HB Region Secondary Schools Chess Tournament 2011
Hastings Sports Centre - Monday 23rd May
A very successful tournament was held today and the results can be viewed on the Club website. Entries were down on last year, possibly due to the change of day and some mentioned exams starting this week. The tournament ran very well and was played upstairs at the Sports Centre which was a very comfortable setting for a chess tournament. There were 45 entrants from six schools. The standard of chess was overall very good and although history will only record the winner of a particular game it will not give an indication of how close some of the games were. The Open Grade played with clocks for the first time this year and all participants handled the clocks very well (like 'clockwork') with some games going down to just seconds remaining (George!). Our Club member participants (George, Tobias, Scott & Nicholas) acquitted themselves very well; checkout the results on the website. Congratulations to Nicholas who entered the Open section, three years above his age group and finished with 4 wins out of 5; as did George. The winner of the open was Sang Jin Kim from Napier Boys' High School with a perfect record of 5/5. Congratulations Sang Jin.
Martin Stafford
Hastings & Havelock North Chess Club
Results
| Year 9 |
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| 1st | Turi Rahui | Flaxmere College
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| 2nd | Darren Forster | Havelock North High School
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| 3rd | Jesse Boyle | Flaxmere College
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| Year 10 |
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| 1st | Bailey Diack | Tamatea High
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| 2nd | Josh Hill | Napier Boys' High School
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| 3rd | Andrew Su | Taradale High School
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| Year 11 |
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| 1st | Anaru Hamlin | Napier Boys' High School
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| 2nd | Matt Stoney | Napier Boys' High School
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| 3rd | Allan Edwards | Havelock North High School
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| Open |
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| 1st | Sang Jin Kim | Napier Boys' High School
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| 2nd | George Kimber | Havelock North High School
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| 3rd | Chris Jones | Flaxmere College
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Schedule
Registration 8:15am to 8:45am (players should register individually).
Round:
- 9:30am
- 10:20am
- 11:10am
- 12:30pm
- 1:20pm
The lunch break is after round three game (approximately 11:50pm).
Prize-giving around 2.00pm.
Other information
- Entries close Wednesday 18th May (enter through your school).
- Any player who thinks they are good enough can enter the open grade.
- Adjudicators will check the game outcome and give the token to the winner (to both if a draw). Both players will go to the result table.
- Year 9, 10 & 11 game time: 35 minutes, plus up to 5 minutes extra if close, at the discretion of adjudicators.
- Open grade game time: 20 minutes each.
Entries so far:
- Napier Boys' High School 13
- Havelock North High School 5
- Taradale High School 12
- Tamatea High School 7
(this list may not have all schools entered, last update Thursday 19 May 2011 2 p.m.)
The big change this year is the Open grade (including Year 12 and 13) using chess clocks with 20 minutes each for the game.
Other grades will have 35 minutes for the game without a chess clock, so games will be assessed if not already finished.
If you are year 9 to year 11 and want to play in the open you can. This is recommended for the top players who are too strong for the lower grades.
Most players do not read the rules, but if you are not most:
Laws of Chess
Read E.I.01A. Laws of Chess (important is Article 4: The act of moving the pieces) and in the E.I.01B. Appendices read A. Rapidplay section
Links
HB Region Secondary Schools Chess Tournament 2010