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CONTACT:Chris Felix\; chris.felix@chessns.ca
DESCRIPTION:<dl>\n<dd>Tournament Standings\, Pairings and Results:\n<dl>\n<
 dd><a href='https://chess-results.com/tnr995619.aspx?lan=1' target='_blank
 ' rel='noopener'>https://chess-results.com/tnr995619.aspx?lan=1</a></dd>\n
 </dl>\n</dd>\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/#c
 6dd1734-d864-41f7-b18f-4a4552c0a9e9' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>https:
 //view.livechesscloud.com/#c6dd1734-d864-41f7-b18f-4a4552c0a9e9</a></dd>\n
 </dl>\n</dd>\n</dl>\n<p style='color: #ff0000\;'><strong>*** YOU MUST emai
 l Chris Felix if you intend to play in this tournament: ***    </strong><s
 trong>chris.felix@chessns.ca</strong></p>\n<p style='color: #ff0000\;'><st
 rong>*** ONLY 64 SPOTS AVAILABLE</strong></p>\n<p style='color: #ff0000\;'
 ><strong>The deadline to pre-register for this tournament is 6 pm Tuesday\
 , August 27th.</strong></p>\n<p>Please read the entire registration proces
 s\, below\, before emailing Chris Felix.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament will
  follow <strong><a href='https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus/restrictions-an
 d-guidance/' target='_blank' rel='noreferrer noopener'>Government of Nova 
 Scotia Guidelines</a> </strong>re COVID-19. It will also follow the COVID-
 19 protocols of its host\, Mount Saint Vincent University\, which can be v
 iewed <a href='https://www.msvu.ca/about-msvu/return-to-campus/university-
 updates/'><strong>here</strong></a>. Masks are generally recommended. Note
  that a player who arrives at the tournament with a cough or cold and flu-
 like symptoms may be declined entry. A player may be asked to withdraw if 
 such symptoms appear during the event. The arbiter will rule in such cases
 .  </p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can pay your CFC membership online at: <a href='http
 s://www.chess.ca/en/players/membership-join/'>https://www.chess.ca/en/play
 ers/membership-join/</a></p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Registration process:</stro
 ng></p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Send an email message to <strong>Chris Felix</str
 ong> <strong>chris.felix@chessns.ca</strong> to tell him that you intend t
 o play. This must be done before 6 p.m. Tuesday\, August 27th. Also provid
 e your age and your chess rating\, if you have one. This is the “pre-regis
 tration” step.</li>\n<li>Purchase or renew your <strong>Chess Federation o
 f Canada membership</strong>. You can do that online\, <a href='https://ww
 w.chess.ca/en/players/membership-join/' target='_blank' rel='noreferrer no
 opener'>here</a>. Or\, you could pay Chris Felix for it onsite on the firs
 t day of the tournament. If you will be paying Chris Felix for the CFC mem
 bership\, please email him the registrant’s date of birth and home town.\n
 <p style='color: #ff0000\;'><strong>*** Payment method <em>onsite</em> for
  CFC membership is cash only ***</strong></p>\n</li>\n<li>Check in at the 
 registration desk before 4:45 p.m. on Friday\, August 30th and pay the <st
 rong>tournament entry fee (see fees below).</strong> This you pay to Chris
  Felix onsite at the tournament.\n<p style='color: #ff0000\;'><strong>*** 
 Payment method for tournament entry fee is cash only ***</strong></p>\n</l
 i>\n</ol>\n\n<p style='color: #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 first round in order to be paired for the first r
 ound. This is so that Chris knows they are on site and able to play. ***</
 strong></p>\n\n<p><strong>Date of tournament:</strong> August 30th to Sept
 ember 1st\, 2024</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Location:</strong> Mount Saint Vinc
 ent University\, 166 Bedford Highway\, Halifax\, N.S.\,<strong> Margaret N
 orrie McCain Centre for<br />Teaching\, Learning and Research\, ROOMS 105/
 106.<br /><br /></strong></p>\n\n\n\n<p>See building <strong># 1</strong> 
 on campus map <a href='https://www.msvu.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/MSVU
 20Campus20Map20Accessibility.pdf'><strong>here</strong></a>.</p>\n\n\n\n<p
 ><strong>Contact:</strong> Chris Felix <strong>chris.felix@chessns.ca</str
 ong></p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Type:</strong> Five round Swiss.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>
 <strong>Registration:</strong> Friday\, August 30th onsite\, from 3:30 pm 
 to 4:45 pm. Late registrants will be <em><strong>disqualified</strong></em
 > from 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\, August 30th\,
  6 p.m.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rd 2: Saturday\, August 31st\, 10 a.m.</p>\n\n\n\n<p
 >Rd 3: Saturday\, August 31st\, 4:30 p.m.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rd 4: Sund
 ay\, September 1st\, 9 a.m.</strong></p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rd 5: Sunday\, 
 September 1st\, 3:30 p.m.</strong></p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><st
 rong>Prizes:</strong> Cash prizes will be awarded\, based on the number of
  entrants.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Time control:</strong> Game in 2 hours\, 
 with 30-second increments starting at move one.</p>\n<p><strong>Tournament
  Director:</strong> Chris Felix.</p>\n<p><strong>Arbiter: </strong>Roger L
 angen</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 rating
 s 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><stron
 g>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 the time of registration.<
 /p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Forfeits: </strong>Players are required to play 
 all five rounds unless they have declared byes beforehand\, as indicated a
 bove. Unless they have declared a bye for a particular round\, as indicate
 d 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 oppon
 ent will earn a score of one point for the game.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also\, a pl
 ayer is expected to show up <strong><em>on time</em></strong> for the star
 t of the round\, as a courtesy to their opponent. If a player does not sho
 w up <em><strong>within an hour after a game starts</strong></em>\, the pl
 ayer will be forfeited for that round\, i.e.\, they will earn a score of z
 ero for the game and their opponent will earn a score of one point for the
  game.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Forced byes: In rounds where there is an unev
 en number of players\, a full-point\, <a href='https://support.chess.com/a
 rticle/1310-what-is-a-bye-in-a-tournament'>forced bye</a> will be given to
  one player\, as determined by the pairing software.  </strong></p>\n\n\n
 \n<blockquote class='wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layou
 t-flow'><strong>*** Note:</strong> In addition to paying the tournament en
 try 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 pur
 chased online on the <a href='http://chess.ca/membership-rates'>CFC site</
 a> before the tournament\, or can be paid to the tournament director onsit
 e at time of registration.</blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class='wp-block
 -quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow'><strong>*** Note:</st
 rong> This tournament is subject to the <a href='https://www.chessns.ca/ns
 ca-fair-play-and-electronic-device-policy/'>Chess Nova Scotia Fair Play an
 d Electronic Device Policy.</a></blockquote>\n\n\n<hr class='wp-block-sepa
 rator' />\n\n\n<p> </p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Updated August 30\, 2024</p>\n<p>\n
 \n\n\n</p>\n<p><strong>Confirmed Participants </strong> (Note: the ratings
  below are as of the date above and may not reflect the most recent CFC to
 urnament results. Ratings are included here only to give potential tournam
 ent entrants an idea of who is playing and the level of competition to exp
 ect.)  </p>\n<p>\n\n</p>\n<p>1. Jerjis Kapra (2250)<br />\n2. Calix Marcha
 nd (2180)<br />\n3. Brian Zhang (2119)<br />\n4. Jose Gonzalez Cueto (1990
 ) (bye round 3)<br />\n5. Kyle Creamer (1960)<br />\n6. Glenn Charlton (19
 42) (bye round 1)<br />\n7. Michelle Zhang (1911)<br />\n8. Josh MacRitchi
 e (1897)<br />\n9. James Gilks (1834)<br />\n10. Brian McKay (1799)<br />
 \n11. Paulo Ferreira (1797) (byes in rounds 2 and 4)<br />\n12. Louis Fill
 more (1773)<br />\n13. Ken Cashin (1754)<br />\n14. Tanusri Sridhar (1749)
 <br />\n15. Eric Newman (1696) (bye round 1)<br />\n16. Calvin Scallion (1
 633)<br />\n17. Alice Yancey (1630)<br />\n18. Simon Yergeau (1629)<br />
 \n19. Con MacNeil (1609)<br />\n20. Elon Lau (1604)<br />\n21. Jim Livings
 tone (1571)<br />\n22. Jarrett Gabriel (1565)<br />\n23. Phil Boyle (1547)
  (bye round 1)<br />\n24. Alex Sanford (1536)<br />\n25. Jordan Winfield (
 1523)<br />\n26. Skye Cross (1449)<br />\n27. Emmanuel Simiyu (1419)<br />
 \n28. Houssam Elokda (1413) (bye round 3)<br />\n29. Charles Culver (1400)
 <br />\n30. David Wang (1398)<br />\n31. Paul Bates (1394)<br />\n32. Dev 
 Gupta (1381)<br />\n33. Travis Lloyd (1371)<br />\n34. Jayden Tran (1358)<
 br />\n35. Yury Shulga (1345)<br />\n36. Goldy Vu (1320)<br />\n37. Remi P
 etch (1307)<br />\n38. Chris Maund (1301)<br />\n39. Kaven Sharma (1284)<b
 r />\n40. Irina Volosincu (1279)<br />\n41. Justin Nguyen (1267)<br />\n42
 . Noah McManus (1251)<br />\n43. Kevin Ellis (1244)<br />\n44. Andrew Mayo
  (1225)<br />\n45. Tris Winfield (1208)<br />\n46. Ujjwal Sujith (1202)<br
  />\n47. Tommy Tang (1196)<br />\n48. Vanshpreet Singh (1180)<br />\n49. E
 va Norovsambuu (1157)<br />\n50. John MacLean (1155) (byes in rounds 1\, 2
  and 3)<br />\n51. Matthew Wright (1136)<br />\n52. Jude Carter (1125)<br 
 />\n53. Edisson Ducusin (1014)<br />\n54. Kush Asthana (990)<br />\n55. An
 drew Ali (918)<br />\n56. Minkyu Shin (784)<br />\n57. Agamnoor Singh (764
 )<br />\n58. Ryan Benson (UNR)<br />\n59. James Smith (UNR)<br />\n60. Pav
 ithran Arivhazalagan (UNR)<br />\n61. Akash Narendra (UNR)<br />\n62. Adin
 arayana reddy Narupalli (UNR)<br />\n63. Shantakumaran Vinayagaperumal (UN
 R)<br />\n64. Darrshan Chittor Dhanasekar (UNR)<br />\n65. Dev Prakash (UN
 R)<br />\n66. Jack Sampson (UNR)<br />\n67. Elshan Rahnamania (UNR)<br />
 \n68. Daiwik Keshav (UNR)<br />\n</p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Accommodat
 ions:</strong></p>\n\n\n\n<p>Affordable hotels nearby:</p>\n\n\n\n<p><a hr
 ef='http://wedgewood-motel.hotelsinnovascotia.com/en/'>Wedgewood Hotel</a>
 \, Bedford Highway (near MSVU)</p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href='http://www.theblueno
 seinn.com/'>Howard Johnson/The Bluenose Inn & Suites</a>\, Bedford Highway
  (near MSVU)</p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href='https://www.choicehotels.com/nova-scot
 ia/halifax/comfort-inn-hotels/cn207?mc=dalzxxcnch'>Comfort Inn</a>\, Bedfo
 rd Highway (near MSVU)</p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href='http://chebuctoinn.com/'>Che
 bucto Inn</a>\, Lady Hammond Road (between MSVU and SMU)</p>\n\n\n\n<p><a 
 href='https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Hotel_Review-g154976-d1165240-Reviews-Rob
 ie_s_End-Halifax_Halifax_Regional_Municipality_Nova_Scotia.html'>Robie’s E
 nd</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-expr
 ess-and-suites-halifax.en-gb.html?aid=309261&label=slbu_msn-8PyV0b4vhl5f_Z
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 =\;spdist=#hotelTmpl'>Holiday Inn Express & Suites 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=309261&label=slbu_msn-8PyV0b4
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 pdest=\;spdist=#hotelTmpl'>Chateau Bedford Trademark Collection by Wyndham
 </a>\, 133 Kearney Lake Road (near MSVU)</p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href='https://ww
 w.reservations.com/hotel/the-lord-nelson-hotel-and-suites?rmcid=rcc4&msclk
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 1515 South Park Street (closer to SMU)</p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href='https://www.
 reservations.com/hotel/atlantica-hotel-halifax?rmcid=rcc4&msclkid=54b54355
 5e5b1c51f45f1f92d8ac2c70&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Top%2
 0Hotels&utm_term=Atlantica%20Hotel%20Halifax&utm_content=Atlantica%20Hotel
 %20Halifax_1805115'>Atlantica Hotel Halifax\,</a> 1980 Robie Street (close
 r to SMU)</p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class='wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-b
 lock-quote-is-layout-flow'><strong>*** Note:</strong> If you are looking f
 or a roommate to share hotel and/or travel costs with for the <strong>Labo
 ur Day Open 2024</strong> tournament\, please contact: Chris Felix chris.f
 elix@chessns.ca to have your name and contact info posted on this site\, h
 ere\, for others to contact you. A list will be published below for people
  looking for roommates for the tournament.</blockquote>\n\n\n<!-- wp:parag
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SUMMARY:Labour Day Open 2024
URL:https://www.chessns.ca/event/labour-day-open-2024/
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X-COST:Adults (age 18 and over): $40\, Seniors (age 65 and over): $35\, Jun
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