2025 ACA Junior Interclubs
2025 Auckland Chess Association (ACA) Junior Interclubs would be played over 6 rounds at Auckland Chess Centre.
Tournament administration software would be Orion 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 | Sunday | 29th June 2025 | Junior Players meeting |
| 9.30am | Sunday | 29th June 2025 | Junior Round 1 |
| 10.45am | Sunday | 29th June 2025 | Junior Round 2 |
| 12pm | Sunday | 29th June 2025 | Junior Round 3 |
| Sunday | 29th June 2025 | Junior Lunch break | |
| 2pm | Sunday | 29th June 2025 | Junior Round 4 |
| 3.15pm | Sunday | 29th June 2025 | Junior Round 5 |
| 4.30pm | Sunday | 29th June 2025 | Junior Round 6 |
Venue for all rounds of 2025 ACA Junior Interclubs is:
17 Cromwell Street, Mount Eden.
2025 ACA Junior Interclubs Regulations
Eligibility
This is a tournament between teams of 4 players where each of the 8 ACA member clubs are entitled to form up to 2 teams resulting in a maximum of 16 teams participating. Prior to the start of the first round, each team must supply a “team list” that would list the 4 players who are playing exclusively for that team in all rounds. Players in the team list must be members of the team’s club and cannot represent another club in any other ACA tournament. No more players may be added to the team list once the first round has started. All players must be under the age of 14 (not attained age 14 or above in 2024)
Format
Team swiss of 6 rounds for up to 16 teams of 4 players plus 1 reserve. Clubs may apply to have extra team(s) if there is space due to some club(s) not participating.
Board Order
Team board order determined through the following rating priority.
- FIDE rapid
- FIDE standard
- NZCF rapid
- NZCF standard
Ratings are from the relevant published rating list that is current at start of tournament.
Time Control
25 minutes per player, 5 seconds increment per move.
Games would be FIDE and NZCF rated if possible.
Scoring System
Standings would be determined by match points.
Any ties broken through tiebreaks in the following order:
- Game points
- Direct encounter
- Weighted boards.
- More tiebreaks may be utilised if required.
Tournament administration software would be Orion that would perform all calculations.
Personnel
Chief Arbiter/Organiser: IA Keong Ang
Link to overall 2025 ACA Interclubs webpage.
