There are 56 names already in the ACC Spring Rapid tournament. Please register by writing to the club captain. Priority will be given to regular club members who attend our Monday nights. We can accommodate a maximum of 70 players for this tournament.
The schedule is Monday, Aug 16 and 23, 7:00 pm. It’s a 6-round, FIDE- and NZCF-rated tournament.
ACC Rapid 25+5 FIDE- and NZCF-rated tournament will be run on Aug 16 and 23, right after the Winter Cup, and on Aug 30 we will start the Club Champs (a 10-player round-robin and one big Swiss for all). Don’t forget to sign up in the club to get ahead of others when the registration becomes public 🙂
Inspired by the ongoing success of the George Trundle, this new tournament also comprises four individual nine-round ten-player classical round-robin tournaments with the same ideal one round per day, starting at 2 pm, schedule. The four tournaments are known as the Masters, Qualifiers, Reserves and Talents. The entry fee is $100, only 40 players can be accommodated, so get your entry in early!
More details are on the tournament website. Organised by North Shore Chess Club, but played at ACC, 17 Cromwell Street, Mt Eden, Auckland.
Quick notice: ACC is open for the Winter Cup tonight, which might start just 15 mins later due to the ongoing Trundle tournament (needs time to reset the clocks). If you’re sick or travelling and cannot play, please let the captain know before 6:30 pm. Thanks!
The Saturday Junior Night Chess will be on break for 2 sessions, July 10th and 17th. We will resume on the 24th July, just before Term 3 starts. We can’t do July 10th (tomorrow) because of the George Trundle tournament.
Thanks to everyone who signed up for the Auckland Interclub B-grade team. ACC is the defending champion in B-grade, too. Our team this year, ordered by current NZCF rating, is
Stephen Peak
1688
Andrew Michael
1603
Grant Burrows
1579
Hunter Po’e-Tofaeono
1486
Daksh Bhatt
1384
Sai Somaraju
1336
Mantra Bhatt
1287
Tyleah Po’e-Tofaeono
1278
John McClory
1227
Grayson Po’e-Tofaeono
1217
Pranav Shenoy
1110
Adele Zhou
1054
Annie Yue
1026
Srirama Vikhhyath
990
David Chen
0
Leo Yitao Lian
0
Every match we will need six players, so please all be ready to play as substitutes if somebody gets sick or gets an emergency on the day of the match. Calendar and schedule of the rounds below.
ACC Winter Cup (7 rounds of classical 90+30 chess, FIDE- and NZCF-rated) starts Monday, June 28, 7:00 pm with 8 players registered in A-grade, 48 in B-grade (rating>=1400) and 30 in C-grade. (Note: all pairings in Vega are not final until Monday, 7:00 pm).
Please aim to arrive at 6:40-6:45. Don’t forget to notify the captain before 6:30 pm if you cannot come. If you have school camping or travel plans that overlap with Monday club night, please let us know even earlier! Thanks! This will help us provide a better experience for the remaining players. When the club has more than 80 players, the people on the waitlist will not have a game.
We plan to broadcast A-grade games live at https://aucklandchess.nz/live so tune in on Mondays, 7:00 pm if you can’t visit the club or if the crowd blocks you from seeing a top board game.
2021 Winter Cup A-grade players are:
1. FM Mike Steadman (winner of the Autumn Cup A) 2. CM Alex Huang 3. Nathan Goodhue 4. Daniel-Ioan Runcan 5. Paul Macdonald 6. Clinton Wells 7. CM Alex Nagorski (winner of the Autumn Cup B) 8. Nigel Metge
They will play a 7-round single round-robin tournament.
The FIDE- and NZCF-rated Winter Cup will start on Monday, June 28. Please check your name on the lists below, and let the captain know if there was any mistake. Note that A-grade round-robin players are listed in the B-grade for now, until we get confirmations that eight top players can play the 7 rounds from Jun 28 to Aug 9.
The grade cut-off is 1400 this time, which is defined as follows:
if FIDE June 1 rating >= 1400, the player plays in B-grade
if NZCF June 1 rating >= 1400, the player plays in B-grade
if the player was FIDE unrated, but performance rating (PR) in Autumn Cup >= 1400, the player plays in B-grade (the PR will be checked again on June 21, after the last round of the Autumn Cup), as this rating would most probably become their FIDE July 1 rating (unless some other tournament will affect it)
There will also be a waitlist in B and C grades, as our club is overbooked again. We were lucky in the Autumn Cup as the captain didn’t have to send anybody home on the club nights.
Please continue to notify the captain before 6:30 pm on each Monday night so we would know who’s not coming, and those on the waitlist can get a chance to play chess and be happy! Thanks!
If you’re not happy, talk to the captain and you may get a free Chessable course to work with 🙂
