Box Hill Chess Club - About the Masters

This year the Masters will consist of a Grandmaster Norm tournament and an International Norm tournament.

Previous winners of the Australasian masters

1987 Darryl Johansen
1989 Stephen Solomon Guy West
1990 Stephen Solomon
1991 Stephen Solomon
1992 Tony Miles
1993 Michael Gluzman
1994 Leonid Sandler
1995 Tu Hoang Thong
1996 Nguyen Anh Dung
1997 Stephen Solomon
1998 Chris Depasquale
1999 Gary Lane
2000 Adam Hunt
2001 Guy West Darryl Johansen [1]
2002 Guy West Michael Gluzman [2]
2003 Stephen Solomon [3]
2004 David Smerdon Darryl Johansen
2005 Jesse Sales [4]
2006 George Xie [5]
2008 Vladimir Smirnov [6]
2009 Stephen Solomon [7]
2010 Stephen Solomon [8]
2011 James Morris [9][10]
2012 Anton Smirnov, Bobby Cheng, James Morris [11][12]

GM and IM NORM TOURNAMENTS IN VICTORIA

SCHEDULE:
Saturday 14 December to Sunday 22 December
Opening Ceremony on Sat 14 Dec at 3.30 pm – includes the Draw
Round 1: Sat 14 Dec 4 pm
Round 2: Sun 15 Dec 4 pm
Round 3: Mon 16 Dec 4 pm
Round 4: Tue 17 Dec 4 pm
Round 5: Wed 18 Dec 4 pm
Round 6: Thu 19 Dec 4 pm
Round 7: Fri 20 Dec 4 pm
Round 8: Sat 21 Dec 4 pm
Round 9: Sun 22 Dec TBA

GM NORM PARTICIPANTS:
Code:
No  Name               Feder Rtg  Loc  Title

1.  Miezis, Normunds   LAT   2554      gm   
2.  Papin, Vasily      RUS   2514      gm   
3.  Cheng, Bobby       AUS   2440 2513 im   
4.  Illingworth, Max   AUS   2430 2516 im   
5.  Tu, Hoang Thong    VIE   2414      gm   
6.  Johansen, Darryl K AUS   2409 2455 gm   
7.  Morris, James      AUS   2398 2403 im   
8.  Solomon, Stephen J AUS   2386 2452 im   
9.  Li, Zuhao (Luke)   NZL   2349 2341 fm   
10. Smirnov, Anton     AUS   2318 2340 fm
IM NORM PARTICIPANTS:
Code:
No  Name                Feder Rtg  Loc  Title

1.  Smirnov, Vladimir   RUS   2379 2364 im   
2.  Wallis, Christopher AUS   2320 2358 fm   
3.  Lee, Wang Sheng     SIN   2254           
4.  Stojic, Dusan       AUS   2246 2320 fm   
5.  Brown, Andrew       AUS   2245 2357 im   
6.  Smith, Robert W     NZL   2238 2239 fm   
7.  Rujevic, Mirko      AUS   2220 2260 im   
8.  Ootes, Lennart      NED   2147           
9.  Levi, Eddy L        AUS   2146 2195 fm   
10. Zelesco, Karl       AUS   2145 2167
VENUE: Box Hill Chess Club 3 Rochester Road, Canterbury VIC 3126.

FORMAT: Round Robin

TIME CONTROLS: 90 minutes plus 30 seconds from move 1.

PRIZES:
GM NORM TOURNAMENT
First Prize $1500
Second Prize $1000
Third Prize $500
IM NORM TOURNAMENT
First Prize $1000
Second Prize $500
Third Prize $300

ARBITER:
FA Kerry Stead

GM Norm games will be broadcast via the Box Hill Chess Club website http://boxhillchess.org.au/current-t...rs/live-games/
IM Norm games will be broadcast via the Noble Park Chess Club website http://www.nobleparkchess.org.au/LiveDGT.html

All visitors welcome