North battles South. Dividing line: Red Deer river or 52�16'05" elsewhere in the province. Each player plays two rounds against the same opponent, one game with white, the other with black. Drawing of lots for colours will be done immediately before round 1.
Tournament Arbiter: TBD Captain of Team South is Vlad Rekhson/Angelo Tolentino: vrekhson@yahoo.ca; (403) 970-8032; avelangelotolentino@yahoo.com
Captain of Team North is Cristian Ivanescu: cristian.ivanescu@yahoo.ca
The winning team gets the Junior Battle of Alberta trophy.
Each team will be made of twelve players. All players must be Under-18 (born after January 1, 2000). Five players must be Under-12 (born after January 1, 2006). Each team must include at least two girls. Players will be paired by rating within their section (U-18, U-12, Girls), with the captain determining who is in each section if a player qualifies to more than one.
Tiebreak: TBD
CFC & FIDE rated CFC membership is not required.
Time control:Game in 90 minutes with a 30-second increment Round times:11:30 am and 3:30 pm. The Arbiter at his discretion may postpone the start by up to half an hour if many of the players from one team are not available at the start for a good reason.
Default late time:60 minutes unless the Arbiter decides otherwise.
Final roster/board order announcements must be made bynoon, Wednesday, September 26. Players' ratings will be determined by the CFC/FIDE rating lists published onSeptember 19. After the official roster announcement, replacements must be lower rated than the players they are replacing, and replace them on the same board. Replacements after the first game will only be allowed in case of an emergency. The final decision on whether to allow a replacement will be made by the Arbiter.
Pairings: TEAM NORTH ..........................................TEAM SOUTH UNDER 18 1) David Yao (1995)..................................1) Ian Zhao (2229) 2) Kaixin Wang (1993)..............................2) Maxim Vasic (1938) 3) Andi Superceanu (1782).......................3) Patrick Tolentino (1927) 4) Sean Mah (1753 F)...............................4) Aditya Raninga (1909) 5) Jeffrey Chen (1633)..............................5) Andrew Chen (1807)
UNDER 12 1) Mark Ivanescu (1931)...........................1) Anand Rishi Chandra (2131) 2) James Windram (1841)........................2) Paul Wang (1873) 3) Ron Offengenden (1722)......................3) Hemant Srinivasan (1804) 4) Yash Darvekar (1541)...........................4) Kevin Qin (1415 F) 5) Alex Han(1414)/Sam Hoekman(1304)..5) Khino Tolentino (1333)
GIRLS 1) Lucy Cao (1823)...................................1) Roni Gutin (1531 F) 2) Michelle Mo (1709)................................2) Maria Gallemaso (1292)
RATING AVERAGE 1761...........................................................1766