2021 Victorian Open (postponed to 23-26 Sept)

[Thai Ly]

2021 Victorian Open

Friday 11th of June – Monday 14th of June
Hosted by Melbourne Chess Club on behalf of Chess Victoria

Tournament Page (Current entry list, entry form)

WHERE: Melbourne Chess Club
66 Leicester St
Fitzroy, VIC

CAPACITY: 80 players maximum (May change in accordance with current MCC COVID protocol. Be sure to enter early!)

TIMETABLE: Round 1: Fri 11th Jun, 7.00pm
Round 2: Sat 12th Jun, 10.30am
Round 3: Sat 12th Jun, 3.30pm
Round 4: Sun 13th Jun, 10.30am
Round 5: Sun 13th Jun, 3.30pm
Round 6: Mon 14th Jun, 10.30am
Round 7: Mon 14th Jun, 3.30pm

ENTRY FEES: $90 Full, $80 Concession / Junior.
GMs/WGMs and IMs/WIMs free if entered by Saturday 5th June.

EARLY BIRD: $10 early bird discount if paid by Saturday 5th June.

PRIZES ($3750 - All guaranteed!):
1st: $1200
2nd: $700
3rd: $350
4th: $250
5th: $125
Rating 1: 1st: $250, 2nd $125
Rating 2: 1st: $250, 2nd $125
Rating 3: 1st: $250, 2nd $125

FORMAT: 7 Round Swiss.
90 minutes plus 30 seconds per move time controls

BYES: Up to 2 half point byes allowed in rounds 1-5.

FORFEIT TIME: 30 minutes after published round start time

CHIEF ARBITER: Alexej Khamatgaleev (0426 731 726, lehak10@hotmail.com)
ORGANISER: Thai Ly (0421 912 296, melbchessclub@gmail.com)

RATING: The event will be ACF and FIDE rated.

ENTRY: Online via Tornelo webpage (Click here), or in person at MCC.

CURRENT LIST OF PLAYERS: See Tornelo webpage or check this thread from time to time.

PAYMENTS: By credit card (for online entries) or cash at MCC or to the tournament organiser.

[Aleksei]

Just a note from the arbiter: dear players, please use your real name and surname registering via Tornelo. The records like "A____ H_____" couldn't be accepted. Please make sure your account setting in Tornelo is Public, not Private. The tournament is registered in FIDE and ACF, we publish the list of players, pairings, results, and standing on this site, we send the final results to Australian and International federations for the rating calculation. Anonymity in such conditions is just impossible. And my special request to new players (first timers): please mention in the registration notice if you have any chess rating or ID number (FIDE, ACF, national federation for foreigners, rating from FIDE Arena online) and your full date of birth.

[stephen jago]

I entered yesterday , Should be fun , Is there a list of entries so far , thank you

[Thai Ly]

Below is a list of current entries. Top seed is currently IM Ari Dale:

Entries
Rad Chmiel
Peter Clark
Ari Dale (IM)
Jack De Rooy
Samuel De Rooy
Arthur Gao
Adam Halabe
Liang Hong
Wilbur Hong
Xavier Hong
Kerry Hopkins
Stephen Jago
Leo Kalina
Adam Kelly
Jackie Li
Tedric Li
Behrang Mohamadi
Stephen Navra
Roark Navra
Alexandros Pappas
Oliver Pearl
Nethaji Rathinalingam
Maickel Rodriguez
Emilio Santin
Arjun B. Srinivasan
Cunmeng Wang

[MichaelBaron]

I entered yesterday , Should be fun , Is there a list of entries so far , thank you

U can see updated list of entries on Tornelo

[stephen jago]

Thanks Thai ,

[Thai Ly]

Below are the current entries. Currently stands at 61 players which is already more than 75% of the current MCC (COVID) limit of 80 players. Please enter ASAP to avoid disappointment.

Luke Ainsworth
Rheyansh Annapureddy
Roger Beattie
Zac Bennett
Tejas	Cherukuvada
Vikas	Cherukuvada
Matthew Chin
Barnaby Chiverton
Fergus Chiverton
Rad Chmiel
Peter	Clark
Regan Crowley
Joseph Daffy
Cheng Dai
Ari Dale (IM)
Damien De Pyle
Jack De Rooy
Samuel De Rooy
Arthur Gao
Paul Haberecht
Adam	Halabe
Patrick Hatzipavlis
Wilbur Hong
Xavier Hong
Liang Hong
Kerry Hopkins
Nicholas Ilic
Goran Illic
Henry Jackson
Stephen Jago
Leo Kalina
Archit Kannan
Adam	Kelly
Tair Kuanyshev
Jackie Li
Tedric Li
David	Lovejoy
James Mak
Behrang Mohamadi
Laura	Nan
Stephen Navra
Roark	Navra
Alexandros Pappas
Oliver Pearl
Daniel Poberezovsky
Nethaji Rathinalingam
Chanakya Reddy Patti
Paul Rehill
Maickel Rodriguez
Haran Salasan
Emilio	Santin
Colin Savige
Arjun B. Srinivasan
Neelesh Susindran
Harrison Trewin
Samuel Trewin
Sulia Van Sebille
Cunmeng Wang
Anthony Wang
Elizabeth Warren
Felix Wyss

[stephen jago]

Is the tournament going ahead if Victoria are in total lockdown ,

[Thai Ly]

Is the tournament going ahead if Victoria are in total lockdown ,

MCC expects to hold the tournament, unless Victorian Government restrictions prevent this from happening (which is not the case currently).

We are closely monitoring the situation obviously, so make sure to check for any further announcements here and via other channels employed by MCC.

[stephen jago]

8 days out , Victoria in lockdown , what's the latest ,

[MichaelBaron]

8 days out , Victoria in lockdown , what's the latest ,

As the lockdown is TILL the Friday the tournament is due to start, some interesting scenarios could be happening, for instance: What if Chess is can be resumed but the player limit is is say 40 people ...and currently there are 73 entries.
Will the tournament still be held? If yes, who will get to play and who will get kicked out?

[Michael. I]

As the lockdown is TILL the Friday the tournament is due to start, some interesting scenarios could be happening, for instance: What if Chess is can be resumed but the player limit is is say 40 people ...and currently there are 73 entries.
Will the tournament still be held? If yes, who will get to play and who will get kicked out?

Or run online, because it's not like last year's Greg Hjorth open ran badly online on Tornelo
(unless I'm missing something, apologies if so )

[stephen jago]

I have to withdraw , for this weekend , 11 new cases today , it's not safe for me to travell , I havnt had my vaccine yet

[MichaelBaron]

I have to withdraw , for this weekend , 11 new cases today , it's not safe for me to travell , I havnt had my vaccine yet

well, today's number of cases is 2 - 11 was yesterdays' number with 9 out of 11 being in quarantine already. But even more importantly - i is quite obvious that even if we are out of the lockdown on Friday (hopefully it will happen and looks like it may), having a 70 player event permitted is unlikely.

[stephen jago]

I informed Alex of my withdraw