The Second Lunenburg County

OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

April 17, 18, 19, 1998

Wandlyn Hotel, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia

The Lunenburg Chess Club pleased to invite your to our second annual Lunenburg County Chess Championship will take place Friday, Saturday, Sunday, April 17, 18, 19, 1998, at the Wandlyn Inn in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. Come visit the South Shore!

Our first championship in 1997 had an excellent turnout with 27 participants despite the ice storm. It was also something of a historic event. Ed Urquhart of St. Mary's University, and formerly of Pictou County Nova Scotia, won the championship and in doing so elevated his Chess Federation of Canada rating to the status of "Canadian Chess Master."

Pictured left is Ed Urquhart (left) about to play his main challenger Rob Villeneuve who placed second in the last tournament.

Format

The format will be a 5-round swiss tournament rated by the Chess Federation of Canada (CFC). Pairings will be done by the SWISS PERFECT computer pairing program. Time countrols will be 30 moves in 1 1/2 hours followed by 1 hour to Sudden Death!

Schedule

Registration: Friday 6-7 pm
Round 1 Friday 7-12 pm
Round 2 Saturday 9:30 am - 3 pm
Round 3 Saturday 3 pm -8 pm
Round 4 Sunday 9 am - 2 pm
Round 5 Sunday 2:30 pm - 7:30 pm

1/2 point byes are available.

Entry Fees

Entry fees will be $25, with Juniors, Seniors and Chess Masters (currently over 2200 CFC Rating) paying only $10. Chess Federation of Canada (CFC) membership is required to play. If you are joining the Chess Federation of Canada for the first time, we will not charge an entry fee if you have to joined the CFC with a full membership. Tournament memberships are also available, but you will be required to pay the entry fee in that case.

CFC membership will be available on site. For Nova Scotia Residents, regular membership is $38, family memberships (for the second member in a family household) is $25.

Prize Fund

The prize fund will be based upon the entry fees and support of our patrons. There will be sectional prizes as well based upon the entries.

We expect to see local Lunenburg County players match wits with some of the best chess players in the Maritimes.

Please bring your chess sets, clocks and boards.

The Site

Auberge Wandlyn Inn
Salon C
50 North Street
Bridgewater NS B4V 2V6
Tel. 902-543-7131 Fax 902-543-7170

Directions

From Halifax take Highway 103 to Bridgewater.
Take Exit 12, the first Bridgewater exit, turn left off the ram (North Street).
Drive about 1 km.
Turn left into The Wandlyn Inn (before the traffic light).

Accommodations

The Wandlyn Inn, our site, has excellent rooms, allowing 1-4 people in a room. The special chess tournament rate is $55 per night and their telephone number is 902-543-7131. Please patronize them. There are dining facilities in the hotel. There is full range of restaurants in Bridgewater and few other hotels too! Fast food is within walking distance

Chess tournaments in Nova Scotia \ are no smoking events!

More information . .

For more information on the First Lunenburg County Open Chess Championship please contact the tournament organizer:

Steve Saunders, Tournament Director
RR1, Blockhouse NS B0J 1E0
ssaunder@fox.nstn.ca
saundrs@natsea.ca
Home: 624-9361
Work: 634-8811

Brian Burgess 902-543-9916
brian.burgess@ns.sympatico.ca

Website http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/NSChess/98lccc.html