This Open is the seventh large-scale Mahjong Competition Rules (MCR) competition organized by the Canadian MCR Sprots Association, and it is also the first physical Mahjong competition organized since the 2020 epidemic. This year’s Open still adopts the international “Rules of Mahjong Competition” promulgated by the World Mahjong Organization. Individual and team winners will be determined through eight games, rewarded, and corresponding trophies, medals and certificates will be issued.
We warmly welcome all national standard mahjong fans to actively participate and gather in Toronto to communicate with each other, jointly promote the Olympic spirit, advocate a healthy, scientific and friendly mahjong culture, and promote the vigorous development of intellectual competitive mahjong in the Greater Toronto Area and even in Canada.
As a long-term partner of the National Standard Mahjong Association of Canada, Easy Canada (esay.ca) will continue to give us all-round support. At the same time, we will cooperate with the Canadian Federation of College Alumni Associations (ccaacc.org), the Canadian Chinese Association (concn.ca) and the New Chinese Federation (ncccweb.ca) for the first time. We believe that the competition will attract more attention and participation of many national standard mahjong fans.
Introduction to the host
The Canada MCR Sports Association established in early 2015 has inherited the concept of the former Canadian Mahjong Association, which is to “come from the community and serve the community” to promote healthy, scientific and friendly mahjong activities in the community in any non-profit way, and to promote harmony in the community.
Over the years, under the organization and promotion of the Association, many national standard mahjong clubs have been active in many areas. Members of Qile, Beidou, Dongfang, Xile Nianhua, Hongfeng Wanxia and Happy Life, Downtown Club, Mimima, Fenghuayuan Mahjong Club and Toronto United Club actively participated in various regular games and competitions of national standard mahjong; It is mentioned that the Organizing Committee of the Canadian National Standard Mahjong Online Competition has organized several online competitions based on local conditions and with the help of the network platform. Especially during the epidemic, we have continued to carry out online weekly games and quarterly leagues for three consecutive years, sending care and warmth to mahjong friends who are confined at home. At the beginning of 2023, we and Gifted People Services jointly organized the Spring Festival Competition. We hope that through cooperation, we can arouse more attention and help from the society and the public to children with disabilities.
Tournament Committee:
Chairman:Max Ma
Vice Chairman:Andy Shan, Steve Xu
Secretary General:Barry Zhu
Deputy Secretary General:Cynthia Sui
Chairman of the Arbitration Committee:Wang Yingfu
Head Referee:Max Ma
Coordinator:Frank Hou
Members of Committee:
Jerry Ren, Boris Yang, Jeffrey Wu, Guoqiang Chen, Tiggie Zhang, Halley Lin, Bing Yu, Jason Cheng, Jeo Zhou, Yufeng Liu, Xiaoping Guo, Leo Zhang, Meishu Gao, Ricky Huang, Sunlight, James Ding, David Liu, Jim Gong, Andy Xuan, Shengji Lin
Calendar:
October 28, 2023 Saturday,Day 1
8:45 /Registration，
Host Barry Zhu
9:00 Opening Ceremony and Welcome Guests
9:15 League Winners Awards
9:30 Max Ma Additional Rules
9:45 Max Ma Announcement of start
9:45 ~ 11:25 Session 1
11:35 ~ 13:15 Session 2
13:15 ~ 14:15 Lunch Break
14:15 ~ 15:55 Session 3
16:05 ~ 17:45 Session 4
Day 1 ends
October 29, 2023, Sunday, Day 2
Player arrival (1O minutes earlier)
9:00 Max Ma Announcement of start
9:00 ~ 10:40 Session 5
10:50 ~ 12:30 Session 6
12:30 ~ 13:30 Lunch Break and Photo
13:30 ~ 15:10 Session 7
15:20 ~ 17:00 Session 8
17:00 ~ 17:30 Winner Awards and closing ceremony
the End
Rules & Regulations
Rules:Implement the latest version of the “Rules of Mahjong Competition” issued by the World Mahjong Organization. Each game lasts 140 minutes, and the standard points are scored according to “4, 2, 1, 0”.
Competition method:
1）A total of eight sessions, the first session will be seated randomly by the computer, and the other seven sessions will be seated according to the overall ranking.
2）Players from the same team or family may share the same table multiple times. When this happens, the team or family must declare before the game starts, so that everyone can supervise and ensure fair competition.
Prizes:
1)Top 16 for individuals
The first prize is $400, a championship trophy, a medal, and a lifetime right to use a mahjong machine
The second prize is $200, a runner-up trophy, a medal, and a lifetime right to use a mahjong machine
The third prize is $100, a trophy for the third runner-up, a medal, and the right to use a mahjong machine for life
The 4th to 8th places will each receive $60. A medal
The 9th to 16th places will each receive a prize of $30
The highest score in a single hand and the highest score in a single round will each receive $88 and a medal
2)Top 4 for groups
The first place will receive a championship trophy, and each player will receive a medal
A medal for each runner-up
A medal for each third place player
Each fourth place player will receive a medal
All team and individual winners will receive the “Canadian National Standard Mahjong Excellent Player” certificate issued by the Canada MCR Sports Association.