Tasmanian Winter Chess Festival
Jul
6
to Jul 7

Tasmanian Winter Chess Festival

  • Menai Hotel Motel & Function Centre (map)
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Tasmanian Winter Chess Festival

The Tasmanian Winter Chess Festival offers two days of chess competition and learning for players of all skill levels. The festival features a FIDE rated rapid tournament, variant blitz tournaments, and a lecture by Grandmaster Anton Smirnov. Participants can also challenge GM Anton Smirnov in a simultaneous tournament, where multiple people will play him at the same time.

SCHEDULE:

Saturday July 6th:

  • Entries Close - 12:55 pm

  • Opening Ceremony - 1:00pm (please arrive in time for this)

  • Rapid Rounds 1-4

    • Round One - 1:30 pm

    • Round Two - 2:00 pm

    • Round Three - 2:30 pm

    • Round Four - 3:00 pm

  • Break (~60 minutes)

  • King of the Hill Blitz - 4:30 pm

  • Simultaneous - 5:30 pm

  • Venue will stay open until 9:30pm for casual games.

SUNDAY July 7th

  • Mayhem Blitz Tournaments

    • Round One - 9:30 am

    • Round Two - 9:55 am

    • Round Three - 10:20 am

    • Round Four - 10:45 am

  • Lecture - 11:10 am

  • Break (~40 minutes)

  • Rapid Rounds 5-7

    • Round Five - 12:50 pm

    • Round Six - 1:20 pm

    • Round Seven - 1:50 pm

  • Prize Ceremony

FESTIVAL Events Details:

MAIN EVENT Rapid

The rapid will be a 7 round tournament with a time control of 10 minutes and 2 second increment. It will be both FIDE rated and ACF rated.

MAYHEM Blitz

The mayhem blitz will be a tournament where the board starts from a different set position each round. The position will be an even position, with lots of imbalances. You will play your opponent twice, once as white and once as black. The starting position will be given 2 minutes before each round begins. The time control will be 3 minutes with 2 seconds increment.

King of the Hill Blitz

The king of the hill blitz will be a blitz tournament following King of the Hill rules. It is the same as normal chess, but you can also win by getting your king to the central 4 squares (e4, e5, d4 and d5). The time control will be 3 minutes with 2 seconds increment.

LECTURE

Grandmaster Anton Smirnov will be giving a lecture. All ages and skill levels are welcome. The lecture will go for approximately an hour.

Simultaneous

Grandmaster Anton Smirnov will be giving a simultaneous against 30 players. Please note entry to this is separate to main festival entry.

Entry and costs

All entries must be done online.

Entry to the main festival will be $65 for all competitors. This will guarantee entry to all events, except for the Simultaneous.

Entries to the simultaneous will be $35 to all competitors. Purchasing the main festival entry and the simultaneous entry at the same time has a $10 discount.

PRIZES:

MAIN PRIZES:

1st. $1000
2nd. $500

3rd. $300

4th. $150
5th. $50

Minor Prizes

Minor Prizes to be announced. Will be announced by 21st of May. Estimated minor prize pool is ~$2200

DIRECTOR OF PLAY:

Official DOP: To Be Confirmed
Assistant DOP: To Be Confirmed

ARBITERS:

Chief Arbiter: To Be Confirmed
2 additional arbiters to be selected from the entrants.

BYES & NON-ATTENDANCE:

Byes generated due to pairing requirements will be given a score of 1 point.

Unnotified non-attendance will attract a forfeit and 0 points. 2 instances of unnotified non-attendance will result in withdrawal from the tournament.

NOTES:

FIDE Laws apply – ringing mobiles will incur automatic loss. Entrants agree to abide by all decisions of the organisers and arbiters. The organisers reserve the right to make any changes required.

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Huon Valley Chess Festival
Sep
19
11:00 AM11:00

Huon Valley Chess Festival

  • Ranelagh Soldiers Memorial Hall (map)
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On the 19th of September the Ranelagh General Store, in conjunction with the Hobart Chess Club, and Tasmanian Chess Association, will host the Huon Valley Chess Festival.

This 1-day only event combines Rapid chess of 10+5 with Blitz chess of 3+2 in a unique cash prize event. With over $1000 worth of prize money this is an event not to be missed.

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