Ernie Greenhalgh Blitz Tournaments
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Blitz Championship Rules
Format: There will be 5 Blitz tournaments held during the year. Each will have 7
rounds and played as a Swiss tournament, unless there are so few entries as to make a round robin format preferable. No games will be rated.
Prizes: There is a $75 prize for the King or Queen of the clock as well as $75 awarded to the highest finishing player in the lower half of the field (the “Reserve Prize”). There will also be a cash prize of $50 awarded to the highest finishing unrated player provided that there are at least 5 unrated players. A medal will also be presented to the winners of each section of the Blitz.
Rate of Play: 5 minutes plus a 2 second increment for each move played.
Blitz Champion: The Blitz Champion for the year will be the player with the highest aggregate score in any 3 of the tournaments held for that year.
Tie for First Place: If there is a tie, then there will be joint winners and the prize
money will be divided equally.
Blitz rules to be aware: of are as follows: In general the usual FIDE rules of chess apply. The exceptions are: There is no requirement to record moves. Illegal moves - must be called by the opponent (or arbiter) before the opponent makes their next move - the penalty for an illegal move in these time controls is 1 minute added to the opponent’s clock If there is a second illegal, move, the game is lost BUT if you play on, you lose the right to claim an illegal move ( or claim the game if it is the second illegal move). In this case, the game continues with the illegal move as played.
The Ernie Greenhalgh Blitz Championship
Ernest “Ernie” Greenhalgh was a past president of the club. From Begonia Open site: "He was obviously a very good chess player. He trained as a school teacher and taught schools in the western district and his main interests were maths, chess and the stock market," Ballarat Chess Club publicity officer Chris Segrave said. "His family has bequeathed his trophy to us which was the first trophy in what we call the modern era of our club."More information is required on his contributions and history with the club for his profile – please contact the webmaster.