2025 Norths Chess Club Championships
FIDE and ACF rated
Nine rounds - Tuesdays 4 February to 8 April 2025, 7:30 PM
(includes a spare week in case of venue unavailability)
Join us for the Club Championship Blitz on 28 January
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Congratulations to our new club champion, Ethan Chang. Ethan won Tournament 1 by tie-break over Terrence Tang. This is not the first time a 'candidate' has won ... that is an amazing achievement that Matthew Bennett also achieved in 2021.
Tournament 1 - Ethan Chang
Championship division: Terrence Tang
Candidates division: Ethan Chang
Best Junior: Ethan Chang
Tournament 2 - Will Wenderoth
Division A: Andrew He
Division B: Will Wenderoth, by tie-break over Oliver Williams and Nathan Arav.
Best junior: Will Wenderoth
Tournament 3 - Jonathan Ong,
Division C: Jonathan Ong, by tie-break over Callan Arav and Joey Su.
Division D: Paul Pilowsky, by tie-break (BH-Cut1) over Joe Zhou
Division E: Max Liu
Best junior: Jonathan Ong
Tournament 4
Daniel Goldstein, by tie-break (BH-Cut1) over Alexi Pavlidis and Dhwani Gupta.
Best junior: Dhwani Gupta
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For full pairings and results click
Tournament 1 | Tournament 2 | Tournament 3 | Tournament 4
Format:
Tournament 1 is a 9-round Swiss combining two 10-player divisions, Championship and Candidates, A trophy and the title of 2025 Club Champion will be awarded to the winner. Trophies will be awarded to the winners of each division.
Tournament 2 is a 9-round Swiss combining two 12-player divisions, Reserves A and Reserves B. Trophies will be awarded to the winners of each division.
Tournament 3 is a 9-round Swiss combining three 12-player divisions: Reserves C, Reserves D and Reserves E. Trophies will be awarded to the winners of each division.
Tournament 4 is a 9-round Swiss for Reserves F, comprising players who are not included in the above groups. A trophy will be awarded to the winner.
The winners of divisions earn the right to participate in the next higher division in 2026.
Players are assigned to divisions based on ACF Classic ratings (or where a player does not have an ACF Classic rating, their FIDE Standard rating will be used instead). Selected juniors may be elevated by one division and the Organisers reserve the right to use proxy ratings for unrated players where there is knowledge of playing strength or where ratings are not believed to be current.
Due to final entry numbers organisers may increase or reduce the number of divisions and/or their players.
Rating Results will be submitted for FIDE Standard and ACF Classic rating.
Prizes: A trophy will be awarded to the winner of each division. A trophy will also be awarded to the best junior (under 18) in each tournament.
Eligibility and entry:
Current financial members of Norths Chess Club + $15 entry fee (free for GMs, WGMs, IMs and WIMs).
Players who are not Australian citizens or permanent residents must have a FIDE ID. To request one from a national Federation contact details for them are HERE.
Adult players must be members of or have paid a Registered Player Fee to the NSWCA. Juniors (aged under 18 years) must be members of the NSWJCL. Interstate players must be members of the equivalent State or Territory Association.
Entries close on Friday 31 January 2025
Time controls:
Tournaments 1 - 3: 90 minutes plus 30 seconds increment per move from move 1.
Tournament 4: 60 minutes plus 30 seconds increment per move from move 1.
Pairings: A provisional draw will be published on Norths Chess Club website and notified by email on the Sunday evening prior to each round. Updated parings may be issued on Monday.
Forfeiture time: 30 minutes after the commencement of the round (at the Arbiter's discretion).
Forfeits: If you won't make it to a round, you must inform the organisers. Your opponents make an effort to come to the club expecting to play a game, some travelling a long way and by public transport. Making them wait for you to not arrive is impolite and against our club ethos. The club email is monitored up to the start of play.
Players who cause clock forfeits will be excluded from the following round. Players doing so twice in a tournament will be removed from the remaining rounds and entry to other events may be refused.
Arbiters: Chief: Rob Watson; Assistant: Steve Garner.
Appeals panel: Vladimir Feldman, Terrance Tang, Dmitry Miscenko, Tony Blower
Results: Game results should be entered on the draw sheet at the venue.
Analysis of completed games and social chess: A separate section away from the tournament area is set aside for analysis of completed games and social chess. Players must ensure games still underway are not disturbed.
Games data base: Norths Chess Club reserves the right to publish any games played in any tournament organised by the club.
Tiebreaks:
Ties in Tournaments 1 - 3 will be resolved by applying the following tiebreaks in descending order:
Buchholz Cut 1
Average Rating of Opponents Cut 1 (ARO1)
Direct Encounter
Ties in Tournament 4 will be resolved by applying the following tiebreaks in descending order:
Buchholtz Cut 1
Buchholtz Total
Direct Encounter
CLICK HERE for previous years' results
