1st MARKHAM-CCYC “Happy Life” Grand Prix Kids’ Chess Tournament

2017 Ontario Chess Challenge Qualifier Tournament!

Date: Saturday, February 25th 2017

Location: The Markham Pan-Am Athletic Centre, 16 Main St, Unionville

Age Groups: Under 8, 10, 12, 14 and open group (based on 6 players, otherwise open group merges)

Registration: Pre-registration and online payment highly encouraged to speed up registration, should be done online by February 22th. For those who pre-registered, please check-in by 11:15AM on February 25th and pay if you haven’t already done so.

TD: Mike Ivanov

Organizer: CCYC --Canada Chess Youth Club

Title Sponsor: Happy Life

On-site registration/payment: starts at 10:15AM ends at 11:15AM. Anyone registering or paying after that will not be paired for first round, in order to start on time.
Tournament begins at: 12PM 5-round Swiss, clocks used if necessary Ends around 5:30PM
Half-point byes are available for rounds 1-4, please indicate any desired byes on the registration form.
A 15 minute snack break will be held after the 3rd round
All games will be CMA rated

Prizes: each tournament 1st place gets a trophy plus a $100 gift-card, 2nd gets a silver medal+50$ gift-card, 3rd gets bronze+$10 gift-card. 2nd and 3rd prizes can be split.
In the case of a tie for 1st place, play-offs will be used to determine the winner
Players tied for 2nd and 3rd will all get medals
3 points and above will get a certificate
Prizes/Certificates will be awarded by the mayor of Markham!

Registration: Email of parent; Cell number in case of emergencies; Full name of player
Birthdate ; Existing CMA rating and a box to check for unrated players
School name of the player ; existing CCYC student or not;

Byes requested for round:

Entry Fees: $20 for CCYC students if pre-registered and paid online,
$25 for anyone else who pre-registered and paid on-line.
$30 for those who pre-registered and paid on-site,
$40 for on-site registrations.
E-transfer & PayPal accepted: canadachessyouthclub@gmail.com ;
(prizes based on 100 players, will accept up to 150 players)

Online registration：

MPs Mayor of Markham and City’s councilor will be present at our tournament
Come out and find the champion in you!