New Zealand Chess Supplies
117th NZ Chess Congress

Incorporating the New Zealand Chess Championships, January 2-12 2010
New Zealand Major Open (including NZ Women's Championship), January 2-12 2010
New Zealand Rapid & Lightning Championships, January 13-14 2010

January 2nd-14th 2010 - New Zealand Chess Supplies 117th New Zealand Congress, Auckland.
Official website: Auckland Chess Centre - see photos there.
Download pgn file here (all games - thanks to Ewen Green and Bruce Pollard for pgn data).

Some photos from the various events at Congress 2010:
NZ Champion: Anthony Ker		3rd place: Daniel Shen		Joint 4th: Mike Steadman
IM Paul Garbett		Ralph Hart - New Zealand Lightning Champion		Justin Davis
Antonio Krstev		Michael Nyberg		2nd= in the Major Open: Hans Gao, Henry Vital and Edward Tanoi
NZ Women's Champion: Shirley Wu		Major Open Champion: Alan Ansell		Gino Thornton collects a Grand Prix prize.
NZ Rapidplay Champion: Nic Croad		2nd in Rapidplay: Daniel Han
3rd Equal in Rapidplay: Brian Nijman, Mike Steadman, Matthew Barlow, and Anthony Ker.		1st Grading Prize shared by (left to right) Alan Ansell, Mike Duffin, Hans Gao, Peter Fraemohs, Benji Lim.		2nd Grading Prize shared by Nicole Tsoi and Luke Li (and also Andrew Michael, not pictured).
Group photo of competitors in the Major Open and Championship.
Group photo of competitors in the Championship.

Final Crosstable for Championship

No Name                 Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10   11  

1  Ker, Anthony         2423 8.5   18:W  6:W 10:W  5:W  2:D  7:W 20:W  4:L  3:L 12:W  8:W
2  Croad, Nicholas      2332 8     26:D 16:W 11:W 12:W  1:D 20:W  4:D  6:W  5:D  3:D 10:D
3  Shen, Daniel         2221 7.5   22:L 21:D 20:L 24:W 19:W 17:W 12:W  7:W  1:W  2:D  4:D
4  Watson, Bruce        2297 7     21:W 13:D 12:L 14:W  8:W 15:W  2:D  1:W  6:D  5:L  3:D
5  Steadman, Michael    2337 7     24:W  7:W 22:W  1:L 20:L 12:W  6:L 18:W  2:D  4:W  9:D
6  Han, Daniel          2200 6.5   19:W  1:L 27:W  9:W 12:L 10:W  5:W  2:L  4:D  8:L 14:W
7  Thornton, Gino       2214 6.5   28:W  5:L 23:W 11:W 10:W  1:L 13:D  3:L  8:L 20:W 12:W
8  Smith, Robert        2368 6.5   17:D 22:L 26:W 13:W  4:L 14:D  9:D 23:W  7:W  6:W  1:L
9  McLaren, Leonard     2258 6.5   11:L 28:W 25:W  6:L 14:D 23:D  8:D 10:W 15:D 13:W  5:D
10 Depasquale, Chris    2274 6     20:W 27:W  1:L 22:W  7:L  6:L 14:D  9:L 23:W 15:W  2:D
11 Davis, Justin        2035 6      9:W 15:W  2:L  7:L 17:D 13:L 19:W 12:L 16:D 22:W 23:W
12 Hart, Ralph          2276 5.5   23:D 26:W  4:W  2:L  6:W  5:L  3:L 11:W 20:W  1:L  7:L
13 Steffenello, Leonard 2184 5.5   14:W  4:D 15:L  8:L 16:W 11:W  7:D 20:D 18:D  9:L 25:D
14 Milligan, Helen      2018 5.5   13:L 24:W 17:W  4:L  9:D  8:D 10:D 15:L 21:W 18:W  6:L
15 Garbett, Paul        2350 5.5   25:W 11:L 13:W 20:L 22:W  4:L 23:D 14:W  9:D 10:L 16:D
16 Krstev, Mario        2122 5.5    0:D  2:L 21:D 19:D 13:L 24:W 22:D 17:D 11:D 28:W 15:D
17 Barlow, Matthew      2144 5.5    8:D 23:D 14:L 25:W 11:D  3:L 18:L 16:D 26:W 19:D 28:W
18 Nijman, Brian        2168 5.5    1:L 20:L 19:L 26:W 27:W 21:W 17:W  5:L 13:D 14:L 22:W
19 Fuatai, Fuatai       2020 5      6:L 25:L 18:W 16:D  3:L 26:W 11:L 28:D 27:W 17:D 24:D
20 Krstev, Antonio      2057 4.5   10:L 18:W  3:W 15:W  5:W  2:L  1:L 13:D 12:L  7:L 27:L
21 Gunn, Neil           2064 4.5    4:L  3:D 16:D 23:D 28:D 18:L 27:W 22:D 14:L 25:D 26:D
22 Nyberg, Michael      2033 4      3:W  8:W  5:L 10:L 15:L 28:D 16:D 21:D 24:D 11:L 18:L
23 Stuart, Peter        2057 4     12:D 17:D  7:L 21:D 25:W  9:D 15:D  8:L 10:L 24:D 11:L
24 Marner, Gavin        2071 4      5:L 14:L 28:D  3:L 26:D 16:L 25:W 27:D 22:D 23:D 19:D
25 Bennett, Hilton      2089 4     15:L 19:W  9:L 17:L 23:L 27:L 24:L 26:W 28:W 21:D 13:D
26 Lim, Benjamin        2069 3.5    2:D 12:L  8:L 18:L 24:D 19:L 28:W 25:L 17:L 27:W 21:D
27 Jackson, Ross        2013 3.5    0:W 10:L  6:L 28:L 18:L 25:W 21:L 24:D 19:L 26:L 20:W
28 Fraemohs, Peter      2028 3      7:L  9:L 24:D 27:W 21:D 22:D 26:L 19:D 25:L 16:L 17:L

Final Crosstable for Major Open

No Name                     Feder Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10   11  

1  Ansell, Alan             NZL   1922 8.5   25:L 40:W 22:W 21:W 24:D 17:W 11:W  3:D  4:W  6:W  2:D
2  Vital, Henry             NZL   1953 8     11:L 19:W 39:W 26:D 14:W 12:W 15:D 13:W  3:D  9:W  1:D
3  Gao, Hans                NZL   1843 8     41:W 34:W 17:W 14:W 18:W 11:W 13:D  1:D  2:D  5:L  6:D
4  Tanoi, Edward            NZL   1976 8     17:L 31:W 11:L 22:W 30:W  6:W 18:W 15:W  1:L 14:W  5:W
5  Evans, David             NZL   1908 7.5   34:L 41:W 32:L 43:W 44:W 29:D  8:W 24:W 13:W  3:W  4:L
6  Casilang, Arthur         NZL   1900 7     36:L 37:W 34:W 17:D 32:W  4:L 29:W  7:W 15:W  1:L  3:D
7  Cater, James             NZL   1768 7     37:W 36:W 24:D 11:L 27:D 16:W 14:W  6:L  9:L 17:W 19:W
8  Power, Wayne             NZL   1909 7     19:W 11:D 23:L 30:D 25:W 35:W  5:L 18:W 12:D 20:D 21:W
9  Rivas Villanueva, Andrea CHI   2049 7     30:W 39:W 18:L 12:L 29:L 43:W 19:W 28:W  7:W  2:L 11:W
10 Rider, Brett             NZL   1768 7     47:W 21:L  0:L 34:W 16:L 33:W 31:L 44:W 22:W 27:W 20:W
11 Wu, Shirley              NZL   1670 6.5    2:W  8:D  4:W  7:W 12:W  3:L  1:L 20:L 24:W 13:W  9:L
12 Vosloo, Johan            NZL   1746 6.5   33:W 13:W 20:D  9:W 11:L  2:L 17:W 27:D  8:D 16:D 15:D
13 Forster, William         NZL   1963 6.5   22:W 12:L 35:W 42:W 23:W 18:W  3:D  2:L  5:L 11:L 24:W
14 Eade, Don                NZL   1905 6.5   40:W 25:W 21:W  3:L  2:L 23:W  7:L 31:W 27:W  4:L 16:D
15 Taylor, Richard          NZL   1913 6.5   31:W 17:L 29:W 32:D 26:W 24:W  2:D  4:L  6:L 23:W 12:D
16 Li, Luke                 NZL   1498 6.5   28:W 18:L 26:L 39:W 10:W  7:L 35:W 25:W 20:D 12:D 14:D
17 Mitchell, Robert         NZL   1703 6      4:W 15:W  3:L  6:D 20:W  1:L 12:L 42:W 19:D  7:L 28:W
18 Booth, Anthony           NZL   1784 6     46:W 16:W  9:W 20:W  3:L 13:L  4:L  8:L 31:W 19:L 25:W
19 Liu, Brian               NZL   1572 6      8:L  2:L 37:W 28:W 42:W 27:D  9:L 26:W 17:D 18:W  7:L
20 Chen, Eachen             NZL   1928 6     32:W 29:W 12:D 18:L 17:L 42:D 30:W 11:W 16:D  8:D 10:L
21 Chen, George             NZL   1403 6     26:+ 10:W 14:L  1:L 43:D 32:W 27:L 29:D 26:W 28:W  8:L
22 Wu, Sharon               NZL   1671 6     13:L 33:W  1:L  4:L 34:W 28:L 43:W 35:W 10:L 31:W 27:W
23 Mukkattu, Philip         NZL   1629 6     27:D 43:W  8:W 24:D 13:L 14:L 28:L 33:W 29:W 15:L 30:W
24 McNally, Ian             NZL   1983 5.5   44:W 35:W  7:D 23:D  1:D 15:L 25:W  5:L 11:L 39:W 13:L
25 Tsoi, Nicole             NZL   1614 5.5    1:W 14:L 28:W 27:D  8:L 26:W 24:L 16:L 32:W 29:W 18:L
26 Michael, Andrew          NZL   1829 5.5   21:- 47:W 16:W  2:D 15:L 25:L 36:W 19:L 21:L 40:W 35:W
27 Hair, Philip             NZL   1928 5     23:D 42:D 44:W 25:D  7:D 19:D 21:W 12:D 14:L 10:L 22:L
28 Seabrook, Roy            NZL   1854 5     16:L 46:W 25:L 19:L 38:W 22:W 23:W  9:L 30:W 21:L 17:L
29 MacLeod, Hugh            NZL   1734 5     48:W 20:L 15:L 47:W  9:W  5:D  6:L 21:D 23:L 25:L 41:W
30 Holdo, Karl              NZL   1714 5      9:L 38:D 31:W  8:D  4:L 47:W 20:L 41:W 28:L 33:W 23:L
31 Li, William (Xiang Wei)  NZL   1579 5     15:L  4:L 30:L 46:W 48:W 44:W 10:W 14:L 18:L 22:L 39:W
32 Lyall, Simon             NZL   1626 5     20:L 48:W  5:W 15:D  6:L 21:L 42:L 47:W 25:L 44:D 34:W
33 Rong, David              NZL   1070 5     12:L 22:L 46:W 40:W 35:L 10:L 38:W 23:L 41:W 30:L 48:W
34 Chen, Thomas             NZL   1546 4.5    5:W  3:L  6:L 10:L 22:L 40:W 47:D 36:W 42:D 35:D 32:L
35 Pakenham, John           NZL   1760 4.5   45:W 24:L 13:L 36:W 33:W  8:L 16:L 22:L 44:W 34:D 26:L
36 Garland, Mana            NZL   1535 4.5    6:W  7:L 42:L 35:L 37:D 38:W 26:L 34:L 40:L 48:W 45:W
37 Ansell, John             NZL   1278 4.5    7:L  6:L 19:L 41:D 36:D 39:L 40:L 48:W 46:W 45:D 47:W
38 Li, Andrew Geng          NZL   1159 4.5   39:L 30:D 43:L 45:W 28:L 36:L 33:L 40:L 48:W 47:W 44:W
39 Cooper, Nigel            NZL   1747 4     38:W  9:L  2:L 16:L 47:L 37:W 41:L 46:W 45:W 24:L 31:L
40 Yao, Winston (Yow-Jen)   NZL   1535 4     14:L  1:L 45:D 33:L 41:L 34:L 37:W 38:W 36:W 26:L 43:D
41 Li, Jiapeng              NZL   1410 4      3:L  5:L 47:L 37:D 40:W 45:D 39:W 30:L 33:L 43:W 29:L
42 Stracy, Don              NZL   1791 4     43:D 27:D 36:W 13:L 19:L 20:D 32:W 17:L 34:D  0:   0: 
43 Tang, Sean               NZL   1355 3.5   42:D 23:L 38:W  5:L 21:D  9:L 22:L 45:L 47:W 41:L 40:D
44 Cruden, Neil             NZL   1712 3.5   24:L 45:W 27:L 48:W  5:L 31:L 46:W 10:L 35:L 32:D 38:L
45 Zhang, William           NZL   1189 3.5   35:L 44:L 40:D 38:L 46:L 41:D 48:W 43:W 39:L 37:D 36:L
46 Fan, Cathy               NZL   1285 3     18:L 28:L 33:L 31:L 45:W 48:W 44:L 39:L 37:L  0:W  0: 
47 Rudkins, Lynton          NZL   1236 2.5   10:L 26:L 41:W 29:L 39:W 30:L 34:D 32:L 43:L 38:L 37:L
48 Dong, Olivia             NZL   893  1     29:L 32:L  0:W 44:L 31:L 46:L 45:L 37:L 38:L 36:L 33:L

No Name               Loc  Total  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9  

1  Croad, Nicholas    2306 7.5   23:W 21:D 20:W  2:W  4:W  3:L 12:W  7:W 11:W
2  Han, Daniel        2093 7     35:W 29:D 30:W  1:L 27:W 10:W 19:D 12:W  3:W
3  Steadman, Michael  2214 6.5   40:W 14:W  9:W 24:W  8:D  1:W  7:W  4:L  2:L
4  Ker, Anthony       2377 6.5   28:W 15:W 25:W  8:D  1:L  6:W 11:W  3:W  5:L
5  Barlow, Matthew    2108 6.5   36:W 13:L 37:W 10:L 28:W 22:W  8:W 11:D  4:W
6  Nijman, Brian      1977 6.5   39:W 10:D 26:W  7:L 29:W  4:L 42:W 13:W 14:W
7  Carpinter, Anthony 2105 6     34:W 22:W 13:D  6:W 19:W 25:W  3:L  1:L  9:D
8  Pinic, Noel        1996 6     31:W 45:W 12:W  4:D  3:D 11:L  5:L 20:W 21:W
9  Nyberg, Michael    1956 6     27:W 51:W  3:L 35:W 11:L 20:D 26:W 10:W  7:D
10 Duffin, Mike       1600 5.5   11:W  6:D 21:D  5:W 12:D  2:L 17:W  9:L 24:W
11 Thornton, Gino     2220 5.5   10:L 31:W 45:W 22:W  9:W  8:W  4:L  5:D  1:L
12 Lukey, Stephen     2255 5.5   44:W 17:W  8:L 13:W 10:D 14:W  1:L  2:L 28:W
13 Fraemohs, Peter    1827 5.5   55:W  5:W  7:D 12:L 24:D 16:W 25:D  6:L 19:W
14 Ansell, Alan       1853 5.5   41:W  3:L 55:D 32:W 26:W 12:L 29:W 25:W  6:L
15 Shen, Daniel       1955 5.5   46:W  4:L 32:D 41:D 18:W 19:L 36:W 16:D 30:W
16 Marner, Gavin      2023 5.5   26:D 54:D 18:W 20:L 35:W 13:L 40:W 15:D 33:W
17 Lim, Benjamin      1889 5.5   50:W 12:L 35:L 36:W 47:W 24:D 10:L 22:W 27:W
18 Gao, Hans          1589 5.5   19:L 38:W 16:L 53:W 15:L 48:W 37:W 24:D 25:W
19 Krstev, Mario      2137 5     18:W 20:L 23:W 54:W  7:L 15:W  2:D 21:D 13:L
20 Milligan, Helen    1839 5     38:W 19:W  1:L 16:W 25:L  9:D 24:D  8:L 36:W
21 Cornford, Lindsay  1900 5     57:+  1:D 10:D 25:L 31:D 37:W 27:W 19:D  8:L
22 Vital, Henry       1812 5     43:W  7:L 52:W 11:L 41:W  5:L 23:W 17:L 26:W
23 Guico, Leonides    1619 5      1:L 50:W 19:L 31:L 53:W 39:W 22:L 47:W 37:W
24 Stuart, Peter      2106 4.5   32:W 30:D 29:W  3:L 13:D 17:D 20:D 18:D 10:L
25 Burns, Chris       2046 4.5   49:W 42:W  4:L 21:W 20:W  7:L 13:D 14:L 18:L
26 Li, Luke           1379 4.5   16:D 48:W  6:L 42:W 14:L 44:W  9:L 40:W 22:L
27 Michael, Andrew    1353 4.5    9:L 28:D 44:W 30:W  2:L 54:W 21:L 42:W 17:L
28 Li, William        1623 4.5    4:L 27:D 51:W 47:D  5:L 35:W 32:D 43:W 12:L
29 Lynn, William      1780 4.5   47:W  2:D 24:L 48:W  6:L 49:W 14:L 33:L 40:W
30 Power, Wayne       1822 4.5   56:W 24:D  2:L 27:L 34:W 40:L 49:W 32:W 15:L
31 Tsoi, Nicole       1358 4.5    8:L 11:L 56:W 23:W 21:D 42:L 33:L 41:W 44:W
32 Feyter, Ryan       1473 4.5   24:L 56:W 15:D 14:L 48:D 47:W 28:D 30:L 43:W
33 Taylor, David      1440 4.5    0:  47:D 48:L 43:L 46:W 55:W 31:W 29:W 16:L
34 Gothorp, Thomas    1427 4.5    7:L 43:W 54:L 45:D 30:L 51:W 35:L 46:W 42:W
35 Lyall, Simon       1400 4      2:L 53:W 17:W  9:L 16:L 28:L 34:W 36:L 50:W
36 Mukkattu, Philip   1533 4      5:L 55:L 38:W 17:L 50:W 41:W 15:L 35:W 20:L
37 Eade, Don          1699 4     51:L 39:W  5:L 55:W 54:W 21:L 18:L 38:W 23:L
38 Rong, David        1271 4     20:L 18:L 36:L 39:L 56:W 53:W 45:W 37:L 49:W
39 Judkins, Gary      1357 4      6:L 37:L 53:L 38:W 52:W 23:L 50:W 44:L 47:W
40 Cooper, Nigel      1597 3.5    3:L 41:L 50:W 51:D 43:W 30:W 16:L 26:L 29:L
41 Zhang, William     1279 3.5   14:L 40:W 42:D 15:D 22:L 36:L 48:D 31:L 53:W
42 Seabrook, Roy      1761 3.5   52:W 25:L 41:D 26:L 55:W 31:W  6:L 27:L 34:L
43 Wang, Weber        1104 3.5   22:L 34:L 49:D 33:W 40:L 45:W 44:W 28:L 32:L
44 Crombie, William   1612 3.5   12:L 46:D 27:L 52:W 51:W 26:L 43:L 39:W 31:L
45 Mitchell, Robert   1717 3.5   53:W  8:L 11:L 34:D 49:L 43:L 38:L 56:W 52:W
46 Yang, Scott        1315 3.5   15:L 44:D 47:L 49:L 33:L 56:W 55:W 34:L 48:W
47 Li, Andrew Geng    978  3     29:L 33:D 46:W 28:D 17:L 32:L 54:W 23:L 39:L
48 Li, Jiapeng        1310 3     54:D 26:L 33:W 29:L 32:D 18:L 41:D 49:D 46:L
49 Chen, George       1388 3     25:L 52:L 43:D 46:W 45:W 29:L 30:L 48:D 38:L
50 Ansell, John       1294 3     17:L 23:L 40:L 56:W 36:L 52:W 39:L 51:W 35:L
51 Daunt, Michael          2.5   37:W  9:L 28:L 40:D 44:L 34:L 52:L 50:L 56:W
52 Dong, Olivia       925  2.5   42:L 49:W 22:L 44:L 39:L 50:L 51:W 53:D 45:L
53 Qian, Bella        922  2     45:L 35:L 39:W 18:L 23:L 38:L 56:D 52:D 41:L
54 Davis, Justin      1901 2     48:D 16:D 34:W 19:L 37:L 27:L 47:L  0:   0: 
55 Chen, Thomas       1260 1.5   13:L 36:W 14:D 37:L 42:L 33:L 46:L  0:   0: 
56 McRae, John        1206 .5    30:L 32:L 31:L 50:L 38:L 46:L 53:D 45:L 51:L
57 Budd, Michael      1299 0     21:-  0:   0:   0:   0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 

The 117th New Zealand Chess Championship will be an 11-round Swiss system tournament, with a minimum of 18 players, open to all NZ players with a current NZCF standard rating of 2000 or higher, or a FIDE rating of at least 2100. In the event of fewer than 18 qualified players entering, sufficient Major Open entrants will be invited, in order of rating, to bring the field up to 18. In the event of no more than 12 entries being received, the Championship will be conducted as a round robin of 12 players.

The Championship will be FIDE rated and overseas players may be invited by the NZCF council. The highest placed New Zealand player (the outright winner of the New Zealand Championship) will qualify for selection in the New Zealand team for the 2010 Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Siberia, Russia (19th September - 4th October 2010). Note that only a player winning the NZ title outright will automatically qualify for the Olympiad (if an overseas player wins and a New Zealand player is clear 2nd, that player qualifies).

Any NZ player who does not fulfil the rating requirements set out above may apply to be treated as a special case; the player must demonstrate exceptional circumstances. Please apply to the NZCF, Box 216, Shortland Street, Auckland 1010.

Entries so far (NZCF November ratings, with January FIDE in brackets): IM Anthony Ker 2423 (2321), FM Bob Smith 2368 (2289), IM Paul Garbett 2350 (2302), FM-elect Mike Steadman 2337 (2263), FM Nic Croad 2332 (2271), FM Bruce Watson 2297 (2270), Ralph Hart 2276 (2244), Leonard McLaren 2258 (2227), Daniel Shen 2221 (2142), Gino Thornton 2214 (2167), Daniel Han 2200 (2200), Leonard Steffenello (Brazil, 2184), Brian Nijman 2168 (2165), Matthew Barlow 2144 (2161), Mario Krstev 2122 (2103), Hilton Bennett 2089 (2003), Gavin Marner 2071 (2039), Benji Lim 2069 (2075), Neil Gunn 2064 (2040), Antonio Krstev 2057 (2040), Peter Stuart 2057 (2041), Justin Davis 2035 (1939), Michael Nyberg 2033 (1955), Peter Fraemohs 2028 (1981), Fuatai Fuatai 2020 (2022), Helen Milligan 2018 (1972), Ross Jackson 2013 (2008).

A Millennium Hotels Grand Prix Super Class Event

The Major Open will be an 11-round Swiss system tournament open to all NZ players with a current NZCF standard rating of under 2000. Players with a current NZCF rating over 2000 are not eligible.
Entries so far (NZCF November ratings):
Andrea Rivas (Chile 2049), Edward Tanoi 1976, Bill Forster 1963, Henry Vital 1953, Eachen Chen 1928j, Philip Hair 1928, Alan Ansell 1922j, Richard Taylor 1913s, Wayne Power 1909s, David Evans 1908, Don Eade 1905, Roy Seabrook 1854, Hans Gao 1843j, Andrew Michael 1829, Don Stracy 1791s, Jim Cater 1768s, Brett Rider 1768, John Pakenham 1760, Nigel Cooper 1747s, Johan Vosloo 1746, Hugh MacLeod 1734, Karl Holdo 1714, Neil Cruden 1712s, Bob Mitchell 1703s, Sharon Wu 1671j, Shirley Wu 1670j, Philip Mukkattu 1629, Simon Lyall 1626, Nicole Tsoi 1614j, William Li 1579j, Brian Liu 1572j, Thomas Chen 1546j, Winston Yao 1535j, Jiapeng Li 1410j, George Chen 1403j, Sean Tang 1355, Cathy Fan 1284j, John Ansell 1278, Lynton Rudkins 1236, William JW Zhang 1189j, Andrew Geng Li 1159, David Rong 1070j, Olivia Dong 893j, Arthur Casilang.
NZ Women’s Championship
The highest placed female NZ player in the Major Open will be awarded the New Zealand Women's Championship for 2010 and a place in the 2010 Women's Olympiad team. The title may be shared, but the Olympiad place will go to an outright winner only.
Current contenders:
Eachen Chen 1928j, Sharon Wu 1671j, Shirley Wu 1670j, Nicole Tsoi 1614j, Jiapeng Li 1410j, Cathy Fan 1284j, Olivia Dong 893j.

Venue: Alexandra Function Centre
Lyell Creek/Owners & Trainers Lounge
Greenlane Rd
Greenlane
Auckland

Schedule:
The Championship and Major Open will both be held as 11-round Swiss system tournaments, one round per day. The time control of the NZ Championship & Major Open will be: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves plus 30 minutes to finish the game plus 30 seconds per move from move one. Default time: 30 minutes from the start of play.

New Zealand Rapid Championship:
13-14 January. A 9-round Swiss system tournaments, open to all players. Time control: 25 minutes plus an increment of 5 seconds per move from move 1. FIDE Rapid rules will apply.

New Zealand Lightning Championship:
14th January, commencing at 18:00. Open to all players. This will be run in preliminary and final groups, with the initial groups made up according to seeding. The top two players from each group will qualify for a round robin final. The remaining players will contest the NZ Reserve Lightning Championship, which will be run as a Swiss system. The number of rounds will depend on the number of entrants. The time control will be five minutes per player for the entire game. FIDE Lightning rules will apply.

Annual General Meeting:
The New Zealand Chess Federation AGM will be held on the evening of Friday 8th January.

Prizes:
The 117th National Congress has a guaranteed minimum prize fund of over $6000.

Eligibility:
All entrants other than specially invited overseas players must be registered under NZCF rules. Any entrant who is not already NZCF registered may register when entering. The 2009 rates for NZCF registration are $13 for adults and $6.50 for juniors (under 20 on January 1st 2010).

Director of Play:
The DOP will be Bruce Pollard.

Entry fees:

No late entry surcharge!
The preliminary closing date for entries to the New Zealand Championship and Major Open was 15th Dec 2009. However, entries will be accepted up to 11am on the opening day, 02/01/2010, without surcharge.
Note that any Major Open entrant promoted to the NZ Championship to bring the field up to 18 shall be required to pay the difference in entry fees.
The deadline for entries to the NZ Rapid Championship is 08:30 on the day of play, 13th January 2010.
The deadline for entries to the NZ Lightning Championship is 17:00 on the day of play, 14th January 2010.
As soon as possible after 15th December the Tournament committee will forward to NZCF affiliated clubs and NZ Championship entrants a list of Championship entries received up to that time. This will also be updated on the Auckland Chess Centre website, www.aucklandchesscentre.co.nz.

Contact:
All entries, signed and accompanied by the appropriate entry fees, should be made on the official entry form, or in writing including all the details required on the entry form. They should be sent to:
Mike Steadman, 2/3 Rogan St, Hillsborough, Auckland 1041.
Cheques should be made payable to: Auckland Chess Centre.
A copy of the final page of the official entry form is available for download here (pdf file).

Accommodation:
www.millenniumhotels.co.nz/kingsgateauckland
Kingsgate Hotel Parnell Auckland
92-102 Gladstone Road
Parnell,
Auckland
T: +64 9 377 3619
F: +64 9 303 3716

Abella Court Motel (across road from venue)
224 Greenlane Road
Epsom,
Auckland
T: +64 9 630 7864
F: +64 9 630 6620
Mention the NZ Chess Championship when booking to receive rates below at Abella Court: