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Two Round Robin norm tournaments for Indians in Australia in December 2017

by Sagar Shah - 20/07/2017

Scoring three IM and GM norms is a mandate of FIDE for winning those titles. But the route that leads to such glory is not an easy one. Picking the right tournaments also plays a big part in this. To this end, the Young Masters tournament, held in Adelaide and the Australasian Masters held in Melbourne, Australia, attempts to help players by organizing Round Robin tournaments for both IM and GM norms. The organizers would like to invite Indian players at the event. We give you all the information, and if you are interested, just fill in the forms and get ready for a trip down under in December 2017!

Invitation to Young Masters and Australasian Masters 2017

Grandmaster and International Master Norms hold immense value to chess players. These norms after all are a deciding factor for awarding titles. However, playing in Open tournaments might sometimes backfire. One bad round even a walk over might leave someone inches away from their goal wailing their wretched fate. Finding the right tournaments to score these is something that every chess player desires.

 

To help young chess players below the age of 30 earn their norms and win titles as soon as possible, the Young Masters Chess tournament is inviting Indian players to participate at their event in December 2017. Before we tell you the details, here's what happened in 2016 IM norm event.

Xiangyi Liu from Singapore completed his final IM norm
Li Tian Yeoh from Malaysia won his final IM norm as well
Western Australian player Patrick Gong became a FIDE Master

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds at the 2016 event:

Rk. SNo   Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1   TB3 
1 10 FM Liu Xiangyi SGP 2431 6,0 1,0 0,00
2 2 FM Yeoh Li Tian MAS 2432 6,0 0,0 0,00
3 1 IM Izzat Kanan AZE 2456 5,5 1,5 0,00
  4 GM Demuth Adrien FRA 2546 5,5 1,5 0,00
5 9 IM Cheng Bobby AUS 2446 5,5 0,0 0,00
6 8   Gong Patrick AUS 2185 5,0 1,0 0,00
7 7 IM Morris James AUS 2457 5,0 0,0 0,00
8 3 IM Brown Andrew AUS 2232 4,5 0,0 0,00
9 6 FM Loh Zachary AUS 2340 1,5 0,0 0,00
10 5 FM Liu Yi AUS 2311 0,5 0,0 0,00
Complete details on chess-results

Invitation for the 2017 event (2nd-8th Dec 2017)

This year, the organisers of the Young Masters event have set their goals even higher and are planning to organize not only an IM norm, but also a GM norm tournament in round robin format from December 2-8, 2017.

The venue is the University of Adelaide
  • The GM norm and IM norm events will run from Saturday 2nd to Friday 8th December. 
  • There will mainly be one round days (starting time at 1 p.m.) with Tuesday 5th and Thursday 7th being double round days (10 a.m. and 3 p.m.).
  • The tournament will be held at the University of Adelaide in the heart of the city and conveniently located to shopping mall and food outlets.
  • Overseas players will be hosted at homes of the players of the local chess community.
  • Prize money for the GM norm event: 1st $1500, 2nd $1000 and 3rd $500
  • Prize money for the IM norm event: 1st $1000, 2nd $500 and 3rd $300 

Australasian Masters in Melbourne (9th to 17th of December 2017)

And to make a trip to Australia worthwhile for young stars in the making, the tournament will be followed directly by the Australasian Masters, an IM and GM norm event in Melbourne.

 

Details for the Australasian Masters in Melbourne:

  • Saturday December 9 at 6:30 pm

  • Sunday December 10 at 4:00 pm

  • Monday December 11 at 4:00 pm

  • Tuesday December 12 at 4:00 pm

  • Wednesday December 13 at 4:00 pm

  • Thursday December 14 at 4:00 pm

  • Friday December 15 at 4:00 pm

  • Saturday December 16 at 6:30 pm

  • Sunday December 17 at 2:00 pm

  • Prizes for GM Norm event: 1st $1500 2nd $1000 3rd $500

  • For IM Norm event: 1st $1000 2nd $500 3rd $300

Final Ranking of Australasian GM norm event 2016

Rk. SNo   Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1   TB2   TB3 
1 1 IM Smirnov Anton AUS 2514 6,0 0,0 5 24,50
2 9 GM Kasparov Sergey BLR 2464 5,5 0,0 2 23,75
3 5 IM Ikeda Junta AUS 2375 5,0 1,0 4 22,75
4 3 IM Cheng Bobby AUS 2446 5,0 0,0 4 20,75
5 10 IM Izzat Kanan AZE 2456 4,5 0,5 2 18,50
6 8 GM Demuth Adrien FRA 2546 4,5 0,5 1 20,75
7 6 IM Solomon Stephen J AUS 2377 4,0 1,0 2 17,25
8 2 GM Papin Vasily RUS 2466 4,0 0,0 1 18,00
9 7 FM Wallis Christopher AUS 2363 3,5 0,0 2 17,00
10 4 FM Zelesco Karl AUS 2353 3,0 0,0 2 11,75

Chess-results link

Final Ranking of Australasian IM norm event 2016:

Rk. SNo   Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1   TB2   TB3 
1 1 FM Yeoh Li Tian MAS 2432 7,5 0,0 6 28,00
2 10 FM Liu Xiangyi SGP 2431 7,0 0,0 5 28,00
3 9 GM Johansen Darryl K AUS 2370 6,5 0,0 5 24,25
4 8 FM Stojic Dusan AUS 2225 5,5 0,0 4 18,25
5 7 CM Ang Alphaeus Wei Ern NZL 2250 5,0 0,5 4 14,75
6 4 IM Brown Andrew AUS 2232 5,0 0,5 2 18,25
7 6 WFM De Seroux Camille SUI 2069 3,5 0,0 2 9,00
8 2 FM Levi Eddy L AUS 2152 2,0 0,5 1 5,50
9 3 IM Rujevic Mirko AUS 2186 2,0 0,5 0 6,50
10 5   Chan Kris AUS 2183 1,0 0,0 0 3,50

Chess-results link 

 

If that’s not enough to satisfy your chess appetite, the Victorian Blitz Championship will be held on the December 18, 2018 and on the line will be a prize fund of $ 1000! 

Schedule in Australia:

  • 2nd-8th December 2017: Young Masters IM/GM norm tournament in Adelaide
  • 9th-17th December 2017: Australasian Masters IM/GM norm tournament in Melbourne
  • 18th Dec 2017 December: Victorian Blitz

 

There are a few spots available in both the Young Masters event in Adelaide as well as Australasian Masters in Melbourne in both IM and GM norm sections. The organizers would like Indian players to come to Australia and play in both these events. All those who are interested must fill in the form given below. Do keep in mind that the rating range for the IM norm tournament is Elo 2150-2450 and 2400-2600 for the GM norm tournament.

 

Fill in this form if you are interested to participate in GM norm tournaments (Eligibility Elo 2400-2600):

 

Fill in this form if you are interested to participate in IM norm tournaments (Eligibility Elo 2150-2450):

As soon as the organizers decide the Indian players who are to be invited, we will inform you.

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