
2016 Canadian Women’s Zonal
Date: September 22-26, 2016.
Place: RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa.
Format: 9-round Swiss.
Time Control: 40moves/90minutes + Game/30 min + 30-seconds per move from move 1.
Requesting byes: max of two 0 point byes in the first five rounds.
Rounds:
Players meeting: Thursday Sept 22 at 6 pm.
Rd.1: Thursday 7 pm.
Rounds 2-9: Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday 10 am & 5 pm.
Prizes: guaranteed to total $2,000
1st $1,000 plus a trip to the FIDE World Event which the CFC funds according to its rules.
2nd $500
3rd $250
4th or Under prizes totalling $250.
The winner in the Women’s Zonal will also be awarded FIDE's Woman International Master (WIM) title.
Other titles will be awarded in accordance with FIDE title requirements. (see PDF)
Entry Fee: $150 before September 15, thereafter $200;
U1800: $200 if pre-registered before September 15, thereafter $250.
CFC or FQE membership is required, as is a CFC or FQE or FIDE rating over 1600.
TD: FA Danny Goldenberg, FA Donald Miller, Halldor P. Palsson.
Organizer: Halldor P. Palsson
Registration:
E-transfer (Cheque received) by September 15, 2016, payable to:
Halldor P. Palsson,
633 Island Park Cr.
Ottawa, Ont.
K1Y 3P4
or
e-mail
fs889@ncf.ca
Current Entries (2016.09.17; updated 9.22)
There are currently only 7 women entered, but three are over 2250.
| # | Name | Rating |
| 1 | Qiyu Zhou | 2325 |
| 2 | Agnieszka Matras-Clement | 2306 |
| 3 | Natalia Khoudgarian | 2276 |
| 4 | Constance Wang | 2033 |
| 5 | Svitlana Demchenko | 2011 |
| 6 | Carol Pretell Diaz | 1754 |
| 7 | Kylie Tan | 1671 |