The President's Cup

19 Apr to 17 May

The tournament has 2 sections. An OPEN section with a 60m/30s time control and ACF rated, and an Under 800 section with a 30m/30s time control.

Details for both sections:

• Format: Five round Swiss over 5 Thursday evenings.
• Round 1, 19th April: 7:40 pm sign in, round starts at 8:00 pm. All other rounds: 7:45 pm.
• Forfeit time: 30 min
• Byes: One half-point bye allowed in the first three rounds only
• Arbiters: Ian Birchall & Kyle Gibson
• Venue: Croydon RSL, 1 Civic Square, Croydon

OPEN section:

• Time Control: 60min + 30s/move
• ACF Classic Rated
• Entry Fee: $10 members, otherwise $25

U800 section:

If you are a non-member who is considering entering this section, please contact the organiser prior to the day for further details.

• Restriction:  Unrated or Under 800 rated players only
• Time Control: 30min + 30s/move, games finish by 9:30pm
• Internal Club Rated
• Entry Fee: $5 members & parents of members, $20 otherwise.

 For further information, you can:

• email the Secretary:   secretary@croydonchess.com

 

Final Results:

 

In the Open Section: 

     1st  Ian Birchall   4.5/5 (Gold)

  =2nd  Bill Jiang (Silver),  Kyle Gibson (Bronze),

            Kim E Tan and Joseph Wong   3.5/5

 

In the U800 Section: 

    1st   Eric Zheng 5/5    (Gold)

    2nd  Hayden Ma   4/5     (Silver)

 =3rd  Lucas Cheong (Bronze), Felix Chen,

           Allen Han & Derek Qian  3/5