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109th NZ
National Chess Congress
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28th December 2001 - 11th January
2002
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Announcements
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(as at 25th January 2002)
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NZ Lightning tournament
starts 6th January 2002 at 9:30 a.m.
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We are experiencing Internet Connection problems at the Venue.
I hope this is corrected in the near future so that we can bring
you information regarding the National Congress sooner. |
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P
a R t
Y !!
MERRY CHRISTMAS! P a
R t Y
!!
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24th December: NZ Championship
and Major Open crosstables were updated today.
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NZCF ratings are to be used to seed
the 109th NZ Championship. This is more accurate, since FIDE
ratings are largely based on overseas games.
Players Meeting will begin at 12 noon,
28th December 2001, at the Millennium Hotel.
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The 109th NZ Championship
IS NOW a Swiss paired tournament.
Should fewer than 18 entries be received, players from the NZ
Major Open will be invited, in order of rating, to the NZ Championship.
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At 1:00 p.m. Friday
7th December 2001, IM Vernon Small
FIDE 2335 chose to withdraw
from the 109th NZ Chess Championship.
A third IM is now required to offer an IM
Norm.
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3rd December 2001:
The 109th NZ Championship will
offer an IM Norm.
The top 11 players average 2272.
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Entries into the NZ Championship
or the NZ Open will be accepted until 11:30 a.m. 28th December
2001.
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Reminder!
The preliminary closing date for the
NZ Championship and the NZ Open is 30 November, so get your entries
in soon! After that, there is a 20% surcharge.
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I will be unavailable
to update this website from 26th November to 3rd December 2001.
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Inquiries this week:
FM Daniel Hristodorescu
(Romania),
GM Peter Szekely (Hungary),
IM Pal Kiss (Hungary),
GM Victor Mikhalevski (Israel),
Piotr Litwak (Poland),
Allison Ely
(USA).
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Warner's Hotel (after
renovations) - have increased their accommodation to $45 room/night
for single, double ($22.50 pp/night), or triple ($15 pp/night).
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The Ministry of Economic
Development (Wellington) have declined our application for Sponsorship.
This means that we are unable to bring GM
Alexander Volzhin (Russia)
to NZ.
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The Stonehurst Motel
is completely booked out! Try Warner's
Hotel, 50 Cathedral Square, Christchurch -
(03) 3770-550
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Further Sponsorship
is hoped for later this week.
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Martin Haag 2317
(Germany) has entered the 109th NZ
Championship.
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Book Early for Accommodation!
We don't want you to miss out!
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Tournament Programmes were posted
to each NZ Chess Club on 28th September 2001.
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Chief Arbiter: IA
Leon Muys (Netherlands) |
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The NZCF Council have decided that the two (2) best placed New Zealanders
in the 109th NZ Championships will be automatic selections for next year's
Olympiad team. |
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Australian chess players are welcome to play in the NZ Championship,
provided their FIDE rating is 2100 or higher. |
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The NZ Championship has had inquiries from IM Sergei Kasparov (Belarus),
GM Alexander Volzhin (Russia), GM Artur Kogan (Israel), GM Dima Tyomkin
(Israel), GM Nenad Sulava (Croatia), GM Alex Wojtkiewicz (Poland), GM
Alexander Fominyh (Russia), IM Vladimir Feldman and IM Berezina-Feldman
(Australia), NM Adrian Lloyd, former NZ Champion (Australia), IM Oleg
Gladyshev (Russia), GM Azer Mirzoev (Azerbaijan), IM Rasul Ibrahimov (Azerbaijan),
GM Sergei Ovsejevitsch (Ukraine), IM Yuri Solodovnichenko (Ukraine). |
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Hon. Jim Anderton, Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand in the Labour
/ Alliance Coalition Government, will officially open the 109th NZ Chess
Congress event. |
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Estimated Prize Fund: $8,000 (minimum). |
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Congress Programme is now available for download. |
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