Rooty Hill RSL Chess Club 2021

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In the meeting on Monday 16 December our Chess Council discussed and made decisions on the following
topics.

Club Council:
All current Club Council members will continue in their positions till our postponed 2020 AGM, which now
will be held in June 2021.

Membership and Tournament Fees for 2021:
Membership fees will remain unchanged.
Adult $35, Concession Card Holders $25 and Junior $20.00.
However, to be able to afford the required costs to rate our four 9 round 90min+30sec FIDE tournaments,
there will be a $10 fee for club members and a $30 fee for non-members, for each of those tournaments.
A decision on which Rapid, Allegro or Blitz tournaments will be FIDE/ACF rated is still to be decided, as this
may require an entry fee of $5.00 for each tournament to cover the expenses.
Please note that Club Member Registration fees and all Tournament fees will have to be paid online via our
website https://www.rootyhillchessclub.org

Change of Club Night Survey:
Our online survey was positive on a switch to Tuesday nights.
Therefore the Chess Council decided to trial Tuesday nights at Rooty Hill until the end of March, when the
Club Council will decide if the current playing room on Tuesday nights is satisfactory, before committing to
play chess on Tuesday nights for the remainder of 2021.

Return to Chess in 2021:

Chess will resume on Tuesday 12 January with the Summer Swiss, a 9 round FIDE tournament run over 10
weeks (see details in post below).
This tournament will be limited to 60 entries and entry will be open to chess club members from Sunday 27 December via our website https://www.rootyhillchessclub.org
When registering for this tournament online, please pay the 2021 Chess Club member fee and the $10 fee
required to play in Summer Swiss at the same time.
Non-members may enter online for $30.00 as from Monday 4 January.
This tournament is now open for entry to 2021 Rooty Hill Chess Club members.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 uncertainty, the same rules as in the FIDE Open will apply e.g. the
required space between tables, wearing masks & sanitise hands when entering the playing room etc.

A full Chess Calendar for 2021 will be published in January.

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Rooty Hill Summer Swiss FIDE and ACF rated, 90min+30secs for each move

To play in this tournament as a Rooty Hill Chess club member you must be:

1. A current member of Rooty Hill RSL West HQ.
2. A 2021 Member of Rooty Hill Chess Club (Adult $35, Concession $25 and Junior $20).

Entry for Club Members is $10.

Note: Non-members will be able to enter from Monday 4 January and must pay a $30 Entry fee.

Payment is online only on our website https://www.rootyhillchessclub.org No Payments will be accepted at the club.

The tournament will start on Tuesday 12 January and is limited to 60 players only, so make sure you enter early as entries will be closed after 60 players (including non-members) have entered.

The tournament runs over ten nights and there will be no chess on Australia day on 26 January.

Tuesday, 12 January round 1
Tuesday, 19 January round 2
Tuesday, 2 February round 3
Tuesday, 9 February round 4
Tuesday, 16 February round 5
Tuesday, 23 February round 6
Tuesday, 2 March round 7
Tuesday, 9 March round 8
Tuesday, 16 March round 9

The Draw will be published on Sunday 10 January, using the FIDE approved Baku accelerated Swiss draw.

Tournament rules:

1. Please bring a mask, wearing a mask whilst in the Chess Room is mandatory, Social Distancing is to be observed and Hand sanitiser is to be used every time you enter the chess room. No handshaking.
2. When you first enter the Chess room, please record your arrival time on the sign in Sheet.
3. Every round starts at 7:15pm, but players are expected to be there by 7:00pm latest.
4. Default time is 7:45pm, if running late please text, 0403 775476.
5. Two half point byes can be requested, but not in the last two rounds.
6. No social chess at the club and players are expected to leave after finishing their game.

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Online play - 10 minutes each games on the Rooty Hill club on chess.com - will resume on Wed 6 Jan at 6.30 PM. Entries accepted on chess.com from 5.30 PM that day.

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Note that there is a separate thread with more details for this soon-coming tournament. See http://www.chesschat.org/showthread....rting-Jan-12th . Register now! Note that you must be a Rooty Hill RSL Chess Club member to play so join now online!

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We had a 1o minutes tournament last night on chess,com. 11 players, won by AnInnocent Player (Sayum Rupasinghe).
See https://www.chess.com/tournament/liv...inutes-1974203 for full results.

See the aforementioned thread (in #4) for results and draws for the Summer Swiss.