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Blitz tournament Sat 9:30 pm, enter by 9:10 pm. "There are too many people, and I barely got out. Special 1 year USCF with magazine, paid with entry- online at chessaction.com, Adult $40, Young Adult $25, Youth $18. They also come amid predictions that the tragedy can further weaken the public's support for President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose job approval rating fell below 30% for most of the past three months. Ken Fallas, a Costa Rican architect who went to Itaewon with expat friends, used his smartphone to film video showing unconscious people being carried out from the alley as others shouted for help. Refunds, $15 service charge. Updated November 2, 2022 at 8:34 AM ET. If Online Regular rating is 50 or more points over section or prize maximum, prize limit $200. Gold and Silver Affiliates; Guide to a Successful Chess Club; Affiliate Logo Package; Junior Tournament Player Program; Last update 30.10.2022 14:31:01, Creator/Last Upload: D G D Chamil Thilakarathna. 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As many as 100,000 people mostly in their teens and 20s, many wearing Halloween costumes had poured into Itaewons small, winding streets to reach the bars and clubs. or call Avis, 800-331-1600, AWD D657633, or Special 1 year USCF dues with magazine if paid All: Half point byes OK all, limit 2, must commit before rd 3. if appropriate, may be used at our discretion if above USCF. (click "entry list" after entering). cards OK) at site or online until 8001 International Drive Foreign player rating info. At a press conference Tuesday, Commissioner General Yoon Hee Keun of the National Police Agency admitted "inadequate response to the multiple emergency calls warning of the severe situation" and pledged to launch an independent investigation body to examine officers of all levels. See also above. South Korean authorities have opened an investigation into the deaths of more than 150 people, in a crush in a nightlife district in Seoul on Saturday as experts said crowd controls could have . adjusted if necessary, may be used, if higher than USCF. Over 150 people, mostly young adults, died Saturday night in a narrow alleyway in the capital's Itaewon district, where more than 100,000 people flocked in for Halloween parties. But this was not taken care of, with no one taking the responsibility in the first place.. Earlier in the day, people laid white chrysanthemums, drinks and candles at a small makeshift altar off an exit of the Itaewon subway station, a few steps away from the site of the crush. Ent: chessaction.com or Continental Chess, Box 8482, Pelham NY 10803. (no resort fee, includes resort fee benefits such as free wireless, in room FIDE. 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Fri 7 pm, Sat 11 & 5, Sun 10 & 3:30. Ive lived in Itaewon for 10 years and experienced Halloween every year but yesterday was by no means particularly crowded compared to previous years, one Twitter user wrote. than above. Unofficialuschess.org ratings Masks not required. $128 online at The bodies of the dead were being kept at 42 hospitals in Seoul and nearby Gyeonggi province, according to Seoul City, which said it would instruct crematories to carry out more cremations each day as part of plans to support funeral proceedings. 407-351-2420; reserve by 7/8 or rate may increase. The Takeaway will air at 9pm. Players On Wednesday, the special investigation team raided the police agencies of Seoul and the Yongsan ward, where the Itaewon district is located, in addition to the city's subway operator and fire department. www.chesstour.com, online with entry: Adult $40, It remained unclear what led the huge Halloween party crowd to head into a narrow alley in the Itaewon area. 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SEOUL, South Korea Three days after a deadly crowd crush in Seoul, South Korean authorities apologized to the victims and the public amid mounting scrutiny over their judgment and response. Times: check-in: 9 am Round Times: Saturday 10:00 am, 1:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 5:00 pm. Major adjusted if necessary, may be used, if higher than USCF. Free parking. Calls for accountability have grown in the press and online after witnesses reported seeing a relatively small number of police on the streets in relation to the size of the crowds. Blitz tournament Sat 9:30 pm, enter by 9:15 pm. 2022 Southern Open chess tournament IMs & WGMs free; $120 deducted from On 28 October, the district announced its plans for managing the Halloween celebrations in Itaewon, a gathering that attracts huge crowds but has no official organiser. policies $122-122 Car rental: entry fee: Free parking. 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Kong Ha-song, a disaster prevention professor at South Koreas Woosuk University, said that for all practical purposes no one was looking after pedestrian safety on the night. Must average under 2200; may play in different sections; register (no extra fee) by 2 pm 7/24. (no extra fee) by 2 pm Sat. Saturdays deaths will probably draw public scrutiny of what government officials have done to improve public safety standards since the ferry disaster.With Associated Press and Agence France-Presse, It was chaos: how my Halloween night out in Itaewon went from fun to horror, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Lee is the highest-ranking government official yet to offer an explicit apology over the disaster. Questions:Director@Chess.US.