2023 Melbourne Chess Club Blitz Championship

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Where
Melbourne Chess Cub
66 Leicester Street, Fitzroy, VIC

When
Sunday 5 February 2023
Entries Close: 3:45 pm
Tournament Start: 4:00 pm

Format
13 Round Swiss Tournament
Entry is open to all players (Members and non-Member).

Byes
Players may take up to 2 half point byes during rounds 1-11

Time Control
3 minutes + 2 seconds per move.

Pairings and Ratings
The tournament will be Tornelo rated only.
Pairings will be done on the basis of Tornelo ratings
Any player who does not have a current Tornelo rating will have a Tornelo profile generated based on the current FIDE or ACF rating.

Entry Fee
$15 Full Member, $10 Concession / Junior Member. (Add $10 for non Members)
Club Member GMs/WGMs, IMs/WIMs and FMs/WFMs free. GMs/WGMs and IMs/WIMs not resident in Victoria free.

Prizes
First prize of $150 and 2 rating prizes of $50 are guaranteed.
Further prizes may be determined depending on numbers of entrants.
The highest scoring MCC member will obtain the title of MCC Blitz Champion.
If necessary a playoff or count-back may be used to determined the MCC Blitz Champion.

Tournament Organiser
Thai Ly (0421 912 296 or melbchessclub@gmail.com)

Arbiter
To be confirmed

Further Questions
melbchessclub@gmail.com