2025 ACA Blitz (Lightning) Interclubs
2025 Auckland Chess Association (ACA) Blitz (Lightning) Interclubs would be played over 15 rounds at Auckland Chess Centre.
Tournament administration software would be Vega with results published on Vega Results. Games from 5 boards broadcast on Lichess. Photos in ACA’s Facebook photo album.
Games in all rounds are played according to the following schedule:
| Start Time | Day | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9am | Saturday | 28th June 2025 | Blitz Players meeting |
| 9.30am | Saturday | 28th June 2025 | Blitz Round 1 |
| 9.50am | Saturday | 28th June 2025 | Blitz Round 2 |
| 10.10am | Saturday | 28th June 2025 | Blitz Round 3 |
| 10.30am | Saturday | 28th June 2025 | Blitz Round 4 |
| 10.50am | Saturday | 28th June 2025 | Blitz Round 5 |
| 11.10am | Saturday | 28th June 2025 | Blitz Round 6 |
| 11.30am | Saturday | 28th June 2025 | Blitz Round 7 |
| 11.50am | Saturday | 28th June 2025 | Blitz Round 8 |
| 12.10pm | Saturday | 28th June 2025 | Blitz Round 9 |
| Saturday | 28th June 2025 | Lunch break | |
| 1.30pm | Saturday | 28th June 2025 | Blitz Round 10 |
| 1.50pm | Saturday | 28th June 2025 | Blitz Round 11 |
| 2.10pm | Saturday | 28th June 2025 | Blitz Round 12 |
| 2.30pm | Saturday | 28th June 2025 | Blitz Round 13 |
| 2.50pm | Saturday | 28th June 2025 | Blitz Round 14 |
| 3.10pm | Saturday | 28th June 2025 | Blitz Round 15 |
Venue for all rounds of 2025 ACA Blitz (Lightning) Interclubs is:
17 Cromwell Street, Mount Eden.
2025 ACA Blitz (Lightning) Interclubs Regulations
Eligibility
This is a tournament between teams of players from each of the 8 ACA member clubs that may enter up to 6 players each who would form the club’s team. Clubs may apply to have additional players if there is space due to some club(s) not participating or not taking up their full quota. Number of players per club cannot exceed half the total number of players in the tournament. Players in the team list (list of a club’s players) must be members of the team’s club and cannot represent another club in any other ACA tournament.
Format
Players swiss numbers
Player swiss numbers are determined through the following rating priority.
- FIDE blitz
- FIDE standard
- NZCF rapid
- NZCF standard
Ratings are from the relevant published rating list that is current at start of tournament.
Time Control
Blitz. 3 minutes per player plus 2 seconds increment per move.
Games would be FIDE rated if possible.
Scoring System
Team standings would be determined by the sum of top 4 scoring players in a club’s game points.
Any ties are broken through tiebreaks in the following order:
- sum of top 5 scoring players in a club’s game points.
- sum of top 6 scoring players in a club’s game points.
Tournament administration software would be Vega that would perform all calculations.
Personnel
Chief Arbiter/Organiser: IA Keong Ang
Link to overall 2025 ACA Interclubs webpage.
