\n<p>
 And a little more upscale…</p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href='https://www.booking.com/
 hotel/ca/holiday-inn-express-and-suites-halifax.en-gb.html?aid=309261&labe
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 class&srepoch=1556579455&srpvid=c473a2ff647b00cd&ucfs=1&from=searchresults
 \;highlight_room=\;spdest=\;spdist=#hotelTmpl'>Holiday Inn Express & Suite
 s Halifax – Bedford</a>\, 980 Parkland Drive (near MSVU)</p>\n\n\n\n<p><a 
 href='https://www.booking.com/hotel/ca/chateau-bedford.en-gb.html?aid=3092
 61&label=slbu_msn-8PyV0b4vhl5f_ZT9TBJKnQ-6302406672%3Atikwd-9214570520%3Al
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 rder=class&srepoch=1556579455&srpvid=c473a2ff647b00cd&ucfs=1&from=searchre
 sults\;highlight_room=\;spdest=\;spdist=#hotelTmpl'>Chateau Bedford Tradem
 ark Collection by Wyndham</a>\, 133 Kearney Lake Road (near MSVU)</p>\n\n
 \n\n<p><a href='https://www.reservations.com/hotel/the-lord-nelson-hotel-a
 nd-suites?rmcid=rcc4&msclkid=be1226e34aa614170a747a24ccde7587&utm_source=b
 ing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Top%20Hotels&utm_term=Lord%20Nelson%20Hote
 l%20Halifax&utm_content=The%20Lord%20Nelson%20Hotel%20%26%20Suites_1805117
 '>Lord Nelson Hotel</a>\, 1515 South Park Street (closer to SMU)</p>\n\n\n
 \n<p><a href='https://www.reservations.com/hotel/atlantica-hotel-halifax?r
 mcid=rcc4&msclkid=54b543555e5b1c51f45f1f92d8ac2c70&utm_source=bing&utm_med
 ium=cpc&utm_campaign=Top%20Hotels&utm_term=Atlantica%20Hotel%20Halifax&utm
 _content=Atlantica%20Hotel%20Halifax_1805115'>Atlantica Hotel Halifax\,</a
 > 1980 Robie Street (closer to SMU)</p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class='wp-block
 -quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow'><strong>*** Note:</st
 rong> If you are looking for a roommate to share hotel and/or travel costs
  with for the <strong>Bluenose Open 2024</strong> tournament\, please cont
 act: Ken Cashin skcashin@outlook.com to have your name and contact info po
 sted on this site\, here\, for others to contact you. A list will be publi
 shed below for people looking for roommates for the tournament.</blockquot
 e>\n\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->
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LOCATION:Mount Saint Vincent University @ 166 Bedford Highway\, Halifax\, N
 S\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Bluenose Open 2024
URL:https://www.chessns.ca/event/bluenose-open-2024/
X-COST-TYPE:free
X-COST:Adults (age 18 and over): $40\, Seniors (age 65 and over): $35\, Jun
 iors (under age 18): $35
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