The 2010 New Zealand Interschool Championships

These will be held in Christchurch this year on the 25th and 26th of September, and are being organised by the Canterbury Chess Club on behalf of the New Zealand Chess Federation.

Enquiries

For enquiries, please contact Craig Hall:
E-mail: canterbury@chess.org.nz
Mobile: (021) 1289-543

Venue:

Christchurch Boys' High School
Straven Road
Riccarton
Christchurch

The Primary and Intermediate Championships will be played in the assembly hall, and the Secondary Championship will be played in the Big Room.

Format:

The Primary, Intermediate and Secondary Championship will each be run as separate seven round Swiss tournaments paired with Swiss Perfect. The time control will be 25 minutes for each player, plus an increment of 5 seconds per move added from move 1.

Scoring

Game points will be used for scoring and pairing. Ties will be broken using the Bucholz and then the Berger methods.

Event Schedule:

Round Start Time
Saturday, September 25th
Registrations 9:00am - 9:45am
Players Meeting 10:00am
Round 1 10:20am
Round 2 11:30am
Lunch 12:30pm
Round 3 1:30pm
Round 4 2:40pm
Round 5 3:50pm
Sunday, September 26th
Round 6 10:00am
Round 7 11:10am

Prizegiving will follow the conclusion of Round 7 as soon as possible.

Accommodation

This will be updated with more options in the near future, but here are a few options relatively close by.

http://www.romaonriccarton.com/
http://www.antoniosmotorlodge.co.nz/
http://www.lorenzomotorlodge.co.nz/
http://www.cityparknz.com/
http://aalton.co.nz/