This has always been regarded as the major tournament of the club and is the first major event on the Metro Club calendar in the New Year.
In addition to the prize money for winning the A division, the Club Champion is provided with a reasonable monetary contribution if they participate in the Australian Chess Championships (ie towards airfares, accommodation etc).
The format of this competition is 10 player round robins, run in three, four or five divisions but depending on participant numbers, a Swiss may be held in the lower divisions.
Initially the time limit was 90 minutes per player, however in recent years, with the introduction of digital clocks, all the divisions have 70 minutes with 30 second increments (Fischer time). All games are forwarded to the ACF for rating purposes with the 'A' & 'B' divisions also being FIDE rated.
The allocation of players into FIDE-rated divisions is determined by the first seven players by FIDE rating in a 10-player division, and remaining players by ACF. For non FIDE-rated divisions ACF is used.
Promotion into the higher division
As most spots in a division are filled by rating, the winner of the next-lowest division from the previous year, if not already qualified by rating, is invited to play up a division. If there were more than one winner, tiebreaks for promotion would be, in order:
From a round-robin division: Direct encounter, Sonneborn-Berger, most wins, coin flip.
From a Swiss division: Buchholz-cut1, Buchholz total, direct encounter, most wins, coin flip.
2024 Metro Club Championship
For this year's Club Championship, owing to the number of players, the A & B divisions are 10 player round robins and C division a 9 round Swiss.
Please click on the links below to obtain a copy of the cross tables and playing schedule of A & B divisions.
Note: The PGN file of all available games is available here
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The PGN's above and results, cross tables and C division Swiss round draws below are believed to be correct, but if you find any errors or corrections and/or updates to be made please let the Web Site Administrator know and they will be corrected asap.
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A Division
| Rank |
Name |
FIDE |
ACF |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Score |
| 1 |
Stephanus Kurniawan |
2280 |
2459 |
|
= |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7.5 |
| 2 |
Ihsan Ferozkohi |
2147 |
2424 |
= |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6.5 |
| 3 |
Craig Kinsman |
1853 |
2092 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
= |
= |
= |
= |
1 |
0f |
3.0 |
| 4 |
Iker Hernandez-Mendez |
1834 |
2160 |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0.0 |
| 5 |
Saminda De Vas |
1801 |
2121 |
0 |
0 |
= |
|
|
1 |
1 |
= |
1 |
= |
4.5 |
| 6 |
Peter Roza |
1780 |
2036 |
0 |
1 |
= |
|
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
= |
5.0 |
| 7 |
David Ellis |
1765 |
2084 |
0 |
0 |
= |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
2.5 |
| 8 |
Trent Gulley |
1735 |
2016 |
0 |
0 |
= |
|
= |
0 |
1 |
|
= |
0 |
2.5 |
| 9 |
Robert Baumgartner |
1723 |
2016 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
= |
|
1 |
1.5 |
| 10 |
Derek Roebuck |
1553 |
1781 |
0 |
0 |
1f |
|
= |
= |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
3.0 |
Derek Roebuck qualified via his performance in the 2023 Metro Club Championship B Division
Note: Iker Hernandez-Mendez withdrew.
As Iker has played less than 50% of his games, scores against Iker will not count but the games will still be rated.
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B Division
| Rank |
Name |
FIDE |
ACF |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Score |
| 1 |
Garth Fitzmaurice |
1778 |
1890 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6.0 |
| 2 |
David Barry |
1664 |
1941 |
0 |
|
= |
0 |
1 |
1 |
= |
0 |
= |
= |
4.0 |
| 3 |
Gordon Dunlop |
1653 |
1929 |
1 |
= |
|
= |
0 |
1 |
= |
1 |
0 |
= |
5.0 |
| 4 |
Mike McGregor |
1576 |
1732 |
0 |
1 |
= |
|
0 |
= |
1 |
0 |
0 |
= |
3.5 |
| 5 |
Yonal De Vas |
1576 |
1609 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
1f |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6.0 |
| 6 |
Marcus Simonds |
1573 |
1796 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
= |
0f |
|
= |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.0 |
| 7 |
Robin Shaw |
1565 |
1820 |
0 |
= |
= |
0 |
0 |
= |
|
0 |
0 |
= |
2.0 |
| 8 |
Kevin Shah Mansouri |
|
1942 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
0f |
6.0 |
| 9 |
Ashvin Balavignan |
1383 |
1839 |
0 |
= |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
7.5 |
| 10 |
Robin Christian |
1465 |
1732 |
0 |
= |
= |
= |
0 |
1 |
= |
1f |
0 |
|
4.0 |
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Robin Christian qualified via his performance in the 2023 Metro Club Championship C Division
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C Division Swiss
Final Standings
Pos N NAME g | Rtg Fed | Pts BH-C1 BH
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1 7 Wu,Kobe f | 1594 WA | 7.0 43.5 47.5
2 9 Liyanage,Nithuli f | 1515 WA | 7.0 40.0 43.5
3 1 Yeung,Evan m | 1711 WA | 7.0 39.0 42.0
4 3 De Heer,Alex m | 1647 WA | 6.0 41.5 45.0
5 2 Sheridan,Wallace m | 1703 WA | 4.5 40.5 43.5
6 10 Milovanovic,Stevica m | 1506 WA | 4.5 39.5 41.0
7 13 De Vas,Senudi f | 1307 WA | 4.5 36.5 38.0
8 5 Jeyaraj,Reuben m | 1600 WA | 4.5 36.0 37.5
9 14 Khasanov,Umar m | 993 SA | 4.0 42.5 45.5
10 8 Moseley,Paul m | 1553 WA | 4.0 41.5 43.0
11 4 Lubtschenko,Wally m | 1606 WA | 4.0 40.5 44.0
12 11 Klimczak,Joe m | 1501 WA | 3.5 38.0 39.5
13 12 Williams,Joshua m | 1392 WA | 3.5 34.0 35.5
14 15 Arun,Harish m | 700 WA | 1.0 32.5 35.5
15 6 De Jong,Sjef (W) m | 1596 WA | 0.0 24.0 25.0
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Cross Table
Pos NAME Rtg T Fed Pts | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | BH-C1 BH
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1 Wu,Kobe 1594 WA 7.0 | -B3 +W8 +B9 =W6 +B4 +B2 +W7 =BYE +B10 | 43.5 47.5
2 Liyanage,Nithuli 1515 WA 7.0 | =B4 +W7 +B3 +W10 +B6 -W1 =B5 +W9 +B11 | 40.0 43.5
3 Yeung,Evan 1711 WA 7.0 | +W1 +B13 -W2 =W4 +B12 +B11 =W10 +B5 +W9 | 39.0 42.0
4 De Heer,Alex 1647 WA 6.0 | =W2 +B12 +W11 =B3 -W1 +B10 +W6 +B8 -W5 | 41.5 45.0
5 Sheridan,Wallace 1703 WA 4.5 | -B10 =W6 -B8 =W7 +BYE +B12 =W2 -W3 +B4 | 40.5 43.5
6 Milovanovic,Stevica 1506 WA 4.5 | =W11 =B5 +W14 =B1 -W2 =B8 -B4 =W12 +BYE | 39.5 41.0
7 De Vas,Senudi 1307 WA 4.5 | =BYE -B2 -W12 =B5 +W13 +F14 -B1 =W10 +W14 | 36.5 38.0
8 Jeyaraj,Reuben 1600 WA 4.5 | -- -B1 +W5 +B14 -W11 =W6 +B13 -W4 +B12 | 36.0 37.5
9 Khasanov,Umar 993 SA 4.0 | =BYE =BYE -W1 +B13 =BYE =BYE +W11 -B2 -B3 | 42.5 45.5
10 Moseley,Paul 1553 WA 4.0 | +W5 -B11 +W13 -B2 +W14 -W4 =B3 =B7 -W1 | 41.5 43.0
11 Lubtschenko,Wally 1606 WA 4.0 | =B6 +W10 -B4 =W12 +B8 -W3 -B9 +BYE -W2 | 40.5 44.0
12 Klimczak,Joe 1501 WA 3.5 | =BYE -W4 +B7 =B11 -W3 -W5 +B14 =B6 -W8 | 38.0 39.5
13 Williams,Joshua 1392 WA 3.5 | +B15 -W3 -B10 -W9 -B7 +BYE -W8 +B14 =BYE | 34.0 35.5
14 Arun,Harish 700 WA 1.0 | -- +BYE -B6 -W8 -B10 -F7 -W12 -W13 -B7 | 32.5 35.5
15 De Jong,Sjef (W) 1596 WA 0.0 | -W13 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | 24.0 25.0
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Previous Winners
Click here for a list of previous Club Championship winners.
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