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2010 Canadian Open Chess Championship

Posted March 3rd, 2010 by Webmaster of GTCL
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Date: 
2010/07/10 - 2010/07/18

Location

Westin Harbour Castle
1 Harbour Square,
Toronto, ON
Canada

STYLE: 9 Round Swiss System, Single Section, CFC and FIDE rated. Accelerated pairings will be used in early rounds.

TIME CONTROL: 40 moves in 90 minutes, 30 minutes for remainder (with 30 second increments from move 1).

SCHEDULE:

Saturday July 10th Opening Ceremony & Round 1 6:00pm Sharp
July 11th- July 16th Rounds 2-7 6:00pm Daily
Saturday July 17th Round 8 2:00pm
Sunday July 18th Round 9 10:00am
Sunday July 18th Awards Banquet / Presentation 6:00pm
For other side events, including Canadian Speed Chess Championship, GM simuls and lectures, see website

PRIZE FUND: $ 30,000+ Guaranteed! (see following page for details).

ENTRY FEE: $175 per person (Early bird Special to April 30), thereafter $195. Deadline July 6th. 

ACCOMMODATION: Special Chess Rate of only $99.00 is being offered by the luxurious Westin Harbour Castle. Book early; a limited number of rooms are available at this rate.

BYES: Maximum of 3 ½-point byes available in rounds 1-8

EQUIPMENT: Please bring chess sets and digital clocks, if you have them.

CHIEF ARBITER: Hal Bond

ORGANIZERS: Greater Toronto Chess League

Michael Barron 416 739-6257 barron045@yahoo.com 
Brian Fiedler416 733-3199 fiedlerbrian@yahoo.com.au

PRIZE FUND DETAILS:

Tournament Placement Prizes
 
Overall
 
Class and Category Prizes
 
1st
 
2nd
1st $6,500 <2400 $1,000 $500
2nd $3,500 <2200 $1,000 $500
3rd $2,500 <2000 $1,000 $500
4th $1,500 <1800 $1,000 $500
5th $1,500 <1600 $1,000 $500
6th $500 <1400 & Unrated $1,000 $500
7th $500 Top Bantam(<14 years) $500 $250
8th $500 Top Junior(<18 years) $500 $250
9th $500 Top Senior(50+ years) $500 $250
10th $500 Top Female $500 $250

Individual game and other prizes (eg. Brilliancy Prize, Biggest Upset, Trivia Contest, Best Dressed etc.) TBA.

Payment: 
By Mail Send Entry to: Michael Barron 155 Antibes Dr., Suite 915, Toronto, Ontario M2R 3G7, Please make cheques or money orders payable to: “2010 Canadian Open Chess”
Or, In Person at Strategy Games Stores: 
Toronto: 701 Mt. Pleasant Road, 416-486-3395, 
Ottawa: 250 Bank Street, 613-565-3662 
Montreal: 3423 St. Denis Street, 514-845-8352
Or, By phone with credit card to CFC Office at 519 508-2362

Enter Early – Spaces are Limited! Your entry fee will be fully refunded if your plans change before July 6th. All entries must be received no later than July 6th, 2010. No entries will be accepted at the site on the day of the tournament!

Organizer : 
Greater Toronto Chess League
TD Name: 
Hal Bond I.A.
Email for TD: 
halbond@sympatico.ca
Phone for TD: 
(416) 739-6257
Fax: 
(416) 733-3199

Comments

Where do I find details of the blitz event?

On July 10th, 2010 Anonymous (not verified) says:
Where do I find details of the blitz event?

Canadian Open Speed Chess Championship details

On July 11th, 2010 Erikm says:

The blitz tournament is on Saturday at 8pm in the playing hall, West ballrrom in the building on the north side of the street, use the overhead walkway from the hotel. 7 double-round swiss directed by Dobrich. $20 entry fee. Expected prize fund $1,000.

http://monroi.com/2010-cocc-schedule.html

High entry fees... Not many

On March 3rd, 2010 Anonymous (not verified) says:

High entry fees... Not many class prizes compared to PWC  toronto open... :(

The Entry fee IS high, but

On April 14th, 2010 Alex (not verified) says:
The Entry fee IS high, but it's helping to paying for the prizes, there's obviously less sponsors than usual for a tournament this size. The Prize structure doesn't have anything wrong with it... watering down the prizes by creating 3rd, 4th,5th, etc class prizes is silly and defeats the obvious purpose of providing an incentive to travel to the tournament in the hopes of recouping costs, for those outside the Toronto Area. If I'm paying 175-200 dollars to play, I expect to be playing for a prize at least double what I've paid. I think that the prize structure may have been different if the entry fee had been lower, and presumably the cost structure and funding for staging the tournament in the first place. No reason to complain.

Compared with Edmonton 2009

On June 4th, 2010 Ed (not verified) says:
Would-be entrants are comparing these class prizes to the 2009 Canadian Open in Edmonton, which was extraordinary in attracting many top rank GMs with not very high Open prizes, when there could be more and higher class prizes. This time, accelerated rounds gives lower rated players a much bigger chance at the Open prizes, so the class prizes are still reasonable. As well, there are many more Ladies, Seniors and Juniors prizes this time, and category prizes (Biggest Upset, Best Dressed...).

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