Kim Nguyen
Event Date Type Points Results

Scoresheets

Legible and complete scoresheets must be submitted to the event organizer or tournament director by both players at the end of all rated tournament games played at a classical time control.

Failure to submit a scoresheet for all of your games means you are ineligible for winning any cash prizes.

Failure to record your moves will result in a warning from the tournament director and a possible forfeit. You may use a recording device like a Monroi instead of a scoresheet, but the recorded game must still be submitted.

Prize Funds

A generous percentage of player entry fees are returned as prizes, minus expenses such as player rating fees and an honorarium for the event organizer and tournament director who spend many hours putting together and running the events you enjoy playing in.

The ACA covers player rating fees plus event organizer and tournament director fees in events sanctioned by them, thus helping increase prize funds in many larger weekend events.

Sometimes a guaranteed percentage of entry fees are returned to the players as prizes. This percentage varies with the size of the event and the availability of additional funds such as sponsorship proceeds. Occasionally a minimum prize fund is guaranteed, which in turn is often based on a minimum number of player entries. It all depends.

The event organizer determines the allocation of all prizes at his or her sole discretion unless advertised in advance. However, the structure of the prize fund must be formally confirmed before the start of the second round in order to account for adjustments after late player entries.

Ratings

Weekly club events are FIDE rated, unless specified by the organizer. All competitive events are CFC rated by default, unless specified otherwise by the event organizer.

Larger weekend events, including all ACA sanctioned events, continue to be FIDE & CFC rated by default. Events with multiple sections are generally FIDE rated only in the top section.

For pairing purposes, the higher of your latest CFC and/or FIDE rating is used. For international events, FIDE is the primary rating and CFC the secondary rating to be used.

Although FIDE rates blitz and rapid events, most games not played at classical time controls are not rated except when otherwise specified.

Memberships

CFC membership is mandatory for participation in all rated events. Please refer to Chess Federation of Canada for current membership types and rates.

ACA membership is mandatory for participation in all rated events. ACA membership is included with your CFC membership.

CCC membership is mandatory for participation in all non-ACA rated events.





              


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