Peter Stuart Masters 2021 comprises 4 round robin tournaments with 10 players each held from 2nd to 10th October at Auckland Chess Centre.

Peter Stuart Masters 2021

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2:00 pm
Sat 2nd October 2021

Peter Stuart Masters 2021

Peter Stuart Masters 2021 is a chess event comprising 4 separate individual single round robin tournaments. Held from Saturday 2nd to Sunday 10th October 2021 at the Auckland Chess Centre. Each Peter Stuart Masters 2021 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

Players are entered by invitation only.

Entry applications would be placed in waiting list before being selected to be invited to enter. Do not pay entry fees until after invitations are confirmed. (Waiting list removed once event has started)

Please pay online to ASB Bank account 12-3008-0301266-00 (Name as ‘particulars’ and PSMR as ‘reference’)

Use online entry form to submit entry application.

Refunds

Those who have paid should email Helen Milligan for a refund. Email contact details in her website.

Criteria for selection to be invited

The Chief Organiser has full discretion to invite or decline any entry application without giving a reason.

As a guide, priority for selection to be invited would be given to:

Players with FIDE standard ratings over 2100.
North Shore Chess Club players.
Early entry applications.

Attempts will be made to accommodate entries of junior players who may also be playing at the NZCF interschools during round 1 of Peter Stuart Masters 2021.

Selections to be invited to enter would be made as soon as possible after receipt of application.

Once all 40 places are taken, entry applications will be queued in waiting list to replace any player that may withdraw. If the withdrawal occurs after players have been placed into each tournament, a suitable replacement would be selected from anyone in the waiting list (place in queue would be ignored).

Event Information

Summarised information available in printable PDF brochure.

Dates

~~Saturday 2nd to Sunday 10th October 2021~~

CANCELLED due to COVID-19

Venue

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.

Players are entered by invitation only.

Entry applications would be placed in waiting list before being selected to be invited to enter.

Format

Time Controls

4 separate 9 round Single Round Robin tournaments.

Players would be placed into each tournament at the organiser’s discretion in order to maximise desirable outcomes for the players. Most of the 40 players would usually 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 September 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.

Within each tournament, players would be seeded at random.

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 2nd October 2021
Round 1	2pm	Saturday 2nd October 2021
Round 2	2pm	Sunday 3rd October 2021
Round 3	2pm	Monday 4th October 2021
Round 4	2pm	Tuesday 5th October 2021
Round 5	2pm	Wednesday 6th October 2021
Round 6	2pm	Thursday 7th October 2021
Round 7	2pm	Friday 8th October 2021
Round 8	2pm	Saturday 9th October 2021
Round 9	2pm	Sunday 10th October 2021

Prize Fund

	1st	2nd	3rd
Masters	$300	$200	$100
Qualifiers	$300	$200	$100
Reserves	$300	$200	$100
Talents	$300	$200	$100

Prizefund may increase pending North Shore Chess Club committee decisions.

Highest scoring NZ player in Masters wins the Peter Stuart Masters Trophy for 2021. (also pending North Shore Chess Club committee decision)

PLEASE NOTE:

In the event of a tie, prize money will be shared.

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Personnel

Chief Organiser: Dr. Helen Milligan

Chief Arbiter: IA Keong Ang

Deputy Arbiter: FA Tingling (Lynn) Wei

Results

Player Entries by Rating and Title

Players who have confirmed entry invitations listed here.

N	NAME	Fed	Origin	Title	Rtg	RtgF	RtgN
1	Ang, Alphaeus Wei Ern	NZL	AC	FM	2285	2285	2417
2	Cilia Vincenti, David	MLT	WE	CM	2076	2076	2197
3	Meng, Richard	NZL	NS	CM	2004	2004	2167
4	Milligan, Helen	NZL	NS	CM	1956	1956	2104
5	Bennett, Hilton	NZL	HA	CM	1920	1920	2056
6	Gibbons, Robert	NZL	PT	FM	1877	1877	2083
7	Krstev, Antonio	NZL	NS		1874	1874	2052
8	Metge, J. Nigel	NZL	PT		1836	1836	2044
9	Qin, Oscar Shu Xuan	NZL	AC		1791	1791	2016
10	Park-Tamati, Philli	NZL	AC		1647	1647	1902
11	Wang, Daniel	NZL	NS		1625	1625	1671
12	Holdo, Karl	NZL	AC		1600	1600	1836
13	Yu, Zachary	NZL	NS		1600	1600	1612
14	Zhu, David Junyang	NZL	NS		1535	1535	1550
15	Po`e-Tofaeono, Hunter	NZL	AC		1469	1469	1551
16	Chen, Matthew	NZL	NS		1466	1466	1752
17	Barnett-Harris, Lucas	NZL	NS		1458	1458	1642
18	Po`e-Tofaeono, Grayson	NZL	AC		1437	1437	1361
19	Zara, Baraa	NZL	AC		1399	1399	1698
20	Fan, Eric	NZL	AC		1388	1388	1328
21	Chen, Anderson	NZL	AC		1333	1333	1489
22	Zhang, Ethan	NZL	NS		1330	1330	1267
23	Liu, William Rui	NZL	NS		1250	1250	1448
24	Yang, Jerry	NZL	NS		1138	1138	1244
25	Zhou, Peter	NZL	NS		1128	0	1128

Waiting List

Wait listed players in alphabetical order pending selection to be invited to enter would be published here.

N	NAME	Fed	Origin	Rtg	RtgF	RtgN
1	Hou, Lucas	NZL		0	0	0
2	Lau, Brillion Yan Jun	NZL		1288	1288	1217
3	Le Grange, Rauen	RSA	WT	1644	1644	1889
4	Lian, Leo Yitao	NZL	AC	1247	1247	1301
5	Macdonald, Paul	NZL	AC	1857	1857	2011
6	Mistry, Prashant	NZL	HA	1824	1824	1943
7	McDougall, Euan	NZL	AC	1793	1793	1989
8	Mukkattu, Philip	NZL	AC	1580	1580	1811
9	Perrin, Brent	ENG	WE	1790	1790	1859
10	Somaraju, Sai Vivan Karthikeya	NZL	AC	1306	1306	1363
11	Zhang, Franklyn	NZL	AC	1054	1054	856
12	Zhang, Kendrick Botong	NZL	NS	1798	1798	2031