FIDE and ACF rated Championship: 1st Vladimir Feldman; =2nd Jack Rodgers, Donato Mallari Candidates: 1st Stephen Ireland; =2nd Adam Mazay, Peter brand Division A: =1st Paul Glissan, John Redgrave; =3rd Anup Kumar Siva Sankaran, Kamal Jain Division B: 1st Anriy Bukreyev; 2nd Kanishka Premathilaka; 3rd Aram Sandalcyan Division C: 1st Scott O'Callaghan; 2nd Clive Lane; =3rd Peter creek, Tim Singleton Division D: 1st Michael Blaszczyk; 2nd Jonas sze-To; 3rd Toby Huey Division E: 1st Rowan Cargill; 2nd James Jiang; 3rd Ralph Shaw Swiss: 1st Huey Chelsea; =2nd Lan Le; Cameron Timms, Joshua Li Nine rounds - 12 February to 7 May 2019 Includes 5 March, 2 April and 23 April for postponements or pre-play, and 7 May for unforeseen venue conflicts Format: There will be 5-7 FIDE rated single round-robin divisions (Championship, Candidates and Reserves A, B, C etc.) of ten players, plus an ACF rated 9 round Swiss tournament (with pairings generated by
Vega), where the number of round robin divisions will be chosen such that the rating cutoff for the Swiss tournament will be between 1200 and 1400. ACF Classic ratings will be used to determine selection into
divisions (or where a player does not have an ACF
Classic rating, their FIDE Standard rating will be assessed relative to other players' FIDE ratings). Eligibility and entry: Current financial members of Norths Chess Club + $10 entry fee (free for GMs, WGMs, IMs and WIMs). Entries close on Friday 8 February 2018. CLICK HERE to enter or HERE to download a PDF entry form. Players who are not Australian citizens or permanent residents must have a FIDE ID to play in one of the round-robin divisions. Time controls:
Draws:
Postponements and byes: Round-robin divisions
Swiss division
Arbiter: Nick Cooper Appeals panel: TBA 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. Protocols on player disturbances: Norths Chess Club protocols on player disturbances are set out in notices displayed in the tournament area. Games data base: Norths Chess Club reserves the right to publish any games played in any tournament organised by the club.Ties: In the case of a tie (or ties) in the Championship and Candidates divisions, a play-off will take place:
Ties in the other round robin divisions will be resolved by applying the following tie-breaks in descending order:
Ties in the Swiss division will be resolved by applying the following tie-breaks in descending order:
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