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The Hart House Chess Club, the official Chess Club of the University of Toronto, is delighted to announce that we have won the bid to host the 2024 Canadian Zonal Championship and the 2024 Canadian Women’s Zonal Championship. Also known as the Canadian Chess Championship, the tournament is the most important chess tournament for Canadian Chess in 2024.

WHERE: Great Hall, Music Room, Debates Room, Hart House, University of Toronto, 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto ON, M5S 3H3

WHEN: Wednesday, March 27th to Tuesday, April 2nd (Easter Long Weekend)

SCHEDULE: 10 Round Swiss for Open Zonals, 9 Round Swiss for Women’s Section, 7 Round Swiss for General Section

Open Zonals Section: March 27th – April 2nd (1-2-1-2-1-2-1)

Wednesday, March 27th: Round 1 @ 6pm
Thursday, March 28th: Round 2 @ 10am, Round 3 @ 5pm
Friday, March 29th: Round 4 @ 5pm
Saturday, March 30th: Round 5 @ 10am, Round 6 @ 5pm
Sunday, March 31st: Round 7 @ 5pm
Monday, April 1st: Round 8 @ 10am, Round 9 @ 5pm
Tuesday, April 2nd: Round 10 @ 10am

Women Zonals: March 28th – April 2nd (2-1-2-1-2-1)

Thursday, March 28th: Round 1 @ 10am, Round 2 @ 5pm
Friday, March 29th: Round 3 @ 5pm
Saturday, March 30th: Round 4 @ 10am, Round 5 @ 5pm
Sunday, March 31st: Round 6 @ 5pm
Monday, April 1st: Round 7 @ 10am, Round 8 @ 5pm
Tuesday, April 2nd: Round 9 @ 10am

General Sections: March 29th – April 1st (2-2-2-1)

Friday, March 29th: Round 1 @ 10am, Round 2 @ 5pm
Saturday, March 30th: Round 3 @ 10am, Round 4 @ 5pm
Sunday, March 31st: Round 5 @ 10am, Round 6 @ 5pm
Monday, April 1st: Round 7 @ 10am

TIME CONTROL: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.

RATING: All sections will be CFC rated. Open Zonal, Women Zonal, Premier, U1800, sections will also be FIDE rated.

FORFEIT TIME: Players who do not arrive within 30 minutes of the round start time will be forfeited.

ORGANIZER: Hart House Chess Club; Victor Zheng, Tanner McNamara, Alex Ferreira, Bowen Zhang

Arbiters: IA Omar Shah, FA Alex Ferreira, FA Uttam Dhungel

EMAIL: zonal@harthousechess.com

2024 Canadian Zonals and Women's Zonals