Canterbury Junior Chess Championships
31 August - 1 September 2024
Venue
Canterbury Chess Club: 9/27 Tyne Street, Addington, Christchurch.
Plenty of offstreet parking available.
Junior Championship and Age Groups
The Canterbury Junior Chess Championships are open to juniors under 20 at the start of the year.
The highest-placed Canterbury junior will be the 2024 Canterbury Junior Chess Champion and the highest-placed girl will the 2024 Canterbury Junior Girls Chess Champion.
Titles will also be awarded in these age groups:
Under 16
Under 14
Under 12
Under 10
Players must be born on or after 1 January 2004 to play, and 2008/2010/2012/2014 respectively for the age groups.
Medals and certificates will be awarded to the highest-placed player and girls overall and in each age group for open and best girl.
There will be other prizes dependent on entries.
Tournament Format
5 round tournament using Swiss pairings (i.e. players are paired against other players on the same score where possible) so all players will usually play all rounds (if there is an odd number, one player each round will get a bye i.e. no game and 1 point).
In addition to the open section, the age groups will be run as separate sections, noting that the organisers reserve the right to combine age-adjacent sections with low numbers. Players may choose to play in the open section or the section for their age.
Players may take one half-point bye on Saturday (please indicate which round in the entry form).
The tournament will be officially rated by the New Zealand Chess Federation (NZCF) if possible.
Laws of Chess apply including notation (writing the moves down) - scoresheets and pens are provided.
Chess clocks will be used with a time control of 60 minutes for the game plus 30 seconds additional per move from move 1.
Players not in the venue 30 minutes after a round's start time will default that round and may be withdrawn from the tournament.
Timetable
Saturday 31 August
9am: Check-in (please arrive by 9:15am)
9:15am: Players meeting (players not present may not be paired for round 1)
9:30am: Round 1
1pm: Round 2
5pm: Round 3
Players are not required to stay between games or after they finish their round 3 game.
Sunday 1 September
8:45am: Doors open
9am: Round 4
1pm: Round 5
Prizegiving: After round 5, approx. 4pm
Entry Details
Entry Fee: $30
Enter using the online entry form - https://newzealandchess.co.nz/new-zealand-ratings-list/ has players' NZCF Code numbers if they have one.
Payment should be made by online banking to 03-0802-0093915-01 (account name is Canterbury Chess Club Inc) using the player's name and 'age group' as the reference.
If paying by credit card (fees additional), please enter through Humanitix.
Once the entry form has been completed and payment received, players will be added to the entry list.
Final Standings 2023
1st – Bill Li
2nd – Rudra Parthak
3rd – Charles Prebble
Under 14 1st – Corby Allison
Under 14 and Open 1st Girl – Ritika Joseph
Under 14 2nd – Sriram Muthukumaran
Under 14 3rd – Sayan Samarawickrama
Combined Under 10 and Under 12
Under 12 1st – Shihiran Samarawickrama
Under 12 2nd – Vidit Bhatt
Under 12 3rd – Raphael Serafico
Open Under 10 – Richard Jingjie Liu
Canterbury Under 10 and Under 10 Girl – Shihara Samarawickrama