George Trundle 2021
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George Trundle 2021
George Trundle 2021 is a chess event comprising 4 separate individual single round robin tournaments. Held from Saturday 10th to Sunday 18th July 2021 at the Auckland Chess Centre. Each tournament has 9 rounds with 10 players each. Tournaments are the Masters, Qualifiers, Reserves and Talents.
Entry Details
Entry Fees
$100 per player.
Entry Instructions
Automatic entry to first 20 players.
Subsequent players would be placed in waiting list before being selected to be invited to enter.
Club account for payment:12-3011-0713528-00 (state name & “TrundleRR”).
Use online entry form to submit entry application.
Event Information
Summarised information available in printable PDF brochure. (when available)
Dates
Saturday 10th to Sunday 18th July 2021
Venue

Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell Street, Mt Eden, Auckland.
Eligibility
Open to all players.
Non-NZL players must have FIDE ID issued by their chess federation.
NZL players without FIDE ID must provide full Date of Birth.
Automatic entry to first 20 players.
Subsequent players would be placed in waiting list before being selected to be invited to enter.
Format
4 separate 9 round Single Round Robin tournaments.
40 players would be sorted according to rating before being placed into each tournament. 1st 10 in Masters, 2nd 10 in Qualifiers, 3rd 10 in Reserves and final 10 in Talents. Ratings used would be July 2021 FIDE standard ratings. Players without FIDE standard ratings would be sorted with NZCF standard ratings then NZCF rapid ratings and finally other available ratings.
Players would be seeded at random within each tournament.
- The format and composition of tournaments may change if the Masters becomes a Hybrid tournament with foreign players participating remotely at their venues in order to make player norms available.
- Selection criteria for the 10 players in the Masters tournament would prioritise making player norms (eg. International Master norm) possible.
Time Controls
90 minutes each player plus 30 minutes at move 40, with 30 seconds increment per move from move one.
Schedule
Start Time | Day & Date | |
---|---|---|
Players meeting | 1.45pm | Saturday 10th July 2021 |
Round 1 | 2pm | Saturday 10th July 2021 |
Round 2 | 2pm | Sunday 11th July 2021 |
Round 3 | 2pm | Monday 12th July 2021 |
Round 4 | 2pm | Tuesday 13th July 2021 |
Round 5 | 2pm | Wednesday 14th July 2021 |
Round 6 | 2pm | Thursday 15th July 2021 |
Round 7 | 2pm | Friday 16th July 2021 |
Round 8 | 2pm | Saturday 17th July 2021 |
Round 9 | 2pm | Sunday 18th July 2021 |
Prize Fund
1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
---|---|---|---|
Masters | $300 | $200 | $150 |
Qualifiers | $300 | $200 | $150 |
Reserves | $300 | $200 | $150 |
Talents | $300 | $200 | $150 |
Highest scoring NZ player in Masters wins the George Trundle Trophy for 2021.
PLEASE NOTE:
- In the event of a tie, prize money will be shared.
Personnel
Chief Organiser: IO Mike Steadman
Chief Arbiter: IA Keong Ang
Results
First 20 Players sorted by Rating and Title
N | NAME | Fed | Origin | Title | Rtg | RtgF | RtgN |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern | ![]() | AC | FM | 2265 | 2265 | 2377 |
2 | Garbett, Paul Anthony | ![]() | NS | IM | 2239 | 2239 | 2356 |
3 | Xie, Felix | ![]() | AC | 2082 | 2082 | 2110 | |
4 | Milligan, Helen | ![]() | NS | CM | 1957 | 1957 | 2122 |
5 | Zhang, Jasmine Haomo | ![]() | AC | WIM | 1954 | 1954 | 2112 |
6 | Mistry, Prashant | ![]() | HA | 1841 | 1841 | 1971 | |
7 | Ning, Isabelle Yixuan | ![]() | AC | 1808 | 1808 | 1890 | |
8 | Nagorski, Alex | ![]() | AC | CM | 1794 | 1794 | 2029 |
9 | Ha, Huy Minh (Timothy) | ![]() | AC | 1715 | 1715 | 1854 | |
10 | Lyall, Simon | ![]() | AC | 1653 | 1653 | 1903 | |
11 | Braganza, Nadia | ![]() | NS | WCM | 1650 | 1650 | 1811 |
12 | Po`e-Tofaeono, Hunter | ![]() | AC | 1490 | 1490 | 1376 | |
13 | Somaraju, Sai Vivan Karthikeya | ![]() | AC | 1377 | 1377 | 1166 | |
14 | Yu, Zachary | ![]() | NS | 1360 | 1360 | 1347 | |
15 | Zhu, David Junyang | ![]() | NS | 1346 | 1346 | 1477 | |
16 | Zhang, Lifan Tim | ![]() | NS | 1226 | 1226 | 1388 | |
17 | Gan, Emily | ![]() | NS | 1214 | 1214 | 1297 | |
18 | Po`e-Tofaeono, Grayson | ![]() | AC | 1212 | 0 | 1212 | |
19 | Nimmakayala, Srirama Vikhyath | ![]() | 1006 | 1006 | 873 | ||
20 | Liu, William Rui | ![]() | NS (r) | 605 | 0 | 605 |
Waiting List Pending Selection for Invitation to Enter
Vega Webpage View
Link to Vega Results. Masters, Qualifiers, Reserves, Talents. (when available)
Live Broadcast
Live broadcast links would be listed here.
Photos available from
(when available)
Prizewinners
Prizewinners would be listed here.