2018 MCC Blitz Championship (Sunday 18 Feb - after MCC AGM)

[Thai Ly]

Melbourne Chess Club is happy to announce that it is reintroducing the MCC Blitz Championship, to occur after its AGM on Sunday 18 February 2018.

2018 Melbourne Chess Club Blitz Championship

Where
Melbourne Chess Cub
66 Leicester Street, Fitzroy, VIC

When
Sunday 18 February 2018
Entries Close: 5:45 pm
Tournament Start: 6:00 pm

Format
13 Round Swiss Tournament

Byes
Players may take up to 2 half point byes during rounds 1-7

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
$12 Full Member, $10 Concession / Junior Member. (Add $10 for non Members)
Club Member GMs, IMs and FMs free. GMs and IMs 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
Giles Lean (melbchessclub@gmail.com)

Further Questions
melbchessclub@gmail.com

Enter Online HERE Or in person at MCC prior to the scheduled close of entries.

[Thai Ly]

MCC will be providing free pizzas and drinks to MCC members who attend the Club's AGM and then stay for the MCC Blitz Championship!

Visitors can also partake in the pizzas and drinks if they pay a $5 fee each.

[Thai Ly]

Enter Online HERE Or in person at MCC prior to the scheduled close of entries.

Apologies for the incorrect online registration link above.

The correct online registration form can be found HERE

[Lekko]

I would suggest ordering a lot of pizzas then, as I will be attending.

[Thai Ly]

Just a notice to anyone who is not a current MCC member that you are welcome to play in the MCC Blitz Championship.

I've had a few queries about whether non-members can play. The answer is YES, but non-members will pay a different entry fee and are not eligible for the title of MCC Blitz Champion.

[Thai Ly]

Here are a list of pre-registered entries to date. We encourage anyone who intends to play to pre-register:

Entries
Frank Lekkas
Thai Ly
Alejandro Villa Torrano
Daniel Holland
Elizabeth Warren

[Thai Ly]

A strong field of 26 players came to the the 2018 MCC Blitz Championship. Many of the best MCC allegro players were in attendance with some also enjoying the free pizzas and drinks that were catered before.

After 13 rounds, both FM Michael Baron and IM Ari Dale were on equal first with the impressive score of 11.5 points. Third was James Morris with 10.5 points, whose chances of winning suffering fatal blows in rounds 10 and 11 with a losses to Hans Gao and Majid Heydari.

As a result of their equal standing Michael and Ari played an Armageddon playoff game. Michael had white which meant he had 5 minutes for the game, while Ari had 4 minutes as black. As black, Ari also had the draw odds, which meant Michael had to win the game (a draw meant a win for black) if he was to win the title. The Armageddon game was tense, but Michael was able to secure the win and thus earn the title of 2018 MCC Blitz Champion.

It was noticed that some of the players were taking videos of the Armageddon playoff, so maybe one could find a video of the game posted online.

A big congratulations to all the players in the tournament and well done to arbiter Giles Lean and Chris Kolak for smoothly running the event.

Final Standings can be found at Tornelo here:

https://au.tornelo.com/tournaments/2...z-championship

Prize Winners
Open
=1st - FM Michael Baron and IM Ari Dale (11.5/13) - Michael Baron is MCC Blitz Champion after an Armageddon playoff. ($100 each)
3rd - IM James Morris (10.5/13) ($20)

Rating Group 1
=1st - Daniel Holland, Brendan Zou (7.5/13) ($30 each)

Rating Group 2
=1st - Nick Verginis, Alejandro Villa Torrano (7/13) ($30 each)

[MichaelBaron]

A strong field of 26 players came to the the 2018 MCC Blitz Championship. Many of the best MCC allegro players were in attendance with some also enjoying the free pizzas and drinks that were catered before.

After 13 rounds, both FM Michael Baron and IM Ari Dale were on equal first with the impressive score of 11.5 points. Third was James Morris with 10.5 points, whose chances of winning suffering fatal blows in rounds 10 and 11 with a losses to Hans Gao and Majid Heydari.

As a result of their equal standing Michael and Ari played an Armageddon playoff game. Michael had white which meant he had 5 minutes for the game, while Ari had 4 minutes as black. As black, Ari also had the draw odds, which meant Michael had to win the game (a draw meant a win for black) if he was to win the title. The Armageddon game was tense, but Michael was able to secure the win and thus earn the title of 2018 MCC Blitz Champion.

It was noticed that some of the players were taking videos of the Armageddon playoff, so maybe one could find a video of the game posted online.

A big congratulations to all the players in the tournament and well done to arbiter Giles Lean and Chris Kolak for smoothly running the event.

Final Standings can be found at Tornelo here:

https://au.tornelo.com/tournaments/2...z-championship

Prize Winners
Open
=1st - FM Michael Baron and IM Ari Dale (11.5/13) - Michael Baron is MCC Blitz Champion after an Armageddon playoff. ($100 each)
3rd - IM James Morris (10.5/13) ($20 each)

Rating Group 1
=1st - Daniel Holland, Brendan Zou (7.5/13) ($30 each)

Rating Group 2
=1st - Nick Verginis, Alejandro Villa Torrano (7/13) ($30 each)

Some ''dramas'' unfolded close to the end of the tournament. It was a 3-horse race (myself, James and Ari) with James leading from me by half a point and Ari by a point. When he suddenly suffered a couple of losses - I became an undeserving sole leader...but not for long! Then it was my turn not to win against someone rated several 100s of points below me.

Overall, must be said - it was a fun event. Great way for the New MCC President and committee to get started in their new roles in the club!