New Zealand Interschool Chess Finals

Saturday – Sunday

28th & 29th September

2019

Event Information

Venue

Palmerston North Boy High School

263 Featherston Street

Palmerston North 4441

Entry Criteria

AUTOMATIC QUALIFICATION

For a Team to qualify for entry to the Finals it must first win its Regional event.

Some Regions may have several qualifiers in some competitions because of the number of teams competing in the Regional event.

DISCRETIONERY QUALIFICATION

NZCF reserves the right to add “WILD CARD”entries for an entry fee of $100.00

Time Control

Chess clocks are used for all games.

Games are played with rapid time control of 25 minutes each player plus 5 seconds increment per move from move one.

Prizes & Titles

MEDALS will be presented for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place team winners and individual board winners in each section. The winning team in each section (Primary, Intermediate and Secondary) will be declared “NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONS”

Accommodation

Copthorne Hotel, 10 Fitzherbert Ave, Palmerston North. 06 356 8059, 021 246 0420

For a discount rate of $95 per person per night use group code NZC19

Room Bookings: www.millenniumhotels.com

Timetable

Saturday 28th September 2019

to

Sunday 29th September 2019

Organiser & Information

Manawatu Knights Chess Club, manawatuknights@xtra.co.nz

Mark Noble, 027 338 2040 or 06 323 7003

Entry Submission

Entry Fee $30 per team.

Entries close Sunday 1st September 2019.

Late entries may be accepted with additional $40 late entry fee.

Results

New Zealand Interschool Chess Finals

Secondary

Team

Best Individual

Board 1

Euan McDougall (Mt Roskill Grammar).

 

Board 2

FM Allen Chi Zhou Fan (Auckland Grammar).

 

Board 3

Rohit Mudaliar (Avondale College).

 

Board 4

Nhi Yen (Nina) Nguyen (Rangitoto College).

 

Intermediate

Team

Best Individual

Board 1

Felix Xie (ACG Parnell College).

 

Board 2

Matthew Chen (Takapuna Normal).

 

Board 3

Jeffrey Yu (Takapuna Normal).

 

Board 4

Eddie Kim (Takapuna Normal).

 

Secondary

Intermediate

Primary