2021 City of Melbourne Open
Due to current variability in the COVID restrictions, MCC has decided to swap the timing of its Monday night tournaments in the first half of 2021.
Therefore the first MCC Monday night tournament in 2021 will be the City of Melbourne Open, with the Club Championship to follow afterwards.
Total limit of 60 players (per MCC’s current COVID protocols)
Location
Melbourne Chess Club - 66 Leicester St, Fitzroy
Format
9 Round Swiss Tournament, ACF and FIDE rated
Time Control
90 minutes per game + 30 seconds per move.
Forfeit time is 30 minutes after the advertised start time.
Entry Fee
$75 Full Member, $65 Concession / Junior Member (add $15 for Non-Members).
Early bird discount of $10 if paid by Saturday 30th January.
Club member GMs/WGMs, IMs/WIMs, and FMs/WFMs free.
Non-Victorian GMs/WGMs and IMs/WIMs not resident in Victoria free.
Timetable
Round 1: Mon 1st Feb, 7.15pm
Round 2: Mon 8th Feb, 7.15pm
Round 3: Mon 15th Feb, 7.15pm
Round 4: Mon 22nd Feb, 7.15pm
Round 5: Mon 1st Mar, 7.15pm
(No round on Mon 8th Mar due to Begonia Open)
Round 6: Mon 15th Mar, 7.15pm
Round 7: Mon 22nd Mar, 7.15pm
Round 8: Mon 29th Mar, 7.15pm
(No round on Mon 5 Apr due to Doeberl Cup)
Round 9: Mon 12th Apr, 7.15pm
Byes
Player may take up to two half point byes for rounds 1-7.
If you want a round 1 bye you must have have fully paid your entry to be paired.
Refunds are available if notified 24 hours before the start of the event.
Prizes (Provisional)
$2100 prize pool
1st: $600
2nd: $400
3rd: $200
Rating 1: 1st-$200, 2nd-$100
Rating 2: 1st-$200, 2nd-$100
Rating 3: 1st-$200, 2nd-$100
Brilliancy prize: $40 book voucher at club bookshop
Results/Pairings
In Chess Chat tournament discussion thread
Arbiter: Alexej Khamatgaleev (0426 731 726, lehak10@hotmail.com).
Organiser: Thai Ly (0421 912 296, melbchessclub@gmail.com).
Further Questions
melbchessclub@gmail.com
Registration of entry can be done by Registering on Tornelo at
https://tornelo.com/chess/orgs/melbo...melbourne-open
or by contacting the Tournament Organiser or by entering in person at MCC prior to the scheduled close of entries.
Results 1 to 15 of 22
-
13-01-2021, 04:32 PM #1CC FIDE Master
- Join Date
- Jun 2015
- Posts
- 550
2021 MCC City of Melbourne Open (1 Feb - 12 Apr)
Last edited by Thai Ly; 14-01-2021 at 03:46 PM. Reason: reset date of rd 9 and insert registration URL
-
13-01-2021, 05:06 PM #2CC FIDE Master
- Join Date
- Jun 2015
- Posts
- 550
Due to a recent MCC Committee decision, registration of entries and payment of entry fees will now be via Tornelo, for all MCC classical time tournaments until further notice.
Formerly, this function was done through the MCC website. However, this has now changed following the successful use of Tornelo for this function in both the MCC Allegros and for the Greg Hjorth Online Classic.
Please note that Tornelo will not be used for pairing or rating purposes. As the tournament is FIDE and ACF rated, the arbiter will use a compliant pairing program (i.e. Vega) instead.
-
13-01-2021, 05:07 PM #3CC FIDE Master
- Join Date
- Jun 2015
- Posts
- 550
Become a 2021 MCC member to get discounted entry
Just a reminder that you can become a MCC member for 2021 to get discounted entries to MCC tournaments.
Originally Posted by Thai Ly
-
14-01-2021, 10:06 AM #4CC Rookie
- Join Date
- May 2019
- Posts
- 2
Hi - Just wanted to check that you realise that round 9 on Easter Monday (Round 9: Mon 5th Apr, 7.15pm) clashes with the Doeberl Cup in Canberra.
Any thoughts about pushing this final round back a week in order not to penalise those of us planning to travel to Canberra?
Peter Clark
-
14-01-2021, 03:45 PM #5CC FIDE Master
- Join Date
- Jun 2015
- Posts
- 550
Hi Peter Originally Posted by clarkpeter
Thank you for pointing that out.
Actually, that was an oversight on our part in respect of setting the calendar.
I have discussed the matter internally and we have agreed to reset the final round to the next Monday 12 April, which was free in the calendar. This edit has been included in the opening post.
-
28-01-2021, 01:12 PM #6CC FIDE Master
- Join Date
- Jun 2015
- Posts
- 550
36 current entries - early bird ends this Saturday
With the tournament starting next Monday, the field is steadily building with 36 current entries.
Players would be well advised to register ASAP online and not risk disappointment when turning up on Monday and expecting to enter on the night.
If you require a round 1 bye, please advise the tournament organiser or arbiter before Monday.
Finally, a reminder that the early bird discount to entries ends on Saturday.
Code:Adam Kelly Alexandros Pappas Aman Deepak Thadani Amin Fazel Benjamin Akok Carl Gorka Cheng Dai Daniel Poberezovsky David Beaumont Dylan Chan Isaac Chai Jack Sithu Naing Jake Galea Jim Papadinis Jody Middleton Joseph Daffy Joshua Culbert Kerry Hopkins Kevin Bao Lachlan Lee Lillian Lu Nethaji Rathinalingam Ollie Campbell Paul Kovacevic Peter Clark Rad Chmiel Ray Yang (FM) Romain Mortelecque Ryder Testolin Sam Killmier Sandipkumar Shah Sean Garcia Tejas Cherukuvada Thai Ly Thomas Hormann Zafar Ahmed
-
01-02-2021, 10:38 PM #7CC FIDE Master
- Join Date
- Oct 2017
- Posts
- 747
2021 City of Melbourne open - Results of Round 1
Code:2021 MCC City of Melbourne Open: Pairing of round 1, at 19:15 of 01/02/2021 =================================================================================== 1 = Yang,Ray ( 0.0) - Anton,Sarah ( 0.0) = 1 - 26 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = Thadani,Aman Deepak ( 0.0) - Jager,Jesse ( 0.0) = 27 - 2 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Gorka,Carl ( 0.0) - Khamatgaleev,Michael ( 0.0) = 3 - 30 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = Wyss,Felix ( 0.0) - Beaumont,David ( 0.0) = 31 - 5 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = Ly,Thai ( 0.0) - Mortelecque,Romain ( 0.0) = 6 - 33 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 = Bao,Kevin ( 0.0) - Niyanta Dave ( 0.0) = 34 - 7 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 = Campbell,Ollie ( 0.0) - Fazel,Amin ( 0.0) = 36 - 9 = ½ - ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 = Kovacevic,Paul ( 0.0) - Killmier,Sam ( 0.0) = 10 - 38 = ½ - ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 = De Rooy Jack ( 0.0) - Harris,Anthony ( 0.0) = 40 - 11 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 = Culbert,Joshua ( 0.0) - Akok,Benjamin ( 0.0) = 12 - 41 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 = Hormann,Thomas ( 0.0) - Hoffmann Philipp ( 0.0) = 42 - 13 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 = Dai,Cheng ( 0.0) - Cherukuvada,Tejas ( 0.0) = 14 - 43 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 = Wolffs,Walter ( 0.0) - Lu,Lillian ( 0.0) = 44 - 15 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 = Testolin,Ryder ( 0.0) - De Rooy Samuel ( 0.0) = 16 - 45 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 = Clutterbok,Primo ( 0.0) - Ahmed,Zafar ( 0.0) = 47 - 17 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 = Daffy,Joseph ( 0.0) - Galea,Jake ( 0.0) = 19 - 48 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 = Galia Aaryan ( 0.0) - Dakic,Dusan ( 0.0) = 49 - 20 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 = Papadinis,Jim ( 0.0) - Garcia,Sean ( 0.0) = 21 - 50 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 = Haynes,Daniel ( 0.0) - Lee,Lachlan ( 0.0) = 51 - 22 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 = Fry,Peter ( 0.0) - Hopkins,Kerry ( 0.0) = 23 - 52 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 = Naing, Sithu ( 0.0) - Chmiel,Rad ( 0.0) = 53 - 24 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 = Poberezovsky,Daniel ( 0.0) - Rathinalingham,Netha ( 0.0) = 8 - 54 = 0 - 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 = Pappas,Alexandros ( 0.0) - Shah,Sandipkumar ( 0.0) = 25 - 55 = 1 - 0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 = Kelly,Adam ( 0.0) - ( half point bye ) ( 0.0) = 4 - 0 = ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 = Middleton,Jody ( 0.0) - ( half point bye ) ( 0.0) = 18 - 0 = ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 = Van Sebille,Sulia ( 0.0) - ( half point bye ) ( 0.0) = 28 - 0 = ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 = Chan,Dylan ( 0.0) - ( half point bye ) ( 0.0) = 29 - 0 = ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 = Chai,Isaac ( 0.0) - ( half point bye ) ( 0.0) = 32 - 0 = ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 = Neal,Benjamin ( 0.0) - ( half point bye ) ( 0.0) = 37 - 0 = ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 = Clark,Peter ( 0.0) - ( half point bye ) ( 0.0) = 39 - 0 = ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31 = Chung,Jessica ( 0.0) - ( half point bye ) ( 0.0) = 46 - 0 = ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 32 = Lovegrove,Adam ( 0.0) - ( half point bye ) ( 0.0) = 35 - 0 = ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Generated by Vega - www.vegachess.com (copy licensed to: Melbourne Chess Club - AUS)
-
02-02-2021, 01:16 AM #8CC Grandmaster
- Join Date
- Apr 2006
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Posts
- 15,782
Massive upset on board 3! Well done by Misha! Originally Posted by Aleksei
Also, when you see Ryder playing board 14, you will easily realize how underrated some juniors are (particularly after pandemics-fueled inactivity)Interested in Chess Lessons?
Email webbaron!@gmail.com for more Info!
-
02-02-2021, 02:53 PM #9CC Candidate Master
- Join Date
- Jan 2021
- Posts
- 31
Oh my word: Carl returned to MCC before I had a chance to remind him country memberships are available lol. Also, is it rude to put here any reason I think that upset isn't so surprising, at least to me? Finally, will that game be entered online?
-
03-02-2021, 10:23 AM #10CC Grandmaster
- Join Date
- Apr 2006
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Posts
- 15,782
The game will be entered online only if one of the players shares it. Re putting reasons for upset, there are no set standards for what is ''rude'' and what is not'' but generally. I would refrain from sharing personal reasons that are not available via ''open source'' channels. Originally Posted by Michael. I
Interested in Chess Lessons?
Email webbaron!@gmail.com for more Info!
-
03-02-2021, 03:55 PM #11CC Candidate Master
- Join Date
- Jan 2021
- Posts
- 31
Would something like Carl not having played much long play chess be seen as offensive? But regardless, I also congratulate Michael Khamatgaleev on the upset :-)
-
04-02-2021, 01:00 AM #12CC FIDE Master
- Join Date
- Oct 2017
- Posts
- 747
2021 City of Melbourne open - Pairing of Round 2
Code:2021 MCC City of Melbourne Open: Pairing of round 2, at 19:15 of 08/02/2021 =================================================================================== 1 = Ahmed,Zafar ( 1.0) - Yang,Ray ( 1.0) = 17 - 1 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 = Jager,Jesse ( 1.0) - Daffy,Joseph ( 1.0) = 2 - 19 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 = Beaumont,David ( 1.0) - Papadinis,Jim ( 1.0) = 5 - 21 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 = Dakic,Dusan ( 1.0) - Ly,Thai ( 1.0) = 20 - 6 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 = Harris,Anthony ( 1.0) - Fry,Peter ( 1.0) = 11 - 23 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 = Lee,Lachlan ( 1.0) - Culbert,Joshua ( 1.0) = 22 - 12 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 = Hoffmann Philipp ( 1.0) - Pappas,Alexandros ( 1.0) = 13 - 25 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 = Chmiel,Rad ( 1.0) - Dai,Cheng ( 1.0) = 24 - 14 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 = Lu,Lillian ( 1.0) - Bao,Kevin ( 1.0) = 15 - 34 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 = Khamatgaleev,Michael ( 1.0) - Testolin,Ryder ( 1.0) = 30 - 16 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 = Rathinalingham,Netha ( 1.0) - Kelly,Adam ( 0.5) = 54 - 4 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 = Fazel,Amin ( 0.5) - Lovegrove,Adam ( 0.5) = 9 - 35 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 = Middleton,Jody ( 0.5) - Campbell,Ollie ( 0.5) = 18 - 36 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 = Killmier,Sam ( 0.5) - Van Sebille,Sulia ( 0.5) = 38 - 28 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 = Chan,Dylan ( 0.5) - Clark,Peter ( 0.5) = 29 - 39 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16 = Chung,Jessica ( 0.5) - Chai,Isaac ( 0.5) = 46 - 32 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17 = Cherukuvada,Tejas ( 0.0) - Gorka,Carl ( 0.0) = 43 - 3 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 = Niyanta Dave ( 0.0) - Wolffs,Walter ( 0.0) = 7 - 44 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 = De Rooy Samuel ( 0.0) - Poberezovsky,Daniel ( 0.0) = 45 - 8 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20 = Anton,Sarah ( 0.0) - Clutterbok,Primo ( 0.0) = 26 - 47 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 = Galea,Jake ( 0.0) - Thadani,Aman Deepak ( 0.0) = 48 - 27 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 = Garcia,Sean ( 0.0) - Wyss,Felix ( 0.0) = 50 - 31 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 = Mortelecque,Romain ( 0.0) - Galia Aaryan ( 0.0) = 33 - 49 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 = Hopkins,Kerry ( 0.0) - De Rooy Jack ( 0.0) = 52 - 40 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 = Akok,Benjamin ( 0.0) - Haynes,Daniel ( 0.0) = 41 - 51 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 = Shah,Sandipkumar ( 0.0) - Hormann,Thomas ( 0.0) = 55 - 42 = ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 = Naing, Sithu ( 0.0) - ( bye ) ( 0.0) = 53 - 0 = 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 = Kovacevic,Paul ( 0.5) - ( half point bye ) ( 0.0) = 10 - 0 = ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 = Neal,Benjamin ( 0.5) - ( half point bye ) ( 0.0) = 37 - 0 = ½ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Generated by Vega - www.vegachess.com (copy licensed to: Melbourne Chess Club - AUS)
-
04-02-2021, 01:27 AM #13CC FIDE Master
- Join Date
- Oct 2017
- Posts
- 747
In my opinion, these speculative comments don't look appropriate in the public chat. As an arbiter, I would ask to desist from touching upon personal reasons. Originally Posted by Michael. I
-
04-02-2021, 05:52 AM #14CC Candidate Master
- Join Date
- Jan 2021
- Posts
- 31
That's fine, sorry.
-
04-02-2021, 04:59 PM #15CC FIDE Master
- Join Date
- Jun 2015
- Posts
- 550
Repost from the MCC Announcements Thread
Originally Posted by Thai Ly
Reply With QuoteThread Information
Users Browsing this Thread
There are currently 3 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 3 guests)
Similar Threads
-
City of Melbourne Open 2013
By Grant Szuveges in forum Completed TournamentsReplies: 41Last Post: 01-07-2013, 11:42 PM -
City of Melbourne Open 2009
By Bereaved in forum Completed TournamentsReplies: 76Last Post: 20-08-2009, 12:36 AM -
2005 City of Melbourne Open
By NRMASIFD&GKFKBBK in forum Completed TournamentsReplies: 23Last Post: 21-03-2006, 04:08 PM -
City of Melbourne Open
By Duff McKagan in forum Games and AnalysisReplies: 2Last Post: 14-09-2005, 01:19 AM -
City of Melbourne Open
By Bereaved in forum Completed TournamentsReplies: 0Last Post: 12-04-2005, 02:48 AM
