Oceania Hybrid 3.6 Zonal – 2021
I am pleased to be able to announce details for a Zone 3.6 Championship to select a representative
player for the 2021 World Cup, at this stage scheduled for Sochi, Russia in July.
The tournament will use FIDE Hybrid tournament rules and has been approved at the Asian Chess
Federation Executive Board meeting held Monday, February 15th.
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The tournament will be held as a round robin event over the consecutive weekends of March 20th and 21st and March 27th and 28th.
Two rounds will be played per day, 4 rounds over each weekend. In case of a tied result, FIDE World Cup tie-breaks will be used.
- FIDE Hybrid Rules apply.
- World Cup Time Control of 90 minutes + 30 secs increment + 30 minutes addition.
- Round times (Sydney time) to be 11am and 5pm on March 20th and 21st and March 27th and 28th.
- The Chief Technical Arbiter and Coordinator is David Esmonde.
- Chief Arbiters are IA Leonid Sandler and IA Peter Tsai
- The tournament will be FIDE rated.
- In the event of a tie, FIDE World Cup tie-breaks will be used. The winner will be entitled to
represent Zone 3.6 in the 2021 FIDE World Cup. - A prize fund will be distributed as follows:
1st $2,000 (US)
2nd $1,500 (US)
3rd $1,000 (US)
4th $ 500 (US)
More details to follow soon.
Paul Spiller
President zone 3.6
from Campsie, NSW
This event listing request from Benjamin Hermann started me thinking – 2020 was a dreadful year, but the upside was the boom in Chess. Be it Covid-19 or Beth Harmon or who knows…please just enjoy this small story from Campsie NSW!
We are hosting casual chess matches for adults in Campsie Library (14-28 Amy Street, Campsie NSW 2194) on the 2nd Friday of the month between from 5.30pm to 8.30pm until and inclusive of June.
If we find we are having a consistent positive response, we’d love to extend or make this a permanent time slot.
The aim is to give adults a safe, comfortable, regular meeting place and time to play face to face chess and meet other players, regardless of their skill level or their financial situation.
Players are welcomed to bring their own boards or pieces if they like, however they must conform standard rules and may not be profane or offensive (for obvious reasons).
As a bonus, it’s a nice way to end the week.
FIDE approves Online Chess Regulations
The FIDE Council has approved a new set of rules to be applied to official online chess competitions. The document, which will be incorporated into the laws of chess, is the result of a joint effort by a dedicated task force, in which several FIDE Commissions were involved.
“The vast experience of different competitions held online has been taken into account: many commissions’ experts (mainly arbiters and Fair Play Panel members) have been involved in FIDE major events and other online competitions held throughout 2020. The initial draft was prepared by the Rules Commission, with invaluable input from the Arbiters and the Qualification Commissions. Fair Play and the FIDE Commission for people with Disabilities also added specific rules adjusted to the online format, which are included as appendixes. During the final stage, the Global Strategy Commission was responsible for consolidating all the inputs, giving the documents its final shape”, explains Pavel Tregubov, Secretary of the GSC.
The document’s structure is similar to that of the “over-the-board” Rules of Chess. The first part refers to basic rules, while Part II addresses specific rules for online competitions. Part III is entirely devoted to competition rules and divided into two subparts:
A) Online competitions with supervision
B) Hybrid competitions.
The so-called “hybrid competition” is a new format where the games are played online, but the participants are physically present in a public place like a club, federation headquarters, hotel, et cetera.
“We see a lot of potential in this format, which would allow hosting chess competitions with participants scattered across multiple venues, in a branded environment. This increases the opportunities for media exposure and sponsorship activations”, explains David Llada, FIDE’s Chief Marketing and Communications Officer. FIDE expects the hybrid format to be used in some official events in the near future, and some Continents have expressed their intention to hold their Zonal and even Continental Championships under this format.
Australian Schools Teams Championships – 2020 Results
Player Names with Board IDs
Secondary Open Secondary Girls Primary Open Primary Girls ACGS-QLD User ID Somerset College-QLDUser ID ACGS-QLD User ID Sunnybank Hills-QLDUser ID Sravan Renjith ACGS_1 Lyanna Chan SOMC_B1 Zerui Xing ACGS_7 Elaina Qiang SHS_B1 Michael Ostapenko ACGS_2 Jennifer Yeung SOMC_B2 Kevin Chou ACGS_8 Xingtong Zhang SHS_B2 Jason Wang ACGS_3 Melody Yang SOMC_B3 Arden Young ACGS_9 Isabella Guan SHS_B3 Alexavier Ly-Liu ACGS_4 Nina Varcoe SOMC_B4 Christoper Mathew ACGS_10 Ethena Qiang SHS_B4 Dashiell Young ACGS_5 N/A SOMC_B5 Daylin Johnson ACGS_11 Abby Tan SHS_B5 Allan Li ACGS_6 N/A SOMC_B6 N/A ACGS_12 N/A SHS_B6 Scotch College-VIC User ID PLC-VIC User ID Glen Waverley-VIC User ID Glendal Primary-VICUser ID Luis Chan SCOC_B1 Cassandra Lim PLC_B1 Archit Kannan GWP_B1 Angela Feng GP_B1 Christoper Lim SCOC_B2 Jody Middleton PLC_B2 Nikhil AriyathilakaGWP_B2 Damaris Augustine GP_B2 Ruicheng Wang SCOC_B3 Rachel Woon PLC_B3 Tejas Cherukuvada GWP_B3 Deethya Sai KatakamGP_B3 Aaron Do SCOC_B4 Karis Yap PLC_B4 Rahul De Silva GWP_B4 Darline Augustine GP_B4 Lachlan Chen SCOC_B5 Jennifer Lu PLC_B5 Sanuk Herath GWP_B5 Shenara Vithanage GP_B5 Jay Landau SCOC_B6 N/A PLC_B6 Hemish Shah GWP_B6 N/A GP_B6 Canberra Grammar-ACT User ID Lyneham High-ACT User ID Turner School-ACT User ID St Monica's-ACT User ID Joshua Lee CG_B1 Athena Hathiramani LH_B1 Minchen Yang TS_B1 Mary David-Hoole SMP_B1 Lachlan Ho CG_B2 Shriya Karthik LH_B2 Somon Vos TS_B2 Sarah David-Hoole SMP_B2 Thomas Lin CG_B3 Erin Milne LH_B3 Nomon Vos TS_B3 Charlize SchiavelloSMP_B3 Joshua Steinman CG_B4 Luu Ha Tran LH_B4 Sami Le TS_B4 Annalene Lena SMP_B4 Cameron Allnut CG_B5 N/A LH_B5 Shakthi Karthik TS_B5 Zarah Lena SMP_B5 Oscar Ho CG_B6 N/A LH_B6 N/A TS_B6 N/A SMP_B6 Prince Alfred-SA User ID Wilderness School-SAUser ID Prince Alfred-SA User ID East Marden-SA User ID Preshaan Thavarajah PAC_B1 Chelsea Downing WS_B1 Oliver Fenton PAC_B7 Athena-Malar RetnarEMP_B1 George Bartley PAC_B2 Hailan Yang WS_B2 Jamie Charters PAC_B8 Amelia Cirami EMP_B2 Dongwoo Shin PAC_B3 Kelly Jones WS_B3 Jayden Yue PAC_B9 Sophie Cerny EMP_B3 Ethan Retnaraja PAC_B4 Ashley Jones WS_B4 Daniel Teng PAC_B10 Hannah Fernandez EMP_B4 Anthony Huynh PAC_B5 Diya Gowda WS_B5 Jacob Liau PAC_B11 Belinda Ge EMP_B5 Ethan Liu PAC_B6 Niya Singhal WS_B6 Jack Zeng PAC_B12 N/A EMP_B6 Sydney Boys High-NSW User ID James Ruse-NSW User ID Murray Farm-NSW User ID Neutral Bay-NSW User ID Jack Keating SBH_B1 Eva Ge JRAH_B1 Daniel (Zhiyi) WangMFP_B1 Chelsea Huey NBP_B1 Justin Wayne-Lowe SBH_B2 Angela He JRAH_B2 Josh Liu MFP_B2 Sarah Wang NBP_B2 Toby Huey SBH_B3 Jessica Xu JRAH_B3 Caleb Wang MFP_B3 Kylie Ren NBP_B3 Kerwin Ma SBH_B4 Crystal Jin JRAH_B4 Owen Yang MFP_B4 Katie Zeng NBP_B4 Jason Pan SBH_B5 Jenny Liu JRAH_B5 Lachlan Ge MFP_B5 Jocelyn Feng NBP_B5 Ryan Lee SBH_B6 N/A JRAH_B6 Ryan Zhang MFP_B6 N/A NBP_B6 Perth Modern-WA User ID Perth Modern-WA User ID Nedlands Primary-WAUser ID Nedlands Primary-WAUser ID Jamie Laubbacher PM_B1 Anoushka Gupta PM_B7 Issa Majidi NP_B1 Olivia Hou NP_B7 Ben Hurst PM_B2 Heidi Gstaettner PM_B8 Emily Zhang NP_B2 Casey Florence NP_B8 Chas Underwood PM_B3 Victoria Chai PM_B9 Nizram Majidi NP_B3 Dior Chai NP_B9 Christoper Manasseh PM_B4 Candace Cheng PM_B10 Nithuli Lianage NP_B4 Yonje Lee NP_B10 Alex Pimenov PM_B5 Elle Chentang PM_B11 N/A NP_B5 N/A NP_B11 N/A PM_B6 N/A PM_B12 N/A NP_B6 N/A NP_B12 Hutchins School-TAS User ID William Rumley THS_B1 Rithvik Gallapalli THS_B2 Ben Fergusson THS_B3 William Hou THS_B4 Tom Wilkinson THS_B5 N/A THS_B6
2020 ASTC Secondary Open Online - 05122020, 06122020 Standing at round 7
Pos score ID Team Name | Rtg Origin Fed | SumR MPnt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 21.5 4 Scotch College VIC | 0 Victoria AUS | 21.50 12.00 2 19.0 2 ACGS QLD | 0 Queensla AUS | 19.00 10.00 3 13.0 5 Perth Modern WA | 0 WA AUS | 13.00 6.00 4 12.5 3 Sydney Boys High NSW | 0 NSW AUS | 12.50 6.00 5 11.0 6 Prince Alfred SA | 0 SA AUS | 11.00 6.00 6 3.5 7 Canberra Grammar ACT | 0 ACT AUS | 3.50 2.00 7 3.5 1 Hutchins School TAS | 0 TAS AUS | 3.50 0.00
2020 ASTC Secondary Girls Online - 05122020, 06122020 Standing at round 5
Pos score ID Team Name | Rtg Origin Fed | SumR MPnt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 18.0 3 PLC VIC | 0 Victoria AUS | 18.00 10.00 2 12.5 2 Lyneham High ACT | 0 ACT AUS | 12.50 7.00 3 11.5 4 Somerset College QLD (W) | 0 Queensla AUS | 11.50 5.00 4 8.0 5 James Ruse NSW | 0 NSW AUS | 8.00 4.00 5 7.5 6 Perth Modern WA | 0 WA AUS | 7.50 4.00 6 2.5 1 Wilderness School SA | 0 SA AUS | 2.50 0.00
2020 ASTC Primary Open Online - 05122020, 06122020 Standing at round 5
Pos score ID Team Name | Rtg Origin Fed | SumR MPnt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 15.0 5 ACGS QLD (W) | 0 QLD AUS | 15.00 8.00 2 13.0 6 Glen Waverley VIC | 0 Victoria AUS | 13.00 8.00 3 11.0 4 Nedlands Primary WA | 0 WA AUS | 11.00 6.00 4 9.5 2 Turner School ACT | 0 ACT AUS | 9.50 4.00 5 8.0 1 Murray Farm NSW | 0 NSW AUS | 8.00 4.00 6 3.5 3 Prince Alfred SA | 0 SA AUS | 3.50 0.00
2020 ASTC Primary Girls Online - 05122020, 06122020 Standing at round 5
Pos score ID Team Name | Rtg Origin Fed | SumR MPnt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 20.0 2 Glendal Primary VIC | 0 Victoria AUS | 20.00 10.00 2 15.0 5 Sunnybank Hills QLD (W) | 0 QLD AUS | 15.00 8.00 3 12.0 4 East Marden SA | 0 SA AUS | 12.00 6.00 4 9.0 6 Neutral Bay NSW | 0 NSW AUS | 9.00 4.00 5 2.0 1 Nedlands Primary WA | 0 WA AUS | 2.00 1.00 6 2.0 3 St Monica's ACT | 0 ACT AUS | 2.00 1.00
Australian Schools Teams Championships – 2020
This year the ASTC will be using a time control of 30 minutes plus a 10 second increment per move per player for the game in order to cater for potential technical difficulties and time zones.
Since its inception, the Australian Schools Teams Championships has gone from strength to strength with many of Australia’s top junior boys and girls participating in the event.
The first ASTC tournament was first held in Sydney during December 1998, initially with Primary and Secondary Open divisions. In 1999, Primary and Secondary Girls divisions were added in order to encourage more girls to participate.
Each state and territory is entitled to enter one representative team per division in the four ASTC divisions. Typically, these teams are winners of their state or territory chess association endorsed finals or playoffs.
Further details on the ASTC-2020 website
Games can be viewed live here