Auckland Chess Weekend August 2024
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Auckland Chess Weekend August 2024
Auckland Chess Weekend August 2024 is part of a series of 5 over-the-board (OTB) chess tournaments with 6 rounds played over 2 days on a weekend.
Auckland Chess Centre (ACC) is having a series of OTB tournaments to be run throughout 2024, the Auckland Chess Weekends (ACW). These tournaments will fill the gaps between months with long weekends when big open tournaments are traditionally run. The main differences are:
- ACW events take only two days, just a normal weekend, and you can leave long weekends for bigger plans such as traveling.
- ACW events are played in a slightly faster time control of 60 minutes plus 30 seconds increment, which is still considered classical by FIDE.
- unrated players in ACW events will not have to play each other, which provides an opportunity for more players to get FIDE-rated quicker.
In 2024, ACW would be run on the following dates:
This means almost every month you’d be able to find a FIDE rated classical OTB event played over a weekend at ACC. In months when ACW is not held there are the, Auckland Anniversary Weekender in January, Auckland Waitangi Weekender in February, Auckland ANZAC Weekender in April, Merv Morrison Memorial in October.
In 2024, ACC is also organising a series of combined Blitz and Rapid weekend events that are FIDE rated (Blitz and Rapid) too. Check out the Auckland Blitz Rapid (ABR) series.
Results for Auckland Chess Weekend August 2024
Vega Webpage View
Link to Vega Results for Auckland Chess Weekend August 2024.
Live Game Broadcast
Link to broadcast of live games on Lichess. (when available)
Photos available from
(when available)
Entry Details
Entry Restrictions
Players must be rated below 2400 standard FIDE or unrated.
Non-NZL players must have FIDE ID issued by their chess federation.
NZL players without FIDE ID must provide full Date of Birth.
Participation is restricted to ACC members and invited players only.
Only first 50 player entries per ACW tournament accepted due to space constraints.
Entry Instructions
No entries accepted after 9am Saturday of tournament or when full.
All entries must be made online through TryBooking (link also available on each ACW tournament’s webpage). Multiple players may be entered in the same booking, simply select number of players (tickets).
Name of player entered would be listed in Vega Results. Link also available in Results section of this webpage.
Please contact us if name is not listed more than a day after submission.
New Zealand chess players who participate in more than one NZCF rated event in a year must be a member of a chess club that is affiliated or associated with NZCF (New Zealand Chess Federation). The Mount Maunganui RSA Chess Club offers memberships that fulfill this requirement from just $15.
Event Information
Summarised information available in printable PDF brochure.
Auckland Chess Weekends 2024 are a series of 5 separate chess tournaments of 6 rounds each. Each tournament is played at a pace of 3 rounds per day over 2 days (Saturday and Sunday) in a weekend.
Players must be rated under 2400 standard FIDE, or be unrated to be eligible to participate in a tournament. Rating ceiling is enforced on a per tournament basis, a player’s eligibility is reinstated if their rating falls below the ceiling in the month of a tournament.
Players who do not have FIDE standard (classical) ratings would not be paired with each other where possible. This is to make it easier for unrated players to earn their initial ratings.
Main purpose of the Auckland Chess Weekends is to provide chess players more opportunities to play standard time control games over the board. Players who play in every tournament in ACW 2024 series would play up to 30 OTB chess games.
Dates
Venue
Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell Street, Mt Eden, Auckland.
Travel Arrangements
Flights and Accommodation with WayAway
Car Hire with Economy Bookings
Eligibility
Players must be rated below 2400 standard FIDE or unrated.
Non-NZL players must have FIDE ID issued by their chess federation.
NZL players without FIDE ID must provide full Date of Birth.
Participation is restricted to ACC members and invited players only.
Only first 50 player entries per ACW tournament accepted due to space constraints.
Format
Auckland Chess Weekends 2024 consists of 5 separate 6 round Swiss system chess tournaments.
Players who do not have FIDE standard (classical) ratings would not be paired with each other where possible. This is to make it easier for unrated players to earn their initial ratings.
Time Controls
60 minutes each player plus 30 seconds increment per move from move one.
Schedule
| Start Time | Day | |
|---|---|---|
| Players meeting | 9am | Saturday |
| Round 1 | 9.30am | Saturday |
| Round 2 | 1pm | Saturday |
| Round 3 | 4.30pm | Saturday |
| Round 4 | 9.30am | Sunday |
| Round 5 | 1pm | Sunday |
| Round 6 | 4.30pm | Sunday |
Prize Fund
In order to keep participation costs to a minimum, there is no prize money. You are playing because you want to play OTB chess.
Main purpose of the Auckland Chess Weekends is to provide chess players more opportunities to play OTB chess games. Players who play in every tournament in ACW 2024 series would play up to 30 OTB chess games.
Personnel
Chief Organiser: IO Mike Steadman
Chief Arbiter: IA Keong Ang
Arbiter: Timothy Ha
