2023 Rooty Hill Blitz Championships

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Date: 4th of July
Time: Approximately 7:30 pm following the AGM
Time Control: 5 minutes
11 Rounds Swiss with FIDE Approved Baku Acceleration Method
FIDE Blitz and ACF Quick Rated

Entry Fees

Members: $5
Non-Members: $10
Late Fee: Additional $5 (After Monday 3rd of July)

Prize Money

Overall
1st: $100
2nd: $70
3rd: $50

Lower Half
1st: $50
2nd: $30

Note: Lower half prizes only eligible to rated players

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Terms and Conditions

Prize money is dependent on the number of entries in the tournament.
July FIDE Blitz Ratings and June ACF Quick Ratings will be used.
Rules of this tournament are governed under Appendix B Article B.4 per the FIDE Arbiters Handbook October 2022.
The decision of the arbiter is final, and no appeals will be allowed in the interest of not disrupting the flow of the event and the timing. (Article 11.10)
Prizes are paid via electronic bank transfer unless otherwise stated.
A full refund will be issued if you inform the organisers of the event of your withdrawal 24 hours in advance. Otherwise, no refund will be issued if you are absent.

Contact details: [email protected] or [email protected]

Rooty Hill Blitz Championships

If you are a member for 2022, please check your email for the entry link.

11 Round FIDE & ACF rated tournament
Pairings by Vega using FIDE approved Baku Acceleration Method
Time Control: 5 minutes per player

6th of December | Starts 7:15 pm sharp

Entry Fees: (Adults and Juniors):
Members: $5
Non-Members: $10

Prizes:
1^st $50.00
2^nd $20.00

Best of Lower Half
1^st $50.00
2^nd $20.00

Enter Here (Non-Members)

2022 Rooty Hill Blitz Championships

If you are a member for 2022, please check your email for the entry link.

Clocks Start approx 7.30pm: After the Rooty Hill Chess Club AGM

Time control: 5 minutes for all moves.

When: Tuesday 6th of December

Entries close on Monday 5th of, December 5pm. Late Entires will be at the discretion of the arbiter.

Prize money will be
1st $50.00 2nd $20.00
Best of lower half: 1st $50.00 2nd $20.00

Entry Fees:
Members (Adults and Juniors): $5
Non-Members: $10

11 Round FIDE & ACF rated tournament
Pairings by Vega using FIDE approved Baku Acceleration Method

2021 Rooty Hill Blitz Championship – Monday 22 June

Final Standings

Nos Name                FIDE Pts  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9  
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1 Polic,Zoran         1939 8.0 +W22 +B7  +W3  +W2  +B8  +W5  +B10 +B13 -W4
2 Phan,James          2283 7.5 +W6  +B17 +W13 -B1  +W7  =B3  +W9  +B5  +W8
3 McGowan,Cameron     2341 7.5 +B21 +W9  -B1  +B4  +W13 =W2  +B8  +B6  +W10 
4 Rahman,Tarek        1958 6.0 +B11 =W8  +B9  -W3  +B15 =W10 -B5  +W25 +B1
5 Rupasinghe,Sayum    1887 6.0 +W14 -B13 +W19 +B20 +W6  -B1  +W4  -W2  +B16
6 Prithvi,Parthiv     1729 6.0 -B2  +W27 +B25 +W12 -B5  +W31 +B16 -W3  +B20
7 Quek,Kristine       1767 6.0 +B12 -W1  +B26 +W14 -B2  -W24 +B31 +W23 +W13   
8 Anup Kumar,Vihaan   1795 5.5 +W19 =B4  +W17 +B15 -W1  +B21 -W3  +B20 -B2       
9 Siva Sankaran,Anup  1915 5.5 +B26 -B3  -W4  +W25 +B14 +W15 -B2  +W27 =B11   
10 de Villiers,Jean       0 5.5 +B23 +W33 -B11 +W31 +W22 =B4  -W1  +B21 -B3    
11 Jurac,Anthony       1587 5.5 -W4  +B34 +W10 -B13 +W20 +B23 -W21 +B24 =W9    
12 Rupasinghe,Chanya   1435 5.5 -W7  +B40 =W22 -B6  +W32 -B20 +W35 +B26 +W21   
13 Vincent,Alaina      2062 5.0 +B18 +W5  -B2  +W11 -B3  +W27 +B24 -W1  -B7 
14 Cyriac,Jose         1468 5.0 -B5  +W31 +B18 -B7  -W9  +W28 +B15 -W16 +B23   
15 Oshana,Fares        1333 5.0 +B37 +W18 +B28 -W8  -W4  -B9  -W14 +B29 +B25   
16 Thuaux,Alan            0 5.0 +B33 -W25 +B23 +W24 -W21 +B22 -W6  +B14 -W5    
17 Yao,John            1856 5.0 +B25 -W2  -B8  +W26 -B24 +W32 -W20 +B34 +B27   
18 Al-Neemy,Laith      1683 5.0 -W13 -B15 -W14 +B35 +W19 +B38 -W23 +B22 +W24   
19 Herreros,Bill       1436 5.0 -B8  +W29 -B5  -W23 -B18 +W30 +B39 +W31 +B28    
20 Janarthanan,Abinesh 1006 4.5 +B28 =W21 +B27 -W5  -B11 +W12 +B17 -W8  -W6    
21 Fatohi,Emad Ghanim  1653 4.5 -W3  =B20 +W39 +W37 +B16 -W8  +B11 -W10 -B12  
22 Soliman,Soliman     1586 4.5 -B1  +W24 =B12 +W29 -B10 -W16 +B33 -W18 +B31    
23 Dhandapani,Senthil     0 4.0 -W10 +B30 -W16 +B19 +W38 -W11 +B18 -B7  -W14   
24 Joseph,Albert       1228 4.0 +W30 -B22 +W32 -B16 +W17 +B7  -W13 -W11 -B18 
25 Matanagh,Kamran     1463 4.0 -W17 +B16 -W6  -B9  +W34 +B37 +W29 -B4  -W15   
26 Joseph,Baby         1569 4.0 -W9  +B32 -W7  -B17 +B28 +W36 -B27 -W12 +B33   
27 Ravichandran,Magesh 1362 4.0 +W38 -B6  -W20 +B39 +W37 -B13 +W26 -B9  -W17
28 Nair,Aaditya           0 4.0 -W20 +B35 -W15 +B34 -W26 -B14 +W37 +B36 -W19
29 Thuaux,Alexander       0 4.0 +W35 -B19 +W30 -B22 -B31 +W33 -B25 -W15 +B39
30 Magesh,Devahuti        0 4.0 -B24 -W23 -B29 +W40 -B33 -B19 +W36 +W39 +B32
31 Joseph,Arnold        468 3.0 +W39 -B14 +W38 -B10 +W29 -B6  -W7  -B19 -W22
32 Janarthanan,Ashwiinah  0 3.0 +BYE -W26 -B24 +W36 -B12 -B17 -W34 +B35 -W30
33 Negi,Ravindra        443 3.0 -W16 -B10 +W40 -B38 +W30 -B29 -W22 +B37 -W26 
34 Vella,Arthur         460 3.0 +B36 -W11 -B37 -W28 -B25 +W40 +B32 -W17 -B35 
35 Vincent,Alvin        212 3.0 -B29 -W28 -B36 -W18 +B40 +W39 -B12 -W32 +W34
36 Thamilchelvan,Yaalavan 0 3.0 -W34 -B38 +W35 -B32 +W39 -B26 -B30 -W28 +W37 
37 Kennan,Goushihan       0 2.0 -W15 +B39 +W34 -B21 -B27 -W25 -B28 -W33 -B36
38 Kelly.Joseph           0 2.0 -B27 +W36 -B31 +W33 -B23 -W18  --   --   --
39 Negi,Roma              0 0.0 -B31 -W37 -B21 -W27 -B36 -B35 -W19 -B30 -W29
40 Musa,Sethi             0 0.0  --  -W12 -B33 -B30 -W35 -B34  --   --   --

Final Standings and Cross Table – Monday 20 January

Place Name                      ACF  Score
  1   Jeremy Plunkett           1790 8    
  2   Cameron McGowan           2201 7.5  
  3   Anup Kumar Siva Sankaran  1890 7    
  4   Erwin Plaza               1874 6    
  5   Jordan Brown              1861 5.5  
 6-9  Johnny Miranda Teves      2109 5    
      Hans P Muller             1866 5    
      Alaina Vincent            1986 5    
      Peter Cassettari          1875 5    
 10   Vihaan Anup Kumar         1559 4.5  
11-13 George Smit               1765 4    
      Edward P Ombina           1605 4    
      Muhamed Buza              1940 4    
 14   Soliman Soliman           1584 3.5  
15-16 Albert Parengkuan              3    
      Ton Luchtmeijer           2176 3    
17-18 Renee Yang Pan            1113 2.5  
      Angela He                  630 2.5  
 19   Paul Pirie                     2    
20-21 Eric Lin                   223 1.5  
      Scott Pirie                    1.5  
22-23 Alvin Vincent              218 1    
      Andrew He                  104 1

No Name                      ACF  Pts   1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9  
 1 Plunkett, Jeremy          1790 8    2:L 22:W 15:W  9:W 11:W  3:W  4:W  5:W  7:W
 2 McGowan, Cameron          2201 7.5  1:W  4:W  3:L  5:W  6:D  8:W  7:W 10:W 11:W
 3 Siva Sankaran, Anup Kumar 1890 7   18:W 19:W  2:W 16:W  7:W  1:L  5:W  6:W  4:L
 4 Plaza, Erwin              1874 6   22:W  2:L 10:L 19:W 12:W  6:W  1:L 13:W  3:W
 5 Brown, Jordan             1861 5.5 15:W  6:D 13:W  2:L  9:W 11:W  3:L  1:L 12:W
 6 Teves, Johnny Miranda     2109 5   14:W  5:D  8:L 10:W  2:D  4:L 12:W  3:L 22:W
 7 Muller, Hans P            1866 5   23:W 16:L 17:W 12:W  3:L 13:W  2:L  8:W  1:L
 8 Vincent, Alaina           1986 5   10:L 18:W  6:W 11:L 15:W  2:L  9:W  7:L 14:W
 9 Cassettari, Peter         1875 5   21:W 10:W 16:L  1:L  5:L 22:W  8:L 17:W 13:W
10 Anup Kumar, Vihaan        1559 4.5  8:W  9:L  4:W  6:L 13:L 23:W 11:W  2:L 17:D
11 Smit, George              1765 4   16:L 17:W 21:W  8:W  1:L  5:L 10:L 22:W  2:L
12 Ombina, Edward P          1605 4    0:  23:W 19:W  7:L  4:L 17:W  6:L 14:W  5:L
13 Buza, Muhamed             1940 4   17:L 20:W  5:L 21:W 10:W  7:L 14:W  4:L  9:L
14 Soliman, Soliman          1584 3.5  6:L 15:L 18:D 23:W 17:W 20:W 13:L 12:L  8:L
15 Parengkuan, Albert             3    5:L 14:W  1:L 20:W  8:L 18:W  0:   0:   0: 
16 Luchtmeijer, Yon          2176 3   11:W  7:W  9:W  3:L  0:   0:   0:   0:   0: 
17 Pan, Renee Yang           1113 2.5 13:W 11:L  7:L 18:L 14:L 12:L 22:W  9:L 10:D
18 He, Angela                 630 2.5  3:L  8:L 14:D 17:W 22:W 15:L  0:   0:   0: 
19 Pirie, Paul                    2   20:W  3:L 12:L  4:L 23:W  0:   0:   0:   0: 
20 Lin, Eric                  223 1.5 19:L 13:L 22:W 15:L 21:D 14:L  0:   0:   0: 
21 Pirie, Scott                   1.5  9:L  0:W 11:L 13:L 20:D  0:   0:   0:   0: 
22 Vincent, Alvin             218 1    4:L  1:L 20:L  0:W 18:L  9:L 17:L 11:L  6:L
23 He, Andrew                 104 1    7:L 12:L  0:W 14:L 19:L 10:L  0:   0:   0:

Blitz

2023 Rooty Hill Blitz Championships

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Entry Fees

Prize Money

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Rooty Hill Blitz Championships

If you are a member for 2022, please check your email for the entry link.

11 Round FIDE & ACF rated tournamentPairings by Vega using FIDE approved Baku Acceleration MethodTime Control: 5 minutes per player

6th of December | Starts 7:15 pm sharp

Entry Fees: (Adults and Juniors): Members: $5Non-Members: $10Prizes: 1st $50.00 2nd $20.00

Best of Lower Half 1st $50.00 2nd $20.00

Enter Here (Non-Members)

2022 Rooty Hill Blitz Championships

If you are a member for 2022, please check your email for the entry link.

Clocks Start approx 7.30pm: After the Rooty Hill Chess Club AGMTime control: 5 minutes for all moves. When: Tuesday 6th of December Entries close on Monday 5th of, December 5pm. Late Entires will be at the discretion of the arbiter.

Prize money will be1st $50.00 2nd $20.00Best of lower half: 1st $50.00 2nd $20.00

Entry Fees:Members (Adults and Juniors): $5Non-Members: $10

11 Round FIDE & ACF rated tournamentPairings by Vega using FIDE approved Baku Acceleration Method

11 Round FIDE & ACF rated tournament
Pairings by Vega using FIDE approved Baku Acceleration Method
Time Control: 5 minutes per player

Entry Fees: (Adults and Juniors):
Members: $5
Non-Members: $10

Prizes:
1^st $50.00
2^nd $20.00

Best of Lower Half
1^st $50.00
2^nd $20.00

Clocks Start approx 7.30pm: After the Rooty Hill Chess Club AGM

Time control: 5 minutes for all moves.

When: Tuesday 6th of December

Entries close on Monday 5th of, December 5pm. Late Entires will be at the discretion of the arbiter.

Prize money will be
1st $50.00 2nd $20.00
Best of lower half: 1st $50.00 2nd $20.00

Entry Fees:
Members (Adults and Juniors): $5
Non-Members: $10

11 Round FIDE & ACF rated tournament
Pairings by Vega using FIDE approved Baku Acceleration Method