Board Prizes

Rules for Board Prizes

·   Players assigned to board numbers 1-4 will compete for the board prize on their assigned board.

·   A player who is assigned to a particular board may, due to players being ‘rested’ in specific rounds, play some of their games on higher boards. Any such games are counted towards the total for their assigned board prize. For example: if a player is assigned to Board 3, any games that they may play on Boards 1 and/or 2 are also counted towards the Board 3 prize, together with their games played on Board 3. The player in this example cannot win a Board 1 or Board 2 prize, irrespective of how many games they may play on Boards 1 or 2.

·   To be eligible for their assigned board prize, a player must be paired in

(a) at least 70% of the maximum number of rounds in which that team may be paired, and

(b) a minimum of 4 rounds.

·   For example: in a 6-team competition, each team will play 5 rounds, so a player must be paired for at least 4 games out of 5 (80%) to be eligible for a board prize. A player who is paired for only 3 games out of 5 (60%) will not be eligible for a board prize.

·   In a 7-team competition, each team will play 6 rounds and have one bye round. A player must then be paired for at least 5 games out of 6 (83.3%); 4 games out of 6 (66.7%) would not be enough.

·   In accordance with this same rule: in an 8-team competition, a player must play at least 5 games out of 7 (71.4%) to be eligible for a board prize.

·   Subject to the `minimum number of games’ requirement being met, board prizes are awarded based on the criterion of percentage score. For example: if Player A scores 4.0/4 (100%) and Player B scores 4.5/5 (90%), then Player A’s score would be superior in the board prize order.

·   If two players finish on the same percentage score, then the tie is resolved by number of games played. For example: if Player A scores 5.0/5 and Player B scores 4.0/4, then both players have scored 100%, but Player A has played more games so their result is superior.

·   In the event of a game being forfeited (1F-0F), the player who ‘wins’ scores 1 point and the player who ‘loses’ scores 0 points; both players are deemed to have played that game. For example: in an ongoing tournament, if a player has scored 4.0/4 after the penultimate round, and is paired for the final round but does not show up, then their board prize is calculated based on a score of 4.0/5.

·   If, for a given board number, the board prize calculations produce a tie between 2 or more players, with all of whom having played the same number of games and having scored the same number of points, then the board prize will be shared between the tied players.

Board Prizes - Secondary Open

Board 1: IM Sravan Renjith (4.0/5) - Anglican Church Grammar School, QLD

Board 2: Harvey Zhu (4.0/5) - Knox Grammar School, NSW

CM Jayden Ooi (4.0/5) - Anglican Church Grammar School, QLD

Board 3: Benny Chan (4.0/5) - Huntingtower School, VIC

Board 4: Barath Harirajesh (2.0/5) - Rossmoyne Senior High School, WA

Board Prizes - Secondary Girls

Board 1: Elaina Qiang (4.5/5) - Brisbane State High School, QLD

Board 2: Isabella Guan (5.0/5) - Brisbane State High School, QLD

Board 3: Sarah Wang (4.5/5) - North Sydney Girls' High School, NSW

Board 4: Yuehan Xu (5.0/5) - Brisbane State High School, QLD

Board Prizes - Primary Open

Board 1: Zeqi Xing (5.5/7) - Anglican Church Grammar School, QLD

Angus Chen (5.5/7) - Oberthur Primary School, WA

Rudra Verma (5.5/7) - Matthew Pearce Primary School, NSW

Board 2: Owen Shen (6.5/7) - Anglican Church Grammar School, QLD

Board 3: Yuwei Wang (6.0/6) - Anglican Church Grammar School, QLD

Board 4: Austin Li (6.0/6) - Anglican Church Grammar School, QLD

Board Prizes - Primary Girls

Board 1: Chloe Wang (4.5/5) - Somerville House, QLD

Charlotte Chen (4.5/5) - Linden Park Primary School, SA

Board 2: Sophia Xu (5.0/5) - Somerville House, QLD

Board 3: Olivia Chu (5.0/5) - Somerville House, QLD

Board 4: Clarissa Liu (5.0/5) - Somerville House, QLD