Nova Scotia Open 2024

When the tournament begins, for the DGT Link to see the live games, click here. 

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. DO NOT INQUIRE. DO NOT EMAIL.

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

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

Registration process: (now closed)

1. Send an email message to Ken Cashin skcashin@outlook.com to tell him that you intend to play. This must be done before 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 11th. 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 Ken Cashin for it onsite on the first day of the tournament. If you will be paying Ken Cashin 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 4:45 p.m. on Friday June 14th and pay the tournament entry fee (see fees below). This you pay to Ken Cashin 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 Ken knows they are on site and able to play. ***  

Date of tournament: June 14-16, 2024

Location: Saint Mary’s University, 923 Robie Street, Halifax, N.S., Loyola Academic Complex, rooms LA173, LA174, and LA175.

See building LA on campus map here.

Contact: Ken Cashin skcashin@outlook.com

Type: Five round Swiss.

Registration: Friday, June 14th, onsite, from 3:30 pm to 4:45 pm. Late registrants will be disqualified from playing in the first round. Do not be late.

Rounds:

Rd 1: Friday, June 14th, 6 p.m.

Rd 2: Saturday, June 15th, 10 a.m.

Rd 3: Saturday, June 15th, 4:30 p.m.

Rd 4: Sunday, June 16th, 9 a.m.

Rd 5: Sunday, June 16th, 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. The tournament winner’s name will be engraved on the Nova Scotia Open trophy.

Time control:

40/105 + G/30 + 30 sec increment from start

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. If one of the sections is 1499-rated & below, that section will have the simpler time control of Game in 2 hours, with 30-second increments from start (same one as the Bluenose Open 2024).

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.

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Updated: June 14, 2024

Confirmed Participants (87) (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.)

Sriram Sarja (2310) Bye in Round 2

Calix Marchand (2223)

Jason Manley (2126) NB

Brian Zhang (2101) 

Jose Gonzalez-Cueto (1983)

Glenn Charlton (1977)

Michelle Zhang (1959)

Remo Lacson (1920)

Harry Posner (1916) 

Josh MacRitchie (1893)

David Kenney (1851)

Paul Abela (1842) Bye in Round 1

Kyle Creamer (1827)

Ryan Memet (1815)

Denis Page (1805)

Kanav Bhardwaj (1785)

Sajjad Bashiri (1779)

Elfred Duray (1775)

Ken Cashin (1757)

Ben Matheson (1753)

Rikuto Nakayasu (1739) Byes in rounds 1 and 2

Francois Chevalier (1730)

Magnus Justason (1729) NB

Andrea Fantasia (1727) Italy

Jamil Muradov (1724)

Emma Norovsambuu (1712)

Justin Stevens (1700) 

Eric Newman (1672) Byes in rounds 1 and 3

Calvin Scallion (1662)

Elon Lau (1647)

Ray Cooke (1635) Byes in Rounds 3 and 5

David Payne (1624)

Louis Fillmore (1606)

Ethan Saunders (1597)

Han Zhang (1595)

Wael Al-Gashm (1579)

Hafez Rabiei (1557)

Jarrett Gabriel (1541)

Patrick Wain (1517)

Alex Sanford (1503)

Greg Van De Moortele (1497) Bye in Round 1

Ehsan Dehghanizadeh (1493)

Tanusri Sridhar (1476)

Charles Culver (1465)

Aden Yip (1431)

Jayden Tran (1423)

Skye Cross (1406)

Paul Bates (1397)

Yury Shulga (1394) Bye in Round 5

Bhumik Kalra (1382)

David Wang (1364)

Travis Lloyd (1351)

Dev Gupta (1349)

Callum Engelberts (1333) Byes in Round 3 and 5

Mila Aung-Thwin (1329)

Kaven Sharma (1328)

Kyle Morgan (1323)

Soham Ausekar (1317)

Sam Jubin (1309)

Chris Maund (1306) NB

Liam Mailman (1304)

Andrew Mayo (1292)

Remi Petch (1278)

Vanshpreet Singh (1272)

Eva Norovsambuu (1265)

Noah McManus (1261)

Tommy Tang (1256)

Irina Volosincu (1254)

Jay Toulany (1220)

Ujjwal Sujith (1192)

Lingjian Chen (1183) Bye in round 4

Goldy Vu (1175)

Abel Koshy (1174)

Atheshpranav Thanagaraj (1086)

Jayden Webber (1046) Bye in round 4

Adrian Fu (1035)

Edisson Ducusin (1026)

Kush Asthana (990)

Agamnoor Singh (UNR)

Minkyu Shin (UNR)

Tejesh Pedereddla (UNR) Bye in round 1

Jude Carter (UNR)

Wyatt Pokorný (UNR) Byes in rounds 4 and 5

Joshua Gallardo (UNR)

Andrew Ali (UNR) Bye in round 4

Emmanuel Simiyu (UNR)

Kevin Ellis (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 Nova Scotia Open 2024 tournament, please contact: Ken Cashin skcashin@outlook.com 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.