Auckland Teams Arena August 2022 is the third in a series of 5 chess tournaments. 6 rounds are played over 2 days on a weekend.

Auckland Teams Arena August 2022

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10:00 pm
Sun 28th August 2022

Auckland Teams Arena August 2022

Auckland Teams Arena August 2022 is the third in 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 in a weekend.

Players are paired as individuals with pairings between players from the same team avoided if possible. Sum of top 4 scoring players in a team form the team’s score for a tournament. Teams have a minimum of 4 players in each tournament. A team’s size cannot exceed half the total number of players in a tournament. Organisers will balance the number of teams competing in a tournament and may split up larger teams.

Team scores from tournaments throughout the whole series are added to determine overall standing in the series. Although teams would exist through the whole series, players can change teams between tournaments. Players only need to belong to the same team for the duration of each tournament (one weekend). Possibility of players being poached may add a more interesting dimension to the series.

Main purpose of the Auckland Teams Arena is to provide chess players more opportunities to play standard time control games that are NZCF and FIDE rated. Players who play in every tournament in Auckland Teams Arena 2022 series would play up to 30 standard rated chess games.

Results

Team Standings

Team standings details available in Vega Webpages.

Position	Points	Team Name
1st	15.5	The Knightmares
2nd	13.5	The Underrated
3rd	13	Mi Caissa, su Caissa
4th	11	Northern Stars

Vega Webpage View

Links to Vega Results and Vega Webpages.

Code	Team Name	Players
CAISSA	Mi Caissa, su Caissa	Ha, Huy Minh (Timothy) Gan, Emily Cathay Holdo, Karl Hwang, Ryan Barry, Jacob
KNTMR	The Knightmares	Po'e-Tofaeono, Hunter Mironov, Eric Lee, Fergus Po'e-Tofaeono, Grayson Po'e-Tofaeono, Tyleah
NORTH	Northern Stars	Yu, Zachary Sun, Wanyao Sarah Zhu, David Junyang Lu, Xiahan (Luna) Xu, Luna Yuexiu
UNDER	The Underrated	Coen, Victor Zhang, Charles Somaraju, Sai Vivan Karthikeya Jiang, Patrick Di Sampath, Santosh

Live Game Broadcast

Links to broadcast of live games on DGT Livechess and Lichess.

Photos available from

Auckland Chess Centre COVID-19 policies (effective 21st April 2022):

With the exception of tenants who reside in Auckland Chess Centre, the following COVID-19 policies would apply to everyone entering the property:

Operating only in NZ Covid Protection Framework (Traffic Lights) Orange or Green. Closed in Red.
Masks that cover the nose and mouth must be worn by everyone at all times when indoors within the property of Auckland Chess Centre.

These COVID-19 policies are to meet or exceed NZ government recommendations in order to keep everybody at Auckland Chess Centre as safe as reasonably possible.

Additionally, current New Zealand government COVID-19 regulations or policies will also apply.

It is possible that any tournament may be cancelled or otherwise affected by other disruptions. Please understand the difficulties in staging events during the pandemic.

Entry Details

Entry Fees

$20 per player.

Maximum refund is $10 (due to costs already incurred) for any and all reasons.

Entry Instructions

No entries accepted after 9am 27th August 2022 or when full.

Only first 60 fully paid player entries accepted due to space constraints.

All entries and payments must be made online with TryBooking (available from 24th July 2022) or through using the form below. 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.

Team Formation

How teams are formed is best explained on this webpage about Auckland Teams Arena by Auckland Chess Centre.

Notify organisers through this form to set up a team. Players must still be entered for a tournament through TryBooking (links or form above).

Players who have not found a team at any tournament will be allocated to “default” teams by the organisers. Organisers may also split a big team or merge teams with insufficient players together. This would be done during the players meeting at 9am Saturday of the tournament.

Event Information

Summarised information available in printable PDF brochure.

Auckland Teams Arena August 2022 is the third in 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.

Although Auckland Teams Arena is a competition between teams, players enter tournaments and are paired as individuals with pairings between players from the same team avoided if possible. Team standings within a tournament are determined through team scores that are the sum of the scores of each team’s top 4 scoring players.

Team scores from all tournaments in the whole series are added to determine overall standing in the series. Although teams would exist through the whole series, players can change teams between tournaments, i.e. players only need to belong to the same team for the duration of each tournament (one weekend). Enabling the possibility of players being poached or moved around teams strategically may add a more interesting dimension to the series!

Teams have a minimum size of 4 players in each tournament. A team’s maximum size cannot exceed half the total number of players in a tournament. Players should normally be able to choose which team they wish to belong to in a tournament. However the organiser(s) will balance the number of teams competing in a tournament and may split up larger teams.

Dates

Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th August 2022

Venue

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Eligibility

Open to all players 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.

Only first 60 fully paid player entries accepted per tournament due to space constraints.

Format

Auckland Teams Arena 2022 consists of 5 separate 6 round Swiss system chess tournaments, NZCF & FIDE rated where possible.

Players are paired as individuals with pairings between players from the same team avoided if possible. If you wish to avoid playing with a player, join their team. Similarly, do not join the teams of players you prefer to play against!

Team standings within a tournament are determined through team scores that are the sum of the scores of each team’s top 4 scoring players. Team scores from all tournaments in the whole series are added to determine overall standing in the series.