Maritime Chess Club

We play FUN Rapid tournament throughout the week (ENTRY IS FREE) at 8PM Atlantic time. Lately, I've been giving out $5 credits to the nightly winner. You have to self identify to me me including your location, before the end of the tournament, in order to collect a prize, and if you are not a member the credit will go to pay a portion of your membership fee. Maximum of 2 credits per week per player.

These credits can be used to purchase a club membership or to pay the entry fee for a CFC Rapid tournament which we have six times per year, or to purchase a CFC membership or single CFC Tournament fee.

Every 3rd Tuesday at 8pm Atlantic we hold a Cash Blitz (ENTRY IS FREE), with a $20 Cash Prize (or credit) to both the winner and the Most Improved Player. You have to self identify to me me including your location, before the end of the tournament, in order to collect a prize, and if you are not a member $10 will go to pay your membership fee.

Effective immediately, potential prize winners MAY be requested to provide proof of identity (via a passport, driver's license, or some other official id with picture) matching the name they gave me earlier, in order to claim their prize. This will be especially so for FOREIGN players without FIDE id's or FIDE ratings significantly lower than their online ratings. Please take no offence, if you are asked. This is just an additional measure to make our tournaments fair for everyone. This proof of identity is to be e-mailed to me at fredmckim@gmail.com

There is an entry fee for the CFC Rapid Tournaments. They are typically held on a Monday night at 8pm Atlantic. It is $10 for the Open and $5 for the Amateur section. There is a late fee of $5 for anyone paying after the previous Friday. Credits can be used to pay your entry fees. YOU MUST BE a MEMBER OF BOTH THE CLUB and the CFC at the beginning of the tournament in order to participate. About 75% of the entry fees go back as prizes, with the remainder covering administrative costs (ie Rating fees and advertizing).

If you would like to join the club, but are from another part of Canada or outside Canada. Tell me about yourself when you sign up. There is a membership fee of $10 for 24 months, but you're welcome to try our fun tournaments as a guest.

One of the unique features of this club is that we have our own Rapid and Blitz ratings, which in my opinion are closer to "real" playing strength than the LiChess ratings.
http://mcc.devastation.ca/mcc_ol_ratings.html

Fred McKim