Auckland Chess Centre
Merv Morrison Memorial 2018
Class ONE Event
Entry Details
Entry Fees
$50 per player.
$45 per player for 2 or more members of same family entered. ($5 discount per player)
$20 Annual NZCF player registration fee (if not yet paid).
No entries accepted after 9am 20th October 2018 or when full.
Club account for payment:12-3011-0713528-00 (state name & “MervM”).
Event Information
Dates
Saturday 20th to Monday 22nd October 2018.
Venue
Auckland Chess Centre, 17 Cromwell Street, Mt. Eden, Auckland.
Eligibility
Open to all players.
Non-NZL players must have FIDE ID issued by their chess federation.
NZL players without FIDE ID must provide full Date of Birth.
Only first 50 fully paid player entries accepted due to space constraints.
Format
6 round Swiss tournament.
FIDE and NZCF rated where possible.
Time Control
Standard:
90 minutes each player plus 30 seconds increment per move from move one.
Schedule
| Start Time | Day & Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Players Meeting | 9.15am | Saturday 20th October 2018 |
| Round 1 | 9.30am | Saturday 20th October 2018 |
| Round 2 | 2.30pm | Saturday 20th October 2018 |
| Round 3 | 9.30am | Sunday 21st October 2018 |
| Round 4 | 2.30pm | Sunday 21st October 2018 |
| Round 5 | 9.30am | Monday 22nd October 2018 |
| Round 6 | 2.30pm | Monday 22nd October 2018 |
| Prizegiving | 6pm (estimated) | Monday 22nd October 2018 |
Prize Fund
| First | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open | $320 | $200 | $100 |
| Under 1800 | $220 | $180 | $80 |
| (Under 1800 winner wins the Merv Morrison Trophy for 2018) | |||
| Plus Grade Prizes to the value of $300 |
PLEASE NOTE: No player may claim more than one prize. In the event of a tie, prize money will be shared.
Players eligible for open or grade prize would receive the highest monetary value prize.
Results
Prizewinners
Open
1st=: FM Alexei Kulashko, FM Ben Hague.
3rd: CM John Duneas.
under2100
1st=: CM Alphaeus Ang, CM Helen Milligan, David Weegenaar, Daniel Runcan, Laurens Goormachtigh, Richard Dare.
under1800
1st=: Roy Seabrook (trophy winner), Simon Lyall, Timothy Ha, Philli Park-Tamati, Andrew Li, WCM Nadia Braganza, Jeffrey Yu, Grant Burrows, William Crombie.
1st= FM Ben Hague, FM Alexei Kulashko
3rd CM John Duneas
under2100
under1800 Roy Seabrook, Merv Morrison Trophy winner
