2009 MANAWATU SECONDARY (years 9-13) AND INTERMEDIATE (years 7 and 8)
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The tournament will be held in the cafeteria of
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Two separate tournaments will be held; one for secondary students
(years 9-13) and one for years 7-8 (intermediate). Both tournaments
will go all day. The event is for students attending an educational
institution ie no home schooled students.
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Last year’s winners were: Intermediate – Monrad and Secondary –
a
tie between
Wanganui HS and PNBHS B team.
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The
tournament will be run by
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The winning secondary and
intermediate team will represent the Manawatu at the
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Teams are of four players and they play in order of known playing
strength. Board order must not be changed once the event starts.
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The entry fee is $16.00 per team.
This must be paid before
the start of play. Cheques can be made out to Palmerston North Boys’
High.
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Schools can enter a maximum of TWO teams per school per event. If
you enter more than one team make sure your A team contains your top
4 players as the key purpose of the event is to find a Manawatu
representative and you want your school accurately represented. As
we need ONE team to represent the Manawatu there could be playoffs
if teams are tied at the end. As a result players must be available
until the final result is known.
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The winning team will receive a trophy which they hold until next
year.
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Please be at the venue by 9.15am for a players meeting. The
approximate finish time is somewhere between 2.30pm and 3.00pm
depending on entries
and format.
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There is plenty of parking in the grounds.
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The format, number of rounds and length of games will be based on
the number of entries. Ideally the event will be a round robin as
this is the fairest but numbers will decide the format. Two things:
(i) it will NOT be a knock out so if you lose in one round you still
have a chance and (ii) whatever format is used, all players will be
involved all day.
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The full rules of chess will apply. This includes touch move and it
would help if the participants were familiar with en passant and
castling as these cause most problems. I will have plenty of helpers
available to sort out any confusion. The official rules of chess can
be found at
http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook
and scroll down to section E.I Laws of Chess. En
passant is article 3.7d and castling is 3.8aii.
Another problem is players not knowing how to mate with King and Queen versus King. This is a win for the King and Queen but the player a Queen up must demonstrate that they know what they are doing and mate within 50 moves of the last capture or pawn move. Again, consult the laws of chess.
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Each school must be accompanied by an adult (teacher or parent) who
stays with the team.
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There is no food available
at the school
and no shops close by. Players and adults need to bring all food
with them. We only have a short lunch break. There is a petrol
station a couple of minutes away in Longburn.
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Players should be in school uniform if you have one.
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Entries close on Monday 3 August but, for planning purposes, I would
prefer to receive entries as soon as possible.
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To enter please
send
an email to
School name
Teacher name – a contact name
Teacher telephone contact number/email that is read regularly –
preferably email that is read daily
Number of teams you would like to enter
I am away in
Regards and looking forward to seeing you
Martin Sims
Palmerston North Boys’ High School
Finally, 3 key pieces of information
In entering you are committing yourself/your school to
representing the Manawatu in the national finals. If the first place
team declines then the second place team will be invited.